Dear Philippines,
You are called the Pearl of the Orient seas as you are like a gem in the midst of the vast Pacific Ocean. An archipelago of 7000 islands stringed together by lush tropical waters that on first view may seem so still and yet so dynamically pregnant with marine life. Tropical green pastures and flora blanket every inch of your ground like tinsel wrapping for your fertile earth. Your horizon gives way to an expanse of clear blue skies and shifting clouds that sometimes dip down
