“Nobody sees a flower — really — it is so small it takes time — we haven’t time — and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” Georgia O’Keefe I’m back after two days off from the blogosphere. Nope, I didn’t go to any of those beach resorts, I spent a […]
Once upon a time, there lived a furniture shop owner. He makes beautiful finely-crafted furniture and sells them at low prices. Sales are not that good though, just enough to get him by. After all, his shop is just one among the many furniture shops lining up his neighborhood, competing for attention from passers by. […]
I was walking slowly along the sidewalk which was already dark except for some yellow light radiating from the lamp posts and the occasional glare from the cars and motorcycles passing me by. The last Mass for Sunday at the Ruamrudee church in Bangkok had just ended and people were scurrying to their cars, while […]
It was a clear sunny day. I was walking along a very high rocky cliff beside a beach with a good friend and I felt happy just feeling his hand clasping mine while we were talking and enjoying the view before us. There were some people sitting along the cliff’s edges, while some were standing […]
My bedroom used to be cozy and pleasant to the eyes. Now it’s crowded with two drafting tables inside and papers and drawings and blueprints all over. Well, I can’t even keep them yet coz I am still working on them. Even some books are cluttered on the shelves. That’s what I get when I’m […]
I always bring a book with me whenever I go out, it comes in handy when I stand in queue or waiting for a meeting to start. So while I was standing (my back leaning against a seat) in the middle of a crowded bus moving slowly amidst a busy traffic, I got myself so […]
One dreary morning, I had this unusual conversation with nature. I was out of the house when I chanced upon a pretty sight along my way to the gate. It was one of those wayside flowers bursting in bloom. The plant’s stems were cruelly pushed back to a concrete bench because of the dumping of […]