anticipation has a habit to set you up

more snow photos. this was my first time seeing and experiencing snow. i felt like a kid in a toy store.



on the first day of snow in roanoke, my sister and i had lunch out. when we went outside the restaurant, this was what we saw.



i tried my best to not smile and get kilig, but i couldn't help it.



it was just so beautiful.



i felt like i was inside a snow globe. or that the world is a giant halo-halo.



i swear, there's something about snowing that suddenly changes people's moods. everyone seemed perkier and happier. there was even this one guy who went up to me while i was taking photos and started to describe one of his experiences with snow.



after getting some groceries at the supermarket next door, my sister and i headed home and this was what we found...





my sister's backyard has the most spectacular view during fall. seeing it covered in snow seemed so surreal.







the snow continued to fall that afternoon and night. the next day, i saw this...



it was more than two inches thick! it didn't snow anymore after that and it took about five days for the snow to melt. i want to experience snowing again but with my friends. it would be awesome to make snowmen, snow angels and all those stuff i'd watch on american christmas films.

music fix: arctic monkeys' the view from the afternoon

SSNNOOWW

First day of snow, first time to experience snow.

the only thing i have is time

i was bored yesterday.

backyard from Christopher Juergen Canela on Vimeo.

i edited together some videos i took of our backyard.

music fix: i'll never leave you by rogue wave

sun's going down let's get together

this is my niece sophia dressed as a fairy for halloween. i wanted to dress her up as a hipster since she listens to the hipsterrific soundtrack to the toddlers' tv show yo gabba gabba. uncle would be so proud if she grows up to become a hipster.

music fix: cameras by matt & kim

cracks in the pavement underneath my shoe

i woke up early today to decorate for halloween. it was so freaking cold and windy outside that my hands quickly became numb.



my sister didn't want the house to look too much halloween so we picked out decorations we could also use for thanksgiving. hitting two birds with one stone.



we got the pumpkins (yes, they're real) at kroger and the wooden crate (i really love wooden crates), hay and that broom thing in the back at a.c. moore.



we got this fake web thing at target, which i "draped" on the walls, windows and on that wreath. my hands are super numb because of that web thing and soon after decorating, i sat beside a heater to warm my hands.



all we need to do is remove those webs and we're ready for thanksgiving.



music fix: solitude is bliss by tame impala

from the bows of the bowery to the bustle of bombay

We saw this on our way to the mall yesterday. Randomness. Halloween's definitely coming up.

Music Fix: Freaks (Hedwig and the Angry Inch cover) by Imperial Teen

baby won't you show me warmth again

i woke up to a very foggy morning.



there was a tornado warning last night and this crazy fog might have been caused by that.











after about 15 minutes, the fog started to clear and the sunlight began to come out.



i went back inside to see sophia, my niece, being fed breakfast by her nanny.





she likes staring at the trees outside the living room window.







music fix: sun hands by local natives

you hear the day beckoning

mornings are so inspiring.



music fix: come back home by two door cinema club

oh lately, it's so quiet in this place

this is how i spend my mornings here in roanoke.















i love fall.



music fix: oh lately it's so quiet by ok go

i change shapes just to hide in this place but i'm still an animal

First sunrise here in Roanoke, VA. Taken from my sister's lawn.

Music Fix: Animal by Miike Snow

and i'm in the quicksand

photos i took of my sister's "garden" in roanoke, va last august 2009









music fix: quicksand by la roux