tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79523712008-01-12T01:46:35.341-05:00The Breathing RoomThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1155611908657598882006-08-14T22:46:00.000-04:002007-04-11T16:21:06.492-04:00Byedaddy and me singing "how did you know"
on his surprise birthday and reunion celebration
photo by patrick frias
On the second anniversary of The Breathing Room, I bid farewell to you, dear reader. But this is not really a goodbye, just a transition post, because I am dramatic like that. Heehee.
It all started exactly two years ago to this day. I was writing a love note for my dad, it was forThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1150702514305309942006-06-19T03:31:00.000-04:002006-06-19T03:35:14.380-04:00daddy's girl.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } daddy's girl, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. My Dad and I.I was one year old.The year was 1969.I've yet to ask if the red bike's his.I think if was the neighbor'sAs my mom told me once...Lovin my red shoes. :-)LoveThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1150465585136681372006-06-16T09:33:00.000-04:002006-06-16T09:46:25.206-04:00Hiya, Toes!
oh
why the haiaut - haitus - hiatoes... *sigh*
break, you ask?
i'm tweaking my writing style.
more like, my writing intent.
so for my thousands of readers who lurkingly miss me: (i know you're out there because my counter's still moving! :) and I do have relatives, you know.)
i'm still here *waves*
and i'll be back.
after my brief hiaitus haiaut - haitus - hiatoes ?!
...tweak The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1149322516892994092006-06-03T04:12:00.000-04:002006-06-03T04:15:17.816-04:00too much fun.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Flickr Fun, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. flickr funat 4 a.m.you should go.The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1148828756071682542006-05-28T10:59:00.000-04:002006-05-28T11:07:02.096-04:00
...for java
The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1148792232073500082006-05-28T00:30:00.000-04:002007-02-09T09:31:58.299-05:00the black dottell me what you see
yes, ma'am
i, too, saw "a black dot".
what do you expect?
it was right in the middle of the white space
besides
i am trained to look for, connect, press on the dots
i am programmed to see what's right in front of me
i am predisposed to watch the swirling vortex
thus inevitably get swallowed by it
whole
the black dot
it is so crisp and clear and, well...dotty
how could oneThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1148666251057647692006-05-26T13:54:00.000-04:002006-05-26T13:57:31.196-04:00normal day.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } normal day, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow.~ Mary Jean Irionquote from my angel of a cyberpalJen The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1148438520035672722006-05-23T22:39:00.000-04:002006-05-24T03:29:59.066-04:00you wear me out but i love you anyway*.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } you wear me out but i love you anyway*, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. "Motherhood brings as much joy as ever, but it still brings boredom, exhaustion, and sorrow too. Nothing else ever will make you as happy or as The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1148301757019292812006-05-22T08:39:00.000-04:002006-05-23T12:38:33.990-04:00circle.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
circle, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. Zero Circle
by Rumi
Be helpless, dumbfounded
Unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come from grace
to gather us up.
We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty.
If we The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1147633531674439012006-05-14T15:02:00.000-04:002006-05-16T22:54:07.476-04:00happy moms' day mamay!.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
happy moms' day mamay!, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. yup! that's my mommy.
i think she was seventeen here and the year was 1961.
this was taken during the holy week celebration called santa cruzan
and because The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1147563175392194592006-05-13T19:30:00.000-04:002006-05-13T19:32:55.580-04:00grainy.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } grainy, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. Relationships-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly toThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146972662580033342006-05-06T23:28:00.000-04:002006-05-06T23:31:02.716-04:00chains.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } chains, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. “It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” Winston ChurchillThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146718628301577642006-05-04T00:54:00.000-04:002006-05-04T00:57:08.436-04:00split in two and cracked all over.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } split in two and cracked all over, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. "The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable."- Kurt VonnegutThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146539751545471452006-05-01T22:41:00.001-04:002006-05-03T14:20:50.046-04:00Mighty River
last night was special
last night i witnessed something beautiful and powerful
last night i was flooded with intense feelings of both joy and sadness
and i know i will never be the same again
Canon 300E
There's a mighty river flowing
There's a mighty river flowing
In this place
And it's full of passion
Full of power
Full of glory
It's full of grace
~ Hillsong
********
peace
The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146459793488873802006-05-01T00:54:00.000-04:002006-05-01T01:03:13.490-04:00All hail to Queen Kathreeni'm a queen! i'm a queen!
well, according to super-creative and generous talent, Ellen, anyway.
isn't that the cutest royalty you've ever seen?! nobody has ever done such a fabulous caricature for me. i can't stop grinning from ear to ear.
thank you, your highness and i welcome the other new member of the royal blogroll.
wooohoooo!!!
(such a fitting ending for a very heartwarming funday.The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146339886806869452006-04-29T15:44:00.000-04:002006-04-30T19:18:33.466-04:00pucker up.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pucker up, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. i always liked my lips. everyone used to tell me how pink they were. i'm glad i liked them too because it was pretty much the only thing i really liked about myself The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146333668944238742006-04-29T13:26:00.000-04:002006-04-29T15:46:37.590-04:00the cutest baby(ies) in the worldclick here quick!
(together with MY cutest babies in world, of course.)
thanks, punkinmom - who is my 4th blog reader in the world - for allowing me to share beautiful clara through your magical photography.
always in awe of your gift, K.
other cute flickr "babies" who i am gaga over ~
proof_sheet
aletheuo
maryanne_b
my list of favorites is always growing.
this world is so full of The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146274371133768812006-04-28T21:32:00.000-04:002006-04-28T23:33:32.543-04:00Me, Going Bananas.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Going Bananas, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. i mean thatL I T E R A L L Y.(just ask marge.)LOL“Motherhood has relaxed me in many ways. You learn to deal with crisis. I've become a juggler, I suppose. It's all a bigThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1146008883046366572006-04-25T19:48:00.000-04:002006-04-28T11:47:55.656-04:00gypsy in my soul.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
gypsy in my soul, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations.
WHY,
you ask?
because you threw it all away one day a long time ago.
because you chose to be a coward instead of following your heart.
because you chose the safe The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1144183031094773972006-04-23T16:34:00.000-04:002006-04-27T09:23:54.000-04:00hey, you. yes, You.
Canon 300E
Thank you...
For teaching me that following one's heart creates miracles in life
For sharing your brand of courage with me through your words, travels, connections and disconnections
For reminding me that imperfect is perfectly fine
For living your life with gratitude - no matter what
For showing me your true colors - no matter what
For looking at me with trusting eyes
For the The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1145727857939863002006-04-22T13:44:00.000-04:002006-04-22T13:54:39.950-04:00blue magic.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
blue magic, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. i could really use some magic in my life right now...
ahhhhhhbracadabra!!!
bahar, thanks for sprinkling your brand of magic and brightening our otherwise drab The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1145559176854297322006-04-20T14:52:00.000-04:002006-04-21T13:40:48.300-04:00oona's bliss.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
oona's bliss, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations.
Taken April 16, 2006 Canon PowerShot SD450
thank you, oona, for showing mommy the whole sky that day. i love you, bella.
"the creative person has to dissolve all The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1145543362874039552006-04-20T10:29:00.000-04:002006-04-27T09:26:36.226-04:003 trees, a sunset and a story about a camel's hoofprint.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }
3 Trees & A Sunset, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. A Frenchman was crossing the desert with an Arab guide. Day after day, the Arab never failed to kneel on the burning sand and call upon his God. At last, one The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1145327625302924182006-04-17T22:33:00.000-04:002006-04-18T07:34:05.140-04:00light me up .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } light me pls, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. I had the chance to go do Visita Iglesia again after a long time. Visita Iglesia which means Church Visit is the Filipino religious' practice of visiting as many The Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7952371.post-1145160390565903952006-04-16T00:06:00.000-04:002006-04-16T00:06:30.703-04:00donut monster.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } donut monster, originally uploaded by iKat Kreations. Simple joys and pleasuresAre the true and lasting treasuresThe Ten O' Clock Habithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677669836004594431noreply@blogger.com