Barangay 2-Matoong Paete Laguna:
"Peping" stopped by this morning. We talked briefly about basketball photography technique, over Kopiko Black. Then, we talked about Alex Baluyot who lives nearby in Laguna, Alex's days with the Manila Bulletin. He mentioned "Gono," ang ibang kasama ni Alex noon sabi nya. He mentioned photographer Sonny Camarillo who was also a Nikon dealer that had several shops in Manila. Locally here in Paete, Peping and Eman of Mustard Studio both mentioned photographer Kafu Afurong who just recently passed away. We talked about Manuel Morato of MRCTV, who was the son of once QC mayor Thomas Morato. Peping said he also new Mario Erlandez, photographer of the first lady, and Nestor Rivera a commercial photographer based in Makati. As I showed him some of my drawings, we drifted off into talking about Oscar Advento of the Phil Cartoon animation company.
Peping and I hope to spend some time photographing basketball, and some landscapes of the many scenic sights here in Laguna Province known to the locals, but only a mystery to me yet to solve. I noticed a cool breeze often blows through Barangay 2-Matoong Paete, especially during Pluto Time.
I'm reminded of the Balete tree, (especially the 500 year old one in Sequijor that I visited in 2018). These trees hold a lot of spirit.
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