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The year is a mess, a cuss, a fuss
I cannot reach for you and thus
I long for nothing but you

I gazed at the stars and how they shined for you
They told me it's times like these I got to be patient--you have the flu

I miss you, that is all I feel
I miss you, that is all I say
I am hopeful to see you again one day

--

I am hopeful to see you again
singing, ringing, clinging, but until then
for you I will pray
and till then,

Stay safe

A Stranger in Heaven

Or hell?

Could this nature and beauty be heaven?
Or is this heat and struggle what's called hell?
Oh well
I am a stranger--could you tell?

I left my roots, forgetting them somewhere
Somewhere I call home--but define home
A feeling at which roots belong
at which blood blossoms best
and at which I hear my mother's song

Gracious grace, i'll be okay
I will pass and prosper at a pace
After all, I'm in a heavenly place
Or am I a stranger....
in hell?

Our World

Between the Earth and the sky
there stand you and I 
without saying goodbye
let me tell how much I admire you     with tears in my eye

Between the noon and the moon
for us     there is enough room
complete and eternal
let us stay then     you and I

Between a garden and a mountain high
there will be just you and I
my favorite song to you I will sing
to show how a woman madly in love shall live     I will dance and I will swing

Between my mind and my soul
in pain have I struggled
to dismiss the world and keep only you     my all
let us stay then     you and I

Ravenous

stay with me a couple of minutes more   two hours or four

relate Qais and Ladylove Layla
Friends and the Mexican telenovela Rafaela
let us share ravening feelings and all

on a beach ride
stay with me a couple of minutes more
Californian mountains by our side
hug and gaze   it's summertime

send me a song
a resemblance of nothing and nobody but our secret love zone
stay with me a couple of minutes more
"you can't be wrong in your song"

said you had to leave and head to the far door
oh don't you just know
I am living   longing   looking for your next call
stay with me a couple of minutes more

Starbucks Malaysia Opens a New Signing Store in Penang.

Penang, December 4, 2019.

Get Excited!!! Starbucks Malaysia announces that a signing store has just opened in Penang. This is the second signing store in Malaysia. First store being located in KL, the new store is located in the heart of George town. 

The store was opened specifically in Penang because the island holds rich culture and history, and as the Managing Director of Starbucks Malaysia and Brunei - Mr. Sydney Quay stated, “KL was an overwhelming success when a signing store was opened in 2016. So it is smart to open another store Penang.” 

This store was the outcome of Starbucks Malaysia’s partnership with PDA. The aims of the store are to give back to society, portray the value of different perspectives on hard of hearing people and to enrich their lives.

PDA has given its partners the professional training and development needed to manage the store. Starbucks Malaysia and PDA also provide internships and sign language classes for the store’s seven perfectly hearing partners, and as PDA and Starbucks Malaysia ensure that the quality of store and the atmosphere is welcoming to all customers, Mr. Razman Tan, President of PDA assures, 

“PDA is excited to partner with Starbucks because that gives a sense of belonging to the community. Starbucks is a place for many kinds of people to come together.” 

The signing store is 4,600sq. ft. The design of the store is designed specifically to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing partners and customers. Examples of the design include visual alarms and digital trace and point of sale systems with an attachment customer display.

In conjunction with the launch day, the store has a promo where for each vanilla fig fruppichino there will be a special price, and for each of that drink, Starbucks Malaysia will donate RM1 to PDA.

About

Starbucks opened in Malaysia in 1998 and now has 300 stores in 30 different states as well as that it employs 4000 partners.