Kekayaan tidak selalu berbanding lurus dengan kebahagiaan. Negara-negara yang jumlah kekayaan penduduknya jauh lebih besar dari kita, ternyata tidak sebahagia kita, masyarakat Indonesia.
30 Maret 2012
Pulang dari SMA 5 setelah eureka sekitar jam 17.50 nebeng bareng imam ke stasiun. Berharap bisa naik krd patas dengan jadwal 18.00 biar bisa cepet pulang dengan nyaman dan masih bisa solat maghrib di rumah tapi kalau dapetnya krd ekonomi dengan jadwal berangkat 18.23 berarti harus solat di stasiun dan pulangnya harus sedek-sedekan ditambah terpaksa menghirup asap rokok.
Masuk stasiun sekitar jam 18.02 udah ngerasa kayanya patas udah pergi ya udah beli tiket krd. pas ngeliat sekitar rel jalur 3 orang-orang pada berdiri nunggu padahal jadwal krd masih lama dan biasanya telat jadwal. akhirnya nanya ke petugas dan ternyata patas belum datang. oke kalau gitu jadinya balik lagi dan beli tiket patas.
nunggu dan patas tak juga datang, ya udah solat di stasiun. ketinggalan patas juga baelah daripada enggak solat. pas masuk mushola enggak begitu banyak orang padahal orang yang nunggu kereta ada sekitar 300-400 orang kalau ga salah. padat banget. karena maghrib itu jam pulang paling padat.
setelah solat akhirnya nunggu lagi dan ternyata patas bener2 telat padahal jam sudah menunjukkan pukul 18.47 dan belum datang juga. krd juga masih belum datang. ketelatan ini udah termasuk yang paling parah.
pas mau solat tadi sebenernya udah nyadar ratusan orang2 itu ga pada solat karena takut keretanya datang. ga nyangka udah banyak ternyata orang yang ga solat.
The Brocken Spectre, here seen in Poland, is an optical phenomenon in which the observer’s shadow appears to be magnified on clouds or fog below. The Spectre can be observed from mountaintops when the sun is low and behind you, and there’s dense fog or clouds below. It is often accompanied by a glory, a rainbow-like halo that can also be observed when one is between the sun and a layer of clouds, and the movement of the clouds plus the apparent magnification can give the impression of a supernaturally tall ghost being walking the mountain.
The phenomenon is named for Brocken, also known as Blocksberg, a mountain peak in northern Germany long associated with witches and devils in local lore and literature. Another place to see it is the Scottish mountain Ben MacDhui, a frequently fog-shrouded peak where legend has it an unusually tall “Grey Man” resides. It isn’t hard to image how a lone mountaineer—halfway lost and hearing his own footsteps oddly distorted in the mist—could conjure up mythical beings when faced with a ghostly giant in the distance.
Astronaut Ron Garan did an AMA on reddit. This photo was his reply when asked, “Have you seen anything when looking down on earth or into space that has you completely awed that is captured in your memory for the rest of your life?” It’s the illuminated border between India and Pakistan, as seen from the International Space Station.
Realizing what this picture depicted had a big impact on me. When viewed from space, Earth almost always looks beautiful and peaceful. However, this picture is an example of man-made changes to the landscape in response to a threat, clearly visible from space. This was a big surprise to me. (…)
The point is not that we can look down at the Earth and see a man-made border between India and Pakistan. The point is that we can look down at that same area and feel empathy for the struggles that all people face. We can look down and realize that we are all riding through the Universe together on this spaceship we call Earth, that we are all interconnected, that we are all in this together, that we are all family.
