Sunrise at Plantation Bay

One of the perks of being on graveyard shift is the chance to catch the horizon break as the sun rises. And today,  I got very lucky as I chanced upon a very colorful sunrise.

This was taken a mere thirty minutes after I took photos of the supermoon.  I was actually on my way back to the office from my rounds when I glanced back and gasped at the beauty framed by the acacia in our back lobby.

I stopped dead on my tracks and took two more photos.

Normally, I prefer to take sunrise and sunset photos by the beach but the acacia provided a great fringe against a backdrop of sunrise-painted sky and still waters.

Supermoon

According to this news in Yahoo, the term supermoon (or super moon) has become popular in recent years to describe a situation when the full moon occurs at or near the time when the moon is closest to Earth on its non-circular orbit.

And tonight happened to be the supermoon or the biggest full moon of 2012 when the moon was 14 percent larger than normal and 16 percent brighter than an average full moon.

Judging from the above photos, the moon indeed was more prominent today as even at past 5 AM, which was the time I took these pictures, it was still very visible.  

I even got a zoomed-in shot of it, which is posted below.

A Night with a Pitcher of Strawberry Margarita All to Ourselves

Can the two of us finish this?

After our canceled Siquijor trip, my friend and I went to SM Cebu for a quick snack.  As we were still unsure of where to go the following day, I invited my friend over to my place. 

Home in Cebu is in Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, my awesome workplace where I have been in-house for more than two years now.

Our night was spent watching our themed dinner show, Rockin' USA while sharing a pitcher of strawberry margarita and catching up on each others' lives.

And yep, despite my initial thought of us not being able to finish our drinks, we did empty the entire pitcher.

The Rainbow

It’s been so long since I saw a rainbow. The last time was maybe when I was still a high school student in my province and that’s like a decade ago. The past nine years, when I was still in Manila, I used to wonder why I had never seen any rainbow there. Maybe all the smog (smoke and fog) in Manila’s atmosphere obscured any sight of it.

Imagine my glee then when today, as I was doing my rounds in the hotel that I work for, I saw the rainbow - beautiful in its arch and colors. The scene was made even more beautiful by the fact that its backdrop was the famous saltwater lagoon of Plantation Bay Resort and Spa. Too bad I only had my camera phone at that time thus in the pictures that I took, the rainbow's not clearly defined.

I love rainbows. For me, it’s not just an aesthetic gift. It is also a reminder that like nature’s way of having the rainbow after the rain, we as well can look forward to something beautiful after we have triumphed over life’s trials.

Summer Fashion Frolics at Plantation Bay Resort & Spa

Plantation Bay Resort and Spa, one of the country's premier and most exclusive resorts recently named "One of the Top Resorts in Asia" by Conde Nast Traveler, the most prestigious travel magazine in the world, invites you to a night of fashion, sumptuous cocktails and great entertainment to be provided by its graceful Hawaiian Luau and Brazilian dancers.

Fashion for the night will be defined by Salvador Malto and Lotte Delima Edwards. Salvador Malto is one of Cebu's top designers who specializes in swimwear while Lotte Delima Edwards is a Cebuano designer now based in Singapore who specializes in resort wear. Ms. Edwards' creations will soon be sold in upscale department stores in Singapore.

For inquiries and reservations, please contact Ms. Joanna Cuenco through (+63918) 950 5289 or call (032) 340 5900 local 1026 or 1027.