I've met
quite a bunch of interesting people while going around the Philippines – people I've become friends with, people
I've learned lessons from, people who had left an impact in my life. But my favorite will always be my encounters with children while on the road. The fleeting moment
when I see them in their most natural demeanor, the time I start engaging
then on a small talk, the time they start romancing my camera, and finally the sad and quick goodbyes. From
these short meet ups, they would usually leave behind profound and very heart-warming
photos – the kind of travel photos that never fail to make me smile whenever I do
a trip down memory lane.
Here are some of my personal favorite raw and unedited photos. Go on, look, read, and smile (or weep) with me.
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| Palumbanes Island, Catanduanes, 2010. This photo was taken while I was doing a volunteer work in Palumbanes Island, a small island located in the northernmost part of Catanduanes. We were distributing school supplies and seedlings for the children at the school when I noticed these bunch of beautiful kids pensively looking on at the goods we were giving away. I later on learned that they were not in school yet so they could not have what we were distributing that day. But their hearts could not be easily downed. They still showed me the most gracious smiles I have ever seen. |
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| Masbate City, 2012. Saw these school children practicing what appeared to me as a dance prod. They reminded me so much of my grade school days -- the easy-breezy-eight-to-five life. |