First Sunrise In Kuta

No question Kuta has all qualities to steer your whole night into total rapture

You could mention any of these, feisty music, lovable friends, tasty food, lovely weather and coldest lager but the most is a moment to see first sunrise

For a very while a thought to explore Kuta when dawn breaks into early morning has been hanging on this mind

And a thought of being there when sunrise is firstly up portraying the loveliness of this enticing Bali has been another utter wish in my wishes

Then one stunning evening was in the making when Kuta appeared too friendly on Saturday’s night, perfecting the moment with the presence of one old friend then making the night was hard to forget

All started along Legian Street with one coldest “Corona” was in my hand and this feisty night was turning into twists and turns

Hot outside but cool inside; loud for the music but calm for the feeling

And the band playing “Is This Love – Bob Marley”, the floor was packed with moves as joy was smoothly thrown into dancing floor

Music was my blood and it has still been till now...
Singing, moving and shoving… me and my friends, making a firm fist for showing the world that “Love is Love” is all we need to make this world a lovely place to live

And the dancing floor was catered with feisty moves found no end

In this respect, a night in Kuta was a clone of one of nicest moments of my life

But our bliss not ended up there, another one was still awaiting to be explored, first sunrise in Kuta Beach

Any nicest dream of life was now closer to realize and what a cracking view when first sunrise was there

Simply stunning, and I was wordless in describing

For a mine, band of silver clouds created a circle of perfection, waiting the golden lights to be slowly appearing behind lining silver clouds

As a cup of hot tea was now held in my hand, cold wind of Kuta was no longer a problem, instead, the cold wind with sea breeze was the best partner of early morning

This was another moment, first sunrise, which I know I would love forever in my blood and it would be remembered every single day in my best memory

In that kind of moment, I wish I had shared with the woman of my life

No sense of regret came as time would be on my side in months to come and I am thankful being gifted with maturity to accept things beyond my control

Seeing first sunrise in Kuta is simply indescribable
(Promise to take “you” there one fine day)

One Magic Sunset In Kuta

In the end waving good bye to Bali proved too much pain for me

It was full of twists and turns, if I could be honest

The twists of sweetness started when walking down the beach on Friday when sunset crawling down in perfection; when seagulls screaming in joy; when kids playing soccer like sandy beach was the best pitch in the world

Joyful face was every where…

But the best was when one little gal run across, smiling at me and asking what book I was reading as she portrayed “Steven Gerrard -An Inspirational Captain of Liverpool Football Club-” in my hand

She then asked me for a walk while holding my hand and started singing one nice song which I could barely reckon, but it was surely a touching song with lyrics such as “….Lord, please hold my hand….”

I was close to tears with this magic experience

When song was over, sunset disappeared and separation was the only choice left as this little gal waving good bye with mixed gestures while thanking me for a walk which I could not help myself for not thanking to my Dear Lord

Looking back, Bali has always been magic in many reasons and that’s why I keep coming back to this Island of Gods for many indescribable reasons

The turns finally arrived when silence covered me in darkness as twilight had left for another circle for which I count every moment in joy

My love for you from Bali – The Island of Gods -

My Childhood

Today started brightly and it was no surprise when Starbuck captured me in sweet motion

Ideas of writing suddenly poured on when topics of yesterdays spreading into my lungs only to find that my childhood is one of the best topics that shall be written

It was “playing under the pouring rain” on elementary days

That day -with two of my sidekicks- might have been written in heaven when we walked home from school, singing the song of “The Mercys” with joy and ignoring falling rain that might hurt our faces

As rain poured harder we sang louder, as tough, we did sing to prevent rain from falling faster as magic moments of singing under the pouring rain continued and were too enticing

I remembered my best friend started singing the song of The Mercys, titled “Ayah”, suddenly we started holding each other and looked up to the sky and delivered this stunning song as our respect to our Old Men at home

All best feelings just running down thru our spine when the song ended but the rapture continued

Song was the blood of our bliss on that day and music was our language of our thankfulness

If I could go back to that moment, singing under the falling rain when thunder might be scary in some meanings, I was still hoping to be back to the moments when innocence of childhood was so real

If I could back to that day when rain was falling harsh, I wanted to sing also another song then devoted to my adorable Old Woman while dance in joy until rain stops

I wish I could have done enough for my astonishing childhood where joy seems everlasting and bliss appears endless

Hope you had the same blistering moments too…

Christmas In Malacca

In Starbuck, one cup of Coffee of the Week was the savior to help me grab this wonderful morning of Friday which saw a nearly heavenly traffic after driving in joy from home to this 24-hour coffee corner

A night before I had almost missed a great chance of writing this blogger before a sweet thought of Malacca ignites another piece of memory to drill in my wish to be there on this upcoming Christmas time

While Clock Tower in from of Christ The Church might appear to remain the same, a splendid view of blossoming colorful flowers under the Clock Tower was stabbing and compelling

But the most was the young-couples who were ready to walk down the aisle, waiting in enticing smile for their favorite pastor to arrive while pouring the sunny morning with great belief of marriage

I was stunned, if not speechless, as marriage might run some kind of unrivalled bliss without knowing why shall be the tears of joy running down my face that day

All I was too aware it could have been a story of broken marriage of my closest ones which allowed a large portion of anguish but I’ve never allowed myself to slip into disbelief of marriage

I believe in marriage and always do…

And if Christmas is approaching, the lights in Malacca will be brighter than ever, sweeter than before and stunning evenings would be continued in panache that brings plenty of magic feelings

I’ll be there, in Malacca this Christmas….
(would you come over with me?)

The Letter For My Old Woman,

There was a time when I was walking under your guidance, listening to your cheerful voice, telling me not to walk too fast otherwise I would be stumble and fall and might be crying at the end

There was a time when I was smiling at you, enjoying an unconditional love that never ends, savoring the closest moments of my life with you where all soft touches of your loving touches had touched deeply my heart until today

There was a time when I was complaining about unfair treatment of my Old Man but you offered an ocean of peaceful feelings by staring into my eyes, saying you would help me whenever I need you and you kept your words until today

There was a time when I was passing my darkest hours, you were there for me, offering an everlasting love and uncoditional supports that lead to the end of the dark tunnel when I was finally grabbing this grip of life with confidence

There were a lot of times you become the source of inspiration for me, the grounds of regaining joyful moments for me and the ultimate basis of learning unconditional loves that never end.

And in my recent trip to see you, I saw you growing grey as you are growing older with wiser look was getting more painted in your voices and words and I just could not hide my love for you when I was there to celebrate your 65 years of age

I truly adore you, my Old Woman...
I love you with every piece of my heart...
And I would try anything to make you happy because all I want is to see you happy in this life

One day we would go to see a garden of flowers, a heaven of Tulips and I promise you this

One day we would go to see Spring time when flowers are blossoming in style and I promise you this

One day we would go to see this life where flowers and loves are tied into one word: Happiness

And I promised you this, Mom....

I love you and always will....


With eternal love,

Your loving son, Tony Anthony

Yester Years In Brighton

In this coastal city, Brighton, arguably, the most warmest city in UK, a can of Diet Coke was introduced on one hottest afternoon to wash away the thirsty of summer of late ninety.

Since then Diet Coke has never been separated from my identity.

A year later, still in late ninety, on one decent trip to Ireland, a moment when "Omagh" was wrecked into saddest agony of IRA bomb, a priviledge was given to enjoy a pint of fresh Guiness stout when an evening loomed to turn into a heavenly night.

It was The Coors and U2 that played the magic of that night, and it was the moment I knew later on an importance of friendliness grabbed in Guiness stout.

As the trip of Ireland came to an enticing end, a truly stunning end, a sound of The Beatles was twisting my feets to move as I was walking around the lounge of Dublin airport prior to boarding Irish Airline that took me back to Gatwick.

And a genuine feeling of losing Dublin, Belfast and natural friendliness of Ireland was suddenly striking to my mind.

Also on this trip, an adventurous spirit was thickened and love of writing was confirmed, as though, Ireland was made for me not just to validate long-time preferences on writing and adventure but also on melancholic feelings, eating fishes plus vegetables and being a politely spoken creature besides never say No to Lager.

Looking back to what Ireland could offer, a list of wishes had been whispered in this heart.

Dancing and diving are amongst the things I wish to learn, and now I have found myself trapped in dancing class (at least I could dance jive and cha cha) and has been a certified scuba diver for an almost two years.

Heading back to Jakarta in early 2000, I continue my love affair with jogging and swimming.

While Bali has been my ultimate destination for some indescribable reasons, it is Bali that keeps showering me with an everlasting love of this life and no wonder I would keep coming back to Bali again and again.

In Bali, Surabaya or Jakarta when spare time falls on, a moment to hold back string guitar is what I do, singing The Beatles, The Corrs, Ronan Keating, Kla Project and many more.

In yester years, I have been closely glued to my nephews Timo and Kevin plus Aldo, not to mention my everlasting adoration to my loving Memes who has taught be to a good gentleman, a neat person with strong-will heart.

Then a slight turn to my childhood, the colors of Blue and White are very attractive but never against when Black is given too.

Suddenly, a thousand sweet thoughts of childhood memory is back when Blue color represents a "Pilot's uniform". Most likely, it is the only single reason why I started falling in love with Blue since early age.

I wish I were a pilot now...but my destiny leads me to another path.

Now I am in Singapore...living my dream of life...

My Adorable POPE - Part III

Still, my tears were not dried yet.

But now our Dear Lord loves you even more.

And it looks far too much, and HE wants to release you from all stretching achings.

Rest In Peace, my adorable Pope.

I love you most.

And I will keep always your loving signs in this heart.

Amen...

My Adorable POPE - Part II

And my tears were not dried yet.

With all adorable moves you had been marked the world, you unfurled the kind of unforgettable messages that suggested this world had had been a better place to live if we accept differences and if we share true loves across religions and races.

With your message of loving others with unerring love echoed in our heart, now the world saw huge differences when you were not around.

You are the tower of loving signs, my adorable Pope.

My Adorable POPE - Part I

Hopes of a peaceful Sunday were rudely swept away when a series of painful news ended with one most sorrowing condolence news to confirm that our adorable Pope has just passed away.

Pools of tears must have been good because our Pope John Paul II has been a Saint by all means

In a throbbing battle, I stretched might to wash agony and I locked horn of great anguish, notably not to cry the tears because of this sorrowing moment.

But tons of tears claimed my face.

And I cried for you, my adorable Pope!

My Adorable Kevin

Even words are not adequate to divulge how much I have missed you...

Even calls are never be sufficient to unleash my love on you...

And all of my misses have been turned into one decent dream as you run after me to hug me while screaming.."Uncle, where have you been....I have been missing you"...

And I was crying in my dream, seeing your face, feeling your kiss on my cheeks and I know how much we have been missing each other since we last met in Jakarta when you went undergo for some therapies to cure your autism...

Even now, when jotting down these words, a stunning smile of you remains painted in this mind and a list of sweet thoughts being with you is now back to this mind.

Kevin, whatever happened in this life, nothing would change you in the eye of me, ..you are still my best looking nephew, and you are still my inspirational nephew...and I would always miss your passionate hug and agressive kiss on my cheeks each time we meet

I luv you Kevin...so much!

My Love For Bali

My love for Bali has never been unrivalled

A simple break in Lovina has found me a rich vein of bliss which increases hopes I could have grabbed an extra energy for welcoming another challenge of life both in commercial and personal section

Two days of playing with colorful fishes, spoiling my all-time-love of the water with snorkeling, then tempting my night with pints of lager has been too sweet to forget

Yet, I remember one peaceful morning waking up to the sound of breaking sound of wave, as my room is just inches away from the beach line

But I am in full enjoyment when knowing a breaking sound of wave wont hurt me either

Now I am back to the path of loving this life more but I am surely thinking of going back to Bali on this coming Christmas as one long time friend from Lombok will be there

Perhaps, another long night will be exposed again

Above all, I luv Bali, and always will

Hugging

Never had an idea that a hug could release me from all nervous feelings

But this little gal came to me, expressing her thankfulness as a loving rabbit's gift was delivered to her, holding and hugging me in warmth that washed away any worrisome of nervousness in my heart

This is the second time in my life after a first warm hug from my niece Prisca back in 1997, this little gal - we called her little princess- was nothing but impressed a whole scene of my deep emotion with a warm hug that night

But it was not the end

Before saying good bye, she came after me once more, giving a real token that she wanted to hug me once again before leaving me as clock was ticking to 9.30PM....

I was ended up speechless, hugging her back was what I did.... and it was so sweet and so warm


Don't you know that a hug is like a medicine?

Hugging is perfect medicine, it's rejuvenating, it's reinvigotaring

Hugging is a loved sign of a loved loving life

Add Years To Your Bliss

Add years of happiness into your life by choosing being someone you want to be with...

Add your life into years of happiness by choosing something you love to do according to your heart...

Add amount of bliss into your days by giving your heart a chance to be happier...

Add more spicy moments into your loving life by loving someone unconditionally...

And add an everlasting joy into your chapter of life by thanking each and every given day by our Dear Lord...

Missing You Much

I am so rare telling you how much you have been missed

Since I met you on last July when my eldest sister had her birthday, a feeling of being even closer to you has been hanging on my mind, and knowing you keeps worrying about me is also another ingredient to make me miss you even more

Your always tasty home-cook is always lovely

Your always caring heart to always remind to go to the church is always memorable

Your wishful wish to see me landing with a loving gal is always there for good

And I can't tell you how much I have been missing you since then

I want you to know no matter hardship I have been through in this life, you are always the source of my movitation and the key factor of my bliss

Missing you much, Mom!

Loving Quotes

"Once you have loved, you will always love....
For what's in your mind may escape, but what's in your heart will remain forever"

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"Never love a love that hurts and never hurt the love that loves"

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"It breaks your heart to see someone you love is happy with someone else ....but it is more painful to know that someone you love is unhappy with you"

Don't Ever Save Anything ...

"Don't ever save anything for a special occasion, and every day you're alive is a special occasion."

I remembered those words through one admired person when attending the funeral of my grandma a year ago. I thought about it on the plane returning to Jakarta from Surabaya where my loving grandma lives her remaining days

I thought about all the things that she had been through and painful days when she was lying paralyzed in the hospital. I thought about all nicest things that she had done to me without realizing that they were special

I'm still thinking about these words, and they've changed my life

Now, I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to my lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special

Every day, every minute, every breath truly is a gift from God

So, if you love someone then show it your passionate love, speak your lovely feeling and express your alluring emotion

Saying “I love you” to someone we love is not a sin

Do it in such a way like, when you dance, you’ve got to dance like nobody's watching…

Do it like when you sing, you’ve got to sing like nobody’s listening…

And do it like when you love, you’ve got to love like it's never going to hurt....

Yoga & Me

No one has ever told me that Yoga is brilliant
No one has ever told me that Yoga is more than just a sport
No one has ever challenged me that Yoga is nothing but a joyous sport

But now I could share with each of you that Yoga is an ocean of peace, flowering your world with peaceful emotion, blossoming your day with peaceful feeling and pouring your moment of life with peace of mind

As Yoga enters this life, nothing would prevent you from grabbing amazing feeling - a feeling that makes you feel so joyous-, an emotion that people call it "sweet emotion" that lasts for long

And this is what I feel now after Yoga storming into this hectic life
And this is what I want to share with each of you about joy, happiness and peaceful life

When Yoga arrives, nothing is there but a present moment
When Yoga falls into your heart, nothing is left but a moment of treasuring this life most with thankfulness

This is a life that each of us wants and this is what Yoga could do

Every morning when hectic of the day might have grabbed our ultimate mind, Yoga is made to allow us enjoying this life more in sweetness and why don't we give our life a time for Yoga?

Every brand new day when thoughts of busy life might have captured every single corner of our mind, Yoga is there to remind us that present time is inevitable, meaning, we shall savor this moment with sweetness of life and gratitude

And if every moment in our life is a present moment, we shall not worry of what future could hold because Yoga teaches us to always value the present moment

Present moment is a moment to savor with thankfulness
Present moment is a moment to seize this life with gratefulness
Present moment is here because all we have is here and now

Present moment is Yoga
Yoga is present moment
With Yoga, we learn to love this present moment more than ever

Happy Yoga Day, everyone....

Carl's Dream - Alor (III)

After two days in full contention, I was ready to get another moment of brilliance in Shark Galore, a place where various sharks, tunas, barracudas, dolphins and other sizeable fishes might appear in sudden

Brief briefing of dangerous current was shocking many of us but I was in the thick of the action, wishing to enjoy another colorful decoration of underwater corals, hoping to witness bands of tuna, shark or other colorful fishes

And it was another day in paradise

As far as I could see, many beautiful corals were there to spoil my very eyes while thousands of fishes in various sizes including sea snake passing me by in full ignorance of my presence that morning

What a day, what a moment!

And I was left to thank a moment of gratefulness by this astonishing scenery at Shark Galore, a moment that I later reckoned as a moment of joy

Benign current allowed us to enjoy most of the scenes

And I was later stunned in disbelief when one colorful sea snake –one of the most lethal creatures in this world- was approaching me, inches from my right hand and she loomed to have enjoyed much my presence when bubbles looked to attract much of her attention

It was the second time this trip the sea snake had approached me, before it was in Cathedral’s cave but no fear or whatsoever as I was always mesmerized by the vibes of sea snake’s presence

The only sour note for that day was the heat when we went back to surface

A cup of local coffee was later presented as ship moved in mild speed and the next trip to Three Top was later tipped as another moment of brilliance too

Quite hard now to equalize good spells of Shark Galore, Clown Valley and Cathedral, but stories of Carl’s Dream have fevered many of us to get there despite harsh current could be destroying too

But who cares as benign current is what we were told today and tomorrow

Tomorrow I would talk about Carl’s Dream, a site when many diving dreams bring to real life, as no other place with unique textures as Carl’s Dream have and that’s what we were told

I love Alor more on every new day…

Good night everyone
My love from Alor – 3

Church of Good Shepherd - Alor... (II)

True serenity in this small city was expected as I claimed myself back into a holy place, Catholic Church of Good Shepherd in Kalabahi, Alor

It was almost 20.30PM –facing up to life with contentment- when a large spell of thoughts to pray for my loved ones was exposed then I found myself down on my knee in later stage

Not much sound, only few lights on as calmness covered every corner of this church when I started praying for safety of each diving buddy, wishing for happiness for all loved ones, and longing for healthiness of everyone I love in this life

I was more than happy with the way this life had treated me so far

Thankfulness dominates while gratefulness encompasses

On the night where half-moon had displayed a half heartedly look, the wishes in prayers loomed to begin taking a new pool of tears in my heart

Balmy living is what I have now

And for many spells I’ve been involved in this life I could feel the true blessings of our Dear Lord continue pouring, a kind of unexplainable feeling

In the final moments of praying time, I sent a simple prayer for the happiness of my adorable Mother who needs any precious accepting heart more than anything in this whole world

Sunday had started brightly and now it ended up sweetly in prayers

Cathedral snatched my eyes in admiration, but Good Shepherd wrapped my heart in contention

Good night everyone
(My love from Alor – 2)

Cathedral - Alor... (I)

If I thought the third diving day on Sunday would be less colorful than yester Clown Valley’s trip then I was sadly mistaken

On this Sunday I was greeted in serenity and offered a sight of tranquility

Joyous mood was everywhere with a plate of yummy fried rice kicked off my whole morning in panache and who could stop my morning from dancing?

And in Cathedral, -how they name this brilliant site- we found ton of bliss

Lively corals, blossomed in reef and glued in the wall not just created unrivalled scenery but produced moment of elation that might last for years

I was lost in words… such an indescribable vista!

Yet again, big size fishes such as Red Snapper and schooling of Sweet Lips plus Emperor Angels and Sea Goldie were clearly there to send all of us into total rapture

Yet again, there was a time when Sweet Lips dancing in formation, twisting in creation and playing in style and I was, once again, speechless because that day was surely the best day of the week

Truly, it was a true sparkling moment in Cathedral, a day when we were diving across the cave, encountering traditional fish hunters below 40 meters, and swimming blue ocean with smile in the face

Just prior to that, I must have thought that day had been intentionally made into perfection when no current was posted, only for tons of colorful fishes were pictured everywhere.

Then the full scale of bliss happened on Sunday became apparent as enticing twilight was there, composed the early evening in sweetness then unleashed perfection in silence

No more words are close enough to describe my Sunday in Alor

Good night everyone…
(My love from Alor – 1)

CLown Valley - Alor...

The latest sensational feeling brought by splendid rainbow, turned up in sight and decorated in blissful colors –Red, yellow, green and violet-, showered additional belief of earlier awareness that Alor was more than just an astonishing diving heaven

With morning looking peaceful as soothing ocean was nowhere but calm as silky wind, this enticing gift of the morning –the rainbow- repaid the first portion of the second diving day, belting every feeling in the mood of gratefulness to Dear Lord

This allowed me to register the best feeling of the day, and prevented me making prolonged uneasiness since the day when we arrived in pouring rain

It was the day when beauty competed with loveliness as Clown Valley –a heavenly site for Clown Fishes of Nemo- produced a stirring display for each of us to reckon the greatness of our Creator for creating such an astonishing underwater place here in Alor

And the whole day was drowning in total amazement

Be frank, on the first night dive, I was nursing an equal sense of injustice as Alor was expected nicer in minds and sweeter in views but this second day was labeled in jovial feeling

Looking back, still remember sitting in the deck, seizing up any fascinating views when delicate currents emerged too dangerous for all human kinds, I was flirting my loving feelings of someone whom I met almost a year earlier

She loathes –if not resists- my diving hobby, legitimately argues a list of risks than enjoyments that diving could give, which make our discussions more harder when Friday falls on in panache

As evening faded into midnight, I must be fragile with tiredness but overjoyed

Alor keeps me in sight and high…

Good night every one
(My love from Alor)

Liberty Wreck - Bali

A scintillating pit stop in Liberty Wreck was too difficult to forget

That morning, huge troops of Jackfish that circled in panache, mesmerizing me in senseless emotion while countless Surgeon Fishes rounded in astute loop, making another unsurpassed epoch that would be remembered many times in many years to come

Now, the cloudy morning might have gone, but a myriad of unfathomable approbation to my Dear Lord would live forever in this heart

In Liberty Wreck, I found tons of blissful emotions of astonishing diving

I would come back to you when time is perfect
And I promise you this!

That Day In Tepekong - Bali

Sitting in the boat while chilly rain pouring your face made of such an irresistible flash

I was in Tepekong, floating on the boat after diving

Despite some worries in this heart as misty look was everywhere amidst shaky waves that waved the boat, a pool of sweet thoughts of memorable childhood was back in sudden, as tough, sucked all the chilly wind that sucked deeply my whole bones

With all this blissful view around, my heart was quavered, my passion was reinstated and my adrenaline was pumped

I felt rejuvanted and Tepekong had mesmerized every of my attention of that day.