Friday, December 04, 2009

Loved

Why would you be sad? There were never been 'us' all along... We were never you and me. Once you left me, without reasons. You come and go as you like.

I moved on, after many times failed trying. You didn't try to make me stay. This is not love. This is never love. This is lust. This is the result of lonely nights we've been through in our imagination, but I'm out of this sick feeling. You can enjoy your loneliness alone. Or with any girl you like. I won't care.

I just hope you can feel what I feel right now. The relieving feeling that I'm loved.
But I guess you're too busy looking for love, you never will realized it's inside you.

Senyum Cumi!

Nanda Budiono, I miss you much :(

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Happy Birthday To Me :)

Entah sejak kapan, ulang tahun bukan lagi hari yang kutunggu-tunggu. Mungkin sejak aku menghabiskan hari ulang tahun jauh dari keluarga; mungkin aku sudah tak tertarik lagi dengan konsep makan enak dan hadiah; atau mungkin benakku sudah berkonsep: ulang tahun tidak ada artinya tanpa orang-orang terdekat untuk diajak berbagi kebahagiaan.

Ketika kecil, kebahagiaan berarti es krim, chiki, kue ulang tahun, baju baru, hadiah, pesta ulang tahun yang dihadiri puluhan teman sekelas di Mc Donald's. Sederhana.

Seiring bertambahnya usia, itu semua bisa kubeli tanpa kesulitan. Yang tidak bisa kubeli adalah orang-orang yang aku ingin keberadaannya di dekatku.

Orang-orang datang dan pergi, ada yang meninggalkan jejak di hati, ada yang menginjak-nginjaknya dan berlalu, tapi kamu masih tinggal. Kata orang, yang paling penting dalam hidup bukanlah menjadi orang terkaya di dunia, orang tersukses nomor satu, pemenang nobel atau juara olimpiade, sebab di akhir hidupmu, kamu tidak akan meminta orang membawakan piala-pialamu untuk kau pandang terakhir kali, kau akan meminta orang-orang terdekatmu supaya bisa kau rasakan keberadaannya untuk terakhir kali.

Waktu adalah hadiah termahal yang bisa kau terima.

Seumur hidupku, kupikir hal paling mahal yang pernah kutuntut dari orang tuaku adalah meminta mereka menyekolahkanku di universitas pilihanku, jurusan sesuai inginku. Itu satu tahun lalu. Later I realized they've raised me till this very second of their life, and I don't even have to ask for such extremely unselfish sacrifice.

Kalau kamu pikir satu tahun adalah waktu yang sebentar, cukup mengejutkan bagaimana waktu sesebentar itu bisa membuatku sadar, itu adalah permintaan yang luar biasa egois.

Kamu masih bisa mengenali aku yang dulu, yang ekspresif, berantakan, si pemimpi yang optimis dan naif melihat dunia.

Tapi aku sudah berubah. Aku sudah menemukan tujuan. Bukan, bukan hanya sekedar kuliah di bidang jurnalistik dan menjadi penulis yang bisa menginspirasi banyak orang. Bukan, bukan memiliki rumah dilengkapi perpustakaan nan megah, atau keliling dunia, atau tinggal di Disneyland selama sisa hidupku. (Yah, kau tahulah, bukannya aku menolak sih menjalani hidup seperti itu :p)

Aku ingin memenuhi tujuan yang Ia siapkan untukku hingga Ia membiarkanku hidup sampai detik ini. Aku ingin berubah sesuai keinginanNya. Setiap hari adalah tantangan, 'bagaimana caranya menghadapi situasi ini dengan caraNya (bukan caraku)?' It seems easy when I first began, now I realized it's anything but easy.

I couldn't be thankful enough of You being presents in my life. Everyday is a gift. Thanks for giving me another year to live. Take over my whole year, my whole life.

Happy birthday to me.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Three

tagged by uniq

3 things you (currently) addicted to :

God, internet

3 things you interested to :

God, writing, future

3 things you found hot :

segala bentuk cairan mendidih, matahari, cewek pake lipstik merah (i don't think I would ever dare enough to do that)

3 wildest dream :

getting married (i mean, dedicating your whole life to be spend with one person?), living in a country where I don't understand the language at all, being a pastor

3 obsession :

being a writer, applying my 'healthy lifestyle' theory, buy a house for my parents


3 things you treasure the most :

best friends, memories, dreams

3 types of smell you love :

tanah sehabis hujan...

3 types of smell you hate :

asap rokok, sampah, asap kendaraan bermotor

3 bad habits :

kalo lagi bad-mood suka uring2an sendiri, cuek, suka ngeluh

3 things you love to wear :

big comfy t-shirt, comfy pants, comfy flip-flop! :D

3 childhood toys :

mobil2an, nitendo, lego

3 favorite author :

Rick Warren, Joshua Harris, Dewi Lestari (gila sebenernya daftarku PANJANG BANGET!)

3 favourite director:

ga gitu merhatiin sih ya...

3 reason you do this thing :

emang akunya narsis aja, memenuhi obsesi di-interview (sok ngartis), di-tag uniq.. huahauhauhau..

3 person you would to tag to do this :
aris.. sapa aja deh yang blogger dan kebetulan lewat di blog ini..

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Young, Smart, Talented and... Wasted.

Theme: Online all the time: Youth & New Media. The impact of social networking and the online world on Indonesian culture

Continuing my study overseas, I can't deny that the technology provides a very convenient way of communicating. I've once lost every single contact number on my phone because of my silliness, but even being faraway from home and family, I don't get panic or afraid of losing contact with them. Thanks to our modern way of communicating: internet.

Yahoo Messenger, Facebook, MSN, Skype, you name it. Countless number of social network have been made to satisfy our need to socialize. Thus, to alienate the real people surround us.

I am agree that internet has been very useful for us to learn and discover things. It might be one thing why it attracts us a lot. But who doesn't see why experience is the best teacher? If person 'A' read tons of articles from A-Z on the internet about Batik compared to person 'B' who has made a Batik, who do you think could teach how to make Batik to their children the best?

Most people I know will be upset if they lost their precious possession. But our most precious possession is time. We could buy things if we lost them. But time?
Yet we don't realize that we've been stolen. Our time was stolen. We were so occupied in our online world, we know straight away that MJ died, but we don't even know our aunty has delivered her second baby girl two months ago.

Then you ask, if not the internet, what else would worth throw away our time to? Well, each person will be different, but I think it's a good idea to start invest your time building a strong relationship with your family and friends. Or you might have the desire of a better country to live in, why not you start today? You can volunteer your time, share your knowledge; it can be anything, really. You can even get the benefit from that: your experience expands.

And I'm not saying that we should avoid internet, I just sick of myself realizing that I could spend 1/4 of my day being online. It means I spend 2190 hours a year neglecting the real world. 91,25 days being idle! Well, being fair, I should say that my insight expands a lot, reading different way of thinking from people on internet. Maybe the problem is just the time I (and most teenagers) allocated in front of that addictive screen.

Maybe we just have to learn to be wise of our most precious possession.

Indonesian Youth Conference

The Jakarta Globe

Terrant Books

Friday, August 14, 2009

Once

There were stories once we meet. We never invited the silence to come in between. I will ask how was your day, and you will ask me what's going on in my life. We both were such a story teller, I thought we'd end up make a thick book full of our conversation. It wasn't always interesting, I would even say it was stupid.

But I think life is hard enough, that I need you to ease it a bit.

Where did the time goes when I was with you?

Once, there were stories between us.

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Cynical Show

He said he adores you, called you beautiful and admire your body.
You called it love, for me it's lust.

He calls you 24/7, always there for you when you need him, his life full of you.
You called it love, I would think he has no life.

He said he care for you, his love endures forever, and nothing gonna change his love for you.
You called it love, I said it's a bullshit. (Blind people, can't you see nobody could control their own feelings?)

You said love makes you happy, I can see that you smile a lot and always seems in a good mood, your nearest and dearest might say you changed into a different person, more kind and nicer to be with. It doesn't mean love changed you, it means you treat people surround you badly. You don't need a boyfriend to change, you need religion and healthy lifestyle. Have you heard that work-out could improve your mood?

You said you need him not to feel alone, now you should go out and look for more friends! Nobody could be with you all the time, we all got a life to live!

Now don't you come to your besties, ask them for comfort when you're disappointed by him, ask for advices when you fed-up with him, can't you see that he's just human? If he's not what you think all this time, can't you just accept it? My advice, my dear, is simple: if you hate to be broken-heart, don't love.

The whole world talking, discussing, looking for love. Now I would like to ask you, what kind of love is it? Is it the love game you're chasing? Play and hide, another victim to have fun with and abandoned at the end.

Man, how I adore you. You've got the gut to love and to be disappointed, guess I could never be brave enough to love like that.

Friday, June 05, 2009

Melody of Broken-Hearted

It was you.

You used to call me friend, and with sour-smile I replied how honored I was. I still remember your smile, do you ever see it the way I see? It was precious; yet not me to treasured it. Oh, do you even care?

I used to call you everyday, curious of what happen in your little world, you were the key to my own happiness (you never realized it, do you?). You were the first person to know everything happened in my own big-messy life. Oh, do you even want to know?

We used to share our everything. You were the one who have such a big heart, to share it with anybody else. Now I give it back to you, I won't claim yours to be mine. Would you please let me take mine? Yes, it's my heart you've been holding all along, I need to take it back and fix it up. Boy, how you break it into pieces. Oh, do you even smile?

You read my mind, I was too easy to be played, yes I was so young.

Boy, it was you I adored.

Now isn't it clear enough, you heart never been belongs to me, not even now, and it never will. Sometimes you're just unlucky enough to wait for so long to find out you're just wasting your time. Yes, I wasted my time on you, I do know and realize that I was such a fool, how dare you called me your friend not to save my heart? Don't mind the tears, I even lost my count, just promise me to mind your step, don't you dare to step in my heart ever again.

Yes, you.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Saturday Evening

It was raining. I left my umbrella in their car. I was glad my bus came shortly after I finish work. And always that view made me jealous, treated injustice, and million questions of why it's not me in there. That university.

It stands proudly, even when it was raining. I can see people there, wondering are they students? How it feels to be among them? They laugh, it felt like they were laughed at me. At me not being student there.

And that station. You always got onto the bus in that station. Obviously you're asian. You always wear that face, that sad, unhappy face. You looked pale and thin, I wonder if you're sick. You looked like a student in that university.

Why, I wonder, why would you be sad? I could take your place as a student there, and I could only think there will be smile on my face (and probably frustrated face when an exam held).

Why, I wonder, sad-faced-girl,

why would you be sad?

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Life Lesson

I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school.

They don't teach you how to love somebody.

They don't teach you how to be famous.

They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor.

They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer.

They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind.

They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying.


They don't teach you anything worth knowing.

neil gaiman

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Sikat Gigi

Kemarin, pas aku mo rawat (istilah ini digunakan itak, maksudnya sikat gigi & cuci muka sebelum tidur; sekarang aku ikut2an make), hapeku bunyi. Pendetaku telpon. Ya saya sms lah. Pendetaku di sini suaminya Australian, istrinya Indonesian, nah istrinya itu sering telpon aku jadi uda deket, aku uda nyante aja jawab telponnya yang kedua sambil gosok gigi:

"Halo, shemu (panggilan buat istri pendeta)?" busa putih di mulut.

"Hi, Viny, this is Nick." omaigat.

"Oh! Yes Nick?"

Kecelakaan yang mungkin saja terjadi: keselek sikat gigi, nelen busa.

Pesan moral: Jangan menjawab telpon sambil sikat gigi.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Postingan Terpaksa

Saya dipaksa seseorang untuk update. Aku malas! Akir2 ini aku nulisnya di notes facebook sih. Lebih banyak feedback nya. Hehehhe. Ini aja dulu yah. Ini artikel2 yang aku tulis di warta gerejaku. Jadi berbau religius. Oyi.

He and She

They've known each other for years now.
He knows everything about her,
She knows nearly nothing about Him.

She's not a bubbly person.
He looks forward talking with her,
He remember being refused.

She doesn't like going out much.
He invites her to his place many times,
He remember being declined.

She's not an optimist.
He trust her for a lot of big things in life,
He remember being doubted for it.

She's not good at catching opportunities.
He gave her chances,
He remember she wasted it.

She doesn't like being around people.
He stands close,
He remember she hide.

She's not faithful.
He saved her most of time,
although He remember being offended.

She did everything disappointed Him,
Yet He accepts her every time she knocks his door,
come with disappointment of life,
asked him for help.

They've known each other for years now.
He knows everything about her,
She knows nearly nothing about Him.

She denied Him many times,
But it seems like He always forgot that part.


Ini yang buat bulan Mei:

Instant Generation

It was just something you never planned. It was 11 p.m. You were sitting all alone in your apartment, bored, nothing to do. Suddenly your flat mate ask you to join them. They were about to go to casino. Sure, you said. I don't have anything to do anyway, you thought.

You had a great time with your friends. You drank, you made new friends, and you even won 200 dollars. Amazing, you thought. This was what I made in a week at work. And I could got it without working, while I'm having fun. What more could I wish for, better than this?

You're a product of today's generation. Nowadays, we're living an instant life. Don't have time to prepare a meal, simply go to fast-food restaurant or make your own instant food. All in minutes. Too busy to meet a friend, you chat on phone. On MSN. On every social websites available on internet.

Could you imagine what will happen if you start making relationship with God in instant way?

'I don't have time to go to church today. I'll check what are they preaching at website.'

'I don't have time to read bible and pray. I'll just do all at once in the end of the month.'

Easier.

You got so excited, you told all your friends about getting money without working hard. And a friend will tell you:

"You know what. Easy come, easy go."

That's what will happen if you get your money easily. You will spend it without consideration. You will not spend it wisely. You'll just spend it, and suddenly you ask yourself, where did my money go?

You got hard time with life, and you ask yourself, where all my friend go? Why didn't they accompany you through this situation? They did. On MSN. On every social websites available on internet.

And could you blame Him if He just turn His head away from you when you seek Him, saying;

'I don't know you. You never had time for me, why would I waste my time for you?'




Sudah ya. :p

Sunday, April 05, 2009

Relationship

Hi guys! Loooooooong time no see! x)

Jadi aku udah pindah rumah. Cukup lama. Dan punya temen sekamar satu dari Mongolia satu dari Korea. This situation makes me use english everyday. Sayangnya keduanya inggrisnya gak gitu lancar. Jadi agak bosen juga nungguin kalo kadang mereka mikir satu kata laaama. Dan dalam satu kalimat bisa dua tiga kata.

Ngomong2. Ternyata di Mongolia. Seusiaku mereka sudah menikah biasanya. Dan caranya, mereka akan diperkenalkan dengan seseorang, yang dalam 3 bulan akan have sex bersama, untuk menentukan apakah they're compatible in that area. If they do, they go ahead and get married. If they don't? They pick another person. As simple as that.

Which is sangat gak bisa kumengerti. I mean. Marriage is something big, isn't it? It's a lifetime decision. It has consequences. Bagaimana bisa kamu menentukan keputusan semacam itu dalam waktu sesingkat itu, dengan penentu sedangkal sex?

Well. Forgive me kalo menurut Anda sekalian aku terlalu meremehkan sex. Aku percaya sex bukan sesuatu yang bisa diremehkan. Dan aku tau banyak pasangan yang pisah gara2 faktor sex. Jadi tentunya sex (atau ketertarikan fisik) adalah faktor yang cukup penting. Tapi, bagaimana dengan kompatibilitas karakter? Personality?

Manusia adalah makhluk yang kompleks. Kadang di depan seseorang yang kita anggap spesial, kita akan menyembunyikan sebagian dari diri kita. Kita akan memamerkan kualitas terbaik kita, namun seringkali kita lupa. Bahwa bukan keputusan yang bijaksana untuk menyembunyikan sabagian dari diri kita. Bahwa walaupun pada awalnya seseorang yang spesial itu tertarik pada kita, seiring dengan waktu bisa jadi kekecewaan melunturkan perasaannya.

Dan kalo hubungan sudah dirusak oleh ketidakjujuran, bagaimana caramu memperbaikinya?

Sunday, March 08, 2009

'Just Listen'

"So you're always honest," I said.
"Aren't you?"
"No," I told him. "I'm not."
"Well, that's good to know, I guess."
"I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways."
"How'd you mean it, then?"
"I just...I don't always say what I feel."
"Why not?"

"Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said.

"Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though."


Sarah Dessen

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

The 'Rome'

Yuhu.

Life is unpredictable, isn't it? Back then when I'm turning 17 years old, I never expected I'll be here, in Sydney. I never expected studying Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management. I never think I'll be a cashier to survive living here. Or an english teacher to a stranger which is Korean.

Back there, I thought I'll be studying Communication in a Christian university. I thought I'll be chasing my biggest dream: being a journalist.

Which now, it turns out, not happening.

They said, 'Rome wasn't built in one day'. Or 'There are many ways to Rome'.
For them, in time you'll be just arrived in Rome after wandering around in Paris or Barcelona.

For me, it simply means: 'You'll find out that you can never reach out Rome. You'll love Africa, anyway.'

But it's not like that's not true. I'm young. I like gaining new experiences. I like big responsibilities and showing the world that I could handle it. The thing is, well. I'm just dying wanted to be sitting on Journalism class in any university.

I don't know for sure if I'd like Rome. But I'm sure as hell I'd love the journey to there. Which, speaking frankly, not even close of what I feel about my journey to Africa.

Then again. Isn't everything we wanted cost?



For me, apparently, being in a journey to Rome cost me to do the journey to Africa.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Love Story

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

'Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think

He came and tell me
He felt sorry but he found his princess
It's not like she's prettier, he explained
But is there anything left to believe in?

Oh, oh, oh, oh
'Cause we were both young when I first saw you

It was just a love story, but you never say yes...

Taylor Swift

Friday, February 20, 2009

After All This Time


After all, the broken stones
That were thrown, for no good reason
Inside, she's loving him still
After all this time
And though her heart bears the scars
No sign of healing, It's All right
She's loving him still, after all this time.

Oh yeah

[Chorus:]
Trying to push the past away
Still waiting for the lights to change
Try, try for the sake of their pride, pride
Learning to barely feel the pain
Thicker the skin the less the strain
And though it's really hurting
She ain't breaking, breaking, breaking
'Cause she's loving him still, after all this time

Now he knows his weakness shows
Selfish soul, never changing
That's fine, because she's loving him still
After all this time

And to the outside eye
You see a family getting by
And it all seems perfect, and that's how she wants it
'Cause she's loving him still, after all this time.

[Chorus]

After all this time...
After all, after all, after all this time

Bones have to grow, and age it shows
Though we try and hide it
Inside, she's loving him still
After all this time
And behind his tired eyes, she sees the boy with his arms wide

Who made her feel like an angel
Oh that's why she's loving him still
For the rest of her life, she's loving him still
For the last of many miles
She's loving him still
After all this time

Simon Webbe

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Pasca Valday

"apa yang kamu lakukan

pada kenangan

yang memaksa untuk terus diingat?"

- raditya dika

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Job, job, job

Nggak pernah sedikitpun terpikir kalo pekerjaan sebagai kasir itu susah. I mean, hello? Aku pesen sesuatu, kamu kasih yang aku mau. Aku bayar, kamu ngasi kembalian. That's it. How on earth could it be hard?

Back in Indonesia, aku sering sekali meremehkan pekerjaan sebagai kasir. Mereka salah ngasi pesanan, aku kesel. Mereka salah ngasi kembalian, aku bertanya2 mereka pernah sekolah gak sih *in a bad way, of course*?

But then.

Ternyata, jadi kasir itu susah. Iya emang. Masa ngasi pesanan yang bener, kembalian yang tepat aja sesusah itu sih? Nggak. Tapi ketika kita kerja 4 jam penuh, melayani puluhan pembeli, jadi cukup susah untuk terus berkonsentrasi penuh dengan para pembeli. Terutama ketika kamu dituntut untuk mengerti apa yang pembeli katakan dalam bahasa yang berbeda dari bahasa yang sangat kamu kenal. Lebih menakutkan lagi, mereka yang memiliki aksen yang berbeda-beda.

Selain masalah bahasa, yang lebih menantang ketika mereka menginginkan pesanan yang banyak, spesifik, dan ingin kamu melakukannya dengan cepat. You'll just feel like you're such a stupid. Even elementary kids laugh at your english.

And what would you do, if in such pressure,

you feel sick of it (the whole job thing, including all the mistakes you've made), you're having headache, your stomach is hurt of starving but you don't feel like you wanna eat anything, but you're afraid of falling sick if you don't eat, because you know the cost of seeing doctor will be the price of your whole month living, but even to eat you don't have anything left in your refrigerator, and you don't even want to think about buying something...

Suddenly you realize, being a cashier isn't easy at all.

Anyway. Happy Valentine, all.

hm.

TAHUKAH ENGKAU BAHWA ENGKAU TELAH MEMINTA HAL YANG PALING MAHAL
YANG PERNAH DIBUAT OLEH TANGAN YANG DI ATAS?
HATI SEORANG WANITA, HIDUP SEORANG WANITA
DAN CINTA YANG SANGAT MENGAGUMKAN DARI SEORANG WANITA

TAHUKAH ENGKAU BAHWA ENGKAU TELAH MEMINTA HAL YANG TAK TERNILAI
SEBAGAIMANA SEORANG ANAK KECIL MEMINTA SEBUAT MAINAN?
MENUNTUT APA YANG DIPERJUANGKAN MATI-MATIAN OLEH ORANG LAIN,
DENGAN KENEKADAN SEORANG BOCAH LAKI-LAKI

ENGKAU TELAH MENULIS PELAJARANKU MENGENAI TUGAS-TUGAS,
SEBAGAI SEORANG LELAKI ENGKAU TELAH MENANYAIKU
BERDIRI DI PINTU JIWAKU SEBAGAI WANITA,
SAMPAI AKU BERTANYA PADAMU

ENGKAU MEMINTA DAGING DOMBAMU SELALU PANAS,
KAUS KAKI DAN PAKAIANMU LENGKAP,
AKU MEMINTA HATIMU SENYATA BINTANG-BINTANG CIPTAAN ALLAH
DAN JIWAMU SEMURNI SURGA-NYA

ENGKAU MEMINTA MASAKAN DAGING DOMBA DAN DAGING SAPI.
AKU MEMINTA HAL YANG JAUH LEBIH BESAR,
SEORANG PENJAHIT WANITA ENGKAU INGINKAN UNTUK KAUS KAKI DAN PAKAIANMU
AKU MENCARI SEORANG PRIA DEWASA DAN SEORANG RAJA

SEORANG RAJA UNTUK DUNIA YANG INDAH YANG DISEBUT RUMAH,
DAN SEORANG LAKI-LAKI DEWASA YANG PENCIPTANYA, YAITU ALLAH
AKAN MEMANDANGNYA SEPERTI PERTAMA KALI DILAKUKANNYA
DAN BERKATA,"SUNGGUH SANGAT BAIK"

AKU POLOS DAN MUDA, TETAPI SEMU KEMERAHAN MUNGKIN LENYAP
DARI PIPI PEMUDI INI KELAK
AKANKAH ENGKAU MENCINTAIKU DI ANTARA DAUN-DAUN YANG BERGUGURAN,
SEBAGAIMANA ENGKAU LAKUKAN DI ANTARA BUNGA-BUNGA YANG BERMEKARAN?

APAKAH HATIMU SEKUAT DAN SENYATA SAMUDRA,
SEHINGGA AKU BISA MELEMPARKAN DIRIKU KE DALAM GELOMBANGNYA?
SEORANG WANITA YANG PENUH KASIH MENEMUKAN SURGA ATAU NERAKA
DI HARI KETIKA IA MENJADI PENGANTIN

AKU MEMINTA HAL-HAL YANG BESAR DAN SEJATI,
SEGALA SESUATU YANG SEHARUSNYA ADA PADA DIRI SEORANG PRIA.
JIKA ENGKAU MEMBERIKAN ITU SEMUA, AKAU AKAN MENYERAHKAN DIRIKU
UNTUK MENJADI APA YANG ENGKAU MINTA

JIKA ENGKAU TIDAK DAPAT MELAKUKANNYA, SEORANG TUKANG CUCI DAN TUKANG MASAK
DAPAT ENGKAU BRI UPAH DENGAN BAYARAN RENDAH,
TETAPI HATI DAN HIDUP SEORANG WANITA
BUKAN UNTUK DIMENANGKAN DENGAN CARA SEPERTI ITU.

(author : unknown)

*read from a friend's friendster wall*

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Move On!

Nah nah. Satu lagi calon penulis berbakat. Calon, karna di sana-sini masih ada beberapa celah yang bisa dipoles untuk jadi penulis yang matang. Dalam grammar, dan juga untuk mengeliminasi kata2 yang kurang efektif maupun repetisi.

Menurutku cerita ini (wants to know? Just click the title of this posting) menarik. Sedikit merasa tersindir oleh cerpen ini, haha.

Satu hal yang aku tangkap, sepertinya penulis ingin berpesan pada pembacanya (atau mungkin juga ia menasihati diri sendiri);


"Move on guys. Sometimes waiting for somebody is just useless and pointless."

Saturday, January 31, 2009

100 Truths

BASIC
001. Real name → viny octavia

002. Like it? → yup

003. Nickname(s)→ vin, ce, ndut

004. Status → single and not looking

005. Zodiac sign → scorpio

006. Male or female → female

007. Elementary→ sdk st john (jakarta), sd bintang timur (jakarta), sd berdikari (pontianak), sd anugrah (denpasar)

008. Middle School → smpk san jose (denpasar)

009. High School → smak santa maria (malang)

010. Hair color → brownish black

011. Long or short → medium-long

012. Eye color → black

013. Weight → 52 kgs

014. Height → 155 cms

015. Righty or lefty → righty

016. Loud or Quiet → depends

017. Sweats or Jeans → um. short?

018. Phone or Camera → phone

019. Health freak → nearly. ha!

020. Piercings?→ nopes

021. Do you have a crush on someone? → haha. i'd not call it 'crush'.

022. Eat or Drink → drink!

023. Purse or Backpack → backpack

024. Tattoos → nope!

025. Do You Like Yourself? → of course! adore myself. ha.

026. Current worry? → money, money, money :(

THIS OR THAT:
027. Orange or Apple Juice? → orange juice

028. Night or Day? → night

029. Sun or Moon? → sun

030. TV or Internet? → internet

031.PlayStation or XBox? → none of them

032. Kiss or Hug? → hugs

033. Iguana or Turtle? → turtle

034. Spider or Bee? → spider

035. Fall or Spring? → spring :)

036. Limewire or iTunes? → itunes

037. Soccer or Baseball? → baseball! yeah!

FIRSTS:
038. First surgery → -

039. First piercing → on both ears, when i was kid

040. First best friend → ilsa novemry diasty

041. First Sport? → lari

042. First award → juara menggambar sekecamatan (tk st. john jakarta)

043. First crush → ananta, temen sekelas kelas 6 sd

044. First pet → none

045. First big vacation → forgot

046. First big birthday → never had one to remember

CURRENTLY:
047. Eating → roti selai coklat

048. Drinking → air putih

049. I'm about to → checking facebook

050. Listening to → come back to me - akon

051. Singing? → none

052. Typing? → this

053. Waiting for → reality

YOUR FUTURE:
054. Want kids? → yep

055. When? → right time

056. Want to get married? → yep

057. When? → right time

058. Where Do You Want To Live? → anywhere i feel like to

059. Careers in mind → author. editor.

060. What Did You Want To Be When You Were Little? → mangaka

061. Mellow Future Or Wild? → wild! yeah!

062. Something You Would Never Try? → smoke, drugs, tattoo, tan

WHICH IS BETTER WITH GIRL? (OR BOY IF YOU'RE A GIRL)
063. Lips or eyes → eyes

064. Shorter or taller? → taller

065. Romantic or spontaneous → both

066. Nice stomach or nice arms → both

067. Sensitive or loud → sensitive

068. Hook-up or relationship → relationship!

069. Trouble maker or hesitant → in between

070. Hugging or Kissing? → hugging.

071. Tan Skinned or Light? → light skinned

072. Dark or Light Hair? → dark

073. Muscular or Normal? → normally muscular.

HAVE YOU EVER:
074. Lost glasses/contacts → yeps

075. Ran away from home → ran? live faraway, yep.

076. Held a gun/knife for self defense?→ nope

077. Killed somebody → never ever

078. Broken someone's heart → yeps

079. Been arrested → nope

080. Cried when someone died → never been in that kind of experience ><

081. Kissed A Stranger? → yuck!

082. Climbed Up A Tree? → yes yes yes.

083. Liked A Friend As More Than A Friend? → uh. yeah.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
084. Yourself → yep

085. Miracles → hope so

086. Love at first sight → nope

087. Heaven → not sure

088. Santa Claus → no

089. Kiss on the first date → no

ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
090. Is there one person you want to be with right now → yeah.

091. Do You Like Someone? → yeah

092. Are you seriously happy with where you are in life → no

093. Do you believe in God → yes

LASTS
094. Recieved/Sent Text Message → mind reader

095. Received Call → agnes

096. Call Made? → himanshu (my manager)

097. Comment On MySpace? → dun hv one

098. Missed Call? → gag ada yg sekurang kerjaan itu

099. Person You Hung out With? → jess

100. Post as 100 truths and tag people!

I tag ARIS & RICO

enjoy! :D

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Wisemen Says



"Love someone deeply.


Get hurt deeply."


Monday, January 26, 2009

Anjing Menggonggong Khafilah Berlalu


iya deh.


sekarang gak akan ada yang menggonggong lagi.


berlalulah dengan tenang.


Weird Strangers

Hai semua!! Australian Day taun ini diawali dengan bangun jam 11 siang. Yaya, emang bukan jam terbaik untuk menyambut dua hari besar. Abisnya kemaren anak2 bikin party ngerayain imlek ampe jam 2 subuh... jadi ga bisa tidur T.T

Abis itu sama Jessica pergi ke Opera House, soalnya si udik blon pernah ke sana wuakakak. Di sana foto2 kita.

celebrating Australian Day


Trus tau2 ujan. Emang sih kemaren aku doanya cuman biar gak panas (dua hari lalu mencapai 40 derajat panasnya) dan gak terlalu berangin (berasa mo terbang ditiup angin euy), tapi kan gak usa ujan segala... huks.

Yah, trus kita ketemu manusia patung.



would you marry me?


Berjalan2lah kita kemudian, dua remaja putri nan imut dan cantik... ketika tiba2, waktu si udik mo moto2 Harbour Bridge, ada om2 bule narsis yang nyuruh kita foto pake benderanya dia (dan dia nebeng difoto jugak). Kebingungan, kita mah iyain aja dah daripada benjol.






si om2 narsis

Terakhir, kita ketemu sama kakek2 aneh yang tereak2in & kiss bye ke kita... Ck, banyak orang aneh di Sydney.



kakek: 'I love Indonesia! I love Jakarta!'
dalem hati: 'MATI AKU CEPETAN DONK FOTONYA'

Setelah asik berfoto2 ria di depan Harbour Bridge (lagi) dan Si Keong Putih (foto2 lebih lanjut maen2 ke FS aja muh males dah upload2), kita belanja belenji di Woolworth. EH ketemu orang aneh lagi. Pertamanya sih masi normal, dia denger kita ngomong Indo, trus dia tanya, 'Are you Indonesian?' eh terusannya diajak ngobrol ngalor ngidul gak brenti2, DOH kita mao belanja bukan ngobrol mas! Trus tau2 ngajakin barengan pergi ngeliat fireworks di Darling Harbour. Wuah, mencium gelagat aneh ini. Aku langsung bilang, 'Ah, we're going to join our friends. Well, nice top meet you.' LHA si mas2 gak tau diri terus aja ngajakin ngobrol. Ya udah aku akirnya pura2 ngeliat2, menjauh, menjauh, menjauh... Ujung2nya si mas2 ngajakin si udik kencan, huakakakak. Untung deh aku jauh2.

Kapok deh ngeladenin stranger T.T

Hey,


Happy Chinese New Year 2560


and


Happy Australian Day!


Have a great day, y'all! :)


Thursday, January 22, 2009

The Customer

wish you were just one of that customers.

come and go.

wish I could just treat you nicely with that fake smile.

nothing but fake.

wish you could just ask what you want.

straight out.

wish I have an option to reject what you ask.




even better to reject you in my life.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Quick Updates

Hi fingertale lover, sorry for not updating the blog. Too many things happened, plus you know how lazy I am, right? Hehe. Lame excuse, I know.

So, last week a new flatmate came. She became my only one room mate now. She's so talkative and we became a good friend soon, I tend to talk with her instead babbling in this blog, haha. Another news, I just started working in KFC since last thursday, today is my 4th shift and I became used to their varieties of menu and the cashier machine. I even feel like a robot, automatically saying 'Hi-how-are-you-what-can-I-help-you-today' & 'thank-you-enjoy-your-meal-please-come-again' (believe me, it's a hard job!). Oh yeah, don't forget that faking smile you have to put on your face.

Ah, today an incident happened. So there are two asian girls came to the restaurant. They clearly can't talk english. My supervisor asked them whether they're chinese or not, because there is one chinese girl in our staffs. Apparently they're japanese.

You know, there's one time you'd surprise that something you learnt finally have an advantage for yourself? Yeah, that's happened. Finally I could use my japanese.

Another thing, last week (seems like everything happened in that week) I contacted a guy that advertised 'JOURNALIST WANTED' in Paddy's Market. So this guy is the owner of a website for international students in Australia. It's still new, (2 months old) so everything still not well organised. I have to write several subject to for this web, so prepare yourself for not reading this blog. Hahahhaha. Am I writing that? Sigh, I don't even know whether anyone reading this blog or not.

Well, catch ya later!

Friday, January 09, 2009

Dizzy


Wait. I was just read this one.



"Well-read people are less likely to be criminals."
—Lemony Snicket



...is well-read people exist?


...then it has nothing to do with mind-reader?


Quotes

I'm addicted to quote. I don't know why, but I always love to read quote. These are my favorite quote I've read in Goodreads:

"Something that is yours forever is never precious." -Chaim Potok


"What's meant to be will always find a way" — Trisha Yearwood

"I am not sure exactly what heaven will be like, but I know that when we die and it comes time for God to judge us, he will not ask, 'How many good things have you done in your life?' rather he will ask, 'How much love did you put into what you did?' "
Mother Teresa

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
William Shakespeare

*surprisingly William Shakespeare quoted this one! I've been telling this one to that person again and again, but it seems that person won't buy it (sigh)*

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
Groucho Marx

*huahahhahah. It sounds like me*

"Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car."
Garrison Keillor

*another satire quote... btw did you notice that satire is my writing style? I think I found it very appealing which made a big impact to my writing style since... I can't remember. Maybe since I started writing. Which is long, long ago*

"Everything you can imagine is real."
Pablo Picasso

*that's why I'm a dreamer. A big one, actually (big grin)*

"The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid."
Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

*it does make me smile though it's not really true. Intelligence isn't only about knowledge of understanding literature. How about ability of cooking, then? (which is, frankly speaking, I don't have at all)*

"I love mankind, it's people I can't stand."
Charles M. Schulz

*wide smile*

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you."
Rita Mae Brown

*no! is it???*

"Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
Albert Einstein

*haha. So, all of you who used to think I'm creative, now you know the truth. I was just lucky enough to have the ability to hide my sources (innocent wink)*

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."
Oscar Levant

*ha! Now I'm perfectly fine with you calling me insane anytime you feel you want to*

"I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours."
Jerome K. Jerome

*hey, it sounds familiar to my sleepless night, near the deadline of that countless article... Gosh, I never thought I'd miss that moment this much*

"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like."
Lemony Snicket

*It's so true... now, why do we go to that restaurant??? I want my old, lovely Pizza Hut*

"I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early."
Charles Lamb

*haha. Anyone interested to hire him?*

"Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds."
Douglas Adams

*gosh, you understand me a lot. That's exactly the reason why this blog is abandoned... few times*

"Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man ... living in the sky. Who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer, and suffer, and burn, and scream, until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you. He loves you and he needs money."
George Carlin

*well. Somehow it's true*

and this one is the best...

"If you could have everything you wanted....where would you put it?"
Steven Wright


1 Cor 13 : 4-7


Love is kind.

Love has no envy.

Love has no high opinion of itself.
Love has no pride.

Love's ways are ever fair;
it takes no thought for itself,
it is not quickly made angry,
it takes no account of evil.

It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing
but has joy in what is true.

Love has the power of undergoing all things;
having faith in all things,
hoping all things.


Love is never tired of waiting

...

Love is never tired of waiting,


...isn't it?

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

It Says...



"I will gladly spend myself
and all I have for you,
even though it seems that
the more I love you,

the less you love me."


2 Corinthians 12:15