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kaila

happiness is a state of mind.

About Me

Nature lover, naturalist, biologist, beach bum. I love dogs and other animals... i love the laid back life, the beach, diving, exploring, beads, art and artists, cultures, music, movies.. I'm in love with Palawan. I love my country no matter what! One thing I want to do before I die is reforest a mountain.. or at least be part of it! Life is rewarding when lived not only for oneself.. I feel I've got a purpose... definitely want to make a difference!

My Interests

Hobbes:-), Bahais, my friends, yoga, diving, the arts, beads!, music, photography, travel, beaches, sailing, dogs, flip flops (I hate shoes!), markets, movie marathons, ukay-ukay, spas, massages, hot showers, green mangoes, dark bitter chocolate, dang maria's pizza margarita, kalui's food, lato!, japanese & thai food, dance, cocohut nights, sunsets, white sand, doodling, kat's english tea, lua's cheesecake...

I'd like to meet:

Old friends; people who love the beach and everything about nature and the outdoors; fellow conservationists, environmental workers, scientists; artists, bohemians, Baha'is...

Music:

cultural music, reggae, blues, acoustic... joey ayala, bob marley, peter tosh, jimmy cliff, U2, Moby, mitu's tribe, kalamay hati, jack johnson, ben harper, coldplay, xavier rudd, the shins, colin hay, john butler trio, jeff buckley, nick drake, the doors, the beatles, morcheeba, digable planets, the beach soundtrack, rivermaya, REM, cynthia alexander, postal service, bernard fanning, death cab for cutie, the killers, ben lee, tori amos

Movies:

finding neverland, garden state, blue crush, amelie, reality bites, almost famous, lotr series, finding nemo, lost in translation, chocolat, love actually, goonies, labyrinth, sixteen candles, the shawshank redemption, 50 first dates, like water for chocolate, dreams, baraka...

Television:

haven't had time to watch...

Books:

The Life of PI, Ishmael, Celestine Prophecy, God loves laughter, the griffin and sabine trilogy, the little prince, memoirs of a geisha, Kitchen Confidential, the time traveler's wife...

Heroes:

That greater force we call God, My Dad, Kahlil Gibran, Jaques Costeau

My Blog

would you erase a memory?

Sometimes its so much easier if we can forget completely... wish we had that option. Like from the movie 'eternal sunshine of the spotless mind'... if you could erase a memory.. would you? Only reaso...
Posted by kaila on Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:32:00 PST

need fixing..

I always seem to find a coldplay song that fits my current mood. Right now i need fixing... My previous post... i think i would consider that void (I feel like a fool for posting it). I never have bee...
Posted by kaila on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 07:25:00 PST

Letting your guard down.

Something wonderful happens when you finally open yourself up and put those fears away and finally listen to what your heart says instead of what the world dictates. When you finally do what has been ...
Posted by kaila on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:19:00 PST

Trying to let go of the Scientist...

Why is it so hard to leave the past behind? The things that happen to us and the people that cross our lives seems to leave an imprint in our souls. Which is why we can never forget and sometimes neve...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 06:12:00 PST

Why can't we be content?

We all like the excitement of something new. We all get distracted. We all have our centers shaken every now and then. Life continues to give us new experiences, new trials, new people. Nothing ever ...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

We have no clue what's in store...

The earth continues to circle the sun and rotate in its axis. In a way, we circle our own sun in our lives. That sun, however, may change from time to time as we continue to spin and experience occa...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Life is difficult.. but beautiful.

So... what a year its been for me.. and the year isn't over yet. So much has happend. You can say its been full of blessings... and full of trials. The last three months especially, a storm of emoti...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

never in history..

Something that probably no one has ever done in this life.... I dropped my phone in the airplane loo. I didn't actually drop it.. it fell out of my pocket. oh well... a friend said.. "sigh..only a led...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

How do we know...

My life has always been directed by my passions... I have always been like a compass arrow pointing north, which if to be pointed elsewhere, would be very difficult. No matter how I try to direct tha...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Life's beautiful moments...

Eversince I was a kid, this is what I pictured myself to be doing... being out in the field, in the middle of the ocean, diving.. exploring... being a little Jaques Costeau of the Philippines... but w...
Posted by kaila on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST