I don’t remember how it feels like…

Now it’s already the end of November, which means that winter is coming soon and autumn is going to end. Well, I just can’t believe that autumnn will be out soon. It doesn’t feel like autumn at all! Maybe it’s because I’m comparing it with USA where you can see the leaves turning red and orange everywhere. Here, you can only find that on certain places. Maybe that’s why they celebrate Momiji (seeing the leaves turning red). On my dormitory neighborhood you won’t find maple trees that will turn red, you can only find cherry blossom trees’ leaves turning red on one side and brown on the other and ginko trees’ leaves turn yellow before it finally fall. Because the leaves only turned yellow, it makes me think that we’re still in the beginning of autumn! But last week, Isa, Baharu, mbak Batari and I went to Takao-san (高尾山）to survey the place for this weekend’s PPI-Tokodai Momiji Hiking. I could see leaves turning red, yellow, and orange there. Just like what I’ve thought, you can only expect maple leaves that will change colors. But there is a kind of leaf similar to maple but smaller in size that also change its color with gradient of green-purple-red. We were hoping that by November 22nd the leaves will all turn red beautifully. Yeeyy!! Momiji hiking!!

You might be wondering what the title have to do with the paragraph above. Well, it has been 10 years since the last time I felt how autumn, winter, spring, and summer. But I think I’ve had enough “summer” in Indonesia. Autumn… yes, I recognized the feel of autumn here but I just don’t really get the feel by looking at the surroundings because in Japan I could hardly find trees that would turn colors perfectly as maple trees in USA. I recognize the cool air… and the rain showers that often occur to help the leaves fall down. I remembered how wet the autumn in USA. At that time I came to a conclusion (by my own common sense) that rain often fall in autumn to help the leaves fall down from the trees. When I asked mbak Lyta if there will be lots of rain in autumn, she said “no, there will be more rain in July”. Hmm… I was a bit confused at that moment, maybe my theory was completely wrong. As the days went by, there are actually lots of rain throughout autumn! Or you can say it typhoon in some cases. But I really hate the rain because the temperature will be very cold outside and I simply can’t stand it!

Today’s temperature is very cold. It reached 8 degrees Celcius. I was freezing cold when walking back to the dorm at about 6 p.m. I could see my breath on the air everytime I breathe out and my nose is always cold, typical things that will happen in winter. I was questioning myself on the way home, “hmm… how did winter feel like? it’s been a long time since I felt this kind of weather. I kinda miss it because it reminds me of my childhood, but I haven’t had it in such a long time… I don’t remember what winter feels like”. I grateful to have a chance to feel it again… thank you Alloh…

*pictures coming soon

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