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."