Under The Spotlights

I'm so out of idea what should I write today....

Have you ever been under the spotlight?
Being watched by everybody but you can't see them?
Having all the attention on you

I thought it would be so scary and all, but when I stood on my first stage for my first performance, I feel fearless. I didn't know the audience and I couldn't see them clearly, so I was fine.

Everybody needs time to shine. And when you finally get the chance to shine, why not? Don't be shy, don't be afraid. They won't judge you so easily.

 

The Sweetness of Doing Nothing

Taken at Monumen Nasional, Jakarta

We all know we live in such a complicated world. We went through some hard times and laugh about it after that. We did something embarrassing then we try to forget it like we want to forget about bad dreams. Fear, sadness, anger, confusion, disturbance, slightness, they make us forget who we are. We may cry, we may laugh, we may do anything we want to do, but sometimes it doesn't change a thing.

Living life is just like walking down an endless road. 

If you want to go faster, then run. See what you've missed.

If you're tired, then just walk again. Take your time.

If you're exhausted, then stop. Look back and see how far you've walked. 

 Or just... do nothing

"dolce far niente"

 the sweetness of doing nothing

(Eat, Pray, Love)

Got it from here

The World Is Not So Small

Taken from Bandung Aston Primera's window

Actually, the world isn't small at all. I feel really small right now. But so glad that I'm a part of this world. There's not much to tell today, but I have 2 questions, what have the world done for you, and what have you done for the world? Not very simple...

 The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

(Albert Einstein)

 got it from here

The Sky's Always There

 

Every morning on my way to school, the sky is there

Every afternoon in class, when teachers get so boring, the sky is there

Every sunset, when I watch the tv, the sky is there

and every night, on my sleep, the sky is there

So yes, the sky has been accompanying me for my whole life. But especially these past three years in junior high school. Through the sunny days, the rainy days, cold days, hot days, cloudy days.... It's always there, above me. Although sometimes I forgot about its existence. Weird but true.

On my freshman year, I had a hard time on adapting with my classmates, teachers, lessons, scores, and all. I even got scared to go to school. One day, I looked up to the sky from the car's window and it was so calm, it made me less worried about the rest of the day. And from that day I promised myself every morning I'd see the sky and told myself, "everything's going to be just fine." Well, sometimes it didn't help me but sometimes it did.

Then on my 2nd year, I started to forget about the sky thing and the everything-will-be-okay thing. But still, the sky is there....

Early on June, I photographed this picture, the sky from my school's window. Just another hot blue sky and white soft cloud. It was the school's farewell party, my 3rd year on junior high. The sky is there, on my last days on school....

And I just realize all of that

Freezing Time

Parebut Se'eng: Sundanese martial art, one of the boy has to fight for the se'eng (the thing on the boy's back)

It's so cool how the blurry picture makes the boys look like they're moving fast (well, they are moving fast-but that's not the point). This post's title actually doesn't fit with the photo. I took it with low shutter speed, so it's not really freezing time.... It's more like freezing the action, stopping the movement, or maybe capturing the moment. Yes, capturing the moment.


We all know that we can't go back to the past, but we can always look back. Through photos, stories, books, videos, memories, I don't know. But I want to pick the first way, through photos. A photo is worth a million words! (FYI, I didn't randomly picked up a sentence for my blog's title).


Well anyway I've been thinking maybe this photo is a part of world history. Maybe it's a really really small part of it, but no matter how small it is, it's still a part of it, right? Because a big thing comes from little things (I just made that up)

 I'm so random today :D

Through The Window

taken on a traditional market in Blora, Central Java

I have nothing to say, so I searched through the internet a quotation about window, and this is what I found:

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within. 

 -Claudia Johnson-

(I found it here)

Anyway, I can peek through a window or a keyhole and found something fun outside, but you know, the best time is when I peek through my viewfinder. I found a whole new world out there.

I can press the send button on my phone or press the delete button on my computer and regret it, but I know, I don't regret pressing my very first camera's shutter button.

I'm so loving photographhy

A Bridge to Somewhere

taken on Sukabumi

When I see this picture, I feel kinda empty, don't know why. But suddenly when I saw the end of the bridge, I thought about this:

If there's a way, 

It must be "a way to somewhere"

Not "a way to nowhere"

So just stay in line

If there's a bridge

There has to be something to cross on

 There has to be something across it

Just don't fall on your way

Then I thought again, "man yeah it feels so right to say that!"

A Beam of Light

taken on Vihara Dhanagun, Bogor

I just remembered a few part of Chrisye's song,  Lilin-Lilin Kecil:

"Dan kau lilin-lilin kecil
Sanggupkah kau mengganti
Sanggupkah kau memberi
Seberkas cahaya

Dan kau lilin-lilin kecil
Sanggupkah kau berpijar
Sanggupkah kau menyengat
Seisi dunia"