The message could not arrive at more suitable time. I have just closed the door of my rented house, ready to leave for the airport when the message came in: it was from my mother, living some 4 hours direct flight away, asking me to call her. As I was running late, I decided to call her as soon as I was in taxi. Continue…….
Archive for January, 2007
I was born and grew up in the northernmost part of Indonesia called Talaud Islands. A bit about the islands: it consists of dozens of tiny isles that located right in the West of Pacific and sits comfortably inside of so called “Pacific Ring of Fire”. On the map, the islands formations are like jumping stones connecting Sulawesi to Mindanao, the Philippines. Actually, it is closer going to the Philippines than to Manado, the provincial capital. Continue…….
Untuk B.S.:
Maafkanlah aku yang telah dengan salah membawamu ke suatu tempat yang bertentangan dengan hati nuranimu ketika kita berada di kotamu. Maafkanlah hati nuraniku yang berbeda denganmu. Maafkanlah aku yang telah membuatmu melanggar hati nuranimu sendiri. Maafkanlah aku yang tidak terlalu peka untuk melihat perubahan pada dirimu ketika kita berada di tempat itu. Maafkanlah aku yang terlalu buta untuk tidak melihat bahwa hanya aku sendiri yang menikmati tempat itu. More…..
