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[Photo Journal/ A-Z Photo Challenge] X is for Xotic Trinkets from Boracay

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Myra here.

I am glad to join Frizztext’s A-Z Photo Story Challenge this week with X is for Xotic Trinkets in Boracay. Of course, these are not really considered (e)xotic in the Philippines, but since they are bright and colorful, and I couldn’t think of any other word for X, then here goes!

X is for Xotic Trinkets from Boracay

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That is my 12 year old girl poring over some handcrafted bracelets that she is absolutely crazy about.

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We were in Boracay a few weeks back. It was pretty crowded but it was good to discover new restaurants and to smell the sea once again, and yes take afternoon naps too by the beach. Good for the soul.

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As I took these photos, Madonna’s song was playing in my head: “Tropical the island breeze, all of nature wild and free, this is where I long to be…” And you know how the rest of it goes. 🙂

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Myra is a Teacher Educator and a registered clinical psychologist based in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Prior to moving to the Middle East, she lived for eleven years in Singapore serving as a teacher educator. She has edited five books on rediscovering children’s literature in Asia (with a focus on the Philippines, Malaysia, India, China, Japan) as part of the proceedings for the Asian Festival of Children’s Content where she served as the Chair of the Programme Committee for the Asian Children’s Writers and Illustrators Conference from 2011 until 2019. While she is an academic by day, she is a closet poet and a book hunter at heart. When she is not reading or writing about books or planning her next reads, she is hoping desperately to smash that shuttlecock to smithereens because Badminton Is Life (still looking for badminton courts here at UAE - suggestions are most welcome).

7 comments on “[Photo Journal/ A-Z Photo Challenge] X is for Xotic Trinkets from Boracay

  1. I have not been to Boracay. Sayang naman.

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  2. Wow, Myra, I would go nuts in this place! Everything’s so colorful and beautiful. LOVE those blazing dreamcatchers 🙂 Looks like you had a wonderful trip 🙂 Ah…the beach!

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  3. hi Myra, Xotic guitars too! And greetings to Fats Suela for her link to Xeric Tan, the violinist!
    http://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/06/17/tagged-x-2/

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  4. Trinkets from Boracay sounds as though it should be a novel/short story title, Myra. What do you think?

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  5. So many goodies to choose from. I would have had to get something. The problem is what would I select???!!!! I like lots of them.
    Nice choice for the entry.
    Isadora

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  6. Xtremely clever of you! Love the vibrant colours 🙂

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