Day 29 - Park Under Maintenance

I had some things to do in Makati today and as I was walking around the city, I came across this park, which is usually very picturesque, and I guess still is but in a totally different way.

The trees here used to look so pretty and perfect. I honestly don't know what happened, why they cut down some branches and things, but anyway, this is how it looks today. I'm assuming they're just going to fix it. To improve things. And hopefully things do improve.

Day 336 - LOTR Tour

Obviously (from this photo), today we went on the Lord of the Rings tour in Wellington. I've been on it before but the rest of my family hasn't. I think they enjoyed it. :)

Day 335 - Paraparaumu Beach

This is Paraparaumu Beach. It's about an hour drive away from Lower Hutt, I think. There weren't any people when we went, probably because it's not summer. We have been here during summer though, and on those times, we went crabbing. But today it was too cold to catch crabs, not that we planned on doing that.

P.S. Only 1 month (of course, it still depends on how many more days I skip taking photos) to go before the end of my 365 project. I'm kind of sad. What am I going to blog about after this?!

Day 334 - Road Trip 2

We went on another road trip, this time going to Cape Palliser at the end of New Zealand's north island. We had to rent a people mover this time because my brother and his girlfriend are also now already in NZ so we can't fit in normal cars anymore. Anyway, look at that view. I think going on road trips in NZ are the best kind of trips you can take when in NZ.

Day 326 - Road Trip

Amazing views as we drove back to Lower Hutt from Taupo. I was lucky to sit in the front seat of our rented car. Lucky because I got to take photos like these. But not that lucky because I had to be navigator, too. Low spatial intelligence me. I don't know how we ever got home without getting too lost. Hehehe!

Day 325 - You Can Park Anywhere

Outside the Rotorua Museum, there was ample parking. But only because you can park anywhere. :P

Day 323 - Off the Beaten Path

At one point, my mom mentioned that her favorite parts of our trip was when we went to the places that weren't tourist areas. One such place is this one, which we only found because we got lost. I honestly don't know what part of Rotorua this is, but we got there at sunset and it looked amazing.

Day 316 - Sunny Day = Travel Outside the City Day

Finally, a sunny day! And so we got the chance to go to the Putangirua Pinnacles, which my sister's soon-to-be father-in-law had been telling us about since my dad got here.

This is what the bush that we walked on our way to the Pinnacles looked like. Although we got tired from the walk, it was a nice day. :) The sun is your friend here in New Zealand.

Day 309 - Lying on the Grass

I was going to take a photo of myself lying on the grass in the Wellington Botanical Garden. But found the view of the sky more interesting.

Day 292 - Roll Down the Hill

In the school I went to for elementary and high school education, there was a small hill near the library. When I was in kindergarten (or actually until I got to Grade 6, and probably until high school if only I was allowed), my friends and I used to go there all the time to play. Sometimes, when we were in our P.E. uniform (and therefore not in a skirt), we would roll down, not caring about the grass that would stain our uniform, or even, the pain.

When I saw the hill again recently, it looked very small. Way smaller than how I remembered it. I guess when you're a kid things really are bigger. And also, they'd built a cement pathway down the middle of the hill and put a "Butterfly Park" on it so it actually did get smaller. Pffft. "Progress" sucks.

Anyway, this is the hill in Staglands, a park in New Zealand where deer could roam free and children can play with them. It's a very big hill. And I wish the hill in the school I went to was as big. Then again, at the time I went to school there, it felt like it was this big.

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P.S. It has been more than a year now since I first started this project, but obviously, I didn't take one photo for each day, otherwise I would've been finished before today. No matter. 365 is just a number. Technically, there are 365 and 1/4 days in a year anyway, and whoever said that the 365 days for this project needed to be consecutive and within just 1 year? :P LOL. Me and my excuses.

Day 272 - From My Window Seat

I'm not much for astronomy or Science in general, but I'm assuming that's the moon, Venus, and some huge star. Also, because the light on the horizon is technically the beginning of some kind of sunrise, I guess this photo would be more apt for both May 1 and 2, because I was literally in the middle of the timeline. But, who cares about technicality in art? :)

Were you able to guess that I was in an airplane when I took this photo? BTW, taking pictures during mild turbulence? NOT EASY. This is one out of about a million that I took that were blurry. So if you still think the quality of this isn't great... Well, I didn't want to appreciate the moment less by only taking photos of it. I stopped taking photos and stared in awe, too, like the non-photographer that I am.

Day 184 - From the Top

It was cloudy (and sometimes raining, hence the umbrellas) the whole day on our first day in Davao that we didn't feel like swimming at all in the beautiful beach and swimming pools of Pearl Farm Beach Resort. Instead, we rode the electric car and went around the island. The driver of the electric car was very nice. He offered to take this photo of us. :)

In this photo, me, my dad and my aunts are at the top of a hill in Samal Island (where Pearl Farm Beach Resort is located). The cheapest rooms are located here on account of they're not "beach front" and are very far from the restaurant and swimming pool area, but you do get the view, which as you can see, is spectacular.

P.S. Pearl Farm Beach Resort was still in Christmas mode when we got there, hence the partial bamboo Christmas tree in the background. (However, on the day that we left, I saw some people disassembling said trees.)

Day 47 - Lit by Lightning

Today, I got to catch up with my sleep so I woke up at 6PM. Seriously. Anyway, when I woke up, it was raining pretty hard and I got to take a shower in the rain. :)

Because my camera is waterproof and awesome, I was able to take this picture of the park near our house just as lightning lit up the sky. This was taken around 7:30PM, way after the sun has set, and I did no editing to it. This really is how it looked like because of the lightning. Quite beautiful really, except that lightning is dangerous. :(

Day 44 - Storm Souvenir

NATURE'S MESS - Fallen leaves and branches from trees around the park

Sorry for the night vision effect. I took this when I was on my way home and it was very very late so I had to edit it a lot (obviously) just so the picture would come out.

Anyway, there was a strong storm the day before (Basyang), which had pretty strong winds so leaves and branches were all over the city. Luckily, there wasn't too much damage, at least, not compared to the previous really strong storms we've had (Ondoy, Milenyo, etc.)