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| Wednesday, 23-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge 28: Fruit
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LOVE, the feeling, is the fruit of LOVE, the verb.
this is my niece, sai-sai, also a fruit. not by love maybe, just maybe...
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| Friday, 18-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge 27: Endings
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DAY'S END
As I was walking along the beach shoreline one fine
late afternoon back in my hometown, I was fascinated
by nature's stunning display of the sunset.
But is it really an end or just a pause for another new day to come?
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| Saturday, 12-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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106 years of Philippine Independence?
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but we are not really free....
"Liberty we may have achieved but for many Filipinos, freedom is a luxury."
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| Friday, 11-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Predominantly yellow and green
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A little seed
For me to sow?
A little earth
To make it grow?
A little hole,
A little pat,
A little wish,
And that's that.
A little sun,
A little shower?
A little while,
And then a flower.
~m. watts
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| Wednesday, 9-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge 26: FACADE
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The Cathedral in Cebu City
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Church in Bacolod City
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The UNMASKING of the Catholic Church
The sex scandal perpertrated by some priests in the US seriously disturbed the Vatican. 
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| Tuesday, 8-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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TIME-DELAY LOCK?
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Sirius Black unlocked Azkaban's lock just in time
to save Harry. Or did he? 
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| Wednesday, 2-Jun-2004 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge 25: STORY
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DAD'S OLD PICKLE JAR
The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made as they were dropped into the jar. They landed with a merry jingle when the jar was almost empty. Then the tones gradually muted to a dull thud as the jar was filled. I used to squat on the floor in front of the jar and admire the copper and silver circles that glinted like a pirate's treasure when the sun poured through the bedroom window. When the jar was filled, Dad would sit at the kitchen table and roll the coins before taking them to the bank.Taking the coins to the bank was always a big production. Stacked neatly in a small cardboard box, the coins were placed between Dad and me on the seat of his old truck. Each and every time, as we drove to the bank, Dad would look at me hopefully. "Those coins are going to keep you out of the textile mill, son. You're going to do better than me. This old mill town's not going to hold you back." Also, each and every time, as he slid the box of rolled coins across the counter at the bank toward the cashier, he would grin proudly. "These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the mill all his life like me." We would always celebrate each deposit by stopping for an ice cream cone. I always got chocolate. Dad always got vanilla. When the clerk at the ice cream parlor handed Dad his change , he would show me the few coins nestled in his palm. "When we get home, we'll start filling the jar again." He always let me drop the first coins into the empty jar. As they rattled around with a brief, happy jingle, we grinned at each other. "You'll get to college on pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters," he said. "But you'll get there. I'll see to that." The years passed, and I finished college and took a job in another town. Once, while visiting my parents, I used the phone in their bedroom, and noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed. A lump rose in my throat as I stared at the spot beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My dad was a man of few words, and never lectured me on the values of determination, perseverance, and faith. The pickle jar had taught me all these virtues far more eloquently than the most flowery of words could have done. When I married, I told my wife Susan about the significant part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life as a boy. In my mind, it defined, more than anything else, how much my dad had loved me. No matter how rough things got at home, Dad continued to doggedly drop his coins into the jar. Even the summer when Dad got laid off from the mill, and Mama had to serve dried beans several times a week, not a single dime was taken from the jar. To the contrary, as Dad looked across the table at me, pouring catsup over my beans to make them more palatable, he became more determined than ever to make a way out for me. "When you finish college, Son," he told me, his eyes glistening, "You'll never have to eat beans again...unless you want to." The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Mom and Dad sat next to each other on the sofa, taking turns cuddling their first grandchild. Jessica began to whimper softly, and Susan took her from Dad's arms. "She probably needs to be changed," she said, carrying the baby into my parents' bedroom to diaper her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was a strange mist in her eyes. She handed Jessica back to Dad before taking my hand and leading me into the room. "Look," she said softly, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor beside the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been removed, stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and pulled out a fistful of coins. Choking with emotion, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes locked, and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak. This truly touched my heart... I know it has yours as well. Sometimes we are so busy tending to our troubles that we forget to count our blessings. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you ca n change a person's life, for better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others. The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched - they must be felt with the heart. ~anonymous
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| Monday, 31-May-2004 00:00 |
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What powers you?
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or better yet, who powers you?
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| Friday, 28-May-2004 00:00 |
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Ode to a nameless potter
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| Wednesday, 26-May-2004 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge 24: Definition
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QWERTY
>Pronounced kwer-tee, refers to the arrangement of keys on a standard English computer keyboard or typewriter. The name derives from the first six characters on the top alphabetic line of the keyboard.
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