[almost fiction] cumbuan sore

Akhirnya sore mencumbu
Bak rindu yang berbalas
Sore ini segar namun hangat
Dan semua senang pelukannya

Setelah seminggu penuh hujan dan hujan
Kota ini berair
Memaksa penduduknya untuk mendingin
Agar tenang merayap ke dalam

Kota ini pun banjir
Kedatangan tamu setahun sekali
Banyak yang sudah bersiap
Karena sudah biasa bahkan langganan

Kembali ke sore yang hangat
Ke rindu yang dibalas
Dan mentari yang tak lelah menjawab
Bahwa ia masih hadir bersama hangat dan asa


19 Januari 2009 16:44
Taman Menteng

[Japan 2008] Capturing Japan's Graceful Autumn

Luck at Kyoto

when being contrast is a process to be cleansed out in order to rejuvenate

romantism of Kyoto's autumn


ketika menggugur berarti bersemu

Kiki, Mama, the Fuji, and autumn leaves

go straight to the right up to the Fuji

ilalang menuju puncak

boats at the Hakone lake

lanterns at Asakusa

cleansing body and soul before converse with the All Mighty

graceful autumn

Jakarta from JITEC Mangga Dua Square's Parking Lot

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Souvenir from Manila : Manila Bay Sunset

During the short stay of attending the 7th Young Economists’ Convention and the First International Conference of Young Economists’ Convention in Manila last week, I spared a day to meet one of Ninit’s (one of the most gorgeous bestfriends I have in AFS Indonesia year 2004) bestfriend, who is a Filipino and lives in Manila, named Cels.

I had such a great day cruising Manila with Cels and her brother Jello and her sister Burn (I hope I don’t misspell the names). Cels is surprisingly very much alike Ninit, her style, her perspectives, her interests. I said to Ninit, “Now I know why you both can get a long so well. You are just like twins separated in two different worlds!! Hahhaha”

One of the places I visit in Manila with this warm Esguerra Family is the Manila Bay. We were quite worried because it had just rained there and the sky was still cloudy. But we still decided to take a trip by a boat so that we could see the Sunset of Manila Bay. Cels stated that Manila Bay Sunset is the best sunset in the world. And it is !!!!!!!!

Altough the sky was gloomy and cloudy, I got the luck that I can still see the sunset. It was perfectly round, and its colour is the most special thing the sunset has. Unlike in Jakarta or other places I had visited, Manila Bay Sunset’s colour is a shade of orange-pink-red-magenta colour. BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!

It sets quite fast, I just tried to record it and breathed the whole scenery.
I didn’t bring my camera (too bad, the battery was broken). But my handphone worked quite good and was able to catch the perfect round shape of it.

Most surprising fact I got after the nice trip is that the family said that the reason of the colour of the sunset is pollution. It is ironic !!!
I said, “OK, it was extremely beautiful, but I think I prefer for more unpolluted beautiful sunset, hehhee”.

However, if you go to Manila, you have to see the sunset !!!!!! then you can embrace more how the beauty of our nature has the right to be respected (one the mean is not to pollute it) and that this bridge of day and night –the sunset- has always been reminding humankind of the limited time we have in our life. Just like the sun, human sets too…. ;P

Souvenirs from Bali

Batur Lake over Bougenville, Batur

hexagonal sunray, Tanah Lot

sesajen

wave at a cliff, Tanah Lot

Neuchatel, Switzerland

Neuchatel Switzerland, late winter 2004

Neuchatel in Kiki's mind during Academic Writing & Presentation class, 30 November 2007, 15:02

Jakarta Lately....

Under this strange weather pattern nowadays, Jakarta has been having no rain in the last 5 days. Very contrast to what the city had during the last week of 2007 and the beginning of the new year.

Despite all, Jakarta's citizens happen to get beautiful sceneries during the sunset.

With my mobilephone's camera, here are some catch. (Even with a low resolution, we can still see how beautiful the city can be :) :) :) )

the bridge between Menteng and Jalan Sultan Agung, over the Ciliwung River

Jalan Sultan Agung, Manggarai ; besides Pasar Rumput

Jalan Jendral Sudirman

From Plaza Semanggi's Parking Building

From Plaza Semanggi's Parking Building

From fly over at Casablanca Kuningan

From my house, Tebet

amsterdam

Amsterdam, winter 2003

amsterdam in kiki's mind during board of division meeting Kanopi

Finding Harmony in Taman Suropati, Jakarta

Coming Soon !!!

again: a prove that if you think of something, the universe builds a path for you toward it, or more surprisingly, it just comes to you . . .

This time, it's about Harmony...

Sunrise vs Sunset

Sunset in Savana

just got a reminder from an Indonesian celebrity (Dedi Mizwar and wife) reporting in one of the infotainment programs that he went to see the musical of The Lion King in London. (cheesy huh ??!!!!! hehehehe)

thanks to them i suddenly remembered a beautiful gift given in late Winter 2004, a ticket to see the same musical in Hamburg. just one word to define it: FORMIDABLE !!!!

Danke mama und Werner !! Es war wunderschoooeeeenn !!! HEGDL, eure indonesische Tochter (fuer immer !!)

Sunrise vs Sunset

Through the history of human civilizations, sunrise and sunset are often regarded as moments of passion or even a sacred one. Both sunrise and sunset illuminate their own beauty and radiate their specific stream of energy as well.

Let you be not indifferent to this two sceneries, which one would you prefer and why ???