Quo Vadis?

Slow down.

It is not only the scenery that you will miss by going too fast;

you will also miss the sense of where you are going and why...

Take your time.

Take a deep breath.

Be still.

Enjoy LIFE.

Con Te Partiro

Sometimes good things really never last and goodbyes are inevitable,

But we only part ways to meet again in the end...

Till then...

Remembering Karol

April 2, 2005. The world mourned for the death of the most revered pope in history. Six years after the death of Pope John Paul II, his memories still live among us...

Here is a video of 'Tell the World of His Love,' theme song of World Youth Day 1995 in Manila, Philippines, the largest papal crowd in history...

WE LOVE YOU, JOHN PAUL the GREAT!

Of Humility...

It's hard to be humble when you have something to be proud of. So they say but the Gospel today teaches us about humility. In the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, Jesus said that "for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted." (Lk 18:14)

Sometimes we tend to become like the Pharisee in the parable who is so obsessed with his own virtues. Instead of mending individual differences, we create animosity with each other. If we could only be like the tax collector and admit that we are all sinners, that we do not own the world, that we need each other and realize that we are but a speck of dust to the greatness of God, then it would have been nice to live in a world where peace and love reign.

Humility allows us to recognize the qualities of others. Humility teaches us LOVE. It was for the love of God that he humbled Himself and sent His only Son to be with us, to live among us and to suffer and die on the cross for us.

Lastly, one of my friends taught me of this beautiful prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi, "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. Amen."

Vanguardized

I was browsing through my files and then suddenly I came up with a photo taken by my ex-best friend way back in October 2008.

We had a shoot with Akihiro Sato in Grand Palazzo Royale in Subic for a fashion editorial and the photographer was my ex-best friend with The Bang Pineda as the stylist, and myself as the assistant to the photographer. It was a good opportunity for me to try my skills in photography and art direction as well.

After the shoot, we went to Bang's house to see his new creations. We tried some of his new designs and we thought it was nice to take some photos of ourselves wearing his clothes before any professional models would. So here it is...

Clothes and Styling by Bang Pineda

Photography by Ash Castro