twentysumthing

So yesterday, I was in Burlington  with friends  and after dinner, when we all stepped out of the building, guess what we discovered? It was snowing. It's been over a week since Spring officially started in Canada and everyone here is really thankful for the warmer, sunnier weather, but yesterday, I realized that we were not really there yet. While we all wait to get "there", I'm going to show you another place in the Philippines that warms my heart whenever I think of it. Danjugan Island, Negros Occidental, Philippines When my friends and I were just planning for our Bacolod trip in October last year, I was determined to find a nice beach in Negros Occidental that we can visit after attending the Masskara Festival (so that we can relax after two days of partying). During that search, I didn't just find a nice beach, but a beautiful island called Danjugan Island. A lot of you have probably never heard of Danjugan (pronounced as dan - hoo - gan ). It's ...

A few weeks back, some of my friends in the Philippines were complaining about the chilly weather there (which was around 20 degrees Celsius) and I wanted to tell them, believe me, it could be a lot worse! As much as I want to be more like Elsa (of the Disney movie Frozen) and say that the cold never bothered me anyway, it just ain't happenin ' in Canada. It's hard not to let the cold bother you, especially if it's biting cold outside (around -20 to -40 degrees Celsius) and you have to shovel up to 20cm of snow. To ward off the somber mood that the cold season is bringing, besides starting a countdown to Spring, I find myself always looking at photos of the beautiful places I've been to in the Philippines last year. Since I'm a tropical baby, having been born in the Philippines and lived there for 20 years, it's not too hard for me to imagine how warmth actually feels like. Hehe . I've read somewhere that thinking about good thoughts or reminisc...