Wednesday, June 23, 2010

those who support

colorful hardcore supporter for 2010 World Cup in South Africa

"Tango" Argentina


"Samba" Brazil


Australia


"The Host - South Africa



Japan


French



"Orange" Netherland



"Deutsch" Germany



Greece


Ghana


Nigeria


Portugal


England


South Korea


Ivory Coast


Denmark


Mexico


Uruguay


Slovakia


Paraguay


Cameroon


Italy


North Korea


Algeria


Slovenia


Swiss


Chile


Serbia


Honduras


United States of America


New Zealand



Spain

A Story of A Dreaming Girl

Once upon a time, when I was daydreaming in my room-sweet-room. Suddenly I heard my cell phone rang.

"Ring, ring!" I was sinking in my musing pose.

"Ring, ring!" I was still imagining many good things to be happened.

"Ring, ring!" the third one, I got disturbed with the kind of sound thus I picked up the stuff unwillingly.

"Yellow ..." I said in lazy, reluctant voice. Hoping that this isn't a joking call or, even worst, a missed call from someone in somewhere with something in purpose.

"Yellow??" responded a voice of a woman, got confused than surprised.

"I mean, hello ... Who is it?" I replied and unconsciously spread my little devil smile.

"Oh, I am the Goddess of Fortune. Am i talking to Miss. Miserably Pathetic?" answered and asked the woman who just said that she is the Goddess of Fortune?? So, no the Goddess also uses cell phone?

"Yeah, you just can call me Patty ..." I said in boring tone.

"Well, Miss Patty, you have been chosen as a lucky girl today. And I'm gonna make your dream come true!" said the Goddess of Fortune or whoever she is. I bet she is a sales representative of certain products from certain company.

"Are you gonna sell something to me, Ma'am?" I got upset.

"No, I'm not. You must believe me, dear. I'm gonna make your dream come true because, over time, you've been listed as unluckiest girl ever, only a dreaming girl. Am I right?" continued the Goddess of Fortune.

"Well, yeah ..." I became embarassed.

"So ... Do you believe in me?!" asked the Goddess of Fortune in lovely tone.

"Okay. I believe you. I must be crazy then. But believe or not, I have plenty of dreams! I want new latest cell phone, I want a digital camera the DSLR one, i wish to be able to go around the world especially to Greece, UK, and Egypt, I want to continue my study (you know education is highly costly today), if I can choose I don't want to fall in love again (although as an ordinary girl I also wish for a prince will come by, but I always not succeed in this love problems), I want to read all day long and buy my fav books and novel as my own collection, I want to ..." I impatiently said in non-stop words with delight, but she interrupted me.

"Wait ... wait... my dear, I forgot to tell you that you only have one dream to be come true..." said the Goddess.

"What, only one??!! it's unfair! I have a lot of great dreams in my head! That's unfair!" I said in not-believing way then I continued, " You know, I'm a normal girl, I'm a human. I have lots of unsatisfied demands. We are always greedy creature from the beginning. Remember?!"

"Well, I do know human. You're fighting against each other, killing each other, wars are everywhere, never-ending disputes, discriminations, high rate mortalities, severe poverties, dirty politic, weapons trade, drugs, pollutions, bla bla bla. This planet is getting old! I'm sorry for you as human!" said the Goddes in angry stressing.

"Uhmm... it's too general, but it's true. However, I'm only a girl, an ordinary girl, a selfish too. I have a lot of wishes!"

"That's why, you have to learn to choose one as your best one" said the Goddess of Fortune and I heard a smile in it.

"It's unfair ..." I repeated slowly and started to think what is the thing I want most. The important one!

"Have you make up your mind?" asked the Goddess patiently.

"Yes, I think just want to make my mom happy ..." I said calmly, after some seconds of thinking.

There was a moment of silence between me and the Goddess. Perhaps, she got shocked, hey where is the selfish gal?

"Oh, that's so sweet, my dear ..." the she commented.

"And you know what, you can make it real by doing someting hence I will be able to continue my study, I begly wish could be studying abroad, thus I can read and buy books there, become more clever and get my precious title, afterall, I could get a good job and make lots of money." I explained enthustiatically.

"That sounds a great-well arranged plan ..." said the Goddess. "But, I think you'd better just said that you want to be a rich people." she added.

"No, you don't get it. I just want to make my mom happy by making my own f**king money with my own f**king hands, that's all!" I replied with stress on the last words.

"Okay, then, why it should be  abroad England? What about your own beloved country?" asked the Goddes later on.

"Oh, come on, there are lots of countries out there with its great long histories, heritages, cultures, places, people, or even writers. I do only interested in books, literature, and culture. Do you know Shakespeare? or Charles Dickens, or many other famous inventors. What about Jane Austen or.. or Agatha Christe?" I almost lost my breath in delivering this impossible reasons.

"Well, that's quite a sound reason ..." said the Goddess got amazed, i hope.

"Thank you, as I said before, I have plenty of dreams in my head." I said in satisfied tone.

"Maybe I ...or we here should consider it first..." then said the Goddess in uncertain way.

"What? You must think it first? You said you're gonna make my dreams come true, and I've told you the way you can make it real easily!" I angrily shouted.

But suddenly I heard a familiar sound near my right-ear. And the voice of the Goddess became fade away.

"Ring, ring!" the sound screamed out. I got confused.

"Ring, ring!" Hey, I'm still talking to the Goddess of Fortune rightnow!

"Ring, ring!" The sound was real!!

I quickly picked up the phone, hoping that the Goddess will be willingly, patiently wait to continue our bargaining.

"Yellow ..." I replied in lazy-sleepy tone.

"WAKE UP, LAZY GIRL!!!" I heard my mom's shout echoed in my head. I immediately wake up from bed, watched the clock showing it's 10 a.m!

"Great! i'm late!" I slapped my forehead and fastly run to the bathroom! I'm already late and I have bundles of works to do!

Looking at the mirror I smiled myself, nothing to lose, at least I still can dreaming!


The End

again, at my backyard, the rainbow after the rain






















Tuesday, June 22, 2010

the accident of coffee and Five Little Pigs

I spilt my "Acehness" black coffee on my bed this morning.

It was Sunday. Despite still felt the side effect of watching World Cup at TV, I woke early this day. Nothing to do outside though the day was really nice and fine, and no feeling of sleepy after a while of try to sleep again, so I chose of taking bath (again, it's an extraordinary thing for Sunday), and then picked one of books in my shelves. My finger stopped and pointed at Agatha Christie's Five Little Pigs. I do have lots of collection of this my favorite author and it's my own pleasure to repeat reading her books more than one or three times?

As companion, I made a mug of coffee, put it aside of my bed - my bed lies on the carpet exactly on the the floor- laid myself on bed, and starting to read.  What a life! Coffee and book. I can't expect more than that. The book itself tells about the greatest detective - Hercule Poirot - and his case of digging out 16 years old-murder case - to help a very fine mademoiselle who wanted a truth about her parents. As always happens when I read Christie's books, it goes on, the curiosity going bigger and bigger, and the thrill cannot make me stop.

At a point in time, my eye stuck at the last pages while the mug of coffee standing - almost half empty - beside the book that I hold in joy of finding who is the murder (my guess was absolutely gone wrong, and it frequently happens), I made a sudden move of sitting. Voila! The mug was leaned fast, and before my hand could catch it up, it felt down, spreading its black liquid on my orange bed sheet. 

It was all a sudden. The quickest idea and move I could do was reaching out my box of tissue and dried the spilt - still with my other hand holding the book. After that, a realization had entered my gray cells in my brain, because it's not the only time I spilt coffee or tea on my bed or my sister's bed, namely my mother and my sister would scream of the bed sheet due to the spilt, yet I only feel disappointed of my precious half coffee!

Have a nice day everyone :)

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Samas Beach



It's almost once a month I go to the place name Yogyakarta (Jogjakarta, Indonesia) because I ever spent three years of studying there, and we can found lots of interesting places to be visited. This city was well-known as a tourism object even to foreign tourist. Yogyakarta is a special province still rooted in its Javanese culture, which is headed by a Sultan (a king). Palaces, Batik's places, Wayang's places, beaches, traditional and art markets, and many much more.
This time I'd like to tell our adventure last year. Initially we just wanted to visit the cultural building that exhibited lost of traditional children playing tools. But after satisfying ourselves with meals in food festival we decided to go somewhere, beach!



Almost all beaches are at south region, thus we drove there, looked at the road signs, and finally - or accindentally - arrived at "Samas Beach". It's not as crowded one as other famous beaches. But it's cleaner and more quiet. We found only few people, even after that only five of us in the beach.

the sand and the coconut


foamy waves


sprint with the waves


so soft


little steps to nowhere


the sun sets and the sea tides


scattered around


desert sand


sun bathing and musing


d'sisters


leaned




swim competition


the surroundings

go home