How do you thank Life–
For what you are? Find a way.
And stick to its plan.
Temasek – October 27, 2017 – 00:40 (sakdurunge adus)
Tag: life
Secret – haiku
He walks as secret.
Unseen treasure before eyes-
Owner has its key.
Singapore – October 15, 2017
Just A Job – haiku
When Japanese say:
“It’s just a job”. They must be
Joking. Don’t believe.
Singapore – before flying to Taipei – September 4, 2017 – 7:50am
Kutabur Debu Cahaya
Kutabur debu cahaya
Bersama salam dan langkahku
Demi jejak kemanusiaan
Bagi seluruh isi alam.
Berurai air-mata….
Sungai-sungai sebagai urat-urat darah
Yang mulai tersumbat,
Menyempit,
Buntu…. Samudera pun kehilangan tuah dan birunya.
Tersedak Ibu Gaia terbatuk-batuk, bersedih melihat anak-anaknya tiada berhati.
Duh Gusti,
Ampunilah aku
Yang tak mampu membantu titik-titik mungil bercahaya terkungkung rantai dan kerangkeng.
Letih dan terluka
Batin dan badannya.
Duh Gusti,
Merdekakan kami.
Aku dan titik-titik mungil bercahaya itu.
Merdekakan inti hidup kami.
Sehingga bahagia walau kami dihela hingga pertolonganMu tiba.
Sehingga ikhlash walau kami dipaksa hingga kehendakMu tiba.
Wahai, titik-titik mungil bercahaya….
Kuseru doa dan belai mesra.
Salamku salam ruhani yang akan membungkusmu dengan kekebalan
Dari segala derita.
Kuatkan. Murnikan. Tataplah langit seperti kutatap ia.
Kudekap Ibu Gaia,
Kuhembuskan debu cahaya
Dan titik-titik cahaya itu berpendar, melebar dan merayakan kebahagiaan.
Salamku salam ruhani
Wahai titik-titik mungil dalam dekapan.
Puisi ini kupersembahkan bagi para satwa yang didera kekejaman atas nama kesejahteraan manusia. Terkirim bagimu kekuatan dan kemuliaan selamanya. Sayangku….
Ibu Gaia, teriring doa untukmu jua….
Salaamun qaulammirrabbirrahiem….
Temasek – August 12, 2017 – 02:59
I Travel To Live – tanka
I travel to live
To revive the life and place
With my soul greeting.
Roots, trunks, leaves, flowers tell me:
“Your footsteps leave light and scent”.
Temasek – August 10, 2017 – 22:44
Picture borrowed from: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/525373112761812546/
My Life Is….
My life is a meadow in summer! Grass, tiny flower, stream, and all for a fun campsite….
Singapore – August 2, 2017 – 23:15
Picture is borrowed from: http://www.chiquiplanet.com/stickers/fairy_tale.html
Tears – haiku
Dewdrops on a leaf
Are tearing silence. Green worms
wriggle then fall down.
Temasek – May 25, 2017 – 01:46am
Symbol – haiku
Is it to disclose
Or to hide what’s unhidden
That’s so called symbol?
Picture borrowed from: http://java-demos.blogspot.sg/2013/04/using-lambda-expressions-in-threading.html
For more information about the symbol attached, please go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda
Temasek – April 5, 2017 – 00:58
Diving – haiku
In a rough dark sea
She is diving all alone.
Tridacnas await.
Are you ready? At the end of an abyss you’ll see a beauty beyond description.
Picture borrowed from this link, you can also learn what is Tridacna in it. Thank you! http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2016/1/aafeature
Or, watch below video
Temasek – April 1, 2017 – 22:35
There She Is – haiku
There she is. Crouching
Behind a log. She’s waiting
For fresh flesh dinner.
Are we a tiger crouching? Or a deer grazing in the greenery…. Or both but with love?
Picture borrowed fromhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2771497/The-unlikeliest-friends-Giant-pregnant-tiger-plays-tiny-fawn-carries-mouth-like-cub.html
Temasek – March 29, 2017 – 22:36
Flying – haiku
Sky is the limit.
Bird is soaring, zooming down.
To watch his strong branch.
Sometimes the journey is to nowehere but to go back home.
Picture borrowed from: A bald eagle serial killer at large in Maryland after 13 birds …
Singapore – March 27, 2017 – 23:33
Important? – haiku
Thinking of a thing
Only one sole thing. A waste —
Of time or important?
Temasek – March 2, 2017 – 23:23
Fish – haiku ended with a free verse
Fish in frozen pond
It is swimming to the sun.
Hopes for hotter air —
Fish, water and sun —
Forming a natural cycle —
Win life together.
Fish, can you feel me
Stir the water to get you
Out of frozen pond.
Fish stare at my eyes.
They beg me to stop and go,
To find other funs.
Fish….
Me….
Life….
Like
Fish….
Water….
Sun….
Can I play with this life the I want?
I know I can.
But like a fish that can’t live in frozen pond – waiting for
The sun to melt it down.
I am a fish in a life full of water under the sun.
Picture borrowed from https://www.walldevil.com/752644-koi-fish-and-autumn-leaves-wallpaper.html
Singapore – August 14, 2016 – 2:49am
A word – haiku
Pronouncing good word,
Parrot is nodding its head.
When word is just word.
What does a word mean when it is uttered by a bird, it only repeating what it has heard from environment without knowing what it means. It means…. Meaning is not everything but it is more essential than just the pronounced lining letters.
Life, teach me about what essential when I pronounce a good word as I am not a parrot or any other copiers.
Picture borrowed from National Geography
Singapore – July 21, 2016 – 2:45pm
And It’s There – haiku
And twa’s there with you.
I hope not to come back as
Travel is forward.
HRegency Da Nang – January 19, 2016 – 10:45pm
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
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
2016 Resolution – #2
Oh my…. And it is January 2, 2016. I feel like not ready to change the year – 363 to end this cycle and I haven’t decided if my resolution is fixed yet or need some trimming.
Last week I collected 5 things to focus on in 2016. Too many for a focus but yeah I need to get distracted sometimes ha ha….
So….
- I promise to always have some flower when not traveling: easy to have some stems of fresh color in a jar but not traveling for at least one week is still a question. I hope I have more time to see the flower survive for more than one week.
- Let me always support animal rescuers. I can’t do it myself with my current type of job. Really, I have to support those kind people better.
- I’ve gained too much weight and I MUST handle this problem. No choice: this year I have to take diet seriously and exercise consistently. Get ready for ready space for my swimsuit and gym-suit.
- I should be more productive…. Oh no…. How should I explain this to myself? Write more, read more, draw more, etc more — to reach a better target.
- And, be balanced! inside out, left and right, back and front
Enough?
I think so.
So, let’s do it!
Yes!!!
Two happy cats are with me 🙂
Temasek – January 2, 2016 – 4:51am
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
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
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
Life is Too Short….
Life is too short to hoard!!!
Waking up early this morning, I found that my living space looked very untidy. But is it really the untidiness the problem? Not at all…. Coz when I checked it once again, the reason is because there are too many things. Just way too many….
Books are just piling, out of the shelf. Clothes – some un-ironed – are stuffing the three-door closet; a closet with three doors mean too much for me since I used to have only one door or two before. Too many clothing. Boxes, paper bags, plastic containers, and so on and so forth please name it…. Huft!
I’ve been hoarding.
And I’ve gotta stop myself! Or else, my life will be full of unnecessary things.
I decided to throw some unused things away. Giving away second-hand things is the last option here in Singapore since I have to wait until someone requests the unused stuff is there. Believe it or not, a friend of mine threw away a piano, still working. And, just last week we threw away one washing machine – a functional washing machine – just because we bought a new one. Weeks ago I saw a very nice book shelf stood underground near parking lot for rubbish collection. People just don’t know whom to give things to.
I promise to stop buying more things coz I believe I have all things needed. I just ought to optimize their utilities. Ready? YESSS!!!
Ok, pack it up and go!
Singapore – July 12, 2015 – 7:45pm
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
Picture borrowed from http://ak7.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/582571/preview/stock-footage-planet-earth-with-fire-trail-loop-able.jpg
Frog – A Transformation
So many years that butterfly is a symbol of transformation has been ingrained in my blood. From egg to caterpillar to cocoon then beautiful winged soft insect has been a cycle from a tiny little nothing to flying colors.
What about a frog?
Egg (Amplexus) then tadpole to froglet then frog
Isn’t that a cycle of transformation, too?
Yes, it indeed is.
But… What beauty can we extract from being a frog? Wait! It’s way too early to say no quality in a frog.
Frog is a sign of Spring — when life begins. Frog sings very loudly, invigorating the air of night, welcoming Summer.
A frog is a froglet losing its tail. What is tail for a frog, he doesn’t need (to) tail anymore. A frog is mature enough to take its way without tail(gating). So, are you a frog or a froglet?
And, a frog is one independent evolved egg that is able in detaching itself from the cluster wrapping thousands of eggs and escaping from the fish and other water predators. Ohlala…. You are a successful individual when reaching frog phase.
A frog is a froglet transforming from a water body to live in both water and land and ready to breed. It represents someone able to find the core of reality — being a physical cum spiritual being. Both needs to be developed and maintained; they weave and knit together to generate “haute couture” in a life time of a developed spirit. Balaced Yin and Yang: This happens as part of a frog’s being, our being.
So, human being transforms not only like a butterfly but possibly also like a frog….
Which do you choose as your picturesque analogy? You choose.
It’s just a thought pouring down in the middle of the night before a short sleep welcoming a new day.
- Picture of cat yin & yang is borrowed from http://solreina.deviantart.com/art/Yin-Yang-Cats-397173093
- Picture of frog life cycle is screenshot from http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/animals/animal-lifecycles/lifecycle-of-a-frog.htm
Singapura – May 19, 2015 – 1:07am
It’s About New Life.
And, when your soul is weary and asking what is to keep this life worthwhile? Listen to this song, and sing along….
Lyric below:
masshiro na yukimichi ni harukaze kaoru
watashi wa natsukashii
ano machi wo omoidasu
kanaetai yume mo atta
kawaritai jibun mo ita
ima wa tada natsukashii
ano hito wo omoidasu
dareka no uta ga kikoeru
dareka wo hagemashiteru
dareka no egao ga mieru
kanashimi no mukougawa ni
hana wa hana wa saku
itsuka umareru kimi ni
hana wa hana wa saku
watashi wa nani wo nokoshita darou
yozora no mukou no
asa no kehai ni
watashi wa natsukashii
ano hibi wo omoidasu
kitsutsuite kitsutsukete
mukuwarezu naitari shite
ima wa tada itooshii
ano hito wo omoidasu
dareka no omoi ga mieru
dareka to musubareteru
dareka no mirai ga mieru
kanashimi no mukougawa ni
hana wa hana wa saku
itsuka umareru kimi ni
hana wa hana wa saku
watashi wa nani wo nokoshita darou
hana wa hana wa saku
itsuka umareru kimi ni
hana wa hana wa saku
watashi wa nani wo nokoshita darou
hana wa hana wa saku
itsuka umareru kimi ni
hana wa hana wa saku
itsuka koisuru kimi no tame ni
Singapura – May 18, 2015 – 1:09am
Listen
Sometimes you are tired of listening to friends who keep saying they are tired of walking down their life path.
Sometimes you are bored of listening to people who keep thinking they are the unluckiest ones on earth.
Sometimes you are just wondering what those people are talking about and you just say “uh-uh” at the end of every sentence they say.
Sometimes you are just smiling at the end of the table to confirm that they just want to be heard and not really care whether you are really listening or not.
That’s fine….
Life is about enjoying.
So, let’s enjoy the listening part.
Open the ears wide, and more than that HEART wide to suffice what those people are craving: to be listened, to be care.
Because they feel abandoned in their own life, in their own self…. Without realizing that they are feeling that way.
But, willingness doesn’t come easy. It sometimes gets dragged aside by weak body and heavy days…. So, forgive yourself for not listening to every whining and complaining….
Oh…. What a beautiful life! What a beautiful journey! I think I know why I am here.
If only I can tell them to listen to their own selves.
Penang – January 21, 2015 – 4:46am
Picture borrowed from http://weheartit.com/entry/group/694625
Enjoy The Weekend….
Dear fellow earthlings, let’s enjoy this weekend as Mr and Mrs Fly are…. 😊
🍀
Singapore – November 29, 2014 – 2:39am
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To Be Just Right
There are a lot of things left behind the schedule if I talk about my life plan.
http://www.globaldms.com/blog/bid/149727/Dodd-Frank-Act-Finds-Itself-Behind-Schedule
I plan to get married at 25 years old but happen to be single until 39. Plan to have a house by 30 but got it by 35. To have iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook as soon as they were launched but I could just got them all as one package two years ago — just right after I reached Singapore for a new job. To enjoy meditation years ago but being able to do it just three years ago. To do this and that, all with delay….
http://www.visionsforhr.com/2012/01/how-apple-changed-my-life/
But that’s life, to wait for things happen with real patience. When the time is just right, all will come. Needless to say, but like working on repeated actions requiring ergonomics, it takes good stance and poise to get all life plans done. Stance is focusing on priority, poise is doing the best.
http://www.boattest.com/Resources/view_news.aspx?NewsID=2997
To be just right is a main goal of mine now. To be at the point of understanding that I can only plan and work on my plans without extremely targeting when and how I should reach the dream. Dreams will come true, we should believe — as part of flame to keep up good things. But when and how…. That is just right at the end of the tunnel, we can only see the light without seeing the details of it.
Ahhh…. I’ve been so much treating my life seriously. Time to enjoy every tap of my steps and every tick of my second…. All is well and it can never be enough to say “thanks”. Anyway…
…. Thanks for everything, my Universe….
Muar, Malaysia – September 21, 2014 – 7:36pm
Shrines in Kyoto
Temples are scattered around Kyoto, Japan. I visited three of them…. Many remaining to visit in my next trip to Kyoto.
Bell
Mr. Stork…. perching on the roof of the shrine gate
The sky, blue….
Green and tidy….
Water from dragon mouth….
Lamp post, giant
And summer flowers are just decorating Kyoto street…. Sweetly greeting me.
Singapore – September 14, 2014 – 11:13pm
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