Friday, December 2, 2011
It's the time of the year once again...
When I was a kid, I envy families that are whole, and with a lot of food and gifts in their homes...
But eventually i got used to it. I told myself that instead of counting what I dont have, I count my blessings. Even as a kid, I always loved art and try hardest to be optimistic.
I also like decorating our home. It's also an art to decorate you know.
I like the Christmassy feel.:). I also cook. so I prepare meals too that I share .
I also like giving gifts. Specially to the less fortunate. I learned early on in my life, that its not what YOU have ,but what YOU do with what YOU have...
and YOU can not equate PROSPERITY with the amount of money YOU have.
PROSPERITY is how YOU feel. There are a lot of people who may have billions of dollars but don't have peace of mind , and on the other hand there are people living SIMPLE lives, but have hearts that is overwhelming with gratitude.
With this blog, I am also giving YOU guys an early gift of wisdom. :)))
with that, I'd like to end this blog and thank YOU all who loves me.
All that I have in this world , I wouldn't have, if not for God and the people who trusted and believed in me. You give me Christmas, every day of the year. :)
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
hmmm. ...the 4th of november,a very special day...coz it's the day one Tami Ballesteros was born to make this world 1 person crazier & more gorgeous...:)
And maybe this simple gift of me having to be able to share the wisdom I gained , is also a gift I know that would come back one way or another.
And I take this chance to thank YOU all who supported and believed in me.
And I share this very nice song to reflect on,,by one of my favorite crooner..BAMBOO...with LYRICS, so you could sing a long..:)))
In this once in a lifetime
I got this
One last chance
To ditch this borderline life
My place in this world,
last day I draw breath
I'm about to collide
With myself...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
...kaya eto ako ngayon...buhay...humihinga...at ibinabahagi ko sa yo ang mga natutunan ko...
kung mahal ka ng isang tao, di mo dapat pinoproblema yun at pilitin ang sarili...kasi ang totoong pagibig parang sariwang hangin...madaling hingahin.at di ka iiwan ....
Nabaliw na rin ako sa pagibig...parang pagkabaliw ko minsan pano ako hahanap pambayad sa bills sa kuryente at iba pang bills...haha...
at di ko masisisi ang ibang tao na parang lukaret pag nilalayuan ng mahal nila...kasi nanggaling na ako dyan...ilang beses na....
pero eto lang yun...oo, nakakabaliw pag madadala ka sa takot,...akala mo magiisa ka na lang pag wala na yung pinakamamahal mo....pero di totoo yan ,...mabubuhay ka pa rin, di pa katapusan ng mundo pag nawalan ka ng kuryente, este, ng jowa....
baka kelangan lumabas ka muna sandali at bigyan ng panahon tumingala para makita kung gano kaganda ang langit, pakinggan mo ang awit ng mga ibon, amuyin mo yun mga bulaklak makitawa sa mga bata...at higit sa lahat mahalin mo muli ang iyong sarili ...di naman sila nakasaksak sa electric outlet di ba? pero nakakapagpasaya..
di ka pinababayaan ng Diyos, kaya ka me hangin hinihinga ngayun at walang monthly bill for that.kasi maloloka ka kung me bayad yan........
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Siguro nagtataka kayo bakit ganyan ang title ng blog ko ngayon....
Sunday, September 4, 2011
She is not yet as popular as TYRA, but I know she will be...
way back in 2005 when she joined the search for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED MODEL SEARCH, I was at awe with her fighting spirit. Imagine she grew up from a poor family and only had her dreams and hopes to hold on to make it all happen.
And i guess Alicia just made a sumptuous and healthy salad out of it to keep that beautiful body...
she even joined the search for the new Victoria Secret Angel in 2009...however she didnt win, I wonder why , she's the prettiest of the bunch of contestants, and none of them could hold a candle to Alicia..its OK I know she did her best and that's what's important...and she never stepped on anyone's toes....but nevertheless to me she is always a winner..an inspiration...a role model..in and out..:)
I love you Alicia. YOU are a part of how strong ,beautiful , caring and confident I am now.
I hope YOU can read this one day... It would be my utmost pleasure to someday photograph you.
Thank you.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Paglisan...
Thursday, August 4, 2011
I am an artist . I breathe ART...
There is a misconception that a photographer is automatically an artist.
NOPE. It's not true...photography is a medium just like a canvass to a painter and fabric to a fashion designer...Not all who photographs are artists and not all artists are photographers...
In my case I am both. I am an artist,and photography is my medium to express my art..hence I'm a photographer as well..combined with my knowledge in ART softwares I am a digital artist too...I also express art through my words, that is why YOU have a blog that YOU are reading now that tickles your imagination...:)
Here are a few of my works I did last JULY 2011 that I want to share to YOU all my dear readers.My model is Chantelle Jacobs, You'd be surprised to know that she is not a she, in fact she is a HE.He is a dead ringer for Naomi Campbell ain't she?he?haha.
I am also a model aside fromm being a visual artist&actor that's why I know alot about camera posing & projection too...:P
I did the styling for this to make him look like a top supermodel..:).Since fashion styling is also my medium of ART.
Monday, May 23, 2011
This year, July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, forward this to your friends and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui. The one who does not forward…..will be without money. This year we’re going to experience four unusual dates. 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 and that’s not all… Take the last two digits of the year in which you were born – now add the age you will be this year, The results will be 111 for everyone in whole world. This is the year of the Money!!! The proverb goes that if you send this to eight good friends money will appear in next four days as it is explained in Chinese FENGSHUI. Those who don’t continue the chain won’t receive……. Its a mystery, but it’s worth a try. [Done! I sent it to 8 good friends, cannot wait for Sunday]
on the other hand, here is a photo i took of my gorgeous nephew max who makes me feel lucky all the time :).
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
THE stupid old ladies(IN THE picture below) ,(KULANG PA NG ISANG BABAE NA SISTER NILA)...na sinugod ako sa shoot ko with a police without a warrant on my BGLAM 7 PHOTOSHOOT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, dahil ako raw e nangugulo sa kapatid nila na lalaki (ANDY ALVIZ) na di naman nila pinapakita at napapakita sa akin at di ko ren kilala at all--. pano raw ako nangulo?me facebook profile daw with a different name but with my pictures na andun.un lang and no other evidence. and they just decided na ko un. how stupid can 1 family get .
narealize cguro katangahan nila.
imagine-in mo kung nanggulo sila... ako, un sponsors na 4 major companies at 70 photoshoot clients ang babayaran nila ng damages.kala cguro nagjojoke ako na i got an attorney.me mobile police din na nakaready run kaya..(thank u to chiki martin for being so nice to arrange all of those for me).
pasalamat sila mabait pa ko nyan. BUT STILL, THEY OWE ME AN APOLOGY FOR BRINGING
lastly,my message to ANDY,whoever you are : please. be smart enough for your own good, di porke maganda nakita mo na pics at na turn on ka, it doesn't mean pagkakatiwalaan mo na.e un ngang kakilala mo na personally at close mo pde ka maloko ,e un pa kayang fb profile lang???Thursday, September 16, 2010
B GLAM PROJECT PHOTOSHOOT IS A PROJECT BORN OUT OF MY ULTIMATE PASSION
TO BRING OUT THE BEST AND CONFIDENCE IN PEOPLE THROUGH MY ART & PHOTOGRAPHY..
I WAS ONCE A VERY SHY AND NOT SO CONFIDENT YOUNG BOY.I WAS AN PIMPLY KID AND UGLY DUCK.
I THOUGHT THAT THE ONLY HAPPY PEOPLE ARE THE BEAUTIFUL ONES I SEE ON TV AND THE PAGES OF MAGAZINES.
THEN I GREW UP AND MATURED. I REALIZED THAT THE ONLY TIME PEOPLE WILL SEE THE BEAUTY IN YOU
IS WHEN YOU START BELIEVING IN URSELF. COZ THERE IS NO PERFECT STANDARD OR PROPORTION FOR BEAUTY.
NOR A PERFECT AGE,RACE ,RELIGION OR CULTURE. EVERYONE IS BLESSED WITH BEAUTY..
IT JUST TAKES THAT CERTAIN PUSH.MAYBE FROM URSELF AND SOMETIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
I BELIEVE EVERY1 IS BEAUTIFUL.I AM JUST AN INSTRUMENT OF THE ONE UP ABOVE TO BRING IT OUT IN PEOPLE.
REAL BEAUTY IS NOT ONLY SUPERFICIAL. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW DEEP INSIDE OF YOU THAT
YOU HAVE LIVED YOUR LIFE TOTHE FULLEST WITHOUT STEPPING ON ANYONES'S TOES...YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
A GRANDMOTHER FULL OF WRINKLES TAKING CARE OF HER GRANDCHILD
IS FAR MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN A YOUNG WOMAN ADORNED WITH ALL JEWELRIES AND GREAT CLOTHES BUT WITH WICKED VALUES
THE LAUGH OF AN INNOCENT CHILD,THEJOKES OF OUR FRIENDS,THE MOMENTS WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS , THE DANCE OF LOVER'S IN LOVE, THE TRIUMPHANT CRY OF A WINNER
THE SIGHT OF OUR LOVED ONES...AND SO MUCH MORE ARE JUST EXAMPLE OF SIMPLE THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED BUT INDEED BEAUTIFUL....
SO WHAT'S MY POINT?
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU HAVE NICE FASHION AND STYLE TO ADORN YOU.
BUT THE BEST ADORNMENT OF ALL IS THE PEACE AND LOVE IN YOUR HEART...
B GLAM PROJECT -NOT JUST UR ORDINARY PHOTOSHOOT
BEACAUSE IT IS THE CUMULATION OF ALL MY BELIEFS AND VALUES
IT IS A REFLECTION OF MY LOVE TO PEOPLE.
IT IS THE YOUNG BOY WHO WAS ONCE A SUBJECT OF RIDICULE.
BUT ROSE UP BECAUSE HE KNEW HOW TO FIGHT FAIR AND HAD THE CONFIDENCE TO BELIEVE IN HIMSELF.
IT IS YOU RISING UP AND BELIEVING YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT.
SO B GLAM.
-TAMI BALLESTEROS
THANK GOD AND THANK YOU TO THE NUMEROUS PEOPLE WHO REGISTERED FOR BGLAM PROJECT "DUO" OPEN PHOTOSHOOT. YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT GOOD WILL ALWAYS TRIUMPH.DESPITE OF THE MALICIOUS AND FALSE ACCUSATIONS MADE ON MY PROJECT YOU WERE ALL STILL THERE AND BELIEVED IN ME.I SHARE MY LOVE AND PEACE TO U ALL.. MORE INFO ABT THE PHOTOSHOOT PROJECT AT HTTP://KOKOSTYLEPRODUCTIONS.MULTIPLY.COM/
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
my room
outside our house
comfort room, floods were high you dont see anything
view from the roof
these pots are on top of a 6feet high wood cabinetI just told myself... oh its nothing, its just one of those ordinary drizzles.
Then I noticed water on our floor, higher and higher..
that time I realised it was no ordinary rain..
so I scrambled to get all my stuff on a high place coz we do not have a second floor...
But it was a li bit too late...flash flood came and I am seeing right in front of my eyes the water washing away almost all our stuff. All these while I was on top of our refrigerator.
I wanted to cry but I didn't, I wanted to be strong for my mom so I just hugged her.
It's like we are in the middle of the river...
All I could think abut is when will this will be over?...
I didn't care anymore for the material things, I said to God that just keep us alive so we could start anew...
I even told my mom... "Ma mas malala pa nga yung baha dati sa makati nung bata ako e...wala to" (mom, remember when I was a kid? the floods in makati, it was worse...) ...my futile attempt to veer her attention from the disaster even just for a lil while.
"Mas maganda na to kesa masunugan" (This is better than having our house burnt...)
A lil funny but sad...
I just prayed...prayed hard..
I realize then, that I was only calling God during times of disaster, but forgetting Him in times of happiness...
Because of the shock I didn't notice that one of my dogs was swept away....
I couldn't save her because the flood was too high....we had to climb up our roof top...
That was when the first teardrop fell...
while tears were fast falling in my eyes the tears from heaven decided to calm down...
Floods went down, revealing our things ruined...television, sofa, computer, cameras, beds,...all ruined...
But my spirit is strong, From the moment the rain stopped, I took a shovel...and took out all the mud and water inside our house...started cleaning... House ruined but my spirit is still whole.
I said to myself...Everything will be all right...
Now I am starting anew.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
I think I already have a lot of followers from different countries now...
but I havent told so much about me..and I'd like to share few thoughts that I think is about me...
What i can say about me is that before, I was conceited and I admit that, but now I changed,.. I am now perfect. Just kidding... I am still conceited...... and perfect...kidding again!
Seriously, I am loving' life, I wanna experience all the great things it has to offer. That's why you'd see me trying out different things..i am hungry for knowledge, especially those in the arts , spirituality and how mind works. I also like Mathematics.I think math exists everywhere, and should be properly applied...I even think that if we know how to properly equate everything including our emotions, we would be happier and more satisfied.
On the lighter side,I also like different foods from different cultures,that's why I hate dieting.I especially love Cheeses,cheesecake and chocolate cake. I also like home cooked meals better than those that is store bought...maybe because i feel there is more passion and care put into home cooked meals...I also like cooking, but only fast dishes , such as what Rachael ray does.I can whip a full course meal in 30 mins. or less.
I like to look my best all the time,it's not vanity, I just feel that my body deserves the best attention it can get, after all, it's the only one I've got and if i look good I make a lot of people happy just by looking at me. haha.I absolutely believe that age is only in the mind, being young forever is possible.
and obviously, I like a good laugh, but don't get me wrong, I am not a happy go lucky guy, I also like smart talks, just the right balance of witty and funny conversations,that is what i like. Honestly this page is not enough to tell about me, because as what was said by Oscar Wilde- "to define is to limit"
At this moment this is what I can say about me. and it's not impossible that I might be a far different person in the future compared to what I've written now. So join me as we explore this great life together. ciao for now KOKO Superstars.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Here I am again, satisfying my desires for food...and siomai!!!
so I decided to eat at North Park Chinese Resto at Glorietta 5..I ate a lot of stuff there...The place is quite packed. But still they managed to accomodate us, I ordered chicken feet, siomai, egg noodles with beef, spring rolls, iced tea, soy chicken and rice served with special ginger sauce....the food was great and it's quite reasonable for the price....I really had a big tummy after eating..but hey it's worth it...I don't believe in dieting.haha. as long as you know how to burn what you eat, its OK to eat a lot once in a while, especially if it's yummy.... I give North Park Glorietta 5 8 spoons out of 10, needs more improvement on cleaning up their tables, maybe they dont have enough staff, but overall its good. We didnt waited for so long to have our food served. Im gonna go back. Wanna join??? :P
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Imagine what your life will be when you know you want to seek dental treatment but are very afraid to go to a dentist, brought about by past traumatic experiences or from stories you’ve heard from other people. This condition is called dentophobia
The symptoms of detophobia or the fear of dentists include breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking, heart palpitation, inability to speak or think clearly, a fear of dying, becoming mad or losing control, a sensational detachment from reality or a full blown anxiety attack.
I also had this phobia before,plus ugly crooked stained teeth,it was a hard task for me to smile, because I was embarasses with my teeth, so i decided to take action and went to Estetico Manila..I knew it will be tough but I overcame my fears,after going to Estetico Manila to have my teeth straightened and whitened, I am no longer afraid of going to the Dentist's clinic. It's because they provide the best service while keeping you relaxed. Their clinic has a very cool and relaxing ambiance. You can also request your type of music to make you feel good.
Because of them I have a better smile,more confident and ready to face the world!!! And you can have it too. Overcome your fears and have a brighter smile and brighter future.
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