first trip

On July 9, a day after my birthday, we'll be going to Vietnam and Cambodia. First trip overseas and first plane ride. It's a treat for myself and for my significant other whose birthday is next month. :)

5 months to save, research and prepare our itinerary. Yey!


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I miss my yoga class... :( I'm thinking of joining the slow flow next month.

busy.busy.busy

-christmas presents
-bazaar
-christmas gathering

I should be able to squeeze in some warrior pose in between. :p

E A R T H L I N G S

allow me to post this wonderful film i was able to watch! make's me proud to be a vegetarian,soft-hearted that i am and such a tear-jerker everytime i see cruelty of all sorts. this movie/documentary never failed to show it's real meaning.

this is more intense than meat you meet and chew on this from PETA, but it all boils down to promoting one thing. hope you get the message.

i also like the quote that was discussed on this film:

"As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animal and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behaviour towards creature, all men are Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right."- Isaas Baschevis Singer (Enemies: A Love Story)

To everything there is a season...

and a time to every purpose under heaven:

A time to be born, and
a time to die;
a time to plant, and
a time to pluck up
that which is planted;

A time to kill, and
a time to heal;
a time to break down, and
a time to build up;

A time to weep, and
a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and
a time to dance;

A time to cast away stones, and
a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and
a time to refrain from embracing;

A time to get, and
a time to lose;
a time to keep, and
a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and
a time to sow;
a time to keep silence, and
a time to speak;

A time to love, and
a time to hate;
a time of war; and
a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

if you ever run out

... of recipes, just click on the link - http://www.notbeansagain.com/

No meat recipes please. ^_^

hope im not..

... diabetic or something close to that. it's nearly 2 weeks and my wound is still somehow fresh :( oh my... i still can't kneel and bend my left leg. i feel terrible.

a week ago...

.. we're in provident spending quality time with close friends. singing, cooking and watching movies. Now, the house is covered with mud and all their belongings are gone. when we heard the news that they're already on top of their neighbors roof, we know that what they're experiencing is unexplaineable. i am lost for words. we prayed, we contacted the radio stations for rescue and sister in law even tried calling their contacts. this, i feel traumatized the kids the most. i hope that this will never happen again.i am not even able to write the situation properly.

visiting them yesterday, you can still feel what they've been through. every story will put a tear in your eyes. even seeing the news about it made me cry. each of them has a story to tell. sister in law mentioned that this might be Kali-yuga. i don't know, i hope not. but somehow or another, we should take time to focus on our spiritual life and be serious about it.

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Nothing stays the same in this world. This happiness is a passing phenomenon. This world that you are in is a passing phenomenon. It's not secure; it's not eternal. -J.G.