During my last visit to Old San Juan, I stopped for a while in the Quincentennial Plaza’s fountains to look at the little kids have fun while getting into the fountain. It’s almost a classic thing to do in it; what are you supposed to do when you find a fountain coming right out of the floor you’re stepping on? While I was watching the children play, something caught my eye. I stopped and thought for a second “those aren’t kids”, and just burst out laughing. Three teenaged (or older) girls were running around in the fountains, laughing, pushing each other into the water. A very fun, unexpected sight. This was one of those girls.

This is the silhouette of one of the guerites found in the San Juan National Historic Site of Fort San Felipe del Morro. My parents and I visited Old San Juan, where the fort is located, this past Monday. Going to Old San Juan just to taksnap pictures is just a wonderful experience. I highly recommend a visit.

Location: Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

Spotted this two-colored pigeon looking at the passing cars on the street. What could it have been looking at? The colorful vehicles or the funny looking people driving them?

Scientific name: Columba livia.

A soursop fruit from a tree we have planted in our backyard.

Scientific name: Annona muricata.

I wonder what she was thinking about when I took this picture. Food, maybe?

Scientific name: Felis catus.

A lone pigeon flying above me in my hometown’s public plaza.

Scientific name: Columba livia.

On the way to Song, Yang meets a man at the twon of Ni, who has two wives. One is pretty and the other plain. Yet he favors the plain wife. So Yang asks he why?

The man answers:
“The pretty one knows she is pretty. I don’t.
The plain one knows she is plain. I don’t.
A bad person knows he is bad. I don’t.”

Yang says:
“I shall remember the lesson.
The Saint behaves as a Saint, by his own volition.”

This is a story about subjectivity entitled “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.” I guess you didn’t know the story behind that phrase.