Have a very pleasant trip to Italy , and this time very big honer , i have given a chance to visit Rome. Although is very short only 3 days in the city, but it is already very appreciated.
let's start the story with Bocca della Verita, The mouth of True .
When i was young , well i am not that old now , what i mean here is during my secondary school time , 13-14 years old , you know ordinary typical girl love to read romance novel , so do i . cant remember the name of the book but the story is like this :- a poor girl from Romania fall in love with a rich man , and this rich man have brought he to Rome to swear front of this rock on her love to him , if the love is pure , her hand will be safe if no.....everyone know what the next .....
So i was so mislead by the novel ( well i cant get prove on that as internet are some thing expensive in Malaysia yeas back ) i was told the marble rock are located in a garden , the Italian Renaissance Garden . a style of garden very typical in the late 15th century at most of the villas in Rome , u are not consider rich with style if you don't own one of this in the house, inspired by classical ideals of order and beauty, and intended for the pleasure of the view of the garden and the landscape beyond, for contemplation, and for the enjoyment of the sights, sounds and smells of the garden itself. Fountains, statues, grottoes, running water, other features designed to impress the visitors. After the style / design are widely see in English ...English lady having tea in the garden ,? u seen in the movie no ? yes actual like the movie.
Tell me which girl don't love romance story ? i was so attracted , from the words i can see the half naked statute , lively pouring water , i can hear the sound of the water falling in, the sound of bird sing, playing with the water next to the fountain , sun shine to the water bring the bling reflecting , i smell the green , here mean the grass :P so fantastic environment that u will try to dream of every time when u have English high tea .
After reading that chapter , i swear , i make a curse: i want to pay a visit to this place with my love one and leave some of my foot print here , Chinese say 留些脚毛。Additional : i asked send only ppl, that have true love on me have the honer to be my company , or i shall visit alone if i am fate to be alone. (this i will explain u later why i have this curse , long story)
who ever that pay a visit with me to this place if it is a unmarried man, he is my destiny, if it is a women , we will sworn into sister in front of god, even for the next coming life. Years went by , and i have totally forgot about this curse.
So finally step in the land of Rome , the only thing i remember is the Colosseum, then The Trevi Fountain....and so so so . well cause we have only 3 days therefore we are doing the "Japaneses Tour" LOL (those very rush one, 5 min in each place ) been walking walking walking .....ok skip all those long story back to the marble, till the last day i have in this city , i have totally no ideal i am just 2 km away (walking distant) from this Bocca della Verita , The Mouth of True. Until my company tell me we pay a visit to this place ? i was looking at him :" what ? what u say? what is nearby ?" He though i can not understand , so he say again :" The Mouth of True , the one with a face with a mouth like the palm fortune teller machine u always see in KL , the one will eat ur hand if u lie ....." my mind was not with him anymore , was drag to the pass, drag to the book , to the curse..... i stop ....freeze. but he did not realize he keep talking and walking , when he realize , (also my mind have travel back ) i have tears in my eyes corner .
he say :" u ok ? u cold ? too tired ? or the leg hurt? bla bla bla ...."
i answer : "i am ok , just ..... we walk and take a look ?"
i never told him anything and just walk
he :" dimmi. "(italian means tell me)
i : "nothing just remember me a story i read when i was young."
Here prove again The Secret are always working , just this "wish" take long time to arrived . about 17 years? u just need to believe, so now u can tell my real age. Ha btw i am finally here , pay a visit , with a men companionship , unmarried man , well not sure how strong The Secret or this curse can or will work but for sure i can tell this man is the man that have true love on me. i can tell it is strong , but i dont know how long it will last , lets just close the eyes and time will tell. 息目以待
The Bocca della Verita
it is located now in the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy. i don't want to go on the detail but if u are interested u may read from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocca_della_Verit%C3%A0
it was once work to punish lier , but from the legend it stop working after a women play a trick with it. when i was young i do believe this is super nature ,i still believe until i visit this place but then i realize was actually the Church , there is ppl behind the marble, they already have the judgement before the day u are asked to put in the hand. The Church are the power and the Law at the medieval age. I am very curious about the Myth, would like to find out the answer but then i hate to know it was actually just another lie, adult/ who ever that start used to control others.
i have run through many web site about this marble ,can i say another little "dream" has broken ? just like when u know there is no Santa Claus .
I always like to read about myths , legends the legend remind me another legend about Angkor Wat , there was once the Angkor Wat Kingdom was guardian by a Deva, they say she have 7 snake on his head and she have a snake body , like Medusa ? i don't know , maybe , or not , from the statue , craving painting i saw was alike Medusa .Well some time i think all the Myths are very related just they are told in another form and language , ok come back to this , she own a chamber at the palace , no specify detail about where, it just say it was the tallest building inside Angkor Wat , every full moon or there is a date i cant remember , she will be present at the "tower chamber" , that day will be very special , OK this we talk in another chapter , lets go to the punishment room , this guardian has requested the king to build 2 room separated, but if i not mistaken after the population grow bigger, more room are builded, it come in a form like light house , but it is in square form , not round , and it don't function like a light house, high cycling not reachable by hand, only small window that allow u to receive min air, sun light and this building are build next to each other in line face to the moon.
When there is a criminal happened in the kingdom and there is no way to prove the true, the King will put the suspect to this room leave them over night , the next day the person who come out with 生蛇(HerpesZoster) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes_zoster
is the guilty one, if the criminal defense her/him self as innocent , they will put him/her back to the room , with food, if he/she can recover without medication mean she/he are forgiven , but from the legend no one has ever recover from the herpes zoster , most become blind or suffer to death . As from my knowledge there is no medication for herpes zoster at that time. And this part of the Angkor Wat are not realest to visit, can only view it from outside , no one are allow to enter this room neither the chamber of the Deva. Cause the Cambodians still believe the appearances of the guardian.
PIAZZA BOCCA DELLA VERITÁ
This area, original site of the Foro Boario (Boarian Forum) is surrounded by ancient and medieval monuments. To the right stands the 10th century, Casa di Crescenzio, next to it, a few Ionic columns are all that remain of the republican era ‘tempio della fortuna virile’ (temple of virile fortune), and behind it, the ‘tempio di Vesta’ with its imperial era Corinthian columns. On the extreme left hand side stands the quadruple ‘Arco di Giano (Janus), from the period of Constantinian decadence.
Beyond the arch rises the 6th century church of San Giorgio al Velabro, with its twelfth century portico and bell tower. Attached to the church is the 3rd century, Arco degli Argentari, erected in honor of Septimus Severus and Giulia Domna, shown depicted during an act of sacrifice to the god. (http://www.iloverome.net/rome-history-the-mouth-of-truth/)
well it does sit on a temple with fountain before , i believe this area -Piazza bocca della verita are once very beautiful as compare to the Italian garden that i imagined , but the beauty has long lost , the garden are no longer beautiful , or maybe i am there at the wrong timing , (winter) green are not rich can consider poor, ,fountain not running, rubbish everywhere , no water dripping sound , not bird singing , no sun shining, cant smell the green but dog shit. Rome is a very beautiful city but is full of dog shit , not like Milan.
And the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in Rome, Italy , if u are not bored after non stop more then 180 hours seeing , paying visit to Church , u may slow down ur step , if u are a big fans of old building , u can't miss this .
ok i got to go , been writing this for few hours . very sorry about my poor literature ability, spelling and grammar problem.
i hope u have a pleasant reading "journey"
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