Nothing Was New, I Thought

Posted by: Nhin

I don't actually take nature as my subject on my photographs. I rather prefer myself as one. What a vain. *laughs*

Kidding aside, the mere reason is that, I've been seeing pure nature in my 7 years in the province. Seashore was just 10 cars away from school. Coconut trees and different kinds of plants are anywhere else. I turn left, right, about face, it’s all there. We even have a backyard full of crops, vegetables, and flowering plants. I'm used to it. Nothing was new. No reason to be amazed.

Until one day, I came back to the main city of the land, Manila. I was just a fresh graduate from High School way back then. It was me, seeking for new surroundings. I went to college, and stayed in the city for good. Yeah, for good.

I remembered a conversation with a classmate:

"You're from Samar, right?" Joseph confirmed.

"Yes. Why?" I responded on him. Clueless.

"So you have hundreds of beaches' photos?" he exaggerates.

"No. I have none." I said.

"What? You must've even one. You were just beside Pacific Ocean." he explained.

"That's the point. It was common. Nothing was new." I answered.

Two years had passed, without glimpse in the province. I'm already exposed to a busy street, traffic highways, too many beggars and snatcher around, the 'hepa foods' (my friends actually call street foods as that). What more? Oh! The air pollution is all around.

April 6, 2011

Finally! I'm home. After a year has been twice, I came home, backed home. Look what I got.