Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A Different Kind of Homecoming

Traveling always has the element of nostalgia in it. Traversing the same roads that you’ve tread when you were just a scrawny kid, all the while triggering emotions and long lost memories that can either tickle your funny bone or burst your tear ducts. There’s always a sense of home in everything that reminds us of our childhood past.

We went our different paths this Lent; for some, it provided a window of opportunity to relax and visit places that have always been on our go-to list. Others grabbed the time to go home, spend time with family (reunions are common during lent season), while others went back to their hometown to evoke the spiritual enlightenment and solemnity of the death of Jesus Christ.
Rich kid Veron, going on a trip and whatnot.

A glimpse of a solemn lent vacation
Photo by Jill Ferraris

Dining with Family = Happines
Photo by Ed Villaruel
It may seem like a natural coming-home-from-classes routine, but this nostalgic travel is a little bit different; we came home rediscovering and questioning what we thought to be the norms of society, thanks to the teachings here at UPV. May it be religious conundrums, family faults and issues, or mundane things that have been bothering us when we go home, we see it with fresh (and liberated) eyes that we now possess.

We might see differently now; a more open and questioning mind that’s not satisfied with just what’s being spoon-fed to us like when we were little, even a more liberated mind that’s open to infinite possibilities.

However, nostalgia also triggered the good memories, the life lessons we have learned.

Of loving your family no matter what.

Spreading good baby vibrations























Of sacrificing a long walk for the one who gave his life for us

Reminding you of why it's a solemn event
Photo by Jo Placio
An enduring symbol
Photo by Helen Calar

And of reminding us, that truly, there’s no place like home.

Spot the Family Idiots
Photo by Gyacinth Bangalisan

Kinda Appropriate
Photo by Danika Cinco

Charlotte Antoinnette being Chai
Photo from Chai Salvaleon
















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