A quick escapade

This month had been full of abrupt plans for a quick escapade. A frequent travel buddy emailed us a breathtaking picture of Siquijor's hidden beauty. It's been one of my many many wishes to bring my restless feet to the Island of Fire. A very laid back place and a beach with crystal clear water greeted us upon opening the email. Beach is always been my comfort zone (though I don't know how to swim, beach always brings me happiness). Back in college, I'd love to study my lessons and do my assignments at the beach. The sound of waves is and will always be so overpowering to me.  Who would not love these pictures below?

The traveler soul in me immediately replied that we'll give it a go for this month of July. Almost everyone agreed and picked Jul 17-19 as the date. Everyone immediately checked the nearest route to Siquijor so we can somehow minimize our travel time. Some even plotted our schedules to surely get a 2 day off.  My excitement is undeniable. But then again our schedule didn't permit us to push this through. (though I'm sure that one day I will be breathing Siquijor's air)

Think of a never-say-never attitude, count us in for we had that kind of spirit. Plan B is on board - to go for white water rafting instead.

CDO is known for this kind of extreme adventure. Believe me, you would think it ironic that foreigners and even Pinoys outside CDO would brave distance and long travel just to try rafting while some of us residing here haven't tried it yet, yours truly included. I had 2nd thought of giving this a try for a very personal reason but my inner goddess (Ana Steele mode) is more than willing to join the fun for experience sake. Sadly Plan B was not materialized as well, this too has to take a backseat for the mean time.

So we opted for Plan C. Night swimming and a sumptuous dinner after. Haven't had much photos of this escapade coz I enjoyed dipping in the pool, not even rain and thunder could stop us from swimming. With this night out I proved that it's not how far or how adventurous your escapade is, it's who you are with that matters the most and how much fun you've had.

Priceless moments like this can't be bought by millions. If others pampered themselves with gadgets, clothes, shoes or make ups, mine obviously is an affordable travel. This is something I know will take time before I  get tired of doing. I remembered a saying that if something or someone makes you  happy don't deprive yourself. That's exactly what I'm up to. Traveling makes me happy, so be it!!!!!

Note: Pictures of Siquijor and water rafting were grabbed from Google

Why Do We Always Hurt The Ones We Love?

I seldom post entries such as this but someone urged me to create one . (If you are reading this, you-know-who-you-are, I could just imagine you "LOLing" at this). So here's my take on the question she threw at me.

All of us has our own share of heartaches with our love life or even life in general. I honestly can’t  understand why lovers tend to hurt each other. It’s so simple to read, define and understand the word LOVERS but in some instances,  the couple involved fails to act the way it should be.
 

Yes your question is as good as mine. Why do we do this to the person dear to us?  To answer this (at least in my case, I can’t speak for others) is the ever lame “I-didn’t-mean-to-do-it reply. Lovers are supposed to nurture and keep the fire burning always in a relationship. Lovers are meant to take care of each other's feelings. I’m not speaking of  the no-quarrel-and-no-jealousy type of  relationship here. Perfect relationship did not exist and will never be but harmonious one does. But I also admit that in a relationship, a little amount of jealousy is ok to add spice to the relationship.

To say that hurting someone you love is beyond control, this I strongly disagree. I believe that this is a matter of choice and absolutely controllable. This applies a lot to our lover - to the person we are intimately committed with, can’t live without and share crazy things with. It’s always been my question why it’s so easy to hurt the person dear to us. Or I may say , it’s too easy  for that person who vowed to love us  to hurt our feelings and made us miserable. They said it's an  "unintentional hurt" but whatever you call it - it is still arousing heartaches.

Sad to say, I don’t think the answer will make me feel good. They tend to hurt us because they know that no matter what, we will just take it and we will forgive them after all the heart aches. Because we are their closest, their actions can hurt us the most for it’s a fact that it’s much harder to hurt someone who doesn’t give a damn what you think, do or say. We are taken for granted because they know that no matter what, we can withstand the hurt and still stay. Love can make the world go round and for some reasons our hearts break too. Sad but true. Loving others more than ourselves give them the chance to control over you and the worst thing is we allowed it.
 

Please don’t get me wrong, I must say that in every relationship it’s the girl who got hurt most of the time not the other way around (though I may say that this does not apply to everyone). Being in the situation sometimes made me think if it’s healthy to always “give in” with the hurt and let ourselves embrace the sad fact, and hope that everything will then fall into it’s proper place. Oh life, you are so complicated!!!!!

PS. Both images are grabbed from Google.

Fifty Shades Mania

Aside from my love for traveling, I love reading too. Books and e-books are and will always be my constant companion anytime, anywhere.

I received an email from a friend, Toni, she sent a pdf copy of the trilogy written by E.L James and another one from Anne Rice. While everyone was going crazy with E.L James' Fifty Shades trilogy I opted to start reading Anne Rice's  Sleeping Beauty trilogy. But I stopped reading it, for me  it's gross.  I mean I just don't like it, I'm curious though how it will end. Maybe one day I will have the courage to finish it. So I decided to join the "fifty Shades mania". But before I started reading the first volume, I browsed some information about this trilogy and  was instantly amazed by it.

Let me share with you what I've read from here.

"The second and third volumes are titled Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, respectively. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists not just in the United Kingdom but around the world. The series has sold around ten million copies worldwide, with book rights having been sold in 37 countries, and set the record in the UK as the fastest-selling paperback of all time surpassing the Harry Potter series.Critical reception of the novel has been mixed."

Would you believe that? Surpassing Harry Potter series? Who wouldn't be curious with it? So I yielded. I then started reading Fifty Shades of Grey.

 I was warned that this is a BDSM type of story, yet everyone who finished reading it would really suggest to give it a try. I found myself hooked to the story. Though I agree with some of the reviews that there are a lot of word repetitions in the story but still I enjoyed reading it. I simply fell in love with the character of Christian Grey.

Browsing reviews about the Fifty Shades trilogy made me realized that we simply can't please everybody. To each his own. But with my colleagues who tried reading it, we all have the same words "WE LIKE THE STORY". It's so amazing how some of them who are not into novel reading had been hooked with it too.

I've finished reading the trilogy already and I'm so looking forward to E.L James' next book which I strongly believe will be Christian Grey's version of the story.