Bali Log date: 22.06.12 - A Cup of Warm Milk

Today, was certainly eventful.
The weather was cool, cloudy and breezy.
The morning was okay, had a yogurt honey smoothie.
Went to the beach to sit back and relax for a bit.
After that, I'm on a roll.
The afternoon went. Night came.
Too lazy to go anywhere, watch a flick titled "Big Miracle" starredd by Drew Barrymore, and dozed of right in the end.
Woke up not long after with a start. Drops of sweat was running at the back of my neck.
Chats about being a lady with a lady. The conversation rolled on to books, music, niece, mosquito, coffee, and a cup of warm milk.
And then it's time to sleep in. Tried and failed. Produced this writing. Think about stuffs. Worries. Smile. Roll over.
Smoke. Listen to music. And hit send.

Niki, Denpasar 22 June 2012 01:36:04

Bali log date: 21.06.12 - A Clear Mind After Exhibition Opening

After a reviving morning, with a clear head and a relaxed body, I managed to get off work unscathed. Done with the day, I drive up to an exhibition opening. It was the "Let's Play" Lomonesia Bali Exhibition, episode 2 that is. The last one was held on 1-8 June. This one, with a different venue, starts yesterday, 20th June 2012. With a different kind of mood, and a lot more people participating, my opinion was this one is more relaxed and low brow. The first one was more of a gallery style, while this one is coffee shop/dining place cooling down style.
Carrying on, the day before I had a nice conversation with some people older than me. Each one with a vision of their own. With their point of view and advices, a little bit of a mind opener. Hence, this moment, ideas are flowing in my head, and that block in my mind sort of got lifted. And like an open dam, thought comes flowing in and out of my head.
So let's just write this down before I start to blabber and forget what I am thinking. First off is, pay a little more attention to what I am doing right now. Meaning, I got to share my thoughts for main and sides. This got to do with the thing I have said before, "the little things that matters." So basically, I need to be fast and take control. And I can do just that.
Next is, a simple hello can go a long way. Let's just play smooth, try to be assertive and be more of yourself. So, think always from two sides of the party. You won't be doing any good just by worrying what other people might do, and closing yourself up to do more with yourself. So suit up, and be awesome.
Since it's late already, I'm just going to sums it up. On the daily job, just try to relax and do more stuffs and open your eyes. Things will get through eventually, and even when you least expect it. But take control anyway.
On the passionate things of my life, let's make a difference by getting my ego be fed, but try to think about what good can it do to other people, especially the ones that matters. Moving from that point, let's plan some stuffs so that the best can happen, and the flaws can be reduced to a minimal amount.

Niki - Denpasar 21 Juni 2012 03:32:34 AM

Bali Log Date: 17.06.2012 - Lightning Crashes and a Roller Coaster Ride on a Sunday

Sunday Morning,
The First thing I saw was a friend meditating. Half asleep, I Sort of imagined that I saw it on the web or television. the meditating friend, with a pin on the top right corner, noting "Morning Meditation". That kind of crack me up a bit, and then I went back to sleep before I even manage a chuckle *fade to black* 


I woke up a few hours later, and receive a sad and shocking news. a colleague in my office had an accident last night. He was riding his motorcycle and got hit by a car, who then ran away. My colleague didn't survive the crash. And he was just barely living his life. This is a sad sunday indeed.


Moving on, I spent my afternoon with some friends from the capitol, coming to the island for a music event. we had a late lunch and coffee and tea, and talks about random stuffs. just sharing news and thoughts, and "mind enrichment" (this is what I always thought on having conversations). As the sun rolls toward the horizon, we part ways.


I then went to the morgue, my colleague was lying in the coffin, dressed up and looks really peaceful. I went to give my condolences to the family, and made a cross sign to honor him and pray for him. My mind wandered to how he was, and how he was not anymore. I got the hear the story from his relative, about how he always cared about his family, and never has been a nuisance. He was a good person. I also got the story about how the accident happened. He was hit by a car, thrown from his bike, and hit a parked car. This is unfortunate. I don't do sorrowness, and I suck at soothing sad people, so I just tried to induce acceptance instead.


I went back to meet my friend before she went back to Jakarta, we had dinner, we share some stuffs, giving heads up and encouragement on each others, sarcasm on other related subject :). And then, by a phone call, I was transferred to a bookstore. Unlike yesterday, today I knew what i'm looking for. Well, a few of it :p. I met the first one, and search for the others. Black cardboard paper (i might have to look this up again for the right terms), double-sided tape, a board cutter, and an aluminium ruler. 


This is when I stopped writing, because now I'm thinking what should I write next.
I went to sit and chat with a friend of mine, about how my mind won't stop pestering me, and playing games on me. I ordered a chocolate milkshake, and a wrong type of finger food. Not a really good choice for a night snack, choco cheese fried banana *note to self* (the banana isn't ripe, taste sandy). And moving on, this same friend is now telling me that I have to write everything down on this log, which i might or might not do :p. 


It's getting late, so we walked back to our vehicles, i reffed my bike engine and went home, stopping to find a lightbulb for my room, the last one went into a 'disco state', gets dimmer and kept blinking. Found the bulb, installed it, and now my room has warm yellow light. Yeay...


just one more thing to do. Sort them photos.
So, I'm off...


Niki, Denpasar, 17 June 2012 - still looking for the right spot to put my feet on.

Let's Play - 01 June 2012

This is not a proper documentation of the event.

With random shots on people and movements, 

I just tried to capture the colour and vibe of the opening of a Lomonesia Bali photo exhibition.

The blurred one was taken with bulb mode, shaky hands as always.

and while I was writing this, my mood is not to write. Again.

Just try to enjoy the photos of people you might not know, and bright colours you might or might not like.

as some of the photos are blurred, so is my head right now.

the swimming thoughts in my head colliding with each other, trying to poke my eye out from inside.

And as I keep blabbering here, you might just scroll down to see the photos below, or not.

Your choice.

Sometime this week, I have to process my finished film rolls, and maybe upload another sets of photos, and maybe at that time, I would be more in the mood to write some sensible stuffs.

Niki, Denpasar 13 June 2012

Kontur

Judul yang cukup luas dari sebuah pemikiran kecil tentang sesosok wajah.
Saya tidak memiliki ingatan fotografis ataupun kronologis. Yang saya lakukan adalah mencatat segala sesuatu di lembaran-lembaran kertas ataupun media elektronik.
Sesuatu yang menarik perhatian saya, dan mungkin juga beberapa orang (unik) lainnya yang memerhatikan bentuk wajah seseorang, adalah karakter yang membedakan. Seperti struktur tulang, jarak alis dan mata, bentuk rahang, bentuk lubang hidung, susunan geligi, dan beberapa ciri lainnya.
Mengapa sedemikian halnya hingga saya merasa perlu untuk menuliskannya disini?
Mari kita tarik mundur waktu, dengan mengesampingkan dorongan emosi, dan lebih memerhatikan beberapa pribadi yang menurut saya (yang mungkin sudah terkontaminasi pandangan umum) menarik secara visual.
Memang, sepanjang sejarah manusia, bercermin pada alam dan hewan2, berlomba-lomba berpenampilan menarik dan hasil visual yang diterima oleh khalayak ramai, atau beda dari kebanyakan. Namun, bukan itu yang akan saya bahas saat ini. Menjauh dari penampilan yang dibuat oleh manusia secara artifisial dengan pakaian, asesoris dan warna warni buatan, saya lebih suka melihat bagaimana pencampuran genetik membentuk kontur wajah, yang dikatakan cerminan dari pribadi seseorang.
Perlukah saya menggambarkan lebih jauh?
Atau akankah saya biarkan tulisan ini mengambang?

Niki, Denpasar 9 juni 2012, 00:10