posting positively

laurels crowning
your head
is the great glory
of your lifetime
laughter
from your lips
is a sacred sign
of the divine

negativity, suspicion
are dead demons
as lie and deceit
doom your day

winning
is not deceiving
and losing is
faith drowning you
to win is not to lose
to win a deal is coming close
to harvest gold is doing good
being nice and honestly bold

for to lie is to die
in that hot satanic fire
and to grab means to lose
the one that you ever wanted up close :)

It's Fall, again :)

Spooky Squirrel

We were talking about rabbits today in the car as we went out, J.C. and me, to buy pumpkins and treats for Halloween. This boy cracked me up with a story that a friend of his has this rabbit who had 36 babies and he wants to buy one of them. As I've told you rabbits pre-occupy his mind always so when we see squirrels like this one at the church' grounds, he started bugging me again about this pet. Now I asked what's the most a rabbit can have in babies and he said quickly, "easily over 100, mom" What? that many? now that is just too much, I said, laughs. But he said he did his research. Just amazing, and he said, oats and fruits are their food. Oh well. Too much little rabbits just from one, I think. Did you see the red eye of this creature? Spooky, and all just for some camera trick or rather mistake. Hmn,last month we saw a brown rabbit in our backyard at dusk, maybe we can just catch that, laughs. 40 dollars are what they cost here and 4 dollars in the Phil. so I think it's cheaper there, and his uncle has a wide, wide space of a place and a nice hidden garden of a pond with waterfall in New Manila near that former Boracay mansion of Erap. The rabbit will have a ball there of a house I mean :) So to escape buying a rabbit for him, I said that the Phil. is a better place for his future pet, laughs. No winter too :)
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CLICK the last pic, to see the RED EYE :)

New Beginnings after Goodbyes

The house is silent now
the door is closed and shut
the room is empty and bare
just memories floating in the air

Life changes so fast
today is sad and only yesterday
was filled with all that smiles
now those happy days had passed

Tomorrow is a different day
the sun will shine again brightly
where laughter, joy and hope
will be there for us to behold...

This is optimistically speaking of course :) but really it's your own preference, you can be sad if you want to, but for me I always try to be happy. It's hard at times I know but at least I chose to live it in accordance to my given name's meaning of joy, believe it or not. Yeah, sometimes it is very difficult but I would rather be smiling than pouting, laughs. Oh well.

death is silence

silence is death
you don't have to pretend
quiet without motion
skin clammy and cold

rigid, stiff, a body
ready to decompose
eyes shut closed
never to roam

like bridges burned
no one can run
like trust that's broken
faith all gone

lost and forgotten
it will be soon
except for true love ones
who visit once

life is lost
so is great love
like sunny days
turned into dark

rest in peace
you beautiful soul
with unforgotten smiles
we've captured you

for all eternity
till our last breath on earth
beyond that blessed place
we call heaven of happiness

it's all saints' day one more time...

we are all, one

the love you keep in your heart
and friends who help you a lot
the mother who brought you up
and strangers that pass you by

we are one, we are all inter-related
joined by our great Father
we came from Him none other
His creations, in this world

art is the way he made us
from Eve and from Adam
at garden of Eden of eternal love
they lived and saw paradise

we're sisters we're brothers
we're all lovers and related
we're friends that would be better
so in our hearts there won't be the devil... :)

always present

the sun is always up there
never ever absent
the wind is always blowing
inside mine and inside your chest

live, long live the sky
the planet, the universe
the galaxy beyond
alive, encircling, till the end of time

this you can count on
this you can bet on
that it will be there
that it's still there even when we're gone

not unless God decides
that it's time to pass
that it's time to pack up
this earth, this only universe, His created paradise... :)

smooth, silent rides

the winds had died down
the river isn't wild
the water is calm
your boat ride has begun

quiet sailing, silent and upright
except for a few rubs against
the wind against the sun's shine

the boat was made perfect
by diligent experts
you're lucky and blessed
with this one you've possessed

good job that's the message
on this nice equipment
keep it dearly and better love it :)

Seeking mercy and pardon

God forgives so why can't we? In all actions that we do, karma is all there to level us up, I truly believe in that. Mr. Estrada probably is a good example of that. He was given power but it wasn't used wisely. Apparently it was abused so he had to suffer the consequences. I hope others are paying attention. A lesson for all of us. Now let's hope that revenge won't be in the works here, for after all life is not forever. It is timed and it will end. Now it will surely depend on us on how we use our seconds, days or years on earth. Hope it's for the better and for the right not on the wrong road of life...

Human life is the greatest treasure. Then come love ones and our health. Life is but once, hope we live it right, and seek the right path even how sad and difficult, that is...

Thanks for the Magic

All eyes were glued on you
all heads spun with awe
all that unreal, untrue
these tricks you showed us to
you're the best, the only pro

Illusions reigned in the air
even children's ears were there
like music it sounds so real
it captures it penetrates
but only in our dreams

Anyway, thanks for the memories
you've captured us in every way
a passing light a torch so hot
all that time as we watched
all that time while we glanced

A magic which is just that
reality which is was not
just mirages in our minds
just illusions luring us
to be always mesmerized

It's too good to be true
it's only our imaginations we know
but for us it's magic unsurpassed
that it almost caught us alive
but suddenly we did wake up

To tell the difference
that it's just magic in the air
unreal, untrue and merely make-believe...

For the love of baseball

Two elders, 90 years old men have been friends for the longest. This is ever since they were just kids. Both of them shared the love of baseball, that when one of them was at the brink of death, the other one asked and made a request to the other who is dying. This if he could tell him if baseball is being played in heaven. Then his friend died.

One night the living one heard his name being called by his friend who already died. He can't believe that his friend came back bringing him the answer. The dead friend said to him, I have good and bad news for you, my friend. Okay, give my the good news first, said the living friend. So the friend continued, "In heaven baseball is being played, by the young us, we never get old. We never get tired so we can play this game all over again and again as long as we want" said the visiting dead friend of his. Now his friend was all smiles, happy that there is baseball in heaven. Now what is the bad news? he asked. His dead visiting friend hesitated at first and then gently told him, "you'll be pitching in Tuesday"

This story was told at mass today by the officiating priest :)

silence after a firestorm

hot is the day
and so is the night
warm is the breeze
that touched a hand

you see no one
at a quick glance
you see no living soul
to warm a heart

no voice nor song
no sounds of life
just complete silence
as you stand

to look around
to understand
to try to measure out
what had transpired...

when nothing is left

gone are the memories
one dearly cherished
swept by the wind
all turned into ashes

flashes of fire
dark embers of light
so devastating it
killed a life

hopes of the past
down to the ground
forever silenced now
without a chance

piles of dark ashes
all there is left
of all the memories
one's life possessed

will there be light
at dawn or dusk
will there be hope
to pump a heart

will there be a smile
laughter and love
as a replacement
to these, gutted by fire...

Gone with the Smoke

Today's news in California is not good. Fires in 12 different places are going on there prompting an evacuation of a quarter of a million residents and that is too much people being displaced and maybe losing their homes. As I was hearing the news coverage I can't help but feel sad and sympathize with them. Imagine losing your home, a place of memories you shared with your love ones. That is an unimaginable sorrow. Yes, for sure a house and its contents can be replaced but it will never be the same. Gone with that hot wind, with that hot flame and thick smoke are parts of you.

What is happening now in those fires is a clear display of the uncertainties in life. Here today, but gone tomorrow. Things, life and the likes. And it's a form of terrorism of the spirit. Now this made me think, shall I blame mother nature, global warming or really a true act of terrorism? After all, 12 fires burning simultaneously is kinda fishy. Hmn. Could it happen without human help? That is another question to ponder and who knows if we will ever get the rightful answer to this nagging puzzle. Probably not. So sad, really...

A Beautiful Beach

PATAR BEACH, that enchanting, unspoiled beauty in Patar, Bolinao, Pangasinan, our always beach destination everytime we are in the Phil. Unexpensive, you just have to pay a rent for that open bamboo papags where Paul was sitting here, our very reliable driver every time :) I love Patar beach. Pristine, unspoiled, laid back. No developments yet, as of now, except for the roads leading to it, it's mostly paved already this year I noticed, it wasn't then. It was dusty, muddy, and bumpy as I recalled the first time we were ever there. But it's worth the drive, the hassle. That I can assure you :)

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And we went to check Puerto del Sol bec. it was not that far. Yeah, the amenities were great and somewhat comparable to those offered by state side resorts, but, I wasn't happy with these coconut trees obstructing my view of the ocean, not good if you ask me. I came to see the sea, but it seems like it was intentionally hidden from me, laughs. Sooo I did not like it. But if you're a lover of privacy then it is for you :> It was okay, don't get me wrong. Nice but I was irked by the absence of the ocean in my view as seen in those beautiful cottages. I am for Patar beach, it's more beautiful there and I mean more here :> The view of the sea is endless here as far as your eyes can see. Endless serenity, endless peace as your gaze is fixed on its hypnotic waves as they splashed on the white sand shore. I will be here forever if I can chose a place to be in. It makes you reflect about life, about things that are bothering you. It makes my heart rest in peace :) And besides, it's for the poor like me and it's for the public. I love that. Mingling with people that I belonged to, no kidding :) For you know, Puerto del Sol is only for the haves... not that I can't afford to be there, but why be in a place where you won't be happy? Now that is the question...

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Pics taken, July '07, during our vacation :)

Now I Know

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=79484

"I Will Always Love You" this song was written and dedicated to this man by Dolly Parton, per this DJ, as I was listening to my car radio on my way home today. Very sweet, indeed. A very memorable love song, I think so... even that DJ from 100.3 WNIC said so...although sad, but yes, lovely and very nice to listen to :)

See? I'm right... music is the language of the inner soul and of the unseen spirit. It mesmerizes and it captivates. This man I bet is deserving of such a wonderful melody. Hmn, also a good tune for your lady love, wife, or sweetie or cutie pie :> but...the wordings or lyrics revised, of course. (^_~)...

Autumn is awesome...taken yesterday :)

After work, after mass and J.C.'s Bell Choir Sunday session at church, the weather was warm and sunny, not that chilly fall weather that we usually get. So out we went to get some pretty fall shots. Leaves are a changin' at this time of year. Autumn's spell is in progress :) Beautiful! :>

Wow, I wonder how many ladies want my expression of glee, joy or happiness like this (:>) on this blog, laughs. I bet there will be one :? out there somewhere. Although, I never called myself a lady of luxury anywhere for I'm a poor working woman, laughs. Oh well. And tsk! My tongue can't be controlled at other times for I can't even say or give the English language its rightful sound, laughs. Like 'folks' for example, that is a very bad slip up, laughs. But hey, I never claimed myself to be perfect. So now you know that I allow myself the 'luxury?' of bad sounds. For who cares anyhow? Nada, err no one, not even me :>

Miracle Indeed

Once in awhile TV stations report uplifting stories which is very rare as I observed and far in between. Yesterday they did just that. There was this autistic boy (same age as Michael, my autistic son) who was hiking with his parents. He was lost for four days in the wilderness. Fending for himself alone and with a mind of a three years old it is really by divine providence that he was found safe and alive with no injuries. That was a story that for me is worth my time. People cared. Massive search was orchestrated just to find this hapless boy and they did. Their efforts paid off. I'm not really saying that I don't care about news that depict carnage, death and suffering, but it's too much for me. My world at work is just that, so time out for me is required for my sanity's sake :) And if Michael was the one in that boy's shoes I don't think my son would ever live like he did. I'm happy for his family. God intervened and helped. Anything is possible with Him. I truly believe in that, just have faith. Miracle happens. It had in my life. I met a lady with a golden heart sent by God years ago, to help me then and even now. I'm very lucky. So I'm a living proof of a miracle happening in this world... :)

Okay, time to lighten up :)

It's Rock and Pop time in this blog :> next songs will be similar to little bombs. To my ears at least, to make that clear, laughs. No, I think I'll alternate them... slow, rock then back :> better that way :) So definitely, music rules the times, here in this blog at least...(^_~)...the first, an old pop, lively and fun...it reminds me of Bob Barker and Happy Gilmore, when Adam Sandler made a hole in one... :)

The Scent of a Rose

Red, ravishing, a beauty for all eternity
Sweet, pure and peaceful enveloped your vicinity
Sacrifice, selfless, giving and loving described your day
Even in the twilight, at the sunset, you've given without pay

A hugging heart, a warm and a caring blood
A tireless body always is, you've got
A rose of love, a caring soul full of sacrifice
The sky, the heaven will smile up above

Rosa Rosal, you're a hero in disguise
Rosa Rosal, an exemplary soul, so nice
I don't know you but I admire you a lot
For you've live a life of worthy and trust...

Jaded Journey

The road was bumpy
spiked with thorns
so sharp it hurts
it caused a tired
two feet to bruise

they bleed and drained
like water's pouring rain
until the drought stopped
with hopes of plants
to sprout again

the tears slowly dripped
upon that stoic face
the salty taste of pain
that numbed an empty
heart so pale

the smile you
turned your back at
the sun that
pulled your heart
the wishes, wants, desires
the gifts you longed to have

the present of today
forever lost and gone
not ever coming back
to smile and warm
your heart

it's been a long jaded journey
unhappy, not joyful, but sad...

A Mesmerizing Melody

Ah, music the language of the silent soul, and of the silent spirit. It captures, it captivates. It mesmerizes, it enchants and spins you into that dreamland of happiness. For three minutes of your life on earth...not bad, for you may have nothing, for you might be just one of those deaf, of those deprived, living in silence, not hearing the sounds of the Gods... of these magical melodies and lullabies, that is. Now, that is just so sad... and he is Gino Federici in "It's Now or Never" or "O Sole Mio" now playing on the air :) What a song. Very nice...so we can say that music is after all, still alive :) but it has been that on this blog in the first place since the very beginning, it was and it will always be filled with music, for music is my name, a name of an opera by Verdi and I can sing a little bit, plus play the piano a little bit as well :) Now if I can only just play the guitar, I'll be complete, laughs. No kidding. Just for 99 cents a song, my blog enchants and captivates, I hope, but definitely it does for me, laughs. Cheap, for all that heart wrenching melodies, I think. And "Somewhere in Time" that movie, that song. I bought one CD of it on my first ever vacation to the Phil. and the next thing I knew is, that song is being played on my sister's wedding. I lost that CD and guess what? my sister did not even mention that I left it on my vacation in my brother's condo, laughs. Been looking and looking then for I love the song. Oh well...

And yeah, it's now or never. Do whatever makes you happy and makes you smile and makes you a person of substance. For today is only what we have that is guaranteed. No need to explain more just turn your TV on. The end comes unexpectedly at times, sad...

For balance

To counteract my sad poems here... presenting the happy rainbow rose, one more time. Always remember... the sun is forever shining behind those dark, black clouds...so hope isn't lost, and love can always be found, if your mind and heart are open and if your lips will always give a smile... :)

World War III?

Now that is a chilling warning from Pres. Bush today in that conference that he had this morning. I missed it for I needed to go to bed after work. Politicians here esp. the Democrats are not happy. A war in progress in Iraq and now he has this one in mind, an even larger scale of a possible Armageddon in the future. Pres. Putin's visit in Iran. What does this means? Who will dominate the middle east? Islam or Christianity and that black gold, oil. Really a very scary subject to ponder about. A global war today would be very catastrophic to the human race, no telling about it, so it would be wise that a time out is needed in discussing such negative word and mentioning it live, and in public for all the world to hear is just not right. I think so. People listen and people will digest it. Not very good. Although that thought of it was really out there before this. Which makes me think that there is the possibility of it happening in my life time and that is frightening, making the hairs all over my body stand...

Just that... figments of the imagination

Written fictions are nowhere of help to the realist like me, my own opinion. It spins you into that abyss of the lost world, your own imagination that is, being suggested by what you're looking at being in written words or things that you see. No truth to it, no flesh, just mere illusions, mirages in your mind and if you're not careful it'll just drag you into the unreal world of make believes. So if you're smart better say goodbye as soon as you've realized that. For your happiness, and for your own sanity's sakes. Get me? laughs. Oh well. The truth in things is backed by reality, proofs as we say it. And if it does not exists then you're just being played upon, used and abused to be exact, so very bad if you ask me, laughs. So pick yourself up, wake up and refuse to be entangled with this kind of a snake. For it'll kill you believe me :) Imagine believing in illusions. Only the insane, only the mentally deranged, the psychopaths do that...now you've been forewarned :>

Caught in a lie

Once a salesman
knocked at my door
shoulders full of bag
filled with goodies and all

Smooth words at play
plus a wide smile you see
buy these it's perfect
to make your life easier and fit

You let him into the house
offered him a drink a cup
with amazement you stopped
what ever that preoccupied your mind

Products of truth you bought
but when you used them it brought
disappointments, of no use
did not deliver you the goods

My, my, my, what a sham
that your life had become
you've been played upon
by a smooth talking illusionist, a magician...

Tsk! what a poem, if I can call it that, laughs. But it happens all the time in our lives. We caught people in despicable lies. It makes us sad, unhappy, but better late than never, meaning, at least you're not being played upon for the rest of your life :)

rolling with the paper punches

everyday I buy you
a paper roll in print
everyday I read you
to be informed
to be entertained

one special day I saw
an article or two
different, misgiving
living a life of its own
it's home, or is it?

funny, the joker
is getting wild
somber the serious mind
is seething, soaking
not misbehaving, of course

the thin, the transparent
light skin spins
clothed artificially
its beauty is just
clinging in lotions
rubbed in outer skins

now come and play
edge up, but play free
play fair and never cheat
hold your cards
keep them in your chest

for no products of beauty
to be precise, to be exact
will win you laurels
in the eyes of the best
the one up above, the great

so play, be fair, be honest
never, never cheat
stand up, be honest
don't play in despair
don't cut your skin or hair

never in front of your customers
where they can see your trick
keep it in high secret
where only you, yourself will ever know
except your very own conscience, there... :)

wanted: a sunny smile :)

how sad is the sky today
the clouds above are dark
they're filled with rain
like rivers' running water
down cascading from a hill

how cold is the day today
the icy patch of road
with ice sheets shining
aiming at your toes
numb, frozen and stiff

summer left after spring
autumn's gone, winter reigned
fireplaces, stoves, gloves
heat that hugs, heat that warms
as ice had melted inside a chilly heart

look, listen, straight up
fixed that drooping head
light up, put a smile on that face
even how cold and sad
even how rainy this day, was

tomorrow will be a different day
tomorrow might be that warm, sunny
where a smile is out to shine
for a sick spirit that's torn and tried
for a cold heart that's lost, weary and tired...

Changes in a blink of an eye

All day all night the clock can't miss a tick
All day all night the heart can't skip a beat
The earth rotates and spins, the moon orbits

Today after yesterday, tonight followed last night
Awake you must after a sleep so tight

A crying infant before now a restless tot
A teen then when you were just a lad
An adult dear, then a senior how quickly you'd become

The years ran a race as fast as it can
Time traveled to sunset's nest, now empty, gone...

Autumn's Falling Leaves

Like a rainbow falling to the ground
Different, colorful, full of life
Carpeted floor sparkled with shine
Caught in my eyes, imprisoned in my mind

Pinks, purples, yellows, oranges and reds
Still on ground quietly undisturbed
Sun's shine left, it dimmed the sky
All gone scattered, light out and died

Skeleton trees, no more greens no more life
Only bare sticks, barks, all dark and brown
Lost, gone and would never come back
Except in spring but that still far

Meanwhile I close and shut my eyes
Dreaming of bright days all through and cut
Rainbow like silhouettes, leaves of sparkle so bright
That once adorned and playfully colored my heart...

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The top pic is mine, my cosmos bush, one fall season of the past :) I like it, rather love it :>

Nobel Peace Prize for Al Gore

WOW! What a man. An Emmy, an Oscar and now this. Well deserved indeed. The planet is in peril, with a very obvious climate change or change in the weather during the past years. Something needs to be done before it's too late... And winning the popular vote or had the most votes in a presidential election then but lost due to that electoral count that rule the presidential race here in the U.S. Won three but lost one. There is now a draft for him to run for the presidency. Hurray! Pls. Al Gore run :) I'll vote for you again :> and Hillary can be your Vice President, and I'm serious. And that is an unbeatable team. But whatever, as long as a Democrat will win in 2008, I'm happy :)

Unseen Sparkle, that is God

I wake up every morning looking through the sky
Drive and navigate the roads till I die
There are days when the clouds are up above
There are nights when the moon can't be seen and so the stars

Once a tornado started to form and the winds began to howl
Once a snow storm with golf ball size hail tried to blow the roof
Force of nature, mother of all creature, God
Spare me your fury, so strong and wild

Although there are days when the sun shines so bright
When the moon up above beams its glorious light at night
When all the stars glitter and the universe connive
To give a present causing a heartwarming smile

The clock begins to tick as a newborn is born
The earth begins to spin for him or her, a life unfurl
The highways and bi-ways, a heart's galore
Time tested, as a winding stairway is shown

Unseen sparkle, full with amazement and awe
All creatures wonder where are you
Up above, here on earth or in our hearts
We know you're around here helping, loving and guiding us...

Always, thanks for your visit :)

I LOVE YOU ALL! Even if your color is not pink... (^_~)... :) Now I'm really serious and would want to be considered as such, laughs. But humor is me and to be happy is embedded in my name's meaning. So you can call it, "living to my name to the fullest" even if I'm sad or not. For tomorrow I may not be here on this planet earth, so I'd like to spread love instead of the opposite. Better that way, don't you think? You'll be in God's good graces if you do that... or He can forgive you, but why stay on that side if you have the choice to do what is good and what is right... now. To love all your fellowman even if they're black. Now, that is a metaphor, but I know you can figure that out so easily, laughs... Now I wonder if someone will also take me on, in my way of expressing myself in my humble understanding of the English language next, hmn... but go ahead, for I've been there... vilified and can't be tolerated then, so now should not make any much difference ...(^_~)... I can take it, trust me :)

"Make my day"... as said by that famous actor, Clint Eastwood? in that very popular movie. I'll wait or shall I? But bear in mind I'm not a master in that line, although I'm in it everyday. Living it, hearing it in my ears more often than you do, and that is a fact. I'm learning the ropes first hand, in real time. Not copying in books for I was never rich to be able to afford to live in a nearby library or to buy these books so I'm really glad that God planted me here by chance? or by fate? I'd like to believe on the second though... now this is just random thoughts... from a lover of pink gal :) Hope no one minds, but this is my blog so I can write, or do whatever I want and ...to be good is on top :) so you're lucky... water for fire... love for hate, that kind of thing and you know what I mean :> or this is just the beginning of a journey... in the world of a writer scorned? hmn. Hope not, for humility is much more endearing than flaunting what you've got and that is just only a temporary gift anyhow from God, not yours forever to keep, it ends when you die, may I remind you that? although your works will be left behind, but would you like to be remembered as a humble gifted person? or a boastful old intelligent brat? Now don't be mad for I'm old too you know, laughs. Oh well.

Color Coding

And really it's not in the choice of COLOR, it's in the CHARACTER... on how we are measured as a human being. Can we ever put that in our brains? :> But I'm serious, just to remind us that. So pink and black is fine. As long as you're not demeaning or trampling your own co-humans, just because they are less intelligent and don't have much money as you do. Live your color the way you like it, laughs. For who cares anyway, only the ones that love you to be exact :)

The Colors of my Life

Rainbow like I'd like to believe
Black when I'm sad, and red
When blood begin to drip, that's when I'm upset

Pink when I'm in love
Which I try to make it every day of my life
A smile for the blind, but a pout for the bad

Violets and purples in between
This is when I think green
For security of my table and my plate

But I love pink, the best
I'm reminded of love and the sacrifice with it
That giving without anything in return

That laughter when your love ones are indeed in great shape :)

Now that is what I called an inspired poem, but to make it clear it's just for me and to nobody else except for God who is always reading it :> and while I'm at it, a big "pink" color for you up there, which means I love YOU. I share, I give the things that I like and love to the "source" of what is me and what I am :) For to Him, a poem in whatever form does not matter either in pink, in black or colorless. For He understands. He accepts us without malice without qualms, without hate but only love. And that is just forever pink for me :> which means love :)

Lost in the land of poems

Poetry na pilit, yeah, I think that's best describe my poems here, laughs. I was reading some sample ones from Mr. Krip Yuson's column and it's really far from what he called poems thus far when I tried to take a second look at mine, laughs. I thought if it rhymes then it must be a poem, laughs. But you have to hide its meaning pa pala, that thing you're trying to communicate in a poem I mean. You have to make a detour in explaining your thoughts, no direct hit pa :> for it's prohibited, you'll break the rule, hmn. I thought a poem is free flowing in thought and in expression, so whatever goes does it, pero meron pa palang trick, tsk! Then I need to learn more and hard if I want my poem to be considered as one true poem. Well, I'm really thankful that I am learning from his articles. Thanks so much, Mr. Yuson :) As if he is reading this, but none the less I've said my part, my thanks... although I'm the one that is really hard to teach, now that I'm old, laughs. Oh well. Like the saying that goes, "it's hard to teach old dogs new tricks" laughs. And it might be similar to some people that if you tell them to turn left, they'll do the opposite, they'll turn right or vice versa. Like a writer who admitted doing that in her lost universe of nowhere, laughs. Or similar to a dog that's being told to sit and to your surprise it jumped instead right in front of you. Now if your patience is short or none, beware for you might need to be somewhere else, laughs. Gosh! But poems and people are partners and are perfectly intertwined. That is what I believe and that is what I like...

The Warming Globe... the Warning Signs

IT'S AUTUMN, FALL...but it feels like summer for several days now. It used to be nippy, and bitingly cold at this time of year, but summer seems to dominate the weather, or wants to stay longer. Not that I'm complaining. I love it to be this way forever. Even the leaves are still not on their autumn color, and the leaves of the American Sycamore trees that lined and draped our streets gloriously all summer are still not falling. At this time then they've all fallen on the ground, so definitely there is change, climate wise. The planet is getting warmer as Al Gore always reminds us. Thanks to progress? or to unscrupulous countries that would not want to acknowledge this phenomenon. Hurricanes, wild fires, landslides, floods, receding water here in the Great Lakes and melting ice glaciers. What else? Something needs to be done soon or we are on the path of destruction, of our own house, that is. And not only ours, of other creatures as well that together with us live and depend on this planet earth for life. When do we band together as one? to have this goal of reversing this climate change that is slowly leading our house to destruction? Now that is the sad question. For I think it might take countless lives to be sacrificed before concrete measures will be in place. But for now, we talk, but we don't do the walk. Just like what I'm doing now. I wonder if Bill Gates had thought about this... then there will be change... for money talks most definitely and things get done...

The Japan that's in my mind...

I've been passing by this country north of us for years, but I've never had a quite definitive take or real clue on how this country is, not until I saw a documentary of it this week on TV at the Travel Channel. What empressed me the most is the crime rate which is almost non-existent except for a few cases of pick pockets here and there. That's amazing, no murders? That speaks volume on how this country is being run. The unemployment rate is quite low so you can imagine the less stress of its citizenry. The only thing is space is very limited. An 18,000 USD rent a month for a decent high rise dig? That is just beyond my mind's comprehension. A 7 USD coke and a 10 USD hot dog as well. Now I'm thinking it looks like there are no poor people in this country. And to top that, they are one year ahead in tech gizmos than the U.S. the most advance country on earth, so how did that happen? They are brilliant, intelligent and very disciplined people. Maybe a wake up call after they were defeated by the U.S. with that bomb. Wish my country of birth will be just like Japan. No Garci tapes, nor banding of green broad bucks under the table. People are honest, very respectable human beings. But what floors me the most is their fascination in inventions, esp. that john that has everything, to clean your bottom that is, er your ass to be precise, laughs. Very funny. A buffing machine, to clean that thing :> That would be awfully nice, don't you think? And they come in true gold too. This, if you have the right amount of moolah in the bank. Talk about excesses here... but who is complaining? The Juans in my country for sure. There is no equal distribution of wealth. See if that will fly, laughs. Oh well...

"Ave Maria"

To our Blessed Mother, the Virgin Mary, Our Mother of Perpetual Help:
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Endless thanks, dear Mother for your great intercession in my life. For your kindness, for your grace and for your unending care. Thank you for everything... for yesterday, for today and for all tomorrows as well...

Recent shots...

St. Therese, a wedding in progress inside the Shrine of the Little Flower Church, a rose at the side entrance, and the Sala Thai Restaurant, J.C,'s favorite place...

Music is poetry itself...

Yesterday I heard the rain
whispering your name
asking where you'd gone

It fell softly from the clouds
on the silent crowds
as I wandered on

Out of doorways
black umbrellas
came to pursue me

Faceless people as they passed
were looking through me
no one knew me

Yesterday I shut my eyes
face-up to the skies
drinkin' in the rain

But your image still was there
floating in the air
brighter than a flame

Yesterday I saw a city
full of shadows without pity
and I heard the steady rain
whispering your name
whispering your name

"instrumental play"

asking where you've gone

Yesterday I saw a city,
full of shadows without pity
and I heard the steady rain
whispering your name
whispering your name
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Without pity...really very unkind strangers can be that. Without knowing us personally, they judge... and we know the rest... so sad...as Dionne Warwick sings..."Yesterday I Heard the Rain"

Desperate not...

I just watched Phil. News and I was appalled by Terri Hatcher's line in that desperate program which btw I haven't watch any episode of. That racial slur and labeling of M.D. graduates from a Phil. medical school as inferior is just uncalled for. Medical professionals from the Phil. are highly regarded here in the U.S. This is just blatant stereotyping which shouldn't be tolerated at all. Whoever is the creator and writer of that said episode was truly uninformed. There are given sets of standards for qualified M.D's. here and any hospital hiring their medical staff adheres to such. So it is just a hit below the belt to mention such hurtful and demeaning accusations which are false. Filipino doctors are just as intelligent as their American counterparts. So I am with the Phil. government in asking for an apology. This is a personal choice of a person, as to what choices they want for medical care and airing it on a TV show is totally out of line. Fictional shows should not carry such derogatory claims of inferiority. People of all color or race watch the show except me and it is just bad publicity. What are they thinking? Biting the hands that feed them? Or they might think that their show is beyond the grasp of these people that they are trampling upon? So they are not watching and no one will ever notice, but they are totally wrong. Apology is in order here or else I'm afraid to mention that divine justice will do the rightful job eventually if they wouldn't and this is the one that they need to be fearful of... my opinion. It's a mistake so do the right thing, apologize...

And I'm truly happy for Ms. Nora Aunor, her drug case here was totally blown by the wind, just a metaphor of course, but that is just one step won and hopefully the rest will be a win also. Street drug is a menace, a devil in disguise. Hope everyone will recognize that and will always bear this in mind :) Life is precious, life is short. Don't be a victim, be smart...

The Happy Rainbow ROSE

http://www.jtv4u.com/blog/2007/05/22/rainbow-roses-from-happy-roses/

Amazingly WOW!!! I wonder if it could be grown at the end of a rainbow. Definitely my kind of rose :) True or not, laughs. But I think it's a delicately dyed rose as it looks. But hopefully in the "future" I can plant a "true" happy rainbow like colorful rose in my garden. For flowers are "smiles" and "happiness" for me. No kidding. If I will be filthy rich I will surround my house with that big big stereo sound music in that loud speaker blasting my fantastic perfumy flower garden of exploding colors all day long and even at night as well. Imagine Elvis, Newell Oler, Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, Michael Jackson serenading my flowers. That would be terribly entertaining for me, with my soft piano pieces tunes after that. That is second to the beach, the heavens on earth for me as I call it :> Joy for me is just like that, simple and pure, down to earth. And all is natural :) I love nature! It's free, like the forest, the beach and my garden too, of course :) better than diamonds, most definitely. And these stones are very expensive. You're in fashion but broke, not good if you ask me :) It will make your head spin around in a 360 angle, laughs. A dizzying dunk will come after that, not unless you truly own the universe of course, then it's just peanuts for you, laughs. For you are the King of Moolah, would you believe that? laughs.

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So guys, won't it be this the so called perfect present for your sweetie pie?... (^_~) ... I think so :>

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A multi-colored beauty indeed, as in multi-pics and as in multi-mixed... words wise as well, err, I meant color wise :) Hope no lowly creature will poke fun on this happy rose. Oh well, but it's alright as long as it will be given as a gift of love to their love ones, right? But will they do that? that is the question, laughs. But no kidding this rose is a joy to behold... So to all Jays and Janes pls. take note :>

Yesterday...in a whisper...

Fireflies so playful at dusk on this starless moonlight night
flickering, slowly edging beside, coming straight,
flying steadily flapping, wings circling, quietly buzzing beneath
into one's ears and eyes

Night dimly lit in darkness, light in a flash
quick, sudden as in a second, no time to adjust
only a mere fleeting glimpse just a glance
only a missing memory in our minds and hearts

Full of shadows, unburned torch
eyes felt heavy as a heart is torn
as black clouds over cast opened up
as raindrops escaped, tears began to drop

Over a shadowy ghost at the back,
of a temporary spirit finding its way out,
just to be covered by the steadily falling rain,
just to vanish like a shadow and never to be seen again...

As Dionne Warwick sings of the rain in whispers, as it happened yesterday, in a dream, in that pouring rain...

Memories, the favorites...

As a strap gone wild, the bottom pic, just don't click me to enlarge :) a birthday shot, in pink, in smiles, in thoughts and relaxed. That's me with a pink rose, the favorites. Ugly as they are, but it's me, covered, for it's better that way, laughs. So I can't say enough my thanks to this gizmo... the ugly can hide in it, laughs. Truly, but who cares really? only me :> and I got that one right :)