Monday, October 06, 2008

Boracay Sunset

This is my 300th post. I started this blog as an aide for me in my reviews for the bar and this blog somewhat progressed to be a travel and photo blog. Traveling has always been my passion and photography is one of my silent hobbies. However, I would never forget this blog's root so you will see an occasional law topic along the way.


Every night
The horizon lights up
Swirls of pink and orange
Fading to blue and purple...


Few bother to look anymore
At a blessing
That only comes once a day...


Each sunset is different
No two exactly alike
Difference flows throughout
While it is the only similarity...



Over the ocean
Or through the sky scrapers
Out on the prairie
Or in an apartment...


You can still see a piece
A piece of something
Something never to return
A sunset...


For the colors are shimmering
For a moment they stay
Only to disappear into change
Change just as beautiful as the last...



This is why
No matter where you go
One thing remains the same,
A difference in sunsets

In your very own sunset.



Thank you for your company in my previous posts and hope that you continue to share your time with me in the next 300 posts. This is law, travel and photography in Islands Philippines... this is LAWTUDE's JOURNEYS.

Poem by Jessica Millsaps

133 comments:

  1. Congrats on 300 posts and on being one amazing photographer.

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  2. I love the colors! Great shots you have here.

    By the way, congratulations on your 300th post.

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  3. Ang ganda ng sunset sa Boracay. Congrats on your 300th post and more posts to come.

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  4. Beautiful beach and sunset. Love all of the triangular sails.

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  5. thanks for capturing these breathtaking moments and sharing them with us. wishing you another 300 and more journeys.

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  6. congrats on 300!
    stunning sunset!!

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  7. @ hilary - thank you very much. i truly appreciate it.

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  8. @ kegler747 - thanks carlo, hopefully the weather cooperates pag punta mo sa boracay. ingat sa biyahe bro.

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  9. @ uno - salamat. swerte na rin kasi kahit nagtago araw sa ulap eh medyo decent naman yung mga shots.

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  10. @ alan - thanks. sunset sailing is one of the more popular activities in boracay.

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  11. @ luna miranda - thank you very much. hopefully my new job come 2009 would not hinder my blogging.

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  12. @ luke wiley - thanks. the place is just grrreat.

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  13. congrats attorney sa iyong ika-300th posts..
    pakaka abangan ko ang mga susunod mong 300 posts..
    natutuwa ako sa mga shots mo..astig!=)..

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  14. Congratulations - you have a great blog and I love your photos. Well done!!!

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  15. Congratz on your 300 posts. You certainly have great blog and awesome pictures!

    Keep up the good work :)

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  16. i like the cressent moon in the second pic... is that real? or you made it on comp programe?

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  17. ganda ng mga shots mo. i really hope i have the same camera. mine has a limitation in zooming.

    ganda rin ng clouds nung time na yan.

    congratulations for reaching 300posts! sana aabot din ako sa 300posts. hehehe....

    lawstude - certified cool byaherong attorney.

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  18. wow! 300 and counting! and what a way to celebrate your feat. Boracay's sunset is really amazing. Nyero, mukhang pareho ang napupuntahan ng blog natin he he. wala na tuloy naniniwalang abogado tayo. :-)

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  19. These are beautiful sunsets. I like how you use the beauty of nature to help you get through studying law. The photos are calming, tranquil.

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  20. waahhhhhhhhhhh!!I'm so happy na napadaan ka po sa page ko at nag comment pa!!!idol na idol po kasi kita, Ang gaganda po kasi ng mga pictures na pinopost mo,dami matututunan at sooobrang ganda talaga, na feeling ko eh andun din ako sa place na yun. Nakaka inspire po yung mga kuha mo, naiinspire po akong maging photographer narin..hehhee..at parang gusto ko na rin maging lawyer at nagiging proud din ako sa pilipinas pag nakikita ko blog mo...yun lang po:) hehehe..

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  21. ang ganda naman ng kuha mo. Lalo na yung alon nung dagat. Ang emo. :)

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  22. Congratulations for your 300th post! It is a pleasure to visit your blog and I'll be a regular reader of your next 300 posts! The photos you published today are marvellous... so romantic! You live in paradise!

    Friendly greetings,

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  23. I am so happy and elated to see that you've now got 300 posts! The most important thing is how good and valuable your entries are! It's probably worth 30,000 of my normal entry ;) Keep on blogging!

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  24. 300!! Parang yung movie na 300 aqng dating! Your 300 warriors went to war and trampled the masses with awe and inspirations! Congratulations!

    It is a mystery to me that you associated your 300th post with sunsets. And those were really magnificent sunsets. I just love sunsets and sunrise'. With every sunset there is a sunrise. I hope to have a glimpse of the sunrise in Boracay.. the ones you have captured not to imprison but to set free and be admired in the world wide web.

    More power to you my friend and God bless.

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  25. LS: I love all the shots of the sailboats on the ocean. You did a really neat job with the captures.

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  26. @ rio - salamat doc at may nag-aabang ng mga post ko. pressure tuloy na gandahan lols. ingat lagi.

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  27. @ jules - thank you very much. i appreciate your warm comment.

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  28. @ rintjez - thanks buddy. just lucky with the beautiful subjects and places i have been to.

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  29. @ moh bakhrian syah - it is not the moon but a kite used in kite boarding.

    i haven't shot the moon that time.

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  30. @ the dong - medyo makulimlim yung langit most of the time na andoon ako pero pinagbigyan naman ako ng bora ng 2 gabi for shooting. sayang lang talaga kasi lagi nakakubli araw sa ulap. pero ok na rin bro para kasi pinapabalik pa ko sa boracay eh. thanks.

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  31. @ r-yo - salamat nyero. pansin ko nga iba na career natin eh. lols. di pa naman admissible ang photo sa court lols.

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  32. @ leora - thanks. my earlier entries in this blog are all about law, but my diversion on travel and photography really helped me a lot.

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  33. @ undecipherable indentity - wow, nakakataba naman ng puso ang comment po. isang malaking bagay talaga sa akin na meron pala ako naiinspire either sa pagiging photographer or lawyer. salamat.

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  34. @ hachi - salamat. pag sunset talaga medyo emo ang feeling eh. para ngang romantic pa eh.

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  35. @ muge tekil - thank you. i am just blessed to have visited this paradise and i am very much happy to share them to all of you.

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  36. @ share my point of view - thank you. seems like a breeze really. i am truly enjoying myself and hopefully i will still have time to post another 300.

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  37. @ em - thank you very much. actually, i was supposed to post another beach in boracay but when i saw in my dashboard that it will be my 300th post, i decided to make this special by posting sunset shots. i am glad you like it.

    hmmm, i have not taken any sunrise shots of boracay. another reason to come back there.

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  38. @ fishing guy - thanks FG. sunset sailing is one of the fun activities in boracay at night.

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  39. These are incredible photographs, amazing and beautiful. Congratulations on your 300 posts, I look forward to seeing your others, and thank you also for stopping by my blog.

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  40. Congratulations on your 300. Your photos are amazing and very professional.
    Thank you for visiting MDS.
    I love the series of golden sky and the words too.

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  41. postcard/coffee table perfect pics. like the poem too :D

    congrats on your 300th post! keep 'em coming! =)

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  42. Hello there, congrats on your 300 post.

    I guess you too are knockin' on heavens door with these photos! :)
    And yes, the cover by Guns'n'Roses is a fantastic song.

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  43. Gorgeous sunset series. Congrats on your 300th post!

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  44. Impressive series, love the first one.

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  45. These are fantastic, and it is sad that so few stop a minute to enjoy such a beautiful sight. thank you for sharing these amazing photos.

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  46. I´m Lawyer. Photography is my hobby and I like literature very much.
    Beautiful your photos and texts.

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  47. You outdid yourself for #300! Absolutely stunning photography of amazing skies and seas. Congratulations, and keep it up!

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  48. Congratulations on post 300! Lovely photos but don't forget why you started this blog. ;-)

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  49. Oh has cambiado de look tu blog, una serie fantástica, las tonalidades y las luces son preciosas.
    Un abrazo

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  50. beautiful shots!

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  51. happy 300th post!

    hmmm...blogging and bar review? doesn't sound like a normal combination, but you sure make it look easy! :)

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  52. @ denise - thank you, i just really hope that i cud continue sharing my journeys with all of you.

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  53. @ mumbaiiteanu - thank you and credit is due to ms milssaps for the beautiful poem.

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  54. @ carlotta - thanks. have you received the postcards yet?

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  55. @ ferreira-pinto - thanks quint. it really feels like knock, knock knockin' on heaven's door.

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  56. @ krisu - thanks you very much and welcome to my blog.

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  57. @ john - thanks. i love that shot too. glad you like it.

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  58. @ dar's foto faze - i agree. but for me, gazing at the sunset is really gazing at eternity. i just love it.

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  59. @ ramonforest.environment - thank you sir. credit is due to ms. milsapps for the poem.

    glad i found a comrade.

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  60. @ louise - thank you very much for the nice words. i truly appreciate it.

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  61. @ your EG tour guide - thanks and i really won't. i will try to share some interesting laws in the coming posts.

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  62. @ george - gracias senor. i could understand fantastic and precious lols. i really appreciate it.

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  63. @ oliver jules - thanks bro.

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  64. @ fortuitous faery - thanks.

    my earlier posts are about law topics i needed for the bar and i believe that my only readers are myself and few classmates of mine.

    when i finished the bar and waiting for the results, my post transformed to travels, TV and yes... Aubrey Miles.

    now that i am a lawyer, my hobby of travel and photography took the centerstage.

    i am just glad that i have reached this far.

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  65. You have a very beautiful blog!

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  66. Vanessa told me to check out this post - and I can see why!

    Great job.

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  67. the first photo is just so beautiful. thanks for sharing.

    pwede ko ba to i-grab?

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  68. oh my gosh!!!! galing mo naman attorney, congrats sa 300 post, from apari to jolo itong pictures mo...nalibot mo yata lahat ng place sa Pilipinas, tiningnan ko lahat ng pictures mo from 2006 to the present, lahat ng beautiful attractions sa Pilipinas nandito, happy trip sa next travel mo...

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  69. san na ang pretty sister mo? heheh! ayus ang sunset... sarap ng bakasyon mo!!!

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  70. congrats on your milestone oman. onwards to the next 300!

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  71. wow! ganda!

    sana makapunta rin ako ng Boracay!

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  72. First of all, congratulations on your 300th post. It is really a milestone in blogging.

    Then, I would like to thank you for sharing all those wonderful photos to us. These are really amazing views.

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  73. buy a property near the beach see our site below for more info....

    http://www.boracay-island-real-estate.com/

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  74. Beautiful photos.
    You have a great blog.

    Greetings from Finland. Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  75. @ april - thank you. the philippines is indeed beautiful. just lucky to have the chance to travel around it.

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  76. @ david mcmahon - thanks for dropping by and thank you vanessa for leading david to this site.

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  77. @ vinzent - thanks bro. sure you can grab it. wag mo lang benta lols.

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  78. @ norm - maraming salamat. dream ko na malibot talaga buong pilipinas kaya lang madami pa ko di napupuntahan. hopefully bago matapos ang lahat malibot ko din. thanks for the visit.

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  79. @ mb - uy kumusta na mang badot? sister ko na naman? may bf na yun lols.

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  80. @ lagalog - thanks oggie. looking forward to the next posts really.

    glad you are making some changes in your blog too. take care bro.

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  81. waaahhhhhhh!!!!! ONline ka rin?

    hahaha!!!!

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  82. @ coldman - sigurado ko pag umuwi ka dito pupuntahan mo agad boracay. pag natapos mo na libutin 50 states (51?) libutin mo naman buong pinas.

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  83. @ vanessa - thanks. bilis talaga ng panahon, sana umabot pa sa next 300 posts. it is really my pleasure to share these photos to all of you.

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  84. @ hector - para sakin ba to? wala ako pambili eh lols.

    guys, check out nyo site ni hector yung may mga pambili ng lupa sa boracay.

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  85. @ arleena - thanks and welcome to my blog. mabuhay from the philippines.

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  86. @ kris jasper - hello bro. online nga ako hehehe kaya nag-aagawan tayo sa space.

    salamat bro, really appreciate it.

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  87. What amazing colour glows in each pic! Loved the romance in all of them!

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  88. 300? sparta!!! ahehe

    siryusli, congrats pre sa dami ng posts. isa ito sa peyborit blogs ko

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  89. Breathtaking views of paradise! And congrats on your 300th post --thanks for sharing!

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  90. Tulad mo na malayo na ang narating sa buhay at sa paglakbay, itong blog mo ay malayo rin ang narating. Patuloy ko itong subaybayan at sana patuloy mo rin kaming pasayahin. Nakapagpagaan ng loob tong blog mo. Perfect as I described it. Kaya congrats sa 300th post mo. Keep goin and blogging.

    I really love sunset. Yan ang pinakamemorable moment ko sa bora sa twice kong pagpunta. Kahit na masama ang panahon, maganda pa rin ang pagkakuha mo ng sunset. keep it up.

    law and photography, perfect blend naman yan.

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  91. Congratulations on your 300th post!
    This sequence of photos is really magnificent. The views are amazing.
    And I like very much the new template of your blog!

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  92. Congratulations on your milestone. I believe sunsets are our reward for the wars we endured throughout the day. Beautiful shots.

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  93. @ greyscale territory - thanks and welcome to my blog. the glow of the sunset in the waters is really amazing.

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  94. @ madbong - hey welcome back. tagal mo nawala ah. wow, salamat ng marami at isa ang blog ko sa mga peyborit mo.

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  95. @ nonizamboni - you are very much welcome and thanks for th visit too.

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  96. @ redlan - wow bro, di pa naman malayo. papunta pa lang din ako sa dapat ko talagang puntahan at marami pa ko mararanasan sa buhay. salamat sa magandang comment, sana nga deserved ko mga yun.

    siz nights ako sa bora. pero 4 nights doon eh umuulan kaya swerte na rin dahil binigyan ako ng 2 nights to shoot.

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  97. congratulations po sa pang 3oo post. Sooooooorang ganda talaga... lalo na siguro kung personal mong nakikita.

    Oo nga pala attorney , tungkol sa kapitbahay ko na may maraming aso, kinausap ko nalang.Nag-promise naman sya na linisan agad yung mga dumi agad para hindi mangamoy sa amin. Pakisama ko na lang ang ingay at tahol ng mga aso nya,
    Salamat po sa mga legal aspects na dapat gawin sa mga may maraming asong kapitbahay.Ang dami pala talagang pwedeng i-kaso sa kanila kung tutuosen. Thanks po. I'll keep in mind

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  98. @ pietro - thank you very much . the view in there is really amazing and i can atill vividly recall the place.

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  99. @ tr3nta - i agree. thanks for the visit.

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  100. @ photo cache - very well said. nothing like a best reward to cap-off an adventurous day. thanks for the visit.

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  101. @ nanaybelen - salamat po. napakaganda talaga ng sunset sa bora at in my small ways sana ay nagustuhan nyo pag-share ko sa into even thru pics.

    wala rin png anuman yung legal query nyo. basta may problem po i am willing to give advice. ingat po.

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  102. i love sunsets! you really take dramatic pics.... they speak a thousand words talaga.... hala eh pare pareho na lang ang sinasabi ko. eh pano naman i like them a lot.

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  103. if you come to think of it. Boracay is really a very blessed Island. With the white sand and everything, the long beach area is situated in the side where you can have a good view of the sunset.....

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  104. i've said this before and i'll say this once again - i love sunsets. hehe. congrats on your 300th posts. sana umabot pa yan sa thousands.

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  105. Congratulations on the 300th post!

    I like the first photo. Really intense colors.

    ;D

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  106. congratulations
    that's a great achievement

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  107. Breathtaking. I hope you have them matted and framed and hanging in a museum.
    I come by way of David.
    Sandi

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  108. Awesome shots! Sunset will forever remind me of special moments.

    In Manila bay with our father when we were kids, in Anilao Batangas with a special friend almost a decade ago, in Boracay with some friends who literally made me hold the sun in my palm last February, and in the Sunset Deck at SM-MOA with my son.

    A character in a book said, "No one can possess a sunset like the one we saw that evening... It is through such moments that God reveals himself to mankind."

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  109. They are awesome shots. Love the third from last. Just beautiful.

    Over from David's at Authorblog - you got POTD. Congrats.

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  110. I am sorry to be late wishing you a happy 300 th post. you are an amazing photographer! I hope you have 300 more!

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  111. wow....very beautiful sunset shots ! Congrats on your 300 post and wish you many more :)

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  112. @ ifoundme - naku, maraming salamat, ok naman pare-pareho he, i still appreciate it. salamat.

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  113. @ salingpusa - i agree. sunset and white beach - what a combination.

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  114. @ beero - thousand posts? kayanin ko kaya yun? hehehe. salamat bro.

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  115. @ jan celiz-magtoto - thanks for the visit. i have just commented on this topic in your blog. take care.

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  116. @ kyels - thanks a lot. just got lucky with the timing.

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  117. @ raft3r - yeah. i consider that an achievement really. thanks.

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  118. @ sandi mcbride - thanks you. i could only print postcards for now, maybe posters soon. thanks to david also.

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  119. @ juleste - wow. i love sunsets as it is but if you can associate it with something special, then sunset would be much better. take care.

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  120. @ crazy cath - thank you. the place is just so beautiful that anyone with a digicam will surely have a great shot.

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  121. @ neva - thank you very much.

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  122. @ bw - thank you, hopefully i could posts another 300 more lols.

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  123. napakadakila talaga ng kalikasan..

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  124. You've captured some beautiful photographs.

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  125. love all the sunset shots, Happy 300th! here's to more beautiful sunsets and sunrises

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  127. life-changing...your pictures are like paintings! :)

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  128. congrats on your 300th post, lawstude. You've certainly gone a long long way.

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  129. ah the famed boracay sunsets! great captures bro!

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  130. Ang dami mo nang napuntahan na tourist spots sa Philippines bro! Keep up the good work and keep in blogging. You Rock!

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