It hurts me to stare.

I was trying to enhance this image.
I was adjusting contrast.
I was indecisive on what to say.
Then I just stared.
Then it hit me.
He was staring back...

Bata, Tabo at Batya

BATA:
1) b´ata n. nightgown, robe, dressing gown
2) b´ata' n. child
3) b´ata' adj. young, immature bat´a magbata, bumata (mag-:- in) v. to endure, to tolerate, to bear, to suffer. Nagbata ng hirap ang aking ina para sa aking kinabukasan. My mother endured hardships for my fu- ture.

TABO:
t´abo' n. a dipper, scoop, usually a coconut shell or an empty can · magTabo', tumabo', tab´uin (mag:-um-:-in) v. to scoop water with a coconut shell or an empty can, to use a dipper or a coconut shell or an empty can. Tumabo siya ng tubig sa tapayan. He scooped out water from the earthen jar.

BATYA:
baty´a' n. laundry tub, flat basin

--from the Tagalog Dictionary

Punished without a Sin

Innocence in their eyes.
He did nothing wrong.
Though we punished them.
Maybe far from reality?
This maybe true.

On a side note: Batman unmasked.

Reversed

I remember my first ever street photography.
I was going to a mini fashion shoot.
I was to meet my friend around the corner.
There were children playing.
They saw me with a cam.
They gladly posed for me.
I was ecstatic to affect children in the streets that way.
I was like an instant big brother.
I was accepted.
The street embraced me.

Six and Half Dragon Boats

Some info:

Make Canon
Model Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Software Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Exposure Time 1/250
F-Stop f/8.0
ISO Speed Ratings 100
Focal Length 48/1 mm
Date Taken 2007-02-11 10:00
Metering Mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
File Size 217 kb

This was from the Dragon Boat Archives.

I will Carry you

For as long as I can.
Do not worry.
Do not let go.
I will be here

Bed of Cards

Some are born in a bed of dough.
Some with a silver spoon in their mouth.
He was lying in a Bed of Cards.