Tag: temple

Church – Coldplay

Learning, This Person, Those People

[Verse 1]
What can I tell you?
When I’m with you, I’m walking on air
Watching you sleeping there, yeah
But what can’t I get through?
And for everyone, everywhere
You’re answering every prayer

[Chorus]
And when you’re riding a wave
Oh, won’t you ride that wave to me?
When you’re setting your sail
Oh, can I be your seventh sea?
When you’re riding a wave
Oh, when you’re riding a wave

[Bridge]
‘Cause when I’m hurt
Then I’ll go to your church
‘Cause when I’m hurt
Then I’ll go to your church

[Instrumental]

[Chorus]
When you’re riding a wave
Oh, won’t you ride that wave to me?
When you’re riding a wave

[Vocalizing in Arabic by Norah Shaqur]
أبي يا الله يا قادر، لماذا تركتني؟
أبي يا الله يا قادر
حرية يا الله
محبة يا الله

[Outro]
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I worship in your church, baby, always
I worship in your church, all the seven days (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
I praise and praise
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)
(Ooh, ooh, ooh)

 

 

Renovated – ranting

Learning, Map It!

It is my 3rd visit to Ayutthaya. Three rounds, one hotel – just across a historical wat (temple) at the river bank.

In my first visit in 2017 the wat was clearly seen from my window. White with some unclear yet predictable patch of mould. Beautiful and grand.

The second visit just last August it was being renovated. Covered with green nets and perched by workmen, the wat looked surrendered and retreat.

Now, the renovation is going on. The wat is shiny and white like marble, maybe glazed with porcelain. Hopefully. Yet the green net is still there, workmen are still busy behind the net. Dogs are still barking there maybe shouting at visitors. I don’t even know if visitors are allowed during construction.

Ayutthaya, you don’t fail me.

Ayutthaya – Dec. 26, 2018 – 14:27

Angkor Wat – old city

Learning, love, Map It!, This Person, Those People

I visited Angkor Wat, Siem Reap of Cambodia last week with three of my friends – Mbak Roh, Mbak Endang and Agnes. We did quasi backpacking – why quasi? Well, we decided to travel light – they flew AirAsia which tickets were purchased one year ago – but pack things in pretty luggage.

We stayed in a cheap inn of USD35.5 per night instead of fancy Park Hyatt or Le Meridien and took tuk-tuk everyday instead of rented car. It was a cool journey!

Some pictures captured show the joy! Enjoy!

Singapore – August 28, 2016 – morning….

Some Captured in Da Nang

Learning, Map It!

Took some pictures just yesterday, without technicality, without sophisticated lenses, without a thought….
Only with a heart, a pair of eyes and an iPhone6.

Enjoy….

Thanks to Ninh Tran for being a photographer in which I’m in. He is the one in blue, praying.

Location: Linh Ung – Bai But Pagoda, an attractive tourist destination and the biggest pagoda in the charming coastal city of Da Nang

 

 

 

HRegency – January 21, 2016 – 12:03am

Shrines in Kyoto

Learning, love, Map It!

Temples are scattered around Kyoto, Japan. I visited three of them…. Many remaining to visit in my next trip to Kyoto.

_DSC1186 _DSC1189 _DSC1190 _DSC1192   _DSC1197_2

Bell

_DSC1200 _DSC1203

Mr. Stork…. perching on the roof of the shrine gate

_DSC1204 _DSC1205 _DSC1207 _DSC1208 _DSC1209

_DSC1215 _DSC1216

The sky, blue….

_DSC1217

Green and tidy….

_DSC1195_DSC1220_DSC1221

Water from dragon mouth….

_DSC1222 _DSC1223 _DSC1224_2

Lamp post, giant

_DSC1225 _DSC1226 _DSC1227 _DSC1228

And summer flowers are just decorating Kyoto street…. Sweetly greeting me.

_DSC1230 _DSC1231 _DSC1239

_DSC1269_2

_DSC1258    _DSC1271

Singapore – September 14, 2014 – 11:13pm

Water lily in Borobudur

Learning, love, Map It!

A small terra-cotta bowl with water

And water lily plant is resting on it

Blooming; blossoms are happy under the sun

_DSC1040 Emitting the spirit of eternity – living without dying, how? Spreading good deed and love to the globe….

_DSC1044

The leaf is so near with the mud…. Living so close to the dirt – down to earth

_DSC1032

The color…. so brightly graceful – ignoring where it grows.

_DSC1034

See it close…. Details of water lily stun me.

_DSC1043

Life is about composing a beautiful friendship by living to the fullest with the outstanding quality of each of the person….

_DSC1041

There was a time when I was so enclosed, look so plain and insecure, hidden in my firm unreadiness to reveal my own self.

_DSC1048

And, there was a time when I was so aware of my tainted body.

_DSC1046

And, when all is done, who can deny the beauty?

_DSC1051

Oh there was something, bothering? Sometimes…. But it was just a bug, a virus named insecure friend visiting once in a while to feel the revealing security.

_DSC1039_2

Ooohhhhhh Ms. Sun, are you so radiant showering me so much light? Thank you….

All pictures were taken on September 7, 2014 in Borobudur Museum, Magelang, Indonesia.

YCK Road – September 8, 2014 – 5:49