I will miss you Donna but we will see each other again.

How tough and sweet life could be that I am still able to smile back at you.

I remember this one warm afternoon when I bought packs of candies for the angels for Flores de Mayo. I am very happy to observe church activities especially when this involves the young generation because this is a good start to mold the young minds and children to participate in church affairs. It is always good to start at young ages, to expose their hearts and interests to meaningful activities in our society. The candies that I bought were chocolates and chewable smooth candies so the children will love chewing them. During this afternoon walk, I had fun because I had to go back and forth four times, the longer my hiking is, the better it is for my health. I love hiking when there are no people or less people around, I hate the crowd, I hate when the place is congested and I hate noise. So I stay at home most of the time and I like going out when it is at night but I only do this when I am in the city. But I rarely go to the city because travel time to the city is extremely exhausting that I cannot bear a tiring trip, whoaaaa!!! My afternoon hike at that afternoon was memorable because I did it for Flores de Mayo, that's for Mother Mary. I would like to share a secret way back when I was five years old. I was an angel for the Flores de Mayo, I wore pink gown at that time because during that time, angels were not required to wear white gown like as of today. So I had my pink gown with shimmering sequence and a crown with pink wings too. I remember that letters A,V,E,M,A,R,I,A were to be guided with angels at the side while going to the altar. Sad but funny to say, that I remained at my seat, that means I did not go to the altar. I was embarrassed at the thought of it but what else can I do, that was the only thing I have thought at that time. My mom was not able to take photo of me on that pink angel gown and so I told myself that as I grow up, I would like to capture my moments though photos, in simple, memorable, small and big events so I have remembrance and souvenirs when I grow old. I look forward to grow old gracefully by the way  hehehehhe.  And speaking of this warm afternoon walk, I really remember my childhood memories of being an angel during Flores de Mayo and this made me inspired to have a walk even if the afternoon was very hot and tiring.

In our lives, sometimes all we need is a warm embrace so we can start feeling better from problems, hassles in life and too much worries. We can give a warm feeling of relief to our friends through embraces and hugs and too much words of advice may not be totally required. When my friends are depressed and sad, I just give them a hug and saying that everything will be fine. We all know that a solution to every problem is not a short cut, there is always a process to go through, to heal wounds and scars in our lives. I've been from battles during my younger years and I've met different kinds of people who are mostly unpleasant. When you met these people, they are the  source of your learning, wisdom, courage and determination to fight and survive. I remember that nobody will be there when you fight your own battle, not even the closest persons whom you really think that you can count on. Life is a harsh but beautiful journey and  I just know exactly where to stand and when to listen and when not to.  Hugs can help cool you down, make you live with the pains and give you the strength to deal with it. My friends, I respect you all even if means that you may make the worst decisions in your life because I believe that friendship is about acceptance and understanding. Believe me, not all friends can do that and not all friends that you have are your true friends. It takes a lifetime to know who among your friends are genuine and honest.  I am glad that I have variety of friends, they come in different kinds of boxes and shapes and I want them all to be happy in this journey called life.

I do have sleepless nights and I am having one right now. I'm still wide awake because I'm still doing something, keeping an eye to my passion of virtual tour, it's my mental journey of places and moments. I forget the time and just find out that it is already morning. I'm already starting to have a headache and still I go with my thoughts of visiting..... Greece, this time. I would like to know how Greek people look like. I just wonder if they are good looking people or average looking people. But just like other nationalities, their beauty could vary. They have dominant straight noses and thin lips, with dark or brown eyes. So much for the physical features, I am now getting to know Greek culture and so I am not yet going to sleep. Coffee time for me.

A headache visited last night because of stress. Of all the things that I do not want, it is tension. Life is often wrapped with pressures. I want to feel like the wind, always free to roam around wherever I want to be. It feels nice to learn things from other perspective but learning is always associated with effort, time and sacrifices. Even up to now, I have a headache, this is because I think much. I think of so many things at the same time. Do you want to be in my journey? I want you to brace yourself, let us take a ride to the moon and stay happy as you can be. The choice is yours.

Riverstone Castle is a wonderful place to visit. It is far from the center of the town of Argao.  The place is solemn, not crowded and never noisy when I visited there. A lot of man made works there which capture my interest. There are plenty of areas that you can enjoy with , that you can relax, that you can sit for a while.  It is a man made castle and beautiful to the eyes.