Good Morning Baler!

time check: 06:15 am

sunrise shot| Sabang Beach, Baler

 We came to Baler to surf, alright....

 

... and then to be a witness of these. Baler has one of the most beautiful sunrise in the county - the waves add to this early morning magic. I hope you don't mind if I cannot choose which image I like because one can never get enough of its beauty (so you'll see not one but many sunrise shots!!). I have often associated Baler with being "manly" - rock hard abs and all, but one April morning, it just decided to be all feminine, dainty and dramatic. Hello there lovely pink sky!

Thank you Lord for this beautiful sunrise experience.

Good Morning Baler!!!

All Sunshiny and all my love,

Tina

all sunrise shots are by Alan David

Sunrise Shot

a different kind of sunrise

hot air balloon fiesta 2013

Clark, Pampanga

photo and caption "a different kind of sunshine" by Louie Andrew Go of Travel Factor

Sunrise Shots

time check: 6:15 am

Batad, Ifuagao

The Lord said, "Let there be light", so there was light. Then He saw that a girl (me!) was the first to wake up that day, did a little fine tuning of the heaven's lighting system and turned the skies into pink. Lovely pink. <3

...when the rest of the world has arisen, the heavens turned into gold.

  

Good Morning world!

All Sunshiny,

Tina

Batad in the Morning

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extremely cold morning

Batad, Ifugao

 

One: Rumpled Sheets and Lovely View

We were assigned a room in the attic (the key holder reads ATIK)  where rooms have 360 degrees view of everything beautiful about Batad. But the best view of all is on the common room/hallway where two Czechoslovakians were assigned a bed. Good thing they woke up early so I took advantage and snapped a shot of their lovely spot.

Two: Ups and Downs

There is no P-Noy touch in Batad, in other words, walang daang matuwid. Seriously, it's all up and down and up and down - these stairs woke my legs up as I needed to go through them to catch a glimpse of MY (yes, my :)) sunrise.

Three: Sunrise and its Magic 

Sunrise is pure beauty - it is worth every shortened Brad Pitt dreams. :)

Four: Milo Drink and the Terraces

I poured the entire content of a Milo powdered drink in sachet into a glassful of hot water - it turned out malabnaw and bland and in normal days, I would have thrown it away but - but this is not a normal day. It is a beautiful morning by the Terraces and instantly, the tasteless becomes flavorful. The bad becomes good.The darkness turns to light. Haha! Mapapa-kape ka sa sarap. Milo pala. :) 

Five : Time for Breakfast

It's a little unfortunate Hillside Inn was not serving authentic Batad breakfast dish, but when all else fails - hotdogs and corned beef and eggs are sure to save the day!

Six: And the Rest of My Morning

 And the rest of my morning was spent waiting for the clouds to make the summit big reveal, reading a page of Rita Gelman's Tales of A Female Nomad, slipping on moist grounds where a nipa hat stood strong and steady and forcing my colors to blend with nature - red+gold+black+blue on brown+yellow+green and sprinkles of lavender. :)

Seven: The Terraces

It used to be just an answer to Grade 4 Sibika at Kultura exams where a student is asked to enumerate the magagandang tanawin sa ating bansa. It will always be number one - the ubiquitous hagdang-hagdang palayan.  Last Sunday, it was my breakfast view. :)

Happy Morning. Happy Day!

All Sunshiny,

Tina

Sunrise Shot

time check 5:26 am

It's not everyday that you will see the Metro Manila skyline this clear and beautiful.

Photo by Alan David

Sunrise, such a magical moment. Witness as many as you can.

Good Morning!

Alan  

Sunrise Shots

time check: 6:20 am

Photo by Alan David

The Day Before
November 29,2012
On a plane ride to Cebu City

 Our flight to Cebu City was late for 20 minutes. I was all Cruella minutes before boarding the plane - this tardiness will ruin our itinerary; oh, what to do with the Philippine airline industry; i will miss my sunrise on the plane experience - the sole reason I agreed to having a dawn flight!!! But Mister Sun did not disappoint. He waited for me - his VIP, his special guest - he sought to tease and impress and I was a willing audience. Thick cotton clouds rolled up like mountains or like waves in the ocean. And the sky was midnight blue. And then dark purple. And then orange. And then these three colors just stacked themselves together and gave us this shot. I think the picture is beautiful, the experience, however, is beyond beautiful.

time check: 6:15 am

Photo by Alan David

The Day After
November 30, 2012
Sipaway Island, Negros Occidental

It was a little difficult to get out of bed after a long commute from Mactan City, Cebu to Sipaway Island which we endured the day before: the plane ride, the rickety old bus ride, the padyak ride to the port, the ro-ro trip, the banca trip and then the pedicab ride to the resort. It might seem simple when the task is just to enumerate the number and types of rides but it took us 3/4 of a day to finally set foot on the quiet and beautiful Sipaway island. But a beach trip is never ever complete without seeing the marriage of the sky and the sea on a beautiful morning. The sight was ever so magical, it was worth every minute or second of loss of sleep.

Cheers to a beautiful day ahead!

All Sunshiny,
Tina