Tag: 5-7-5

Breathing

Learning, Poetic
Breathing, Beloved,
Dive with it slowly, knowing
It can blaze and burn.

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So much swarmed in mind today. This brain was so busy processing unclear things that it could not process what truly happened within. All dots of thoughts felt like molecules bumping with and crashing each other in Brownian motion. The internal Brownian motion expanded externally and bad mood caused physical discomfort.

For around 12 hours the bad mood and physical discomfort was densely lingering. Reading, cooking, eating, drawing, writing, washing, watching YouTube, listening music, checking suitcase for next trip, taking shower, even sleeping didn’t help stabilise the emotion. Alamak I didn’t understand what was going on.

At dusk time I took a seat in one bedroom corner, closed eyes and paid attention to breathing. Very fastβ€” it was not my normal breathing speed. Then trapped emotions were found: unexplainable insecurity and anger. After around 30 minutes normalising my breathing speed, the bad mood was totally gone.

I’m sorry for ignoring you, breathing. It can’t be denied that my physical has given me signs of what happened inside. This physical has always reminded me about what emotions are dominating. The dominating emotion indicates what energy is attracted β€” positive or negative. Don’t ignore signs given by body; not even once!

Lesson learnt: Some dominating stuffs don’t deserve priority. Severe weather, bitter messages, false news β€”even if affecting meβ€” deserve to be smacked down! Don’t try me, bitch(es)! πŸ˜„

New week is gonna be nice! πŸ€“

Alfatihah.

another daruma sent as birthday gift with a script β€œfall down seven times, stand up eight”

Mood

Learning, Poetic
Bad mood is hunger
Draining mind and tainting heart.
Can food heal the pain?

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Certain type of bad mood doesn’t go away easily. It can sit silently consuming emotion for almost 12 hours. Some can be cured with food, some can’t. We still need food anyway.

Unfortunately no one is responsible as the cause, it popped out just like that with the falling rain; yet the self is responsible to get through it patiently.

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from this – kepok banana –
both birds and humans love it
to this for late lunch – failed to quiet the mind
from this – Ipoh pomelo, the best one on earth
to this for early dinner – at least cooling the heat in heart gradually

Gifts to You

Learning, love, Poetic, This Person, Those People
These gifts, Beloved,
Peace and love hummed to loved ones
Living here and thereβ€”

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One of the Javanese and Islamic teachings that I will never leave for the rest of my life is sending gift of prayer containing peace and love to my loved ones wherever they are, whether they are physically wandering on earth or spiritually gathering around life.

I believe that my passing-away ancestors are living in different levels of consciousness (call it hell, heaven or somewhere in between up to your liking) and they are watching their offsprings without being able to directly communicating with us. They deserve my gift as they have been my line to get the chance to be here now. They deserve peace and love as they have done the best they could to draw a meaningful family tree. Yes, some might have made silly mistakes but hey that’s what Buddhism calls β€œkarma”. Yes, some might have caused shameful stains on the family picture but hey that’s what Islam calls β€œalam syahadah”. Whoever and whatever they were, all of my ancestors deserve good wishes sung to them.

I also wish peace and love to those I love still breathing the air. Wishing all of them health and happiness. πŸ’

We Javanese Muslim will send gift by reciting some Javanese prayer closed with Alfatihah, a short chapter in the Quran containing peace, love, praise, forgiving, protection and guidance. A basket of beautiful wishesβ€”

How light this heart is to be sure that all whom I love are well.

Alfatihah to all whom I love. You’re loved. You’re blessed. Don’t shop too much. 😁

Happy weekend!

born as part of a nation doesn’t make someone higher or lower – being born a Javanese, Aborigine, African, Arab, Chinese, English, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Sundanese, Vietnamese or whatever is a gifted tool to contribute the best quality of culture in sustaining and respecting humanity – respect yourself, respect other human beings πŸ’•
if not respected (by you), your origin will be a boomerang (spun around hitting you) – be grateful for being born as you are, never wasted, fully loved, surrounded by beloved only if you accept who you are πŸ’•

Pleasure

Learning, Poetic
Pleasure, Beloved,
Sweet moment under the rainβ€”
Sunshine is peeping.

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Today’s biking started at 6:30am and ended at 7:15am as the rain began earlier – weather forecast reported rain would fall at around 8am. We decided to fold the bikes in my home then drive to β€œKueh & Mee” for breakfast.

Conversation is never boring with this good friend. Any topics about her children are my favourite as those children give me inspiration to be always young in heart how old ever I am and optimistic about life how much low my mental is. Topic about her wanting to go back to work is never nice because that’s when she questions if she is capable of doing this or that; while she is one of intelligent friends I have β€”- she is an excellent chemist who lets her expertise hibernate and allows her husband to lead a brilliant professional success.

After today’s chatty laughing breakfast, she went home then picked up her husband in Changi Airport, arriving from a biz trip. A long list of tasks were still waiting for her, making me lose reasons to complain about life.

She is one of my favourite people inspiring me with their being ordinary the way they are.

Thank you, Mbak Eva! God bless you. πŸ₯°

one of Indonesian guilty pleasure, lupis πŸ€“
kopi tarik kosong (Indonesian/Malay pulled coffee with no sugar) + an empty paper cup of (eaten) hard boiled eggs

Heart

Learning, Poetic
Warm heart, Beloved,
Where flowers bloom in hot day,
Roots enjoy divingβ€”

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I cooked cow heart for lunch. The taste of the heart was more special than before. Perhaps it was because I hadn’t eaten cow heart for more than 2 years. Or the heart was owned by a kind cow. πŸ˜‚

The dish reminded me of a joke among my circle.

A: Why don’t you eat beef?
B: How would you eat that whose eyes are so beautiful. They must have good heart!
A: But why do you pork?
B: &@$@?! Why don’t you eat pork?
A: How would you eat that whose look is so cute like Ms Piggy. Their heart must be romantic!

Weekend is almost here! Let’s enjoy it with warm heart!

πŸ’•

don’t β€œeat your own heart”, eat cow’s 😎 home cooking isn’t always healthful but it’s always clean 😍

Guessing

Learning, love, Map It!
Guessing, Beloved,
The least inaccurate points
Of mangosteen seedsβ€”

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lovely sweet manggis (mangosteen in English) – no child at my time disliked this fruit, to eat and to play guessing game – we children liked to go to Nasikah’s house to enjoy free mangosteens in harvest time 😍
how many seeds are inside? 5? 6? 6 of 1 big, 4 medium and 1 small!
inaccurate! it’s 5 of 1 big, 3 medium, 1 small! πŸ˜†

That’s what we call β€œtebak buah manggis”, guessing game to decide whether the number of sections at the bottom of the fruit accurately matches the number of seeds inside. Mostly matching, yet this time it is not! πŸ˜† Life is sometimes unpredictable even with good database; anomaly is a rule whose patterns are not yet formulatable oops formulated by human beings β€” please excuse my English, I’m not a native. πŸ™ƒ

Like someone we love. We thought they are 6, in fact they are 5.

Fair enough to say: seldom expect accuracy in estimation; better be sufficiently into the least inaccuracy so it won’t drop one down to abyss when finding inaccurate things. I’m trying to be wise as myself for myself about myself. πŸ₯°

Oh dear, mangosteens!

Not About Others

Learning, Poetic
It is about me
Myself, not about others.
Jump. Spread these wings. Fly.

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one of the girls was (like) me in my high school choir 😝 it’s hilarious to remember how our teacher shouted β€œarticulate well! articulate clearly! mouth wide open! breathe correctly! don’t laugh! sing!β€πŸ˜‚πŸ˜˜πŸ˜‚

Moses and The Shepherd

Learning, Poetic
In you, Beloved,
There’s Moses and The Shepherd.
Transfigurationβ€”

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Like it or not, both are within.

Salaam.

are you Moses or The Shepherd?

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where are you Moses? where The Shepherd?

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もしもし、this’s Moses and The Shepherd shape-shifting….

😁

Payday

Learning, life, Poetic
Payday, Beloved,
Crossroads to 4 directionsβ€”
6 o’clock, good bye!

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Ah yes! I’ve been paid with how a group of people feel proud of achieving what they thought would never happen for my persistence and never-ending-annoying questions and reminders. I’ve been paid with sweet smiles for greeting the cleaning ladies and security guards and colleagues and neighbours. I’ve been paid with my family and friends’ laughter for the jokes that were not even funny. I’ve been paid with my colleagues’ flooding emoji for my β€œdrunken” fingers sending auto-correct silliness. I’ve been paid by many many of those I’ve never thought of making me so light hearted more than dollars and cents.

Hey! Don’t get me wrong! I’ve also been paid with bitter rejections and secret smirks for what I did wrongLY and/or I did inappropriateLY.

And hey! I’ve also been actually paid with wages and benefits for working in a company.

Everything is worth paying and everyday is a payday.

Never look back to what was wrongly spent, that’s my payday commitment!

Ah how I love my payday!

Of course! Who’s not?

May all beings be happy.

the best day is always today when life is at its best β€” believe me I’m not always right πŸ˜‚

Good Words

Learning, Poetic
Good words, Beloved,
Postcard sent in holiday
Showing what one’s seen.

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My mother’s question after saying hello at lunch time is always β€œWhat did you cook today?” And she’ll say β€œDelicious!” when I send the food picture although she might say differently when tasting it. Both are happy, and that’s the most important thing.

May all beings be happy.

today’s work in rainy day

Lazed Days

Learning, Poetic
Lazed two, Beloved,
Wrapping up five passing by;
Seven in a packβ€”

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Always ready to work, always ready to rest πŸ’

hello, my babies…. 😘

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these duo are in slow mode for almost 3 years, yet they give me the extraordinary rooting! πŸ₯°

third flower after the second departed early – thanks for welcoming me 😘

Idyll

Learning, love, Poetic, Those People
Idyll, Beloved,
Found in rural area;
Hidden heritageβ€”

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Saw a package in front of my door today. It had been there for several days as instructed to the courier while I was away for a biz trip. Three pieces of jarik batik (long fabric with traditional batik patterns) from Yogyakarta were delivered safe and sound.

Idyllic gift for myself for the hard work in the past one year. Thank you, dear self! πŸ’•

πŸ’• thank you
this handmade batik was crafted by Mbah Suhir, a 93 year old batik maker – truntum background with sido asih (combination of 2 classic patterns) – I’m blessed!

Truntum (depiction of thousands of jasmine flowers) symbolises life under divine guidance and peaceful life fragrant like jasmine. Sido asih symbolises living in love and compassion.

210*120 cm – shorter jarik is for male as he won’t put any pleats when wearing it
the one-sided black β€œsido asih” handmade by another senior batik maker (still trying to find her name) – I’ll keep this beauty with love πŸ₯°
250*105 cm, classic batik – longer jarik is for female as she will make some pleats at one end of the cloth to beautify the lower apparel

While sido asih pattern bears common symbols everywhere in Java island, the color and the strokes show its place of origin. Black and thin lining is originated from Solo, white and bold lining is originated from Yogyakarta.

β€œnitik cakar ayam” two-sided classic batik handmade by Ibu Suminah (80 years old batik maker) πŸ₯°

Nitik (literally means making dots/points) is an original batik pattern in Bantul district, Yogyakarta. Nitik β€œcakar ayam” (literally means chicken claw) symbolises someone who is good at providing good life for his/her family (hard working, prosper and wise).

Two-sided batik is such a luxury to have in modern day. It doesn’t always show the price; but it is more about the maker has to block both sides of the fabric and it doubles the time of craftsmanship. Most batik is one-sided nowadays.

Can’t wait to directly thank the batik makers for their love to Javanese culture.

Matur sembah nuwun, Mbah. Mugi penjenengan dipunbarokahi dyaning Gusti Allah Kang Maha Agung. πŸ™πŸΌπŸ’•

Alfatihah

A Bridge

Learning, life, Poetic
A bridge, Beloved,
Transitioning melody
Between two islandsβ€”

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It takes logical thinking to bridge the gaps β€” where she is, where she wants to be. And, honesty is the right logic to know how to get from one state to another.

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Can anyone be dishonest to one’s self? Yes? How long? Long enough to sink before reaching the destination.

May all beings be happy.

Penang’s second bridge (Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge) – shortest way from Pulau Pinang to Batu Kawan

Playground

Learning, Map It!, Poetic
Playground, Beloved,
Where crickets find the shelters,
Light heart run aroundβ€”

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Back to my playground β€” am I the crickets hiding from the stomping feet of the children playing? Or the the light-hearted children stomping their feet around?

Comfort comes in different ways to different people.

May all beings be happy.

Pulau Jerejak, a name in the bucket list forever and never getting approval for a visit from anyone meeting me in Malaysia β€” I’m sometimes a cricket in this playground πŸ€“

Feeling

Learning, love, Poetic
Feeling, Beloved,
Sparks from a crater deep down
Show that it’s alive-

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Mikha’s voice! πŸ’

Listen

Learning, Poetic
It rings, Beloved,
Sweeping doubts, blooming glory.
The white loud whisperβ€”

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listen to inner voice πŸ’ you can, only if you are willing to

Prime Time

Learning, Poetic
Prime time, Beloved,
The best time to bloom or dry.
Not her decisionβ€”

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David and Goliath were enough lesson to learn that prime time isn’t always at one’s physical prime.

May all beings be happy

πŸ’

lost one bud because of the wind in the prime time πŸ₯°
her prime time is to tell the world that there is a phase called β€œearly departure” πŸ₯°
her prime time is when Mother Nature called her to appear when her friend dried out πŸ₯°

Falling Stars

Learning, Poetic
Middle sphere burns up
Rocks and debris falling fast.
Beautiful hazardsβ€”

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Wisdom seeds start as human’s observation evaluated then get compiled as natural science then grow as knowledge then ripen as insight before finally be harvested as fruit called wisdom.

If she misses the points of natural phenomenon, she misses the point about her own self. And that’s almost everyday, missing many many points.

Read! Wisdom is scripted everywhere. Laugh! Her reading though is not always right. 😊

May all beings be happy.

make a wish!

Prime Crime

Learning, Map It!, Poetic
Partners in crime, Love
Sail from torii to torii.
A ship of good friendsβ€”

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Fushimi Inari Taisha, our favourite shrine has its duplicate in Singapore 😘 being with partner in crime is always prime time πŸ˜‚ thank you!

Little Bird

Learning, love, Map It!, Poetic, This Person
Little bird, dear love,
Telling her to soar then go home
To where her heart isβ€”

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Home. Is it a what, a who, a whom, a whose, a which, a when, a where or a how? She knows hers and it doesn’t always the same as others’. πŸ’

shared rice with a little bird in Cointrin Airport before boarding for Amsterdam then home – a trip worth doing she should repeat πŸ₯° …

Bright Day

Learning, Poetic
Bright day, Beloved,
Earth opens all passages,
Men and nature blend.

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Pump the tyres and enjoy this bright day!

waking up rather late, saw a line of bikers hustling on the street chasing another group leaving them – traffic light is a huge factor to win 😎

Nuance

Learning, love, Poetic
Nuance, Beloved,
Painting one heart in two hues;
Comparing two timesβ€”

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Some songs like poem will stay in my heart and won’t die. One of them is Dewa’s Kangen.

Never getting bored of listening to itβ€” Weekend is the best music box! πŸ’

Once’s version sounds sexier πŸ’
Ari’s earlier version sounds sharper in heart. So young! πŸ₯°
Ari and Andra make it raw and pure!
live show – Ari’s version is still the best! πŸ₯°

With Love

Learning, love, Poetic, This Person
With love, Beloved,
All is done and completed.
How would she not thank?

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one of the doors of my humble abode should be adorned with climbing rose like this πŸ’
and one of the windows, so when the window is opened I breathe love from the pink roses πŸ’—

Bluish Gold Dome

Learning, Poetic
Sky blue, Beloved,
Drawn in peace and protection
Under the gold domeβ€”

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Today’s late afternoon sky showed much turquoise with the white looking like mosaics of peace and protection sacred words in the domes of blue mosques.

Thanks for the peace and protection.

Salaam.

RC Gorman’s work of art – Woman with Turquoise

666

Learning, Poetic
The beast, Beloved,
The you not well tamed by graceβ€”
Embrace it. Bless it.

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I cleaned my Instagram postings from some rubbish posted earlier πŸ˜‚ and decided to let 1,666 as the final number of postings. My friends said β€œYou’ve got healthy thumbs! Why 666? That’s evil number!”

I don’t believe 666 is evil number or number of the beast. There is another alternative that is more neutral and entertaining:

666 has had a bad reputation because of its biblical meaning as β€œthe number of the beast,” but it’s mostly unwarranted. The spiritual meaning of 666 is an encouragement to refocus. Seeing 666 tells you to pay closer attention to any fixation you currently have on earthly problems and details. An obsession with getting everything right and taking things too seriously is a distraction from the bigger picture.

An appearance of 666 reminds us that we humans can become too wrapped up in our β€œproblems” and lose sight of what’s really important to us and in life in general. If 666 appears in your path, it is a divine nudge of redirection. You might be overfocusing on something trivial to the point that you’re losing sight of what’s really most important.

Take note of when and where you saw the angel number. This could lend insight into the area of your life that needs refocusing. If you keep seeing 666 while you’re stressed out about a certain friend, it could be a sign that you’re not remembering the bigger lesson of relationships is to learn and grow alongside someoneβ€”not to dwell on issues but to remember that even the issues are all part of the process.

Continuously seeing 666 is an alert to shift your focus in order to relieve some of the stress in your life. You’ve become wrapped up in worries that distract you from creative solutions. Take these sightings as an opportunity to slow down and assess where your mental and physical energy are being spent.

This angel number is a guidepost pointing toward recommitment to nurturing your foundationβ€”your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It’s also a reminder to let go of the things you can’t control. Make a list of what you value and what you’re grateful for, and focus on thatβ€”releasing any need to control or fixate on the perfect outcome. Perfection doesn’t exist! Let yourself rest and regroup, knowing the universe is supporting you.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a39304449/666-angel-number-meaning-numerology/

I’ll keep the 666 for some time as I need to let go of too huge a thing having wrapped me for some time. Everybody including me deserves respect but if not getting it from those much expected, it means it is not what I deserve to receive. I sincerely accept it. πŸ’

God bless me! πŸ’•

liu liu liu

True Lies

Learning, Poetic
You know, Beloved,
West, east, north, south are true lies.
Meet the truth in here.

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Info and data are easy to harvest nowadays, wisely and smartly use them to find (the least inaccurate) truth (that is needed to make conscious decisions).

Salaam.

clown is funny: true or lie or true lie?