Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. - John Lubbock

I took this photo at Lago de Oro last summer while me and my friends lounged around and had dinner on a bamboo raft during sunset.  What a sactuary it was…

May everyone have a restful weekend ahead

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being “in love” which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two.
-St. Augustine

Being in love is a fleeting euphoria. The real beauty lies thereafter.  When all the fireworks are gone, you can look into each other’s eyes and feel the love welling up again

Miles of loneliness, now make perfect sense,
here beside you…
Tears like waterfalls, it was worth them all,
just to find you… 

 :-) turning one…

I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. - Roy Croft

This is one of those wala-lang-posts because I’m just feeling it.  The funny thing about love is that great distance never diminishes its meaning.  Sometimes it lies in silence, but it’s there.  If it’s with the right person, that is.

Throughout our lives we deal with heartaches, and we ask the universe in all our defeated voice one question - Why?  When love finds you, when you’re ready to receive it, there you’ll find the reason why.  Or it finds you

This was yesterday’s happenings - we went to Laguna for the Greenfield City Sunset Run.  We signed up for the 5k event but according to people it was almost 6 kilometers.

Anyway, that’s not even the point of this post here…

The point is this - last Friday I put in 3 kilometers for a last prep work for the Sunset Run.  Afterwards, while having dinner I almost forgot that I did a run.  There was nothing sore in my muscles. 

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Doing this race is so much fun that I can’t wait to do it again

We’re doing the Greenfield Sunset run this weekend… I’m excited!

I know this Psalm by heart since I was a kid

Psalm 91 - God Our Protector

Whoever goes to the Lord for safety, whoever remains under the protection of the Almighty,
Can say to Him, “You are my defender and protector, You are my God; in You I trust.”
He will keep you safe from all hidden dangers and from all deadly diseases.
He will cover you with His wings; you will be safe in His care; His faithfulness will protect and defend you.
You need not fear any dangers at night or sudden attacks during the day.
Or the plagues that strike in the dark or the evils that kill in daylight.
A thousand may fall dead beside you, ten thousand all around you, but you will not be harmed.
You will look and see how the wicked are punished.
You have made the Lord your defender, the Most high your protector.
And so no disaster will strike you, no violence will come near your home.
God will put His angels in charge of you to protect you wherever you go.
They will hold you up with their hands to keep you from hurting your feet on the stones.
You will trample down lions and snakes, fierce lions and poisonous snakes.
God says, I will save those who love me and I will protect those who acknowledge me as Lord.
When they call to me, I will answer them; when they are in trouble, I will be with them, I will rescue them and honor them.
I will reward them with long life; and I will save them.

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Today is quite special, really

According to Jodrell Bank Centre of Astrophysics, this happens before sunrise

Jupiter, having passed behind the Sun on the 28th February, reappears in the pre-dawn sky at the very end of the month. On the last day of March it will rise about 50 minutes before the Sun and, at magnitude -2, could be seen in binoculars given a clear low eastern horizon.

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The trip to CWC during the last leg of our Camsur stint being a major failure(the machine was not working), we decided to thread Lago de Oro’s cable skiing place two weeks after.

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For most, doing that long distance thing with a partner is tough.

It’s a new day, got a clean slate
Gonna get up, fill my coffee cup
Hit the interstate, gonna drive all day back to you

It’s been fifteen and a half days
I can’t take this long distance
Something’s missing in every moment without you

But all my troubles fade
Everything falls into place

Where you and I meet, baby that’s the sweetspot
Where you and I meet, baby that’s the sweetspot
When you hold me in your arms there’s nowhere else I wanna be
Yeah, where you and I meet, baby that’s the sweetspot

But you know, in making the decision to go into a long-distance relationship, I just made sure that it was OK with me.  Listening to your heart is the key.  Before going into it, make sure that you will be alright with it.  Reflect on it.  Only then should you say yes to it.

In my case that’s what I did.  I decided that with this person, it was going to be alright.  There was enough love between the two of us that distance was not going to be a big factor.  Reflecting on it, I knew that with this person, it was going to be easy.

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I am loving this song… perhaps because in some ways I’m living it

Break Me Out by The Rescues

My empty room
Crowded to soon
I look for the fire escape
I picture myself
Running like hell
Making my getaway

The walls are caving in with no warning
This ship is sinking, I gotta swim for it
I’m running out of air

Break me out tonight
I wanna see the sun rising anywhere but here
Come with me
Oh, this could be
The only chance we get
We gotta take it
We don’t do it now we’ll never make it
Lose this crowd
Oh break me out

I first thought this song was about a person trying to get out of something.  But it isn’t just about that.  It’s about escaping with someone special, from the monotony of a sheltered existence and into a life with a fresh set of eyes - your lover’s eyes

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The quality of your life will be, in part, dependent on the quality of the people you hang out with. So choose the very best specimens of humanity available.

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FYI, my Project 365 started yesterday.  But I decided not top post it here, rather in Twitter via Twitpic… I reckon using that, I can post from anywhere

This was my first post - http://twitpic.com/130naj

You can follow me on twitter - http://twitter.com/jazzyweb

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Saw this somewhere on the net.  Just thought I’d spread the word :-) 

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

• Throw out non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.
• Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
• Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 
• Enjoy the simple things. 
• Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
• The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 
• Surround yourself with what you love , whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 
• Cherish your health.  If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 
• Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county, or to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
• Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. 

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I found these old photos on the web.  Comparing it with my latest pics… hehehe

Anyway, you be the judge…

2006 and 2009 side by side

2006:

2009:

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