Fortun Favi Fortus, Dum Spiro Spero

meaning: bersemangat, bersabar, bertahanlah!

Back in August on my days off, I went to Jogja city to (again) find tranquility. Turned out, the very first destination on my itinerary was this fancy coffee shop. Never thought that I and my cousin were the only visitors upstairs. We chatted and took some photos candidly. At the corner, there were these words written in the neon light which really appealing and saying, Dum Spiro Spero. 

Not forgetting to take those words and me in one picture then updated it a couple of days after. I just looked out the meaning right before I posted it. Then, here comes the reason why I got to visit that place on the first itinerary.

Dum Spiro Spero means While I Breathe, I Hope. 

I surprisingly found that tranquility pill at the first moment I was in Jogja. I think it told me: no matter how bad things happen to you, as long as you still breathe, you can always hope. Trust your hope. Just don't worry. Put your highest hope to The Almighty Allah, Rabbul 'Alamin. 

That words strengthen my bond with my hopes upon the sky. The hopes I forgot I once wrote before. It emphasizes myself to never let go off the hope. 

Senja kala itu

Ku nikmati pancaran sang surya
Yang menghanguskan gundah gulana
Serasa enggan, tuk beranjak dari sana
Alur ini, yang terus kurasa

Buyarkan segala imaji
Kokohkan asa
Genggam eratlah janji
Kepada Tuhan-Mu selama ini

Apapun itu nikmati sajalah, hati

Kau siap berlari-lari di taman mimpi kan?

Yogyakarta, 4 Oktober 2018

Sore itu duduk di rerumputan hijau, disambut hembusan angin yang melenakan, dengan alunan lagu Aku Tenang nya Fourtwnty yang terdengar sayup dari sudut kompleks Ratu Boko.
MasyaAllah, suasana Jogja.

A story that never unravel

You are a series of story

Unspoken, hidden and blurry

Piece of written paper

Ready to be sent to a receiver

-LL-

A trip to Jogjakarta with pals

Started when I and mon amie decided to attend our friend's wedding ceremony in Jogjakarta.  Since we only got one time to escape so we escaped hard from our integ routine.
We explored Jogjakarta the way noone else would. We have several common principles about hanging out together, if you know what I mean.
" sleep is thing we can do in Jakarta "
" and moneyless "

We jumped to our first place at Lava Tour Merapi. As we've planned earlier, that we were renting jeep to circle around the post-erupted-mount village there. This European jeep passed their off-road trail and that driving us crazy, shaking our mind, body and soul as well. There were couple of check points we could stop by to take picture at.

1. Kali kuning
The bridge was the most attracting spot i guess. The green scenery also, always gave our brain refreshed. All the worries about integ seemingly washed away for a moment. For a moment I repeat. Bus still, a moment is a moment indeed.

2. Museum Sisa hartaku
They showed stuffs that already wiped by hot lava in mount eruption 2010. The stuffs were melted, burned, and broken.

3. Watu alien
That was big rock that looked like a man face. Can you spot that? There in the right. Again, there were green green trees beside the rock area. It's where the hot lava flowed down from tip of the mountain. It's looked like a cliff with bending road in between.

4. Bunker
The underground room that used to be shelter for the citizen to cover themselves from the hot lava. Turned out that the bunker could only be used when wedus gembel occurred. Then the people who were in there were trapped by hot temperature and died.

(to be continued)

Jogjakarta and its tranquility

Jogjakarta, June 2012

Me and my brother have actually planned a holiday but didn't know where exactly until finally we decided to choose jogja as a place we could release the stress at. It wasn't a well-planned trip I might say because the idea to visit Jogja came one day before I went there.

I was that amazed to know the fact that Jogjakarta actually has that heavy traditional culture and myths that still stick with its citizen. I visited 2 main places there. The beach and a complex of old castle.

The beach named Parangtritis. Everyone knows that beach is pretty sacred because of its myth; If anyone wears green clothes, he/she would be swallowed by the wave. The story of Nyi Roro Kidul is still there and never gets old. That beach still got that mystic issue that every week there must be one person die swallowed by the wave. And it's often held some ceremony at there. The beach is surrounded by the hills and has pure-white sands which is pretty cool. That beach always has that huge wave and that's why it is forbidden to play at the beach further. And since it's located in the south-est city of Jogja the sunset isn't there right by the sea. Ah. There's also horse-riding for sightseeing along the sea shore. It's cool to have that kind of moment when we were able to see the sun sets. And that place has become the sacred place for me too since i was first time wearing veil there :’’’)

-to be continued-