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.

Food For Thoughts

Holy Week

Giving time for the church and to our beloved Creator who took away our sins.

 

 

 

 

Spring…here it comes

Ang sarap talaga ng feeling kapag malapit na ang summer. Nakakaalis ng depression lalo na at galing sa panahon ng tag-lamig na talaga namang nakakainis ang weather. Ang daming tao sa mga parks, at makikita mong sila din ay nasisiyahan. Ito ang buhay dito sa lugar na mas matagal ang winter kesa sa summer. Ninanamnam-namnam ang pagsikat ng araw. Nagiiba din ang oras tuwing papalapit na ang summer. Ito ang tinatawag na DST (daylight saving time) na sa tingin ko e hindi naman nakakatulong mag-save. Ang sabi nila panahon pa daw ito ng giyera ng gawin ang ganitong sistema, pero sa panahon ngayon kahit siguro kalahating araw ang idagdag o ibawas na oras e walang pinagkaiba at walang maititipid. At dahil panahon na naman ng spring, nandyan na naman ang aking BFF, si pollen allergy. Hiling ko lang na sana magbakasyon muna sa malayong lugar ang aking kaibigan. Kelangan muna naming maghiwalay. I need space!!!! :)