Hames

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1. on September 21, 2008 at 6:59 pm | Reply John Ryan Recabar

   Thanks a lot for including my site in your blogroll; although it appears to me that we have contradicting persuasion and belief in what they refer to as the almighty.

   I wish you all the best in your writing.

   
   
2. on September 22, 2008 at 12:19 pm | Reply hames-1977

   John, it is just okay if we have contradicting views about religion. I love diversity of opinions and i don’t intend to twist anyone’s belief.

   This blog thing, is a healthy exercise for the mind. Silently, after all the merits of an argument has been raised by two opposing sides, at the end of day, we know from ourselves, the someone on the other side has a point somewhere.

   We can just accept that all of us have our different point of views, our different individualities and different set of truths. It depends if you agree or disagree, maybe because, in each of us, there are some sort parallelisms in our life experiences.

   Thanks for visiting my page. Honestly, I admire the way you write in such intensity of thought. And the power of your words is so affecting and a bit persuasive.

   
   
3. on September 29, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Reply Jeques

   Marvin,

   I have completed reading all your poems and articles and I have to say that you flew me in a magic carpet ride to the many beautiful directions of your mind’s travels and your soul and heart’s magnificent journeys.

   Your words filled my basin brimful of inspirations. It is rare for us to find in this lifetime somebody who connects to our thoughts in a strange way, but that rare thing happened to me while reading your works and you understand why through the comments I left in them.

   I look forward for more and lasting collaborations with you here and if God allows us in other venues.

   You mentioned you are intereted to become a contributor in my poetry corner: A Quiet Place To Rest at Laarnians.com I mentioned you already to the creator of the website. Please visit the site:

   https://laarnians.com/

   And register so I could recommend your status be upgraded to author and you could freely contribute your great works. The community is a dynamic group of filipinos from around the world and I believe your being part of it would add to the excitement and inspiration.

   Please let me know of anything through my email add or leave me a message at my web nook for any questions.

   I wish you well.

   ~ Jeques

   
   
4. on October 2, 2008 at 1:25 pm | Reply Jeques

   Looking forward to your new posts, Marvin!

   I’m a voracious reader, and I feel so satiated reading your articles.

   I’m re-reading most of them, checking if I missed something.

   I wish you well.

   ~ Jeques

   
   
5. on May 4, 2009 at 5:03 pm | Reply sunsetzens

   Hi Marvin!

   I am here again…i simply could not stop myself from reading your poems…i must admit i almost deleted you from my friends list…because i was telling myself aaah this marvelous writer has no time for a nuisance like me…but i did not because you write so well that i can not just turn away…i really thought you never read my comments until this morning i saw my name on your blogroll…amazing..it is such an honor…thank you very much indeed…

   
   
6. on July 15, 2009 at 5:38 am | Reply Gemma

   I too have just found myself on your blogroll! I really don’t know why! But I do know we clearly share an intense love of words ~ the whirlpool of their reality, illusions and delusions and all the shades of greyscale in between!

   
   
7. on July 17, 2009 at 4:45 am | Reply hames-1977

   zen,

   at first, i just wanted to be quiet and solitary. but it seems now, that i need to connect with my readers. i have learned from jeques, without him telling me, that the joy of the poet transcends the power of words when it had a lasting impression to another, in this case, the reader.

   i think now, that it is not right for a poet to appear isolated and distant, since the readers reaction are not just vain babblings but an honest mirror. the readers have muster an inspiring amount of courage for them to put forward their voices, be it appreciation or contradiction. it helps the poet to think through and constructively become better writers.

   happy reading.

   best of times,
   marvin

   
   
8. on July 17, 2009 at 4:51 am | Reply hames-1977

   gemma,

   it is my gratitude too, to include you in my blogroll. you deserve that space in my blogworld. yeah, there is such power in the written words that stretches beyond one’s lifetime. our affinity to it would make us saner persons whose objective is to magnify the beauty of the moment, in its honesty and purity.

   yeah, i believe that there are some grey areas in between, which we, poets should try to clarify.

   best of times,
   marvin

   
   
9. on March 17, 2010 at 6:08 pm | Reply jeck

   vin,

   musta na fren? bagay ba ang tulad ko dito? puro malulupet na englisero ang nandito ha..hehehe..parang lalo kang naging seryoso ha…ang lulupet ng mga letrang pinagsama sama mo…nag nosebleed tuloy ako….recieved from email that u updated your blog…lupet…iba talaga pag poet…hehehehe..

   o cia…just drop by…wala akong mapantapat na malulupet na letra at di ako magaling na manunulat…pero nasisigurado ko na isa ako sa mga kaibigan mo na naghihintay sa pangako mong pagbalik mo dito sa pinas bibigyan mo ako ng pasalubong at ililibre mo uli ako ng mani galing sa luneta…pasyal uli tau dun tol..hehehe miss you…

   
   
   • on April 7, 2010 at 7:26 pm | Reply hames1977

     jecka,

     everybody is welcome here. we are filipinos. “minsan kailangang magtagalog”. you still remember luneta and “nilagang mani”- i almost forgot those trips we had to luneta. i must admit that it is worth visiting, which i did, when i went back home in the philippines last december. and it was the very first time i had a trip going to intramuros with my family.

     best of times,
     marvin

     
     
10. on April 10, 2010 at 11:07 am | Reply John Ryan Recabar

    ayos!!! may wordpress account ka na. welcome to wordpress. this is a lot better than friendster.

    
    
    • on April 13, 2010 at 4:03 pm | Reply hames1977

      thanks john. yes, this is a lot better than friendster. kumusta ka na?

      
      
11. on April 16, 2010 at 12:45 pm | Reply ebbtide

    Thanks for you comment…. I’m glad that you too have found an outlet for creativity. 🙂 I look forward to reading some of your work.

    
    
    • on April 16, 2010 at 6:49 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi ebbtide,

      i like your poems, they are fresh poetic voices mixed with the beauty of music you create. by the way, i like new age music, most particularly enya, era, and enigma.

      i have already listened to some of your piano pieces, and the inspirations for art is overflowing when hearing your symphonies. keep it up.

      cheers

      
      
12. on April 18, 2010 at 6:32 am | Reply sunsetzens

    Marvin,

    Hi! Have not visited in quite a while…had surgery two months ago…wouldn’t want to bore you with the details…anyway, i went to friendster and saw that you are now at wordpress…i don’t write at my FS blog that often anymore (sigh, miss that place though, where i met a lot of writing friends like you)…anyway, i miss reading your wonderful poems…i am more often now at my new site- https://www.thelettersinnovember.blogspot.com

    God Bless,

    Zen

    
    
    • on April 18, 2010 at 4:12 pm | Reply hames1977

      zen,

      i check your new bloghome. its vivid in colors and the sunny side of your hometown is quite refreshing to the tired soul. thanks for the compliment. keep the connection, and may God always be your guiding light.

      cheers
      marvin

      
      
13. on April 18, 2010 at 2:04 pm | Reply John Ryan Recabar

    ayos na ayos. nagwa-wallow ka na ata sa mga existentialist angst mo. ingat lang.

    
    
14. on April 18, 2010 at 4:06 pm | Reply hames1977

    john,

    thanks for the visit. hindi naman masyado, konti lang. nice snapshot sa train station. regards.

    
    
15. on April 23, 2010 at 7:21 am | Reply wordwand

    thanks sir for your comments in my blog and for adding my blog in you roll.I apreciate your poetry , so I’ll add you in my blog roll to keep track of your new posts.good luck to you.

    
    
    • on April 23, 2010 at 7:27 am | Reply hames1977

      missar,

      i am in deep gratitude for your visit here in my blog. i am equally an enya fan too. keep up your good work.

      cheers

      
      
16. on April 24, 2010 at 9:20 pm | Reply chantal

    wow, i somehow feel understood in your words… thank you for your comments on my blog, because it brought me here– chantal

    
    
    • on April 25, 2010 at 4:00 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi chantal,

      i am equally grateful that i find my way to your blogsite. and yes, you are my audrey hepburn. the way you weave your words are exceptional and with finesse.

      i am intrigued by the fecundity of thoughts you put in your prose and poetry. delighted and mesmerized altogether.

      cheers

      
      
17. on April 25, 2010 at 3:38 pm | Reply echostains

    Hi Marvin! Thanks for visiting my website – it is very much appreciated 🙂 I don’t know how I haven’t come across you blog before now! From what I’ve read so far it looks very interesting and lots of work has gone into it. I’m off to explore further 🙂 Thanks for adding me to your blogroll – I will recipicate 🙂

    
    
    • on April 25, 2010 at 4:04 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi lynda,

      i look at art as if i look at life. and honestly, i am considering rekindling the visual artist in me. i am inspired by your art blogs, and i admire the passion you put into it.

      thanks for your precious words on my blog. they are my gems.

      cheers

      
      
18. on April 26, 2010 at 5:20 pm | Reply rjsolis

    Hi Marvin. I forgot to ask your permission to add you in my blogroll. I hope this is alright? And thanks for adding mine in yours. All the best!

    
    
    • on April 26, 2010 at 5:27 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi rj,

      no need for my permission. to be included in your blogroll is my gratitude. thank you for finding the time to drop by in my blogpage. it is humbly awesome.

      cheers

      
      
      • on April 27, 2010 at 4:22 am rjsolis

        The pleasure is all mine Marvin. It’s always refreshing to read poetry. Thanks for sharing yours.

        
        
      • on April 27, 2010 at 5:03 pm hames1977

        welcome rj!

        
        
19. on May 10, 2010 at 8:47 pm | Reply Nikita

    Hi Hames, Tks for visiting my blog, I will soon come back and read your wonderful poetry here too.

    
    
    • on May 11, 2010 at 3:31 pm | Reply hames1977

      nikita,

      im playing chess too. your blog is a wonder to visit. please do read my poems once in a while. it may give you inspiration to write one.

      keep happy.

      
      
20. on May 11, 2010 at 4:01 pm | Reply Nikita

    hi Hames, chess+poetry! how nice to hear you play chess too…are you following Anand/Topa? I’m busy updating my link with their final game and I think Anand is going to beat Topa – in this final game..

    
    
    • on May 11, 2010 at 4:22 pm | Reply hames1977

      nikita,

      i am not a pro. though i use to play in college tournaments before, as board 3. i like anand more. keep updating. im excited who wins.

      
      
      • on May 11, 2010 at 4:25 pm Nikita

        Well, you beat me with that, I never played tournaments, -never had time – but would have loved to…Anand is my fav and I want him to win 🙂

        
        
21. on May 11, 2010 at 4:33 pm | Reply Nikita

    Whoops! Anand is doing great! 🙂 see the latest move move 56/57

    
    
22. on May 11, 2010 at 4:33 pm | Reply Nikita

    Anand WON!! [sorry!]

    
    
    • on May 11, 2010 at 4:39 pm | Reply hames1977

      wow,
      great!

      
      
23. on May 16, 2010 at 1:45 am | Reply Charles Montgomery

    Hames,

    my reply to you on my blog (in case you missed it)…

    You raise a point that has been of some interest to me. As an aging academic^^ I am intrigued by how wide-open the field of Korean literature is.

    I checked out your blog (nice graphic on top!) and it seems to be primarily poetry. If you ever want to web-publish something about Korean Lit, feel free to do it here.. we always welcome lucid contributions.

    
    
    • on May 16, 2010 at 3:44 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi charles,

      i am a koreanovela fan. and back in my country-philippines, there has been a korean invasion of soap operas, which i find very good stories. so i presume that korea is bursting alive with korean poetry which i hope to compare with japanese minimalistic poetry. so your blog site will provide for me a springboard exploring this korean realm. and i will be needing a lot of your help, really.

      thanks for visiting charles. it is well-appreciated.

      
      
24. on May 16, 2010 at 6:08 pm | Reply ScottL

    Thanks for your comment on my creative blog, The Creative Journey. I don’t post there much anymore, as I have 2 other blogs I focus on more: The Prodigal Thought and To Be Continued. Hope you can stop by there, and I hope to post more poetry and creative stuff there as well.

    
    
    • on May 17, 2010 at 9:42 am | Reply hames1977

      hi scott,

      thank you for finding me here at my poetry site.

      i have checked your blogsite which deals much about religion. on your blogsite, i find your religious explanations interesting. hope that i could have an ample time reading them, but i will in the next couple of days.

      i would be glad to read some of your creative stuff as well.

      have a blessed week ahead.

      
      
25. on May 20, 2010 at 12:58 am | Reply Ernesto Liceda

    Hames, muchas gracias por visitar mi blog y por tus magnificos comentarios, estoy recorriendo el tuyo y aunque el ingles no es mi fuerte y me cueste entender me parecio muy bueno
    Abrazo grande desde Buenos Aires, Argentina

    
    
26. on May 20, 2010 at 6:15 pm | Reply hames1977

    dear ernesto,

    i will translate your comment in english. here it is.

    Hames, thank you very much for visiting my blog and for your magnificent comment, I am traveling on your own and although English is not my forte and I have trouble understanding it seemed to me very good
    Big hug from Buenos Aires, Argentina

    i have tried to reach out the spanish readers to read my poetry. and i am happy that you do, though english is very hard for you to understand. i appreciate your effort in visiting my blog. thank you very much.

    He tratado de alcanzar a los lectores españoles a leer mi poesía. y estoy feliz de que usted lo hace, aunque Inglés es muy difícil de entender. Le agradezco su esfuerzo en visitar mi blog. Muchas gracias.

    
    
27. on October 27, 2010 at 1:51 am | Reply John Ryan Recabar

    it’s been a while since you have written something, marvin.

    i hope you return to writing soon.

    we’re waiting.

    
    
28. on October 28, 2010 at 7:05 pm | Reply hames1977

    dear john,

    thanks for your concern. i am doing fine. don’t worry, i am trying to polish a poem about war. and i am still polishing it. i just hope it is worth the long wait.

    a good news also, i have started my piano lessons already. and i am advancing quite nicely. maybe this takes up so much of my time lately.

    all the best to you.

    
    
29. on January 16, 2011 at 5:57 am | Reply Serena Devi

    Dear Marvin,

    Thank you for visiting and adding my blog… It is always wonderful to connect and share…. I enjoy your poetry, solitude is a strange place, no ending space.. to delve, explore and evolve … intimacy between a soul and divine… thank you for writing from your heart.

    Many blessing and love all…Serena

    
    
    • on January 16, 2011 at 7:48 pm | Reply hames1977

      dear serena,

      it is my honour to have you in my blogroll. i think your poetry page is a wellspring of beauty, grace and solitude. keep being an inspiring writer as you could be. the only way to write is through the heart, i believe.

      may the good spirit always guide and protect you. peace be with you.

      
      
30. on January 19, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Reply Josè Pascal

    Surfing the waves of the web I am pleasantly stranded in this beautiful blog.

    I write under the pseudonym of Josè Pascal (a descendant of the great Colonel Aureliano Buendía).

    I invite you to visit my italian writing blog https://parolesemplici.wordpress.com.
    I define this blog “In parole Semplici” as a “virtuacultural tin” box where they are guarded thoughts, memories, images, sounds, and simple stories. ”

    If you want to participate and to have more informations send me a letter to inparolesempli@gmail.com

    Good life and I hope to soon
    Josè Pascal

    
    
    • on January 20, 2011 at 7:38 pm | Reply hames1977

      hi,

      thanks for dropping by my blogpage. i am happy to know your circumstances and your lineage as a filipino. i have seen your italian blogpage, and i think it is a great blog too.

      keep on writing and please do keep in touch with wordpress. have a nice time in italy.

      
      
31. on January 21, 2011 at 10:09 pm | Reply Josè Pascal

    Dear Hames,
    many thanks for your reply.
    These days I translated my blog in English.

    I invite you to collaborate a intercultural blog (in english and italian language) where the people of the world can put thoughts, images, sounds and simple stories.
    I hope you will partecipate.

    
    
    • on January 23, 2011 at 7:26 pm | Reply hames1977

      dear jose pascal,

      i think that is a bright idea. i do hope to collaborate with you soon. thank you very much for your invitation. all the best.

      
      
      • on January 24, 2011 at 8:12 am Josè Pascal

        Dear Hames,

        if you want to receive all the information about the blog please give me your mail or read the page “Tin Box”.

        have a nice day

        
        
32. on July 13, 2011 at 12:07 pm | Reply rjsolis

    Dear Brother Marvin,

    Thank you for the wonderful words and encouragement you left in my blog. Returning to my blog, and even visiting yours, have become quite painful for me. But you are one of the few who make me feel that I ought to return to my humble space online once again. And I will soon. Thanks brother!

    
    
    • on July 13, 2011 at 12:09 pm | Reply rjsolis

      Oops. Sorry for that “return once again” bit. Haha. You may edit as you wish. 😉

      
      
    • on July 15, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Reply hames1977

      dear brother rj,

      you are very much welcome, brother. you are a writer and you ought to fulfill your destiny to write. i have a huge liking to your talent as a writer. and i know you have such a good heart and great personality, so keep it up on the brighter side of your life. God bless you, brother. all the best to you.

      
      
33. on October 30, 2011 at 11:51 pm | Reply Charles

    I have officially shanghaied you; I mean nominated you for the esteemed Versatile Blogger’s Award!

    Please go here to pick up your Award: https://leoutlandosdamour.wordpress.com/about/

    I hope you take to time to check out some of my other nominees if you don’t know them already, and please check out my new friend Charlotte’s blog. As most of you know, I don’t really do this type of thing, but I stumbled upon her blog by accident doing this Halloween guestbook signing for another friend and well, what can I say, I felt obligated. She trusted me, of all people, yeah, and nominated me and she does these really great water-color portraits. If nothing else, please stop by her blog, that would mean a lot to me.

    I hope you enjoy my little “awards show.” I got to play around and be sarcastic and as most of you know–I loooooooooooove to do that.

    Thank you & Happy Halloween!

    
    
34. on September 23, 2012 at 10:13 am | Reply i.am.rye

    WOW! that’s all i can say. 😉

    
    
    • on September 23, 2012 at 11:20 am | Reply hames1977

      hi rye,

      thanks for the shout out, i appreciated it 🙂