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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Year of the Wood Sheep - 2015 New Year Celebration

Time had passed and all we can sing auld lang syne...  2014 come by just like any other year and now we are to celebrate in less than a day 2015 or the new year.

2015 is the Year of the Wood feng shui element - the Wood Sheep - so to be in harmony with the energy of the year and befriend the ruling Wood Sheep energy, it is recommended to wear the colours of the Wood feng shui element - all shades of green and brown.

Just a side track... What I think is really LUCKY? This year will be very great at traveling up the mountains or forest or anything that relates to EARTH... :)

I'm thinking now what will be best for our table for a festive eve. Hmmm maybe pesto to complement with the color or green peachy peachy or red velvet or ube cake...


In addition to the Wood feng shui element, you can also wear the colours of the Water and Earth elements, because these two elements support the Wood in its growth and well-being. So, colours blue and black (Water element colours) as well as all earthy tones (Earth element) are also good in the coming year of the Wood Sheep 2015.

Horoscope and Numerology:


Earthly Branch of Birth Year: wei
Wu Xing (The Five Elements): tu (earth)
Yin Yang: yin
Auspicious Directions: east, southeast, south
Lucky Colors: green, red, purple; Avoid: golden, coffee
Lucky Numbers:  3, 9, 4; Avoid: 7, 6, 8
Lucky Flowers: carnation, primrose, alice flower

You can wear not only clothing, but all sorts of accessories in the green-brown colour scheme, such as jewelry, belts, scarfs, etc. To make it even more powerful, you can choose jewellery with natural crystals and stones with the presence of Wood energy, such as green jade, agate, green tourmaline and malachite.

Also good are crystals and stones with the presence of Water element energy - such as turquoise, aquamarine, pearls, kyanite, lapis lazuli and moonstone. Or, go for black colour ones, such as black obsidian, black tourmaline or black onyx.

Are there colours that are best to avoid in the New Year, or at least for the New Year celebration? Yes, for sure. Least favourable colours in 2015 are the colours of Fire and Metal feng shui elements, respectively all whites and grays, as well as purple, orange and red colours.


DongYan Wedding Update

Dingdong - Marian Wedding - The Wedding of the Year

And what's trending now is the DongYan wedding (#dongyanwedding)... This is indeed the Wedding of the Year and also what they call the Royal Wedding this December 30, 2014.

Do you want to know more about it? Check the links below:


When an angel went down from heaven and walks down the aisle...

Happy Royal Couple

Meet the designer behind the dress

Proposing ONE MORE TIME! This time it's aired.

The designer behind the SUIT

Monday, December 29, 2014

While I'm Waiting...

It's late after my shift at SM Aura Taguig, my sister and my cousins have me waited for them so I decided to grab a cup of Cafe Latte at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at the malls 5th floor.




Sipping every earthy taste of the beans and a pack of Splenda with ice on the side is best to kill some time.

Hope they'll arrive soon...

Oh btw, I'm enjoying the holiday tune in the background setting the calm mood. Oh holidays... happy bew year soon!

#twyu #holidays2014 #travelingwithyu #dwyu #diningwithyu

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

A Refreshing Treat After a Long-Tiring-but-Enjoying Hike...

There is nothing good but to quench your thirst with anything that is cold and refreshing.

We had our BUKO Juice or Coconut Juice from Kuya Marcelino for Php. 20 only. Amazingly this is our treat after we reached the other end of Mt. Talamitam...





Ganito po uminom ng BUKO Juice... - Rhose



Monday, December 8, 2014

One Saturday Hike at Mt. Talamitam - Batangas (Paakyat)

Everyday I work. Everyday I get to taste the pollution of the metro from its noise to its breathe. Sometimes all you need is to escape from your normal world, thus, a Saturday hike to Mt. Talamitam in Batangas is a quick drive out of the city to give yourself some break.

It's time to unwind and do a cheap hike...

Rhose was the one who made the plan and did some research for our next climb, a supposedly twin hike, was just made as half-day hike because we have not have enough time to train and prepare our body before the hike. Mt. Talamitam is said to be a beginners trail but we have feared the lose soil and crumbly sloppy up-trail of the mountain. I now call this place the "Be-be-bente Place"






We started our trip from Coastal Mall taking a bus to Kilometer 83 in Batangas for Php 120.00 (Air-Condition/AC Bus). It took about 2 hours before we arrived at Km80. As we have disembarked we already saw some hikers (the 8.3 km trail run group... ahem Rhose get that bamboo pole ready...) in front of a store having Sopas with Egg for breakfast for Php 20. We too then took some to fill our stomachs and bought a liter of mineral water, signed at the registration area (pay 20 Pesos again), and waited for our guide. 

As the guide approached as (Tophet was on the phone just had some emergency call to make) we had prepare ourselves for a 1 1/2 to 2 hour hike to the peak. We first had encountered a downhill paved trail where our guide, Kuya Rene Nazareno, told us that the hut (which is somewhat artistic) was owned by the previous coordinator for hikers in their Barangay. We also saw some posters for the trail run competition which means this trail should really be easy (BEGINNER... as some blogsite says) so we have considered to mindset an easy trail. To surprise us not... it was not as we have expected. 

The whole hike must have been rated as beginner because it was short but the trail to the mount have some difficult course in it. Though the whole experience before going to the peak was really superb from the trail to the magnificence of what Batangas and the mountainous Philippines could offer. 

We saw a horse sleeping on a backyard and we proceed to our hike.

 
Before the downhill....



 

A river runs beside the bamboo fence giving a refreshing view for those who were tired of the city life.


 






 
 


We went up where there are trees and lead to the grassland. Rested and continued to climb. We were at the camping site when we starting to rest for a while and enjoyed the view of Batangas and the mountain just across Talamitam, the Mt. Batulao.

6 frames of 360 shot before continuing our hike - stitched... I did on my Nikon... I did not set my panorama...
(lazy song playing on the background...hahaha)












At long last we have reached the peak and did Nature Appreciation and ate a Php 30.00 icecream on stick ( I had the buko with monggo while Rhose and Tophet had their cheese flavor)







TAMARAW reached the PEAK of Mt. Talamitam!






si Kuya Rene Nazareno na tubong Bicol...