Jun 4
shady characters
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from United Kingdom
seen from Australia
seen from China
seen from Japan
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Estonia
seen from United States
seen from Germany
seen from Russia
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seen from Malaysia
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
shady characters
I’ve never seen a bloom like this before and it smells so good!
Ever since I got to travel outside the country last 2015, I made a promise to myself to travel at least one country per year. My tita is one of my inspirations. At the age of 55 she was already able to visit a lot of countries on 5 different continents (Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Africa). She has worked so hard for years and now she rewards herself by traveling. And I wanna be like that too.
Back in 2015 I was able to visit HongKong and Macau. My tita brought me there as a late graduation gift. We spent 1 day in Macau and 3 days in Hong Kong. And last year we were in Singapore for 3 days. I'm trying my best to save up so I could travel alone outside the country. I've been eyeing on Thailand since last year. I really wanna visit Chiang Mai and witness the Loy Krathong Festival. I was targetting this year but there's so much happening with my life right now.
This year, I was able to go back to HongKong because of my work. Last April, our company sent me there together with my 3 other colleagues to attend a fair. We were suppose to go to China but there has been problems with regards to our visa. And as you probably know, I've also been to South Africa last May. It has been a month since that trip and honestly speaking I'm still not over it.
Yesterday, I got a really really good news from our AVP. She was asking for my passport details and I was asking her what's it for. She didn't tell me not until after lunch. I was really shocked when she showed me the paper that we will be attending a conference in Moscow, Russia! I can't believe the fact that I'll be traveling to Europe this coming September :(( I was asking her if that was real, is she joking and stuff like that. Today, I got a copy of our ticket and she was like “yes, this is real, you are not dreaming. Here is you're ticket. We're booked.” Like OMG. I love my work so much. I never knew and expected that I could travel because of my work. As soon as I got the news I immediately told my parents. I was crying last night because my dad sent me a heartfelt message. They were telling me how proud they are of me and my achievements.
I'm really really overwhelmed and grateful. Not everybody gets to have this kind of opportunity and I'm so lucky to have been chosen. I promise to do better at work and always give my best.
one of several pix I took of the annuals at work
Species Atteva punctella - Ailanthus Webworm Moth
i just have to take a few photos of the annuals at work - so much more color