A Merry Christmas

Hello! It’s late but still I wanted to great you a Merry Christmas. May the joy and peace of Christmas be with you all through the year.  Here in the Philippines, however, celebrations start as early as first day of September and because of this, our country has earned the distinction of having the world's longest Christmas season, which lasts for at least 5 months (festivities usually continue after December 25, and may extend until January of the following year).

Christmas is time for giving, loving and of course a time for God.  I really have a wonderful Christmas this year. I celebrate it with my family, friends and God. Let me show you what we did on Christmas season.

The Christmas House And The Flickering Town of Albuera

Vivid lights in every corner of the road, houses filled with Santas, trees and poinsettias and the whole town was snowed with the essence of Christmas; that’s the usual scenes we will witness when December fall at the town of Albuera, really goes all out when it comes to Christmas decorations. It was a Christmas display competition participated by every barangay that started years ago and still ongoing up to this date. They push it through so they’ll be renowned as the Christmas capital of Leyte.

Summer 2011

I remember when I was a child/student; summertime fun in the sun began with the ringing of the last bell of the day. It signified that it was time to throw away old home work assignments and to forget about anything to do with school-for three months at least. Summer time is a time of simple pleasures and exciting times of the year. Three months of sleeping at late night, long lazy afternoon TV marathon, hanging out, just being kids and not having to worry about homework had been lingering in the mind since classes began in June.

When summer vacation finally rolls around, I can never make up my mind-on what to do first. Shall it playing around with friends or swimming at the pool or beach? One thing was for certain though, the family vacation. For some it was a dreadful thing but not for my close knit family and me. Every year, my family members gathered together and spent time at the beach while enjoying the heat of the sun, delicious foods, breeze of air and the splash of water.