Come join me as I show you the best flowers we have in Cebu!
I don’t have much to say about how the place was built, but you may read this little notice which I have not read yet. Let’s read it together then!
Oh, I thought it’s about the Garden, turned out it’s not, but that’s fine, now you know the rules.
So, here’s a little bit of a story behind my success in finally visiting this place after 7 years of wishing and dreaming of it!
Back in 2016, I made a boyfriend he said he’s going to see the waterfalls and the gardens of Sirao. We hiked for 5 hours and have never seen the falls.
That’s the falls we heard from the background. We have not seen it before, I’m lucky to have crossed that this year, September 2023; together with a team of campers. Story below link:
One of our goals was to see the gardens, we ended up not seeing both. I always believe in everything good even if I am not seeing it yet.
10 years ago, in my 20’s I have desires that I could have done earlier, if I hadn’t allowed anyone to decide for me. I was young and scared, and instead of doing what makes me happy, I ended up following others choices just to have someone around or inorder not to disappoint them.
Now in my 30’s, I promised myself not to let others dictate or change my direction. It’s sounds like Kathryn from a loveteam Kathniel (the loveteam ended just recently). This was why it took 7 years for me to be in the right direction:
“I was surrounded by people who’s scared to do what I wanted to do, they have no interest in it at all; and I was too scared to do it “Alone,” I cared too much about what they’re going to say behind my back if I leave and if I will follow my destiny; I decided to stay, unfulfilled and not totally happy. I chose to be with them instead of being with myself.”
Now that I’m in my 30’s, I decided to choose myself, my needs, my wants, my desires, etc. Instead of just agreeing, and impressing others, I decided to impress myself, support myself, do what makes her happy and of course, say NO if it’s not bringing me to my destination.
Remember that time is precious, it is gold and it’s very valuable. If we keep on spending it to be with others, to be of help, hoping to be loved, to be given of everything that we want in life in return; sorry to disappoint you, but it’s not going to happen.
Realize that you are your sole responsibility. You are no longer a child hoping for your parents to bring you to places you wanted to be, to give you the house you wanted to live, cooking you the food you wanted to eat.
If we keep that poor child mentality, helpless, co-dependent, saying YES to everything, as well as begging and waiting instead of “Doing It,” because you can! If we kept that mentality, you’ll never get what you want.
Oh well, I’m just saying, “Do It now!” Trust yourself that you can. Don’t delay because you don’t know how much time you have left; for sure there’s plenty, but don’t you wanna achieve more that just ordinary?
For me, visiting this place despite my sleepiness was awesome! It’s already extraordinary. So what? We all start from Zero.
It only looked like flowers, but if you compare those to your confused thoughts, those flowers becomes a hero.
There’s something with flowers; it’s gentle, it’s calm, it’s peaceful, it’s colorful, it’s beautiful, it’s energetic, it’s pure.
If you want to think positive, think of flowers, visit gardens and listen to the birds, play with pets, take beautiful pictures, look at the stars above and enjoy the view.
Oops! I’m just saying, this joy is different and I wanted to keep it. May the view inspires! Thanks to the student who came to the place for their project, she took that photo in return of her request to take a photo of hers. I used my phone to take it because her phone camera is a little dark. I offered to send it through messenger and she thanked me for that, I’m so happy to serve!
You have to know that the place is famous. A lot of tourists from different countries come and go. I was spotted by an Israelite, setting up my timer waiting for him and friend to finish; he offered to take a photo of me and I said “YES!”
Aw! Such a cutie, I hope I had the courage to ask his name, I could have thank him formally. I only said thank you and let him go. I saw him many times in the garden and on his way home but never say a word, just a smile.
This photo is cute too!
Ah it’s all about the joy I had and the experience with strangers. It’s never boring to travel alone. I always meet new people and that’s the advantage of solo traveling. You have plenty of time offering help and engaging with total strangers. Like in my trip in DaanBantayan:
Ah, I remember I promised I will talk to stranger and get to know them but still did not do it this time. I went to Moalboal for our team building and seated next to a foreigner on my way home; he’s cool and enjoyed playing soduko and candy crush, a smiling guy, I should have at least ask their names. Next time again!
I’ll find my courage like those strangers did to me. Another nationality travelled alone, a woman, so pretty; she asked me if I could take a photo of hers and of course! I said, “YES.” I finally have something to do instead of just watching them watching their friends being taken photos, like watching a live movie which was awesome by the way, I’m not complaining.
The smiles of those people after seeing the beauty of these flowers was resonating. I thought it was only me who noticed how beautiful the flowers have been.
These flowers were like normal, but with them in it, it made the flowers magical! The relationship between the flowers and and the tourist was LOVELY!
I saw a lot of lovers, I saw solo travelers, in fact I was inspired to buy a holder for my camera; and that’s going to be my next goal. Hey, let me upload a video in my instagram, so that I can embed it here, for you to see:
So it’s uploading, let’s keep talking while it’s loading. In that place, that same day, someone called me “Anak,” means daughter. I was seated at the “Kubo” or a Nipa Hut, observing my fellow travellers, then a madame came seated on the other side, I smiled, we both smiled.
My phone fell and I broke my screen protector, seconds later, two little snakes came out, it must have been scared of that sound, my phone did, as it dropped on the wooden floor.
She was concerned, left first and really called me “Anak,” leave, there’s a snake; I checked and it’s was just a little snake I’m used to see since child, it’s not really venomous. She sound so concerned that I followed her to the garden, where I saw another little snake; how cute, it’s not venomous, it won’t grow as well, I confirmed it with a local who drove me home.
I was relaxed, I knew snakes won’t do anything unless they’re threatened; in fact, they just hide themselves in that cottage near the comfort room. “Sorry snakes, I slip my phone; it woke you up.” I wasn’t going to leave, but you might return for me so I moved on.
It’s also because of that incident that I went down and was amazed to see the beauty of those pink flowers. It’s so different, it looks like cherry blossoms. So forget about the snake, enjoy the view; it will only cause panic for no reason. The snake is lovely and it’s too cute, people will harm it if they’ll see it, but a was scared a little, not because of the snake. If you see this blog, keep quiet; it’s nothing, really.
The place is surrounded by policemen, in fact on my way home there were police Navy’s patrolling? I’m not so sure, I just enjoyed eating my food. I also bought gifts for my mom’s ref and keychain for me. I will definitely return.
Here, enjoy some of the photos I took! Focus on the flowers, not anything else.
Waiting to lift you up!
In case you want to follow me, this is how I looked from behind ðŸ¤ðŸ˜… Sorry, not so sexy yet, but I’m on it! Haha
#HappyFace
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