How to make yourself happy

1. Have targets and goals

2. Smile always

3. Share the happiness with others

4. Willing to help others

5. Keep a childlike heart

6. Get on well with different kinds of people

7. Keep the sense of humor

8. Keep calm when surprise comes

9. Forgive others

10. Have some really good friends

11. Always work in a team

12. Enjoy the family gathering time

13. Be confident and proud of yourself

14. Respect the weak

15. Indulge yourself, sometimes

16. Work from time to time

17. Be brave and courageous

18. Finally, don’t be a moneygrubber

Source : Cha-Cha

About Love

1. R u affraid of commitment?
:: Not when I'm with d right person

2. R u always serious when it comes to relationship?
:: Yups..

3. R u risk taker?
:: Anything is possible when it comes to love

4. What can u say about long distance relationsip?
:: Just like I said anything is possible

5. Can u luv a person that doesnt luv u ?
:: Sure, it will hurt like hell but shits happens.

6. Do Actions speak louder than words?
:: Most of the time, but I still need the words though.

7. Have u felt / found true luv?
:: Maybe I have

8. How can u say that person luvs u?
:: I just knew cause the heart won't lie

9. R u good handling relationship?
:: Hahaha...I really have no idea

10. R u willing to give everything?
:: I would if it's worth it

11. Best thing u've learned from loving?
:: Prepare for the worst

12. Do u demand ur luv one to change into someone else?
:: Nope, but I do demand her to be a better person & make me a better person also

13. Would you let go of some one u luv?
:: When it's for the best, I would definitely try

14. How do u express ur luv to someone?
:: Just like what Aime said: by giving my attention, caring, loyalty, trust, honesty, serious commitment

15. Most important ingredient/s in a relationship?
:: LOVE, TRUST, HONESTY & BEST EFFORT

16. Ever regret loving some one?
:: Never, it's just part of my journey

17. 1 thing u hate about luv?
:: When it's hurting someone

18. 1 thing u like about luv?
:: It's sparklings peoples live

19. R u a hopeless romantic?
:: Sometimes

20. Do u get tired of loving?
:: Nope, cause when U get tired then it's not "love" anymore.

21. Who has Changed ur view about loving?
:: God, at first I'm pretty damn sure that feelings can never grow when u're not being loved in return, but God proves me wrong.

Source : Cha Cha

September 1999

I was reading the book “Among Orangutans: Red Apes and the Rise of Human Culture” written by Carel van Schaik, a good friend of my boss, when I found the story about two ‘my brothers’ and what happened to them in Aceh.

In September 1999, he was accompanying two consultants who wanted to visit several of the coastal peat swamps. They were interested in carbon sequestration by thick layers of peat, which alter all is undecayed wood and litter. Although the consultants had clear instructions not to travel at night and not to cross an imagery line on the map, they did both, probably to check a swamp where the three of us had been only about a month before, when it was still safe to go there.

Fate had it that a day before their visit there had been another shooting in a village south of Tapaktuan. The police had arrested some alleged ringleaders, and the enraged villagers had move en masse to the district capital, Tapaktuan, to protest their capture.

The demonstration at the police station turned nasty when the embattled police opened fire on the demonstrators, injuring several of them. Locals, afraid to help them, ignored their pleas for help. The villagers made it back home but vowed to take revenge.

The next evening, they stopped cars coming from direction of Tapaktuan and dragged out anyone who was Javanese or member of the Indonesian armed forces. The car with Yus happened to pass by that night. The consultants and the driver happened to be Javanese. They were taken to the beach. Yus, being a local Acehnese, was told to leave, but he characteristically insisted on staying with his charges. He thought this all a huge misunderstanding that he could clear up. The whole group of captives-some army personnel, some Javanese ladies selling cosmetics, and the LDP team-were taken to a shed. Later that night, all captives were marched to the beach, hands tied behind their backs, and the captors began systemically slitting their throats. The driver made a desperate dash to escape and jump into the sea. Miraculously, he made it to a station of the conservation service, some 20 kilometers to the south, past the mouth of the Kluet River, and raised the alarm. By then, however, it was too late. Two years later, the bodies were found in a shallow grave near the beach (van Schaik 2004 p210-211).

I pray for them May God rest their souls in eternal peace.. Amin…!!

The Sky and The Sea

Dahulu kala,langit dan laut saling jatuh cinta. Mereka sama2 saling menyukai 1 sama lain.
Saking sukanya laut terhadap langit, warna laut=langit, saking sukanya langit terhadap laut, warna langit=laut.

Setiap senja datang, si laut dg lembut sekali membisikkan "aku cinta padamu" ke telinga langit. Setiap langit mendengar bisikan penuh cinta laut pun, langit tdk menjawab apa2 hanya tersipu2 malu wajahnya semburat kemerahan.

Suatu hari, datang awan ... begitu melihat kecantikan si langit, awan seketika itu juga jatuh hati thd langit.

Tentu saja langit hanya mencintai laut, setiap hari hanya melihat laut saja, Awan sedih tapi tak putus asa mencari cara dan akhirnya menemukan akal bulus.Awan mengembangkan dirinya sebesar mungkin dan mnyusup ke tengah2 langit dan laut, menghalangi pandangan langit dan laut 1 sama lain. Laut merasa marah karena tidak bisa melihat langit, sehingga dengan gelombangnya, laut berusaha menyibak awan yg mengganggu pandangannya, tapi tentu saja tidak berhasil.

Lalu datanglah angin,yg sejak dulu mengetahui hubungan laut dan langit merasa harus membantu mereka menyingkirkan awan yg mengganggu.
Dengan tiupan keras dan kuat, angin meniup awan ... awan terbagi2 menjadi banyak bagian, sehingga tdk bisa lagi melihat langit dg jelas,tdk bisa lagi berusaha mengungkapkan perasaan thd langit, sehingga ketika merasa tersiksa dg perasaan cinta terhadap langit, awan menangis sedih.

Hingga sekarang, kasih antara langit dan laut tidak terpisahkan, kita juga bisa melihat di mana mereka menjalin kasih, setiap ke laut, di mana ada 1 garis antara laut dan langit, kenapa? karena saya yakin di garis horison itulah mereka sedang berpacaran .... :)

Durian Season....

Durian is a fruit unique to Southeast Asia. durians have a strong smell and a unique taste. Could be that those who haven't seen others indulging in durians have doubts as to the fruit's fitness for human consumption. Judging by the fruit's smell, its flesh moves straight from unripe to rotten.

Only slowly, durians are catching on in other parts of the world. They aren't grown yet commercially on other continents, though the climate would be ideal in the Northern parts of South America, as well as sub-Saharan Africa.

Durians are catching on in other parts of the world primarily because Thailand now produces, on a large scale, exportable durian fruit of the Mon Thong variety. Mon Thong is the only durian variety that is suitable to be shipped (usually by plane) to far-away destinations because Mon Thong durian can be harvested weeks before they have fully ripened, can be stored for weeks, and have no tendency to rot prematurely.

Classical durian varieties as they are common in Indonesia (mainly Sumatra and Borneo) have to ripen on the tree and are harvested only once they have fallen off on their own. They are then best eaten within some 6 hours, or, at least, within a day. They will lose flavour and texture beginning on the second day after having fallen off the tree.

In Indonesia, north Sumatra is the best address for durians.

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