Thursday, June 22, 2006

Moi... in the pictures

At Notre Dame, where I listened to the Madrigal Singers, I realized that I know one of the members. This is Kuya Chris, a great singer, a schoolmate whom I haven't seen for the last 9 or 10 years? Great to see familiar faces at far away places!


At my back is the lovely pond at the beautiful Monet Garden. Roses do grow big here. There were many varieties of flowers in different colors. See bees flying from one flower to another. Good thing they are not interested in mere humans.

While wandering around Auvers sur Oise, trying to look for the Chateau and the house of Van Gogh, we found this interesting garden. Colorful benches that resemble animals were all around. Try to guess this animal.

Just one of the pretty spots in that part of Paris. I couldn't help but ask my colleague to take my picture with this background.

My co-trainees and I took advantage of our Sunday and joined a bus tour to Mont St. Michel. It was a long, long trip. I thought for a time why we pay in order to suffer. It took us 5 hours to go there and another 5 hours to come back. The 4 hours we spent going up and down the village and the abbey that were constructed following the structure of the rocky islet.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The bench you seated on resembles... shrek? Hehe, sorry could not guess.:-) Lovely garden, lovely lady.:-)

mcVisca said...

galing naman - you had to go to paris just meet up with your friend from way back... God's timeing I guess.. para hindi daw ma homesick...

Anonymous said...

Ganda Jen ah! hehehe! i like the pics :)
Miss you all here in Singapore...

- Tin

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Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze new trails. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away.

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