Vanity Fair: The Evolution of...

Nah. i can't believe it. The (cute and cuddly) child in that picture is supposed to be me? That was my first reaction as i rummaged through various antique things when i was in Naga two weekends ago... i doubt it that people seeing the same pictures will be having dissimilar reactions because they really have to wonder... uh, what?

So, anyway deciding against or for posting the images was sort of an issue with myself. i am always the behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera behind the camera type of person.

But what's to lose, eh? Nobody will believe anyway, that this was once me. Oh and for those who are wondering how these pictures have their "collage look" that is rather unintentional as my sister (Let-Let, she's in one of them pictures as well) did cut the pictures because it had blemishes in them (Blame countless typhoons in the Bicol region). i admit it was in good intention but there's one lesson to be learned here: most things with blemishes (marks, ugly or not) are not to be cut but to be left alone. Because you will appreciate things better that way. (Thanks to Che for scanning the 50+ pictures and thanks to Let for keeping the pictures in some sort of order)

Pardon the vanity trip, i had to keep the images saved somewhere and none better than your own blog. Now, here are the pictures (with annotations and in no particular order) convincing myself that this is indeed me...





> Prep at Naga Parochial School. Apparently i hated uniforms already that i was in sando. That or i was again sweaty from playing aragawan-base or sipa that i had to change shirt. Naming my classmates from left to right... Nah, i can't remember anyone except for BJ Villaroya (sitting to my right) and who stands out because of that great smile and hair!






















> Hmm. All i remember with this one is that i asked the photographer to take the shot (camera) at the same time the guy in white (i assume this was a San Miguel game) is also taking his shot (PBA on TV)! Great shot!






















> Kuya RJ and his first bike. (This early you knew that i infinitely look better than him.)



> Always carried that killer smile. Yey, i can actually recognize most of the people in here. There's Let in the middle and to her right is a pair of kinakapitid in Tin and Nonay and cousin Pepo. Then there's old playmates and best of friends then Dodoy and Mon-Mon at the other side. Half of the names i mentioned will probably want to kill me too for mentioning their kid-names.























> With Ma. That's a genuine smile right there, after all i was still a toddler. No means and ways to disappoint her. Yet.


> Pair of godparents... Ninang and Ninong errrr... Now i understand why they never gave me any present that i can remember, i can't even remember their names...





















> At the Naga Cathedral Grounds... Preparing for a big event called a Field Demonstration. The real cute and cuddly ones are just right in front of the class because of the factor called "according to height" when forming a line. You are looking at the sideview angle of Mr. Arnold San Joaquin and Mr. (now a doctor) Rosito "Arbee" Bascuña.






> More and...




















> ...more of the same...

























> and a little farther back...







> Complete cast of the Q-siblings. i wasn't a teacher's pet. Promise.3

> More of the elementary intrams. The class as Rambo...

Actually there are some more pictures to be uploaded but am too excited to not post the first set so i guess i will just update it in a later timeIf i missed out on the names and places and other facts... You can blame the error on the blemishes.

(And uploading them at will a few spaces below, annotations will have to follow though..)