I’ll spare you overly-analyzed details but I will share my recklessly candid thoughts on these past events
When you feel like you’re leaving certain period in your life you tend brace yourself for the impact. The impact of something totally uncertain and possibly foreign. You’re psyching up yourself to expect the unexpected (i.e. The Worst), you try to futilely make some sort of feeble sense of the little information or knowledge of have of the what’s-to-come.
You struggle, perhaps.
Not the sort of struggle that entails the clashing of fists and all that but maybe the sort of turmoil that happens in the heart and in the mind. Emotions that refuse to be understood. Thoughts that simply cannot rest. I guess biologically, that’s how we were built. To be on our toes, to be alert, to be ready. But the question still lingers…"Be ready for what, exactly?" Ahhh, the anxiety and innate curiosity the future brings.
Maybe in that bracing of ourselves for the Unknown, we unconsciously try to take in every single detail, mercilessly try to cheat time to letting us savor the remaining certainty we have. I have many times tried to encapsulate my emotions, tried to hold on to memories, tried to breathe a little slower to take it all in. To take a single flash of a zillion happenings all in a brief moment. Too much to digest. The mind can only take in so much, unfortunately. Thank God, for technology.
Drawing a mental picture, it seems that you try to protect yourself from the looming Unknown but at same time, you render yourself utterly vulnerable by trying to take in everything. Unfiltered. So real. In motion. And there you are in middle of two seemingly opposing forces. And there you lay more perplexed. And that is how I feel. So overwhelmed. Like a tidal wave. That in one swift encompassing motion, stuns me. Drowning. An overkill.
Beautiful.
Free of regret.
And in processing everything that’s happened, I’ve come up with fragmented happy pieces. And the giddy emotions and the vivid memory re-makes.
I once said: in my moment of drowning, in any moment of confusion and shock, I’ve learned to love even more, to give more generously, to live more passionately, to laugh even louder, smile more sincerely, and to hope unrelentingly because on my way to recovering those little bits and pieces, I’ve become someone I’ve never thought I could be at this point. More mature perhaps. But definitely, someone braver who’ll face the Unknown with the knowlegde that I’m living the way I wanted to be.
In the middle of all this hum-drum, I’m happy I lost myself somewhere.
And i remember that i always say:
Tomorrow may be shit. But I’ve come too far, why stop?
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
day #16 something BIG, good or bad.
I know.
I should start cleaning. I see a pile of clothes all dumped in one corner and some strewn in my bed. Pieces of paper just scattered on the floor. Anyone who enters my room will automatically sum me up as slob. Well, yeah, I am slob, a self-confessed-I-don’t-care-where-this-goes-slob.But, when I get cleaning, I’m serious and take it into heart (beware!).
So, before I start with the heavy duty cleaning, I’m taking time off to blog.
So what shall I criticize, rant,talk,reflect on today eh?
well I was thinking about gestures earlier today how we wait for the big thing, that moment that would define the word happiness. Tell me I’m not the only waiting for such great things to happen. But you know what? Something in my head tells me it’s already happening, the litlle things I tend to overlook which amounts to something BIG. I don’t know, but I keep telling myself,"no, it’s different, it should a one-time, big-time experience." So anyway, there goes grand gestures.
so i've Been trying to read Murakami’s Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. It’s an interesting and thought-provoking read but it’s too-word heavy! But love it nonetheless. And as you see, Murakami always provoking me. starting with a provoking thought is always the most difficult thing to do it with love, friendship, work, everything, the middle is where the heart of it all lies, ending is the most bittersweet.
so yeah, that leads me to the question: do I have another thing to start? start to realize what this and that really means? when I do start to be satisfied with who I am and what I have? when do I start to end this searching for where to start?
Wow, what a mess. hehehe
That’s me. Complicated and such a mess. But I love me nonetheless!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
day #15: Twitter for Music
"belum twitterfreak kalau belum mimpi tentang twitter. jadi teringat cerita @ALakaUCAY yang mimpi berantem sampe manjat timeline.gusti."
itu adalah kutipan saya tentang twitter, satu media jejaring sosial yang makin membuat saya addicted sampai saya tidak rela kalau blackberry connection saya mati dan saya gak "ngetweet".
twitter memang menyenangkan, i love twitter. saya juga suka musik (loh). alasan mengapa saya hubung-hubungkan adalah, bagaimana jika itu digabungkan? twitter dan musik. jawabannya adalah, untuk itulah Blip.fm ada. untuk beberapa orang, media ini mungkin sudah tidak asing lagi, tapi karena kemarin-kemarin saya baru tengok lagi, jadi pengen review sedikit.
Blip.fm adalah sebuah situs jejaring sosial, sama-sama microblog, tapi bedanya kalau twitter tidak punya fitur untuk berbagi rich media (harus mengunggah via situs web lain seperti TinyUrl atau Youtube), Blip.fm yang disebut memiliki spesifikasi berbagi rich media berupa file lagu dengan ekstensi MP3. dulu, saya bergabung dengan media ini pada bulan April 2010. belum cukup lama sih, media ini saya gunakan untuk mencontek playlist music director favorit saya, yang menjadi referensi rahasia saya.
Serunya dimana?
well, buat saya serunya adalah ketika kita menjadi dj dan memiliki station radio sendiri. setiap "ngeblip", orang yang menjadi listener kita (kalau twitter itu followers) bisa mendengarkan lagu pilihan kita, termasuk juga, kita bisa mengikuti perkembangan dj favorit kita karena setiap mereka "ngeblip", update lagu-lagu mereka masuk ke timeline kita.
hell yeah. Blip.fm is awesome, isn't it?
see my Blip.fm's profile here
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
day #14 : Green Dolphin Street
It began when the most underrated phenomena in the world--curiousity, came all of sudden. I was being curious about A woman-singer, who ever sing "The Look of Love", the cover version of Dusty Springfield.
not the legend Diana Krall, Gaynor Ellen, Fergie, Diana Ross, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick, or else. and after an hour of searching plus the drama,the absolute answer came from a good friend of mine, and the dearly mother.
Beverley Staunton.
And the melody played in my mind.
not only "The Look of Love", but also another her cover version of nostalgic song, "The Green Dolphin Street".
Lover, one lovely day, a love came, planning to stay.
Green dolphin street supplied the setting, the setting for nights beyond forgetting.
i remember the day when my mother said, "you should hear this, dear, she's such a good singer." and then her good review conspicuously manipulates my curiosity.show me more attraction, mother, make me more curious, because i always believe that curiosity is rarely faked simply because people aren't generally aware that it is such a reliable indicator of attraction.
now let's go back to the Beverley Staunton.
and through these moment apart,love come here in my heart,
when i recall the love i found on
i'm gonna kiss the ground i found on Green Dolphin Street.
thank you for giving me good references, mother.
not the legend Diana Krall, Gaynor Ellen, Fergie, Diana Ross, Nina Simone, Dionne Warwick, or else. and after an hour of searching plus the drama,the absolute answer came from a good friend of mine, and the dearly mother.
Beverley Staunton.
And the melody played in my mind.
not only "The Look of Love", but also another her cover version of nostalgic song, "The Green Dolphin Street".
Lover, one lovely day, a love came, planning to stay.
Green dolphin street supplied the setting, the setting for nights beyond forgetting.
i remember the day when my mother said, "you should hear this, dear, she's such a good singer." and then her good review conspicuously manipulates my curiosity.show me more attraction, mother, make me more curious, because i always believe that curiosity is rarely faked simply because people aren't generally aware that it is such a reliable indicator of attraction.
now let's go back to the Beverley Staunton.
and through these moment apart,love come here in my heart,
when i recall the love i found on
i'm gonna kiss the ground i found on Green Dolphin Street.
thank you for giving me good references, mother.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
day# 13 : your mind is the scene of the crime.
mungkin saya akan mempertimbangkan, atau bahkan mengiyakan, ketika tawaran untuk menjadi kriminal mimpi itu datang. Sang Ekstraktor. sebuah pekerjaan menggiurkan yang membuat orang mungkin akan merasa, itu bukanlah kejahatan, karena hanya sebatas menjadi tukang intip, seorang tukang intip mimpi. atau hanya sekedar menggenggam tangan seseorang dan mengajaknya bertamasya di alam mimpi.
Inception
Sebuah film yang didasarkan pada keadaan seseorang yang sadar saat bermimpi, kondisi yang disebut dengan lucid dream atau mimpi cerah. Ketika kesempatan untuk menjadi "Oneironautic" itu muncul, tanpa banyak tanya saya akan menjelajahi setiap mimpi orang-orang yang selalu memunculkan banyak tanya, bermain dengan gravitasi, menerobos masuk kedalam lapisan-lapisan yang semakin lama semakin dalam, merampok semua memori yang tidak pernah terkuak, dan mengubahnya, demi sebuah kepentingan.
Inception adalah satu dari sekian banyaknya karya seni tentang mimpi yang membuat saya menjadi ragu, karena dunia ini, seperti yang saya selalu tuduh, terlalu abu. semua bermain dengan permainan pikiran: Memento. Science of Sleep. Vanilla Sky. Matrix. Waking Life. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. Being John Malkovich. Insomnia. The Prestige.
Saya tidak peduli jika saya ternyata tidak hidup dalam sebuah realita. Saya tidak peduli jika kita hidup berdampingan diatas sebuah kesalahan yang tidak nyata. Saya tidak akan mempertanyakan kebodohan orang yang mengunci memori tertentu hanya untuk diratapi semata. Dogma, teori filosofis, semuanya boleh saja berbenturan, tapi jangan usik kebahagiaan saya. dan jangan coba-coba memanipulasi perasaan saya.
Monday, July 26, 2010
day#12 : one and always repeated song
When I can't look the other way
There's only you to wonder
And on hard times a doorway leans on days
As though I'm needing you
And some have helped me become older
I suggest you're using me after moving on
I'm really sorry, lost time won't wait
You always took so long
I'm leaving now
All your praising me turned tides all over mine
Are you erasing me
Lipstick from the asylum goes on
Something that has stolen us
Always some
Something that has stolen us
Always some
I put it on you and me and now
I hate it all you and me
(Alpha - Lipstick from the asylum)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
day#11 : Retorika
Retorika.
(dari bahasa Yunani ῥήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher)
sebuah teknik pembujuk-rayuan secara persuasi untuk menghasilkan bujukan dengan melalui karakter pembicara, emosional atau argumen (logo).
Entah teknik retorika apa yang dilakukan oleh sesosok makhluk yang satu ini. Entah retorika atau memang ada propaganda dibalik perkataannya. Setiap kita tidak setuju dengan kalimat-kalimat yang keluar dari mulutnya, dia bisa mematahkannya. Entah dia adalah keturunan Kenneth Burke hingga ia mahir dalam hal epideiktik, wacana memuji atau penistaan dengan tujuan memperkuat sifat baik atau sifat buruk seseorang, lembaga maupun gagasan.
Ketika orang mengingatkan dia yang berwajah muram untuk tertawa, dia bilang, kebahagiaan tidak pernah senantiasa.
Ketika dia melihat orang lain kecewa, dia murka. Kenapa harus meratapi sengsara.
Ketika orang-orang bodoh itu bungkam, dia bilang, untuk apa di dunia ini tercipta tanya.
Ketika dia disodorkan pilihan, dia mengerutkan keningnya, kalau begitu kenapa takdir dari awal harus ditentukan?
(dari bahasa Yunani ῥήτωρ, rhêtôr, orator, teacher)
sebuah teknik pembujuk-rayuan secara persuasi untuk menghasilkan bujukan dengan melalui karakter pembicara, emosional atau argumen (logo).
Entah teknik retorika apa yang dilakukan oleh sesosok makhluk yang satu ini. Entah retorika atau memang ada propaganda dibalik perkataannya. Setiap kita tidak setuju dengan kalimat-kalimat yang keluar dari mulutnya, dia bisa mematahkannya. Entah dia adalah keturunan Kenneth Burke hingga ia mahir dalam hal epideiktik, wacana memuji atau penistaan dengan tujuan memperkuat sifat baik atau sifat buruk seseorang, lembaga maupun gagasan.
Ketika orang mengingatkan dia yang berwajah muram untuk tertawa, dia bilang, kebahagiaan tidak pernah senantiasa.
Ketika dia melihat orang lain kecewa, dia murka. Kenapa harus meratapi sengsara.
Ketika orang-orang bodoh itu bungkam, dia bilang, untuk apa di dunia ini tercipta tanya.
Ketika dia disodorkan pilihan, dia mengerutkan keningnya, kalau begitu kenapa takdir dari awal harus ditentukan?
Saturday, July 24, 2010
day#10: The Gipsy King
It's a journey to cross the ocean. A long way road to neverland with neverending words. I quit from this Cirque de Soleil, i just wanna leave my identity as a rom, and being Karmen the javanese gypsy women. I have a gypsy heart and willing to travel around and round and round and round. Time, we don't have much time, maybe it's getting closer to the day that has no tomorrow, so let's pick up the caravan and gone. You don't need to read my fortune, we have the faith that we're surrounded by the biggest luck.
write the story.
filling the empty paper.
Oh dear, why don't you be my companion. you have a perfect picture of a gypsy king in this whole wide world.
Photos by: Reza Budi Prabowo, Dylan Sada
Friday, July 23, 2010
day #9 Deadline.
Adalah "Tanah Tabu" yang sekedar lewat dan sekedar menjatuhkan bom waktu dan kembali mengagetkan saya yang menjadi latah untuk mengikuti jejak kesuksesan seorang Anindita S.Thayf yang memenangkan kompetisi novel Dewan Kesenian Jakarta. Adalah sebuah pukulan bagi saya mengingat hanya dia satu-satunya orang yang memenangkan kompetisi yang diadakan dua tahun lalu itu, karena topik-topik peserta yang kelewat basi dan terlalu monokrom. Isu keagamaan, melodramatik, dan epigon klise. Mungkin ada rasa malu dan takut ketika saya ingin menyodorkan naskah setengah jadi ini dan menyelesaikan hanya dalam kurun waktu satu bulan (yang menurut saya terlalu singkat) namun keinginan ini terlalu menggebu-gebu. Setidaknya sekali dalam seumur hidup, saya harus memenangkan kompetisi ini. Setidaknya sekali.
September, novel setengah jadi yang belum memiliki judul ini mau tidak mau harus siap. "Absurd Paradiso" (novel kedua saya) juga harus sudah memulai tahap finishing,dengan dibantu oleh teman-teman dari Elsepress (atau Scandal Studio) yang kali ini menawarkan sesuatu yang beda, penerbit mandiri yang siap bertempur dengan keidealismean mereka dalam mewujudkan mimpi-mimpi orang-orang yang ingin berkarya dengan cara yang berbeda.
Deadline.
Mungkin dibalik kepelikannya, ada sesuatu, sesuatu yang terang, menunggu di tahun 2011. Atau bahkan sudah dimulai di penghujung tahun ini.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
day#8 : the terminal
Terminal Bus Jepara. Ketika tiba di tempat ini, saya teringat kepada satu film yang disutradarai oleh Friðrik þór Friðriksson, yang berjudul "Englar Alheimsins", sebuah film Iceland yang menceritakan kehidupan homeless people di stasiun bus di Reykjavik. film yang sangat menarik, dengan tema yang sangat menarik.
Terminal bus, menurut saya, adalah satu tempat yang magis. Tempat yang memiliki filosofi tersendiri. Satu tempat yang membuat orang menunggu. Pergi. Tinggal. Sebuah peradaban berkembang disana. Dari hanya sekedar singgah, atau menggantungkan hidupnya, sebuah terminal menjadi satu tempat yang memiliki arti tersendiri bagi setiap individu yang pernah terkoneksi dengannya. Sebuah paralel, dimana terkadang koneksi antara tempat ini dengan sebuah individu ini begitu kuatnya hingga sebuah terminal selalu dijadikan alasan untuk menjadi penghantar sebuah penantian.
Dan pikiran saya kembali berputar. Berapa banyak jiwa yang menunggu jiwa yang lainnya di terminal ini dengan sabar? Berapa banyak jiwa yang tersesat di terminal ini hingga ia memutuskan untuk melakukan hal yang sama dengan Viktor Navorski dalam film "The Terminal", menjadikan persinggahan ini sebagai "rumah" yang bersifat sementara? Dan berapa banyak jiwa yang datang ke terminal ini dan ternyata mendapati, tidak ada jiwa lain yang menunggunya di tempat ini?
There is a light in this terminal. you can choose your own bus. either it's ignorance bus, or intelligence.
You can ask someone in that terminal, someone you knew, or even stranger, to pick the bus and have long journey, or you can take the bus alone, let someone waiting for you in in this terminal.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
day#7 : Getaway
"Ngelamun ajah," he said. I just smiled and keep looking at the big wave, still thinking over the fact that I have so much in my life to be thankful for and realized that experiences in life is my focus. Sit back and silence. This experience has enlightened me and energized me. I could not have gotten through this season without this kinda getaway.
Wait..is this some kinda getaway? What getaway? Running from working environment? The only reason I took this as a getaway actually because running from our city with their issue, in a sense, means that we're running from one's self, and see that as the chief advantage of travelling. The first duty of revolutionary is to get away with it.
So I woke up this morning. This is the last day of trip in karimun jawa. Tanned skin, dirty clothes, a bit souvenirs, and a memory of all of us spending our togetherness in the island that never fail people to say, "it's beautiful". The tour guide once said that there's always foreigners who came and finally decided to stay longer. This is one of those heavens in Indonesia.
Now I have to go home. Yes it's true when the old saying: reality bites.
Wait..is this some kinda getaway? What getaway? Running from working environment? The only reason I took this as a getaway actually because running from our city with their issue, in a sense, means that we're running from one's self, and see that as the chief advantage of travelling. The first duty of revolutionary is to get away with it.
So I woke up this morning. This is the last day of trip in karimun jawa. Tanned skin, dirty clothes, a bit souvenirs, and a memory of all of us spending our togetherness in the island that never fail people to say, "it's beautiful". The tour guide once said that there's always foreigners who came and finally decided to stay longer. This is one of those heavens in Indonesia.
Now I have to go home. Yes it's true when the old saying: reality bites.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
day#6 : truth or dare
Suatu ketika kita memulai permainan itu. Truth or dare. Beberapa kali saya memilih dare, karena saya tahu, kamu ingin berusaha mengintip lapisan yang saya buat dengan sengaja.
Ketika kamu memulai untuk lebih banyak memilih truth, saya mulai berpikir, kenapa lapisan ini tidak dibiarkan untuk bisa diintip sedikit saja?
So truth. Or dare. Saya tidak peduli harus memilih apa. Or let's play just dare,karena siapa tau antara saya dan kamu, tidak akan pernah ada truth yg terkuak.
This is only a game, after all.
Why don't we just being teenagers? Playing truth or dare, while you're drinking too much beers, and pretend that you're drunk and tell me the truest truth, when actually you're completely sober?
Sebuah tantangan yang sejati adalah bagaimana kita bisa memenuhinya, no matter how silly or nasty it is, dan sebuah pengakuan "ya atau tidak" atas pertanyaan "truth" yang tidak berbuntut panjang.
Every probable truth validates itself with truth or lie. You know how discover which.
Hari ini, teman kita mengusulkan permainan ini lagi. Mungkin kita hanya bisa berpandangan, karena kita memiliki pengalaman buruk tentang permainan ini.
Not the game, but the moment during the game. We wished (that time) the game was longer, we could forgot what issue that we had behind the game.
Dan kali ini, kita hanya bisa sama-sama tersenyum. It's a lame game anyway, lame game yang bisa menjebak kadar kepercayaan orang, dan berubah menjadi berbahaya ketika kita terlalu sportif memainkannya.
Atau, sekalian saja, truth or truth, we know we have too much questions, and seeking too much answer.
Ingin sekali saya beberkan sebuah "truth" ketika kita memainkannya.
The truth is, I don't need to play this such of game to realized you have too much truth that you will never revealed.
No more truth or dare sooorrryy, I had fun though. Let's just play another lame game.
Spin spin spin spin the bottle!
Ketika kamu memulai untuk lebih banyak memilih truth, saya mulai berpikir, kenapa lapisan ini tidak dibiarkan untuk bisa diintip sedikit saja?
So truth. Or dare. Saya tidak peduli harus memilih apa. Or let's play just dare,karena siapa tau antara saya dan kamu, tidak akan pernah ada truth yg terkuak.
This is only a game, after all.
Why don't we just being teenagers? Playing truth or dare, while you're drinking too much beers, and pretend that you're drunk and tell me the truest truth, when actually you're completely sober?
Sebuah tantangan yang sejati adalah bagaimana kita bisa memenuhinya, no matter how silly or nasty it is, dan sebuah pengakuan "ya atau tidak" atas pertanyaan "truth" yang tidak berbuntut panjang.
Every probable truth validates itself with truth or lie. You know how discover which.
Hari ini, teman kita mengusulkan permainan ini lagi. Mungkin kita hanya bisa berpandangan, karena kita memiliki pengalaman buruk tentang permainan ini.
Not the game, but the moment during the game. We wished (that time) the game was longer, we could forgot what issue that we had behind the game.
Dan kali ini, kita hanya bisa sama-sama tersenyum. It's a lame game anyway, lame game yang bisa menjebak kadar kepercayaan orang, dan berubah menjadi berbahaya ketika kita terlalu sportif memainkannya.
Atau, sekalian saja, truth or truth, we know we have too much questions, and seeking too much answer.
Ingin sekali saya beberkan sebuah "truth" ketika kita memainkannya.
The truth is, I don't need to play this such of game to realized you have too much truth that you will never revealed.
No more truth or dare sooorrryy, I had fun though. Let's just play another lame game.
Spin spin spin spin the bottle!
Monday, July 19, 2010
day #5 : stars
That each star is unique.
they somehow seem to follow some kind of physics.
There’s this law in physics that two objects cannot occupy the same space,
that even if you put one on top of the other, it wouldn’t count as "the same space"…you get the picture…and
I am quite certain that this law of physics is applicable to those twinkling seemingly miniscule dots in the heavens
Curious and magnificent how the laws of physics transcend space and time in this aspect.
But I, being so poor in physics, couldn’t really explain quite intelligently. Perhaps an attempt philosophically would be more Me.
So science of the stars aside, stars also represent hope.Or greatness.Or a reminder of how insignficant we proud beings are. It represents a kind of calculus, and in Quentin Lauer’s words, "always approaching but never achieving a complete grasp." They are simply out there too far to hold, grounding us, telling us that we can never really attain utmost perfection because it is merely an ideal.An abstraction. Have you seen perfection? I know I haven’t. But that does not discourage us from seeking it, as the proverb goes, "hitch your wagon to a star". Yet you may argue that it is then futile if there exist no perfection. But in seeking perfection, in striving for it, we become approximates of it, possibly fleeting reflections of it. If you think about it,if all the powers of the universe and beyond conspired with you to make you all perfect, what’s next for you? Would you simply float and boast of your ultimacy? You would become nothing but stagnant. Nothing anymore than the adjective perfection.
It all started with a simple question.
Stars.
(Terinspirasi dari langit karimun jawa yang bintangnya masih bisa dipuji-puji super lebay :D)
they somehow seem to follow some kind of physics.
There’s this law in physics that two objects cannot occupy the same space,
that even if you put one on top of the other, it wouldn’t count as "the same space"…you get the picture…and
I am quite certain that this law of physics is applicable to those twinkling seemingly miniscule dots in the heavens
Curious and magnificent how the laws of physics transcend space and time in this aspect.
But I, being so poor in physics, couldn’t really explain quite intelligently. Perhaps an attempt philosophically would be more Me.
So science of the stars aside, stars also represent hope.Or greatness.Or a reminder of how insignficant we proud beings are. It represents a kind of calculus, and in Quentin Lauer’s words, "always approaching but never achieving a complete grasp." They are simply out there too far to hold, grounding us, telling us that we can never really attain utmost perfection because it is merely an ideal.An abstraction. Have you seen perfection? I know I haven’t. But that does not discourage us from seeking it, as the proverb goes, "hitch your wagon to a star". Yet you may argue that it is then futile if there exist no perfection. But in seeking perfection, in striving for it, we become approximates of it, possibly fleeting reflections of it. If you think about it,if all the powers of the universe and beyond conspired with you to make you all perfect, what’s next for you? Would you simply float and boast of your ultimacy? You would become nothing but stagnant. Nothing anymore than the adjective perfection.
It all started with a simple question.
Stars.
(Terinspirasi dari langit karimun jawa yang bintangnya masih bisa dipuji-puji super lebay :D)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
day#4 : word of the day.
Tantivy.
(Tan-TI-vee)
Adjective: swift;rapid
Adverb: at full gallop
Noun: a rush, a gallop, or stampede
Interjection: used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.
It's your destiny to pick your own word of the day. It became my daily mundane to open the dictionary.com and pick up the words of the day.
Now,"Tantivy" is my new friend, and either it will be forgotten,or will be stayed in this mind for such a long time, I decide to make a sentence
to appreciate this newly invention:
I found you, galloping tantivy over this dusty talk.
There, I said it.
So how about you? Did u ever do just like I do? Found a newly vocab, and make it as a destiny?
(Tan-TI-vee)
Adjective: swift;rapid
Adverb: at full gallop
Noun: a rush, a gallop, or stampede
Interjection: used as a hunting cry when the chase is at full speed.
It's your destiny to pick your own word of the day. It became my daily mundane to open the dictionary.com and pick up the words of the day.
Now,"Tantivy" is my new friend, and either it will be forgotten,or will be stayed in this mind for such a long time, I decide to make a sentence
to appreciate this newly invention:
I found you, galloping tantivy over this dusty talk.
There, I said it.
So how about you? Did u ever do just like I do? Found a newly vocab, and make it as a destiny?
Saturday, July 17, 2010
day#3 Creature of Habits.
Memakan gorengan di pagi hari selepas morning show. Memesan menu yang sama di dapur eyang. Lupa mencabut colokan setrikaan. Ketinggalan kunci. Melirik bb setiap bangun pagi. Berkaca ketika menyetir. Tidur dengan TV menyala. Welcome, to the one who is extremely used to their own habits and does not function well without them.
Mungkin kita semua mengalaminya. Ada yang datang ke salon, dengan habit yang selalu sama: creambath, krim strawberry, scrub punggung, sambil dicreambath memesan baso tahu dan teh botol. selalu seperti itu. And it's just one of the example. I think as humans we all are creatures of one habit or another. there are just certain things that we must do each day for our lives to run smoothly.
Entah kenapa hari itu saya memesan menu yang berbeda di dapur eyang. Teliti mencabut colokan setrikaan sehingga tidak dimarahi sang ayah yang kerap kesal. Tidak melirik bb. Tidak bolak-balik ketinggalan kunci mobil. Tidak berkaca ketika menyetir. Tidur dalam hening.
Tapi mungkin saya tidak sendiri. Melawan ciri khas orang sebagai "makhluk kebiasaan", hari itu, mungkin dia tidak menonton ESPN malam itu. mungkin sepasang suami istri itu tidak berendam bersama sambil bercengkrama sebelum waktu tidur, mungkin anak itu tidak minta dibacakan cerita upin-ipin setiap kali mogok makan, ada kalanya kita ingin melawan kebiasaan.
See this lately i had another habit, which is smiling everytime i saw the notification. either messenger (especially email-notification), and it keeps me being a creature of habits. And i knew, that next day, when i againts my daily habitual action,
something's wrong with me.
Friday, July 16, 2010
day#2 : 11 : 11
use it as an excuse to make a wish. terkadang saya bertemu dengan si kembar ini selama lima hari berturut-turut. kadang tidak bertemu dalam waktu yang cukup lama. they say, seeing 11:11 frequently creates synchronicities in your life. or maybe it's just another sign to remind you, that you will note it as a luck, or pure coincidence.
membaca makna-makna dibalik 11:11, saya pikir semua itu terlalu filosofis. saya hanya sekedar menyukai hal-hal yang berbau kebetulan. Dari mulai konsep idealisme hidup sampai dengan perkumpulan pecinta angka kembar, alasan itu terlalu banyak, padahal alasan saya menyukai angka itu memang simple saja. melihat 11:11 adalah sebuah kebetulan yang menyenangkan. and the rest of the story of this 11:11, keep it secret.
this lately, i don't see this numeric twins around, until today. where have you been, mate? :)
the image taken from here
membaca makna-makna dibalik 11:11, saya pikir semua itu terlalu filosofis. saya hanya sekedar menyukai hal-hal yang berbau kebetulan. Dari mulai konsep idealisme hidup sampai dengan perkumpulan pecinta angka kembar, alasan itu terlalu banyak, padahal alasan saya menyukai angka itu memang simple saja. melihat 11:11 adalah sebuah kebetulan yang menyenangkan. and the rest of the story of this 11:11, keep it secret.
this lately, i don't see this numeric twins around, until today. where have you been, mate? :)
the image taken from here
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Day #1 : Once, there's a person said : This Is Your Future House.
Someday you'll understand on why that i'm gonna invite this person to my house, your house, our house, whoever you are. i don't care if you're gonna build a ball house. or grass ceiling house. or hobbit house. or kettle house. or pink castle. or pumpkin house. or sphere house. or round house. or shoe house. and people could see the reflection of ourselves when they see our house.
we're becoming artist of our life when it comes to house-building. and this. you have to promise me that someday we'll inviting this person to our house.
promise me that you're going to make mr.shelby impressed. and someday, we're going to say, "honey, our house and our life, even with the dust, it's perfect."
Saturday, July 3, 2010
#30hari menulis: shall we start it dear?
Berawal dari ajakan Theoresia Rhumte yang bilang, "dil, ayok kita galakkan 30 hari nulis postingan di blog!" Mendengar ajakan itu, saya sempat berpikir, rrr...i don't know. saya punya blog lain atau tulisan-tulisan lain yang harus saya pertanggung-jawabkan. Tapi setelah dipikir-pikir, apa salahnya dengan menyisihkan satu postingan stiap harinya selama 30 hari. Toh saya juga tidak membuat postingan tentang asal-muasal gerakan neo-liberalisme, yang saya lakukan hanyalah sama seperti yang biasa yang saya lakukan: mengembangkan satu pernyataan kecil yang terkadang meletup-letup di otak saya menjadi sebuah postingan blog.
Tapi sebenarnya apa alasan yang membuat saya harus berpikir dua kali menanggapi ajakan ini?
Teman saya pernah bilang, agar kita konsisten dengan karya-karya idealis kita, jangan sampai menjadikan menulis sebagai pekerjaan utama. Penulis novel yang berprofesi sebagai kolumnis. Atau penulis cerpen yang berprofesi sebagai editor majalah. Katanya, tidak akan fokus. Terlalu sering berkutat dengan tulisan, tulisan, tulisan, tulisan. Akhirnya jenuh. Writer's block. Ah, tapi, bagaimana ya. Tawaran ini cukup menggiurkan. Cukup membuat saya tertantang.
30 hari menulis. satu hari satu posting. dan itu dilakukan berturut-turut. saya jadi berpikir, ini dia dilla, waktunya kamu mencoba untuk mau diuji, termasuk kategori manakah hubungan kamu dengan dunia tulis-menulis itu? Tahan banting? Rapuh? Datar-datar saja?
So yes, theo, gina. i'm in. Let's start this challange! *ketok palu*
Tapi sebenarnya apa alasan yang membuat saya harus berpikir dua kali menanggapi ajakan ini?
Teman saya pernah bilang, agar kita konsisten dengan karya-karya idealis kita, jangan sampai menjadikan menulis sebagai pekerjaan utama. Penulis novel yang berprofesi sebagai kolumnis. Atau penulis cerpen yang berprofesi sebagai editor majalah. Katanya, tidak akan fokus. Terlalu sering berkutat dengan tulisan, tulisan, tulisan, tulisan. Akhirnya jenuh. Writer's block. Ah, tapi, bagaimana ya. Tawaran ini cukup menggiurkan. Cukup membuat saya tertantang.
30 hari menulis. satu hari satu posting. dan itu dilakukan berturut-turut. saya jadi berpikir, ini dia dilla, waktunya kamu mencoba untuk mau diuji, termasuk kategori manakah hubungan kamu dengan dunia tulis-menulis itu? Tahan banting? Rapuh? Datar-datar saja?
So yes, theo, gina. i'm in. Let's start this challange! *ketok palu*
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