lightbluelife

2010 international flora exposition part 2

2011-02-08T10:30:00.000-08:00

hello everyone!here are some watery shots/views i took from the 2010 International Flora Exposition in Taipei designed and participated by different countries around the world,the exposition should be finish this year april 25,2011...the exposition will be the first internationally recognized exposition to take place in taiwan and the seventh of its kind to take place in Asia.Am still hoping to take one more glance at the expo before it will close this april(fingers cross)i will beg for hubby to bring me there one more time because our first visit there was not enough and it's like we only saw all the flower exhibit from different countries but not totally explore the whole vicinity were you can find more exciting exhibit including the one from New Zealand and i will be to much dissapointed if hubby won't allow me to go there again...so,for him to grant my request i will be too nice and more sweet for the next few months lol!and perhaps will surprise him this valentines and on his coming birthday this month...(excited much...!LoL)

kung hei fat choi(happy chinese new year!)

2011-02-03T08:39:00.000-08:00

hello everyone!!! it's been awhile since my last post yours truly been busy with loads of thing for my wedding preparations and working in between...this photos were included in our video to be presented on the day of our wedding...and i decided to take photos of me and hubby facing the sunset at cheng ching lake,we're so lucky that day that even the weather was so bad(it's freezing cold and the sky was a bit gloomy) it didn't stop us to go there and tryif we can wait for a sunset luckily after past five o'clock the sunset was already there at the spot were i wanted it to take a snap...and here it is hope you enjoy my little sharing for the day...

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!!!

welcome 2011....

2011-01-06T10:38:00.000-08:00

before 2010 ends i got a chance to visit palau island then after palau here comes philippines and oh!before i forgot 4 days before my vacation to philippines i got a photoshoot to finish and why i am telling all of this????because that's the reason why i've been away for so long and i really really missed my blog and all the people i know in the blogging world maybe,no one misses me here but for me wasted time won't change to miss every person i've met through this blog....i've so much to share but for now i still needed a much rest because the doctor told me so...it's quite fast to tell you but i....on my way to having a baby!!!yup,and it's a little bit to risky for my situation....i will try my best to update as much as i can and visit my old friends here,hope you guys still with me for this year!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR to ALL and GODBLESS everyone!!!!

photo taken in Palau island

Palau island's temperature ranges to 33-35 degrees(i got sunburn here lol!) always on daytime and there's a few rain showers on night time....quite amazing because even the sun shines so brightly the rain will just suddenly fall on your hotel roof lol!

stairs and windows

2010-11-25T11:32:00.000-08:00

happy thanksgiving everyone!!!!

"the windows of my soul are made of one-way glass,don't bother looking into my eyes if there's something you want to know, JUST ASK"

posted for :the weekend in black and white

doors and windows

wind power park at cijin

2010-11-18T12:29:00.000-08:00

this wind power park is located at cijin kaohsiung erected facing the beach,one of the most visited park in cijin not only because of the seven wind power standing there but also because of the beautiful views of the waves coming from the sea...if you are a nature lover you will appreciate more the scenery coming from the sea waves and those kites flying at the sky..there was a rain that day so my photos are a bit dark,i guess i need to return there by 2011 at summer time again because i am sure that until now the remains of typhoon last month was still there(i saw it on the news)i ask hubby to check that out after the typhoon but he told me it's quite dangerous to go there because we saw the water coming from the sea is really too high and it almost coming through the highway...

...... the ceiling,roofs and the stairs of jhongsing pagoda @ cheng ching lake

2010-11-15T20:13:00.000-08:00

jhongsing pagod is also one of the main attraction at cheng ching lake aside from the nine-cornered bridge and fu kuo islet that i have posted but this one might be the most tiring yet fulfilling place that i've been to at cheng ching lake...once you've reached the top you can view the whole city of kaohsiung...

for the meantime let me share to you some of the photos that i captured during my visit to the pagoda...i really enjoyed capturing the angles of its ceiling,stairs and its roof as well....i may post the whole story and full views of the pagoda at my photoblog...(hope you check it out!)...by the way these photos are taken using my old point and shoot sony digicam....thank you for dropping by and to those who come by to comment at my previous post please forgive me if i comment back so late sometimes it is due to my busy work loads that sometimes i can't even open my pc but i am sure to visit and comment on your blogs once i am free...thank you!GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

innocence,loneliness and hard work

2010-11-07T11:41:00.000-08:00

just for fun and to unload all my stress i tried to join the photocontest of 2010 PEBA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST though i am not sure if im gonna win co'z i know there are lot more better than me some are professional photographers and some are just like me a photographer wannabe lol! but we all have one thing in common ...an OFW who live outside the country to work and earn a living for our family... since the theme for this year was about family i chose this two photos that represents the "HARD WORK" and "INNOCENCE vs. LONELINESS".... as an OFW we face a lot of hard work just to earn and give the best of everything for our love ones,save a little for the future and hoping that someday we can be together with them again...especially with our kids whom we left,some of us leave those kids with our parents or anyone from close trusted relatives though it is always a hard part to leave them behind we still keep those tears on our self just to pursue something that will bring them good future,a good education that we always wanted them to be finished and a good life that some of us parents didn't experience in our time(should i need to mention me not having a computer not even a cellphone or an iphone during my time)those kids we left back home never know how hard it is to be an OFW...and never they will understand how us(OFW) sacrificed everything for them... their "innocence"will keep them smiling till the time they will know and understand the word OFW and experienced to be an ofw by themselves "LONELINESS" is still out of their curiosity so i guess this two photos rolled into one...i don't expect much joining this contest being a part of it as a supporter to PEBA is more than enough for me but if you still like to join me you can GO and VOTE for my entry....

....those who would like to VOTE for this entry please click 2010 PEBA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST and here's how to vote...

1.LIKE the fan page first 2.OPEN the album 2010 PEBA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST and at the PAGE 3 look for the entry #27 and #28(that's my entry) 3.click "LIKE" at the bottom of my photo entry and leave a comment(optional) just to make sure your vote counted!

NOTE:clicking "LIKE" the photo album doesn't count on my votes though of course you can click it as you like....

....so there you go hope you guys will VOTE for me and i wanna thank everyone in advance...THANK YOU!!!!

clicking the photo will direct you to my entry

~sorry seems to be the hardest word!!!

2010-11-04T15:02:00.000-07:00

why is it sometimes saying "your sorry" was a bit too hard?....since i am living here in taiwan i've noticed that saying "sorry" and "thank YOU" is quite easy for the local people it is like they're just saying a very common word not unlike with a lot of people i know in my country including me when i said sorry i really meant it and one thing for sure i will never ever give my sorry that easy if i know i done nothing wrong well,for some reasons(work related and i really hated it)i forced myself to learn how to say sorry in a very rare situation(not that i don't say sorry) but in my heart i am so sad because i know it's not my fault and i just need to say that word because that is the only thing they were waiting TO MAKE EVERYTHING CLEAR...it's like once you've said it to them then it's all gone(even it will hurt you so much) don't get me wrong here i am not a bad person and i know if i need to say that word but what the heck!!! do i really have to say sorry to them everytime?feel's like losing my dignity(sorry bou't that feeling) do you think it's necessary to say sorry even on just small things like you forgot to say or give your number when you change it and they called you and can't reach you then later on they will confront you and will make things big just because you did'nt share your new number to them huh!...i believed it's my private thing and i can choose the people i want to share it with and give it on my most appropriate and convinient time?....

well,not for them cause they believe THEY OWN YOU and they can demand anything to you....sigh.... did i mention i am not that bad and forced myself to JUST SAY IT TO FORGET EVERYTHING and bring back everything into place..... very simple word that is so hard to say,can bring pain to someone who is not good enough to accept defeat or demand(whatever you may call it),a word that may kill your feelings and crushed your dignity into one.....NO,no...i don't want to think it that way i was raised to be understanding and to have a lot of patience by my parents and thinks that now is the right time i could use those hidden treasure of mine lol! recently,one of the people at my work was becoming more and more impulsive and demanding...and i was hoping it will end soon before i could use all my banked patience lol!not to mention loads of stress she painting at me and never ever say and give my "SORRY" to the upper position for not so important case...so i just hope things will get better sooner not soon....

if not i'll just bite my arm and say it over and over again if that is what they wanted me to say..lol!(just like singing merry christmas song...hahhhaha)

good thing there are beautiful things like sunrise and sunsets to keep me going just like these photos of sunsets capture at cheng ching lake looking far to the nine-cornered bridge...!

beach,bridge,and wall @ cijin (2)

2010-10-30T10:56:00.000-07:00

"May God grant you always...A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering Angel so nothing can harm you. Laughter to cheer you. Faithful friends near you. And whenever you pray, Heaven to hear you.” -Irish Blessings

hello guys...hope everyone of you are in good condition..though i am not so happy i think i still need to say something here...my mom is sick she slept again(she always slept for many many times huh!)and im a bit upset co'z yesterday also my sister mother-in-law just passed away and i can't help myself to cry she's been so good to us and she's my mom's best pal....sigh* i know wherever she is now she's happy to be with her husband....why is it always too hard to smile and be happy when you're missing someone and want them to hug but you can't...oh my!i miss everyone especially my dad,my sister,my two brothers,my nephew and my grandparents....i just wish i could give and pay a visit to them once i get back to my country next month....yesss...im going home and i can't wait anymore...i wish it's december now....forgive me guys if i can't share anything good this time my mind and heart is really full of loneliness....hope you understand....and thanks for your visit....

it's your birthday.....lightbluelife!!!

2010-10-21T12:12:00.000-07:00

a year of blogging .....can't believed it!yes,after all those computer problems and lost pictures still i am here why?it's because this is just my only way to let go all the things that i wanted to released from my everyday life...my daily routine as a working girl for more than 11 years now causing me too much stress sometimes and i need something to do to be relieved even just for a single moment of my precious time....though,i am not that good in english and not a professional photographer i will just continue what i have started as long as i am free to touch my keyboard and there's something new to share....i don't mind to be criticized at all for all i know is that i am happy with what am doing....you can judge,read or tell me anything i will accept it just make sure it will be a constructive criticism and i can thank you for that well,of course destructive criticism is also welcome here but be kinder a little okey? cause i am not perfect and i really need to sharpen my rusty mind....and maybe soon,soon am going to overhaul it hahahhahhaha(if i still have time to do that)life is so busy and fast everyone wants to reach the top and make sure that their life is at it's best and so am i... running to do my very best "NOT TO REACH THE TOP" but "TO DO WHAT I BELIEVED WILL MAKE ME HAPPY" am 34 maybe not as young as my blog but i will try to keep this one(my blog-lightbluelife) as long YOU are with me....yes,you because it's you who added life to my blog and it's you who made this one to reach it's first year ANNIVERSARY......thank YOU....

~~~and for a treat let me bring you to KENTING-one of the most visited beach in taiwan...it is located in the hengchun peninsula of pintung county,it is two hours travel from kaohsiung.

posted for:skywatch friday and weekend reflections

....weekend getaway @ kenting

2010-10-17T10:57:00.000-07:00

hello everyone...did you enjoy your weekend???yesterday we went to kenting beach park again for the third time this summer but sad to say it rained again sigh*....so,my supposed to be photoshoot was cancelled again due to rain but before the rain we got a chance to capture a few snaps with clear blue sky...no one will ever think it will rain yesterday because i did check the weather and also the sky in the morning is really a bright blue sky with no sign of rain but after 11:30am rain started to fall and i got worried to use my new cam cause i don't want it to get wet...it is supposed to be my new baby niko"s(my digicam) baptism lol!and also an early celebration for my blog's first anniversary on oct.24,2010...yes!my blog's first birthday is coming and isn't it a good reason to celebrate and be awarded with a dream come true camera for myself??? here are some of the snaps we took when the sunshine is still on....ENJOY!!!!!

my future ____ in his favorite pose....PEACE SIGN.....

guess who????is she sexy or not lol!????

my niece in her sweetest smile

my fiance and i in my wacky pose

yours truly trying hard to have a good pose lol!

my niece

my new baby niko.....

posted for: yellow mellow monday, blue monday, ruby tuesday,myworld tuesday

street scenes - a drive-by photography

2010-10-10T14:00:00.000-07:00

hello my dear blogging friends...hope everyone is in good health and free from any kind of troubles...just remember what had happened to my friend jack still can't believe there are thieves who really don't have a heart and only evil things in their mind everywhere in the world sigh*.Anyway,just to update you my precious friends...i had a great time yesterday celebrating the 10-10 i attended my fiance nephew's wedding party and it was a blast for me lol!i got a chance to know everyone who's who to my future family(yeah you heard it right folks lol!)and everyone greeted me with a smile, wish goodluck and with a cheers!i felt so tired but happy.... and since it's a free day for me let me share to you some of my street shots...taken everywhere here in kaohsiung....

cars near the park,that place is about 15mins. away from my home(will be posting that park anytime soon)

a wall somewhere in nanzou

a cow milking farm where i gate crash to check their private park and also the cow's...i got affected when i saw those animals... they can't even move on their individual metal cage...really devastating...i was about to take picture when the dog bark at me and suddenly a man came so i quietly walk away before he can see me...i know it's not right to gate crash one's private property and felt sorry for what i did but in one hand i prove something about how cow's farm are treating those poor animals...how i wish too come back there so that i can take photos to share at PETA...(wish!!!)

a fruit stand somewhere in nanzou

i took this under the bridge not that beautiful but quite interesting for me and honestly it's my first time to see that kind.

.....city sunset

2010-10-07T12:51:00.000-07:00

"A moment, and its glory was no more. The sun went down beneath the long dark lines of hill and cloud which piled up in the west an airy city, wall heaped on wall, and battlement on battlement; the light was all withdrawn; the shining church turned cold and dark; the stream forgot to smile; the birds were silent; and the gloom of winter dwelt on everything." -charles dickens

let's celebrate life(my 100 post!)

2010-09-30T14:24:00.000-07:00

i always wanted to be natural,simple and do things the very simplest way...because what always matters to me is how i will keep my relations with everyone,with anything,with nature-with life!i love my family,my friends,my blogging friends and all the people who shared their laugh,joy,sorrows and their pains....without them i would be nothing.... everyone in this world has a special mission to fulfill and i believed that for us to be happy we need....someone to love,reason to love and be loved,and something to do to live life and HOPE for.....good thing i have the very simplest ingredients of life to be thankful for....with this i will remain who i am-SIMPLE as i am for the rest of my life because what i am now is where my happiness.

With this joyfull moments to reach the countless time me infront of my computer,with limited words i have to share but endless happiness i could get let me bring back to you my 100 LOVE,100 WISH(for all your wishes),100 LUCKS,100 HAPPINESS,100 HEALTH,100 WEALTH and 100 THANK YOU.. for being with me... your thoughts,comments,post and all the lovely photos are the very reason why i still here and will still be counting... to my sister misalyn thank you... for the encouragement...words are not enough to tell you how much i am grateful to know you but surely you will know and looking forward to meeting you soon...

.....with all this happiness to reach the 100 ways to say i thank you.....skywatch friday have been one of my 100 top most loved now because without them i may not appreciate the beauty of those sunrise and sunset up to now....thank you for giving me the chance to see more the beauty of nature.

99th post...(yellow-blue bell flower)

2010-09-26T10:43:00.000-07:00

YAY!its my 99th post.....one more post and......its 100,yesssssssssss.....let me think,hmmm....this blog did a lot of service to me or should i say i did a lot hahahahaha....at first,i only wish to kill my boredom while im away from my family with this blog but as days went on i found myself looking for more....what more???more subject to post and more places to go.... worse???...desperately hankering for a new camera too(hope to get it before the end of this year)i actually done sifting out what to buy and can't really wait to get it ASAP.See how i got addicted to it.... my new photoblog ...please join me here as i am exploring more and more the beauty of TAIWAN....i'll be posting photos from different places here in taiwan mostly the pride and best tourist attraction of taiwan...so,see you there......

You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have. -Vin Diesel

sunset from my roof top

2010-09-23T11:53:00.000-07:00

There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. -Claude Debussy

.....the painter

2010-09-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

If the world would only build temples to Machinery in the abstract then everything would be perfect. The painter and sculptor would have plenty to do, and could, in complete peace and suitably honored, pursue their trade without further trouble. -Wyndham Lewis

The unity in any painter's work arises from the fact that a person, brought to a desperate situation, will behave in a certain way... style. -Frank Auerbach

.....i've been hospitalized for 3 days due to dehydration and the doctor said its because of flu virus...i really had no idea....tsk.tsk.tsk..anyway,just to update you guys let me share this photo of a woman that i took without her permission....(please forgive me for posting!) at cijin beach when i went there few months ago....please,please do visit my new PHOTOBLOG.....click here:
thanksssss........

let's get wet @ cijin.....

2010-09-14T11:24:00.000-07:00

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hello everyone it's wednesday again time is running so fast that i can't almost feel the day and date....this photos were taken @ cijin beach one rainy sunday afternoon....i enjoyed clicking thought it is already raining because i don't want to miss any single opportunity to catch those lovely waves and to enjoy the scenery in front of me....on sunny day a lot of foreigners and locals were here to freshen up and others to enjoy surfing,i may post it next time i just need to be confident putting those foreigners picture here without their permission lol!

"a person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see Nature really smile. Never does she look so delightful, as when the sun is brightly reflected by the water, while the waves are gently rippling, and the prospect receives life and animation from the glancing transit of an occasional row-boat, and the quieter motion of a few small vessels. But the land must be well in sight; not only for its own sake, but because the immensity and awfulness of a mere sea-view would ill accord with the other parts of the glittering and joyous scene. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers"

orchids-like-flower from a grass somewhere......

2010-09-12T11:17:00.000-07:00

this is not a typical orchids flower,from the first look you could say it belongs to its kind but actually not because this one is just a grass flower that i accidentally saw when i went to yongshin harbor beach...i fell inlove with its color and shape knowing that orchids is one of my addiction too lol and so i grab my point and shoot cam and click on it...

Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration. -David Herbert Lawrence

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not. -Georgia O'Keefee

~~~there's always a sunshine after the rain

2010-09-09T10:55:00.000-07:00

its all.....

Your my sunshine after the rain

your the cure against my fear and my pain

'cause im losing my mind when your not around

its all...its all because of you

your my sunshine...o yea

baby I, really know by now

since we met that day

you showed me the way

i felt it then

you gave me love

i can't discribe

how much i feel for you.

i said baby I, should have known by now

should have been right there whenever you gave me love

and if only you were here

i'd tell you

yes, i'd tell you

chourus:

your my sunshine after the rain

your the cure against my fear and my pain

'cause im losing my mind when your not around

its all....its all because of you

oh, oh yea, yea

honestly,

couldn't be with me

like it was before

neither less or more

because when i close my eyes at night I realized that no one else

could ever take your place

I still can feel

and its soo real

when your touching me

kisses endlessly

its just a place in the sun

where our loves began

i miss you

yes i miss you

Chours

if i knew how to tell you

whats on my mind

(make you understand)

then i'd always be there,

right by your side

BY:98 Degrees(thanks for the lyrics of this song!)

NOTE:photos taken at cheng ching lake after the rain and i chose this song
by 98 degrees to express my feelings at this very moment.....i just can't find any words to say how i am feeling right now and think this one fits just right for me LoL....if you like to see the previous entry before i took this pictures you can just SCROLL DOWN and view it,that's the same day i took all the photos....hope you will enjoy exploring my world at cheng ching lake.....thanks for dropping by.......

~~blue*

fukuo islet @ cheng ching lake

2010-09-07T10:15:00.000-07:00

red ceiling and posts

red ceiling and posts with the round cement table to put things like food and ......

to sit when you get tired of wandering the lake or when you feel like taking photos and pose like a princess LoL!

it's a bit gloomy that day because of the rain it's only 4pm in the afternoon taiwan time....but,it didn't stop me from wandering other parts of cheng ching lake till the rain stop before dawn....lol!

can you see that bird?i was trying to catch it by my cam but can't make it bigger though....(click it to enlarge)

that is the rain remains from the rain that day

entrance to the fukuo islet

the sky is getting darker so i decided to leave the place and promise to comeback again next time lol!to explore more of myworld and find more red for my ruby tuesday also to find lots and lots of watery views for my watery wednesday......what a great fun for outdoor activities......

see you again......

sunset and trees @ cheng ching lake

2010-09-02T12:42:00.000-07:00

“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”-lao tzu

“As a lotus flower is born in water, grows in water and rises out of water to stand above it unsoiled, so I, born in the world, raised in the world having overcome the world, live unsoiled by the world”

Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory.

They speak his praises without flattery,and they are blessings to children yet unborn.- Lord Orrery, 1749

cheng ching lake scenery

2010-08-31T12:35:00.000-07:00

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i took these photos using my cellfone when i went to cheng ching lake for a walk...it's been so long sitting on my cellfone and as i was browsing my photos i accidentally saw these two photos and think that it's time for them to be feature-there is nothing special about these photos only the fact that this lake was one of the biggest source of our water here in kaohsiung and the first photo shows how clean and well maintained the cheng ching lake is-i just love the scenery here so peaceful and calm......

click the photo to view the fountain

cheng ching lake-

“Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.”

bike-way bridge @ nanzou

2010-08-25T13:24:00.000-07:00

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this bike-way bridge is one of the many bridges to be found in kaohsiung and this one located in nanzou about 2 minutes away from the ASE company-one of the biggest company in kaohsiung.My friend told me that during night a lot of Filipino and local people were here to enjoy the cool weather and peaceful atmosphere of the sorroundings...i tried taking photos of the bridge by day and during night time and up for you to compare the difference...for me,it is always a beauty during night though i can't always stay longer to enjoy the scenery..the first two was taken during night at around 7-8pm and the third photo was taken during day time,i forgot the exact time but im pretty sure it's a day shot.hope you will enjoy this one and my apology for being so slow visiting your blogs, yours truly is quite busy at work and always get too tired so easily after work hours...but still trying my best to make it up to you guys and hope you can stay and visit me once in a while to check for a new one.....

another sunset @ cheng ching lake (2)

2010-08-17T11:05:00.000-07:00

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor a man perfected without trials.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

what is your priority?

2010-08-05T12:44:00.000-07:00

what is your priority???me???it will always be my family....no matter what,though i am miles away from them my heart and mind will always be with them....i was crying awhile ago because i missed my dad,so i just decided to keep myself busy uploading new photos to my new laptop then suddenly i saw this picture and think that it may be a good idea to use it since i was in a mode of longing for my family....

and....because i felt a little gloomy maybe this one will do too........ my moon on one boring night!!!

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....the only saved photos in my crashed laptop! ( 2009 world games stadium-last part )

2010-08-02T01:24:00.000-07:00

i was just dreaming to get a good picture of the whole stadium but sad to say my camera is not that good,its only a point and shoot cam,i took this at the train station...i bought one single journey hoping that when i am in that station atleast i could get the whole view of the stadium....well,this is what i got not bad right lol!?

click to enlarge and you can see the fountain...lucky that after my 3 visits i got one chance to see that fountain but i can't get near to get a good shot,it's my agent's fault..he's in a hurry that day,i told myself i will comeback for that fountain but when i comeback the fountain is not even working sigh*

view from the outside near the high way,click to enlarge and you can see the fountain

the "color for peace" located at the south entrance near the high way

i'm linking/sharing this post to blue monday, ruby tuesday, myworld tuesday, watery wednesday, wordless wednesday' outdoor wednesday

another shot from my window....

2010-07-29T14:11:00.000-07:00

taken few days ago at my window before the rain,we got plenty of rain this week and as you all know i'm not enjoying rainy days....though a lot of my friends keep wishing to have rain where they are.it's pretty bad when one place is always blessed with rain while the others are not and waiting for a miracle rain,how i wish i could share all of it to everyone and that could be fair enough.

i need to make everything short at this time because the computer im using is not mine and i need to return it now....bad news is i need to change/buy a new drive that is what the IT told me...sigh*....for how long am i gonna take this chaos?i need to be more patient.....that is the key so that everything will turn out smoothly....hope so.....takecare everyone and live a healthy life always...

just before the rain today.....

2010-07-22T11:36:00.000-07:00

it's been a month since my last post and im really really sad for not visiting this blog and all my favorite blogs for quite sometime,it is because my computer is still down and my connection got disconnected for a month,somebody forget to pay the bill thanks God it is working now but still my computer is out of order sigh*....i lost everything from my computer and that makes me sad i felt like not coming back to update my blog anymore but i can't just forget and leave...trying to catch up and capture new photos to be save again but this time with back up so once my computer is dead again i have nothing to worry about......hope you guys are all fine,i miss you all here!let me share this photos captured today using my cellfone before the rain,hope you like it!

the unfinished bridge...

2010-06-27T10:58:00.000-07:00

it is one of the unfinished project of the kaohsiung government located at nanzou district,im not sure how long they planned to finished this bridge but as far as i know it's been a year now since the first time i saw this bridge and everytime i can see it i always utter the words when are you going to be finish so i can take more photos of you lol!good thing is that on the night the bridge looks awesome though it is still not finish.

dream.....believed.....and be thankful.....

2010-06-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

"i like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."

for many months now im trying to get many sunset photos as much as i can but sad to say we are blessed with so much rain from above and it only ended last wednesday....thank God....atleast i could breathe better now than those rainy days sigh*.why am i so sad when it is raining so hard?well,i don't have any idea too...it is just happening to me that everytime the rain is pouring non-stop my emotions change,as if im going to be sick....maybe because im away from my family or maybe homesickness is visiting me or it could be those past that i wanted to be erase in my mind and in my heart,those past where only those rain can tell all the pain and sufferings that i have been through...i may sound so emotional but yes...i do have a lot of pains that i win back in my past life and it is the rain that keeps me reminding....i wish to be strong and face the new challenges of life-to forget it all and dream for a new beautiful beginning ....i was hoping to fight with this sadness about rain,and let it be my guide to travel for my future....life is beautiful and i must thank God for the rain because some part of the world doesn't have any rain at all,i will fight for this feeling and i believed i can as i do believed that dreaming big is for free.....

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watermelon flower

2010-06-15T01:47:00.000-07:00

just a quick post to update tomorrow is our DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL here in taiwan and everyone will be very busy including me..wish everyone a good health and happy life....stay fit folks....am linking this post to ruby tuesday,wordless wednesday and http://www.weekdayphotos.com/ thanks for dropping by i'll be visiting your blogs tonight.....mhwuaaaaaa....

...yongsin harbor @ kaohsiung taiwan

2010-06-11T01:59:00.000-07:00

Yongan’s Singang Harbor also known as Yongsin Harbor provides a place for boats and ferries to park sometimes there are big ships coming back and forth too loading and unloading oil from the nearby oil rifinery..this harbor provides full leisure and fun that is why every summer i make it a point to visit this harbor,the beach here is quite near and a bit clean not much of people are coming to swim... most of the time there are just few who enjoy fishing or just plain sight seeing to enjoy the sunset view...last month was my first for this year to get wet and i hope it won't be the last because for 2 weeks now rain is always on and off and that is not a real fun for me not only because i can't go swimming anymore but it's the fact that i can't go out to catch and take a snaps of places i want to share with you all so i hope rain won't be everyday(me feeling so sad!)this picture is a small fishing boat monument that serves as landmark that you can see in the main entrance of the harbor. there you go folks hope you enjoy this one....XIE,XIE for dropping by......

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...a fountain in the fish pond?????

2010-06-09T11:03:00.000-07:00

part of my day off last month was to get wet at the beach and so i did you can checked it here , but before i reach the beach i enjoyed first the scenery everywhere my eyes can see....i took a lot of snaps from the sky,took a shot some flowers from the private park of cow-milking farm where the dog barked at me angrily for crashing into their backyard lol!well,i didn't get nervous because i really love animals especially dogs and so i just let the black dog bark and while he is barking i also took pictures of him lol!i also took pictures of bridges,tombs,walls,concrete gates,birds(a lot of birds) and of course this fish pond where i spent only a little time because it is not really easy to park in the middle of the high way when you are just using a motorcycle not unless i will take the picture sitting on it which im doing most of the time,i'll tell you it's not easy to focus when your in a motorcycle much more when it is moving using a point and shoot camera.well,well,forgive me folks i just want to share how i captured this pictures and hope you will enjoy them as much as i enjoy my time capturing those snaps to share with you all!

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the red bridge

2010-06-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

taken last month at kangshan,kaohsiung when i had a chance to take days off...i usually enjoy bridges in taiwan even before i was in taipei...some bridges are really so cool especially on the night and this one is no exemption to them though it is just so simple on daytime but there is so much beauty on the night that is why a lot of couples/lovers are here on the night enjoying the view of the bridge and the cool weather as well.... if only this place is near to my home i would love to stay here for an hour but sad to say it is less than 2hrs away from my home....and i don't want to be in a hurry going home especially using motorcycle is not good at night..there are so many cars making its ways into the highway for them to get home early......i took different times so you can compare how it looks like on the night and on daytime.

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....sunset....sunset....sunset......@ cheng ching lake

2010-06-03T11:31:00.000-07:00

lucky i am to capture one more time a beautiful sunset at cheng ching lake,this was taken last week and this week almost everyday is raining so am very glad that i already save this photos for this week entry.i hope by tomorrow sunrise will shine again...too much rain makes me sick...emotionally and physically lol!a lot of people and country needs it i know but continously raining for a week is not a good thing for me not only because i felt sad when it is raining but most of all i have no energy to do my work its like i just want to lie down on my bed and wrap myself lol!funny?not really....i just hope God won't punish me for disliking too much rain,,, am linking this post to skywatch friday go and visit the site to see lots and lots of amazing sunrise and sunsets around the world....

....a lake for a cause????

2010-06-01T11:17:00.000-07:00

Cheng ching Lake, formerly named Dabei Lake, is located in Niaosong Township in Kaohsiung County where i lived. It is the largest lake in Kaohsiung and one of the most popular tourist attractions in southern Taiwan. It was originally developed from wetlands into a reservoir to meet the need for water for industrial use. Later the lake focused on its landscaping and opened to the public as a tourist destination in 1960.According to my boss when Chiang kai shek was still alive he used to lived at cheng ching lake and no one is allowed to enter the place.There are many attractions within the lake. Two main attractions are the nine-cornered bridge and Jhongsing (Restoration) pagoda (i will try to get a decent photo of it next time)...... here are some of the views of the man-made lake...

the artificial bird made from kitchen utensils

click to view the artificial birds that i thought before was a real birds

a lake that supports the water need for industrial use

residential buildings on the other side of the lake

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...the nine-cornered bridge @ cheng ching lake

2010-05-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

one of the most visited spot in cheng ching lake is the nine-cornered bridge...been walking here for almost 5 years now and as i've mention on my earlier post (read it here) that i never take any pictures in this lake not until this time that i found out there's so much to share in this lake.....hope you will enjoy this one i need to stop here because im on my night duty and my quick rest is almost finish...thanks for visiting my blog....

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my first skywatch adventure at cheng ching lake....

2010-05-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

CHENG CHING LAKE is one of the largest lake and most popular tourist attraction in kaohsiung it is located at NIAOSIUNG township 15 mins drive from my home and since it is just very near to my place we used to take a walk in here very often but i never take pictures and never in my 5 years here to bring my camera with me only this summer that i realized i've wasted too many years not recognizing every beauty in front of me at cheng ching lake mybe its because i came here so often reason that i no longer feel the excitement of capturing any possible subject to see.well,not anymore because beginning today you will see more of cheng ching lake beauty from my blog...i'll share with you every single details in terms of photography that i may have chance to see again in this lake from birds to flowers from sunsets to sunrise and from old buildings to historical ones and i hope you will come back and join my adventure as i will begin to explore this lake....funny right?it's been 5 years eh but they say "it's better late than never".... and for my first adventure let me share to you my first skywatch at the lake taken all in just 1 time from 6pm to 7pm taiwan time.

sunset and the tiny plane(click to see the plane)

this is the back of the famous grand hotel kaohsiung,the oldest hotel ever built(i'll be posting some of my pictures of this hotel next time)i took it while im at cheng ching lake

sunset is almost gone....at the back of that building is my home

cheng ching lake with the fading sunset

look!!!!i got this very beautiful moon after the sunset

...and this is the famous pagoda that you can find at cheng ching lake,i just took it using the zoom of my point and shoot camera(i will try to get a more clearer view of it next time)

....soft color of the sky that fascinates my eyes very much

see this plane?this plane is going to philippines lol!

look!!!i tried to used my zoom(maximum)and this is what i got...love it...wait till i can purchase a new camera lol!it will be more bigger hehehe!

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.......do you know where you are going to?

2010-05-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

do you know where you are going to?me????as of now i am a bit confused on many things right now....i really don't know what to do and what to think first.when it comes to my future,a lot of good things are knocking on my door but.....i still don't know what to pick and what is the best....if i may decide just for my self and not thinking for my future i would rather pick to being as "SIMPLE" my life can be....i want a very simple and not so complicated life leaving with simplicity from food to clothing,from shelter to necessities.....but,.....but....this is not only for me.....not only my wants....but this is for my future at stake.....oh,well....mybe i need a lot of rest so i can decide better and maybe i need more nice and relaxing place to visit so i can set my mind......whatever happens....you guys surely will know but for now i will just let my destiny pause for a while(think i can make it stop lol!)..... i need a coffee....wheww!

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fun,fun,fun sunday @ the port.....

2010-05-18T12:32:00.000-07:00

my computer and my connection is not cooperating with me now and i don't know what is going on some chinese character is showing up on my screen and i really hate it i can't even edit my photos huh!anyway,i will just try if this is going to work...photos are taken last sunday when i took my off day i had a great time exploring kaohsiung again and before lunch we went to the beach...i enjoyed every single moment taking pictures and swimming in between...i thought i could share the photos this time but as i've said my computer is not good this time so maybe next time again and i really hope this chinese annoying characters won't show up...please... for the meantime let me share to you some...hope you like it...and thanks for dropping by....mhwuaaaaaaa....

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sunrise at da hwa park

2010-05-13T11:44:00.000-07:00

i took this photos using my cellfone one saturday morning when i went for a morning walk at da hwa park....i usually don't want to bring my camera so i really regret it when suddenly this sunrise wave at me for 5 mins... and its not easy to set and take a shot using a cellfone especially when you are rushing to capture your subject before it will be out of your sight...also, there are lots of birds flying around and it is sad that i can have a good catch on my cellfone i tried to use the video setting but its funny because only the sounds of the birds are clear so i just decided not to include it. hope you guys will like my sunrise.....

click to see the bird saying goodmorning sunrise!

click to enlarge and see the two birds captured by my cellfone

two guys doing their yoga almost everyday except sunday....they are here summer,winter and fall....how do i know?well,been doing my early walk for almost 5 years now but not everyday lol!

...........there you go,see you again next time and don't forget to visit skywatch friday to see amazing sunrise and sunsets all over the world....

mother of mine......

2010-05-09T12:59:00.000-07:00

being a mother needs a lot of courage,faith,love,and dedication....it is not like having a baby pig or having a puppies that after it was born you can throw it away or just leave it where you want it to be...when i was still a kid at the age of 10 i already learned to take care of my little niece who was then born in the city and my big brother wants me to help them since it is vacation in the school.....it started all in there i learned a lot of things.... new things that not even my mom wants me to learn at that early age and it doesn't stop there while im growing up i noticed that i love taking care of babies(well,not only babies coz even animals)and dreamt that someday i want to be a nurse it didn't happen for many reasons(one is because me being sick and always faint).

as i am enjoying the feeling of taking care my little nephews and nieces i begin to understand how lucky we are for having our mom,she took care all of us without the help of no one not even single person help her when she was raising us,to think that we are so many she handled and managed everything....more and more when all of us need to go to school she worked so hard while my dad is away and i can still remember there were times i woke up in the morning without my mom's presence and when she comes home most of the time we are all sleeping....

mom never complain,she never say anything not even a single word i hear from her,but she's the kind of woman that will stand in front of many people judging her kids.....she cry when we cry and she laugh when we are happy...she is like the "narra tree" so strong....very very strong she can face all the trials and sacrifices just for her kids....one thing i really admire her is that when someone wants to adopt me and bring in the US she refuse and choose to keep me with her.....i thank her for that though some people says i could have a great life in US(who knows right?)....i am very grateful she didn't let other people to raise me because i got a chance to live and learned so many good things on her she taught me how to be independent as she is,not allowing anyone destruct my desposition in life,give love and respect others might it be younger and older than me,wish nothing more than what we have and what we can have by giving our full ability to get it,and most of all love yourself as you love your creator.

she is one in a million mom and i could say that i don't even need this special occasion just to let her know how much i love her and grateful i am for being her daughter i can tell her everyday how much i love her and i always wanted her to be with us for more years...if only i could make my mom stay with me for life and give back to her everything she gave to me i will....because she is my strenghs,my courage,my wall,the light on my darkest times,my bestfriend,my everything........thanks mom for the love and for your unending patience,for the full support and for taking care all of us and now our kids...

i hope you could read this.....this one is for you!(do you still remember this song when i was still small)

mother of mine(jimmy osmond)

You gave to me all of my life

To do as I please

I owe everything I have to you

Mother, sweet mother of mine

Mother of mine when

I was young

You showed me

The right way things

Should be done

Without your love,

Where would I be?

Mother, sweet mother of mine

Mother, you gave me

Happiness much more

Than words can say

I pray the Lord that

He may bless you

Every night and every day

Mother of mine

Now I am grown

And I can walk straight

All on my own

I'd like to give you

What you gave to me

Mother, sweet mother of mine (x2

yours truly giving a bath to my baby niece danica

she's only 2 weeks on this pictures last january

my baby jd who is 11 y/0 took the photos while im giving bath to baby danica

and this is for you my mother dear....for your love and for everything,i love you!!!

happy mother's day.......

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sunset @ my roof top

2010-05-06T10:08:00.000-07:00

"For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you. "Krzysztof Kieslowski

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal. (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God. (Quote by - Gilbert Keith Chesterton)

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carabao in a waterhole

2010-05-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

we considered carabao(kalabaw)as our national animal though there is no law or decree that
states carabao being our national animal..in my country carabao plays a great role in agriculture.. farmers usually use this animal to work in the field to prepare the soil for planting,it also help in bringing/carrying the crops to be sell in the city...like cow, carabao's milk is also good for human consumption and i remember my family drinking it every morning except me who was originally born not drinking milk of animals(only my mothers milk when i was still a baby).we used to have 3 carabao's and i saw how this animal help us on our living...it sad when one of them need to sacrifice i can still remember when my brother got married and my family decide to sell the female one...leaving the male and the baby carabao with us...its becoming lesser and lesser now and i just hope our government will do something to preserve their life hope no one kills them just for food,for they do great jobs in the fields.and they must be preserve for future generations...

even carabao feel the heat of the steaming weather and enjoying himself in his waterhole didn't even bother to get up and pose for a while to me....by the way,i took this photo in shou shan zoo park in kaohsiung when my niece,a freind and i went there.

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looking how sunset fades away @ my window pane.....

2010-04-29T14:16:00.000-07:00

this is my sunset last week when i was standing by my window i usually look at my window everytime to see if there is something new in the sky and that day there is nothing unusual to me sky is just so clear and blue sunset is not yet showing up till i finished my shower and there i saw this sunset waving at my window pane....what else should i do?of course grab my cam and took all the images of the sunset till it fades away....i love how it fades away in the sky just like human fading away in the dark till you can't see him anymore....while looking at the images i thought of something,....i thought of love....been so long i never talk about love its because i don't have much to say about it since the love im feeling before already fades away...sometimes im asking myself is there still love waiting for someone like me?hmmm,im not really bothered thou sometimes i just felt why some people are so lucky and why i am not(what i mean is lucky to have someone loving them)...i know i don't have to compare myself with anyone but was it fair enough to be alone when you know your capable of loving and be loved?huh!i need to stop before i could say something here lol!

"Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful."

Jacqueline Bisset

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.

Frank Norris

“May your joys be as bright as the morning, and your sorrows merely be shadows that fade in the sunlight of love. May you have enough happiness to keep you sweet, enough trials to keep you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to keep you”-Irish Blessing

"Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name!" -Walter Savage Landor

"There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. "

Claude Debussy

"If your eyes are blinded with your worries, you cannot see the beauty of the sunset."- Jiddu Krishnamurti

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monochrome @ the stadium

2010-04-25T12:55:00.000-07:00

hello everyone....how are you today?i hope all of you had a great time though the weather is getting hotter and hotter everyday... for my monochrome entry let me give you again some view of the stadium.i just hope you won't get tired of my series....

"It's the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they're gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it's my turn leave"

the leaf torch of 2009 world games and wide screen monitor on south 2

still on the south wing entrance of the stadium

the coffee shop and restaurant on the south wing of the stadium

close up of the roof of the stadium

the roof design and lighting on the south wing

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skywatch @ 2009 world games stadium (5)

2010-04-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

for the continuation of my 2009 world games stadium series im giving you random shots of the whole vicinity-the inside and out of the stadium together with some of my personal shots...guess what?i returned from where i started (from car park to east wing again)to take more shots and to make a video clipping...i really enjoy the video and might share with you once i uploaded it...for the meantime let me share with you my enrty for skywatch friday. i just hope i can upload more faster so i can share with you all the photos i took honestly,for me all the shots are worth sharing though im not that professional in photography but the structures and the views are all amazing....great to see and priceless...my 2 times visit was all fun especially a lot of birds are flying if only i have a good camera then i could capture them.......sigh*

"patience is the companion of wisdom"

the south wing-ticketing booth and south entrance

facing the north wing and the man-made pond

main stadium 2009 world games kaohsiung,taiwan

the man-made pond(click to enlarge)

yours truly enjoying the view even its raining lol!(click to enlarge)

the front view of the stadium facing the high way

south 3 entrance....amazing structures of the stadium(you should see it for yourself)

inside stadium(visitors are usually not allowed to get inside,only those students on tour or players are allowed on ordinary days)

me returning from the west wing of the stadium to take snaps of myself lol!

me on top of the man-made creek/falls

2009 world games stadium part 4

2010-04-19T14:58:00.000-07:00

hello guys,this photos are the continuation of my 2009 world gamess series and this part covers the south part of the stadium and some part of the pond....that sweet little girl who posed for me was a surprised because the truth is it is the dog im going to take a shot but then when i ask the kid if she like to join she automatically sat down with the dog and posed with her sweet smile.it was really a surprised not all kids in taiwan would do that they usually are very hesitant/aloof to foreigners like us....thanks to her mom who allowed me to take photos of her and the dog.its about time for me to rest so i will make this a bit short...wish everyone a wonderful week and Godbless!please enjoy the rest of the pictures and come again next time......

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standing still....

2010-04-18T11:40:00.000-07:00

been to 2009 world games stadium today to finish my series and im a bit to tired but happy because finally im done taking photos of my series and by monday the continuation of my series will be posted here more pictures and more angles of the stadium...there's a little rain while im taking photos but it didn't stop me to continue what im doing in fact,i have one surprise for you folks....and perhaps the last two parts of this series will be more of the stadium its structure outside and a bit view of the inside part....i also took the whole view of the stadium by going to fongshan train station...i bought 1 single journey ticket just to take the whole view and im glad that even my camera was just a point and shot i still made it possible to reach the stadium....hmmm,you will see... by the way, this tree was also a part of the stadium park located at the north wing...though it is dead it standing still to face and greet all the visiting people of the stadium,satnding as if he belong to those greeny trees beside him... and this bridge stand still STRONGER everyday never get tired with all the people stepping on him walking in and out...... and...... me standing still as well ready to face anything for better or for worse......

"I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. They go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the sun two million miles a day, and through space heaven knows how fast and far"~John Muir

"Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future"-mattie stepanek

"Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before." -Audre Lorde

monochrome weekend

sunset @ 2009 world games stadium part 3

2010-04-15T14:48:00.000-07:00

hello everyone!its skywatch friday again and this time i want to continue my series of 2009 world games

stadium by sharing with you some of the photos i took...when i visited the stadium it took me hours to wander just only outside and still i didn't finish to see the whole vicinity outside stadium but i got a chance to see a beautiful sunset at around 5:30pm-6:30pm before i decided to leave the place co'z its getting dark and i don't want to be in street until night.....i was still on the north wing when i took all the photos from my previous entry you could see that i started my walk from west going to north and by next week i'll be posting photos from south and east wing.

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2009 world games stadium part 2

2010-04-11T14:41:00.000-07:00

hello everyone!it's monday again,it seems like there was no sunday for me...i got a slight fever last saturday and decided to go to the doctor for check up,i felt cold the whole day though it's pretty hot and the weather temperature is 30,the doctor said i have symptoms of getting cough and colds that is why he suggest to drink more water and bed rest...so my sunday was totally boring i slept the whole day and take my lunch at 3pm and take meds.i took shower and drink more water and before dinner i already felt good only a bit dizzy but everything turns to normal again i talk,i walk and i smile unlike last saturday i just felt crying with no reason at all,maybe its because im not feeling well lol!or maybe i missed my family or maybe i missed someone lol!or maybe because all my pictures were gone lol!im still on the process of editing all my missing pictures and thank God i have a very very huge patience co'z if not i don't know what to do,im done editing 20 post and i will keep editing all,that is my major major project this time,waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........anyway,hope you will still be here to check my new entries besides the ones that i haven't edited yet are those from older/oldest post so you can still view my latest and newest post....and for this week entry i will continue my 2009 world games entries.....keep safe folks and enjoy the photos!

this tree is part of the man-made park outside the stadium it is located near the south entrance

the top of man-made falls/creek near the pond,i saw a photographer taking photos too while im too busy taking my photos on this fall/creek and im a bit jealous co'z she is using the latest digi-camera in taiwan while me using my poor point and shoot camera lol!poor me!

the body of the man-made falls/creek...if you are near you can hear the sound of the water so peaceful and like music to ears adding more the sweet touch of the weather and the quiteness of the surroundings.

this stones and all the landscape adds more uniqueness and beauty to the outside scenery of stadium

man-made pond where i enjoyed much because of the cool feeling

your's truly....intentionally taken for my friend jack lol!(he said,just to make sure i went there hahahahhaa)

that's me on my monochrome emote mode lol!honestly,i wish i have someone beside me here while enjoying the cool scenery and all the beauty that i can see.just wish lol!

click to enlarge and see the white bird,i don't know exactly the name of this bird but he add more beauty on that tree and a perfect subject for my critters meme.

the south parking area where the pond is near

the round-shaped stage

i will stop here for a while and take a rest i'll see you on my next series.thank you all for stopping by and im linking this post to blue monday, ruby tuesday, waterey wednesday, my world tuesday, camera critters, outdoor wednesday,

....relax...take a deep breathe and sleep....

2010-04-09T15:12:00.000-07:00

after what had happen to all my pictures i think this is the best way i can do now,haaaaaaaaa take a deep breathe......ya!relaxxxxxxxxxx and sleep.its not easy to think that after months of giving much attention on this blogging thing this is what i can get oh my,oh my....i need a lot of coffee to relax my self.....

honestly,i don't want the idea of picasa erasing all my pictures just like that....why?what is the connection of picasa to my blog,can anyone explain to me this?i need to relax and post new entries...oh ya!i will do that and i will never never touch that picasa again..

"Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts"james rowell

"Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other." John Christian Morgenstern

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i need help......

2010-04-09T01:00:00.000-07:00

i felt a little sad after viewing my page with all the pictures gone last wednesday when someone said on her comments that she didn't see anything i check it out so quick but still the pictures are there but on thursday everything was gone.....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....what happen to all my pictures.....im really very very sad and since thursday night im trying my best to check what i can do to retrieve all the pictures but i just read on the internet that it might be back soon but the question is when?think,think,think....i decided to try uploading those pictures again but this will take much long and need a lot of patience...OMG....hope i could do this... and to all who stop by my blog please forgive me if you can't find the other pictures too i will try my very best to fix everything and still finish my world games series...good thing i still have all the files of those pictures but it is time consuming for me huh!some of my new entries were done fixing....and i will keep fixing others too so please if someone knows why this is happening please help me......thanks....

dissapointed,
blue

welcome..... 2009 world games stadium kaohsiung (1)

2010-04-04T23:00:00.000-07:00

hello guys,as i promised,this week i'll be featuring 2009 world games stadium and i hope everyone of you who stop by my blog will enjoy this one.... i really had a great time wandering the stadium....i really love the place and wish to go there again.... for more info about how this stadium come into life click here :

happy easter to all of you guys and happy spring festival from taiwan and before i forget i want to greet the most wonderful woman in the world...she is celebrating her 76 birthday today....thanks momsie for everything for taking care all of us...i may not give or return everything what you have done for us but i will keep my promise to you...love you....

taken at the back of the stadium

the back of stadium i took it from the parking area

this are all man-made designed to cater all the visiting people in this stadium

the top of the man-made falls/creek

with those 3 kids enjoying the small falls

i took this after reaching the top (back of the stadium)

the man-made park on the left wing of stadium

the only plant there that catches my attention about 15-16 feet

.....and its flower (i can't get any good focus on it because its too windy that day)

this thing really fascinates me it looks dead from the first glance but once you touch it is actually alive planted near the parking area of the stadium.......

this are the first set

of pictures that i can share for this series and im linking this post to blue monday, http://workofthepoet.blogspot.com/, http://mellowyellowmonday.blogspot.com/, http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/, http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/, http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/ ,http://waterywednesday.blogspot.com/,

...don't and never give up.....

2010-04-02T10:52:00.000-07:00

after all the trials,the pain,the sufferings there are still lot of good things i must be thankful for...my family friends,all the things around me now giving me much more time to enjoy my life whenever i got chance to see all the amazing things He created for us "im still very lucky" not all have chance to see or experienced anything like i do... lucky i am for having a very very nice boss who just announced my salary increased...im not always into salary because i always believed "what you reap is what you sow".i just told myself i don't have to give up and i must keep moving for life is beautiful the fact that being alone makes me feel sad sometimes...i know everything will gonna be alright...

~Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.~

"Between you and every goal that you wish to achieve, there is a series of obstacles, and the bigger the goal, the bigger the obstacles. Your decision to be, have and do something out of the ordinary entails facing difficulties and challenges that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else."
~ Brian Tracy

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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wandering around dream mall series (4)

2010-04-01T17:22:00.000-07:00

i may stop for a while featuring dream mall to feature my next subject next week which is the 2009 world games stadium here at kaohsiung hope everyone will come back to see what is inside and out that stadium and i promise to share more of dream mall's beauty and amazing views...i haven't been to the top where the rides are located but surely i will be there as soon as my schedule allow me to do so....and capture more views inside the mall without my niece face and i to share it here....i actually have pictures inside but because i choose not to include our faces here you may not see it yet so i may shoot one more time those views once i come back....wish to have more time and more days off...sigh* ....and wish to buy a decent camera a dslr whew....(i hope i can)....i still have one unfinished project of my new house and i just wish i could finish it before my contract ends....pray,pray,pray.......

that building was located at chinchin kaohsiung im not sure if the building was designed as residential or for office functions it is very near at the famous twin tower of kaohsiung(i must visit that tower to be feature here co'z it is not only kaohsiung pride but according to my friends it was also great to visit and see for myself what is the view of whole kaohsiung when you are at the top of that tower....i really really must visit that tower soon.....and by the way im sorry for the poor quality of the picture i just used my point and shoot zoom to capture this building and it is actually very very far from dream mall mybe half hour to get there....(that's why i want a new camera,a dslr?oh,please!)

this is outside of dream mall located at the back at about 10 mins away walk if someone prefer just walking around and enjoy everything to see,on my first visit to dream mall i just walk and walk and walk and let my eyes and feet do the rest...the first 3 visits was only outside/around the vicinity and the next was inside the mall where i didn't enjoy much because all the prices are soooo high....i bought 1 bag and shoes from nine west and 1 jacket from adidas...oh!i won't return there again lol,everything was great but i need to cut my expenses and im a person who doesn't want to buy anything unless it is really necessary...i also took pictures inside the mall but my niece and i faces are all there...

they are young fellows wandering,,strolling around and visiting dream mall too....i was about to take a shot while they were sitting on the bench but suddenly they stand up and heading towards my direction,its too late to stop i already click it lol!....the girl was very happy knowing that someone is taking picture lol!

hope you like this one and im linking this to http://skyley.blogspot.com/ thanks to team members wren,sandy,louise,fishing guy,klaus and sylvia.

see you guys on my next trip........ to 2009 world games stadium.....

Xoxo...
blue~

dream mall series (3)

2010-03-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

hello everyone im back again... and im going to continue my dream mall series it's a bit late for this post but because i was too busy this past few days i can't even open my laptop to check what is new to my blogging friends...really missed reading all your post....anyway,my day was not so good because my cellfone is out of order i just don't know what happen i just hope it will still be fixed co'z if not it would be a big trouble for me i can't live without my phone....so glad i can used my laptop to send sms..... okey so much for this..... and....
enjoy my world......

wall frame inside train station going to dream mall

not so busy day at early morning and good thing the employees allowed me to take pictures and sip my coffee as well,but not to bring inside the train huh!that's is absolutely not allowed and the fine is 1500NT$...

the scallator on exit 3 to the waiting area of the free mini-bus going to dream mall...am a bit scared using scallators in taiwan,after my traumatic experienced falling down in one of their scallator in hsintien taipei...a guy who was drunk,accidentally hit my shoulder and that cause my falling...what a tragedy....i got scars on my face and bruises on my arms...luckily im still alive...

the exit 3 and waiting area of the free mini-bus to the dream mall

passengers fall in line waiting for their turn on a free mini-bus going to dream mall,i was to busy taking pictures and let 2 mini-bus passed by before i take my ride going to dream mall

the free mini-bus going to dream mall

it won't be complete without flowers

outside view-left wing of dream mall

outside view of dream mall

close up of the bridge

the dream mall

the watery wall on the right side of the mall

im not sure what exactly this thing was but it looks bird to my eyes....

the symbol of world games 2009 in kaohsiung,you can find this symbol almost everywhere here in kaohsiung so,i may post it not only once but many times on different places that i visit....and you may start counting it lol!hope you enjoy my series as much as i enjoy taking this pictures on my day off.....

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my dream mall series (2)

2010-03-25T18:06:00.000-07:00

hello again folks...i will make this very quick because today i need to prepare for my medical examination,wish me luck guys....hope i won't faint again like 6 months ago(shhhh.....don't tell anyone okey?)....im afraid of needles and blood so everytime i need to go to the doctor first question i will ask is that...."do you really need to inject something on me?or can i have just medicine,please?"...i just hope nothing will happen to me today so,goodluck to me,i need to get to bed take a shower and eat something and by the way this entry is still the continuaation of my dream mall series...next week i will be posting more of this series but for now let me share you first some views i saw around dream mall and the magnificient sky at that day....hope you will like and enjoy this one....i will be back tonight after my medical....see you guys....

taken around 8am at kaohsiung,taiwan

one more click please

click,click,click okey enough....it's getting hot

...and one closer view of the back of dream mall

....the typical view on early morning just around dream mall

the lottery monument,if you will look closer you can see the numbers....can you see?

okey,that's all for now and im linking this entry to skywatch friday

my dream mall series (1)

2010-03-22T16:00:00.000-07:00

hello everyone im doing a dream mall series for this week,i can't be online everyday so i choose to put everything in one post....hope you will enjoy my series this time...dream mall is the largest shopping mall in taiwan and the second largest in southeast asia after the Mall of ASia in Manila,philippines was built. want to know more about dream mall click here :

on my way to dream mall,i used mrt to get there and this is a automatic ticket machine

inside the train station while im waiting for the train i took this one

outside the train station going to dream mall,there's a free mini-bus waiting for all passengers to go there they serve back and forth,you just need to fall in line and wait for your turn to get in the mini bus,they return every 15 minutes(i'll be posting the mini-bus on my next post)

one of the flowers that i took while waiting for the mini-bus,the flowers are all beautiful

the side view of dream mall

fountain outside the mall i just tried to edit it if it will work on b&w?

it looks like steel birds flying around the fountain i also edit it to see How it goes on b&w?

the fountain itself.....there are more coming out on my next issue

hope you enjoy my little fun and joy of life,thanks for dropping by.....

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....a wish

2010-03-20T11:31:00.000-07:00

first of all let me warned you that i do love my dad and posting some pictures of him has nothing to do with disrespect...i just want to share his only wish-a lifetime wish that he always mentioned everytime he got a chance on that topic.i grew up with my dad's idea that having a lot of grandson and granddaughters are good.i didn't know what is really the point of wanting for so much of big family,i thought it's because he was born politician so he wants it that way but,as years gone by we learned that having a big family is really his long time dream not only because he wants his name to be carried with all his grandsons but,its the wish and dream that one day if its already his time he wants his body to be carry by all of them.... when i heard about it,i just smiled because at that time he was still strong and healthy...only after 2009 christmas he got seriously ill and as you all know he didn't make it till his 80th birthday which is today.....he passed away at the age of 79,and everytime he will say something at the time he was ill he never forget mentioning his wish.... he asked everyone of us that if he dies we let our nephews to carry him form our home to his resting place....that is really something and for sure not much of people will do this not even in my country especially if they live very far from the cemetery.... it's good thing we have our own in the town and a bit nearer than before.he is really so lucky co'z he can have his lifetime wish. i hope he is happy now because as far as im concerned we did everything to give him the best we can,maybe not so perfect but atleast we tried our best and we followed what he said.... so wherever he is now i hope he is resting in PEACE.... i love you dad and i missed you.... happy birthday too....

''the art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one".-martin luther king,jr

"as a single footstep will not make a path on the earth,so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.to make a deep physical path,we walk again and again.to make a deep mental path,we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."-henry david thoreau

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.....if only i could fly

2010-03-18T14:30:00.000-07:00

2 days ago as i was standing at my window looking up in the sky i was thinking then on what should i cook for that day it is actually my birthday but because i don't have any plans of celebrating it i didn't prepare anything...my mind is too busy thinking,thingking of many things i even stare on the sky for too long-my mind was full of questions....i asked myself if what have i done for the past 34 years of my life???did i achieve anything???am i happy for all those years,did i fulfill my duty very well as a human....well,i still don't know,for that 34 years i have my ups and downs and i could say my childhood was a bliss till i reach my adolescence period... i started to become serious with my life-with everything when i learned the word "love" yeah right,i seriously got inlove at the age of 17(i got crushes on opposite sex and suitors by the age of 13,but nothing serious),by that time my world started to change in so many ways....reminiscing???a bit,lol! sometimes,its not easy to celebrate alone co'z you can think alot of things i even think of going home again co'z i missed my family so bad...i missed my dad even more.....if only i could fly like a bird then i would just fly anytime if i think of them.... gladly.that before my tears is about to come out God sent these birds(6 flock of birds) for me to know that he is always here for me,they are so lovely and they made my day more meaningful....i have never seen like this before for my 4years in here.....thank God for these wonderful gift....

let me share with you a gift from heaven.....hope you will enjoy as much i enjoy it.....

the first flock of birds just suddenly came out while i was looking up above.....

and there's another one,and another one till they become 4 flock of birds

another two flock of birds joined the first four then,i saw the first four turning back to meet the last two and here they meet at the middle

then separate again joining each flock

they are moving a little bit more closer , they are actually very very far im just using my point and shot camera zoom,after they moved a bit nearer they joined again together

then they showed to me their very very majestic performance, i sooo sooo loved them

forming in just one line together......

then joined again together

moving up,bidding their goodbye to me

up,up and away.........

till little by little they are out of my sight and my zoom can't reach them anymore

thank you Lord for these wonderful gift....im lovi'n it!!!!

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on this day.... i thank you Lord... nepza continues.......

2010-03-15T12:44:00.000-07:00

                       this is the continuation post of my previous entry about nepza here at nanzou,kaohsiung remember the clock and the roof ??? on one of my previous entry i've mentioned there a tree laden with flowers that fascinates me much,i love the smell and its color it soothes my eyes reason that i don't want to stop clicking my camera till i saw that one cute little bug sucking some nectar.i didn't stop there i went to other side of nepz just few blocks away from the auditorium and there i found this man-made falls i was about to take a shot when this girls suddenly sit there i took the photo a little far so they won't see me. before i leave the place i returned on the place where the falls is located to take a more closer shot and there i found this security guard whom i asked permission if i can take picture he ask me why?and i told him i just want to take pictures because i find it beautiful then i smiled at him he then said okey and smiled back to me,after i took some photos i thank him and said goodbye.
                                            oh!by the way i took this photos last feb. 28 when i took my days off and enjoy my early celebration for myself on the way i could simple yet satisfying just walking and wandering around the city of kaohsiung...thanks to reika for my early gifts...i just wish she change her gifts lol!co'z i don't eat chocolates hehehe....anyway,thanks reika and thank you Lord for another year,i won't ask anything material just good health and peace of mind i know you knew better what is best for me so i won't ask anymore.....

                           "whatever with the past has gone, The best is always yet to come. "-lucy arcom

maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had, and what you've learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.-Unknown

peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.-Buddha

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.-Buddha

To understand everything is to forgive everything-Buddha

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself-Buddha

When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky-Buddha

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the roof...... NEPZA part 2

2010-03-14T12:21:00.000-07:00

roof that entranced me while wandering around nanzou,the auditorium inside nepza was located just few blocks away from the clock that i posted last week,to see please click here: after clicking some pictures on the trees that catched my attention because of its bountiful flowers and fragrance this auditorium delighted my eyes and decided to take a closer look,at first it looks nothing to me but after few steps at the side and on the back i found it fascinating....the roof was built like V shape on its right and left side almost touching the ground.built oval on the front and back and a bit higher than its both sides.

"God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole. "-Ramakrishna

"How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it looking up to the clear blue sky. "-E. T. A. Hoffmann

"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. "-John Berger

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