Little one

dear my little one…

did it hurt?
did you cry?
did you seek for your mom?

i haven’t given anything enough for you..

did you hate us?

i wish i was there for you..

i promise, you will always be remembered.

you are my greatest happiness..and my greatest sadness..

my kiss and love for you
..and also from the entire family

we miss you .. so much

have a pleasant journey..

good bye

6 Aug 2009 - 10 Aug 2009

Last Stand for MJ

Michael Jackson is dead. The most controversial King of Pop sang it last song on the final rehearsal he had for his concert, “This Is It”. It was unbelievable. How can a King of Pop died so suddenly?! I don’t believe it until the funeral is actually proceed… Oh my God, it is real.

Just as the title of his never-going-to-be concert, this is it…it is now his time to rest. God has taken his restless soul to His side, so that he can finally have the 8-hours sleep. As Michael always wishes for…

Sleep tight, Dear MJ…

Los Angeles, USA.

Michael Joseph Jackson (29 August 1958 – 26 June 2009) aka MJ is resting at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, USA, besides his grandmother’s grave. Forest Lawn was built on 1906, and it is specially designed as a non-profit and non-scary moratorium. Such a perfect place for him to rest—other than the Neverland of course, since it is such a beautiful and peaceful place. Sadly, he was buried without his brain. It was because of the autopsy process by the police has not completed yet, even until now when this blog is published.

His funeral and the mega tribute for him were started on 10.00 AM (Los Angeles time), July 7th, 2009, at Staples Center, LA, USA.

The stars were attending the tribute for Michael Jackson—Usher, Brooke Shields, Mariah Carey, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonders, and many more. Nelson Mandela and Diana Ross only sent condolence letters that were read by Smokey Robinson. Elizabeth Taylor and Debie Rowe were also not present. Elizabeth Taylor said, “Michael wouldn’t want me to share grieve with the other millions people”. Debie Rowe, Michael’s second wife, was telling that she would not interrupt the ceremony with her presence, so that the main attention would still and only Michael himself.

After the letters from Nelson Mandela and Diana Ross being read, the stage was very silent. Then, finally, a song was sung by Andrea Crouch Choir along the arrival of MJ’s coffin in front of the stage. The crowd was hysteric and calling his name in mourn.

Pastor Lucious Smith was the one who gave the first speech.

“..is gone to soon”.

Mariah Carey was singing I’ll Be There, a duet with Trey Lorenz.

“We miss you”.

Queen Latifah then, gave her speech and dedicated a poem of Michael Angelo.

“We are missing Michael Jackson. But we know that we have him. We are the world”.

Lionel Richie then sang a song and followed by a speech of Gerry Gordy, the Motown founder.

“The more I think of Michael Jackson, I think that King of Pop is not enough for him. I think that he is just simply…he is just simply, the greatest entertainer that ever lived”.

After footages of MJ’s flashback, Stevie Wonder was singing with his piano. The sound was very heartbreaking, accompanied by a background of a bluish picture of MJ’s sitting relax on a chair with his handsome style. The image was so profounding.

“I love you, and I have said it many times”.

Kobe Bryant and Magic Johnson, famous basketball players that were close with him, were giving speech respectively.

“This is a celebration of his life, of his legacy”.

American Idol winner, Jennifer Hudson, sang Will You Be There. Pastor Al Sharpton with his powerful speech was telling that Michael Jackson was the one who had changed the world.

“He opened up the whole new world. Michael never stop! Michael never stop! Michael never stop!”.

John Mayer was playing Human Nature with only his guitar. He was not singing, but the sound from his guitar was very … *sob*
Then it comes to the most special person, the very special friend of MJ—Brooke Shields. Her feeling to MJ is very strong, I can not hold my tears no more when I heard her story of the other side of MJ. The childish, sensitive, caring, humourous and loving MJ. He just loved to laugh, she said.

“MJ’s laugh was the sweetest and the purest laugh I’ve ever heard”.

“His favourite song was not one of his masterpieces. It was a song written by Charlie Chaplin called Smile. There is a passage that saying smile although your heart is aching…”

Yes…Let’s…
Even though our hearts are aching now…Let’s smile for him.

A single spotlight shines his place on the stage.
He will always live.

Love,

Your fans

Reflection ~Writing our own life~

What we are living now, is written from our past life..

What we are living now, is writing for our next life..

Let’s continue to step ahead and live present life in a good way..

Do not complain and regret what we have failed to do or gain, since it is what we earned from what we did-either good things or bad things.

Yet, do our best and be grateful for what we have

Miss Indonesia 2009

I recently don’t watch beauty pageants since I’ve seen that for these past several years,  there was not very much improvement in the finalists’ quality.

Tonight, I just clicked on the channel showing Miss Indonesia 2009 due to information from a friend. It was already at the top 3 finalist. The judges were giving a same question to the top 3 finalists. They were from West Sulawesi, DKI Jakarta and Bali. The question was:

“If you were the Indonesian government, what would you have done should there was a condition of Indonesian workers having sent back to our country from abroad while in Indonesia itself was having a high number of unemployed people?”.

Finalist from Bali was the first to be questioned. Her answer was quite impressing, however she obviously looked very nervous, thus her answer was cut on the end since the thirty-second time limit was up.

The second was the finalist from DKI Jakarta. She was very impressive. Her English is outstanding! Nonetheless, her confidence and  calmness  during her answer has produced a very wise, knowledgeable and practical answer.  She answered that she would like to provide encouragement and quality enhancement on the Indonesian workers’ quality while exposing Eastern culture onto the world eyes. This answer has instantly caught my attention.

Then, the finalist from West Sulawesi was the last to be questioned. The answer was quite similar with the other two finalists, with specific concern in providing new work fields and to enhance Indonesian workers’ quality so there will be no need to have workers from abroad anymore.

In my opinion, DKI Jakarta has the biggest chance to win because of her impressive fluency in English, calmness, great confidence and her wise answer.  Those are important strengths if she were to be  joined in Miss World 2009 as a representative of Indonesia.

And guess what…She won!

Kerenina Sunny Halim, the  dedicative  teacher for children of tsunami victims in Aceh, who was born in Jakarta on June 13, 1986, the sister of Indonesian actor–Steve Emmanuel, Diploma of six fields–Public Relations, Sales and Marketing, Primary Teaching, Economics, Performing Arts, and Music and Arts (rcti.tv), is now the official MISS INDONESIA 2009!

Kerenina Sunny Halim Miss Indonesia 2009

She is going to represent Indonesia in Miss World 2009 held at South Africa.

Congratulation to her and wish her luck on the Miss World 2009! ^^ * I know she will be great ;p *

HOME is officialy launched

Happy World Environment Day 2009 guyz

Today, June 5, 2009, HOME – a film by Yann Arthus – Bertrand, start playing on 3 continents in movies, televisions, DVDs and internet.

It is an extraordinary beautifully captured movie containing stunning images of world exploration including famous pictures by Arthus-Bertrand along with informative texts provided by Good Planet team–a non-profit organization promoting environment protection.

HOME is exploring more than 50 countries, showing current environment conditions of each country and what factors will take role in the future. Watching this movie will contribute to WWF Indonesia. Let’s watch it to enrich our knowledge while saving our home

In 200.000 years on Earth humanity has upset the balance of the planet, established by nearly four billion years of evolution. The price to pay is high, but it’s too late to be a pessimist: humanity has barely ten years to reverse the trend, become aware of the full extent of its spoliation of the Earth’s riches and change its patterns of consumption.

By bringing us unique footage from over fifty countries, all seen from the air, by sharing with us his wonder and his concern, with this film Yann-Arthus Bertrand lays a foundation stone for the edifice that, together, we must rebuild (home-2009.com).

Watch the Movie here

When will I go Home …

Got caught at office working in the middle of night ..

Will I ever get home? T.T

FIGHTTTTTTT

Can’t stand anymore! It’s soo Beautifull ~^^~

The melody is sooooo beautiful~~ ! *teary eyes*

I recently fallen in love with a new TV Channel called DAAI TV. It’s not like other TV channels showing tv series with same contents over and over again just because the story theme is currently popular within the audiences, thus they can always reach highest rank. The worst part is they are extending shows that are having highest ranks although the content is very harmful to the society and “trashy” (e.g.: poor, weak women falling in love with “extremely” wealthy men, but the family is not blessing their love due to her social status and thus the women is being tortured in many ways).

DAAI TV is highly distinct from the others! It’s very educative and relaxing.

It has many noble shows such as “Reflection” (Refleksi), “Volunteer World” (Dunia Relawan), etc. They are categorizing their programs into several terms: Compassionate Relief, Health and Medical, Children & Family Education, Humanity and Culture, Spritual & Self-Improvement, Environment & Nature, Drama, Current Fair (www.daaitv.co.id).

You can imagine from their program categories what kind of shows they are making, aren’t you now? ;D

DAAI TV is originally from Taiwan which established and initiated by a group of Buddhist called “Tzu Chi“. DAAI TV means a great love, big compassions (DA-AI is a Chinese terms means Great Love). It was established in 1995. Da Ai TV has been upholding the principle and ideal of “bearing witness to the power of compassion” and “deeply cultivating the spirit of humanity” when producing programming of truth, goodness, and beauty. It is today a global satellite TV channel of choice, as well as a content provider of wholesome programming that serves viewers in every corner of the world (en.newdaai.tv).

When you are watching the channel, you will have a magnificent experience of soaking into high-quality news and precious informations of people around the world. You can see how lots of people are starting moving around their society to help people in need and also the mother nature itself. I just got very touched and awakened to know that there are so many sincere (and I mean, INCREDIBLY SINCERE) people. It’s REAL. It’s not a so called “REALITY” Show, even though it is just a script designed to feel like a real condition–knowing that present people are craving to see how others are living like (no wonder celebrity gossips are always having high view rank in many countries).

My favourite segment is around 7 PM – 8.30 PM. They are having different titles of TV Drama based on true story (mostly every 30 episodes) on 7 – 7.45 PM. The newest and my favourite one is “Melodi Kehidupan” (Shen Ming Yuan Wu Qi or The Melody of Life).

I love the soundtrack so much!! I never felt this excited hearing a soundtrack since quite a long time! The melody is so beautiful, sweet, fresh and very relaxing~~ can not stand not to share it with everyone I met! (literally!)

The opening song is sung by a talented 15-year girl named Guan Xin, she has a very cheerful clear voice ^^~

This one is a version of her doing rehearsal and recording.

The ending song is sung by Fang Ji-Wei. Her emotion is so reflected within the song..*gives me shiver*

Hopes you all having a wonderful day.. as I am now..^^

Testing Free WIFI @ CHANGI

HIIII!

I’m at changi singapore just for a 45-minute transit to somewhere else. Testing the free wifi service, it’s only for 15 minutes per usage btw ^^

Well, it’s worth it enough, because it is very fast!

Uuuu T-T I’m very miss to be in Singapore. I’m so sad I can’t step out to outside, since it’s only 45-minute transit T-T *looking @ the airplane windows sadly*

 

See you next week!

Make Your Baby Tree @ The Real Forest :)

Do you want to have your own baby tree? At the real forest?

Now we can! ^^

The WWF made a website called www.mybabytree.org. Just like the web name, it is the web where we can plant a tree or more at the Indonesian rainforest, located at Borneo (Kalimantan) with just by paying US$5.50 for each baby tree using a paypal. Here is more information from the website:

1. What happens after I pay for my baby tree?
After you’ve paid, you will immediately receive an email confirming your payment. And in around two weeks we will email you a kmz link that you can use to locate your baby tree on Google Earth.

2. I can’t seem to find my baby tree.
Once you’ve donated, in around two weeks we will send a kmz link to your email. This link contains the coordinates of your newly planted baby tree. But in order for the kmz link to work, make sure that you have downloaded Google Earth before hand. Click here to download: www.googleearth.com

3. I’ve paid but there’s no news regarding my baby tree.

It takes us around two weeks after the time of your donation, to plant your baby tree and Geo-tag it.Then we will send you an email notifying you of the successful planting of your baby tree. In the email you will also receive a kmz link. Use this link (program) to pin point the exact location of your newly planted baby tree. But in order for it to work, you need to have Google Earth installed first. Click here to download your Google Earth: www.googleearth.com

4. How many people have planted so far?
We’ve had people from all over the world planting their baby trees. So far 1,300 baby trees have been planted. You can see the entire planting grid area on Google Earth.

5. Have other people already seen their trees on Google Earth?
Yes! Thousands of proud baby tree owners have seen their trees on Google Earth. And we have received hundreds of emails from everyone around the globe telling us how happy they are seeing their cute baby trees on Google Earth.

6. Can I buy more than one baby tree?
Of course you can. Just type the number of baby trees that you want to plant, in the Paypal box, on the left hand bottom corner of the web page.

7. Will I get news about my baby tree on my snail mail or on my Paypal account?
Neither. We will send you an email to the address you use to log in to your Paypal account.

8. What’s the most number of trees anyone ever bought?
Ms. Luna Maya from Jakarta, Indonesia has planted 100 baby trees.

9. How often can I check for updates and how do I do it?
Updates would depend on how often Google Earth refreshes their satellite images. Visibility of rain forest areas also depends on cloud cover. To check your baby tree, just click on the kmz link and it will automatically direct you to where your tree is planted.

10. How do I use Google Earth?
Google Earth is very easy to use. Once you’ve clicked on your kmz link you will immediately be directed to Google Earth. Now simply click on the NEWtrees link on the left column of your page. When clicked, you will automatically be pin pointed to the planting grid of your baby tree. Then you can easily navigate more by using the tools located on the top right hand corner of your page.

11. Where is Borneo?
Borneo is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. It is the third largest island in the world and administratively, this island are divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. The Indonesian region of Borneo is called Kalimantan.

12. Where is Sebangau?
Sebangau is located in the south part of Central Kalimantan Province, between the Sebangau and Katingan rivers. Sebangau National Park is an area of 568,7000 ha that holds one of the largest known remaining Orangutan populations in the world.

13. How can I find out more about Borneo and WWF?
Please click on the ‘did you know’ tab and then click on the panda logo in the bottom left of your screen

If we still haven’t answered your questions please write to us at askme@mybabytree.org

For every virtual tree planted on the website, the WWF will plant a real tree at the Indonesian rainforest. There are three kinds of trees they will planted: Shorea Belangeran, Diera Costulata (Jelutung) and Alstonia Scholaris (Pulai).

When you go to the website, I suggest you to play the intro first, it’s hilarious!

www.mybabytree.org

When Rabbits are Worshipped

There are lots of shrines in Japan, which dedicated to the Gods (Kamisama) they worship. Each shrine has a purpose. For example, we have heard about the Goddess of Food/Rice (Inari Kamisama) which is associated with foxes and statued as “Kitsune” (Japanese fox) at the Inari Shrine. Then we also know about the famous God of Delivery who is believed will protect the mothers and their babies along the delivery process, which associated with shiba dogs at the Suitengu Shrine. But I’ll talk about them at another time. I’m specially interested with one of the most unlikely shrine I’ve ever known, Tsuki Shrine.

TSUKI SHRINE

Tsuki Shrine is a shrine for Moon God. Moon God is a brother of the Sun Goddess. They don’t talk to each other – hence day and night. The Japanese believes that rabbit is a messenger of Moon God which “brings happiness”. And so the shrine has statues of Rabbits within it

TO GO VISIT THE TSUKI SHRINE

It’s located at Urawa-shuku, Saitama prefecture, Japan. To reach it, alight at Urawa Station, take exit at the West Gate and then walk about 10 minutes.

Additionally, there is a flea market that takes place on the fourth Saturday of every month in Urawa-shuku’s Tsuki Shrine (wikipedia.com). It looks like they sell various of products. There even has kimonos sold with a very bargain price! (see below pictures) I certainly want to go there once I have a chance! ^^

Sources:

http://www.wikipedia.com
http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~yuebing/040330/
http://raphael.doxos.com/2007/09/20/tsuki-shrine/
http://www.gojyaku.com/kimono/kottouiti/urawa/urawa.htm