Good bye my HOLGA, I'm sure you'll be ok in Mecca.
“Why do you spent your money just for film & scanroll, does it wasting money?” Last week when my mom went to Mecca, Saudi Arabia to do Umroh (short time hajj in Islamic pray) I get an idea to answering her question that you read at the first sentence of this paragraph =) with lending her my
HOLGA 135BC. So, I ask her to take my
HOLGA 135BC loaded with
LOMOGRAPHY X
TUNGSTEN with her to Mecca & shoot anything. I teach her how to push the shutter and spin the crank after snap.
FYI, my mom is my fave photodocumenter because her family photo always bring back my good old days memories.
One week goes by. Actually when my mom goes to Mecca, I always expect some cool souvenir from there, but at this time I just wait for my HOLGA & her shoot. After she was arrived at home, I ask my HOLGA to her. [Photo:15481819]
She told me that she lost it. She left it at the bus when in Mecca. She looks very guilty and always ask me about the price, she want to give me money for buying new one. Strangely, me, five years an unemployee with terrible tantrum when my mom do something that made me angry (or when she angry first, it made me angry too), refuse my mom’s offer to give me money to buy the new one. I even didn’t angry at all.
Why I didn’t angry at all? It’s because I remember almost all of Indonesians who went to pray in Mecca story. They always experiencing what we called “spiritual experience”, when you do something good, some good thing will happen to you, and when you do bad behaviour, something bad will also happen to you. Suddenly I remember how bad I am to my mom. I never regret of my HOLGA also my LOMO TUNGSTEN. It’s like a calling for me, the only one in the family who not yet go Umroh to Mecca. [Photo:14286193]
41 comments
hervinsyah
OMG, what happen? Why other people photo appear when I embed my self photo????????
hervinsyah
@murdoc_niccals : Amin, Ya Robbal 'Alamin ;) Thank you very much for being the first comment =D
murdoc_niccals
lets hope it's in a good hands now ;)
metaluna
Great story. Your are a good man. Be happy and health.
hervinsyah
@metaluna : Thank you very much for like & comment =D
makarov
semoga holganya bahagia disana :'). foto yg sama om kasino warkop keren mas
hervinsyah
@makarov : Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin ;) Makasih like & komennya. Foto sama Kasino itu mamah saya yang njepret. Sayang ga sempat foto sama Dono, padahal saya paling suka ma Dono. Harus buru2 bertemu dengan Indro nih, tapi belum jodoh aja =D
anikak
Oh thats sad. :-(
hervinsyah
@anikak : Thank you very much for like & comment. Since it lost in Arab Saudi, which almost all of Indonesian pilgrim had this "spiritual experience", my sadness magically gone & I still trying to be a good person, at least to my mom. Haha, sorry I'm too much talking/typing =D
ridwanfals
kereeen kang :)
vanc180sx
I believe someone will look after her (holga ) who found her and adopted her . there are hundred thousand like her outhere inside the box havent seen the world yet waiting someone like us bring her out and enjoy the beautiful world but sometimes its not about the brand new its about the relationship between you and her had being together for many years , share everything and this will took a while to build a new relationship with her twin :)
hervinsyah
@ridwanfals : kehilangan yang keren :) Naweun ateuh, hatur nuhun ah like & komen nyah =D
hervinsyah
@vanc180sx : Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin & thank you very much for like also great comment =D
herbert-4
Probably, your Holga has gone on to a new life with a new family!! It's time for a new camera. As you can afford, try something different. Lomography has FED 5B's still. Get one of these. Try something photographically much more powerful!!
hervinsyah
@herbert-4 : Thank you very much for like & comment. I hope someday I'll wrote some Arabic driver write about how he found Holga 135BC inside his bus & really love the result after he found out Lomo Tungsten film inside it ^_^ Yes, I'm still saving for LC-Wide since last year. Wish me luck so I can go to Lomo shop New York or Lomo shop Austria on December before Christmas, so I'll get the cheapest LC-Wide in the world =D Btw thanks for suggesting FED =)
hervinsyah
Whoops, the comment above "I hope someday I'll wrote some Arabic driver write about how he found Holga 135BC " I mean is "I hope someday I'll read some Arabic driver write about how he found Holga 135BC"
joyceyjoyce
what a great story, I also have same reaction to my mother when something goes wrong, so glad you didn't blame your mum!! hope the camera comes back!
hervinsyah
@joyceyjoyce : Hey, long time no see :) Thank you very much for like & comment. Yes, it's definitely my fault, there's no reason for balming my mom. But I never give up to lend her my camera to snap again with film, just like she did with best til 2004. But maybe next time I should accompanying her so I can take care of my camera =D
hervinsyah
Whoops, "there's no reason for balming my mom" I mean "there's no reason for blaming my mom" =D
pollyarts
Ah... your Holga went on to the next life... mine expired while capturing some of the Jefferson Market Garden roses in New York's Greenwich Village... yes, new cameras should be in our future... ahh, but which ones...
hervinsyah
@pollyarts : Thank you very much for like & comment. I choose LC-Wide & if the whale thing is Horizon Underwater with Holga 135BC price =DDD
bimahadik
saatnya ganti lcw ni mas,hhehehe....
hervinsyah
@bimahadik : Harus bersabar sampe diskon gede2an menjelang Natal =D Btw makasih like & komennya. Sekarang postingan ini ada di urutan pertama nih, mudah2an seterusnya sampai pengumuman May Popular Blog tiba =DDD
zekalinova
aww cerita yang menyentuh kang.. semoga ada hikmah yang besar dari kejadian tersebut ya,dan semoga bisa cepet pergi umroh ya kang :) Amin Ya Rabbal 'Alamin
hervinsyah
@zekalinova : Amin YRA, nuhun pisan like & komen nya. Kalo buat umroh seharusnya udah berangkat dari tahun lalu, tapi hati ini yang belum mantap. Dengan kejadian holga ini malah semakin berpikir, kalo ke sana kira2 bakal kejadian apa lagi ya? Takut tapi pengan tau =D
zekalinova
hehe kalo menurut saya sih "ikuti kata hati" siapa tau itu petunjuk ;) *ups jadi sok gini maaf ya :P
hervinsyah
@zekalinova : haha, nuhun deui ah sarannya. Gapapa sok gini, asal jangan sok kaki kambing, kolesterol (ngejayus biay ga seyius =p)
zekalinova
itu "sop" kang barang kali :P hehehhe
adi_totp
langsung diganti kok pin. tenang aja.
hervinsyah
@adi_totp : Amin YRA, hatur nuhun Di, tos menyempatkan meng-like & komen di tengah kesibukan ujian nulis =D
ihave2pillows
Yeah who knows, perhaps somebody will pick it up, start shooting and post the pictures on here...
hervinsyah
@ihave2pillows : Amin YRA. Thank you very much for like & comment =D
volker-jp
...I`m sure your holga will be in good hands. But you still have the memories and pictures you`ve take with it...
Have a good week there!
hervinsyah
@volker-jp : Amin YRA. Thank you very much for like & comment =D
hoseun
nice story dude, made me think about all the bad things i have done. fuhhh
hervinsyah
@hoseun : Thank you very much for like & comment =D
hervinsyah
@lomography even in my blog @whoellwarlibe spamming it =((((((((( I'm very suspicious it's virus (not a real human??????????). Please send @whoellwarlibe TO HELL. May you rotten in HELL @whoellwarlibe =ppppppppp
dj3555
NICE STORY =) , we hope some Arabic driver find your Holga 135BC =)
hervinsyah
@dj3555 : Thank you very much for like & comment =D
irhamesar
wah terharu saya kang :')
keren :D
hervinsyah
@irhamesar : Hehe, makasih like & komennya =D