Simple Joy 5 : The Humble Pair

* Blog Project, 2013: Simple Things, Great Joy

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This is one of the simple things I own that I try to hide in my closet as much as I can. But this blog challenge happens to make me do otherwise. Come, spill the beans, as if to say.

This humble pair has been my ever faithful dance partner. I couldn't dance without the touch of it. I couldn't belt out the dance spirit when I'm not wearing it.

I may have had a lot of times on the stage, platform or limelight dancing my heart away. But, if there is a place where I'd like to dance wearing this humble pair THE MOST, well, it's not the center stage ~ but the backstage. Really.

It's in the backstage (which happens to be my room) my dances are first prayed for, conceptualized, choreographed and the like. Nothing ever comes closely special to that. 

This ballet shoes always had the first feeling of me tripping over, of me loosing balance, of me experiencing trial & error in choreography, of me laughing at myself when I feel so silly while forming a dance.

But you know what, this humble pair has never left me. It's always with me... from the backstage to the center stage... from the draft to the final cut.

Since dancing has been very much a part of me, I don't just wear my ballet shoes when there's an invitation to dance. I wear them if I feel like dancing at any given time... on waking up, on free time, even before bed time. I dance when the doors are shut, when the lights are out... even when nobody's watching me out. So, my humble pair should always be within reach.

If I'm not reading, if I'm not writing or blogging, guess what? 

I'm dancing. :)

I guess if my ballet shoes can speak, it will always ask me, 

May I have this dance?

Oh, sure my dear, come and dance with me. :)

Simple Joy 4 : Mechanical Fanatical

* Blog Project: Simple Things, Great Joy

Tada!

I hope I had warned you well enough not to expect something grand with this project. *Heehee* True enough, I take great joy with simple things... that even a mechanical pencil can do that.

I never can imagine myself writing without a mechanical pencil close at hand. More often than not, I prefer using it than ball pens, really.

Way beyond college years, I had made a good and worthy use of it. It's something I can't explain but, there's something comforting and neatness I feel each time I use mechanical pencils.

As Pastor Chuck Swindoll penned, It's easy to doodle your way through a pastor's message. But taking notes helps you stay engaged.

To him I agree. For the past years I sat and listened in the pews, I never, never in my mind can recall in detail the sermons, teachings and preaching I've heard had it not been through taking notes.

I had finished quite a few journals already with a faithful mechanical pencil doing the work.

There you go, my friends. Using mechanical pencil feels so much like having your wedding ring on your finger... all the time.

And oh, by the way, aside from my preference that my mechanical pencil should be green, the lead is of utmost importance of course. I can go with whatever point but, for the shade, it must be a 2B. :)

Simple Joy 3 : QWERTY Witty

* Blog Project: Simple Things, Great Joy

In a time called today, technology has always been in the run. Upgrading of gadgets seem like a ticking clock and as frequent as changing diapers.

A slide, swipe, tap here and there, wait and see, your work is all done. 

I am not there... yet. I still use and love what I'm using now.

Touch screen typing simply drives me crazy.
I am still happy and I feel witty with my QWERTY. :)

Loving the QWERTY. Loving the simplicity.

Simple Joy 2 : Good Mood for Bollywood

* Blog Project: Simple Things, Great Joy

I am a Bollywood movie fanatic. There is just something in their films that really got me hooked! I get so ecstatic when I have a new movie to watch! Good thing they come with English subtitles.

I want to share my greatest joy. I've watched many Bollywood films to date. But, for the sake of this post, here are my choicest ones:

If you may ~ try! try! try! watch! watch! watch! :)

Oh, I am reminded, too, the same goes for a book: Don't judge a film by its cover. Come on, give yourself a treat, bring the popcorn out. *wink*

Greatest joys and treasures really do can come in small packages! :)

Simple Joy 1 : Pens for the Tensed

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My sister surely loves me so much when she bought this for me. *Happy me* She asked me casually what I would like for my birthday. Having nothing grand in mind, I simply pointed these colored pens to her.

I like this.

I know I made her wonder why I wanted the pens. Ahm, well, I just started a hobby and these pens would really mean so much.  Unknowingly, she contributed to my Green Side Project... a therapy to a sometimes-tensed-little-me. :)

No one could make me happier that day!