Saturday, February 25, 2006

My name is PAPRIKA

Pulang belanja hari ini, ada tilbud untuk satu pak paprika mix (jadi beli deh!). Jadi terbayang-bayang mau masak pake paprika, entah buat salad, entah ayam paprika, entah fiskekake, apa aja..rasanya jadi enak kalo ada paprika ;)

Dulunya sih selalu berpikir kalau paprika itu pasti pedas, tapi disini rasanya ngga ada pedas-pedasnya..manis iya! :D

Penasaran juga, apa sih manfaat paprika bagi kesehatan tubuh kita (maka dipinjam dari ”catatan” tetangga sebelah), manfaat paprika adalah:
Sebagai antioksidan, Menurunkan kolesterol, Mengatur suhu tubuh, Mengobati infeksi hidung dan tenggorokan, Menurunkan kadar gula dalam darah, Mengobati luka, memar dan keseleo, Menumbuhkan rambut.

Waaa...boleh juga kalo dilihat manfaatnya, maklum kandungan vitamin C juga ada di dalam paprika ini. Nah kalo udah gini, kira-kira masih mau beli paprika ngga ya kalo misalnya lagi ngga ada tilbud ?

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Amarantine

You know when you give your love away
it opens your heart,
everything is new.
And you know time will always find a way
to let your heart believe it's true.

You know love is everything you say;
a whisper, a word,
promises you give.
You feel it in the heartbeat of the day.
You know this is the way love is.

Amarantine...Amarantine...Amarantine...
Love is. Love is. Love...

You know love may sometimes make you cry,
so let the tears go,
they will flow away,
for you know love will always let you fly
-how far a heart can fly away!

You know when love's shining in your eyes
it may be the stars fallen from above.
And you know love is with you when you rise,
for night and day belong to love

---
sang fra Enya

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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Few Lines for Little One...

As a pair prayer for a day and a night,
When the phase is different,
from the north to the south,
Nothing else than a set of wish for you.



Morning celeste:
As soon as I awake I say: Dear God, I thank Thee for this day.
Wherever I go, Whatever I do and see,
I want to spend This day entirely with Thee.

Please, dear God, come into my heart,
Our day together is already a-start.
Bless me ever and ever again!
I love Thee, dearest God. Amen.


Night serene :
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God's love commits me here,
Ever this day be at my side, To light and guard, to rule and guide,
Watch over me throughout the night, keep me safe within your sight. Amen.

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especially for dearest one: Arya, til deg i The Manor - Queensland
remember the 1st word you gave me: star

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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Salju lagi....Snow again...

Hari ini, sebelum makan siang...ketika kuliat ke luar jendela ruanganku...salju turun lagi. Salju atau snow , atau (lagi!) dalam bahasa Norwegianya (Norsk) dikenal snø, anyway, whatever the languange is still performing the same meaning.

Salju kali ini begitu kecil...putih...tipis...lembut. Kunikmati barang sesaat indahnya warna putih yang menari untuk bermain di bumi bertemu dengan saudara airnya. Melihat keluar jendela dan menerawang bebas ke angkasa, sambil berpikir kapan ya pernah kulihat phenomena yang sama...oooh ternyata dalam souvenir bola kristal kecil yang kubeli saat aku berkunjung ke Garis Kutub di Norwegia . Back to the excursion 1st September 2004.

Sambil penasaran, kulihat lagi di wikipedia mencari informasi mengenai Garis Kutub atau lazim disebut Artic Circle. Ada 7 negara yang dilintasi oleh garis ini: Rusia, Canada, USA (Alaska), Norwegia, Swedia, Finlandia dan Denmark (Greenland). Masih terus ingin melihat informasi mengenai dunia, kubuka Circle of Latitude . Hmmp ternyata bumi ini dibagi dalam 5 garis mulai dari utara sampai ke selatan. Garis Khatulistiwa adalah garis yang tepat melintas bumi di tengah-tengah….terbayang Indonesia juga mendapat kehormatan menjaga garis ini.

Oooh no no...it is almost the time for me to have my lunch. Have a nice lunch!
Yet, snow is so beautiful.

ps: photo from outside my room, 1st floor at Herman Krags vei.

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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Self-Knowledge

And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."

And he answered, saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always know in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.
And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

taken from The Prophet (1923) by Gibran Khalil Gibran

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