Tag: thankful

Loss of Hearing (ranting)

Learning, Poetic

My second time of “losing my hearing” 😁

I lost my Airpod (1st generation, my 1st Airpod) in 2017, someone robbed it from my backpack pocket when I was asleep. Bloody hell!

I lost another Airpod (Pro 3rd generation – the pod and the right earphone) left it in an aeroplane. Contacting Lost and Found of the airline was proven to be not a good option. It is not only that they failed to find my left item in the seat pocket; it is also that the way they handled the issue was not professional.

The plane landed at 12:15am Singapore time. I arrived home at around 2:00am and checked Find My immediately realising I left my Airpod in the seat pocket. Find My informed me that the Airpod was in Changi Airport at exact gate where I got off the plane. The next day checking, I found the the Airpod was not connected anymore.

So and so…. Long story short after checking and rechecking, it was not found!

Whoever found my Airpod with one earphone, she or he is blessed. Hope she or he enjoys using it and can find a left one to listen from both ears.

Next time I will wear it as a pendant in my necklace.

And one more thing: Find My is more honest than I thought it is. Thanks for being accurate although I can’t get my stuff back.

😁

new Airpod Pro with my name engraved (previously engraved with ♥️) + the left one from the old Airpod

Today’s Victory

Learning, Poetic, This Person

Don't overestimate me, Beloved.
My victory won't be like yours.

You win a business tender.
You build a business empire.
You rob the hearts of the best men.
You steal all eyes with your body.

No, I don't.
I win a big basket of laundry
And make them stacks of folded clothes
Wrapping me in daily commute to office or
To fields where I squeeze my wisdom out of best standards or
Just at home wander around digging what I can boil.

I love today's victory.
I live a best life.

best victory of my weekend, today!!!

Dilemma?

Learning, Poetic, This Person

There's no dilemma.
There's only heart
Rocking in a sea of abundance
Misunderstood as distraction.

Sit still, Beloved
When world is noisy and busy
With laughters and cries.

i thank god that my dilemma is only between whether to read some books or to iron my clothes — not so complicated and i it only happens at the weekend; the rest is just to work and to enjoy after work 😘

it is what it is as weekend is a list of household chores in silence

enjoy your weekend!

いただきます

Learning, Poetic, This Person

This lunch is coming from
That evening noisy kitchen.
This calm evening is coming from
That afternoon hard work.
This glorious afternoon is coming from
That morning humble smile.

That that passed
Has left
What is blessed.

full set – いただきます❣️

tempe, beancurd and duck — all fried; btw, i thought it was chicken until i chewed the flesh 🫢 i’m such a bad chef who didn’t check the label, just took it from the fridge and threw it to the boiling water and tadaaa!!! 😁

Chinese cabbage is sweet when boiled

the best sambal on earth ☺️ sambal terasi

all boiled together in harmony 😀

Hi, Pretty!

Learning, Poetic

Hi
Pretty!
Your timing is mine.
You greet me when I've lost hope
That you're still excited to bloom.
Life is mysteriously turning
Hopelessness to light steps
To what's called
Keep going.

she paused her blossom after some time moving to the balcony — the shower area didn’t offer enough sun by then

just this afternoon when checking the leaves, i found her flowers❣️ you never give up, dear orchid

thank you!

blessing is for those not quitting

❣️

Morning

Learning, Poetic

Morning brings me heart
Newly dipped in coloured hopes
To welcome new days.

maroon heliconia

yellow heliconia

the sun showing his radiance

Written

Learning, life, This Person

This life is written
Along a ribbon coiling
Around a live book.

weekend is to read what’s written as weekdays is to write what’s read

i’m a book with cover, title, table of content, chapters, and an end; and i’m craving to know about its precious author among all readers

The Wings

Learning, life, This Person

These wings bring me everywhere
And also home.
These wings bring me adventure
And also joy.
What have your wings brought you?

finally home

it’s amazing to fly home

the peak of a mountain under my wings

the sky full of cotton under my wings

turning right with spreading wings

the sun under left wing

Before & After

Learning, life, love, Map It!, Poetic, This Person

Is there anyone
Before
&
After
Me
Leaving
Without permission?

None--

It is a consent that forms
Life,
A period where
You
&
I
Meet at a dot on a ring.

salam, dear shrine where heart and soul escort body to whisper all secrets

Kameyama Shrine

before cleaning – looked like birds loved to bathe and leave some feathers as token of gratitude

after cleaning – no one asked me to clean this, i just felt that i needed to give Japan a small token of gratitude and Kameyama Shrine be the one to receive it

always praying someday I can come back to that shrine. I will tell her that she did give me amazing vibe in my whole visit in Kameyama. Shrines, mosques, temples, churches and other places where human beings whisper their heart and soul out have always been a charm to me.

enso – there’s a dot where two extremes meet and form balance to ensure life flows

Your Face

Learning, Poetic

Your face that I keep
Won't grow old. This heart preserves
Everything that's loved.

my face has been all over my iPhone’s face for the past 4 years – can’t get over my COVID era face ❣️

Destined

Learning, Poetic

All roads are destined
To an end where wish comes true
Or breath takes a rest.

not destined to be a drinker — i didn’t even enjoy the 0%

destined to embrace beautiful flowers ❣️

Last Train

Learning, love, Poetic, This Person

I won't miss the train.
The last. A home is waiting
With a cup of tea.

i saw this scene very often from my room; last midnight was the most impressive when i felt so much love living as me with no one but me ❣️

From Home

Learning, Poetic

The sun blares a loud red.
The trees hide a peaceful green.
The commuting enjoys the grey road
That cuts across an island.
It's a home
From which the eyes pull all colours
To the heart.

the sun, the trees and the commuting

How Fragrant Are You?

Learning, Poetic, This Person

How fragrant are you
Through the petals sweetly picked
By fragile fingers?

I love perfume especially when at home.

Some facts of how certain oils as part of perfume ingredients are harvested shake my liking to perfumery. If I buy those perfumes, am I abusing certain group of people? If I don’t buy, am I letting them unemployed?

Life is sometimes as simple as abc– Yet life is sometimes as complex as ancient codes to decipher.

Time to concoct my own perfume from responsibly-sourced oils?

Fresh Air

Learning, Poetic

Fresh air, Beloved,
Welcomes sweetly through a move.
Strong or weak, enjoy.

it was fresh at the same time eery — i felt a strong blow of fresh air at my left hand last night between sleep and awake; so sure it was not my breathing as I know well how I breathe

new place welcomes visitors differently like the grass greeted me sweetly this morning

thank you for the welcome; I am a guest, not an agressor 🙏🏼

Playground

Learning, Map It!

A playground's, my love
Where a dragonfly sits still,
A lotus bud sways--

missing Ubud, my playground

one day before purchasing a plot of land in Lod Tunduh, Ubud, I cancelled it with no logical reason; feel of Bali to me is a playground of my house and several months later decided to start a home in Yogyakarta — sometimes it takes just a strong push inside to make the right choice: no logic, no rationale

For You

Learning, love, Poetic, This Person
For:
You

Who breathes love in silence,
Who touches heart in secret,
Who smiles in the dark,
Who listens to whispers,
Who reads all scrolls,
Who kisses faraway dreams;
Take these roses,
That dance with the wind,
That spread strange chemicals,
That show off colours,
That boast deadly pricks,
That symbolise love,
That decay over time.

if i were roses, what would life be?

What If Today Is My Last Day?

Learning, Poetic
Won't be using this body forever,
Won't be celebrating the same victories forever,
Won't be losing the same battles forever,
Won't be this forever,
Won't be that forever,
And so it is,
Let a best be accepted--
A long sleep is waiting
Maybe tomorrow,
Maybe today.

this beauty experienced dead as seed, dead as sprout, dead as bud, dead as blossom, dead as fruit even not met the fruition yet this was once lived and loved

never underestimate any size of life; it is all enough

never miss appreciation to all blessings

❣️

Nature Brought In

Learning, Poetic
Nature is a bunch of
Things brought in,
Or tons of things born with.
Know it within,
Acknowledge it without,
Life wouldn't be truer.

people bring in leaves and flowers to feel nature in the home, or simply because they acknowledge the similarity between the nature within and without

Cured

Learning, Poetic, This Person
Cured is what's preserved:
Head and heart from discomfort
Of forgotten hope--

Enjoy your weekend!

i don’t like daily chemical medication but once i realized that it is part of what makes the body cured (longer preserved from decay), i’ve made great peace 😍

back-to-back trips are at peace with 3-in-1 (passport, money and medication) primarily prepared

let’s fly again

Note to fellow human beings: All what human beings do to be physically healthy is to ensure a longer preserved life. I’ve made peace since forever that human beings’ body is dying everyday, unstoppable, just made the process nicer and more relaxed.