23 Dec

Christmas of YesterYear for #thegallery

Written by UrbanVox 4 Comments

When I was a kid Christmas was always a big occasion… All the family getting together, coming from wherever you are (and believe me, people would come from the 4 corners of the earth) and congregating at my Grandma’s place… Seeing loved ones, the delicious food, laugh, games grandpa giving us money (Christmas was the only time he would ACTUALLY VOLUNTARILY give us money without complaining or anything… as long as we were in a public place for all to see… yeah…).

All was good… Then my parents got divorced, we all grew up, got married and well… grandma passed away and now we all meet mostly on weddings, funerals, and few other social gatherings… And of course… Like each other’s Facebook statuses…

Christmas wasn’t the same since then…

Then Big Monkey was born and well… Magically Christmas time was bearable again… And I even smiled and got on the spirit of things! Seriously… I am not a toooooootal Grinch!!

Don’t take me wrong… I’m still me and still feel like hiding under the covers and wait until the “season to be jolly” is over so I can crawl out of my hidey-hole for one more year of Evil-Red-Wearing-Bearded-Clowns free time! Well… Yeah… Big Monkey says I am the Bearded Dude… but hey… never-mind…

I am such a Grumpy Old Man…

Anyway… For this year’s Gallery Christmass Special: a hairy, cuddly, cheeky Big Monkey’s Magic time in 2006…

Have a Happy Crimbo!

14 Sep

The Gallery: A Happy Memory

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I had to think that one through… a lot…

The first image that came to mind was the moment I held each of my sons for the 1st time… And I suppose that would be the obvious choice for my gallery post… Each of those moments filled me with joy in a way that I couldn’t begin to describe… Wasn’t just joy though… there was the little tingle that kept probing me constantly questioning if I would be a good dad, if I would make the cut and be there whenever they need me…. I also couldn’t single out ONE good memory… they are constantly making me happy every since they we conceived… all 3 of them… It’s been a mixture constant pain but happiness every time I see their faces smiling at me…

So no… I don’t think is fair to single out the birth of one of them… that is just the beginning… And there is a lot more to come… I’m sure there will be many more happier moments in which they will make me happier and prouder to be their dad.

But if I have to choose a happy memory it would be one I have that have been visiting me quite a lot lately…

One of a happy day spent on Green Park a few years back… The weather was not the best, but we were happy… life wasn’t as complicated as it is today… We were a family… and for the few hours we were out there there was nothing but enjoying each other’s company and laughing of a little monkey (at the time our only monkey) and the way he was an adventurous explorer… a pirate…

A happy memory from a happy day in the park… not so long ago…

17 Aug

The Gallery: Black And White

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Loving this weeks theme at The Gallery at Sticky Fingers‘s place!!!

Special as I am going into a black and white phase on my photography… I can’t really post much of what I’ve been experimenting on here… hehehe… but looking on my Hipstomatic gallery in my phone I found A few:

Gallery: 24 Hours (33/365 – I’m so late!)

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You know me and you will know that I am practically 24 hours on the run… So this week’s assignment for The Gallery @ Sticky Fingers is perfect for me.

My first idea was to maybe take a pic of myself every hour of the day and then post all of them as a gallery….

Then I answered a phone call… and something downed on me… that I could summarize my 24 hours with one photo of one object…

The iMonster is with me from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed… and in between… 24hs a day…

It is my bridge to my friends and girlfriend and family… it keeps me updated on what’s going on… it is my mobile office… and it is a source of entertainment, not just for me, bu for the kiddos in my life (and I include Hales on that one… hehehehe)…

It helps me sleep (I usually plug myself into it at night with ambience sounds and /or relaxation exercices…

It is my flashlight!!!!

It wakes me up as I use it as an alarm…

Well… it keeps me connected and wired 24hs a day….

So here you go… my 24 hour assignment is done!!!!

Bring on the next!!!!