Captured by Love

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Click!

I love the feel of releasing the shutter of my camera, the sound of it.

Photography is my passion and I read somewhere that "If tomorrow will be the end of the world, I will spend my today by looking at the pictures of my past!" That's one of the many reasons why I am so fond of taking photos, it immortalizes the memories. One photo could tell you stories you might or might not want to remember, could give you feels just by staring at it.

"Ganda niyan! Shala!" I heard someone commented, I didn't have to check who it was because I already recognized her voice.

She's May, we're blockmates. Nakilala ko siya nung enrollment parehas kaming bago dito sa school. Hindi lang dahil sa first year kami pero dahil bagong salta kami sa Manila, she's from Davao and all my life I lived in Canada.

My parents decided it's time to settle back in our mother country at dahil may iniiwasan din ako sa sumama na ako but I have three of my favorite sisters as if I have a choice. Kidding! in the world left there in Canada. They already established their lives abroad kaya hinayaan na sila nila Papa. There's 5 of us and I'm the youngest.

"Yeah, but this won't match my ig feed eh." I said while deleting the photo I just captured.

Nagkakasundo kami sa maraming bagay, this hobby of mine for one. Mahilig din siya sa pictures eh, selfie to be specific. We often have our GGSS moment or Gandang Ganda Sa Sarili where we goof in front of the camera acting all high and pretty, it was fun.

"Ay! Sayang naman yun! Bakit magbabago ka nanaman ng feed? Goals na kaya yung feed mo ngayon!" Tinignan ko siya to see her facial expression, for sure ang oa nanaman ng reaction niya and I was correct. She has this funny face na ginagawa niya every time, trust me you gotta see it super funny lalo niya ine-elongate yung chin niya. I just shook my head while smiling wide at her.

"Ay nako May. Basta, I want to change it. Sobrang mainstream na kasi ng minimalist sa ig now, I want to change mine." Paliwanag ko habang naghahanap ng bagong subject. I take my instagram feed seriously. It may be ridiculous to some but for a millennial like me, this is how we channel our creativity. So if you're too bothered with the fact that takes me more than an hour to post process a photo before posting in instagram, well I couldn't care less.

"Eh ano naman ang gagawin mo Ms. Indie?" I rolled my eyes without looking at her, she likes calling me Ms. Indie kapag di niya magets yung gusto kong mangyari. Hipster daw ako, baliw lang.

"Tbh. I don't know. Hehe." Hinarap ko siya at tawang tawa talaga sa naging reaction niya, nakanganga pa siya at nakatulala sakin.

"Ay ang OA talaga ni May Luna oh!" With no force I punched her right shoulder and pointed my camera at her.

"Bam!" Kuhang kuha ng camera yung nakangangang face ni May, tawang tawa talaga ako.

"Ang saya niya, sobrang saya po nung Ernestine Grace Tiamzon!" May said sarcastically, she held on to my camera because I won't stop laughing.

"Sorry na May, super funny kasi admit it ang ganda kaya nung kuha ko. Sobrang full of emotions." Biro ko pa sa kanya kaya lalo niya lang ako inirapan habang tinitignan niya ang picture niya.

"Sige kung saan ka masaya, suportahan ta ka." She said dismissing me.

"Haven't heard that for a long while ah." I remember when I was young there's this popular commercial here in the PH, the guy in the tvc said that phrase na eventually sobrang sumikat. I could remember my ates saying that and they'll laugh non-stop. Minsan weird din ng sense of humor ng Pinoy eh. Tinignan kong ulit yung photo na kinunan ko of May and an idea just popped up, like there's a sudden light bulb over my head.