Time is what prevents everything from happening at once. – John Archibald Wheeler.

Posted on May 4, 2019 by rfljenksy

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting. ~~Haruki Murakami

To be clear, this is not a quote that describes my life. For the most part, I grab the possibilities as they fly by and I have very few regrets. I accept what I cannot do, because I understand I cannot do everything and really try hard to do everything that I can do to the best of my ability.

It is hard to believe that I have been in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea for a month. Time is moving very quickly. I do love it when time goes fast, even when I am trying to slow down. I have a feeling though that as fast as my time goes here, at times it will feel like time is passing very, very slowly. It’s a small island with not a lot of modern amenities.

However, that does not bother me and as a matter of fact, I believe that this will give me some great opportunities to do some of the things that I keep putting off. Art, blogging, writing, cooking, and working on personal health goals always seem to take a back seat to other more important (less important) work taskings and life in general. I am super, excited about the new possibilities that will no longer fly by but start drifting by slow enough for me to catch them. To catch them, ponder them, work on them, and re-imagine them.

Round the world I go as my world goes round.. round.. round… still a little girl in a big, big world.. that seems to get just a little smaller each year.

Little tour round my neighborhood. Hope you enjoy!

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I’m on top of the world looking down on….

Posted on May 1, 2017 by rfljenksy

I feel like I’m on top of the world. Honestly, I feel like I’ve climbed a very giant mountain, and I’m just standing right on top with my arms wide open and breathing rarified air. Shania Twain

I have had many opportunities to climb to the top of things (or fly over if the climb is beyond my limits. I recently took my first helicopter ride in South Africa and climbed all over Table Mountain. I hope you enjoy.

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Old Town Square – Prague

Posted on July 24, 2016 by rfljenksy

Old Town Prague. The square was beautiful, crowded, noisy, and full of a variety of surprises. Just like a square should be. Sun, food, entertainers, and tons of bubbles. I hope you enjoy.

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Reflections of myself in others

Posted on December 13, 2015 by rfljenksy

When someone smiles at me, I realize that I am probably smiling at them. One of my highest priorities in life is to see people smile back at me.

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Students always smiling in Korea

Korean subway, met Elvis’s doppleganger.. though not wrong.. didn’t feel right..

Everything is for sale – Cambodia

tuk tuk – Cambodia

Holding the chick – Cambodia

This is one of my favorite smiling pictures.. I wish I knew what led up to the laugh.. I can only imagine.

Mask festivals, tea ceremonies and historical re-enactments in South Korea

My students always smiled in Korea.

Angie in Korea.. always smiling for the camera

Cultural hike in Korea

Snakes make you smile at Para Falls

Smiling???? in Korea

Venezuela, Took 3 men to hoist this post. Well not really but they wanted to pose with it.

makes me smile

Kids at play with very big knife – Cambodia

More favorite smiles that bring favorite memories

Para Falls Boat ride smiles.

Wow.. another favorite smiler in Korea

Dancing in Korea — smiling memories.. miss those days

Mother’s Day.. let’s mess with mom – Maracay, Venezuela

Foot Bridge in Delta Orinoco Venezuela

Only when I am surrounded by my sisters and my daughters can I truly be myself. When I watch them, I am watching myself. When I see them laugh, cry, be goofy, be angry, I am seeing a modified reflection of myself. I am a part of them and they are all every part of me. Even when I am not with them, they are with me.

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“She was beautiful, but not like those girls in the magazines. She was beautiful, for the way she thought. She was beautiful, for the sparkle in her eyes when she talked about something she loved. She was beautiful, for her ability to make other people smile, even if she was sad. No, she wasn’t beautiful for something as temporary as her looks. She was beautiful, deep down to her soul. She is beautiful.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fun with friends is when I am also most myself. Smiling at others to have others smile back at me is what makes me feel most myself.

Paragliding in Merida, Venezuela with Guamanchi Tours

Guamanchi tours in Barinas Venezuela rafting trip

Truly some of my favorite smiles in DC

Chile with another one of my favorite smilers

Venezuela Animal Safari with friends and family

Friends in Korea shopping.

Starting the Trip in New York

Over the top smiles in Venezuela

Enjoying Chilean wine in Chile with good friends.

Sport Chumps smile for the fundraiser.

New York

Playing with some kids at an orphanage in South Korea. Worked with the Organization PLUR started by my friend Danny

Hollywood – Caracas

A break – Going to Chile for wine tasting

Go Navy – Caracas

Rafting in Barinas Venezuela with Guamanchi tours.

Happy hour in hollywood – Caracas

New York

Mask Festival – Andong – Korea

Doesn’t get any better than this, I’m sure there’s a Malbec in there somewhere. Wine tasting in Chile

Made the front page of the social times in a local newspaper just by being there. Seoul Korea

Lunches in Korea

Lunch with friends in Korea always brought a smile.. always a laugh

Animal Safari with Guamanchi tours in Los Llanos

Smiles or fishlips in Korea – favorite smiler

Best friend in New York. She always makes me smile

4th of July – presenting a front – Caracas

Swimming in a forgotten river in Venezuela with good friends. So beautiful

Good-bye lunch – Korea

Seriously one of my most favorite smilers in DC

Skydiving in Higuerote, Venezuela with Skydive Venezuela

Funny how smiles can make lasting impressions in DC

Canyoning in Merida with Guamanchi Tours

Smile for the foto – Valley Stream, New York

Happy Hour in Hollywood – Caracas

Mother’s Day lunch with great friend and her family of over 15 years.

Skydiving in Higuerote, Venezuela with Skydive Venezuela

Good times in DC and 3 of my favorite smiles

Santiago, Chile

New York

Elmo New York

Rasberries in Colonial Tovar Venezuela

Back of cabs with friends. Iphone 5.

DMZ – woot woot – Korea

Possibly a Malbec – Bogota

Awkward smiles in DC..

“This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, ‘aw shit, he’s up!”

― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Jodhbai’s Palace India

Posted on July 15, 2014 by rfljenksy

A garden like feel in a ancient palace in Fatehpur Sikri, India. Because the Taj was closed on Friday we decided to stop in at a very impressive palace. It was definitely a worthwhile stop. However, first a very brief and twisted digression to this great trip.

It was so very hot outside and as you will see in this post and a few of my other posts how many women here dress. They wear amazing, lovely, decorative, vibrant and colorful clothing. It’s usually draped around their bodies in a beautiful fashion as well.

Now the twist!!! Imagine wearing one of the above outfits and trying to climb stairs and cross uneven ground and wrestle children from one place to another. I’m not lying, people were falling left and right. Not just the women in the dresses either. Every time it happened my stomach would lurch. In my life i have never witnessed such a twisted reaction to someone else’s bad luck than I did on this incredibly hot day. As my group began to cross one of the courtyards, one of these lovely ladies became tangled in her dress and fell in such a way she could not even reach her hands out to catch herself. We were over 20 feet away and actually heard her hit the ground. As we gasped in shock we heard an entire family hysterically cackling, looking a the woman and pointing at her. Yeah, laughing at her unfortunate situation. As the fallen woman’s family helped her up and over into the shade. It was obvious she was very shaken and very believable that she might have suffered a concussion. Still they laughed and pointed. Only after one of the laughing hyenas saw me snap this picture and look disgustedly at her entire family did she have the decency to stop laughing. Sadly her family did not. For some reason the sad plight of another was just one more thing to laugh about. Twisted right?

Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏdə] ( listen)) is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[1] This word is taken from the German language. The literal English translation is 'Harm-Joy'. It is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune.

Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏdə] ( listen)) is twisted pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.[1] This word is taken from the German language. The literal English translation is ‘Harm-Joy’. It is the feeling of joy or pleasure when one sees another fail or suffer misfortune.

Enough of that and back onto the multitude of other good twists and turns along with a variety of design styles incorporated into this palace that was allegedly built to house several members of the imperial harem. Outside of the actual palace grounds you can see the remains of other buildings that might have been built as servant’s quarters or for additional rooms for an ever expanding harem.

The apparent significance of this particular palace is that its design included both Hindu and Islamic art which is usually completely opposite in style and formation. All I know is that it was another huge endeavor built hundreds of years ago and something that has lasted in impressiveness and grandeur for several centuries and took it seriously took my breath away.