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Lives In: Washington D.C., US
Birth Date: November 6, 1980
Member Since: Jun 01, 2002
Last Login: Nov 09, 2009   02:02 UTC
Member's Time: Nov 11, 2009   07:38 EST
VT Rank: 3353
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Travel Interests: Budget Travel, Archeology, Arts and Culture, Romantic Travel and Honeymoons, Backpacking

 

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My heart will always remain in Chicago....

by mayasmin - last update: Jul 21, 2006

courtesy of my friend, Paul

Speak up for Peace

First they came for the Communists and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, but by that time, no one was left to speak up.
--Pastor Martin Niemoeller, Nazi Germany
Van Gogh's Starry Night
Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche.
Escribir, por ejemplo: "La noche esta estrellada,
y tiritan, azules, los astos, a lo lejos".
El viento de la noche gira en el cielo y canta.
Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche.
Yo la quise, y a veces ella tambien me quiso.
En las noches como esta la tuve entre mis brazos.
La bese tantas veces bajo el cielo infinito.
Ella me quiso, a veces yo tambien la queria.
Como no haber amado sus grandes ojos fijos.
Puedo escribir los versos mas tristes esta noche.
Pensar que no la tengo. Sentir que la he perdido.
Oir la noche inmensa, mas inmensa sin ella.
Y el verso cae al alma como al pasto el rocio.
Eso es todo. A lo lejos alguien canta. A lo lejos.
Mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Como para acercarla mi mirado la busca.
Mi corazon la busca, y ella no esta conmigo.
La misma noche que hace blanquear los mismos arboles.
Nosotros, los de entonces, ya no somos los mismos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, pero cuanto la quise.
Mi voz buscaba el viento para tocar su oido.
De otro. Sera de otro. Como antes de mis besos.
Su voz, su cuerpo claro. Sus ojos infinitos.
Ya no la quiero, es cierto, per tal vez la quiero.
Es tan corto el amor, y es tan largo el olvido.
Porque en noches como esta la tuve entre mis brazos,
mi alma no se contenta con haberla perdido.
Aunque esta sea el ultimo dolor que ella me causa,
y estos sean los ultimos versos que yo le escribo. (Pablo Neruda)
Monet's Soleil Levant
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad. (Christina Rosetti)
Dali's The Happy Unicorn

All-time Favorites

Books:
The Little Prince (Antoine de Exupery)
The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)
The Lord of the Rings trilogy + The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien
Harry Potter series (J.K. Rowling)


Films:
Braveheart
Titanic
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


Performances:
Phantom of the Opera
Cirque du Soleil's "O"
Miss Saigon
La Noche de Los Mayas/The Night of the Mayas by the National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
Bayanihan (Philippines) Dance Company performance
Cavalerria Rusticanna (Mascagni)
Pagliacci (Leoncavello)

Munch's "Scream"

rousseau's carnival

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Comments for mayasmin
abi_maha Fri Nov 6, 2009 22:03 UTC
 Happy Bday! Hope you have many wonderful travels this year!
kopwint Fri Nov 6, 2009 17:09 UTC
 happy birthday to you from Burma and, wish you get free and happy, get success and smart, and get harmony and strong, and wealthy and healthy, from Burma..Know where Burma is..??
Mikebond Thu Nov 6, 2008 17:17 UTC
 Happy birthday! Greetings from Italy, Michele
a2lopes Thu Nov 6, 2008 12:12 UTC
 Happy birthday and many happy returns of the day. Greetings from Lisbon which is waiting for your visit next year for the Euromeeting
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