January 3, The Road Ahead

The road is almost empty, a clearer and smoother road ahead, can be a sign of a challenging yet less frustrations and loneliness year. Maybe also a sign of ease and happy year ahead of us. I’m praying. 

But even if life will take us to a bumpy road, with all the trials and obstacles, we are ready to embrace it because we know God will always be there for us.   

The photo above is taken early morning of January 1, 2015 along the national highway of Misamis Oriental.

Have you taken the road ahead of you? Care to share it? Just place your link in the comment below and let’s exchange comments. You can check out my list for January 2015 here.

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It's Gonna Be a Bright Day!

I thought that my colleagues and I will be stranded in NAIA Terminal 3 because of the very bad weather that loitered in Misamis Oriental the previous day, as always God is good all the time he answered my prayer, because the weather by midday on October 16, 2014 was already very bright and beautiful.

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The airplane landed ahead of time and without any problem.

 

That is why, I was so relieved and happy to snap a photo of the airport, while the airplane taxing towards the tunnels. 

Blue Monday

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Cotton Clouds

What I love most when flying is I got to see the clouds up close that is why as much as possible I want to sit near the window. 

The cotton like, the specks and whip formations are undeniably beautiful.

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Framed Tower

One early Sunday morning we attended mass at the chapel in the subdivision. We stayed and listened the gospel outside the because the little boy kept on running around.

I looked up and appreciated the blue clear sky of the early morning. Looking great as a background of the towering transmitter framed by the green tree leaves.

Truly a one beautiful Sunday with the Lord.

Taken using my Samsung S2 Smartphone for Thursday Challenge and  SkyWatch Friday

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The Moon Behind

Can you see the moon? Too tiny against the big face of Jollibee the famous Pinoy bee.

Monday Mellow Yellows

Blue Monday

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No Boundaries

When we look up, it widens our horizons.  

We see what a little speck we are in the universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the sky, there are no boundaries.  

No differences of caste or religion or race. 

~Julia Gregson~

Happy Friday Everyone

SkyWatch Friday

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A Perfect Empty Canvas

The sky, a perfect empty canvas, offers clouds nonetheless.  They shift and drift and beg interpretation... such is the nature of art.  

~Jeb Dickerson~

Photo taken on February 7, 2013 along Bukidnon Highway, Philippines.

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Jet Skis at the Distance

There were jet skis at the distance but my smartphone has no optical zoom capability to capture them. Instead, blue sky and scattered clouds + part of the bridge were seen in this shot. 

 

Took the photo while on board a van on a bright mid day of August 28, 2013 after we had lunch at my officemate's abode to celebrate the Feast of St. Augustine.

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Twigs + Blue Sky

I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.
~Kathe Kollwitz~

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A very beautiful morning in Cagayan de Oro City today. Let's start the day with all smile! 

Have a Happy Friday!

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One Beautiful Morning

"The secret to living happily is to not look at the morning as just another morning that has sprung up due to the rotation of the earth. 

Happiness will come when you believe that this day you will create and experience something beautiful."
~ Gary Dwight ~

 

Photo taken while waiting for a ride at the jeepney terminal of Terryhills. Yep! I am commuting these days because, I'm not in the right condition to drive myself to the office because of a whopping tummy at 20 weeks.

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One Fine Mid Morning

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."
John Ruskin

In a mid morning of March 18, 2013 the weather was so beautiful in the country side.

Photo taken along the serene highway of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon.

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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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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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The World is Yours

“Do not let your fire go out, 

spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, 

the not-yet, and the not-at-all. 

Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. 

The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
~ Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged ~

Do not seek to bring things to pass
in accordance with your wishes,
but wish for them as they are,
and you will find them.
~Epictetus~

 

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John 3:16

 

Photo taken at Cabanglasan Bukidnon on March 17, 2013.

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The Road to Success

"The road to success is not straight. 

There is a curve called Failure, 

a loop called Confusion, 

speed bumps called Friends, 

red lights called Enemies, 

 caution lights called Family. 

You will have flat tires called Jobs,

 but if you have a spare called Determination, 

an engine called Perseverance, 

a driver called Will Power, 

you will make it to a place called Success." 

~unknown~

Photo taken along the quiet road of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon on March 18, 2013.

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First Family Vacation 2013: Flying for the First Time

This year I chose to celebrate my birthday with the two most important men in the world, my husband and our son, not in Cagayan de Oro City but in Metro Manila. Actually, I booked our round trip flights to Manila and back in September last year when Cebu Pacific had their Piso Fare. Thanks to budget airlines for the promo, the only irony with promo tickets is that they are non-refundable and non rebookable. Hubby and I have wasted two international promo tickets before. I was pregnant then and cannot travel back then. 

I thought our tickets will go to waste again, because our little one had high fever because of swollen gums 3 days before our flight. Thankfully on the 3^rd day Xye had recovered and was energetic again and ready to take his first plane ride the following day.

We boarded Cebu Pacific 8:40 AM flight from Cagayan de Oro City to Manila. I took the window seat, Xye in the middle and hubby by the aisle, also with us our best friend Jefer and his sister Ina.

 

The little one preferred to sit on my lap and peeped out the window. I think he enjoyed watching the clouds outside, but later on he went to play in his dreamland because he fell asleep and woke up when we landed at Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

 

 

Xye first flying experience was fun, I think. I do not know if he’ll remember the experience when he grow up. Thanks to technology at least he’ll be able to see these pictures in the future.

P.S. Photos in this post were taken by my husband.

Monday Mellow Yellows

Blue Monday

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Rice Field + Beautiful Blue Sky

"I'm thankful for waking up to another beautiful day. If you're living & breathing, then there's nothing to be depressed about."

~author unknown~

photo taken using Samsung Galaxy S2

This is my in-laws newly harvested rice field in Bukidnon, the remaining greenery still blends perfectly with the beautiful blue sky.

I'm so in love with this scene, the formation of clouds is telling us to live a carefree life.

My SkyWatch Friday this week.

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Wing + Sunset

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, 

and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.
~Elbert Hubbard~

Blue Monday

Monday Mellow Yellows

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Clouds Covered Mountains

These are the scenes that we saw while traversing the highway of Bukidnon Province early morning on New Year's Day.

 The mountains were all covered with clouds, just like icing covered cakes. 

 I wonder how the cloud forest in the area looks like, all covered with mosses and the like. I really wish to see them and explore the area.

 

It's amazing to see these beauty of nature still existed in our country after all the destructions done by people who don't realize the importance of these mountains in our lives, in our environment in our children's future.

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