Nephew, niece, cats and dogs – things that can make me rindu….
12, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur – March 3, 2016 – 1:31am
Rindu
Category: love
If Only
If only you know what the dogs are saying while barking, you’ll want to apologize to yourselves and to Mother Earth.
It is time for human beings to stop abusing their existence.
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Jika saja kau paham apa arti gonggongan anjing, kau akan meminta maaf pada dirimu sendiri dan pada Ibu Bumi.
Umat manusia sudah saatnya berhenti menyelewengkan keberadaannya.
JWM Hanoi – Febraury 26, 2016 – 12:36am
Wake Up Late (Kesiangan) – haiku
Wake up late again!
‘Coz of a good bed and sweet dream
Natural lullaby.
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Eh, kesiangan!
Terlena kasur empuk
Dan mimpi indah.
Temasek – January 9, 2016 – 3:34pm
Crazy About (Tergila-gila)
Have you ever been so crazy about something?
Just to let you know, I am now crazy about one thing.
And the thing is nothing.
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Pernahkah kalian tergila-gila pada sesuatu?
Sekadar berbagi tahu, ingsun sedang tergila-gila pada satu hal.
Hal itu bukan apa-apa.
Temasek – January 9, 2016 – 3:11am
Tongue Faves (Lidah Suka ‘Kan)
Eating is a must for me, not that routine of having breakfast, lunch and dinner as a package – but can be the combination of breakfast and lunch, brunch and dinner, lunch and dinner or three of them. Sometimes snack is coming in between. Please feel free to criticize my eating pattern…. 🙂
Having eaten for the past 40 years, I almost didn’t remember what’s the real purpose of eating. Oh, is it to be full? Can be. To supply energy to body, yes. Sometimes to compensate one stressful day, ok. I did eat when someone asked me to go out even when I was not hungry – oh, to please somebody…. Too complicated to talk about what eating is for when you actually don’t understand the concept of eating.
As I forgot, I just follow what my tongue wants. Like today, my nostrils captured the fragrance of Indonesian sambal brought by the wind through my window sills. Then I decided to have “Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut” for my dinner. And when my house mate asked if I want her Indonesian fried chicken, my tongue still danced to say yes.
Do I really need the fried chicken after the fried duck? I am actually not hungry. But my tongue, oh my tongue….
My tongue seems to rule my stomach. My stomach does not feel the hunger but my tongue instructs me to eat.
Hold on. Hey, Brain. Brain, please give true signage. Don’t give me false alarm. You want me to be fatter? You want the stomach to get bloated? Stop, stop, stop!
But Brain refused the right thing. Tongue is Brain’s bestfriend this time. And I took my house mate’s offer — a plate of oily delicious Indonesian fried rice.
Fried duck by Pak Ndut
Oh gosh! How could I ignore the real purpose of eating and just care about my tongue fave.
I’m sorry my stomach…. I know now you are too full but I promise this will be the last to take a side of Tongue.
Ummm…. No, no I cancelled my promise. But at least most of my eating will be to supply energy to my body.
Oh, stupid me!!!
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Makan itu keharusan, tapi nggak harus rutin serangkaian sarapan, makan siang dan makan malam – bisa saja kombinasi antara sarapan dan makan siang, makan Dhuha dan makan malam, makan siang dan makan malam atau ya ketiga-tiganya. Kadang ada cemilan di sela-selanya. Kalau mau mengkritisi pola makan saya, silakan…. 🙂
Padahal sudah pengalaman makan selama 40 tahun kok ya masih lupa tujuan makan yang sebenarnya. Apa sih tujuan makan? Biar kenyang? Kali…. Untuk mensuplai energi kepada badan, iya lah. Kadang sih juga untuk menghilangkan stres akibat kerjaan. Sempat juga makan saat tidak lapar, hanya karena diajak teman jadi kadang makan untuk menyenangkan orang lain…. haduh, susah banget ngomongin tujuan makan kalau nggak ngerti konsep makan yang sejatinya.
Ya tapi namanya lupa saya suka mengikuti apa kata lidah dalam hal makan. Seperti hari ini, hidung saya menangkap aroma sambal terasi ala kampungku di Indonesia yang terbawa angin lewat daun jendela yang terbuka. Nggak kuku…. Akhirnya saya putuskan makan “Bebek Goreng Pak Ndut” malamnya. Eh, pulangnya orang rumah nawarin ayam goreng kuning ala Indonesia Raya. Ampun mak…. Lidah kok masih bergoyang-goyang kepengen mencicipi.
Apa memang aku perlu ayam goreng ya? Nggak lapar sih. Tapi Lidah ini oh Lidah….
Tampaknya lidahku telah menguasai perutku. Perutku tak merasa lapar tapi Lidah mengharuskanku makan.
Eh, nanti dulu! Otak eh Otak (bukan otak-otak), tolong kasih tanda yang bener dong. Jangan false alarm. Kamu mau aku makin gendut? Kamu au perut jadi kembung?
Tapi Otak menolak melakukan yang seharusnya. Lidah sudah jadi sahabat Otak. Dan akhirnya saya iyakan tawaran sepiring nasi dan ayam goreng yang memang lekker, makin berminyak makin lezat.
semacam inilah ayam goreng yang saya makan
dipinjam dari: http://www.pbase.com/image/60506653
Ya ampun! Kok bisa-bisanya kuabaikan tujuan utama makan dan hanya peduli apa yang lidah sukai.
Maafkan aku, perutku. Aku tahu kamu udah kenyang tapi aku janji ini yang terakhir memihak pada Lidah.
Mmmm…. Nggak juga sih, nggak jadi janji ini yang terakhir deh. Tapi paling tidak sebagian besar makanku akan ditujukan untuk mensuplai energi untuk tubuhku.
Aku emang bodoh!!!
Temasek – January 6, 2016 – 10:35pm
The Biggest Lesson (Pelajaran Terbesar)
Do you still ask yourselves about what is the biggest lesson in your life? Don’t sweat so much. I dare to confidently tell you to stop and halt a moment.
No need to think of having a past life regression session. No need to consult to a shaman anymore. Just see around.
Who is in your family?
That is the biggest lesson in your current life. Your father, your mother, your sister, your brother, your children, your wife, your husband…. They become yours for a reason.
Think of how well you are as you – a child, a sister, a brother, a mother, a father, etc….
If you still find a gap, then bridge the gap and you are doing your biggest homework of life – family.
Never forget your family, the real closest ones in life. Never ignore them, or else you’ll fail the test of life and MUST retake in the next session. You don’t want to retake the same exam, do you?
See around again…
It is your family the biggest lesson of yours.
Salaam….
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Apakah kamu masih bertanya-tanya apa sebenernya pelejaran terbesar dalam hidupmu? Jangan terlalu dipikirin. Saya berani memintamu untuk berhenti sejenak.
Usah berpikir bikin janji untuk past life regression. Tak perlu konsultasi sama dukun lagi. Lihat saja sekitar Anda.
Siapa keluargamu?
Itulah pelajaran terbesar dalam hidupmu. Ayahmu, ibumu, saudaramu, anak-anakmu, isitrimu, suamimu…. Mereka menjadi bagian hidupmu bukan tanpa alasan.
Pikirkan sebaik apa Anda menjadi Anda sekarang – sebagai anak, saudara, ibu, bapak, dll….
Jika kamu masih merasa kurang baik, segeralah perbaiki diri dan saat itulah kamu mengerjakan PR kamu dalam hidup – keluarga.
Jangan lupakan keluargamu, orang-orang yang sesungguhnya dekat denganmu dalam hidupmu. Jangan abaikan mereka, atau kamu gagal dalam ujian kehidupan dan HARUS mengulang di sesi selanjutnya. Kamu nggak pengen mengulang ujian yang sama kan?
Lihatlah sekelilingmu lagi…
Keluarga lah pelajaran terbesarmu..
Salaam….
Temasek – January 5, 2016 – 9:00pm
Flowers In My Room – haiku
Flowers in my room
Give colors, fragrance, and lots
Of positive drive.
Temasek – January 4, 2016 – 6:00pm
I Miss Moppy
Sometimes love is just a weird feeling that bobs up and down in the consciousness…. Above the surface of emotion, I’ve missed a dog that is lying down under a wooden sofa spending his happy days, thanking Universe for the second chance….
Moppy, do you know that deep down in my heart your name is echoing against any possible walls, unlimited….
You are blessed….
How are you boy? I hope you are in good shape, though I know you are not perfectly shaped.
Do you know I miss you? Yes, I know you know I do….
Please be happy, count your days in joy before you decide to go across the bridge.
When you are ready to go, please whisper to me. Don’t say good bye, just say good start. Touch my heart with your warm love.
Moppy, you’ve been a good dog. Not that good but you don’t make a lot of complaints and you’ve strongly survived. A tough, stubborn dog you are. A real buddy in a low tide. You make us keep going.
Moppy, if we don’t have time to meet before you go — or before I go — please always remember I love you. I know you love me, too….
Moppy, you still refuse to be bathed? Gosh! Such a selfish dog 🙂
But that’s ok as long as you are clean…. You are wiped, right? Don’t say no! 🙂
Moppy, you’ve taught me a lot of things.
To be strong
To forgive
To accept the worst
To let go………………………………………………………………………………………..
To love
Thank you, Moppy….
I can’t stop loving you. Let’s exchange blessings through the wind….
Salaam….
Temasek – December 14, 2015 – 10:16pm
A Space In A Room – haiku
Moon is shining bright.
A mosquito flies, exploring —
A space in a room.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/12/151207-astronomy-star-moon-planets-stargazing-night-sky/
Temasek – December 12, 2015 – 11:22am
Sleeping Lion – haiku
Cool wind and good food
Wrap, not block ears and nose of —
A sleeping lion.
Picture borrowed from https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellentherese/4030158954
SRL Bengaluru, Bangalore – November 22, 2015 – 10:08pm
India – haiku
Night flashes me back
To “A Passage to India” —
With its two-branched end.
Bangalore – November 15, 2015 – 23:38
Picture borrowed from http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-images-culture-india-illustration-indian-map-showing-image36200374
RIP, Puca The Cat
Puca, a sweet kitten rescued by one of animal rescuers in Jakarta just decided to go home on September 2, 2015 morning (3:30am). He had been given optimum treatment including apparatus to support this sweet little creature.
This angel was very weak, found starving and breathing heavily. Thanks to Tria Wesling, an angelic lady who has rescued a quite number of cats in the past six months. God bless her….
Puca…. The name was inspired by a name of a dog that was rescued by another friend of ours in Jakarta. Like Puca the cat, the dog was rescued in a very bad condition and that’s why Tria named this sweet kitten after the dog’s name, to always become inspiration for the rescuer.
Puca the kitten, are you happy now? Yes, for sure…. I apologise for not being able to see you before you departed to the playground across the border. Puca is indeed happy….
I hope more stray cats and dogs are rescued and get a loving and safe home….
Singapore – October 25, 2015 – 03:36am
Painting The Beach – Haiku
Dry of the cool breeze,
Your canvas starts showing shapes —
Sunny day in shore.
Picture borrowed from http://beach-paintings.org/?attachment_id=27
Singapore – October 21, 2015 – 11:45am
Bed of Death
I never deny that I was afraid of death. I don’t know what will happen after death. Will there by heaven and hell? Am I going to hell and how long will I stay there? Oh gosh! It really makes me crazy.
Religion says there will be judgement to put me to fire or garden of Eden. And, this doctrine is still haunting me; less often now though. Some others say that there will be another a recycled karma, I’ve gotta go back to life to repay what’s not done in current portion. Some others say nothing will happen after death, just nothing — I don’t even know what they mean by nothing. Some others say they don’t care…. There might be the others that say things we never know.
Death….
Many of my friends passed away, in many different modes: sick, old age, killed, accident….
If I may choose what my bed of death, I will say at home with someone I know and they know what’s death trully is, not people who pretend knowing what it is…. A real bed of death.
Why am I talking about death?
I remember some sweet animals in their beds of death, they know they are weakening but they are struggling. Bima the cat, Moppy the dog and many more cats and dogs…. They struggle and fight to survive from the violence od human beings and from their old age and sickness under human’s good treatment.
For the cats and dogs and other animals struggling to survive from human beings’ violence, please be strong and be patient…. I pray that you are in the right path and you know it. Please, please, please radiate good energy. Please don’t be afraid of death like I was. Death is a gate, a true gate to meet the beloved before transitting to a better space.
I know bed of death is not always a bed surrounded by beloved ones but please please please know that you are all surrounded by angels flapping their wings like a group of colibri…. Happily singing songs of love and peace welcoming their soul leaving the earthy life.
Bima the cat, you can choose what you want. Leaving or staying won’t give you pain at all…. It is a path of learning, learning to let go of loved ones. Like you, I’m learning to do and still fail while you succeed….
Moppy the dog, hello there…. I miss you who struggle to survive there in Jakarta with your beloved family. I hope we can meet again before you leave…. Just let go, boy. We just love you wherever you are.
Bed of death…. Now it is below those beloved rescued animals.
Next time, it will be below me….
Bed of Death, you may come. But please give me time to pay all my debts.
Salaam, Bed of Death.
Remembrance of Bed of Death, Temasek – October 15, 2015 – 12:32am
A Green Pioneer
On a bed of giant stones,
Green pioneer is settling its foundation….
A root-like thread that’s prone
To deform hard surface to cushion.
Expanding considerably fair,
While breathing the air,
Unfolding a bed of soft mat,
Comfort to sleep for a cat.
Some fairies are lingering around,
Seeing if the fresh bed is ready,
And, landing abruptly — laughing outloud,
Hugging their own torso, a giggling spree.
Picture borrowed from https://narble.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/haiku-moss/comment-page-1/#comment-699
On the bed more and more greeneries grow ahead,
On the sofness deformed under the root-like thread.
The green pioneer is chewing the stones,
Without giving pain to those soil bones.
Behold!
While sitting on the green mat —
Soft, wet and fragrant.
Thank you, Universe….
For teaching me about the happy pioneer.
Moss….
Temasek – October 14, 2015 – 1:00am
Universe Is Part of Me
Things to ponder today: Universe is part of me
Not I am part of Universe.
I celebrate my life every day to make the Universe grow.
I radiate my positive energy to keep the Universe alive.
Universe only vibrates well when I send positive vibration to her.
It runs down if I ignore her.
Universe depends on me.
🙂
But I am leaning on her.
‘Coz she takes what I give and she bounces the positive energy back to me, after multiplying it first….
Universe is a multiplier.
Universe is part of me.
She lives inside of me.
She grows when I grow.
She shrinks when I’m ignorant.
So, I better grow so that the Universe goes shining inside of me.
So, I better be positive anytime so that the Universe continues spinning and moving to infinity.
Universe is part of me….
I never stop giving her positive energy,
And she multiplies the energy and bounces it back to me.
Thanks, Universe for being my multiplier.
Namaste….
Before Bunderan HI, October 11, 2015 – 12:00pm
Picture borrowed from http://guardianlv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Was-the-Universe-Created-650×487.jpg
Chinese Tea
Do you like drinking tea? What tea? Chinese or English or Ceylon or Indian or local tea in your country?
Just last month my colleagues and I went to Shanghai’s Yu Garden to get some tea – a routine walk in Shanghai. Everyone in my circle like going there for good tea.
Different sizes of jars are piled and arranged in sparawling racks wall to wall. On a humble table the beautiful tea seller serves any requested tea. She infuses the tea with boiled water gracefully. She tries her best to speak English to all of us. Lucky we have Sabrina, a Singaporean Chinese with very good Mandarin; she always acts as our tranlator — thank you, buddy!
Leaf to wrap flowers – you infuse the tea ball, it will bloom and you see what flower inside the ball
Fruit base tea – orange peel, Apple, pear mixed together, the taste is amazingly good! Like a tango in the mouth and refreshing the cavity where it goes before reaching the stomach…. Then…. it goes to blood transporting energy to the whole body!
Green tea mixed with rose
Long story short, Chinese tea offers various kinds of a lot of ranges of color, ingredient, origin, taste and efficacy. You can find flower base, fruit base, leaf base, bark base, root base and all combinations of those all. So, you can shop as many as you want excitedly. There are tea for gastric, diet, cough, toothache, tiresome, skin rash, skincare, flu, rheumaticsm, etc…. It’s just exciting to shop teas in Yuan Garden.
When you are in Shanghai, please go to Yua Garden where our regular tea shop is located, it is shop lot # 99.
Grand Hyatt Jakarta, October 10, 2015 – 11:08pm
Blacky and Amie
I support animal lovers and rescuers by praying for them or when I’m able I’d like to donate or accompany them to take care of those animals. But honestly I mostly support them from a distance…. The lowest level of caring but the best I can.
About two weeks ago a friend of mine texted me to pray for Blacky, a little cutie pie that was suffering from vomitting after every meal of his. Blacky, a black-with-white-spots kitten was waiting for exchanging blessings with me.
This is Blacky, when he was up and around.
Blacky was transported by his mommy named Amie by bus for about 3 hours. What a lovely journey for Blacky and Amie the mommy….! To get him cured. Vet said that Blacky suffered from kidney disfunction. Or, at least that was the result after some examination by the vet plus X-Ray.
Blacky and mommy Amie
Mommy had to go home to Tangerang, Banten because she had to work. But Blacky ought to stay — he was exhausted and needed some rest because of Tangerang – Jakarta trip and his sickness. Then it was decided to put Blacky in an animal clinic in Kemang.
Blacky with siblings — all those sweet creatures
Blacky was not getting better. He kept vomitting and decided to leave, he was departing to the land across beautiful ocean. On his last day he ate a little and got positive energy support from another friend of mine. But Blacky really wanted to leave. He was happy and still is now.
Blacky felt the love of mommy Amie and thanked the Universe for sending her to take care of him in his very short life span. He was serving himself as a cat and it was his best serviceat that time. He would love to serve a better role in his next span of life and the Universe already grants his wish.
He will be borne as a boy or a girl who gets so much love…. Namaste….
He will be borne as a boy or a girl who is raised by loving and caring parents…. Namaste.
He is blessed and giving blessings.
Breastfed together to mommy cat
Thank you Blacky for being present in my life although we never met face to face…. I feel the love of yours and mommy Amie’s love.
Please be safe in your trip to your better future. Til we meet again….
Jalan Putri Hijau, Medan – October 2, 2015 – 12:23am
Breathing – Haiku
Fresh air in and out,
Pumping lungs, blowing blood
Is joy of breathing.
This haiku is a gift for two animals rescued by my fellow animal rescuers.
Those two animals are Moppy the dog and Bima the cat shose noses are injured.
Please send your positive energy for Moppy and Bima for their good life and joy. However long they live, let them decide.
Singapore – August 31, 2015 – 11:00pm
Not A Good Bye
It’s hard to say goodbye especially to them whom we love so much, who have taken good care of us and with whom we spend most good time together.
When I was around 12, our parents decided to move to another city and all the children would go. I remember of feeling so excited because I knew I would have new friends and many other things new. But when the day was approaching, I realized that I would lose my best friends: Luluk, Nanik, Timbul, and others with many many precious moments remaining memories with their faces lingering around my mind. But again, I had to go. And I went…. With tears.
Now, I still remember them. I communicate with them and appreciate our noble friendship.
Moppy, the beloved dog of ours is now being walked by Angels accompanied by us to the Heaven. I don’t believe in Dog Heaven. Heaven is just heaven for ALL. We are walking Moppy to accompany him to cross the bridge as well as to see if our home near him in the next village is ready to occupy.
Moppy is so worried because his day is approaching – I know how he feels because he is experiencing a good bye to his companions he has trusted. He doesn’t want to be forgotten. He wants to be forever guardian for his rescuers. He wants to protect a group of people whom he recognize having been the real rescuers of animals. He is in grief of leaving all those people un-protected because he knows those people are are kind-hearted but sometimes vulnerable.
Moppy, Moppy, Moppy….
Please let go….
Please don’t worry….
Please remember that we’ll always be your family, here or across the bridge.
Archangel Michael already embraces you. I know you know it, Moppy Mopsy baby….
Moppy my dear dog….
See the light and please embark the ready boat.
We are not saying good-bye, we are ending one circle cycle to start another circle cycle. We will always meet in one start or end, or even in every dot to form a full circle. So, please don’t worry, boy…..
Hey, hey, Boatman….
Please carry our beloved dog over to the end of this journey and ask him to wait for just a little while before meeting with us again.
He’s not forgotten, he is not abandoned and he will never undergo the same sufferings anymore.
He can be a king, he can be a prince, he can be a queen, he can be a princess…. Or whatever he wants to be when he meets me someday….
Only one thing, we love you dearly forever, beyond space and time.
The love emitting from Moppy’s heart has made a group of strangers realize that a dog is not a just a dog. Moppy is a special dog that offers love, compassion, protection, caring, responsibility…. Moppy is a special dog. So special to be loved, remembered. No replacement for you, Moppy boy!
We love you! Hey, hey, boy…. Please send our best regards to someone sitting under the palm tree. Tell him not to stop sending love to us, that we miss him and that you are delivered for him. Be good, Moppy boy….
Much much love is in your pocket, boy….
Sholawat…. (thousands of times)
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud,
Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud, Yaa Waduud…
This is to celebrate how love can connect some tiny dots in this enormous life. Thank you Moppy, Tinny, Karin, Jodi, Tristi, Tria.
Tulungagung, July 24, 2015 – 9:43am
Feeling Lucky
I feel lucky because I can feel lucky. If I can’t feel the luck, I am not lucky anymore. So, let’s just bring luck by feeling lucky all the time —
- How?
- I feel lucky with everything I have and I don’t have.
That’s it.
Singapore – July 16, 2015 – 2:23am
Picture borrowed from http://solreina.deviantart.com/art/Yin-Yang-Cats-397173093
When I Die….
Have you ever thought about death? When you die….
Whom do you want to meet when you die? Ok. When I die, I want….
I want to release all my bonds to this current life.
When I die,
I still want to meet Bob my cat, Greece my cat, Grace my cat, Item my cat, Moppy oh our beloved dog, Tucul and Tesi my tortoises, Kliwon the cat, all the cats I’ve met and all the dogs I’ve met and other animals I’ve never met but I know they’re there…. One dear dog dragging his rear legs somewhere in West Jakarta while I could get off the bus to help (damn, this memory haunts me with guilt), a dog staring at my eyes while he was held by someone to a slaughter house and again I could not help (damn, this experience breaks my heart and still haunts me), all animals having helped me to realize that life is so short yet too precious to be left a sole second for “recreation without creation” or “creation without recreation”. Those animals have led me to create awareness inside my own self while enjoying my existence; they’ve led me to recreate joy to blessings while creating solutions for obstacles in life.
Those animals are so precious.
Ahhh…. My human family still mean something to me and I want to meet them when I die…. But they should come with a group of animals I’ve missed ha ha ha….
I think I’m daydreaming. But seriously, when I die….
I want to release all my guilt and unfinished duties.
Let go….
Then I die happy.
Singapore – July 15, 2015 – 12:12am
Greg – Our Beloved Tomcat
Greg, I heard from mother that it’s your 12th day not going home… Where are you? We hope you are ok. If only you have sent yourself to the other side, please be safe. Enjoy your new life in heaven. We’re sure you’re happy….
But if you are still out there, please go home. Your plate is always full with your favorite fish. The bowl is full with clean water. And, your favorite corner is not occupied by anyone else. Yours is still yours.
Greg, we miss you…. I hope you are there for me to hug when I’m home this Idul Fithri. And, Greek is missing you, too. Mom said that Greek was waiting for you everyday near your plate… Come back, boy! 
Wherever you are. see you, my dear brother….
Seremban – July 5, 2015 – 6:15pm
Google – Father’s Day
Do you celebrate Father’s Day? Frankly, I myself don’t. But today I found Google commemorated Father’s Day and I’ve got amazed with the green animated doodles….
So sweet of how they show the father-child bonds. Thanks Google for reminding me of how much my father loved me…. I love you so much, Bapak.
Just to share with you some screenshots captured by my Mac.
Penang – June 21, 2015 – 12:16am
Never Stay Put
Arriving from Penang yesterday, I’m now packing for another visit to Penang (again) tomorrow. Not being so keen to Penang (except the durian), having some fun in Singapore for weekend is preferable than Penang (doing some laundry, tidying up the room, hugging my dear stuffed animal dolls). Going back from Penang, I’ll be in Jakarta for a very short while (meeting some friends, seeing Moppy & others). After that I’ll be to a couple of other destinations before finally stationary in Singapore until mudik (visiting hometown) to my mom’s town, Tulungagung.
Some friends would ask me when to stop traveling. Should I stop? It’s an enjoyment to meet people from different places in which they are…. Maybe someday traveling will only be for visiting poeple needing my healing supports – but not now, not yet.
However, today I’ve been thinking of stopping for a while, doing nothing in a day or two, staying put in one official residence. But in vain…
Please know that I’m living on earth, a plane(t) that constantly travels around the Universe…. So why bother listening to those suggesting me to stay? We’re traveling together.
Singapore – June 20, 2015 – 3:42pm
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Animal Rescuers – Meowy Cat Shelter, Penang
I’m in Penang. Again.
It’s gonna be a fun day tomorrow – going for a durian party with my team to Balik Pulau. But it’s not the most impressive of my current trip. The tiptop of my gratitude is meeting with two animal rescuers: Pauline and Alexis, both are from Meowy Cat Shelter.
I saw one kitten cry desperately in front of hotel when I got back from a meeting but I could not rescue it because I was not allowed to go into the room with any pet so I browsed the Net to find any cat lover community in the island but failed. I called a friend – who is afraid of cat – to ask if she could recommend me to a cat lover, expectedly failed. Another friend, failed as well. Then I sent one short message to a random contact I got from the Net saying that I saw a cat bla bla bla…. – no reply. I decided to go up to my room, while the cat was frightened and hid under a white car parked exclusively next to the wheelchair ramp. It was a sad moment – not being able to help a helpless creature.
One of my friends unexpectedly iMessage-d me that she was parking her car in front of hotel lobby to get the kitten to her house before being delivered to SPCA in Jelutong. So, I flew downstairs meeting her hoping that the kitten was still there. I brought a bag for a rescue preparation.
But it wasn’t there, the car was also gone. The security guard who also saw the kitten told me that he’d tried his best to seek but in vain…. I patrolled around the hotel and apartment complex for the baby – no appearance. So, I asked her to leave because it was already 10:00pm, while she should have taken care of her family after work.
Surprisingly, my SMS to the random contact was replied saying “Please contact Alexis, I’m not in Penang right now. She’ll take the kitten. Meanwhile, if possible please smuggle the cat into the room until Alexis arrives. Thanks, Pauline.”
I told her that the kitten was nowhere to find. But she said “Find or not, please contact Alexis. We are from Meowy Cat Shelter…. You can find us in Facebook.”
A long conversation through Whatsapp happened afterwards, ended in an appointment to meet up in my next trip to Penang.
I also called Alexis twice telling her what was happening, I promised her to contact her if I see the kitten and even bring to her as long as I find it before I leave to Singapore on Friday.
This trip I might get a bit of despair because of not being able to 100% solve one particular case but I can feel a bit of joy of meeting beautiful souls like Pauline and Alexis above….
Life is offering a balance between yin and yang, even in a very simple way so no need to feel so dearly scared of not being able to smoothly move on (= on single piece of thin hair).
Thank you dear Lil’ Kitten for connecting me with Pauline and Alexis during this limbo.
I hope I can meet you oye kitten, Pauline and Alexis. God bless you!
Penang – June 15, 2015 – 11:59pm
Gaia Sophia
Dear Mother Earth,
For years this plane has lingered on your generosity,
Enjoying the life with almost no edge.
And, today — just today — the mind remembers again
That you’ve been not only generously nourishing
But also wisely enriching.
If ever this plane has to unite with you,
Please accept it with love.
Please embrace it with warmth.
Please absorb it with positive sensitivity.
Please grow with its pure zest.
And, please send it as best regards to the Heavenly Father above….
Dear Mother Earth,
That this plane is later meaningless for the Soul
Is a different story.
But please know that the Soul is of knowingly aware about what is happening to you.
You are being tortured,
You are being cracked,
You are being sucked,
You are being destroyed,
You are being malnourished,
You are being negatively treated….
By your children through the devilish thought
That has stealthily been occupying you for an evil sake.
Dear Mother Earth,
The center of my plane orbit….
Please stand still.
Please breathe calmly.
Please be tough
Yet be soft.
Please be knowing that you are still loved,
Still protected.
Still be synchronized.
Still be cared.
By some children of yours
Who nourish themselves with your wisdom.
Please be still Gaia Sophia.
Singapura – June 6, 2015 – 5:47pm
Lark Is Singing For Moppy
I met Moppy last Monday in Jakarta. Hugging him for about 10 minutes at one time plus several minutes after that…. The sensation was he was saying “I am ok, never mind. It’s all right now.”
I felt that it would be my last time seeing him. The coming weeks would be a very hectic time and won’t probably good space to fly in to Jakarta again. That’s why I forced myself to meet him this week; whatever it takes to do…. But if he still wants to spare some time to be hugged, I’ll take his lead.
I feel a lark lingering around. She is singing songs telling me a handsome boy named Moppy is the messenger who brings messages to each of warriors around him – to keep striving for perfection in life. The songs are like flowing river, going to the ocean – ocean of growing love.
The lark is singing while perching, while flying – it’s a sign that the messages are constantly delivered – never stop even the warriors are focusing on something else.
Moppy, if it’s your time, please don’t wait until the warriors are stopping to sit with you. Please take the lead and the warriors are following your way. The warriors are here to stay, deciphering the messages you have brought to them. Even some messages you bring are now not read, those unread would be found in time.
Moppy, throw away your little worry. The warriors have made their pledge that they would be faithful to their missions. That they would be on the right path until they meet you in the other side.
It’s a beautiful chance to be with you in life for just several hours. Been a precious time to hug you and to sing some songs for you….
My heart is filled with love and gratitude and forgiveness that may lead our way to the Light.
Sending my love, blessings and forgiveness to a handsome boy named, Moppy. Be comfortable…..
Singapura – June 3, 2015 – 10:29pm
Playing With Mom
I took pictures of some orangutans in Semenggoh Wild Center, Kuching, Malaysia – adult and young and got causght by this particular pose. Not really a pose made but let’s call it a pose — one orangutan mother was having lunch with her toddler. So playful and fun – yet nobody of the spectators expressed their excitement with sounds. All were smiling and some children were making very soft giggles (normal to loud voice would alert orangutans to go away). Just enough to know that we all felt the joy of witnessing the loving bond between mom and kid some 50 meters away of us.
Lesson I learnt: how ugly and silly your mom is, she is still the most understanding human on earth so never give her up. And, how ugly and silly your child is, s/he is still the most adorable one so don’t let him/her down.
Changi Airport – May 30, 2015 – 12:12pm
Falling In Love
I think I am so in love with the dog named Moppy…. that this song was just flowing.
How wonderful to sing this spontaneous tune to one I love. I hope your soul is listening to it and joy be with you always, Moppy
Melaka – May 24, 2015 – 9:52pm
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