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(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/215996_209280559099235_100000518765658_756195_8023090_n.jpg)
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(http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/218140_209279592432665_100000518765658_756161_7001064_n.jpg)
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with Destiny @ Matsuyama Castle...
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/208405_209279112432713_100000518765658_756148_269051_n.jpg)
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Reminds me of a once-upon-a-time-way-back-when and the song 'Cherry Blossom Girl'. Japanese songs are very soft but deep. "If you don't feel it, you don't have it. (Japanese saying)".
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"Cherry Blossom Girl"
I don't want to be shy
Can't stand it anymore
I just want to say 'Hi'
To the one I love
Cherry blossom girl
I feel sick all day long
From not being with you
I just want to go out
Ever night for a while
Cherry blossom girl
Tell me why can't it be true
I never talk to you
People say that I should
I can pray everyday
For the moment to come
Cherry blossom girl
I just want to be sure
When I will come to you
When the time will be gone
You will be by my side
Cherry Blossom Girl
Tell me why can't it be true
I'll never love again
Can I say that to you
Will you run away
If I try to be true
Cherry blossom girl
Cherry blossom girl
I'll always be there for you
That means no time to waste
Whenever there's a chance
Cherry blossom girl
Tell me why can't it be true
:) ;)
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Wow!..Nag Blossom nga :P ;D Don't forget your pic wearing the new MG shirt ;) :-* Hope you could post it soonest.thanks :)
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kay gandang binibining Aiko. sharing a photo of mine
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380114_10150372620096277_672766276_8619008_1469067618_n.jpg)
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Her name was Aiko Gasawa. For mnemonic, I use the Bisaya term ‘aikog asawa’. Hehehe.
Vaguely remember, she lived in Wakegum(?), Okayama-ken(?), Japan. Went on a trip to Shodoshima(?). But that was long2X ago. Yet, she left an indelible imprint on my mind and in my heart.
Why? Suggest read James A. Michener’s “Sayonara”.
Synopsis. A brilliant tale of love and war, SAYONARA tells the story of Major Lloyd Gruver, son of an army general stationed in Japan, dating a general's daughter, and happy with his life. He didn't understand the soldiers who fell in love with Japanese girls. Then he met Hana-ogi. After that nothing mattered anymore. Nothing but her..... :) ;)
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Wow!..Nag Blossom nga :P ;D Don't forget your pic wearing the new MG shirt ;) :-* Hope you could post it soonest.thanks :)
Ohh yeah! Nakatago pa ;) thanks for sending it ;D
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Ohh yeah! Nakatago pa ;) thanks for sending it ;D
mabuti at hindi nabura
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very beautiful
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Will post my MG shirt soon ;)
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very beautiful
just like the models
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mabuti at hindi nabura
Hindi pa kc nalalabhan dear ;D bka itago ko nlng cguro kc wala na magbbgay sa akin ng ganun ;)
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Happened yesterday. Today, left only with memories. :)
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kay gandang binibining Aiko
I agree!
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Happened yesterday. Today, left only with memories. :)
surely,agree
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I agree!
thanks mikey and felix..maganda talaga ang cherry blossom smells gud pa ;D
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thanks mikey and felix..maganda talaga ang cherry blossom smells gud pa ;D
correct, but we're not referring to the flower, we're referring to the person
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Happened yesterday. Today, left only with memories. :)
surely,agree
Agree? ??? Personal experience, too? ??? :) ;)
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thanks mikey and felix..maganda talaga ang cherry blossom smells gud pa ;D
Oh, yeah, her name was also Aiko. Hehehe. There were others, actually. Emiko, Yhemi, etc. But Aiko was my favourite. Oh, it was only a sojourn during my previous life. Hehehe. But she left an indelible imprint in my mind.
Vaguely recall watching that opera “Madame Butterfly(?)”. It was soooo long, I fell asleep. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes, Japanese opera are long! ??? Hehehe. :) ;)
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Hahaha Juan ;D hayyy.. Ambot nmo oi ;D
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lolz
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Usahay kapoy btaw tubayan na c Juan oi ;D
Pero padayon LNG Juan ha kay nahan ko mo learn ug English
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Started posting 6+ yrs ago. At first, portrayed myself as a saint. Nobody was interested. Changed my tactics. Portrayed myself as a contrabida. Attracted record breaking attention. Became, as someone here put it, a “Bida sa PagkaContrabida”. ;D ;)
No kidding. One here knows one of the other sites I’m posting. The star of the forum. :) ;)
Understand now why I always feel good when I'm bad? ;D :D :) ;)
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Hahaha :D natatawa ako sa u Juan ;D
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Oh, yeah, her name was also Aiko. Hehehe. There were others, actually. Emiko, Yhemi, etc. But Aiko was my favourite. Oh, it was only a sojourn during my previous life. Hehehe. But she left an indelible imprint in my mind.
Vaguely recall watching that opera “Madame Butterfly(?)”. It was soooo long, I fell asleep. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes, Japanese opera are long! ??? Hehehe. :) ;)
napansin talaga ang kagandahan ni miss aiko san
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napansin talaga ang kagandahan ni miss aiko san
Once upon a time, way back when. Hehehe.
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Once upon a time, way back when. Hehehe.
sana makatagpo ka rin ng bagong aiko mo sa buhay mo, i wish you well
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sana makatagpo ka rin ng bagong aiko mo sa buhay mo, i wish you well
Que sera, sera! :) ;)
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napansin talaga ang kagandahan ni miss aiko san
Napukaw ba ang mind ni Juan deAr hihihi
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Que sera, sera! :) ;)
I also believe this saying ;D
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Napukaw ba ang mind ni Juan deAr hihihi
"I try to hold on, on to everything. Sweet memories, but that was yesterday. (anon)" :) ;)
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Napukaw ba ang mind ni Juan deAr hihihi
mohleng
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"I try to hold on, on to everything. Sweet memories, but that was yesterday. (anon)" :) ;)
Sweet memories by seiko matsuda ;D
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mohleng
Inspired diay c Juan karon ;D
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parang ganun na nga
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Inspired diay c Juan karon ;D
parang ganun na nga
"When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it's only a minute. But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours. That's relativity." :D ;)
- Albert Einstein
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Hahahaha...buing ;D
Vice versa Juan :D
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papicture lang ko kay murag blooming man
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380114_10150372620096277_672766276_8619008_1469067618_n.jpg)
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wow!
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papicture lang ko kay murag blooming man
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380114_10150372620096277_672766276_8619008_1469067618_n.jpg)
love the colors dear
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love the colors dear
inspired lang siguro man ko
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Obvious mn pud ;D love ittt.. ;)
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see our latest photos:
http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13847.0 (http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13847.0)
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Happy face kaayo dear oi ;D
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Happy face kaayo dear oi ;D
labina pod dire na lakaw ;D
http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13859.0 (http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13859.0)
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labina pod dire na lakaw ;D
http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13859.0 (http://www.mikeygatal.com/connect/index.php?topic=13859.0)
Btaw jud dear words are not enough ;D
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Btaw jud dear words are not enough ;D
their company makes me happy
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Sweet memories by seiko matsuda ;D
She was a geisha. But she left me many unforgettable moments.
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time... (anon)” :) ;)
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papicture lang ko kay murag blooming man
(http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/380114_10150372620096277_672766276_8619008_1469067618_n.jpg)
“When the orange blossoms are starting to bloom,
We will be united as bride and as groom” :) ;)
-song line from “Sukiyaki”
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She was a geisha. But she left me many unforgettable moments.
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time... (anon)” :) ;)
murag si Enchong gyud ni
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asa ra man ang cherry blossom beauty?
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asa ra man ang cherry blossom beauty?
nahanaw na
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Reminds me of a once-upon-a-time-way-back-when and the song 'Cherry Blossom Girl'. Japanese songs are very soft but deep. "If you don't feel it, you don't have it. (Japanese saying)".
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"Cherry Blossom Girl"
I don't want to be shy
Can't stand it anymore
I just want to say 'Hi'
To the one I love
Cherry blossom girl
I feel sick all day long
From not being with you
I just want to go out
Ever night for a while
Cherry blossom girl
Tell me why can't it be true
I never talk to you
People say that I should
I can pray everyday
For the moment to come
Cherry blossom girl
I just want to be sure
When I will come to you
When the time will be gone
You will be by my side
Cherry Blossom Girl
Tell me why can't it be true
I'll never love again
Can I say that to you
Will you run away
If I try to be true
Cherry blossom girl
Cherry blossom girl
I'll always be there for you
That means no time to waste
Whenever there's a chance
Cherry blossom girl
Tell me why can't it be true
:) ;)
Yes, once upon a time ... in Japan.
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"If only we might fall Like cherry blossoms in the spring So pure and radiant."
- Anonymous c.1945 Quoted in Ivan Morris The Nobility of Failure (1975).
:)
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nahanaw na gyud
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nahanaw na gyud
Perti
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naa ra to sila sa kilid kilid bai
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She was a geisha. But she left me many unforgettable moments.
“Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moment we get memories that last a life time... (anon)”
:) ;)
Geishas, strictly speaking, aren't prostitutes. But, .....
Geisha and prostitution
There is controversy over whether geisha are prostitutes. While both sides in the controversy acknowledge that until the 1950s, geisha routinely performed one initial act of paid sex, there has been a sharp dispute over whether this act - called mizuage - should be considered an act of prostitution. A travel website called ThingsAsian says that there is some confusion about the nature of the geisha profession, implying that the conception of geisha as prostitutes is a foreign misunderstanding.
• At various times and places, many non-Japanese have understood geisha to be prostitutes,
ThingsAsian says that even 19th-century Japanese officials had confusion about this. The website argues that legitimate geisha did not engage in paid sex with clients.
• Their purpose is to entertain their customer, be it by dancing, reciting verse, playing musical instruments, or engaging in light conversation. Geisha engagements may include flirting with men and playful innuendos; however, clients know that nothing more can be expected. In a social style that is common in Japan, men are amused by the illusion of that which is never to be.
• Sheridan Prasso wrote that Americans had:
an incorrect impression of the real geisha world, where geisha means "arts person" trained in music and dance, not in the art of sexual pleasure.
On the other hand, a Seton Hall law article says:
"Though geisha were seen as trained entertainers and forbidden to engage in the practice of prostitution, one knowledgeable official estimated that three-fourths of geisha were prostitutes in 1929."
Geisha evolved from the Edo period's high-class courtesans known as oiran, who (like geisha) wore elaborate hairstyles and white makeup, but knotted their obi in the front.
During the Edo period, prostitution in Japan was legal. Prostitutes such as the oiran worked within walled-in districts licensed by the government. In the late eighteenth century, dancing women called "odoriko" and newly popular female geisha began entertaining men at banquets in unlicensed districts. Some were apprehended for illegal prostitution and sent to the licensed quarters, where there was a strict distinction between geisha and prostitutes, and the former were forbidden to sell sex. In contrast, "machi geisha", who worked outside the licensed districts, often engaged in illegal prostitution.
In 1872, shortly after the Meiji Restoration, the new government passed a law liberating "prostitutes (sh?gi) and geisha (geigi)". The wording of this statute was the subject of controversy. Some officials thought that prostitutes and geisha worked at different ends of the same profession—selling sex— and that all prostitutes should henceforth be called "geisha". In the end, the government decided to maintain a line between the two groups, arguing that geisha were more refined and should not be soiled by association with prostitutes.
Also, geisha working in onsen towns such as Atami are dubbed onsen geisha. Onsen geisha have been given a bad reputation due to the prevalence of prostitutes in such towns who market themselves as "geisha," as well as sordid rumors of dance routines like Shallow River (which involves the "dancers" lifting the skirts of their kimono higher and higher). In contrast to these "one-night geisha," the true onsen geisha are in fact competent dancers and musicians. However, the autobiography of Sayo Masuda, an onsen geisha who worked in Nagano Prefecture in the 1930s, reveals that in the past, such women were often under intense pressure to sell sex.
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Yep. They're so good at making love, makes a bloke fall in love with them. :-* ;)
Reminds me of Gary Lewis song "Autumn",
You could search the whole world over
But you'll never find
A girl so easy to fall in love with
But so hard to get off your mind
I knew the first day that I saw her
I'd soon be living my life for her
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
She's so completely different
From other girls I have known
She does the things you'd expect her to do
But in a way that's all her own
You don't know what she does to me
When she's makin' love to me
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
I thought I had life down pat
Love 'em, leave 'em and be on my way
(Love 'em, leave 'em)
But girl, since you gave your love to me
In your arms is where I'll stay
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
(Close beside me)
Say we'll never part
Autumn
(Autumn)
Autumn
(Autumn)
How your name
Has touched my heart
Autumn
(Stay beside me)
Autumn
Watching Rino Kamiya videos brings back memories of Japan sojourn. :) ;)
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No different from hospitality girls in the Philippines. Or, RNs. The luvly pix. Perhaps, even luvlier videos. Later, passed around in USA. Wonder how much $ was involved. Hmmmm! :-\ ;)
Used to do something similar with student nurses boarding our place in Cebu 30+ years ago. Looking for Aussie penpals. But no money involved. Only being superfriendly to me. :-* ;)
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Her name was Aiko Gasawa. For mnemonic, I use the Bisaya term ‘aikog asawa’. Hehehe.
Vaguely remember, she lived in Wakegum(?), Okayama-ken(?), Japan. Went on a trip to Shodoshima(?). But that was long2X ago. Yet, she left an indelible imprint on my mind and in my heart.
Why? Suggest read James A. Michener’s “Sayonara”.
Synopsis. A brilliant tale of love and war, SAYONARA tells the story of Major Lloyd Gruver, son of an army general stationed in Japan, dating a general's daughter, and happy with his life. He didn't understand the soldiers who fell in love with Japanese girls. Then he met Hana-ogi. After that nothing mattered anymore. Nothing but her..... :) ;)
Oh, yeah, her name was also Aiko. Hehehe. There were others, actually. Emiko, Yhemi, etc. But Aiko was my favourite. Oh, it was only a sojourn during my previous life. Hehehe. :) ;) But she left an indelible imprint in my mind.
Vaguely recall watching that opera “Madame Butterfly(?)”. It was soooo long, I fell asleep. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Yes, Japanese opera are long! ??? Hehehe. :) ;)
Yep. Rino Kamiya reminds me of spring in Japan; cherry blossoms and Aiko. ... Once upon a time ..... Hehehe :) ;)
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Did you know?
Hanami is not only something to enjoy during the daytime – many parks turn on the night lights during peak season so you can enjoy hanami at night!
There’s even a name for night time hanami: “yozakura” (literally, night cherry blossom).
:) ;)
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Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms. (Ikku Sojun) :) ;)
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Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.
(Yoshida Kenko)
:) ;)
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Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit (Khalil Gibran). :)
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hihihi
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nahanaw na
nahanaw as in?
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nahanaw as in?
wala naman ko ka hear diri bai
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"I want to do with you, What spring does with the Cherry tree. :-* ;) (Pablo Neruda)"
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Wer you go
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nagtago o tinago?
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"I want to do with you, What spring does with the Cherry tree."
(Pablo Neruda)
:-* ;)
? "A Song for Young Love" - by The Lettermen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c9LCpfGxW8#ws)
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"No winter shall abate the spring's increase."
(Donne)
:) ;)