Life’s Lessons

There’s no way I could attend the Basic Photography Workshop which will commence on the 25th. I was telling Ace about it last Friday morning because my money cannot make it before the 1st day of workshop. Then he was like… “let’s save for Manfrotto tripod, instead”. I told him my mind changed. Manfrotto tripod is not in the priority list because it will take us months before we could get one. Imagine, we need $250 for the tripod and ball head alone. The need for tripod is URGENT I guess especially now that we are learning things like long exposures and others. He also realized the need when we had a sunrise shoot last Sunday that we didn’t have photo and we missed that opportunity in a very beautiful setting. Hence, he agreed on getting a cheaper tripod for the meantime and we’ll get Manfrotto next time. Yey! I’m excited about it.

Ace was off from work after lunch and he spent the rest of the afternoon watching movies while I was coding. After my shift, we headed to SM to get a tripod at CameraHaus. Finally, we had one that costs $50. Then we also had a remote controller for our convenience in taking a photo of ourselves. Really, this hobby is so expensive. I told the saleslady “Ms., I thought having a DSLR is enough then we realized we need some gears to experience this hobby to the fullest” and she replied “you’re right because the lens you are eyeing for costs $1000″. Yes, I am dreaming of a lens that expensive. I think we can get it after 3 years.LOL.

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I was off early because of abdominal cramps and I need to lay down so I asked Carol to sub for me during the last 3 hrs of my shift. Che2x was also home early. Yey! She will cook for our dinner. It also rained so hard so it’s a bit chilly. That helped me doze off easily. I wanted to sleep more but I need to get up and finish all pending tasks so that I could get some moolah for Che2x’s tuition and our camera gears.LOL.

Obsession in the DSLR is making me crazy that there’s no day I wouldn’t think of the lens, UV filters, bag, lens hood, memory card, battery, external flash, tripod…what else? I think I have mentioned everything. Weeks back,  I was planning to get a tripod from my earnings. Che2x’s tuition fee is just a portion of it so I have an extra for the tripod. But before I got hold of my money, Daddy texted me asking for some amount to pay for the piglets he got from my aunt.*pout*. He got 4 piglets and paid only 1 and asking me to pay for the 3 little pigs. Now I am torn between sending him the money or getting a tripod. I told Ace this morning that Daddy is asking if I was able to send the money and he said “tell Daddy you will send the money that you are supposedly spend for your birthday.” Waaaa…Ace doesn’t know that the money is for the tripod, not for my birthday. Per Che2x, will only send half of the total amount Daddy is asking. So I have until tomorrow to think and weigh things. My heart is into the tipod but my conscience is telling me to be a good daughter and set aside my wants.

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