While on the bus headed for Fort Ilocandia for our Ilocos Tour, where everybody was still asleep, I was fortunate enough to see the sunrise and was inspired to write this which i saved in my cellphone, but failed to capture in on film,

"I feel sorry for myself for not capturing this amazing transition on camera, the silhouette trees, silver clouds that slowly fades to white, the yellow streak across the horizon, the whistling brook and the stillness of breaking dawn" ..Jan. 20, 09, 0603

It was really one of a kind experience, seeing the sun rise on the rural part of the country, watching things come to life after they were swallowed by the darkness. It's totally different watching the sunrise in rural than in urban places. Even though i saw the sunrise many times before but this was different. It truly inspired me.