AD Thoroughfares

THOROUGHFARES

Living in Abu Dhabi for over a year proved to be worth the exodus we had from the comfort zone we maintained on our native land. Of course, this excludes the longing for friends and loved ones we left there. Despite the extreme hot weather condition, anyone can get by with the discomfort because of the air conditioned places everywhere, 24/7.

Aside from that, there’s this feeling of security anywhere you go. You can walk through the skirts of Abu Dhabi without any worries that someone may grab you or any of your belongings. Safe and Sound could very well describe the atmosphere. This is why you often find people preferring having long walks in reaching their destination.

Our family love to go places even when there’s really no purpose in doing so. We love doing things all together. Recently, my husband decided that he start biking so as to get fit. Biking, brisk walking and anything you can think of to relax means Corniche. And to adhere to the head of the family’s purpose, the rest of us joined him in his endeavor-- by walking.

As I have already mentioned, taking long walks in Abu Dhabi is but natural. The lone dilemma we are having is the sidewalks’ accessibility to people with toddlers or babies in strollers/buggy/baby carriage.

What’s so amazing here is that, there are pavements that have ramps in going up. But upon reaching the end of the pavement, voila! There’s no way how you can get off your baby carriage with ease! Whatever happened to the engineering designs here? Who were in charged of the public works and highways that they let those road designs pass their quality? Everything would have been so perfect hadn’t the sidewalks were designed that way. Good thing here is that there are no disabled people going on their own in their wheel chairs. Otherwise, they would really be having a lot of trouble getting through their destination. Imagine the underpass, having these access ramps, but before you could reach those ramps, you will be having this big bamboozle on how you can get your wheel chair up the underpass’ stone curb..whew!

I guess I’m just trying to think my mind out loud hoping that some concerned authorities could do something about this enigma.

So for the meantime, we just have to settle on the great obstacle course in reaching Corniche as our toddlers endure the wiggle-waggle on the thoroughfares of Abu Dhabi. Cheers!

..fibber

‎..unending pretensions and lies can slay even the staunchest ardor..

..there seems no justification on people who never feels any fretfulness to individuals who haven't done them any vexation, and yet still manage to sham into their own rationale..
-19Sept10-

..tired heart

‎..when wits are drained ..soul&spirit dazed.. focus on your self-reliance and from there regain your essence..
-28july2010-

..visualization

..only you have the power to decide on how to make your day.. not the circumstances, nor the people around you.. unleash any single negative thoughts..

..let go of the preceding, worry not on the impending..
..what matters is how you choose to generate the moment..

true enough.. smile, and the whole world shall smile back on you..

..sounds easy eh? nah.. but it's worth the try.. ;p
-17July2010-

..angst

..how can one achieve peace when there's so much resentment in the heart?
..yet how can one resist this rage when there are too many insinuations?

qualms: ..probably it's best to exist in a non-existent world or completely vanish into this existence..

..'err..

reservations: .. try to detach on others' parody.. instead continue to dwell on the unprejudiced and leave all anticipations.. maybe then, the rest shall follow..
-13july2010-

..hurting

..an uncouth person who doesn't even care nor notice how anyone feels, can still injure one's feelings..

..what's daunting and ironic to realize is that the hurting one senses that there may come a time that these anguish will turn, and soon fade away...

..either way, the offended becomes affected and turns out to be the underdog..

Life's fair?!? nah..

.. there's just a need to retain unabated people..
-02July2010-

..Destiny
..in our ventures, we choose our own path to cross, our own roads to take..
what's essential is to be firm on each steps we seize..
never ever give doubt nor regret on any decisions made, for as long as we know where we're heading, we'll definitely reach our target journey..
-25June2010-

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

..to my HUSBAND, my EX-BOYFRIEND, my BEST FRIEND, my MALLOW, my ALL, the AIR I BREATHE, and the BEST FATHER our four wonderful kids can ever have... HAPPY HAPPY DADDY's DAY.. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH..

..no verse can ever vent on the kismet that bound us together...

-20june2010-


STRAPPED

..when one is pushed to the edge of the cliff..it's just a matter of choosing to hang on and cope with the distress&affliction or let go and face dissolution.. Either way, both would entail hope but pain would be unbearable..

.. In the end, no matter what you have chosen, you won for yourself..
-12June2010-

..battered heart

..don't exhaust a potent heart for it could later get anesthetized.. it's your fortress.. pay no heed to what it could forgo..
02june2010

...❀ ✿ ❀ ✿ ❀

FRIENDS

..in one's lifetime, people will come and go.. but there will be those who will always leave a mark in your heart.. to be treasured and cherished forever..
31May2010

..though how pathetic your life may prove to be, friends and families will always be there to steer and cheer you up along the way...
27May2010


..holding on

..when everything's like breaking up to pieces.. bring back the memories.. hold on to it.. then relive it..
26May2010


..unyieldingness

..vivacity is hard to maintain.. one just have to opt for whatever is there to transpire..
anticipate the vilest and beseech for the heavens..
26May2010

..soul mates

..i realized that soul mates doesn't necessarily mean that these souls have to be perfectly in accordion with each other forevermore.. rather, the impeccable half is meant to be there to guide and salvage the other half's dissipation in eternity...
-22May2010-

..regrets

..we make decisions for a purpose and a reason.. regrets set in when someone or something meddled along the way.. but regrets should never materialize if in everything we do there's this satisfaction and contentment..
19May2010

..truth vs lies

..reality bites, but would you rather live in deception for the rest of your life? it pays to rectify the error and accept the facts, than remain in apprehension with the guilt of unknowing the verity that you wrecked other people's lives...
-19May2010

..QUEL's could be quotable quotes..

some of my personal posts from fb..

HAPPY FAMILY

"..a happy family can never be a show-off.. it happens spontaneously with loving parents around.. you can never raise a wonderful family without full harmony, love and support through the years and a relationship cannot last long in apathy but rather in full soul connection, attachment & affection.." - 10May2010


SMEARED

..how can a person influence other people into believing his life's alleged misfortune at the expense of destroying another person's credibility and whole being so as to justify his cause? why don't people OPEN UP THEIR EYES on the TRUTH? A silent man doesn't necessarily mean he's impeccable whilst a friendly, gorgeous woman doesn't mean she's tainted! - 07May2010

PLAYFUL LIFE

..Fate has a way of twisting things, just so as to put everything in place.. - 04May2010

A YEAR OLDER..

..getting older by year..but feeling younger at heart.. ..it's not the age that matters.. it's the LOOKS as you age.. hehe.. cheers!! - 27april20010

SOULMATE

.it's very seldom that you end up with the only one you love... -17april2010

LOST

..contentment & satisfaction in everything you do, no matter who or what you are, is the key to happiness..but feeling chagrined,unheeded.. despises this..- 01April2010

UNTAINTED

..you're an almost perfect woman..mother,wife,friend and sister..solid and untainted..just listen to your heart ,and continue to be who you are and everything will fall into the right places..let no one bring you down..for the Lord is always at your side..

- 29March2010

SIMPLY GORGEOUS

..what would be your reaction if all of a sudden you were asked not to go back to office anymore because 12march201of the reason that "you were driving all men in the office crazy"? - 12March2010

...spellbound

..i don't seem to know where i stand now..
..i don't even know if what i am doing is right or wrong..
what matters is how i could hold on..
what matters is how i can bring back those senses..

i have done so many things
so many things for the air i breathe..
and i will continue doing so,
just to bring back purity into it..

i realized that sometimes people can't think straight
will punish themselves for things that got uncontrollable..
self-forgiveness just seem so hard
even at the stake of giving up everything so wonderful..

all these just for the guilt..
for the people who are so innocent, untainted..
will be willing to let go..
just because of the "undeserving anymore" belief..

pathetic, i should say..
but then there are people who remain true and loyal..
..unconditional love never ceases..
for as long as the world evolves..
..no ifs.. no buts..

..i wish i could do more..
..i wish i could shoulder all..
but i simply don't know how..
i guess i'll just continue persisting..
..unyielding of whatever goes in the way..

...crossroads

…CROSSROADS

..my whole life flashed back on me in an instant..
..my BFF came to me when I needed her most..
This, without asking..without her knowing anything..
She just popped out of nowhere and put my senses back again..

It’s amazing how God works..
If you’re not aware, you won’t be noticing it..
..Good thing is I opened my eyes..
And from there I saw the wonderful world that still awaits me..

.. I am so thankful for everything that happened in my life..
In all honesty, I realized.. I always am..
Despite of the hurdles and all the pain..

I have lived a life full of struggles..
But I never let any of these get in my way..
I always looked at the brighter side..
Chose to just leave all the troubles behind..
I always believed then that problems never ceases to materialize..
And it would be best just to leave it at that..
Until my recent dejection..

‘guess there will always come a point in time
When you’ll be in total breakdown and collision..
But if you don’t find a way of getting out of the dumps..
You’ll be set to plunge deeper and deeper
That you will be setting yourself, never to see the sun again..

..but what made me back to realization in an instant?
The LOVE that is around me all along..

I blinded myself into focusing on just one drawback..
And forgot who and what I am all along..

..i am a woman who’s so strong, determined and untainted..
I can always do what I want to do when I do put my heart on it..
I just realized it now..

I do things because I love to and I want to..
And because I am happy the way I am..
..With what I have..
Nothing more, nothing less..

I was into this feeling all along
When all of a sudden I shifted my focus..
This is when it got me into deep turmoil..
And I believe this is what happens to most of us..
When we unintentionally converge ourselves on a setback..
And dwell on it continually..

Looking for answers to our questions is always endless..
Because we don’t really know what answers do we really want..
We continuously expect..
But no specifications on what that is..

But I grasped on an idea that this is just so simple..
If we want an answer and don’t know what we want,
‘toss a coin’
It works because it just don’t settle the question for you..
Rather, as the coin begins to spin
You’ll begin to realize what you’re hoping for..

..aaah.. I guess I am getting back into my senses now..
There’s so much in life that I have to be thankful for..
..i have raised a wonderful family..
..i have four wonderful kids
..i have been living with the man I love, my air ..
..i have a wonderful mom who’s still there for us..
..i have my dear brothers always there for me..
..i have my in-laws who treasure me..
..i have so many overwhelming talents to share..
..i have so many friends who care..
And most especially,
..i thank God for all the love in the world from all these people..

YOU, my dear friends, who have tapped me
In your own precious way,
Without you knowing it..

Now I am in a new realm
And will be working hard for the new pace of my life
Guided by my innermost passion,
I know, I’ll be getting into all my dreams in no time..

I just wish that somehow, somewhere,
I have shared with you all the feelings I am into right now..
And that through this prose,
I have imparted with you the knack of life..

This is my crossroads..

And I am now bound to take off..

All my best wishes to everyone..
- QUEL

...melancholy

..i feel so totally miserable,
..disoriented,
..worthless,
..pathetic,
..unwanted,
..unappreciated..

how does one get by with these feelings?
..i want to get numb from all the emotions..
..want to get away from it all..

but how?

i wish i am like others who don't care..
i wish i am a boulder..
i wish i am emotionless..
i wish i am frozen..
i wish i am anesthetized..
i wish.. i wish.. i wish..

but nothing materializes..
still, i'm in this pain..
too much pain so hard to bear..
where no more cure awaits..

..i'm so tired..
and i just simply want to get off of it all..
probably this is what i am all along..
a big loser.. a big failure

..i don't know how to hold on with these feelings anymore..
i just hope i still can..

Puzzler..

Puzzler..

Different tales for different people
Each one holds each justification for living..
No boundaries no rules..
Everyone thinks what they are up to is right..
Everyone feels that they are on the proper and moral justification
And that he deserves what is due him..

Yes, there are always two sides of the coin..
They could be made the same..
Still,
One side faces opposite the other..
consequently,
each side bears its own face..

Everyday living taught me distinct facets of life..
Moreso in meeting different people..
Hearing their stories..
And analyzing each one of them..

All have their own stories to tell..
And ironically, all seem to trust me
With their own personal story
When nobody dares to ask mine..
When I can’t share my own tale
on the other hand..

All these makes me
A shock absorber..
A story keeper
A deep dark secret holder..
I don’t know why..
But people tell me their stories
Even if I don’t elicit from them..

I guess I was so destined
To study and analyze each one’s perception
Thereby, learning to study from it..
I don’t normally give advice..
I always ask what they want
And from there
It leads them to their personal choice..

These leave me with an enigma..
Who is right?
Who is wrong?
Why do people seem to do things
When they know deep inside that it’s erroneous?
Why? Because they totally feel that
THEY ARE on what is RIGHT and JUST..
Now who’s gonna judge this?

This is a quandary..
Life has its own direction for all people
Everyone feels they should get
the happiness and satisfaction they so deserve
because they’ve given all for it..
Yes, each one of us..

So where does this take me?
Nowhere..
I could be right,
I could be wrong..
I don’t really know
And if possible,
I don’t want to care
for fate has its own way of playing with me..
with my life..