Kamis, 14 Agustus 2014

Cenang Beach

Cenang Beach - Langkawi

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. This is the quote from Albert Enstein. I like this quote, but when I am in travelling to Cenang Beach - Langkawi, Malaysia, no man riding bicycle but I found these four man running in the hot daylight. Rather than running, definitely I will prefer to take shelter under the shadow of coconut tree :)

But running has a good meaning to our life. From the health side, running may be make you healthy - of course if you do not have a serious heart problem. It will make unfavorable cholesterol decrease or loss your body fat. It is good, right?

But running is also related to a journey. If you are running, you need a destination. A goal, if it is a journey of life. Apostle Paul wrote in his book to the Corinthians : so I do not run aimlessly .. Indeed many people run aimlessly or no goal at all. Just flowing until realize that he or she run out of time. 

So what will I choose? I do not run aimlessly ..

June 2014

Sabtu, 17 Mei 2014

Jemima!

Kuala Namu - Medan
Ancol - Jakarta
Ubud - Bali

Salah satu cerita yang sangat memberikan inspirasi dalam kehidupan ini adalah kisah tentang Ayub dalam Perjanjian Lama. Dikasihi Tuhan tetapi justru dalam hal inilah dia diizinkan mengalami begitu banyak penderitaan sakit penyakit, kesedihan, dikutuki istrinya, dan ditinggal mati oleh anak-anaknya dalam satu malam saja.

Ketika mereka memandang dari jauh, mereka tidak mengenalnya lagi. Lalu menangislah mereka dengan suara nyaring. Mereka mengoyak jubahnya, dan menaburkan debu di kepala  terhadap langit. Lalu mereka duduk bersama-sama dia di tanah selama tujuh hari tujuh malam. Seorangpun tidak mengucapkan sepatah kata kepadanya, karena mereka melihat, bahwa sangat berat penderitaannya.


Perjalanan hidup adalah suatu journey; lebih besar maknanya dari sekedar travelling yang sering kita lakukan. Dalam perjalanan hidup seseorang, tercakup semua hal yang bahkan identik dengan hidup itu sendiri. Di dalam perjalanan ini pula kita bertemu dengan makna dari kehidupan. Ada yang begitu pahit tetapi ada yang memaknai kehidupan itu dengan begitu indahnya.

Bagaimana dengan Ayub?

Setelah Perjanjian Lama menyebutkan kalau penderitaannya sangat berat, Ayub dipulihkan oleh Tuhan. Kemudian lahirlah anak-anak Ayub. Biasanya nama yang dipilih bagi anak, dipikirkan matang-matang oleh orang tuanya, apalagi dalam dunia Perjanjian Lama, nama yang diberikan untuk seorang anak seringkali mengandung arti yang dalam. Anak perempuan pertama yang lahir bagi Ayub (setelah penderitaan itu) dinamakan Jemima, yang salah satu artinya adalah kehangatan. Nama yang muncul setelah perjalanan hidupnya selangkah lebih jauh lagi akan pengenalan terhadap Tuhan, Sang Pencipta ..

Dari nama Jemima tsb, kita dapat mengerti bagaimana Ayub memaknai kehidupannya selepas penderitaan yang berat itu ..

Bagaimana pula dengan kita?

Jumat, 24 Januari 2014

Traffic Jam

Karang Tengah, Jakarta - January 2014 - BB10 Camera


If you live in Jakarta, this word seems familiar to us. Yes traffic jam. We will bored and sleepy, like me now in the shuttle bus that trapped in the terrible jam.

But actually there are many other "jams" in our live. The congestion in our blood circulation that affect to stroke condition. Problems in our relationship with other people, may be within our family, colleagues, friends, or neighbour. So "jams" may cause serious problems.

No so easy to relief the problems. Our government until now can not find the solution to traffic jam. Many efforts, ideas, studies that try to solve this but the implementation needs courage and involvement from many related departments. Also if we talk about the potential problem in our blood circulation. We need to control our meal, do some exercises, decrease the stress condition that give bad influence to our daily routines.

On the other side, if we talk about difficulties in relationship matter, it is also complicated to be solved. We need to find out the root of the problem. Admit it and willing to open the communication.

But above all of this congestion that we experience in our daily life, there is the most profoundly issue that should we consider. The relationship with our Creator. Dry? Even do not care? He is there and we are here? In my today thought, may be we even don't think about this type of relationship, but He is there and always care to us.. even to bad people, He still do care, giving them raining and sunshine year to year. So may we open the relationship to Him in intimate prayer that start with: Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done ...

Sabtu, 04 Januari 2014

Under the Sun - Paradox of Journey

It's already a new year.. 2014!
Have any plan about your journey in this year? Are you excited to greet this year?

Soekarno Hatta (Jakarta) in the morning - Nikon D90 - f1/160

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” ― Albert Einstein

Just read this Einstein Quote. Every path of our life is a journey but .. Is every journey a miracle ? Or just an ordinary path, routine and even boring, no meaning at all?

King Salomo in Ecclesiates have said:
    What has been will be again,
    What has been done will be done again;
    There is nothing new under the sun.

You may see the sun in my Soekarno-Hatta picture. Is it a new sun? Of course not! It's the same sun as the previous years. Nothing new at all. The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The thing that has been; it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

Then, I applied my mind to study and to explore by wisdom all that is done under the sun. Where is the enjoyment of human mankind in every journey, that he or she plan? I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.

All is vanity! Remember in our heart, dear of my friends - all works that are done under the sun - all is vanity! Meaningless! Everything is meaningless.

Except ..

There is a new meaning from above the sun. New Enjoyment if we remember our Creator and fear of Him. This is a paradox of our journey. Enjoyment must be linked to the Fear. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of the wisdom, isn't it?

So journey under the sun must be connected to the above of the sun.



He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.  I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. (King Salomo)

Selasa, 31 Desember 2013

Annus Horribilis

Sunset - Ancol Beach Jakarta

Di sela-sela dentuman bunyi petasan dan kilatan kembang api menjelang pergantian tahun 2014, Musafir memilih untuk duduk dalam kesunyian menulis tentang Annus Horribilis.

Menurut Oxford Dictionary istilah ini dipopulerkan oleh Ratu Elizabeth II dalam pidatonya tahun 1992, dimana Sang Ratu melihat tahun tsb sebagai tahun mengerikan yang penuh dengan kejadian-kejadian yang sulit. Memang dicatat oleh sejarah, tahun tsb terjadi banyak masalah yang terjadi pada keluarga kerajaan Inggris seperti perceraian Duke of York dengan Duchess of York, the Princess Royal menceraikan suaminya Captain Mark, buku 'Diana, her True Story' diterbitkan yang sedikit banyak mencoreng keluarga kerajaan, serta kebakaran di Windsor Castle, salah satu kediaman Sang Ratu. Tidak heran Ratu menyebut tahun tersebut mengerikan - horrible year. Sedapat-dapatnya tidak mau mengenang atau menengok kembali tahun tsb.

Annus Horribilis ini adalah istilah yang mengacu pada satu istilah lain yang lebih tua yaitu Annus Mirabilis, yang dalam bahasa latin artinya Wonderful Year. Suatu tahun yang menyenangkan, penuh dengan keajaiban terjadi. Istilah ini muncul dalam suatu judul puisi oleh John Dryden pada tahun 1666. Pada tahun tersebut, masyarakat begitu takut terjadi sesuatu yang mengerikan mengingat angka tahun yang mengandung 666 - diasosiasikan angka iblis. Orang-orang memperkirakan pasti terjadi sesuatu yang mengerikan, akan ada sesuatu malapetaka yang dahsyat. John Dryden di akhir tahun 1666, melihat ternyata tidak terjadi sesuatu yang sedemikian mengerikan (walau ada kejadian the Great Fire of London - suatu kebakaran hebat yang menimpa kota London), sehingga dia menamakan tahun 1666 sebagai tahun yang ajaib - wonderful.

2013 akan lewat, diganti dengan 2014. Tahun ini terjadi banyak kesusahan. Banyak malapetaka mungkin. Banyak yang ditinggalkan oleh orang-orang terdekat. Banyak kematian (Musafir dalam tahun ini, bisa dikatakan hampir setiap bulan mengunjungi Rumah Duka). Sakit Penyakit dan hal-hal lain yang membuat kecil hati serta patah semangat.

Di atas semua itu, apakah kita memandang 2013 sebagai Annus Horribilis ataukah dalam hati terdalam, kita tetap merasakan ada tangan Tuhan yang maha kuasa, yang tidak terlihat itu tetap memegang kendali, bukan hanya atas jalannya sejarah tetapi terlebih lagi memegang kendali atas hidup setiap umat tebusanNya; sehingga walau bagaimanapun jua 2013 adalah Annus Mirabilis - Wonderful Year.

Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far has the LORD helped us."

Sabtu, 28 Desember 2013

Sunset at Sanur Area

One of my interest is to take the sunset picture. I like the ambiance of the atmosphere. Its interesting that google translate can not translate the word 'ambiance' to bahasa indonesia. To make it clear, I try freedictionary.com that explain : the special athmosphete or mood created by a particular environment. I think that particular elements are the light and color of the sunset. Here is the picture of sanur's sunset. Ehm.. sanur is located in bali island. And to get this picture, I should go upstair to third floor regarding the angle.. :)




Kamis, 14 November 2013

4 hours Medan Kuala Namu

Trying to improve my second language, so let's enjoy this write up in random mess English. :)



Have you ever know the Kuala Namu at North Sumatera. If there is no new airport there, neither do I ever heard this small city. So in my busy schedule, I tried to find the opportunity to go there even for just four hours! Leaved my home at 4.30 in the morning to catch the first flight on 5.55 .. really an effort.

Here is the report of this short trip (took the all pictures with my handphone camera):