Happy Christmas & A Graft-Free New Year To All!

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Here's wishing one and all

a VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS!


and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

a Year that is free of greedy and self-serving

trapos in Inang Bayan!

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To all my Friends cyber or otherwise,

A heartfelt gratitude for keeping me company

as I travel Life's Highways.



LABYU all!
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Kahit na baku-bako ang kalsada,

kasama pa rin kayo.

Salamat ng Marami sa Maykapal

na Siyang may gawa ng Langit at Lupa....

Sana Po, Maalis na sa Lupa

at huwag naman Ninyong Ilagay sa Langit

ang mga magnanakaw ng Kaban ng Bayan.



Amen.

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Stop The Murder!

There is, they say, a season for everything:
GOD in His ways, shows us what to do.
It is in this light that we will all go…..
and seek redress for the serial murder that they have done.

Murder of the people who dare spoke against a regime
that bespeaks of treachery, malpractice, and massive corruption starting from the top to her minions.
Murder of everything, including the Constitution that serves as the Basic Law of the Land…..
Murder of the right of every Filipino to speak and be heard via their votes which was robbed many times over in recent years, because they “Helloed Garci” and tinkered with the money bag.

This country has lost its morality because the very leaders who vowed to protect the Country are the ones raping it….murdering it, and robbing it.

This may hark the beginning of her end….
God Bless the Philippines:
Land that WE all love!

KONSENSIYA

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Hindi ko malaman kung ano ang gagawin.
Urong-sulong sa taktikang malabo sa paningin.
Nais manatili sa puwesto mga suwapang at ganid
Bakit kaya? Isiping mabuti at ating namnamin.

Masarap di hamak ang PORK sa may Pasig.
Aba...di ba nga, sapagka't libre at gratis!
Sabayan pa ng "powers" na kasama sa puwesto
Sino ba ang tatanggi lalo't ganid at ala-TRAPO?

Dumaan si Reming at ito'y nanalasa.
Nataranta ang iba pagka't nag-overflow ang lava.
Nawala ang ilang bayan sa bandang Bicolandia,
Paano ba naman, walang nag-abala, ni gumabay wala na.

Bisi si gloria at kanyang mga ASSong ulol
Para palitan at pumabor ang Batas sa Kamara.
Samantalang ang nasawi nabubulok na!
Tanong ng iba: Nasaan na ba sila?

Balita rito, walang relief goods.
Ni tulong sa nasalanta, walang naparoon.
Paano ba naman, kasuwapangan nanaig
Kaya tumataba, si Juan nama'y nanginginig!

Hanggang kailan magtitiis, Bayan kong Mahal?
Kung huli na at patay ang lahat ng Pinoy?
Paano na lang, kung walang OFWs?
Padala lang nila, kaya pumapalaot.

May konsensiya ba sila, itong mga TRAPO?
Lasa ko'y wala, kagaya ng amo.
Kung meron mang hiya disin sana'y noon pa
Umalis sa pwestong hindi naman kanila!


MAAWA NAMAN KAYO!
MAKONSENSIYA NAMAN KAYO!
UMALIS NA KAYO!


LEAVE THE FILIPINO PEOPLE IN PEACE!
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OSECHI-New Year Festival Food

New Year
is one of the most important event in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Hence, the Japanese of old prepare food way before that day comes.

On New Year day and on the days that come after,
the housewife do not cook and allow the kitchen to go on holiday as well.
After all, busy ang kusina sa buong taon.....

With the advent of "instant Japan" and instant everything.....
one can no longer worry about preparations as far as food is concerned.
Puwede na pong mag-order at magpa-deliver na lang galing sa malalaking
Supermarkets ng mga pagkaing "instant"......so long as you have the \en to pay.


Here are some of the OSECHIs
served during those days.

Since it is impossible for viewers from other countries
to partake of the food itself,
please be content and feast your eyes and
imagine how each of these taste.....

BTW, each item has meaning, according to their belief.
Marahil, pareho rin sa atin na kapag kumain ng 'bilog' na prutas
sa Bagong Taon, maraming pera ang darating.
Mukahng may pagkakatulad sa paniwala ng mga Asyano
tungkol dito.

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OKUYAMA-part 2

Backside of the Temple.




Rooftop of the Temples...



One Shrine for Daibutsu-sama....
Buddha ang tawag sa atin.



Paikot-ikot na steps.....
Papunta sa iba't ibang Temple Buildings






Hanging Bridge inside the Temple area....

OKUYAMA Mountaintop Temple

Last Sunday, Jiji and I went to a mountaintop Temple/Shrine
in Okuyama..... several kilometers away from `home'.

We walked and enjoyed the cool, refreshing mountain air
along with other Japanese pilgrims who trekked the circuitous
steps to gain access to all the old buildings that comprised
the Temple/Shrine.


When with nature, I can only sing praises for the beauty
within reach....

...the tall trees,
the beautiful colors
the birds that filled the air with their happy singing.....

These are photos I took as I walked through the way.....




Three-tier Tower at the Entrance of the Temple
[Sanju-no-Tou]







The Main Temple
They say that almost ALL Temples in Japan were made
without using nails to join the beams together.
This attests to the craftsmanship of the Japanese carpenters of old.





The Altar at the Main Temple
Walang monk kaya nakakuha ng pix....
Bawal eh....[shhhh.....]



The Bell Tower in front of the Temple.
Taken from the Balcony of the Temple.