Tour de Java

Even just a few cities, feel great to come back to my hometown...
Flied by Batavia Airlines, Boeing 737 landing smoothly at Ahmad Yani Airport Semarang, Friday morning 26 March 2009 8.00 am. My sister with her husband Djarot and his daughter Nita picked me up...and directly take a dreamy breakfast 'sego ayam' ..hmm...just perfect...my wife also enjoy it.

Not so progressively change, i still can feel the atmosphere of Semarang city...not so crowded...life is easy..and ya....so many place to eat...sego ayam .. soto ayam...soto sapi...lumpia...etc.

Hill area .. yes..quite a lot of changes here...feel that rich people try to find a good place for a house at Candi area up to Ungaran...this is the cool weather area...nice to have a house with a good view of hills and mountain. We were travelled along this road when we go to Temanggung city to meet with Harry the masseur.

Temanggung is a small village actually, where Harry stay there. We have appointment with him to check my finger and overall health. He is expert on reflexologie theraphy.

Back from Temanggung, we went to Gedono. Gedono recognize as a unique chatolic sanctuary designed by Romo Mangunwijaya a wellknown art, social and culture expert. Gedono located near a small village Salatiga. There are some building over there. Church, sanctuary, and souvenir shop. The architecture of the building is unique, natural, and decorative.

Back to Semarang by night, again we plan to find 'wedang kacang' .. boiled white bean, green bean, pour with ginger taste...hmm...long time has never meet this kind of baverage.

Day two,
went to Muntilan, if you know Borobudur temple...yes..this is the small village where Borobudur stand there. Again we meet Harry...one more shoot...uh...very hard....but i am sure...it can help to refresh our body metabolism.

Finish with that all things of therapy, i and my wife go directly to Purwokerto. It is not easy to find a transporter from Magelang to Purwokerto...we have to order from Semarang...and catch the car at Coffee Eva at Ambarawa.....coffee Eva is my childhood recreation destination, from this point of view...we can see Rawapening, famous lake ... and beautiful mountain of Ungaran.

Really late arrived at Purwokerto, so tired....and sleep...

Day three,
Breakfast with 'gudeg pereng' clean and soft ... with boiled egg.
And continue the journey to the cemetery of our rest in peace beloved grandma, father, and uncle.
Ajibarang is the next destination, where our auntie and uncle stay there.
This is the small village...where people still farming chicken, bird, rice..
From there...we take a break .. get lunch at 'cahaya baru' ancience chineese restaurant special serving noodles. Hmmm....quite nice...but don't eat to much...

Sokaraja...small town near Purwokerto, where getuk goreng is all "ASLI"... there you are...
but I try to find a painter.....and finally meet with Pak Firman , a man behind 'Perkutut" bird ...wow .. fantastic...he has about more than 200 birds...
Rather than that, his daughter is a painter....and he also collect some painting from famous painter from Yogya...I got some name from him.

Night passing by...
my wife school mates gathered ... looks very happy...they share each other.. it's about 10 people together with their families...

Finally we reached 11 pm...where train to Jakarta...Dwipangga...arrived at The Station.
Then...back home at 5 am in the morning...long way home still empty...

Good morning Cinere...where wind and water smash...yesterday...

I Want To Know What Love Is

Foreigner

I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older
Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like a world upon my shoulders
I through the clouds
I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've travelled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me
In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've travelled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me
I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
And I wanna feel, I want to feel what love is
And I know, I know you can show me
Let's talk about love
I wanna know what love is, the love that you feel inside
I want you to show me, and I'm feeling so much love
I wanna feel what love is, no, you just cannot hide
I know you can show me, yeah
I wanna know what love is, let's talk about love
I want you to show me, I wanna feel it too
I wanna feel what love is,
I want to feel it too And I know and I know,
I know you can show me
Show me love is real, yeah
I wanna know what love is...

NUANSA BENING

Oh..tiada yang hebat dan mempesona
Ketika kau lewat di hadapanku
Biasa saja…

Waktu perkenalan lewatlah sudah
Ada yang menarik pancaran diri
Terus mengganggu
Mendengar cerita sehari-hari
Yang wajar tapi tetap mengasyikkan

Reff :
Kini terasa sungguh
Semakin engkau jauh
Semakin terasa dekat
Akan ku kembangkan
Kasih yang kau tanam
Di dalam hatiku

Oh, tiada kejutan pesona diri
Pertama kujabat jemari tanganmu
Biasa saja…
Masa pertalian terjalin sudah
Ada yang menarik bayang-bayangmu
Tak mau pergi
Dirimu nuansa-nuansa ilham
Hamparan laut tiada bertepi

Back to Reff

Menatap nuansa-nuansa bening
Tulusnya doa bercinta

SINSHE IWAN

Hari Kamis siang, hujan rintik-rintik. Kulangkahkan kakiku keluar kantor...setelah ada semacam bisikan "masa bodo" untuk jariku yang masih melengkung nyaris kaku.
to make it easy..jalan ke kota aku tempuh menggunakan busway...lalu sambung ojeg...yang aku yakini pasti tau tempat yang aku cari "Sinshe Iwan". Turun di halte Mangga Besar..aku langsung ditawari pengojeg yang mangkal di halte tersebut. Agak sok tau...si tukang ojeg membawaku masuk ke gang gang sempit kemakmuran - keadilan - dan setelah estafet nanya orang .. akhirnya sampailah di gang sempit yang hanya bisa dilalui motor.

Rumah sinshe Iwan ditengarai dengan tenda biru di depannya, dan seorang bapak yang berjualan kue di depannya, sekaligus merangkap sebagai penerima tamu yang ingin berobat ke sinshe Iwan. Di dalam rumah tersebut langsung terlihat beberapa pasien yang sedang menunggu giliran, dan 2 pemuda yang sibuk keluar masuk mengobati pasiennya. Langsung dapat disimpulkan, 2 pemuda tersebut adalah sinshe Iwan dan salah seorang saudaranya yang juga berpraktek sebagai sinshe juga.

Setelah menunggu 2 pasien, akhirnya giliranku pun tiba. Setengah takut, aku pasrahkan jariku yang kaku ke sinshe Iwan. Dengan cekatan dia mulai mengurut tangan kiriku dari pangkal lengan, sampai ke ujung jari yang sakit ini. Lalu tanpa bisa menolak, jariku yang sakit ini ditekuk ke atas ... sakitnya minta ampun. Lalu dalam sekejap .. jari tengahku ini mulai lurus..namun masih terasa sakit di telapak. Dengan ramuan arak dan mungkin daun daunan..tanganku dibungkus perban. dan bagian jari diberi koyo. Selesai..

Masuk ke gang sempit di jalan keadilan ini, mengingatkan aku ke kampung halamanku semasa kecilku. Gang sempit yang ditunggui oleh orang-orang yang setengah pengangguran namun menikmati hidup. Jauh dari keseharianku, yang harus menikmati rutinitas di kantor. Oom yang berjualan kue...bisa bisanya meninggalkan dagangannya...dan menjual jasa ojeg ke tamu yang mau pulang. Beginilah cara melihat peluang....