TAHALIA ST., Riyadh - In the wide open space where you can be whatever you want, whoever you want, is like getting a hold of brushes and oil color paints to stroke some expounding pieces inside your mind in a totally complete colorless canvass. Call it an act of letting go off something within your troubled or not-so troubled consciousness. Or, maybe perhaps we have to, to let your inner guts wander in the kaleidoscopic world of illusive realm of creativeness.

While with the outstanding Pinoy designers here in Riyadh, the silence were conked out by the cherished words and inspiring music of John Lennon…imagine there's no heaven…no hell below us…above us only skies…imagine all the people living in life in peace. Yeah man, a pompous dream of peace Lennon wants when he was still here wandering in the unruliness. But to the moral men, these word of whispers were just a clear of present delusions so as John's figments of imagination. A word of whispers in our heart that will disseminate hopes within our senses atleast in a song, in a very powerful and intimate song only a true-born peacemaker can imagine…imagine there's no country…nothing to kill or die for…and no religion too.

No wonder, Lennon was cold shot dead, imagine if Lennon's mental pictures were true an can set into a bold action into the open, and we dreamers of peace, brotherhood of diplomacy and the new offsprings of the hippie-ish humanity will goin' to thrust and embrace that brawny conviction, most probably the hollier-than-thou will get nothing from their dyed-in-the-wool yet wide-of-the-mark prophetic juxtaposition of the science of the truth and holiness infusing within our tired and pious psyche. Imagine the greedy builders of every nation will starve to death and will die in the pariah without the helpless attendance of the benign preys. Just imagine all of these paranois within will goin' to get in touch with their radical hearts, Lennon's howling through, wanting the realm, the mundane sphere will be as one…living their lives in peace, no unwillingness creed, vindictive tyranny, no imbalanced possessions, no starvation nor killings of misunderstanding and pains of hatred. Above us only ONE up in the skies.

Now, you can shut the mouth in my mind howlin' back like Ginsberg the pieces of peace Lennon's delirium before…be still, be aware and imagine the peace of John's troubled dream ressurects within…you may say I'm a dreamer but I'm not tyhe only one…I hope someday you'll join us…

TAHALIA ST., Riyadh - For barely a week we experience the fury of the sand storms here in Riyadh and after the sky clears the entire city we climb up in the height of a rooftop to take a closer look at the beauty of the city after the storm, and we find nothing but the the true and unexplainable wonders of the really great city of Riyadh.

From the distance you can see the great landmarks here in Riyadh, the two amazing towers the Saudians bulit to make their land a remarkable one, using my Panasonic Lumix Digicam 7.2 megapixels, I captured these two great landmarks, the towering Faisaliah Tower and Kingdom Come Tower located in Olaya in the heart of the city. Looking at this great two really brings an elated feelings in my not-really loneliness but something else that I really can't explain crawlin' down deep inside my beingness. So, everytime that rub-a-dub goes inside me, I go up here in the rooftop where you can be free from the hassles and dazzles the fast and furious mundane world brings. Sometimes its good to be free from the busy world where you can relax and be focus of what is happening around.

Sometimes it's good to be alone in the rooftop and feel the serenity of being free. Anyway, the pictures will tell how beautiful the city is, not only after the storn but as well as everytime you trek for a peacefulness place, alone and free from anything, or atleast trying to be free and away from reality, or even perhaps, a time for a reflection up here on the nice and cool place, up here on the roof.

The tallest tower in Riyadh - Kingdom Tower

AL-URUBAH, Riyadh - Walking in the city after a day of work is the best way to ease the emotional-killing homesickness…it was an extremely cold late night walk in the city of Riyadh where the tallest skyscrapper in Saudi Arabia is located - the Kingdom Tower. With a height of 992 ft., it is considered the 37th tallest building in the world. The total cost of the project was 1.717 billion riyals and is situated in Al-Urubah between King Fahd Road and Olaya Street in the growing business district of Olaya in Riyadh. Kingdom Centre was the winner of the 2002 Emporis Skyscrapper Award, selected as the Best New Skyscrapper Of The Year for design and functionality. Read more

TAHALIA ST., Riyadh - From the four corners of the wall where I used to growl and howl in Dagupan City, Philippines, with the mic on and afternoon listeners of Pinoy Overseas…In a blink of an eye, I'm here working my senses in a Design Company in Saudi Arabia and its capital city Riyadh.

How come? It's like jumpin' into the sweeping and moving 70's song from the Little River Band…Cool Change… Read more

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - What is it like to be one of them…been wonderin why Pinoys are leaving the country to find their future…without knowing what lies ahead in their tough bridges to cross…it's time for a cool change…from the four corners of the radio station to the four corners of my desolated room in the third floor villa…words like imprisonment come across…in this strange place where the cultures are very much different in ours…what am I doin' here…from a known radio jock in Dagupan City, Philippines to a complete stranger here in Riyadh…follow me for a years of searchin' and a quench of treks as I go along with our kababayans here in the strange land of the abayas for us…take some pictures of me here in Riyadh…the wanderin' of a new Pinoy Overseas in the land of the camels and dunes….

SUNDAY, May 27 - From Fukuoka City, Japan to Pozorrubio, Pangasinan, a long distance call of sugary-syrupy like cotton candy caring from our dearest friend Juvy. Atlast, her sweet voice next to my right ear connects. Juvy, an outstanding teacher in Rouji Elementary School in northern island of Kyushu, Japan, heave a sweetest smile out of our below par condition that day. Can't find a stupendous drive to go on board last Sunday, and so whispers of good rest commands. Call it a Juvy psyche intervention, or just a thoughtful dear friend who really cares and knows when her dearest are down and in silent agony. Suddenly, the annoying bug troubling inside my system downgrades, curing with her soothing comforts of laughs and stories that will alleviately make you smile.

A funny-bubbly-kind of person, Juvy knocks great entertaining stories about her last year's visit to Baguio City, the Geisha (traditional, female Japanese entertainers) in Kyoto place with thick traditional make-up, originally made with lead or rice powder, which is one of their most recognizable characteristics, and her search of the de-uling na plantsa (charcoaled iron), that heals. De-uling na plantsa, is a classic film in the early 70's, and a tale about healing any kind of sickness, which she dreams of, becoming a healer with a charcoaled iron as her medium that will make her popular and famous in Japan, funny right? Nonetheless, she's fond of collecting antiques and old aged stuffs and really like ironing, whatsoever. Bottomline is, Juvy exerts time and effort to soothe and comfort a down and out friend, a truly concerned and so thoughtful friend. Thanks a lot, dear Juvy!

TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan - Back to where I used to feel cool and alright…tumambay-pogi sa Taiwan. Last summer I went to Taiwan not just to visit quite few treasured Pinoy-Married-To-Taiwanese friends in Louchou City but as well as to put an end to my curiosity of knowing what's the frequency up there at the world's tallest and towering Taipei 101. Sad to tell, the medical team didn't allow me to enter the tower and know the frequency because of my present health condition, oh my, my boiling blood pressure. Hhm, just to make things easier for us, or perhaps to rub out the sour-graping inside and to make things cool and relaxed we decided to just stroll around, and went to places of what we are really interested in. We ended up enjoying the chow at the Taipei 101 food court located at the basement, in short…nag-food trip na lang.

While looking for something our taste bud is craving, you know, the super hot and spicy stuffs in Taiwan, with lots and lots of hmmm…chilli sauce, we extremely prefer that time the shabu shabu, a hot pot-cook for yourself food stuff. It's like taking up a complete meal of churro (cow) meat, veggies, including mushrooms and seafoods, particularly shrimps and some slices of really tasty red tuna. One at a time, while the pot is boiling you can put in your choices of meat, fish and veggies and relish it with the very good red hot chilli sauce dip, exceptionally great lip-smacking and wonderful stuff we enjoyed much. At this instant of musing over, I am really raging to go back and get my pack back again in Taipei City not only to enjoy once again that authentic spicy and chilli thing inside my head, and of course, take my sweet revenge at the towering Taipei 101…what's the frequency out there, kenneth?

VILLA FLORENCIA, CABLONG - One great "ihaw-ihaw" in a sunny and windy afternoon, sure our kababayan is missin' - talaba, inihaw na tilapia, inihaw na liempo and manggang hilaw, plus a saw-sawan of bagoong balayan. Definitely, it's one lip-smacking and delightful lunch at the site of Villa Florencia in Cablong, Pangasinan.

The environment is so nice like you can feel the summer breeze, the fresh air to breath, the place is cool as well as the mmmmouth-watering Pinoy food eating with your bare hands and of course, the booze - basi, tuba or gin and some tagay after another, makin' the sleepy afternoon a memorable one, along with pare kong brod Greg Natividad - it's really great to live your life in a probinsya - particularly in Pangasinan, or perhaps more particularly in the Philippines..what a simple life it is.

POZORRUBIO, PANGASINAN - Ever wonder what's a Disc Jockey's life is really like, both on and off the air? Well, now you can find out in my sort of personal "dokyu" of my not-so special life. Follow me to all my photo and shoots and appearances and then see all of my friends as well as our very friendly kababayans around the world, so send us your photos and we'll generously post it.

I love sharing my views and pics, especially when I meet new "barkadas" who will join in for a wild ride of adventures and excitment - they say our life is full of surprises and exciting news, but keeping with me is so simple. Everything's archived for you to read anytime and all over again, so don't worry 'bout missing out anything - so, join now and start getting to know me as well getting to know you.

Just like one not-so special lazy sunny afternoon, I wonder what's store for me on the day - I walk outside, stroll around and look for somethin' unusual, thank space I found nothin' but a heatwave and cool whisper to my ears…"inuman na sa tanghaling tapat!" 

JUST another ordinary day of   cruisin' the time inside the fully- airconditioned square room for my 2-hour radio program Pinoy Overseas sa Aksyon Radyo, nothin' really special lingers in the now breezy and chilled airwaves except the listener's wants and yearns for to air their sweety-syrupy sentiments over their antiquated much loved song. If i were to calibrate my head and shake it all up like your desired yummy fruitshakes to come up with song closest to my eerie heart, it would  be the most gleaming song redeemed inside the romantic hearts of many music aficionados.

     A song that comes from the band during my sentimental youth spawned super-inclined syrupy and honey-lemon mashed moving song Muskrat Love. The band is best known for its #1 hits A Horse With No Name and Sister Golden Hair, so to mention the most sentimental song ever written during the days of nonsensical yuppies - I Need You. Flashin' like jumpin' flash inside my mumbo jumbo head is another certified sentimental-tailored mushiness, the jasmine-flowerisque song All My Life from the band who became an overnight musical sensation in 1972 - with original members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek, certainly, the group can do magic.