Spotted: Hello Kitty Car

I saw this car at a gas station on my way to work this morning:

 Hello Kitty fan :)

I tried to do an image search on Google for 'Hello Kitty Cars' and was surprised that there are a lot. When I get around to learning how to drive (and not being so dependent on my husband to drive me when I want to go somewhere) and get my own car... I think I want an interior like this.

And when my husband sees this post, he will tell me again that this is why I should never be allowed to own a car, haha!

14th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

I went to the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta at Clark, Angeles with my family last Sunday. We left Manila at 5:00 AM and were at Clark by 6:30. We saw the balloons as they were getting inflated while we were inside the car looking for a parking space. But after that, we had to get in the long line for additional tickets so while my mom stood in line for us, I went with MG and Lester to the nearby Ministop to get breakfast. MG was able to take these photos of the hot air balloons in flight.

Beautiful aren't they? Oh, is that a floating mug???

I saw a Coke balloon from a distance but I didn't see it in the air so I'm not sure if it was just a giant balloon (I didn't see it in the grounds though) or a hot air balloon. Too bad we didn't get a photo.

After the hot air balloons disappeared in the horizon, the airshow started. It was my first time to see an airshow live.

A plane flying upside down. It flew like this for a few seconds.

Can you see the pilot? This was taken with MG's telephoto lens. In the original hi-res photo, you can zoom in and actually see the pilot's profile. Amazing! It's good to know that those expensive lenses actually do have a purpose. I had to resize the photos for faster uploading though.

Two planes: the plane on the left is flying upside down.

Another one of those planes... I forgot what these are called.

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

I stumbled upon this feature while googling the other day and was only able to try it today. Very interesting. They have photos from as early as the 1860's.

Click here to visit LIFE photo archive.

Photo: 1880's two girls sitting on a rock.

Recycling Project

I saw this at the WWF office when I attended their Christmas party last December 17. It was pretty and I initially thought it was made of glass.

Upon closer inspection however...

Does that look familiar?

An empty Sprite plastic bottle! MG told me that it was made by someone who's in prison. Pretty creative huh? Too bad I wasn't able to take clearer photos to show more detail. I only used my phone's camera.

Are you lonely?

Paulo posted this on my Funwall (in Facebook).

Meetings... the reason why I'm still here at the office at 9PM X(