unveiling my sunrise love affair

daybreak is a joyful time,
just listen to the song bird harmonies, oh the harmonies!
-- part of the lyrics of reo speedwagon's in my dreams

the room that my two younger sisters and i share at home in iligan have six big windows, three of which are facing east -- allowing us views of where the trees and greens abound and the distant mountains. with that, i could say that, growing up, i had all the opportunity to nurture my love for sunrise. ah, but i could only count with my fingers (and there's no use attempting to include my toes) the number of times i woke up just to watch the sun rays burst from behind the mountains that have long been there, in plain view through the east-facing windows that my father made sure were gonna be part of his daughters' room when they came up with the house plan years ago.

the sun would always rise. the mountains would always be there. i'd have tomorrow, the day after, and the day after that day after... and it's always nice to sleep in -- needless to say, i also had all the excuses to take our vantage for granted. it was enough for me to know that if i wanted to, i only had to rise from the bed in the early morning hours and take a peek as the sun glow slowly creeps up the horizon to put back color, one captivating moment at a time, to my world. aha to the things i do, the thoughts i entertain, and the excuses i come up with to let the time pass just like that.

after few lines from here, i will be sharing some of the sunrise photos i have taken with my camera in the past months and i just need to announce at this point that none of them will be from the very place i call home. a sunrise photo from iligan will be one of my major assignments come december, when i go home. i'm really, really looking forward to that.

time to say hi to the sun and the early morning colors:


as seen from banana island, palawan
06:07:34 (+8GMT), march 15, 2009


as seen from the calamian area of palawan, going to calauit island
06:29:41 (+8GMT), march 16, 2009


as seen from mt. tapyas of coron, palawan
06:03:00 (+8GMT), march 17, 2009


as seen from the kiltepan viewpoint of mt. province
06:05:01 (+8GMT), april 10, 2009


as seen from the top-side of corregidor island
05:52:41 (+8GMT), november 2, 2009


as seen from cagbalete island of quezon province
06:25:43 (+8GMT), march 14, 2010


as seen from the path to dagohoy hills of E.A.T. danao, bohol
05:46:11 (+8GMT), june 4, 2010


as seen from the summit of mt. pulag at 2922 masl
06:16:45 (+8GMT), october 24, 2010


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