Living this life like a photographer

Some people say.. Life is like a riddle.. I agree with those people... but still I have another opinion...

Few days ago.. I read a news section in Guardian,, and I found a journalist (sorry, can't remember his name) he wrote about his experiences in taking spectacular pictures and how others contacted him just to get several important pictures of well known people. They did what they could only to meet him and asked him to show or to lend the original pictures which they needed to make brochures, posters, stories, and so forth.

I was like... wow... this guy was so cool.. he was there.. took all pictures and even kept the rolls. (red: no digital camera years ago) haha..

anyway... he mentioned his feeling when he clicked the camera's button.
He thought... "once I click this button, I'll get the picture, and I can't un-click it, so I gotta try my best to get the best shots"

Then He suddenly had a thought... When you live your life.. you are just exactly like a photographer.. once you do something you can't undo that..
clicking the button here is described as choosing action in living this life.

I was like... hey.. he got the point..
I remember those days... when my dad gave me a Canon camera,, the old version,, I was always be careful in shooting pictures.. because.. once I clicked the button I got the picture in the roll, and I would be able to see the result only after the rolls stretched and washed and dried and so on....

If I just click anything without selecting the best angle, then.. I'd just spend rolls for nothing..

just like us...

We live to get the best things.. am I right???
We always try to capture best moments in our lives..
We do our best to get what we want...
so...

If we choose to do something... without considering anything we'll just spend our time for nothing...

I'll say.... before clicking the button we have to get the best position, perfect angle, nice pictures, good mood, and.... hmm... tell me about it...
^_^

In deciding anything in this life... more or less.. we should try those actions :P
I mean it...

you know.. making decision is inevitable...
we do this all the time..
that's why.. we can't just say yes or no without any good reason..

For example: you are hungry so you eat something, which means.. you eat something for a reason,,, no matter what it is.. you always get a reason to do something.

hhmm.....

What do you think??
do you have any idea??
Of course you do... so Share yours here... :)

Erratic...

What the heck is going on with me??

one thing for sure...

I turn to be someone who is so unbelievable....

I don't know it's good or bad..

but ..

I have a new spirit in facing this life... with or without someone special...

I believe that I can be a tougher woman... ever... haha..
no kidding...

there is something or.. "something" ... (^_^).. that encourages me .. everyday.. to do the best things in my life..

I never thought it would happen to me..

I mean... I'm 26.. I think... I can decide every single thing only in a second..and will not change the way I think..
but then.. age doesn't mean anything here..

I feel like... I'm younger.. again.. it's like 20 or something.. hahaha

but it's true...

I don't feel the tiring anymore...
my spirit is really above all...

(at least .. that's what I guess)

if there is something that stops me to feel this way... then may be.. it's ... (off the record)
:P

hahaha...

but I don't wanna lose this feeling...

no matter what...

it feels great.... !!!

God.... what is this??

is this why people talk about .. the best thing of being 26 or 27????

I really have no idea...

Guys... do you have any idea??

Malang this week..

Every Tuesday.. Malang always rains hard..at least that what happened these two weeks the problem with raining in Malang or other cities... is.. Flood...

it happens all the time
And I gotta get used to it...

moreover...the direction to get my second office is the centre area of the flood...

yesterday... on the way to the office..
inside the minibus... I was like.... "WOWWW" seeing the water rose about a half of our legs,, many people stopped, because their motorcycle's engine just suddenly couldn't work properly...

whhueeeuuuiiigh...

I actually have no idea of what am i gonna write..
it's just.. my student is working on his exercise and... um free.. hahaha...

lil' story of Malang (PART 2)

Several questions to answer...

What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite snack?
What is your favorite beverage?

Well.... I have lots of favorite foods, snacks, and beverages.

few years ago.. I loved Gudeg very much..but I got a .. trauma.. because of eating gudeg made by Malang people.. I was hospitalised for three days..

my stomach was too sensitive, and there were several mistakes in the process of cooking Gudeg.. (the process takes hours even two days, if the chef makes mistakes so.. it won't be perfect, the taste might be good but the bacteria might stay there too)

anyway..

now I don't wanna eat Gudeg in Malang anymore.. instead of searching the best restaurant to get yummy gudeg, I prefer to find other places for other foods..

just so you know.. the real east Javanese do really like spicy and hot foods..
and I can't adapt with that..
I like sweet foods.. or something that is not too spicy and hot..

And it's really not easy finding that kind of food
because.. when they say.. this food is not spicy.. it means spicy to me..

so.. it's really different..

actually.. I'd like to recommend some restaurants in Malang that .. you might
wanna try..as Malang is very famous of the meat ball, so.. I think I'd better talk about it..

If you like meat ball(red: meat ball).. you can go to Bakso Cak Man and Bakso Gun, both are delicious.. but.. there are plus and minus here.. I like Bakso Gun because.. each table is completed by a small stove, which keeps our foods warm or even hot!
we can add some veggies too.. many kinds of fries.. and anything you like..

Bakso Kota Cak Man is also tasted great.. ow.. the meat balls (beef)taste better than Bakso Gun, but in Cak Man we can't have the veggies,and the stoves. Anyway.. the gravy is better in Bakso Gun than Bakso Cak Man,, so..

I suggest you to try all of 'em.. ^^

well.. for snacks.. Malang is well known of the sweet potato (red: telo)
there are many products made of telo,, my favorite is bakpia telo, and bakpao telo which is just taken from the oven.. cool!!

hmm...

Talking about beverage.. it's not gonna be easy.. because the are many kinds of it..
so I'm not gonna suggest anything about drink.. but I'll tell you a bit about my favorite drink when I go to Japanese restaurant called Saboten.

I love chocolate very much.. and in Saboten I can get what I really want.. a glass of chocolate is filled by chocolate chips.. so it is really great!! may be you should try that one.. hahaha..

Well... I'm not gonna write about foods all that way..

now.. it's your turn to tell me your favorite food.. ^^
please also tell me your fave drink.. snacks.. and so forth..

lil' story of Malang (PART 1)

Back in 2001,, August..

It was the second time I came to Malang,, the first was.. long time ago when I was 3rd grade of junior high school.

Anyway...

I never imagined that I would stay in Malang..

I spent 6 years in Solo, which was so great..
Malang was never been my choice at all.. I always wanted to continue my study in Jogja,, which is not far from Solo..
so .. the people are.. more or less.. have similarities in many ways..

But then.. my dad made me to stay in Malang.. which was really stressful at the beginning.

the culture was so much different from Solo.. or from my home town Magetan (which is the border of East Java and Central Java)

there were many things that got me a lil' culture shock..
language, people, weather, food and many more..

I'm Javanese, a real one although I cannot speak Javanese as well as others (especially Kromo Inggil).. because I used to speak Indonesia.. (I spent 6 years in a boarding school where we always spoke English, Indonesia.. not Javanese or Sundanese.. or so forth)

what I didn't realise at that time was... Malang people tend to be rude and speak Javanese loudly.. and add the 'A' alphabet in the end of the words

for example: in my home town when we say "iyo ye?" (red:is it true?)
in Malang it will be "iyo a" they both have the same meaning.

I was a bit confused, that's why I never spoke Javanese except with my friends who came from the same area..

it sounds ridiculous.. but that's the truth..

another word that made me dizzy (at that time) was.. when someone said "temenan ta?" I answered "no" because what I knew, "temenan" in Indonesia meant "be friends" .. then I found out that the meaning of that word was "really?"

I thought.. it was so silly...

but after years.. staying in Malang.. I fall in love with it.. the people.. the town..

Malang people are direct.. sometimes it just hurts me.. because they seem to be so rude.. Malang people don't really care about what they do.. I mean.. whether they are polite or not.. not all of them.. but most of them.. ^^

9 years staying in Malang.. made me think in a different way...
I've been learning how to be direct people in certain occasions..
I've been learning not to be too sensitive on certain cases..

it creates a new culture inside my self..

and I like it...

now I really love Malang more than any other towns...
I love my home town.. but it's too difficult to find my favorite books there.. it's a real small town.. haha...

so..

have you ever been to Malang?
please...share your stories here! ;-)


(Addition: it feels great staying here.. although.. recently.. black out is everywhere.. haha..)

only time....

only time......

we never know what will happen later.. even in the next seconds..

that's why we can't keep walking,, if we don't know any direction..
we need to stop somewhere..
asking to people passing by..

but what if none there?

what if.. it's only us...

what are you gonna do?

me...


I'll wander around.. find any kind of sign

if can't find anything..

I'll just keep walking...
not knowing the direction might be a huge challenge .. the toughest one..

but..

it's gonna be so great.. if suddenly we can find the place that we've been trying to look for.. in hours.. in days..in weeks.. in months.. even in years..


it's not about time..

it's really about us..


but only time will answer...
though.. time will never let us know..when...

Reflection...

It's been a long time not writing on my blog..

And this time I have a little story to tell..

or.. questions to ask..


Have you ever decided to be in love with someone because you thought He or She was special for you?

Of course you have.. ^^

my next question is.. what do you do when you suddenly meet someoene that you really liked a few years ago?


my answer will be.... as long as I'm not married yet.. I'll keep in touch with him/her...


now.. Go to the next question..

you are about to marry someone and then you finally think.. that you are not ready..

what will you say? or what will you do?


me? I cannot answer that..

really have no idea...


next ...


I'll try to figure out what next...

in the mean time..

please do answer those questions...
I'd be so grateful.. ^^