Blackberry, not the phone.

How surprised I am when I saw some blackberries in our front yard. I didn't know we had one. 

More amazed was of course, Mabe, first time to see the real thing, NOT her first mobile phone.

Yum.

Errand Girl

My brother asked me to help him buy a stationary bike. I'm inggit. I want one too.

Summer Heat

Summer is the season I love yet the HEAT that comes with it, makes me hate it. 

Someday, I will plan to spend the rest of our summer in Baguio (with the right budget of course). I just can't stand how humid and how the hot (not warm) the air is. It's giving me a fever-like feeling. Terrible. Airconditioner, yes but we cannot afford to keep it running the whole day. I'm being honest and real here. 

All I can do for now is to find temporary solutions to ease the feeling of living inside an oven. 

Water. Eight glasses, nah, not enough. Fill yourself with lots and lots of water. 

Watermelon. I can finish one whole (5 kilos) watermelon until night time. Yes. Chill half of it inside the freezer, how refreshing it can be.

Shower. I know, forgive me Mother Earth, just for this season, three to four times a day. 

There are a number of things to avoid if you're going outside the house, but that one deserves to be in another blog post. 

Oh well, to make me feel more positive despite the heat, rainy season is just around the corner and I can't wait for it to come.

Summer be good, just take it easy on showering me with heat.

Morning Run

A few weeks ago I went running again (more like walking? Lol!), morning run and catching morning light became an everyday routine once again. I felt good, especially that I tried to drag Mabe from bed and join me, it's nearly possible but we did it. Yeah, we did it for more than two weeks then we stopped (sigh). Crazy lazy sleepyheads!, but I will get back to it. Sure I will.

39

One more year until the dreaded FORTY. 

I was given a surprised birthday letter with comedic drawing by my girl, what a witty one! 

Love it so much my love. 

39th --- grateful...blessed...loved...older but wiser...wounded but healed...imperfections embraced.

I AM BACK

The other day I tried shooting some flowers in our backyard using my 50mm Canon lens, still working despite some molds in my oldie Canon 1000D. I haven't used and been neglecting this camera, I know it's bad, this dslr needs cleaning.

The reason what made me shoot again was this BLOG. I want to go back to writing again. My mind was oozing with a lot of ideas, plans, realizations, etc. etc., to sum it all up, I need to write. I am losing my sanity, that I need to pour everything into writing. 

Okay. Fine. Nobody's stopping me. 

So on the eve of my 39th birthday, ugh. I am officially back.

Goodnight.

TRAVEL: Boracay (Part 4) --- Our Accommodation

Here's the two-bedroom Apartelle at Boracay Holiday Resort. We were welcomed and well taken care of, I have no complaints (dapat lang no!). Thank you to my cousin's friend Ivan who arranged our accommodation for FREE! 

TRAVEL: Boracay (Part 3) --- Island Hopping

We went snorkeling, island hopping and cliff diving. This half day activity made the kids exhausted, so after pizza lunch we slept and then they continued swimming at the hotel pool.  

Buko for sale in the middle of the sea.

After this jump done by my 60-year old Auntie, we went to a whole body massage after dinner. Lol! (hello old age) She's like a model for a pain reliever and old people milk advertisement. 

The waves were rough on our way back, taking photos and using my camera was a bit difficult. Sea water can badly damage your equipment, so you better be careful.Good thing I brought a plastic camera jacket.

It was a laid back vacation, we did not tire ourselves especially that we're with kids, making sand castles, swimming at the pool, with ice cream and pizza everything went perfectly relaxing and fine.

TRAVEL: Boracay (Part 2) --- Random Photos

The last time I set foot at Boracay was 2010, just the three of us. 

This vacation photos were taken June last year with my family, we were a big group, a total of eleven people.

Our accommodation was sponsored (uhmm, freeloaders alert!), a two-bedroom apartment courtesy of a friend whose father owned a hotel at Station 2 area. A big THANK YOU!! 

We went there past the peak season, school was already starting then so very few Filipino tourists, mostly Koreans. Exactly how I wanted our vacation to be, less crowded, we enjoyed Boracay for three days and two nights.

TRAVEL: Boracay (Part 1) --- ChasingSunsets

One of the most stunning sunsets...as always at BORACAY, Philippines.

This post was long overdue, like a year delayed. Lol!

I have been neglecting this blog. Tsk tsk tsk not good.

I am not promising anything, but I will try to update :)

Have a fun summer everyone!