Living a peace for a while ...

Four days leaving all those things were so wonderful ..no traffic, no chilly look, no nasi padang, no queuing trans Jakarta ……

Cool breeze of Gondang in Lombok was very beautiful. So calm and peace. Grasses were still covered with dew and strong smell of our Nescafe made our laziness not to wake up from our hammocks.

Modest food and very tasty of local tea were accompanied us almost d whole day. Friendly inhabitants greeted and had small dinner together.

Small boat brought us to Gili Terawangan that day. We still lucky although we were sailing not in a rite time. “The captain” was smart and very informative. With his yeas of experienced in handling the ‘boat” we felt so relax and comfortable.

Well, back again to a real life ..facing daily things ..but what to do.. that’s a life ..full of colors and challenges. And I get “sick” as come again to office. Two Bids have to be submitted almost d same day .. what a …. !!!

Rayakan HUT RI di Perairan Gili Terawangan

Alhamdulillah saya dan teman2 berkesempatan mengunjui Gili Terawangan di Lombok Barat pada pertengahan Agustus ini. Dan kebetulan sekali bertemu dgn salah satu senior program kami disana yg pada waktu itu (sehari sebelumnya) menyelam utk merayakan HUT RI di Perairan G. Terawangan.

Berikut saya kutipkan berita dari Kompas 17/8:

Sejumlah kelompok peduli lingkungan di Nusa Tenggara Barat, merayakan HUT RI ke 62 di obyek wisata bawah air Gili Terawangan, Lombok Barat, hari Jumat siang (17/8).

Menurut Arifin Aria Bhakti, dari centre for Environmental Study, Jumat, 17/8 di G. Terawangan, yg dihubungi dari Mataram, sekitar pk 14.00 sediktinya 30 orang yg meliputi aktivis lingkungan, ilmuwan marine biology, kelompok penyelam-selain wisatawan asing, menyelam di pulau kecil ini.

Mereka mengecek terumbu karang buatan biorock pada tujuh tempat. Terumbu karang sepanjang 22 m, setinggi 12 m pd kedalaman 25 m di gili (pulau kecil) sudah terplantasi Nov 2006, kini sdh banyak koloni ikan hias, ikan kerapu dan lainnya yg menjadi penghuni area itu, ujar Arifin.

Sambil menelusuri tiap lokasi terumbu karang itu, penyelam membentuk berbagai formasi dan membentangkan bendera Merah Putih. Mereka membentuk formasi melingkar, berdoa lalu menepuk dada sebagai bentuk yel yel merdeka, dikomandai salah seorang yang menggunakan "bahasa tarzan".

(Kompas, Mataram, 17/8)

all about us ......

Sad happy furious relaxed tired lazy

Uptight cheerful mad good calm desperate

unfriendly Positive light pale sober confident

Moderate voracious lovely unkind easygoing follower

colourful Nice-heart leader weak fast friendly

Take it easy, lina

Relax…take it easy …

I heard these words million times …

You see …it’s easy said than done …….

Please take a look what I am facing now …..

If only I am a sabar person …

Rabb, am ashamed of my unkindness …

I am weak and restless with life …….

I beg for your mercy and forgiveness ….

SUMMER TIME

Mail came from one of my overseas friends, asking what u gonna do for Summer.
Summer? Well, for many Indonesian, the word of Summer is not familiar. It mostly only can be met/used in country which has 4 seasons, like in Europe. As for in Indonesia, we have only winter monsoons and summer monsoons (Monsoon is s a heavy rain storm.. The seasons change very little.

For most students (everywhere on this planet), Summer or whatever it calls means no class after having long exams. It’s fun to have 2 or 3 months free of studying. No longer to be in time at school and no pages of home works. I recalled I spent 24 hours a day on fun. But all good things passed by so quickly as cant do something useful of my leisure time. But now, I think that having too long a holiday is like a nightmare.

A good way is having schedule in advance what kinds of activities we r going to do during that holiday. The choice is on our hands. Choose something good for mentality and spirituality. As life has to be balanced for both of those things. Or maybe can start a blog to reflect all the times we had.

We, as Muslims, should be aware of Prophet Muhammad's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There are two blessings that many people lose: health and free time" (Al-Bukhari).