Cold Summer Nights

I knew it. Days like these will come. Nights of longing for something or for someone. The sudden sadness inside. Nostalgia. Small lump in the throat as I create moments with that someone. Yes, I have picture all these with him. Dreams I have for us. The late night conversations I want us to have. The places I would want to go with him. Gazillion pictures of weird moments with our weird faces. The road trips we will take and the songs that we will sing as we pretend to be some famous rock star. Sadly, he neither have a face nor a name right now. But sooner or later, I know he will come. He's coming and that is certain. 

I am not sad. I am not sad because I am single. Trust me, I never thought that being single can be this good. I mean, I get to take care of myself. I get to figure things out all by myself. I learned and tried things by myself. I've never loved myself more than I do now. I think we all need to spend some time with ourselves for us to know more about us. What we truly like and what we want to become. I love spending time with myself. Before, I find it weird when I see a person eating in a restaurant or strolling in the mall alone. Now, I've become that person. I thought for a second that they must be really sad or what, but I was totally wrong. Being alone in a crowded place is not a sad thing. It is actually a nice feeling. I think these people are brave. 

Most of my friends would say to me that being single seems to be so easy for me. They rarely hear me talk about how ridiculous being single is or even complain why I have no boyfriend. I always respond with the same answer every time I am asked why having no boyfriend is not a big deal for me. I am preserving myself for that special someone so when the time comes when God already allowed us to meet, he will find me secure and ready. He will no longer have to fix me because I am already complete. I think that's the main reason why some singles are lonely and desperate to be with someone. They do not see the beauty of being a single. I believe that instead of spending our time nagging about how alone we feel we are or how miserable we are because we don't have that special someone, we should spend time fixing ourselves and loving ourselves as well. Yes, waiting can be really hard. But we should always remember, "A man that will lead you to God not to sin, is always worth the wait."

I am not a love guru to tackle everything I have learned about love but I guess, I have learned what I need to learn. Right now, I am still fixing myself and praying for that special someone as well. I hope he's okay. I hope he's always safe and that he's happy. I hope he has a relationship with God and he will share to me about it as I share mine too. I hope he's doing his purpose in life. And I hope he's praying for me too. I plan not to commit to any relationship right now that is temporary. Why? Because I am sure that my future husband wouldn't want me to waste my time with all the wrong guys as sure as I don't want to see him wasting his time with the wrong girls. I will wait for him until he claims me to God.

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One day, I don't know if I will let him read this but definitely he will. I just want to say that, I waited for you and I prayed for you. I hope we're happy. ♥

“And then my soul saw you and it kind of went, ‘Oh, there you are. I’ve been looking for you’.”

—	Iain Thomas, I Wrote This For You

xx,
Maica

Le Boracay 2013

Because summer is my favorite time of the year next to Christmas, I want to share how I spent my #summer2013. Well, I actually started my summer this year by going to our usual Ilocos trip. Since my Dad resides in Ilocos, it is a pre-requisite to go there every year. But who wouldn't love Ilocos, right? I am just so blessed to have Ilocos as my province because of its wonders and amazing tourist attraction. Okay. I would not spend my time talking about Ilocos because that is not the highlight of my summer. Ha ha ha.

I know it's obvious in the title of this entry that what I'm talking about is BORACAY. It isn't my first time to go there but what made it special is that this time I am with my whole family. And with some friends.. Hooray! I am excited to share how my summer 2013 has been. So here it goes..

We actually have a bad flight schedule because we have it re-booked. So we left Manila at 7:10pm and we left Boracay at 10:30pm. I know, it was such a pain waiting in the airport for hours. But PAL has an amazing crew and we were never delayed. Yay to that!

Credits to Gela for the pic ♥

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When we arrived in our hotel, my two friends, Gela and Kate, surprised me with a birthday cake. I swear. I didn't know that they were in Boracay. You can see in the picture how shocked and surprised I was. I can say that I am friends with very good actresses. Lol. I didn't even notice or feel that they are coming up with a surprise for my birthday. You guys are the best!!! They say true friends are hard to find, well I am glad that I didn't spend forever searching for them. I love you guys to bits!! *insert kiss emoji here*

My yummy chocolate cake from Quency's

Wanna know how we spent Day 1? These picture says it all.

Started our day 1 by jumping straight to the beach and back to the pool. I can live my whole life right next to the beach. It feels good waking up with the sight of the beach and smell of the seawater. It's therapeutic for me ( as if I am a sick woman). Ha ha ha. After that, we tried some activities. Since I already tried the para-sailing,  I didn't bother to join my family and tried Flyfish instead with my friends. Oh. My. Gosh. That was an epic experience. I never held something so tight in my life. We have no seat belts or anything, just the life vest and the 10 inches rope where we are supposed to hold as tight as we can so we would not be dumped in the sea. For a second, I thought of intentionally losing my grip but I would miss the fun. So there, Flyfish left me with a bruised and wounded lips. Not to mention, the intense body pain the next day. I am not scaring you guys, it was fun though. I think it should be included in every person's bucket list. Ha ha ha.

Beach Hut Bar

 Because we got curious and was fascinated by that tall tumbler, we ordered cocktail drinks which I forgot the name but tastes like Mango and Strawberry. Hee hee.

Not tipsy. Just vain.

We had our buffet dinner at Astoria. It was a fine and scrumptious one. Especially their red velvet cupcakes. My parents were tired because of the activities that afternoon so we decided to go out with my friends instead. Spent the night at Tides with a very quiet ambiance but definitely relaxing. Jumped to Club Paraw after for some real night party and it was amazing. This will be one of my favorite nights with friends. It is official, Clarity is my fave song at the moment. Ha ha ha.

Curious about Day 2? Here it goes.....

Daddy's craving for seafood and the best place to run to is D*Talipapa. It was a lunch overloaded by seafood in all its kind. Thumbs up! Head straight to another activity which is Atv. At first, I doubted because I don't even know how to drive a car or even a motorcycle but thanks for the guy who oriented us. Climbed up to the top of the mountain riding an atv to see the whole Boracay Island. A heavenly and breathtaking view captured us right before our bare eyes. God's creation are really wonderful and magical. It was amazing and awesome and everything that is synonymous with beautiful. 

Here is the view of the island of Boracay when you are in Mt. Luho.

We spent the whole night of day 2 at Epic Bar because there was an event and we saw some artist and PBA players. Okay fine, I looked like a midget standing next to those PBA players. Always like that. Always. Anyway, transferred to Guilly's Island after and lie on the beach and gazed at the stars. Actually, it was one of my bucket list -- to stargaze while lying on the beach and the seawater are rushing to kiss my feet. Another check mark to my gazillion bucket list!!! Yipee! We ended our night, my siblings and I, by grabbing Jonah's famous fruit shake and pizza. Perfect combo. A must try. :)

And the last day.... Day 3....

Spent the last few hours buying pasalubong and delicacies at D*mall. Of course, the brojas and butterscotch will never be out on the list for pasalubong. Just yummyyyyy. Before leaving, we had our Swedish body massage at Victor Ortega's Salon and Spa. Talk about the relief after that relaxing massage. 

The last picture I took before leaving the beautiful paradise of Boracay. 'Til we meet again! ♥

What made our trip more precious is that we were able to spend some quality time as a family. My dad and Kuya don't live with us in Manila because they are managing our business in the province. So whenever we get the chance to escape from the busy life in the city, we make sure we enjoy it to the fullest. This what makes our trip amazing. The shared laughter and the random stories and jokes that we had and the realization that there is no better place than to be in the arms of your family. Thank you God for making this another trip possible and for the hundred trips that we will soon have. ♥

xx,

Maica