Author: rike jokanan

My second time of “losing my hearing” 😁

I lost my Airpod (1st generation, my 1st Airpod) in 2017, someone robbed it from my backpack pocket when I was asleep. Bloody hell!

I lost another Airpod (Pro 3rd generation – the pod and the right earphone) left it in an aeroplane. Contacting Lost and Found of the airline was proven to be not a good option. It is not only that they failed to find my left item in the seat pocket; it is also that the way they handled the issue was not professional.

The plane landed at 12:15am Singapore time. I arrived home at around 2:00am and checked Find My immediately realising I left my Airpod in the seat pocket. Find My informed me that the Airpod was in Changi Airport at exact gate where I got off the plane. The next day checking, I found the the Airpod was not connected anymore.

So and so…. Long story short after checking and rechecking, it was not found!

Whoever found my Airpod with one earphone, she or he is blessed. Hope she or he enjoys using it and can find a left one to listen from both ears.

Next time I will wear it as a pendant in my necklace.

And one more thing: Find My is more honest than I thought it is. Thanks for being accurate although I can’t get my stuff back.

😁

new Airpod Pro with my name engraved (previously engraved with ♥️) + the left one from the old Airpod

Today’s Victory

Don't overestimate me, Beloved.
My victory won't be like yours.

You win a business tender.
You build a business empire.
You rob the hearts of the best men.
You steal all eyes with your body.

No, I don't.
I win a big basket of laundry
And make them stacks of folded clothes
Wrapping me in daily commute to office or
To fields where I squeeze my wisdom out of best standards or
Just at home wander around digging what I can boil.

I love today's victory.
I live a best life.

best victory of my weekend, today!!!

Dilemma?

There's no dilemma.
There's only heart
Rocking in a sea of abundance
Misunderstood as distraction.

Sit still, Beloved
When world is noisy and busy
With laughters and cries.

i thank god that my dilemma is only between whether to read some books or to iron my clothes — not so complicated and i it only happens at the weekend; the rest is just to work and to enjoy after work 😘

it is what it is as weekend is a list of household chores in silence

enjoy your weekend!

いただきます

This lunch is coming from
That evening noisy kitchen.
This calm evening is coming from
That afternoon hard work.
This glorious afternoon is coming from
That morning humble smile.

That that passed
Has left
What is blessed.

full set – いただきます❣️

tempe, beancurd and duck — all fried; btw, i thought it was chicken until i chewed the flesh 🫢 i’m such a bad chef who didn’t check the label, just took it from the fridge and threw it to the boiling water and tadaaa!!! 😁

Chinese cabbage is sweet when boiled

the best sambal on earth ☺️ sambal terasi

all boiled together in harmony 😀

Daur Hidup (song)

For those who think of giving up!

Lyrics

Hai perkenalkan aku jiwa yang bertahan
Sudah ditempa keras oleh banyak cerita
Mati berkali-kali tapi bisa hidup lagi
Konon jika selamat aku semakin hebat

Daur hidup akan selalu berputar
Tugasku hanya bertahan
Terus jalan dan mengalirlah seperti air
Dari lahir sampai kujadi debu di akhir

Bohong jika aku bilang selalu kuat
Lemah datang di saat-saat tak tepat
Beruntung aku dijaga Kawan erat
Ayat buat ku dan dia semakin dekat

Daur hidup akan selalu berputar
Tugasku hanya bertahan
Terus jalan dan mengalirlah seperti air
Dari lahir sampai kujadi debu di akhir

Daur hidup akan selalu berputar
Tugasku hanya bertahan
Terus jalan dan mengalirlah seperti air
Dari lahir sampai kujadi debu di akhir                                                                            Hai semua tangis dan tawa di depan mata.                                                                    Aku tak pilih kasih 'kan kupeluk semua

Hi, Pretty!

Hi
Pretty!
Your timing is mine.
You greet me when I've lost hope
That you're still excited to bloom.
Life is mysteriously turning
Hopelessness to light steps
To what's called
Keep going.

she paused her blossom after some time moving to the balcony — the shower area didn’t offer enough sun by then

just this afternoon when checking the leaves, i found her flowers❣️ you never give up, dear orchid

thank you!

blessing is for those not quitting

❣️

Morning

Morning brings me heart
Newly dipped in coloured hopes
To welcome new days.

maroon heliconia

yellow heliconia

the sun showing his radiance

Written

Learning, life, This Person

This life is written
Along a ribbon coiling
Around a live book.

weekend is to read what’s written as weekdays is to write what’s read

i’m a book with cover, title, table of content, chapters, and an end; and i’m craving to know about its precious author among all readers

The Wings

Learning, life, This Person

These wings bring me everywhere
And also home.
These wings bring me adventure
And also joy.
What have your wings brought you?

finally home

it’s amazing to fly home

the peak of a mountain under my wings

the sky full of cotton under my wings

turning right with spreading wings

the sun under left wing

Lovers

Learning, love

There's no place for you
But when I dream. Where are you
When I'm up, my love?

Yellow

Learning, life

Uud, our friendship is all yellow — thank you

innalillaahi wa innaa ilaihi rajiun

good bye….. no discussion will be as lively as ours from now on

Friendship (to Fauzia Fatchan)

Learning, life, love, Poetic, Those People

Friendship
Is one fragment of life
That keeps me alive.
It hits me so warmly
With friends' openness.
It hits me so sadly
With their secret battles.

There is a way and
There is the other way
To meet again
Always one day.

Fauzia Fatchan or Fau or Uud is a great friend of mine. She was one supporting badass in uni time; she was an objective wall between those cheating and those with integrity. Her critical thinking would make those cheating to know their “no worth” and at the same time make those with integrity to humbly stay composed.

She’d been my best discussion buddy in all topics! Politics, social, economy, culture, religion, spirituality, education, poverty, conflict free mineral, business, sex, romance, etc. She would tell me I was misled when I had insufficient data to say my analysis. She would tell me excellent when my opinion outsmarted hers.

She yet would laugh her shits out when I broke my heart romantically.

“You are more valuable than those underestimating you or ignoring you!” That was a voice echoing until now.

She is the one I name a perfect friend!

I haven’t talked with her for the past 4 months as we both had been tremendously busy. She’d been managing her rare earth mine in one of big islands in Indonesia.

She is now battling against a rare disease, leaving no chance for me to hear her voice anymore.

I called her through video call by her brother’s help. I believed she could hear, she didn’t say anything but she moved her mouth everytime I called her name like saying something.

I love you so much, dear best friend.

I love you as an honest friend.

I love you as a proud Indonesian.

I love you as an extraordinary human being.

I love you as you!

Dear, Fauzia Fatchan. Even if I can not meet you again, I am honored to have lived as a human being knowing you.

See you again in eternity, my dear…

❣️

If we both have time, we will meet again, that was what you said in our last conversation.

I am sorry that I told you all my battles while you’d been in the same one, my dear. Please forgive me.

From a broken hearted friend because of your condition….

Rike

Before & After

Learning, life, love, Map It!, Poetic, This Person

Is there anyone
Before
&
After
Me
Leaving
Without permission?

None--

It is a consent that forms
Life,
A period where
You
&
I
Meet at a dot on a ring.

salam, dear shrine where heart and soul escort body to whisper all secrets

Kameyama Shrine

before cleaning – looked like birds loved to bathe and leave some feathers as token of gratitude

after cleaning – no one asked me to clean this, i just felt that i needed to give Japan a small token of gratitude and Kameyama Shrine be the one to receive it

always praying someday I can come back to that shrine. I will tell her that she did give me amazing vibe in my whole visit in Kameyama. Shrines, mosques, temples, churches and other places where human beings whisper their heart and soul out have always been a charm to me.

enso – there’s a dot where two extremes meet and form balance to ensure life flows

Your Face

Your face that I keep
Won't grow old. This heart preserves
Everything that's loved.

my face has been all over my iPhone’s face for the past 4 years – can’t get over my COVID era face ❣️

Feels Like I’m Falling In Love (Coldplay)

yes, always, everyday

I Love

Learning, love, Poetic

A song is flowing,
Pushing in rhythms and rhymes
To a realm of love.

love to listen to this 24/7

Destined

All roads are destined
To an end where wish comes true
Or breath takes a rest.

not destined to be a drinker — i didn’t even enjoy the 0%

destined to embrace beautiful flowers ❣️

Everywhere Is Flower

at the pedestrian

at the stone

by the street

near the playground

near the pathway

At Water

Learning, life, Poetic

And at the vast  water
Full of memories
I ask
What life does mean.

what life is without water?

what life is without stories?

Eid-Al-Adha Mubarak

from Japan

Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning

i cannot remember how many times i’ve watched this — romantic!

Last Train

Learning, love, Poetic, This Person

I won't miss the train.
The last. A home is waiting
With a cup of tea.

i saw this scene very often from my room; last midnight was the most impressive when i felt so much love living as me with no one but me ❣️

Danced

She has danced through life
With broken ankles and heart
And found what is not.

this movie has summed up for me that some dreams DO NOT deserve my damage; acceptance though sometimes comes after some broken arrows

flow is my let-go

life is just like that

☘️

From Home

The sun blares a loud red.
The trees hide a peaceful green.
The commuting enjoys the grey road
That cuts across an island.
It's a home
From which the eyes pull all colours
To the heart.

the sun, the trees and the commuting

Dr. Storks (Netflix)

This is one of my favourite Japanese series. Reminding me of my mother, an excellent midwife❣️

Enjoy your weekend.

this weekend watch — highly recommended

You Are Beautiful

You are beautiful
Because this heart has the eyes
Of a butterfly.

Two

Learning, love, Poetic

There is birth and death
And love in between those two.
Continuous life—

RC Gorman’s work of art

How Fragrant Are You?

How fragrant are you
Through the petals sweetly picked
By fragile fingers?

I love perfume especially when at home.

Some facts of how certain oils as part of perfume ingredients are harvested shake my liking to perfumery. If I buy those perfumes, am I abusing certain group of people? If I don’t buy, am I letting them unemployed?

Life is sometimes as simple as abc– Yet life is sometimes as complex as ancient codes to decipher.

Time to concoct my own perfume from responsibly-sourced oils?

Fresh Air