...yongsin harbor @ kaohsiung taiwan

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

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

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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carabao in a waterhole

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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monochrome @ the stadium

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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standing still....

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

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

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

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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....a wish

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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the roof...... NEPZA part 2

            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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the clock of life....

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

                                                                   

   “Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you" -anonymous

you can find this clock inside nepz(nanzou export processing zone)at nanzou kaohsiung,Taiwan where one of  biggest factories like ASE and OSE are located.erected in the middle that everyone can see it.

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chiang kai-shek ceremonial gateway

just a quick post for today,its 2am here and im going out later to see my niece and maybe to find something to be click.... my niece asked me to buy her a handbag i will see if i could give her what she want...  the photo was taken last 2004 at chiang kai-shek memorial hall,i took lots and lots of pictures everytime i visit here but my niece,brother,friends and myself is always in there and this i think is the only nice one i could share,see,still my face is in here...im a bit too shy that my face is always in the picture hahhaha(please forgive me again,it's not that i  loved myself  a lot,it's only that i just don't want to passed the chance)you know i will not be forever here in taiwan,lol!hope i can still visit taipei to capture some photos again without my face on it before my contract will end this coming september,wish*wish*wish*

Ceremonial gateway at the entrance to the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial 

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.......in the eyes of a child

"in the eyes of a child there is joy there is laughter,there is hope there is trust a chance to shape the future

for the lessons of life there is no better teacher.than the look in the eyes of a child"...hmmm,song that moves me whenever i sang this song tears are flowing into my eyes co'z i can always remember being a kid-never worried of anything,not even a single minute to face problems or trials... a kid that everybody loved,i always missed being a kid not because i didn't  taste all the riches a kid could have... i missed being a kid because when i was a kid i can dream of anything,i can hope,i can smile without hiding a pain,i can trust  anyone,i can love any person who will show their love to me,i can play,i can rest and i can tell the world that im a kid and nothing to expect more from me because i am just a kid..... oh i really missed those days....

 

see these kids???they doesn't care what's going on at that day,its after my dad's funeral they got tired after that tiring day and when we got home an ice cream vendor passed by on our house and when they heard it they rushed into the street and called the ice cream boy,OMG,you won't believe how much i payed for 3 dozens of kids that fall in line into that ice cream vendor,i almost cry again,hahhahaha because i payed a lot,but see?after they finished, smile came out into their face just like nothing happen right?they know its my dad's day but because they were just kids they can easily forget and move on with their own kids life....(how i wish i could still do the same thing like my granddaughter and nephew).

my eldest  grandson(left) and nephew(right)

my kids with willie

    

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memories of a broken vow

Tell me his name
I want to know
The way he looks
And where you go
I need to see his face
I need to understand
Why you and I came to an end

Tell me again
I want to hear
Who broke my faith in all these years
Who lays with you at night
While I'm here all alone
Remembering when I was your own

I let you go
I let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

Tell me the words I never said
Show me the tears you never shed
Give me the touch
The one you promised to be mine
Or has it vanished for all time

I let you go
I let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

I close my eyes
And dream of you and I
And then I realize
There's more to love than only bitterness and lies
I close my eyes
give away my soul
To hold you once again
never let this promise end

I let you go
I let you fly
Now that I know, I'm asking why
I let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

 

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monochrome weekend-shadow

"we are formed and molded by our thoughts.those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act.joy follows them like a  shadow that never leaves them. " buddha


 

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body language....its a thousand words to say....

hello everyone!im back...after 10 days of my emergency vacation to philippines,i arrived yesterday at about 12:30pm(taiwan,manila time)... got rest for a while and unpacked  my things,this morning i got fever 37.6 not really serious but because of back pains i decided to take meds and rest again...  still,  im not feeling well  mentally and pysically...my mind is still there in philippines,its too hard for me to leave at this time but i need to be strong and i know everything will change and for the meantime i just want to relax my mind and trying to make things normal by posting some blogs...i still don't know what to do.... dad,forgive me i can't give your wish God knows how painfull it is on my part for not granting  your wish....i just wish you the best...

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"few  people even scratch the surface,much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experienced"-randolph bourne

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