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Quote from: chicogon on March 04, 2011, 11:36:21 AM
There's me enjoying the southerly breeze (habagat) and the waves...


The Sun Is Shining - Balicasag

Best part in riding the banka, Fr. Roel, is the cool wind hitting one's face and the cool water splashing.

I can still remember it. Seeing Bohol , Cebu, and Balicasag and then the distant shores of Siqijor!

Quote from: chicogon on March 05, 2011, 01:57:15 AM
I wish I was a conqueror but I'm not. Capturer may be the least of them all but at least I am. Puahahahaha!!! 

hahaha, awww kuyaw gihapon lagi!

Being Children of God


23 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

-Galatians 3: 23-29

The Law and the Promise

15 Brothers and sisters, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duly established, so it is in this case. 16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say “and to seeds,” meaning many people, but “and to your seed,” meaning one person, who is Christ. 17 What I mean is this: The law, introduced 430 years later, does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise.

19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.

21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.

-Galatians 3: 15-22

colloquialism is a phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation, rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics.Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier. Colloquialisms are also sometimes referred to collectively as "colloquial language".

1. characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal. 2. involving or using conversation.

Some examples of informal colloquialisms can include words (such as "y'all" or "gonna" or "wanna"), phrases (such as "old as the hills" and "graveyard dead"), or sometimes even an entire aphorism ("There's more than one way to skin a cat").

reference: Wikipedia

"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.”


-1 Corinthians 12:1-11

an account of Jesus' Power:



“… who came to hear Him and be healed of their diseases, as well as those who were tormented with unclean spirits. And they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch Him, for power went out from Him and healed them all.”

-Luke 6:17

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

-Hebrews 13:8

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds … Great is our Lord, and mighty in power …”

Psalm 147:3

“The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works.”

Psalm 145:8

1: 11,

she falls and has to get re-scrubbed. this is true.

true story: one time during an OR rotation, another intern sneezed and both of us had to re-scrub in (i had to because i was in close proximity to her). By the time we were done, we already missed the major part of the ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography )

kulirez!

hahaha, plenty of room kono. sigoro sa sitting room? 


The life of a 3rd Year Medical Student in the Operating Room

tsk tsk tsk..

1: 35- 1:55

i can sympathize jud. ngek! 

Hahahaha. no comment. 


Day in the Life of a 3rd Year

The History of Love is a novel in the form of a homage to things lost, as well as to unsolved mysteries. The novel within the novel, also named The History of Love is the basis for all these questions.

Leo Gursky is an old man who feels as though he is disappearing. He tries at all costs to draw attention to himself, but he still feels he has a void in his life. Eventually, he goes on a quest to find his long-lost son and the novel that he wrote as a young man, now published in Chile under the name of Zvi Litvinoff. Alma Singer is a teenage girl who is trying to keep her family together after the loss of her father. Named after the heroine of The History of Love, Alma tries to console her widowed mother (who has recently been requested to translate the novel from Spanish) as well as keep her younger brother Bird (who believes he is a lamed vovnik) from becoming a social pariah.

The main characters are: Leo Gursky, Alma Singer, Bird Singer, Zvi Litvinoff, Bruno, Isaac Moritz, Alma Mereminksi, Misha.

Reference: Wikipedia

"ive got this icebox where my brain used to be.." hahaha. 

I'm so feeling this song right now.

Icebox (medical student remix)

hehehe

Medical students song 2

hehehe maka lingaw! My salute to all the nursing students and nurses out there! You can do it!

Salute ko ninyo. 

Kaiser Wilhelm II, in military attire

Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany

The Proclamation of Wilhelm as Kaiser of Germany.

Kaiser Wilhelm I of the German Empire

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

President Obama of USA visiting the Forbidden City.

Interior Throne Room, another throne within the Palace

Above the Imperial Throne..

His Most Imperial Majesty's Throne.

The Imperial Throne of The Son of Heaven, The Emperor of China.
Location: The Imperial Forbidden City, Peking (Beijing).

The Emperor's Chariot

The Emperor's Terra Cotta Army.

Qin Shi Huang was born in the Chinese month zhÄ"ng (æ­£), the first month of the year in the Chinese calendar then in use, and so he received the name Zheng (æ"¿), both characters being used interchangeably in ancient China. In Chinese antiquity, people never joined family names and given names together as is customary today, so it is anachronistic to refer to Qin Shi Huang as "Ying Zheng". The given name was never used except by close relatives, therefore it is also incorrect to refer to the young Qin Shi Huang as "Prince Zheng", or as "King Zheng of Qin". As a king, he was referred to as "King of Qin" only. Had he received a posthumous name after his death like his father, he would have been known by historians as "King NN. (posthumous name) of Qin", but this never happened.

After conquering the last independent Chinese state in 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang was the king of a state of Qin ruling over the whole of China, an unprecedented accomplishment. Wishing to show that he was no longer a simple king like the kings of old during the Warring States Period, he created a new title, huangdi (皇帝), combining the word huang (皇) from the legendary Three Huang (Three August Ones) who ruled at the dawn of Chinese history, and the word di (帝) from the legendary Five Di (Five Sovereigns) who ruled immediately after the Three Huang. These Three Huang and Five Di were considered perfect rulers, of immense power and very long lives. The word huang also meant "big", "great". The word di also referred to the Supreme God in Heaven, creator of the world. Thus, by joining these two words for the first time, Qin Shi Huang created a title on a par with his feat of uniting the seemingly endless Chinese realm, in fact uniting the world. Ancient Chinese, like ancient Romans, believed their empire encompassed the whole world, a concept referred to as all under heaven.

This word huangdi is rendered in most Western languages as "emperor", a word which also has a long history dating back to ancient Rome, and which Europeans deem superior to the word "king". Qin Shi Huang adopted the name First Emperor (Shi Huangdi, literally "commencing emperor"). He abolished posthumous names, by which former kings were known after their death, judging them inappropriate and contrary to filial piety, and decided that future generations would refer to him as the First Emperor (Shi Huangdi). His successor would be referred to as the Second Emperor (Er Shi Huangdi, literally "second generation emperor"), the successor of his successor as the Third Emperor (San Shi Huangdi, literally "third generation emperor"), and so on, for ten thousand generations, as the Imperial house was supposed to rule China for ten thousand generations. "ten thousand" is equivalent to "forever" in Chinese, and it also signifies "good fortune".

Qin Shi Huang had now become the First Emperor of the State of Qin. The official name of the newly united China was still "State of Qin", as Qin had absorbed all the other states. The names Zhonghua (中華) or Zhongguo (中國) were never used officially for the country of China until 1912 when the Republic of China (中華æ°'國) was founded. Contemporaries called the emperor "First Emperor", dropping the phrase "of the State of Qin", which was obvious without saying. However, soon after the emperor's death, his regime collapsed, and China was beset by a civil war. Eventually, in 202 BC the Han Dynasty managed to reunify the whole of China, which now became officially known as the State of Han (漢國), or Empire of Han. Qin Shi Huang could no longer be called "First Emperor", as this would imply that he was the "First Emperor of the Empire of Han". The custom thus arose of preceding his name with Qin (秦), which no longer referred to the State of Qin, but to the Qin Dynasty, a dynasty replaced by the Han Dynasty. The word huangdi (emperor) in his name was also shortened to huang, so that he became known as Qin Shi Huang. It seems likely that huangdi was shortened to obtain a three-character name, because it is rare for Chinese people to have a name composed of four or more characters.

This name Qin Shi Huang (i.e., "First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty") is the name that appears in the Records of the Grand Historian written by Sima Qian, and is the name most favored today inside China when referring to the First Emperor. Westerners sometimes write "Qin Shi Huangdi", which is improper given Chinese naming conventions; it is more conventional to write "Qin Shi Huang" or "First Emperor".


Reference: Wikipedia

An original rice paper portrait of the Emperor Qin Shi Huang

The First Emperor of China




Qin Shi Huang , of the Qin Imperial Dynasty.

Beautiful

The dance of the Tang Dynasty China.

Quote from: chicogon on March 06, 2011, 11:51:12 AM
I took this last July 2010...


Hongkong The True City Of Lights

wow beautiful. The last time i was here was in 1998.

Han Imperial Beauty.

kini ay maayong ehemplo sa 'Chinese Beauty'.

1. The people

2. The busy locale

3. Calamay Nation; Jagna's Calamay is the best of the best bar none.

Quote from: chicogon on March 04, 2011, 11:45:17 AM
Birthplace (and burial place) of my grandfather, Angel Ochoga Galicia; hometown of my maternal relatives 

hehehe! So you're half Catigbianon and half Jagna-non diay?

Oy! Neighbors man diay ta!

dearest inday
kamusta naman ka
asa naman ka nag station?

naka dungog ko nga nag pasar sa nursing boards
congrats kaayo, day!

mo adto gihapon ka sa garden cafe?
tamis pa ba gihapon ang buko salad
sa garden cafe?

dungog raba ko nga tamis kono didto
sa
guindulman



kining balak para sa imo.

-Bran

Quote from: junjun on October 27, 2010, 05:52:40 PM
Im saddened my this terrible election in the Philippines, imagine, mga S.K, gipangkidnap, gipangtagaan ug cellphone n other stuff just to win the election. What can we expect when their time comes as adult leaders, dili kaha sila mahimong S.K- Sobras Kabalungon  o Sobras Kaya__.

tsk! tsk! its true,many of my friends-brothers(lay ministers) were into it.... and I am slowly lossing my passion to serve in that way as LLM because, i feel like, it has no difference at all...I will just serve our people in my own simple way!!!

Very disappointing kaayo to hear corruption and acts of corruption sa Pilipinas, and especially sa Valencia. Jun, your point is clear and noble in 'serving your people in your own simple way.' God Bless you!

Very noble gesture sa imo.

Quote from: TOPAC on May 08, 2010, 11:14:06 PM
Contrary to their claim that the group of olegario and dango, candidates for mayor and vice mayor, respectively, of the opposition in valencia, armand namoc, a candidate for sangguniang bayan under the opposition and son-in-law of sangguniang panglalawigan candidate dionisio balite, is giving out P50 per vote in valencia.

hahay!

Sir Calle,

If this is true, then there should be no pointing of fingers. From what I hear, it is apparently 'part' of the political processes to bribe the people. Running and opposition parties in any town in the Philippines do this. In defense lang sa former opposition group.

I wish that there will be a time that there will no longer be 'vote buying' in Philippine Politics.

Period.

Quote from: hubag bohol on March 06, 2011, 08:59:28 AM
I'm hard put to imagine anything racist or pejorative about the sound of crashing ceramic utensils. In fact, as far as I know it's a sign of good luck.

In America, some closed minded white Americans will joke around with Chinese Americans and ask them, "How did you get your name? Did your parents drop glassware on the floor and decide on a name because of the sound?"

It is referring to the foreign sounding Chinese names as compared to the typical "John, Mark, David, Sam, etc.

Believe me, to the Chinese and Asian-Americans who are asked these questions just because their names sounds 'different', it is a racist / ignorant statement.

Quote from: DonMac on March 06, 2011, 11:37:57 AM
Mr. Lorenzo:  So many mansions (Built and paid for by OFW's)  Not local employees.

The New Pablo O. Lim Memorial Astrodome was Number One: -  really not needed, we had a perfectly adequate community center. and Number Two: - financed by our former mayor and now Lt. Governor who pawned Badian Springs.  If the town defaults on the loan, you will have to go to Panglao to swim.

The restored Dome and interior of the Holy Infant Church, and the stained glass windows were paid for by US, Manila, Davao, Cebu, Saudi, UK, and USA balikbayans.  (There are plaques at the entrance to the church)  The LGU had nothing to do with this work.

I think the reason you do not see any negatives is because you have not spent any time here.

1. Yes, indeed, so many mansions. Ofws or not, they are still Valencianhons who send money back to Valencia , and in return the town benefits. Don't be so closed minded to think that just because they're 'OFWs' that makes them automatically outside the sphere of Valencia and the Valencianhon people.

Ako, i was born in Valencia, but raised in America. You might consider me 'OFW' but I do not consider myself an OFW, but a pure-blooded Valencianhon.

2. The Pablo Lim Astrodome looks good. I don't know who designed it, but one thing is clear that it was named after the late Mayor Pablo Lim , who was also a very good friend of my late grandmother. Why so antagonistic against projects that are built to develop the infrastructure of the town? From what I was told (by former mayors and from political folks there in Valencia, the dome functions during formal ceremonies and during town festivals and events). Is there a possibility of expanding the astrodome?

3. Have you been to Badiang Springs? Its filled to the brim. I was there and visited few times and everytime it was filled to full capacity. I really don't think it will be taken away nor will the Valencianhon people have to drive to Panglao to swim. LoL.

Badiang Springs/ pool has been there since i can remember. Since as far back as i can remember, the pool has always been there. And considering the high rate of tourists/ visitors to the site, there is steady income. I'm sure the loan will be paid. And considering the Lt. Governor of Bohol is Dr. Concepcion Lim, i really doubt they will be doing anything to forfeit the Badiang Spring/ Pool.

4. Whether or not the new dome of the Church was funded by the OFWs or 'home' Valencianhons, they're still Valencianhons.
Awww diba? We loose the right to take responsibility and to help out our beloved town just because we leave our Pinanggang Yutang na tawhan, diay?? You're telling me that just because USA Balikbayans donate something to the town, that they are separate entity aside from the town?

Mac, there is a community here in USA called the Valencianhon Assocation of the East Coast, which is composed of some 30-40 families and we donate and pool in money to help what we can for our town. Let alone celebrate the Fiesta of our town in the honor of Senyor Santo Nino EVERY year. So even tho we are not in Valencia, we celebrate in SPIRIT with our families and our friends back home in VALENCIA.





God Bless you, Mac! Viva Valencia! Viva Senyor Santo Nino!

Quote from: Raquelproud boholana on March 06, 2011, 01:16:59 PM
Wrong dili siya usa sa school drop out gani hapit na ni ma doctor .

hehehe intern pa lagi intawn, 'te Raquel.

pasensya sa ahong miscalculation. Naka ingon pood ta 3,048 household members , as in persons , not in families.

nonetheless, ofws or not, the town of Valencia is still prospering. My personal observation lang (despite a 12 year absence)

Quote from: luckybelle on March 06, 2011, 06:35:02 AM


Bu Qing Shan Nice name, shorter than your western name, first name could be King Shan

hehehe

Quote from: chicogon on March 06, 2011, 08:00:39 AM
Ga kontes lang ni si Paquito Diaz ug si Max Alvarado ani nga role sa movie in the old days, many a-time together in the same movies 

hahaha mao ba?

Quote from: chicogon on March 06, 2011, 07:56:30 AM
Like Pancho Villa? 

hahaha mao lagi. Espanyol kaayo siya.

I hope that the European citizens will be protected and their rights recognized.

Whatever the United States Defense Forces decides to do, I hope that it does so accordingly with good judgment.

-Lorenzo

---------



You came with your uncle on that bright July day
blue jeans and bright blue shirt covering
the pearl white skin ,
the almond brown eyes ,
the sweet pink lips that hides a smile.

Conversation-wise, silent at first.
But your eyes did more talking than your mouth.
Why so shy, inday?

Gusto ka mango shake?
Dili.
Pero when i order for you, you drank it all,
and even sipped from my glass.
Ingon ka dili ka gutom
Dili pood uhao.
Gutum ug uhao man diay.

Ang style sa baji sa Guindulman--ay mag 'no no'
pero, ug tagaan nimo, mo 'okay okay'
ing ana diay ka?

Di ka mo sulti nako at first,
uwawon.

Pero, sa end, di ka mo undang sa ratatat.
Ing ana diay ang style sa baji sa Guindulman?

Driving you back to your place was sweet
your strut and stride was observed
thoroughly by my Valencianhon eyes
park, reverse, visit again.

You left a dent in my memory, inday Guindulman-on.

a tribute to the homeless in Chicago
-written during 'off' hours in the hospital, February 2011

==


sitting by the bridge on the corner of North Broadway idle
waiting, asking, begging,
pennies, quarters, nickle and dime
do you have some ?

hundreds of cars, presuming eyes with condescension
all for the sake of a dollar here and a dollar there
please help me, please help a needy soul
the request comes on deaf ears

the cold air surrounding deafens the frustration
where will i sleep tonight
by the street, by the shelter, by the rundown buildings
on North Halstead , on West Montrose Avenue, somewhere quiet

life is hard, life is merciless, life is a struggle
for the homeless.
will you help?

1967

Iconic Duo.

FPJ and Don Paquito

He looks more Spanish than he does Filipino.

Mr. Diaz will always live on.

His iconic mustache epitomizes the generation of Filipino men who lived in the 70's and 80's that styled the same stache.

He was the epitome of 'Kontrabida to the Max'


Mestizo Guapo!

I will always remember watching the old VIVA FILMS in which he starred in. He was the antagonist to Fernando Poe Jr's protagonist role.

Rest In Peace Sir Diaz!

could be, Manay. What is the consensus there in Deutschland? Will the Bundeswehr go in and support the rebel forces?

Quote from: hofelina on March 06, 2011, 01:05:34 AM
Barato pa gihapon, dinhe kay mahal jamo ug tax plus insurance.
I walk and ride the bus, I sold my VW Golf.

Yes, Manay, mahal kaayo jud dinha sa Europa.

When I was vacationing in Netherlands Antilles , a Dutch territory in the Caribbean, I talked to some Dutch folks who moved to the Caribbean because they said that the cost of living in Holland was excessive kono.

My Chinese Name: Bu Qing Shan

Meaning: Celebrate Goodness



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In Han Imperial Culture (Chinese), names refer to a meaning, usually, referring to an auspicious event, or harmonious occurence as it suggests luck and success.

Chinese names are beautiful and much more appreciated when written in the ancient Chinese calligraphy.

My great grandfather, who is 100% pure Han Chinese, used to teach my grandmother how to write in calligraphy.

I can remember in my youth my lola writing my name in Chinese calligraphy and would read me my Chinese-name.

Theirs (Chinese) is an ancient way. Remember that Chinese culture is over 5,000 years old.

Philippines as a country is only 60 some years old. The concept of 'Filipino' 'Filipinas' came into existence in 1565 when the Spaniards created it.

Hence, as a collective identity, we are only 400 some years old.

The Chinese have been a civilization and have been a collective identity, a race for over 5 millenia.

Before the Jews were even a civilization and practiced Judaism, the Chinese were already there.

Please be considerate of their culture and not insensitive to it.

In the Chinese (Han) way, the family surname comes first and then the given name comes later.

For example: Lee Yu Fang ; Lee is the family name, and the given name is Yu Fang.

Yu Fang is a beautiful feminine name.

Hence, Lee Yu Fang is a girl's name; in western (Romanized) version, it would be: Yu Fang Lee.

Qianlong Emperor of China.

This is a racist and ethnocentric rhetorical question, Vistabel.

There are Chinese-Filipinos here who find this rather racist and offensive.

Is sex that important for you?

What is your mode of transportation?

ingon ang usang doctor, "if gasoline price keeps on going up, i'm going to start taking the bus to work."

i'm paying $4.09 per gallon here in downtown Chicago, USA

There in the shores of palau
sits an old sage lonely
sighing with a laugh
a fool in his own shadow

The loneliness of this sage
beckons insults to come
hurling it onto innocents
to remedy his torture.

Quiet and two faced apparel covering her so
swimming with fishes to pose for convergence,
receiving compliments from an old fool,
ah, the masquerade of these buffoons.

Eloquence?

Feigning it so , yet failing to achieve ever constantly.
Like poor men having wine tastes with beer pockets.
As pathetic as the caroling of drunkards on Christmas eve,
As redundant as the clamoring of a fading bald cymbal.

Ah, the constancy, the inevitability of two faces.

How are you doing now little lady?
its been months since we last exchanged words
there have been empty letters
empty covers, unwritten coverheads
full pens, uncapped still.

How are your lips these days?
i wonder if they are as red
like the lava of raging volcanoes
are they cold as Tagaytay on winter nights
or as fiery hot as Bonaire on July days.

-Lorenzo

What is the price of gasoline where you are at?

Quote from: statesville on March 05, 2011, 08:41:26 AM
Can be used as an excuse to raise the price of gasoline,
   diin kada adlaw anam-anam nag saka as we can see at the pump....

diri sa Chicago, $4.09 per gallon na. Aguy! Pila na dinha sa inyoha?

The trick to knowing two faced individuals is that you really don't know when they're showing their real face.

-Chinese proverb.

Appearing on New York experiences
So quick to denounce
Appreciating others' flaws so she can correct

Bit wait a moment my sweat little dear
Why so protective, defensive when you're not clear
Popping balloons are a hobby for you so
Long as it's not yours?

Invoke your little passions if necessary
They do entertain, over and over again.

Come, take off your mask.

He comes
He leaves
He laughs
He condescends
He demands
He curses
He laughs

He projects
He denies
He adores
He conceals
He yearns
He eats

He angers
He toils
He sleeps
He oils

He talks
He confesses
His solemn walks

His chatter
His calling
His wicked jokes
His momentous release

His silence
His reading
His nonchalance
His hurting heart
His yearning
His many regrets
His wishing to change
His inevitability .

His sigh hidden in a devilish smile.

The sage.

Oh senior nano na suko
Pa man ka gihapon
Di ba ma sakitan ka sa grudge
Sa imohang kasing kasing

Relasyon.

Naa ba ka?
Sigoro naa sigoro wala
Pero ang importanteng mensahe
Ay kini: ug makasa ka, pag angyo
Pood sa pasaylo.

Diba mag pasaylo man ang baba sa asawa
Pariho rapood sa bata sa ijang ginikanan
Baga ra sigoro imohang kasingkasing
Hypertrophied na.

Mag ampo ko para nimo.

Joseph Stalin.

I never knew Japan was a Maoist country. Certainly it did not enjoy the effects of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Perhaps you are referring to Confucian culture?

Any case, Thailand is not Maoist because the country is still a hereditary monarchy, the antithesis of Maoist Communism. Communism in Thailand was crushed during the 80's.

Better to live poor and free than to die rich a slave.

I will not go without my uniform. My military attire...

-Frederick the Great, German King,
His last word....

-Lorenzo


sitting in catatonic gaze with arms outstretched
for hours like a centipede in open plain
basking in the sun.
but it is not the sun that you bask in, patient,
but the sound of nurses' feet, doctors' white coats fluttering,

what do you hear in that head of yours, when you show no slight emotional recoil
no sound, no reaction to even the simplest of commands.
you are alive, machines record your blood pressure,
stethoscopes actualize breath, heart, abdominal sounds,
yet you do not react.

as i come visit you from time to time, check up on you, your charts still reads the same.
: Catatonic Typal Schizophrenia.

what goes on in your mind, patient in room 157, bed 2?

amongst the daffodils, the lilies, plenitude of perennials , lies a lone flower.
a black rose
unlike other roses this one has no thorn, no outward defense.

beware, ye who would fall into folly to such a black rose.
for tho no outward defense , the smallest sniff from its petals,
shall cause immobility and death.

there is poison in even the most softest, delicate-looking flowers.

Porsche Panamera Turbo S

-Lorenzo



library

sitting on the desk upstairs secluded from the rest
a man heavily coated, a whimsical fellow, flamboyant in attire and mannerism
sitting on an English colonial chair, legs crossed reading his book, fiction

as i extract my caramel macchiato  his eyes fix on mine
ambivalence on his stare until it was obvious, the coldness of the stare
sending a chill up my spine.

why did he stare? what was the purpose of such intrigue?

prepared to leave, finishing the drink, as i walk to my escape,
he gets up and tries to start a conversation.
in disgust, i evade, and briskly walk away.

by: Pierre Auguste Renoir

"Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life." - Hugh Sidey

"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past." - Thomas Jefferson

"Life is not holding a good hand. Life is playing a poor hand well." - Danish Proverb

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity." - Omar Idn Al-Halif