Freezing Moments: PhotoBlog by Aileen Siroy

Seeing the old with new eyes.

2009-11-16T23:53:00.000-08:00

We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions.
Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

{ Alan Moore }

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Photo: Bench at Fort Santiago, Intramuros, Manila.

Life Is.

2009-10-26T06:33:00.000-07:00

Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed.

{ Corita Kent }

What If?

2009-10-26T06:03:00.000-07:00

Her: What if I'd forget you?

Him: That will never happen because your brain is not the only place where you could find me.

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Photo: Balloon Festival. Pampangga, Philippines.

Fairy and Dreamer.

2009-10-10T08:11:00.000-07:00

The best thing in every noble dream is the dreamer...

{ Moncure Conway }

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Photo: The Shutterfairy, one of the most beautiful dreamers I know.

Try.

2009-10-10T07:07:00.001-07:00

Sometimes, it's nice to try a different perspective.

Hope.

2009-10-06T14:42:00.000-07:00

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

{ Christopher Reeve }

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Hoping for wonderful, beautiful new beginnings
for my country that has recently been ravaged by two typhoons.

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Photo: Sunset. Batanes, Philippines

Empathy.

2009-10-05T11:48:00.000-07:00

The great gift of human beings is that
we have the power of empathy.

{ Meryl Streep }

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Taken: Walkway overpass, Edsa.

On Kindness.

2009-07-26T11:08:00.001-07:00

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

{ Joseph Joubert }

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Photo: Baby's Breath

When I'm Old.

2009-07-15T06:34:00.000-07:00

When I'm old, I want to look back
and say, "I lived."

{ Nicole Kidman in an interview with Oprah
about being in the moment and experiencing it all. }

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Photo: Batanes, Philippines.

When We Look Back.

2009-07-12T10:07:00.000-07:00

When we look back at our lives as a whole, we are most haunted by things left undone --
romantic opportunities untried, career changes unexplored, friendships left untended.
The first suggestion is simply to act.

{ Neal Roese }

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Photo: Batanes, Philippines.

Counting.

2009-07-06T18:41:00.000-07:00

Friends, family, a job that I love,
sea breeze, sand between my toes, quiet weekend afternoons,
chocolate-malt shakes, and butterfly kisses --

just counting my blessings.

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Photo: Edeena, Chris, and Imee at White Island, Camiguin.

Get On.

2009-07-05T10:43:00.000-07:00

Don't brood.
Get on with living and loving.
You don't have forever.

{ Leo Buscaglia }

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Just exactly the words I need to tell myself today.

♥
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Photo: Balicasag, Bohol.

A Question.

2009-06-28T08:16:00.000-07:00

What is the good of having a nice house
without a decent planet to put it on?

{ Henry David Thoreau }

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

Hope.

2009-06-27T06:26:00.000-07:00

Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope.

{ Author Unknown }

♥
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Shhh...

2009-06-25T10:56:00.000-07:00

See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence;
see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...
we need silence to be able to touch souls.

{ Mother Teresa }

Seek Nothing.

2009-06-24T01:20:00.000-07:00

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

{ Saint Francis of Assisi }

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Photo: Sta. Maria, Laguna.

Memory.

2009-06-23T17:19:00.000-07:00

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love,
the things you are, the things you never want to lose.

{ From the television show The Wonder Years }

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Photo taken during a quick vacation to Singapore.

Note to Self.

2009-06-23T10:27:00.000-07:00

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself
that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

{ Oprah Winfrey }

Home.

2009-06-23T00:22:00.000-07:00

Home is not where you live but where they understand you.

{ Christian Morgenstern }

I miss home.

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

Traveling.

2009-06-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

It is not down in any map; true places never are.

{ Herman Melville }

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Photo: Coron, Palawan.

Celebrate the YOU in you.

2009-06-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

Always show the you in you
that makes you the you that you are.

{ Chidinma Obietikponah }

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Photo: No, it's not a rose. It's a little weed I found at the train tracks.

The Sweetest Sound.

2009-06-22T04:26:00.000-07:00

The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.

{ William Goldsmith Brown }

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Photo: Manila Bay

Hello.

2009-06-21T06:25:00.000-07:00

This is my little space where I keep my favorite photos,
quick thoughts, and beautiful lines from books and authors I love.

I am Aileen, my name means light.
And yes, I like to chase light, beauty,
and everything that dazzles me in this fascinating world.

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What's in my camera bag:

Canon 50D . Canon 400D . Speedlight
18-55mm . 28-105mm . 50mm 1.4 . 90-300mm
Battery Grip . Batteries . Battery Charger
Pink Holga . Fuji Instax 7s . Films
Camera Raincoat . Filters
A notebook . Pens . A bar of chocolate

Thumbnails

2009-06-20T06:38:00.000-07:00

Guestbook

2009-06-19T12:35:00.000-07:00

Say Hello. Blow me some pixie dust. Or gentle virtual butterfly kisses.
Leave some fin trails and good thoughts. I'd love that. =)

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