"teardrop on the cheek of time..."

Turf: on the hot nest
Dash: watching pinoynovela



I was in high school when my teacher in Asian History told us about the beautiful and charming Taj Mahal not only because it's one of the eight wonders of the world that makes me wonder about it and desire to visit it personally, but what caught my attention is the underyling love story behind it (Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal). His 3rd wife Mumtaz Mahal died during giving birth to their 14th child.

a: the photo is from lifestyleasia magazine travel column (the one I'm reading right now) and inset is the cute little hands of my nephew playing around with the magazine while I'm taking a shot at it.

My Asian History teacher though she's so old but she is so wonderful in illustrating about the Taj Mahal that makes you glued and listen carefully on how this Mughal architecture of India built beautifully. As she is telling the story it seems that you go back in time and see through your eyes how majestic the mansion is where Shah Jahan's loving wife's body is lying in. Shah Jahan also describes the Taj in these words.

Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display there the creator's glory.

For how this mansion describes by Shah Jahan, these rich words are flowing from his heart and not from his mind that can truly touch someone's heart. So, Rabindranath Tagore described it as "teardrop on the cheek of time" and Sir Edward Arnold described it as "the proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in living stone." Rudyard Kipling called it "embodiment of all things pure" while Emperor Shah Jahan said it made "the sun and moon shed tears from their eyes."

» »♫ goddess, unique ♫« «

Reliving the good ol' hobbies

Turf: in my realm
Dash: playing and reading


I knew it was past months when I last posted in this blog, though I daily checks this blog my mind has been surfing to different directions so many things that has been caught my attention that I couldn't focus on what to write in this virtual haven of mine.

a. lifestyleasia magazine is a very informative magazine be it good food, fashion, beautiful places, travel advisory, true story of life success etc., you can have it all
b. yes, its the virtual puzzle I love playing - still I enjoyed it

The other day I vowed my self to lessen my internet addiction (I surf too much getting myself lured into the world of techie things) one so, I can start giving my attention to my neglected books and magazine that bought long time ago and  just laid down helplessly in one nook of the table waiting for my precious time to throw at them. Secondly, who doesn't love jigsaw puzzle I guess all the kids in the world love it, specially during my grown up time where gadgets are not out of the box. I grew up playing in the streets with my friends Tumbang Preso, Taguan, Piko, Chinese garter are one of the most favorite games I played with my childhood friends, I could say that I had the time of my life during my kids day, I would say pity for the kids' who doesn't know these games and just grew up playing games on mobile phone and other gadgets. I love jigsaw puzzle games it does stimulate the brain, it gives you focus and for me it lessens the stress in a day's work.

Oh, I forgot I started posting in twitter again, sometimes in this busy world we need a time to pause, a total silence so we can start focusing in the reality of what we really are and the true meaning of life.

» »♫ learning the ways of love, peabo bryson ♫« «

Changing New Blogskin

The other day I got stuck up changing my blog skins which I get it from here you can choose different kind of blogskins which is according to your personal taste and which is personally made by such gracious individual who shared there works on blogskins site. You just need a little knowledge in the HTML to edit a few and put your personal profile in it. It took me a day to finish it, because my browser is having a problem it is too slow, plus I need to do a little tweaks on my laptop to make my internet a little bit faster than the usual.

Old blogskin

My old blogskin is just simple and a bit classy, I like it! The only flaws of it is the letter its just too small that I even had a hard time reading. By the way, when you use the ready-made blogskin don't remove the credit or the name of the creator on that way it maintain respect for those who spend their sweat and time making it for us to easily use and make our blog more attracting and cute.

The new layout I chose is more of a child look it's cute and plus the artistry of the picture is one of the main reason I choose it, I love arts and if you can see the detail of the drawing it's very cute and very colorful. It's very me, it's like letting out the child in me. I hope this one will take time until I change it, because I had this habit of changing layout every time I saw a new cute one.

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso