Karimlan

 

With what a deep devotedness of woe
I wept thy absence - o'er and o'er again
Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain,
And memory, like a drop that, night and day,
Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!
~Thomas Moore

 

 

 

Tila

 

Tila inulan ang puso ko
Nang nalamig ang 'yong pagsuyo
O bakit nagbago ang 'yong pagtingin
Parang malamig na panahon

At nang ikaw ay kinausap ko
Habang ang ulan ay bumubuhos
Nakita ko sayong mga mata
Na gaganda din ang panahon

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Kahit madilim ang kalawakan may nagtatagon
Sinag sa ulap

Tila inulan ang puso ko
Nang parang naglaho ang pagibig mo
O bakit ka kaya nagbago
Sinlamig ng panahon

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Liliwanag din ang kalangitan
At ang araw ay sisikat nang muli

Bridge
Ang karimlan ay haharapin
Matatanaw ko rin
Bughaw na langit
Umaasang ang pagibig mo ay magbabalik
Pawiin mo ang lungkot sa puso ko
Kahit madilim ang kalawakan
May nagtatagong sinag sa ulap

Chorus
Tila hihina rin ang ulan
Tila lilipas din ang bagyo
Liliwanag din ang kalangitan
At ang araw ay sisikat nang muli

 

 

(Sung by Lani Misalucha)

Wednesday Bloom

“Buddha said when we were born, we were lotus under water. Then, as we grow approaching the surface, we’re learning. As we surfaced, we finally and truly understand the meaning of happiness…Lotus is a sacred flower …it gives you a peace of mind” 

Playful Chef In Bangkok

I’m not religious to begin with, though I respect such insights. But whatever the LOTUS entails, for me it’s a flower that gives radiance. You appreciate the form it shows and how it blooms.

At the end of the day, how many people have we shared our laughter, argued or simply smiled at? We don’t even know and possibly would not even dare to care.

Same as LOTUS, we float and let others smile at us, argued how we grow and even perceived things around us and just laughed at our shared moments.

LIFE and LOTUS were such both magical wonders we have in this WORLD.

Strong and Invisible

“Small decisions may hold significant consequences.”

Paulo Coelho

As we aspire to be more human, our attitude towards ourselves and peers will play a pivotal role. Positive people learn how to handle life’s atrocities differently and use these opportunities to grow. We constantly working on self improvement, develop self-confidence, better self-esteem and greater internal motivation to be the best.

We explore on the pages of life, learn on the bookmarks and share our annotations.

Insights will always help us to be more positive and optimistic, motivated and goal oriented about our life and the world around us.

Realization always come when you feel lost, splurge in sheer pleasure of boredom or to the least challenged.

I AM.

Waka! Waka! Strong and Invisible!

SHINE!

“We never learn important things by being told. We have to find out for ourselves” Paulo Coelho 

Most of us are seeking a new leadership or creating a new system of thought. CHANGE! We hear people talking about their own way of adapting to changes that some even create a subliminal workbook/ guide. 

Before anything else, we need to examine the environment in which we are held. No system of any kind but pure creative intelligence essential to the understanding of the inconvenient truth. 

Love.

Politics.

World.

In the end...it is just and only be ME!

ADIA

“Happiness does not consist in things themselves but in the relish we have of them."
~Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld~

 

Siem Reap City is the capital of Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market.  The gateway city for The World Heritage Site and Wonders of the World: Angkor Wat.

Angkor Wat enchants visitors of its grandeur and breathtaking scenery. 

 Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Picturesque Sunset at Siem Reap (Thanks Gibo)

Sharing Life is a gift so as Happiness!

The Power of Steel

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.” [1953] Dwight D. Eisenhower

Democracy if curtailed turns violent. Rights if suppressed turn amok. How could you explain to a CHILD these….

 Bangkok Post Picture

Or to a friendly Tourist Neighbor these....

 Bangkok Post Picture

 Or simply to YOURSELF?

 WE are here to make PEACE not WAR.

Talk.

Listen.

Love.

Colored Colors

“Until Justice is blind to color, until Education is unaware of race, until Opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact” -  American 36^th President Lyndon B. Johnson

It has been a couple of weeks now since Bangkok, the City of Smiles and Loving People, engulf with “Colored Strife”.

First, there was RED.

 JSL Picture

Then the MULTI-COLORED.

 Bangkok Post Picture

 And don't underestimate the Power of Yellow... right NoyNoy?

Bangkok Post Picture

And may I say this .... 

          

          I........... WE............YOU............... Need PEACE!

 JSL Picture

Isn’t it beautiful looking at this view? Waving for PEACE!