Posted by tanya on Apr 9, '08 8:11 AM for everyone last week was the fulfillment of our long planned summer roadtrip up north. Ria, Lisette, carol and I visited Ilocos Norte. I'd been so excited to do this trip since the moment they invited me to come with them. Plus this was another Photo shoot adventure that i can do only when there's no school (hobby that i have been crazy about for the past couple of months). so, before i left manila, i bought two packs of energizer max and a new SD card. I was so excited that even the thought of something will go wrong didnt occured in my thoughts.
-(thursday, arrived around 7.30 AM after 12 hours of bus ride from manila, but since we missed our bus stop in Baduang Market Pagudpud and almost reached Cagayan we arrived around 8.30ish AM)
on day one at Pagudpud, things went perfectly fine, but i decided just to get a few shots and i will just take more photos on the next day where we will visit more interesting places . got wet on the shore in the afternoon. ate dinner under gasera light . and went stargazing after. haha, and we watched a man (probably a local fisherman) snorkel from the middle of the pitch black ocean to our shore. at first we cant figure what was the light on the middle of the ocean. we were even guessing if it was a sirena, or just some bio-fish with powers, or some chinese guy who crossed the south china sea. it was so ridiculusly funny. i was even quite screaming "hala, tao nga, totoong tao nga..." when we realized that he was a real human living person.
day two, (friday)THE DAY WHEN ALL THINGS FALL APART. Our first stop was Cape Bojeador. We went to the famous Bojeador light house. For the next couple of minutes, i was enjoying taking photos of the place and the sights, and taking photos of my friends. Then, the light house keeper approached us and volunteered to take our camera and take a group shot of four of us together. after i got back my camera, it started malfunctioning. First, one of the picture has an "unidentified" title in it. Then after a couple of minutes it went "MEMOry card ERROR". i checked the memory card couple of times and put out and back the batteries several times. and still, my camera is still not functioning. AND THEN I FELT SO SAD, AND MAD, AND I DONT KNOW. i dont know what to do.. and i felt so KAWAWA. i felt so envious of lisette because she was enjoying taking photos. the worst thing and worst feeling!
next stop of the day was near the Rock Cliff and rock shores of cape Bojeador. i was trying to just enjoy the moment. and tried to put on my mind the phrases, "what the heck? this place is so beauuutiiiiifuuulll, i should get over the sad feeling over my camera."
next stop, Bangui Windmill, they were so huge and beautiful! ..."I still wish that my camera is working? im hoping that in God's grace, He will allow me to go back to this place again..."
Paraiso ni San Anton... My camera is still not working...
Agua Grande... my camera is still not working...
Lunctime.. my camera is still not working....
Then, on carol's suggestion, I tried to reset the memory card. and it worked. I thought i was lucky, because i was able to take picture of the cave and rock formation near the Patapat Viaduct. Then my camera went "memory card error" AGAIN...
Carol lent me her memory card since her camera is not functioning well too. and my camera started taking pictures again. By the time we went to BLue Lagoon, I was happy and excited and JUMPING and RUNNING again. COOLest!
Next Stop, Kabigan Falls, midway during the hike, My camera went error code "E18". what the heck! FAILED TO take photos again. And another worst feeling. I saw A GUY WITH a DIGITAL SLR camera near the falls taking photos. GRGHHH.... and he brought with him a TRI-POD and he even owns a TELEPHOTO.... ARRGGHHHH! "ok, GOD, what are you trying to tell me?!"
And while hiking back to the drop off, i realized that my MALFUNCTIONING memory card is LOST. i hope some "lamang lupa took it". i dont care about it anyway. Atleast i have some photos in carol's mem card that i can still save once i got home. hope i can still hold on to.
Then, we went back to the Inn, "ok, cool... what a day.. so.. happy..."
DAY 3, (saturday) spent half day in Pagudpud, Lisette, Ria and I walked the long stretch of Saud Beach. Got back to the Inn for breakfast, but i brought my coffee and breakfast near the shore and watch the fishermen sailing. if my camera was working, i would have taken some photos. Then by lunch we head down to Laoag to visit one of Carol's relative. Then went to San Nicolas near Laoag where we will be staying over night.
Day 4.(Sunday) Went to Carol's relative in Dingras, then went to another Carol's relative in Dingras too, then went back to Laoag for Lunch. Then Carol's cousing, Kuya Charles, drove us to Fort Ilocandia, and in Paoay Church, then in Batac (by the way i saw Marcos' life size wax, all the time i thought that was his body), then back in San Nicolas for dinner. By 10PM we're in Laoag bus terminal heading back to Manila.
TUESDAY, April 8, 2008... back to school for Summer Class.
LESSONS LEARNED:
1) never let other strange person touch your camera, because you will end up cursing them on your mind even if they have nothing to do with the malfunctioning of my camera.
2) bring a spare Memory card with you all the time
3) if u happen to own two or more camera.. bring them all, in my case i only own one.. sorry for me.
4) i think some sand went inside the lenses of camera, so protect your camera with silicon cover or whatever cover..
NEXT TIME:
Next time, im going back to Ilocos Norte, probably 3 or 4 years from now..or 5 or 6.... when i have my own and lots of money to spent. by that time i SHOULD have my own car, i should know how to drive so that i can stop and park anywhere i want where the ANGLEs are great for shooting, and i SHOULD have a Digital SLR with a TRI_POD and a TELEPHOTO, with different lenses of all kinds, and filters... Not one SLR but probably two in case the other one malfunctioned. and lots of memory card. HAHAHA. EVIL GRIN. i also wish that i have a surf board so that in case the two cameras malfunctioned, I have a surf board to have fun with. and probably one boyfriend would be cool too, so that i will have someone to carry my surf board since i have two cameras on both hands and the tripod on my back, and the lense bag on my neck... COOLest! hayy... COOLest talga! Yari talga yan Ilocos Norte sa akin,,, Sige lang...
FOR THE TIME BEING: I will study hard, i will not sleep if i must, i will spent longer hours studying.. reading... studying... reading,,,ALL HARWORK.. so that wil have better chances (atleast) of becoming a CPA with a well paid job. COOLest.
 | malas ung lighthouse keeper. haha |
 | Actually I think it could be the fault of the memory card. There are some high capacity memory cards these days that don't work properly. Plus, there are better brands than others. In case your memory card goes haywire, you can have them replaced. This is why we don't buy memory cards from CD-R king because they only give 1 week replacement warranty when it should be 5 years warranty.
There are a couple of things that could have caused the malfunction:
1. The salty air near the beach (maybe)
2. Camera getting sand in it? (how can this happen?)
3. Camera brand (some are durable and some are just crap, like Casio)
4. Memory card brand
5. Memory card use/age (either if it's old or isn't taken care of properly)
I'm really sorry to hear your loss. Yes it is something tragic for your memory card to get busted. I have lost a couple of pictures before and I felt devastated about it.
Lesson of the story: Don't let strangers hold your camera! Hahaha, this is why I'm not in my shots 99% of the time. |
 | tanya don't worry someday alam ko lagot talaga ang ilocos sayo. mangyayari din ang mga pinapangarap natin. sige i'll upload na our photos para may ipapakita ka na sa mami mo:). smile pare *pat-on-the-shoulder* |
 | dude tuluyan ko na inoperahan ang camera.. ang galing.. amazing yung loob, parang adventure.. nakakatuwa, actually inooperahan ko siya ngayun, sana gumana, dami buhangin sa loob.. |
| talaga ayos! sana maayos... |
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talaga ayos! sana maayos... 