Beach trip #3

Quite a gray day at the beach

Tide was low when we arrived

I love seeing hermit crabs at the beach

The sun finally came out around midday

When we're in Davao we always go to the same beach - Paradise Island - every time. So to shake things up a bit we decided to try the beach a couple of resorts down, called Costa Marina. It was a Saturday so we were afraid that there would be a lot of people at the beach, but we were very pleasantly surprised to find out that we were among the few groups there that day. There wasn't the usual buzz of activity you'd hear at more popular beaches and the atmosphere was very relaxed. The sand wasn't perfect but I thought it added to the untouched paradise feel.

The tide was low when we arrived so we let the kids wander far from the shore to explore what they could. There weren't many fish but they did see some starfish. While waiting for the tide to come in, we swam a little bit and searched for hermit crabs - which to our delight we found were in abundance. We put them all in pails and observed them as they tried to get out. We set them free after a while but we had fun observing "crab mentality" in action.

A day at the beach is never a waste.

Loving the rain

I love sunny days and rainy days but I think I love the latter more.

Comic strip from Mutts

Davao!

This is what you see going down the stairs of our house in Davao. I make it a point to file a two-week vacation leave every summer and that's when we go here. We arrived yesterday morning and we went to the beach after having brunch. We saw some relatives and we stayed there until late afternoon. I let my son swim to his heart's content while I, my sister, and our cousin did a little sunbathing. See, this is what I love about Davao. Relatives are everywhere and almost everything is a 10- to 15-minute drive away.

My singkamas obsession

Image from flickr

When I was young, summer was about trips to the beach, reading book after book, watching movies on VHS (remember VHS??), and eating singkamas -- that's jicama in English.

Now that summer has begun over here I've been on the lookout for those carts that sell bunches of singkamas. And I'm a happy girl because I've been able to get my fill of these crunchy and juicy veggies everyday. I peel them and eat them raw with a little bit of salt. I eat them in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening when I come home from work. Obsessed much?

As an added bonus I found out that it has very few calories. Although I shouldn't be surprised seeing as it contains mostly water and starch.

Grabbed from caloriecount

Image of jicama from flickr. Nutritional info from caloriecount.

Haze of sloth

I haven't been running as often as I should, and when I do I don't run as hard as I should. See evidence below:

March data from my GTC

Pitiful. I have been stuck in this rut for quite some time now and I need to motivate myself harder. I've been trying to convince my brother-in-law to register with me late this year for The Bull Runner Dream Marathon which will be held sometime in 2012. After all, we still have about 6 months to train and up our mileage. We'll see. If not next year, maybe in 2 years.