Philippines

Sweet Philippines. My 5-week 5-days holiday summarised in one lone blog post. Coming back here always brings up feelings of being a child again and long-gone memories that resurface on car rides where we pass by the many places I used to visit as a kid.
When I lived here I never really took the time to appreciate the country's natural beauty. The mountains, the scenery, all that. I guess I sort of took it all for granted.
And now that I live in Australia, I feel as if I'm actually taking the time to appreciate how beautiful the scenery is in this place. I'm starting to really like the simplicity I see here. Fresh coconut water from the market for less than $2, even the cute tricycles.
2013 was a roller coaster and I mean I had a lot of great times but it was the year when I really really felt the need for family. And coming here ... it felt so great being surrounded by my loved-ones and though I had lots of nights when I'd stay up thinking about the day I have to go back to Sydney it still feels like I've been away long enough. Waking up to the thought that my grandmother was downstairs cooking breakfast for me with my granddad who was always searching up random stuff on Google was easily one of the best parts of my holiday. I still have mixed emotions on whether I'm happy or sad to be coming back but I guess the regular Skype calls we have should be enough to keep me close with my family while I'm in Sydney.

P.S. I'm guilty of using filters on my photos, so apologies for the overly-colourful images.
P.P.S. I started this post in Philippines but I'm posting it here in Australia.