PIHA BEACH, New Zealand

       Two weeks ago, my friend's friend invited us to go on a road trip to one of the popular beaches in town. We were all giddy and excited since this will be our first road trip together! The whole flat is finally going somewhere aside from Queen Street! Haha!

      One quick trivia before I get into the details of our trip. Piha beach, based on their website, is New Zealand's famous Surf beach. It is situated on the west coast of the North Island which is 40kms away from the city of Auckland. We travelled using our friend's private car and it took us about 45 minutes (minus the stopover) to get to the actual place.


     




     When we got there, I was in awe of how beautiful the place was. Thanks to the nice weather that day, we got to walk around the beach while wearing dresses! :)

Campervans :) I want to try living here for once in my life. 

My little brother told me that I look like a ghost since I'm so pale, and I was so happy that Mr. Sun was out when we got to Piha because I got to take in some Vitamin D. Haha :)

Since the beach was too dangerous to swim in due to the moody, misty and mysterious current, we just decided to walk barefoot and enjoy the view. :)

Hey there roomie! 

Children's playground. Brings out the kid in me... always. Haha! :)

If you're planning on taking a trip to Piha and didn't have much preparations like we do, don't you worry. There's a nearby cafe (Which I think is the only cafe there) that serves coffee, smoothies, and a lot of other healthy dishes. Their desserts and pastries are yummy too but the thing is they ran out so fast and they do not make much so if you want it, buy it straight away! :)

We got tired from walking so took our time and sat on the not so white sand of Piha. There were families and lovers sitting by the beach and just enjoying the nice view and the heat of the sun. Some families even brought their dogs there and they played with them and walked them around. :)

SPELL HAPPINESS.

This is probably my most favourite photo during our trip. One classmate said that it resembles the "Sisterhood of travelling pants" movie. Haha! The trip itself was one for the books. It got even better with the right company. I hope we'll get to do more of these spontaneous trips in the next couple of months! Flat 1212 :)

Thank you Jesus for blessing us and for giving us a safe journey during this trip. You made us so happy. All glory and honour to YOU! :)

xoxo, Gennin

That's Why.

       Have you ever reached a point in your life where surprisingly everything is finally making sense? Well, 5 months ago, that happened to me.

Rewind.
       A few years back, I had my first (and only haha!) heartbreak and damn was it hard. I didn't know how to pick up the little pieces that got lost along the way. My mom travelled with me in order for me to escape. I questioned God why it had to happen. Why of all people, me. He didn't answer.















Fast forward.
       I was complaining about how hard my job was back home. I had to handle two positions after my partner from work retired from his job. Aside from that, I didn't quite like where I was at that moment in time. Everything seemed pointless. Nothing exciting or worth sharing happened to my life. All I did was complain to my parents on how badly I wanted to quit. But I didn't. Well, not yet.













Fast fast forward.
       One night while scrolling through my Facebook page (Yup, bored.), I came across my friends' page and I wondered if he did push through with his plans on studying abroad. I tried to contact him and he said that he already quit his job and is currently processing his papers. I envied him. Not because he's going abroad. Mainly because he quit his job. I wanted something to happen to me and my oh so boring life so I asked him if he could show me the requirements for studying abroad. The next day, I talked to my mom about it. She talked to my dad about it and I tried completing the papers. I was praying for a breakthrough in my life.


Fast Fast Fast forward.
      3 weeks later, I got to complete all the requirements. I was surprised how easy everything was. I was still working when I was in the process of completing the documents and the only time I had was lunch break. Miraculously enough, by God's grace, I was able to do it.

Now.
      I packed my bags and left the country. I didn't get to finish my masters degree. I left every thing behind. But you know what? That was probably the best decision of my life. I felt.. free. I felt like every thing had to happen because God has greater plans for me. For my life. If I hadn't broken up with you know who, I wouldn't have the courage and determination to leave the country. If I didn't pray for something to happen to my career, then I wouldn't have had the motivation to change and move from where I was at that time.

       I am happy now. Beyond happy actually. I met a lot of new people. I gained a lot of new friends. I'm beginning to understand who I am as a person. I somehow grew on other aspects of life. For one, I learned to clean up after myself, throw the trash and do my laundry. That's not something that I do back home and my parents would usually nag me into doing it but right now, nothing seems like a chore. I'm learning. Hurray! Haha. :)

      All I'm saying is, it takes a whole lot of patience to wait. I can be very impatient. I tend to want to know the results right away. I used to question why certain things won't go my way but it doesn't work that way in real life. But through it all, there we will come to a point and say, "That's why". 

                                          Hope you enjoyed reading! Comments? :)

                                                                              xoxo,Gennin