Marie Curie

Baguio City (Part 11)

I have to admit that after years and years of traveling, I still feel nauseatic especially when going to Baguio. The approximately four hours of travel including the zigzag roads on the mountains is especially stressful even if I am just sitting and looking at the passing views.

A week before the annual Panagbenga flower Festival, crowds are already drawing in to Baguio City. At Burnham Park, food stalls and shops are lined up and there are so many people. There is also a contest for garden arrangement along the stretch of the road where the shops are located. 

I had a beef shawarma and orange juice while walking around the parks. 

People boating at Burnham Park Lake.

Of course, I will not skip the Rose Garden. There are so many people walking around, some are practicing dance classes, some sitting on the grass or at the benches. 


Afterwards, next stop is at the La Trinidad Valley Strawberry fields.
 

That's our first update for the Baguio Series this year, more to come! :)

Verticals

The Elusive White Butterfly

First Two Months

Chrysanthemums near the escalators

Fountain evening lights at Marquee Park

Fried rice at Bon Chon

Long-tail Baby at the Garden

Chicken Sisig and Sizzling Squid at Ikabud Restaurant

Salam and Hello! How was your first two months of 2015 so far? I hope things are just fine for you as it was for me, although it's not really the case all the time, sort of like a rollercoaster. Most of what I had been doing at work is just the same. Manning the library for four days a week and then assisting students by Saturday. Just like a broken record, it had been a tradition of my talking here on the blog that at the start of each year, I talk of changes. For people like me who are resistant to change, this requires a lot of effort, as some of my months would pass by without any evident progress. But now, I am making a step further by seeing to it that that kind of resistance is avoided. For example, I updated some of my wardrobe, eat and invite family to dinner outside, take vitamins and look after my health, avoid hardcore uncompromising theological books, update my reading list and make it a bit more eclectic, take life a little less serious, make new sister friends, take focus on my work, and see a doctor. Papers had to be arranged by the end of February and start another chapter in June, inshallah.

That's it for now, and I hope that the coming months of 2015 will also be good for you and change for the better! 

♡ Maica.

At Skyranch

Grey Matter

Recommended Reading

Prayer of Prophet Jonah

Magnify

Alhambra Palace, in Granada Spain

Mindsets

Mindsets

Springtime

Springtime, 1872 by Claude Monet

Make it Happen

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. 

And whatever your beliefs, honor your Creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

- B. Whitford

Still Life with Roses

For the Mind

Quotes for the mind. 

The graphics belong to their respective owners.

High-Rise

Photos taken from the roof deck of SM Aura at The Fort, Taguig City (June 2, 2013).

Aunt & Niece

Saturday afternoon with smarty niece :)

Identity

I will never apologize for being me, but I will apologize for the times that I am not. 

-

M. Carini

Garden Beauties

It's been a very busy week and I'm glad to take some photos at the two little gardens I've been tending at our home. The bougainvilleas lost some of the vibrant blooms, but new buds are starting to develop. My rose is very generous with her flowers, every new stem has a new rose bud. And occasionally, tiny butterflies (whites, yellows and grays) also would come and visit.