sexy

What is beauty if the brain is empty
as far as I'm concerned, being smart really is SEXY

Jazzy night

being alone at my room
dancing in the dark
listening to the voice of angel from radio
enjoying fresh and sweet summer scent of a scented candle

I really cannot ask for more

auzi & stephan's wedding

mc ladies

the muffins' reunited

nothing like a saturday night spending time with my ladies

Jenuh

Hujan dini hari
Hantar semilir angin bersapu kemarau

Di balik selimut
Ku titi jalinan-jalinan benang tak bersahabat

Malam itu
Panjatkan doa tak redakan resah

Pacu aku terdiam...

Hong Kong - Singapore - Jakarta

Hong Kong!
Lentera merah tanpa asa
Hantarkan nada, sendu tak mampu merayap
Puitiskan lukisan tak pandai berucap
Setia unggahkan kata
Tuk gapai senyuman jiwa

Singapore,
Deru MRT berpacu berderap
Redamkan rindu, getarkan rasa
Rebahkan bayang di nadir harapan
893 km, sayang!
Ku harap, tak beruang tak berjarak…

Jakarta…
Benderang cahaya sematkan khayal
Rajut helai-helai hasrat
Lirih hati ingin berdua
Bergelayut…
Telusuri lorong jiwa
tertawa...tertawa...dan bahagia
adakah tangis tak sempat terungkap?

Hong Kong…Singapore…Jakarta…
Tanpa batas tanpa syarat
Menantimu di penghujung malam Jakarta
Gemulai malam merayu mega
Sendiri...
Kubentuk wajah
Malam tak bertuan

my cup of coffee

Same ingredients, plus some small ice cubes and whipped cream; In a pint glass or iced tea glass, add vanilla syrup and fill about 3/5 of the way with cold milk. Add ice almost to the top and pour espresso over the top. Drizzle the top with caramel and enjoy iced caramel macchiato!

---from a corner of Starbucks Oakwood.150309---

Having a cup of iced caramel macchiato, my favorite one at the corner of Starbucks Oakwood on a relaxed Sunday afternoon reminds me about my life. Yes, some people say that life is like a bowl of soup and some others call it as a box of chocolates. I prefer to analogize it with a cup of coffee.

Perhaps it is related with my hobby enjoying each taste containing in it. Sometimes it can be bitter or sweet, often both at once. An experience to sip coffee is almost similar with an experience to enjoy life.

In my life, I act as the chef; decide the ingredient should be blended to create the coffee’s taste. I have to play in. I find a challenge to get the taste which I want to sip.

If I’m bored and want to have different sensation, I just change a bit of ingredient. Or I leave my macchiato for a while and choose my other favorite coffee, Ulee Kareng from Aceh. It can be whatever I make it.

In my quest for perfect cup I often should do my best or hardest effort, doing trial and error, passing highway & byway. And when I find it…it hits me. It doesn’t only give me a very delicious taste but also soul satisfaction. And the most important the search itself is a part of the priceless experience. It’s not so much the destination, but the journey that counts. And what I find along the way.

Now I’m not sipping the sweet one, maybe a bitter one. Whatever it is, I should enjoy it. That’s life…

I believe as much bitter my coffee’s taste, there is always a way to make it better. In my way, I try to share my coffee with my closest friends and beloved family. It really means to me coz when I’m sipping the bitter coffee I feel being cheered up. And when I’m sipping the sweeter one, other people also have a chance to taste it. And life is also about sharing…

And I feel so lucky having time allocated specially with my best friend Myra every Sunday afternoon to enjoy and share our coffee. We name it our “sex & the city show”. Actually it’s not just a regular coffee time. For us it becomes a moment for sharing and encouraging each other to enjoy life. We agree to have no any other appointments with other people at that time, even appointment with our loved one.

On Sunday afternoon I feel more relaxed to contemplate what ingredient could make it smoother, more inviting, more tasty, more invigorating and give me the jolt that maybe I need to take that next step up in my life.

Perhaps most other people's life is more successful, interesting, happier, and wealthier. But I attempt to focus enjoying my coffee, even though the neighbor’s grass is greener. Yes, I have to remember that life is like a cup of coffee. We don’t know the content of the cup till we taste it. In spite of feeling envy with others’ life, it’s better for me to be grateful and think what ingredient to make my coffee more delicious.

I’m smiling…There is a cup of coffee, there is a good friend who is always loyal for sharing hot topics. What else?

Maybe I just need another cup of coffee……..as I’m a life addicted.

I soon spend my remained coffee which is bitter, come to the counter and order one more iced caramel macchiato. “Much vanilla syrup and caramel okay? The sweet one please?” I ask to the bartender... And now I'm ready to taste my next sweet coffee...

Enjoy your coffee dear friends! Sip unforgetable taste!

"I wanted to be in charge of my own destiny. I'm always wondering what I'll do next. Enough is never enough.” (Howard Schultz - The Founder of Starbucks)

PS: This is not a kind of implicit promotion of Starbucks. I’m not a Public Relations working for Starbucks:) But I’m inspired of Howard Schultz who is not only success in selling but also creating the experience to enjoy coffee become a wonderful experience as my experience to enjoy life.

smile...

Smile!
Coz it’s just a simple action

Smile!
Coz we don’t have to pay anything to do it
It cost nothing but it worth much

Smile!
Coz it needs less energy than frowning

Smile!
Coz it makes us happier

Smile!
Coz it’s like a virus, so contagious

Smile!
Coz it enriches whoever receives it

Smile!
Coz it’s able to fill the empty heart

Smile!
Coz it makes friendship flourish

Smile!
Coz it grows love bigger than ever

Smile!
Coz it spreads the love to the world

Smile!
Coz it changes the Universe

Smile!
Coz life is so wonderful
The sky is still blue
The birds still fly
And we still have much time to be grateful

Smile!
Coz there are a lot of desperate souls deserve to be touched
By our smiling faces
And that’s what our creator wants us to be,
To be the salt in the ocean
To be a candle in the dark
He’s not asking much
Just do a simple thing
Start smiling today!