indian vs. chinese

"be a man and do the right thing", laughs. it is sooo funny! ...this you tube video is terribly too much to take without laughing ;)

happiness

the truth about happiness

it is not how other people treat you
but it is how you treat other people

it is not how your boss sees you
but it is how you respond to
what your boss sees in you

it is not how your friends deal with you
but it is how you deal
with your so called friends

happiness is hard to catch
but if you know where to put your bait at
happiness is just out there ready for you

and if you care to look up above
happiness is really you
for you are a mirror of God...

so take care of yourself so that happiness will last
and try to make each day a happy day all the time if you can
always remember that every one's days are numbered
so why not try to catch happiness as much as you can

it is also the one that you're looking at the mirror
every morning of your life, that's a start
happiness is really you Jo, don't ever forget that...(^_~)...

as the song goes... for the good times... always...

like a bird on a wire, leonard cohen

what's the use of those wings
were they tattered and lame
if one can't soar up in the sky
and can't dive with a stingray around
then you can kiss to be free, goodbye...

i tried to leave you, leonard cohen ...music ensemble to the max. that's how music should be played and done. what a lovely man! ...isn't it at times we try to leave a life's circumstance, ex. blogging, our so called friends, individuals, or a way of life. sometimes we fail, but other times we prevail and win...

white, cold and beautiful

here it is cold and beautiful but in Hawaii, it is green, warm, sunny and tropical...

polar arctic chill

the ice cone never melted
at the touch of your hot tongue
the chill is at the heart
it froze as the beats stopped

memories of beaches
with slippers at the sides
torn flip flops unusable
the sun just scorched my hands

the sand bits are burning
the smoke is about to fire
tired feet, hazy eyes
where did the sea went, it's gone...

for the good times

for the infinite happiness of our lives
for the unmeasurable joys life gave us
for the peaks, the ultimates
for the highs, don't mention the lows
for my mind will blow
only for the good times...

don't look so sad
2013 is not that bad
2014 what will you bring
another heart break, please no
another joy, let's give a toast to that
another illusion, another game
but we prefer true magic, pls. let it ring

we want to laugh and to smile through and through
for life is short, someday, sometime, life will have to go
we need to catch life at its best, at its cheers
until it's time to let go, 2013, it's time to go
i'm sad but there's no use to clinging to the past
onward and forward, let hope and light shine upon us

welcome to the year of the new
as it repeats itself over and over at this time of year
goodbye, it's hard to bid adieu
but tomorrow the sun will shine
as it brings us warmth from the sky
we are here to catch it and to save it
for the turbulent days and nights of our lives...

we're ready, to all the future good times
please dear God, give it to us :)

cheers to many happy moments to come!!!

ring in the new year with lanterns and flowers. that was then, more than a century and a half ago. now, welcome the new year with dangerous fireworks... above art is by john singer sargent, a master portrait and landscape painter of his time plus more, circa 150 years ago... magical and lovely!

endings are mostly sad. new beginnings are full of hope and excitement until maybe you become jaded and tired with life's baggage of disappointments and illusions. though inspite of failures, for sure there are nice surprises in little boxes that came with that :>  God gave us these gift boxes after all, for me so far so good. i can't complain :)...welcome 2014!!!