Luasnya Ilmu

Location: TMII, Jakarta
Quote:
Pelajarilah Ilmu.
Barangsiapa mempelajarinya karena Allah, itu taqwa.
Menuntutnya, itu ibadah.
Mengulang-ngulangnya, itu tasbih.
Membahasnya, itu jihad.
Mengajarkannya kepada orang yang tidak tahu, itu sedekah.
Memberikannya kepada ahlinya, itu mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan.
[Abusy Syaikh Ibnu Hibban dan Ibu Abdil Barr]

Cherish

Location: East Nusa Tenggara
Poetry:
-Our Friendship-
Thank you for our friendship
For it means so much to me,
Your kindness and understanding
And loving ways you share so free.

Thank you for being beside me
When I needed someone that cared,
And thank you for all your loyalty
For the times together we shared.

Thank you for our friendship
For it's something even money can't buy,
Thank you for holding me tightly
When there was a need I had to cry.

Thank you for always smiling
When I couldn't smile at all,
And thank you for boosting my ego
For the times I felt so small.

Your friendship I cherish so deeply
So this message to you I send,
May God bless and always watch over you
And may you always remain my friend.
[Unknown]

Understood

Location: Lasiana Sunset, East Nusa Tenggara
Quote:
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
[Unknown]

Nuansa 'kan Gelap

Location: Lasiana Beach, East Nusa Tenggara
Poetry:
-Di Tepi Pantai-
Aku suka saat ini
Saat lihatku mengurai ke angkasa
Saat langit menabur pesona
Sayup-sayup suara laut dielus ombaknya
Kicauan burung malu-malu menyambut senja
Angin lembut menyentuh kulit
Begitu menenangkan
Pesona warna mentari yang mulai tertunduk
Membenamkan diri pertanda kan gelap
Aku suka saat ini
[ReP]

Sort of a Friend

Location: West Nusa Tenggara
Poetry:
-The Sort of a Friend-
I'd like to be the sort of friend that
you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that
you've been always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine,
to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things and
the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies
and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things that
I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've stirred.
I'd like to give you back the joy
that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need
I hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as I,
who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to
lean upon.
I'm wishing at this time that I
could but repay
A portion of the gladness that
you've strewn along my way;
And could I have one wish this year,
this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me.
[Unknown]

Beach Lover

Location: Pantai Losari, Makassar
Quote:
The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient.
One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.
[Anne Morrow Lindbergh]

Cinta

Location: Pangandaran Beach
Quote:
Ada Cinta, maka penuhlah dunia dengan bahagia
Ada Cinta, maka indahlah hidup sembari tersenyum
Ada Cinta, maka bermaknalah setiap langkah kaki ini
[ReP]

Mesmerize

Location: Bandung, West Java
Quote:
I want to do drawings which touch people.
In figure or landscape I should wish to express.
Not sentimental melancholy, but serious sorrow.
[Vincent van Gogh]

Blue-Shine

Location: Home, Jakarta
Poetry:
All finite things reveal infinitude..
The mountain with its singular bright shade..
Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow..
The after-light upon ice-burdened pines..
Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope..
A scene beloved of bees..Silence of wate..
[Theodore Roethke]