Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Mary Magdalene, La Sainte Baume, Provence, France



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Baume

https://www.paroissesaintmaximin.fr/
Basilique Sainte Marie Madeleine


Mary Magdalene

According to the Tradition of Provence, Mary MagdaleneLazare of Bethany, and Maximinus, one of the Seventy Disciples and some companions, expelled by persecutions from the Holy Land, traversed the Mediterranean in a frail boat with neither rudder nor mast and landed at the place called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer near Arles. Lazarus came to Marseille and converted the whole of Provence. Magdalene is said to have retired to a cave on a hill by Marseille, La Sainte-Baume ("Holy Cave", baumo in Provençal), where she gave herself up to a life of prayer and contemplation. The cave is now a Christian pilgrimage site.[1]

Louis IX of France visited the grotto in 1254. The site was under the management of the Dominicans when it was pillaged during the French Revolution. They subsequently returned in 1859 at the behest of Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire.

In 1941, a hostel and school were established to serve as refuge for those fleeing Nazi persecution.


Tuesday, March 30, 2021

DB-R

I am re-collecting re:DB-R, after got cured of Covid-19 in March 2020.

GOD surely help me 100 %. But God ask me to participate. This breathing exercises is my only - very small participation.

Before got sick, I am doing tai-chi.  More over, in 1999 - 2000, while I was studying at LPN, VCC,in Vancouver, I got a lesson of DB-R (Deep Breathing - Relaxation), which has the same technique in tai-chi. We should teach this simple technique to all post-operative patients. Small or big surgeries.

Methods: Inhale and Exhale, slowly, softly and continuously (3 L)
1. Slow, deep (lambat): the longer the better
2. Soft, not force (lunak): feel the body fall to the floor
3. Continuously, not broken (lingkar)

and 
4. Loved , Being loved by God Almighty, ..... wife and children
with praying: JESUS. inhale with Je...., and exhale: Sus...

information:
Slow: count our inhale and exhale. Ratio Inhale: Exhale = 2:3
Soft  : feel relaxing your muscles from head to toe.
Continously : circle, moving inhale - exhale naturally ... 
- use diaphragm breathing = enlarge the chest cavity, then the abdominal cavity
- the tip of the tongue touches the palate

Keep practicing this exercise every day, there are no teachers or students

TUHAN adalah pemilik hidupku

Semua AKU yang punya

Saya telah di angkat dari lembah kematian oleh tangan TUHAN yang kuasa.

Farida dan saya, bersama dengan 4 teman Canada, ikut cruise Diamond Princess: 20 Jan sd 4 Feb 2020. Namun 04 Feb, kami tak bisa keluar dari cruise sesampai di Yokohama, krn harus di karantina. Pada 7 Februari 2020, saya mulai sakit. Untunglah Farida tidak. Saya batuk, mula-mula beringus, lalu batuk kering; tak nafsu makan, muntah satu kali, mau tidur terus, sakit kepala dan badan panas. Sampai panas 39.5 Celsius, yang tidak bisa turun dengan obat anti panas, akhirnya saya dirawat di Rumah Sakit Yokohama.  Mulai 11 Feb sampai dengan 6 Maret, dengan diagnosa: ARDS, pneumonia Covid-19.

12 Feb nafas makin sulit, dan team dokter menganjurkan saya untuk dipasang ventilator. Saya menolak, karena ingat akan papa yg setelah memakai ventilator, tak bisa bicara sampai papa meninggal. Tetapi Anak2 dan isteri terus menganjurkan,

“Sekarang sudah banyak kemajuan kedokteran. Ikuti saja pendapat dokter…”, 
akhirnya 13 Feb saya menyatakan setuju, dan 14 Feb ventilator dipasang.

Dalam ventilator, saya merasa berada di ruang yg sangat panas. Di Ujung kaki terlihat api warna merah kuning menyala-nyala. Saya takut mati. Saya panggil TUHAN Jesus. “ Jesus datanglah, Jesus datanglah.” Saya teriak walaupun sebetulnya tak ada suara yang keluar. “
"Datanglah Jesus, biarlah saya memegang jubah-MU, maka saya akan sembuh.”
“ Mana janji-MU, Mana? Mana? “
“ ENGKAU bilang, mintalah, ketuklah, maka kamu akan mendapat.”
“ Mana janji -MU?”

“ Tetapi saya tak mau di jemput pulang, saya masih ingin melihat cucu-cucu menjadi besar.”

Lalu terjadi tawar-menawar dengan malaekat TUHAN. Lalu riwayat hidup saya di rewind. Diperlihatkan semua keburukan dan dosa-dosa saya. Lalai, pelit, sombong. Tiba-tiba terdengar suara “Semua ini AKU yang punya !” 

Saya menangis, menyesal dan bertobat. “ Jesus sembuhkanlah saya..” Begitu permintaan saya ber-kali-kali sambil menangis. Kemudian saya tidak ingat apa-apa, dan sayup-sayup saya mendengar suara dokter Kawai. Rupanya sudah 20 Feb, ventilator dicabut, dan saya telah dipindah ke ruang ICU-biasa. "Saya mau cabut semua pipa , selang infus, apakah boleh”, tanya dokter Kawai.
Saya tidak bisa bilang apa-apa, karena sebenarnya saya takut, badan lemah sekali, tangan hanya bisa digeser. Bagaimana bila alat bantu ini diangkat. Dari jendela, Farida terlihat mengangguk-angguk kan kepala: “Setuju saja, ikuti saja perintah dokter.” Ya mau apa lagi, saya meng-angguk kepala, dan semua pipa selang diangkat, sampai selang infus khusus untuk memasukkan obat dan ambil sample darah diangkat juga. Beberapa menit kemudian selang khusus ini dipasang kembali. Sejak saat itu saya semakin membaik. Latihan duduk, berjalan sedikit dituntun, lalu berjalan sendiri dengan tiang infus. Dokter memberikan rencana saya untuk keluar RS,
“ Bila keadaan membaik, kamu akan dipindah ke kamar biasa. Lalu bila semua baik dan hasil PCR dua kali negatif, kamu boleh keluar RS."

Saya tanya: “Kapan saya boleh keluar dari ICU?”, dokter tidak menjawab, lalu pergi. Hanya perawat menjawab:, “Bila semuanya membaik,"  tetapi tak ada waktu yg pasti. 
Saya tak mau mati, dan tak mau cacat. Saya segera, sebisanya, terus berlatih dengan semangat. Kalau tidak mengantuk saya akan jalan kaki, usahakan sedikit hanya 10 menit, 3 kali sehari, dan sampai 3 x 30 sehari. Saya bisa bak (buang air kecil) dengan botol dan bila bab (buang air besar) harus turun dari tempat tidur, hanya dengan pertolongan perawat. Saat inilah saya merasa hopeless dan useless. Untunglah perawat sangat baik, sampai ditanya hobinya apa. “Menyanyi.” Lalu perawat Izume mengajak saya bernyanyi bersama: “ I just called to saya I love you.” Stevie Wonder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58RgLQ_0Ars

Di Ruang ICU-biasa, 20-26 Feb, di kamar biasa 26 Feb--6 March. Tanggal 6 March, saya keluar RS, dan ke hotel bertemu kembali dg Farida. Langsung bisa jalan-jalan ke pertokoan disekitar hotel. Syukur kami cepat sekali dapat tiket pesawat. Dalam dua hari, tanggal 8 Maret 2020, kami terbang kembali ke Ottawa. Dan dapat bonus tambahan upgrade ke First Class. 

Dari catatan isteri, ternyata saya sebenarnya sudah mati tanggal 17 Feb. 
15 Feb: Petrus was in bad condition 
16 Feb P was worse 
17 Feb P tidak ada harapan.. 
18 Feb… eh keadaan saya membaik, ada gerakan bola mata. 19 Feb keadaan umum makin membaik. Lab membaik, dan direncanakan untuk extubasi 20 Feb, bila semua tetap membaik.  
Puji Tuhan ! Untunglah Farida tidak kena covid, sehingga ia bisa membantu saya yang sakit, bingung delirium.

Farida bisa menginap di RS, dengan kekecualian khusus. Sebelumnya RS hanya untuk orang yg sakit saja. Farida diberikan kamar di RS 14 Feb sd 1 Maret. Lalu pindah ke hotel 1 Maret.
Saya berterima kasih sekali atas bantuan dan perhatian dan doa semua teman dan saudara, terutama isteri dan anak, yang telah berupaya mengetuk pintu ke-Rahim-an Tuhan. Saya mendapat doa-doa, puasa, dan perjamuan Misa Suci. Yang mendoakan saya, bukan hanya teman yg katolik, tapi juga teman Kristen, Islam, Budha, Hindhu, dan yang-tak-beragama. 

Sampai di Ottawa jam 1 am, dini hari hari 9 March 2020. 16 Maret Farida mengajak saya, untuk berjalan ke taman dekat rumah. Bisa jalan kaki 10 menit, lalu 15 menit, 30 menit sampai bisa jalan kaki satu jam. Dan seterusnya, saya ushakan jalan kaki 1 jam setiap hari, lima kali seminggu.

Saya berlatih pernafasan dgn DB-R taichi, dan Ping Shuai Gong 30 menit, plus meditasi satu jam setiap hari. Saya mendapat banyak kemajuan. Bersyukur, sekali lagi bersyukur, bisa bertemu dan main dengan cucu-cucu. Dengan mereka, saya bisa berlari-lari kecil. Hanya kerongkongan-tenggorokan cepat kering, dan masih cepat capai. 
Semuanya ini terjadi karena berkat dan bantuan TUHAN yang Mahakuasa. Yang menarik saya dari lembah kematian. TUHAN memberikan kesempatan saya hidup kembali dengan suatu rencana, yang saya tidak tahu. Yang saya tahu, TUHAN minta saya mengajak orang lain datang pada NYA untuk menikmati berkat yang sama seperti saya alami. Amin.

Thursday, March 25, 2021

Puerto-Vallarta, Mexico 2019

 Puerto-Vallarta, 2019


Yokohama to Ottawa, 2020

 



Yokohama - Ottawa, 2020

Botswana, Zimbabwe. South-Africa 2009

 

Photos:
Chobe, Botswana and Cape Town, SouthAfrica, 2009

Three of us: Anindita, Shirley n me
Aug 12, 2009: YVR - Winnipeg, through Chicago airport
                        Met Iskandar Djati- Utomo Yuli
Aug 13: flew to London, Johannesburg, Gaborone Botswana, arrive Aug 15 

Gaborone, Chobe, Maun, Tsodilo, Kanana in Botswana:
Aug 15: Ernest took us to meet CEO Hosp, Gaborone, then to Riverwalk Advance Safari theree perons: P 60,329.70. rent a car. Stay in a doctor house who left for a vacation

Aug 16: Riverwalk, President Hotel, Cathedral Church, 

Aug 17: Gaborone Art Craft, rent a Budget car

Aug 18: 5.45 AM to Francistown (10:30) then to Chobe: difficult streets with big potholes

Aug 19: SAfter breakfast to Victoria Falls with a guided tour. paid US$75, as Canadian, Victoria Falls fee entry $20/person. Livingstone statue. Could see border to Zambia by a bridge

Aug 20-21: Drive Chobe-Maun. Island Safari Lodge. Boat Game 7-9 am: Baboon, Red Sable, Hippopotamus, Crocodilles, Lions, Birds, Elephants

Aug 22-23: Maun Lodge. Drive and walk around Maun

Aug 23-24: With driver n guide to Tsodilo Hills by Toyota open truck. Stayed one night camping, camping fire. In the morning climcbing Tsodilos.

Aug 24-26: Kanana Camp, by a Light Flight Aircraft : Shawake- Kanana, Kanana-Maun. Game boat, walk: Hippos, Crocodile, Elephant's angry, Lions, Leopard. Monkeys, Babbon, Baobab (big) Trees

Aug 26: Air Botswana : Maun-Gaborone
Aug 27: driving around Gaborone

Aug 26-28: Cape Town Package: 2 nights at Lagoon Beach apartment, Breakfast daily, return transfer : total 2 persons= P 11,026.20

Tour to Cape of Good Hope, through Simon's Town, Mandela Garden : one day tour
dinner at Cape Town Beach

Aug 29: Stay with Anin at the nurse house.. lucky

Sunday, Aug 30 at 8-9:30 am: Mass at Cathedral Christ of the King. Main Mall, Bimbo's shawarma, Brazil food

Aug 31, flew to YVR , stop over Chicago

Finish our amazing wonderful  Botswana, Zimbabwe, South-Africa  travel

Note: Thank you Lord, i could NOT get a. four-wheel Jeep to rent for the Botswana trip. So we cancelled one leg trip to Kalahari Desert that even with a Jeep still too difficult



   

China tour, from East to West, Oct 2012

 

Huangshan Mountain

China exploration tour            photos group-eight

Day 1: Oct 08, 2012, Arrived in Hangzhou from Hongkong, transfer to Huangshan city. Walking in Tunxi old town in the afternoon. Night at Barony hotel, Huangshan city.

Oct 09, Mt Huangshan tour. Go to Mt Huangshan by 1 hour's driving. Then change cable car up to the mountain. Walking to welcome Pine, Lotus peak, Turtle's peak, etc. Night in Shilin hotel at the summit

Oct 10, Mt Huangshan/Hangzhou. Early in the morning, at 5 am, we catch up the Sun rise or cloud sea of Mt Huangshan. Descend the mountain in the late afternoon, then drive to Hangzhou. At Culture P. hotel

Oct 11, Hangzhou/Zhangjiajie. Visit beautiful West Lake of Hangzhou. then Linyin temple. After lunch take train to Zhangjiajie. Night in the train.... almost missed train and collapsed ..

Oct 12, Zhangjiajie. Arrive at 07:23 meet Gabby, our nice guide. Have a special noodle ,breakfast. Visit beautiful mountain Tianzishan, Jinbianxi creek, and Yuanjiajie. At Zhangjiajie Kaitian International h.

Oct 13, Zhangjiajie. Visit Huangshizhai village and Tianmen cave. at the same hotel: Zhangjiajie K. I. h

Oct 14, Zhangjiajie/Chengdu. Visit Huanglong Cave climb 999 steps, then Baizhagnxia gorge, Tianmen Shan, 1400 m. In the evening fly to Chengdu. At Xinliang hotel

Oct 15, Chengdu/Huanglong. Morning to Panda Garden. Then fly to Huanglong. At Huanglong Shanzhuang h... dingin, mandi di bathtub khusus. 4007 m above sea level.

Oct 16, Huanglong/Jiuzhaigou. Morning Huanglong National Park: colourful lakes of Huanglong. Afternoon drive to Jiuzhaigou (1800m), enjoy Tibetan dinner, yak milk, barly wine. At Soluxe hotel, Zhangzha town, Jiuzhaigou County.

Oct 17, Jizhaigou. known as the fairyland, its lakes, waterfalls, virgin forests, Tibetan villages, all build up a world of paradise. Sightseeing bus to Shuzhen valley, Shuzhen Waterfall, Shuzhen seas, Luwei seas, etc. 

Oct 18, Jiuzhaigou/Chengdu. Continue photo works in the valley. Rize valley, panda sea, pearl sea, the long sea of Zezawa valley. Fly to Chengdu in the evening. At Xinliang hotel.

Oct 19, Chengdu departure. Fly back to Canada. Arrived at Hong Kong airport, Shirley started to feel dizziness..

Holy Fatima pilgrimage, 11-24 August 2018

 

Trevi Fountain, Rome 


Photos, click di:

Holy Fatima 2018

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Lourdes 2015

 Trip to Lourdes and Paris, July 2015

With our Leader: Paul n Angela Fong


Itinerary volunteering plus July 1-15, 
Marlou, Joseph, Juliet, Farida n me, and our leader Paul - Angela Fong Vancouver, BC, Berna n Judy from Hong Kong.
July 01: meet at Air France Check-in, Vancouver Ineternational Airport to Pau, Pyrenees, France.
                     
July 02: arrival @ Pau, Pyrenees at 14:45. Take Shuttles from Sea-lifts.com to Lourdes. Go first to the Office of Notre Dame de Lourdes B.P. 197, 65106 Louders Cedex. Getting all rooms keys. 

July 3 to 9: Volunteer works in Lourdes
July 9: group outing in Pyrene. See the house of the shpeherds outside of Lourdes
July 10: Departure from Lourdes to Toulouse by train 14140, Change train to no. 4657 from Toulouse to Marseille. Then take Provence Premium Transport go to Hotellerie de la Ste.Baume, 2200 CD Route de Nans 83640, Plan DAups-Ste Baume. email: hsbaume@gmail.com . Stay until July 13

July 11: Day btrip to St. Joseph 
Special tour dedicated to Mary Magdalene and visit of Basilica, begin by St. Maxim, St. Joseph of Bessillon, Sanctuaire Notre Dame Graces
July 12: Stay in St.Baume.. walking to the top of the hill !
July 13: Departure St.Baume to Marseille train station. Take TGV 6112 to Paris, Gare de Lyon. Take booked shuttle-transfer.net to Ravel Centre, CISP, 6 Avenue Maurice Ravel, 75012 Paris. www.cisp.fr

July 14: Day trip to Lisieux by Metro Line 1-13 to Gare Sainte Lazare then train no.3337. Return train 3346

July 15: Departure Paris to Vancouver