i love you

i love you! happy valentines

life is too short

 

life is too short... 

so live as if you were to die tomorrow, 

learn as if you were to live forever

still here

hi folks, i am still alive but is still on vacation... sorry if i havent updated this blog for a while, i'll post regularly soon, for now leaving you with a picture of a flower... to remind us of the blissful summer which ends today

flower for reyna elena

a flower for the very beautiful and generous reyna elena. thank you so much for giving me a brand new camera :)

i really really appreciate it, means more photos and from hereon all photos that i'll publish in this blog will be taken from the canon SD1100. i soooo love it :D thanks sooo much

PS. i didnt photoshop the above photo, i was tinkering with the settings of my new camera and i achieved the effect using the color swap mode. its really cool

roses for you

"The rose is a flower of love. The world has acclaimed it for centuries. Pink roses are for love hopeful and expectant. White roses are for love dead or forsaken, but the red roses, ah the red roses are for love triumphant."

A laid back vendor amidst the beautiful flowers at Plaza Miranda.

you are my sunshine

exotic flower

I dont know what this flower is but it surely looks different, anyone who knows what kind of flower/plant is this?

simple

“Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.” ~ Og Mandino

wildflower

"Nobody knows a wildflower still grows
By the side of the road
And she don't need to need like the roses
She's at home with the weeds
And just as free as the night breeze
She's got the cool of a shade tree"

... and "this wildflower" just turned 30 years old today =)

dont be afraid

"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with you best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt before because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end... be afraid that it will never begin."

drought

This flower is asking the sky to rain and quench its thirst.

According to PAGASA the dry spell experienced in Metro Manila will continue until August and could be alarming as it would result in water and power shortage. Normally, July means a "typhoon party" in the Philippines... but rainfall has been extremely low and the national government already started cloud seeding to induce rain.

happy mother's day!

a beautiful flower for the most important person in our lives. here we call our mothers as inay or nanay.

let me share with you this classic song for mothers, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan by Levi Celerio.

Sana'y di magmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni Nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni Inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako'y nasa duyan

Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko'y tala
Ang tanod ko'y bituin
Sa piling ni Nanay
Langit ang buhay
Puso kong may dusa
Sabik sa ugoy ng duyan mo Inay
Sana narito ka Inay

Sana'y di magmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni Nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni Inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako'y nasa duyan

it's difficult to translate in english but google helped me :)

I hope that my old days will never fade
As a small child in my mother's arms
I wish to hear again my beloved mother's songs
Songs of love while I was in the cradle

In my deep, deep slumber
My keepers are the stars
The stars are my guardians
In my mother's arms
Life is heaven
My heart full of pain
Longs to rock in your arms again Mother
Mother, I wish you were here

I hope that my old days will never fade
As a small child in my mother's arms
I wish to hear again my beloved mother's songs
Songs of love while I was in the cradle

to hear Lea Salonga's interpretation of the song, click here