And this was taken with my Vivo V25, nothing also could be captured 

Sometimes I wondered, if the stars emerged their gleams from thousand years ago, did that mean the star was living in the 1025 CE (Common Era)? Or … did the star also had the year of 2025 and distances meant nothing toward the time? But, if there was a star that emerged light from 13 billion years ago, did that mean the universe was still formed right now? 

Perhaps every galaxy—every star that hosts planets—had different time system. Time was fluid. Time was relative. And we—tiny humans on earth—tried to keep up with time and always assumed we were running out of time. Actually, what were we chasing in life? Why did we always race with time?

The stars that formed the constellations, they kept shining even though it took years to reach humans' sight on earth. They kept emerging their lights without expecting somebody would realize their existences. Maybe only the brightest and the loudest stars that could be seen and heard from the earth. But, how about the stars that roaming alone on expanding space? As bright as they could be, their brightness were silenced by the vacuum state of space. 

Where were they going? Why the space kept expanding?

Pardon me, I kept throwing questions like a five years old. These questions often came up in my brain and I tended to note down my questions because sometimes the answer could come in unexpected way. But, it was not only about questions.

I was grateful. While I was staying in this great island, I could explore so many places and had a lot of new experiences. While I lived in South Kalimantan, I ever went camping in Pulau Pinus Aranio, Lembah Bajuin, Loksado, Bukit Batu, and the last was Tahura. I never expected that I could enjoy camping in my 20s. Every moments were memorable and I would cherish it. ⋆

Anyway, last night was my first time observing the milky-way galaxy until past midnight. Even though I had seen a pool of stars before, I never realized the milky-way galaxy shape .... It looked like clouds and I just realized that the elongated clouds were actually a spiral arm of the milky-way galaxy. I also saw so many shooting stars. It made me thankful for the atmosphere layer which protected the creatures inside earth from the falling meteoroids.

I spent the night with friends that I met here. They were talking about everything and I was just listening. The night was tranquil because there were no loud music—only the vague singing from the other camping occupants. There were no rain and no cumulonimbus clouds last night. I was so thankful and grateful … for the crystal clear night sky, for the chance to do grounding, for the wind that blew softly, for the time to socialize with people, for the silly jokes that made me laugh, for the shared foods, for the inspiration to paint and write something, for the unforgettable memories that I would carry in my life.

Thank you.

28 June 2025