Coron Day 2

July 20, 2011 / iamsupercarla / Leave a comment

(Please note that all of the photos for the next few posts are taken by me and my brother Ted. Anyone who would like to use these photos, please shoot an email to let us know where you’ll be using them. Courtesy please. Thanks! *grin*)

After getting the much needed rest from the hike, we had an early start. We woke up at about 6 in the morning to prepare for breakfast. Mon said we would have to go to the market early before island hopping; we might run out of food selections. He was able to commission this boat to take us to wherever and cook the meal too.

Of course it was just like any other market. Somehow it has more character. People were not bumping into each other, the catch was fresh, and if the other vendor doesn’t have what we’re looking for, he led us to the other one that has it. Like everyone is happy. All the freakin’ time.

We were told that the seafood here was almost dirt cheap. We got these crabs for about Php 180 per kilo. Come. On. FREAKING SCORE.

I don't think I've ever seen crabs this big... and this cheap.

I think I should go to the market more, but I don't think I'll see these vibrant colors in Manila.

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Coron Day 1

July 18, 2011September 22, 2014 / iamsupercarla / 2 Comments

(Please note that all of the photos for the next few posts are taken by me and my brother Ted. Anyone who would like to use these photos, please shoot an email to let us know where you’ll be using them. Courtesy please. Thanks! *grin*)

We arrived right on time.

Please ignore the girl. She was taking so long to leave and Daniel didn’t want to stay there and have the facade all to himself. A lot of people were waiting for their photo opp at Busuanga’s welcome banner.

You know you’re in for a good vacation when the airport scenery looks like this.

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Choked up

July 12, 2011 / iamsupercarla / 2 Comments

Forgive my Harry Potter madness. It has been over a decade and I never really thought the goodbye would be so emotional. I keep looking for Harry Potter quotes, images, how these young actors grew right before our eyes, how I became so attached to the book, the character, the story.

I just now it’ll take another lifetime to have something like this again. Our generation is so lucky to have witnessed something as magnificent as the magic of Harry Potter. And Jo Rowling is an amazing writer. And she made us all young again.

And it’s so hard to say goodbye.

I am both eager to watch the last installment and hesitant to walk in the movie house knowing that it is the last Harry Potter flick I’ll ever see.

Oh, be still my heart.

I am a bawling mess.

July 9, 2011July 9, 2011 / iamsupercarla / Leave a comment

I logged in last night on Facebook and saw this clip from a cousin:

I am such a mess. I just couldn’t stop crying the entire time I was watching the clip. (Actually, I’m still crying as I am reposting it now.) I wonder everyday since the end was announced if there will ever be another book like this. Another book this magnificent and amazing and enchanting. I wonder if there’ll be another character in the future that my kids will turn to when they’re lonely or lacking in imagination. A character from the pages given by the wisdom and imaginings of one inspired person that will tell my kids to dream big, to believe in the impossible, to find the magic in them.

These are the books that will last generations. I cannot wait to read them again before I watch the last 135 minutes of this wonderful journey.

I am so happy and grateful and blessed to be part of the generation that started reading again. Thank you, J K Rowling, for the books that brought us back to our bookstores and libraries, and reunited us with youthful fantasies that we thought we lost.

There is.

July 7, 2011July 7, 2011 / iamsupercarla / Leave a comment

I keep Googling Harry Potter stuff. I think it’s the fact that it’s ending and this magnificent piece of literature is something I held so close to my heart. It taught children to read again, and adults to believe in the extraordinary.

I wish my Hogwarts letter comes soon. :)

Oh. :((((