whales

after my first rugby match with the providence women's on saturday, i drove down to NYC to meet up with alida who just flew back from cali to be with her brother mika and his girlfriend lani to wait for their trip to italy. i absolutely loved mika and lani and i look forward getting to know them further. i also found myself falling in love with NYC all over again. i always loved visiting the big apple, but i realized that i would actually really love to live there for a little while in spite of my typical notion of not wanting to have a life there.

in the pouring rain i left NYC and alida on tuesday and came to ptown, where i met up with my dearest amanda clemons whom i hadn't seen since our college graduation (she and jenn carter and i had a reuniting weekend up in burlington few weeks back). she and i caught up with our lives and had a great time hanging out with grace and monica (who took us on a boat to hang out at race point!), and we also ended up whale watching which turned out to be absolutely breath-taking.

we were told that the cape cod whale watching this summer (in stellwagen bank) has been quite successful, and the expectations were met to say the least. we saw whales of all kinds, from the tiny minke whales to the famous hump back, and the second largest living mammal on earth: finback whales. since we went on the evening tour, the sun was setting beautifully and provided me a perfect backdrop for my whale photos, and i felt myself aboslutely enthralled by these amazing creatures and the sea that provides life for them. i still wonder, sometimes, that i should be studying to become marine biologist. i love everything about the ocean and all lives that live in it. i am constantly mesmerized by the mystery of the oceanic forces and harmony, and want to help preserve its essence from being destroyed.

so much to be done. so little time. i guess by partaking in admiring these whales and the ocean, i'm taking a small step in helping the nature thrive. or at least i should hope so.