Hairstyle & Strawberried Ears

Browsing through a blog, my ears were strawberried with love sherbet by a girl named Rena and some friends of hers,



which made me almost forget that I was wearing an insane hairstyle as I was heading out. :)

Cebu et.al

Almost a month ago I went on a trip to Cebu with Alyssa. But for some reason I can't call it with because we didn't arrive and leave together. Alyssa was there for five days within the nine days I was there. The main purpose we went was for Nazarene Youth Congress to speak about True Love Waits but like all other previous trips we've taken, we always find leisure in seeing and experiencing new things. =)

While Alyssa was still packing and preparing for the trip in Manila, my cousins took me to the oldest cathedral seen below. Basilica del Sto. Niño circa 1565. It really is old and somehow statues were creepy.

  The balloon vendor let us hold his balloons.

 Then we went to another cathedral, Cebu Cathedral (1865), one block away from the Basilica. 

Shhh... there's a wedding ceremony going on!

Then we went to Fort San Pedro which used to be a citadel for Spanish soldiers.

From a citadel to a park.

 My cousins JC and Tre.

Two days later, Alyssa arrived in Cebu and off we went to Mactan shrine. To see history around and...

    To shop for souvenirs. :)

The following day we we travelled two hours south of Cebu City for the Nazarene Youth Congress. The venue where it was held was a resort called Hidden Paradise. And man, it really is hidden.

The last cottage at the end was where Alyssa and I stayed. And it wasn't only in the last cottage that we stayed, but in the last and furthermost room. Talk about being hidden in the mountains!

The view from our terrace.

NYC delegates at the True Love Waits session.

Lovely girls from NYC who attended True Love Waits. They've been such a blessing!

Right after our last session for True Love Waits in NYC, we went back to Cebu City. We went to Ayala Terraces for dinner.

 

Ayala Terraces at day. It's a nice open park. I rather prefer it than Greenbelt in Manila. In the last picture, can you tell me how many of them are taking pictures of each other? :)

God gave us some extra money so we treated ourselves to a Vietnamese dinner. 

This lemonade beats all! Breath-takingly refreshing!

For Alyssa's last day, we walked Mactan Bridge for sunset and city lights.

Walking over a big body of water makes me excited. Such excitement that if I wasn't tired, I'd walk it again. What I did after Alyssa left will be for another post. I wish her flight was two days delayed so she could have joined me in the island adventure. But then, it didn't happen that way. *sigh* Next time, next time. 

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BFGF

"BFGF" is McDonald's Philippines new commercial which stands for BoyFriendGirlfriend. I have to admit that I found it really cute and adorable when I first watched it. I think everything children do has this "cute factor" in them. But cute factor aside, children who will see this video without parental guidance will most likely be led to a notion that BFGF relationship is just something cute and adorable.

I found friends' romantic relationships cute and adorable but it's  WAAAAAY MOOOOOOORE than that. Any romantic relationship should be taken seriously because it is a serious matter. Something not to be taken lightly because in the end the pain may not be as light as the relationship was in the beginning. I pray for parents or any guardian that more than gushing over the cuteness of this video, they will be mature and responsible enough to explain to youngsters how a romantic relationship entails a great responsibility.

It horrifies me to think should this happen in reality. Little girls asking boys about being in a relationship? Call me a killjoy today but let's see who will be grieving and complaining if you see children of tomorrow jumping from one relationship to another. McDo fries can't save relationships you know.

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Picture Challenge #1

A picture of yourself with 10 facts. Well finally, I got around to doing this Picture Challenge. Since there's already something about myself in the Blogger Profile, I don't need to repeat those.

10. My burp is as loud as a bullfrog's or maybe louder. Discretion is practiced since I only burp truly at home or upon request of my closest friends. 

9. I think in English, Tagalog and Korean. Percentage varies from time to time.

8. I smell books before buying them. I always end up buying in Booksale because books smell much better there. New books smell like ink factory.

7. I like Jim Elliot a lot.

6. I want to be like Amy Carmichael.

5. I'm a fangirl even though I don't scream.

4. I'm with True Love Waits Philippines as a writer. And I love it. 

3. I like singing until the wee hours of the morning. Ask my sisters, they're my avid audience.

2.  I like people a lot even if I'm not a people person. I'm a mix of Choleric-Melancholic.

1. I think I'm going to die young so I don't think I'd want to marry.

About This Blog

...down from my door where it began is like my cottage in the middle of a not-so-trodden path in the woods. This blog is unlisted and only a few paths from friends lead here but of course if you're a stranger who stumbled off your path in the woods, you're still welcome. This has always been like this, open to anyone yet unknown to many. 

Anything goes in my cottage except disorderly behaviour. I could be gushing over a film, drama or music and the next time I might be ranting over annoyances or write something about my progress as a pilgrim. In some way this could appear like an online diary but it isn't really. My posts are but shreds of thoughts gathered in my journeying. I'm not writing to anyone in particular and should you feel that I'm talking to you then perhaps I'm actually talking to you.

Christin, at your service.