Kulihat Hijau

I'm going to be in the jungles of northern Luzon for the next three weeks. The short explanation for this is that one of the profs from the college I just graduated from (yeeek! i'm an alumna!) got a grant from the Freeman Foundation, so she's bringing four students along with her on her annual field research trip here. Notice how most of the recipients are humanities and social studies people. Biology quite the special ^_^

I'm planning to keep a diary of what goes on for those three weeks and then type it up and post it on my blog, if anyone's interested in reading about what field research on bat ecology is like.

Over the past several months, the grant's paid for Japanese encephalitis, rabies, typhoid, and hepatitis A vaccinations. I have +3h l33+ !mm00n 5!5+3m now. Now, to figure out a way to keep the leeches off...

Bumi yang tiada rimba
Seumpama hamba
Dia dicemar manusia
Yang jahil ketawa

Bumi yang tiada udara
Bagai tiada nyawa
Pasti hilang suatu hari
Tanpa disedari

Bumi tanpa lautan
Akan kehausan
Pasti lambat laun hilang
Duniaku yang malang

Dewasa ini kita saling merayakan
Kejayaan yang akhirnya membinasakan
Apalah gunanya kematangan fikiran
Bila dijiwa kita masih lagi muda dan mentah
Ku lihat hijau

Bumiku yang kian pudar
Siapa yang melihat
Di kala kita tersedar
Mungkinkah terlewat

Korupsi, oppressi, obsessi diri
Polussi, depressi di bumi kini

Oo... anok-anok
Tok leh meghaso mandi laok
Bersaing main ghama-ghama

Ale lo ni tuo omornyo berjoto
Koto usoho jauh ke daghi malo petako

Ozon lo ni koho nipih nak nak aghi
Keno make asak hok biso, weh
Pase maknusio
Seghemo bendo-bendo di dunio
Tok leh tahe
Sapa bilo-bilo

-Zainal Abidin, Hijau