Author: rike jokanan

I love cooking my own food when not traveling; yet it doesn’t mean I cook well. What’s the best part of cooking my own food? Hmmm….

1. I can cook whatever I want to eat.

2. I won’t complain even if the taste is not up to my satisfaction. Just cook better next time.

3. I can boast in Instagram and here that I can cook.

😁

Enjoooy!

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sawut (grated cassava steamed with grated coconut and Javanese sugar), liver in soy sauce 🤤 – yesterday

sawut (yesterday’s left over), bean sprout and green pepper, liver skewer 🤤 – today

Catching Dreams

Learning, Poetic, This Person

Feathers fall off from the wings of flying-high birds. Dreams ready to catch—

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Pak Gita & Bagus Muljadi

👍🏼

another young scientist who is working on our nation

Singing Heart

This heart sings. Its notes witness through pitch and tempo. Genres of the soul—

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whatever the story is, i’ll tell it musically

A Dyed Heart


This heart is flowing fluid
Filling the soul with
Redness of bravery
And rage;
Pinkness of romance
And lust;
Orangeness of warmth
And  attention craver;
Yellowness of glory
And jealousy;
Greenness of tranquility
And envy;
Blueness of peace
And mourning;
Whiteness of singularity,
And fear;
Blackness of mystery
And death.
When the soul blinks,
A spectrum ray chutes down
On to the ocean of mind,
Illuminates what’s to solve.

Is your face dyed as your heart is dyed, Beloved?
And your words
Your footsteps
Your breaths
Touch?

Or, layers of curtains shade your true colours?

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Are You A God

I am so limited,
While
You are not.

That is
When
We are compatible
At the same time
Misunderstand
In many points.

I define me
With my limitation,
You cannot define you with your un-limitlessness.

Are you a
God?
Or what?

Oh!

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you see a limit in the horizon; the horizon keeps moving away from you

Green Everywhere

Green everywhere accompanies traveler on the way to a gate.

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transiting for a while 💕 with green everywhere

Radiant

The day is aglow, as radiant as garden with colourful grows.

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With green as background….

Well Done

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!

big basket of laundry after big lunch 😊 well done!

Wake Up

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….

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

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

Boku No Koto

Enjoy!

i think i am in love with this song 💝💝💝💝

Broken

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

Home

Learning, Map It!, Poetic, This Person

There’s always a home for a wanderer. Sweet home— Sweeter than sugar.

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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

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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💕 you can destroy the branches but you can’t kill the tree with healthy roots

Library

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

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A few from Topkapi Palace

Turkish Evil Eye

Eyes blink to clean themselves, to not see things except Turkish evil eye.

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Those Love Around

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

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Missing Pixels

Missing you is losing some pixels from mind; life becomes less vibrant.

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missing you

Bird Eye View

Fly. See land from above. Wide, broad, one whole. Bird eye, one gift from heaven—

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Journey

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

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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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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

One

One by one one makes dream come true one way or another. Best wishes.

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Nothing Is Wasted

Nothing is wasted; only goes through cycles and uses. Or don’t use.

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Written

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

and then riding cable car to Uludag Mountain

Wings

Wings to fly, navigating where to go by the wind to the sunrise.

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the wings through shaded window, to the east

Rabbit or Cat?

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 😊

oh…. suddenly one colleague ruined our day by saying it’s cat and not rabbit year 😁

Good Morning