Warm and earthy

To be honest, I wasn’t sure if my best friend would push through because of some reason that’s why on the day of their trip, I didn’t set up an alarm. I woke up to her call saying she’s already in Mati. lol. I rushed to take a bath and just in time for them to pick me up in my apartment. 

We headed to Dahican right away and it was crowded. It’s like their usual operations. Of course, there were preventive measures to be implemented. They were able to adapt to the situation by placing hand washing areas and providing survey forms before entering the resort itself.

I wasn’t really up to dipping in the water so I didn’t bring a change of clothes. During our stay, me and Ell took photos and clips while her friends basked in the sun. We later on walked to the other side (in another resort) since it wasn’t crowded. It was really peaceful just sitting under the shade of a coconut tree and just talking.

After lunch, we rested on the rooftop part of DSR and relaxed. The view was really nice and calming. If only it would be like that everyday.

When it was around 4pm, we decided to leave so that we could visit Sala Surf Cafe. It was the only cafe in the city and I love the vibes of the place. It was a good thing that they have a cafe like that here since I really miss going out to cafes and just chill. We didn’t stay long though, since they had to go back and it would take a 3-4 hour drive. 

Once I get my camera back home, I’ll definitely try to shoot at the cafe.

Anyway, that’s all for now and if you want, you can watch the vlog version of this here. 💛

In actual, I was kinda hesitant a few days before the 25th for the reason that I was feeling lazy. Thankfully, my laziness didn't get to me. 

Woke up early because the call time was 7 am but we left around 7:30. The port we were heading to was quite far. It took almost an hour before we arrive. Once we got there, there were complications as to how much we'd be paying due to miscommunication. We waited for awhile and tried to settle and finally we were off to Pujada Bay!

The travel took also about an hour. When we arrived, we settled our things first and had brunch. My mind was already set to just chill and take photos and try to vlog. So I went out to explore and did took photos. It was quite unfortunate though because it was not something that I expected. The bay wasn't fully developed yet. Although, the water was clear and the sand was fine. Overall, it wasstill a good place to chill. Oh and Pujada Bay is actually considered as one of the most beautiful bays in the world. Amazing!

We didn't stay long because we planned on visiting Waniban Island as well. We passed by it before arriving at the bay and it was nearer to the port. It was smaller than the bay, and actually I like it better. The water was colder and the sand was finer. There was a spot where I considered instagram worthy. Looking at it, it's like it's not found in the Philippines. Haha! Again, I only took photos and this time some photos of me as well.  (´ ∀ ` *)

It was definitely one for the books and I’m glad I was able to go here with my workmates. I can’t wait to go back here with my friends! 

Also, I made a video all about it and you can watch it here!

Throwback storytime

Since I’ve just come back, I thought I should share some of my memories of my blogging journey. I started back in 2012 as I was turning first year college. May 6, 2012 to be exact (I checked). All I had was my laptop and the photos that I posted were just grabbed from my friends. I think I also used my phone back then, my Nokia C3. It later evolved somehow as I got an iPod touch for my 18th birthday. As far as looking through my old photos, mostly they were just events wherein we took a lot of photos or had photoshoots with my friends. Others were just thoughts that ran through my mind. 

I remembered that there was a point in time where my laptop broke. That didn’t stop me from blogging. It was either I post in my iPod touch or after school hours, I use the computer in the library to do my posts. It’s a funny memory. 

During those years, I’ve also talked with a few bloggers who became my friends. One of which is ate Yesha (sheiscrazyesha). I remember we had many conversations before about anything. And through the years, I’ve met her for real life! Still mind blown with that idea. I also wanted to meet our other friends from Manila back then but I never got the chance to visit there. And up to this day, I’m still hoping I could meet them sometime. One other friend is Xeph (engineerxeph). She’s one of the biggest reasons why I came back. Thank you Xeph! She really inspired me to do this.

As I went through the years, many somehow moved to blogger. And I kinda went with that. I rebranded again to ˆ’wanderlaska’. I blogged mainly there but I didn’t leave tumblr. I still post here and just linked the whole story to my own website. OH yes, I paid for a domain. 

And after like almost a year, I had to prepare for my board exams which meant, I couldn’t go on photoshoots or photowalks which meant I had to stop blogging. It took me awhile to get the title and my lifestyle changed in that year. I never got back to my blog.