100,000 LED Lights Illuminate a Japanese River
Tokyo Hotaru Festival 2012 took place recently, releasing 100,000 blue LED lights to float in the Sumida River. The bulbs rolled along the waves of the river bank, mimicking hotaru (the Japanese word for “fireflies”), for the festival that celebrates the Japanese tradition of watching fireflies float along a watercourse. The spectacular event lit up the waterway with a sparkling sapphire radiance against the night sky.
The solar-powered LED balls, known as prayer stars, were designed to illuminate when they came in contact with water and were provided by Panasonic, one of the event’s sponsors. At the close of the festival, the bulbs were gathered by giants nets and removed from the stream.
Idan Raichel - Bo’i (Come)
this is one of my favorite tune ever, performed in hebrew and amharic, music experiment my Idan Raichel, an Israeli song writter
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x6mi_the-idan-raichel-project-bo-i-amhar_music
Bo’i, tni li yad venelech
Al tishali oti le’an
Al tishali oti al osher
Ulai gam hu yavo
K’shehu yavo
Yered aleinu kmo geshem
Come.
Give me you’re hand and we’ll walk
Don’t ask me where.
Don’t ask me about happiness.
Maybe it will come.
When it comes,
It will come down on us like rain.)
Bo’i, nitchabek venelech
Al tishali oti matai
Al tishali oti al bayit
Al tevakshi mimeni zman
Zman lo mechakeh, lo otser, lo nishar
(Come.
We’ll hug, and we’ll walk.
Don’t ask me when.
Don’t ask me about home.
Don’t ask me for more time.
Time doesn’t wait, doesn’t stop, doesn’t stay.)
Amharic girl’s part translation:
“Do you remember back then, when you used to always bring me flowers You’d entertain me, I’d entertain you, You’d talk to me, I’d talk to you We’d hold each other We’d spend every day with joy When evening came, we’d ask when a new day would begin When we’d separate, I would feel sad When we’d meet, I would feel immense joy And now all that has passed and here we are now”
Sami Yusuf - Asma Allah (my favorite form of prayer)
Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar,
La Ilaaha Illahu, Al Malikul Quddoos
(God is Greater, God is Greater
There is no god but Him, the King, the Most Holy)
Ya Rahmanu irham dha’fana
(O Most Compassionate! Have compassion on our weakness)
Ya Ghaffaaru ighfir thunoubana
(O Forgiver! Forgive our sins)
Ya Sattaaru ostour ‘ouyoubana
(O Concealer! Conceal our defects)
Ya Mu’izzu a’izza ummatana
(O Bestower of honour! Bestow honour on our Ummah)
Ya Mujeebu ajib duýaa’ana
(O Responsive One! Answer our prayers)
Ya Lateefu oltof binaa
(O Gentle One! Show gentleness to us)
You kissed me by surprise in my dream, I knew it was just me dreaming you kissing me. But when I woke up, reality left me confused because I thought it wasn’t real and I was still dreaming.
I can hear your heart beat and breath, distant. Yet so close I can feel your warmth engulfed me with peace.
we were there together, hands tangled each other. I touched your skin, as if I touch the silent surface of a lake, deep beyond anything.
Spider threads its web above us, and beyond that sea of stars sparkling for eternity. And I am here, right beside you for a brief moment, not even my soul knows how long it is already I sleep with my wide eyes open.
a cup of tea and life’s distortions (Taken with instagram)
puisi untuk pagi
puisi ini untukmu, wahai pagi.
yang tiada bersolek diseka
wajahnya oleh sejuk angin teluk.
sesaat sebelum matahari enam empat puluh memantul pada payau merembesi celah-celah ilalang;
sebelum akhirnya peluru-peluru berdesingan di antara kita,
dan nyawa yang sayang melayang satu-satu hingga merona merah pipimu itu
April, 2012
“for the light before and after most indefinitely. danger has been stole away..” Bon Iver (Taken with instagram)
Laptop, dan kopi (Taken with instagram)
morning view that I adore from time to time (Taken with instagram)
