Magic Ears

Thereโ€™s a prancing deer
To tiger forgetting fear.
A striped bodyโ€™s near.
Luck! The dear has magic ears.
It dashes and disappears.

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It Does Well

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 ๐Ÿ’

Charlie Chaplin to Us

Laughter is the breeze caressing the hair waving to the morning sun.

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A posting landed on my Instagramโ€™s Home, it was Charlie Chaplinโ€™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). ๐Ÿ˜

Salaam.

Sweet Day

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 thisโ€ฆ. no no no
this? no no no
decided! chocolate brioche โ€” chocolate never fails me!

Pink Roses

Pink roses in a vase welcome seven cold guests, turning them to smiles.

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an innocent staff put these roses in a vase to welcome us; she said the roses were grown in the dorm garden, which we found true; what a sweet gesture ๐Ÿ’ (Nagano, 2014) โ€” we should have smiled more widely to her ๐Ÿ˜ see you again this year

Love Birds Tweet

Silence sits among storm, wonโ€™t sit in a temple. Sheโ€™s been far away happy, leaving two love birds tweeting noisily.

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Some people donโ€™t want happy ending for everyone but themselves and wonโ€™t stop communicating their hostility in any other way even when they know they have won the game. Oh! Perhaps they never know what victory is, they misunderstand it with justification.

Salaamโ€ฆ

is it the note, the clef or the heart shape or the space the illustrator wants to emphasise? many will (mis)interpret based on their own experience or even assumption, exactly like a literature which is interpreted differently and the literary person smiles wide as she knows the more interpretations are awarded to a poem, the more successful the poet is โ€” ๐Ÿ˜˜๐Ÿ˜Ž

Ode to Day

Dear, day.
Do you know that I never stop waiting for you?
When my watch ticks a second,
My heart drips a note,
My pulse vibrates softly,
I know I am closer to you.

Dear, day.
Do you know that every part of you blesses me?
When morning breaks,
Noon flares,
Dusk fades to night,
I know the next you is waiting
For me.

Day oh day
Many I canโ€™t understand,
Much I canโ€™t decipher,
Little I can see,
Very few I can give
Yet I still hope
To meet you again.

Dear, day.
How I am blessed with family,
Gifted with friends,
Sufficed with this self,
You are still the one
Sung by this heart.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
All have been today
And never faded away.

I am blessed, day
With another you
In the best way.

And for you
I am grateful.

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as dark as serene night
as shadowy as calm dusk
as bright as each and every morning
she is well protected under the shade of glorious sunflowers ๐Ÿ’
dear sunflower ๐Ÿ’•
and the white drops of details
when all glass vases are prioritised for orchid roots, fondue pot be todayโ€™s best choice ๐Ÿ’
all must be got rid of in order for the flower arrangement to get a spacious and โ€œcleanโ€ background โ€” there is always thing to prioritise; if it is not you, donโ€™t feel bad โ€” itโ€™s just like that everyday so just be blessed with becoming either 0 or 1 in this binary world ๐Ÿ’•

Love Diaries in A Library

This life is a library
Keeping all collections,
Reference to public,
Exclusive to a lover,
One lover.
The
Belovedโ€”

Read,
Beloved
Any scrolls
In this library.

Read,
Lover
The diaries
In the secret dungeon.

Read,
Beloved
With naked eyes, or
With any glasses on the shelves.

Read,
Lover
Through letters and numbers,
Shapes and colours.

Read,
Beloved
This library is open
As long as you are awake.

Read,
Lover
Before you sleep
When Iโ€™ll be reading you through.

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my earlier diaries are true stories through naked eyes; the later are colours, shapes, numbers, words in various styles and figures of speech needing some tricks and tips to sense layers of meanings and information โ€” we are all writers, librarians and readers ๐Ÿ’

About the photo

Free Will

Free will? What is that? This breath is what you blow in to me to love you.

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Realising more and more that her life is free of free will; she needs causes and reasons to do anything she does even for her brain to think about what things to think ofโ€” there is a bond invisible and invincible.

She surrenders to the bond. ๐Ÿ’

Happy weekend.

Salaam.

two new buds not coming out of free will ๐Ÿฅฐ there are reasons, there are causes

Corner

In a bright corner sheโ€™s seen. The sun sends her light reflecting bright life.

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this is more than enough to put me in a good mood after a long trip; she delivers a stem of buds after moved to a corner where sun greets her directly โ€” thank you!

Taste

How many tastes can she experience in joy? 5 or 7?

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Realising that the best taste is not any of those 5 or 7; the best taste is only 1: to love. ๐Ÿ˜Š

Days of love be likeโ€ฆ

well done beef
sate kambing (lamb skewer)
ayam geprek (smashed chicken)
nasi rames (combined dish riced)
gado-gado (vegetables in peanut sauce)
lumpia sayur (vegetable spring rolls)
pisang goreng (fried banana)
the baked and cherry
the baked and blueberry
mango ๐Ÿ’ and pumpkin seeds

Friday

Friday, this bright light blinks to the eyes not stopping staring at the heart.

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Masjid Istiqlal โ€” after more than 10 years
shollu โ€˜alannabiy ๐Ÿ’
waiting for a friend who said โ€œletโ€™s meet up in Istiqlal Mosque, Thursday night welcoming Friday would be a good night to pray for beautiful 2023โ€ ๐Ÿ’

Dancing Dolls

Dolls dance following the rhythm of the carverโ€™s breath. Standing ovationโ€”

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dancing dolls, how attractive you are! i enjoy watching your unmoved movements then applaud as thatโ€™s what you are made for ๐ŸŽŽ

Lazed

Is it lazed or slowed? The day seems long without you around the pink sky.

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indomie is the best in lazy day ๐Ÿ˜

doesnโ€™t look amazing but tastes like soul! ๐Ÿฅฐ

Welcome

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Welcomed by a home with greenery to be cooked, she builds a sweet mood.
fridge gave me a surprise to make lunch – thanks for the left over of vegetables and beef ๐Ÿ˜

Home Missed

Thereโ€™s home thatโ€™s missed lingering around the heart. Let it in with joy.

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slightly boring, yes โ€” back home is the happiest ๐Ÿ’ i miss the kitchen, the orchids, the bikes, the books, the canvas, the paper and all that I can do in that tiny space
oooh and time to bring my luggage to its repair center ๐Ÿ˜˜

Reflector

Reflection kills her night.
The tower dramatically sways,
Dancing with the street light,
Gleaming with the moonbeam.

She grabs a cloth
To wipe her mirror.

Oye, her little heart.
You need a janitor.

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one Petronas tower reflected perfectly through a skyscraperโ€™s glass in a dim evening ๐Ÿชž dramatic yet poetic and romantic ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Old Friends

There is memory shared around a round table at a starry night.

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so blessed to meet friends โ€” they said โ€œChinese food for dinner ok lah, Rijk, no pork lah no pork!โ€ ok lah, everyoneโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ˜˜ thank you! ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ

Two Towers

Towers will mostly collapse of weak foundationโ€ฆ. Or the strongest quake

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Petronas Twin Towers from taxi ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ
solanum on the reception table ๐Ÿ’
no one can make me feel not good if I donโ€™t allow myself to – itโ€™s a commitment as strong as tower with solid foundation, not only a lip service. KL, see you soon ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Nothing Is Left

She travels light.

She brings a few packed
And you, in a locket
Kept safe with a chain
Worn around the neck
Reminding the traveler
That nothing is left.

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dear river, this is my empty jar with which i keep your water before it flows back with you to the vast ocean – nothing is wasted, nothing is left ๐Ÿ’

Ceremony

Thereโ€™s fire kindled, prayer sung, fragrance bellowed in ceremony.

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Life is humble as a simple smile at the same time sacred as a ceremony, enjoy it with bare heart (RC Gormanโ€™s Ceremony)

(Day)Dreamers

A white lamb on the lap of a dreamer daydreams of her dreaming sweet.

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donโ€™t judge your dream, accept it ๐Ÿ’— you can do it by calming down

Deep Sea

White foam on turquoise sweeps back to dark blue deeper to where secrets are.

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dive more deeply to this deep sea and let yourself be greeted by the calmness and warmth of your own honesty and acceptance โ€” there is something that doesnโ€™t demand you to be anyone else but you ๐Ÿ’—

Angels (sharing)

The wings are flapping sprinkling blessings through the air. Breathe them. Be blissful.

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In Arabic angel is called malaaikatun or malaaikah or simply malaaikat (ุงู„ู’ู…ูŽู„ูฐู“ุฆููƒูŽุฉู) literally meaning โ€œpower that governsโ€. In Islamic tradition the โ€œpower that governsโ€ are grouped based on what type of assigned power they govern that are many and one of them is โ€œpower to govern protectionโ€.

I always believe I am fully protected through the existence of the angels surrounding me although I am not interested to discuss about their form; people say angels have wings, others say they are made from light, some say malaaikah are systemic laws to run the universe, and so on and so forth. It doesnโ€™t matter to me. That they exist and follow the assigned โ€œpower to governโ€ is enough for me.

Only when we listen, we will hear. We will hear the songs of the angels, the songs of universe, the songs of the heart, the songs of the soul. I prefer my angels to sing jazzy songs in this end of long weekend. ๐Ÿ˜

Listening to heartโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ’—

Salaam.

โ€˜ve met feathers almost everywhere walking recently; i took it as a sign that protection is everywhere and decided to always wear this silver pendant this year as an appreciation of the protection โ€” thank you for the protection

Heaven & Earth

Does heaven and earth exist other than in a loverโ€™s smile? Yes. Dream.

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although not there, I still seek heaven and earth in you through my dream ๐Ÿฅฐ happy new year to the other time zones until every spot on earth is covered by Jan 1, 2023

3 1st on Jan 1st

There is always first.
A tree greeting breeze and sky
Comes from minute seed.

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1st breakfast to make
1st movie to (re)watch in 2023 – an energizing movie! always love Sandra Bullock
1st chore while 1st movie rewatch after 1st breakfast completed โ€” more 1st things on Jan 1st of 1st long weekend in 2023 โ€” iโ€™m gonna love 2023 much ๐Ÿ’—

St Elmoโ€™s Fire

Water! Water!
St Elmoโ€™s fire!
Water!

No.
No water for St Elmoโ€™s fire.
A good omen.

Amen! Amen!
St Elmoโ€™s fire!
Amen!

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New year again! Thanks so much for reaching this point like a plane (an inch to) landing smoothly. Seat belt still on! Airplane mode still on! Yet the pilot is smiling widely with fire in her heart brighter and brighter, no red anymore, now almost blue to white!

Count down! ๐Ÿ’—

love theme from St Elmoโ€™s Fire movie ๐Ÿ’

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About another St Elmoโ€™s fire

Karma Pala

Ing karma pala tan ana kang isa mlayu. Kudu ngunduh.

Nandure siji, thukule satus. Panene pitungatus.

Tan kena kinira, mung Gusti kang pirsa. Janma mung krida.

Anteping kalbu, tekating jiwa. Slamet
Ing kabeh mangsa.

Rahayu.

(geguritan Jawa)

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cute seeds whose name i know not – hope 2023 will bring me harvest seasons with excellent crops; what? new year? againโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฅฐ

Counting Blessings

Thereโ€™s always blessing counted through breathing. Close eyes, the air prays for you.

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this is enough for the whole day! no rice today ๐Ÿ˜Š
1st plate for breakfast ๐Ÿ’ urap Jawa in cassava leaves, long bean, kecipir (square bean), carrot and sprout + raw long bean and damn kencur (fragrant ginger leaves)
that raw leaves are leaves of kencur (fragrant ginger), fragrant and refreshing ๐Ÿ˜Š the yellow leaf was not wasted๐Ÿ˜€
tempe and tofu, side dish that rocks! ๐Ÿ˜‡