i am a pet lover :)

our cat hisoka saya is truly living the good life, laughs...vacation makes me break my blogging habit. returning home made me realize more that america is really fun, second is the philippines :) you compare the rest rooms in the 2 airports and the feeling you get in and out of the airports here and there is quite different. really there is so much chaos in pinas plus some foreign tourists are missing if traveling alone once they arrived in manila's airport...go figure that out... here you can feel the order of how a first rate country operates. sad to say that the difference in the two countries is quite staggering. when will the philippines can catch up kaya for i am losing hope...

a very powerful symbol of love...

death has become you...

with the wails and woes of humanity
here you are pinned on the cross
with the burdens of our sins
you carried with grace, joy and resolve

life is but short
even God dies
even God folds

only to be resurrected
and reborn
only to claim victory
and the throne...

first came birth and then death to redeem mankind's sin. a very powerful sign of Jesus' love for us :) ash wednesday is a reminder that from dust we came so to dust we shall all return someday. to some at a very young age, ergo you have your youth today but you really don't have your life time on earth in the palms of your hands for we will all die and we do not know if it is sooner or if you are blessed and lucky it will be later that you'll bid goodbye. so to some lucky ones it could be a century of living... me i am hoping to live to be 100 years young, laughs, pls. God give it to me for my disabled son's sakes...(^&*)...

let this lenten season be a reminder of the fragility of life. let's live it to be as happy as we could ever make it. it is a challenge. but with God's grace nothing is impossible :) after all He is "the truth and the life" meaning He gives us life and the truths in our lives, all you have to do is believe it :)... above art is the Crucifixion by Mantegna, one of the best art that was ever made in my opinion and second best are the art of Mr. John Singer Sargent :) ...pls. click above image for finer details and click the highlighted link for the best ever paintings that were ever produced by a genius :)

hope is an eternal spring...

we always wait for the sun rise
when the night is long and hot
we always dream of a star's trap
every time the black night comes

as an iris rises amidst the cold ice
this flower spreads its petals
then a sweet scent of perfume
is unmasked as the hope of life pumps

so many dark forces dent our paths
so many dukes their spades of lies
but as we know that God is the light
we never worry for Satan dies

as light triumphantly casts
its rays drowning those dark abyss
as we open our eyes for another day
hope will sing and color our way

yes in spite of life's curves
hurled at constant pace
hope is the optimist's weapon
as we travel and as we pray

life tomorrow should be better
as the red cardinal tweets
as its shiny feather dances and sways
at the branches of my evergreen tree :)

without hope
we have no inspiration
without hope
we have no gasoline to fuel our toys

without hope
our horizon is doomed
without hope
what we have is nothing for sure...

so guys and gals let's keep on dreaming, let's keep on hoping and let's keep on loving :) for if hate wins, we've lost, if hate wins we've froze, if hate wins our world is silent and the music is off... so let love wins...(^_~)... seek forgiveness, make up with our love ones, i know it is easier said than done, but no choice, right?...(^&*)... for life is short and it is not for us to play with. we return it when God wants it back... so let's keep on smiling and living in spite of the tears :) for that is just common sense... joy is what we make ourselves and joy is what we needed to spread to others... it's not a coincidence that the music now is "Joy" by Giovanni, cool :) we need to be happy for one more time the sun rises for us to celebrate life...

the difference between a sunrise and a sunset is...the sky is clearer in a sunrise for maybe the clouds are absent still so there are not much orangy color in a sunrise because the clouds are not formed yet and the sun's rays reflection create those orangy spots that we see on a sunset... i maybe right but i maybe wrong but that's what i believe :)

love in circles...

when one is supposed to be in love happiness should be the result which usually is. but as we look around love birds are happy today but wait until tomorrow the sky is blue. so love is not immune to grief, sadness and heavy hearts. people die one reason so your love, muse, or partner departs. then a few managed to fell in love with some younger amores. ex. demi and maybe you :) sadly it doesn't last for eternity, but so is love birds of the same age living in the same generation. i'm pretty sure that there are unions that survived the challenges of love whatever the circumstances they came to unite as there are unions that won't. it is maybe in the maturity, in the intensity and truthfulness of that love that these love birds share. temptations abound. illusions like magic are just like in the movie world that is full of acting. so it is not real. if there is real love i think it should survive the test of time :) and of course it is better to have fallen in love even if the end is a mess than to not have loved at all... i am really non judgemental to whoever anyone had fallen in love with. i am happy if people are happy. and there is no one to blame if love did not succeed for there is not real love that had existed in the first place so it failed... for some love works and some don't... no matter what their age is :> although it is really advisable to love your own kind all the way for lesser problems but in some rare cases love survives even in the hot desert of the sahara, laughs, yes that is a metaphor :) ... so guys and gals take your chance in love for love is better than hate. if there is a reason better than this, i will be truly surprised :) and if you fell in love no one should call you stupid for who knows if they are in your shoes they might probably will do too as well... so mind your own business should be directed to these people, laughs. really love is very complicated. if you found love then nurture it. love is like a plant, it will die when not watered and cultivated... that simple :) and i think love if it's phony it won't never succeed...(^&*)... let time rides its course, if love is true it will reveal itself at the end :)  in the mean time let's not feast on other people's love business, laughs. but seriously there is a bible passage that goes like this: Matthew 7:1 "Do not judge, or you too will be judged...

Autism Speaks...

Autism, a Robber in Broad Daylight

How do you feel when it's dark all day
How do you see if nothing lights your way
How do you do your chores
How do you cook and clean
Tell me, how, in the absence of the sun

Will you see at night when the moon is gone
Will the stars above have that enough shine
Will the owls, the fox, or the dog can dance
Will the cat, the cow or the rat can run
Tell me, if you can see shadows in the dark

Why does a child can't read or write
Why does a boy can't play with a ball
Why does a girl can't play with a doll
Why do some kids can't ride a two wheel bike
Tell me, why, some children can't understand

Do you sing and dance with them
Do you smile and laugh with them
Do you do their jobs for them
Do you, can you, tell them what to do
Tell me how to open up a tight igloo

Autism, with that mind altering bug
Robbing a child's intelligence once
Permanently erasing memory lane
No sun, no mornings, no moon, no dreams...

michael, my special boy do not even know what a door, "window" or TV meant. he has no interest in such things...but there is a consolation, he knows how to swim like a fish better than you and me :)

and did you know that my special son taught me the most important lessons about life than anyone could ever do. first i learned to be humble and thankful with what i have in this life. looking at him everyday i am reminded about the gift of being a normal person, my gift of speech, michael cannot speak except for mama and for that alone i am thankful. now i am more compassionate to families with the same predicament like i have. it is true that you won't know how a person feels not unless you are in their shoes. i learned how to be sensitive to other people's feelings, most of the time, i admit :) i learned to be more prayerful and to rely on my faith for strength to carry on with life of abnormality because i am different, i have a special, retarded, autistic child...but most importantly i learned that mentally challenged people are human beings as well. they need love and care and being a part of their lives is a gift and a chance to serve God in this life...St. Michael is the angel that protects the kingdom of God from the devil...and may i say that in our household, the devil is always on the look out for we have Michael :) though the real lesson here is how life's trials turned me into a better person...although that is just the tip of the iceberg here so to speak. with or without life's tribulations, life has limits, in seconds or in one hundred years this if we are blessed enough. this knowledge alone that we won't be here in this life forever is itself an incentive to act reasonably better or be a much nicer human being. we don't even need to be a genius to figure that out. but as usual what do we do? we make other people's lives miserable and difficult as if there are not enough burdens that these people have to bear or carry in their shoulders already, just my keen observation...nobody is perfect, except God. you might have been blessed financially, born without defect, granted some very exceptional talent that you can't take with you when you die... but these do not give you the right to speak, use your God given talent to oppress your fellow men...my take :) ...just something to keep in mind as we live our borrowed lives in this ever changing but beautiful planet earth :)

last night at work a co-worker was worried about having wrinkles but i told her that i will trade lots of wrinkles for a miracle making michael a normal child...i'm always told that i am aging gracefully, laughs. well, maybe because of the special climate here, or the camera is kind, or they are blind...(^&*)...i want to live for more than a century because of michael or else i've lived enough. i have experienced a lot in life already and i'm convinced that i am truly blessed. it started with an image of our mother of perpetual help when i was young at my side of the wall in our humble abode then. i was always helped, looked at, spared, saved at pinagpala since the very beginning so i can not ask for more... but no i am asking now that i will win the lotto, not for me but for all the down throddens in this world that i could touch with that much money. it will pretty sure makes my life busier, more colorful, more happier and more fulfilled...will this happen, only God knows but there is always nothing wrong with having hope...(^_~)...my life won't be just a ride to nowhere if ever...plus i will stop blogging by then :> as if anybody cared. but i knew no one does...

favorite videos :)

i always visit my past postings. they bring happiness to me...(^_~)...maybe i will make a video of me and saya in the future...(^&*)...a big maybe :>

slums in our midst

my house is silent but loud, my dreams are as damp and cold as the water that surrounds. my life is stripped of hope, my wish is for someone to notice my dirty and dusty road.

my clothes hang loosely to dry, my roof is patched and old, my food is stale and just leftovers i begged at dawn, my love ones are suffering, sick, and tired to the bones.

my eyes can't see the light, my head aches and full of thorns, my hair is filled with grime, my clothes tattered and torn, my body is tired and lost, my thin hands tremble with the cold as the rain falls and drops from those holes.

my house is unsteady and sways with the wind, my pillows are hastily patched with unwanted fabrics scattered around. my blanket smells like rotten rats, unwashed for weeks, life is hard.

so many of us live around like this
so many of us suffer silently in agony
so many of us are drained and doomed
so many of us needs help but are totally ignored...

we all have just one life to live. imagine living it in poverty...no it's not crocodile tears, i'm pretty sure if you cry for the poor that one must be true to your heart...i'm inclined to believe...(^&*)...but no one knows for sure really except you and God :)...all we can do is judge you by your actions of helping the disadvantaged, the downtrodden, the poor, the hungry and the likes not your words or tears :)...for so much lies happen in our lives. so much blinding fakes to make us fall into make believe worlds that do not exist. action speaks louder that words. so if you stick to this mantra you will know the truth :) you will be able to screen the play from the acts...and you will know the real...

compared to the rest of goodbyes, goodbye to poverty is never a sad time...

tunes and blooms...

they make us pause, they make us smile and reminisce about life... these are pink roses from my garden, one nice summer. cute, don't you think :) one reason gardening is an excellent hobby... take it from me :>



a new day came after the darkest dawn...

after all the black eagle's crew
came the red cardinal's row
whistling, chirping
dancing and dangling
at the branches
of my evergreen
at my window

what a refreshing sight to see
with its bright color
red to reign
as my blood rise
to welcome a new dawn
in this earth of
so many failed dreams

one bird, a cardinal's chirp
playing softly
as the wind blows
at this pine's
needles' bed
first and front
lively and bright

o cardinal, you could
be a Christmas delight
the bird of Christ
red with charm
bringer of good luck
for dawn is here
a new day has come

goodbye to the past
let's rise and shine
a new beginning
is begging to be done
as a new path
is drawn for us
by our own loving God :)

some people are atheist and non-believers of the existence of God. in our short timed life on earth the worst thing ever for a creation to do is not to recognize his creator. his life would suffer in consequence for i firmly believe that we can't go on living just by our own. there is a God who is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient. this is the key to a much more fulfilled and happier life :) plus of course, express your love to the object of your affection. if not you will lose them for how would they know that they are loved? they are not God for one, laughs. and yes, give love to receive love, always. the main reason that we lost our muses or love is, they believed that they are not loved anymore so ergo it's our own fault actually. now that is one epiphany, take it from me, laughs for i could be a love guru. love is an affection. it can be lost when not taken care of. now guys and gals take this as a lesson learned in this blog :) remember show your love so it could be felt by him or her, again that is the key...(^_~)...or else your life will be dark not light...(^&*)...and we wouldn't want that for love makes the world go round, right? laughs. oh well.

there are so many saints that have dedicated their lives to God and to their fellowmen. their examples are eye openers. but there are so many wasted lives whose deaths could have made a dent or importance. now the question is, will our own life now could be maneuvered so our own death sooner or later could be programmed so people would say, his or her life had meaning instead of it was meaningless. ergo, playing games in our lifetime is a waste. you think you have plenty of time but on the contrary life is being shortened in every breath that we take...

last all saint's day J.C. and me went to the shrine of our little flower church to light a candle for my dad, and the late husband of my benefactor and for all those that went before us. it was 6:30 PM then and when we got out of church i looked up in the sky and there was the smiley moon. as if it was my dad smiling at me in heaven. yes papang, i did all my best for you to be proud of me :> even if it meant sadness for me. you knew, God knew and that's all it matters...

shake and grind baby :) nov. '09

entertainment by the road side. folksy, lovely and lively. taken on our way to patar beach. i love it!

the winds of change

but actually change is everyday as life is a lot of circles of movements. the season changes as life changes. we grow old as we move on... from one partner to the next. from one muse to another muse... but one is constant, the music must remain even if all the girls had left... i thought this would be a nice holy week hiatus intermission :) above image is taken after a sunset. i took this inside a running vehicle on our way back to manila from the province Nov. '09... i think the journey on most of our trips is almost as beautiful as our destination. so maybe we could drive a little slower to enjoy the view, just a thought... this is if you are one of the blessed, lucky bunch who was given the privilege to be able to travel, to savor what is out there maybe because of your job, life's status or simply your destiny to be able to explore and visit places that others just can't...so why waste your God given gift... make the most of it and share it to the world :)

is it a sunset or a sunrise...

as i open my window drape there you are
i was asleep and i can't even tell if it's day or night
the memories had left me and my mind is blank
as i try to figure out what is that scene in front of my eyes

are you a sunrise or a sunset that is so beautiful that i can cry
are you a pasted painting on the horizon that i can't reach and grab
an elusive beauty so indelible that forever will be etched in time
i want to have you constantly every time i wake up anywhere anytime

but sadly you are owned by mother nature a teaser in disguise
only a temporary display in the sky that changes every moment in time
so i have to wait for another morning or another night
just to have you again, just to experience you again

but that is fine...

are you a sunrise or a sunset
still i can't figure that out
but maybe when i can answer
that question if it's day or night
i might have the elusive answer
but now i am totally in a bind...

though maybe when there is a compass in my hands
it will tell me where's the west so that's a sunset
and a sunrise always comes in the east
every morning of our lives

but in a picture or in an image
where there's no direction that you can find
you are left in a guessing game
like asking your muse, do you love me or not...

Valentine's Day

Muse, bid the morn awake,
Sad winter now declines,
Each bird doth choose a mate,
This day's St. Valentine's.

-Charles, Duke of Orleans, French poet (1394-1465)



love could be so sweet
but love can be as sour
as a tamarind sometimes

love could be as red
as the sky when the sun
rises and cast its rays

but love could be as dark
as a moonless night
without the stars

without the sun
that brings us light
the days can be a dud

love is like that
dead and silent
as the night

but love can be alive
as a singing lark
when you're around

touching my hands
keeping me warm
in your heart...

love, the beatle's way :)...how sweet that sir paul mccartney sang this for his new wife :)  a very romantic beatle indeed :> yes, the many faces of love. this is his third :)

"i will always love you" originally written and sang by dolly parton but whitney houston owned it as many have said because she made it a very popular song all over the world when she used it as the soundtract of her movie, "the bodyguard" with kevin costner... ah love you make us crazy and insane sometimes, laughs. in contrast of the two versions, dolly's is low key while whitney's take is a blast :) but somehow i like dolly's take better...(^&*)... simple, clear... and heartbreaking...

life's precious lessons...

i will always love you, whitney houston..."goodbye and please don't cry". may you rest in peace whitney. you've left us with incredible music. just sad that at 48 you'll have to go. drugs, music and love. they are a lethal mix. she'd been given a gift by God of a voice that made people remember her and made her financially well off but she lost it all for drugs destroyed it just like that. after being introduced by this devil through her husband as the story have it her career went tumbling down. she could never reached those high notes again which she did before her drug use. let this be a lesson that life is very short and fleeting already, let's treasure it, cherish it. and by all means let's live our lives worthy of our God... no drugs, no alcohol drinks, no bad decisions like associating with people of this devil habit for it will certainly drag you down like what this bad concoction had done to whitney. what a waste of a talent, a waste of a life that went out of the road. we loved her no matter what. but let it be a hard lesson learned here. i'd like it to be the example that substance abuse, either in drug use, alcoholic drinks, or smoking nicotine is just not acceptable because of its sad and bad consequences in people's lives... you know who you are so i hope you'll make that effort to change your ways for your love ones but most importantly for your own very self. yes, your life is yours to waste but would you like to be remembered like whitney. i'm pretty sure that if she was given one more chance to live cleanly, she'll choose this route... so for you it is not too late yet and you can do it :) let's show them that. there is no greater satisfaction in life than the feeling of having overcome obstacles... we have all our own demons to conquer and we know that. the real challenge is not to let satan win at the end...(^&*)... and let's remember always to live our lives worthy of our God... life is short, let's make it matter, let's make it smile :) ...so let's love our God first, our selves second then loving humanity in general. let's give love everyday even if it hurts :>  it's fun and it will make you smile, i hope, laughs... no kidding it did to me. for loving people that hates you is the hardest thing to do in life but it can be done. just close your eyes and picture Jesus on the cross saying for you why not... never mock anyone, never flush them in the toilet out of your life, never try to imitate others out of contempt for them, never drink beer, laughs, for you gonna be into that hole for life not a hole called manila but you being drawn in that hole of bad habits and disappointments. money can't buy us love for love just happens and it is free :)...happy valentines day you all, hope it will be a great one...(^_~)... though sad that other love birds may not have that kind of great celebration for break ups in relationships occur as often as days turn into nights. i dunno, but it shows that love comes and goes. love is fickle as it is blind like the whitney's love story and it is a very rare occasion that love survives the test of time though it happens. if you have that kind of love and luck in your life you are very blessed, indeed. so pls.do not forget to thank God for it :)

love and music is a pretty good mix :)

a not so trivial thing...Beyonce and her hubby Jay Z's new bundle of joy named Blue Ivy Carter had an eye popping gift from her parents. hmn, did you know that there is this gorgeous "Le Bleu, Anguilla beach resort in the Caribbean with one mind boggling tropical beauty, maybe this rich power couple had been there before because that place caters only to the higher 1% laughs, and named their child bleu er blue, oh well. who for God's sake will name their kid blue especially it is a girl pa... translation, a sad plant that must be a boy? carter is a boy's name diba? i'm very sorry beyonce but this is just one nobody's opinion. glad that she would never read this :) tho' i love how she sings, it is pretty good :> so whatever comment expressed in this private blog in short it does not matter, laughs. it is really the gossip in my work that they bought their new bundle of joy a whopping and jaw dropping baby cradle worth 750,000 grand. wow talk about extravagance... and my co workers are not happy...

let me see, i am working on my math here. we could feed gazillions of homeless people with that moolah. we can send many poor but intelligent students to college. yup we can also help those who really do not have the capacity to endure the challenges of higher learning aka less endowed students with brain cells, there are also vocational schools for them to attend and we can fund that as well. plus we can build countless houses in pinas for the needy and the list goes on and on... but since beyonce sang that one sweet song titled "At Last" for the Obama's then, maybe we can give her a pass. it's their money after all... but now guys and gals will you consider buying your future blue ivy carter maybe a diamond laden cradle which she or he could not even appreciate yet... think about that PLZ... even if you are a couple with a net worth of 750 million in USD... let's chase away the blues with that kind of money for a lot of down throddens instead... yes, the road not usually taken...

love

love is when i wake up
and you're there by my side
love is when i'm down
and you try to pick me up

when most of the rivers
have all dried out
and when the stars
never twinkle at night

you sent me a message of care
and you're always prompt
you turn my dark days into
a light of the golden rising sun

you never miss to say hi
and to say what's up
there is the love that
will end till the end of time

for absence is not love
silence is death
and goodbye

for love is presence
love is a smile in person
love is you and i...

see, i can certainly whip up something for valentines day...(^&*)... even how bad it is... but happy love day to all of you soon :) hope you'll feel it. hope you'll experience it and hope you'll treasure it forever...

the president is in our state today, his motorcade and speech :)

i love you mr. president :) for you are the president of the middle class, the struggling and the shrinking population here in the U.S. remember all those thousands of manufacturing jobs that had moved to china? yes, i will vote for you this november for you deserve my vote :> you are looking out for us...hence you light up our lives, like those who loves us do and God does :)

next comes the love month :)

as love ebbs and wanes
years roll
as likes and hates battle
the sun boils

i love you today
but hope it will stay
as the clock works its dial
i may not when dawn turns into day

it will really be dependent
on how you treat me right
for love leaves
when sadness starts...

how true that love like life has its beginning and its ending. it is just a rare chance when you found a gem of a pearl in those millions of oysters clustered in the ocean... good luck :) when you are in love smile wins over pouts as there are always rainbows when the rain stops... (^_~)...

and the yearly black nazarene procession in quiapo is quite an spectacle. i've never seen devotees sooo dedicated that it took 22 hours for people to finish the said procession. people are hurt in stampedes at some point and with no portable toilets or restrooms available for public use, people just peed all over the route i guess and what can you expect, some smelly roads existed as a result. an estimated more than 2 million devotees had participated. this count itself is a testament to our undying faith. although something should be done to cut the time and maybe some portable toilets around the route could be placed. i wonder if the city could limit the number of participants in this procession for public safety. there are 365 days anyhow, or 366 days if it's a leap year :) for us to go and visit, show our love and affection to the black nazarene naman diba? i'm sure He will understand if you are not there...

since the love month is next some may wonder what should be the key for a love to last until death when lovers depart this earth. for one, love must not be an illusion. second, love must have trust. third, love should not hurt the beloved :) ... there you go guys and gals, that simple, really ...(^&*)...

it looks like mitt romney, born in detroit, is well on his way to winning the republican nomination as their candidate to face or challenge barack obama this coming november for the position of the next president of the united states. really a very nice man, very rich and very qualified to be the next president. with 24 million americans unemployed these people needed all the help that they could get be it who the next president is and that could be a reality if the democrats will hold the 3 positions of power here. the presidency, the house of senate and the house of congress. when this fall into place legislation to create jobs will be approved with no opposition from the other party. i think the american people needed to vote wisely, i do :) but as what we have now is gridlock for the house of congress is held by republicans... i love politics, i learn a lot about life through it, the bad and the good... yeah, i am failing on my new year's resolution and you think that i did not know that, laughs. i am a political junkie so pls. blame it on that. but who cares really, i knew of no one, so...

and enjoying a MJ joint is friendly to the lungs, i read that somewhere. there must be cheating in that study. for it will make the lung to be addicted to this smoke and it is the start or the first step to doing more drugs like crack, cocaine, crystal meth and the list goes on. even vicodins, percocets and etc. are so addicting that lives are being ruined because of them. people could not function as a decent human being because they are under the influence of these devils in disguise as recreational stuffs. let's be wise shall we? let's not ruin our one and only God given gift we all call life ...(^&*)... so if you are a closet addict pls. seek help, stop this very bad habit first for your own good and for your family and love ones. imagine na lang what kind of hell you're putting them through... i know you can't help it but that is your challenge, pls. strive to be a winner in life, in this case your very own life. stand against things that will surely put you down and be a survivor for people to look up to and be proud of. you stumbled but you've learned to get up. and that my friend is one tough act to follow :) so go show them that it can be done, that you could be a winner and that should start, now :)

in our daily grind...

for most of us it is life on the move. we start with nothing special than doing our daily routines. what moves our boats and what makes us tick. how can we make our lives count. as we all know some people before us had made their contributions by inventing, doing philanthropic works, creating ways and means for people to live longer, healthier and happier. as human beings we all need to connect with our inner selves and begin to develop a path in our lives. keeping the wholesome and shedding the baggage that just carry us down the drain of the unhappy abyss as we try to live our lives like this 106 years stock broker, mr. irving kahn :) i wonder if i will be 100 years old with lots of God's grace of course :> how old will you be by then? 

last week i listened to this MD's formula of calculating our real age  no matter what our biological age is. it is very interesting to know that a smoker and a drinker seemed to age older than those who are older in their chronological or biological age who do not have these habit. so ergo how young we really are in this case depends on our lifestyle choices... is it time for us to make some adjustments? i for sure will try to tweak a little here and there, hope you too as well :) and since looking at patar beach makes me smile, motivated and of course stress free, this image tops in my album. who knows that when i am 100 years old, i could still appreciate the ocean or the sea with its forever eternal magic :)

and here's my favorite christmas nativity image taken by JC in his cell phone this xmas at the shrine of the little flower church... wonderfully cool :)

as new years are fresh starts, giving gifts...

are symbols of our love and our affections. we all have given gifts in any form so we all have shown our love for each other like what the three wise kings have done. the difference is, least that they knew that they are giving gifts to the gift himself and the most holy and the wisest of them all :)...wall painting of the visitation of the three wise men in a wall of a catholic church in England... a very holy and a very beautiful work of art, artist unknown. it seemed like this is a labor of love and a gift done anonymously. credits to be given only by God, who sees all and knows all... great :) ...now i will try to get some blogging sleep if i can ...(^&*)... speak to me of love in piano by richard clayderman, receiving love after all is a lot better than receiving hate... thanks a lot guys and gals for your visits... and thanks to you specially for your visits. we might not have true friends, unlucky sometimes, absence of joy is more than its presence, life is a gift however it is presented to us. we must adjust and ride with the tide, be it be rough, smooth or in between. for sooo many did not even see the light of day and were killed in their mother's womb, intentionally by uncaring moms. angels forgotten on earth but they are angels sent by God. may you have the blessings and grace that God can only give. may you have the happiness and joy that you seemed to have missed... see you, hopefully and thank you for reconnecting :) regards to your love ones and happy b-day soon. cheers!

and the best way to start the new year is to watch the annual "Rose Parade" or other known as the tournament of the roses where amazing flowers decorate gorgeous floats that are on parade in Pasadena, California. best dressed people, bands and music, corporate america such as banks and car manufacturers are present to display their beautiful floats as marching bands all over the U.S. and from friendly countries provide the music in this very lovely and scenic parade. maybe in the future i could be there in person :) that would be truly a smile bringer for me... care to watch it now? tune in at HGTV, home and garden TV channel where ever you are... enjoy :> and the grand marshall is J.R. Martinez, the war veteran who suffered facial damage from a bomb when he served in the Iraqi war and of course the winner of the dancing with the stars this season, cool :) plus other countries have their entries as well competing for the president's trophy which Indonesia won this time as china won the international trophy... the theme this year is "imagine" like that john lennon song. hmn, so close your eyes and imagine that you will get what you want this year...(^&*)... but the best part is the surfing dog. yup, a surfing dog inside a float with 66 gallons of H2O in it. no, i'm not imagining that. in fact i'm watching it :) yes, there is no parade anywhere in the world greater and better, nothing tops this rose parade, 123rd this year... there is international participation and tourists all over the world come to watch it, a big wow, indeed :)

and NASA said that 12-21-2012 is not an apocalyptic day after all, now smile :)

2012 it's yours :)

Patar, now...

Patar, then... i'm welcoming 2012 with an ocean view :) i truly envy the obamas, our first family here for they are at present enjoying the beautiful hawaiian beaches and all i can do is to look at this phil. beach called patar, just a picture of it i took a few years back, one nostalgic vacation time... what a sad new year thought. but the smiley moon made up for my grim and dark reverie. it's alright... as if it knows that i love the beach, on christmas day sooo many beautiful beaches were shown around the world, the best of them all... patar is just one small slice of these water wonders but it's okay it is the nearest to our place in the province. you don't have to ride a plane going to boracay, indonesia or palawan. just a little more than 30 min. drive so i'll take that anytime :) the beach is public so you don't have to spend loads of cash just to enjoy a beach, that is just perfect for me :> and Jesus' holiday will end soon with the feast of the 3 kings. it went that fast and it's new year again. the time when resolutions are made and are meant to be broken. but let's make our goal count and by that i meant stick so we can truly have a happy new year :) mine? to slow down on my blogging, laughs. yeah, easy to say but it is very tricky to do...(^&*)... so pls. wish me luck :)

in love, we win some and we lose some and i'm not talking mostly about hot love here, laughs. it could be friendships as well. as the world turns over the brain cells turn over as well. it digests, mulls, deciphers and concludes and just like that there is change. now if you lose a love by any means as in their very true personality is suddenly exposed, maybe they are gay and has been hiding in the closet, or he or she is not a good human being, ex. sexy on the outside but bitchy on the inside, laughs, oh well. you should be thankful because as the days moved over their true skin was exposed... of our muses, loves, one and only, lovey dovey or whatever you may wanna call them :)... i remember an interview in the past that one man's greatest fear was to lose his muse and sadly this came true? then maybe he could live or spend the rest of his life getting her back? or in regrets... would it be a waste? IF he is true to his word that it was really his greatest fear :) then maybe as well in his darkest hour as we move on into a new year, the sadness of the memories and the loss still is a cloud hanging over his head. how can we really have a happy new year in this case...

what is your greatest fear...

is it when the sun
won't rise again in the east
and paint a colorful view of the sunset

is it when the sky
is always black and the blue
yonder had disappeared in your sight

or is it when you lose a love one
who was always by your side
in your dreams at night

what is really one man's greatest fear...

is it the end of life as we know it
and suddenly there is silence all around us
with no music, no laughter and no smiles

or is it aging in dramatic fashion
when the wrinkles had taken over
and the sagging skin is now what we have

to a holy person it might be losing his faith
to an almighty God above us who is
omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent

but to all of us, i think, it is really
losing a love one, a muse, a rock
in times that we feel so down and out

losing faith in humanity as we interact
losing zest for life for all it became a drag
colorless, soundless and bland

but as the new year comes
let's move on with heads high
goodbye to the past with old doors shut

hello to the future, which is bright and light
opening doors after all is filled with magic
and anticipation of what lies ahead in front of us :)

may all our sadness vanish away as the new year draws closer and closer... this poem was inspired by the smiley moon i saw last night :) on my way to work...

let us be a gift and a joy to one another :)

what is really the joy of Christmas? JESUS is the answer for HE is the gift given to us by GOD our Father from up above who was sent by Him to redeem our sins...

what is or who is really the joy of Christmas?

is it the present under your tree
which is covered with sparkling
colorful paper filled with xmas glee
or is it the Christmas decorations
hanging on the malls at the store
that you visit frequently
what is really the spirit of this holiday
is it the camaraderie of relatives
in get together that we seldom see...

as i look around and ponder
the meaning of this yuletide season
i have an answer

the joy of Christmas is Jesus plus you and me
us all together in this world given a chance
one more year to be alive
to celebrate, to savor and to show our love
to extend our hands to one another
and never ever give up
for if all have departed around us
who is there left by our side?
only Jesus and those love ones
who always cared and whose hearts are truly for us :)
for those that truly loved us never leaves
never go and never forsakes us, right:?

Jesus is always the joy and the gift not only of the season but in everyday of our lives :)  above art, "the visit of the magi" is from the www, artist unknown... the feast of the 3 kings or the 3 wise men who visited Jesus and gave gifts to the wisest of them all will end the festive Christmas season until the earth will revolve again and will pass this same route at this time of year next year. this if you are a non believer of the Mayan calendar which ended mysteriously on 12-21-2012. maybe they just vanished or all of them died suddenly in a natural catastrophe that's why they weren't able to continue plotting their calendar? we really do not know for sure. yes, one theory is they did that purposely to signal the end of the world as we know it and all we have today are the ruins of their magnificent structures standing as a testament of their existence then... why on earth that their civilization just vanished like that and their buildings abandoned, only God knows... in spite of the much hype and doomsday prediction of next year... Happy New Year Everyone! i really do not think that this will be the last new year... again, thanks for your visit :) ... end of the year, the best time to end a blog as well? probably :) ...or to pause and to take stock of our lives ...(^&*)...

106 happy new years :)

the best new year i think is walking with your muse or lovey dovey in a beach, i read that somewhere and i definitely will have to agree :> there are so many beautiful beaches on planet earth and thanks to the travel channel i've seen loads but a purple beach is the number one love ...(^_~)... of course :)

106 years old stock broker talks shop... embedding is disabled so i do the linking... what must be his secret to longevity... and the answer is having to work everyday, seriously? laughs. but i agree :)

what is the meaning of goodbye

is it closing the door and opening a new one
is it break ups in relationships and divorces on the rise
or is it the long and slow rides to the cemetery
inside a cold casket bolted shot

what is the meaning of goodbye

is it turning a new leaf in a book of life
or entering a new dawn in a space less sky
is it a new winding road filled with bumps and highs
or a new endeavour filled with hopes and tries

it might be welcoming a new year
with the eagerness of a child
or it might be packing up our suitcases
to a destination in a beach paradise

whatever it is

goodbye is mostly sadness that the good had gone
goodbye is the step to new beginnings
rejuvenations, epiphanies, and renaissance
goodbye is we must have to seek the pleasantness of life

as goodbye is keeping up with the
tradition that the years are piling up
we move on with our only life
in each 100 years of sunset and sunrise

if we are lucky enough
and be very blessed
to be a century old
and be alive like this man :)

may the blessings of christmas be with us all...

the holy family, somewhere in time... and yes it snowed last night, us waking up into a little snow fall maybe about an inch and that is a good omen or a sign of a lucky Christmas :) for here in the U.S. it doesn't feel like Christmas without snow... for them but for me the yule season is just a tinge of the cold at dawn where we could light a camp fire to warm our hands. that was the norm in the province when we were young, laughs, and i sorta miss that. my profession had prevented me for having a xmas vacation ever for the 2 weeks into xmas and into the new year is intentionally blocked for vacations, our sick needed us 24/7 after all and i really don't mind. but at some point there is a little sadness that you can't do whatever you wanna do on Jesus b-day. shall we call that a sacrifice ...(^&*)... for it happens a lot of times in my life really, not only at christmas time... Xmas music for your ears at 100.3, just click :)

when so many are in need. when so many do not even have the basic necessities of life. it's really hard to be merry and to be happy... but for Jesus who could make the impossible possible, we have to...



another december, thanks to God :) lucky are those that are blessed in life like you and me. sharing our blessings is a must. i do, in every little ways that i can... as i think about my life, everything had lined up so God could extend His grace to me. i always thanked those that were made as instruments in the process. they touched my life as He sent them to me. i became what i am because of God's divine intervention and intercession using people that came into my life. the strange ways that God sends His love for us :)

above art, "the nativity" by mcnaughton... i thank you all for your visits. we've met here in cyberspace for a reason and i'd like to think that it is a divine reason :) pic by JC of me this past summer. and did you know that i am facing God's house while JC snapped this image :) we can live 100 years if we're lucky enough to be blessed by God. so it just makes sense to use every moment of our lives to spread our love to each other. it is tremendously hard sometimes but life is not easy as we've known for years...(^&*)... maybe it's time for a cyberspace rest, silence, pause or the likes... maybe... and did you know that pics are not that important to me at least, for you may have the most beautiful lips but the words that are coming out from your mouth make one's life like a living hell, ex. cursing which i never do ;) just be silent when you won't have some nice things to say not unless they are constructive criticisms which could be use in a positive way by the person you're addressing to, at least you're hoping so, but if not then you lose some but you win some some other times :)  so guys and gals be careful with what is coming from your lips...

colorful nativity art :)

art by jame hayes. he must be a very young guy, just a guess :) and speaking of christmas gifts. i have 2 from God recently :) and i am sad and ashamed because my promised gift for Him always ends up in a bust. but this year it will be for real... no more illusions...

Antipolo by Mr. Fernando Amorsolo... hmn, see that hanging parol in the window of the house on the right? so this must be painted around christmas time by this great and beloved pinoy artist... this art made me smile :) for this church is always included as one of the bunches that we go and visit every pinas vacation... the drive overlooking rolling hills and the scenery is beautiful like what you see in trips to the province. very, very exhilarating  and cool!

how about music for christmas :)

elvis and company... plus others...

blue christmas is when you're not around
blue christmas is when i've lost you and you're gone
blue christmas is when you're not by my side
blue christmas is when the stars stopped to twinkle
and the sun had finally ceased to shine...

yes, very simple words but very meaningful and heart boring... one uplifting celebration recently is when our president attended the ceremonial program officially ending the war in Iraq. after more than 4,000 plus young soldiers dead and 50,000 wounded, there is finally a light shining at the end of the tunnel. at least no more young soldiers as war casualties in Iraq, no more empty chairs on noche buena nights, less families that are suffering and stressed, less sadness on Christmas time. i'll take that :) now if the war in Afghanistan will end, that is really the time to celebrate in a very big way. so please Jesus, make it soon as well. and let's pray for the victims of the recent calamity in the southern philippines and their families. may those who aided them with their big charitable hearts be blessed in their lifetime by God... nothing can ever beat service to our fellowmen in times of their need. if not by our own sweat then by our own generous contributions...



yeah, baby it's cold outside tho' no snow :)

posthumous sales of a john singer sargent's painting...

In December 2004, Group with Parasols (A Siesta) (1905) sold for $US 23.5 million, nearly double the Sotheby's estimate of $12 million. The previous highest price for a Sargent painting was $US 11 million.(From wikipedia)Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson and his Wife sold in 2004 for $8.8 million to Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn to be installed at his newest casino, Wynn Las Vegas...

art is very expensive for sure. next, maybe i'll have a blogging siesta? i dunno, a big maybe :)

always we celebrate, like an evergreen...

"the nativity" made by an anonymous artist, thank you so much :) ...my forever wallpaper, nothing could ever beat that :>... Jesus' b-day tops most of the celebrations on earth. it's the time for caring, giving and loving. time for true joy and rejoicing. time for get together and laughter :>...time for family and friends to spend time with each other...it's just too bad that xmas just comes once a year...

in any given society oppression in any form like shipping jobs overseas for more profit at the expense of taking away the livelihoods of your countrymen is abhorable. at the end when your limits is pushed you do not have any other recourse but to voice out your frustrations in the form of a protest so the "occupy wall street" movement came about here. disgruntled people who lost their grip to the american dream. they are in the millions for corporate america moved their businesses out of the U.S. leaving millions to lose their jobs. without a job people can't pay the mortgages of their homes. bonding together they can go arm in arm and fight the greed that is prevalent amongst the wealthy here and hopefully can provoke change in a peaceful way...let's give them support and pray for their victory :)...they wait in patience out in the cold for justice and equality. while 50,000 U.S. manufacturing companies moved out and landed in china where there is boom in jobs and you see economic progress everywhere. i'm not against any progress but if the way to attain it is you are ruining lives, then that must be some kind of progress for your pocket only and we call that selfishness...rich men might have forgotten that they can't take their cash with them when they die...

happiness, that elusive emotion for a lot of people now adays. just these occupy wall street protesters are great example. would you be happy if your job was shipped overseas, then you lose your home and now you're one homeless human being with your family living in the streets. 13 million americans are jobless and unemployed when 50,000 manufacturing companies moved to china in the past ten years. the american dream for them just vanished in a flash. where is the joy of xmas... it is nowhere. even at this time of year when winter is fast approaching i can see some homeless people huddled under overpasses. i just can't help but cry in silence. strange because i seem to suffer as well. maybe because we share the same human traits, the same humanity, the same skin that we feel pain which ever way it is rendered.  my 20 dollar bill is not enough to alleviate their suffering. i wish i could do more and the sooner, the better...

lots of us try to catch happiness in the best ways that we know how. accumulation of ridiculous amount of wealth, buying a hummer, a Hermes bag, music, art and the list goes on and on. but what is really true happiness means? knowing that you've helped someone in need, the knowledge that someone truly cared, a genuine smile, a touch of a hand, a kind word, a clean heart, forgiveness, acceptance of what life has dealt us and making the most of what is given to us by God instead of the notion of what if i have this and that then i will be happy...today and now is to be happy. if you think of someone or somebody and you smiled then pass that smile along, make someone happy as well and fast it forward while we still can. tomorrow is not yet in our hands and who knows if it will be ours... no one knows the future, no one was promised tomorrow... no one...

and always please be kind to the old. your mother, your dad are old and you will get old too someday. it's just a matter of time. this if you're lucky enough to be given years as a gift by our almighty God :) for as we all know your life can be taken away at any time by God. it isn't yours to keep forever :) He gave more life to others and less to others. it's no use dishing our older folks for that is just a sign of lack of empathy or immaturity, in short ...(^&*)... nevertheless, it is true that we think less and less as we grow older and this behaviour is one sign of it... i have a favorite painting of an older man done by john singer sargent, 100 years ago :) i call it the beauty and the blessing of getting old :) yes, you get it it's a top art plus the beauty of the surroundings made it more a feast for the eyes and the soul. enjoy for we will all get there. the journey of life, your life and mine will travel into our older years... of course before we met our end which is six feet underground to some and turning into ashes for some as well. thanks to Mr. JSS for not discriminating to the love of our lives... our grandparents and older parents and our older relatives and friends :) Mr. JSS you certainly rock! plus thanks to the artist who did Mother Teresa, beautiful art :)

the golden years...

help is from my cane
eyes is from my glasses
love is from you
who never despise
and discriminate on us

thanks for that respect
thanks for that insight
and thanks for that art
we may have been gone
but others will speak for us...

old age is always a topic that younger ones use to step on their dads and their moms plus grandparents and the likes... just too bad that you will get old too, right? maybe you just forgot... so we forgive you :) it's Christmas soon after all ...(^_~)... a gift of understanding from your older folks, laughs. oh well... and we are measured by our thoughts and our responses to the challenges of our lives, let's always remember that :) did we pass or fail? that is the question. but the truth is no one cares except God, of course. God who watches what we do and God who knows what we think, always ...(^&*)... so let's not be naughty but nice :> ...



and that is the spruce tree aka the pine tree or Christ's tree :) we have lots of varieties of this tree...and do not record anything after your night shift for even your voice wants to sleep, laughs. oh well. and yes, the evergreen tree is true to its name, always an evergreen in any season of the year even in very cold winters. their leaves stay put forever :) would it be nice if love is just the same? but as we all know sadly it isn't ...(^&*)...

precious paintings...

wall paintings of the nativity and the visit of the magi at a catholic church in london, artist unknown. since the yuletide season is fast approaching. they needed some touch up work i think although without it, still they are amazing pieces of art...bravo! when can i ever see them in real time? laughs. i really wish :)...wow, i dunno, so many beautiful handiwork of the mind and of the imagination. some boggles the mind. some gives us headaches just interpreting them alone ;) it is a lot easier to write string of words in my opinion and less time. i could whip one in 5 minutes, no kidding. depending on what kind of weather i am facing. but i tell you what, it is easier to write about sad and lonely nights than smiles and merry go rounds. i'm not lonely for i'd like to believe that i always strive to be the happiest person that i could ever be with the predicament that i'm in. it's not bad don't get me wrong but...you know we want more, like beaches and gardening all the time, laughs, plus helping someone every day of my life...these kind of things... so i just blog it away, my frustrations that is, laughs. oh well. tomorrow is another day, another dream, another illusion until the end... i'm sure there are much more fulfilling endeavours out there than blogging but...in the meantime, let this typewriter ticks...(^&*)... until i'm in that comfort zone :) if i wasn't a nurse i wonder if i could be a writer like mr. andy rooney :? i will surely write about the truth even how painful that was to me, i do it here although with restrictions for the cyberspace is a playground where there are good apples and bad bananas, laughs, pls. pardon the pun ;) oh well, again. but one thing for sure writing is an exercise of the mind. use it or lose it, you know how that saying goes :>

waiting to experience the renovated atmosphere of the ninoy aquino international airport within 2012 :) God willing, of course. i think a billion peso project like this one could only be done smoothly on the name sakes son's tenure of presidency. less obstruction for the present government is all for it for one thing. i was thinking which of these 2 has a better outcome. a 6 year term in office without re-election, that's what it is in the philippines for its president. although here it is a 4 year term with re-election. which of these 2 is good for the country, that is the question. but there are so many variables. one is what type of personality does that president has. is his or her agenda is to serve the people or to serve his or her own pocket. it can be very hard to resist the temptation of accumulating so much wealth esp. if it is in your power. you alone hold the key to the coffers of your country. so ergo the best is the parliamentary form of government where there is a prime minister and a president. this way there is that checks and balances stuff that is harder for corruptions of public officials to occur. why does the philippines had resisted this type of running the government in the first place is beyond me. maybe because precisely the reason if it existed there will be less or no corruption. and as we all know corruption is the big hindrance to progress. the main reason why the philippines is lagging behind its neighbors in development. let it begin with the airport but it should spread out to the country as a whole so that this beautiful place could prosper and won't be labeled as a third world country forever which is kinda sad...yes, i'm blogging again, laughs. with this issue it's hard not to give my 5 cents' take :) it is a country close to my heart and i want it to be uplifted, i want it to advance, i want it to reach to the "top of the world" like that song ...(^&*)... it's long time coming or it will never come at all. why progress can be sooo elusive in the philippines, not only me but i'm pretty sure a lot who are exposed to the amenities of a first rated world or most advanced countries on earth, in our lives we wonder about that all the time... we want change for our country. we pray and we want it soon... God could you please do that for us? :> ... pls. add that to our wishes and wants :)

finally justice for michael jackson... the verdict is in and the 12 jurors found him, his MD, guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the king of pop. you would think that michael with all the financial means that he had could have obtained the best medical advice, the best medical care in the world but on the contrary he had gotten the worst and paid for his life. gone too soon, one of his songs, very appropriately at that in hind sight. i was an operating room nurse in the philippines and anesthetics are meds that are only dispensed in a hospital setting, never in a bedside or in a home where there are no monitoring or resuscitative equipment present and no additional health care personnel to monitor the patient's vital signs and progress while under the influence of these kind of drugs. ignorance in this case is not really bliss. the lesson here guys and gals is not to take any medications not unless you have to. i don't and i am a nurse. i understand their healing powers or effects but at the same time i'm fully aware or understands the side effects that these medications have that could potentially wreck havoc to human lives. addiction is for one. we all know this in familiarity for lots of young folks think that these recreational drugs are harmless and helpful for them but the truth is far from that. drugs destroy lives, that is a fact. taking drugs will cause death after making these addicted individuals to lose their minds, their future, their grip on reality and a happy life plus causing tremendous stress and problems to their families and love ones. if you are hooked on drugs please seek help immediately before it's too late. acknowledge and admit that you are a user. most people are accepting and have respect to those that have problems and dare to change their lives for the better. we are all humans, we are not perfect. we have love for our brothers and sisters in Christ who had fallen prey to this habit. we understand that one precious life saved is one too many. stop the use, say no to drugs from now on please if you care for your love ones. do it for them if not for your own self. free yourself from this bondage. ask for divine help and intervention and make this as a sacrifice for Jesus. a birthday gift for Him if you will :) so what are you waiting for? do it for Jesus...

and back to the michael jackson case... dr. conrad murray is a cardiologist. he should not have taken the job to be this late singer's personal physician even if the monthly salary of 150,000 USD per month is very tempting for that is a one year MD salary here :)  and what was very funny was during the trial the 4 girl friends of this playboy MD, he has a wife mind you, all the 4 GF's were called to testify, not one GF but four, laughs. terrible! that was the fun part. looking and hearing these ladies and i'm sure in your face revelation that they are all being played upon one by one and at the same time. what a bummer of a guy, MD pa ha, laughs. oh well. so what can you expect. a caring physician, yes, for these multiple ladies but not certainly for the late demise singer. what a sad story, really...and they say that he might have to serve 4 years in prison time but it could be just around 2 years in jail for there are ways to serve his sentence in a very limited time. though he might lose his license to practice medicine, yeah, right in the U.S. siguro but he might be able to in other places outside of the U.S. diba, who knows...i know i am not kind to people like dr. murray, my sungay is being forced to come out, laughs. but can you blame me? a murderer and a womanizer, a sexual predator of ladies. poor women who fall for this kind of man...

andy rooney, i truly admire this writer :)



dead at age 92, but michael jackson was only 50 when he died...42 years difference of living. that is a lot of time on earth that the talented singer and dancer was deprived of. but God called for his borrowed life to be returned...

if a writer is given the rare chance or opportunity to write what ever is in his mind and he writes about the truth...one is lucky in life indeed like andy rooney, plus living for 92 years, he was blessed :) RIP mr rooney. your words are true, that i gave it to you :)

here and there at christmas time...

wow, how sad naman if your BF or hubby is gay in truth. now the hard part is to let go. if we truly love someone we will give them their happiness even if that meant letting go. life is but once, so it doesn't make sense to live miserably, my take. not unless there are reasons beyond your control, sacrifice and it is in there that you'll find happiness, not the best happiness but it is happiness in the heart just the same although with a tinge of loneliness. i'll take that :)

when freedom fly, it speaks, so therefore...

a victim no more...

a whiff of wind had once gathered in my front lawn

perfumy sweet scent of the hyacinth in spring

and the fading roses at fall

i was taken, hypnotized and caught in a cage

where it seemed an eternity, the night is too long

and all the stars are drawn

the nights had turned into dizzying days

as i was in a desert where water had left

the sand dunes are so hot, my feet can't breath

prisoner of the wild, tamed by the skies

when rain had dripped, the sky had opened up

releasing my chains from the dark and balmy nights

free at last to move on with the rain

i know somewhere there should be a river raging in

where i could paddle in life with my makeshift wind

navigating the mountains and the oceans so far

my hands were able to row past and over the tide

as i reached the shore the beach is now in sight

welcoming me are the trees that are swaying light

the breeze is so sweet and the air is so calm

a new year indeed, now comes a new shining path

freedom is great when your bondage is gone

relief is now what you see in your heart

dragging you into that forever shining light

as God is good and always, He's at our side :)

ART unsurpassed...

music certainly is a language of life...

for the so called young...

and the so called young at heart :)



and for us who love music but can't sing...(^&*)... music is an outlet, a form of expression, a message carrier :)

you light up my life by newell oler...

when others had turned away
here you are
when a message is sent
you've always answered back

a connection
that can't be broken
a string of care
that's always there

you've never ignored
you've always stopped
to give an advice
a drop of your love

you'll never be forgotten
you'll never be set aside
you might never know
but you're in a pedestal

you're always looked up
like that far away sky
where the sun lives
and the stars shine...

thanks to you is not enough but God will fill up the remaining empty spot... Merry Christmas to you and to us all...