Random Journal From A Sleepwalker: September 2015

Monday 21 September 2015

Gloomy Sunday (Hungarian Suicide Song)

Sunday is gloomy, my hours are slumberless
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you,
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
Gloomy Sunday.

Gloomy is Sunday; with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles and prayers that are sad, I know,
Let them not weep, let them know that I'm glad to go.

Death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you
With the last breath of my soul I'll be blessing you.
Gloomy Sunday.

Dreaming, I was only dreaming
I wake and I find you
Asleep in the deep of my heart, dear.

Darling, I hope that my dream never haunted you
My heart is telling you how much I wanted you.
Gloomy Sunday.....
"Gloomy Sunday" by Rezső Seress (Billie Holiday version)

Photographs by Ian Tri Hananto

Tuesday 15 September 2015

Enjoying Temporary Paradise

A year ago, me and my college friends went to Bali for a vacation, actually it wasn’t vacation. It was a task to visit and learn about highway building operation in Surabaya. As we got there, the lecturers then started giving us a preach about the building. But I didn’t really know what the lecturers talked about. Not one bit.

We visited the building only for 3 hours. After our visit ended we didn’t go home yet, we continued our trip to Bali. It was only 3 hours for task and 5 days for Bali. Seemed like my friends and the lecturers had a deal to have a vacation together. To me it was nothing but joke. However I’d like to enjoy this “vacation” on my own way.

For a new comer like me, even it was hot Bali was so relaxing, especially the beach. Many tourists came to enjoy the sunset, get tanned, or play around with friends. I didn’t have any words to say about it, I was surprised and stunned. So then, I decided not to think too much and just let the joy brought me into this temporary paradise.