Mother - How Are You Today?

 

엄마 , 안녕 - thank you.

I am grateful for everything I have today.

Thank you for the blessings, amen.

UMN - The Door

Tidak terasa, minggu depan sudah UTS katanya.

Akhirnya kesampaian juga melihat si anak menikmati

masa kuliah lanjutan S2-nya. 

Masa berganti.  Jika dulu, si anak yang duduk di depan

meja dan laptop hingga malam menungguku pulang

dari kantor, kini aku yang setiap malam menungguinya

pulang dari kampus.

Semoga semakin lancar dan sukses ya, Nak.

Doa mom terbaik buatmu selalu.

Tuhan memberkati.... amin.

Just the Two of Us

Just the two of us

We can make it if we try

Just the two of us

The above is a love song for couple,

the lyrics keep playing for a while,

so I think it is best to just write it here.

Today story isn't meant for a couple,

but for mom and son.  I want to share

this story, and keep it here as long as

can be.

My son has misunderstood about the

idea of having baptized all this while.

That was why he rejected my requests

for many years.  One day, I was not on

my right mind anymore and got really

angry.  That day, we sat and talked.

We found out the rejection was very

simple, misunderstood of what

baptized meant.

Sunday, 4th June 2023 at 10:31am,

he was baptized by Priest Gabriel Goh.

Had his first Holy Bible of his own.

Had his first Holy Communion.

With this verse printed, from Ezekiel 36:26a

I will give you a new heart and put a new

spirit in you; I will remove from you your

heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Yehezkiel 36:26a

Kamu akan Kuberikan hati yang baru,

dan roh yang baru di dalam batinmu.

As for me, I registered myself here

as well. 

Apparently today was the last service

from the priest.  He is relocated to

another church next month.

I thank him and all the team who have

made this all smooth and good today.

I wish him his very best on his new

"home".

In His time, in His time,

He makes all thing beautiful in His time.

Lord, my life to you I bring,

may each song I have to sing,

be to you a lovely thing, in your time.

In your time, in your time,

you make all thing beautiful in your time.

Lord, my life to you I bring,

may each song I have to sing,

be to you a lovely thing, in your time.

As he said which I realized:

At the end, it is only two of us.

However, there were many other prayers

and wishes came his way:

Thank you for sending this prayer, brother.

Thank you for beloved family and friends

who shared today, with us.

Sing Hallelujah

Sunday, June 4, 2023

A New Chapter - Happy Birthday!

 

Today is the closure of an important chapter of my life. 

Thank you for the blessings, thank you for all these years....

Thank you for being part of me, and make my life so wonderful, 

meaningful and thank you for sharpen me into a better person.

My last note is a BIG THANK YOU to everyone.

Let's see each other again in our next stories.

Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like, said Lao Tzu.

We'll wait until the way our paths cross again.

*** When one door closes, another one opens

I'll see you when I see you again, buddies.

All the best to us all, be smooth, stay well and healthy.

*** Happy birthday!  15th March 2023

A JOURNEY

If I caught the world in a bottle
And everything was still beneath the moon
Without your love would it shine for me?
If I was smart as Aristotle
And understood the rings around the moon
What would it all matter if you loved me?

March 15, 2022
This date marks the end of my long or not
so long journey.  Long as I see myself spent
more than half of my life there.  Not so long,
if I see myself today, seems everything is
just too fast, when I have not accomplished
enough, where I see spaces to contribute more,
more than what I've been doing so far....
Friends try to tell me, it is not the end yet.

Here in your arms
Where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments 
until the dancing ends
Here in your arms
When everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing would I fear
Except when this moment comes
near the dancings end
If I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon so we could ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until....

March 16, 2022
I'll mark today as a new start,
as I have ended my first journey,
yesterday....

One day you'll meet a stranger
And all the noise is silenced in the room
you'll feel that you're close to some mystery
In the moonlight when everything shatters
You'll feel as if you've known her all your life
The world's oldest lesson in history

I'll look around in the morning,
all will remain unchanged.
I'll see you as my night owl friend,
I'll see those who used to fly with me,
those who share my days,
ups and downs....
Would it be matter then,
when everyone says, 'welcome back'.
Yet we know...
It is just not the same,
not the old days....

Here in your arms
Where the world is impossibly still
With a million dreams to fulfill
And a matter of moments until the dancing ends
Here in your arms
When everything seems to be clear
Not a solitary thing do I fear
Except when this moment comes near the dancings end

This time I look around once again,
try to see if I can find those reasons,
which hold my strong stand.
Change the course and keep moving,
move and get hold of the balance,
don't fall out.... but soaring up high.

Oh, if I caught the world in an hourglass
Saddled up the moon and we would ride
Until the stars grew dim
Until the time that time stands still
Until....

It is another journey.
It won't come easy, won't be scarier too.
Although yes, challenges do come by years.
With a dim, it leaps again....
Reset.... restart...
Until... the dancing ends....

~ Me and My Journey ~
Song: Until by Sting
OST Movie: Kate & Leopold (2001)

Destined To Cross Paths

I have this site which provides me a long wonderful journey.  It keeps me home, it keeps me positive during my leisure time, not only at home, but also during my long hours on the street.

Suddenly when I tried to access it yesterday morning, I found a big "Goodbye!".

I was really surprised, and sad.  I know this is unavoidable.  The worst is, I can't thank those people who have worked hard to provide us our fave movies on the right time.  It's chicken and egg, I hope the cycle will never end.  There is demand, so I wish things will keep going, in its time.

If those people happen to read this, I thank you for the hard work and wish everyone good luck, keep continue doing things, on its right way, in the right time.

THANK YOU.

Humane Thinking - Introspection 2019

2019 is around the clock.

I would like to have a quick glance back of my own key takeaway this year.

How can one relate from above picture?

A giant elephant compared to the small dog, hard rain and an umbrella for the dog.  What is it there for the elephant and what does it feel to be the dog?

Picture paints thousand words.

Everyone has one own closure of the year.

I have never felt the urge to write down the most introspection like today, try to capture the biggest learning of the year - in the most appropriate wordings, as much as I can.  But I guess, writing it upright is the most sane.

I am not usually look out for respect.  It is not me at all. 

For you who know me long enough will understand what I mean.  But somehow this time, I learn my lesson.

One should have been selfish enough not to get hurt.

One should not be too kind to think of the "outer space".

Probably "respect" is not the right word.  It got spitted out unplanned when someone didn't even think how to appeal properly when she was the one expecting helping hands.   I remember my best friend said, "I am not thinking of respect, but more on how she will get the job done."

Moving forward, I will learn to improve myself.

This time round, I won't share any songs nor lyrics but more to pictures.  Guess they look better.

So here I have from my best friend, an alarm 😎

Welcome 2020 - time to move on, be a new someone.  So much that people will recognize the difference.

Good bye 2019!

Si Bisu Kenangan dan Air Mata

Layaknya masa berganti masa,
Tanah merah itu 
rasanya enggan meninggalkan nyawa,
Penghuni tanah merah itukah,
Ataukah manusianya?

Si tanah merah kini menyatu debu,
Berbalut angin dan melayang jauh,

Adalah sang manusia,
Berdiri tegak, lantang ‘saya baik saja!’

Tiada dia menyadari,
Kininya luluh bersimbah darah,
Mencoba menggapai jalan searah,
Menimba asa,
Terjatuh dan terjatuh lagi,
Ada tangis yang tersimpan di dada.

Bisukah dia dalam bulirnya???
Dia tidak memilih asa,
Tidak untuk menapak hidup nan maya!!!

~ tiada naskah ~ si batu nisan ~
28 Mei 2019