A broken treasure

A treasure
A very valuable one

I spent time nurturing it
I spent time taking care of it
I invested my time on it
I thought I was very blessed to have it

It has coloured my life
It has shared my happiness
It has cheered me up during sadness
It has supported me

So many things reminded me of it
So many times I kept on thinking about it

Bicycles, stargazing, a stroll,
snow, snowman, snow angel,
a swing, kermis, musea, paintings,
cooking, books, even hospital visit reminded me of it

It was one of the thing I could fall back on
Time has proven it to be worthy
Indeed it is very valuable
A treasure nothing could beat

I thought I could keep it forever
I thought it will last
It has endured so much
I thought nothing could destroy it

But ... eventually ...
It slipped away from me
breaking into pieces
bringing my heart with it

Why can't I keep it?
Why can't it last?
Why?

SoE

I spent last week in SoE. Most of you might wonder where it is. It is in Nusa Tenggara Timur, in the island of Timor. About 100 km from Kupang, on the direction to Timor Leste.

Nice place, cold, windy, about 600 m above sea level. The temperature was ok, but the wind was quite unbearable. Well, actually, the only problem was that I didn't bring proper things. Had I gone there with coat, long john, and scarf (plus if I could get warmer blanket:p), it would be oki doki.

The air was clean, the sky was clean ... the starts looked sooo ... beautiful. With proper things to warm me up it would be an ideal place for stargazing. :-)

During the day, people will expose themselves to sunlight to get warmth -- interesting that even in Indonesia there are people who'd go out to enjoy the sun:p