Have you ever heard the quote "It's all on your mind"? Means that everything you have set in your mind clearly and precisely will be affecting your point of view, and what you see is just like what you thinking :D
About 2 weeks a go me and my friend planned to go to Petak Sembilan for photo hunting. It may sounds cool but trust me it just 2 people with "modest" camera try to spend the spare time with someting useful. LOL. We've made a little google to ensure the location and whether it's allowed to take some photographs there. As the result we found that Darwis Triadi had been there for a photo session. So, it won't be a problem (at that time we were completely forget the extra gap caste between us and him). hahahhahhah.....
To reach the Petak Sembilan you just need to stop at Glodok and walk to the back side of the building. Not so far actually. When we arrived at that place we started to feel doubt. That place looked quiet and no one take even one picture. Ehhhmmm.. We made a phone call to a friend. Asking if it's common to take some pictures inside the tampel. And she said it's okay as long as we can get permit from the officer of the tample.
We came into the tample and I don't know... I just thought that everyone were staring at us. I'm not kind of racist person I think, since I have so many friends from different tribe and ethnic. But I don't think people at that tempel thought the same. They looked at us with curious and suspicious face. My friend told me it just because I looked totally different compared to them. I'm sooooo black! Whattttt???!!!!
We still could not get the permit. Not because we were prohibited to take some pictures there, but because we were not having enough guts to ask the permit. They looked so unfriendly and seems like ready to asked us leave that place. Wow!! What happened to all of those people? Why they can't be friendly for something unrelated to money? upppsss!! Yeahh we know that Darwis Triadi had been there for a photo session. But he is Darwis Triadi ok!! Darwis Triadi!! :D
Finally, we felt boring for just staying and sightseeing. Whatever happened it's ok lah.. And then we entered the main part of the tample and walk to the officer table. We called her 3 times and then she looked at us. With pessimist voice we asked her if we allowed to take some pictures of the tample. Surprisingly, she smiled. And she said ok. It's fine. What?? that easy? and then we asked if there are certain part of the tampe that prohibited to be captured. And she said no. You may take your time and take some pictures as many as you want. Whatttt??
And then I looked around me... Now they look so friendly in my eyes. When we started to take some pictures some people come to us and invite us to see the other part of the tample. They smiled and there were no curious or suspicious face anymore.
I started to ask to my self. They even didn't hear when I asked the permission. It's just me who change my mindset about them after the officer smile at me and gave the permit. Wow! So the problem is me. I start to build a bad opinion about those people before I start to know them. It's reasonable if the officer didn't smile too much. She must be tired serving so many people come to pray. And I think it's also reasonable if the people staring at us when we arrived. Maybe we looked confused and not familiar to that place. It's just me who overinterpratated ther behavior.
Well, I learned a lot that day.... :)