A reflection of life. My life journey with brainstem cancer.
I love cooking. But since I have physical difficulties (double vision, weak arms), it’s quite challenging to be in the kitchen. However it doesn’t stop me from cooking. Here I share with you my simple recipes, that won’t take a lot of time to create comfy foods.
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A married couple was planning to find the perfect place on earth, full of happiness. They began traveling and searching, and years passed by. Then one day on their journey, they met a wise man.
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Have you watched the live action Aladdin movie starring Will Smith as the Genie?
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I visited art museums in Vienna,
they showed the collection of paintings by famous artists.
It’s so impressive to see how the artists were infusing their paintings with narrative details,
through tone, color, contour line, gesture, composition, and symbolism,
to tell us unfolding stories.
You may want to turn down the sound volume.
Continue reading “AFFAIRS ON MY BALCONY!”Me and Tobias woke up at 4:30 am,
took a 6 am train to Frankfurt Airport,
to catch our 9 am flight to Vienna.
We were fully awake,
everything so far so good,
the day seemed to be starting wonderfully.
Then, once we arrived at Frankfurt airport,
it switched into a day of full of surprises.
Continue reading “A CELEBRATION OF FRIENDSHIPS – PART 2 (FINAL)”岁寒知松柏，患难见真情。
(suìhán zhī sōngbăi, huànnàn jiàn zhēnqíng)
Only when the years grow cold do we see that the pine and cypress are the last to fade; only when we get into trouble do we know who our genuine friends are.
Today I share with you,
the most unique friendship I have,
it’s the sisterhood with Kayan and Ashlee.
Here’s our testimonies about our friendship,
The Beautiful Angels.
For the first time in history,
presidential, parliament and regional elections in Indonesia
were taking place on the same day: on 17 April 2019.
About 190 million Indonesian were eligible to vote.
About 245,000 candidates were be running
for more than 20,000 national and local legislative seats
across a country made up of around 18,000 islands.
It’s a massive complex democratic undertaking.
I wrote this on the passenger seat while driving to Frankfurt airport. My aunt is going home to Jakarta after spent a wonderful week here in Germany.
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