Friday, August 31, 2012

Dreamland

A   L   O   H   A  !
 " The comfort of 
having a friend
 may be taken away,
 but not that 
of having had 
one. "

    Seneca
   











 "  I realize that
 humor
 isn't for everyone.
 It's only for people
 who want to
 have fun,
enjoy life, 
and feel 
alive. "

Anne Wilson Schaef














" Up anchor! Up anchor!
Set sail and away!
The ventures of dreamland
Are thine for a day. "

Silas Weir Mitchell
    Dreamland,
 In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 
10th ed. (1919).



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Your kind visit
 adds an irreplaceable
 element 
to my day: 
YOU!  

                      Thanks pal, cloudia

Thursday, August 30, 2012

INDONESIA- Position Among the Stars

Selamat Pagi
   means Aloha in
 Indonesia!
Cinta Terakhir by Ari Lasso on Grooveshark 
Note: All photos are my own, shot
here in Hawaii. Click to enlarge.

According to
" Indonesia
 is a vast equatorial archipelago
 of 17,000 islands
 extending 5,150 kilometers (3,200 miles)
 east to west, 
between the Indian
 and Pacific Oceans 
in Southeast Asia. "
The modern nation
was born
in 1945
with independence
from the Netherlands.












Due to the posts
of my wonderful
Indonesian 
blogger friends,
my interest
is growing.

 I am learning
that Indonesia
is a sort of 
Super Hawaii:
We are a small state,
 but Indonesia is
the world's fourth 
most populous nation!
Like Hawaii people,
 Indonesians are joined
 by the sea
 living on neighbor islands.
Oahu, 
our 'gathering place' 
has fewer than 
1 million inhabitants.
Java 
can claim around 130 million!
that's some 60 percent
 of the country's population.
It helps that the island Java 
is approximately the size 
of New York State!
 Sumatra, the other 'big island' 
is much larger even than Java.
But fewer than
 a third of Indonesians
 live there.









As in Hawaii,
 outer areas of the archipelago
 sometimes feel
 misunderstood
and mismanaged
by a government
all the way over 
 on  Java
(or Honolulu),
  The Moluccas. 
The island of Bali,
 Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), 
Sulawesi, 
and the Indonesian part of
 New Guinea 
(known as Papua or Irian Jaya)
are also
INDONESIA.








We Hawaii people 
are used to ethnic
and cultural diversity,
but we are relatively
 homogenous
 when you consider 
Indonesia's
 more than 580 languages 
and dialects!
 Thirteen of those,
 boast more than
 one million speakers.
Today I saw
an absorbing film:
"Position Among the Stars"
filmed with a real
Indonesian family.
The very human stories
of family, aging,
making a living,
coming of age,
living with momentous
change,
all in a setting
so very different
yet so familiar
quite touched my
heart.
I highly recomend
that you view the film
if you can.
Currently
it is running
 on HBO.
A 'Trailer' for the film
is below.


Here are a few Indonesian [Malay] words
 that we use in English everyday:
Ketchup,
Bamboo
Mango
Cockatoo 
 Orangutan
Sarong
and our friend
Gecko.

 
Thanks for visiting!
                 Warmly, cloudia 

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Prophet YOU

A   L   O   H   A  !
" Whatever we expect 
with confidence 
becomes our own 
self-fulfilling
 prophecy.  "

Brian Tracy














" I say
 'Expect the best 
and even better 
will happen.' "

Rima Fakih












" I have no
 idols.
 I admire 
work, 
dedication
 and competence.  "

Ayrton Senna


  =^..^=  


What do YOU prophesy?

 - we all do it:
What we say, 
what we expect
of someone,
how we behave
 around them;
all based on our 
expectations.
So what do YOU
prophesy?

By this time 
it is no secret
that the best athletes
train their bodies
AND their minds.
Sports Psychologists
make a good living
telling athletes
to practice
 in the mind,
to visualize,
over and over again
JUST what they want
to happen.

Brain imaging proves
that the mind believes it
true
when we really 
 visualize it.

What we expect
shapes our world
and influences those
closest to us.

What do we expect of 
them?
Do they feel
positive expectations
from us?

Are we armored
against ANOTHER
disappointment?

Does our heart
expand with joy
when we hear
their key 
in the door?

Believe it 
to achieve it.

Sometimes I tell
my [blog invisible] husband:
" When we get up to
 dance
at your 100th birthday
 celebration
everybody
is going to applaud-
so be ready. "

He doesn't even
protest
that I'm silly 
anymore.

Instead,
we dance
with eyes
half closed.

We can feel 
the love
of all our friends
and neighbors.


It's gonna be GREAT!


What do YOU
prophesy?


'Take Peace - Leave Your Comment'
 
Thanks for visiting!
                      Warmly, cloudia

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Recalibrate Eyes

A   L   O   H   A  !

  Romantic 

 " Call for the grandest 
of all earthly spectacles, 
what is that?
 It is the sun 
going to his 
rest.  "

Thomas de Quincey







 Goya










 Pointillist









 On the Sun










Drowned Eyes








**************IMPORTANT*****************************




! Recalibrate Your Optics 
Via Image Below
Before Driving
or Returning
 to Work !






Ah! Good old Normal!



Thanks for having fun with us here.


Your comment is Valued-

                    Warmly, cloudia

Monday, August 27, 2012

Cloud Literacy

A   L   O   H   A  !
Click on the clouds & optical effects below:
Crepuscular Rays
- an Optical Effect -
 shining up from
 Cumulus clouds.
The ones 
shining down
from the
 Stratocumulus
are called
 'Jacob's Ladder

Crepuscular times of day 
are  around dawn and dusk.
When boundaries of
light and dark
 are emphasized.
Crepuscular comes from the Latin 
 "crepusculum" - 'Twilight.'




" And we are put on Earth 
a little space,
 that we may learn 
to bear the beams 
of love."

 William Blake










 Radiatus 
 a  Notable Cloud species
Above:
 the jet-stream Cirrus
variety.

Perspective makes these
parallel filaments,
driven by high winds,
appear to  yearn
towards convergence
in the distance. 



 " You must not blame me
 if I do talk
 to the clouds. "

Thoreau.







 Hawaii Rainbow-
Optical Effect of 
the refraction of light
through water droplets,
blown over Waikiki.
Notice the Primary Bow,
and the fainter 
"Secondary Bow."

A darker band:
"Alexander's Dark Band"
between them,
is not obvious
in my picture;
Sorry. 



Clouds
are a locus of wonder.
Light Wind Water
collaborate.

They teach us
many lessons
if we spend time
with them.

My wish for you
today:

“ Be thou the rainbow 
 in the storms of life. 

The evening beam 
that smiles the clouds
 away, 
and tints tomorrow 
with prophetic
 ray .” 

Shine in comments!

              Warmly, cloudia

 Lord Byron


Sunday, August 26, 2012

Our Place

A   L   O   H   A  !

 Photos are click-able
" Love
 is what's in the room
 with you
 at Christmas
 if you stop 
opening presents 
and listen."

Bobby 
 age 7











 " There is that
 indescribable freshness
 and unconsciousness
about an illiterate person
 that humbles
 and mocks
the power of the
 noblest expressive
 genius.  "

Walt Whitman

















My Friend:

I want YOU

to open YOUr

 own wings

and take off -

Not pump you up

with words

and throw you

off a cliff.












Whatever beauty
you find here
wouldn't bloom
without
the inner truth
YOU bring!  


  =^..^=  

" The best is one
who calls others
to their best.
 And those who
 heed the call
 are also blessed. "
Hesiod

Thank YOU
for sharing
Yourself
in our little
space-

-Within
the Comfort Spiral -

                     Warmly, Cloudia

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Be a 'Saturday Kid' for 3 Minutes

A L O H A !

 When we look back
at how,
and who,
we used to be
perspective shifts,
changes
with the years.


 " I always knew
 looking back 
on my tears
 would bring me
 laughter, 
but I never knew
 looking back on my
 laughter
 would make me cry.  "

Cat Stevens



The kids are Hawaii kids
but the moments
are changeless,
eternal-




Thanks for rejuvenating here today!

leave us a 'shout' in comments

                                            Warmly, cloudia