Those who feel Happy with the HAPPINESS of OTHERS

 Just a short post with a great quote as moral compass...

Our Gardenia inside a creamware cachepot from Wedgwood Cream Color on Cream Color

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Those who feel happy with the happiness of others, possess a wealth without borders.

Prof. Dr. Frans Daels

Flemish physician and politician 1882–1974

Related links:

{Gardenia Dream} | previous post by me with more photos, also from the crocheted lace table topper

{GARDENIA PASSION} | previous post by me showing also the cachepot in detail

{Gardenia by Royal Albert and our Garden Gardenias} | previous post by me

{Our Gardenias in the June Rain} | previous post by me

{Our Gardenias} | previous post by me

{My Towels with Knitted Lace} | previous post by me

{May 22 Gardenia by Royal Albert and blooming Gardenias in Baccarat vase} | previous post by me

{Floating Candles with Jasmines and Roses} | previous post by me

{The Boston Tea Company} | previous post by me

Meaning of my name — Pearl and Desired Child

 Names ought to have a special meaning and for a reason.

But do most of us KNOW what its meaning is?

Pearl — bought in Oahu, Hawaii

A nice crystal conch with pearl and meaningful to me!

My name as written through 4th grade of elementary school: Marietje

Marietje is listed here as meaning: pearl; bitterness/sea; desired child

Mariet means: shapely clean

Mariette has the very same meaning as Marietje...

In Dutch Mariet, Marietje ←click on link

Hard to capture...

Also from Oahu, Hawaii came my Majorica black pearls in 15" length and earrings and ring, found at Neiman Marcus.

A 16" necklace would be too big for me.

Also from Oahu, Hawaii came home this little pineapple, the symbol of hospitality.

Having cooked numerous dinners for company, friends and family and several High Teas as a donation to the Rotary Club's fund raiser.

Did turn the velvet silk fabric around and used its backside...

Do you know your name's meaning?

Related links:

Oahu Hawaii Majestic Circle Island Tour | previous post by me

Our Vacation at Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa | previous post by me

Pearl Harbor Hawaii | previous post by me

December 31 With Pieter J.C. Vedder Visiting Sitanala Leprosy Hospital in Indonesia

 Just wanting to take you back to Indonesia during the time we did still consulting, after having lived and worked there for about 3 years.

So you get to see how we spent New Year's Eve...

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December 31, 1998

Grateful for Gil Gillis from TV 35 (at that time) for putting this together for us to show to the Rotarians and others.

En route to our work, on December 31, 1998, we visited Sitanala to deliver a donation from the Dublin, Georgia Rotary Club and Friends. 

Hand delivering the cash US Dollars to Father S. Binzler, a Jesuit, who worked with the leprosy patients on their designated compound.

On November 04, 1989 Princess Diana visited the very same Sitanala Leprosy Hospital.

On my blogpost: {Like Princess Diana, I also Tried to Tackle the Leprosy Stigma} ←click on link.

On the following video you also will see shocking images of the damaged and burned buildings of the Chinese Christians, who ran the businesses for the majority.

In May and November of 1998, those 'rioters' damaged some 6,000 buildings and tortured, raped and killed some 1,200...

It was for me personally the closest I've ever come to a war zone.

Pieter starts out with his finger on the map showing our route of flight for reaching our 'work' destiny:

Atlanta, Georgia/USA on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to Amsterdam, then on to Singapore and finally reaching Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

Happy New Year to ALL!