simple joys

I found a P20 bill in one of my bag's pockets, oh what joy! So, I decided to enumerate some simple joys in life.

1. Finding money in one of your pockets
2. Using the last P1.00 on your metro card for a bonus ride
3. Seeing a smile on a stranger's face (directed at you)
4. A free dessert
5. A call from an old friend
6. Seeing a children play and laugh like there's no tomorrow
7. Sitting on a park bench eating ice cream

I know there's a lot more but for now, I can only think of these.

Seat 28F

When I went home last January, I took the plane to Bacolod, since air fare to Iloilo was a bit steep because of the Dinagyang festival. Then I just took a ferry from Bacolod to Iloilo and I got a seat right in front of the monitor.

Fast forward holy week…April, I went to Bacolod again. And guess what? I got the same seat! The same seat number 28F! So I computed the probability of this happening. That is .002 or 0.20 %. (Oh yes, I counted the number of seats in the ferry.) Strange.

On my trip back to Iloilo, I tried to get the same seat. Lo and behold. It was a different boat this time. So my seat is not available.

Now, the chance of me getting the same seat was smaller than 0.20% since the company has several boats plying the Iloilo-Bacolod route. Since I don’t know that number, let’s not compute that very small chance.

Moral of the story, let’s just say that however small the chance of anything happening, if there is a chance, we have to cling on to that minutest of probabilities.

Top Mushiest Songs I Love

Back in high school, I'd jump from the upper bunk of my double-decker bed whenever I hear these songs playing on the radio.

1. Got To Believe in Magic
2. King and Queen of Hearts
3. Ocean Deep
4. Farewell
5. Will of the Wind

And now listening to them now makes me smile cause through 'em I remember the world I once knew.

So Close...Yet So Far

I am from Western Visayas but I haven't been to the nearby region, Central Visayas except Cebu. It was about time that I finally visited two beautiful provinces which are so near to home....but seems so far.

nice cloud formations we saw on our way to Apo Island

nakatambay na mga bangka at yate sa Isla Apo

waves that made snorkeling a bit of a a challenge

the shoreline of San Juan, Siquijor

beautiful Apo Island as seen from the View Deck (almost)

beautiful falls with colors that reminded me of the Pinatubo crater

the view from the view deck

the falls with a name that escapes me

the cleanest pier I've seen

Salagdoong Beach

accenting blue in the Marine Sanctuary