Nopony Can Be Uncheered With A Balloon!

"You're like a shot of pure gold, I think I'm about to explode. I can taste the tension like a cloud of smoke in the air. Now I'm breathing like I'm running cause you're taking me there. Don't you know? You spin me out of control!"

Jessie J - Domino

So yes, Valentine's day was last week. What did you do?

I decided to spend it watching ponies in HD. It was pretty mufch the best thing to do considering that I'm single and all. That was until I found out that I wasn't the only kid in town who had that agenda. So to make things a whole lot better, we decided to do what we wanted to do all along, together!

Dear Princess Celestia,

While some among us have a very special somepony, some of us, well, don't. But no matter what happens, we will always have our friends by our side through thick and thin. Sometimes spending quality time with our friends is better than just sulking about being alone.

How was your Hearts and Hooves day? I'm sure you especially cherished raising the sun for your beloved subjects as you watched them show how much they appreciate each other. My friends and I just met up at Sugarcube Hill to hang out and have fun. We were late as ever as it was our first time going there, so we got lost on the way.

Dinner was simple and delicious. We did not order food, instead Pinkie arranged for some yummy home cooked food to be served. It was lovely. 

Oh yes, I did learn something too! It is true that sometimes we tend to miss what is right under our nose. I find myself thinking that I'm all alone in this world that I tend to forget that I have wonderful friends all around me.

Pinkie and I thought of having this Hearts and Hooves dinner just about a couple of days before it actually happened. Some of the friends who we invited couldn't make it on such notice, but we still went on with the party. We even had a couple of friends pop by because they were around the area. They were a little lost but despite being in a rush to get home and finish some work, they took the trouble to come and spend a little time with us.

As for me, I decided to throw in a little bit of fun into the night by bringing some heart-shaped balloons from Sugarcube Cloudsdale. Everypony went home with a balloon to remind them about how lovely the night was.

I don't have much to say about calling this event a success or a failure. All that actually mattered on a night like that was that everypony went home with a big smile on their faces, just like how Pinkie Pie would want them to and surely no matter how much stress we went through getting lost on the way and all, we all went home with something more and that was a much closer herd of friends.

Your loyal subject,St. Pinkie

Note to my readers: Ok. Maybe you find it a little cheesy that I'm writing to Princess Celestia about life and all, but then again I do this for a reason. I don't leave my seat after every episode of My Little Pony empty handed. I always learn something new and most of the time, it's about friendship.

Friendship makes the world go round. There is much to learn about it as well. Some of us think we know what it's like to have friends and even worse, a lot of people are stuck up in the myth of having 4 figures of friends on Facebook. The truth is that every adventure we have with our friends serves to do something to the bonds we have. Mind you, they don't always strengthen them. Sometimes knowing each other a little better can make you drift apart but when you have true friends, you won't be afraid of being honest while your friends will listen to you because they know for sure that you have their best interests at heart.

Love,

D.A.niel

Brighter Than The Sun

"It’s true, some days are dark and lonely and maybe you feel sad, but Pinkie will be there to show you that it isn’t that bad! There’s one thing that makes me happy, and makes my whole life worthwhile."

Smile, Smile, Smile! - Pinkie Pie Daniel Ingram

I'm back with my super-ponified life! Have a Friendship report!


Dear Princess Celestia,

Today was an especially special one. I learned that the magic of friendship transcends even our age and gender. Never before have I and my friends been invited to parties where little fillies and colts had fun. Usually by norm they think it’s awkward, but true friends are willing enough to be there for you no matter how awkward he situation is.

My job was simple. I got to Sugarcube Hill a little earlier. Pinkie and I helped each other to blow balloons up for the party. Our cutie marks really do represent our talents because ponies have told me that I may have a talent that I don’t like, but what sets a cutie mark apart from just a talent is that cutie marks represent what we love. I’m sure you love raising the sun for everypony just as much as Pinkie and I love balloons.

When the clock reached 7, most of the fillies and colts started to arrive, many of them were anxious to meet our friends who arrived a little later. As the place filled up, an entertainer arrived to help keep the colts and fillies entertained. Although Pinkie Pie is great with foals, she could always use a little hand  when there are many of them around.


The birthday filly looks up to Rarity as her inspiration. So because of that, Pinkie ordered

a cake that looks exactly like Ponyville’s resident fashionista.

The cake was delicious and I cannot lie, it was hard to cut a cake so beautiful.



 Of course, a fair share of our friends shared with us the talents that they had. Just as how the cutie marks of Pinkie and I were reflected in the balloons all around, some ponies shared with us their ability to draw and they do it really quickly too! There was another pony who could make videos too! He showed us how he took extra caution in every step of the way to make something beautiful. He is known by many other ponies as the one behind this masterpiece: link

Another thing i learned today, Princess, is that when your friends are better at you in something, it doesn’t mean that they outshine you. If we all glowed in the same colour, it would look boring, but when we all glow in our true colours we become even more pretty than a rainbow.

The magic of friendship really showed in the meetup. The elements of harmony are not just locked up in Canterlot Tower. Wherever there are true friends, there the elements will be. All of us were so reluctant to leave that Mrs. Cake had to ask us to while she closed up. Pinkie also didn’t want to see us go.

Before we left, Pinkie wanted us to take home a little something that reminded us of the night. She brought out a box of vanilla cookies that were pony shaped and gave one to each of us. We all went home with something more that night. Everypony had a little more friendship in their hearts that kept us smiling all week and that, for sure, filled Pinkie Pie’s heart with joy and sunshine!

Your loyal subject,

St. Pinkie

So no you all know what I'm up to these days. I'll update more soon! No worries!

Love,
D.A.niel

You've Gone Big, Now Go Home -Part Two- The Energy Beneath

Witness, I got the heart of 20 men. No fear, go to sleep in the lion's den. That flow, that spark, that crown, you looking at the king of the jungle now."

Good Feelin' - Flo Rida

So I hope some of you picked you your cameras and got to work on that photography competition!

I threw in my little bit. I suck in photography and all but there are some things that can survive my hand. I took about 300 shots with my DSLR to get something like this:

Maybe you can take a better shot than me (if you can, you should enter the competition! It is still open!), but all I have is this and the very reason I submitted this picture is simple, It made me reimagine energy.

I grew up in a fantasy world of my own. My head was always high up in the clouds and it would usually take a lot to bring me back down to earth. I believed that lion dances were actually done by creatures like those. I believed in these creatures which perform extreme acrobatic stunts to the sound of drums.

Even after a few years and a few cheaper lion dance shows where I actually saw the people inside who were operating the lion, I still didn't lose faith in the lion that I once knew. The truth was hard to accept and follow but now, almost 17 years after seeing my first lion dance, it's become clear to me.

People who do lion dances make me think about how they unite under the skin of the costume to put on a show. It's almost like 2 people becoming one with the costume and focusing its energy on the dance. Just like how Petronas reimagines energy, I see things in a whole new way today and how sometimes it's better to take a step back to see the full glory of something.

And with that, it's FEBRUARY! I hope you like the new header!

Love,
D.A.niel