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You may as well be an anonymous if you wish to. Your personal identity will be safe with us.
We would also be glad to read your comments and suggestions on how to improve the blog.
 Together we keep this blog alive!

VanillaOreo's Kimchi

This is an original email that I received from VanillaOreo...

Salam,

Disebabkan saya terlalu suka tengok rancangan korea, suka tengok part makan makan aja. Terus saya addicted nak mencuba makanan korea. Yang paling paling famous ialah kimchi nya.. Jadi saya google and jumpa cara cara membuat kimchi melalui youtube. Tadaaa ini lah hasil nya...

Bagi yang tidak biasa mungkin kimchi ni rasa pelik or tidak enak, bagi yg gemar makanan ianya enak aja..lagi makan dengan megi nyum nyum.. Oh saya rasa korean food sangat healthy sbb tak banyak minyak or goreng goreng kan... Ok sekian saja...

 VanillaOreo 

Yummy! Thanks for sharing!

The Festival of Sacrifice

The Sacrifice of A Small Beauty        

By, Ismaeel de Silva Hijazi

The flower of a Mercy Raised Up
Destined to receive that golden cup
A draught of bittersweet you did sup
To rouse the heedless and lift them up

Dead before death
In your heart nothing left
Just the presence of His Breath
And to all men deaf

Can't they see, don't they understand
That this struggle not for who rules the land
What do you have to do with rocks, earth and sand
When all of you are in His Hand

They weep, they plead
"You cannot win, you can't succeed"
To them all you pay no heed
They can't follow where you lead

To the land, soil reddened now and then
To remind the souls of women and men
Of the sacred month day ten
Shadowed by this lowly pen.

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In the remembrance of Abraham's and Ishmael's sacrifice...

Happy Eid ul-Adha

Dalam mengingati pengorbanan Nabi Ibrahim dan Nabi Ismail...

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Adha

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"Neither their blood nor their meat reaches God, but what reaches Him is your righteousness..." (22:37)

"Daging unta dan darahnya itu tidak dapat mencapai Tuhan, tetapi yang mencapaiNya adalah ketaqwaan dari kamu..." (22:37) 

Introducing Heru!

Introducing Heru

Heru in Shanghai

Heru and his sister

Members update! (Republished)

Nira and her daughter

Pairwa

Mawar

Mesut - 2013

Doel - August 2013
Taken at Bandara Minangkabau,
Sumatera Barat 

Something that could relate to all of us...

Special Friend

It was at random that we met...
A chance that not so many get

That you would turn out to be my friend
Someone who could be there...
until the end

No matter what I feel or I do...
I know in my heart I can count on you

I have never seen you, heard you or touched you
Those kind of chances are very few

To meet someone from far away...
Not knowing if they are here to stay

Not knowing if they say is true
And what are they doing or telling you

So far away, but yet so near
The 'not knowing' is the fear

Is it truth... Or is it lie?
Will a heart grow or will it die?
Either way... The bonds of friendship are tied

One's need are met
Some with regret... 
Some with hope...
Some with pain...
But still the answer is plain

If we had not meet on that very day
Things would be different...
In every way

The emptiness would be filled... A life maybe rebuild
A heart maybe broken... Or made to mend
All because of that 'special friend'
It is you!

So far away, but yet so near
I'm missing you, my dear

Welcome to Lake1-9's House!

Selamat Datang di Rumah Lake1-9!

Rumah di Lake Anna, Virginia, setelah badai salju

Halaman depan rumah

Halaman belakang rumah di musim salju

Foto diambil dari balcony master bedroom di tingkat tiga

Bunga-bunga azaleas yang merah dan juga leaf Japanese maple tree pada musim bunga

Pada  musim panas luncurkan motor boat ke cove menuju danau Lake Anna

Menikmati warna daun-daun pada musim gugur di danau

Pada musim gugur, daun-daun pohon bertukar warna sebelum gugur

Pohon 'dogwood' yang daunnya menyala seperti api,  berada dikebun

Pada musim salju  motor boat disimpan di boat port

What a gorgeous place! Who knows, maybe we could visit him someday in Lake Anna, Virginia. 

Thank you Lake1-9 for sharing with us!