tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-195832272024-03-06T23:41:15.634-08:00MY RANDOM THOUGHTSA blog of my thoughts on the many things that i am experiencing at home and in my job...nice articles gathered from the web...my recipes...travels... and also the hopes and dreams of whatever I may think of and feel like writing about...confessing my inner thoughts, opinions, or whatever to the world wide web...MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.comBlogger295125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-13371787972492022052015-05-10T03:18:00.000-07:002015-05-10T03:18:00.264-07:00Fender Squire Affinity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's a Classical Nylon Guitar with a Piezo pickup.MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-70772213992525831012014-02-17T03:34:00.001-08:002014-02-17T03:34:20.157-08:00OPEN MIC NIGHT IN DOHA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-79702251430104375972014-02-11T03:39:00.000-08:002014-02-17T03:40:20.193-08:00MY REVISITED PEDAL RIG FOR ACOUSTICS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Marshall Compressor, Behringer Space D Chorus, Rogue Analogue Delay, Behringer Digital Delay, RC-30 Loop StationMAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-6965009231675300432014-02-01T03:06:00.003-08:002014-02-01T03:06:54.976-08:00PEDAL BOARD GIG BAG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My Acoustic Pedal Board Gig bag with Marshall Compressor, Behringer Chorus Space D, Rogue Analogue Delay, Behringer Digital Delay, plus RC2 looper and optional Marshall Regenerator, I plan to add a reverb pedal to complete the ambient modulation side of my signal path.<br /><br />MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-91519482798318108152013-02-17T19:52:00.002-08:002013-02-17T19:52:25.806-08:00TRADE IN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-37302560004284411942013-02-17T19:49:00.001-08:002013-02-17T19:49:11.016-08:00The House<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-54378126672293637862011-12-26T01:53:00.000-08:002011-12-26T06:45:13.282-08:00My Father's Gone...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEh9oqabyEsM78kpGeYBVjmkwNveuWVk8Ap2HMnj8P1R7bnhMHqEHHrt8A6nI96mGWlY73xoaz-PqFLxzK40cRVtlfLZ-idowdhPLmB1ICFWTTC1Gtb0SBx0Kn30qMkwsQv9mrA/s1600/daddypixs.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEh9oqabyEsM78kpGeYBVjmkwNveuWVk8Ap2HMnj8P1R7bnhMHqEHHrt8A6nI96mGWlY73xoaz-PqFLxzK40cRVtlfLZ-idowdhPLmB1ICFWTTC1Gtb0SBx0Kn30qMkwsQv9mrA/s320/daddypixs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690373971782478930" border="0" /></a>My Father has passed into the beyond...He was Born on January 7, 1927 and he passed away on December 26, 2011...I will truly miss him...but I have made my peace with Him. We have lived together with my father since 1998...up to 2011 and my family moved out of the house that we stayed together by August of 2011 more than 13 years...before I left for my job in Qatar in 2009 and saw him again this March 2011 after I came home for vacation ...Last time we spoke was when I left again for Qatar in May of 2011....now he can join my mother and they can be together again after 29 years since she passed away...I would always remember my father's devotion to my mother...he would always visit her in her resting place...anytime he can visit no matter what day...or month it was...He never misses an All Saints or All souls day without spending the day with my mother in her grave site...lighting those chinese candles...I never ask him why he does visit oh so often...it could have been survivor's guilt or true love...either way...I believe it was his true love that has left him...to go on this life without my mother...He only stop visiting when his health has started to fail him and his body has become frail...He tried to raise us all the best he could...with my mother...and he has raised us well...He lived a full life...at 84 years old...its just a matter of 2 weeks he could have chalked up his 85 birthday...but that was not meant to be...It must have been quite lonely when you start to lose all your friends to the grim reaper...one by one they have gone...and when its your birthday...the familiar faces of friends are dwindling down...I could not wish for a better life for him...May your soul and mother's soul may now rest in peace and be together once more...These are are last images taken of my parents before their passing...My father's picture taken with his youngest grand daughter almost two months prior to his passing...and my mother's picture taken before she pass away...and my mother's tombstone...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TIcjzCUi2Hhf7T-xCTsuzhrUOWUbvOV-PtrmL6x9AU6XYLlYMdhKKw1DPboYDOTlvydONOyCTi3qbcXGpb9l6ovDgO1Xg-VubIsB-fAl3dUuKO_8rYf-tqUa9ox0hUUiIvHkGQ/s1600/mama+grave.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TIcjzCUi2Hhf7T-xCTsuzhrUOWUbvOV-PtrmL6x9AU6XYLlYMdhKKw1DPboYDOTlvydONOyCTi3qbcXGpb9l6ovDgO1Xg-VubIsB-fAl3dUuKO_8rYf-tqUa9ox0hUUiIvHkGQ/s320/mama+grave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690373964089812594" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfwsV6xgEUyfYlwFwCPlk1Hck5h8l4KeAQJhiX9d8CzeU9srglACsArM3FnAso_8HhsTJxxtzPkEtedYKYTlNO31IhScWFCvfBwHaPDza7RLV_GPBi-B-bDZy1rrHoW73TCtXEg/s1600/mommypx.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGfwsV6xgEUyfYlwFwCPlk1Hck5h8l4KeAQJhiX9d8CzeU9srglACsArM3FnAso_8HhsTJxxtzPkEtedYKYTlNO31IhScWFCvfBwHaPDza7RLV_GPBi-B-bDZy1rrHoW73TCtXEg/s320/mommypx.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690373957839017826" border="0" /></a>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-59965347297108129442011-11-22T08:47:00.000-08:002011-11-22T08:49:09.322-08:00Hold Me Now<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I have a picture,</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">pinned to my wall.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">An image of you and of me and we're laughing and </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">loving it all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Look at our life now, </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">tattered and torn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">cry until dawn</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Hold me now, warm my heart</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">stay with me, let loving start (let loving start)</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">You say I'm a dreamer, </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">we're two of a kind</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Both of us searching for some perfect world we </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">will never find</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">So perhaps I should leave here, </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">yeah yeah go far away</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">But you know that there’s no where that I'd rather be than </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">with you here today</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">[Chorus]</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">You ask if I love you, </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">well what can I say?</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">You know that I do and if this is just one of those </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">games that we play</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">D</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">So I'll sing you a new song, </span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Bm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">please don't cry anymore</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">G</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I'll ask your forgiveness, though I don't know just what I'm</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">A</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">asking it for</span><br /></span>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-41021412542333512232011-10-22T08:49:00.000-07:002011-11-22T09:01:05.273-08:001000 Miles<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">intro: G9<br /></p>G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A <p class="MsoNormal">Making my way downtown</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Walking fast</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Faces passed</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I'm home bound</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Staring blankly ahead</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just making my way</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Making my way</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Through the crowd</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9 Bm A</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And I need you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9-Bm-A</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And I miss you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9 A<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And now I wonder....</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If I could fall</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Into the sky</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you think time</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Would pass me by</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">'Cause you know I'd walk</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A thousand miles</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If I could</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just see you</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A G9 A G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tonight</p>G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A <p class="MsoNormal">It's always times like these</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">When I think of you</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I wonder</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you ever</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Think of me</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A </p> <p class="MsoNormal">'Cause everything's so wrong</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#m</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I don't belong</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Living in your</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Precious memories</p>G9 Bm A <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>'Cause I need you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9 Bm A<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And I miss you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9 A<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And now I wonder....</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If I could fall</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Into the sky</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do you think time</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Would pass me by</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">'Cause you know I'd walk</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A thousand miles</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If I could</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Just see you</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G9 A G9 A G9 A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tonight</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I, I </p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don't want to let you know</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I, I</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Drown in your memory</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I, I</p> <p class="MsoNormal">F#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don't want to let this go</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I, I</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G9</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Don't....</p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-33854888045722714682011-09-22T09:01:00.000-07:002011-11-22T09:03:07.901-08:00What Can I Do<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Intro: D . A2/C# . Gsus2 . . . D . A2 . G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Verse 1:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I haven't slept at all in days,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">It's been so long since we've talked</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have been here many times<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I just don't know what I'm doing wrong</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Chorus:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . .</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What can I do to make you love me?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What can I do to make you care?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . .</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What can I say to make you feel this?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>What can I do to get you there?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Verse 2:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">There's only so much I can take</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">And I've just got to let it go</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">And who knows I might feel better - yeah</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">If I don't try then I don't hope<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(to chorus)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bridge:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm7 . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 - A2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 - A2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">No more waiting, no more<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>- ach - ing,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm7 . . .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 - A2<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 - A2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">No more fighting, no more - try - ing</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Verse 3:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maybe there's nothing more to say,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">And in a funny way I'm calm</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2/C# .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2 . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Because the power is not - mine</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A2 .<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G/E . . . </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I'm just gonna let it fly</p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-70558909341335346272011-08-22T09:04:00.000-07:002011-11-22T09:06:06.076-08:00Here comes the Rain Again<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"> Bm<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here comes the rain again, fallin' to my head like a memory,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Fallin' to my head like a new emotion</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna walk in the open wind, i wanna talk like lovers do,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">A<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Chorus:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Talk to me, like lovers do.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Walk with me, like lovers do.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Talk to me, like lovers do.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhh....</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm-G-A-Bm</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Same chords above)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here comes the rain again, rainin' in my head like a tragedy,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And tearin' me apart like a new emotion.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna breathe in the open wind, i wanna kiss like lovers do,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">(Chorus)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm]</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Here is comes again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G]</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Here it comes again, no.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G#m]<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Here it comes again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here it comes, here it comes again,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">G#m<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Noooooooooooohooooooooooooooooooo...</p>Here comes the rain again, fallin! to my head like a memory, <p class="MsoNormal">Fallin' to my head like a new emotion,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here it comes again, here it comes again.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna walk in the open wind, i wanna talk like lovers do,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here comes the rain again, rainin' in my head like a tragedy,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And tearin' me apart like a new emotion.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna breathe in the open wind, i wanna kiss like lovers do,</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I wanna dive into your ocean, is it rainin' with you....?</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-22479632510994403692011-07-22T09:15:00.000-07:002011-11-22T09:18:24.249-08:00I HATE THIS SONG<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">VERSE 1:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Speak with your tongue tied,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know that you're tired</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But I just want to know,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Where you want to go</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I may be sad, but I'm not weak,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">This situation is bleak</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And your puffy eyes never lie,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your tears come from inside.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">CHORUS:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Until Sunday I'll be waiting for an answer</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I guess that yesterday's not good enough for you,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know that I hate this song,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know that I hate this song</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Because it was written for you</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Bm7<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is becoming a problem I'm hurting it's unfair</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But somehow your words,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The way that I heard are haunting me,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You're under my skin</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You're breaking in,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And the tasteless fights that filled our nights</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Are starting to cave in,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You're under my skin</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You're breaking in</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/B</p> <p class="MsoNormal">And if Sundays what it takes to prove</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I have nothing else to loose</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">VERSE 2:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Drown your fears with me</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I'm feeling real sorry</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Your glossy eyes don't need</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The sadness they have seen</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But you're way too deep to swim</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Back up again</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/Bm7</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But somehow I can't find</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The moment you said goodbye</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">CHORUS:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Until Sunday I'll be waiting for an answer</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I guess that yesterday's not good enough for you,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know that I hate this song,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D/F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gsus2</p> <p class="MsoNormal">You know that I hate this song</p> <p class="MsoNormal">D/Bm7<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A5<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D5</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Because it was written for you</p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-41775077958276008542011-06-22T09:29:00.000-07:002011-11-22T09:30:19.356-08:00I'LL NEVER GO<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults ext="edit" spidmax="1026"> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout ext="edit"> <o:idmap ext="edit" data="1"> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><pre>Intro: D (2x)</pre><pre> Verse I:</pre><pre> D</pre><pre>You would always ask me</pre><pre>F#m</pre><pre>Those words i say</pre><pre>Bm</pre><pre>And telling me</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G-G</pre><pre>What it means to me</pre><pre> </pre><pre>Verse II:</pre><pre> </pre><pre> </pre><pre>Em<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A</pre><pre>Every single day</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</pre><pre>You always act this way</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gm<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></pre><pre>For how many times i told you</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</pre><pre>I love you for this is all i know</pre><pre> </pre><pre>Verse III:</pre><pre> </pre><pre>D</pre><pre>Come to me and hold me</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>F#m</pre><pre>And you will see</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</pre><pre>The love i give</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</pre><pre>For you still hold the key</pre><pre>(Repeat II)</pre><pre> </pre><pre>Chorus:</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</pre><pre>I'll never go far away from you</pre><pre>Bm<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gm </pre><pre>Even the sky will tell you</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G</pre><pre>That i need you so</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bm</pre><pre>For this is all i know</pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>G<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>D</pre><pre>I'll never go far away from you</pre><pre> </pre><pre>(Repeat III)</pre><pre>(Repeat II)</pre><pre>(Repeat chorus)</pre><pre>(adlib)</pre><pre>(Repeat chorus 2x)</pre><pre> </pre><pre>Coda: D-</pre><pre>I'll never go far away from you</pre><pre>Never go away</pre><pre>I'll never go away</pre><pre> </pre><pre><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I'll never go away</pre> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-8654967301462696972011-05-20T11:02:00.000-07:002011-10-20T11:26:28.443-07:00My New Amp...Roland 20X<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaN5_EcqDnV-kKn-zPgA1QVf13Q0DB6XPILxPcDDojXvX_FKRHd5zkQ1hfsHRG1uwgdp1afSdRDnNq2rdULNxdeer1QO7MyhKBs87cdEM7hUAEBX3-VYof6JXZtPy24uxIlG3QA/s1600/image_01_L.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheaN5_EcqDnV-kKn-zPgA1QVf13Q0DB6XPILxPcDDojXvX_FKRHd5zkQ1hfsHRG1uwgdp1afSdRDnNq2rdULNxdeer1QO7MyhKBs87cdEM7hUAEBX3-VYof6JXZtPy24uxIlG3QA/s320/image_01_L.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665642376442256946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />With great new features such as Power Squeezer for maximum sustain without maximum volume, a fully equipped guitar tuner, a mini-jack aux in for playing along to MP3 and CD players, and of course that incredible Cube sound, this amp is built to rock!MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-46430943439649817532011-03-20T10:52:00.000-07:002011-10-20T11:01:10.357-07:00My Days are counted...What is it that I haven't done in preparation for my vacation?...My desk needs to be free and sanitized...My clothes must be washed before I go...I need to empty my refrigerator and not buy anymore food stuff...what about the pasalubongs?...I have sent my cartoon of goodies for the house by air cargo at 7.50 qr per KG that has...of all things...soaps...many bath soaps...tuna tin goods...lotion...lotso lotions...comforters...butter cookies...chocolates...perfumes...canned goods...new tees...beauty and health care goods...what else...MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-47356059442529003602011-02-05T10:25:00.000-08:002011-03-05T10:32:19.458-08:00Take Me Home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaObd3XVPHyU_bZeAlj_tPjmA0Ha7eJQ_KXer2UTLmI42vXtdipK6W_qHh8Q5-WK9WK70RjVj1aNlqG4gfh25hXTVGGtAPlkycAwuDGmhlpZC3tIgy9pvo31qd8NbtjyJVN3trIA/s1600/goinghome.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaObd3XVPHyU_bZeAlj_tPjmA0Ha7eJQ_KXer2UTLmI42vXtdipK6W_qHh8Q5-WK9WK70RjVj1aNlqG4gfh25hXTVGGtAPlkycAwuDGmhlpZC3tIgy9pvo31qd8NbtjyJVN3trIA/s400/goinghome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580663887533306498" border="0" /></a><br /><pre style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Take that look of worry<br /><br />I'm an ordinary man<br /><br />They don't tell me nothing<br /><br />So I find out what I can<br /><br />There's a fire that's been burning<br /><br />Right outside my door<br /><br />I can't see but I feel it<br /><br />And it helps to keep me warm<br /><br />So I, I don't mind<br /><br />No I, I don't mind<br /><br /><br />Seems so long I've been waiting<br /><br />Still don't know what for<br /><br />There's no point escaping<br /><br />I don't worry anymore<br /><br />I can't come out to find you<br /><br />I don't like to go outside<br /><br />They can't turn off my feelings<br /><br />Like they're turning off a light<br /><br />But I, I don't mind<br /><br />No I, I don't mind<br /><br />Oh I, I don't mind<br /><br />No I, I don't mind<br /><br /><br /><br />So take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home, oh lord<br /><br />Cos I've been a prisoner all my life<br /><br />And I can say to you<br /><br /><br /><br />Take that look of worry, mine's an ordinary life<br /><br />Working when it's daylight<br /><br />And sleeping when it's night<br /><br />I've got no far horizons<br /><br />I don't wish upon a star<br /><br />They don't think that I listen<br /><br />Oh but I know who they are<br /><br />And I, I don't mind<br /><br />No I, I don't mind<br /><br />Oh I, I don't mind<br /><br />No I, I don't mind<br /><br /><br /><br />So take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home<br /><br />Cos I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home, oh lord<br /><br />Well I've been a prisoner all my life<br /><br />And I can say to you<br /><br /><br /><br />But I don't remember<br /><br />Take, take me home...</pre>Phil Collins....MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-40866191708543551142011-01-05T10:41:00.000-08:002011-03-07T11:06:24.237-08:00Home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxd27VNnfBBEm6RY28ExNql2z8TZbWbM58rct6rzKFjLzgZjcTsQwBeYmlb0vb3CiM8YH73R06o79FPgd5TJj5Jj29-dfd9DWK_7U7aq2XLJioI-o51VykyZKi_H9Sj2SMW5yjQ/s1600/tz-zanzibar-sunset-sailboat.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxd27VNnfBBEm6RY28ExNql2z8TZbWbM58rct6rzKFjLzgZjcTsQwBeYmlb0vb3CiM8YH73R06o79FPgd5TJj5Jj29-dfd9DWK_7U7aq2XLJioI-o51VykyZKi_H9Sj2SMW5yjQ/s400/tz-zanzibar-sunset-sailboat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580668681138409970" border="0" /></a><br /><strong></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm staring out into the night, trying to hide the pain<br />I'm going to the place where love<br />And feeling good don't ever cost a thing<br />And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain<br /><br />Well, I'm going home, back to the place where I belong<br />And where your love has always been enough for me<br />I'm not running from, no, I think you got me all wrong<br />I don't regret this life I chose for me<br />But these places and these faces are getting old<br />So I'm going home, well I'm going home<br /><br />The miles are getting longer, it seems, the closer I get to you<br />I've not always been the best man or friend for you<br />But your love it makes true and I don't know why<br />You always seem to give me another try<br /><br />So I'm going home, back to the place where I belong<br />And where your love has always been enough for me<br />I'm not running from, no, I think you got me all wrong<br />I don't regret this life I chose for me<br />But these places and these faces are getting old<br /><br />Be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it all<br />You just might get it all and then some you don't want<br />Be careful what you wish for 'cause you just might get it all<br />You just might get it all, yeah<br /><br />Oh, well I'm going home, back to the place where I belong<br />And where your love has always been enough for me<br />I'm not running from, no, I think you got me all wrong<br />I don't regret this life I chose for me<br />But these places and these faces are getting old<br />I said these places and these faces are getting old<br />So I'm going home, I'm going home<br /><br /><small>Daughtry, Christopher</small>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-82337734045615909992010-12-30T05:49:00.000-08:002011-01-30T05:53:40.766-08:00A RICH AND DESOLATE PLACE<a onblur="try 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teasing me because I was up for my vacation time...my<span style=""> </span>contract completion is up and coming and time seems to pass by that fast now that is getting nearer…During these years I feel like losing a segment of my life in a vortex because I had always been together with my family no matter what happens... and I have never wanted to an OFW…then suddenly I became one and a reluctant one if I may say so… I left my life and family for the rich and desolate deserts of the middle east …to work overseas…and I did so not in the prime stages of my life but at 50…my life was at a cross road…and the road up ahead was kind a unsettling…because I had to decide to go and work abroad…with the fervent hope that the better future of my family is at stake and the life I came to know before was no more and was on the line…that I am now the stranger in the strange land… <span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I left the parenting duties to my wife…to work as an OFW ...To get here I had to borrow money then for my placement…and some money I had to leave for my family’s first 2 months to sustain them while I start my job…I was able to scrounged some money from friends and a brother of mine and as I went through the many challenges a job seeker has to live out and had to go through the uncertainties of being recruited and finally arriving in a rich and desolate country in the middle east…I wanted my wife and daughter to have a happy life …and I have always wish that she raise our child in the righteous ways of life and to grow as responsible<span style=""> </span>person…and I am quite sure she is capable of this…the guilt inside me is there…I am leaving my wife to a life without me in person…a lonely life for both of us…but we need to strive and work hard for our place in the sun…As for me I know that the most hardest part is I am an empty shelf inside…the loneliness that I have is like an unbearable burden but one has to seek joy and hope in spite of the difficulty…At times I think about my wife and how painful it must be for her because its hard to go through life without your partner specially when problems in the family arise, when there’s no one to talk to…no one to tell your stories…which is why I try my best not to burden my family back home with the problems that I meet each day in my life abroad…and when I have my own problems in my work place I just try my best to ignore it and not tell my wife and family about it…<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">During those times of desolate loneliness…I just try my best not to think of it and just put it at the back of my mind…and sometimes I try to seek comfort in the company of my friends here to lessen the homesickness…but when the evening sets in and alone in my bed I always pray that my wife takes care of our family, and she takes care of the income that I sent home, and she takes care of her love for me, because I will be back someday to somehow fix my own life,<span style=""> </span>fix the dis-functionality that my absence from my duties as a father …and try to get a semblance of normalcy…to be with my love ones again even for such a short time that my vacation will allow me to do so…try to make the best of the times no matter how short they may be…before I go back to my rich and desolate place in the middle east…<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-8349161585445619032010-12-14T11:29:00.000-08:002011-01-14T11:33:31.751-08:00This Is Me!!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46NL0fmZD7JrefafvLou3XM6FaluPe5OFoFNlvT738JgeC1BKOr2U_imTaim9brQLNEKWSpFfgvpLB-NLlHDCF9uEsAw0l9r6S69_5Cz8RYGq1qRM1YK7tHGsGNQjU6cyFsd-4g/s1600/154854_467151694690_543984690_5371284_7983665_n.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46NL0fmZD7JrefafvLou3XM6FaluPe5OFoFNlvT738JgeC1BKOr2U_imTaim9brQLNEKWSpFfgvpLB-NLlHDCF9uEsAw0l9r6S69_5Cz8RYGq1qRM1YK7tHGsGNQjU6cyFsd-4g/s400/154854_467151694690_543984690_5371284_7983665_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562126211894901666" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Music will always fill the heart!!!The BETAN HEART!</span>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-28475550577828419102010-11-14T10:26:00.000-08:002011-01-14T11:24:54.240-08:00The Milk Run<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv9xqETnP1E9d-Nn5GwruDctf3t7bUhtDkuI7gTAkcT_Zxup7ykjtHbC3I444PRuoVGt4f-Z1Fu2dj8PUGOACdukWAoGlLMk_LAvAtdgx9Sk9tE5uXzPZIe3TTTDWQ70uDSX2qg/s1600/milk+run1.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZv9xqETnP1E9d-Nn5GwruDctf3t7bUhtDkuI7gTAkcT_Zxup7ykjtHbC3I444PRuoVGt4f-Z1Fu2dj8PUGOACdukWAoGlLMk_LAvAtdgx9Sk9tE5uXzPZIe3TTTDWQ70uDSX2qg/s400/milk+run1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562122682515200610" border="0" /></a>Every Month...Every Payday...Every Time or anytime...of the year We have to do the Milk Run...money drop...any way you call it...lots of people...families depend on it...its like a blood transfusion...every drip counts...literally all OFWs bleeds to death every time he or she sees that the dollar vs. peso is down again...babies all over the world cry or they don't get milk...5 days or even 1 week before the payday comes families will be calling and texting mobile phones...sending messages such as Kailan ka magpapadala? When will you send it? "May sweldo na ba?"...Have you receive your salary? "Bakit ganito lang kaliit? "Why is the amount small?<br /><br />According to the banko sentral...Last year, the total amount of overseas Filipino remittances (OFW) was officially recorded at US$12.8 billion (Bt445 billion), just above 10 per cent of the GDP. The Philippines is now the world's third highest remittance-recipient country after India and Mexico, and the highest when remittances are measured as ratios to population, GDP and exports.<br /><br />OFWs are proping up the economies of their home countries.not only my philippines.by the way..its .globally...happening yes this is a global phenomenon...anyway I don't want to politicize any of this stuff although I am tempted but I would rather speak...how the ordinary worker here in the middle east deals with this proverbial milk run...<br /><br />When salary day comes...the worker goes through the motion of going to cue and line up among the many depository banks where their salaries have been dropped by the companies they are working for...or the lucky ones who get their in cash...and among the cue will be Pakistanis, Nepalese, Indians, Bengalis, of course the kabayans, and even Indonesians and Malaysians...<br /><br />The atm rooms...and money exchanges will be filled with sweaty and smelly body odored people from all walks of like...the brunt of which will be the unsung heroes from far far away lands toiling to bring the bacon home...to their loved ones<br /><br />Yes labor migration and money remittances go hand in hand and benefits lots of households, communities and their destination countries making larger economic impacts because these funds alleviate poverty, contribute directly to community their own development and gtrying to make a dent on global world debt...<br /><br />But there are mitigating and unbearable costs because labor migration's social cost of separating families will eventually bear their toll on the worker's mind set and the families left behind. A few seasoned workers fully understand the circumstances but a number of them will fail to comprehend and will succumb to debt...homesickness...family problems...and culture shock...<br /><br />While the government relaxes and tries to cash in from these remittances as a disguise that their economic policy are responsible for the empty shell that they are being prop up by OFW monies...and makes people think that the economy is doing fine when actually is not...but rather becoming reliant on these remittances...<br /><br />In the money exchange shops...you will hear the banter and noise among the din...you can hear a lot of sighs when the dollar values are down...and i can hear the laughs and see the grin in the faces of the owners of the banks and the world bank who makes me wonder why is it that during the salary payroll period...the money exchanges are quite low and during the non salary days its all up to the brim...of the cup...food for thought...sending money is quite very easy...you have all these western unions and money exchanges controlled by big banks and big financial houses...getting the money to the OFW pocket is the hard part....sending and wiring it to their families is the part when one OFW knows he is doing what one must do best and provide for his family while the rest of the world...his country...and the big financial cartel...makes money out of this worker's meager earning...what a kind of a world have we made ourselves into...MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-63500258132869019212010-10-29T01:14:00.000-07:002010-10-29T01:18:23.659-07:00Bread of Life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj197Hz70V9p42xCgXN8b-Ww9P3Z15025XB67ydbdIOG29wh-InCvS2rfqCpjPRR7JkQA8Yj2ha7iEhjVzapoEfY9n3PmSO6yvxbdpDkAo3B6gsyPzQvjrScj3VZkuX7u-B79bKig/s1600/S6301022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhyb6hEuV3iku3LvA_3InSmywR0jktT2kYUuhxfm138w5jKObixFBGJolTDn-ieTlk1_qCGPebWmuy0sedJqAIpbF08trLLRRRJIkD0ZQAQTBPK8ZfsBSQHjwkuLbrbanPPtbRQ/s400/HB-Mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511059816722084114" border="0" /></a><br />My mobile reminder started ringing and I took the phone and look into the reason why and I fell silent and bit my lip...it was the birthday of my mother...August 29, 2010...I place her details on my phone and simply forgot about the whole thing...and I was caught off-guard...which is why I felt silent...My mom is the kind of mom we always wish to have...kind, happy, loving, caring, sweet,full of life, a strict disciplinarian, a fabulous cook in our kitchen. She may have been uneducated with only primary school in her educational stint but I learned the best morals from her on generosity, kindness, forgiveness, on justice, on what is right or wrong, why not to cheat or be lying, on telling the truth, and on the many examples on hardships we experience with her and you never hear her complaining or her woes..our family was not dirt poor but My mom came from a really dirt poor family where they did not even have flip flops...and our economic status was not entirely middle class we were more on the lower...lowest middle class...we were always wanting for more and there was never enough for six growing brothers...In fact she even had to raise hogs to put us all through school because there wasn't enough money...I knew she suffered in silence...and I have many misgivings to her as a son...and I was not the most ideal "good" son at all...no matter how I try not to be "bad"...She is supposed to be 78 years old now...But we lost her in 1982...and I never had a chance to prove to her that I could be the person she has always wanted me to be...I love you dearly mom...and I miss you... <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19583227.post-47807410321331263102010-08-23T04:40:00.000-07:002010-08-23T04:44:32.259-07:00Eating Alone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WB542du2fjhEhj104BgC9ify-jlbcu_EUArinEgBHRmiq7vh7IhEgHk7k-pfPWDPpjck9kKmM9SbznifOrkRRe8s5oeGJyBD64zz_hwpVT_QAqojinavV0gXWW-L4FBVAAoAow/s1600/eat+alone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WB542du2fjhEhj104BgC9ify-jlbcu_EUArinEgBHRmiq7vh7IhEgHk7k-pfPWDPpjck9kKmM9SbznifOrkRRe8s5oeGJyBD64zz_hwpVT_QAqojinavV0gXWW-L4FBVAAoAow/s400/eat+alone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508569397351958114" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5Ceddie.yeh%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">One of the experiences I have gone through as an overseas worker was the drudgery of having to take my solitary meals.<span style=""> </span>In my country eating has always been a social activity and we are quite good at that.<span style=""> </span>We often times look for ways to have an eating party whether it be birthdays or any event that would cause a celebrations that has eating as a major activity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In my case, I always remember in the olden days when all my family gather together with my mother preparing the Sunday meal and as far as I can recall we usually don't eat alone<span style=""> </span>because we’re taught not to because everybody is called to eat together so that the food prepared will be good for everyone and nobody gets left out notwithstanding the appetite of a brood of six boys.<span style=""> </span>Before my mom died, I was always her kitchen assistant and in due time I was already cooking.<span style=""> </span>My mom would also take me to the market when I was a young teen so that I would carry the basket for her while she bought meat, veggies, rice, and fish.<span style=""> </span>At times I remember that she usually leaves me in the market stall of one of her favorite shops as I was struggling with the weight of the basket and she would go wander around the market and pick-up some more goods and come back for me later.<span style=""> </span>In those days I would cook a meal good for a family of ten persons and even now when I do cook I seem to make the mistake of cooking one too many ingredients even when I was only cooking for myself…. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Before I went to work abroad, I have always loved to cook for my family during Sundays<span style=""> </span>and it reminds me so much of all the meals I have cooked for my family. We always have these conversations around the table with my wife telling me about her day and her friends and my daughter eager to have her say and we normally keep up with each other’s activities and events during the meals. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Working abroad and being far from your family is another matter as I was on my own for the first time in my life and there were so many things I had to learn to adjust to. I couldn’t get use to the deafening ten to twelve hours of silence being alone inside my room but of course unless I talked to myself I am the only company I have with me which I feel is unhealthy for me as I may turn looney too soon if uncontrolled. Sometimes I turned on some music just to drone out the silence sitting in the room trying to make reason of my solitary status and I found myself also sleeping alone now.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p>
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Whatever it was before I left for abroad that I had always done with my wife but for now I had to do many things alone. Eating alone is still is one of the more dreadful of my learning experiences as I was working abroad. <span style=""> </span>I have worked on this peculiar situation for a very long time until I was finally comfortable with myself out and about or in my own room where I had no dining companion. There was the screaming silence of eating alone. I would sit down at the table gazing and looking at a blank wall facing empty chairs.<span style=""> </span>It was so uncomfortable and I felt the feeling of being sorrier for me than I was for myself.<span style=""> </span>I would finally just make myself sit at the table.<span style=""> </span>I was learning in another way to celebrate myself and my loneliness.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">At first, it was quite very hard, mostly what I did was try to be matter of fact-ly of my situation and in the moment I was rationalizing my aloneness.<span style=""> </span>The only sounds I hear and listen to are clink of fork and spoon on my plate, savoring the taste of my crispy skinned chicken and treating myself to a fruit cocktail salad which I ended up making for a family of six.<span style=""> </span>In time I learned that I could enjoy the experience of dinner without any conversation for food that prepared for my self.<span style=""> </span>Learning to eat alone gave me more affection and compassion for myself and what sacrifices I have to do to honor the solitary life I have now.<span style=""> </span>The silence just confirms my incompleteness and coupled with the longing for company, my family and my home….</p> <input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>MAJOR EFLAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17680323031084704450noreply@blogger.com0