Just a random day after School, me and a few of my friends decide to stay after school to look around the campus. It was a big deal for me since I usually go straight home after school. It was a beautiful night, very nostalgic and the first time the huge Christmastree was lit up in the school campus. As the days go by numbering the days before Christmas, we get excited.

     Our school takes Christmas seriously just looking at the Paskuhan festivities that we celebrate every year. Our University is famous for the Paskuhan event—that one time in the year where thousands of people flock together(people from other universities, too) to enjoy the lights, hangout, listen to famous bands and ultimately get lost and frustrated with so many people around (I am half-joking). You can tell UST’s so into it by the amount of lights and décor placed all around the school grounds. Hope I can take photos around next time to show the different school decoration. And fireworks, can’t forget the fireworks. Fantastic fireworks display that will make your neck hurt by looking at them for a long time.

     Before Christmas vacation, the Paskuhan is such an anticipated event that just by the lighting the Christmas tree, everyone gets all excited. My friends and I joined in with the other passersby in taking photos of the newly lit Christmas tree. We took turns using my friend’s DSLR which she was so generous enough to lend. We even got a bonus when the technicians allowed us to take photos INSIDE the Christmas tree! Anyway, it was my first time handling a DSLR (specifically a Nikon 3200) and it was quite fun actually handling the camera and playing around with the different settings to capture the moment. Still not used to the experience, I hope I can buy my own so that I can play around with it. In this post are attempts to shoot with a DSLR first time. Please leave comments and reactions! :D