Sunday, September 02, 2007
Yaaaaay
Today, I heard a very good news from my parents, the news was: the church in my parish had finally put on air conditioning!!!
Yes, I am a spoiled city boy. However, try to empathize with me. Ever since I got married, I seldom visited the church in my own parish. I usually go to my old parish because they have air conditioning. This is impractical in itself, since it takes 15-20 minutes drive to reach my old parish from my house whereas my supposed parish church is only 5 minutes away from my house
We do this because the heat and noise are unbearable, except if we attend the 6 am Mass. However, we usually could not muster enough willpower to wake up that early on Sunday. After 6 am Mass, you can basically forget getting any comfort. The church is unfortunately located at a very busy shopping district. From 8 am until late at night, the street will be very busy, noisy, and polluted.
If you do not understand what I mean, please try to search about Jakarta’s traffic condition. The public transportation (read: buses and bajaj) are both air and noise pollution makers. There are no regulation for smog check and no limitation for honking the horns. You can basically honk your horn anywhere and anytime you like. Indonesia’s tropical climate does not help the case either.
So, imagine having to concentrate in a Mass with all the polution, noise and heat. Yes, I was spoiled by American standard. And yes, I wish I have reached the kind of love for God where anything that is happening in this world cannot interfere with my concentration. Unfortunately, I haven’t. So sue me.
The point is, while I am happy to hear the news, in fact, I will try to go to 5 pm Mass later today, I am sad at the same time to think about how our quality of live have deteriorated to such condition where we could not enjoy even fair air quality. Indonesia is a bad example in keeping the orders and quality of life, which is sad, because we have such a beautiful country, if only we can manage it.
Yes, I am a spoiled city boy. However, try to empathize with me. Ever since I got married, I seldom visited the church in my own parish. I usually go to my old parish because they have air conditioning. This is impractical in itself, since it takes 15-20 minutes drive to reach my old parish from my house whereas my supposed parish church is only 5 minutes away from my house
We do this because the heat and noise are unbearable, except if we attend the 6 am Mass. However, we usually could not muster enough willpower to wake up that early on Sunday. After 6 am Mass, you can basically forget getting any comfort. The church is unfortunately located at a very busy shopping district. From 8 am until late at night, the street will be very busy, noisy, and polluted.
If you do not understand what I mean, please try to search about Jakarta’s traffic condition. The public transportation (read: buses and bajaj) are both air and noise pollution makers. There are no regulation for smog check and no limitation for honking the horns. You can basically honk your horn anywhere and anytime you like. Indonesia’s tropical climate does not help the case either.
So, imagine having to concentrate in a Mass with all the polution, noise and heat. Yes, I was spoiled by American standard. And yes, I wish I have reached the kind of love for God where anything that is happening in this world cannot interfere with my concentration. Unfortunately, I haven’t. So sue me.
The point is, while I am happy to hear the news, in fact, I will try to go to 5 pm Mass later today, I am sad at the same time to think about how our quality of live have deteriorated to such condition where we could not enjoy even fair air quality. Indonesia is a bad example in keeping the orders and quality of life, which is sad, because we have such a beautiful country, if only we can manage it.
# posted by indra : 3:58 PM
