IT'S HARMLESS!

"We still enjoy swimming." says the couple vacationer swimming this morning at the beach. I went for a walk this morning and I've seen a bit of the dead sea grass floating covering the crystal clear waters. 

If you've been on the water in Nah Trang yesterday you've seen clear water but this morning, you are looking at dead sea grass plaguing the area. The staff here told me that this is the time of the year when dead sea grass are floating on beaches. I was thinking that it's probably the effect of the typhoon which is happening nearby countries. I've been to few beaches but I don't remember seeing dead sea grass this much. The moment I opened my curtain, I saw them floating near the shore, “fisherman are not affected as its not really covering a lot of the sea.” say's the hotel staff.

The fresh water kills the sea grass -- meaning some sea life must go elsewhere. "It's essential for their survival. Whether it be for their reproduction or just as a refuge for their habitat, without those sea grasses they can no longer reproduce or use those areas.” 

 

It was indeed a cleaning up time on for the beaches. I was looking at them collecting the brown sea grass and putting them on the boats to dispose. The cleaning took at least few days. For now, the dead sea grass come and go but at least it's not a lot like the other weeks. I've seen that tourist are enjoying their time because they have access to the sea. 

THE BEAUTY OF NATURE

The beauty of the nature always fascinates me. I don't know why but I guess I'm just someone who admire it. Yes, of course, sometimes, its scary but look for example, whenever a volcano explodes, we are scared and yet say, amazing! #Nature sometimes look ugly and yet its still beautiful. <3 

I had my mind blown a while back by Albert #Einstein's quote; “ Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Thought it describes not only the #environment and #emotions, #feelings.  Now, as I am re-reading it, again I am finding my head nodding in response to everything he says, like...”UNDERSTANDING is having a clear insight into ideas and feelings. We are mindful of what is most important. We go the extra mile to put ourselves in somebody else’s shoes in order to forgive. We treasure knowledge and use our minds to explore what is real and true.”

I am always eager anticipating his new quotes that keeps coming online. Thanks to google for sharing over hundreds of it. Lolz.. 

By saying all saying all these, I feel a soul kinship to his words and thoughts that most of the time resonate so deeply with some of the photos im taking. I may not be able to describe each of the photos im taking but when you connect them through quotes perhaps it links too.

Thank you so much for these beautiful photo. Yes, most of the time, the photo speaks  for itself. 

(photo borrowed on google engine)

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.

I FEEL YOU

Ocean, waves, water, color, skies and clouds

The sounds of the sea, so calm and so with the time.

Waves coming, closer and closer then it disperse on the shore.

Inhale and exhale, the wind, the air...

So fresh, it cleanse my spirit and my soul.

The colour, so blue when its shallow, 

The colour, so green when its hollow.

The distance, so wide,

You cannot hide.

People swimming, laughing, enjoying your wave force, that splashes to their skins ashore.

I admire your glorious size,

The infinity that sometimes resembles love...

Sun sets in and your colour change.

And even in the dark your beauty shines in.

Its time for me to continue walking and these i'm grateful.

Thank you Lord for all these wonderful gifts.

A sight of admiration that never fade.

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

“If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.” - Pat Riley

Listening to my morning's easy smooth music is really inspiring. It's practically motivating me to write and say something again here on my blog.. lolz.. I just finished writing on my journal and thought to jump off here on my wall, not to share what i've written but perhaps riding on everyone's traditional way... updating our social media, shouts!lolz

Firstly, I thought i started my month of May pretty good. Instances is that, there's always something coming. Normal. It's not that can't handle it but problem is, we have heart so sometimes we get emotional, silently emotional. (its the time we say, all is ok but in fact, not really 100 percent ok.. ) right? Been reflecting a lot today and counted lots of blessings. I put it this way because its true, fact that there's a always our ups and downs no matter what. I noticed that I'm presently experiencing adjustments. Many adjustments actually.

A monthly review is also a great exercise in mindfulness and conscious living. It’s my way of slowing down, reminisce about my favourite moments, making sure that I'm taking the time to appreciate all the little and big things that were a part of my life in the past months or years, and also to draw some conclusions about which kinds of things made me happy and which don’t.

I'm now trying to set goals and already have some ideas for the months to come. Few projects needs to accomplish and truly, I'm motivated everyday with all these challenging experiences. Hopefully this will also ensure my goals, priorities and values. For now, Im letting everything sink in for a while and enjoy the day to day things.. Chatting with my family and friends and living the life.. love to maintain that.. <3

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.