My Golden Sanity Break: La Union, Batanes, Manila Bay, Quezon City

To keep me sane these so-busy-PAGODA COLD WAVE LOTION days with opening of classes of Lia, my persistent cough and colds, and the numerous biddings we have to conduct at the office...

I dream of La Union, Batanes, Manila Bay, and even Quezon City, my hometown and how golden they can be...

    Amazing! after surfing the waves at San Fernando, La Union, 2009

Incomparable, one of a Kind Batanes, June 2011

 Panoramic view of Batanes, Fundacion Pacita at the left (the secret is in the camera!) June 2011

 So near and yet so far,One Esplanade, Manila Bay, 2010

Going home, sweet home, along Commonwealth Avenue-Tandang Sora, Quezon City, June 2011


Philippines, you truly are amazing! dreaming, dreaming.....


hay...Now back to reality...

--Wondermom A. (dreaming, thinking of lots of strategies, finding "me" in the process, and instilling my love for Pinas!)

P.S. La Union, Batanes, Manila Bay photos courtesy of my talented sister VP Abigail N. with her Canon DSLR, QC photo courtesy of yours truly using Samsung galaxy tab camera!

worse than chedeng

On this day of your life, Aileen, we believe God wants you to know ... that there is a right time for each of the things you do.


If you try to live counter to your personal rhythms, you will expend more time and energy to get things done. Body and soul suffer when you force yourself to wrestle against your own rhythms. Listen to your rhythms and follow them.
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Right now, body and soul is suffering worse than chedeng.  Exit strategy comes to mind. 

Lord, into your hands I commend my spirit, be it done according to your will.

--Wondermom A.

My Affair with Sunsets

I am amazed with sunsets.  It brings out a nostalgic, haunting, mystical feeling in me.  Since 2006, I have been trying to capture its beauty when I travel around the country.  From so-so shots inside a bus to simply amazing photos while the sun goes down...

Let me introduce you to my affair...

It all started in Sagada going to Baguio, seeing golden Benguet, I am motivated to write a poem about its grandeur, sadly I did not.  But I was able to capture its beauty albeit inside a moving mini-bus.  I promise, I'll be back to do you justice.

    Benguet (Hi-way going to Baguio), May 2006

My so-called Day-Off

This is my so-called day off.

I was really hoping for a day off yesterday and looking forward to korean food and foot spa, and some clothes shopping at Marien, all in our busy street of Don Antonio/Holy Spirit Drive. But of course, luck would have it that my daughter will insist on coming with me to the spa, and my other daughter left behind crying for at least an hour before sleeping. And of course, Manny Pacquio and Bagyong Bebeng decided to have their own say on the matter.

This is I think the predicament of mothers. We're wishing for a day off but never really getting it, because in real life mothers can't zone out all their concerns. In reality, maybe our day off is just a few hours really before we go back to mother mode.

This is our trip to Chic Nails for spa bonding, while Bagyong Bebeng showered the metro with her love.

Paradise Found in Busuanga Island, Coron Island Palawan

Im back in Manila after our family vacation in Coron. All I can say is that Coron is simply unforgettable.