silenced

sometimes silence could be a better welcome remark than the opening speech delivered by a country representative (an ambassador? i won`t say) during that country`s presentation in the expo hall in 2005 aichi world exposition. i lost 25 minutes of my time listening to the mouth rumblings which i could have used to line up to see a far far better show of the hitachi group. lighter note, my friend gained back his strength for 25 minutes by sleeping the entire speech.

i was silent for the past 3 days. i tell you it was better that way. i needed it. i desired it. it was waited for. it was welcome. i gained a new experience, looked at new perspectives. nothing stopped me. and nothing could. the 3-day silence was spent entirely in the world expo. had i not pursued the silence in favor of the noisy university crammings, and so of this blogging (this blog is a byproduct of lackofbetterthingtodo), i wouldnt have gone this far.

because of the must see opportunity i must not refuse, so i was silenced. but it was a better welcome remark. nothing beats it. bet you on that.

hey back now to the world of blogs, i am.

imaginings

imagine there's no thesis
life's easy, if you try
no paper to think
only world expo to go
imagine all the students
are leaving today...

imagine there's no classrooms
it isn't hard to do
nothing to worry about
and no sleepless nights too
imagine all the students
living life in peace...

you may say i'm a dreamer
but i'm not the only one
i hope someday you'll join us
and the world will be as one

imagine no professors
i wonder if you can
no need for grade or homework
only entries in blog
imagine all the students
sharing all the blogs...

(with apologies to lennon and his diehard fans)

seasons of love: the musicale

the stage: season bliss
solo: why have you chosen me?
duet: can't live a day (without you)
trio: beautiful in my eyes
quartet: God causesallthingstogrow
quintet: love will be our home
ensemble: answered prayer

choir: til the end of time

all songs, except the solo, are taken from the album I Will Be Here, c 2001 Sparrow Records. solo song composer i dont know

passing of winter

picture taken in mt naeba, during the FIS World Cup, february 2005

my tribute to the passing of winter.

soon winter will only be part of my album. this particular experience, captured in a digiphoto, paints a thousand words. the mountain as background looks like a charcoal sketch, and the people as foreground seem to be a stroke of pastel colors, but such wordless scene brings forth the greatest speech i have ever heard. believe me so because i was there. i took part.

"the heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge." -psalm 19:1,2