Taking a Boat Ride

I could still remember my first experience in taking a boat ride. It was a summer trip with my friends and while swimming on the beach a fisherman offered us to take us a boat ride. Having nothing else to do but swim, my friends and I accepted the offer. Ever since that first boat trip, I began looking forward for our trip and if we are going to ride a boat.

Boats, like whiskey, are all good.

- Culler

As soon as I get on my boat, something inside me changes. Then I really feel what living is.

- Laura Dekker

We all came in on different ships, but we're all in the same boat now.

- Martin Luther King Jr.

If the boat started shaking, we stayed on course and didn't lose focus. That made the difference.

 - Sebastian Vettel

Twenty years from now you will be more disppointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain

Riding a boat is like a lullaby, it calms you down as you breathe in the fresh air, feel the breeze blowing your hair and as the sea water sprinkle on your face.

The Beauty in a Sunset

It is always wonderful to watch the sunset. I believe that we are not attracted to the sun setting at the horizon, but we are mesmerized by the colors that it presented to us.

Sunset at Bataan

Never waste any amount of time doing anything important when there is a sunset outside that you should be sitting under!

 - C. JoyBell C.

Sunset at Luneta Park

The biggest cliche in photography is sunrise and sunset.

 - Catherine Opie

Sunset at Matabungkay Beach, Batangas

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

- Bern Williams

a view of the sunset at Sky Ranch in Tagaytay City

Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful too.

- Beau Taplin


I love the sunset because of the nostalgic feelings it brings upon me. I love the way the sun colors the sky with bright orange, yellow and sometimes pink and violets. It’s like the whole sky has turned to a palette of colors.

“One day,' you said, 'I watched the sunset forty-three times!'

And a little later you added:

'You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.'

'Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?'

But the prince made no answer.” 

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 

an excerpt from "The Little Prince"

Sunrise - Greetings for a Beautiful Morning

One of the few reasons why I tried to wake up early every morning even on weekends is because I wanted to see the sunrise. Just like the sunset, the sunrise can make the sky burst out with colors that gives a breathtaking scenery.



“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they're absolutely free. Don't miss so many of them.”
- Jo Walton

sunrise at Matabungkay Beach in Batangas

the light of the rising sun among the trees in Laguna

"Every sunrise is an invitation for us to arise and brighten someone's day."
- Richelle E. Goodrich

the sunrise during the Hot Air Balloon Festival at Clark Fields, Pamapanga

"Every sunset is also a sunrise. It all depends on where you stand."

- Karl Schmidt

the sunrise at Padre Burgos, Quezon

Luckily for me, I don’t need to travel far to experience good sight of sunrise. All I need to do is to climb up the stairs to our second floor and look out at an open window.

the view of the sunrise at our window

the sunrise through my window pane using a fish eye lens

Personally, I think sunrise is a good stress reliever after a five days’ work. Sunrise is also not the same as the other. You get a different color of sunrise every day.