Nueva Vizcaya : Geologists On Call

Nueva Vizcaya is a province of the Philippines located in Cagayan Valley region in Luzon Island.

Visit Nueva Vizcaya's tourism website. Iz zo cool!

Stay confident...

...even if you could not locate yourself in the map anymore.

Befriend some exotic wild beasts....

...and pray that they'll befriend you back.

Work's maybe too tiring...

...well at least the nature is cheering you up!

Ilocos: Amburaya River

Tara na sa ilog magtampisaw,

Magsaya sa ilalim ng araw,

Maglaro kasama ang barkada,

Talon na sa ILOG NG AMBURAYA!

I miss being a kid. :')

Black and White Project

It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us. ~Henri Cartier-Bresson

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? ~Ridley Scott

The eye should learn to listen before it looks. ~Robert Frank

The Earth is Art, the Photographer is only a Witness. ~Yann-Arthus Bertrand

A picture is a secret about a secret, the more it tells you the less you know. ~Diane Arbus

Black and white are the colors of photography. To me they symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair to which mankind is forever subjected. ~Artur Davis

BOLINAO! Little Icky Creatures + Hundred Islands Side Trip

Geologist-on-duty. I was requested by our Paleontology Professor to assist the lower class students on their fieldwork in Bolinao. The fieldwork consisted of gathering these creatures during low tide and studying their anatomy and physiology.  All for the love of science! Ulk. Haha.
 Enjoy the MACRO SHOTS! :)

dawn view from the deck

memory-lapse. God i forgot what are these. haha

Conspicuous Sea Cucumber. FACT: They don't have true braiiiiiins.

Hermit Crabs. FACT: As it grows in size, it abandons the previous shell and finds a larger one. The habit of living in a second-hand shell gives rise to "hermit crab" (a hermit who lives alone).

Another sea cucumber. FACT: It ejects sticky filaments from its anus as self-defense. Eww.

Star Fishes. FACT: Opportunistic feeders. They move using a water vascular system. Water enters their bodies  via madreporite.

Brittle Stars. FACT: They deliberately shed their arms to escape predators and when subjected to stress. But they can readily regenerate their lost arms or arm segments unless all arms are lost.

Sea Urchin. FACT: Belongs to Echinodermate meaning "spiny skin" in Greek.

Aristotle Lantern. Sea urchin. FACT: Their "roe" or gonads are a delicacy in some countries.

Hundred Islands in Alaminos, Pangasinan. 124 islands during low-tide and 123 at high-tide.

Almost all their pasalubongs are made of shells. Do I need to explain this? :p

Hundred Islands from pier. 

Pundaquit Zambales - Serenity At Its Best

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. evidences why i love my God. ♥

"One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child." ~Maria Montessori

"One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does." 

"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art."

Univeristy of the Philippines-Diliman

I miss UP. The university that equipped me to face the cruel world. The university that taught me to

SERVE THE PEOPLE. SERVE THE NATION. Tuloy ang laban!

view of Carillion Tower from Bahay ng Alumni

visit this for yourself. this is located in Bahay ng Alumni.

Part of Sunken Garden.

UP Carillion Tower

Parish of Holy Sacrifice.

The famous academic oval.

UP Lantern Parade 2011.

Tuloy ang laban Oble! ;)