Sunday Stills Photo Challenge: BAD WEATHER

It’s been almost a month we are in heavy rain falls and let all things wet. I miss the sun to warm me up despite just for a moment and I would love to have my cloths dried up too.

It should be so right that we need not complain just because the weather is unfriendly. good and bad have been determined From Above, from The Lord of the Earth and Sky and the Universe. There would be no one can conquer it.

Instead of complaining we had better change our mindset to the weather. Introspective. Vigilant. Ask the Lord for the protection of the safety of ourselves and loved ones, and change your dress in accordance with the condition of the weather in order that your days more enjoyable, even in bad weather.

“THERE IS NO BAD WEATHER, JUST BAD CLOTHING”

Is there anyone knows who originally said it ?

 

Sudah hampir satu bulan kita berada dalam musim hujan deras dan membiarkan segala sesuatu  basah. Saya rindu matahari untuk menghangatkan saya meskipun hanya untuk sesaat dan saya akan senang untuk memiliki kain saya kering juga.

Nampaknya memang benar bahwa kita tidak perlu mengeluh hanya karena cuaca tidak bersahabat. baik dan buruk telah ditentukan Dari Atas, dari  Allah SWT yang memiliki Langit, Bumi dan alam semesta. Tidak akan ada yang dapat menaklukkannya.

Daripada mengeluh kita lebih baik mengubah pola pikir kita terhadap cuaca. mawas diri. Waspada. Mintalah Tuhan untuk melindungi keselamatan diri kita sendiri dan orang yang dicintai, dan mengubah pakaian Anda sesuai dengan kondisi cuaca agar hari-hari Anda lebih menyenangkan, bahkan dalam cuaca buruk sekalipun.

“TIDAK ADA CUACA BURUK, HANYA SALAH BERPAKAIAN”

Apakah ada orang yang tahu siapa yang awalnya mengatakan itu?

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the fact of DAHLIA FLOWER

 

Have you ever noticed ?

In the open air, Dahlia Flowers always shy away from exposure to sunlight. This is very different from the Sun Flowers which always challenge the sunlight.

 

Weekly Photo Chalenge: JUXTAPOSITION

 

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Chasing the Butterflies again

I was challenged by the presence of these beautiful creatures in the yard.

Butterfly by Mariah Carey 

Almost no underwear to wear

Today is a sunny day ( I hope so) and appear to be different from the previous days. The rain had stopped this morning and the sun started to show up, even though it is shining once in a while. I saw my neighbors are as busy as I am doing, drying their clothes outside the house under the sun. because we do not have a drying machines here.

The last two week-rain, all day every day in our place have caused flooding in the capital. Of course, because our area is higher up on the hilly place which is 60 miles away and directly overlooking the capital. We have three mountains here that have the heaviest rainfall among other areas in Indonesia.

This time, the rainy season felt colder than before, I do not know, whether due to climate change or I am the one getting older and vulnerable to a climate change. It seems we are not ready with the rainy season this time.

The water runoff after the rains

It is an interesting day that most of the families take the opportunity to sun drying underwear first, seemingly having the same priority with mine. I am almost having no underwear to wear.

As seen on TV   😀

Hari ini adalah hari yang cerah ( saya berharap begitu ) dan tampil berbeda dari hari-hari sebelumnya , hujan sudah berhenti pagi ini dan matahari mulai muncul , meskipun bersinar sekali-sekali . Saya melihat tetangga saya yang sibuk seperti yang saya lakukan , pengeringan pakaian mereka di luar rumah di bawah sinar matahari . karena kita tidak memiliki mesin pengering pakaian disini .

Dua minggu terakhir – hujan , sepanjang hari setiap hari di tempat kami telah menyebabkan banjir di ibukota . Tentu saja, karena daerah kami adalah lebih tinggi pada tempat perbukitan yang 60 mil jauhnya dan langsung menghadap ke ibukota. Kami memiliki tiga gunung di sini yang memiliki curah hujan tertinggi di antara daerah-daerah lain di Indonesia .
Kali ini , musim hujan terasa lebih dingin dari sebelumnya , saya tidak tahu , apakah karena perubahan iklim atau saya yang semakin tua dan rentan terhadap perubahan iklim . Tampaknya kita tidak siap dengan musim hujan kali ini .

Ini adalah hari yang menarik dimana sebagian besar keluarga mengambil kesempatan untuk penjemuran pakaian dalam terlebih dahulu yang tampaknya memiliki prioritas yang sama dengan saya . Saya hampir tidak memiliki pakaian dalam untuk dipakai.

at our neighbor’s house

 

 

Sunday Stills Photo Challenge: “F” for Fear Factor

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Weekly Photo Challenge: FAMILY

It is simply those with whom you share a bond of love, we are FAMILY.

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a WEDDING -part 5

It was almost mid day when the ceremony is finished. The Bride and the groom had left the venue and disappeared from sight for changing dress but the guests remain in place, they are even increasing in number with the new arrivals.  It took a half of an hour to wait for the wedding couple back to  the celebration.  

Sundanese wedding celebration usually lasts until late afternoon, giving the opportunity to the invited people to choose the time that is available for him to be able to come for the party. They come and go one after another until the event ends. Usually, both of the bride and groom will be dressed up in several types wedding dress that is worn in different time during the celebration.

These are wedding dresses that used by my son and his wife recently:

at the marriage ceremony

at the  recption

and these are the wedding dresses used by my daughter and her husband in 2008

at the marriage ceremony

at the reception

Now,  I have to finish the story and return to bed early. Hopefully I can share something else that is more fun in the next posts. Best wishes for all of us.

a WEDDING – part 4

THE ENCHANTING SUNDANESE CUSTOMS

Sundanese is one of the tribal group in Indonesia who inhabit west java. Their customs is as rich as its exotic fertile land and enchanting people.

As in a marriage, it is considered as a sacred event to the family as well as to the community. A unique customs which involving hundreds of people or thousands includes the invited ones. The tradition is commonly performed after the wedding ceremony.

MEULEUM HARUPAT (Burning sticks from Sugar Palm leaflet)

The groom holds a bunch of burning “Harupat”, dried sticks from the Sugar Palm leaflets and the bride holds a jug that contains water. The groom then put the burning sticks in to the water in the jug and pulls it back after the fire is extinguished and finally broken it into two parts and throw them away. This ceremony symbolizes an advice to the bride and groom to be in togetherness in solving any problem that usually appeared in the family.

The “Harupat” as its nature is a strong stick and as sharp as a spine/thorn when cracked symbolizing hard character/ harmful, or unpleasant temper that usually appears as human nature.

The jug containing water is the symbol of a wife who has a cool mind to eliminate harmful emotion.

NINCAK ENDOG (Stepping on an egg)

The groom steps on an egg and broke it. This ceremony is addressed to the wedding couple in which was formerly use as a lesson how to manage first night as wife and husband based on love and affection as well as respect to each other and how to comply with in terms of religious teaching.

A piece of small Bamboo tube (10 to 15 cm long), an egg, a jug containing water and a hand towel are the basic element that should be provided in this ceremony.

After the groom broke the egg with his toe, the bride kneel to wash with the water from the jug and clean them with the hand towel. Finally both of them hold the empty jug and slam it to the ground till broke up in to pieces.

This ceremony always makes everyone laugh since it is always accompanied with full of jokes related to sexual issues.

PAREBUT BAKAKAK (to pull out a grilled chicken)

A grilled chicken symbolizes luck that has to be obtained by both of the bride and the groom. they hold the leg part one side for each other then  pull it out simultaneously. When the grilled chicken is split in to two parts, we can see how large it is that hold by the bride and the groom. They say the size of the piece shows the measures of the opportunities to get fortune/ windfalls in the future.

to be continued …. part 5

a WEDDING – part 3

SAWER PANGANTEN
(Spreading rice on to the wedding couple)
It is the heritage of the Sundanese tradition that has been existing through ages.
The Sawer ceremony is related to belief of the ancestor in accompanying the ritual of a ceremony, especially in a marriage.

This traditional ceremony is held soon after the wedding couple is blessed by the parents. They are seated in front of the house,  surrounded by audience.

The “Sawer” is usually conducted by a person who recites the lyrics of Sawer Songs.

The parents from both side of the bride and the groom bring a brass bowl or ceramic, contains rice, slices of turmeric, coins, or added with many other things in which every of them symbolizes; such as rice is meant food for life, slices of turmeric for happiness and togetherness and coins for welfare. Those are the hopes that everyone can attained during the lifetime as the basic survival.

The conductor recites  verse to verse of the “siraman” song containing sermon and counsel for the wedding couple as a provision how to manage the family properly followed by the parents spreading the mix of rice,  slices of turmeric and coins over the bride and groom in every end of the verse recited till end. All lyrics sung in old Sundanese language in the rhythm of the sacred song.
Behind the wedding couple everyone grabs the coin before touching the ground or picks them up from the ground when missed.

to be continued … part 4