cebu escapade

cebu in perspective.

it was heated to the max. cebu was. the sun was fully up. the time was 12 noon. the street was ours. we made turns and u-turns. this characterized the vacation i had in the queen city of the south.

from davao, i flew to cebu. the holidays made up my decision to stay longer in this city. this time, i was not on official business. it was pure holiday. and it was better that way.

the accommodation was free, courtesy of my friend from tacloban who just recently got a job in cebu. (thanks pach.) i met my old friends. old friends they are, but our laughters yet never faded. such life. wonderful. appealing.

i like it.

spotted in cebu

buddy

fire tree

ayala center, cebu, april 14, 2006

it has been there for so long but i wonder why the philippines is not picking up this idea of planting this tree all over and create a view such as this one. this blooms every summer. it kinda resembles the sakura tree in japan in spring.

i saw this fire tree in cebu ayala center. i requested my friend to drive me back for this pictorial. it was cool. and felt like in a foreign land.

summer islands

samal island

this is the very reason why i am not trading off my archipelago with anything else. i love my country...

summer paradise

paradise island resort, samal, davao

i could have gone somewhere else, but this summer has brought me to where really my heart belongs: the sea. and where else but in the island garden city of samal. no, no, it is not a tourist name, it really is the official name. never really an appropriate name because it is more than a garden city, more than an island, it is a paradise. oh yeah i made some exaggerations in my description. what really makes the paradise a paradise to me is the fact that i went there all expense paid. hehehe.

the place took me 2 plane rides to reach. 3 hours all, minus the taxi and the boat ride. for first timers like me, i didn't mind the distance and the hours. when i had arrived, i forgot my purpose of going there. i immediately knew what else to do. and my 3-day davao visit ended doing all the "elses".

be back. surely.