A Photo Essay: 365(6) days of Light, Life, and Love

Life: This is Gloria unfinished... (312/365,jreyes)

2008-12-18T12:04:00.000-08:00

Life: This is Gloria unfinished... (312/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

This is Gloria. I am trying to paint her as my latest piece. I like this a lot. The design is going to be sick! I love this photo a lot. Everyone also comments on this photo. I don't know why but there is something really amazing about this moment.

Life: This is a Greek dinner (Lentil soup, eggplant salad, and chicken

2008-12-17T11:59:00.000-08:00

Life: This is a Greek dinner (Lentil soup, eggplant salad, and chicken kebob wrap. (311/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Since I was having such a crappy week, I decided to treat myself for a good Greek dinner. I had a delicious lentil soup, some eggplant salad, and some chicken kebob wrap. This was a good meal. It was warm and kind of healthy for a cold and crappy week.

Life: This is fruit salad and chicken ceasar salad. (310/365,jreyes)

2008-12-16T11:56:00.000-08:00

Life: This is fruit salad and chicken ceasar salad. (310/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Today was a tough day. I don't want to go into details, but I ended up eating some healthy foods. The fruit salad and cesar salad was great!

Life: This is my new heater. (309/365,jreyes)

2008-12-15T11:55:00.000-08:00

Life: This is my new heater. (309/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

My old heater broke, so I got this hardcore looking heater now. It looks all hardcore and clean. It's been in the 40s in the mornings in the Bay Area. That is incredibly cold for this area. Last year I didn't light the pilot light for my central heating. This year I asked my landlord to fix that issue cuz it is freakin' cold.

Life: This is Penne and meat sauce with some turkey hot dogs.

2008-12-14T11:53:00.000-08:00

Life: This is Penne and meat sauce with some turkey hot dogs. (308/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

So I decided to cook today. I cooked some penne pasta and some meat sauce with some turkey hot dogs. When I was little my parents would cook spaghetti and meat sauce with hot dogs. I am Filipino so this is standard operating procedure when there wasn't a lot of ground beef. So we used hot dogs or vienna sausages. It sounds weird, but it is hella good. Also the Filipino Spaghetti is typical sweeter than the original Italian version. So this wasn't a sweet spaghetti.

Life: This I love you, milk. (307/365,jreyes)

2008-12-13T11:49:00.000-08:00

Life: This I love you, milk. (307/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

This is my new Threadless.com t-shirt It is the milk and cookies one where the cookie says "I love you" to the milk. hahahahahahahaha I love threadless!

Life: These are my neighbors Hannah and Aaron. (306/365,jreyes)

2008-12-12T11:47:00.000-08:00

Life: These are my neighbors Hannah and Aaron. (306/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

These are my neighbors Hannah and Aaron. We went to see the Golden State Warriors vs. the Houston Rockets. It was a fun and entertaining experience. We had real nose bleeder seats at the top of the arena, but the view on the floor still rocked. Plus I used a 70-300m Canon lens. Yao Ming is still HUGE.

Life: This is the moon through some trees. (305/365,jreyes)

2008-12-11T11:28:00.000-08:00

Life: This is the moon through some trees. (305/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

The moon was incredibly big this afternoon. I had to take this picture through the trees. For a second Mountain View, CA looked like some place in the east coast. I like this mood a lot and the colors too.

Life: This is Chinese take out. (304/365,jreyes)

2008-12-10T11:28:00.000-08:00

Life: This is Chinese take out. (304/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Using my new 430 ex II for the flash. It makes cheap Chinese food look hella good. I get half white rice, half chow mein, house chicken, and some eggplant. This always hits the spot. This lasts like 2 meals for me. It is a bit bad, because of the carbs, grease, and sodium but its tasty.

Life: These are moo stickers. (303/365,jreyes)

2008-12-09T02:47:00.001-08:00

Life: These are moo stickers. (303/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

My moo stickers finally arrived. I like moo.com a lot. The stickers turned out great. I don't know what the heck I am going to use them for, but they look pretty dope. Please check the site out.

www.moo.com

Life: This my 96 year old grand uncle Peter. (300/365,jreyes)

2008-12-08T09:44:00.001-08:00

Life: This my 96 year old grand uncle Peter. (300/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

My parents and my aunt and uncle decided to visit Uncle Peter in San Francisco. He looks exactly like my grandfather. He came to the US via the US Navy. The Navy recruited Filipinos before WWII. He has been a San Franciscan since the 1930s. He is looking pretty strong for 96. We Filipinos live a very long time.

:-)

Life: This is dinner lemon chicken with white rice. (302/365,jreyes)

2008-12-07T02:46:00.000-08:00

Life: This is dinner lemon chicken with white rice. (302/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Dinner tonight was chicken and rice. This hit the spot. The chicken was bought at a market in Palo Alto. It was pretty good. The price was pretty good too. Anyways day 302 is now done.

Life: This is a staring contest with an infant. (301/365,jreyes)

2008-12-06T02:45:00.000-08:00

Life: This is a staring contest with an infant. (301/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

We went to Palace BBQ Buffet in Sunnyvale, CA for a dinner. This is a staring contest with an infant. I caught this moment where they were staring at each other. Day 301 is complete. :-)

Life: These are Moo Cards of my art. (299/365,jreyes)

2008-12-05T11:36:00.001-08:00

Life: These are Moo Cards of my art. (299/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I waited sooo long for these moo mini cards of my art. I love them. I think they turned out great. I am ordering more moo cards for my other art works. The first batch I made looks pretty awesome.

Art Pieces

Cuban Guy
X-stacy
Cesar Chavez
Blues Guitar
Barack Hussein Obama
This is Light
We Believe (Baron Davis)
Thelonious Monk
James Brown
Dexter Gordon
Che

Life: This is butter corn ramen with beef. (298/365,jreyes)

2008-12-04T14:18:00.001-08:00

Life: This is butter corn ramen with beef. (298/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

The ramen place in El Camino is now a Thai restaurant. We went to Palo Alto right across the street from Stanford Univ. and found a new ramen place which was Chinese owned. This place was good the noodles were good. Price was pretty good too. I have no idea what the restaurant is called but it is a hole in the wall kind of place. :-) Day 298 is complete.

Life: This is Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba (297/365,jreyes)

2008-12-03T14:11:00.000-08:00

Life: This is Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba (297/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

There's a party in my tummy, so yummy so yummy yummy...
Turkey!
So yummy, so yummy yummy!

Life: This a message for Obama. (296/365,jreyes)

2008-12-02T11:08:00.000-08:00

Life: This a message for Obama. (296/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Words from this Sunday's preaching. Be strong and courageous!

Joshua 1:7
7 Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.

Life: This the Mod look....(295/365,jreyes)

2008-12-01T14:21:00.000-08:00

Life: This the Mod look....(295/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

This is my neighbor Hannah. She created the skirt modeled here. I rented a Novatron strobe kit from K&S in Palo Alto, CA. This was the photo session. I have no idea what I was doing, but hopefully most of the other shots looked cool. Wow day 295.

Life: These are presents for my nephew. (294/365,jreyes)

2008-11-30T11:15:00.000-08:00

Life: These are presents for my nephew. (294/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I can't believe it but my nephew is turning 2 years old on Wednesday. This is crazy. BTW that pumpkin bag was his trick or treat bag for Halloween. It is so amazing to see how fast he grows. Like every week he learns something new.

Life: This is ube ice cream. (293/365,jreyes)

2008-11-29T23:37:00.000-08:00

Life: This is ube ice cream. (293/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

This is ube ice cream from Kuya's Asian Cuisine in San Bruno, CA. This is really good Filipino food. Ube is purple yam.

Ube:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ube

What we ate:

Kare Kare (oxtail in peanut sauce)
Trout Sisig
Fried Pampano
Pampano in ginger, chili, ampalaya
Coconut sauce, green beans, squash, beef
Ube Ice Cream
Halo Halo

Great meal. This place is really good, I only eat here when my parents are in town. Its great!

Life: This is fun with remote and rented lights. (292/365,jreyes)

2008-11-29T07:26:00.001-08:00

Life: This is fun with remote and rented lights. (292/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I rented some strobes from K&S in Palo Alto, CA. I love this camera store! One of the best in the west coast. Anyways, I took photos today of my art using real professional lights with umbrellas and everything. Really cool. I am debating whether or not to buy lights. So I figure I will rent them first.

Life: This is Turkey, yams, green beans (291/365,jreyes)

2008-11-27T19:09:00.001-08:00

Life: This is Turkey, yams, green beans (291/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

Happy Thanksgiving to all. I ordered out this year from Twist in Campbell, CA. The Turkey was juicy and the sides were great. My parents drove up from LA and my aunt and uncle drove from San Jose. My aunt (tita) makes Filipino noodles called pancit every year. It is our tradition that she makes it :-) Anyways, God bless to all and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in Flickr land.

Life: This is an inquisitive dog. (290/365,jreyes)

2008-11-27T10:57:00.001-08:00

Life: This is an inquisitive dog. (290/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

He looks like he is saying... "Hmmmm How am I going to make life miserable for Jonathan today. Who should I bark at randomly? Where is that damn squirrel that keeps on bothering me? Aaaah shenanigans!!!!"

Life: This a typical Thanksgiving meal. (289/365,jreyes)

2008-11-27T10:56:00.003-08:00

Life: This a typical Thanksgiving meal. (289/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I had a small group thanksgiving dinner. We had KFC biscuits, KFC mac and cheese, Popeyes deep fried turkey, green beans, yams, and mashed potatoes. We also had some pumpkin pie for dessert. This was a good dinner!

Life: These are my paints. (288/365,jreyes)

2008-11-27T10:56:00.001-08:00

Life: These are my paints. (288/365,jreyes)
Originally uploaded by jmoisesreyes

I was running out of white and I bought some baby blue for skies or something. I have no idea what to paint next. I am thinking of going with more landscapes, nature, and nekkid women. I think those sell.