Summer Is More Fun In The Philippines

Quintessence of summer will finally bid goodbye any day from now, so before it will end I make it sure that I'll be having some fun; bath and play under the heat of the sun.

Summer is indeed more fun in the Philippines especially that we're profuse in beautiful natures where you can wind down, take adventures and wander around.

I've just had the most awesome island vacation ever and it happened in Canigao Island. See post here. The island is awesome! You guys should find time to go there if you haven’t yet.

My other summer adventures takes place in Sabin Resort Hotel on 20th of May, during our company's summer outing. I really had a good time spending summer time with them. Lots of gifts were given, delicious foods and superb fun and games.

See photos and videos below.

Canigao Island Bust Out!

Holy Week is the time when we’re supposedly listening to Homilies and Lenten reflections (which I always follow and never forgotten), but somehow I see it as an opportunity to have a vacation from work. For the first time, I spent my Holy Week vacation away from our house. I decided to spend it on somewhere I can relax and at the same time to enjoy!

On Good Friday and Black Saturday, I was far away from our house; I’ve spend it with my friends at Canigao Island.

Canigao Island is a little island situated in Matalom, Leyte. It is famous for its great beach and beautiful view, and of course the crystal clear water and white sand bar. It’s a great place for swimming, snorkeling, kayaking and, yes, camping! The island is pretty a great deal! It's an inexpensive weekend get away for everyone!

How to get Canigao Island if you're from Ormoc City? You have to take 2 hours of travel by van which travels daily down to Maasin City. You have to drop off at Brgy. Itom in Matalom, Leyte instead of going direct to Maasin City (better ask the drivers because they know where you to drop). You're now in the port, you’ll have to take a ride in a pump boats or motorized banca to finally bring you to the island. Fare is Php45 which good for a round trip fare and travel time will only take 15-20 minutes. A Php15 entrance fee will be collected as you get their. Different amenities are  to be offer such as nipa huts for Php400 per day with an additional Php200 charge if you plan to stay overnight, and a tent from Php200-300. The island has a little market which sells rice, canned goods, drinks, fresh fish. shells etc.

Some people call Canigao Island the other Boracay but Canigao gets more of a local crowd. A walk around the entire island takes about 30 minutes. Let me show you what’s in Canigao Island.

I Shall Return

Where did General Douglas McArthur land when he returned to the Philippines to set free the country from the Japanese invaders? It’s in the Imeldific island of Leyte! Where a park, formerly called the McArthur Park and now called the Leyte Landing Memorial, located at the Red Beach, Palo, Leyte.

After being exists in the province for more than 22 years, I just have been in the park on the 25th of March; this was my first ever meet-up with Gen. McArthur (my bad lol)

If you’re quite curious why it is called Red Beach, the beach’s color went brown to black — not red. The “red” in Red Beach doesn’t refer to the natural color of the sand, but its color after being drenched in blood.

Bitter Sweet February

This is my one and only blog post for the month of February.

Finally, February 2012 has finally blown right away. I feel so unlucky with this month: I got pressure on my job, was sick and broken hearted due to my emotions and no special someone to date on Valentine’s Day huhuhuhu.

Some of my friends told me that I’m so bitter. So what? I just can’t feel February. It started when  I was in high school, when I started to fall in love lol.

I am so thankful for my ever supportive friends for sweetening up my bitter life.

So here are some of the highlights of my February 2012:

Facebook 30 Day Photo Challenge: Accomplished!

I just accomplished my Facebook 30 Day Photo Challenge. It's pretty self explanatory, but basically days 1-30 there is a certain photo for that particular day and upload it on Facebook. This challenge is interesting and very inspiring. This is just a simple way to catalog each day in a different way.

I had a little difficulty completing this challenge because I’ve been so busy the past couple of days and sometimes I lose an idea on what pictures I should post that day. With all the challenges that I have joined either in Facebook or Tumblr, this is the first challenge that I completed. Such a nice feeling when you finish it. Now that I accomplished this, I got hooked to take another photo challenge. Watch out for that, I’ll blog it soon. But for now, take a look on the lists of my Facebook 30 Day Photo Challenge below, I hope you'll enjoy!