Once mature, a person prefers substance to appearance, fruit to flowers.
– Laozi aka “Lao Tzu” [ White Cosmos with yellow centre, above ]
I had a choice between tackling a heaping pile of meme tags OR writing a film review of Curse of the Golden Flower, but instead… I went outside and snapped photos of purty flowers in our backyard garden with my ancient Crap-Cam® and patented point-and-shoot method (ooh aah wow, I suck). Ann woke me up from my meme-free coma, but I need copious amounts of booze first to apply Newton’s laws of motion. The heady aroma of inertia!
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
– Laozi aka “Lao Tzu” [ Pink Cosmos with yellow centre, above ]
It’s the end of May and I’ve got 4 entries (including this one) to show for it. Do I feel bad about that? Nope. I’ve learned to acquiesce to my blog’s occasional existentialist crises as they’ve forced me to re-examine why I started blogging and what direction my blog should go next if I choose to continue. By blogging, I am compelled to stop, really look at the scenery and capture the (metaphorical or real) beauty of fragrant flowers in bloom or the appearance and stench of decay around me. But personal blogging, like life, isn’t just about memories of random or planned events and tasks. I must remind myself to take the time to slow down, enjoy the journey and learn from my experiences. A life well spent is a life worth blogging about.
Neah, substance is overrated. I’m into it for laughs and wasting time. 
Therefore the truly great man dwells on what is real and not what is on the surface, On the fruit and not the flower. Therefore accept the one and reject the other.
– Laozi aka “Lao Tzu” [ Single white Clematis, above ]
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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
– Robert Frost
When you have nothing to say, say nothing? Perhaps, but I’d be on mute half the time. I am a good listener, but a low-key conversationalist. Was Socrates correct when he said, “The unexamined life is not worth living” or is ignorance bliss? Did you notice how I’m cramming this entry with oodles of quotations because I don’t have anything original to say? Ya, remember those school daze when you were asked to submit 10 to 15-page essays? Did you stretch ‘em with purty pictures, big font sizes, big margins, double spacing and lots of quotes and references to get that well-earned B-? Ya.
I’ll be back in June with 4… no, 5 entries. Even slackers have standards. And Laozi, I want both fruit and flowers. Does that make me immature?
Off-topic: Happy twenty-friggin-something birthday wishes to Alternati! 
Adieu,
Massa P
Curse of the Golden Flower? 5 things I remember:
1. A very surly Chow Yun-Fat.
2. Over-the-top acting by Gong Li (beautiful). Tone it down.
3. The expression on the face of the doctor’s daughter when she finds out she was bonking… her brother! Incest, gasp. Hahaha!
4. The palace town crier who yells out the time every hour. “Rejoice, it is the Hour of the Rat!” How’d he get that job and how much does a town crier earn, huh? I want that job! “Rejoice, it is the Hour of the Dragon!”
5. Being glad the movie was over! “Rejoice, it is the Hour of the End of the Movie! Whoohoo!”
RE: “I am a good listener, but a low-key conversationalist.”
That’d be really true! I think it’s because you like to sit back and analyze ideas and people as they blabber on and on.
People who don’t know you mistake that for being “quiet and reserved”.
Your garden is just… GORGEOUS. More “300 stuff”, please, haha.
June has 5 Fridays… so you’ll have to post at least 5 things. Um, right? Didn’t you say you’d post something every Friday?
Gorgeous pics! And you’ve got a huge backyard!!! Hey, if you have a binocular, you can add zoom power to your cam. It works for me from time to time.
I’d give this post an “A” just because I love flowers.
And just because I want you to make it six instead of the lousy five.
Take care!
I typed “just because” twice. Freak. Sorry about that. Hahaha! This is spammm!
Wow. All I can say is you have a pwetty backyard.
Oi, so very true.
I choose both fruit and flowers as well. I still have an excuse to be immature, anyway.
And btw… I dl-ed the fruity oaty bar song and made it my message alert tone. *fruuuuuuuiity oaty bars, make you bust out of your blouse*
Are these taken in your backyard, frontyard, front lawn or whatsoever?
I must say, that is the garden that would make my mom crazy as in crazy enough to admire and say wowowee. My mom is a flower power kind of mum.
BTW, I’ve been meaning to ask you this question for sometime now. Why the heck did you overlap your animated pic with a monster? Is that what you turn to during a full moon? Lol. Just wondering my friend…
Kudos to the pics!
Same here…
The weird thing about me is, I have a lot of ideas in my head, but I cram if I try to put them into writing. When I force myself to write more stuff for the sake of having tons of un-commented posts, it just ends up really crappy.
I love how we decide to do something completely different when lost in a decision. Such horrible attention spans… ha.
Oh my god! Those flowers are beautiful. I hope we have a flower-y garden. The pink one is the prettiest! I love it!
Hahahaha ganda ng bulaklak!
Hmmm, I should watch that movie. And god what beautiful set of flowers you have. Can you also take a total shot of your beautiful garden?
I wish I had your ability to stay quiet when there is nothing to say. I have to make noises - also written ones such as “urghh” “guuuue” and “argh”.
I think your flower pictures are pretty. I love the cosmos. The little red bug is cute.
I’d love to have a grab of that Crap-Cam® you have. Your shots are good. Works fine with your Crap-Cam® eh? Hehehe…
Wow, I love your garden… ours is pretty dead. I still remember Lao Tzu cost me some points in a history quiz bee years ago.
I also tend to write more when I have nothing to say. Hehe. And I clam up when I’m flooded with ideas. -_-
Last year, I went on two hiatuses both lasting for months. Let’s see if I can even make 5 entries this June, when classes start.
You’ve been writing amazing comments. I’m almost afraid that there’s a comment standard I have to live up to now, lol.
For some reason, I wasn’t that interested in watching Curse. I’d love to know what your Crap-Cam® is, because if yours is, I don’t know what mine will be called. Supah-Crap-Cam®? Haha.
I’m usually a good listener too, so that I’d be able to talk endlessly as well. Nah, don’t worry about being unoriginal, we all have those days. The rest, they’re just real good. Hahaha.
Your garden is so pretty, fruity!
Makes Mari jealous. Mari should post some pics of Mari’s garden when it starts really blooming.
Ooooh a deep and meaningful post! You always surprise us with your posts. I never know what direction they’re heading in.
LOL. But isn’t it amazing how those assignments with heaps and heaps of pretty pictures and quotes always gave us the best marks? Damn, I wish I could do that for my uni essays. It’d sure make life a lot easier.
Ooh pineapple icon hehe. Don’t mind me, I go to your site much too often. Lol.
The pictures are great even with the point and shoot thingy.
Ahh. So deep, this post. Although I didn’t understand the rest…
You are visually romantic, fruity…
Thank you for the flowers.
Kiss
Fendi
I know exactly what you mean about waffley blog posts. I try and make them worthwhile, but for me blogging is all about the ego, so why not waffle? Occasionally, a reader enjoys the waffle and I end up with a little bit of self-satisfaction. I’m sure most bloggers feel the same way.
And padding essays out is naughty.
I was always such a teacher’s pet. However, recently any essays I’ve written have been satires of the lectures. I love getting confused feedback from tutors.
Yeah, take your time and slow down… Enjoy your journey. You’ll discover a lot of meaningful things!
Nice shots!
Nice flowers. They are good enough to eat. LOL.
I’m not much of a conversationalist myself. Not that I don’t like talking, I just don’t have anything to say. Haha!
Starting to miss Max…
Oooooh! Lovely pictures!
*Sigh… It’s been a while since I last took pictures of ANYTHING. I really miss it… Right now I’m just too busy… Plus, I don’t have a camera.
Wow, your garden puts my garden full of dandelions, crabgrass and chickweeds to shame!
I just love the way you write! You’re awesome, fruityoaty! I’ll look forward to your 5 entries.
Hi, can we do a link exchange, fruityoaty? ^__^
I miss macro shooting! Nice pix! Might as well start thinking about a solo photo exhibit????!
I wonder why fruityoaty never replied to comments. That remains a mystery.
I just read your comments in MyBlogLog. Thanks!
I will send you chocolates… if you send my iPhone…
Kisses
Fendi
A life well spent is a life worth blogging about.
Neah, substance is over-rated. I’m into it for laughs and wasting time.
I love it! Hehehe.
I love how you drift from one “idea to blog about” to the next seamlessly, and how you created a post about posting something you didn’t actually post (er… I got confused there as well).
Anywhoo…
Thanks for the greetings dear. My bday was fruity and oaty. Glad it’s done and over with though, hehehe…
Those are actually very good flower pictures!! The two white ones look like they posed for you, lol. And I like the quote about nature getting it done without rushing… I wish life were like that!!
The photos you took are gorgeous!!!
Nice photos!
And I like that little pineapple icon (I don’t know what it’s called) that appears on the address bar. How do I do that? (Like you actually give out lessons, huh?) Hehe.
I hate essay writing. Sometimes, it’s so tough meeting the limit that one cannot help but be forced to pad out the essay with unnecessary items and rubbish explanations. I love the photos you’ve taken. They’re very pretty.
I think you did a nice job in capturing those flowers in their natural habitat. =)
Crappy cam or not, you take better photos than I do and I actually try, lmao. You have a very pretty garden, that’s for sure!
As for blog posting…
I’m in it for my sanity though I’ll readily admit my sanity sometimes leaves me with nothing to blog about.
Your pictures are so pretty. I love flowers. So I guess I must be immature.
Quotes are so fun. So I don’t blame you for using them instead of using your own words to describe things.
If only those essays we have during high school can be done like this… with snapshots and all.
Love the pictures by the way… and the corresponding quotes as well.
I too love to listen. Sometimes, a bit more than reading and a lot more than talking. You learn a lot and get to know a lot about the person you’re talking to.
Haaay, I love flowers… Hahahaha!
Nothing’s wrong with wanting it both ways and anyone who tells you otherwise, is a tard. d=
I’ve been blogging extra. Maybe we switched last month?
You have such a beautiful garden! I’m envious, our flower garden just never amounts to much.
I love the flowers in the first two pictures, they’re beautiful.
Hi there! You have a nice garden and I can see you love flowers. Nice blog! Regards!