WHEN I'M FRUSTRATED (like normal person does...)

...tell me, i thought, sometimes.... just sometimes, its better being judged by strangers or people or relatives or cousins than you judging them... for those who understands what I'm trying to say here, they will definitely agree with me.. sigh..

Of course, we all don't want being judged but in this life, its either you allow yourself as their prey or you will choose to live the life.

I learned that, with many experiences and encounters its better to continue doing good things, either people will acknowledge it or not.I had this experience of helping a very close person say for example as close as like a cousin and at the end of the day, what I'm getting is something unexpected. 

I became a victim of their ignorance, hatred and insecurities of their lives.Some people are really self centered and unfortunately, attention cravers and when you don't give your attention, you're the bad guy. Sorry, suckers! i've got more important errand to do. Knowing the truth (of what you people did...) is good enough and that only proves how self inflicted and so grand jealous you suckers of what we have. 

Im not a religious person but i know what is good and what is bad. I don't pull you down but instead i will LIFT you up. I'm pretty frustrated with what I've find out, but I'm glad i found out earlier.

Sometimes, I'm telling myself, i should avoid sharing to the entire world the way i felt but... hey, I'm a human too, i have feelings like you...  

BUT I always believe that karma will fix all things for some to learn. I will now close that door and for you, who always criticize me. Hurray, I'm giving the crown... but wait.. I have to take it back because it doesn't fit you at all.

WEEKEND AT THE VINPEARL GOLF LAND RESORT & VILLAS

It's at least an hour and a half flight from Hanoi to Nah Trang. The flight went pretty well and yes, the sunset view up there was really good. Attempted to take photos but when you're sitting near the exit area, so awkwrd to walk around to take a perfect shot of the sunset.

Re-thinking, I think im getting used to living in a cold weather like Hanoi already, to be honest a similar weather like in Baguio, where I came from. I'm aware that summer weather is gonna be pretty hot but its good to enjoy the season this time of the year.

Landed in NAH TRANG - I always love arriving in Nah Trang, the weather, the people and the place. Not so fancy like a huge city full of traffic and the huzzling and buzzling, lots of highrise building but Nah Trang is so peaceful and zen... at least for me... ;) BUT I think its also important as well to stay somewhere located in a place where you feel at ease. VINPEARL. I thought the place is located in a great location for finding serene. The moment you arrived in the Island, all you wanted to do is leave everything (your stuff) in your hotel room and get out and enjoy the place. The sea view that is soooooo welcoming and the outdoor activities that is appropriate for any age.

Here, we arrived around 7.30 pm and when the lights are on. It's such a beauty. Vinpearl Golf Land Resort & Villas, built on a scenic and peaceful place. I thought the hotel is fabulous! What I love about this place is so new that everything inside are soooo sparkly. When staying in a new hotel, I always love exploring the place. I enjoy viewing their interior decorations, designs, the kids club, restaurants and bar and the combination of modern and cultural ambience in presenting their unique perspectives and etc.. BEAUTIFUL!

So yeah! From a cloudy weather to a blue skies.. Have a great warm weekend my beau-friends!

MY FIRST THREE WEEKS IN NHA TRANG!

This week was another wonderful week! It’s my third week and now settling is becoming easier. My first two weeks was a bit uneasy but thank God for the beautiful scenery that whenever I open the blinds in the morning, an uplifting beauty is always waiting to be seen and appreciated.

Coffee taste good every morning and I must say that my stamina for many things is going pretty well. Nature is playing its role for this. Good example would be the part that I can go to the city alone and was able to find the grocery store and have an idea of what to buy.


Yesterday was really fantastic because me and my husband were able to find the store where they have most of the stuff or groceries we wanted. Like in Bangkok, they have also huge BIG C department store here, what made me smile was, when I saw Jollibee, yes. there is Jollibee inside the store. Im not a big fan of Jollibee but it certainly reminds me of where I came from, Pilipinas!


This time, I can find my way to few places nearby without asking for help. Nha Trang's transportation is pretty easy, (easier as I expected.) They only have two-lane and the moment you arrived at the city, you can easily navigate where you are. Getting a taxi is easy as well as most taxi drivers speak good English. This three weeks, to me, was more on settling in and being able to decide on things and places to visit. Socially, I continuously receiving invitations but I thought i'd better take it easy for a while. Socializing will come later.

(Maybe) this coming week, I will go and explore Nha Trang. Not going for shopping but getting to know their cultures by visiting their touristic places. Perhaps, locating the places to visit twice a week would probably help. I will not take the tour as its a bit pricy but going for an adventure and discovering the place would be nice.


Whilst typing this, it reminded me when I just arrived here in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Our journey from Thailand to Ho Chi Minh started very well. The moment we arrived at the Nha Trang airport, we were welcome by the hotel rep with her big smile wearing their Vietnamese traditional attire and accompanied us to our transport for Vinpearl.

Twas really a good trip. A bit tiring as we have to fly twice from Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh then to Nah Trang. 

Along the way, I never thought about how different it would be. Before coming to Nah Trang, I browse online and check the place and I complain a lot but the moment I arrived, my perspectives changed completely.

From Nha Trang airport to our destination, the scenery along the way was really beautiful and there was NO TRAFFIC! Don't get me wrong, I have been living to cities where I had to use the BTS (trains), subway, taxi, tuktuk and moto and t'was pretty a good experience. But driving on a street where there's no traffic, is really something! At one point, I asked the driver if its possible to stop and to enjoy the scenery but in the end, we choose to keep moving on. We then arrived at our destination before 6pm.


Back to the story; my three weeks here in Nha Trang is going really smoothly. The local people are amazing, they're friendly at least to me. I was honestly stunned. This fresh three weeks experience taught me a lot. I am slowly adopting the culture and continuously learning.

Lastly, I have no advice for now but its always good to check on google the things you wanted to do in Nha Trang: I say, stop thinking too much, stop planning too much and just live. As cheesy as that is, if you constantly plan and think you’ll miss out. I'm sure Nha Trang has a lot to offer.

MY THOUGHTS (when i was looking at this sight)

Sometimes, people judge me based from what they have had heard. Worst part is that, they will get to know me.. based from what they heard… lolz.. 

Sometimes, people will hate me because of their friend’s influences. That hatred will explode like a volcano that is full of toxic chemicals that kills anything. no mercy. 

Sometimes, people cannot just accept me the way i am but wanting me to accept them for who they are... 

Sometimes, people believe they are saints but infact we are all sinners. We are just missing the part of acknowledging who we really are… 

Sometimes, when people see you achieve one thing, just one single bloody thing... INSECURITIES arrises. JEALOUSY. -- oh dear, we are not born to please people aren't we? - yay! Instead of appreciating we tend to pull the person down.. its like you even bend your knees pulling that person down... lolz.. 

Sometimes, people want you to listen to them but they don't want to listen to you. They thought they are listening but infact they're just hearing you... i think there's a fine line between these words. lolz. 

Sometimes, lets face it.. we all lie! who doesn't lie here.. lolz..
I call all these emotions as the.. ATTRIBUTES OF ATTITUDES.. lolz 

THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGINATIONS? - That came to me when i took a photo of this view. When you look at that tree in the middle, seems that there’s a rabbit relaxing under it. Or it could be anything… 

It’s already half of the year and i tell you, for me.. my life was really colorful. I experience all sorts of obstacles that taught me a lot especially to become more MINDFUL when it comes to dealing with so many things. Combating difficulties was the challenging part. 

(sometimes) LIFE IS UNFAIR, i say. - i have to be honest with this one… For example, I thought that in a certain situation, its perky when you believe that you’re the only one weighing things, seems that when you understood the situation more than others, its better that you find a way to maintain peace instead of war. Although on the other hand, consequences were ignored. 

MISTAKEN which links to being JUDGE MENTAL- these words i want to be bold at, most of the time. WE humans, especially toxic gossipers love to judge people. For some, its already an addiction. It’s like a drug. They can’t leave without it. lolz 

When i was in Scotland, I really enjoyed our tour guides, they were so lively and so genius about their history. What i love about the quote they left one day was when they mentioned about this… 

“Never give your reasons, for your judgement will probably be right, but your reasons almost certainly will be wrong.” - Lord Mansfield 

Anyway, we all have our own definitions of whatever words we want to define but i still believe that, with my experience. We should cultivate more COMPASSION in our lives. It’s always best to put ourselves in the shoes of the other person before concluding or generating any negative thoughts. We should stop assuming that we know a person so well and believing that we are not committing mistakes. 

I do made a LOT of mistakes in my life and I’m glad about it because without it, i may have not become a bit wiser or know a lot or learned a lot on the process. 

Like what they say, its always greener on the other side of the fence… 

“The past no longer exists. The future has not arrived yet. The only moment we really can experience is the PRESENT MOMENT which is somewhat we seem most to avoid.” 

I guess, its distinction is… its better if we keep on the RIGHT NOW not the GONE.. lolz 

To sum up my photo thoughts. With all these extraordinary circumstances. It taught me to optimize in re-shaping my life specially when merging into the world of the wilderness. It actually helps in increasing strength, flexibility and acceptance. It builds PATIENCE & LOVE.

#love #wisdom #patience #gossip #attitudes #personality #grateful

Sunset in my life

“Sunset is a wonderful opportunity for us to appreciate all the great things the sun gives us!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan

Whoa! It has certainly been a while! I remember the last time I was taking photos of the ocean was when I was in Indonesia, that was a year ago. My photo shots is taking me everywhere and I'm really enjoying it. I've been putting my heart and soul into my new project and hopefully it will be fruitful in the end.

The majority of my time will be spent on my website, as i'm busy upgrading and updating my details and busy also doing my project.

Today, I thought to change my cover photo because I thought its about time. Lolz. This sunset photo inspired me a lot lately. From the word “sunset” it already says something powerful about life.

I thought this photo speaks to me so well. I've been through all the ups and downs this past months. Many incidents that is teaching me and reminding me that sometimes, “shit happens.” In some ways, it hit me a bit and changed the way I see and do things.

Over time, I must say that at one stage, my inbox has been flooded with emails from friends around the world, reminding me.. and I quote.. “hey, you're not that.. people think you're like that, but you're not..” OR “..expect people to judge you but let it be, it will pass, real friends will always be there for you no matter what...” what a sweet lines to read, right?

T'was really a one wonderful feeling to know that there are people out there, who cares, loyal and will emotionally support you. I was also touched when I talked to my best friend Abel about life and shit... he said, “people love to see you fall so don't get provoked with their nonsense.. be strong and have faith...” – Going back to my zodiac, it came to me and made me remember, is this really the year of the dragon where its being picked by the sheep? Apparently, not all the dragons are spitting fire, isn't it.. lolz..

As I was taking a photo of the sunset. I thought i'm gonna sit on this big stone and leave my camera next to me. I started again to reflect with so many things. I knew this is what I needed to do. Rewind and unwind.

You know, there's something especially powerful about connecting with people. First, strangers. You will get to know them, become friends, then fights, then hatred, then enemies until suddenly. Sadness.. then again, happiness because you start to meet another strangers and will become friends... its a cycle. But if you come to think about it, seems, to be a Stranger from the start but the connection brought you to life. The journey into wholeness, fulfillment, bliss, self-awareness and purpose that just makes you come even more alive.

So, as the sun started to slowly bidding goodbye. I finally realized that, what happened today is gone. We can't undo things. I guess the sunset speaks a lot with me today. It basically says that, I should work on letting go and stop caring what everyone else thinking and instead define MYSELF. That's a lot of thinking but I figured out how to turn those dark days into something much bigger. I learned that I should continue to live life (on purpose). I learned what it meant to feel blissfully alive while living in alignment with my truth.

(sigh) Anyways, It's now getting dark so I have to go back to our room. On my way back, I took few snap shots of the beach. Which i'm gonna be sharing with you soon.

Life must move on even if the sun sets. Tomorrow is another day filled with sun that shines upon us. Be grateful and happiness will naturally comes back to you.

Much love my dear Friends and thank you once again for reading my long journal today.

...THE THOUGHT OF...

“Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.”  ― C. JoyBell C

Going through the pace of adjustment period is always the part where challenges arises. Before my surgery, I went pretty deep thinking about the pleasant and unpleasant experiences I'm gonna go through after my operation. I noticed that the part of accepting something new especially when it comes to your health is pretty serious. I don't really know if i can make this change especially when it comes to food intake (strict diet menu) in a long term commitment but i will try. lolz


After two to three weeks of not writing my journal. I thought i will be writing again a long paragraphs of thoughts. I remember when i was at the hospital, i started to reflect again on many things especially those experiences that i've encountered from bad and good. I found that there are many people trying to search for love outside themselves and its about searching for someone to show them that love is such a big word and it does mean a lot of things. BUT. in fact, the only person who can actually show you love is YOURSELF. The condition is, IF you open your own heart and forgive, you will eventually find INNER PEACE and not only LOVE. 


There is this friend of mine in Singapore. She always love me since the day one we meet. (12 years ago). She's amazing and i am scared of how much i care and feel the appreciation of how loving she is to me. I am not perfect. I hurt myself sometimes, i hurt her, but we always come to the point of solving things with love. A love friendship. I believe that when you ACCEPT a person for who they are, the day you meet them (no judging the person from the surface)... you will never feel doubt and if there is, you will always go back to the good times and renew. LEARNING how to LOVE is such a tricky one because there will always be challenges that will come along the way. 


Life is really complicated when we complicate it. Im sure you agree with me... but I've learned too that in any relationship there are these few waves that we will go through yet we are still grateful for these feelings, the emotions: the pain, the joy, the sorrow, the heartbreak, the tears of both and neither, there are many people out there who encountered or experienced pain and yet.. we still find LOVE at the end. 


Oh well, that's pretty long one. lolz.. Hope you didn't get bored reading.. lolz. 

A Visit at the Kyaik Pun Pagoda, Myanmar

Buddha hand gesture which means: "BHUMISPARSA - Calling the Earth To Witness the Truth"

What an experience! Here's another photo taken at "The Kyaik Pun Pagoda is a small Buddhist monastery near the town of Bago, known for its four towering images of the Buddha visible from far away.

The impressive 27 meter high images are out in the open, without shelter from the elements by any covering temple structure. The Kyaik Pun Pagoda was built in 1476 by Dhammazedi, a devout Buddhist and King of the Mon Kingdom of Hanthawaddy (Pegu).

The Kyaik Pun Pagoda or Kyaikpun Paya is an active place of worship; the images are highly revered by Laotian Buddhists who come to pay their respect."

FIRST TANDEM OF THE YEAR: UNDERSTAND & FORGIVE --- (and learn from it)

"...people change, even good people, if they get the wrong thing in their head. And not everything is always what it looks like and sometimes just because one person looks weak, they might be very strong, and another person might look like a spooky freak but he might be one of the kindest people you'd ever meet. And I guess I learned that time is slippery...We have to enjoy every second, love with all our hearts, all we can, while we can.”  ― Lee Thompson

How i really wish that sometimes, people will also understand and respect your feelings and NOT take that for granted. Sometimes, in some situations, people always believe that you will ALWAYS understand them, even in an obvious situation that they are the ones at fault. There are many circumstances when we encounter people like this. Does it has to do with familiarity? It's when you open the door to certain people and when that door is fully opened, sadly.. some will just take that as an opportunity, an opportunity for you to become their prey. 

It feels so funny when people don't let go of the past. They stick on that memory and will use that as their defense mechanism to protect their guilt. Pathetic! What a sad way of letting go of someone whom you thought its a good person. 2015 is here and like the rest of us, let go of the past and life must move on. Unfortunately, even if you're avoiding those past (unhappy) experiences and negative people, they are always there. Lucky there's a word.. 'choice". On the other hand, I always believe that when you are kind to these people, you are always the victim of their trashy personalities.

Many experiences came along my way and i tell you, all those experiences thought me to understand the word, FIERCE! Even though this may seem pretty obvious to a lot of people, you still find way to realize how lucky you are.

The other day, i received a message from a good friend, she mentioned to me about her crappy experiences. Apparently, stories were accumulated and she can't take it anymore. I asked her how things happened and she started to tell me.. "i heard from..... " I listened to her stories until she felt better, whilst reading all her stories, i realized that i just wasted 60 seconds of time, reading all these non-sense so i told her.. "you're basically hurt because of the stories, YOU HEARD?..." and she replied and said... "yes, because the person who told me was a close friend of mine..."



The day, i discovered the people who are truly fake (at least from what i've proven was right) i've given another chance (they don't even know that.. lolz..) until i had enough of them and honestly, it was very easy for me to accept who they are.. t'was an A-plus to let go, to understand, to forgive and to never forget what they taught me (on how) to deal with them, perhaps? Mostly, there will be NO space of sorrow or anger. Purely, gained my inner peace... and for their own benefit, it's a free world after all, so i'm just gonna enjoy eating my pop-corn watching them with their own little, tiny, bitsy, mind grinding with all their stories on their brains and proclaim they are always RIGHT.. lolz.. 



I don’t appreciate being judged, and I know I don’t deserve it. Just like none of us deserve misdirected rage from a family member, coworker, or stranger. We have a right to set boundaries and communicate when something is not okay. But the world is a better place when we choose to do that from a place of love and compassion, instead of righteousness and judgment. We all act thoughtlessly at times. Most often we don’t mean to hurt each other. We just don’t recognize or remember how to STOP hurting ourselves.

WELCOME 2015! -- Resolution..s? ;)

...someone asked me the other day, what's my New Year's Resolution, and i replied and say... for me, i normally don't do a list on that matter and if ever i have one, i just keep that to myself and when its done, I'm secretly proud about it... otherwise, I evaluate myself (like every end of the day) and see what needs to get rid off and to keep and yes, keeping the best of goodies and learning from the bad, nightmare, terrible or whatever experiences that waken me up.. lolz.. 

(metaphorically speaking), I already started to plant my own tree. Hopefully, it will blossom with new leaves. You must be thinking now saying, that depends on how i water it.. ;)

2015 is finally upon us. It doesn't actually mean that we forget the past events but somehow looking back into the unfinished matters that still needed our attention. Made me smile because when you get carried away, you go around and tell everyone about your NEW YEAR's RESOLUTION but the time you're back at your work, you're actually looking at finishing the works undone late last year! lolz. (hopefully you'll be able to finish this week.) sigh.. lolz...

Normally, like every day, Monday is the day where you start to sort things out like noting your weekly things to do and its crazy when you just came back after long holidays. Of all the half-hearted resolutions, I'm still learning too on how to cobble together my yearly resolutions. When i come to think about it, it actually benefits my mental and physical wellbeing. I like to read my daily achievements, little yet productive, that kind of self-motivating too. (is it called, being selfish?) lolz... 


At the end of the day, the only ones i manage to adhere to with any degree of my little daily achievements are those concerning my habits and my passion. My daily pursuit of happyness... (everyone wants a-pe-niss? -- got this line from the movie, Hector and the search for Happiness) lolz

Right. That's my lot for 2015. Fancy sharing yours?

(thank you manang Rosalie for the lovely mug and dear Vicky for the goldy journal.. ;) ) 

CHANGE (at least... for me....)

“You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.” - Unknown

Hi, my Beau-Friends. How was your weekend. I hope all went well. I really love to drop some lines the past few days, but I've been hooked up with few things to do. Otherwise, I'm peeping on my FB whenever given the chance. It's nice to read updates from FB world time to time... (Does that means, I'm also an addict on FB? ohlala! lolz) (っ◕‿◕)っ ♥

Anyways, thought I'm gonna leave some lines before retiring my #Sunday! and of course, sending my warm MOMs regards to all the beautiful, sexy, supermoms in Thailand and around the world. I love you mama, too! ❤ ❤ ❤

You know, I always believe that it's only during the New Years where its time for me to reflect (about everything) but lately, just lately. I have been looking back at my life and have tried to reflect on the past months and everything that happened in it. It has been a time of happiness, trials, stress, love and compassion, but if I had to describe my half year of 2014 in one word, it would (still) be CHANGE. My life changed, I feel like my life changes everyday. I have become a new person. Experiences that have happened, have made me who I am today. And I am different. I am not who I use to be.

Over the past 7 months a lot has happened. So much to describe and to say, but at some point I must be bold about what I have found.... True happiness. My husband is always here for me and I am like you, I am so blessed. I am also grateful from little things to what I have now and I am strong enough to say "no" when its needed.

I have always tried to come off as a happy individual, who loves to serve others, be a friend to  EVERYONE I come in contact with and have fun in every situation. I hate admitting this, but sometimes, I am unhappy as well.

♥ º ☆.¸¸.•´¯`♥  I guess life is suppose to be like that. It's not normal to be HAPPY all the time, right? Nobody is perfect, like what they say and I totally agree with that.

Oh well. Thanks once again, my beau-friends for reading my journal today. Sharing you love, blessings, peace and compassion and I'm wishing you a fabulous days, ahead...

A VISIT AT THE SEVEN COLOURED EARTHS - MAURITIUS

"...when your life feels black and white... make sure that you dream in color..." -- unknown

It was the GM of the Centara Grand Azuri Hotel who insisted that i must go to Chamerel to see the seven coloured earths. I didn't believe the way he described the colours of the sand. At first, i thought he was just joking... after few rounds of convincing, my husband was able to convince me to go and visit as they are busy working during the entire trip.

So i went to see the place, to my surprise. It was really wonderful and even better because the rain just stopped and perhaps its was a perfect timing for photo opportunity.

This tourist attraction is found in the Riviere Noire District in the south-western part of Mauritius. Seven distinct colours of sand can be seen in this area: red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow. I like the contrast between the uncovered sands and the dense forest area that surrounds the dunes. This place reminds me of Iceland. The earths formed by volcanic activity. When you look closely, We could see the different hues and the almost striped effect of the sands, this is actually a visual reminder of the power of a volcano uneven cooling of the molten rock.

Enjoy the view as much as i enjoyed taking them.

according to wikipedia: (and i quote)

"The Seven Coloured Earth(s)[1] (Terres des Sept Couleurs in French) are a geological formation and prominent tourist attraction found in the Chamarel plain of the Rivière Noire District in south-western Mauritius. It is a relatively small area of sand dunes comprising sand of seven distinct colours (approximately red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow). The main feature of the place is that since these differently coloured sands spontaneously settle in different layers, dunes acquire a surrealistic, striped colouring. This phenomenon can also be observed, on a smaller scale, if one takes a handful of sands of different colours and mixes them together, as they'll eventually separate into a layered spectrum.[2] Another interesting feature of Chamarel's Coloured Earths is that the dunes seemingly never erode, in spite of Mauritius' torrential, tropical rains.

The sands have formed from the decomposition of volcanic rock (basalt) gullies into clay, further transformed into ferralitic soil by total hydrolysis; the two main elements of the resulting soil, iron and aluminium, are responsible for red/anthracite and blue/purplish colours respectively. The different shades of colour are believed to be a consequence of the molten volcanic rock cooling down at different external temperatures (hence rates), but the causes of their consistent spontaneous separation are yet to be fully clarified.[3]

The place has become one of Mauritius' main tourist attractions since the 1960s. Nowadays, the dunes are protected by a wooden fence and visitors are not allowed to climb on them, although they can look at the scenery from observation outposts placed along the fence. Curio shops in the area sell small test-tubes filled up with the coloured earths."

...whilst in Bali..

“Perhaps that is where our choice lies -- in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.”  ― Elana K. Arnold

Can you believe that it's already August? I find myself saying this after just about every month... it just keep going faster and faster. I've read somewhere that says.. 'life is like a roll of toilet paper, it goes faster and faster as you get the closer to the end.'... but i disgress.. let it be.. lolz...

Looking back at the half year up to this day, all I can think of is how wonderful and blessed i am. I've done few things and still doing this project which I'm looking forward too.

Let me break down my monthly activities.. Out of the months passed, i thought i really enjoyed the summer holidays in June plus the early months of July too. Recalling back: JANUARY - was totally a good start for me, unfolding 2014 came to the picture nicely..  then here comes FEBRUARY which was even better because of the Valentines day that coloured my world with awesome strawberry shortcakes.. lolz..  the trip to Phu Quoc, Vietnam and my trip to Baguio City, Philippines mostly was my first trip this year including our weekend in Khao Yai! MARCH was so delighted as it was my birth month, got my surprise celebration in Pattaya too.. lovely present from husband and friends.. aaaahhh... APRIL was an amazing month.. trip to Sri Lanka was really wonderful! enjoyed the taste of tea's in the country... The month of MAY was pretty quiet, stayed in Bangkok but the one weekend in Pattaya was fabulous! hola! JUNE -- here's the month that i really love because our summer holidays in France includes our trip to Iceland! amazing trip! and JULY -- Awesome trip to Singapore and Bali too --

Got so much to work on.. excited with few exhibits and looking forward for the sponsored trips coming.. Perhaps, my half-year is doing pretty good. Couldn't ask for more.

I'm not complaining and all but totally grateful about everything. Sharing blessing and love my Beau-Friends!

SECOND DAY - Akureyri to Egilsstaðir

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." - Mary Ritter Beard

I really agree with people saying that.. “The problem with driving around Iceland is that you’re basically confronted by a new soul-enriching, breath-taking, life-affirming natural sight every five goddamn minutes. It’s totally exhausting.”

Our journey out of Akureyri was looking pretty good. Blue skies plus sun was all shining! We were told that some areas are grim with very low cloud but weather improved as we go along and yes! We enjoyed all these wonderful views down the road. As were about to leave Akureyri. We stopped at the view point overlooking the city. Beautiful place. What I love about the hotel we stayed was that, our room was facing the mountain glaciers. Enjoyed so much.

Our destination today was Egilsstaðir in the Eastfjords. We were told that its another wonderful drive and outpost town.

HIGHLIGHTS TODAY includes: Goðafoss waterfalls, which was really good to see. Lovely waterfalls. It was just a perfect timing to stop over and enjoyed the sounds of the waterfall plus the cool breeze. We didn’t stay long because its gonna be another long journey for Egilsstaðir.

Along the way, we enjoyed the mountain glaciers. It was really really amazing! Like what I said last time, I have to remind my husband to focus on his wheels. I can’t blame him as well if he can’t resist looking at the left and right view of the road. just BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING views!

After two hours of driving, we stopped at Namaskard. Here, we also enjoyed the view but I didn’t enjoy the smell of the sulphur. The odor coming from the underground was really bad. It wasn’t pleasing at all but the view was one awesome landscape. Here, we’ve seen the sulphur steaming plus the red soil and bubbling mud of Namaskard.

The day is really wonderful. Another hour passed and here we arrived at the Hverfall, a gigantic tephra crater. According to Wikipedia, this is the so-called Tuff Ring, created 2,500 years ago. I kilometer in diameter and in the concave is 140 metres deep. Yes! We did climbed the mountain. The arrived on top, you’ll see the amazing view down there. We stayed a bit but didn’t walk around the crater because the wind was pretty strong and yeah, freezing cold.

Next, we are now heading to the hotel for our overnight stay at the Icelandair Hotel Herad. Cozy and lovely hotel. I must say that, the whole day driving was totally awesome.

That’s it for today and soon, I will share the photos from the 3rd to the 5th day of our trip to Iceland.  Enjoy the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them.