Author: rike jokanan

Me, now here

Well Done

Learning, Poetic

The wind flies dry leaves to where travel’s light and memory’s full. Well done—

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big lunch before big laundry — well done!
ready mussels
done!
roasting potato
on medium fire, don’t add water
sauté
(not so) fresh green mussels
carrot & celery
garlic & ginger
big basket of laundry after big lunch 😊 well done!

Wake Up

Learning
The sun knocks the door, gives a to-do list for fun. “May I sleep?” She said.

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yesterday — wanted sugar so i cooked this and….
this! 💝
last night — still hungry so i bought this! oh Korean chicken, you spoiled me so well 🙂

today? a lot to cook in the fridge! a lot to iron in the basket! wake up! weekend is waiting with all the fun! 😵‍💫 yet bed seems nicer and warmer 😌

Greed

Learning, Poetic
All have right to live, yet some by greedily eating up others. Sigh.

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the rose apple leaves in my front yard are helplessly eaten up by locusts
the tree is not as productive as before but the fruits are still sweet and fresh….
….and so many flowers are coming out, ready to bloom

Broken

Learning, Poetic

What’s broken’s broken until connected again. Never be the same—

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one of my gorgeous ceramic plates was broken; now i’m thinking of learning how to fix it

Floating So High

Learning, life, love, Poetic, This Person

Keeping afloat, buoyant freely swaying playing the waves in the sky—

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Coldplay never fails me

I’m Ready

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

Tell the sun rising and setting that I’m ready anytime: morning, night and day— to present what’s best in my humble life.

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💗 welcoming rising sun
💗 escorting the sun to sleep
💕 you can destroy the branches but you can’t kill the tree with healthy roots
💕 so full and filled

Library

Learning

Curated sources of knowledge is a vast deep ocean to dive in.

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A few from Topkapi Palace

construction inscription
dome inside
reading quarter
reading quarter

Those Love Around

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

You don’t need so much love to find love around. Make it with a little love.

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playing buddies
mama dog 💕
cool
like a log
slurp!
can you spot 2 cats?
one guarding a headless god
strolling
my Bob looks like this one 💗
brrr!
tux cat on carpet
ginger waiting for lunch

Journey

Learning, Map It!, Poetic

A journey starts. A journey ends. A route is colourful when observed—

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up!
up!
up!
up!
down….
ready to land!

A Loving Visit

Learning, life, love, Map It!, Poetic, This Person, Those People
A loving visit beyond time and space. Salaam. Universe answers.

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about the museum
beloved
beloved
beloved
when you’re loved, people still visit you even when you’re nowhere 💝
when you’re loved, you’re taken care of even when you’re nowhere
beloved – visiting him with love, see you again
beloved – visiting him with love, see you again

Written

Learning, Map It!, Poetic
Written on this soul, your footsteps making sweet songs sung by the green birds.

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a calligraphy about ‘Izzah (honour, dignity, respect) in Ulucami Grand Mosque, Bursa
standing firm with a blessed smile
a short visit is ok 😯
and then riding cable car to Uludag Mountain

Rabbit or Cat?

Learning
Rabbit or cat? Look closer. If it’s hopping or running. Squeak or meow?

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Everyone is off on Chinese New Year….. Only on when sending CNY wishes 😊

happy year, everyone 🐇
make the best slam dunks, everyone! 🐇
enjoy good life, everyone! 🐇
happy holiday, everyone 🐇
oh…. suddenly one colleague ruined our day by saying it’s cat and not rabbit year 😁

Travel

Learning, Poetic, This Person
Travel light is fun,
With so little to carry.
Prancing deer,
Safe in the forest,
No tiger,
No bear,
Just green and breeze.

Travel full is peace,
With all so prepared.
Walking elephant,
Graceful in the desert,
No hyena,
No lion,
Just sun and breeze.

Let’s travel
With light heart,
Flying eagle,
Free in the high,
No storm,
No lightning,
Just blue and breeze.

Let’s travel
With full heart,
Humming alpaca,
Peaceful in the hill,
No distress,
No agitation,
Just earth and breeze.

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distracted between travel light and travel full 🥸
decided with travel full 😎 so full!

Rayuan Pulau Kelapa

Learning

There is mother whom you were born by, biological mother. There is mother where you are part of a history, motherland.

wherever I am, wherever I go, with whomever, you are my motherland — Indonesia — I am blessed to be part of you how much ever it is — thank you — 💝
Tanah airku Indonesia
Negeri elok amat kucinta
Tanah tumpah darahku yang mulia
Yang kupuja sepanjang masa
Tanah airku aman dan makmur
Pulau kelapa yang amat subur
Pulau melati pujaan bangsa
Sejak dulu kala
Melambai lambai
Nyiur di pantai
Berbisik bisik
Raja Kelana
Memuja pulau
Nan indah permai
Tanah Airku
Indonesia

Your Eyes

Learning, Poetic
Your eyes, Beloved
Drown me to a depth of soul
Where you hide nowhere.

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are your eyes still the same? 😍 sometimes you need to change your profile picture to show how your eyes wise up 😍

CNY Is An Inch Away

Learning, Poetic

Another new year with another long weekend. Added holiday—

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most of us will take a leave to have a longer break esp combined with CNY holiday — i’ve gotta start packing 😍 Happy (another) New Year! dream come true!
seeing solanum in a flower arrangement is rare blessings
2023 is my year; major dreams come true! 💝

It Does Well

Learning, Poetic, This Person
It sways flexibly
In stormy days.
It grows calmly
In sunny days.
It roots perennially
In the meadow.

It sings;
It hums;
It mutes;
It sees;
It hears;
It touches;
It tastes;
It smells;
In silence
Perfectly.

It does well.

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these flowers survive the storm and continue living in bright days on and on and on between those two situations only through a friendship with the meadow 💝

Charlie Chaplin to Us

Learning, Poetic
Laughter is the breeze caressing the hair waving to the morning sun.

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A posting landed on my Instagram’s Home, it was Charlie Chaplin’s small details that are meaningful to me who love to laugh but often fail to make jokes. Most of my jokes are garing (crispy-dry, not funny; Bahasa Indonesia slang). 😁

Salaam.

Sweet Day

Learning, Poetic

Any day can be sweet with some setting on the tongue. Avoid chilli.

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was craving for sugar at around 3pm in the office, about to have this…. no no no
this? no no no
decided! chocolate brioche — chocolate never fails me!