<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703</id><updated>2011-07-30T16:05:09.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chasing the sun.</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kingandqueen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04804287713411992502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703.post-9085843292317309494</id><published>2010-02-11T14:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T14:59:55.070-08:00</updated><title type='text'>QUEEN MISSES ALBA</title><content type='html'>sometimes those words are suffice&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6198647943827302703-9085843292317309494?l=therulersofalba.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/9085843292317309494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2010/02/queen-misses-alba.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/9085843292317309494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/9085843292317309494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2010/02/queen-misses-alba.html' title='QUEEN MISSES ALBA'/><author><name>Michelle Awesome Kuan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703.post-4011934803875797827</id><published>2009-12-28T06:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T07:23:23.247-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Coronation and the Circles of Blessing.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjK3uckHbI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WXJrYuHOuD4/s1600-h/Picture+083.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjK3uckHbI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WXJrYuHOuD4/s320/Picture+083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420305210249846194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And so the King took a fugacious sweep of the horizon with the instrument of initiation: Kalai.&lt;br /&gt;The sun must be at its very lowest in order for the coronation to take place!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKwqB8J5I/AAAAAAAAACI/JLttDReA-qE/s1600-h/Picture+057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKwqB8J5I/AAAAAAAAACI/JLttDReA-qE/s320/Picture+057.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420305088805349266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yes! It was beyond the trees of Alba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKa3NFAmI/AAAAAAAAAB4/qT-KIwsMzD0/s1600-h/Picture+078.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKa3NFAmI/AAAAAAAAAB4/qT-KIwsMzD0/s320/Picture+078.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420304714384605794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oh what a solemn ceremony.&lt;br /&gt;The queen's expression one of melancholy and gloom...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or maybe she was just daydreaming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKan0JsGI/AAAAAAAAABw/X9I-gVD-cyU/s1600-h/Picture+099.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKan0JsGI/AAAAAAAAABw/X9I-gVD-cyU/s320/Picture+099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420304710253523042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;BUT oh nay, the coronation takes place! And it transforms the Queen into a glowing creature of beauty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKaF4Tx8I/AAAAAAAAABo/D_k_7yI-XsY/s1600-h/Picture+097.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKaF4Tx8I/AAAAAAAAABo/D_k_7yI-XsY/s320/Picture+097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420304701144156098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And the King as well.. With a little bit of adjustment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKZrdPM6I/AAAAAAAAABg/wNgE0mtMxnk/s1600-h/Picture+102.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjKZrdPM6I/AAAAAAAAABg/wNgE0mtMxnk/s320/Picture+102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420304694051287970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And there we have it, the Circles that represent hope joy peace love faith and reality. And the central circle signifying the protection of the blessed roses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh well, maybe the roses signify the number of children running wild into the forests of Alba.&lt;br /&gt;Thats a flipload of children. Omai.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6198647943827302703-4011934803875797827?l=therulersofalba.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/4011934803875797827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/12/coronation-and-circles-of-blessing.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/4011934803875797827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/4011934803875797827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/12/coronation-and-circles-of-blessing.html' title='The Coronation and the Circles of Blessing.'/><author><name>kingandqueen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04804287713411992502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjK3uckHbI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WXJrYuHOuD4/s72-c/Picture+083.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703.post-4380301263906442730</id><published>2009-12-28T06:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-28T06:57:06.613-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Once upon a time.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEh0cVcnI/AAAAAAAAABY/cgk7fU5MJTc/s1600-h/Picture+041.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEh0cVcnI/AAAAAAAAABY/cgk7fU5MJTc/s320/Picture+041.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420298236832608882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There was the birth of an ideal in the form of a place called Alba.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEhXoc3gI/AAAAAAAAABQ/hMegP65c5eU/s1600-h/Picture+043.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEhXoc3gI/AAAAAAAAABQ/hMegP65c5eU/s320/Picture+043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420298229098798594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There was the meeting of two strangers, without knowledge of their royalties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEg5cDK4I/AAAAAAAAABI/ClAkWq-LWH4/s1600-h/Picture+044.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEg5cDK4I/AAAAAAAAABI/ClAkWq-LWH4/s320/Picture+044.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420298220993719170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And in vain attempts, they tried catching the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEgmXr2pI/AAAAAAAAABA/8LedeLkZrG8/s1600-h/Picture+045.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEgmXr2pI/AAAAAAAAABA/8LedeLkZrG8/s320/Picture+045.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420298215875140242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Oh what a mockery we are!&lt;br /&gt;We are the pure and the unclean.&lt;br /&gt;We are the frivolous and the serious.&lt;br /&gt;We are the King and Queen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEgCOTioI/AAAAAAAAAA4/SU_jy0zXocw/s1600-h/Picture+046.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEgCOTioI/AAAAAAAAAA4/SU_jy0zXocw/s320/Picture+046.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420298206172121730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;And so, once upon a time,&lt;br /&gt;there was an idea,&lt;br /&gt;and there was spontaneity,&lt;br /&gt;and there was the formation of that spontaneity.&lt;br /&gt;and there was Alba.&lt;br /&gt;The rulers of Alba.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6198647943827302703-4380301263906442730?l=therulersofalba.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/4380301263906442730/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/12/once-upon-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/4380301263906442730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/4380301263906442730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/12/once-upon-time.html' title='Once upon a time.'/><author><name>kingandqueen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04804287713411992502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SzQy9luX9eY/SzjEh0cVcnI/AAAAAAAAABY/cgk7fU5MJTc/s72-c/Picture+041.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703.post-8620355603798699696</id><published>2009-11-01T08:56:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-01T08:57:00.012-08:00</updated><title type='text'>hello</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;the pictures will be up after exams (:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;please wait and be patient.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;patience is a virtue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6198647943827302703-8620355603798699696?l=therulersofalba.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/8620355603798699696/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/11/hello.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/8620355603798699696'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6198647943827302703/posts/default/8620355603798699696'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/11/hello.html' title='hello'/><author><name>Michelle Awesome Kuan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198647943827302703.post-1039549259006724753</id><published>2009-09-18T08:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T08:20:48.342-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To the residents of Alba.</title><content type='html'>To the residents, council members and all who has kept Alba the way it is,&lt;br /&gt;we love you.&lt;br /&gt;we miss you already.&lt;br /&gt;and we wished for a longer time in Alba,&lt;br /&gt;but sadly,&lt;br /&gt;we had to leave,&lt;br /&gt;due to issues with earth.&lt;br /&gt;BUT WE WILL BE BACK.&lt;br /&gt;IN FACT.&lt;br /&gt;WE HAVE LEFT&lt;br /&gt;TWO.&lt;br /&gt;YeS the perfect two.&lt;br /&gt;The wonderful two albaian light guards, green and orange, at the doorsteps,&lt;br /&gt;so that no harm may befall you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray for us.&lt;br /&gt;We hope to see all of you soon.&lt;br /&gt;Goodnight.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6198647943827302703-1039549259006724753?l=therulersofalba.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/feeds/1039549259006724753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://therulersofalba.blogspot.com/2009/09/to-residents-of-alba.html#comment-form' title='0 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