Baligtos

BALIGTOS - /ba-lig-tos/ - noun. the Visayan term for 'tie'-- a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front


My weekend's completely fine; peaceful and relaxing. It wasn't a typical Friday though (Friday is the weekend here in Saudi) since I usually go out to unwind with friends. It's plainly fine çoz' I just stayed in my room and took a rest, until I finally thought of taking some photos. It took me hours actually to figure out what could possibly trance my lens until I noticed the ties left hangin' in my closet. So, I started my 'photoshoot' ...hehe..and here it goes..

"If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little nose around your neck."
- Linda Ellerbee

"When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!"
- Anna Letitia Barbauld

"With an evening coat and a white tie, even a stockbroker,
can gain a reputation for being civilized."
- Oscar Wilde

"When you reach the end of the rope, tie a know in it and hang on."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything."
- Ernest Gaines

Two-color prints are a little harder to do because everything has to line up perfectly. " 
-Matt Dera

Paglambo

I've just started this blog and there really is this feeling of enthusiasm to make this work out. I don't know where this comes from but I think my passion to photography these days has pushed me to post more entries and do sorts of enhancements. So, here's my second compilation of photos. This entry deals on the beauty that I have seen in industrialization. And the blog title itself, PAGLAMBO /pag-lam-bo/, a Visayan term which means development, generally introduces the concept of the photos in this entry. In my first blog, my subject focused more on the natural environment, and this new entry will be the other side of it. My photos are not too artistic though (as you may see), since I just applied what I have generally known about the principles of art, and haven't really had any formal lessons about photography. But I think as a newbie, this can be a good start. So, hope you'll like it.

"Each man has an equal social right to multiply his power of motion by all the social factors of civilization. Private property in any of these factors is inconsistent with this fundamental right; it must, obviously, prove a source of economic despotism and industrial slavery. "

- Daniel De Leon

The Hustle and Bustle
Imam Ali Street, Al Qatif, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

"I wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand,
and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours."
 - Bernard Berenson

The Facade
Kingdom Tower, Al Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

“A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base,  and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.”
 - William Lyon Phelps

On Construction
Al Khobar, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

"Any one who believes that any great enterprise of an industrial character can be started without labor must have little experience of life. "
- William Graham Sumner

Skyscraper in Riyadh
Al Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

"If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have." 
 - K. Eric Drexler 

Shone
Al Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3
"Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. "
~ Dante Alighieri

Share-A-Ton
Sheraton Hotel, Dammam, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's largest and second oldest brand. And the picture shows the poolside view of Sheraton Hotel, Dammam, KSA

A Gloomy Friday in Riyadh
Al Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

“Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.”
- The Bible

Sheraton Hotel 
Dammam, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3
" A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest. "
- William Feather (1908 - 1976)

The Deck On Top
Kingdom Tower Mall, Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

Poolside of Sheraton Hotel
Dammam, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

"I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep;
for my shadow in the pool can do better than that."
- Confucius

Angle the Edge
Sheraton Hotel, Dammam, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

Angle the Edge
Sheraton Hotel, Dammam, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

I almost lost my camera because of the photos that follow, coz' the security personnel was about to confiscate it since it's not allowed in the Kingdom Tower of Riyadh. Thank God I know a little bit of Arabic and I apologized to them...hehe

A Night Life @ Riyadh
Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

A Night Life @ Riyadh
Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

A Night Life @ Riyadh
Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

A Night Life @ Riyadh
Riyadh, KSA
Tools: SONY @380 / Adobe CS3

"If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have. "

- K. Eric Drexler 

Palibot

One of the most celebrated subject in photography is our nature.

 It has something that catches one's attention without considering any principles of art at its peak. 

It has the attitude that requires no one to ask. 

It has a gem that other subjects of my lense can't achieve.

"The goal of life is living in agreement with nature."

Zeno (335 BC - 264 BC) 

Early Morning at the Desert

"Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved."

-Bill BradleyAmerican retired NBA
Basketball Player and Senator

"Flowers . . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world."

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

(1803-1882)

"We say we love flowers, yet we pluck them. And people still wonder why some are afraid when told they are loved."

-Anonymous 

"Early in the morning, at the break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book is really vicious."

Friedrich Nietzsche
German Scholar and Philosopher
(1844-1900)

"Early in the morning, at the break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book is really vicious."

Friedrich Nietzsche
German Scholar and Philosopher
(1844-1900

Rock Formation at Al Garah Mountain
Jabl Al-Garah (Arabic = جبل القارة , which means mountain of Al-Garah) is a mountain in Al-Garah village . The mountain has many caves with very cool air inside. The mountain attracts many people specially from nearby villages. (Wikipedia)

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see Nature all ridicule and deformity, and some scarce see Nature at all.  But to the eyes of the  man of imagination, Nature is Imagination itself. "

William Blake
1799, The Letters

 "Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers."

-Ellsworth Huntington

 Some Rock Formations in Al Garah Mountain
Al Hassa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

" I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction."

Steve Irwin

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer.  But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

Henry David Thoreau 

(1817-1862)