being greener and bluer than usual....

wanted to go home early to greet my mom a happy birthday but as travel time consumes most of what remains of her birthday, I guess greeting her the next morning would be more achievable. i did send text messages and made calls but being there smiling and all would weigh more.

thank goodness for personal time offs that i was able to schedule last week's friday as early as january.  the moment i got out of the bus, i looked out for mom who was not in the house. my sister informed me she attended a mass celebration. i ran to the chapel hoping i could sing with the choir as well. the priest was still there and so with the rest but no one's holding the guitar so i sit quietly behind the last pillar. i didn't sing but i prayed with everyone.

then it came to me that it's not only my mom's birthday but my uncle's as well. i was about to tell them that we should party but i was surprised to know that uncle had cooked some for everyone.

(i didn't bring a cake so i'm bad).

which was continued with a beach party the next day. finally went to bolinao and it's beautiful there. i admit though that i expect something more since people are bragging about it. i guess i've seen better waves, clearer skies and more fishies swimming around.

but, yeah, it's still beautiful and would love to invite others to visit the place some time.

i didn't burn my skin this time but sure did enjoy the water. the waves are pretty far since there's breakwater.

the next day, i plan on leaving early but my clothers aren't dry yet. i guess some divine intervention would want me to stay for a few more hours. my mom as outside talking to dad and i was getting bored of being whole day doing nothing but browse the net.

it just came to my mind of getting my camera. thinking of a great subject to test my shooting skills, i decided to have it in the garden with my old toys.

i am a fan of macro now.

Explosion and Expulsion

fairy tail (episode 48, chapters 107-128)

i've been following this ongoing cartoon series called fairy tail. it's about wizard guilds whose members take missions to generate money from. of all the groups formed, this guild is a noisy one. they tend to end the day with fighting each other and all. 4 main characters are lucy (the newbie who has the power to open celestial gates and call forth the zodiac spirits), natsu (the fire dragonslayer who has a flying cat named happy), gray (the ice wizard who loses his clothes everytime) and the strongest of them all, ezra (who gets the name titania who has the power to transform her clothes into armors equipped with swords).

anyway, this week's episode has tackled issues that i really want to blog about.  the guilds members are put to a test as the master's grandson forced them to fight each other. those who win will get to battle against him and be chosen to be part of the new fairy tail guild, the grandson plans to build. luxus, the grandson, had placed electric bombs up in the air around the town they all are which will detonate in a given time. almost out of luck, ezra tried to focus her powers against these summoning swords at many as she can. 198, 199, 200, she's at her limit. just in time before the members finally realized that they need to work with each other rather than fall into what luxus wants them to do. thanks to the telepath, they were able to sort out their mistakes and even though one felt betrayed against another, they all agreed to focus their powers against the bombs to save everyone. it's just that they'll get electrified.

and so they did...

what a guild.

this made luxus so mad that he had to burst everything out to natsu who was then fighting him. electricity versus fire. a metal dragonslayer joined in the battle to help natsu but were surprised to see how powerful laxus truely is.

luxus finally summoned his most powerful attack, the fairy law and with a blink of an eye, everyone is consumed by an all powerful light. like an atomic bomb just dropped in front of you.

but to everyone's surprise, everyone's alive. even the spellcaster was confused how come the all powerful attack didn't work. it was then said that such power only works how his heart sees it. he may seem full of hate but deep inside, he loves everyone in fairy tail. that enough kept them all alive.

and so, he was defeated.

people in that town, who witnessed everything, thought everyone was just a game that fairy tail plays and were looking forward to tonight's program which is a grand parade starring all of the wizards.

except for natsu who needs time to heal.

laxus accepting defeat went back to the guild to talk to his grandfather who just recovered from a near fatal incident. his grandfather explained to him what the guild is all about - an agency for missions, a place for comrades, a home for the homeless.

and these people don't belong to anybody, especially him as the guild is built from the trust and honor of each other.

which laxus violated as he had put everyone's lives in danger and breaking their trusts. therefore,

a lesson learned the hard way.

that night, members celebrated fantasia they way they do. showing off their powers to the public as they march to the streets as the crowd cheers grow wilder. fireworks everywhere.

luxus before leaving the town, caught the event smiling how fun it really is to be a fairy tail member which he failed to recognize early on. he was so bent on becoming stronger that he overlooked what made the guild special in the first place.

a thought came to mind...

see what happens if you grow up and be the bad boy. geez.

so laxus, finally turns his back and is about to leave when suddenly, everyone is amazed by what the master had done as everyone else followed.

i'm always watching you....