I felt this needed its own post.
Meet Crush, Sawali Land's newest mascot! Hahaha :))
I named him after the Crush the Turtle from the movie, Finding Nemo! Hahaha :)) He's fairly young, camera-shy and loves staying in the deeper part of the pond. Since he was relocated there just today, I still don't know his personality yet, but I have a feeling that him and me will get along just fine in the days to come :)
A lot of people ask me what/where Sawali is. Sawali is the name of a subdivision in Bacong, Negros Oriental and is also the name I gave to the place my family owns there. So when you think about it, it's like a Sawali within a Sawali, borrowing the concept from the movie Inception- in which my love, Leo diCaprio, starred in hihi :"> Hahaha. We've had it ever since I can remember, and it's where me and my family spend most of our summers. There's a rest house and a tree cottage, as well as a row of little cottages near a sea wall which serves to prevent the water from rising too much during high tide. But I guess the focal point of the place would be the two ponds where different kinds of sea creatures reside in and are raised. There's a fish pond, and a crab pond which I find really amusing as the crab pond still has fish in it anyways and bears nearly no difference to the former except for the fact that it has crabs and a turtle in it. Hahaha =))
The kids crossing over to the crab pond :)
Kat taking pictures of the kids. That's the sea wall behind her and one side of the crab pond behind the kids! :D
ALL THE FUN THINGS YOU CAN DO IN SAWALI LAND:
Build a bonfire and sit around it making smores and roasting hotdogs.
Camp over and wake up to a beautiful view of the rising sun.
Meet and play with dogs!!!
Pretend like you're in Discovey Channel/catch fish and other sea creatures
(I'm really good at catching fish and little crabs that hide under rocks! :D)
Be free to be yourself around the people that matter the most ♥
I am feeling a bit sentimental today. I'd just realized that I spent a good deal of my life on this property and made so many wonderful memories with a lot of different people along the way. I guess this is my sort of tribute post to the place that made a lot of great things possible. Globe ba mo? Hahaha :)) So here's to the times spent, friends gained and memories made! Crossing my fingers for even better things to come in the future!! xx ☺