a long and winding road...

..it seems sometimes easy to take a shortcut, who wouldn't want it? For most of us, a long and winding road is an unpleasant journey and hence unwishful...but there, exactly there we will find the essence of living....

Life is a journey not a race....



November 2008

teasing the dragon II...

as he realized his appearance was so unwanted by her, embarrassment and anxiety
troubled his mind as he walked away. He, as a great creature has been conquering so many battles among other male dragons must face a defeat from a seemed so weak female one...unbelievable yet true...

Then he remembered once an old saying told to him :

"Greater in battle
than the man who would conquer
a thousand-thousand men,
is he who would conquer
just one — himself"

Now for the first time he really understood what the meaning of it ...

October 2008

teasing the dragon...

As the sun fell down to the edge of horizon, giving its fullest warmth to the sea with its most magnificent light spectra ever seen, creatures of the earth were obsessed to be part of it. A male dragon rose from its hiding place, looking for some amusement. Flying high above the sea, he tried to enjoy himself by dancing in the sky and jumping up and down to the sea as he suddenly saw a beautiful female dragon lying down, amusing herself with the sounds of splashing waves on a corner of a beach. Attracted by her beauty, he approached her silently and watched her for a while. Knowing that a stranger was watching her, she tried to ignore it although she was annoyed by the situation. He then finally showed up as he was sure that the time was right but he was wrong. Trembling sounds cracked the silence when she showed her fury as he tried to greet her. He was surprised by the fact that he was indeed not well accepted by her and tried to calm her down by giving a gentle touch…

June '08

a sport day...

Sunday is a sport day...

Some people use it for relaxing, some use it for making money, some use it for family and some use it for sport.

Whatever the choice is, making a day full of meaning is the essence of good living...

August, 2007

hard working woman...

...looking far beyond the horizon, hoping for a better future but expecting the worse...

Slowly walking a small path, an old woman carrying heavy load, exhausting and trembling coming toward my way in a countryside. She rested for a while from long walk as I came close to pass her. She sat on the ground, put aside her load, breathed heavily when I passed her. She smiled at me, a smiling face full of energy came to my sight. I smiled at her back and asked where she headed to. As she pointed a village far beyond the horizon I was moved and speechless at the same time knowing that her journey was still far beyond my expectation. We just sat down and talked nothing for a while, my mind was full of many unanswered questions. As she stood up and having ready for the journey, I woke up from my deep contemplation and offered her to help uploading her heavy load. She smiled again at me and said thanks. For a while I still did not know what to do. When she walked slowly leaving me behind I took a picture of her, a picture to remind me that there is so much things that I do not understand....

June 2007

Morning has broken...

Early morning at Halong Bay I stood on the boat deck waiting for a new life, a rebirth of lost days. Will it look the same as the days before? Hmmm I don't know exactly but I have the feeling that the coming day won't be exactly the same like days before but yes, of course it looks as if it is, the same coming direction of sunlight, maybe also the pattern, the color of sunlight etc etc. But I'm pretty much sure that the rebirth of the day will not be the same as the days before like everything in this world which is always in constant changes...
I dedicate this picture to my dear friend which I never meet : Dewi Lestari.
I know her just by her blog and I suddenly have a bond with her and I don't know why.
I added her blog-link in this page, just have a look and enjoy her mind-heart enriching writings.

June, 2007

morning work...

Waking up early in the morning, walking up to a tea plantation on Mt.Halimun, an isolated protected national park in Western of Java, it was an unforgetable experience in my life. Looking at a beautiful scenary on the top of the area waiting for sunrise...
People working on the tea plantation have to wake up very early in the morning to begin their work in the field picking up young tea leaves until midday...

July, 2007

ready to sail...

...activity of fishermen in Sumur, Banten, one of towns which is a base to travel by boat to Ujungkulon. From here on it takes 3-4 hours with a normal boat to reach Ujungkulon. These fishermen have to use smaller boat to catch the bigger boat for catching fishes and it's a nice side income for them when group of travellers need to rent their boat for reaching Ujungkulon....