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Bisa, Coba Dulu

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Dulu, saya yakin dengan sepenuh hati bahwa saya tidak bisa menari. Badanku kaku, tidak luwes untuk menari sana sini. Gerakan tangan diputar-putar, kaki kemana-mana, pinggul kiri kanan, dulu tuh eke gak bisa sama sekali. Kalo coba menari pasti jadi malah jadi bahan becandaan. Kaku lah anaknya. Sampe SMA, sudah dibuktikan secara empiris bahwa diriku tidak punya harapan di bidang seni tari. Hingga akhirnya bergabung di Paduan Suara Mahasiswa UNHAS. Waktu ikut lomba ACG 2007, kita kan harus nari ya sambil nyanyi. Waktu itu kita ikut kategori folklore, jadi nyanyi lagu tradisional sambil menari. Eke pusing dong, gimana caranya badanku yang kaku ini mo menari? Mana sambil pegang kipas, kipasnya harus diputar-putar terus dibuka dilempar ditutup kembali terus diputar lagi. Ampun maknyak kayaknya akiu gak sanggup. Gimana cara hapalinnya coba? Tangan kemana kaki kemana pinggul kemana? Tapi kan gak mungkin dong cuma gara-gara gak bisa hapal tarian lantas nyerah gak ikutan lomba. Kan konyol. Jadil

Trilogi Warna

Warna Tanah, Warna Air, then Warna Langit are three graphic novels' titles. They are stories of a young Korean girl named Ehwa and her mother. Upon how they embrace love, meet love, and then wait for their lovers. The author, Kim Dong Hwa, tells his stories so poetically you can't help but feeling rather melancholic. He uses various flowers as symbols. Hollyhock, tiger lilies, bunga labu, bunga lonceng putih, bunga kastanye... Trilogi Warna makes waiting seems so romantic, using flowers as metaphor of love growing inside one's heart... For falling in love is a wonderful feeling, even after heart breaks we don't give up. The idea of love is beautiful, it warms your heart. So we wait. Longing Waiting Waiting for the right person Waiting for the right person to make a move Dreaming of the right person Who sees you Understands you Loves you kindly, Loves you unconditionally. "Aku sedang mendengarkan hujan... Kedengarannya seperti langkah kaki, dan... terdengar seperti

Depends on How You Look at It

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From Urban Dictionary.com: The world is in the eye of the beholder; it all depends on how you look at things; Everything is quantifiable in terms of individual perception. Ever since "24 Wajah Billy", I learned that there could be a lot of explanations behind someone's behavior, character, and reaction. When somebody do something wrong, may be it's not just because he/she is basically evil. There could be thousands of reason behind it. May be he was protecting something, may be he thought he was protecting something, may be he honestly thought what he did was an act of kindness. "I'm just trying to end her pain", said the little pale boy, after slicing his nanny's neck. Creepy, but true. Take Voldemort, for instance. Why did he killed all those people? To increase his magic power. To build a back up soul storage device. Why ended someone's life is needed to achieve that purpose? Because it is needed. Like science, you know. Scientist killed r