This is the second day of fasting month... I spent 3 hour sleeping, since 11 in the morning, after struggling not to sleep after sahur, and a long day yesterday....
Yesterday, September 1, 2008
I went to IHS to see my supervisor at 9.30, so I left my room ten before nine, after making a wake up call to a friend, who later in the breakfast time in that evening said that he was hypnotized when I said go to sleep again, and he continued his sleep instead of got up of his bed ...
The sky did not look so promising from the window...in a minute it was covered by thick Grey clouds, and the next minute the sun shine softly reach my window... It was quite cold outside...I guess fall is officially started yesterday...
I took my bike outside, after hesitating whether or not I should take the tram instead. When I sat on my bike, the light and soft rain of September (remind me now with A-ha song, the soft rain of April...hehehe) poured down... Voila... This is the typical Rotterdam weather... so much for the summer...
I biked anyway, hoping the rain wouldn't get heavier, without raincoat. It was windy, and every corner seemed gloomy. Yet, I enjoyed the time... looked around from different direction...(the pavement in one block was renovated, so i had to cross), riding while listening to soft music... Hmmmh... I knew that I would miss this windy and rainy city after going home...
Near Oostplein, there was a traffic jam, a car hit the traffic light pretty bad, ambulance and police were there. People looked at the same direction...the tram couldn't move fast, I only heard the sound of the car engines, no body talked...it was gloomy and it seemed liked everybody hypnotized to look at only one scene... the rain was still softly pouring...and I passed the quiete street.
Passing the trees near by the campuss, some students just got off the tram that finally could reach Woudestein halte. I saw the ripe leaves were blown by the wind on the pedestrian and red bike track...I hope I could see the leaves turned yellow this autumn before I leave. Gosh...I always felt unsubscribed beautiful sensation when passing this trees... different beautiful feeling like seeing out of my window at night, or when parks my bike before going up to IHS building, or when seeing the Swan from the window of the campus, and the trams passed by...
So...there I was, in the campus. the lift climbed to the 14th floor, and there was a dutch student there before i entered the lift, and he said goodbye when the lift stopped at 12th. It felt nice when people say goodbye to other in the lift, despite the fact that he was a perfect stranger. Then I meet my supervisor, tried to do something with my draft in the campus, chatted a while with a friend, listening to Azizah consultation to Gianoli behind me I could not help thinking may be that is how Italian man always talks to a woman...very gently...:)
There were not many students there except me and Aziz in the end. We talked about the T thing, then about bank account, and finally we went to the course bureau, asking Wouter about what to do...He looked so happy answering my question, maybe because he will leave IHS next month and work as archeologist, following his heart... Man...I wish I can do what my heart wants and see things as simple as they are... Anyway, he suggest us to close our account..."always keep the good relations with the bank" he smiled...
I stayed in the campus alone, I mean...I was the only student sitting there, It was really cold. At 13.40 I decided to go back to Weenapad. So, I packed my Fujitsu, and left. While waiting for the lift, I saw the IHS staffs and lecturers in the board room, it seemed that they had a meeting.
When i went out of the building, I heard a "choir"in the air...well it sounded more like the football yells in Euro Cup when Holland team play... Everybody looked at the same direction...and no body talked but listened, even many heads were seen from the windows of the buildings around... I thought that it was the way Erasmus university welcomed new students... But when i passed the building in front of the former IHS (I forgot the name), There were a group of students in black and white with green vest, yelling together (or singing?) rounding a group of people with black suits... Hmmm...I didn't think it was a welcoming ceremony for new students... But I felt so disappointed that I didn't carry my camera that time to record the rare events I wouldn't see or hear anymore...
When I passed the roundabout, I saw two young students, looked like Indonesians, taking pictures. I couldn't help smiling remembered what I and my friends did last year when we just arrived...you know...taking pictures there. Then I passed the trees again, and It was sooo magical... The sky was covered by the grey clouds when suddenly, soft sunshine tried to cross that grey curtain in the sky... It was sooooo beautiful...
I biked and sang along the song from my MP3...and when I heard S.E.N.S. played Wish , the theme of Kamisama Mou sukoshi dake, from the fountain until almost reaching weenapad, I couldn't help feeling so ...beautifully sad... and at the sametime feeling gratefull for everything I've been through and what I have been blessed with...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_5PXHYNhY
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