Dolphins Lullaby

This whole world may never change
The way it's always been
I know all the ways of war
Cannot change it back again

I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...

I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know that peace will come
When all the hurt is gone

I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...

Sometimes I think about
Saturday's child
And all about the time
You and me were..black and white

I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...


this is my current fave song, by Beth Orton and Terry Callier
it's folksy and sedative, a song to lull me to sleep

my experiences with dolphins have been pleasant.
when i was small, my parents brought us to Jakarta and their friends took us to Ancol
it's one of my cheered memories

i was kissed my a sea lion. this was how: Pi held me and the beast's bristles. The wet snout then kissed my right cheek. (i no longer regret the lost photo because Engkong loved it too)
and i watched hippos and all amusing animals, the clever dugongs, ferrets and parrots. that was years ago :)

you know, i still feel the urge to approach the pool to be kissed by the dolphins. when i was small (again), i want to be kissed by the dolphins but i retreated, got no guts because i was worried my clothes would get wet or i would stumble into the deep pool. i was afraid that my cheek would bleed because the dolphins looked like made of steel. silly thoughts.

so when i got aboard on Kambuna to Medan, i set aside time to dolphin watch for four days. i kept a small diary on what i saw: mostly jellyfish and flying fish and an unidentified floating object that resembled small shark (?). no dolphins at all. but the lines of Summer of Jubilee ("Atta boy!") were still on my head.

so i haven't seen any dolphins in the open sea.

for a long while i din see any until i went to Taman Safari Bogor. A dolphin on the mountain! really and its residence has the shape of Noah's Ark! my, that's interesting. he was about 3 m long and swam alone.

i was so excited that i put my hand into the pool to attract his attention. but he ignored me and swam around in the same manner over and over.

i was worried he was sick or depressed.

the man said that the dolphin had just arrived. "he won't be lonely," added he. " another is on the way"

i hoped so.

Sem