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Three Days

On January 27th, I wrote an entry about waiting for the right person. Who would ever thought that he would come three days after? Probably it is too early to tell, but what I'm feeling is true. Pywedont, I love you. :)

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...

His Eye Is On The Sparrow

This past few weeks I've been obsessed with a song from Sister Act II. It could be because the simplicity yet deep meaningful lyric, it could be because Lauryn Hill and Tanya Blunt sang it very beautifully. Nevertheles, I can't get the song out of my mind. "His Eye Is On The Sparrow" Why should I feel discouraged Why should the shadows come Why should my heart fell lonely And long for heaven and home When Jesus is my portion A constant friend is he His eye is on the sparrow And I know he watches over me His eye is on the sparrow And I know he watches me I sing because I'm happy I sing because I'm free His eye is on the sparrow And I know he watches He watches me His eye is on the sparrow And I know he watches I know he watches I know he watches me He watches me. Everywhere I go, every step I take, every decision I made, He watches. He guide me all the way. There are time I choose not to listen, there are times I regret things. But He sti...

Klasik

Ada tiga novel Indonesia klasik yang amat saya sukai. 1. Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk - Ahmad Tohari. 2. Salah Asuhan - Abdul Muis. 3. Layar Terkembang - St. Takdir Alisjahbana.

Sagrada Familia

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10 things I want to do before I hit the bucket: - Watch Neri per Caso live in concert. - Go to Sagrada Familia in 2026, when they've finished build the church. - Spent a week in pretty city Haifa, Israel. - .... - .... Ok so I don't have 10 things, those three are what I have in mind right now. With this post, I add new label to this long lost blog: The Beauties. Tag in it are all k inds of things I find majestic like one of a kind building, nature scenery, designs,cities,etc. Sagrada Familia , a church design by Antonio Gaudi , located in Barcelona. I think it's the only building I constantly think about. Went there in 2004, when me an d my sister went backpack (well in our case - dragging tiny wheeled suitc ases) t o Spain and Italy. We couldn't afford taking tour w/ travel agents, so my sister arranged a modest backpack trip for us. On train, no tour guide, stayed at student hostels, pete-pete like flight, almost got robbed in Stazione Termini, walked around fr...