Hamlet's Lair

Pleasures

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"The three best pleasures in life are scratching, sneezing and eating chocolate."

-Author Unknown

Swiss chocolates devoured at the speed of light :)

April 29, 2012
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Cheers

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"The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise.

It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us."

—Ashley Montagu

April 22, 2012
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If the Shoe Fits

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"The perfect shoes can change your life."

- Cinderella

- I wouldn't say this pair of shoes changed mine but it did start a very exciting night when the left heel broke just before the Easter kids' concert I was conducting was about to start. It didn't ruin the night, though. I had a blast and the concert was a success. Praise God!

(Marco Polo Hotel, Davao)

April 21, 2012
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Daily Bread

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Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Psalm 119:105 (NIV)

- My new Zondervan NIV Study Bible from Australia

February 28, 2012
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What Could Be Better Than This?

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Your love is better than ice cream.

Better than anything else that I've tried...

Your love is better than chocolate,

better than anything else that I've tried.

- excerpt from the song Ice Cream by Sarah McLachlan

- Banana Split shared with friends at Fruits in Ice Cream Summer Cafe, Solenad1 Nuvali, Sta Rosa, Laguna

February 07, 2012
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Fly Away

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I have always been certain things are not always what they seem

Though the heavens stop turning I'll be holding on to our dream

We can fly away, fly away. No more doubt, we'll have nothing left to say

We can fly away, fly away from the darkness to the sun...

(from the song Fly Away by Emma Townshend)

I'm not satisfied with this shot but happy that I caught this plane which flew over our house one morning... not that it's difficult to catch one as literally 'all' public aircrafts coming in and outside of our city fly over our house. Yes, I'm so used to the noise that I no longer hear it sometimes :)

January 31, 2012
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2012

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Toast to 2012! Happy new year, everyone!

Thanks to God for my Redeemer,

Thanks for all Thou dost provide!

Thanks for times now but a memory,

Thanks for Jesus by my side!

Thanks for pleasant, balmy springtime,

Thanks for dark and stormy fall!

Thanks for tears by now forgotten,

Thanks for peace within my soul!

Thanks for prayers that Thou hast answered,

Thanks for what Thou dost deny!

Thanks for storms that I have weathered,

Thanks for all Thou dost supply!

Thanks for pain, and thanks for pleasure,

Thanks for comfort in despair!

Thanks for grace that none can measure,

Thanks for love beyond compare!

Thanks for roses by the wayside,

Thanks for thorns their stems contain!

Thanks for home and thanks for fireside,

Thanks for hope, that sweet refrain!

Thanks for joy and thanks for sorrow,

Thanks for heav’nly peace with Thee!

Thanks for hope in the tomorrow,

Thanks through all eternity!

January 01, 2012
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Ecclesiastes

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The meaninglessness of every human endeavor without God at the center of one's life is the main theme of the book of Ecclesiastes. Neither time period nor writer's name is mentioned in the book but several passages suggest that King Solomon may be the author.

Photo is my new Bible, a Zondervan NIV Sutdy Bible - a treasure I've always wanted for so long and was given me for my 35th birthday. I'm currently re-studying the book of Ecclesiastes and what loads of wisdom this book always unfolds!

October 25, 2011
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Divine Symphony

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Each of us has a note to play in God's orchestra. There will be no symphony unless you know your role and are playing it. A certain gift is given you which requires constant and diligent practice. Only by rehearsing your part can you contribute to the divine symphony orchestrated by God himself.

Are you performing your part?

"Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." -Colossians 3:16-17 (NASB)

August 31, 2011
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A Glass of Poetry

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Dinner at home

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:

Out of a misty dream our path emerges for a while,
then closes within a dream.

(from the poem Vitae Summa Brevis by Ernest Dowson)

June 22, 2011
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Geometry

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Tableware at my friend's Pizza and Pasta place.

June 18, 2011
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Pizza, Pasta, and Chicken

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So excited when this new country-kitchen inspired pizza, pasta, and chicken restaurant opened today in Davao City. My excitement wan't because it's serving my favorite dishes, though. It's because this new dining place is a fruit of my friend's prayers and labor who deserves this great blessing. Congratulations 'te Pi!

Maria Pia's Kitchen is now open to serve Davaoenos a variety of pizzas, pastas, and rice meals including Korean beef stew, Korean barbecue, and chicken teriyaki among others. It's located along C. M. Recto Street across old Odeon cinema, just before reaching RCBC Palma Gil.