SNAPSHOTS | Football at Emperador Stadium

Football is often referred to as the beautiful game. I somehow felt it was, especially while visiting a free game at the Emperador Stadium in McKinley Hills, Taguig City.

On cheer for the Philippine Air Force Football Club, it was crazy beautiful sunset with a guy warming up his footy skills prior to the start of the game.

SNAPSHOTS | Manila Bay Sunset

How often do you see yourself standing in sunsets? It was yesterday when somehow I was riding along the coast line near Macapagal Avenue when I saw the open sea with skies forming it's glory. The round golden sun we all treasure faded in that moment, hiding itself behind the clouds, my soul expands... Realizing I am that puny little boat floating by the waves, I need to thank thee. Oh how short travel changes me.

Nagduaw ako sa Manila Bay.

SNAPSHOTS | A ride to Lake Manlamonay, Don Carlos, Bukidnon

Lake Manlamonoy

Lake Manlamonay is an infamous lake located at about seven kilometers away from the Sayre Highway, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. While being surrounded by coconut trees and a sugarcane field, it is actually a lake that provides agri-fishing for the people living nearby.

The moment I had the chance to see this lake upclose and personal. It was soul-inviting as the sun was setting down. It threw away my exhaustion, delivering me towards serenity even for just a moment.

My bike resting beside the lake.

Getting here can be done in the form of habal-habal. But since this is me, I opted to travel short distances on my mountain bike leaving Maramag at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I was able to reach home by six - contented with the picture I got.

If anyone wishes to visit the small lake, please bear in mind that, like its Lake Pinamaloy brother, this one isn't suitable for swimming. Picnic is also not advisable since farm animals' are common within the premises.

Acknowledgement:
Thanks to blogger Earl Bolivar of Bukidnon Photo Journal. His Lake Manlamonay article actually informed me of its existence. Read his article here.

SNAPSHOTS | Resting My Weary Soul in Mt. Apo

It has been two days of hiking and climbing the highest mountain in the Philippines - Mt. Apo, situated in Kidapawan City and Magpet, North Cotabato. The itch and the excitement was all part of the activity amongst friends in the mountaineering circle. But of course, the exhaustion was a constant battle to climb up here but Lord knows this was worth it.

You never know what's up there until you see it. But only when you're up there that you get to know yourself fully well. I'm resting a weary soul that is... Thanks to Mt. Apo for helping me zip things up.

I am the probably in the highest place in the Philippines, yet in this very moment, I am a nobody.

Stay tuned for my Mt. Apo series!

SNAPSHOTS | Descending from Mt. Kalatungan

I was actually descending 2880 meters above sea level from the summit of Mt. Kalatungan when I took this photo overlooking Southern Mindanao towards another view of a mountain in Cotabato.

During this time, our clothes were beginning to get soaked with rain water as the sky came down pouring. Yet for a moment of time, I was able to take a justifying photo of how beautiful this mountain can be.

Nagduaw ako sa Mt. Kalatungan, Pangantucan, Bukidnon.

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