When my brother's desktop computer conked out on him several weeks ago, his digital life took a complete standstill as well. No online gaming, no digital drawing, no graphic designing... those were probably the darkest, most miserable days of his virtual life.
But not for long, though, as he finally got himself a brand-spanking new CPU over the weekend. Its brag-worthy specs (
Intel Core I5-2500 3.3Ghz, ASUS ENGTX 560 Ti DCII/2D/1GB DDR5 256, ASUS P8H67-M LE (B3) Intel H67, GSkills Ripjaws X-Red 8gb DDR3 1333Mhz, Western Digital 500GB Sata 3.0 7200RPM Caviar Blue - whew!) would make the gaming gods green with envy. Honestly, I could care less if it runs on Pentium 3 for as long as I could extract these photos from it. Because these shots are waaaay overdue. And I just had to share it here because we had a lot of fun during this photo session.
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| With Mum and my younger siblings. |
These were taken right after our Noche Buena (traditional midnight Christmas dinner).
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| Bunch of wackos. :) |
And my eyebags are screaming for sleep.
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| These kids look like they're up to something. |
In case you're wondering, yes, we're all wearing Angry Birds tees.
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| Clockwise from L-R: My sister-in-law Ana + Maggie, Mum, our grandmum, my brother, my brother-in-law Jesser + my sister, Yue and I, my sister's best friend Osep. |
My sister came up with the idea of 'It's an Angry Christmas' theme. Or something like that.
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| Yue's funny face upfront. :D |
Now this is my favorite photo. It's everybody's favorite photo, actually.
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| Maggie got owned! LOL! |
Because it's more fun in the Philippines. (Which is why, my husband dear, you should be home next Christmas and be part of the kookiness.)
Can I end this post with a cuteness overload?
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| Maggie (from Bombay, India - LOL!) |
By the way, these are my brother's photos. He uses a Lumix TZ6 - a very spiffy compact camera with a variety of focal ranges, selectable shutter speed, plus an aperture higher than some entry level DSLRs. I'm really liking Lumix now, and I'm torn between their G series and Canon's 550d.
Lumix enthusiasts, comments are most welcome.
And because happiness is coming home to your family.
