The Pharaoh Requests Your Presence



Welcome to our Antiquity Party!!!


I wish I know how to serenade you with some music (^_^) ~


It always feels good to be transported back in time 
even just for a night ~


and meet the Pharaoh


or be with a Roman gladiator


or have a quick chat with Julius Caesar



or brush shoulders with fellow Egyptian princess
and Greek warrior


or share stories with Icarus and his infamous wings




oh what a blast we all had 



to have Romans, Greeks, Egyptians in one party!!!



Must be so exciting during the ancient times =)


We surely enjoyed dressing up for the party ~
Giggle



"There are never enough hours 
in the days of a queen, 
and her nights have too many."



"I will not be told where I can go 
and where I cannot go!"
~ Cleopatra in



xaTwa 3azīza
 خطوة عزيزة 
You honor us with your visit!!!

Thank you for coming ~

Sun

Moalboal Seaside Getaway




One cloudy early morning,
we drove down to the southwestern countryside of the island.



What do you expect of me on a trip like this?

Of course, nothing else ~
but take as much pictures as I can ~


I thank you God for this most amazing day, 
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, 
and for the blue dream of sky 
and for everything which is natural, 
which is infinite, 
which is yes. 
~ e.e. cummings


There is one spectacle grander than the sea, 
that is the sky; 
there is one spectacle grander than the sky, 
that is the interior of the soul. 
~ Victor Hugo


cannot get 
that beautiful afternoon 
out of my head,
 above me where I lay 
the grass was silhouetted 
against the blue of the heavens,
 small clouds were rushing past
 as the wind drove them 
on an endless journey. 
~ Julia Lee-Booker


Gray skies are just clouds passing over.
 ~ Author Unknown


Wherever you go, 
no matter what the weather, 
always bring your own sunshine. 
~ Anthony J. D’Angelo


There was an edge to this darkness...
A cold wind was blowing out of the north, 
and it made the trees rustle like living things. 
~ George R.R. Martin


A single plant
trying to grow and survive 
in the salty waters 
of the sea 
is such an awe-inspiring sight.


“Had I told the sea
What I felt for you,
It would have left its shores,
Its shells,
Its fishes,
And followed me.” 
~ Nizar Qabbani


When my heart is overwhelmed, 
lead me to
The Rock
Who is higher
than I.
~ Psalm 61:2


A true friend sees the first tear... 
catches the second... 
and stops the third...


We may be different in so many ways
but nothing will stop us from
being friends with you...


The heart is the garden
that always has room
for flowers of kindness and friendship
to bloom.


Don't wait for someone to bring you flowers.
Plant your own garden
and
decorate your own soul.


A flower does not think
of competing to the flower next to it.
It just blooms.


As I walked along the shore near the place where we stayed,
I saw this sunken path or maybe this only happens when the tide rises.
I find it symbolic, and beautiful!

Do not fear!
This path I have prepared for you...
Take a chance!


You can't stand in the corner of your forest,
waiting for others to come to you.
You have to go to them sometimes.
~ Winnie the Pooh


Yesterday is but today's memory, 
and tomorrow is today's dream.
~ Khalil Gibran


I have my moments of deep discouragement. 
I have to go to God in prayer 
with tears in my eyes.
~ Billy Graham


i just stopped from dreaming and woke up,
just like a dream to be loved back 
is just a dream you have to accept,
it was just glimpse of hopes 
you want to take it to reality, 
~ Jinnul Jr.


a memory...

of long ago...

in a distant sea...

of the many forgotten days....


Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; 
my greatest concern is to be on God's side, 
for God is always right.
~ Abraham Lincoln


“It is not enough to limit your love
to your own nation, to your own group.

You must respond with love
even to those outside of it...

This concept enables people
to live together not as nations,
but as the human race.”
~ Clarence Jordan


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