Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • _Paradise Lost_ Back in my college days, I took a course called “The Lyric” where we studied poetry. For most of my life I’ve had a weird relationship with poetry in that I write it, but hated to analyze others’ poetry because maybe they just didn’t mean all that we say they did. However, I’ve always enjoyed an epic poem with Homer being amongst my favorite reads. During this course, I was introduced…

  • _Dreams From My Father_ Some time ago, my friend said that she was reading this book and that she thought I might like it. When the Presidential elections were happening, I found myself frustrated by President Obama’s ticket as representative of the African-Americans. Of course, I admit that I didn’t really know much about anything related to the candidates except that I wanted to see a woman make it and was more of…

  • From KL, I took a short flight to Kuching, Sarawak located on the Borneo island, but still a part of Malaysia. The remainder of my trip was spent with a friend in this area. Kuching means “Cat city” in Malay, so there were a lot of cat statues around the city. I don’t have too much to say about my impressions or daily activities. Most of the time was spent exploring on the…

  • Feeling refreshed after a good long sleep, I awoke ready to explore outside of the city for a little bit by visiting the Batu Caves. It’s a mere half hour bus ride from the city centre to the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to climb 272 steps to the caves that hold a Hindu shrine. I don’t really know much about the history, but Phyllisse recommended that I see it and I figured it…

  • It only took me about 24 hours to get to Malaysia from Hawaii, but I made it! I’ve wanted to see Kuala Lumpur for a while now, though I can’t remember what caused me to have an interest in the city initially. With vacation still left to use up, hitting this Southeast Asian country seemed like a good idea. 😀 Upon arrival, I caught the KLIA train in to KL Sentral station to…

  • ~ Hawaii – Oahu ~ In Japan, I used to attend a Hope Chapel chain of churches. The Hope Chapel group started in Kaneohe, Hawaii on Oahu. So, over the years I’ve made a few friends and though I’ve lost touch with a few, with the wonders of Facebook, I’ve reconnected with some. One of my friends from way back when, invited me to stop in Oahu since I was going to be…

  • ~ Hawaii – Kailua Kona ~ It was family vacation time for the past week in Kailua Kona on the Big Island! We haven’t all been together like this in years – perhaps longer than my memory serves. So, it was so great to hang out with my brother and catch up with my parents. Since I don’t live closeby, these moments are more precious whenever they are had. My parents rented a…

  • A visit to Japan is never complete unless I have seen my BFF, godson and friend (same family). Since my godson, Ethan, just had a birthday last week turning the ripe ol’ age of 4, I wanted to be sure to celebrate and give him a present. Also, I’m not sure when I’m going to see all of them again (hopefully back home in the summer…). Since Ethan had a free meal and…

  • Holidays are here again. It seems like I’m always on holiday, but one must always remind others that my last trip to Japan was indeed a business trip and not all business can be labeled as “holiday”… okay maybe it can!!! 😀 In any case, real holidays are here and I’m on the planes again to see what I can see. First up – a stopover in Japan on my way to meet…

  • It wasn’t until the end was nearThat it became so clearOur hearts are intertwinedSo strong is the connection of our minds A friend, a lover, a confidanteA laugh, a kiss, a shoulder to cry onAll these moments we shareAll these emotions seemed to come from nowhere Yet as we weave our wayIt feels only natural each dayTo allow ourselves to doWhatever it takes to say “I love you” -T~January 6, 2010

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