From A Woman To Her Man

Who are  you?
What are you doing here?

How can there be a being with such familiarity

that holds so much mystery?

Why is it you know everything about me?

But at the same time don't know a thing?
You always seem to make me smile
Yet constantly, these tears are dripping for you

At times I can read you like an open book

Other times you are nothing but a locked door

I get your every single move

I can't understand any of your words

Everything about you is new
Yet I recognize everything
You're my friend, my brother,
My enemy, my father

With you, I lose control
And you alone can restrain me
When you're here I act like you're away
And when you're not I long to be by your side

What is it that makes me long for you when it's cold outside?
What is it that makes me want to share with you when the sun shines bright?

I can never let you go..
I don't think I want to..
I don't care if I never understand you
All I know is that I wouldn't want no other

Song of The Nine

Let me tell you a story of the muses.

In the spring of Pieries resides the offsprings of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Swift on their feet and sweet on their voice, they praise and praise the Gods and Goddesses with their song and dance. Cleio and Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene and Terpsichore, and Erato and Polyhymnia and Urania and Calliope, as they were called; together with the lovely sound of Apollo's lyre they lifts sorrow from one's heart.

Come, oh come, oh men
Sing and dance with us and forget your pain
For our hearts are filled with songs and minds are free from care
One whisper from us would fill your minds with the thrill of epic and tragedy,
the beauty music and history, dance and poetry,
and lets not forget about the wonder of comedy and astronomy

Our melodies tell stories about things that are and there shall be
We sing of Chaos and his shameful deeds

of Aprodhite, Cyntherea, Cyprogenes, Philomedes and Eros
of the immortals: the gods and the beings
those who are beautiful and those who are eerie
and of the gloom fate Titans have brought upon themselves

We spoke of Zeus, he who are mighty and wise
who as driven the Titans away from heavens 
who reigns over the gods and men alike


So join us, join us in feasts and the pleasure of songs
Worry not, oh mortal men
For we,  the holder of the Aegis, the enemy of agony
would blow maladies of your wounds
leaving you with nothing but joy in your hearts and smile on your face

Bertel Thorvaldsen: Apollo and the Muses, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
picture taken from here

Welcoming Rainy Season With Arms Wide Open

Finally!! After being exposed to intense and unmerciful heat for months and months rain has finally fallen in Yogyakarta. And I don't mean those kinds of superficial rain that has happenned a few times. No, this one is not superficial at all. Instead, it's a real-nourishing-the-earth-and-making-you-euphoric kind of rain.Could it be that this is a sign of the beginning of rainy season? Please, oh please tell me it is.. *crossing fingers*

It has always been a delight to see my raindrops running down my windows. Especially after experiencing previously prolonged drought. Even though I have written a report about it and have gone places to gather the fact, but experiencing the effect of climate change first hand on the town where you live is a totally different experience. I was sure that the intense heat wave that was lingering in the town of Yogyakarta will eventually kill me--and this is very very likely considering the frequency of  heat stokes I've experienced during the past few months. Therefore, I solemnly thak God for this beautiful, beautiful rain.

However, I do believe that we have not yet seen the worst part of global warming yet. *gulp* I also believed that we need to take actions to (at least) slow the rapid progression of global warming. I'm probably not worthy of the title environmentalist, however, I am currently changing my livestyle to a more energy-efficient-non-hurtful-to-nature kind of way. I have (most of the times) denied myself from the right to make use of plastic bags to wrap things I buy or borrow by bringing my own bag; tried unplugging electrical appliances after I finished using them (although I forgot to do it numerous time); turned out the lights in my room every day when it's still bright (and enjoy the warm colored sunrays every day) and also when I went to bed (although many times I fell asleep before I had the chance to switch the light off). They're baby steps, that I realized. However, it's better than nothing at all.

For you who lived in a boarding house like me, especially accross Indonesia, it might felt insignificant for you to unplug all electronic appliances when your next door neighbour(s) is(/are) playing Point Blank 24/7; but I believe that what really matters is the commitment you have in bettering the condition of our surrounding, no matter what's the reason behind that commitment. Personally for me, is the hope of someday I would never ever experience any more of those darn heat-strokes.

It seems that the rain has finally stopped. I think I'll go back to what I'm doing prior to writing this blog, washing my laundry. What a tedious, teeedious chore.. Someone has to do it though. Well, toodle-loo for now!

*picture is courtesy of  Mark Gerstein and can be found here.