Reviewing Riot

Nah kan, tambah satu lagi hal yang perlu dibanggakan sama para anak muda plus gaul Indonesia. Sebenernya banyak tau hal-hal besar dan bagus yang ada di sini, yang seharusnya bisa bikin pemuda Indonesia ngga western-oriented banget, cuma mungkin ngga ke-blow up aja. Gw aja ngga tau ada acara beginian kalau ngga diajakin temen (thanks to Michelle Ines!). Sebenernya bukan ngga ke-blow up juga sih, tapi mungkin kurang heboh dengungannya. Selain karena berita negatif emang lebih cepet kesebarnya -karena jiwa gossipy kita jauh lebih besar daripada keinginan untuk memuji, juga selain karena berita negatif lebih tinggi rating-nya sehingga para stasiun televisi menyediakan lebih banyak durasi untuk siaran seperti itu, juga karena anak-anak muda tu biasanya jauh lebih terobesesi sama 'kasus'. Sebenernya kasus tu artinya ngga negatif sih, cuma udah terlanjur melekat aja kalau kasus tu artinya ada masalah. Ya coba aja kalau dosen akuntansi nyuruh mahasiswa-mahasiswinya ngerjain case 4-1 gitu misalnya, kan emang jadi masalah buat kita semua! Nahh, back to topic, karena sebuah kasus itu emang lebih bisa digali, lebih bisa mengundang pro-kontra, lebih bisa didalami penyebab-penyebab sekaligus akibat-akibatnya, melibatkan lebih banyak pihak -yang akhirnya mencuatkan masalah baru karena pihak-pihak tersebut juga punya kasusnya masing-masing, intinya sih lebih seru lah, anak-anak muda jadi lebih bisa mengaktualisasikan diriya dengan saling berdebat dengan teman sebayanya (kalau udah gini, kadang omongannya tu bisa jadi kayak pidato presiden, keren banget lah tata bahasa dan pemilihan katanya tu, asli dah) mengenai kasus tersebut, sebagian juga mungkin jadi ngerasa berguna dengan melakukan aksi-aksi demo yang gak keruan. Coba aja sekarang yang lagi happening banget: kasus Nurdin Halid, beuhhh, heboh bett.. Padahal Jakarta Love Riot juga nendang banget..

Yahh, pokoknya gitu dehh, cuma pingin ngingetin aja, di Indonesia tu orang kayak Nurdin (kayak apa hayoo, gw juga ngga tau ya, ngga ikutan) banyak, tapi banyak juga orang yang mau repot-repot mikirin karya seni dan menampilkannya dengan oke banget buat masyarakat Indonesia semua. Yang masih muda malahan banyak banget, yang pada hebat-hebat gitu. Coba deh kapan-kapan (baca: SEKARANG) search di Google pake keywords "anak muda berprestasi dan berbakat Indonesia", you'll find a lot, I promise you..

Jadi ceritanya, kemarin, 27 Februari, gw sama temen-temen nonton Jakarta Love Riot di GKJ, nihh ada sedikit foto.

p.s: makasih ya buat semua, siapa aja, yang mau repot buat Indonesia jadi lebih baik. tiap kali peluh kalian jatuh, mungkin aja udah nambah seratus orang lagi yang tau seindah apa Indonesia itu.

Ciao..

link: http://sosbud.kompasiana.com/2011/03/03/reviewing-riot/

Learning Love

Rako Prijanto's Masterpiece

Ketika tunas ini tumbuh
Serupa tubuh yang mengakar
Setiap nafas yang terhembus adalah kata
Angan, debur, dan emosi
Bersatu dalam jubah terpautan
Tangan kita terikat
Lidah kita menyatu
Maka apa terucap adalah sabda pendita ratu
Ahh...di luar itu pasir, di luar itu debu
Hanya angin meniup saja
Lalu terbang hilang tak ada
Tapi kita tetap menari
Menari cuma kita yg tahu
Jiwa ini tandu, maka duduk saja
Maka akan kita bawa...semua..
Karena
Kita
Adalah
Satu

Do you remember where this poem comes from?
Yapss, it's from Ada Apa Dengan Cinta the movie.
I read it thousand times, and still get a new meaning..

Damn, you're married !

Here we go, another love theme for my writing. You must ever watch a movie or read a novel which the story belongs to two persons who crazily in love, and like they were made for each other. The problem is I think you all know that the number of woman population is bigger than man's number, so how it could possibly happen where there is one right man for a woman, and vice-versa.

The condition is maybe not like in the movie or the novel or also the novel which then been filmed, what actually happen is maybe only a man who feels okay with his fiancee and suddenly he turns twenty-something and his parents often ask him "when you will give us a super cute grandchildren, son?" and he already has the job and everything and the moment is right and comes the night where he downs on his knee saying what every woman deserves "would you marry me" or "would you be my wife" or "would you be the person whom I see the first in the morning, and the last person I see at night?" and so on and......whatsoever.

When the relationship you have is okay -or let's say a few higher than okay, it will be easy for you to think about further relationship which actually maybe is not for you. It's like you have a normal blood pressure, but actually you are at the end of the boundary of that normal blood pressure. Do you follow me? I hope you do. So you don't have the signal to feel that something is wrong here -something is in its way to become wrong soon. And when someday, at the cafe or hospital or at the street, you meet your soulmate, damn you're married.

The Uglydoll Lost in Dubai

Let me introduce you to Chuckanucka the Uglydoll, you can call him Nucka, he is Britain (yeah he got the accent :p).

And this is Kooky the Kamels, I got him from my lecturer who also my boss -she is my idol and she is pretty :)

I love them both! They always accompany me when I spent my unhappy time at the public transportation :( They're cute, aren't they?
Ciao, xoxo..

Bogor -the city of rain of sweat !

Oline - me - Aline
.:xoxo:.

the-easiest-to-understand-but-also-to-forget

I must admit that sometimes as a Christian, I don't really understand about the verses that show up on the Bible. The sentences are hard, also the meaning -it has to be adapted with the current situation. The implementation? Wohoo, that's the hardest (don't ask)! And that's why whenever I found a really good verses, I'll try to share it here with you (all of you, not only for Christians I mean). I found it in my last mass; please, read it.

"Kasihilah musuh-musuhmu, dan berdoalah bagi mereka yang menganiaya kamu." Karena dengan demikian kamu menjadi anak-anak Bapamu yang di Surga. Sebab Ia membuat matahari-Nya terbit bagi orang yang jahat dan juga bagi orang yang baik. Hujan pun diturunkan-Nya bagi orang yang benar dan juga bagi orang yang tidak benar. Apabila kamu mengasihi orang yang mengasihi kamu, apakah upahmu? Bukankah pemungut cukai juga berbuat demikian? Dan apabila kamu hanya memberi salam kepada saudaramu saja, apakah lebihnya dari perbuatan orang lain? Bukankah orang yang tidak mengenal Allah pun berbuat demikian?

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Because so shall you become the children of your Father in Heaven. For He makes sun rises for the bad and also for the good person. The rain downs for the right person and also for people who are not. If you love those who love you, what's your consideration? Isn't that the tax collector (pemungut cukai -red) do so? And if you greet your brethren only, what's your overplus compare to the deeds of others? Isn't the person who don't know God had done this too?

So, easy to write and easier to read, right? Can we do that?
This one is may also be good, the simple one and the-easiest-to-understand-but-also-to-forget. Read it.

Janganlah engkau membenci saudaramu di dalam hati, tetapi engkau harus berterus terang menegur sesamamu, dan janganlah engkau mendatangkan dosa kepada dirimu karena dia.

Reprove your brothers, instead of hate them within your heart, and don't make a sin for yourself because of them.

The question is still the same: Can we do that?

Fly fly away my butterfly...

I like flowers, whether they are in red, purple, or pink is also good for me. Flowers, colorful candies, chocolates, and clouds are the nicest things in world. I also like butterflies, they are pretty, I wish I can fly just like them. Sometimes, at the midday, the sky doesn’t colored blue, because of the sun, and I don’t like it that way. The sky supposed to be blue, right? Just like the ocean, just like the color of the mountain high from a far far away land. When the sun is too bright, I can’t see the clouds, I can’t reach them either. Birds, butterflies, and even your eyes will be sick of it, I miss the clouds, show me the clouds. Please, don’t be as white as my clouds, oh you blue sky..

Butterflies look even better. First of all, of course because they have wings and they can fly, and their colors are amazing. But besides their wings, they have their beautiful life cycle. No matter how pretty they are right now, they will always become prettier. From an ordinary egg to a lovely cocoon, and then….there you go, fly fly away, my dearly butterfly..

When the sun is cooler and let the clouds show up, my butterfly will lead her way and meet the clouds. I will see her from down here, see her smile, see her from miles. They must be a couple God forgets to unify. My butterfly go dancing, crying, and swimming into the clouds. From here, I look at them as the most wonderful view for my entire life.

Hey, don’t you see them up above there? There’s the cloud looks like a butterfly, that is the left wing, flapping like she wants to fly higher, and that is the right wing, keep moving and moving on. On the west side of the sky, there’s the cloud similar to your face, you have a sweet face, a very sweet one, and I like it. You smell like chocolate candies, and your hair is as soft as my favorite type of flower. But then…without any preparations, your face turns into dark scary owl, your eyes bug out like you’re saying something bad in front of my deepest heart, and you looked old. It’s too bad, because you looked very old. What happened? Is it the wind? Or maybe the sky? Please, please, my butterfly, don’t change my cloud, let it shaped like a sweet sweet face, and let it stay on my narrow sight.

Love is Actually All Around

Okay, on this special day which Mr. Valentine brought into world, I finally realize that loving someone ain't that easy. It needs a lot of time, don't mention sacrifice in your heart (cause it's a must!), it also needs a patience -a lot of it, sometimes it takes your money to buy people we love something cute and nice. Loving someone requires you to give an understanding and awareness at the same time, kinda hard isn't it?

When it is related to parent and kid relationship, it really doesn't easy, right? I mean, who's the name of the girl who doesn't get into a fight with his old mom?

And when it is connected to boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, it's never easy, man.. It's always like choosing a shoes that fit your feet right. Sometimes you get a bigger size, sometimes you get the opposite one, but someday we'll get our precise number, eventually (I hope!).
But, what I'm trying to say here, is that although it's only an inch different size number that we got, it still won't treat our feet right, it will hurt you so bad when you got your 5000 miles of walk, and the love will fade away, gone into the fights and tears and regrets.

So, choose wisely, and let me say HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, let's rock n roll!

My Little Confession

Kejujuran. Kekalahan. Kesombongan.

Saya bukan pelari-dari-masalah yang handal, bahkan saya cenderung kewalahan untuk tidak memikirkan sesuatu. Atau bisa jadi itu cuma pendapat saya saja, bisa jadi semua remaja atau dewasa seusia saya kepalanya juga dipenuhi dengan berjuta pikiran, yang belum tentu semuanya berguna untuk dipikirkan. Akhir-akhir ini, seiring dengan terjadinya banyak peristiwa –yang tidak bisa saya sebutkan, saya mulai menyadari bahwa ternyata masalahnya ada di saya, semua kesedihan – kekecewaan kebanyakan – hanyalah hasil dari ketidakdewasaan saya sendiri. Ternyata saya pun sampai di tempat ini, arena bagi orang-orang yang kalah. Mungkin selama ini saya terlalu arogan dan kaku terhadap pemikiran-pemikiran saya, yang juga dengan kesombongan saya, saya sebut bijaksana.

Kecewa mengetahui bahwa kemampuan dasar yang seharusnya dimiliki oleh manusia –yang memang pada hakekatnya adalah makhluk yang tidak sempurna, yaitu bisa menerima kelemahan orang lain, ternyata tidak saya miliki. Begitu banyak keluhan atas mereka yang keluar dari mulut nakal saya. Ternyata hati saya tidak jauh lebih luas dari mulut saya, untuk bisa menampung semua keluhan Si Bibir, sampai akhirnya kata-kata keluar berderet-deret darinya.

Saya benci kata ‘seandainya’, karena akan selalu diikuti oleh kata ‘mungkin’. Seperti: “Seandainya saja saya menyadarinya lebih awal, mungkin saya tidak akan seterpuruk ini”. Saya benci memikirkan semua kemungkinan yang bisa timbul, akibat dari pemakaian kata ‘seandainya’. Saya lebih tertarik dengan kata ‘semoga’, karena dia membawa harapan. Harapan itu hidup, harapan itu dinamis. Harapan menjadikan semuanya mungkin, dan semoga saya bisa terus belajar bagaimana cara menerima dengan kerendahan hati.

Feeling.

There are too many reasons for someone to let his/ her love went away. Sometimes it’s only because of the parents, the look, and the attributes I called money and car. Sometimes it caused by something bigger, like the principle, the idealism and ideology, the religion. At another times, the trigger is something that unfortunately can’t be change, let’s remember the race.

And then there are another too many reasons of someone letting his/ her love went away that more painful than any other reasons. Another boy/ girlfriend to be, another love. Yeah, how about that? Or maybe another fuckin God’s decisions –which we should believe bring some goodness somehow, let’s say sickness or death. Eat those!

Well, on my inappropriate opinion side, there is also one other reason why someone letting his/ her love gone. Simply unfair –this is what exactly some of you, people, will say after read these next gross words. Just to get some fun. Just to make sure his/ herself that he/ she really into his/ her love. (Let’s pretend that the main character here is a woman, so I can call her ‘she’, just to make this writing easier to write). Maybe she left the man because she’s getting not too excited anymore into it. There’s always a good couple, married or unmarried, who gets break up because of the thing called BORED. That’s the fact, no matter how unfair it looks like for the mate.

So, the only thing you can do is to always treat your mate right. Don’t get too comfy with them till you do nothing to upgrade the relationship. Trust me, women feel bored too soon to believe. Don’t try to compete us, men, ha-ha.