Blog Posts on ruminations

Talk about Regrets by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Mar 10, 2012. REGRETS. We all have them. But we’d rather not focus on them. We’d rather focus on the positive side of things. Talking about regrets doesn’t seem so positive, so we wouldn’t dare allow our regrets to come to the fore of our...

What Makes Me Guilty to Even Smile... by Timeless Confection on Mar 14, 2011If you've been quite familiar with my blog posts, you might have known about my love affair with Japan. You can read all about right here: Around Japan: Timeless Confection Travel Diaries. You could just imagine how tormented I was when first I lear...

2010: The Year that (almost) Was Part II by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Dec 22, 2010. Read Part I here.   Another new thing in my looking-back series for 2010 is a collection of my favorite Facebook Statuses for the year. In a way, this isn’t really new because I did this last year as well. I posted about 20 of my fave statuses i...

New Beginning by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Apr 25, 2010Lodged in the darkened room I turn to the lone window And patiently wait for its hinges To open its shutters Wide — Like arms welcoming back A returning loved one.   Oh! The things I would do When I’m finally out of this cage — I would bask...

Ironies by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Oct 31, 2009. Your feet are forever on a race against each other Trying to outdo the other, thus bringing you farther and farther. But… where?   —————————   The enormous desert spreads itself before you...

Random Thoughts by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Mar 16, 2009. We know not how strong our convictions are until we are able to do that which we strongly believed in, in the face of extreme pressure for us to do otherwise.   Sometimes, doing the right thing is extremely difficult. At times, it is easier to com...

Stripped, Yet Fully-Dressed by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Mar 9, 2009. We put on many things that we often end up confusing these things as us.   Sometimes, it’s hard to separate our diplomas, positions, titles properties, stocks, and so on from us — that often, we fear being stripped of them, because having m...

My Words (of Wisdom?) – Part I by P[e]NORAMA: Gallery of Scribbles on Oct 23, 2008Like other bloggers who have been blogging for sometime, I also sometimes blurt out words in my posts that seem to carry with them a tinge of wisdom. That is not to say I am wise, though; oh no. But I do recognize that there have been moments that m...