almost over.

i don't want May to be over. yet. i look at my archive and see how lazy i am to write. or maybe i didn't really have the luxury of time. a lot of significant events conspired, many absolutely meaningful thoughts crossed my mind. they still keep on coming and running, too fast i can't even begin to hold them in and write them out.

sometimes i wish i not only have one day-off in a week, that i don't lay around longer than my body needs, that i don't have too many errands to attend to, that break-time at work isn't just limited to one hour, that i don't spend so much time in twitter and instagram. just so that i can sit down a little longer, so that i can think a little deeper and reflect a little harder. 

but then again it is that one day-off that makes me value my rest day more and handle it with utmost significance. it's the extra hours in bed that i give my body a little treat. it's that one hour breaktime that makes me realize that even the shortest of time is too precious but i sometimes decide to either waste it or make the most use of it. it's the time i spend in twitter and instagram that i find inspiring words and moving pictures.

so maybe i really don't have to regret that i didn't write often enough. i shouldn't regret about the unwritten thoughts and lessons and realizations. because even if i fail to write them, i sure had a good grasp of them. they may not be in this used-to-be blank page in cyberspace, but they're drilled into my head and slotted securely inside my heart.

May is bound to end. just like summer. and we all have no choice but be okay with that.

we lose some. we gain so much more.

sometimes news get so shocking and frustrating we decide to believe the world is cruel.

it's not.

sometimes the storm lasts longer than we expected. but most of the time it ends even before we recognize its presence. if we're lucky, we'll realize early that we're so stupid for letting these frustrations suck the life out of us. so we stop before we do ourselves any damage -- mentally, emotionally or in any way.

my sister is back in the game. with minimal hassle and littlest difficulty, she's back on track. it didn't even take her a complete full month to sulk over what she lost. in a snap, right after the holidays, right on cue, she's given a brandnew opportunity. 

this is the very thing that keeps every human being going. brandnew opportunities. when one thing's gone, another's bound to come. the wait-time may differ, but i'm sure that's how it's gonna work for me. for everybody.

and my advice, please don't you ever let go of your sanity and clarity. this too shall pass. it always does. come on, you and i know that.

beach love.

january 2013. it was in pandan island in palawan that i first fell in love with the sea -- it's perfect clarity and blueness, it's beautiful horizon where earth and sky best collide, and its adorable fishes and starfishes.

it was there and then that i promised myself that i'll visit as many beaches as i can, that this will be the first of the many travels to come, and that this will be one of the many splendid and fun ways i'm gonna spend my youth.


being the goal-setter and goal-reacher that i am, i'm able to visit, much to my delight and awe, boracay and panglao long enough to enjoy every good thing they have to offer.

two days before the trip though, it was some trick of fate that i acquired chickenpox. (yeah, fate can be too much of a joker and that i was its chosen one). i first thought my plans will not materialize. but the universe must have felt my zeal and persistence to push through with the plans that my recovery was fast and less troublesome, that the scars it left me with, i'd like to believe, were not too ugly and shameful. (but even if they were, i didn't mind. let strangers think i had a very terrible pimple outbreak or figure what happened.;))

and i was on a roll and so were the good times!


april 2013. boracay, aklan.

 

boracay was rather crowded even at night at this time of the year, but that won't stop anyone from catching this beautiful sunset even under an ordinary camera's lenses.  (with me is my youngest sister, baby)

 

clear blue sky and clean blue waters at daytime. they offer nothing but pure fun and peace of mind. (with me is my oldest sister, ate jeanne)

may 2013. panglao beach, bohol.

   

the pure, simple, and unadulterated beauty of panglao beach gave me the perfect venue to reflect about life and love, to celebrate the goodness of everything that conspired, and look ahead for everything that is yet to come.

in a matter of five months, i'm fortunate enough to have been given the chance to visit three beautiful places in my home country. i'm more than lucky to have taken some days off from work and indulge in awesome experiences back home.

someday, i'll look back and remember...this. this is how i moved forward. this is how i lived my youth. and this is how i'd like to continue living it!