A View from the (roof)Top

I have always wanted to enjoy some time on a roof top. But after five months in my new place, I've just realized that I didn't see the opportunity that have been there all along.

Yes, I have forgotten about the reason I picked the building in the first place. And that reason was because we love the height (3-stories, actually) and the clear view (even if it's not 'that' beautiful). I was starting to remember about all of this, when I was alone on the second stories, listening to this song (The Cardigans Feat. Tom Jones - Burning Down the House) and some kids were playing fireworks.

I was hoping the fireworks worth to be taken pictures of it. So I picked my digital camera to took some pictures of the fireworks. While waiting for the fireworks, I did some shots on the view.

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That's Medan over there, where the lights is much merrier.

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That's not Tokyo Tower, it's just a BTS (or I thought so) that stood tall in the middle of the housing complex.

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That's the street that provide access to my place, and those little tent is where the kids hang around. So, I wait at this side, for the fireworks of course.

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I tried to do a lo-mo, but this pocket digital camer of mine seems can't handle it.

Well, the fireworks thing didn't turned out as I expected. Since all it had was just a high-pitched buzzing sound, and a bang. With no sparks, and that's enough reason for me to end my time on the roof top that night.

In case you are wondering, it's moeslem fasting months (Ramadhan) and every nights people celebrate something or one thing (I can't really tell, since I'm not fall in the group).

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OnComing

Couple of days ago, I've got a phone call from my friend in Jakarta. He informed me about a chance for me to do a project over there. It was a brief call, with a sudden request, which stated that I should be in Jakarta on February 1^st, if I were to accect the project. It was too fast for me.

I was out of town for attending the funeral of one of my grandpa's brother (he was two generation above me, so it's an okay to consider him as a grandpa of mine). The custom over there made the family had to prepare a 3-days ceremony before the old-man hit the grave. And it really consumed my so-called schedule.

But now the funeral is over and I'm back in my town. I feel quite uneasy that I turned down the offer that my friend had offered. I don't know whether I should be relieved or confused. Firstly, before the offer, I already in a "waiting" state. I already have a project that is about to be carried out. Just waiting for the client to agree my offer, and sign the contract. Frankly, this is a project that its proposing timespace is double the duration of the project's development itself. So, it's quite a pain in the neck for me to waiting the project for all this time. I was almost completely sure that I'd leave Medan when another chance would come.

And here it is, now. I got a chance, the project that was offered back to me by my friend. Is being offered again. I've got extra time to meet the contact person, since he's willing to re-schedule the meeting with me. And I definitly will be depending on my team in Medan to take care all the business I left behind for some time later, because I'll leave Medan on 5^th.

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