We've scheduled today to record still-videos for my serious video project. I called to assemble the team and I had a place in mind. It was just a pond, but the day was beautiful. Since I knew that there's a 'despedida' or a going away party for my relative tonight, we started shooting in the afternoon. At first we weren't sure of the address, but that's where the GPS came in handy. The pond was nearby the Dr. JP Rizal street here in Winnipeg. I'm surprised that the Philippine National Hero has its own street named here. Anyway, like any nature filmmaker (as if), we braved through the poopy grass to place our camera. Well, Canadian geese chose that pond like their natural habitat and these geese are big so expect a lot of poop landmines. Hey, I also thought about that whole birdflu deal when we were there. I've already had my birdflu shot. I don't know about the other two. Anyway, we carefully placed our equipment away from the bird poops and I think I also saw a small geese floating lifeless in the pond. This pond wasn't that beautiful than I thought it would be. On with the filming. The pond was still reflecting the blue sky on the cam and we'll just pan it away from the nasty stuff.

After capturing the still, my cousin suggested right away that we do a weird video about pretending this pond is actually my fishpond. They wanted me to make a parody or spoof video. Just like that. I meant as quick as a snap of a finger. I thought that they were just kidding, even though the idea itself was a joke. But in short, we did it. At first I told them not to post it on my FB, because I seriously thought that it was silly and I don't want to turn off my girlfriend (haha). I'm weird enough to start with. And to remove all doubt from this video would be fatal.

We left the ground at 6:30pm, but we stopped over at Supreme's first to get bubble tea and two shakes. I insisted. I was in the mood. And then we drove to the despedida. My dad and my sister were there and also the rest of my close relatives. We ate, and then we walked to the nearby playground / basketball court. I think the last time we went to that same court was 6 years ago. Much memories. So nostalgia. Very missing. The same three of us along with my sister, and my cousin's husband, just shot the basketball around. We can't really play, because we just had dinner. Past 9:30pm, we went back. Then we went home.

I got nappy afterwards. I thought I was forgetting something.

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