Yesterday's Pride March wasn't the best experience.
The weather was homophobic HAHAHAHAHA. The crowd was much more than expected. Add to that, sobrang walang disiplina ng Pilipino. The amount of trash left in the event was unbelievable. The amount of hetero people who attended for the free concert was much more than the community that the celebration was intended for.
But at the end of the day, I'm grateful to celebrate love with the one who holds my heart. I'm grateful to witness families embracing their young children's sexual identity. I'm grateful to see how love breaks boundaries, beyond tolerance and acceptance.
When you say QCIM, there are a lot of memories for those who have run for quite some time. Some had their first race, whether 10k, 5k or even the full marathon. I remembered I did my first half marathon here! It was something that is also memorable for most of the Barneys/Team six30 as this race meant our bonding in our playground!
This year, QCIM has a new route, will be a night run and will cater up to half marathon distance only! Don’t worry, this one is quite interesting. Time to train for Quezon Avenue!
Here are the registration details and how you can register:
Excited? Orient yourself with the routes for the 3k to 21k. And note that you will go around the famous QC Circle and therefore, yes orient yourselves as well how to reroute and where to park. More details available in the QCIM homesite.
Time to visit North and join QCIM on November 29!
QCIM stages new route and night run on November 29! Press Release When you say QCIM, there are a lot of memories for those who have run for quite some time.
Feeling nature-y and missing the cool weather – Nico and I just went out and decided to immerse ourselves on the readily-available slab of “nature” we can get our hands on. Yes, It was the first time that we went to QMC (Quezon City Memorial Center). It was impulsive and surprisingly FUN.
We didn’t have a plan for the day, all we wanted to do is have a mini-shoot and we ended up doing so much more. I had my sister tag along and the three of us walked around, took pictures of flowers, and each other lol. We rented out bicycles and rode around in circles (get it? Circles lol) until our butts got tired.
Anyway, the weirdest thing I realized when we were taking a break was that usually people would avoid going to this place, I mean, places similar to it. Here in the Philippines only the people from the more rural areas are the ones who actually visit the parks and the play grounds, most of us from the urban areas are all used to going to malls to hang out, dine, shop, relax – but when we were walking under the sun, with the crisp wind, it all felt so nostalgic. Those days when we would go to the far off north or south of the region for summer vacation, swim in the rivers and ride bicycles all day without a care, those days were really missed and It felt good being there, in that man-made forest in the middle of the busy city. Walking and sweating actually felt good, it was refreshing – better than being cooped up inside the house and cultivating all those calories that are not really good for you, I should really go out more and walk more. I know my thoughts are not really organized here, but I just have one point, having a break is good. A break from Social media, a break from my PC, a break from my usual routines, a break from everything and just go run outside. I think it would be better if I also took my sketchpad outside and not just my camera.
Our blogging is not really a “big” hit yet, four followers may not be that much of a considerable number but at the very least we are doing what we like, and it’s like a shared diary, a shared photograph with people you enjoy being with, people who share the same passion with. It's not always about the numbers. :)
This man sang for us, he was really nice. I love taking photographs of strangers.
Nico: "He has a really good voice! Honestly! He just had to work on his pronunciation of some of the words. His singing of "Colors of the Wind" was just wonderful!"
The outdoor gym was really cool, it's a good thing we came on a Tuesday or else there would be so many people.
I am having so much fun at my new job that it’s been really hard to squeeze in time to produce more art – I don’t really want to force the creative juices out and make something half-baked. That’s the least thing I want, but this day made a difference and really refreshed me. I think it was the same thing for all of us, me Nico and my sister Dianne, we didn’t really retouch our make-up when we were sweaty from all the cycling and walking, it was such a good day those things were the least of our worries.
A candid photo of Dianne. She'll be graduating from High School in two months! Hooray!
Nico:"Congratulations!"
Kids playing after their morning school, everyone was just such darlings ~
After an hour of rolling and cycling around we walked towards The New Kamameshi House. It’s a Japanese restaurant that’s been here forever, but it was the first time that I ever had a meal there. The place was really soothing and relaxing, very authentic and the food was terrific, no it was wonderful. Probably one of the best recommended yet underrated restaurants around the metro.
Nico:"I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THE TORI KAMAMESHI! and of course the OYAKODON! OH THE OYAKODON~" (as you can see below)
After that long and sweaty day, we went to Matalino Street in Teachers’ Village Starbucks for some coffee. Why go all the way to Matalino for coffee? BEST STARBUCKS BRANCH EVER. Best interior so far from all the other branches we've been at.
It was too bad Alyss couldn't come with us, it’s been so long since we were last complete, but don’t worry, she’ll be in our posts soon!
Hi! Nico here~
If you live around Quezon City, I highly recommend you go to QMC, especially on a weekday (if you don't like crowds like me) although most of the attractions are not available, it is still relaxing to stroll around and there are still other activities you could do like biking! Bike rentals cost 80php-100php for 1 hour!
All photos are by Ginger! She is such a wonderful photographer, is she not! Please look forward to my Vlog in the next post~ :)
Today was a very wonderful day. It was very tiring but it was fun and very fulfilling!
We hope you all had a wonderful day and remember to smile, think of all the positive things that has happened, even the most simplest moments, and of course, KEEP LIVING!
