Across the deep blue ocean

Spreading the Love in the break of dawn.

HELLO WORLD! haha. I know this is probably late but i'd like to share and let you see the photos I had the last weekend. Its actually the SINULOG WEEKEND (January 14-15). My apologies for posting super late because i have been caught up with some unexpected events.

Anyways...

January 14 started really early. I woke up at around 3 am on a Saturday and we went directly to Pier 4. The trip was pretty challenging going to the port because rain was challenging us on our way and we were at the back of the pick-up truck! OH WELL, good thing that I came armed and prepared! AHA!

So these are the pictures I had with my family and closest friends riding my father's friend's tugboat at the middle of the see between Lapu-Lapu City and Cebu. :)

This is Clark and Dodette and my cousin holding a replica of the patron saint. 

Armed and dangerous: In times like these, one should wear comfortable clothes. One should also remember to protect thy eyes esp. under the heat of the welcoming sun. Thanks to the RayBan sunnies I hoarded and the purple scarf my mother got me (via Isis) that they have managed to keep me comfy and fab! :>

Oh yeah! Attempting to don a festival queen pose. Just not cut out for it. With me are 2 of my closest girls, Dodette (left) and Jhosalyn (right).

HAHA! thats my brother. Ain't he so young-looking still at 33? :)

What I wore: Plain white V-neck tee (sexywhiteshirts.com); Torn denim shorts; Scarf (Isis), Rayban Shades; Mental Long teardrop Necklace and Grendha gladiator rubber flats with What a Girl Wants bag and a SMILE! :)

Isn't this the perfect way to start an adventure-filled weekend? Aren't you psyched? Cos you know I am. more of what happened next and then some, sooooon! :)))

XOXO

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Wishing for happy days

Its nearing three years since my mother was diagnosed with Stage 3c Breast cancer. I vaguely remember what actually happened between the revelation and all the crying but I remember what if felt like and over the years, I have mastered to hide it and conceal it with what they say as my "sweet smile".

And now its not even half of 2012, not a quarter, it hasn't even barely started but what I asked for came true. Just weeks before the end of 2011, I asked God that for the coming new year I'd like to have more adventures that would allow me to grow. And woah! If i may say, I got the adventure that i asked for and so much more. At the back of my mind a tiny voice was actually whispering: "Be careful what you wish for, cos guuuurl, you just might get it." 

I'm counting 23 days. That's the number of days that my mother has been confined here in the hospital for a lot of reasons. Reasons that are too tiring to reiterate when every aunt comes to visit. I don't even know if they came because it was a necessary "obligation" or because they care. Sometimes, i don't even want to know. But I cany say despite the battle that we are facing, my mother and I and the rest of my family, we have grown strong and closer together. I am proud to say that despite the difficulty, we find ways to be thankful and still be happy. 

I know behind all this mess, the hands of the Artist of this Universe is at work. All I have to do is be strong, or at least try to be...

XOXO