A Day With The Ocean

To swim away...

and beyond!

Till moon rise.

Claveria Beach

When The Sky Turned Orange

It was cloudy around this planet 

when the moon was full and pink. 

I tried to look up 

but saw only the clouds 

that covered that moon 

that could have been bright on those nights. 

Grabbing photos is not my style 

nor blaming the weather 

just because I wanted my beautiful view. 

I will also not say that I stole this shot. Because I never did. 

It is just that. 

That fine day when the sky, 

the sun, and the clouds 

just did what should be. 

Just what is. 

Pure. Clear. Beautiful.

Thank you for the photo.

I mean, thank you for the real thing.

Nine Lives

Do you know how many lives one can have? 

The first time i almost lost it was when i was driving on an elbow downhill by the giant turbines. 

The second time was when i thought i lost them. 

The third time was every time i hit 160/110 semi-paralyzed at the emergency rooms of some hospitals. 

The fourth, was when people tried to kill my spirit. 

The fifth was everytime i thought i feared to be alone in my solo travels. 

The sixth was each time a truck tries to steal my lane at the highway's curve or some car trying to race me and challenge my driving stunts by the zigzags. 

The seventh was when i thought i had nothing. 

Saud beach Sunset 2/10/2017

The eighth is when i die seeing hills and islands and oceans, and sunrises and moonrises. 

But I never die even if they try to steal it. Another life amazingly lingers to what is. 

This wonderful breeze that i breathe now is heaven on earth. And hey, my heart is pretty much alive on my 9th. 

LubDub.  <3

Solo Joyride

My phones died the night before I left. 

It was like telling me to 'smell the flowers' while i had that roadtrip, driving solo. or maybe breathe the seabreeze and the fresh air. 

The last thing i was able to do before i drove straight 12 hours was to inform only one person that i will be driving. 

My new phone was not charging and i accidentally left my camera on the table before i left home. I was able to take very few photos before my new phone died. It was weird. But those scenes are marked in my mind. 

Forever. 

Vigan

The walk along cobbled stones of Vigan.

#7Wonders #Vigan

China: When I Walked The Great Wall

In February 2013, I went to Beijing.

To walk The Great Wall of China.

In Mutianyu.

And I was happy.

Thailand: Prayed in the Temples of Bangkok

When all you do in Bangkok is 

wonder at how their temples were intricately built.

And pray.

Photo taken in February 2013.

Siquijor: That Waterfall Fall

Sometimes there are things you need to hold on to, for a looooong, looooong time.
Swing with it, and go with its flow.
It may be hard, and it will hurt your damn senses.
You may see where you want to go, and know it by heart.
It is just scary to just let go. So just enjoy the bliss! 😉

When it is time to, when you want to, when ready, and brave enough to do so
Just fall, be submerged, downdeep.
But am sure you will float effortlessly & be happy. And whole.
Sometimes you just need those sad, angry, scary, anxious, unsure moments
To be joyful in the end. And forever.
It may not only be for you, but for the happyness of the people around you. ☺

So just hang on!

Calayan Island, Babuyan Islands: Being Whole

Wholeness, over Happyness.

Abra: Sunset

Let it be.

Abra

April 2012

Batanes: Sweeter The Third Time Around

i have always been facing the cam, shooting myself walking "forward".

recently, i noticed that in my travels, i have been taking photos of me walking "forward". this is not sooo me.but i appreciate these moving forward photos better.


Photo taken on October 14, 2014

Basco, Batanes

#batanes #basco #valugan #mountainbike #purpleheart #safetyfirst #EnjoyLife

Bukidnon: Waterfalling in Impasugong

i need my senses to be refreshed before i go back to another journey of realities. i need to see this. and be an angel when i go back to my world of work i chose to belong.

Vigan: What A Wonder

Some may see Vigan as common. Maybe others would say, same sa Melaka in Malaysia. C'mon, it is Vigan. And Vigan has so much more. Because what you see when you go is not a show, it is how they live everyday.If you could only stay a longer time and immerse, you will feel that it is more than romantic, it is more than history, it is more than heritage. It is a life of wonder and beauty. And it is in your country, the Philippines.

Hail to the people who preserved and restored the history that taught us... that molded Vigan people to who they are and who they have become.

Occidental Mindoro: Kalibasib, the Tamaraw

Kalibasib. The Tamaraw who is not in the wild.

Artificially Inseminated, alone after his mother died.

But still fierce, brave.


Occidental Mindoro
August 2012

Occidental Mindoro: Way to The Mangyans

after crawling down a more than 10feet ravine just holding on to roots and after crossing a river, i was meters away to what i desired to see.

Occidental Mindoro: Stunning Scene

been trekking along the ancestral domain of the tribe of Mangyans; the mountains all around me - 360 degrees, are beautiful. and i think are easy to reach. below that mountain in the background is where a Mangyan community is. and that is where i went. 

Occidental Mindoro: Bridge Over Troubled Waters

this part of the cable-wire-bridge has thicker wires on its base. at the end part where i started, it has no wires like this; just plain "half-inch thick wire" to walk on. if i lost grip on those wires i was holding on to, the wild rapids of the river below me would have eaten me up and am sure i would have not missed the boulders. all these just to reach a Mangyan Community.

Occidental Mindoro: Batman!

this they call batman mountain. there is really a name for this mountain - Bato Singit. which of course, as usual, i forgot. but whattah view from this house of a Mangyan Family. they said, i can immerse for a week with them. or a month. what kind of life is it to be in a Mangyan community within their ancestral domain?


i dedicate this to Jana

Fuga Island In My Mind

i have been dreaming of oceans, islets in my sleep, for the past days. i think i am an islander. i can't wait for next summer. i have been promised to go here again, and sleep in that room facing the other islet.

Occidental Mindoro: Devil Mountain

this mountain filled my long 2-hour trip. only to find out that upon reaching the ancestral domain of the Mangyans, their mountains won my heart