I know it's been a while, and a lot longer than I even expected. I might have been invisible on the blog the past few months. I don't have any idea what I'm doing recently until I don't even have a time to slightly wrote something in this blog. I knew some of you may think, relax nen, you don't have trying to hard to updates your blog all the time, you don't even have readers who actually care about it. Hahahaa.. Yeah, Creo que de esa manera también ( yeah, i do thinking the same way too.. *in spanish*) : D
However, posting something in this blog really gave me a room to at least sharing my thought, point of views in life and the most noteworthy, this blog makes my moment eternal by just re-read the posts. hehee…
Emm, what am I missing in the last couple of months..
Let me do a quick recap, me and my 911 finally doing arisan regularly every month since last February if I'm not mistaken, then I celebrated my Valentine in Surabaya because I'm in charge for RAOUL SS12 windows installment *I'm super happy tho' during my trip to Surabaya for 3 days!*, then my almighty principal came to Jakarta doing visit to all store in the end of Feb (I got perfect 10 from him at Senayan City *yippyy!* and not even got a 6 at Grand Indo's Store! *hikss, okey just dealing with it better nen*).
What else then?
ooh yeah, I got a very exciting offer from a friend, can't tell you just yet, but I am really looking forward for it.. Just lets see how it will be for the next couple of months.. *fingers crossed in hopes of getting a great feed back*
Anyway,
Yesterday me as a Hindunese celebrated Silence Day or we can say Nyepi Day for 24 hours. Several days before Nyepi are the days where many people asked me what Hindunese do during Nyepi, Are they turn all the lights off? Not watching TV? Doing fasting 24 hours? Are they not talking with anyone at all? Weelllllll, I can say I'm not applied all those things during Nyepi. Emm, I'm not wanting to be seen like a rebel but that just how it is. My parents never asked me to do all those things.
In fact, this is what I actually do during Nyepi..
First, I'm usually doing fasting, yes, but not 24 hours, but just from 6AM until 6PM. The longest fasting I've ever tried was 22 hours in total, and I am dead enough! hahahaa.. I still watched TV, turn the lights on and doing my regular activities, but I'm not going outside the house. It just irrelevant since God only wants you to stay passive and you can't even be in the house for a day. But it is all back to the person itself, there's nothing wrong and right of what you will do during the day, its about how you connected with God that matters. I'm not a Hinduism expert but I never read that God will judge you as a sin if you're not doing fasting, or everything most of the people told you related to Nyepi, BUT I knew it will be BETTER if I'm adhere what's on the books and seizing the day to reflected back to the whole year that passed by.. What God actually wants me to do in this world, what's God purpose of giving me a life and what I can do to help others.. Just keep my focus only to God once in a year. But yeah, I admit.. still can't cope with it.. these whole worldly stuff still encircled me.. hahahaa
Ahh, talking about Nyepi, I'm a Balinese but ironicly I never get a chance to celebrate Nyepi in Bali.. I REALLY WANT TO! Can you imagine the streets in Bali completely empty and devoid of any people at all. For twenty four hours the island literally shuts down. No one is allowed on the streets, no music, no lights and even the airport closes down. I never feel the ambience of Nyepi in Jakarta. The city is still 'alive'. The closest Nyepi celebration I can get is by joining the Ogoh-ogoh annual festival in Monas every year. I highly recommend you to come and see the festival, pack your SLR cause it is a very unique cultural experience and really makes my self proud of being a Balinese. ♥
These are some pictures from the Ogoh-ogoh Festival.
You see how BIG it is?? A very huge paper dolls of ogoh-ogoh are led through the streets of Monas in big parades. There are 24 ogoh-ogoh from 24 temples around Jakarta joined this event. When the celebrations finish these very artistic creations are burnt as a symbol that we flush out the evil spirits. Definitely worth to visit!
Me with one of the Ogoh-ogoh.
Hahaha, I mean me in front of the Ogoh-ogoh. ; p
Okay, done writing! Gotta go now! ♥
Happy Tahun Baru Saka 1934 Hindunese Fella!
Mucho gracias por leer este post! BYE!
