Korea, take 2

This time, its summertime in Korea.  I have to experience each season from my favorite country - South Korea.  :)

first stop - Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - where the border of South and North Korea is.

 

 



exotic maggot, anyone?



my favorite K-Pop star- Lee Seung Gi

inside the at Geongbokgung Palace

boat ride going to Nami Island with national flags from all over the world



at Nami Island the famous Koreanovela Winter Sonata was filmed

Nami Island - memorabilla of Winter Sonata

 

 

the lighthouse

 

 

at Lotte World, while riding the hot air balloon ride

 

my favorite time - mealtime

time to buy pasalubong before going home

 

Never Settle, You Deserve Better

 

They always say, “never settle for less.” Never be okay with receiving less than you deserve. But how do you know what you deserve? You find yourself in a relationship where he doesn’t remember every little thing. But that’s okay, you tell yourself, because it’s not like you’ll find a guy who does. You don’t feel like the number one thing in his life, but are you ever going to find someone like that? Probably not, you tell yourself. So you take what you can get, because you realize you probably won’t get more than this.

Your heart will disagree though. Every time he forgets to call, your heart will cry out and ask why he forget. Every time he misses an event, your heart will demand to know what’s more important than you. Every time this happens, your heart will fracture a little more until one day you wake up and find you’re holding an unrecognizable pile of shattered pieces which once used to be your heart. You will know when you are receiving less. When you start to doubt and begin to wonder if you’re doing something wrong, then it’s less. When you lie awake at night and dream of something more, then you know it’s less. If you dream of someone else, then he’s definitely less.

So let me tell you one more time. You deserve the best. If you don’t feel a 100% of effort in the relationship, then it’s not what you deserve. Don’t feel the need to stay just because. If you don’t want to be in the relationship, leave. Break up and move on. Learn and look. Look for something better, because you deserve the best and nothing less.

And one day, you will find it and it will be so perfectly amazing. There will be ups and downs, but even at its worse it will be better than those other relationships at their best. So keep looking. Don’t give up.

by thenoteboook
Rose Rice

Napurnadang Sagada

There's typhoon coming to the north on that day, but since we are already booked for Sagada tour, our tour operator that it is safe to travel.  That the typhoon is supposed to leave the country the following day.  So off we go, there's at least five service vans to travel up north with us.  Its been raining since we left Trinoma parking lot.  When we reached Baguio, going to Sagada, there several mini landslide that we passed.  But after few hours, we bumped into this landslide that prevents us from passing the road.  We don't have a choice but to stay at Mountain Province Hotel.

the landslide that prevents us from going to Sagada

 

Since we are trapped in Mt. Province, our tour operator brought us to the late young actor, Marky Cielo's house where his remains are laid. 

but we still managed to enjoy..

 

the rest of the "tourist" trapped in Mt. Province Hotel

to ease boredom, we played charade

where our team was declared as winner.. :)

back in the room, we did planking

group planking

and photoshoot

 

 

After two days of being trapped in the hotel, we decided to go back to Manila

there's still several landslide that we passed, that was being cleared

 

while waiting for the "clearing"

Glad that we are able to leave Mt. Province and return back to Manila on time...

Siquijor/Dumaguete Trip

One of my most unforgettable travel is going to Siquijor.  I was tag along by my friend who has a childhood friend living in Dumaguete.  I didn't know the iterinary, i just booked myself and let them plan the rest.  It turned out to be the most exciting and unforgettable one.  Its like "amazing race".  After we were fetched by Precy and her husband from the airport, we just dropped our luggage at their house and race to Dumaguete Port to catch the boat to Siquijor.  We almost miss the boat, we are the last passenger to board.  That morning, the waves are a little bit rough.  Once we reached Siquijor, we contracted one of the accredited tricycle driver to give us a tour of the island.  By the afternoon where we are supposed to take the last boat trip back to Dumaguete, we are racing once again to reach the Port for the last trip.  And we are 5mins late.  And we are left behind.. :(

Since we don't want to stay overnight at Siquijor, after more than one hour, finally we are able to find a boat to take us to Dumaguete.  And guess what?  It was a fishermans boat that can carry five persons only and there's no life vest, just "balde".  I was praying the whole trip, and thank God that we safely reached Dumaguete port.  Once I stepped my foot on the ground, i asked myself why I allowed that to happen?  but Thank God, we're safe!

at Siquijor Port

 

Lunch at CocoGrove Beach Resort

view from the restaurant of Coco Grove

the restaurant

Day 2, Dumaguete Tour to Bais

i've never seen these kind of sea shell before,, and they are yummy!

 

the boat that will take us Dolphin Watching

we're lucky to find these dolphins eventhough the weather is not that good..

Day 3, To Antulang Beach Resort,, this became famous when the actor/host Ryan Agoncillo asked for the award winning actress Judy Ann Santos' hand for marriage..

 

 

lunch at Antulang

Next Stop : at Siliman University, one of the oldest university in the country

 

the famous ice cream bread

the provinces' pride - Sans Rival

at baywalk

this is it.. going back to Manila