A Trafficker in Climaxes

I really need to add a gallery plugin here for easier photo management.

I’ve been really busy these past few days. I have a number of personal issues that’s bugging me.  I’m stuck in a rut. I can’t even finish an article after staying ’til early dawn last night (or a while ago?) for thesis documentation. I ran out of English words (is that even possible?) after writing twelve pages of technical crap in less than two hours.

THESIS UPDATE! I just submitted my progress report which contained 6 of the eight chapters that will all be due on March. I’m slacking on my thesis though, probably because I feel like I have done more than what most people have. A bad attitude that says so much about my slacker/procrastinator personality.

Anyhoo. Yeah, that’s all.

I was invited by my friends, Cham² and Drip, to be a guest “photographer” for the House of Hope yearly magazine. I am not a professional photographer by any chance but I volunteered for this gig because it sounds like a lot of fun and it’s a good way for me to practice tweaking with my camera.

House of Hope is a non-profit Christian Drug Rehabilitation Center established in 1997, duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and accredited by the Department of Health (DOH). We offer a one-year holistic program to people who are in bondage of drug addiction and volunteer themselves for rehabilitation. The program revolves around four aspects namely, spiritual, social, work and physical therapies.

Visiting House of Hope was a great experience. I admit that I felt quite lazy in the morning and was not as enthusiastic about the whole thing as I was when I volunteered for the job last week. However, not going there would’ve been a regret. The people in the center were warm, hospitable and made me feel more important than I really am (haha).

I also met quite a few interesting people. The volunteers and those in the rehabilitation programs were fun in both their antics and the stories that they tell. Aside from the socializing, I also thoroughly enjoyed taking pictures. It made me realize (all the more) how photographing people can be so much fun and how I want to do more of it in the future – even without pay.

If they’ll let me, I’ll probably volunteer to take their pictures again next year. Hopefully, I’ll already be lugging around a DSLR with a more decent lens. hehe.