Somewhere (October 04, 2007)

I am very excited everytime I see a rainbow. I am like a child when I see one. I get in the house to find my camera and shoot one. I like the colors. I like the size of it. I like the mystery.

I love the rain and the freshness it brings but the rainbow is different. Its mystery gives me something to hope for. Its beauty gives me something to crave for. Though I know that a rainbow is short lived, I still look for one.

In life, there are many challenges and struggles that we have to face everyday. Right now, I am beset with problems and frustrations including uncertainties. Still, I believe that after the rain, there is the sunshine. After the rain, there is a rainbow.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high.

There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby.

Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue.

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true.

Ice Cream (October 03, 2007)

I don’t know what it is about ice cream but I like it a lot.

I crave for ice cream wherever I am. I was walking in the grounds of one of Reggio Emilia’s park when I spotted a British man eating ice cream. I asked him as he was also attending the same study tour I was into at that time. The ice cream was just fabulous that I ended buying one everyday. During my stay in Italy, I was approached as well by others asking me where to get real Italian ice cream.

When I was in Inner Mongolia, the weather forced me to indulge in popsicles and ice creams. A girl friend introduced me to the many flavours available in this country. When we were in Beijing, I was practically eating popsicles and ice creams for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I was told that I won’t be able to taste all the flavours in my twelve days stay as there are plentiful. After many days, everyone is eating ice cream. This girl friend of mine became a very good friend.

I also remember having ice cream during the late hours when I stayed in Baguio with my fellow teachers. It was one of our most awaited activities every night. I also enjoyed having ice cream in Boracay with my high school buddies. And to eat ice cream with a millionaire friend in one of the Hagen Daas stores in Manila was another exciting experience.

I remember having one when I was all alone in Singapore. After a long walk along Orchard Road, ice cream became my companion. To top it all, I enjoyed best when I had ice cream with a good friend and meeting two other equally good friends of his when I visited Kula Lumpur. It was a blast, eating ice cream with friends.

Going Down (October 02, 2007)

Lately I had been feeling down because of some news I had been receiving from people around me. Add up the uncertainties I am having for the future. This feeling is giving me sleepless nights and headaches in the morning. I am missing my support. I need to recharge once again.

I ended the month of September with a gloomy note but this will surely continue this month as most of the days had been gloomy like the constant rains. It had been raining for almost everyday. Morever, with the rain come the sickness, the flu and the flood.

I hope to make the rest of the remaining months a fruitful one. Things are not going to be the same but I will try to make it better.