Tuesday, June 26, 2012

let's take the high road


it was a long and winding road
but it's worth all the effort
it's a curve with dust and mud
with nights without the moon
and here we are standing
tall at God's home

you can bribe and you can hide
but facing the music is a better route
after all when you win
you can dance with the stars
you can sing with the lark
and your conscience is bright...

malate church...



above is malate church today taken by me april, 2012 :) and below is the same church painted by the great amorsolo years ago. very beautiful...

Sunday, June 24, 2012

if we are living, we belong to God...



roses are the flowers for the virgin mary. i have quite a few of them in bloom right now :)

if we are living
we should open our doors
to the calling
to the right path
to the bright side of life

for if we die
all we have done
is to add up to the
burdens of life
to the sufferings of mankind

you've painted your road
with the grays, with the blacks
and with the blues
where have the reds and the pinks
where have you hidden them both

where are the smiles and the laughter
i'm tired of looking for them
i'm tired of the gloom and doom
for life is not long
these will only make it more short

i want the stars to dance at night
i want the melodies of the fireflies
and their flickering light
to lead me to the roses of life

where happiness hides
where there are no dreams
but realities and the truth
no illusions, no games
but real play
for time goes

I'd like to believe
that i'm one of those lucky persons
who held the keys
that would open the world
to the garden of joys...

within a few months we will be voting for our choice of our president here. politics is a sport, a game. but the outcome in politics has a serious consequence in our daily lives. barack obama or mitt romney, a 250 million worth multi-millionaire who was born here in my state but now lives somewhere else with a multi million dollar vacation home in california with a second floor garage. one who was in my shoes once and the other who seemed like a good guy but whose life is opposite to mine. the choice should not be that difficult. for who could better understand you than the person who was once in your shoes...

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

water paradise...




that is what patar beach is...lots of us are truly magnetized by ocean fronts as each of us has a story to tell. each of us has our own roads to travel. it is not how luxurious that experience is but it is how it enriched our lives in the process. we value our once in a lifetime journey for we all have one gift of life to spend on that journey. to others life is handed on a silver platter while to most of us life is doled out in cast iron plates. we all have our own devices, we have our own intelligence to help us wade and deter all the obstacles life has to offer, may you be rich or poor. you will be surprised that the rich and the privileged are not immune to the bumps of life. bumpy rides with drugs, drinks, booze and smokes to name a few and sometimes it can only be the waves of the ocean that can prevent them from continuing this grasp to these addicting habits. maybe for a short period of time, until that boat docks, then that body craves and yearn to have that one more fix, that one more drink, that one more puff... now guys and gals we know you are living life to the fullest but don't you think you could live life more fuller when your mind and body are free from these addictions? just a thought. pardon if i hit your road, but just saying it as it is...(^&*)...

Sunday, June 10, 2012

what is fun...


lights, lilies and petals... grasses, lanterns, little girls and lads... one of my favorite art of john singer sargent :)

little humans, little friends
innocent creations of the world
go and enjoy life it make sense
for time passes like a jet

before we knew it the tree is tall
giving shelter for us all
where cardinals sing their happy tunes
as safari goers rest and fall

a cycle of life, a dream dust
living life when the sea is vast
swimming silently as the night passes
where did time go, it went so fast...

let's do what make us thrive, smile and laugh. life is short, let's create memories that will last...

 
lady agnew by john singer sargent... beautiful lady, let's see that non demonic smile :) we are here now in this beautiful paradise. maybe a reincarnated john singer sargent of our century will make that happen for us... for life without a smile is just not what we want :>

Saturday, June 9, 2012

reflections...

life is about reflections as we ponder about our daily existence. life is still a mystery even though how hard we stretch our minds and our imaginations. we do not even know for sure about our true origins as we are fed by our faith or by our own religion and by science with their own theories of how we got here. all we know is that time ticks every single day. as it ticks the seasons change, our bodies get older no exceptions. we fade like the flowers that we plant. our life is just a matter of a length of time. as every breath that we take is just a matter of seconds or in so many years if we are blessed. in between there are emotions to think about, like hate and love...the image above is my favorite art of JSS, click here for his complete works  these exceptional images were painted more than a century ago. he is gone but his works will remain forever with us to be viewed and admired worldwide. i am thankful to have come across and viewed his beautiful creations. i do not know much about art but i know that his paintings are pretty special...top art is by JSS :)

reflections...

as i see you in the mirror
now you are so old
as i wash my face in the river
the wrinkles come so close

that clock has ruined my days
as i traveled the roads of life
the paper thin skin
is sagging past and fast

when i was younger
the sun is always bright
but the days grew shorter
and the nights had overcome

as dawn is edging closely
i count the fading stars
as the morning took over
another hair is white

when i look back at that mirror
shall i thank God?, yes i will
for He always smiled at me
so generously and so kind :)

Thursday, June 7, 2012

life is a gift and a dose of the real...


the look and feel of life. it is vast and in billions if we count earth's population. the queen of England had just celebrated her diamond jubilee. 60 years at the throne. at first i thought why do we have to care. but seeing the happiness of her subjects she must have done right in spite of her very rare smile. she was known to be stingy of this free uplifting sign that we humans can dole out if we're happy and lucky and even those that are not but are positive in their outlook of life...the queen rarely smile they say but not during her 60th jubilee celebration for she was all smiles. 85 years old and 91 years old is the age of her husband. life lived to the fullest and i bet without regrets. so many of us are deprived and abandoned, unloved and unkempt. so many of us are tired and are wondering why so many were given the short end of the stick. life is not a bed of roses. life is a continuous struggle from dusk to dawn. some are lucky to break out of the mold but some are just not. life is what we make it to some but life is what is doled out to others as life is not a pleasant experience to a lot of us. we wonder why. we wonder if it is planned and we will never know the answer. like the mysteries that surround our lives, the mystery of what will tomorrow may bring. all we know is life is timed, life can be taken away at any moment and here we are acting like life will have no end, sounds very familiar...

here is Jesus painted by Steve Penley...the color used evens out the sadness depicted in this artwork. i love it :) for i am for the positive side of life... Jesus, we believe and trust in you :)