English Friday challenge from the Blog English Club today is my wildest dream.
As a history nerd my wildest dream is to time travel. Unlike the main character in H.G. Wells’ book; The Time Machine who time travels forward to the future, I would really love to go back to the past.
The time
I often picture myself bouncing back to different periods in the history:
Before you get bored, I’d better stop mentioning the eras here.
Migration and culture
Migration is as old as the history itself some people say. Tribes have always been mobile from the very beginning. With time travel I would love to see how tribes move from one place to another, bringing their own customs, traditions and language. Then they mix them with those of the locals. This merged culture and language has resulted in what we know today.
And I am eager to witness how the food was. What did people eat at that time? How did they prepare the food? Mind you, in the Golden Age, spices were more expensive than gold!
What I would do
Writing this I get very excited in a nerdy way. Imagine if time travel would be possible. I would pack my bag, a paper notebook and a small pocket camera with lots of 1 TB memory cards. I am aware that bringing DSLR would not be a good idea so I should carry a small camera.
Man, I would blend effortlessly with the people, wearing the same clothes and speaking the language like they do. I would talk to people endlessly and take countless picture of them, discreetly.
After time travelling to a certain period of time I would go back to here and now. I would write a book with daily life stories of ordinary people.
What would you do if you are to time travel, go back to the past or take a leap to the future?
Whatttt? to time travel? Very cool Mba Yo
Yes Puji 🙂 Wildest dream doesn’t need to happen imo
Yap agree hehe
Hoho… same with me. I think I prefer choose traveling to the past instead of the future. But I do not want to interfere with any history that has to be written from time to time, as it was to happen. I just want to be an eyewitness of everything that I will see from my journey to the past. If and only if I had a chance to go to an ice age, I would be very excited then. I wonder.
Exactly Andik. I just want to be part of it. That is the reason why I’d bring a small pocket camera. I don’t want the people from to past to be curious about modern gadgets.
Ah cool, the Ice Age. Life was though back then 🙂
mbaaaaak, reading yours make my wild dream…errr…not wild. Hahahah when you wrote that you would ‘blend effortlessly with the people, wearing the same clothes and speaking the language like they do’ , it remind me of the Timeline bok that I read long time ago. And I got excited too hihihi because I was so excited reading that book backthen.
Yes Sondang. I want to explore the past and be part of it. Observing and participating in the daily life would be really precious to experience.
eh for me mbak, because I’m based on curiosity (yeah, the cool name for kepo), I like to tak e a leap to the future. I really want to know about Indonesia five years from now hahaha
Cuma 5 tahun? Kalo masih sama aja situasinya gimana Ndang?
hiks very much disspointed lah ya mbak. Tapi kayaknya aku akan lebih ‘tau’ memanage perasaanku setiap liat berita koran saat ini
Get ready for that. You can still choose to travel the future, 15 years ahead from now 🙂 5 years is imo to short for significant changes Ndang.
Suddenly I remember with the story of Stand by Me- Doraemon, Mbak Yo. If we can turn back the time, would it be a good decision to change the past only for the good of our future? I wonder…
Hmm, As I said to Andik, I just want to observe and participate in the past. I don’t intend to change anything as all those events did happen.
To the past for sure! Your love for history really fascinates me. Great minds are developed on strong foundation of history. Great piece mb Yo!
Yes, let’s go to the past Mikan! I am really a history nerd. I have even been thinking if I’d have a chance to study again, I’d choose art history or food history related to sociology.
Thank you for reading.
I like art history too. Though I think I forgot most of them by now. I took 2 classes on it and they were the most enjoyable un-related classes to my major 😆
I follow some seminars or workshops about this but have never taken an official class. Art history is fascinating. What was your major?
Finance & HR. Lol
I share your love for history , Yo.., I always see history as a very interesting subject. Historical sites are my main destination when I travel everywhere.
Yes Monda. We love to wander around in museums and historical sites 🙂 Love it!
weww such wild dream mba… I even want to travel to the future, make sure that my girls and my boy will be fine. Showing their great love life…
btw would like to say hi mba..since I just know you form BEC…I just join the group and blogwalking…
Hi Ophi, How lovely of you to check out whether your kids would be fine in the future. Nice to meet you here and thanks for stopping by.
if i could do time travel, i would leap to the future and see how i would be 🙂 But it’s kinda creepy, i’m afraid i wouldn’t be there 😦
Why? Are you afraid of the consequences or other thing?
other thing 🙂
I am still picturing how you would blend in Mba Yo. Will be hard with the camera. You might considered as a Witch.
Oh my Ryan, I have never thought of that! Yes the risk is high I would ended being accused as a witch.
I think i have watch too many time traveler movies mba. Haha
Ok, I’d skip the witch hunt event in Salem, USA in 1692 then as I really want to bring my camera with me 🙂
Woodstock festival! 😍 oh I’m also interested to see the Mayas and Incas!
Btw I think I would prefer to travel to the future, but same like you, just to observe… and also to found out if mankind finally able to establish life outside of earth hehehehe
That would be cool, right? Just observing and participating as we know how the end is. Yes, as a hippie child, Woodstock Festival is high on my imaginary list of events I want to visit.
So, instead of going to the future you prefer to take a detour with the time travelling machine? Its interesting, I can relate to your reasons because I love history too (though not quite a nerd like you :D)
Ah, pardon me but reading your post, I remember this one story I read from a Newbery Medal Novel called When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. It’s about time travelling too. A detour kind, too.
Salam kenal, mba yoyen 🙂
Hi Fara, Nice to meet you here. Ah, let’s all history lovers unite and plan to travel together, back to the past.
Perhaps it would be easier for you to take their pictures by using smartphone camera instead of pocket camera mbak 😉
I’m afraid smartphone would be more overwhelming for the people, should I get caught with it then. Imagine their surprise to witness that they could communicate with others through a tiny box 😉
My wildest dream : I would like to time travel to Gaul village and stay with Asterix n Obelix for a while!
Sounds interesting! Hehe
Yay, up to the Gaul!
Really wildest dream ya, Mbak Yo.. 😀
But it’s sounds cool. That eras are memorable and so many secrets there. 😀
It is Beby. I am aware this might not happen, so I dream away 🙂
I want to go to the past and observe what truly happen in the past. That;s really wildest dream mbak Yo 😀
Yes, me too. I want to experience it realtime.
The problem with time travel and documenting it was that how would we charge our gadget if we chose to travel to the past, say to the time where electricity had not been invented yet. Moreover, even if it had, there might not be electric socket available 😛 .
Hmm, I’ll be staying a week. And I’ll bring batteries with me. Chargers would spark curiosity. And this could mean danger.
wow it’s amazing mba Yo, I imagine if you have “Doraemon” it is very useful for you. #daydream
I love history too but to lazy to read, poor me :((
I wish I had Doraemon with me Egi 🙂
i read this post remind me about film animation mr peabody & sherman. in this movie also time traveling in to history like you said mba yo..
I know that movie. It is interesting Ferdy.
To the past mba yo…dunno why but it must be interesting looking back to my past and laugh at it.
Ahhh this is a cool wild dream
It would definitely be interesting Jo. Keukeuh karena suka sejarah ha…ha…
eh iya salah grammar ku ya mba yo..harusnya It would be great. Mba yo if I did a mistake (grammatically) when commenting your post, please correct me, I’ll be fine. Biasanya kalo dikoreksi gitu aku malah lebih inget. Thank you
Dont forget to get immunization first Mbak Yo,
Sherlock..sherlock..
Mata Hari..
Cleopatra..
Khadijah, Umar bin Khatab..
They are too hot to be true, making me dream of something can spying their daily life.
(Maaf kalo bahasanya ngaco, mohon koreksi)
Ha…ha…iya. Campak, cacar dsb. Ibnu Sina, Kemal Ataturk, Salahudin, Richard the lion heart, Setiabudi, R.A. Kartini, Tribhuana Tunggadewi dsb…dsb…
Time traveling is cool, yet we cannot find any way to do it 🙂
I want to go back to the past, Mba Yo, because I want to know the truth behind the history that had been taught to me in the school. I want to learn more about earlier civilization also. I am curious about their customs, their foods, their languages (I just cannot stop thinking why English is like this or Japanese is like that). Taking a leap to the future sounds interesting. But if I have know the future, my current life will not be interesting anymore 🙂
Yes, knowing the future before it takes place could be horrifying. That’s why I prefer to go to the past.
Aah it’s hard to choose mba Yo.. Maybe I prefer to go to the future than back into the past, so many sakitnya-tuh-disini moments soalnya.. Heehehe
Ha….ha….Ola. I can imagine if you prefer not to relive such moments again. Nelangsa….
When i was younger, my wildest dream was to live in different countries and learn the différent cultures and traditions! Thus, i prefer to go back in time at different times and countries just to be able to feel and learn different eras. Yeap camera is a must!!
Now you are living your dream Garile!
daripada time travel, aku lebih suka pintu kemana saja mbak haha aka doraemon. bayangin ga usah naik pesawat kan seruuu
Sama kan Doraemon & time travel Yul :-). Tinggal kedip mata kita udah bisa ditempat lain pake Doraemon. Ini juga time travel.
Abis klo di doraemon gadgetnya beda mbak haha jadinya di pikiranku juga itu ga sama. Haha … Terlalu memvisualisasikan nih
Kerenn banget dream nyaa mba Yo 😀 Iya yah, jaman itu bumbu kayak Pala aja kan lebih mahal drpd emas yah makanya Indonesia dijajah. Kebayang deh serunya 🙂
Kalo Py pengen ke masa lalu mba Yo, ga jauh2.. Ke tahun 1987 aja, pengen lihat si Mama secara langsung.. Aww.. Ngebayangin aja dah indah bgt 😀