Last Week’s Weekend Escape To Pamilacan Island! It Was So Nice And Peaceful Huhu My Best Afternoon

This spread I find cute is not yet done but it's made out of the things everyone gave me during my birthday 😀✨

Oslob, Cebu, And Whale Sharks ♡

Hello from PH!! I just came back from a trip that was so beautiful, I wanna do it all over again (soon, hopefully haha).

We took the road from Cebu City around six in the morning and arrived after 3 hours of road trip. One of the first things I noticed was all the bleeding fire trees while we were traveling. Since it’s summer, fire trees are currently in flowering season as if it were giving autumn vibes minus the summer heat haha.

(EDIT: I told my mother about the pretty fire trees and she said that years ago, my grandfather and his workmates were the ones who were planting these trees all over Santander and Oslob and now they are all grown so big and tall and created happiness huhu lolo ;_;)

Imagine them red flaming trees with the blues of the sea and the crisp cloudless sky. (because i wasn’t able to take a photo of them huhu)

It was my first time in Oslob. The sea was so nice and blue. <3

We stayed in a cozy resort and the people around here were so friendly.

I had to quickly buy a new pair of slippers because they were torn apart along the way. I must say that these classic Spartans are much more trusted than my previous Bench flip flops. Recommending Spartans slippers for any kind of adventure lololol.

Omiyageee. All eyes on the nice prints. *_*

Their souvenirs were so cute! I bought tank tops for papa and lil bro. Since it was also papa’s birthday, I had to bring back a souvenir or something haha.

Highlight: Swimmin with whale sharks!

When I was in first grade, my teacher asked for examples of fish. I answered “whale shark!”. “Whale shark? What whale shark? Just shark!”, said the teacher. I can’t believe my teacher doesn’t even know this fish. But that was years ago.

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I’ve heard and read opinions and articles about Oslob’s whale shark interactions. Some say that it’s too crowded that the whole activity is too much for the whale sharks. It’s true that there were lots of people (I feel like I’m adding more dirt to dirt ;_;) but the staff was very friendly to the tourists.

Whale sharks can also be found in Southern Leyte, Donsol, Batangas, and even Bohol. Some say that these locations have lesser people. Since they’re migratory, whale sharks are mostly found in their path of good plankton for food.

Other than that, I tried my very best to be cautious and not be nervous at the same time. These gentle giants were so majestic and they deserve more awareness and protection. I’ve learned a lot about these creatures.

Everyone was so friendly (I keep saying this aahh), it makes your day 10x better. :)

Clear your tired eyes with salt water every now and then! (hi Reese)

Hopes and dreams,

- 花  ♡

2015: Watercolor My Hearts Content

The very first thing I remember myself drawing was at my mother’s office 11 years ago. Then I got bored… until I saw my mother’s desk of colorful office supplies *_* It was paradise back then lol. I would grab highlighters, pens, glue, tape, sticky notes/ post-its….etc etc. I also used their leftover fancy papers *_* And so, I’ve been drawing and painting my life hihi.

(And up to this day, I’d visit mom’s office usually once/twice a week and still doodle on her little notepad! Sometimes I use her scanner for scanning my drawings and paintings >:D)

So I’ve recently started out this blog and I am really sorry for the hiatusss > *presses START buttton*

In the remaining days of late November 2014, I decided to double my savings to buy watercolor for my own christmas present. And I did! I bought it before Christmas. Hardwork really does pay off hihi

The stuff I did last month and this month:

An Innocent World Lolita dress

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And so far my best watercolor doodling

Queen Elsa

January 11, 2015 - 1 am in the morning - ordinary short bondpaper. yep. I was painting another piece that night, then I failed. So I doodled an eye on a normal paper, and then it suddenly turned out to be a familiar one, so I painted  out the other eye, nose, mouth… and BAM. I was shocked to see it was Elsa. I really didn’t know what happened so I just leave it as a mystery hihi.

Unfinished X)

I would like to try updating my waterworks monthly to achieve this goal. But I still can’t promise about hiatuses and avocados ;_; im sorry

Hopes and dreams to everyone

- 花 / Hana

Peaceful place we stayed over that was a hundred kilometers away from the city. 📚✨

nothing will remind you that eating is good and okay like fantasy books will. “and that night in the valley they brought out the best plum cake and sweet cream, trout and turnips roasted over the fire, mead and goatsmilk and fresh cold water from the spring-“ and it’s like yeah dude you’re absolutely right. then sometimes it’s like “as he slept that night in the woods, he sorely missed the valley, where they brought out the best plum cake-“ and it’s like man that sucks i’ll have some seconds in his honor

low tide

I have been wanting to eat some pasta for some time and tadaahh I had the chance 😗 You can never go wrong with pasta.

I FINALLY MADE IT TO A ONE OK ROCK CONCERT 😭✨

 Who knew I’d go and finally witness their music years after I found them on youtube playing most of their live concerts rather than their studio recordings.

2017 was made up of panic attacks, breakdowns, severe acne, real decisions, tears, a broken heart, self-care attempts (that really helped huhu) and failures. It sucks to start the year with crushed hopes and dreams that ended me but I also wanted to feel hope again, because I know that I have the will to also do the things I love. So I started again 🌞

Because I knew I was going to be stuck for a while, I promised to myself to do the things I love just as much as I'll work hard in the current decision I've taken. And along that path, I found out that I could possibly go to an Ambitions Asia Tour. I was also shookt myself lol

I extremely saved money since they announced their event, raged my dreamz of listening them live to my journal, dog, family, and friends (and believed that she can't just like others who wanted to see concerts hmp), constantly and desperately checking promo flights from every airline, asked help to extended relatives in the city if they wanted to have me infiltrate their home for a while, etc. Everything was never under my hands and this show was a game stopper for the past months of 2017. Four remaining months of saving, singing their songs (new and old alike), praying, and more praying that everything would fall into place, 2017 ended just like that. To me, the year felt quick and I was happy for its pace.

bonus: sight seeing at Taal Lake, Tagaytay in 21°c weather, yellow suitcase for Ambitions MNL 💛

(As if I'm in Osaka in their early days huhu), the atmosphere first felt like I was one of the audience of the Yokohama concert way back 2014 (oh youtube)

Mighty Long Fall

My friend who came with me said I should've scream like others in a concert and not just sing with the whole arena. Nah man, I prefer to sit down and listen to them doing what they love, sing with the people, jump or raise our freakin hands up rather than adding noise whenever. (I did scream and gave them a big applause when they talked and all did solos huhu esp taka during clock strikes and toru and his guitar solos 💓)

MY FIRST BAND SHIRT 😭

Not only I was looking forward to see the four playing, I was also very very happy of witnessing the whole crew of ONE OK ROCK, the lighting technicians (kudos 🙌), videocam crew for an amazing job (I felt like I was watching their youtube videos but live & irl 😂), security, organizers, and esp their official photographer @julenphoto , the same guy who shoots for their instagram photos huhu 💓

ONE OK ROCK welcomed my new year with hope and that I still could do something with these little hands of mine, slowly but surely. So as long as you keep your own pace and that you don't mind everyone else's journey, you have your own and in your own speed, you can have what it takes to be who you are and finish what you've started with courage, good attitude, and ofc love. 💖

Anything they say will never break our hearts of gold.

Hopes and dreams forevermore,

-花。

After all the harsh lighting (esp. at night), here’s my own attempt in this year’s Inktober!!! :DD

and horribly scored with 11 over 31 ink attempts  D:

Little Discoveries

Hello internet

I was jam-packed with papers and exams and now that it’s all over, I’ll spend the rest of my days with my beloved laptop (without the guilt >:D). But but while I was busy with all those academic stuff, I stumbled upon a good book. A very very good book.

The Heritage Of Music by Katherine B. Shippen & Anca Seidlova with illustrations by Otto Van Eersel

Exploring the thoroughly shifting fashions and major periods of serious music. From the hymns, the classics, the romantics, to the compelling beats of modern jazz.

What I think:

Lovely. I love how it really tells the story of how the compositions were made of. I love how their music resonates to the life they had led and I think that their true feelings were expressed in the music. And yeah I really like it ^ ^

Oh and to think that Bach’s works were neglected and his sons turned away from his music. To think that it was rediscovered a hundred years later, and the world began to look at  his compositions in a whole different way today. (really, wow)

Used an old My Melody stationery as a bookmark <33

pretty illustrations *_* look at that harpsichord

Oh and

I also found an old music box and it plays Traumerei (Dreaming) from Kinderszenen Op.15 (Scenes from Childhood) by Schumann. Found it in an old photo album with little music boxes inside :3

Oh the little discoveries hihi

- 花