The Emperor's New Clothes.

"Some people are so rich, yet they live such poor lives."

Deceived into thinking he had the most beautiful garment,
the king pompously walks down the red carpet.

The rest, as usual..
afraid to offend him,
stood silent in pretentious admiration.

" The Emperor is naked!"

It took a kid in a crowd,
to voice out.
A simple truth.

What have we become?

Rainy Sunshine

I thought if I got what I wanted,
I would be happy.

I was.
but for a little while.
for too little a while.

Money come, money goes.
you can't put a price tag on experience.

Maybe you don't need to have everything in this senseless world
to be contented.
Maybe you were hoping for a change of circumstances,
when all one really needed was just a change of heart.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched...they must be felt with the heart. "
- Helen Keller

What use if I gain the whole world,
but I lose that which is eternal?

Back to...

good old kuen cheng hairstyle days,
which I actually used to quite detest.

Batu Climbing

Originally uploaded by paulbalancio

The ballet of belaying...
the exchange of tip-toes and curtsies,
with squat-lows and pulleys.

Where in reaching the top,
you learn to let go,
or be forever trapped.

Strapped,
you learn to trust,
your day-dreamer belayer,
who silently utters a prayer.

Or really,
just go "OOOIII, cepat let go lah!"

That works too.

Every stepping stone leads you to the end.

Screen test, cream pressed.

Like a freshly brewed coffee.

spooned.
stirred.
smelling crudely,
sweet.

"One milo ais, kurang manis please?"