Into Lacoste and Crocs

In search of something-new-subjects for photography.

Early afternoon, I saw a scorpion. I was hesitant to kill or preserve it. Choose to be safe or risk myself and improve my subjects in photography. After a minute, I pressed my foot on it. Why? It’s simple. I love my life.

But after doing this, I feel sorry to myself for not having the courage. How I wish I could have one like Kuya Kim (Refer to his Matanglawin show) who is not afraid of cobra, the scorpions, in other words, dealing with the dangerous wildlife. Frustration, it was.

Late afternoon, I arrived in my room. In a dormitory. As usual, scraps are around. Wastes. Spiders web at the ceiling. Stained tiles. Soiled clothes scattered. And an unpleasant smell. But one would get used to it. Tolerable.

It was so hot. Took my shirt off, my pants, then. Nude. Semi. I was craving for tea. Iced, of course. So, I put back my apparels. And went downstairs. Then back at my room. Now, really nude. Hmmm. No, just kidding! My room was so transparent. There's this portion of my wall, near the door heading to the terrace, that is made of clear glass.


They say, I am rich. Because I afforded to have my own room (solo) in a dormitory. But I’m not. I just have my father, my mother, my grandparents, who were there to support me! Actually. We are only in the middle class. This is not being humble. Am just presenting reality.

For four years, these had been a routine. After school. Was relaxation time. Some food. Then sleep. Again, food. Really haven’t cleaned my room. Either, I will call my mom to visit. Or just have a simple picking of garbages. But never wiped those dusty surfaces. I have an allergy. Rhinitis. It’s serious. I can continuously sneeze 15 times. I can't manipulate those dust. It would make me more sick and sneeze. It's like I had touched a sleeping snake. Then angrily hit me after. Or tapped a silent, busy eating dog. Then bite me straight away.

Oh! Then, suddenly. After an approximation of 3,600 sneezes. It’s graduation time! And my college life is about to end. Surely, I will miss it.

It was past four o’clock in the afternoon when I needed some of it - fresh air. I opened the windows. Seeing around. Looking. Finding new things.

Then. Wow! I found this skeleton, this fossil, this brittle spines and bones of a lizard. Where the sliding window runs. Then I remembered, I had a photo of a lizard months ago in the same window. I took it at night with flash so it came as an outline. Indeed, it is interesting to know its history. And what it had undergone.


Sometimes we don't have to take the risk. We don't have to endanger ourselves. Just for the big step, the big break. 'Cause there are a lot more that will come on our way. Nicer things; wider smiles - at the end of the day. We don't have to be greedy in every chance. Chances are of different kind. They are not always healthy. Sometimes, they are good as devil. Let's just think, success will chase after us. In God's will. :)