ON QUEUES AND PATIENCE

When we went out to dinner in HongKong, my friend wanted to bring us to this special restaurant...
Lo, and behold... a superlong queue.... and this picture just shows the tail of the line...


WAITING... Just to eat in this place... and it was already 9 p.m.!
The food must be really good!!!


The day before, we also waited in line and was served after more than an hour... for food!


Well, I guess, we should follow this admirable trait of PATIENCE...

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.

                                        St. Francis de Sales

A restaurant in Tsim, HongKong

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ON MILK TEA

The first time I tried Milk Tea was near the Wanchai Station in HongKong.


Milk Tea has a twist from the usual tea or milk that we drink.


The way I see it, I could think of UNITY IN DIVERSITY in this drink...
Milk plus tea plus chocolate plus sago pearls plus... plus...
And it tastes still so good altogether!




Milk tea near Wanchai station

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ON LIGHT DISPLAYS AND HIGHLIGHTS

The HongKong laser and light display happens every 8 p.m.

As we arrived in the Ferry Terminal, this is what greeted us.

Interesting red lights with fan shadows and of course, with accompanying music.

We look forward to highlights in our life...

We hope it comes everyday...

But, that doesn't always happen.

We cannot depend on someone else to schedule this for us.

We have to make our life worthwhile for us to experience brightness and inner joy.

Maybe, the only one who has a say in the highlights of our life is...

THE LORD ABOVE!

HONGKONG CLOCK TOWER

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ON CHOCOLATES AND MACADAMIA NUTS

LIFE IS A CHUNK OF CHOCOLATE AND MACADAMIA NUTS!!!


Chocolate is sweet and the nuts are there to keep it crunchy and more delicious...


Such is life, so sweet... and we have to encounter crunches which make life bumpy and now more interesting!


... hopefully, not too many nuts in my life!!!




In a Hongkong choco store

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ON THE KEEPER OF THE GARDEN

I envy the "Keeper of the Garden"...

they are able to grow 

beautiful plants and flowers

 from the littlest seeds.

I don't have that talent 

but I may be a keeper in other areas...

Let us find our niche in this world...

and be a Keeper in our own way!

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ON SNOW-CAPPED SUMMITS AND GOALS

I could only see the snow-capped summits from the plane... or from afar... 
I don't think I would even consider climbing any one of these...
Especially, as our age in years increase, we get less aggressive and less adventurous.


BUT, I still have dreams of reaching summits in other forms...
such as, trying to do better in our present field of work.


Each of us have to find our own summits which we want to reach!


over L.A.

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ON THE TIP OF THE LEAF

Let your life lightly dance on the edges
of Time like dew on the tip of the leaf.
-Rabindranath Tagore

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ON DANCING IN THE RAIN

Life is not about waiting for storms to pass...
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
Vivian Greene

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ON THE MIRACLE OF A SINGLE FLOWER...

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Author unknown

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ON TREES AND REFLECTIONS

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

- Confucius

When I brought my son to school, I saw this "pond" on the way and I was attracted by the reflection of the trees on the water, especially with the floating pink waterlilies on the side. Usually, this place isn't noticed and may be a breeding area of dengue mosquitoes, but the beauty of that moment caught me and so I just had to capture it in this photo.

Tumaga, Zamboanga City

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ON DOORS OF HAPPINESS

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

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ON IMAGINATIONS AND DREAMS

If you can imagine it, you can create it.

If you dream it, you can become it.

William Arthur Ward

L.A. sunset from the plane window

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ON CLOUDS AND SUNSET

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry the rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore

Sunset in L.A. from plane window

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ON CHOICES AND WISDOM

We have many choices in life...some are clear-cut...some may be out of the box...


Some are just reflections...and may not be tangible...and may not even be reachable...


WHATEVER, YOU CHOOSE...
BE WISE...
ALWAYS THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES!

ON LIFE AND TOGETHERNESS

This life is difficult but if we work hand in hand, things will fall in place....

ON MY GREEN APPLE

Green apples are said to be anti-oxidants and part of the anti-cancer regimen...


This green apple is part of my life...


Where I put in things that "stress" me...


But my anti-stressor as well...


Can I do without My Green Apple? 

ON NUESTRA SEÑORA VIRGEN DEL PILAR

Our Patroness...

Our Mediatrix...

Our Intercessor in Heaven...

Our Role Model...

Our Inspiration!

Zamboanga City

ON RAIN AND ITS USES

I like the rain... 

I don't need to water the flowers...

nor wash the car!

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