Close-up: Gerbera Daisies

Gerbera daisies are perrenial plants that belong in the genus of sunflower. They have large colorful blooms of yellow, pink, white, orange and red. Gerbera is also rank 5th in the most used cut flowers in the world. 

Last Friday, I had a chance to visit the newly opened Rustans Fresh Supermarket in Centrio Ayala Mall here in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. And aside from the fresh fruits, vegetables and meat, I spotted these pretties displayed on their fresh flower stall.

Hurriedly, I went closer and took some snaps using my ever reliable smartphone Samsung Galaxy S2. The macro setting of the phone's camera did a great job in capturing these lovely blooms.

The last time I had a close encounter with gerbera was during my wedding, I had a spring inspired bouquet, and one of the flowers in the bouquet were gerberas.

Today's Flower

Macro Monday

Monday Mellow Yellows

Life is...

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. 

Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. 

Let reality be reality. 

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.
~Lao Tzu~

Just like the clouds everyday their formation change...

Photo taken at the Cabanglasan, Bukidnon.

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A Mother's Day Message to my Mother

It's been six years since my mom left us and joined our Almighty Creator in heaven, until now and forever will my love for her will never change and I miss her so much.

Today's Flower

Macro Monday

A Lonely Tree

Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross~

 

A lonely tree against the a very gloomy sky, taken one afternoon at Cabanglasan Bukidnon, Philippines.

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Watery Croton Leaves

Locally known as San Francisco, Croton plants are one of the colorful leafy plants you will ever see.  The leaves have variegated colors, from bright yellow, orange and red to refreshing green.

The array of croton plants above are brightly displayed in our front yard. And since it's raining here in our city in the middle of the summer months, the crotons leaves are still bright eventhough they are covered with droplets of water.

Have you seen these plants with blooms? I did! You can check out my macro shot here.

Water World Wednesday

Trip to General Santos City

I was in General Santos City on April 29 to May 1, 2013 to attend a meeting with the power generators to discuss about their preventive maintenance activity together with my division manager and another colleague. 

I was relieved that our trip was by plane with route Cagayan de Oro - Cebu - General Santos and vice versa and not land trip or else the trip would have been so exhausting.  I can't imagine 10 to 12 hours travel by land from Cagayan de Oro to General Santos City.

On April 30, 2013 we took the 07:30H flight from Lumbia Airport, Cagayan de Oro City and arrived at  Mactan Airport, Cebu at 0820H.

We waited at Cebu airport for 2-3 hours for our flight to General Santos City which was scheduled at 1100H and arrived at our destination after 1 hour and 5 minutes of flying.

 

 

As you can see in the picture it is really one hot summer in the Philippines the outside temperature  reaches about 34 degrees Celcius.

Anyway, when we arrived at GenSan we asked our driver to take us somewhere for lunch. He took us at Tuna Grill and ordered the well known grilled tuna panga (jaw).

 

Went to our district office for a while and then headed to the hotel for a rest. The meeting was booked at East Asia Royale Hotel but our boss chose to stay in a new nearby hotel for a change.

Our activity was scheduled the following day, so I still have time to visit SM City which is only a short tricycle drive from SunCity Suites.

Compared to SM Cagayan de Oro, GenSan's SM City is way too big and well designed.

There's a Cartoon Fest in the mall too and saw Bumble Bee's life size figure displayed at Toy Kingdom's entrance.

By the way I also saw Manny Pacquiao in person at SM Cybersone but was not able to go near him because of his bodyguards. sayang hehe

Later that night, we had dinner at the hotel's restaurant and ordered the following; sinigang na hipon (shrimp soup), crispy fried shrimps and grilled belly tuna. 

The following day, we had our meeting at East Asia Royale Hotel. After the tiring discussions, the best part is always the lunch time. The food was quite okay, there were tuna sashimi served but I opted not to eat. I'm not really a fan of raw foods so I chose these for lunch.

Then later that night we had our dinner at Grab a Crab in SM City and ordered one mighty spicy crab which has a weight of 4 kilograms. Our bill went as high as P4,500 because the crab alone cost us about P3,600. Buti na lang si boss and nagbayad hehehe.. (Luckily, our boss paid the bill)

On the 3rd day we boarded another Cebu Pacific flight from General Santos City to Cebu City then from Cebu City to Cagayan de Oro City.

It was a tiring yet a fun travel experience too, after all we went to another place for free. :)

Mellow Monday Yellows

Blue Monday

Gomphrena Globosa

These rich magenta blooms are commonly seen anywhere in the country. It is an annual plant with scientific name Gomphrena Globosa also known as the Globe Amaranth or the Bachelor Button.  

These button like flowers of purple never fail to give colorful life to your flower garden.

Today's Flower

Macro Monday

The Mountains of Cabanglasan

When the sun is shining I can do anything; 

no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.
~Wilma Rudolph~

Photo taken at Cabanglasan Bukidnon, Philippines.

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