Ode to a Friend

 



This is just too beautiful not to share...

 

in memoriam

"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy picture[s] be,
Much pleasure, then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou'rt slave to Fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better than thy stroke ; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die."
— John Donne

Finisterre (End of the Land) Photo by Victor Nuno


Dedicated to my lolo whose birthday will be this aug 10, madam cory aquino, and georgie... may their souls rest in peace.


"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice; but God's hand is in every translation, and His hand shall bind up all our scattered leaves again for that library where every book shall lie open to another." - John Donne

Paulo Coehlo's Statutes for Life

(click on the page and turn...)

great share!!!

good sign

i just now realised that i haven't updated my blog for 20 days... the longest so far, in my memory... i'm trying to intellectualize this by thinking of the many things i've accomplished while out of limbo from the internet and not merely a sign of laziness on my part.

hmmmnnn i got into facebook just today and honestly i'm a little lost. but i did discover something. i can actually import my blog to its Notes section.... whoah! increased readership for me! hahahah

a concern though, can i actually deactivate the feed if i want to? hmmmm... all this talk about FBs terms that makes them own content uploaded by members is a little bit alarming for me...

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Thanks to Pot for the picture.