GRAPHICS FROM LAOAG CITY

It was practically an extreme hot weather when I visited the UNESCO World Heritage site of St. Augustine Church or known as the Paoay Church.

#LABORACAY

GRAPHICS FROM BORACAY

Summer is already here!

ISLAND PARTY

SUNSET FROM BORACAY

It was the time of the day where everything feels magical and entirely surreal.

HAMMOCK

I have always been giddy when I see a hammock, sometimes I find myself fallen asleep in it. It became an escape for me, from the comforts of my bed. I would often lie down, wait for the sky to turn into its golden shades and alas there it is, my favorite time of the day, sunset.

When I found this hammock, right outside our cottage when I was at the beach, I didn't hesitate to lay in the hammock. Something so simple can actually bring joy to me. Every moment in a hammock I daydream, I am in peace, and a little humming in between.

Bangkok vintage cardigan and denim shorts, Bayo bikini, Friend of mine sunglasses 

BEACH VIDEO DIARY

It's not too late to tell about my beach happenings at this time isn't it? I don't know why it took a while for me to upload this, but surely it doesn't mean that I have neglected my love for the beach.

 editing done by me truly

I surely miss my times spent with my girls just laying around on the beach, not thinking of what will happen next. It's at these rainy days that my feelings double into missing the sand and beach waves. Recommendations were done at my previous post, but those images were not enough to reflect on how much fun I had, this video serves it well. Most of the time I had the chance of capturing candid moments of my friends checking out their mobile, having selfie shots, the sunset views which I can never get tired of and hanging out with Mikey Bustos and his friends, those dancing moves which totally helped me to get to bed early coz of exhaustion. These moments will not be replicated so better yet record it while it was happening.

credits to Icona Pop- I love it for the song.

WHAT TO DO: A DAY IN A BEACH

Out of the many beaches, I've travelled onto probably Puerto Galera has been the most accessible white sand beach to go to, since it's a bus + boat ride away from Manila. Some weeks ago, my friends and I packed our bags and went to Puerto Galera to celebrate the weekend. We stayed at Mendelluke Suites with a pleasing balcony in front. As a beach enthusiast myself, let me cull a list of things to do on how you can spend a day at the beach without having an experience of slight boredom.

BALCONY

Have you ever had those days when activities may seem in routine, running around like in endless circles? Well those days I may consider myself as a walking zombie, scared for the apocalypse. The only thing that would turn lifeless moments into a fruitful one is getting an escape through daydreams. These days I have been engrossing myself with different photos of Europe from blogs and Google, specifically photos of the Eiffel Tower ( who doesn't love that anyway?).

 One day I may pay a visit to magnificent Paris but let me go back to reality that I reside in a beautiful tropical country. These photos are reminder of Mendelluke's Suites that my friends and I stayed when we were in White beach, Puerto Galera. Lucky enough my friend knows this roomy place which made our stay cozy.
Now back to bed, need sleep for me to get ready for a quick escape outside of the city in a few hours. 

PALM TREE

Running away from the scorching heat of the sun while I was on the beach was extremely impossible. Beach hats, towels, sarongs or whatever kind of clothing I would wrap around would never be enough, thus I resorted to mother nature. Thankful for the existence of these family of plants, Arecaceae or in not so scientific term, palm trees germinating around the beach. 

GRAPHICS FROM THE BEACH II

Consider this as another set of color blast graphics. I could talk forever about the beaches  resorts here in the Philippines that I have been to, but traveling to different kinds of beach situations made me think of what if my life would revolve around sand and waves, will I be able to live with it? Well, I'm not entirely sure if I could answer this right now, all I know is I enjoy walking on beach shore, swimming in blue waters (minus the jellyfish) and a new found hobby, riding in jet ski. Walking around the beach shore creates a glorious disconnection between me and the online world/laptop/iphone/social networking. It does give me a good feeling being able to tolerate myself from not checking my instagram, twitter, email, or even thinking about hashtags.  I have a separate bucket list for beaches I daydream of traveling to, some of them sound cliché locations, nevertheless I felt that I needed to be in those myself.

POSTCARD IMAGES FROM PHILIPPINES

Batangas. A province located in the southern Luzon, within a 2 to 3 hour drive (with no traffic), near the city of Manila. When I received these images I was in total awe of the natural beauty of the beach. I have been to Batangas numerous times but I haven’t really explored all. Usually Batangas is famous for their beaches, to name a few distinct spots are Anilao, Bauan, Lian, Nasugbu, and San Juan. If you are into diving might as well swim your way to Anilao there are good diving spots which a lot of my foreign friends go to. I have been to Nasugbu, Anilao and San Juan, I can say that there are some that are a must see like the Sombrero Island. I've always been a beach bum myself covering sand areas from Cebu, Bohol and different islands in Galera. Another post dedicated to the beaches of the Philippines, which I’m literally proud of the 7, 107 islands we have.

GRAPHICS FROM THE BEACH

Hello there! Writing my thoughts about my collected photographs when I was hanging around the beach lately. How ironic it is that I could clearly hear the pitterpat drops of rain in my rooftop while writing about sunset. It's a bit sad that summer is almost over, and the wet season is about to take over, but nevertheless it would be a reason to go twirling in the rain. Right now I'm currently finishing writing on some postcards I've bought recently to send to my postcard pen pals in the different parts of the world. It warms my heart that I get to share my thoughts on the beauty of my country.

Whenever I get to enjoy hanging around the beach shore I try to create or photograph moments that I believe would be postcard perfect. The vivid colors would always be evident in whatever photograph I would take. When Efem and I were bummin' around late afternoon in the beach I decided to wander around and take these moments. People watching was one of our activity during that time. I would notice group of families with their babies running around the shore and the mothers' chasing after them. There would also be couples having their moments in the water which I don't wanna elaborate on, group of friends sharing laughter and taking jump shots and lovers of the same gender I suppose. Lots of personalities on a same location. Funny how I spent my afternoon observing them before I decided to take a swim in the salty water.

DRAWN TO HUE

So.... I lost track of the number of times I have visited the beach in a span of the early quarter of the year. From work to weekends with friends roaming around the city or out of town, time flies fast. I usually find myself packing my swimwear when weekend was approaching.  I just felt the laid back vibe matching my Bayo blue bikini with denim shorts and an Esprit over-sized white long-sleeve polo plus the Roxy cap protected my Asian face from the rays of the sun. I haven't noticed that the usual colors I buy when it comes to swimwear are in shades of blue. I think they're just pleasing and cool to look at. I'm somehow drawn to the color, am I? or am I not?

PASTEL BEACH SKIES

Living in a tropical country, where else to head during summer but the beach. The beach may be my usual location to go whenever I want to relax. Perhaps the sound of the waves crashing and deafening silence of the island during early morning were the reasons I find it peaceful at a certain time of the day. Usually I just sit on the shore, watch the waves and transformation of sky colors when the time progresses.

Collection of graphical imagery taken in Bantayan Island, Cebu. The cozy place at Sunday Flower Beach Hotel in Santa Fe, complemented the exhaustion of a bus ride of 3 hours and an hour ride of ferry in Hagnaya port to get to the island. Good thing, the location of the hotel was strategic enough to be minutes away from the restaurants. I made a mental note to myself to try seafood.

 The island was abundant in nature. I was in awe to see beautiful pastel skies, a rare situation in the city. One of the reasons why I would always go to the beach was to witness this perfect moment watching the heaven filled with wispy clouds and pastel hues. Countless days spent on the beach where it seems guilty to be indoors.