this is my entry for our assignment this month. the theme is "reflection". i took this photo some time May this year using my old kodak camera, dx7440, while on a free architectural tour with shellane and her friends around downtown aboard the L-train.
to view entries from other people, click here and enjoy!
Book Tag
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag three people.
This is from "Out of the Silent Planet," the first of the Ransom Trilogy by C.S. Lewis:
'He wants our race to last for always, I think, and he hopes they will leap from world to world...always going to a new sun or something like that.
Is he wounded in his brain?
I do not know. Perhaps I do not describe his thoughts right. He is more learned than I.'
Thanks, Arnold for tagging me. I enjoyed this one. I was at the living room sitting on the carpet floor as usual when I learned about my being tagged. There were two books near me, but this is the one on top so I chose it. The other one is "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
I'm tagging Katz, Almin, and Cae :)
Have a good weekend!
Here's another quote from the same book and one which I would much rather share than the one above: 'A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. You are speaking, Hman, as if the pleasure were one thing and the memory another. It is all one thing. The seroni could say it better than I say it now. Not better than I could say it in a poem. What you call remembering is the last part of the pleasure, as the crah is the last part of the poem. When you and I met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was nothing. Now it is growing something as we remember it. But still we know very little about it. What it will be when I remember it as I lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then--that is the real meeting. The other is only the beginning of it. . . .'
There is beauty and wisdom in this space travel story so I hope you would be interested in reading it as well. Click here to learn more about it.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag three people.
This is from "Out of the Silent Planet," the first of the Ransom Trilogy by C.S. Lewis:
'He wants our race to last for always, I think, and he hopes they will leap from world to world...always going to a new sun or something like that.
Is he wounded in his brain?
I do not know. Perhaps I do not describe his thoughts right. He is more learned than I.'
Thanks, Arnold for tagging me. I enjoyed this one. I was at the living room sitting on the carpet floor as usual when I learned about my being tagged. There were two books near me, but this is the one on top so I chose it. The other one is "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
I'm tagging Katz, Almin, and Cae :)
Have a good weekend!
-ooo-
Here's another quote from the same book and one which I would much rather share than the one above: 'A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. You are speaking, Hman, as if the pleasure were one thing and the memory another. It is all one thing. The seroni could say it better than I say it now. Not better than I could say it in a poem. What you call remembering is the last part of the pleasure, as the crah is the last part of the poem. When you and I met, the meeting was over very shortly, it was nothing. Now it is growing something as we remember it. But still we know very little about it. What it will be when I remember it as I lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then--that is the real meeting. The other is only the beginning of it. . . .'
There is beauty and wisdom in this space travel story so I hope you would be interested in reading it as well. Click here to learn more about it.
being green
last night, i found myself asking a friend who has traveled and lived in europe for a few years this question: if he were to be given the chance to go back to just one place in europe, which place would it be?
my friend's answer was ireland. i wasn't surprised, from his stories he sounded like he really loved it there. he then went on to show me pictures of ireland from his website (using his mobile phone). most of the photos were landscapes, very scenic: cliffs, valleys, snow-capped mountains and shorelines, wild forests. this last one is interesting, the forest is unattended but it was really organized. the trees were tall and slender, evenly spread out and there were wild blue flowers growing at their foot. it was beautiful.
napaisip tuloy ako where i would go back to here in the US if i had just one chance to do so. i had two places in mind -- the central park in NY and the wiscosin dells. i guess im also a nature-lover.
pero if i were in europe, im pretty sure i would be spending a considerable amount of time visiting historical places, middle-age citadels, century-old cathedrals, world-war memorials, museums and famous architectural masterpieces such as the eiffel tower in france, colliseum in rome, the london bridge, or the leaning tower of pisa. aren't these what europe is known for? never thought of europe as a place to go to if you would want to be in commune with nature...from the pictures my friend showed me, im clearly mistaken. lalo ko tuloy inaasam makarating duon.
by the way, i don't recall ever sharing with you pictures from the wisconsin dells from this blog. kaya naman, i thought id create something to let you see how truly beautiful nature can be. i hope you'll also appreciate it:
so, yeah. i love nature. and come to think of it, when i was in manila, i would keep coming back to UP even if only to sit by the sunken garden or the lagoon and also maybe that's why here in chicago, i could go out and spend time at the lincoln park or the north avenue beach even though im all by myself. hmmm... i love nature. kaya pala i love to wear green.
my friend's answer was ireland. i wasn't surprised, from his stories he sounded like he really loved it there. he then went on to show me pictures of ireland from his website (using his mobile phone). most of the photos were landscapes, very scenic: cliffs, valleys, snow-capped mountains and shorelines, wild forests. this last one is interesting, the forest is unattended but it was really organized. the trees were tall and slender, evenly spread out and there were wild blue flowers growing at their foot. it was beautiful.
napaisip tuloy ako where i would go back to here in the US if i had just one chance to do so. i had two places in mind -- the central park in NY and the wiscosin dells. i guess im also a nature-lover.
pero if i were in europe, im pretty sure i would be spending a considerable amount of time visiting historical places, middle-age citadels, century-old cathedrals, world-war memorials, museums and famous architectural masterpieces such as the eiffel tower in france, colliseum in rome, the london bridge, or the leaning tower of pisa. aren't these what europe is known for? never thought of europe as a place to go to if you would want to be in commune with nature...from the pictures my friend showed me, im clearly mistaken. lalo ko tuloy inaasam makarating duon.
by the way, i don't recall ever sharing with you pictures from the wisconsin dells from this blog. kaya naman, i thought id create something to let you see how truly beautiful nature can be. i hope you'll also appreciate it:
photos from the wisconsin dells
so, yeah. i love nature. and come to think of it, when i was in manila, i would keep coming back to UP even if only to sit by the sunken garden or the lagoon and also maybe that's why here in chicago, i could go out and spend time at the lincoln park or the north avenue beach even though im all by myself. hmmm... i love nature. kaya pala i love to wear green.
my green self
thoughts on a thursday morning
...you need coffee...
...you have a morning call to take...
...you have a chore to do...
...you have a postcard to send...
...you have a morning call to take...
...you have a chore to do...
...you have a postcard to send...
...you have a request to make...
...you have a list to check...
...you have a lesson to learn...
...you have a passion to pursue...
...you have a book to finish...
...you have a soul to mend...
...you have a past to cherish...
...you have a love to let go...
...you have hope to be joyful for...
...you have a God to know...
...you have a prayer to lift up to...
...you have a heart to make right...
...you have a family to share happy moments with...
...you have dreams to fulfill...
...you have today to live...
...you have a lesson to learn...
...you have a passion to pursue...
...you have a book to finish...
...you have a soul to mend...
...you have a past to cherish...
...you have a love to let go...
...you have hope to be joyful for...
...you have a God to know...
...you have a prayer to lift up to...
...you have a heart to make right...
...you have a family to share happy moments with...
...you have dreams to fulfill...
...you have today to live...
and you have this to be thankful for:
you are where you had wanted to be.
Playing on the Sea-shore
I know not what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell, whilest the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
--Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Memoirs of Newton
--Isaac Newton (1642-1727), Memoirs of Newton
fountain of love
"Love is a portion of the soul itself,
and it is of the same nature as the
celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise." -Victor Hugo
i expected to find historical places in philadelphia. and i did. i saw the liberty bell, the independence hall where the US constitution was signed, i saw old buildings and quaint shops... but i never expected to see this: a fountain of love, in the middle of the downtown. it was quite a view. as you can see in the picture, i wasnt the only one amazed by it.
the fountain was shooting straight up as if wanting to reach the sky...very simple in its form, but very powerful. awakening, roaring, breath-taking. much like the love which most of us dream of: one that would take us from the dark avenues of our souls and bring us high up to the heavens.
and it is of the same nature as the
celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise." -Victor Hugo
i expected to find historical places in philadelphia. and i did. i saw the liberty bell, the independence hall where the US constitution was signed, i saw old buildings and quaint shops... but i never expected to see this: a fountain of love, in the middle of the downtown. it was quite a view. as you can see in the picture, i wasnt the only one amazed by it.
the fountain was shooting straight up as if wanting to reach the sky...very simple in its form, but very powerful. awakening, roaring, breath-taking. much like the love which most of us dream of: one that would take us from the dark avenues of our souls and bring us high up to the heavens.
pancake for lunch, anyone?
have i told you guys how much i love breakfast? i can eat breakfast anytime of the day. yummm.
ingredients: maya hotcake mix, water, oil to grease the pan and alaska sweetened condensed milk! wala pa ring tatalo :)
ingredients: maya hotcake mix, water, oil to grease the pan and alaska sweetened condensed milk! wala pa ring tatalo :)
beautiful beyond description
this is the turte pond, at the central park in new york
this is a really beautiful place. very serene, this pond is situated in the midst of a hurried city, almost on top of an almost incomprehensible subway system... who would expect to find something this tranquil a few blocks away from all the noise and blinding lights at the times square. was truly awesome being there and for several minutes, i could only sit there and be quiet. i don't know what i must have thought but i probably said "wow" to myself over and over like i often do when i get overwhelmed with beauty or majesty. looking at the pictures of the pond, i am now reminded of this song:
You are beautiful beyond description
Too marvelous for words
Too wonderful for comprehension
Like nothing ever seen or heard
Who can grasp Your infinite wisdom
Who can fathom the depth of Your love
To a God whom all praise is due
I stand in awe of You
To a God whom all praise is due
I stand in awe of You
hmmm....actually, i did more than stand -- I jumped!
Haha!
not for the post-its
Remember how the tears won't flow while your body trembles. As if the soul aches to separate from your being. Out of reluctance. A soul not shattered, but made smaller. Shriveled.
Remember how you were made silent and humbled. Out of pain, and sadness and maybe disgrace. Brought by your own mistakes. And his.
Remember how you shivered. Remember how you sought for cover and stillness and rest; how you fought hard to be unafraid, to remain hopeful. Remember how easily your heart broke by thoughtless words and careless actions and how hard it was to mend. Harder each time it breaks again.
But also, remember his own brokenness and his tears, his embrace and how he tried to be silent to keep things from falling completely apart. For you. Remember this and try never to be bitter.
Remember how you were made silent and humbled. Out of pain, and sadness and maybe disgrace. Brought by your own mistakes. And his.
Remember how you shivered. Remember how you sought for cover and stillness and rest; how you fought hard to be unafraid, to remain hopeful. Remember how easily your heart broke by thoughtless words and careless actions and how hard it was to mend. Harder each time it breaks again.
But also, remember his own brokenness and his tears, his embrace and how he tried to be silent to keep things from falling completely apart. For you. Remember this and try never to be bitter.
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