My White Dream

this is my dream: white-that is wedding & work, house & home, investment or business, travel, (entrepreneurial) events on beach ultimate, photography-lomography and environment. a dream i would be sharing with Greta.

WEDDING
before Greta steps 28, we'd be married in an intimate wedding celebration, attended by our closest family and friends. Greta would gorgeously be wearing a wedding dress that is never a wedding dress but a wearable formal dress. it probably be white but if she has other choice, so be it. mine would still be decided between a barong or a semi formal coat-shirt. ideally, our dresses should be our clothes en route to Singapore right after the wedding. there will be no post-wedding celebration to trim the tradition. wedding dinner would be celebrated 1-2 days before the church wedding at our "green house" in Elenita Heights. the celebration would be a story of our relationship-how it started, how it went and will go through years. family and close friends will testify and narrate them. the traditional cakes and bouquet throw would still be there but never be the highlight. so, a simple but elegant cake and bouquet would do. we'll invite Greta's college and office friends, my 2 ultimate teams, lomographers, art club friends, the La Familia (of course). Kat and lomographers will document the celebration while a band (maybe Kayk or Plastic Butter) will play after the storytelling.

WORK
i would work myself up to be an environment project consultant. i would develop eco-tourism industry in my home city, specifically the 7 "ultimate beaches"-Dahican, Masao, Waniban, Pujada, Sinking Island, Baso and ... i forgot the last. i would still work full-time as a peace project management officer with Gerry Roxas Foundation or United Nations. to do that, I will finish my masteral and doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning.

HOUSE-HOME
our 150-sq. m. property in Elenita Heights would be the first "green house" in Davao City. it will be solar-powered, have a graywater system and use environmentally-made construction materials (one will be the hollow blocks from Sto. Thomas). it will stand 2-stories up with minimal and modern architecture to house my family-Greta and our children (2, the most).

INVESTMENT
i would invest in 3 eco-tourism markets: food, hotel and transportation. as i develop Mati City's ultimate beaches, i would invest in a dining business known for seafood menu, fresh coastal ambiance and 1-floor glass-and-open-air house architecture. it will stand on Baywalk, facing the Pujada gulf. i would also invest in 2-floor 5-room condotel, which will accommodate 5-7 people in each unit. it will stand in our old residence. i would also invest in transportation that will take tourists to the 7 ultimate beaches. each beach will have distinct water activities. activities will range from surfing and skimboarding (Dahican), day kayaking and night boating (Masao), snorkeling (Pujada), diving (Waniban), sand walk (Sinking Island), mountain climbing (Baso) and mangrove walk and swim-with-the-turtle (really forgot the name). Dax' Apo Peak will develop the tour package but rents equipments and expands tour services to locals.

TRAVEL
this is for us Greta. our first destinations would be South East Asia but we would be frequent in Singapore. Australia, New Zealand would be our farthest travel.

EVENT
this event would basically be my outlet for athletic, artistic and environment talent. i would organize "Beach Ultimate (frisbee)" tournament in Mati City every Araw ng Mati on July. it will definitely be a promotional event for the city because it will bring in ultimate players, photographers-lomographers and environmentalists. it would be known for the "beach tours" to commence the ultimate frisbee tournament, photography-lomography contest and environment efforts, ranging from tree planting, island rent-adoption, etc.

all these for Greta and our Mnemosyn. happy 38th month, labs :)