Utah - Zion National Park [Part I]

The view from the lodge we stayed in. Looking at this beautiful hills covered in just the right amount of snow was breathtaking!

The hike was so hard and slippery, but the view was worth it!!!

It was so cold. I'm a tropical girl so I decided to layer myself with Ultrawarm Heattech from UNIQLO, NORTH FACE JACKET, and NIKE shoes.

If I could list 3 things I've learned so far on 2016: 

1. Everything happens for a reason. You may never know what's gonna happen; but, if you are a person with a genuine heart & desire, everything nice will fall into place just at the right moment, the right time.

2. People come and go. Forgive and keep moving forward. Be the best version of yourself. 

3. Keep hoping, keep dreaming, and keep aiming higher than you've ever been. Achieve the impossible! 

Next post: Road Trip part 2...

Sam Smith Live on The Forum 2015

Last night I had the chance to see one of my favorite artist performs alive on stage. Like no other, Sam Smith, can wrote a song and brings it to live emotionally to the audience. His words and lyrics of the songs are so deep that few people would cry just by seeing him perform. I can definitely suggest that this is also one of my favorite concert that I have been to thus far apart from watching the power couple, Beyonce and Jay Z performed on stage together last year for "On The Run Tour."
Last night was a lay down concert with a few orchestra playing in between. Smith also lightened up the audience's spirit by asking us to sing and dance along to some of his up-tempo rhythm songs. Just by seeing him live and listening to every words that came out of his mouth was all I need to hear and experience last night. I'm really into words and poetries so imagine that I could see that out of a person in real life. Along with that, Smith also gave us few stories and reasons of why he wrote specific songs, which makes every song even more emotional to him and to the audience who can feel the same way. I know I'm not the only one to experience these feelings, once you've seen some of the videos I've uploaded :)

Enjoy...
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