Author: milai

  • Today’s Sunrise, April 04, 2015

    It’s the Easter holiday in the Philippines right now so these past days, I was just holed up in my room catching up on some reading and crafts.  Today though, I had no choice but to get up early since I promised K yesterday that we will have breakfast at 6 AM. When I stepped…

  • Brave Tales #2: Beautiful Sunset at Suba Basbas

    While out biking in my usual Marigondon Beach, Suba-Basbas, Guerillero, Quezon National Highway route, I had to do a detour when I reached Suba Basbas Elementary School because I saw a really rounded setting sun. Unfortunately, the school was already closed so I had no vantage point. I thus just drove around until I reached…

  • Photo+Text: Wanderlust

    The above photo was taken in Batanes using my trusty Canon Powershot G12.  Painting effect courtesy of my Sony Cyber-shot Digital Camera RX 100 II.  Border added using the Android app Pixlr-o-matic. I chose the above quote since it’s something I can very well relate to.  Since being bitten by the travel bug when I…

  • Summer’s Here (2015 Edition)

    I’m officially welcoming summer 2015 with snapshots of my workplace-cum-home in Cebu, the Queen City of the South. The above is a photo of Plantation Bay’s beachfront taken just last Monday. I love how the water looked light blue by the beachfront but darkened to deeper shades of blue when farther out.  And the clouds…

  • “Autumn” in the Philippines

    Summer’s here and while I associate this with the sun, the sand, and the sea, I was amazed when I chanced on this during one of my walks. Who knew some of our trees change colors and shed their leaves as they embrace summer? The above is a mahogany tree, Swietenia mahogani (L.) Jacq., and I…