Camelia

A view months ago, at the first edition of Chorale magazine, my friend watched a concert conducted by Jakarta Oratorio Society. To him, the only one who perform well is only Ndaru Darsono. So, after studying the history of "The Elijah" and asked several significant musician, he wrote about the concert. To his opinion, the choir a little bit looked unprepared in the show without good dynamics. My fellow journalist is a credicle journalist as I know that he always tried to be objectives in writing.

To my surprise, about a week ago, when Jakarta Oratorio Society conducted a concert, they refused to sell the ticket to one of the Chorale's editorial team. We highly understand their feeling to us that way. But of course we feel so sorry that such a growing choir afraid of being critized. Just learn that critics make you better and better. And to me, my friends writing is a positive critics in a strong base.

But well, again, I quote someone said in a magazine that "a person mild chilli sauce probably a dynamite juice to other". Hopefully, we learn and learn to be able to stand in an objective manner. (Camelia Pasandaran)

Last Friday, 10 June 2005, I went to Surabaya for one day trip only. I was searching for some differences from Indonesia. But when I arrived at the downtown, there's almost no difference. Traffic jam everywhere. If there's a different that I noticed, there wasn't so many public transportation just like in Jakarta.

Arriving at the Juanda airport at 11 a.m, I went directly to Tunjungan Plaza. Such a big plaza with so many outlets inside. I went directly to SK II clinics for facial spa.

Last Monday, an old man in my church passed away. He was hit by a train just only some meters away from his house. Being healthy for almost along his life (86 years old), he’s good in maintaining his health by exercised every day. That morning, he was crossing the railroad in his usual habit of walking when a train passed and hit him. He’s head met the hard floor and terribly bleed. Some of his children and grandchildren are doctors.

Not long after that, last Saturday, some one who used to sleep in my church pass away. Some people who’s about to have a morning pray found his body at the church altar. People guessed that he might had a heart attack in his weak health condition.

Several people said that how nice it is to leave your life in a quick way just like those two persons. No pain, no illness. But to me, that must be scary to leave the world without your closest family. You cannot leave any message. But learn something from this. If you want to say how meaningful your friends and family for you, say it while you have times. Who knows what’s going to happen to you or them.