When Footsteps Stray

It saddens me to say,
when flowers turn grey,
and footsteps will stray,
in thousand miles away,
but I will always bear,
our friendship, a souvenir,

in my heart, your name stays.



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When Beauty Fades

I wish the petals of this rose will always stay beautiful and remain in place in nature's amazing arrangements. But when the time comes, it can't hold itself anymore ; the petals will drop one by one leaving the stem which slowly turns brown but the thorns will still prick. Nevertheless,  its sweet scent lingers in the air.



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Missing

Let the rain hit the roof,
But where are the chirpy birds,
Unbalanced melody.


When nature sings,
Balqis


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Looking Beyond

In hazy distance,
Sudden images emerge,
The future's story.


Balqis



*I don't know whether this makes sense or not but I feel like writing a Haiku today. I have been trying to write something better than this but my mind is quite blank!


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For The Health Conscious

Which one do you prefer?

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The Glitters

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"No pressure, no diamonds." - Thomas Carlyle


I'm now attending a three-day seminar on sharing good practices in management. I'm not selling diamonds neither do I have any diamond even if  it's a woman's best friend!

Every time I have a quote as a post, I love reading all the comments from you guys. It becomes like a discussion for us. Now, I'll leave it to you on how you would like to interprete the above quote.

Elated

A heart so stone-cold,
Melts in the embers of love,
A new phase of life.


Sunday's beautiful thought,
                 Balqis


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The Rainbow

After the downpour,
I find solace above me,
A striking rainbow.


Thinking of life's gift,
Balqis


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Friendship Quotes

A friend is someone who reaches out for your hand .... and touches your heart.
                                                                              -  Author Unknown


A friend is someone who walks in when the whole world has walked out.
                                                                        -  Author Unknown


Side by side or miles apart, good friends are always close to the heart.
                                                                      - Author Unknown

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Awards For Friends

It's time again for me to pass on some awards to friends whom I have known in blogsphere. Each of the following blogs has the uniqueness of posts and the blog itself. They are among blogs I visit frequently.

It's my pleasure to present the first award, Blog Star, to Odliam of US.

Feel free to visit  Tony's Blog
This blog has many interesting posts which are written excellently. As he says, "...you won't be disappointed."  His works covers a wide range of topics such as philosophy, short stories, minitales and nanotales.The uniqueness of this blog is every post is accompanied with fragments of good songs and music.


The second award, The Versatile Blogger, goes to Suresh Shresta of Nepal.

Suresh owns two blogs and one of it is Waving Feelings. He has the versatility of writing interestingly poems/haikus and many other posts. He deserves this award for his excellent works.


The third award, Sunshine Award, goes to Maria of UK.

Maria could write well on any topic. I like some of the recipes she has in her blog. Feel free to visit her at Inside Looking Out


The fourth award, Kreativ Blogger, goes to Rosalinda of the Philippines.

Rosalinda has three blogs. One of it is What Matters Most . It is a very interesting blog with posts about "real experiences in life, expressing deepest thanks, sharing practical way to save money, choosing cool gadgets."  I had also awarded Rosalinda with the Sunshine Award, Stylish Blogger Award, Mommy Blogger and The Reader Appreciation Award.

All the awards are given with sincerity. I am looking forward to reading more posts from each blog and I hope we will stay connected through blogging.

If....

If Monday is colorful,
I'd dare to take out all the blues,
Let other colors brighten up the day!


balqis


*It's Tuesday! I wrote this when thinking of Monday's blues.


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Wordless

The complete strangers,
The eyes meet, just a second,
Smiles break the silence.



Sunday haiku,
Balqis


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The Date - 11.11.11

It comes only once,
As one,one, one, one, one, one,
One and only one.



Balqis
11.11.11

Quote : Youth

"Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old by the number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle in the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station : so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80."

                                                                        - Samuel Ullman

Reading the above quote, do you feel inspired? I do! And this quote is what I have on my table at work. I don't have to elaborate further, everything is mentioned in it about what real youth is.

A Little But A Lot

A liitle thank you means a lot,
My hands are too small to hold it,
In the closet of my heart, I keep it.

A little time spent is quality time,
It means more than the entire time,
A minute's banter, a lasting impact.

A little thought is good thought,
Friendship blooms from little thought,
Its beauty is immeasurable.


With gratitude,
Balqis


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The Tale : Puteri Santubong

The tale of Princesses Santubong and Sejinjang,
Beautiful princesses in heaven, Kayangan Sakti,
Whose rare beauty was beyond compare,
But Santubong the prettiest of them two.

If love could bring happiness and joy,
So could it bring destruction and death,
The tale of siblings who became enemies,
Over a fight for a prince's heart.

In the kingdom of Kayangan Sakti,
The Dewa ordered Sejinjang to go to earth,
To a place called Land of the Hornbill,
Where there was trouble to no end.

Princess Sejinjang became the rightful ruler,
Her responsibility  to bring peace and order,
All her subjects pledged their loyalty,
So in peace they lived but awhile.

The princess loved pounding paddy everyday,
Engrossed in her passion, her duty neglected,
Once again, trouble occured, fighting was everywhere,
Dewa was astonished on seeing it happened.

Since on earth, not a news was  from Sejinjang,
The Dewa decided to send Princess Santubong,
To aid her sister to restore peace again,
Down to the magnificient land she went.

The siblings were glad to see each other,
Before long, trouble occured between them,
Both in love with  handsome Prince Murud,
So eager, neither  wanted to be defeated.

Now, the fight was between the princesses,
Jealousy and hatred seen on their faces,
Prince Murud chose pretty Princess Santubong,
Furious Sejinjang attacked her without mercy.

The Dewa witnessed the whole incident,
Furious, his orders were not carried out,
In anger, he pronounced a mighty curse,
In a flash of lightening, it all happened.

Princess Santubong turned into Gunung Santubong,
Princess Sejinjang turned into Pulau Kera,
Prince Murud turned into Gunung Murud,
A tragic end to a love triangle.



*Puteri Santubong is one of  Malaysian popular folktales.
I wasn't able to tell it in details. What I wrote are free verses.
The mountains and island exist in Sarawak.


Some translations :
Puteri = Princess
Dewa = God/Deity
Kayangan = Heaven
Gunung = Mountain
Pulau = Island
Kera = Monkey


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Darkness

As darkness blankets
the night, I fall into the
pit of scary dreams.



balqis
02.11.11


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Silent Stories

Windows to the soul,
Unfolding silent stories,
Known by those who see.



Tuesday Haiku,
Balqis
01.11.11



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