Life's A Trip...

The soft breeze sweeps across my face as I lay on my back watching the passing of the clouds.  It's been quite a while since I've last noticed the beauty of what sorrounds me - the sunset, the moon, the clouds, the flowers and trees...and you.  Yes you. I've longed to be with you from the first time I saw you, and I did everything to make it so.  But when I finally had you...I turned my back on you.  I never really knew why. Time passed and I thought that I had placed my past with you behind me.  Then, just as sudden as the striking of a lightning, you came back the way you did on the night I first saw you.  But unlike the way it was back then, you now have him and I have her.  Fortunately though, there's still this thing called friendship...and with your forgiveness, at least friendship I can still have with you. I won't wish to turn back time...nor pray to have another chance of living a life with you. Co'z I'm happy with what I have n...

To begin with, it was unexpected - a visit to our home in Quezon City, and then in the course of a conversation with my aunt, an offer to redeem the privileges included in the Pristige Card she availed which was supposed to be for an uncle's vacation from Canada that did not push through.  The catch, a choice between a 2-night stay in a superior suite or an overnight stay in 2 superior suites at Canyon Cove in Nasugbu, Batangas.  Who was I to decline? Came February 27, 2012, after weeks of planning, I found myself behind the wheel of my aunt's Mitsubishi Adventure together with my wife, our daughter, my 2 brothers, and 2 cousins, on our way to Canyon Cove.  We opted to avail of the overnight stay package, taking into account that with our large number, we surely would not fit in a single suite.  The drive had been a long one and a bit tiring, but it was all worth it the moment we opened the doors to our rooms and caught sight of our first class accom...

It resulted from a re-scheduled activity.   Came dawn of Saturday, we found ourselves alighting from a bus at the Mc Donald’s branch in Capas, Tarlac, me, my 2 brothers - Dino and Drei, and my cousin Ryan.   It was a good 2 hour trip, spent mostly sleeping, and at past 5 AM, we were ahead of our scheduled arrival.   While waiting for the vehicle that was going to pick us up, we had cups of coffee to counter the early morning chill.   Surprisingly, we were joined by a number of other people eating breakfast or just simply sipping their coffees as well.   Like us, they were also probably waiting for their rides.   Like us, they were also probably headed to one of the town’s leading tourist destination.   Mt. Pinatubo. To the few who still have not heard of the place, Mt. Pinatubo is an active volcano situated in the vicinities of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga.   Its explosion way back in June 15, 1991 is considered to be the second largest terres...