just passing through: Vigan, Ilocos Sur

03 June 2010

Vigan, Ilocos Sur

We left Batac early in the morning so we could visit some tourist destinations in Vigan. The first stop is the Vigan Cathedral, built in 1641. Next is the Burnayan where clay pots are made the traditional way. The Hidden Garden has awesome collections and arrangements of various tropical plants. We enjoyed having our pictures taken with some of the birds at Gov. Chavit Singson's Baluarte which also has tigers, ostriches, and others. Our group also visited the Crisologo Museum before we explored the shops in the Heritage Village.

Sail On

"Life here on earth is a temporary assignment." - Rick Warren

They say that we are just like passing ships. Wherever we go and drop anchor, we learn something that makes our lives never the same again.

Life may have brought us disappointments, failures, discouragements, broken hearts and other negative thoughts and emotions but life goes on.

Along the way, we meet people who touch our lives one way or the other. Some become true friends. Most of them just acquaintances.

We are here in this world temporarily. We are not yet home.

Whatever happens, the Lord will never leave us nor forsake us. He always knows what's best for us.

Everything happens for a reason.

Quotable Quotes

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein

You don't have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to know the few great things that matter, and then be willing to live for them and die for them.
- John Piper

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln