Photography At Its Finest

Who doesn't love dazzling over photographs? 

We hold on to every piece of Kodak paper and keep them in our wallets, exhaust energy on constructing colorful scrapbooks, fill our walls with picture frames, follow blogs, collect magazines, buy expensive DSLRs, enroll in photography classes, endure starvation just to get that plateful of food photographed, etc. 

Every photo is a memoir in still life preserved. Every photo is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime occurrence that can never be perfectly re-done. That's why we can never tire ourselves from them. Anyone with hands and fingers can click a camera but only few are gifted with deftness to make others see how magnificently they perceive the world through photographs. 

It's still Medicine Week and along with it is a Photo Contest called Medscenes. 

Remember what I wrote about passion on my previous post? The photos below are an epitome of how people who stay up all night studying for exams and SGDs still happily subsist with interests totally unrelated to academics. The magnificence of each photo is a living testimony that passion outside medschool can still yield uncompromising results. :)

You've all been very supportive to my "blogger" self. Thank you very much! Now, I hope that you'd also support my "other" self-- the self that I live out on non-weekends, five days a week-- my "medical student" self. My batch, Juventus Aestimat Excellere (JAX), also has entries for the above contest, and I humbly ask for your support on liking the photos below in Facebook. :)

Links are provided below each photo so you just have to simply click them and like entries no. 3-15.

Voting is open to all of you, Philippine and International readers! Please help us win this! :D 

 #3 The Sower

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118691683309&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3

#4 Halo

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118635016648&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #5 On Spilled Blood

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118608349984&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1 

#6 Miss Saigon

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118018350043&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #6A New Life

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118031683375&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

#7 Waiting Gaze

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118048350040&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #8 Alight

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118071683371&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #9 In the Midst of Silence

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118088350036&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #10 Someday

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118111683367&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #11 Sip-onon

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118145016697&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

 #12 Flight of Fancy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118168350028&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

#13 So Long, Sweet Summer

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118195016692&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

#14 Parliament

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118231683355&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

#15 Dance With The Sun

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=417118278350017&set=a.417117935016718.94296.417104488351396&type=3&permPage=1

Awesome mix of simplicity and grandeur, ay?

What I love most about these photos is that they aren't just literal interpretations of people, places, and things. They are arsty, unpredictable, well-conceptualized, and they tell a unique story to each spectator.

I'd be very thrilled if you'd spread the love with your friends too! Again, Photos No. 3-15!

Which one's your favorite? Let me know!

And thanks in advance for supporting my batch! :D

Much love,

Mela

EDIT: Sadly, this contest is done already. Thanks for all your support! All the photos above are owned and copyrighted by the photographers so please credit accordingly. :) 

Sweat Like A Teenager

Summer break is finally here! 

And that means guiltless indulgence (outfit-posting and  fan-girling and healthy eating and catching up with readings all-day, everyday) for me. 

Happiness. :D

After a hibernation that seemed endless, I'm bringing this blog back into the open again. Yayyy!

WWW will be turning ONE on Sunday, April First! 

I'm thinking of giving my post the title 'Second on April First' since I named my  first blog post <----  First on April First. 

That's cheeseballs but yah, I have a few more days to think. 

As if that's really important. Anyway.  

I went out to sell 'stuff' and meet with SADE friends last Friday, and here's what I wore. :)

The kind of 'stuff' that I sell. HAHA 

These ones too. :) 

 Bag borrowed from Mom.

 Kara Shoes - Philippines.

 I still feel a bit shy walking around in heels/platforms on an ordinary day so I brought flat shoes with me. 

Cropped velvet topped from my grandma, tucked it in. :)

And no, no, I'm sorry, there's no photo of me with wet underarms here. :D

It's just that Ottoman has been on repeat in my playlist since last week.

I love how Vampire Weekend reminds me of indie music and Neon Indian.

I love every bit of this song. 

And I love the people in the photos below this song + Jel.

Hottie, where were you after the exam?

Last day of school!!!

(Photos grabbed from Melissa)

I'll surely miss goofing around with these guys. :/

Groupings may change, but family will ALWAYS be family.

Much <3,

Mela

Black Sheep

Hi!

Got nothing to do this afternoon so I decided to submit an entry to Chictopia.com's Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest.

Mine isn't really ugly but it sure is an itchy one!

Okay. 

So I joined the Lip Synchronization Contest during the Medicine Week.

I'm not really a dancer or an actress but I decided to try something different, for once.

 The dance steps, the costumes, the  facial expressions are so not me.

Hence, I felt a bit misplaced and all I honestly did was drag myself every practice day to school.

We won 2nd Place but I still feel a pinch of guilt in my heart because I committed the most obvious mistakes during the performance.

Tssssss.

Joined three scenes but I'm not gonna tell you which ones. :P

Nine - The Musicale

Folies Bergere.

Guido's Song.

Cinema Italiano.

Monica and Melchor played husband and wife---Marion and Guido.

Be Italian.

Dalene, so hotttt.

And I couldn't sleep for nights after the performance because of this.

How could I forget that we're not yet supposed to stand up T.T

Thesssaaaaa.

What was left of Group Seven after the show.

(Mark, David, me, Jel, Melissa, Melchor)

We were indeed Number One for the Human Biology Project.

So honored to be part of this group!

Thank you Thessa, Erik, Jel and Mel for these photos! :D

That's all for now loves.

Must wake up early tomorrow to assist selling and putting up our booths for the Christmas Fair in my baby bro's school.

See you Marian friends!

Much love,

Mela

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Guess Who's Back. Back Again.?

With three exams and two SGDs, I'm just so HAPPY that this week is finally O-V-E-R! 

But really, it's only half of the pain that's done. 

I have two more exams in the coming week. 

Well I have a bit of Saturday and Sunday, so this is Friday night, and I think I have the right to celebrate by blogposting again and hopefully update Chictopia tomorrow. :)

Med school's keeping me super busy and has been hindering my fashion blogging sideline.

I'm sorry that my entries aren't as continuous as before (or as I'd like them to be). 

What I'm in now is no joke. 

I'd like to keep everything balanced, but with exams and requirements at every hour, it's nearly impossible to blog and get outfit posts at my usual pacing. 

For that, I'm very sorry. 

I promise to make up for all of these when I have the time.

Also.

I haven't set foot in my hometown for more than two months already. :(

This makes a far, far difference from my weekly, nothing-is-impossible-as-long-as-I-catch-the-last-bus-trip home visits during my pre-med years.

I know very well that the journey home wouldn't be a fun one though.

 If anything, I would be anxious for the piles and piles of books and notes that I would have to deal with once I get back. 

The most frightening, if I may say, are exams that happen every Monday. 

Well, that doesn't include practical exams, SGDs (small group discussions), and other exams (not scheduled on Mondays) yet. 

 A thousand thanks to everyone for the comments/emails/tweets you make when you drop by despite the two-month hiatus! 

They're really encouraging :)

I'm apparently unprepared for this post, ergo I will be sharing something that I didn't do. :)

My classmates, Erik and Ella exclusively cooked photoshoots for the batch that themed on casual schoolwear back when we still didn't have uniforms.

Everything happened just inside the campus so I hope these would give you guys a mental picture of what path I tread on everyday.

I also had the opportunity to model for one of the shoots. HAHA. 

I was awkward but yeah, it was fun! 

For now, meet David, the Biker who wants to specialize on Orthopedic Surgery.

 And Gilian, the Korean-looking Girl from Davao.

Expect another set on my next post!

*Thank you Erik and Ella for lending me these photos*

:)))

These photos were taken way, way back our first weeks in med school.

I still have longer and darker hair here. :P

Anyway.

I just want the whole world to know how blessed I am to have landed on the same group with these people .

I love you, gulogroupmatess! <3

Got these photos from Ray, Val, and Melchor. :)

On another note, I am very thankful for an opportunity that has come my way. I don't think I can blog about it just yet. But it's a bigtime-firsttime for this blog---something that the girls should watch out for. :)

And....

I've got something that will surely make all the Marians proud.

Click the link below--or better yet, buy the August 2011 issue of Candy Magazine and browse on the Picture Perfect article. 

There's that cute guy model there. He's easily recognizable because he's won a lot of gold medals for swimming. Now he's got into medal'ing. HAHA

 You grow up so fast, Xavier!

http://www.candymag.com/candytv/video/picture-perfect

It's time to leave guys 'cause Monday's just around the corner. I would very much love to pass. HAHA

I can't wait for the six-day holiday next week!

FAST FORWARD PLEASE :(

See you next time?

 Wish me luck! 

Much love,

Mela

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