15 years later

There are simply places so breathtakingly beautiful that seem almost fake. On my first visit to Boracay, Philippines, I was only a whining junior high brat, unhappy about pretty much everything. The weather is too hot. The place is too dirty. The food is too weird. The mosquito bites itch too much. The only two things that struck me head on were the huge school of sea urchins on the bed of the crystal clear sea and the unbelievably simple yet tasty fish roasted in banana leaves. I was all ready to experience it again when we planned a trip there for the Mid Autumn Festival.

So we did, and man it was just so good, beyond imagination. Yes, the awesome holiday destination brochures you saw are actually real, and Boracay has its name on them. The travel time was quite long, consisting of two flights, two bus rides and one boat ride, eating up almost two days out of 4. I wouldn't have minded if we were going to stay there for a whole week or two.

Although the sea urchins are too shy to show this time, but the sea water is just as clear, the fish in banana leaves just as good. This proves one thing: young brats don't know shit. Take them to some A/C'd place, and they're happy.