Joy/Sky-Watch Friday

Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy. ~ Abraham Maslow

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. ~ Howard Thurman

Joy is the simplest form of gratitude. ~ Karl Barth

More amazing skies from around the planet @ Sky-Watch Friday

Tuna Maki

One of my favorites at Rai Rai Ken---Tuna Maki.  A snack while waiting for my mom's dental appointment.

Linking to Food Friday and Food Trip Friday

Girlfriends/Water World-Wednesday

Two girlfriends dancing in the pond at the Paradiso Terrestre.

Linking to Water World-Wednesday

US warship visit/Our World-Tuesday

We have nothing but gray skies and bland sunsets since the monsoon season arrived.  I played around with textures and overlays to transform my boring photos. 

These were taken from the Manila Ocean Park overlooking the Port of Manila in mid-August.  The ship is USS Milius, a US Navy Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, docked at the Port of Manila for a 4-day routine port call.  

I wondered if this was United States' show of support to the Philippines amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). While the Communist Party of the Philippines criticized this visit as another "arrogant display of contempt of Philippine sovereignty."

Be prepared.  It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. 

~ Elizabeth Ann Nolan

Linking to Our World-Tuesday

Blue sky/Blue Monday

In the midst of monsoon rains and tropical storms, I chanced upon some blue sky at the Mall of Asia one afternoon.

More blues @ Blue Monday