Sudah(over)…or why I love “Yu Yu Hakusho”
Saturday, May 31st, 2008Do you know
this feeling, when a certain odeur or song or maybe a (scene from a) movie
reminds you of something pleasant in the past? When you’re overwhelmed by
melancholy and you’re yearning for the past?
That’s
what’s happening to me lately(and ever since)…I can’t stop thinking about the
time from March 200 until April 2007…I’m smolding in memories…
These days,
I’m killing time, watching SEINFELD on dvd. Seinfeld’s something I used to
watch on Star Channel during my first stay in Indonesia in March 2006…I still
remember my first night in Jakarta, after my arrival at the airport. I just met
my first gf at that time, and it was a very strange feeling(due to her strange
behaviour). As far as I can remember, she cooked something for me that evening,
and then she had to go home and I was left alone…in a strange country, with
no one around, no one to talk to…in my first night, I eventually started
crying, I’m not sure anymore if it was happiness(cos I couldn’t believe my
luck) or sadness.
But I still
remember watching several episodes of Seinfeld, every evening, usually after I
accompanied my gf to her taxi…now that I come to think about it, I think it
shows, that I had high hopes in this girl, but she smashed them from day
one…and to escape from reality, and to keep the illusion, I was deceiving
myself. I didn’t want to “wake up” from my nice dream(and being in a
relationship had always been my number one aim in life until that day).
So I was
pretending to myself and my gf, that it’s all about her and she’s my
world…but to avoid to drift off to insanity, I was assimilating my
environment(which was Indonesia at that time).
Under those
special circumstances and conditions, is it any wonder that I now have such a
strong affection to this country? It’s been like an empty shell, and I put all
my hopes and dreams, all my illusionary and real things, simply everything that
says ME into it.
Indonesia
became more to me than just a simple country or a spot at a map:
It became a part of me, it’s running through my vessels like my blood.
Although
this first relationship wasn’t lasting for long, I can now see that the
conditions( being with someone who obviously isn’t too mad about you) still
kept a certain distance between me and the country…but that all changed so
much on my second visit.
In July 2006(I won’t ever forget the date), I landed in Indonesia again. Some
things already felt like routine(like the pick up from the airport and the ride
to Permata Hijau), while other things were new(the first ride was during day
time, now it was 9 pm and dark outside).
But some
things never change…even I was dying to sleep WITH my gf(not talking about
sex), I had to sleep alone once again…and I was having bad luck, since my
shampoo in my suitcase had been damaged, and it spilled my clothes, my books,my
CD…just everything!
I’ve done a
lot of thinking at that time…because it was an akward situation…I felt very
tensed, like I didn’t want to lose any time…my first relationship was already
dying at that time, and I was very eager to meet someone else(she became my 2nd
gf then), but I had to get rid of my first relationship first…
But due to
an experience about assumptions I’ve made a few months before, I wanted to be
very careful, I didn’t want to make any mistakes I could regret later…
So it took
me a few days to make my decision. What surely had a very strong influence on
me, was the fact, that I met my 2nd gf behind my 1st gfs
back(I was very pissed off, that even after 2 days, there wasn’t any progress
to see) and going out with her, always at a night time(it was always dark
outside) satisfied a primal urge in me…a primal urge to have some romantic
moments, to have a real “date”, to have butterflies in your stomache…and
that’s all been something that’s been suffocated in my first relationship, but
now I could just give in to the feeling, and it felt so great!
I still
remember, how especially the song “Sudah” by Nidji brought me into a very
melancholy mood…I think we’ve been listening to this song, while my 2nd
gf and her best friend brought me back to my apartment the other day. That song
was brand new at that time, and even I didn’t understand a word(at least back
then), I really loved the opening of that song…it just matched so well with
the image of my heart and feeling inside…
And driving
around in a big city at night, holding hands, looking in each others eyes like
dorky teenagers with a huge crush on each other…those were the ingredients
I’ve been searching for so long, to bake a cake of love, made out of my heart’s
cooky dough…
So is it
any wonder that I didn’t want to listen to the warning signs? Maybe I could
have seen it coming, but at that time, everything just seemed too perfect…
After a
couple of really wonderful and enlighting moments, I knew that I prefer to be
with this girl, much more than with the other girl…Because she could satisfy
my urge for romance, my urge for butterflies in my stomache, my urge for all
the things I’ve been dreaming of when I was little…
As people may
know, I’ve never had a gf until a few months after my 20th
birthday…so it was a very long time, to dream and plan the situations to
come…maybe too long?
Plus, I didn’t have the time other young folks had…my whole love life, my
whole romantic sceneries, my dreams, everything…it all had to happen in a
month or less…dating each other, getting to know each other, falling in
love…all those things had to happen in such a short time, is it any wonder
that the result was far from being perfect?
But then
again, I wouldn’t wanna miss that time…this wonderful, wonderful, almost
neverending hug, the first time I met her…the way I felt when she was holding
my hand while driving…how she whispered in my ear that she begs me not to
hurt her, while I was sitting at the windowsill with her, with her friends
being in the other room…she, having tears in her eyes…me, having
butterflies in my stomache, and ignoring, that I didn’t really love her as a
person( I simply didn’t know her well enough yet), but loving the feelings she
gave me, and therefor loving her out of pure graditude…at least that’s what I
think that it is now…
Because I
really remember it very well, how I felt very guilty with her…I surely liked
her, and I surely loved the way she made me feel…but maybe I was just being
too overwhelmed by those feelings I had to wait for so long? Other teens had
4-10 years to develop and enjoy those feelings…and I had them for not even a
month, being so overwhelmed…it was like being totally stoned, due to an
overdose of romantic!
And yes,
I’ve made many mistakes…too much of them?Probably…it doesn’t matter anymore
if there’s someone who should be blamed…I’m just grateful for the time and
those feelings…
Something,
that is really like a bridge, back to those times, are two tv shows I haven’t
seen in Germany ever…these shows are “Dragonball” and “Yu Yu
Hakusho”(especially this one).
Due to the
fact, that both, my 1st and my 2nd gf were still studying
at that time, I had to wait for them to be done so I could meet them. And while
I was waiting, I didn’t have anything to do, but to watch tv…kinda hard, if
90% of the programme is held in a language you can’t understand…so I choose
the only 2 channels, also broadcasting in English…and due to an
coincidence(or not?), I was watching “Animax” at that time. Especially those 2
shows caught my attention, maybe because Dragonball had a good story, and Yu Yu
Hakusho was quite catchy, plus, it wasn’t that kiddie-like like most other
shows there…
So because
I really started to like these shows, I also came to watch them with my gf
being around me…I built a certain “relationship” to the whole scenery
BEDROOM-TV-GIRLFRIEND-APARTMENT. The whole thing became like a bookmark to/for
my memories…
And everytime
I’m thinking about the past again, I’m also thinking about these shows…it
isn’t really about what actually happened in the show…it’s more like a
symbol, a metaphore…it’s like the entry to my memories, leading further, to
the real precious memories…like I was dancing in the Indonesian rain the
other night…or how we drove through the whole city after a wedding, being
kinda tired, having a fight before…but finally feeling, like we both need and
want and love each other…
It’s hard
for me to say if I finally fall in love or not…maybe this one day, when I was
invited and asked to join her to a wedding of her friend, and I was being quite
a pain in the ass until I finally agreed to go with her(cos I realized that she
wants me to come, and I realized that I want to please her),maybe this one day
was a turning point.
And the
funny thing is…either “Yu Yu Hakusho” or “Dragonball” was on, when I had such
deep thoughts…like when I realized, that this girl(my 2nd gf)
really seems to care for me, to need me, to love me…and that I’d be stupid to
let her slip through my fingers…onto that point, I was rather enjoying my
freedom(it was the first time in my life since years, that I didn’t think too
much, I just did whatever I felt like) and being carefree…
So it might
be difficult to explain(and even harder to understand) why I love my memories
so much…but I’m really yearning for those days…I’m dying to have the same
feeling again, and I’m totally desperate, because I never felt anything equal…
When my
trip finally came to an end, and after she brought me to the airport, I was
actually a little bit surprised, that even though I missed her, I didn’t
cry…but before I entered the plane, she called me, with a tear-suffocated
voice, telling me that she’d love me…
And when I
sat down in the plane, I knew that this is it: It’s absolute happiness and
satisfaction, I couldn’t feel any better and happier than this! And I prayed
and asked god, that if I have to die, I hope it would be just right now,
because I’d die as a happy man!
Somehow, I
wish I could cry while I’m writing this…it is definitely very painful for me
to remember all of this…but it’s a very pleasant pain, a melancholy…this
time may never come back, those feelings may never come back…but at least I’m
having my memories as my own shelter, from this cruel, harsh world…I can
always remember, that, even it was just for the wink of an eye, but I had found
perfect happiness…and even many things went the wrong way afterwards, but at
least onto that point, I’ve nothing to feel bad about, because I’ve reached
such a stage of personal enlightning.
So I guess
the title of the song is quite true…Sudah…over…it’s over, yes…I’ve to
accept the fact, that my days of innocence, my days of naive fairy tale love,
of bittersweet romance and romantic feelings, wonderful dreamlike rides through
the night and the magic of moments, happening for the first time ever, are
over…and I know that nobody and nothing will or can ever make me feel this
way…
I was
holding on to this relationship, even when everyone else could see that it’s
not good China or porcelaine, but just simple clay…but I did it for a reason!
And this reason is my wish to never forget…to never forget what happened,
what happened inside of me, and what happened around me.
I can’t say
what love is anymore…I might be a heartless and a cold person now…but at
least I know that it’s not always been like that, and that I’m still able to
feel some love…and this love is the love for my memories…