Eastwood City

Weekends are my lazy days, but since I cannot play the Sims on our old desktop PC, I can blog today. Purple is a favorite color of mine (as well as pink), so when I found about this color meme, I already wanted to join, but it was just now that I was able to join.




I don't have that much purple pictures, so for this post, am sharing to you two images I took at Eastwood City (Libis) a year ago. It was my first time to see a dancing fountain, but now that there's one at the QC Memorial Circle, I don't feel the need to go to Eastwood anymore.

...but of course, doing food trips there is a different story.

From Two Festivals

Another two-in-one post for me this week... I guess I will be putting these two memes together from here on out, and if my last week's pictures were taken from one location, this week's pictures were taken from two festivals here in the Philippines.


This was taken from the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio City last February. These girls were waiting for their turn to perform. For three years now, I have been watching the festival's grand street parade, and next year, I hope to watch the float parade, too.

This, on the other hand was taken from the Pahiyas Festival in Quezon last May. It was one of the most colorful festivals I have seen, but because there were so many people packing the narrow streets of Lucban, it was quite difficult to take pictures, too. Even if we walked around for two hours, I wasn't able to take much pictures because of the clutters brought about by the people's heads. :)

Both From Colinas Verdes

Shengkay invited me to join her color-themed photo meme, so every Tuesdays, I am going to share orange / red pictures. This week, pictures I am sharing are both taken from Colinas Verdes, but pictures were taken on two different days.

This type of hibiscus always gets my attention because it's bigger than the normal hibiscus I see, and I love photographing it while it's not fully open yet. When I saw this, I immediately came near it to photograph it.

With lots of green trees and grasses, this red tree truly stands out. I don't know if those are its flowers or its leaves, but whatever it is, it's just so beautiful!

Seeing the pictures I took from Colinas Verdes made me miss jogging there. It's been so long since I last went there, and I do hope typhoons would take a break in visiting the country so I can go back jogging there and take new pictures.

{A Photo} Challenge | Patriotic

Happy new week, everyone!

This week on {A Photo} Challenge, the prompt is "Something Patriotic." I already shared the latest picture I took that would fit this prompt, so for this week, I opted to check my files again, and found this:

A picture I took last November, while on a vacation with K. The first time we met in 2008, the Rizal Park was one of the places we visited, and somehow the place had a connection with us, that when he went back here, we visited the park again. Not too much pictures like the first time, but of course, we took the time to relax, enjoy the view, and be grateful for the freedom.

The place formerly known as "Bagumbayan" was where the country's national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal was executed. It was then transformed into a park, with a huge monument of him to honor his sacrifices, his intelligence, and his ways to fight for freedom. I couldn't find any more patriotic than this image.

*** Jenn ***

Paper Heart Photo | Magellan's Cross

I just changed the header of my "other photo blog," and was about to call it a night when I read Nathalie's entry for this meme, and since it doesn't have any specific theme, I decided to hop in and join the fun.

My share this week is something I took some two years ago. This is the Magellan's Cross, which can be found in Cebu City (to read more about this, please check this post). So.. why did I decide to share this old picture? Well, not that I don't have any new pictures to share, but since Danielle's post was about "motivation," I thought this was a very fitting photo.

Just a few days ago, I was starting to worry that I might not be able to come with mom next month for a few days of vacation in Cebu City and Bohol, because the ticket that one of her friends can't be transferred to another passenger. My mom sort of regretted not telling us about their plans of going on a vacation, and since she already encouraged me to join them (so they can have a photographer and to help feed my travel blog as well), she asked me to check if there will be airline seat sales so I can buy discounted air tickets. Anyway, last Thursday, prices of air fare suddenly dropped, but I couldn't book any flight online because I don't own a credit card. A blessing came when my uncle volunteered to book the flights for me, and now I am excited to fly again.

Am I motivated? Yes I am. I checked past pictures I took from my last travel to Cebu and Bohol and I realized that my pictures back then weren't as good as the pictures I am taking now (thank you God for the growth), and I am motivated to re-take the pictures and capture more images that I wasn't able to do back then. I am motivated to see more of Cebu and Bohol, I am motivated to just aim my camera and shoot away, and I am very much motivated to enjoy life and enjoy the blessings coming my way.

I am now actually taking notes about different places and different scenes I want to take pictures of, but most importantly, I am way too excited to spend a week with my mom exploring places and eating regional food.

*** Jenn ***

Sweet Shot Tuesday | Prayer Hut

I took this picture last Sunday when I went to the Touch of Glory Prayer Mountain in Antipolo City with my mom and some of her friends at work. They already planned this day trip for more than a month now, but because of typhoons that visited the country, it was postponed until this day.

This part of the Prayer Mountain was something that came as a blessing for us. We were actually ready to leave as it was past lunch already, but after we checked the individual prayer rooms, one of us was able to talk with one of the staff and gave us a short tour - showing us the rooms for people who would want to stay overnight or a few days. Exchange of words brought one of mom's friends to ask about this certain area she was able to see on the Internet and the staff showed us the way and we got to see this.

We stayed in the hut for a few minutes, and as I looked back to take a final shot, this image reminded me of the movie "Eat, Pray, Love..." looks a bit like Liz Gilbert's meditation area in Bali. :)

*** Jenn ***