Long overdue, I know. As unsurprising is this will sound, I was and still am busy with work. However, I am not complaining because all hard work pays off as I have come to realize and now experience. I must admit that having the time to just sit down and write is pretty much a once-in-a-blue-moon case and I’m quite happy to relish this free (semi-free) day. I know news gets old pretty fast but I believe, this event deserves some webspace on my blog as it was a good time in my life. And good times deserve some retelling.
Last February 10, I went to the Hot Air Balloon Festival in Clark, Pampanga for work. Forgive me for sounding almost like a sheltered princess when I say I was a bit scared to drive all the way from Manila to Pampanga because I have not a clue, nor the muscle memory to drive that much long. However, few more months in and I am or almost no longer a scaredy-cat when it comes to driving far distances and it was quite the bucket list experience really as I enjoyed the time I had alone driving. And the scene of seeing big dreamy balloons fill up before me was more than I could expect.
Here are some photos.
Quite a spectacle, wasn’t it?
I also missed Mimosa a lot. Fond memories of my childhood with my cousins came rushing back in when I saw this cottage again. 
Alas, it was time to go back and drive home. I was still nervous, at first to drive back alone. But when I got on the highway and drove through the expanse of the north, there was no stopping me. 
More bucket list experiences to come. 🙂
With love,
Lauren
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