It's been pretty awhile

I'm glad that digital technology makes the whole world could revolve within our reach. I just downloaded this blogger apps in my phone so i can update my blog using this phone. The last time i updated this blog was 3 years ago.

So here i am!

a time of gifts

" i hope for health and happiness every single day"...

lights above nongzhan qiao, after work, trying to get some merry between christmas-new years days

dumplings for warm

have been spending late nights at the office. one work after another, and have been trying to get all things done. obviously, it doesnt simple at it is, the more detail and seemed unnecessary the things you do, the more time for you to finish it. time runs fast.

and in this winter night, where everything looks even darker than you could possibly imagine in summer glories, people are celebrating winter dumpling day. the rumour said that today is offcially winter and it is time to gather and eat dumpling. i am not sure what the history was all about, however fortunately i have hansera to tell me the local stories.

dumpling looks like a human ear. long time ago, the farmers living in northern china where winter was harsh while they also still to survive with the modest clothes to make them stay warm. so, when winter comes, in the late dark and cold-cold night, they boiled dumplings in hot water and eat it together in the hope that the-ear-look-alike food would make them feel warmer and keep their ear not to freeze.

having dumpling in the place called northeast (dongbei), makes it all reasonably warm for one's winter night. red colors and noisy conversation just seem working hard to get through the night.

rickshaw time

the night has just lost its shimmering velvet lights, it gets darker but people conversely gone wilder in summer heat. all noisy gets out of tounges and minds, while are produced by wheels driving its path along the asphalt lanes. summer nights gone zigzag, marking the end of the soon be missing weekend. people bet farewell after dinner, and the schedule soon will roll again. i do not know whether to like or dislike sunday night, but it gives me impression that life has alot of celebration.

sunday night also has dilemma, like other nights of the week. in this intersection, every now and then, people find it as place to fight for a cab. from all direction, people with bags or just a bunch of friens give their best energy to stand and wait for the long awaited taxis, in which the inadequate amount has created the act of scavenging taxi. i do not want to lose this sunday's excitement with getting emotionally exhausting because of lack of taxi in this neighbourhood.

in the midst of figuring out how i can reach home, a sight of rickshaw standing around the corner of the streets ignited my intuition. this could be a best deal, a joyful ride and locally substantive. the rickshaw man was kind and offered me a reasonable price. the first rickshwa ride in this old capital, they have it improved by having an electric bycicle to pull it-unlike the old times with man running in front to pull the cab behind. my choice was a logical ones, and i did not miss the excitement.

we passed lines of cars waiting in the intersection. i can see the landscape of this city under the lights, some shade of dark immersed through small alleys, while the echo of people chit chat outside in the courtyard buzzing amongst trees that grow greener only in summer. my rickshaw was speeding moderately, and i could not help myself to think of how i miss jakarta and its bajaj.

hahaha...