morning

morning in spring as seen from my window, may 26, 2005

japan has been known as the land of the morning sun. i was told that sunrise really could be so red as in its flag. ive been here two years but til now i havent seen such red sunrise. who would see it when the sun rises at 4 am? only this morning i got to get a glimpse of it because i slept at 5am. but yet it was not red, it was blue. since i am surrounded by mountains, i get to see the fullness of the morning sun at around 8 or 9 am. the mountains cover its first morning glorious beauty.

i am always thankful of the unfolding of a new morning. that means a new day, another day. i am thankful because i get to live again one more day of my life. and with a morning like this (in the picture), i am not losing the wonder of the day. what then would my day be like? how would i spend it? what surprises would i get? this is another exercise of my faith to go through another day.

i have one more day to live. and i am learning to live one day at a time. how long will i live to see one more morning? i dont know. only one thing is certain now, that i am ready to see the passing of another day, and ready to welcome a new morning. that i am ready to see the passing of my life, and ready to welcome a new life eternal.

"filled" trip

grabe ayos it ak adlaw yana. naglaba ak kanina nga aga while sige basa emails, mga news konohay ha inq7, philstar, malaya, journal ngan abante-tonite, exactly in that order gud. tpos back to inq7 to watch clips from gma7 while listening to music han akon sony hi-fi (nga ha pagkayana gusto ko na ipuspos kay "no disc" na pirme, ambot naano na ini.) after gma7, parong an sony, pamati na lwat ako ha dzas 702 ha internet while reading blogs, rereading blogs, etc. tpos laba, luto lunch, tpos pack up na hini nga mga forex boxes. asya it ak aga.



field trip kanina, may 25, 2005

han udto, nagfield trip kami ha uzhuoka (tapang la ito nga ngaran kay kalimot ak) diversion river (shinano river, the longest river ha japan) harani niigata, bis lugar di ak maaram. enjoy kami duro sige picture picture. for the first time, and i hope the last time, nahulog ak camera, try ko pgsalo, napakulob lugod ako, nauntog ak ulo ha bagan kudal ha rooftop han office hini nga kanan diversion. upay nala wray naguba ak olympus. olympus man gud. mahulog nala an tanan nga ginpicturan ko, ayaw la ini nga camera unta. tpos pag uli nam, umagi kami ha fish market. pumalit ak shrimp nga sinugba, mais nga makuri i-describe it rasa ngan gugti nga octopus. picture picture na lwat.

pag abot ko iuj, pasado alas 6, naghulat na ha ak an japanese para han english bible study, so kadto naman ak ha shiozawa. marasa na lwat am dinner. naabutan alas 9 am discussion. tpos invite na lwat ak nira kadto ha yokohama yana nga june 19, mayda daw gathering ini nga ira grupo nga mayda english interpreter. wray anay ako nagcommit kay dire pa klaro kon libre. i cant afford to go on my own kay damo ak expenses yana para mga padara hini nga mga balikbayan boxes. pinoy man gud ako. plus mga payables pa related ha graduation. pero ginbalik balik pagsiring nga isahaya san is inviting you. siguro libre gad ini. one day la ata, balik la pgkagab-i.

after hini nga BS, dul-ong na ako tiuli ha iuj. may kasabot ko pa alas 9pm, birtdey sankay ko. pero late ako umabot. wray hya bisita kay sunday pa kono celebration. kay birtdey man, siyempre may ice cream. tsika kami until 2 am. baga kami correct, pulitika am gin storyahan. ngan damo nga jokes.

past 2 am na ako nakabalik ha room ko. download pa ako mga pictures. surat hini nga blog. pagkita ko hit ak katre, damo mga gamit kay wray ko katapos knina an pagsulod ha forex box. hay gin itsa ko nala ha salog ini nga mga kon ano ano la. yana alas 3 na han umagahon, tapuson ko na lwat ini nga akon blog, nga makaturog na ako.

ayos gud it ak adlaw.

choice

anybody can tell me what kind of a flower this is?

alone or in a crowd, which do you prefer? or sometimes alone, sometimes in a crowd. it's a choice actually. but whatever your preference is, whether solo or in a company, always be beautiful in God's eyes. just like these flowers.
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good night.

"on boys and bikinis"

surprised? go just check it out. it's one good read. linked without permission.

hitched

after dinner last night with the cambodians who prepared a very green, very oishi meal, we watched a movie in the lounge. we were joined by our common friends from uzbekistan, holland, egypt, jordan, china, sri lanka, and vietnam. and the title of the movie was? ennnnng engggg engggg..."the bachelor".

hahaha the movie was for me although i dont have 100 million dollars to get girls go crazy over me. but i like his words of proposal to the girl when he said: you win! and i may add: i lost! this is what getting hitched is all about. maybe?

i envy the flowers now which look so compatible and cute together. buti pa sila.

when i was in my teens, i had this idea of what kind of a girl would i marry. when i reached my teens part II (twenteens, that is), i already had a picture of who the girl was. now, (HEY I AM STILL A CALENDAR BOY!), i am asking: WHERE is the girl! more of a punctuation mark than a question.

i wish i were jimmy who ended up a hudred million dollars richer and with anne, exactly in that order.

flower chorus

flowers in shiozawa farm, may 21, 2005

yesterday i volunteered to help aoki sensei work in his farm. we planted mushrooms in the logs that we cut last snow filled april. i've never been a farmer in my life, though i wish i were and imagined how free would have i been from nonsense bosses. working with nature, or being with nature, always gives me a different high and a sense of freedom. there's something in it. maybe a sense of awe.

who would not be awed when all around me i could see wild flowers/backyard flowers just growing practically everywhere. aoki sensei toured me to every corner of the backyard farm and showed me spring flowers in full bloom. such colors!

michael collins of apollo 11 is right when he said: "the moon is so scarred, so desolate, so monotonous, that i cannot recall its tortured surface without thinking of the infinite planet earth offers: misty waterfalls, pine forests, rose gardens, blues and greens and reds and whites." (carrying fire)