an unscheduled meet-up
of two people on a cloudless night
an unexpected talk long overdue
casual conversations with no end in sight
it felt like cloud nine
the hours seems like forever
silently I wish it wouldn’t end
seems my happiness made me unaware
There was this story when I was still connected to the NGO. We were facilitating a seminar in Zambales on Turtle Conservation and some relevant issues like the restoration of Capones Island Lighthouse. Somebody who's name and face I cannot remember brought out this story while we were resting at the beach. Although the storyteller has vouched for it's authenticity, I still believe this one is to good to be true.
The following is believed to be a transcript of the actual radio
conversation of a US Naval ship with Canadian authorities off the coast
of Newfoundland:
I dream of paradise most of the time. Unfortunately, I was having a hard time
looking for it nowadays. I have not been
travelling to places I wanted to see so I wasn’t sure what to write. I have been roaming around my city with my
bike every weekend, since I cannot contain my feet from itching to travel.
It has been frustrating not to see Mt. Pinatubo, Hundred
islands, and even my mother’s hometown attraction, Taal Volcano ( even now that it is showing signs of
volcanic activity and might lead to an eruption). I even had planned on biking to Subic but
there is something wrong with my bike so the plan fell apart. I am going to do some minor upgrades and see
if I can revive my botched plan.
The only solace so far was going back to Pundakit and
Anawangin Cove this year. The family
went there last Holy Week to relax. I
have been to Pundakit a lot of times, the first in 2004 when I was “saving
turtles”. This is actually the first
time the four of us went there – me, wifey, and the two kids with only the four
of us to enjoy and experience travelling together.
