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Chinese New Year 2008

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Pagdating ng mga Dragon

Straight from night-shift work last Thursday, I headed off to Binondo via the LRT2, and WALKED from the Recto station. I wasn’t even sure the path I was taking was the right direction, but once I saw Ongpin, I was relieved. While treading that street though, I realized this really wasn’t a short walk at all.

The rest of Rangefinder Filipinas was at Starbucks Binondo, and it was amusing that the same people who were there last year were the same ones that showed up this morning, considering that we were expecting new faces.

Pinapanood Na Mga Dragon

Uro showed me the proper way to load my Horizon 202, which saddened me, as I did have two unprocessed rolls that I’m not sure if I still want to get developed now; those rolls were filled with test shots anyway.

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February 11th, 2008 at 1:49 am

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Anyone from Melbourne?

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Anyone from Melbourne?

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Anyone from Melbourne, Australia? I have four photos to be shown at the Life, Culture, and Celebration: Images from Chinatowns around the world exhibit, and would love to have someone visit and tell me about the experience. Thanks!

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November 30th, 2007 at 8:56 am

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