Tag: poet

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!

Poem, Beloved and I

Learning, love, Poetic
Time is paper
With which poems are unrolled.

My beloved said
You need pens, I give you trees.
You need ink, I give you oceans.
Write love poems with love
Until you run out of paper.

I said
I need much paper
I want as much as I want
My love poems are trillions and more.

My beloved said
I won’t let you write forever
The last paper is not for you
It is for me to invite poets for a party
Where a special spread is ready.

I asked
How much paper will I get
Will you give me as much as I want
Will you let me write trillions of love poems?

My beloved said
Write as much as you want
I’ll give you as much as you write
You’ll get your paper for your trillions
As long as they’re yours.

My beloved said
Be dignified, write your own poems,
As the spread will be only for those
Not claiming from others’ names.

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big lunch, mini spread for my hard work today – my parents’ message about how to enjoy luxury of life: be dignified to
β€œeat” what you’ve worked and share with love πŸ™πŸΌ

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?

Love & Trust

Learning, love, Poetic
What is love and trust?
Wind and water pushing boat
Sailing to a landβ€”

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Yes, love can come mysteriously like Capt Nemo’s Nautilus suddenly emerged from sea surface. She might love one that she doesn’t logically expect to love at all. Love is an active emotion. If she loves, she does. If she doesn’t love, she doesn’t. Accept and embrace it with its pain and foolishness.

Yet, trust can promote or demote one to or from a position like how Capt Nemo finally trusted Aronnax, Ned and Conseil as his main crew in the submarine. Trust is a living action. Test and investigate it with loyalty and integrity. If she trusts, she’ll promote the one to an inner circle. If she distrusts, she demotes one to outer layer.

Aaah! Love is always sweet in wordβ€” just that some people don’t have sufficient vocabulary to express and to understand. Trust is always inevitable in number β€” just that some people are accustomed to data manipulating to look good and so hiding the fact.

Still loving you though πŸ’• πŸ’•

May all beings be happy.

(from Pinterest)

Surprise

Learning, Map It!, Poetic, Those People
Daruma city
You’ve witnessed left eyes were drawn.
Wish me the right ones.

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A group of people in Takasaki wished me a happy birthday in an online meeting. A real surprise that made my day! I almost cried of happiness! πŸ₯Ί

This evening one of them went back to Tokyo and she sent me messages with photos taken in Takasaki station. Another sweet surprise!

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Looking forward to a set of daruma dolls of different colours I ordered from Amazon (because of cancelled plan to buy them in its original city). Not a real surprise but hope the dolls give me a little shade of surprise! 🀩

Salaam.

daruma doll in Takasaki station sent with a message β€œHappy birthday, Rike. Come on draw my eyes!” πŸ˜‚
β€œEnjoy!” another message with another photo πŸ˜‚

Dream Home (lunch break)

Learning, life, love, Map It!, This Person
Dream home, Beloved,
Sitting with all senses on,
Capturing momentsβ€”

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Lunch break + very very heavy rain = early wish of birthday getaway to come true!

sitting here while writing a bunch of love letters to whomever I want – 2023
long chat in Ubud – 2024
tranquil nights in Angkor – 2025
ocean air breathing in Ninh Thuan – 2026
walking in the depth of souk – 2027

To be continued with more destinations in 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065…. As if I knew how long I will wander around here? I hope to live as long as time is mentally and physically enjoyable with family and friends without bothering them.

Long life, fresh and sane!

Then came the calculation part…. A lot of coins to spend to comfortably celebrate that way in those particular places. Easy! Just need a clover pendant to make it happen. 😝

4-leaf good luck charm immediately wanted!!! to make dreams come true πŸ€

Thanks for the rain and daydream. I know there is more than meets the eye! Life is so rich and I accept all the gifts.

Morning

Learning, Poetic, This Person
Morning, Beloved,
When seeds of joy is planted.
When dewdrops slide off.
What hues are painted for skies.
Whose voice will define the day.

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Leadership is about being able to discriminate my own thoughts and making conscious decisions for the best of the agreed direction.

πŸ‚πŸƒ

after morning prayer, certain day is just so….