Ondoy

I have no words to utter. Every videos and photos I've seen are really devastating. I just prayed.

Updates

Whew! It's been ages since the last time i wrote something here. To be honest i became an addict user of facebook since i started using its applications and don't want to be rehabilitated yet. I'm enjoying it. In fact i'm always running out of time to visit my blog sites. Anyways, the summer is over :( but i'm excited for the coming holiday ^_^ (the sad face turned into smiley face in just seconds). If i can just put the time in its fullest speed i'll do it. Yes, i'm going home. Back to the Philippines. The last time i was in the country was four years ago and can't wait to see my "home" soon. For now i will just cherish my excitement.

Drive safely....save a life.

One of the most touching videos i've ever seen. really touched my heart. This video shows how lives can be taken just by single snap. To those who are driving out there, limit your speed. When speeding...no one thinks big of you.

Sarah Geronimo's newest album

SARAH GERONIMO - JUST ME FULL ALBUM PLAYLIST

Night out

Tried Manolo's bar with friends. Not so cozy as what i thought. It's too loud plus the fact that it's along the corner of busy streets and the place is too small.... i can go with the drinks but not for the food though it's affordable. For those who wants coziness this bar is not for you. Had fun though.




Gone to casino afterwards. Played 20€ and won 80€ :). Not bad at all. I don't really play afterall. We ended the night at 2am.

It's mom's day!

What the color says

They say violet color symbolizes royalty. The color of good judgement. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. The color is best used for meditation. It also symbolizes magic and mystery. It is also said that if you surrounds yourself with this color you will have a peace of mind. Hmmm…then this color might be a good color of my room?

Violet speak of honor, spirituality and self - steem.  I’m  not an avid fan of color violet but because it is IN nowadays, i used to have it in my color. I don’t even remember that i have purple in my fave list of color. Not to forget that when i see violet the first thing comes to my mind is church.

Gray is neutral and useful as a background to other colors. They say Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dependability. Its energy imparts void, emptiness, lack of movement, emotion, warmth and identifying characteristics. Because of this, gray can be restful. It has a detached and isolated feeling. Gray can have a cooling effect when placed next to other more vibrant colors. It has a stabilizing effect, making vibrant colors stand out while muting their vibration. Gray is one of my favorite. As they say it's nuetral like the whites, i can easily pair it with different color.


I like also brown. It can also be mixed into many surroundings. It can be a stabilzing color. Brown gives a feeling of solidity, and allows one to stay in the background, unnoticed. Brown create a warm, comfortable feeling of wholesomeness, naturalness and dependability. If you want your life have a solid wholesome feeling put some brown in it.


I love pink. It's the color of universal love. A quiet color. Pink provides feelings of caring, tenderness, self-worth and love, acceptance and contentment. And not to forget it neutralizes disorders. Hmmm...this might be a good help for me, hahaha!

Love and its actions

Love shows how powerful it is………………

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PACMAN fever.....malamang hilo pa din ang mga tao ngayon sa huling laban ni Pacquiao. Nagbubunyi sa pagkapanalo ng tinatawag na pambansang kamao ng Pilipinas. Hindi ako mahilig sa boxing pero nanonood ako ng mga laban ni Pacman pag may pagkakataon. Aaminin ko, kumampi ako ngayon kay Hatton sa dahilang "wala lang", "trip ko lang" ng maiba naman. Pero aaminin ko din nasiyahan ako ng malaman na panalo si Pacman at mapanood ko ang laban, ang bilis talaga ni Pacquiao. Palibhasa hindi na live ang pinapanood ko, pinaulit-ulit kong panoorin ang suntok na unang nagpabagsak kay Hatton sa first round pero hindi ko pa din matiyak kung saan banda dumapo ang kamao ni Pacman. Napakabilis na parang pinast-forward ang suntok at pagbagsak ng britton boxer champ. Nalaman ko na lang na sa panga pala dumapo ang suntok ng mapanood ko ang slow motion nito. At ang bilis natapos ng laban sa tinatayang 2 rounds na may 2 minuto at 59 segundo lang. Matagal pa yata ang pagkanta ni Martin Nieverra ng Lupang Hinirang at ni Tom Jones ng pagkanta nya sa British National Anthem. Para kay Pacman....congratulations! You made again the Filipino proud.

Reminiscing

It was summer of 1986 when we hitted by flu way back home. All of my sisters including me had high fever. Our dear mother was the one who took care of us round the clock during that time, giving us cold sponge and medicine every four hours until the fever subsided. It was the last time I remembered that I felt the caring of my mom to us. After summer I went to school located two towns away from ours and only during weekends that I can able to go home. Few weeks after the school begins my mom died in an accident… she was only 39 years old. It was very tragic for us and the rest of our family. It was very difficult for us to accept that in her very young age she passed away. As many years passed the memory of our mother still remains but if I think of it now, it was so vague that I want to turn the clock to felt her presence. Today is her birthday…her 62^nd birthday. Neither my imagination can filled up her absence. Happy birthday Ma and I hope you’re happy wherever you are.

Tidbits

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Medyo pahinga ako ngayon sa trabaho. Pero ang bilis ng araw... matatapos na pala ang ilang araw kong bakasyon. Ano bang nagawa ko? Done some household chores pero hindi pa din matapos-tapos. Ang dami kong iniisip na pwedeng gawin pero katapos-tapusan papasok na lang ako sa Sabado ng walang nangyari sa mga plano ko. Palpak! Lech! Ang dami kong naitulog. Sayang ang araw. Ngayong gabi magdamag akong gising...hindi ako matutulog hangga't hindi ko natatapos ang aking mga paplantsahin. And that's an order!

Flower Power

Pictures of the week. Flower shots using a 50mm macro lens.






                  Like tulip-beds of different shape and dyes,
                 Bending beneath the invisible west-wind's sighs.

                  If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,
                  our whole life would change.

                  One of the most attractive things about
                  the flowers is their beautiful reserve.

                                   Just Living is not enough...
                                   One must have sunshine, freedom,
                                   and a little flower.

My sign

 

I don’t believe in horoscope. But I would like to find out my character from what my zodiac sign describes. I want to see if i can relate or not. Hmmmm…let me see:

Scorpio Strength Keywords:

Loyal – in once life, sometimes you want a change. But that change should not affect the loyalty.

Passionate – privately
Resourceful – not really :( 
Observant – oh yes i am!

Dynamic – not at all time

Scorpio Weakness Keywords:

Jealous – if it’s only has a reason.
Obsessive – oh no!
Suspicious – only if the trust is gone.
Manipulative – i don’t agree that it is a weakness. *wink
Unyielding – i can be hard/stubborn sometimes.

 

Vintage

I went to visit a friend whose very significant to me because she was the one who helped me to get here where i am. Actually she was an old good friend of my tita. Her appartment is cute, with a combination of modern and old furnitures like the chair i was sitting on. It was an antique one who hits the 2 centuries of its age. I am not an antique lover, i can’t afford it too. But is always fascinated of the stories behind it. This chair as she said was from her husband’s family. Maybe from a great great and many greats lola and lolo. It has no nails connecting the every part of the chair, as we all know antiques are all like that. Maybe that’s one of a reason why those pieces of furnitures are staying more than xxx of our lives. When i was a kid i remember not appreciating the beauty seen from those old furnitures. I had always the “angst” feeling from those masterpiece. Para bang sa horror film na para bang may kakambal silang lahat na misteryo. Funny…kapag naiisip ko ito ngayon. Pero ngayon sabi nila if you own a piece of it, IN ka.

Nature lover

Pictures of the week. Photos taken at Donaupark.

 

At work on holiday....ain't funny.

There are lot of jobs out there that enjoy the privelege of staying at home or do leisures and not required of going to work, sadly i am one of the million of workers who are lucky to enjoy holidays at work. Does it sound contradictory? Whatever! I sometimes enjoy and sometimes i don't . I envy particularly today, those who are enjoying the very sunny weather. I wish i am off this day to enjoy the heat too. By the way i was out for picnic yesterday. Maybe i just had not enough from yesterday's hella happening.



Talking about the holiday, I am confuse. Today is Easter Monday. A holiday. A day after Easter Sunday. In some large Catholic countries in Europe celebrated it as holiday which is contrary to our culture wherein we observe the entire Lenten season including the Easter Sunday almost a week. It is really odd, isn't it? The much known Christian countries celebrate it only on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. As i observed for many years of living here, Oster ferien (Easter Holiday) as what they called in their native language only means the bunnies and eggs. Sad to say, that's what i see. Ahhhh...enough of it, that's their culture- not mine.


As i am doing my duty and assigned today for the independent patients, i have enough time to roam around the building, snapping photos of the surroundings where i work using my tiny buddy nokia and finding time to blog during my break (ngayon yun!) I still have 3 hours to work. How i wish it's seven already.