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S U N N Y . E V E N I N G . http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/logo http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com 100 100 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: GO WITH THE FLOW (August, Week 1) <img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SKibIgoKCtgAAAXz4041/DSC-0198.JPG?et=oqTaJ8cdywVTzKHFjERpCQ&nmid=0"> GO WITH THE FLOW To accomplish something out of life, One must learn to go with the flow. For already, there is enough bumping And gliding along the burrows of The journey, and there’s nothing Anyone can do about the contours Of the earth, except that little trickles Of tiny drops of water may eventually Shape the hardened dregs upon which One must learn to touch and pass. The wisdom of going with the flow Is in the detachment from the temptation That one drop is all that matters, for indeed, The reshaping of the universe is possible only When each drop is joined with the others, in the Constant and petulant desire of drop After drop, to make a difference in the Grand scheme of things. Surely, even the tiny droplets of rainhave to disappear and gather into a puddlein order to drench the hunger of the ground,if only to eventually flood and flow alongthe edges, back to the river, back to the sea. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/94/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_GO_WITH_THE_FLOW_August_Week_1_ Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:30:47 -0000 A WALK AROUND QUERETARO Santiago de Queretaro City is the capital of the State of Queretaro, located 220 km to the north of Mexico City by the federal highway 57D in Mexico. Santiago de Queretaro was founded in 1531, among bloody battles between native Indian and Spanish conquerors. Under the protection of the Apostle Santiago, who appeared in the skies in order to seal with his image the cultural mixture of which became the third colonial city of the XVIII century. The historic downtown offers the visitor over 460 years of history and tradition through its aqueduct, temples, mansions and palaces that make of this city one of the most beautiful colonial spots. History fills the essence and backs up the tradition of Santiago de Queretaro, where an important part of today's Mexico was forged. Its indoor and outdoor monuments constitute a real museum under the intense blue of Queretaro's sky. Parallel to this historical environment is the fresh and fun Queretaro, offering attractive options of music... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/151/A_WALK_AROUND_QUERETARO Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:19:08 -0000 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: Familiar Stranger (July, Week 4) <img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SKLj9woKCtgAADGqFl01/DSC-0724.JPG?et=KgJdgyhRaC%2BHL4S4FsjDvA&nmid=0"> FAMILIAR STRANGER Looking at myself in a mirror,I never fail to sigh and smile and say: How can you be so dreadfully elusive all these years,when I am always with you, every moment, every place? If I don't even know you, then who ever will?Perhaps, someone Augustine called Deus, interior intimo meo!the one more interior to me than I am to myself. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/93/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_Familiar_Stranger_July_Week_4_ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:33:57 -0000 MEXICO CITY'S CHARM AND FAITH My second time in Mexico City and I am just re-living the charm and faith that this city offers. Driving around Mexico City for the first, is of course, a new adventure altogether... For a footage of the trip to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and some added mariology, check out my hapipadi site: http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/150/MEXICO_CITYS_CHARM_AND_FAITH Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:16:00 -0000 MILWAUKEE AND AROUND IN A DAY Milwaukee and its surrounding areas is a great re-discovery, especially in the company of my pastor and our liturgy/music director. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/149/MILWAUKEE_AND_AROUND_IN_A_DAY Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:03:35 -0000 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: Childhood (July, Week 3) <img border="0" class="alignleft" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SJFaAgoKCtgAACfGBCw1/DSCN2399.JPG?et=fbinE4m2buIYttlfZJc%2CQw&nmid=0"> CHILDHOOD The blessing of childhood is abundance of the future, limitless dreams, endless possibilities. There is excitement in the inability to see the horizon of hope, in the obscurity of the universe, the monotony of extended summers, the length of days! To remain a child, even just in the heart, is to keep all these in the stirrings of everyday for even the ones that now stoop in years are as blessed with the constancy of opportunities to push the sail into the great unknown while clinging naked on the prospect of ete... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/91/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_Childhood_July_Week_3_ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:50:54 -0000 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: Son of Laughing (July, Week 2) <img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SIyDpgoKCtgAAD@116Q1/DSC-0003.JPG?et=Bn71WEiYBbpJrPfAeBxShg&nmid=0"> TWO QUOTES FROM MY BELOVED PASTORWHO CLAIMS THAT HE IS AN OLD MAN,BUT HIS HEART IS FULL OF YOUTH AND LAUGHTER: "When I die,I don't want them to leave meinside the hearsewhile they all go and eat and party.i want them to take me to the hall,and turn my coffin into the dessert table." "God promised to give us new bodies in the resurrection.I'll let Him do all the work." "The burp said to the fart: Why go down and smell it when yo can go up and taste it!" His name is McLaughlin.I don't know what it means, but it has to be"Son of Laughing". I PRAY THAT JUST LIKE HIM,I MAY ALSO KEEP THE CHILD IN MY HEART FOREVER. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/89/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_Son_of_Laughing_July_Week_2_ Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:22:43 -0000 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: Someone I Love (July, Week 1) <a href="http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SH3rIAoKCtgAAAtrbFw1"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SH3rIAoKCtgAAAtrbFw1/DSC09794.jpg?et=XmpoWmRfLyuX2rX2GGTPBg&nmid=0" style="text-align: center;"></a>GARDEN LAUDSElma meets with God in the morning,in her garden, talking to the orchids,smiling at their flowers, whispering gentle encouragement between sips of coffee and hums of Ilocano church songs; in my waking hours, I look out through the window and see God waiting where she stands, so I fill my heart with thanks and hurry to join in the morning prayerthat already had begun. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/88/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_Someone_I_Love_July_Week_1 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:43:34 -0000 HAPIPADI YOUTUBE MINISTRY My growing youtube ministry. i do not know where I got the inspiration to begin this ministry, but I just one day woke up to the idea, and experiemented on the first Meet-and-Greet... Several months later, I have met people who have been struggling in their faith, people who have suddenly decided to convert into the Catholic Church, people who feel left out, people who are at a loss, and people who are confused and angry. But also I have met people who are so impassioned in their faith, I am humbled by them. So, all in all, HAPIPADI is a great discovery for me. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/links/item/12/HAPIPADI_YOUTUBE_MINISTRY Sat, 5 Jul 2008 02:35:24 -0000 PHOTO ASSIGNMENT: Self-portrait (June, Week 5) <a href="http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SG0JRwoKCtgAAHf60K81"><img border="0" class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.sunnycastillo.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SG0JRwoKCtgAAHf60K81/DSC07804.JPG?et=%2Buiv1g0PZs1JLyEprj2%2Cew&nmid=0"></a> SELF-PORTRAIT(June Week 5 Photo Assignment) How can I begin to tell youWho I am... When every time I look at me,I hear me say, "Who are you, really...Who are you?" NOTE: I just started joining this photography fun, and I thought it was an exclusive club. So, I invited myself in, and whined why I discovered it only now.Aileen Siroy, you're a genius!! http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/87/PHOTO_ASSIGNMENT_Self-portrait_June_Week_5 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:21:46 -0000 WHEATON FRENCH MARKET Wheaton just comes alive in the http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/147/WHEATON_FRENCH_MARKET Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:51:12 -0000 VACATION STOPS The neighboring quaint cities/villages around Irvine and Tustin (CA), Hoover Dam (AZ,NV), Flagstaff (AZ), Scottsdale (AZ). Those short stops in between the big destinations are short and sweet and always add bonus reasons to smile! http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/144/VACATION_STOPS Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:05:06 -0000 A DREAM COMES TRUE IN GRAND CANYON I have longed to go to the Grand Canyon even before I came to America. I have made a couple of attempts to go in the past eight years that I have been here, but the dream was ripe for fulfillment only now. Being there exceeds all the expectations and imagination in my head. The pictures here will never ever give justice to the magnificence of the Canyon. This divine mastepiece has been in the making for millions of years... and my visit there is just one little moment in those millions of years. Unbelievable! For my Grand Canyon vidoe, click on this: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWxuV46uesk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWxuV46uesk</a> and make sure to watch it on high quality (that option is at the lower right side of the http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/143/A_DREAM_COMES_TRUE_IN_GRAND_CANYON Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:36:59 -0000 MYSTICAL SEDONA Sedona came as a surprise. I heard about it many times before, but I did not know exactly what to expect. It does make sense that in many cultures, the mountains are considered sacred. The Sedona mountains are just mystical... like natural statues of the Divine Creator himself. Click on this link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI2EAW6IWns">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI2EAW6IWns</a> to watch Tears in Heaven, with views of Sedona... make sure to click on "high quality" right below the screen. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/142/MYSTICAL_SEDONA_ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:35:03 -0000 LAS VEGAS THE FOURTH I've been to vegas four times, and in all those four times, Vegas showed new facets to me. It's awesome that there are new developments in the Northern part of the strip... by Treasure Island. The FashionMall is an excellent addition! South of the strip and the airport, there is this really posh outdoor shopping mall called "Town Square" that is in itself worth spending time at. There are more Cirque du Soleil shows than ever before, so it's a real treat. I also had the chance to see one of my best friends from high school; i have not seen her since graduation, so now she has a family of her own and doing very well. it was a bonus to be at the palazzo. Check out their outdoor pool area: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5V7YPoUmNw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5V7YPoUmNw</a> which I used in this youtube video. I am grateful. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/141/LAS_VEGAS_THE_FOURTH Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:39:47 -0000 SPRING SWINGS BY ... and bloomed by fast! now I feel like spring just hopped in and out, and it's summer again. At least, I mabnaged to take these shots of spring flowers before they too faded away... Stay longer next time, http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/140/SPRING_SWINGS_BY Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:17:39 -0000 YOU I just got back from Las Vegas and around trip... and while I was at the new Palazzo Hotel, I was inpired to do a new video, so here goes... YOU! Basil Valdez sings this beautiful love song. It is one of those classic Filipino serenades. This upload here is a low quality version, but for the better quality, check out this video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5V7YPoUmNw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5V7YPoUmNw</a> and click on the "view in high quality" mode. Thanks! YOUYou give me hope,The strength, the will to keep on;No one else can make me feel this wayAnd only youCan bring out all the best I can do;I believe you turn the tideAnd make me feel real good inside.You pushed me upWhen I'm about to give up;You're on my side when no one seems to listenAnd if you go,You know the tears can't help but showYou'll break this heart and tear it apart;Then suddenly the madness startsCHORUS:It's your smile,Your face, your lips that I miss,Those sweet little eyes that stare at meAnd make me say,I'm with you through all the way.'Cause ... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/video/item/21/YOU Sat, 31 May 2008 17:17:48 -0000 NOTRE DAME REVISITED My first visit to the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, and the Basilica of the Sacred Heart was in the fall of 2002, and I remember being so mesmerized by the whole place - the campus bustling in youth and higher learning, the basilica steep in Catholic symbolism and art, the library glowing in pride for its own mentors authoring a compendium of great books, the grotto built as close as you can get to the original one in Lourdes! Now, I'm back the second time around... and it's spring! Many things have not changed. It is as beautiful as I first saw it. I am still mesmerized. The big difference is - this time, I actually concelebrated mass at the basilica, and had the privilege of listening to the Notre Dame Glee Club. It is a bonus that many plants and trees are already in bloom. I will go back again, for more great http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/photos/album/139/NOTRE_DAME_REVISITED Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:16:59 -0000 IMAGINE Before David Archuleta sang his excellent version of this song on American Idol, I was already fascinated by it, because my foster dad likes it so much. It's quite revolutionary, this idea of a utopic society that John Lennon had imagined in his mind... Of course, we all know it still remains just an imagination. For other videos, please visit <a href="http://www.youtube.com/sunnycastillo">MY YOUTUBE SITE</a>. Thanks for all the support. IMAGINE Imagine there's no Heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I'm ... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/video/item/19/IMAGINE Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:27:09 -0000 AND I LOVE HER I like (love?) Kristin Keurk! She came to mind as I was doing this Beatles cover, so I thought it was an inspiration to include her in the video. She's really beautiful. Please visit <a href="http://www.youtube.com/sunnycastillo">MY YOUTUBE SITE</a> for support. :) LATER ADDITION TO THE COMMENT: I never thought I needed to do this, but realized I have to: Please be assured that I am not leaving the priesthood nor do I have any intentions of breaking my vow of celibacy. I love being a priest and I love being celibate. I also do not think there is anything so wrong about having fun with making a video about someone whom i think is a beautiful person, and no, i have no evil thoughts that go with that appreciation as well. So again, no wild crazy thoughts here... just having fun... and I have no ongoing vocational crisis as of yet... maybe if I get more crazy paranoias about my videos out there, then who knows... but so far, I am just happy. Peace!!! http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/video/item/18/AND_I_LOVE_HER Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:35:20 -0000 BingBangBong's ChuckE.Cheese's Invasion taking advantage of my nephew's spring break for some bonding time on top of my crazy schedule. chucke.cheese's was accessible, fun and accomodating. we had a great time. to check out their video site, please visit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/bingbangbongtv">http://www.youtube.com/bingbangbongtv</a> http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/video/item/17/BingBangBongs_ChuckE.Cheeses_Invasion Wed, 9 Apr 2008 11:47:10 -0000 THE WHISTLE OF BOATMEN I should have done this long time ago, since this is really the appropriate place for it. I have come to discover that the book is being purchased now by people whom I do not really know... that's amazing! I am grateful. :0) To purchase online, visit <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/1592620">http://www.lulu.com/content/1592620</a> and please check the preview and back cover of the book in the that lulu website for details. Thank you. You can also search for the "The Whistle of Boatmen" at Barnesandnoble.com or Amazon.com http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/market/item/6/THE_WHISTLE_OF_BOATMEN Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:36:53 -0000 SCRIBBLES SCRIBBLES The teacher Waits for An answer From them Whose narrow Insight into the universe is baffled by immensity of wisdom emanating from every Word He spoke. This time, He asks That sinless Men in The crowd Be first To cast The stones Upon her – This shamed, Terrified infidel, This woman Covered in Trembling remorse! God reaches Down from heaven, stooping, His majestic Robe interlaced Upon earth - Kabod's hovering Cloud again - His finger Touching ground, [The Altar?] Holy writings Etched like Gold upon Mud, upon Nothingness, from Which all Being began. As stones Fell one By one, And sinners Left the Sinner alone With Him, The words He wrote With finger Upon earth Are forgiveness And mercy Summoning her To conversion But only, no more than simply these two words of divine gift: Be free! http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/82/SCRIBBLES Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:56:16 -0000 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE Just playing around with this BeeGees favorite. I saw the YouTube video of YUN FENG FU @ <a href="http://www.youtube.com/yunfengfu">http://www.youtube.com/yunfengfu</a> (quite a talented dude he is) and I was inspired to make my own, especially coz I love the song, it's one that I sing in the shower. :) Visit: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/sunnycastillo">http://www.youtube.com/sunnycastillo</a> Ciao! HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE BeeGees I know your eyes in the morning sun I feel you touch me in the pouring rain And the moment that you wander far from me I wanna feel you in my arms again And you come to me on a summer breeze Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave And its me you need to show Chorus: How deep is your love I really need to learn cause were living in a world of fools Breaking us down When they all should let us be We belong to you and me I believe in you You know the door to my very soul Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour Youre my saviour when I fall And you may not think I care for you When you know down inside That I r... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/video/item/16/HOW_DEEP_IS_YOUR_LOVE Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:02 -0000 FREE LOVE Surely, you can show your face In the sky, and roar your voice To the world, blowing the east wind With a mere breath. You can even make the wicked men Vanish, just with the flick of your Fingertips, and turn back to dust Those who keep running away From your divine life. At times, I dare Your wisdom to take the easy way out and just grab me back to You - Take away my freedom, choke my heart in fear. I want to be You, and do Just all that, for once, to change me And the world, and finally make me Listen, obey, and let you be God. But Your power is not in what you can do, Your might is not measured by Threats of Your divine wrath. Your power is the soft whisper Of the gentle beckoning to let you Into my life, letting me free to love you back. You power is in taking away my fears, So I can love you as I should. Because I am free, I can love you As you love me, So that like You, I can be. http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/81/FREE_LOVE Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:57:33 -0000 YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING Santa Esmeralda and Martin Nievera have their versions of this song, and since I love it, I decided to sing my version. I just watched the movie "The Kumite" starring Vanness Wu and Kim Hyun Joo, so I had the idea of putting some clips of that movie to this song. Below is the lyrics of the song, too. Enjoy... Access troubles? Click on this link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPWe0Gj8Gc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sPWe0Gj8Gc</a> YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING You're my everything The sun that shines above you Makes the blue bird sing The stars that twinkle way up in the sky Tell me I'm in love When I kiss your lips I feel the rolling thunder to my finger tips And all the while my head is in a spin Deep within I'm in love You're my everything And nothing really matters But the love you bring You're my everything To see you in the morning With those big brown eyes You're my everything Forever and the day I need you close to me You're my everything You never have to worry Never fear for I am near You're my everything I live up on the land and see the s... http://sunnycastillo.multiply.com/journal/item/80/YOURE_MY_EVERYTHING Wed, 6 Feb 2008 04:54:49 -0000