The Quirk Concept

Camp John Hay in Baguio City, two months ago. My first visit to the City of Pines was a life-changing moment, or so I thought.

The original pic was taken six years ago, at the cinema level of the BGC Central Square. Edited, of course, for aesthetic reasons since this is taken using my old smartphone’s not-so-good camera.

April 2017. A bright and relaxing afternoon at the Marikina Riverbanks. And yes, this is the first time I’ve been on a mall-hopping trip wearing my favorite black fleece coat that I bought a couple of weeks prior.

This pic was taken last February during a mall-hopping trip at the Mall Of Asia complex (my most recent one to date) prior to the COVID-19 lockdown which took place exactly a month after this pic was taken.

Pic taken on the first day of 2019 (New Year’s Day). Edited to blue violet for use as a background to this Tumblr page, but eventually decided on a different one.

These pics were taken in September 2019, after spending a couple of hours inside the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia complex for the 40th Manila International Book Fair (MIBF). And yes, I also featured my red-black-yellow plaid scarf too, just like the previous year (September 2018). Both pics are edited using PicsArt.

From a recent trip down south.

This pic is taken more than a year ago and later edited using Adobe Photoshop Express.

LRT-2 Katipunan Station. Looks like a subway station, except that it’s actually an underground portion of an elevated rail line.

An extremely hot afternoon by the river banks, wearing an all-black outfit. It is actually part of my mall-hopping trip, which includes the malls that are in the vicinity of the LRT Line 2.

The pic below is edited using Picsart and Photoshop. I used a lot of effects and filters for this one.

A Saturday afternoon at Circuit Makati. I was wearing my favorite black fleece coat and an olive-yellow polo shirt on this pic.

And yes, the original pic is one of the first selfies I took with my first smartphone, an LG Optimus L3 II.

The flyover at Osmeña Highway in Makati, prior to the construction of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3. The pic was taken five years ago.

Wearing all-black and sitting in one of the single-seater sofas at the cinema level of Lucky Chinatown Mall. I was taking a break from exploring the malls in Binondo-Divisoria area since my feet are already tired from too much walking.

A tale of two artworks. On the left, a sketch drawing created a couple of months ago that certainly needs coloring. On the right, a digital sketch from nine or ten years ago created using MS Paint. Looks identical, but not too identical.

Three effects, one pic.