Winter season

This week Utrecht (and all Hollands) started chilling. Dingin membeku, pepohonan di selimuti salju jadi putih seperti ditaburi kapas. Indah... I enjoy it along the way from home to de Uithof. This remind me when I was an undergraduate student in IPB (Bogor Agriculture University); there was about 3 big 'kapok' trees (Ceiba pentandra) grew in Taman Koleksi or Takol (Collection garden/yard), in campus Baranang Siang. When fruiting 'Kapok' season came, the kapoks were blown by winds. They spread on the ground and cover the grasses in the campus yard. It's really look like snow ice from far. We were happy and imagining that we were in the winter season somewhere abroad.. ha..ha.. :-)

I was here in winter in the year of 2004. Walau bukan kali pertama mengalami winter di negeri Belanda, tapi tetap saja salju masih menarik perhatianku (maklum.. dari negeri di garis ekuator). The only one snowy area in Indonesia is the peak of Cartens mountain, the highest mountain in Papua. We called puncak Jaya Wijaya in Bahasa Indonesia. I was told (do not know exactly), the snow ice there is melted due to global climate change. But.. at this time, I don't want to write about climate change, though I do care on this issue.

Holiday season is coming.. Happy holiday...