Trees need not walk the earth 
For beauty or for bread; 
Beauty will come to them 
Where they stand. 
Here among the children of the sap
Is no pride of ancestry: 
A birch may wear no less the morning 
Than an oak. 
Here are no heirlooms 
Save those of loveliness,
In which each tree 
Is kingly in its heritage of grace. 
Here is but beauty’s wisdom 
In which all trees are wise. 
Trees need not walk the earth
For beauty or for bread; 
Beauty will come to them 
In the rainbow— 
The sunlight— 
And the lilac-haunted rain;
And bread will come to them 
As beauty came: 
In the rainbow— 
In the sunlight— 
In the rain.

By David Rosenthal

A top view of the entertainment lounge of the Fishermall where most events are held. Fishermall is the newest mall in Quezon City located at the former site of Pantranco terminal, a provincial bus company that folded.

I was at the 5th level of the mall to take this shot. It was quite claustrophobic while peeking downwards and there's an inward feeling of hesitation thinking that one of the items I was holding might fall.

Superstitious people, specially those in the West, believe that black cats bring bad luck and are spawns of the devil. They usually associate black cats with witches and form-changing spirits that suck the life out of people. During the dark ages, people killed black cats almost to the point of extinction.

So why are the black cats treated in such a manner?

In ancient Egypt, black cats were treated in high esteem and killing this creature during those times was considered a crime. However, the medieval Europe changed the black cat's status into something more sinister and evil brought about by the frenzied witch hunts in those times. Many people started to believe that witches can transform into black cats, being the devil's cohorts. In any case, just a sight of a black cat brought shivers to the spine during those days.

Today, with superstitions brought about by the frenzy of religiosity starting to wane, more and more people have come to realize that black cats are just ordinary animals with a black fur. Some people I know even took them as pets... And so far, I have not received any news about these creatures turning into witches or my friends experiencing  bad luck.