coffee wisdom

Being the only SPLer onsite today was better than I had hoped. I only had one meeting for the day, and I spent more than an hour having lunch. Although, all I had was a grande Latte and a bagel with cream cheese at Starbucks. I wanted to see if I could go online there while having lunch...but then, I had to buy into the wifi. I ended up reading documentation and all while having my meal that wanted to pass itself off as 'lunch'.

In the process I realized that their Starbucks paper cups had interesting words in them. Made me think if there's anything similar with those in Manila...can someone verify for me please?

I know have a new reason to hang out at Starbucks...I want to keep copying these thoughts...

Since this photo isnt clear, I'm posting the words here as well:

The Way I See It # 85

Let go your sorrow.

Let go your blues.

Coz I know tomorrowis yesterday's news.

Let go your sadness,

give up the fight,

follow your madnessand take flight...take flight.

-- Seal,Musician. His songs can be heard on Starbucks Hear Music TM station,XM Satellite Radio Channel 75.
(Starbucks Union Square, NYC Mar 27, 2006)

the view from my balcony

My current temporary apartment is in Hoboken, New Jersey. Whenever I step out at night, this sight (along with the chilly night air) greets my senses. Funny how the view of New York City, where I will, for sure, encounter stressful days sometimes manages to soothe me.

To those who are in the US and who have not yet heard from me...I will get in touch...give me a little more time ;)

Funny, I was writing, re-writing, deleting and writing this entry over and over again when I switched the channel and tuned in to 'Under the Tuscan Sun'. Shortly after, one of the characters goes and says 'Live spherically and with childish enthusiasm and it will come your way' or something to that effect.

How apt. I needed that reminder, I needed to be told again, that life goes on no matter what and that what will happen will happen. That we go in every direction singly or not, that we need to be able to accept everything and see everything as if for the first time --- stay amazed, feel the magic --- regardless of what the experience may be.

So maybe things aren't turning out the way I wanted...that instead of coming back to this reality and facing it with he who chose me and he whom I have chosen, I am given a different reality. One that goes beyond the borders of what I've always called home. One that will transpire the way daily life does sometimes, and the way distance dictates it to transpire.

But, we are humans and humans learn how to cope. People are strong enough to deal with what life hands them. I am a strong woman. I had that strength before, and it is now even stronger now that it is fortified with his strength...now that we face it together, what can go wrong?

Life will go in the direction that it has to go. And so will we.

Nothing can be more exciting than that.

huling hirit.

Before it truly becomes obsolete and old news, I will post some old photos from my recent Cyprus trip....

Cyprus is overrun with cats.

There are no stray dogs...only stray cats. And these cats are not the sickly-looking ones either.

In photo is one such cat posing for a bunch of tourists. I was on the Kykkos-Troodos Tour from December of last year, when we stopped to take photos of the distant Monastery (the name of which escapes me now) that did not allow female visitors within.

8 hours of boredom.
Returning home from my first trip to Cyprus, I was faced with 8 hours of waiting at Dubai airport. The lengthy time I would spend inside the airport was made worse by the fact that I was arriving there shortly after midnight and my flight would be early in the morning. With nowhere to sleep and rest peacefully, I had to while time away by taking photos.

Everyone else seemed to be rushing to their departure gates, while I was killing time. I decided that some play with the shutter speed would be the best way to capture those boring hours doing nothing.

Waiting for my flight's gate announcement

Moving without walking

Life is full of possibilities...they are there everywhere we turn and in everything we do. It is those moments when we choose a possibility and turn it into reality that make life more meaningful...It is those moments that define who we are and we begin to be who we will be. It is those moments when we really live, and when we really learn.

I chose a possibility last month. It is my reality now, and life is becoming more and more meaningful everyday.