"The
world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - St. Augustine
What makes you should
go to England?
Many of
us will answer; “Have never get there yet”, ”Many say that England is a
beautiful place to go”, "it looms large in the heart of romantics
everywhere", ”Big Ben”, “Harry Potter !” ”BEATLES !!”, ”CHELSEA !!!”. The
answer will absolutely different if the question proposed to me, well ........
CHELSEA !!!
But its true, the answer that will crawling out of my throat will be different.
My imaginations. Yes,
my imaginations.
"The
use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking
how things may be, to see them as they are." - Samuel Johnson.
My journey for
#InggrisGratis all started not from anywhere, but my imaginations.
I’ve imagined
something beautiful from beaches, lakes, icy mountaintops and tropical
rainforests. Imagined something unique such as riding a horses in Flores
and an elephants in Way Kambas. Imagined something naturally like swimming with
jellyfishes in Raja Ampat, gets a cold feet on top of Jayawijaya peak.
So, what’s my
imagination about England?
Looks
like rain but tastes like tea. How could it be the rain tastes like tea? Did i
lost my mind? Genius!
Decoding
the phrases?
Here, i’ve read some article about England and most of them literally said that it rains a lot there. But, England truly does have it all – an immense capital city filled with endless gems, a countryside that could swell the hardest of hearts, a lively pub culture, and a history so rich, it oozes from every cobblestone and street corner. And of course, FOOTBALL !! Yeaaahhh !!
Yes !
Every raindrop is a tea.
Here is
some taste to trigger your imagination about England :
But
then, they said the best imaginations is not as good as the worst reality.
So? What’s all that
mean for me? I never know why should i go to England. I dont even know “Why
England?”. But its weird that i’m still imagine about it. Imagining my jawdrop and
the burst of heartbeat if i could stick this tiny feet on the smooth grass of
Stamford Bridge. Imagining the splendor of Buckingham Palace. Imagining how the
Indonesian men imagined about a big trip to England rather than a little trip
to their own country, Indonesia. Why people would contextually KILL
everything to get this trip? How England could freely change the
Indonesian brain ways to think about Indonesia? What should i do with people
imaginations just if i know the reality that exist behind all those
imaginations.? Obviously, the rain that really hit me hard until i fell down to
the ground is not all of that imaginations, but the people who imagined about
it too and didnt even imagine about the potentials of Indonesia.
I make
the chance to bring reality.
If i have
an imagination but do not try to bring reality. I am only the resounding gong
or clanging cymbal. We have all heard about England from mouth of man a million
times, but few can tell the truth. I want to tell everyone that just imagined
the same way like i did. And yes, i make the chance to bring reality for
Indonesian people.
"If
you have an idea, write it! otherwise, you will forget it." - Steve Jobs
I really
let every fresh idea out from my head. Let it tickle my little fingers, and makes
it dance on my keyboard. One word, two words, three words start to giggle in my
monitor. My little words introducing me with commas, points, quotation marks,
and some emoticons. You should meet them, they are really friendly. Those
friendly little things helping me build the sentences. The sentences slowly
shows me the reality of paragraphs. Every word is precious for me, just like
every laughter of a baby. Every word really just like a rainbow step to
reality. WTF is rainbow step? -__-
Rainbow Step. Beautiful isn't it?
Yes,
reality will be more amazing than imagination friends. And yes, i make this
chance to compare England and Indonesia. Who knows that someday Indonesia will
be able to become "England" for England people if we dont try to
bring reality? I will let you know the reality. I will share its beauty to you
if i win. Later we can share it to our country. Indonesia. So we dont need to
imagine again to make our Indonesia tastes like every raindrop in
England.
The Reason.
So, why
should i go to England? Simply, i want to answer the imagination with reality.
I really want to use this little step (#InggrisGratis) to regulate imagination
by reality, and instead of thinking “Why?” “How?” “What?” things about England
may be, to see the reality behind the beautiful sparks of every imagination and
the mysteries of every question. Lets make our Indonesia tastes like tea.
To my
mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience
everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost
nothing is so familiar, it is taken for granted.
“A
journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
Wait me,
England :)
