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no, it's not what you think...

blog time

click the image to enlarge (then u can enlarge it some more). it's a good read when your brain doesnt work anymore understanding the relationship of education and economic growth. this is also a better reading material. it makes sense to me.

i had a hearty laugh while reading this inside the plane on my way to tacloban last december 2004. taken from philippine daily inquirer, forgot the issue. (for non-pinoy, maybe u can just continue reading your textbooks.)

i changed the title from break time to blog time as suggested. the latter is more appropriate. hahaha ive been blogging most of the time such that my break time becomes synonymous to blog time.

sample of philippine island

just a sample of philippine island. with a place like that, who would want something else? if you don't like this one, there are other 7,107 islands to choose from (wow phil CNN ad).

the picture was taken when i was travelling from tacloban to manila by bus. yes by bus. 24 hours or more. seeing a place like this, the worth is more than the plane ride. this island is located between northern samar and bicol. we took a barge to cross the islands.

soon i will be going home. finally home sweet home. frolic again in a beach like this. my japan experience may be great, but there's still some sweetness in a place like home.

i may love japan as a country, but i love my country more. maybe because it's my home. or maybe because there is simplicity and warmth in the filipino people themselves. just like this island.

prelude to spring

flowers taken from a pot. snow still covers the garden, but melting

waking flowers, blooming
at hand, dawning
night ending
another day, beginning.

bright sun, consoling
clear sky, cheering
hope rising
beautiful life, appearing.

a prelude to spring.

teban ug goliat

weekend with teban and goliat. taga hapi mart.

goliat: noy teban, mo-posing una ko. da, ni-posing na lagi ko.
teban: unsa ka diha! posing-posing.
goliat: mag unsa man diay ko, noy teban.
teban: saba!
goliat: ambot!

(i actually forgot what we were laughing about. but the weekend was more than fun to a point daniel complained of a locked jaw. and when teban went back to his house in yokohama, he cried because he did not bring along goliat and his cousin leah to disneyland.)