Captured Glimpses of Our Beautiful World

It was a rainy day... and because CDO's airport is situated in a mountainous area, the plane from Cebu (which would take us to Davao) could not land because of zero visibility.  The flight was declared cancelled at 7PM. The next day was still partly cloudy with scattered rainshowers. When we arrived in Davao, I was relieved that the weather was better than in CDO.  The place where we stayed for 3 days was a delight to my artistic senses.  I've never been happier stuck inside its 3-storey pension house/ art gallery.  It didn't even bother me at all that we were not able to go and see much of Davao's tourist spots when rain followed us after our first night. Meet Kublai Ponce-Millan...  one of the greatest modern artists in Mindanao! Ponce Gallery Suites filled some of its ceilings    and almost all walls with thousands of his artworks that records his journey from the past confusing dark nights  to t...

From Cebu, ships/ ferries would always make a stopover at Ozamiz port before it goes to my hometown, Iligan, which is about an hour and a half away.  Most often, I would not bother to get off.  However, this time, I decided to explore a bit of Ozamiz City.   Although it was drizzling, I still went on and walked past its mini-park. I found out that they have their own version of Fort San Pedro (Cebu). The Cotta  (or The Fort) was built in 1756 for two reasons: to repel the Moro piratical raids which were at their height in the 1750's, and to provide shelter for the Spaniards during that time. It is considered as the oldest structure in the area. They built a museum inside, however, it was still too early when I went there, so I wasn't able to see the artifacts they have in their collection. The lighthouse, pre-World War 2 addition, is located at the eastern bastion. It has a height of 0.6 meter from the Cotta floor wit...

"Never read books you aren't sure about . . .  even supposing that these bad books are very well written  from a literary point of view.  Let me ask you this:  Would you drink something you knew was poisoned  just because it was offered to you in a golden cup?  ~ St. John Bosco   “Pray as though everything depended on God.  Work as though everything depended on you.”  ~ St. Augustine “Pray, Hope, and Don’t Worry”  ~ St. Pio of Pietrelcino “For me prayer is a surge of the heart,  it is a simple look towards Heaven,  it is a cry of recognition and of love,  embracing both trial and joy.”  ~ St. Therese of Lisieux "Spread love everywhere you go:  first of all in your own house.  Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor...  Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.  Be the li...