AVE MARIA

	101 Strings - Ave Maria .mp3
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Ave Maria
Gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Maria, gratia plena
Ave, ave dominus
Dominus tecum
Benedicta tu in mulieribus
Et benedictus
Et benedictus fructus ventris
Ventris tuae, Jesus.
Ave Maria

Ave Maria
Mater Dei
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Ora pro nobis
Ora, ora pro nobis peccatoribus
Nunc et in hora mortis
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Et in hora mortis nostrae
Ave Maria

3 SONNETS by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

	101 Strings Orchestra - 101 Strings The Shadow of Your Smile .mp3
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XLIII.
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861)
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.


XIV
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

If thou must love me, let it be for nought
Except for love's sake only. Do not say
"I love her for her smile--her look--her way
Of speaking gently,--for a trick of thought
That falls in well with mine, and certes brought
A sense of pleasant ease on such a day" -
For these things in themselves, Beloved, may
Be changed, or change for thee,--and love, so wrought,
May be unwrought so. Neither love me for
Thine own dear pity's wiping my cheeks dry, -
A creature might forget to weep, who bore
Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby!
But love me for love's sake, that evermore
Thou may'st love on, through love's eternity.

XX

Beloved, my Beloved, when I think
That thou wast in the world a year ago,
What time I sat alone here in the snow
And saw no footprint, heard the silence sink
No moment at thy voice, but, link by link,
Went counting all my chains as if that so
They never could fall off at any blow
Struck by thy possible hand,--why, thus I drink
Of life's great cup of wonder! Wonderful,
Never to feel thee thrill the day or night
With personal act or speech,--nor ever cull
Some prescience of thee with the blossoms white
Thou sawest growing! Atheists are as dull,
Who cannot guess God's presence out of sight.

POEMS FROM RAIN'S BLOG

	101 Strings - Love Is Blue .mp3
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LIFE'S LITTLE LESSONS
Life's little lessons,
Aren't easy to learn
Sometimes you're uplifted
Sometimes you are burned!

People step on foreign soil
Hoping to get comfortable
But dreams are so elusive,
Some can't do it, some are able..

What's very, very important
Are virtues of old,
Hope, Love and Faith
Are much better than gold

If we struggle and work hard,
In any kind of endeavour
In the end we will be showered
With gifts which we will savour!

--Rain (September 22, 2009)

THE LITTLE GIRL
WITH THE LONG BLACK HAIR

There was a little girl with long, black hair
Her face was cute, with such lovely eyes
She stayed in a store under a big, green house
That place for me is paradise

Aside from the girl inside this store
Were jars of pastries, biscuits and rice cakes too
Each time I go to church with my Mom
I begged to her "Oh please, let's see what's new"


So every Sunday morning we would go
And I stared at the wonders inside
I would see her there in the corner
She was silent but to me she always smiled

Then we dropped by again one time
And I asked the owner on that Sunday
"Where is that little girl that always sit here
Why is she not here today?"

"Somebody came and took her away"
The man in the store explained to me
"Why did she go, I love her so."
" Its her I really want to see!"

I broke in tears and begged my Mom
Let's go home now I am so sad"
I never told her I saved some coins
Now its too late, and then I felt so bad

My Mom said, "My dear little girl
Do not be silly, there are other toys around"
"Yes, but she's the special doll for me
I saved for her, and now she's gone..."

for rain
from Anonymous


Monday, February 16, 2009


Love

by Susan Villanueva



Love has no season,


It has no clime…


It transcends smoothly


with the passage of time...





It touches us


from birth to our death.


It is with us in each gasps,


in each and every breath...





Our lives are sustained


by our efforts to Love…


Love holds us up


to the end of the day



when the light


fades away…..




A LITTLE RAIN
"Into each life some Rain must fall"

and so goes a pretty song

A little rain is good for my soul

It helps me move along



Vancouver's hills are mesmerizing

The soft rain keeps them green

And somehow seeing is believing

Its beauty has to be seen...



But there are days when rain pours out

Like blood upon my brow

My heart then wants to cry and shout

"Oh let me go home now!"



Eventually comes the soothing voice

"Fear not, I'm with you always,"

Indeed I let Him dominate my choice

Then I can sleep in peace...

AKOY ISANG PINOY

	Florante - Ako'y Isang Pinoy .mp3
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Ako'y isang Pinoy sa puso't diwa
Pinoy na isinilang sa ating bansa
Ako'y hindi sanay sa wikang mga banyaga
Ako'y Pinoy na mayroong sariling wika.

Chorus
Wikang pambansa ang gamit kong salita
Bayan kong sinilangan
Hangad kong lagi ang kalayaan.

Si Gat Jose Rizal nuo'y nagwika
Siya ay nagpangaral sa ating bansa

Ang hindi raw magmahal sa sariling wika
Ay higit pa ang amoy sa mabahong isda.

Repeat Chorus
Repeat 1st verse except last word
Less...

photo shows the matchless manila bay sunset as seen from MALL OF ASIA

theme from "a summer place"

	Percy Faith - Theme from A Summer Place .mp3
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	Mike Dickson - Bayan Ko .mp3
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"Ako po'y isang taga hanga ng mga manunula,
himig at ritmo ng bawat salita nila ay parang awit ng mga pusong umiibig.
Salitang mapang akit hambing sa halimuyak ng dagat sa umagang kay ganda.
Sa kasalukuyang ako'y sumusulat, diwa ko'y naglakad sa ulap at narating ang nakarang mga alaala.
Diwa ko'y parang nanaginip kung maari'y pigilin ko ang panahon para kamtan ko pa ang mga alaalang nakaraang sa aking pagkabata,
Oo may mga lungkot sa nakaraan ngunit sa ngayo'y ang ramdam ng puso ko ay iisa... ang masaya.

“Tinig sa karimlang nag-apoy sa dugo ng lahing ginaga ng budhing baliko;
may paninindigang hindi naigupo,
bagkus naging kulog: umangil, kumulo; sa dayong watawat ay ayaw yumuko,
sukdang mapatapo’t padurog na bungo.”

“Nagkawing sa diwa ng malayang pakpak na inihinang pa ng dugong sumulak;
utak na kinasi ng gabing magdamag na kasuyong dupil sa pagbabalikwas…
talim ng panitik ang sandatang tabak na ipinanghawan sa tinikang landas.”

Through the Years by AG***

	Willie Nelson - You Were Always On Mind .mp3
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Beloved, you should have known without my telling,
That you are the reason why I enjoy the joys of living,
That to live a life when you are far out of sight,
Is like living in the dark devoid of a guiding light.

You should know how much I love holding your hand,
Whenever we leave footprints that we scatter around,
The fun, the laughter we had with all the hugs and kisses,
Those are treasures I keep along with your sweet caresses.

Whenever you are with me, my heart races out of bound,
Because the effect of your touch is very deep and profound.
And I always have pain and heartburn whenever you’re away,
Because I dream and think about you at night and all day.

You should have known how much I love and adore you,
Because never had I said anything that prove untrue,
Remember that no other woman would be in my dream,
Because you are the one and only who would ever use my name....

I FELL OUT OF A CHRISTMAS TREE by Little Rita Faye

I started searching for really old tunes which I heard long, long time ago.I found this item entitled I FELL OUT OF A CHRISTMAS TREE..If you are born in the same time slot as me ( try 1942) and you were in Asingan during the 50s, with a battery operated radio, when you start hearing this cute song, then you know that Christmas is just around the corner..The singer is Little Alice Faye and she sounds like a nice little girl when the song was recorded. But I am sure she would look like your grandmother now a days, that is if she is still alive. My message is this..If you want to search for old songs, the Internet ( Google ) is the place to go. Before i typed in the title, I told myself, there is no way the song is in the net..But, miracle of miraces, IT IS THERE..!

	Little Rita Faye - I Fell Out Of A Christmas Tree .mp3
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