Merry Christmas to All!

The time has come, Christmas has arrived! Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Merry Christmas to all my family members: my wife (her family), my parents and siblings, relatives, and friends! May all of us have a wonderful time together and celebrate the holy time of the holiday.

Belated Happy Birthday to Papa who turned 57 yesterday (December 24th)! May you have many more birthdays to come!

How Concerned Are You About Your Weight?

As a 30-something person, I am more concerned about my health more than when I was young at 17. When I was still a teenager, I ate almost every type of food, and I didn’t care if they were healthy food or not. As long as it tasted good, I’d make sure to grab a bite.

Luckily for me, I eat moderately. As a result, I remain skinny, at least in relation to my age. I never got overweight, but I found it easy to gain or lose weight. When I felt like adding up a few pounds, I just eat a lot and wait until the pants do not fit any more. When I feel I am too heavy, I just skip meals . Health Weight Loss is never really a problem for me.

The thing is, I should start to watch what I eat from now on. Entering the 35ish territory, I must limit my cholesterol intake and eat more veggies. Limit the greasy and oily food no matter how delicious they are. In addition, I am also planning to work-out as I haven’t hit the gym for quite some time now. 15-minute exercise in the morning is a good start, then increase the repetition and add more physical activity like playing basketball.

I want to live until I’m a 100 years old and see what the future will become.

My new Website for my Hobby

As I expand my latest hobby that is photography, I decided to build a website that will allow me to document my progress.

Choosing a name for a site isn't always easy, especially if you also intend to use it for business later on. I wanted my site to be easy to remember and at the same time, will represent what I do and what I am.

Welcome to PhotograPens.com...

Now the etymology:

Obviously, the "Photogra" portion stands for Photography. Pretty much self-explanatory. The "Pens" part is intended with pun.

"Pens" means writing, or in this case blogging. My objective is not limited to snapping and taking pictures... I also plan to write about the moments and memories captured by my camera.

There's also an anecdote attached to it which I am going to tell in a short concise sentence: my wife likes calling me "Pens" which is short for my surname "Pensoy".

My hobby + my wife's term of endearment to me = photograpens.com ... sounds good to me.

If you are interested to know, I plan to go the "event photography" route. Portraiture also interests me, so I also got myself a nice prime lens (Nikon 50mm f/1.8).

Excuse me, I'll just step out to practice my shots. ;)

Got my Nikon D90 + Other Gear!

My latest Digital SLR Camera finally arrived after several days of waiting! It's a Nikon D90 with Kit lens (18-105mm), but I am planning to sell the lens. I bought 2 other lenses (Tokina 50-135mm f/2.8 and Nikon 50mm f/1.8) which I will frequently use.

Here's a sample shot using Tokina 50-135mm on D90 body:



If you click HERE to view large size, you will see that the focus is very sharp and the bokeh is excellent!

Street photography, Event photography and portraiture are my interest, so I am going to need a lot of practice to master all my gears!