God, Happiness and Life

I like the version sang by Barbra Streisand I like the song because it reflects something in my life for a long time now. Some people think that we do not need another human being to be happy. I guess that is not absolutely true most times :-) When the mellow moon begins to beam, Ev'ry night I dream a little dream; And of course Prince Charming is the theme: The he for me. Although I realize as well as you It is seldom that a dream comes true, To me it's clear That he'll appear. Some day he'll come along, The man I love; And he'll be big and strong, The man I love; And when he comes my way, I'll do my best to make him stay. He'll look at me and smile I'll understand; And in a little while He'll take my hand; And though it seems absurd, I know we both won't say a word. Maybe I shall meet him Sunday, Maybe Monday, maybe not; Still I'm sure to meet him one day Maybe Tuesday Will be my good news day. He'll b...

I hope that you are just starting to enjoy your birthday today my son. Yes, there's only Ate there with you. It could feel different but take comfort that we are there with you because YOU  have us in your heart and we all have YOU here in our hearts as well. By now, you know what is like to be on your own, sort of :-) because you are still with Ate. And how it works in other cultures; work and social environment. Don't think that people are weird when you do not seem to understand them. Think in terms of diferences in cultural practices. Though people may look and feel different, they are still humans, just like you and I. They laugh and cry just like us, maybe get angry in an unfamiliar way, or perhaps express themselves in a way that like unacceptable. Just the same, understand that you come from a Filipino upbringing, expectedly not the same as a foreign upbringing. I know that you have your new gadgets? That should take care of the lonely moments :-) I suggest, get bus...

Someone I have known for thirty years  and a person very  important to me,  celebrates his birthday today. Happy Birthday Partner.  And today, I lift my head to God to ask him if I deserve living this  life,  the way  I live it now with you. :-)  But, instead  I murmur a silent prayer for you.  I asked God to give you good health and longer life so you can spend it the way you really want to.    Though life may not be perfect,  all I really care about is to get over the humps we have been experiencing since 2006.  The imperfections of our life together seemed to have become permanent, but hey that  strengthens me all the more. Forget that have become  slightly neurotic. Don't I try to work at always keeping my cool and being  level headed? Often,  I  wonder  why you are,  the way you are. Maybe that's the way it's gonna be. Or maybe it's me. That you always manage to be nonc...

I am not a father but everytime I watch this movie, I have tears in my eyes. It is a story about a father and son whose had a not so perfect relationship. Mom and Dad divorced. And then Dad gets sick. All of these happening against the backdrop of a blossoming career. On the verge of almost losing his grip on his job, losing focus because of problems created by his personal life, Tom Hank's character in the movie chooses to  take care of  his Dad despite the threat of losing his job. Forgiveness and compassion is one human aspect that moves people to do the right thing. After all nobody is perfect. Happy Father's Day to my partner. And a timely reminder: "Fathers do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." And to my Papa who is I am sure in a place better than everything here on earth I have  to remind myself  to so something like this: "My father died many years ago, and yet when something speci...

I am playing with old pictures made to look even more old through picjoke. Taking photos. I used to love that. Well I still do. My first camera was a Kodak instamatic which was a gift from a friend. For the longest time I used it to immortalize my youth and  family celebrations back when my Mother and Father were still together. Celebrations were always meant the whole clan, with everyone present,  my Lolo and Lola, including my aunts and uncle (fatherside). Summers were spent with relations on my mother's side. More pics.  then that camera was borrowed. And that was the end of it. My instamatic never came back. It was lost according to my brother. Here comes my  SLR Nikon bought from hard earned money. That was 1985. So many of my children's photo memorabilia were taken with  that camera. It proved very reliable. Not too sophisticated but it did what it was supposed to do. All my 20 plus photo albums were taken by my Nikon. Reminds me again that all those...

Something I saw from picjoke and then decided to use my daughter's pic to try it out..and I must say it came out well.

Working in a foreign country seemed to have enhanced my daughter's personality further. She now commands  an authoritative yet  pleasing stance of a mentor. Is it that or age?  :-) Being a Pre-school teacher is never easy, even if  in her case,  is a life long advocacy. It's been a dream to help and guide children to reach their potential as human beings. Her maturity, I suppose stems from having special children under her wings. But, things turned out okey if not much better. Late last year  she was able to change school. It is now work and relaxation compared to what she had prior, which was all work. Hah!