Wednesday, December 30, 2009

angel says

*lebih rajin: lebih pintar memaNage waktu
*gtu aja..
*santainya masih
*tp lbih bs atur waktu
*bagi2
*nah klo lu bs lbih memAnage diri sndiri
*lu bs dikatakan lbi berhasil dinading nilai lu yg naik
*krn maNage diri itU lbi susa dibandingkan dapet nilai bagus loh
*teori gampang si
*prakteknya yg susa
*akakakka

*emg ada bbrp yg Tuhan kasi anugrah gtu sih ya
*ngiri sih ngiri
*tp cb liat sisi positifnya ta
*klo dia nantinya dikasi cobaan dikit
*mungkin ga dia bs nyikapin lbih dewasa drpd lu
*krn ya pengalaman gw nih
*kadang org yg udah kbanyakan berhasil dan emg dasarnya jenius
*lbi ga bs ngerty perasaan org lain
*contoh simpel gini aja deh
*misalnya lu liat ada org dodol bgt
*diajarin bebel ga ngerty2
*rasanya kan jdi mikir ih gtu aja ga bisa.. lbih meremehkan gtu
*sisi positifnya kl lu perna merasakan di bawah
*lu lbi bs mengharga iorg itu kan
*jd lbi bs menghargai proses dibandingkan hasil
*susah lho jaman skg org yg ngeliat proses dibanding hasil
*dan org yg bs liat proses itu nantinya bs lbi berhasil
*krn dia jd tau apa kurangnya gmn cr ningkatinnya bkn cm buat diri sndiri tp buat org lain jg
*ya sih emg susa
*gw jg brasa gtu kok lingkungan ga dukung

*lu dah tau lu ga sepinter mreka mknya hrus lbi keras dr mereka
*kl mereka blajar 1 jam
*yah kamu 2 jam
*krn pd dasrnya kunci sukses kan bkn pinter tp rajin

*blajar bersyukur disaat sm skali gada hal yg baik skalipun
*bner deh ta
*mungkin awalnya org yg berpatokan sm hasil lbi baik ya skg
*tp klo lu knalin kelemahan kelebihan diri lewat "proses blj"
*lu jd tau apa si yg masi krg sm lu
*hambatan apa si gtu
*nantinya bs lbi sukses
*krn lu jd tau persis batas kemampuan lu

Thank you, Angel..

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Autumn Leaves



I'm not talking about winter, which is the season of Christmas, which is just yesterday, anyway. *MERRY XMAS!*

I'm not talking about the pure white colour of snow falling down from the sky.

I'm not talking about the beautiful pink colour of cherry blossom in spring.

I'm talking about the colourful autumn leaves.

I don't know why my eyes find the colour of autumn leaves very appealing.



Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Mimpi dan Realita

Selama membaca Perahu Kertas, saya merasa kembali ke beberapa tahun silam ketika saya masih menginjak usia yang (lebih) muda. Kedua tokoh utama, Keenan dan Kugy, mengajak saya kembali menyelami alam mimpi saya yang sempat tertinggal nun jauh di sana. Kini, lembaran-lembaran itu dibuka kembali sedikit demi sedikit. Semakin banyak lembaran yang terbuka, semakin saya sadarlah pada kenyataan bahwa saya telah menjelma menjadi sebuah robot ber-Tuankan Realita.

Ya, realita sebagai seorang mahasiswi. Pelajar. Tugas seorang pelajar apa? Tentu saja belajar. Saya belajar. Saya mendapat ilmu pengetahuan. Waktu saya 'seefektif' mungkin digunakan untuk belajar. Wah, wah, wah, jadi apakah hobi-hobi saya itu sudah termakan semua oleh sebuah aktivitas bernama Belajar? Atau... Belajar itu hanya sebagai 'topeng' saja?

Sebelumnya, mari kita kembali lagi ke Pada Zaman Dahulu Kala.

Pada zaman dahulu kala, hiduplah seorang gadis kecil yang suka bermimpi. Dia mungkin termasuk dalam kategori pemalu untuk anak seumurannya. Menggambar adalah salah satu cara mengekspresikan dirinya. Mungkin itu satu-satunya hal yang membuat orang lain menyadari keberadaan dirinya. Selayaknya anak kecil lainnya, ia juga memiliki daftar cita-cita yang tak kalah panjang dari gulungan tisu toilet. Salah satunya adalah menjadi seorang Pelukis. Seiring dengan pertumbuhannya, bermain-main dengan warna bukanlah satu-satunya kegiatan yang ia nikmati. Ternyata, bermain-main dengan kata-kata juga menyenangkan, pikirnya.

Melukis dan Menulis.
Menulis dan Melukis.
Tepat sekali, kedua itu yang menjadi sorotan utama dalam cerita yang baru saja habis saya lahap. Kedua itu pula yang sempat menjadi teman saya dalam mengisi kekosongan waktu. Supaya lebih produktif. Sebuah produktivitas yang tidak sekedar produktif, tapi juga dinikmati. Sebuah proses belajar yang tidak hanya produktif seperti kalau mau dekat ujian, tetapi juga dinikmati.

Saat dalam umur belasan yang masih menjunjung tinggi idealisme, berbagai macam angan-angan terlukiskan dengan kombinasi warna-warni, tertuliskan dengan rangkaian kata yang indah, bolehlah saya bermimpi menjadikan salah satu dari kedua teman itu sebagai profesi. Memang bukan sebuah rencana matang, namanya juga mimpi. Memang bukan sesuatu yang sesederhana itu, namanya juga idealisme. Sampai saatnya Realita menjemput dan mengunci mereka di sebuah kotak yang saya sendiri tidak tahu apakah saya bisa membuka kotak itu kembali atau tidak.

Tujuan tulisan ini bukan untuk mencaci-maki jalan hidup yang telah membawa saya di jurusan ini. Bukan. Lagi pula, memang tidak ada tujuannya mencaci maki, karena memang saya sangat bersyukur dengan jurusan ini. Saya bersyukur karena Realita yang menjemput saya adalah Realita yang juga merupakan bagian dari diri saya.

Namun, selama tiga semester ini saya dibutakan oleh Realita yang benar-benar realistis. Saya tidak lebih dari sekedar robot. Saya tidak pernah menorehkan coretan warna-warni dan kata-kata di atas lembaran putih lagi. Yah, kalau kata-kata okelah masih ada blog ini. Tetapi untuk melukis, saya tidak pernah lagi. Saya bahkan tidak tahu apakah tangan saya ini masih mampu. Atau, jangan-jangan ia sudah kaku oleh rumus-rumus dan angka-angka.

Tetapi yang namanya realita ya juga realita. Kalau dilihat keseharian saya selama berkutat dengan rumus, angka, belum lagi ditambah dengan kegiatan esktrakulikuler, dan saat berleha-leha di dunia internet, memang 'agak mustahil' kalau di sela-sela 'kesibukan' saya itu, saya bergambar-gambar ria. Atau, sebenarnya sempat, namun semua 'kesibukan' itu hanya saya jadikan alasan saja? Atau, memang beginilah Realita?

Ada satu kutipan yang menarik dalam perjalanan saya dengan Perahu Kertas itu. Kira-kira begini bunyinya, "Berputar menjadi seseorang yang bukan kita, demi menjadi diri kita lagi." Contoh, Kugy dalam kisah itu bercita-cita menjadi seorang penulis cerita dongeng. Namun, jika kita cukup pintar mengamati selera pasar sekarang, cerita dongeng bukanlah bisnis yang menjanjikan, apalagi untuk seorang pendatang baru seperti dirinya. Jadi, demi mendapat sebuah 'nama', ia menulis cerita yang lebih dewasa dengan gaya bahasa yang sama sekali bukan dirinya. Setelah mantap dan sukses dengan karirnya, barulah ia kembali mengejar mimpinya menjadi penulis cerita dongeng. Di sinilah saatnya ia membuka kunci dari kotak yang dibawa oleh Realita. Melepaskan mimpinya dari kotak yang terkunci. Meraih mimpinya, dan menjadi dirinya lagi.

Suatu saat di masa depan, (semoga) saya bisa membuka kembali kotak itu.

"Berputar menjadi seseorang yang bukan kita, demi menjadi diri kita lagi."

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Book Worm

I love books, but unfortunately I haven't been having (enough) time to satisfy my needs as a book worm since I went to college. Sometimes, they're just there, left out on the shelves. Sometimes, I'm just too busy to keep other things on track. Well, to tell you the truth, I'm not that busy though. It's just I didn't use time 'wisely'. I was too focused on other things, leaving my interests behind. I'm just a robot.

Today I just finished reading My Sister's Keeper. Probably, the best book I've ever read this year. Well, since I only read one romantic-and-cliché story before in this year, no wonder it's the best. But yet, it really is a great book. My emotional nerves couldn't help to 'not producing the salty liquid' (oh forgive my phrase. i know it isn't cool) when I was reading the last chapters. Well, of course it isn't the only thing what makes it great. I'm not a good book reviewer so I'll skip this one and I'm not going to spoil the storyline either.

Let's move on..

Today, I bought Perahu Kertas. I'll start the adventure with Keenan and Kugy tomorrow, maybe after I have my morning bicycle ride.

I hope that after Keenan and Kugy, I can still explore another adventure, because.. it's been a long time since I haven't enjoyed this one of my hobbies.. What a pity me..

I think I should put this into one of my resolution in 2010 : give more time for them, not only for those thick text books or lecture notes.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Santa Claus

I know I'm too old for this kind of thing.

I don't wish for Santa Claus to come on Christmas' eve and bring me a Christmas present, but I used to when I was a little girl. I used to believe that Santa Claus would come if I had been a good children throughout the year and brought me a present. That night I remember I wrote a note for Mr Santa on a white board hanging on the wall beside my room's door. I put my shoes in front of my door and went to sleep. I knew that when I woke up the next day, I'd find my presents there. And yeah, I found them. My little bro got one too. I'm 6.5 years older than he is, so yea, you know, I might be a little too old for this kind of thing at that time too. LOL.

Two consecutive Christmases passed like that. I enjoyed it a lot, even though I knew sooner or later that Mr Santa was no more than a hoax. I think I was a bit disappointed. I wasn't mad. I think I laughed soon after my parents made the confession. I wasn't mad at them either. At that moment, everything became clear. How did Mr Santa come into my house? The doors and windows were locked. We had no chimneys.

Just now I was browsing a topic in a forum discussing whether you want to tell your children or not about the existence of Santa Claus. I know I'm way too early for this. LOL. Well, from the point of view of someone who once had believed in Mr Santa, I'd oppose those who wants to banish this kind of fairy tale. I was taught to wish, to dream, and to hope. I didn't know that the world was not as beautiful as I imagined them to be. Genocides, racism, terrorism, wars, etc, etc, etc. I soon learned that Mr Santa only exists in the Dreamland far away from the world I was destined to be born. But I didn't regret that I made friends with him, even though only for a short period of time. Even now sometimes I wish I could go back to those ages, where I could dream as wild as I wanted them to be. Having dreams is what makes your life alive. Sometimes we were just a living dead by monotonous routine everyday. What were dreams in the past remain dreams. We forget that we were once a children who have that innocent smiles. And yet, we grow up, consumed by reality, leaving those dreams behind. Reality, decisions, targets, deadlines, competitions, etc, let them be our new buddies.

What about our dreams? I think I've lost it somewhere on my way here.
but anyway, I'm living my life. I guess I just want to make it realistic.
I'm wondering where that little girl had gone?
Maybe she's just not that little anymore...

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

20

I have "two heads" now.
not a teenager any more,
so I should act more like an adult, shouldn't I?

Well..
Am I really that mature?
as mature as my age is now, 20?

But the fact is,
I was so excited when I heard that Toy Story 3 is coming this June 2010,
so I guess, I haven't grown up that much, huh?
LOL

I know deep inside
I still have the child's spirit inside of me
It's not bad, is it?
Yet, it's not good either, in some cases.

And I also know that deep inside
I also have changed
in some ways, compare to who I was when I was still in my childhood, my younger age
and I hope the change is for a better one.

I can't say I'm mature enough,
in fact,
I will be, and yeah, I am, growing up
little by little
slowly but sure

Life is a long journey
No matter how far you go
No matter how hard you struggle for living
The sun always rises in the east of every bright morning
Even when it rains, you know it's there, behind the dark clouds
See,
When you see darkness blocking your way out
doesn't mean there's no way out
It's just.. you just have to try harder to get rid of those clouds in front
The light awaits beyond

So I guess, the older you are, the darker the clouds are?

Monday, December 7, 2009

Tua

Oh tidak.
Tiba-tiba saya merasa tua.
Hari ini hari terakhir menghirup udara sebagai anak umur belasan tahun.
Besok, kepala saya sudah ada dua.
Pertanda sudah (lebih) tua.
Tapi, saya masih berjiwa muda.

My Short Term Memory is Loading...

Yeah. Holiday is here. I am here, at my home sweet home.

This morning I woke up after 10 hours of nice beauty sleep. Cooked Indomie. Washed the dishes. Then headed upstairs to turn on my laptop, and.. Here I am..

Yesterday I read all of my posts in this my dearly blog to find out that I have a very such called, a short term memory. I (almost) never remember that I had written some of the posts, some of the stories that I had experienced. If it wasn't because of you, my dearly sweet blog, I might just have forgotten it. Erased. No memories. So, now I'm loading some of the files containing my experiences, my feelings, and my life in the past 5 months. I don't want them to be forgotten. Well, at least, I'll try to write everything in details as much as I can remember.

Let's start with...

1. Kakiku
Uppss..jangan salah sangka kaki gw patah gara2 jatoh dari lantai 5 ya. (amit2..) Jatoh sih iya. Tapi, ga tau kenapa tiba2 lutut gw terasa sakit. Sewaktu itu sedang berjongkok, lalu tiba2 berdiri, dan... jatuh. Ugh, ga lagi deh. Beneran deh, walaupun masih bisa jalan, tapi sakitnya itu. Gw ga bisa jalan normal. Jalan gw terpincang-pincang. Nih, buat mengilustrasikan keadaan gw dulu, waktu gw mao nyebrang, gw membutuhkan waktu sebanyak lampu hijau untuk pejalan kaki menyala. Seriusan, dari mulai ijo, sampe bener2 merah lagi. Oke2, cukup untuk masalah sakit2nya, karena toh sekarang saya sudah sembuh dan bisa berpijak dengan normal. Yang ingin gw tekankan adalah,.. "Take a good care of EVERY PIECE of your body"... dan bersyukurlah atas apa yg kita punya.. Udah di kasih kaki ya, pakelah buat jalan. Jangan mengeluh capek, jauh, panas, dll. Masih untung punya kaki!

2. Blood Donation
Yeah, finally! :) I wasn't rejected for this time. My previous experience with blood donation wasn't so really nice. (u can read it here) but this time was like... whoww.. i dunno how to describe it. The night before, I was really excited (weird?). It wasn't really painful. In fact, I didn't feel anything because they already injected anesthetic before. The real shock was when I saw my own blood there, right beside me. I mean, I don't have any phobia of blood or anything, but seeing your own blood in 'such' amount by your own eyes is not... really 'entertaining'. I turned back my head, decided not to look at my right hand until it was completely finished. But afterwards I felt a great of satisfaction in my self that I never felt before :) well, who doesn't? when knowing that you just have saved three lives :) The 'pain' and the 'shock' is just worth it :)

3. My Mentor
.... is retiring this year, or.. next year... :( so sad.... It means... by the time I reached my final year, I would have a different mentor??? Nooooooo! >,<

4. F1
Yea, I became one of the volunteer in F1 Night Racing Singapore 2009 ^^ My duty was to sell first aid kits containing of ear plugs and ponchos. It was tiring but fun. Too bad, I was assigned in Gate 1, I couldn't see the cars passing by :( but that's not really a problem. Favourite quote of the day : " I can smell the burning tyres."

5. ....
Can't loading anymore....

Oh, forgive my STM.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Insomniac

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I CAN'T SLEEP AGAIN WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME
HUHUHU
I MISS THE BEAUTY OF SLEEPING
I WANT TO SLEEP NOW
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
INSOMNIAC.
HUHU
I REALLY WANT TO SLEEP NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW
WHAT SHOULD I DO?????????????????

Monday, November 30, 2009

I did not sleep last night

Yeah, I didn't sleep last night. Not because I studied hard till my eyes become panda eyes, like they do now. Not because I hadn't finished the materials. Not because I was so kiasu. No, no, no, no. All I did was just closed my eyes. They are closed. Dark enough as if I was blind. But I was still awake until the sun rose, shining the world with its bright smiles, even though I can't welcome with a bright eyes. They are like pandas now.

It wouldn't be so much trouble if I didn't have any exams today, but it would be so much more trouble if I had my paper at 9am instead of 1pm. For this, I should be grateful. I still managed to sleep from 9am to 11am. A short deep sleep that can bring my brain back to its place like before, that I could do the paper as if I had slept for 8 hours the night before. For this again, I should be grateful.

Actually I opened this fb application this morning and got this thing...

... that today you have a cause for celebration. Today, you should celebrate what an unbelievable life you have had so far: the accomplishments, the many blessings, and, yes, even the hardships because they have served to make you stronger. Just as a gem cannot be polished without friction, nor can a life be perfected without trials. Take a time to acknowledge your life and to praise yourself.

Oh, the timing was just so right. Yeah, now I should celebrate my victory for winning against the panda eyes. The insomnia makes me remember for one once said, that for every obstacles we encounter in our life are not meant to be there at the first time if we are not able overcome it. He wants to show us that we have the strength to go through it all.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

kalong post

well, i know i should have gone to my sweet deep sleep now. but, i can't resist the temptation to blog. i dun have a specific stories to tell u. today..oh i mean yesterday, was a very usual saturday in an exam period. woke up at 1130 am. had lunch. studied. tired. took a nap. studied. tired. took a nap. went to church. had dinner at jp. shopped at fair price.. oh ya, i bought some 'souvenirs' to bring back home :)

two papers left. soil mechanics and mechanics of materials. those two are the subjects i love the most. well, ideally, i should spend all day long to study those subjects. why? simply because i love it! but still yeah, i can't resist temptations. the fact is... i am not as stressed as last semester. which means, i slack, slack, and slack more. i do not know if it is a good thing or not. i do not know if any of these would result in some significance in my gpa.. but the papers i had done last week, i feel it was all my best. the best that i could try. so, i think the point is not how much time is spent (wasted) to slack, but how i can enjoy more this exam period.. "exam ya exam... kerjain ajaaaaaaaaa" like one of my friend said.

udah ah tidur dulu. ntar kayak tadi. bangun jam 1130. wew

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Ignorant

I'm really, really sad today. I was chatting to a friend, one of my best friend. I didn't know she was sick.. We chit-chatted normally, like nothing was around, like everything was okay. Then, when my other best friend told me that she was sick a few days before... I felt like, "Well, where was I these past days?"

I feel so ignorant. Yes, now I know how it feels. Once I heard this kind of feeling from someone, I didn't really get the point.. Now, I know.. How 'bad' I am as a friend.

I know, you can say it's not totally my fault, and I can't do anything to it, but still...

I understand why. If I were in her shoes, I might have done the same thing as well..
"This is my problem..Let me handle it my self. My friends already have theirs. I don't want to add any burden to them with mine.."
Yea, I know this.. like what I have posted a few days before..

So, the thing is...

"To share the pain with your friends, even it means you let them to get hurt also"
or

"To keep the pain and hurt for your self"

I want to believe everything happens for a good reason.
Well, yes I DO.

BUT
I can't see it (yet)

When should I stop waiting?

I'm tired...

For the sky above I can't touch
For the ocean there I can't feel
For the air out there I can't breathe

Maybe I just...
don't belong there...

but, can't I?
maybe, one year from now I'll know..then let's laugh at this post!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Miracles

... that there is a miracle waiting for you this minute, - please make room for it in your thinking. God has no need to prove anything to you, so if you don't believe in miracles, you are not likely to receive one. How do you believe in miracles? You believe by keeping your eyes open, - miracles often come in ways unexpected, and might leave unrecognized unless you pay attention.

Well, I got this from facebook application about two days ago.

What kind of miracle is it?

Or has it happened but it is just me that I don't realize it?

Well,
if thinking about how's my life's been going so far, there's a lot of them. Yes, a lot of miracles came along the way.
And it must be for a good reason, I believe.

1 week

well yeah. 2 papers done. 4 left.
then im going home.
in 1 week.

*forgive this very unimportant post

Friday, November 20, 2009

i cried.

Biasanya anak-anak yg jauh dari orang tuanya merasa kangeen sekali dgn mamanya.

Lalu bagimana dgn papa?

Mungkin mama lebih sering menanyakan keadaan anaknya setiap hari .tp taukah kamu jika papamu yg mengingatkannya utk menelfonmu?

Mgkn mama yg lebih sering mengajakmu bercerita,tp taukah kamu sepulangnya ia bekerja dgn wajah lelah ia selalu menanyakan kabarmu dari mama mu?

waktu kecil..

Papa mengajari putri kecilnya bermain sepeda. Setelah dia mengganggap kamu bisa ia melepaskan roda bantu di sepedamu, Saat itu mama menutup mata karena takut anaknya terjatuh lalu terluka.tp ayah dgn yakin menatapmu mengayuh sepeda dgn pelan karena dia tahu putri kecilnya pasti bisa.

Saat kamu menangis meronta meminta boneka yg baru,mama menatapmu iba,tetapi ayah mengatakan dgn tegas "kita beli nanti,tapi tidak sekarang" karena ia tidak ingin kamu menjadi manja dgn semua tuntutan yg selalu di penuhi.

ketika kamu remaja

kamu mulai menuntut utk keluar malam. Lalu papa mulai bersikap lebih tegas ketika mengatakan "tidak".
itu utk menjagamu karena kamu adalah sesuatu yg berharga.
Lalu kamu masuk ke kamar membanting pintu.
Tp yg dtg mengetok pintu dan membujuk mu adalah mama.
Taukah kamu saat itu dia memejamkan matanya dan menahan diri,karena Dia sangat ingin mengikuti keinginanmu. Tp lagi2 dia harus menjagamu.

saat seorang cowok mulai sering datang mencarimu, Papa akan memasang wajah paling cool sedunia. Dan sesekali menguping atau mengintip saat kmu sdg brdua di ruang tamu. Tahukah kmu dia merasa cemburu?

dan saat dia melonggarkan sedikit peraturan, kamu melanggar jam malamnya. Ia duduk di ruang tamu menunggu mu pulang dgn sangat2 khawatir. Wajah khawatir itu mengeras ketika melihat putri kecilnya pulang terlalu larut. Dia marah. Karena hal yg di takutinya akhirnya datang "putri kecilnya sudah tidak ada lg"

saat papa sedikit memaksamu utk menjd seorang dokter. Ketahuilah bahwa ia hanya memikirkan masa depanmu nanti. Tp toh dia tetap tersenyum saat pilihanmu adalah menjd seorang penulis.

sampai saat papa harus melepasmu di bandara. Bahkan badannya terlalu kaku utk memelukmu. Ia hanya tersenyum sambil memberi nasehat ini-itu. Dia ingin menangis seperti mama yg menangis dan memelukmu erat. Tp dia hanya menghapus sedikit air mata di sudut matanya dan menepuk pundakmu berkata "jaga diri baik2". Agar kamu kuat utk pergi.

saat kamu butuh uang untuk membiayai uang semester dan kehidupanmu, orang pertama yg mengerutkan kening adalah Papa. Berusaha mencari jalan agar anaknya bisa merasa sama dgn yg lain.

ketika permintaanmu bukan lg sekedar meminta boneka baru, dan ia tau ia tidak bisa memberikan. Dia sangat ingin mengatakan "iya nak,nanti kita beli" dan saat kata2 yg keluar adalah "tidak bisa" dari bibirnya. Tahukah kamu Ia merasa gagal membuat anaknya tersenyum.

saat kamu sakit dan tidak berada di dekatnya. Papa terlalu khawatir sampai kadang sedikit membentak berkata "sudah di blg jgn minum air dingin!".berbeda dgn mama yg memperhatikanmu dgn lembut.
ketahuilah saat itu ia benar2 khawatir dgn keadaanmu.

dan di saatnya nanti kamu wisuda sebagai seorang sarjana. Papa adalah org pertama yg berdiri dan memberi tepuk tangan utk mu. Dia yg tersenyum bangga dan puas melihat "putri kecilnya yg tidak manja berhasil tumbuh dewasa, dan telah menjadi seseorang"

sampai saat seorang teman hidupmu datang dan meminta izin mengambilmu darinya. Papa akan sangat berhati2 memberikan izin.karena ia tau laki2 itu yg nanti akan menggantikannya.

dan saat Papa melihat mu duduk di panggung pernikahan bersama seseorang yg di anggapnya pantas menggantikannya. Papa pergi kebelakang panggung,dan menangis "tugasku telah selesai dgn baik.putri kecilku yg lucu telah menjadi wanita yg cantik"

Papa hanya bisa menunggu kedatangan mu dan cucu2nya sesekali utk menjenguknya. Dgn rambut yg telah memutih dan badan yg tak lagi kuat utk menjagamu dari bahaya.

papa adalah sosok yg harus selalu terlihat kuat bahkan ketika dia tidak kuat utk tdk menangis. Harus terlihat tegas bahkan saat dia ingin memanjakanmu. papa jg orang pertama yg selalu yakin bahwa "kamu bisa" dalam hal apapun.

tersenyum dan bersyukurlah ketika kamu bisa merasakan kasih syg seorang papa hingga tugasnya selesai.kmu adalah salah satu org yg beruntung. Karna papa adalah sosok superhero yg hebat

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Blog, Teman Cerita yang Setia

Akhir-akhir ini, ketika ingin menceritakan suatu hal, meluapkan ekspresi entah itu kegembiraan atau kesedihan, aku lebih berhati-hati.. bukan, bukan karena aku tidak percaya dengan orang itu. Namun, aku merasa bahwa ini adalah masalahku sendiri, dan mereka tidak perlu diganggu dengan masalahku. Bukan berarti aku tidak mau berbagi cerita ke siapa-siapa lagi, tetapi aku rasa.. Aku harus tahu situasi dan kondisi temanku juga.. Ada hal-hal yang memang bisa dibagi dengan mereka, namun ada hal-hal yang tidak begitu penting yang tidak perlu dikeluarkan, ada hal-hal yang memang harus disimpan sendiri, ada hal-hal yang memang perlu dibagi. Namun, terkadang mereka juga tidak selalu ad di tempat (baca : online). Untung, ada kamu, blogku, Memoriesta, yang menyimpan lebih dari sekedar kenangan dalam hidup ini (more than just Memories...), kamu mungkin kepada siapa aku bisa menuangkan pikiranku dengan leluasa.

Dan kepada Kamu,
ya,
Kamu,
(kalau Kamu ada)
yang sudah membaca blog ini,
terima kasih sudah meluangkan waktu membaca dan melihat sekilas kehidupan saya ini.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

My Third Exams in NTU

Still have 4 full days to prepare my first paper.
I want to remain calm and yet, prepared.
*praying*

Well, I complained to some of my friends today why the status on facebook or msn today is full of examination matters.. I know it's the way for some of them to express their 'excitement' towards the first day of exam which is tomorrow. I might not be as 'excited' as they are, as I'm not having my first paper on the first day of examination. I'll be having my first paper on Monday. And yeah, the thing that I complained is that I feel like.... It's not like something to be exaggerated... Well, I know exams are important, me too I want a good grade, but please take it easy. Forgive me if I'm sounded too judgemental this time. I'm just sick seeing those status hanging around my monitor talking about exams, exams, and exams. Maybe the problem is not with them, it is ME.

I really hope my GPA will do some an improvement this time.

Yeah, let's face exams with confidence and calmness.

Chance

I hope my chance is still there, if it is just the way...
I need some guidance
I want to just let it happens naturally, but
the fact is that I have to decide by my self
Yes, I need a guidance.
Yes, it's there
but it's my choice which way I'll take
Hope I'll always make a good decision,
take the chance
and let it be... the way it is..

Desires

One must desire something to be alive.
Margaret Deland

He who desires is always poor.
Claudianus

So, the one who is alive is poor? Or the one who is poor is alive?

Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?
William Shakespeare

because one doesn't posses enough a good thing?

I, my self, may have become poor. Oh yes, I am, but now even poorer. Recently I crave for so many things than you can I ever imagined. In this exam period, I have desires, yes, thousands of them.


I want to go window shopping.
I want to buy new books.
I want to read them in a peaceful spot. (well, like if there is one here..)
I want to go out and watch movies.
I want to go home.
Well,
The thing is...
I just want to escape from this 'golden' cage called 'exam period'.

I'm not hyperbolizing, but everyone here is now struggling in a battle, a battle between life and death, really. I tell you what, in these past three days I haven't gone farther from my hall's canteen which is only 3 mins away from my room!

Like I said before. I'm poor now.
I'm poor of freedom.
In the hunger and thirst of freedom.

I want more.
I desire more.

Why then, can one not satisfies for what he has?

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

I'll be Home for Christmas

Yossh!! 3 more weeks to go!

I'll be finishing exams on by 2 dec, n be home on 3rd =P

Can't wait longer

Monday, October 19, 2009

Jenuh

Otakku sudah mencapai titiknya yang jenuh.
Pita suaraku ingin menggemakan suaranya lagi.
Namun, roomateku sedang menikmati tidur pulasnya.
Pita suara, sabar ya..
Aku ingin ingiiiin sekaliiii berbagiiiii bertukar cerita dengan seseorang.
Tapiiiii
tak ada siapa-siapa.


Love My Family!

You don't choose your family.
They are God's gift, as you are to them.
-Desmond Tutu

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Lotsa things to do, so little time

lots of things to do.
well not too much until i can't handle it actually.

recalling from the past, i remembered i had said that quotation back there. but if i compare what was happening back there in the past, it was nothing compare to what is happening in the present. i guess time goes on. people changes. our life moves on. we are heading to the higher steps of life.

i hope everyone is doing okay in their life :)

Monday, October 5, 2009

A Turning Point

I hope I can reach it.
Soon.
But I shall face one obstacle before.
Will I able to do that?

*Believe in myself*

*Wish me a good luck*

*Praying*

Saturday, September 19, 2009

It's good to have your own life principle

I can't agree more than that.

In a world where everything is competitive,
In a world where everyone is competing,
In a world where it's all about competition,

It is really tiring,
both physically and mentally,

What I learn from this battle field is,
Not how to be number one,
Not how to be the best,
Not only how to do your best,

But,
To set and stay in your own life principle,

You're a winner in your own way.

I'm still alive

hey world. i'm still here. my heart is still pumping. i'm still breathing. i'm still in one piece. yeah. many things happened. i learnt a lot for these past one month. really a loooooooottttttt. i think i've changed in some ways. in the way i see, i think, i act, i decide, and so on. huff. school's really already started n as usual, i still need to catch up. i feel like still need to learn about time management. wew.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Forgive me

for being such a thinker.

I was just thinking too much.

Being a bird.

How many people on the universe would wish for that?

To fly on their on will, with their own wings.

What a wonderful for a prisoner longing for freedom.

Just be careful when you are tired and decide going back to the golden cage.

Remember not to let it locked.

*dan bohlam pun menyala* fb dan hal lain

apa hubungannya bohlam menyala dengan fb? ga ada.. maklumilah pemilik blog ini karena ia ingin menulis, namun tak tahu apa yang ingin ditulisnya.. daripada tercipta satu post lagi yang mengandung lalalala dan lililili, marilah kita bergosip tentang si fb.. lho, lho.. bukankah fb itu sendiri justru tempat bergosip? hmm iya, bisa juga.. tapi siapa yang peduli, memangnya ga bisa bergosip di blog? bisa kok.. tapi, boleh ga? belum ada undang-undangnya toh, jadi lanjut saja.. yuk..

ingat tidak kalian dengan manusia yang sampai menghapus tanggal lahirnya dan info pribadinya di fb? ngaku-ngakunya sih, takut kehilangan privasi.. lho,. tapi ironisnya, dia memiliki sebuah blog. blog yang bahkan bisa membocorkan rahasia-rahasianya, pemikiran-pemikirannya, kehidupannya, bahkan pribadinya sendiri.. sebenarnya dibandingkan fb, blog memiliki peluang yang sama besarnya untuk mempelajari karakter seseorang.. jadi, ngapain orang itu bikin blog? kalau mau privasinya tidak diganggu mah, ga usah kenalan sama internet. (mungkin agak ga masuk akal antara penghapusan tanggal lahir dengan privasi, but well, everybody has his/her own reason.)

di tulisannya yang berjudul "BukuMuka", sepertinya si penulis melupakan sesuatu dalam tulisannya. di tulisannya itu ia terkesan memojokkan si BukuMuka. padahal sih, masih terus saja tuh tiap hari ga bosan-bosannya ia membolak-balik lembaran BukuMuka. sebuah ironi yang lucu. ada satu pesan hilang. pesan itu lupa disampaikannya waktu itu. entah itu pantas disebut pesan atau tidak, mungkin lebih pantas disebut pendapat. entah ia beneran lupa atau hanya mencari-cari alasan saja. tetapi yang pasti, ia cuma mau bilang, yah itu semua terserah pribadi masing-masing. masing-masinglah yang bisa menciptakan batasan itu. mau seberapa terbukanya seseorang terhadap dunia, terserah mereka. toh, dunia sekarang sudah demokratis.

zaman sudah berubah. peradaban semakin maju. BukuMuka memang sarana komunikasi yang baru. bila halaman pertamanya dibuka, entah mengapa tampak bagi si penulis seperti ia sedang mengamati suasana lalu-lintas. mungkin pembaca bingung dengan maksudnya. tetapi begitulah yang dirasakan penulis. si A mengganti statusnya, lalu si B dan C mengomentari. ada si D yang baru memamerkan foto liburannya. semua itu terlihat seperti lalu-lintas rantai komunikasi. inilah peradaban manusia, pikirnya. semuanya sekarang instan. cepat dan praktis.bagus juga kan, bisa menjaga koneksi dengan teman lama.

kalau ga ikut, yah namanya ketinggalan zaman.

namun, entah mengapa si penulis tetap merasa 'gelisah' bila memikirkan perkembangan teknologi yang jauh ke depan. contoh saja di film wall-e, di mana manusia-manusianya tidak pernah berpijak. lucu sekali kalau dilihat. memang itu cuma sekedar di dalam film. tapi, tidak mustahil rasanya akan terwujud. bukannya penulis mengambil tindakan kontra terhadap kemajuan teknologi, tetapi kalau disalahgunakan, membayangkannya saja sudah tidak berani. bagus kalau semua digunakan dengan baik oleh pihak yang benar. kalau jatuh ke tangan yang salah? di mana ada tokoh protagonis pasti ada tokoh antagonis. ada yin dan yang. kalau memikirkan kenyataan itu terus-menerus, dunia jadi mengerikan. mendingan, main TypingMania aja. yuk..

disclaimer : tulisan ini ga bermaksud apa-apa, apalagi menyinggung siapa-siapa. hanya sebuah coretan kecil manusia.

lalalala-lililili

lalalala
or should i say lililili?

what do i say?
lalalala
lililili

how great a day to be in lalalala-lililili mood
how fabulous to lalalala-lililili around
how fun to sing lalalala-lililili

oh..
how foolish to write lalalala-lililili
because i don't have any sophisticated vocabularies to describe my lalalala-lililili

oh..
forgive my lalalala-lililili

i'm just..
lalalala-lililili~

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Hiatus

I'd like to post a looong looong looong post but I had the file in my lappie. I'm using my compie instead. and you guess what, I'm just too lazy to move my butt to copy the files.

My holiday is almost gone! There's only 1 month left, or should I say... There's STILL 1 month left? Hahahaha. Which kind of glass are you belong to? Half-full or half-empty? I guess I am both of them. Hahahaha.

I've been replaying FF IX. My most favorite game. EVER!

Okay, then.
I'm off..

Why 4?

FOUR NAMES THAT FRIENDS CALL YOU:
ta, riesta, ries, rie

FOUR MOST IMPORTANT DATES IN YOUR LIFE:
8 desember, 25 januari, 4 agustus, 23 mei

FOUR THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES:
makan jagung, minum, matiin tv, nyalain kompie

FOUR WAYS TO BE HAPPY:
jalan-jalan, main ff, being at home, bersyukur

FOUR PEOPLE YOU MISS FROM YOUR PAST:
nike, tetangga dan teman bermain pertama
alm. bu tuti, guru tk, guru pertama
guru-guru dan teman-teman tk, sd, smp, sma
dan.. tante tom yam (dan tom yam) kantin 16.. hahaha

FOUR GIFTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE :
peace, wisdom, health, and a miracle...

FOUR OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES (CURRENTLY):
main ff ix >3, nonton, makan, slacking

FOUR PLACES YOU WANT TO GO FOR VACATION:
japan, china, venice, germany
(huff. i dun think 4 is enough. haha)

FOUR FAVORITE DRINKS:
mineral water, lemon tea, teh botol sosro, pokka carrot juice

THINGS ALWAYS FOUND IN YOUR BAG:
wallet, tissue, umbrella, water bottle

FOUR FAVORITE COLORS:
warna laut yang bersih
warna dedaunan di musim gugur
warna bunga sakura di musim semi
warna pelangi

TOP FOUR HANGOUTS:
HOME sweet HOME, ROOM sweet HOME, bus 174 (dari boonlay-orchard), anywhere when there is rain

TOP FOUR YOU LOVE SO MUCH:
God, Familes, Friends, My Future Soulmate (wkwkwkwk)

TOP FOUR ASIAN ACTORS:
andy lau, chow yun fat, gong li, jet li

FOUR "THINGS" SPECIAL TO YOU:
Human's brain and mind
Colors, in the way they present 'things' so beautifully
The sound of rain
The feeling of being at HOME

FOUR FAVOURITE "UNUSUAL" SONGS:
Mickey Mouse Marching Band
Single Happy - Oppie
Ajereje (dunno how to spell but it sounds like "azerehe".. u know what i mean)
Lupa Lupa Ingat - Kuburan (i think the melody is quite suitable for a children song. why don't they make one? we are lack of good children songs these days! it's good to remember i had trio kwek kwek, enno lerian, and friends in old days past)

FOUR EVENTS YOU WILL NEVER FORGET:
the day i came to this world
the day when the big flood came. the almost-flying-umbrella, the truck, etc..
the night i did my 'soloing'. i kind of heard a tiger nearby.. guess it's just my imagination
the day i knew i was shorlisted to ntu. kind of miracle...

FOUR THINGS YOU OFTEN DID WHEN YOU WERE A KID:
playing, crying, drawing, running when saw a dog^^

TOP FOUR WHO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THIS SURVEY:
francisca, de sales, jane, ryani...^^