{"id":4554,"date":"2016-08-06T18:56:58","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T18:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2018-03-19T02:28:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T15:28:12","slug":"my-memoirs-of-australia-by-maria-tabije","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/?p=4554","title":{"rendered":"My Memoirs of Australia by Maria Tabije"},"content":{"rendered":"

Composed on 27 July, 2013;\u00a0 influenced by her deep sentimentality in tribute to the places she resided in Australia from 1989 to date.<\/em><\/p>\n

From across the seas and peak mountains, I have come to settle on the shores of Aust; A home rich in steak, of milk and honey; A place graced with snakes, sun and rain. <\/p>\n

For seven years I have lived and seen; The City of Sydney was first I stayed; The Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Centre Point reflect the sites; as my \u201cfootprints and stick\u201d numbered in years.<\/p>\n

For a while I have gone and been; To Gwandalan by the lake I leaned; A two-bedroom fibro cottage shared with sisters and my father; Amongst Kookaburras and Magpies cheering incessantly on gum trees\u2019 boughs!<\/p>\n

When twilight unfolds and cool breeze falls; When in December Christmas holidays arise; Oysters fresh and fish alike, hanging on the rocks, I caught with delight; Between Gwandalan Lake and Catherine Hill Bay.<\/p>\n

For mentoring task away I flew; To pursue the dream in Gold Coast way; Nearly a \u201cscore\u201d I still succumb; In sharing my gifts of teaching and song!<\/p>\n

From Coombabah to Biggera switched in between; To Aroa Court here am now traced; Hymns from Saint Francis echoes wavering I hear; As the bluest shining steeple viewers they pray.<\/p>\n

But what and where shall I to go? Save Runaway Bay, a fishing bay with boats on the way; Strolling and shopping seem<\/p>\n

all I do; As the day of teaching in school remains undo.<\/p>\n

See, my garden\u2019s blest by Heaven\u2019s scents; As the Guardian Angels dance their \u201cSongs of Praise\u201d; Glittering Lilies and Sampaguitas in Spring beguile the eyes; But what more for me to touch and feel; Save the glorious, yellow Gerberas robust in style.<\/p>\n

Oh, beautiful Aust, what else could I share? Save my poem of memory for days prepared; For thou, no doubt, you\u2019ve givest the best of care no one can dare; Memories of thee shall never pass, \u2018cause surely not one bit for me to fuss!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Composed on 27 July, 2013;\u00a0 influenced by her deep sentimentality in tribute to the places she resided in Australia from 1989 to date. From across the seas and peak mountains, I have come to settle on the shores of Aust; A home rich in steak, of milk and honey; A place graced with snakes, sun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,43,58],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4792,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4554\/revisions\/4792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philippinesentinel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}