what could God's flower be?

"cadena de amor" with its little pink heart shaped cluster of blooms and heart shaped leaves, it can be a contender. the "chain of love" flower. and pink is love and love is God :) so this pretty flower is in, i would think so :> plus... from our hearts come out love for our fellow man. it's really all about love and you know the month of love is here soon too. so happy love day err love month to all in advance. whether what kind of love you're in right now, laughs. any love will do just fine :) ex. loving your enemy, sounds very good as well...(^_~)...

for you dad... the love flower, for your special day :) taken in a place where you've walked on then. a place that you were once very very familiar with. although physically you've left us, i know that in spirit you're always here with us. always ready to protect and direct us to the right path and steer us from the ugly and the bad things in life. and i have a gift for you as well. same as Jesus, you'll be proud of me :) again, a happy special day for you. i love you...always!

rocking it...

even before death... yes that was what Janis Joplin did. an alcohol drink and a shot of heroin put this lady rocker to her early grave at 27. these two doesn't really mix, like water and oil for alcohol will cause the effect of these prohibited drugs to shoot up to the roof and the result is fatal just what had happened to her. sad, pure talent went to the drain, too early. i came across to one of her music a few weeks ago and posted one of her songs here bec. j.c. and me liked it, while it was being played in the car. this without knowing that she was dead. i did not know the title so i spent time searching it until i finally found it, and i would like to repeat it here on air, in remembrance to this lady singer. here is the tune... "she and her bobby mcgee" aka, jimmy hendrix and her ( janis joplin) ...a love song for the coming month although sad that the girl died here...well, we can't be happy all the time and that's a known fact *}

now it made this song more lovelier to my ears at least. i like it :) now weird for i just noticed that she and my dad's b-date is the same, 1-19...the queen of rock and roll some said, had bid goodbye early. for it was her time to leave even at age 27. death does not discriminate, death don't have favorites, young or old is fair game. we all must remember that. and even then if we forget, we can't escape old age, it will be there before we know it :)

happy b-day to you ms. Joplin as well...wherever you are...

http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/j/Janis%20%20Joplin/janis_joplin.htm

and i was reading some comments about this song and one goes like this... a male singer first recorded this song created or written for his secretary that he's going to bed with. good lord! a dirty song really, but hey, it's the way it is executed. again, for the lyrics or the reason is just secondary, to me at least :)

you were here

once upon a time
you were here
once upon a time
you're with us

days of dreams
yes they were
days of laughter
smiles and cheer

but just as sudden
as the whisk of the wind
just as fast as a plane
you were gone
you were done
your life's out, it ran

just like
those that went
before you
just like those
that were called
before you

goodbye dear dad
your travel there
must be so glad
your life there now
must be a blast

for your life on earth
was like the birds
that always serenaded us
with loving chirps
for your life here on earth
was like the sun
that put warmth, smiles
and laughter
to our hearts

that's what we
remembered
that's what we'll
always remember
in our minds
and in our lives

you were here
you made a difference
you were here
and you've showed
us how to live

in honor and with dignity
always in happiness and so free
even how tragic and sad
this life can be

yes dad that was you
you were here once
and we thank God
for having you
even how short
the time was
even how fleeting
that happiness was
we always thank God
for having you...

80

that's what you are today
just sad, you're gone
and now you're just
but a memory

sixty years
these magic numbers
that measured
your life on earth
too short but packed
with joy and happiness

dad, mom will be 80
this year
healthy happy
and full of hopes
and love for you still...

happy b-day to you dad
where ever you maybe...

a simple stringing of words for your special day...1-19-'08...the first ornamental cabbage flower is mine from my fall garden. the two, a bunch of fall pink-reddish mums and clusters of summer pink & purple begonias? not sure of the exact name, are taken around Shrine. and the final resting place for my dad, the first two pics...

yesterday...

yesterday is now a memory
but glad you came our way
yesterday is but a memory
we'll take it for there's no other way

so kind and so gentle soul you are
so inventive with a big smiling heart
so lovable and so adorable and so bright
to them your friends and to all of us

go so gently with the wind
fly high soar up above that sky
your spirit quietly floating free
your shadow now is just but a memory

dad we missed you a lot
dad you won't know how sad
you won't know how bad
your absence
made our hearts
cry in sadness
sob in silence
for a long time
now

when will this pain drains
when will this suffering ends
pls. tell us dad... when...

saved by michael :)

yesterday i got good news from the mail, better than a love letter, laughs. the court granted my request not to be a part of the jury selection process this time around. this is my second time to be a part in flesh and blood first hand to serve justice in this american court system which btw i have the duty to do now since i became an american citizen. years ago i was one of the 500 people summoned by the court for jury duty, where if you're selected the fate of the accused will be in your hands. and lo and behold after one week of jury selection, while one by one people were dismissed here i was one of the few still left there sitting, meaning I'm going to be one of the 12 people selected by the lawyers most likely to hear the case. and what do you know, the worst thing happened. i was one of the 12 selected indeed to sit down and listen to the case. good grief. the case then was involving the death of a mexican guy and a black guy stand accused of the crime. i am really very very lucky for my mom saved me from the horrors of listening, looking at the crime scene. i have enough of that in my job although mine does not involve violence. so to make the story short, we are about to begin the process and it will be a long case, 6 weeks of listening to the evidence on both sides. and a last call on the presiding judge came. if there is any that he needs to know from us before we proceed. so i raised my hand and i politely requested for 3 days off from my jury duty for my mom will have cataract surgery that week and being a nurse i need to do my duty to the person who brought me into this world first to be fair to her. and the judge excused me totally from the case! wow! what a relief. i can hear sighs from the defense' side. they really want me there i told myself, laughs. my mom saved me then and Michael saved me now. or else i have no way of wiggling myself out of this suffering, for really it is "the" torture for me. so thank God first and foremost. He is looking out for me. now i wonder what do these lawyers see in me that i can be qualified as a juror, laughs. that is the question, for until now that remains the unanswered question on my part. oh well. maybe they see things in me that i don't see. i really don't know, laughs. but if i don't have these impediments i will of course do my part to serve this country which is my country now. of course i will...(^_~)...and yes, you better believe that, laughs. although i wish i'm in the phil. though, for you know, the judge does that kind of job :> so i don't have to do anything :) but really kidding aside, the presence of your own countrymen there listening to a case is the most fair thing that could ever happen to anyone who stands accused of any crime. they listen, see and hear the evidence, not just one person in which case a judge like in the Phil. who can be bought by sums and sums of money. and that's sad for in this case justice is lost and stolen by that glitter of gold. so poor guy, poor juan dela cruz if that is the case. he'll be stepped, put and pinned down by those who have the money. pobre na nga wala pang hustisya kaya double ang sakit diba. sobra at nakakalungkot talaga, if you think about it. but again i am not so sure that this style of serving justice here will work there either, for if a judge can be bought then what more can you expect for an ordinary citizen there? here in the U.S. you can't even buy a cop. even you're a senator if you're caught and stopped driving intoxicated you will get your dues, for cops can't be bought. they'll write you a ticket no qualms and buts about it, laughs. that is how serious they are here, and that is no kidding :) and why, most of their crimes here are solved except for a very few. so that speaks volume on how they are vent on incarcerating the perpetrators, the bad apples that is. so that is one thing that is really good about this country and i like that.

Feb.'s tune?

for the love month, that is...and Barry White got it good...for the loves of our lives :) nice isn't it? laughs. just came across listening to it on the radio in one of my sleepy drive home. so ladies and gents, to get extra mileage to your one and only one's heart, this might work, laughs. plus those hidden numbers as well, of course...(^_~)... so happy listening? here's the lyrics...

The first, the last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You're my sun, my moon, my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are
I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
Girl you're all I'm living for
Your love I'll keep forever more
You're the first, your the last, my everything

And with you I've found so many things
A love so new only you could bring
Can't you see it's you
You make me feel this way
You're like a fresh morning dew on a brand new day
I see so many ways that
I can love you till the day I die
You're my reality, yet
I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, the last, my everything

I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way they could have made two
Girl you're my reality
But I'm lost in a-a-a a dream
You're the first, you're the last, my everything

hmn, what lyrics of a song :) the one who concocted this up must be too much in love, laughs. oh well. see? what love can bring. wonderful melody, unbelievable stringing of the alphabet, good execution and voila! a likable song. wow, cupid needs to work harder. that arrow needs to work more. smokingly hot that is, for more music like this, don't you think? :>

the number wonder

the count isn't right
when you did your math
it did not match
you missed the mark

it juggled your brain
it played a trick
for it was nonsense
all filled with deceit

anything that's hidden
is a promise in the air
anything under the table
you can count it's fake

just with a free hand
it's so easy to spot
the one that's open
in front of your eyes

illusions, mirages ever exist
to blind your eyes up to the tilt
then spin you around like in a twist
riding a merry go round up in the air

a mind that's really true
will be there for you
with a big heart and a hug
and a bright smile too :)

Now this reminds me of my dad..."always have a smile" was the message, even how hard life is, even how bad a day is...and this will usually plunged me into a deep reflective mood, although eventually I smile :) See, then, my count wasn't always right, even I'm good at math, laughs. but really all we can do is make sure that one is one, two is two and of course zero means zilch, nada, nothing or let me see, not? or only? or maybe something else, laughs. see even a zero has a lot of meanings like written words with all those mad metaphors and silly similes, laughs. so let's do our math right. if it's not 1, it's 23456789 or 0, laughs. and that few numbers will make your head spin, to what will it be. number is a game? it is to a gambler but are you? for I'm not :) and gambling is a sickness that is psychological and it's detrimental to both your pocket and your head. that's sad if a person does not know that, really. so let's use our numbers right, shall we? oh yeah, it can be manipulated as a code as well for lovers. yup that's true, laughs. oh well. but read my string of words up above. numbers are just tools of make believes, so let's not get caught with it. for if it's not 0, then good luck for there are 123456789 to choose from, laughs. and btw there are more better games out there like helping our fellowmen. like how many in numbers could we come up with at to this point of our lives that we made them smile, made them feel better and help them through a rough day of their lives. for that is the number game that I'd like to play and like to be in :)

and lastly if somebody wants to run around in numbers with us, then be very careful for we have a player in our hands, laughs. not true to us. and you got it from here which seldom there are good things in this blog, laughs, so better catch it, take it and think about it really good...(^_~)... so that number game needs to go in the trash, sorry, but that's where it belongs!

all about love...

and all about sacrifice as depicted in this wonderful image, a painting? maybe. truly a winner! i love it :) done in muted but colorful pastels. it tops all my images here, a favorite.

favorite memories...

...captured in pics :) a beautiful Patar beach, Michael, the Madonna at the side, pink bell flowers and me of course, both pics taken at Shrine. the memories that i love are just as simple like me. there are more, sure, but these are the latest and the ones that i love to look back and see again :) really, so many much more but these are just my favorites, for now at least :)

painted memory

for sure a memory is made in this image...like a memory made in this blog, a memory made in singing a song, a memory written in a poem, a memory in written words and so on and on. memories, yes memories, now just but an illusion, now truly are just but memories and Bon Jovi captured it right in this song. lovely! then music will be in shuffle mode, again :) beginning now-3:15 PM :> but really it depends. it might or may not :)

the tears that told the ultimate tale

silently we cry
silently we sigh
when things aren't
going by our side

tears rolling down
our cheeks
like red blood
bleeding in our skin

chest tightening up
breath going down deep
to ease the bitterness
to release the pain we felt

things that prick our heart
things that bother us
things that bring tears
to just mere mortal
humans just like us...

they said, Hillary won bec. of one teary eyed night...maybe so... :)

prayers answered :)

great! and thanks to YOU up there :) hillary finally had a win :> next is...they'll be here, our turn to pick our nominee :) I'm really a politics' freak, the truth. these important people have the power to shape the government, change laws that might affect my life, so that's why I'm very very interested. i listen, pay attention and think about the issues. which candidate is for this and i take note. yes, politics is similar to a very enjoyable feast for me, although i can't think of a food that is my favorite, except for pasta and noodles, laughs. to me politics here is just as good as it gets now adays. a woman, and a black man are duking it out to be the nominee of the democratic party which i belong, the working class here. i am a democrat and i vote that way, always! republicans are the rich, the corporation owners that shipped most of the manufacturing jobs outside the U.S. for they don't think about their kababayans here. they think about their big profits going to their pockets first and foremost. so that's why there is this big mortgage meltdown. people are losing their jobs that are being shipped overseas, so no job, then ergo, they can't pay their mortgages. that's why most of the goods here are made elsewhere except here in America. mostly everything. i dunno if i feel sad for it is helping poorer people in the process but really people are suffering big time here right now. it's just sad. imagine you losing your home, that's just one of the worst things that can ever happen to you.

so that's why both the houses of the senate and congress are won by the democrats in the last election, and we need a democrat to be the president also, so that things will get done in capitol hill for a change! just the way Mr. Bush ruled when he took over the very first time, the senate and the congress are republican controlled, so he did the worst thing that a president can do in office. in his watch he gave huge profits to oil companies, big tax breaks for the rich and reversed the economy here to a huge deficit which Clinton had a surplus when he left office. plus he put this country into war with 4,000 young soldiers dead and 60,000 wounded, imagine that. just for oil! it's not one of his flesh and blood that died. it's not one of his child. so i would guess it's not as painful, it's not as sorrowful. but it's time to change. enough of this kind of politics. and if a Republican president will win, good luck America. nothing much again will get done. it will be veto and bickering here and there again.

another good thing about politics here is that the people will choose and have a voice and a vote to whoever they want as their candidate to be president. not like in the Phil. that it's just by anointment sometimes, the favorite of the sitting president *} and results are notoriously manipulated, votes can be bought. so really it's very very sad...and the saddest of all is, there's no light coming in the tunnel, nothing soon, that is...meaning i don't have hopes for change in my country of origin which makes my heart swim in sadness if i think about it...

The Gift

Jesus was a gift to us from God, our father, and so is music...coming from talented minds and gifted voices plus skillful hands who can manipulate musical instruments to our delight. we're very lucky, this if you love music like i do :)

yes, better to give than to receive. we have given gifts but mostly to people that we love. but how about a gift to God? last year i did, last year :)

i love this Bon Jovi song...it's about memories. just look up and you know why, laughs.

hillary hitch...

oops... the Oprah effect? Obama is riding high right now, with this push, financial and otherwise from this very rich and very popular talk show host. it seems like my idol is having a hard start. but it's still early in the game. i really admire this woman. no lady in my lifetime is as capable as she is to run this country plus there is this husband of hers who'd been there. he gave us the family leave act, where you can be out at work taking care of your disabled child and your job is guaranteed to be there when you come back. that is really great. for before some uncaring employers will take this against you and let you go. but anyhow, a woman in a man's turf, she really stood her grounds in those debates, very talented to the max...as Oprah always says, go girl! go for it! and make history... for she deserves it. I'll pray hard for her...(^_~)...

and what i love in the elections here is the result is out the same night! while in the phil. it takes a lifetime, I'm exaggerating of course. but you know hukos pukos has to happen first so gosh! and you know what i mean, laughs. but really it's sad.

"almost"

all that money and fame
but still it's not enough
all that adoration and love
still it wasn't enough
to make one's life right
to make one's life bright

almost is when we reached the sky
but heaven was closed for us
almost is when we studied hard
but failed the test at hand
almost is when we all have
everything but still it's not enough

almost is just not right
it did not hit the mark
it did not make your life
happy, right and bright

so aim your sights to high
for almost just don't cut
and almost is just a cover
a failure in disguise...

ex... 9.5 is not the same as 10 :)

all that fame and fortune...

but still it's not enough... to make one pop princess' life happy and right. a diva in distress, a celebrity gone wild. with all that easy access to alcohol and prohibited drugs, judgement for sure is compromised and clouded. stepping out in public without any panties is just done by one personality with a serious psychological disorder. driving with your young child in your lap is just a no no if you are a mother who cares about your children and knows what's safe and dangerous. this shows that being famous and being in the spotlight as a child somehow made this 26 y/o diva narcissistic, me me and only me, i'm always right and i do what i please. even her lawyers are going to court just to ask if they could drop her as their client. and being surrounded with yes people did not do her any good either. her way is the only way. no respect for the law and does not learn from her mistakes. so it's just about deserving of her to lose custody of her children. she is a danger to her own self and to others as well esp. to her two young boys. what a shame. a beautiful talented lady failing in life. hope that she gets the treatment that she badly needed for now she is confined to a hospital. although people have little hope for her but who knows, losing custody of her children might be just the wake up call or the needed trick. i wish her the best. time for her to open her eyes. that the world is not only hers and that there are laws that needed to be followed and if you break it, you take the brunt, the consequences which is what she's getting now. a sad sad story. but miracles can happen anytime :) hope for change, and hope for the best, this is for her.

now the only good thing about this sad story of a life is that it should be a living lesson to all famous people with talent and money. they who have easy access to alcohol and those prohibited drugs that eventually will ruin them and cause their own down fall and the lost of their respective careers. hope a lot of them are listening, hope a lot of them are stopping to think, to pause and to reflect. LL 101 is here for free... LL means "life lessons"101, before it's too late...so throw away that coke, aka cocaine, meth., her err it Marie Jane and cigarrete stick or that beer bottle or etoh glass. they're the devil in disguise and i'm pretty sure a lot of us knew that already. run baby run, laughs. and i'm not kidding here :> not a joke, really and truly. so dear ones better listen up *} ...

and with her salary wise of 750, 000 USD per month, which is btw, money that a lot of folks could make in their lifetime in this world, you would think that money would make one happy. now this is another shining example that too much moolah is hazardous to yourself, to your life in this planet earth and the bad thing is to others as well that you love and you care about. this if you don't have the right tools in your mind to swim in your world of luxury and fame. sooo much money is not a guarantee to buy you love as the Beatles sang, for true love is free and can't be bought. how true :) now just asked sir Paul McCartney, he thought he had true love but nope. with all that money that he had prior to marrying his second wife without pre-nup signed by her, for he probably was a big believer in that music of theirs, but it is a big big mistake. here true love did not exists then and still this fake love wanted more money from him in their on going divorce war. so what a big headache which you and i could only imagine, laughs. sorry, sir Paul :)

so now she is in the sorrowful state of her life. i wonder for i read a comment somewhere that to be sorrowful is better than to be happy, for shallowness equates with the latter. but i firmly disagree. for seeking humour in life is the genius road to navigating the winding cross roads of life on earth. deal in sorrow all the time then you're calling for your early demise for you can't diversify. meaning seek other alternatives of relieving the pressures of living until of course your last breath comes. so i wouldn't want to dwell in darkness and despair or sorrow if clearly there is a choice to make out there. so i choose to be happy and funny anytime. get it? laughs. not that i'm not shallow for sometimes i can be that as well :>

The Prayer by Celine Dion & A. Bocelli

"we ask that life be kind" nice request to God and let me add, "we ask that life be a win" from the dark, the devil and the night, "we ask that it'll be like the sun" to brighten all our hearts, and "like the air to freshen up our lungs" so that only laughter and smile will always win and forever reign in all our lives :>

The Prayer

I pray you'll be our eyes, and watch us where we go
And help us to be wise in times when we don't know
Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way
Lead us to the place, guide us with your grace
To a place where we'll be safe

La luce che tu hai
I pray we'll find your light
nel cuore resterà
and hold it in our hearts
a ricordarci che
When stars go out each night
eterna stella sei

Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
quanta fede c'è
when shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place,
guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe

Sognamo un mondo senza più violenza
un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace, di fraternità

La forza che ci dà
We ask that life be kind
è il desiderio che
and watch us from above
ognuno trovi amor
We hope each soul will find
intorno e dentro sé
another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer, just like every child
Need to find a place, guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe

È la fede che
hai acceso in noi,
sento che ci salverà.

(It's the faith
you light in us
I feel it will save us)

politic's picks

time to shape the government here again one more time and in november a new leader will be chosen to be the president of this country. a place where you can find citizens around the world living in one big huge of a place. first in ranking in the arms race, the only super power left on earth whatever that means. 2008 is for the books where a woman and a black man are vying for that historical print or honor. now let me look and feel ahead and "IF" i'm right, mike huckabee will probably be the republican nominee and he'll beat hillary, much to my dismay. but a former minister and a decent man, not probably bad even if he's for the rich. hope he'll put money aside and let his teaching in that holy pulpit to be first. that preachings of righteousness and morality and kindness and fairness and i could go on and on. not much funding for his candidacy compared to the others, but God works in miracles :) so did you notice? i'm breaking my NY's resolution here, laughs. so many topics to pick on and so many images to share, that's why. but eventually it will end so pls. be patient :> now this will be a test if you have that so called most likable virtue, patience, which my zodiac sign has according to that other planet of the so called try to predict and miss universe, laughs. so good luck, hope your wait is not that long. for me, myself does not know too you know, laughs. I'm just kidding of course.

Shrine's December pics

pls. click to enlarge...

Shrine in December

i just sound so dead serious here. but a church needs respect so pls. don't be fooled :) and really all around are lots and lots of red Xmas poinsettias and several trees adorned with white lights. simple yet elegant. you need to see it in person to appreciate this sacred place. truly wonderful.

cold wintry weather

is what we have right now...

twisted misinterpretations

it is just funny that when you say or write something and several ears-eyes will hear-read it, it's just amazing as to how your original thought is being diced, sliced and analyzed into thousand of pieces sometimes that's very very far from what you meant it to be in the first place, laughs. but my friend, that is the beauty of this process, one meaning blown into thousands or into different proportions depending on how many are your captive audience, laughs. multiple metaphors, several similes for several brains. so warning, caution for this just might send your head into tailspin just figuring out the true meaning of it, which the author is the only one who is privy to the true meaning of what is that, laughs. so if it did not say black for black and white for white, then conclude it to be just make believe, a ran around sort of a game which the author wants you to be lost just figuring it out, for it's not true what's being written, laughs. get it? hmn, hope you do :)

the moon is tired

mountains of mothballs
by the fire
circling around in
blind sight

the dark room
is damp and dense
surrounding is
silence so intense

looking out through
the window at the sky
the warm wind whirled
my head spun

the moon is not bright
the moon is pale
the moon is tired...

i love the moon. when it's full i see a smile in its surface crater looking down at us. like a dollar bill sort of, looking at you with that famous president, like our new president-elect Obama. inspiring, stimulating, intellectually, of course, laughs. some people are very, very clever, yes they are :) but at the same time some are equally disgusting as well, sometimes :) but not you Mr. president elect, for you are the hope and the change that i was longing for the longest now :)

New Year's Day V2

my to die for screen saver. i love it :) and that blinking phil. lantern in action :>

New Year's Day V1

it snowed on New Year's eve and all through the night. that white powdery flakes from the sky fell and covered these dormant branches of the american sycamore tree. a dreamy wonderland to welcome 2008. very lovely! :> and underneath this white snow where you see it covering the top of the hedges, an ornamental plant of the evergreen family but smaller, with their leaves intact even winter, they don't fall...inside the branches are where the birds stay during winter. i see them go out during the day and it's just an amazing sight. i love birds, any kind :) and to see them right there near you in the window is just terribly nice! one time i ran to grab my camera but too late for they flew as i ran back to take a shot, but they're just there like 3 feet far from me with just the glass window as the barrier. can you imagine that? terrific! and you know what? i was the designated bird feeder for those colorful love birds in San Lorenzo by senorita, bird seeds like sunflower seeds and greens the ones that you make salad with i forgot the name, laughs. so it seems like birds follow me, laughs, and these birds like to look at me in the eye it seems like. and also every new years' party and believe me what a party they were, with 3 days of cooking, that food extravaganza with all of the trimmings that go with it. the rich party like no other, laughs. me all dressed in a maid's uniform, i am also the designated plate server on display, gosh! senorita always picked me. i think I'm the favorite, laughs. but my most memorable one is when the couple and their first grandson and me went for a drive near nasugbu beach, near that beach mansion that they have and stopped in this shallow flowing creek with crystal clear water. them, our employers are very lovey dovey couple, you know holding hands and all and here is me witnessing these private moments! for again i was the designated caretaker of the 2 year old blond cute boy, laughs. and now blondes are all over where i am, so...i think I'm not making sense here new year pa naman. nah, just memories are made of these...connections that is, laughs. oh well.

Xmas' lights at night

a marvel to see and to behold by us, passers by...although this video did not do much justice to the sights of that splendid decorations but it did capture the essence of it...that it's Christmas time again in the neighborhood with all that fun and festive lights, with all that glitter and charm...that cars have to drive by slowly to savor and to see the display including us. the best yet so far that we've seen. here in the U.S., Christians and Catholics alike have some sort of front lawn Xmas decor or in the inside part of their house during this time of year to signal that the spirit of the season is here upon us once more. but really, to me it seems like it was just yesterday when these decors were just around the corner. where did the time go, it flew so fast. i dunno. hmn, maybe it's just only me. but J.C. noticed it as well. time goes by fast nowadays and more faster when you're getting old i guess, laughs. oh well.

a gift given to God

always and most of the time
we ask a gift from God
never that we think
to give Him back a gift

we kneel, we cry, we pray
we close our eyes so tight
asking, hoping, and yearning
our wishes will be coming

to greet us one special day
marking a smile in our face
making our heart beats
faster, happier and more content

but did we ever think back
that God will be happy with us
if we are the one to give
if we are the one to sacrifice

by giving Him the best we've had
by offering Him that part
now think of what he'd say
"you've made me happy" see

and this is coming from our God
the one, the source of all we have
my thoughts will be just that
He'd say, "so far so good nice job

thanks much" :)

even only in thoughts... would this be nice to make your day? for 1-06-'08... the Feast of the Three Kings... with Christ Jesus, are the Magi... the Three Wise Men as seen offering their gifts to the Prince of Peace, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords...how about you...what's your gift to Jesus?...

NEW YEAR OF HAPPINESS TO ALL!!!

WELCOME 2008!!! :>

new year needs a changin'

365 days of happiness
sadness and despair
365 days of doubts, hates
love and care
365 days of so many tears
but so many smiles
graced our lives as well

will it be the same again
will it change somehow for the better
will it, would it or again
it's just but the same
where 50-50 half half
happy here but sad on that
that sometimes or practically
or totally it drove you nuts

but would it be better if
this year you'll smile a lot
would it be better if this year
it makes your heart light
beats more with laughter
its blood boils with love
and sadness is lesser
and cries is gone forever
never to be here and
never to be heard again

that's the new year that i want
that's the new year that i would always want... :)

but just sad that my life can't have that. although Michael makes me smile a lot, thinking about his future is just a pain in my heart. but again it could have been much more worst, like he's totally invalid and confined to a wheelchair or a bed. so i take whatever little happiness there is. see i try to see the light in darkness and i still believe in miracles. far fetch or far in between their existence maybe. they happen i knew that :) if God wills it, nothing is impossible! really lots of people who visit my blog want poems on this and that so i tried my best to come up with this for the new year, so that his or her visit won't be in vain. this if she'll or he'll pass this way again. if not. i know eventually someone will, sometime, somewhere in this floating cyberspace, this universe we call, the Internet... :)