In Search of Christmas Spirit and Magical Sunset

It’s already a few days before Christmas but I am still a bit struggling with Christmas spirit. I’m not sure if my holiday clock was thrown off-target by work-related stress due to recent news about our yet another company re-organization or due to self-imposed pressure to catch up on some romantic relationship. Probably a bit of both. 

So what to do? Well, maybe if I just go out, visit festive places or do some shopping, Christmas spirit will come. 

So, yesterday we went to SM Mall of Asia for a family dinner. I intentionally go there a few hours in advance to do some personal window shopping – of course I can’t help but notice the magic of this most festive season everywhere – the streets are decorated with colorful lights, shops and businesses are showing off their best Christmas-themed windows to attract customers - so typical at this time of year.

At sunset, the whole bay area burst into magical colors - truly a stunning scene!

Also, as a gift to myself, I bought a new Samsung NX1000 camera. It is to level up images on this blog because it’s been a long time since I’ve been using my Galaxy S phone for blogging and also I want to learn some basic photography stuff. To test my new toy, I roam around the mall to take some snapshots.

SM Mall of Asia is packed with fun things to do and amazing scenes to enjoy and you can't go wrong with the classic attractions: colorful rides at San Miguel by the Bay, lots of options for food tripping and of course shopping galore. But what I love is an amazing twist of a mini-theme park at the bay area called San Miguel by the Bay.

Busy bees and the Manila Bay sunset

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's......my brother!

Silhouettes of Pinoy Heroes

Manila Bay magical sunset
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I’m lucky because I was able to catch the famed Manila Bay sunset. I took a few random shots while familiarizing myself on the camera settings and I was amazed by the results.

Christmas spirit 

A few minutes after sunset, the whole bay area was flooded with twinkling colors from Christmas lights and kiddie rides and all other things that makes us feel the spirit of Christmas.

Who can imagine Christmas without this towering beauty? Christmas tree is the most important attribute of Christmas.

What do you love doing to feel the spirit of Christmas? Do you have any favorite tips? I'd love to hear! 

Merry Christmas! xoxo