When You Can't Leave Summer Lifestyle Behind

Summer is just one of a heavenly season to keep. I cannot throw away even just a single week which actually are filled with fun and laughter, camaraderie and sweetness, thoughtfulness and care.

Take for example just right after the April graduation where there are plenty of nuclear bonding happening around my favorite students and teacher friends.
Here below is a testament of my wide smile being with the LSQC highschool students and how pleasurable it is to share voice techniques to them may it be in singing or in public speaking.



There is just this plethora of potentials that we can harness from today's generation.

Well, besides taking a good school year ride in LSQC, May is really a memorable month for it always gives certain surprise during the day of our Mom's. This year, Mother's Day also fell on the date before election day. At the most,several people from Manila are coming home to Laguna so they can exercise their rights to suffrage. This paved a way for an all of a sudden reunion among us friends. For the first time since 2006, Paulo, Kevin, Attorney Aldrin Mark and I are sharing one space of the world together and we've talked about almost everything under the sun.

Nothing can beat summer in the eyes of a little child like Coby. This year, he has experienced more of the human world as he continues to explore life outside of his crib both literally and figuratively. See how he smiled during his experience of the yearly Sta Cruzan.

Just this week I received the news that I will not be assigned in LSQC anymore so I will actually miss how happy the company of these people is

And probably one of the best things of summer which seems the hardest to let go is enjoying the episode of Game of Thrones without worries from work. Yes, GoT is a huge part of my summer lifestyle that it actually comprises half of my conversation with people and my imagination and dreams and analysis rolled into one.

[This photo was captured last April 25 during the pilot episode of Got Season 6]

Earlier today, Coby just experienced one of the most awaited part of summer in our town custom, the Barangay Fiesta of Palina. Here are some of the photos I captured during the event and we will see how happy he was.

Before I forget, this summer also, Attorney Aldrin Mark Quintana proposed to his long time girlfriend and now soon to be wife, Thea Ruth Gonzales. Here is a hot photo shared by Atty Mark for us to witness the beautiful moment taken in a beautiful place which is Coron,Palawan.

Cool Summer Festival Season of 2016

May 1 always is special. For this year, it was made extra special. I have looked forward to a super fun vacation month but I never expected that the height of this summer holiday season would be May 1.

Saturday, before the first day of May, was a very long day and should I say also, a long night. We didn’t took notice of the time and ended up leaving Maybel’s house at around 10pm. At home we still had chatting and decided to just stay and forget about the Party Night at Liliw Festival. Jay-r asked for some music files from Ron’s phone to be transferred in his phone and used my laptop for the transferring. While waiting for files to be downloaded and uploaded, we had our guy-only conversations. Love life at the center of it all. There I realized that Aizee is already enjoying Jay-r’s company. For a while Aizee left us to attend to a phone call. He also talked to me at the balcony. While Ron is yearning for a rest, that simple laying down in bed continued to be a nightlong snap. He fell asleep completely.




The transition from Saturday to Sunday was in itself epic already. The conversation between Aizee and I took us to the very heart of our friendship. While lying beside each other on bed and hearing Ron snoring just beside me on my left and Aizee on my right, we talked about everything that binds us to the core. The night cannot put an end to our conversation but on our own wills we decided to give ourselves some rest so we can have enough for the travel of Sunday.

{In the photos are Aizee, Ron, and me having our early lunch in Greenwhich at Los Baños Laguna}

Yes, Sunday morning was a re-energized moment as Coby woke us up and we prepared for the trip back to Manila, we also enjoyed the breakfast which will be Aizee’s last meal in Laguna for this summer if not for this year. We leave Nagcarlan at exactly 10.28am. We took the van out to the town and the scenery of the view from Yukos to Calauan seemed to be breathtaking for my friend from Las Piñas City. We were both excited to meet Kaye. He as the boyfriend and I as the confidant. We reached Los Baños at 11am. We took our early lunch at Greenwich and let the rain passed before moving out of Olivares to wait for the bus which will take us to Pasay City.





Around 2pm when we reached Pasay City terminal. We have to drop by that station so we can give the goods we bought to Alex. Alex and Aizee were finally introduced. Before leaving we took photos for remembrance of that very special first meeting. We continue the trek home. We rode a bus going to Las Piñas and arrived at exactly 3.36 in the afternoon. At once we proceeded to Fericka’s house which I have never been into so that was the first time to meet her at home and her Mom. We asked if she can join us in watching Civil War an installment of Captain America series. We enjoyed it. I think viewing Captain America Civil War is the cherry on top of this very wonderful weekend.



May 1 closed a season of enthusiasm. It also opened a month of hope and fulfillment. It is a month of reenergizing. Everybody is filled with the warmth of both summer and friendship.