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Showing posts with label Personal. Show all posts

Black and White Challenge

 
I was nominated by some travel and photography enthusiasts’ friends on Facebook to join the Black and White Challenge (#bnwchallenge). The aim is to post monochrome photos on your wall for five days and nominate others that you think would have fun to do the same. So I plugged my good old hard drive and started browsing through the sea of photographs…



First Day

Coin divers. Some coin diver kids at Paseo del Mar's seafront.
Zamboanga City, Philippines.



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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


6 Travel Essentials for your Getaway

 




Do you love to travel? Here are some of the list of travel essentials you have to keep in mind before your trip:




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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


#kasalangmjeff

 



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Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Of year-ends and anniversaries

 


So I haven't created a year-end post for 2013 because I wanted it to be just one in time for my January anniversary post! 2013 was full of surprises, good and bad, and I wouldn't want it any other way because it gave me so much to learn and to look back. December-January is like a goodbye and hello for me. December - a constant goodbye and thank you for the year that was. And, January, an anticipation for another year that will be.


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Year-end White Party

 

BMDC's Year-end White Party held at the Roof-deck of Net One Building, Bonifacio Global City :)


Overflowing wine detail


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


My Favorite Pinoy Travel Bloggers

 




To pick a few from my long list of favorite travel bloggers is probably one of the hardest list I have ever made. It reminds me when I was about to choose my best travel photos before. Not that I have lots of "best" but, still, it was difficult to choose a few from loads of choices. I mean, really, how do you rank hundreds of travel bloggers when there are so many great bloggers out there - old and new - that I follow and discover? So instead of rating them all, I'd simply jot down the ones that influenced me the most. Here it goes!


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Anniversary and Year-ender


 


I wasn't able to create a year-end post on the last day of 2012 because I was actually looking forward to summing it all up for my anniversary post! Excuses. But seriously, 2012 was one big blessing and a very big leap that I never thought would happen! It opened so many doors and made it possible for me to rub shoulders with so many great people. Of course, it wasn't a smooth sailing journey but I think that the overwhelming blessings overcome the not-so-good happenings of the past year that I couldn't think of describing it any less than amazing!


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


K-Pop meets Anime Christmas Party


 



Stage and hosts during the party

A little preview of our company's Christmas Party at Wack-wack Country Club that I just want to share. Although the theme is K-Pop meets Anime, I think I only have photos of my friends and the performances on stage. Here are some snapshots out of my 767 photographs that night. :)



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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Star City Experience


 


My first Star City experience happened last January of this year. I really have no intention of going there but when a high school classmate and friend of mine, Jordan, visited Manila and my long lost cousin, Toni, asked me to go with them, I definitely took that chance to meet them after two years and at the same time see what Star City has to offer.

Star City
Star City


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Pillar of Strength And Ultimate Inspiration


 

The pillar of strength and ultimate inspiration --- that definitely defines who my mother is to me.

Since the day that my father passed away, I grieved,  was very much frusrated and wondered why him, why our family, why at that time when we needed him the most. I was so young  then. And could not understand the complexities of life.


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Keep the Fire Burning for Your Dream Destinations!


 



Social networks or the internet virtually bring you to places via pictures of different beautiful scenery that various places could offer. I, for one, am constantly amazed by the pictures I have seen especially to those where I've never been.

One of my ultimate dream destinations is England! Why does it have to be England? We'll basically that dream to go there sparked when I was still in college and I met an inspiring college Math professor who is from that place. Who wouldn't fall in love with a place where you can constantly hear the British accent from the locals? And not to mention the picturesque places I've been dreading to take a glimpse of. The architecture, the language, the places, the culture... At one point, I wish I was rich enough to pursue post graduate education there and immerse with their culture to fully understand and learn. But then real life came after graduation and I was faced with more challenges that I have never imagined. The spark that has once shined so brightly was slowly fading. It was one the lowest moment in my life where I lack inspiration that almost made me lose hope.


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


www.ElalJaneLasola.com


 

It's official! The former, www.theshadesofgreyelal.blogspot.com, is now www.ElalJaneLasola.com. I was quite pressured when I knew that GoDaddy is having it's sale and rushedly bought this domain for $1.18, which is very bang for the buck. I have thought of retaining theshadesofgreyelal name but it seems that most of my pictures already have my name on it, I have decided to change it to my name  and still retain the shades of grey image. After all, it is where I started this photoblog (or my own excuse because changing fb page, twitter, g+ and all would be a hassle).:D So here I present to you, few days after my blogsary is The Shades of Grey by Elal Jane Lasola:



 


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


My Year of Firsts


 





Let me just be sentimental on this one because it is officially my blog's first year anniversary!



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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Barbie


 


Miss NOHS 2011-Alaizah Dawn "Barbie" Lasola
Entourage

My little sister, Alaizah Dawn Lasola also known as Barbie, joined her school's Miss Negros Oriental High School (Miss NOHS) last August 31, 2011. And being the supportive sister, I took the effort to capture this once in a lifetime experience I know she would gladly look back in the future with a smile on her face. She was splendid during the pageant and truly deserved to have the crown.


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


It has been a year and eleven months (The Choice by Nicholas Sparks)


 


The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Few rants.


Before I'm going to talk about Nicholas Sparks' The Choice let me give you some disclaimer and warning. Aside from this being the first post on The Shades of Grey that talks about a book, I actually have never written anything about a book. I, often, contemplate on how the story goes after reading them on my mind. So, if you had already guessed it, then yes, this is my first ever experiment of writing about such.  


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Transitional post


 

Window's view

Not so good. My last post of a picture taken by my Olympus mju 7000. I have so much to learn with my new camera. *crosses fingers*


 


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Walking alone


 

Bayawan's 'Paradahan'



Sometimes when you are alone you feel devastated, helpless or even hopeless. When we feel that no one else will ever appreciate you or what you have numerously tried to prove or do, it saddens you to the point of giving up.  But don't you see, this is how life sometimes go.  This is what makes us see the beauty of the other side of life, and even more, it is what makes us strong.  And without which, we can never appreciate what we have. What we, after all, always have. 


 


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Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Forever Grateful and Contented


 

Bayawan Sky


I've lived and so blessed with Your bountiful blessings which I am very grateful of. I have prayed, dreamed, asked and You made them all come true. Now that a new beginning shall start, I'll let You take the wheel from me. And let You bring me to wherever You know I deserve of, may it be through hardship or happiness, as long as it will be for the betterment of my family and loved ones. I am and forever will remain contented with You by my side.

 


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Sunset


 

At MOA


The sun is setting. The day is over. But hidden conflicts are still there. Hurts and words stabbed were left unhealed. Never-ending exchange of pride and prejudices. Oh setting sun, please let the darkness come and let all miseries be gone. All the things true to be, once and for all, revealed. Why does this setting sun makes me oh so down? As it sets down, I whimper.

 


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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.


Blooms


 

You can also read about Blooms from yahoo associated content .
 
U.P. Sunflower




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Elal of The Shades of Grey Travel and Photography
Elal is a traveler, student of life and photography enthusiast who wants to experience and capture what is raved and not raved about. For more about her travels, subscribe here, email at elal.lasola@gmail.com, or visit her portfolio.