From the monthly archives:
Insects land on my computer all the time, especially at night. Moths, mostly. In various colors. In the past, however, the almost always alighted on my keyboard, rarely on my monitor. Tonight’s the first time that something alighted on my monitor’s screen. I think this praying mantis was attracted by the brightness of my laptop’s [...]
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I wish I could tell you the proper names of the fish in this series of photos but I can’t. All taken at the Ocean Adventure in Subic.
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These photos were taken while riding in a customized jeepney with grilled windows. I had to take the photos through the grills to make sure that there would be no dark lines. Out of about twenty photos, four or five came out fine, including this one of a tiger resting in the shade under a [...]
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Zoobic Safari. This deer somehow managed to get out of the cage. Some of the people were avoiding it thinking perhaps that it was ferocious. It wasn’t, actually. Not exactly friendly but it was content to just sit and gaze around. It didn’t mind people getting near it. I was about two meters away when [...]
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I think it took about 10 minutes (perhaps more) of patient waiting before a dolphin leapt up near enough to take a photo. My 13-year-old daughter and I stood by the ledge side by side with our cameras waiting for a dolphin to make an appearance. We were able to take lots of photos but [...]
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Bangkok kalachuchi growing just in front of the flower stalls at Market! Market!
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From my June 13th op-ed column:
When we entered the Subic Expressway earlier in the day, we were handed flyers that said all duty-free shops would be open until midnight all throughout the Independence Day weekend. There would also be fireworks at midnight…
We were about 10 meters away from where the fireworks were lighted so we [...]
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Above and below, panoramic views of Subic Bay as seen from Ocean Adventure.
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Subic in the province of Zambales was the site of the largest U.S. naval and marine base in Asia until Mt. Pinatubo erupted in 1991 after which the Americans left. Of course, the Philippine Senate also elected to do away with the U.S. Military Bases Agreement which granted the U.S. use of, and jurisdiction over, [...]
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On the last Sunday of May, we hosted a small swimming party for our daughters, their classmates and some friends. We rented St. Moritz at the Vieux Chalet for the day. Vieux Chalet is a Swiss restaurant in Antipolo. St. Moritz is a pool and a guest cottage adjacent to the restaurant but which is [...]
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