Aloha

Aloha!

                             Welcome to Honolulu

I like how life gets back to 'normal' after a 3 day weekend.

"It is best to act

with confidence,

no matter how 

little

right you have to it."

Lillian Hellman

 

'Cloud Bones' 

"Originality

does not consist

in saying what no one has ever said before,

but in saying exactly

what you think

yourself."

James Stephens

Hawaii State Flower, Yellow Hibiscus

"People who say they don't care what people think

are usually desperate

to have people think

they don't care 

what people think. "

George Carlin

"I care not much for a man's religion 

whose dog and cat

are not the better for it. "

Abraham Lincoln

 

If you find it in your heart

to care for somebody else, 

you will have succeeded. "

Maya Angelou "

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Ah dear 'normal.'

What are you anymore?

We are better off

for seeing things as they are:

the church, the governments,

those we regarded

as role models 

or even heroes;

All are found wanting.

That's the cost of growing up.

And so the question grows 

more urgent:

what can one depend on?

Faith, sure,

but what does that mean

in practical life?

What does it mean about how one
acts,
how one
FEELS?

Does it mean believing

in someone else's
pronouncements?

Is it all about
getting the puzzle
'correct?'


Is it in your mind?



Does it mean living in 
cynicism,
too smart to believe
in anything?


My faith is deep,
earned & unearned.


It is more than a decision
or formula,
too simple & complicated
to force on others.




I look everywhere for hints,
and sometimes recieve
ANSWERS.


Mostly, I think, it comes down to
trust.


I trust.


I needn't force
my view on another-
or deny my own
doubts.




Every day I am learning.


Every day I am grateful.


Every day
I am moved to tears,
Turning despair
into love. 




Thinking,
but not over much.




I have come to understand
as Gary Zukov has taught:


"The road to your soul
is through you heart."


My heart leaps
when I read your thoughts.


Together we continue.


Thank you for the companionship.


Your comment is a cherished gift!


       warmly, cloudia

Representations of Light

A  L  O  H  A !

"Never lose an opportunity

of seeing anything beautiful,

for beauty is God's handwriting. "

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

"Be humble for you are made of earth.

Be noble for you are made of stars."

Serbian proverb

Orange you glad you stopped by today?

I am!

“With patience,

mulberry leaves become satin.”

 

 Turkish Proverb 

“Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit:

we cannot flower and grow without it.”

 

 Jess Lair 

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 Walking in the morning with my camera,
I realize that what I am trying to 
capture
are 
representations
of
LIGHT.


As "point & shoot princess"
I do the best I can. . .


Thank YOU
for being part of it.
Please leave your 'calling card'
           in comments.   cloudia

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A L O H A,

Welcome Back to Waikiki

“Play is the only way

the highest intelligence of humankind

can unfold.”

 

 Joseph Chilton Pearce

“We are shaped by each other. 

We adjust not to the reality of a world,

but to the reality of other thinkers.”

 Joseph Chilton Pearce 

“To live a creative life,

we must lose our fear 

of being wrong.”

 

Joseph Chilton Pearce

 

 

 

 

 

“We live in a web of ideas,

a fabric of our own making.”

 

Joseph Chilton Pearce

 

 

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When we were growing up

we were told that there is a

"right way"

and a

"wrong way"

to accomplish any task.

 

Well today in the world of IT

there are many different ways

to accomplish things.

Give yourself permission

to explore.

What browser(s) do YOU use?

Have you used others?

Why did you change?

 

Tell us in 'comments' 

      and thanks for visiting today! cloudia

Quirino Aguisanda

ALOHA, 

        Welcome to Our Hawaii

At one time, Hawaii had no name - and no people.

  The Hawaiians voyaged here

in several waves of immigration. 

King Kalakaua

wanted to bring Chinese people to the islands,

and they were the first to come

and work in his kingdom.

  In 1881 he proposed a matrimonial relationship

between Princess Kaiulani 

and a young Japanese Prince Komatsu.

  Those two groups have dominated Hawaii's Asian population until recently.

In 1906 the first fifteen Filipino laborers, all Tagalogs, came to Hawaii. By 1909, 639 workers came and by 1910, there were 2,915. From 1911 to 1920, an estimated 3,000 workers arrived yearly. In 1919, there were 24,791 Japanese workers and 10,354 Filipinos representing 54.7% and 22.9% respectively of the total plantation labor force. The 1920s saw an average of 7,630 Filipinos arriving in Hawaii annually. 

Hawaii State Flag and that of the Philipines.

According to the latest US Census,

our Filipino neighbors are now the largest Asian group 

here in the isles.

As with ANY human group, it is impossible to make blanket statements, but they are valued as nice people, hard workers and good citizens.  Their warmth, food, and culture are important parts of our island paradise.  

 

On November 8, 1994, Hawaii’s voters elected

Benjamin J. Cayetano our governor, 

making him the first Filipino-American governor

in United States history

and the nation’s highest-ranking

elected public official of Filipino heritage.

I would like to introduce you to a private citizen that most of us knew nothing of until this week.

Quirino Aguisanda

was born in Cagayan province

and fought alongside the US military  in WWII.

  He retired as a colonel from the Philippine army

and moved to Hawaii with his wife in 1992.

Beyond his family and church,

the 86 year old worked as a senior companion (!)

a few mornings a week.

After resting at home

during the long Waipahu afternoon,

he insisted on boarding a bus for Waikiki

and started his evening's work

as a bathroom attendant

at several restaurants and clubs

in the tourist district.

Starting his shift at 6 or 9pm,

he would work until 1 am. 

"He's a hard worker. 

In their generation they somehow

don't want to stop working."

Said his Granddaughter Monette Rivera

by telephone from her home in New York City.

On Monday morning he exited a city bus

near his home around 2:37 am

and was struck by a hit and run driver,

dying later that morning at Queens Hospital. 

"They're not rich,

but you know there was always abundance in his life because of his heart and character."

His Granddaughter told a local reporter."

Widow Eustacia is coping

with the love of her church and family.

"Being around people,

being out and about,

it's just his way."

Monette Rivera

Remember to appreciate the people you see today, the people doing simple work with great dignity!

Salamat, Colonel Aguisanda!  

       Please leave  Y O U R  comment, cloudia

Treasure at Your Feet

Aloha & Welcome to Waikiki

"If the doors of perception were cleansed 

everything would appear to man as it is,

infinite."

                                             William Blake

"Keep your eyes open to your mercies.

The man who forgets to be thankful 

has fallen asleep in life."

Robert Louis Stevenson

"One sees great things from the valley,

only small things from the peak."

G. K. Chesterton

"When you look into an abyss,

the abyss also looks into you."

 
Friedrich Nietzsche

"A point of view can be a dangerous luxury

when substituted for insight and understanding. "

Marshall McLuhan

"A moment's insight 

is sometimes worth a life's experience."

Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Some long to own

something,

some wish to be

something.

 I enjoy seeing,

thinking,

learning,

knowing,

& wondering.

I enjoy interacting

with 

Y O U.

Thanks so much for visiting!

       comment? Yes Please!   cloudia 

Pastry of Thinkers

A  L  O  H  A !

 "Judge each day

not by the harvest you reap

but by the seeds you plant."

Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"I am following Nature without being able to grasp her,

I perhaps owe having become a painter

to flowers. "

Claude Monet

See the Star of David?

"God writes the gospel not in the bible alone, 

but on trees, and flowers, and clouds, and stars."

Martin Luther 

"Keep your fears to yourself,

but share your courage 

with others."

Robert Louis Stevenson

 

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights;

 it is a change that goes on,

deep and permanent,

in the ideas of living."

Miriam Beard

"A warm smile

is the universal language of kindness."

William Arthur Ward

 

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What do philosophers

prefer to eat 

for breakfast?

Raisin D'etres!

Thanks for swinging by,

leave a comment-

    warmly, cloudia