HAPPINESS

Originally posted from my Facebook account last January 5, 2013 at 1:26pm

Happiness is best described as an act of feeling exhilarated, it's when you're having a perfect moment. Happiness is fleeting and doesn't mean to last. It meant to be savored while it lasts. 

• Happiness is when you sleep at the sound of pouring rain.
• Happiness is snow flurries.
• Happiness is when you smell the fresh brewed coffee upon waking up.
• Happiness is when you see your child laughing..
• Happiness is the first touch of warm water in the shower on your body on a cold winter morn.
• Happiness is eating your favorite dessert.
• Happiness is getting a gift.
• Happiness is the first kiss between two lovers.
• Happiness is when you are with your friends.
• Happiness is when you have the first drink of cold water when you're thirsty
• Happiness is having sweet slices of watermelon on a hot summer day.
• Happiness is the taste of Manga at Bagoong.
• Happiness is when you found out somebody loves you.
• Happiness is when you smell a new laundered fabric.
• Happiness is hugs and kisses.
• Happiness is walking barefooted at the beach.
• Happiness is when you have the bathroom for yourself.
• Happiness is when you can walk naked around your home when you're alone. :))

 It doesn't take much to be happy, sometimes it's even free.

 Now Joy on the other hand.............Next Blog :)

PamelaRain/010513

/pamelarainpalad@sweetkalamansiblog all rights reserved 100513 

Picture is not mine, no infringement intended.

CALLOS A LA MADRILEÑA

 INGREDIENTS:

3 lbs of clean tripe, cut in bite size pieces
.5 lb of Bacon
2 Beef Trotters
1 chorizo de Bilbao
1/2 cup Sundried Tomatoes in Oil
3 bay leaves
1 Large Red Bellpepper
1 large onion
1 lb of Carrots, cubed
1 Sm. can of Tomato Paste
1 can of Garbanzo
1 can/cup of black olives (whole)
1 cup of Sweet Peas
3 Tbsp of minced garlic
Fish Sauce to Taste
Whole black pepper
1Tsp. Smoked Paprika Powder
Olive Oil

Cooking Procedure:

• In a casserole, put-in the onion, tripe and  trotters or feet, bay leaves, whole black-pepper, salt and water. Simmer until the  feet and tripe are extremely tender or you may use a pressure cooker for this step (pressure cook for about 45 minutes)
• Heat a large wok or pan then pour-in the olive oil, saute garlic and half of the bell pepper till fragrant.
• Add chorizo de bilbao and bacon then cook in medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Pour-in the tomato paste & sun-dried tomato and 2 cups of stock (water used to boil ox feet and ox tripe) and let it boil.
• Add the tender ox feet and tripe and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add Fish Sauce to taste and paprika then put-in the carrots. Simmer until carrots are medium crisp.
• Put-in the garbanzo, black olives & Sweet peas then simmer for 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a serving dish & garnish with the remaining Bell-peppers
• Serve hot. Share and enjoy!

All Rights Reserved, Pamela Rain Brune @SweetKalamansi 090413

Kiss The Rain

I do not own the song, no infringement intended. I am just a fan of Yiruma and this song is the language of my heart. - Rain@SweetKalamansi

YIRUMA

I often close my eyes
And I can see you smile
You reach out for my hand
And I'm woken from my dream
Although your heart is mine
It's hollow inside
I never had your love
And I never will

CHORUS
And every night
I lie awake
Thinking maybe you love me
Like I've always loved you
But how can you love me
Like I loved you when
You can't even look me straight in my eyes
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsty.com/yiruma-kiss-the-rain-lyrics.html ]
VRS 2/3
I've never felt this way
To be so in love
To have someone there
Yet feel so alone
Aren't you supposed to be
The one to wipe my tears
The on to say that you would never leave

The waters calm and still
My reflection is there
I see you holding me
But then you disappear
All that is left of you
Is a memory
On that only, exists in my dreams

CHORUS

VRS 4
I don't know what hurts you
But I can feel it too
And it just hurts so much
To know that I can't do a thing
And deep down in my heart
Somehow I just know
That no matter what
I'll always love you

VRS 1

So why am I still here in the rain

My Black Mustang

Some horses are not meant to be broken,

Some horses are not meant to be ridden.

Some of them were born to be running wild and free,

Tie them up, stable them up they will just bolt and flee.

As much as I wanted you beautiful black Horse,

I have to go and change my course.

I will just admire you from a distance.

Hope from time to time you'd spare me a glance.

I tried my best to stand by your side,

To let me mount you and have a long ride.

But you never let go, you never trusted anyone,

I thought you've chosen me and I am that one.

What made you heart so cold?

What made you feel so old?

Run free then my proud black Mustang,

Life has been lived, Songs had been sung.

Time for you to leave, you can go now...

As for me, I still have to learn how...

To let go of my beautiful love,

I have chosen my wonderful God above.

/pamelarain 031413

Lyrics:


Childhood living is easy to do 
The things you wanted I bought them for you 
Graceless lady you know who I am 
You know I can't let you slide through my hands 
Wild horses, couldn't drag me away 
Wild wild horses couldn't drag me away 

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain 
Now you decided to show me the same 
No sweeping exits or off stage lines 
Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind 
Wild horses, couldn't drag me away 
Wild wild horses couldn't drag me away 

I know I've dreamed you a sin and a lie 
I have my freedom but I don't have much time 
Faith has been broken tears must be cried 
Let's do some living after we die 
Wild horses, couldn't drag me away 
Wild wild horses we'll ride them someday 
Wild horses, couldn't drag me away 
Wild wild horses we'll ride them someday

The Promise

WORDS IN SILENCE

"Can you hear me now?......good!"


I am screaming inside, yet there was silence..
I want to break down and cry but there was no more tears.
You've finally broken my spirit, yet I am standing straight and tall.

I tried putting into words what my heart feels and I failed.

So in silence, I am letting you know the pain your words have caused.

Eventually you will hear my silence.
Eventually you will understand the unsaid words.
Eventually you will get to see the point you had easily dismissed.
Eventually you will say: "I am sorry...."

By then it will already be too late..

My soul already have shifted.

Today, I am giving my heart to the Lord for safekeeping.

If one day, you will look for me, seek God first.

The vow of silence starts now..........................................

Susan Boyle - Enjoy The Silence Lyrics

Artist: Susan Boyle

Album: Someone To Watch Over Me

Genre: Pop

Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world

Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh, my little one

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial

Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

GPS - God's Positioning System...RECALCULATING

I accidentally found this blog on my draft folder, I was surprised that I haven't published it yet until now. Maybe because it's too poignant, this was when my Dad died 10 months after Mom and my daughter went back home to attend the funeral and I was left alone drowning in my sorrows.

Here it is, sharing it to the world...it's part of who I am now and what I have become.

Going Down the drain

Have you heard about the saying "You are in the midst of a crowd yet you feel alone"?

Lately I've been experiencing that, as if I am getting nowhere, lost and abandoned.

The more I tried getting to that position where everything is going great..

The time before Mother fate have given birth to the twin tragedy that made my life upside down

and rock my world to the core..back to the time, I haven't had a taste of Death that close.

I lost my rock, the woman, my mother who can weather all the storms and strong gusts of winds

The one who worked 24/7 to make ends meet. The father I held dear to my heart my security, my love.

I've lost the energy, the motivation...

I even tried drowning all these by entering another relationship that only made it worst.

I expected too much and gave to much too soon...thinking it will drown all my sorrows.

But I was wrong....wrong....wrong...wrong!!

God is taking all my lifeline...He's putting me in a place of solitude..so I can be still and know that he is God.

To finally listen to him and listen well...He's not talking yet..because maybe I am not ready yet..

But I am starting to get the point.

GPS, still reads....RECALCULATING.