Keeping the milkfish fresh

A boy is helping his father soak the fresh catch in icy water early in the morning at Lucap Wharf in Alaminos City, Pangasinan. This is an old practice done by local fishers to maintain the freshness of the fish keeping its skin firm and elastic and the eyes clear before they deliver them to the wet market.

I am supposed to use this image as a back cover for our magazine but one of the editorial advisers contested the idea. Why? Due to the exposure of the kid's butt-cleavage. Hearing this reason, I nearly fell from my seat.

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6 ships and a very wide sky

Almost like yesterday's shot but different.

Same port, same sea, different ships, different part of the horizon.

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Too far to reach, too far to notice

Sometimes, we tend to look too far.
Too far that we miss what’s in front of us.

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Partly hidden

When we were in Kota Kinabalu, we visited the Filipino Market, which is situated just in front of the Le Meridien Hotel. We passed by the fresh fruits and food section looking for this particular fruit that my officemate wanted me to buy for him. As most of the stalls were not yet open, we decided to stroll around and found ourselves hanging out at the fish port which was located at the back of the market. It was at this moment that I found her--a woman sitting at the dock fishing under the beating heat of the sun. I tried catching the moment. But she wouldn't look at me. I pushed myself and got close to where she was.

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