ate long days

funny how 8 days in the hospital make one courageous
i had a slice of apple cinnamon cake
it wasn't so bad

skipping work

blood pressure rising
protein in the urine missing

thankful they didn't go together
just one, not the other

celebrated with lamb pad kee mao
at newtown thai II

basement bookstore

winter energy saving tip:
instead of using a heater
iron clothes ---
warms you up
as you keep your clothes neatly pressed

bihon + ginisang munggo

i am very lazy lately
i get tired quickly

tonight, i actually cooked something
thankful for the egg slicer
my first time to ever use one

spamsilog

Quién puede convencer al mar
para que sea razonable?

Who can convince the sea
to be reasonable?

L, Pablo Neruda
Livro das Perguntas (The Book of Questions)

mango coconut loaf

sir ian mckellen in his interview to promote the play,
waiting for godot,
said we are all waiting for something --- consciously or not

thankful for the exercise of waiting
the wait for the atis to ripen made it sweeter

phone calls

i don't seem to get the same train seat three days in a row
there's always circumstances, like running late,
or a new person

thankful for the train
who takes people in, regardless
then spews them out, time warped

then there's afternoon nap

being up and out early in the morning has its perks
today, it is being in the midst of a thick fog
thankful my job forces me back to being a morning person

train mates

one wears a pair of pink flipflops
even in winter

the other a browned white chuckies

i wonder if they identify me with my shoes
or the orange water bottle i am carrying

a black brollie

time moves backwards
when i watch heavy rain fall

thankful i am not really going anywhere

laundry time

the sun came out on the first day of winter
not so much a promise of lesser cold

thankful a baby succulent has sprouted

almost 4 years old

death comes all of the sudden

not really

somehow you know its coming
and there are tell-tale signs

but grief strikes just the same

thankful for the funny times
paupau never failed to welcome us home

gadget lust

once in a while i give in

i chanced upon a mall launch of dsi xl
held it and played some mario

today was plants vs zombies
on an ipad

thankful for product demos

05:05

standing in the rain
waiting for the train

thankful
for the smell of baking bread

fruit juice-spiked water

En que ventana me quedé
mirando el tiempo sepultado?

In which window did I remain
watching buried time?

O lo que miro desde lejos
es lo que no he vivido aún?

Or is what I see from afar
what I have not yet lived?

LXVII, Pablo Neruda
Livro das Perguntas (The Book of Questions)