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Friday, August 01, 2025

Royal Dome swimming pool

 Me time after swimming 


Aku mengenal kolam renang ini sekitar tahun 2009. Yang mengajakku ke sini pertama kali adalah (ex) murid-murid satu sekolah yang dulu berlokasi di Jl. Gombel Lama no. 7. Satu hari Jumat sore, bersama Bella, Retno, Cecil, Aryo (adiknya Retno) dan seorang guru lain (sorry, I forgot her name). We really had fun at that time. If I am not mistaken, kami berenang bersama ke sini dua kali.

(Padahal Retno punya villa yang disewakan untuk orang umum dan ada kolam renang di sana. ☺️ tapi lokasinya lumayan jauh dari rumahku: Ungaran.)

Sejak itu, once in a while aku berenang di sini. Ada 2 hal yang tidak kutemui di kolam renang umum lain, yang ada di Royal Dome. (1) sebelum pandemi, handuk disediakan untuk mereka yang berenang. (2) ada hair dryer dan sofa nan empuk di tempat berbilas. 

Pandemi covid 19 jelas sempat membuat Royal Dome berhenti beroperasi. Saat aku kudu kembali berenang secara rutin di awal tahun 2022, Royal Dome masih tutup. Aku pun (terpaksa) berenang di tempat lain, misal the Club milik perumahan Graha Padma. Aku kembali berenang ke sini lagi ketika kolam renang the Club satu kali tutup di tahun 2024.

Voucher berenang


Sebelum pandemi, perenang bisa membeli voucher berenang seharga Rp. 250.000,00 untuk 12 kali berenang, dan voucher berlaku untuk satu tahun. Sekarang? Voucher berenang dihargai Rp. 460.000,00, untuk 10 kali berenang dan berlaku hanya selama tiga bulan.




















RD, 11.38 01 August 2025

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

CRITA MUSTAHIL (MUNG)

 


MUNG

 

aku wis tau

ngrasakne jerune kedanan

ngrasakne bundase kelaran

ngrasakne nangisi ning ra ketaran

 

aku ngiyani

omongmu sing kesel jalani

misal memang keputusanmu

tak lilak lilakne kelangan awakmu

 

mung pengen ngandani

sadar aku du seleramu saiki

mung pengen negesi

ati ati, yen kangen kabari

 

ra maksane niat gandengmu ro aku

cerito iki cerito mustahil nggo aku

karep ati mastekne kabeh senengmu

ning sandingmu ra bakal ngilang

 

kembang ngimpi saben wengi

ra nyongko luput tak nduweni

mugo lungoku nglegakne atimu

 

mung pengen ngandani

sadar aku du seleramu saiki

mung pengen negesi

ati ati, yen kangen kabari

 

ra maksane niat gandengmu ro aku

cerito iki cerito mustahil nggo aku

karep ati mastekne kabeh senengmu

ning sandingmu ra bakal ngilang

 

kembang ngimpi saben wengi

ra nyongko luput tak nduweni

mugo lungoku nglegakne atimu

mugo lungoku nglegakne atimu


Thursday, July 24, 2025

Feels Like Home


 

You're like a gentle hug, on a hard day
The soft touch, that takes it all away
And when we kiss, it puts my mind at ease
Feels like home to me, yea

You're like a long walk, on a summer night
Holding hands, underneath the moonlight
And in that moment, I find my sense of peace
Feels like home to me, yea

Feels like home
Right next to you is where I belong
Safe and warm wrapped up in your arms
Holding tight, just right
Well there's no place on earth I want to be
Cause here with you, feels like home to me

I'm gonna plant my heart
Put down some roots
And watch it grow
Girl gonna see us through
Cause I've found the one
Who I never want to leave
And she feels like home to me, yea

Feels like home
Right next to you is where I belong
Safe and warm wrapped up in your arms
Holding tight, just right
There's no place on earth I want to be

Holding tight, just right
There's no place on earth I want to be
Cause here you
Feels like home to me
Feels like home to me

N.B.:

One popular song with the same title as this one is sung by Chantal Kreviazuk. However, this version -- with different sweet lyric -- is also very nice to listen to. Do you agree?

PT56 20.54 24 July 2025 

 

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

from ART JOG 2025

this is the first time for me to attend ART JOG event. below are some shots I took using the camera in my so so gadget 😀 I chose randomly, I did not take pictures of all of the artworks, no reason why I chose those particular artworks. and if you ask me whether I understand what those works mean, honestly I don't 😃 nevertheless, I enjoy visiting such art galleries like this. 































 





























PT56 14.48 9 July 2025