My Lucky Birthday Flower
October 23, 2009
This potted tulip of mine only gives me flowers once a year. And it’s always a bunch of three. Today, October 23, 2009, my birthday, I was pleasantly surprised upon having coffee in our veranda when I saw the first flower in full bloom. Last year, the same bunch of flowers came to bloom on September 30. But this year, it waited for my birthday.
Once again, I have transcended another fruitful stage of my life. I’m officialy turning 32 today. I am in my fullest hopes and simmering excitement for a new and better chapter. I thank God for all the blessings he has bestowed upon me, my family, and my friends in my past year, and I’m in my fervent prayers that when the clock strikes 9 tonight, the hour of my birth, a new and happier life is on deck to flourish, just like this flower. Here’s to hoping that this is indeed a sign of good times.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME.
Falling in love with Hibiscus
October 9, 2009
As I go around the village where I live, I see a lot of Hibiscus flowers planted along beautiful fences. I’ve always adored this flower. Back when I was small, I would always extract and lick the juice from the pistil of its red variety. Yummy like candies. Little did I know it comes in different colors, which makes me fall so in love. Rest assured, when I build my house in this village, I’d go around and ask for cuttings so I’ll fill my lot with all colors of this beautiful tropical flower.
Hidden from view
October 8, 2009
The smell of the Kalachuchi flower reminds me of home and of my childhood. A time when my grandparents were still alive and family was still intact. A time when worries were not known; when the terms problems, challenges, and life didn’t have meaning; and when every little thing from day to day was a source of bliss. A time when every teardrop, when wiped dry, did not leave any traces. A time when I thought the world was a beautiful place and everything in it was good.
It’s been 27 years. The Kalachuchi trees sorrounding our ancestral home in Bohol are still there, I know. But today, that home is reduced to ruins. My grandparents are gone. The family is divided. Everybody has outgrown and left behind the smell of the flowers and has started long ago to face reality and bear with the grimness of that journey called LIFE — something which the Kalachuchi trees apparently hid from view.
My lucky flower
September 30, 2008
My tulip in a pot suddenly bore a bunch of three flowers in the last week of September 2008. I never failed to capture its dazzling beauty, as I last saw its blossoms 2 years back. Besides, this was the first time for a bunch of three, so luck must be on the way.
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Kim Belarme
…is a mass communications graduate (majoring in Journalism) from the University of the Philippines. He has worked as an instructor of English at a government state university for 6 years, a customer service representative (inbound and outbound) at a voice solutions center, and a copyeditor and copyedit trainer at an outsourced publishing outfit. Kim loves music, music loves him too. He provides music for huge parties, plays the piano and organ, sings in a church choir, coaches singers, and conducts singing groups. Outside of public musical stints, Kim stays at home to organize his Mp3 library, watch old DVDs, listen to music, or surf the net all day. When finances warrant, there is no other travel destination but Modesto, CA, for bonding with Mom and Aunt. A hopeless romantic, Kim still dreams of finally settling in with "that somebody" who could be worth his time, his passion, and his life. Nurtured material goals include putting up a mobile sound business, photography and video studio, and music studio; building that beautiful 4-bedroom home in California and achieving US resident status; and owning that SUV and that brand new car. :)
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