Conquering Anawangin

Imagine the perfect island cove under your feet and within your reach...

Allow me to tell you a little of what I can recall in my first visit...
Mountains in the island covered with a forest of pine trees that reaches to the silver-powder beach and clear bluish-green open sea. Okay you can breathe now. I know it was 'breathtaking'.

You know the exciting thing I did there? Not skim-boarding, not snorkling, not trekking, and not even diving..I sat there under a pine tree then relaxed. Knowing that behind my back was the pine-tree-green-covered mountains, I felt this calling - - - to read my favorite book. I seized the clear blue skies with fluffy cotton-clouds that touches the infinite horizon of endless sea water that has trapped the beach in front of me.

I enjoyed the moment..and suddenly I felt I own Anawangin; and nothing else matter except the beauty of nature that is all around me..overwhelming me..

Note:

Thanks for bringing me there Allen..one of the greatest gifts I have ever received in my life is being able to share with you your 'happy place'. To top it all may kasama pa tayong Kabsat Lon at Ben Cool..grabe kayo talaga ang core group..

Sagada's Secret Revealed

What's all the fuzz and hype in Sagada? Everybody seems to 'want' to be there if they needed serenity or feel tranquility.

And knowing myself, unlike everybody else who just dream or 'want' to be there, I went there. Really spent time mesmerizing, feeling, analyzing and simply just being there..to gather enough information and realization to answer the many questions of its unwavering beauty and of its challenging mystique.

I went there not with the sole purpose of finding the 'charms' of the mountains, caves, falls and rice terraces of the Cordillera. Because I know Mother Nature is beautiful beyond reasonable doubt. She has not failed me; she has embodied in my mind this picture perfect scenery everytime and every moment. I can watch her in Discovery channel and National Geographic for days.. And the other side of her which I call her 'wrath'; which has scared me to death so many times..that I don't want to see. So I challenge nothing of her power, strength, capability and beauty.

So 'how to find that certain peace?' which everyone would like to experience in this place; and even 'keep' in their minds..Actually you don't need to go that far (12 hours of land travel? And did I mention that is just one way? It's no joke when you sit that long in a bus going through zigzags and rough road..hehehe, but the 'view' was really worth it...sigh..)

Going back to our 'realization'.. when you needed to be at peace with yourself and when you feel there is an urge for you to stay away from being angry, stressed, confused or feel negative..'simply stop and smell the flowers'. It is the secret of Sagada.

Life in the town is slower, nobody is in a hurry..when you're there it's just you in a 'rush', the stranger and the foreigner in you who is visiting for a vacation is isolated. So you feel afloat and restless and wanting to be with the people in Sagada. You envy their simplicity, worry-free and effortlessness in living their daily life. And then you become more aware of your words, actions and you can even feel your own breathing in the cold, misty and still weather.

That's how simple it is, that's how simple life can be. That's how simple it is to choose to be at peace; that's how easy and simple it is to be happy.

Stop.
Listen to your breathing for a while.
Enjoy the things around you.
Stare at Mother Nature; ever wonder how she feels like when she is appreciated and protected?

As much as I can tell, she knows her beauty, now find out from where you're at.
P.S. It's still a must though that you visit Sagada for yourself. You'd understand my blog better..

It's Just A Song

It used to be just another song, until - -
you start seeing yourself living in the lyrics and its' hymn..

[CHORUS 1]
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.
You'd be like heaven to touch.
I wannahold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I'm alive.You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.
Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak.
But if you feel like I feel.
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

[CHORUS 2]
I need you baby
And if it's quite all right,
I need you babyTo warm a lonely night.
I love you baby.Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you,
Oh baby let me love you, oh baby....

Repeat Chorus 1[To fade]

I need you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby.Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby....
I need you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby.

Trust in me when I say:
Oh pretty baby, don't bring me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you, oh baby let me love you, oh baby....