The birthday boy. On his 65th birthday, business magnate and sports aficionado Manny V. Pangilinan celebrated through a fun run, dubbed The MVP Run, which was participated by about 2,500 runners early today.

This guy has companies spread out in several industries, from energy distribution, telecom, healthcare, to broadcasting. With that in mind, you can imagine the number of participants that joined in the fun run. It was a well-attended event, with participants from the companies under his ownership. Aside from the run, there was a program that was arranged for him after, where several members from his companies and his family greeted him. There was also a raffle draw wherein a new Toyota Vios was given to a lucky winner. This guy sure knows how to celebrate.

Once again, happy birthday!

Picture 1: F 7.1, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 100mm; Picture 2: F 6.3, 1/500 sec, ISO 200, 100mm

DJ during Spirit Night. Every year, my High School Alma Mater, University of St. La Salle, would stage this event where the graduating batch would welcome the incoming freshmen. This night would usually be filled with performances by the students themselves, from dance numbers to bands to solo song numbers. This year's theme was "Urban Brights, Neon Vibes."

While I was watching the performances, I couldn't help remember what we did during our Spirit Nights. For one thing, when I was in High School, I loved the stage. Any opportunity I had to perform, I would grab it. And Spirit Nights were just the beginning of it. It felt good to be there again, remembering where it all began. Ah, High School... what a wonderful period in our lives.

F 4.5, 1/15 sec, ISO 800, 64mm

A kid overexcited to see the Transformer Cosplayer. Two weeks ago, the third sequel to the Hollywood blockbuster Transformers, entitled "Dark of the Moon," was released in theaters all over the country. The movie obtained the award of being the second-largest opening of all time on its first weekend worldwide, making $382 million, just behind that of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($394 million). To date, the movie made a total of $645 million.

Being someone that was a kid in the 80's and 90's, Hasbro's enjoyable cartoon of robots transforming to vehicles was something that stuck to us during that time (together with the ThunderCats and He-Man). Seeing them come to life on the movie screen was something exciting for my generation. In the last movie, however, I kind of found it too long. Don't get me wrong, it was nice with all the action sequences and explosions, but watching it for almost 3 hours just makes the viewer a bit weary, constantly asking him/herself, "when is this going to end?" Nevertheless, if you want bang for your buck and if you have 3 hours to spare, this is a movie worth watching (just a side comment: that was an awkward way of getting rid of Megan Fox).

Picture 1: F 2.8, 1/15 sec, ISO 500, 20mm; Picture 2: F 2.8, 1/15 sec, ISO 640, 20mm