Spring in Xi'an

Down na naman ang machine. So I'll take this time off to write a blog.

My past few months was a nightmare. Actually, hanggang ngayon, parang di pa ako nagigising from this bangungot. I have been asked to analyze a problem na wala akong technical background, so kapaan talaga... I took this task kasi I believed I would learn something new -that would make it exciting, sabi ko sa sarili ko. Actually, it's true. It's exciting when you learn something different -something you can teach others later. That is, kung hindi ka madamot, gaya ko...

I spent most of my nights thinking about this task. Siguro, that's the reason why I haven't felt na spring na pala. I just woke up a few days ago noticing the colorful flowers starting to bloom along the road facing my apartment. It was a wonderful feeling to see everything so fresh and green, aside from the pink and yellow flower-bearing trees I usually overlooked every morning.

Dito sa China, parang damo lang ang mga bulaklak. Near the Bell Tower where thousands of tourists go sight-seeing everyday, marami nang nakatanim na expensive flowers na akala mo fake sa unang tingin... Sometimes, I wanna take off the bus just to take pictures -or even just touch them to check if they're real. The roses here are not like the Holland long-stemmed roses they sell in Dangwa in the Philippines, pero they never fail to add beauty to every corner of the city. Parang damo na sumulpot lang, ganon lang...



Last weekend I invited some Chinese friends to take a walk to the international mall where I usually buy cosmetic products. I brought my SLR camera expecting I could take shots of every blooming flower along the way. Unfortunately, wala akong nagawa kundi titigan lang sila... They're not actually good subjects, kasi hindi masyadong magaganda yung flowers pag naka-focus ang lens. Pero, overall, Xi'an is like a big flower forest. Seeing diffent flowers of all all colors grow side by side was an amazing experience.



Aside from the beautiful view, the weather is warmer -hindi na sobrang lamig at hindi naman mainit... so I stopped wearing those thick-"pang-alis ng poise" winter jackets. Hahaha! Makikita mo na ngayon yung skin ng mga Chinese. Most of them, talagang magaganda ang kutis. Ako naman, I can wear the clothes which I brought with me from Manila again.

I love Spring... sobra.