Category Archives: Metro

A phenomenon of light

National Museum of the Philippines | Taft Avenue, Ermita, Manila | January 31, 2015

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When something speaks to the soul, take the time to listen.

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It may be scary.

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It may be confusing.

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It may even be painful.

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But it can also be beautiful.

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So drink all the colors and let the message vandalize your grey areas.

Walls

Fort Santiago | Intramuros, Manila | January 31, 2015

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Sometimes, it’s not enough that one has perfect aim. The perfect weaponry is only as strong as the balance between its offense and defense.

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And sometimes, despite one’s strongest defenses, either blunt force or precision instruments get through.

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Often, time wears us out.

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Still, some things become more beautiful through adversity.

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Maybe, we just have to keep on believing in some cosmic flow.

Filig

55 Tinta | 2nd Floor Luisa 2 Building, #107 Maginhawa St., Teacher’s Village, Diliman, Quezon City | January 27, 2015

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January 26, 2015 marks my third year of staying at the UP Marine Science Institute.

This is not a celebration. This is a recognition of all the hardships and how things still stand and remain fluid… despite.

It took perseverance. It took endurance. But more than anything else, the journey still continues, sometimes looping back to where I began.