Blog Entry 1 : Dahon.

A told a friend of mine I'd be making a new blog. I've told myself I should write about things less serious than I usually do at http://mickeyeva.blogspot.com, so here's my very first entry.
That friend of mine told me to write something about...well, dahon. Well let's start with some dramatic introduction. :))

have you ever touched or observed a leaf?

If you haven't, then that sucks.

If you have, then you're lucky...coz you'd be able to relate to an experience of mine.

Back in Grade School I loved Science. It did not love me back though. but that school of thought is not important here. so moving on... back to the leaf.

Leaves are usually green in color and average in size (cause if its not the average size, then its not the average leaf. ) Most leaves don't really smell good. But Pine trees do. (is it the leaves though? that make it smell good? well I don't know...) I miss Baguio, the scent of Pine trees and the crisp air. hmm, I'd love to visit that place...wait. back to the leaf.

Leaves come in all shapes, some are long and narrow, some are round and wide. I think the shapes are the way they are because they have to adjust to some factors. but one shape is real cute - the heart shape. Heart shaped leaves are common huh? Don't even start with love 'cause love is one truly complicated thing and so are...LEAVES. back to the leaf, Mickey.

Leaves have veins too, the pattern is just awesome. and you don't have to be real stoned to appreciate that. (but you'd get to appreciate some kind of leaf that gets you real stoned. haha) That pattern is called "Dendritic" - a pattern not just seen in leaves, but in branches, rivers, nerves, tissues and many others as well.

Nature is wonderful.

It gives us something to study about (like my grade school science)

It blesses our world with beauty...in places and things we see and experience (like my Baguio experience)

But above all, we should thank nature for giving us LIFE. Life in the sense that we breathe, eat and drink and LIFE in the lives of others - that our love for them gives meaning to our lives.

In the end, that one simple LEAF reminds the young simple boy in me, that the vast realm of nature in all its forms gave us, the entire humanity, knowledge, beauty, love and life.