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Why I Love Sunsets

1. It is for FREE.

I am too blessed! I’m the luckiest human being alive for having the opportunity to experience sunsets and I thank the creator for this.

2. It gives me the biggest smiles.

Sunsets though it may sound like it is saying goodbye yet it is the sweetest goodbye of all which gives me a promise that it would go back. Like it is telling me: “Sweetie, you’ve got to be patient. We will soon meet.

3. It is so photogenic.

Absolutely! Sunsets are the most photogenic ones here on earth. No filters and too much edits are needed to make it attractive. It is gorgeous in it’s simpliest.

4. It makes me crazy!

Wowowowowoow! It gives me butterflies! It makes me jump for joy. It’s like, I won the lottery whenever I encounter them. And if I’m lucky enough to have my camera with me, surely it will take me too much time taking photos of them. I will not stop capturing until it finally sets down.

5. I can share moments with the people whom I can be with my true self.

This is the best! I do not have to pretend to be another person just to please them. I will laugh until my stomachs hurt. I do not care of how my face looks like with all the reactions from the conversations shared. And I believe, it is one of the most important possessions when we live. The Gift of Friends.

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Butts hurt. Feet are numb. Scorching heat. Unexpected rain.

Adrenaline rush added with a pity heart made us carry a sack of relief goods and five gallons of water as we had our relief operation for the earthquake victims in Sagbayan and Clarin yesterday. I got teary eyes whenever our truck stops since every resident may it be rich or poor, young or old, would run and race towards us saying: “Day, panghatag mo ug tubig, arang uhawa na jud kaajo.” Water is what they really need this time because the water system is not yet fixed due to continuing aftershocks.

It also taught me one thing. Your rank in the society will never matter. When we asked the people to fall in line for us to distrubute the goods, we can really notice how eager they were to get one. We can also observe rich families to have a share of the goods.

Also, the “Bayanihan Spirit” is still present. A mother carrying two gallons approached us. When she had enough of it, she pointed out a house nearby and told us: “Adtoa na nga bay kanang blue ug atop kay mga tiguwang nga magti-ayon na sila, wa diha ilang mga anak.”

I can not fathom how deeply blessed I am right now. We are very much thankful from keeping our town away from the disaster. A helping hand to our neighboring towns is a concrete way for giving thanks to Him.

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Been reckoning some sundry places to go. I wanna take photos until I got tired. I wanna experience komorebi in all the trees that I will be passing by. The thing is, there is dilemma and a whole lot of option which jumbles. Fleetly, the focus is not on it any longer and it terminates blurry. But hey, fernweh-ing and wanderlust-ing never ceases. There is still a huge time. There are still ample fortuities that the blurry becomes clarity. You just have to adjust the focus, anyway you are using manual.

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Bona Fide Love

“Puppy love? First love? Love at first sight? Whatever depictions are, being in love is such an astounding feeling. It’s when two people dealing with imperfections yet acceptance is invariably overriding. Those midnight calls, the things you do that makes you both happy and those forehead kisses that never fails to add a tinge to your life. All of these will come along at the right time. Let’s emplace into our minds that the most essential thing is to wait patiently for the right one. Love doesn’t need to be rushed. We are all gonna be with someone somewhere in the long run. Be patient and kind because TRUE LOVE WAITS.”

Yaaaay! So yeah, this is my first ever photo exhibit with my CDP family. The display started last February 22, 2013 and will end this coming March 3, 2013. People of Cebu City, please do support CDP if ever you’ll visit in Ayala Center. It is located near Rustans. I felt happy and nervous as well since I still do have neophyte knowledge when it comes to photography. About the photoshoot which was also my first photoshoot, everything went well. I was able to get gorgeous and handsome models immediately. Since it is the love month, our theme says it all. And decided to add some twist with it. The photos that we captured corresponds on what love is based on our own perspective. I’m still part of the teenage years, so I decided to think something of a colorful theme and here comes the face paint. It symbolizes how colorful teenage love is. Some colors and bright while others are dim. However, with all those brightness and dullness that is happening and will happen in a teenage love, still it’s a part of growing up. It’s a stepping stone for a lifelong commitment with the one that is destined for you. Here are the photos aside from the one I passed for the exhibit.

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You're the Captain of Your Own Ship.

We all have different paths to take. We may be confident about what we choose but in the middle of our journey, challenges and failures may welcome us. Some of us are expecting for it but others really don’t and they tend to give up without even trying to overcome it. As we journey through life towards our own version of nirvana, may we always remember that we should seek God in every step we are going to take. It would be heavy and hard but with God, everything is possible and without knowing you already reached your paradise.

Seeing different faces inside the ship made me see clearly what path should I be going through. I may not be strong enough to face the obstacles but I have a God who is always at my side even if I did things against His will. All I have to do is to keep my faith burning and accept every blessings God has given me.