January 2012
9 posts
“You know what I believe? I remember in college I was taking this math class,...”
– John Green (via julieheartsbooks)
“I think the universe is improbably biased toward consciousness, that it rewards intelligence in part because the universe enjoys its elegance being observed.” —> what a nice yet very humble point of view! and yeah, now that I think about it,...
joke of the day.
ketemu tutor di lantai 2.
aku: hi!
si tutor: hi. (sambil megangin pintu)
beberapa menit kemudian..
ketemu si tutor yang sama, di lantai 1.
aku: hi!
si tutor: hi. just met your twin sister walking around.
....
BAHAHAHAHAH entah kenapa lucu bangetlah ini!
sometimes I just randomly want to go to a park, pack my lunch, sitting there, staring, listening to the nature, doing nothing.
and I want to lay down below big leafless trees, looking at the clear blue winter sky.. figuring things out. reaching and getting closer to God by being grateful for such a lovely life I have.
but after all that stuff.. after I close my eyes, after I calm myself with the...
your eyes never lie, you know. so does your heart telling you what to do. one can directly read your heart by reading things you do.. and I’m on your side now. there used to be borders between us, between our hearts, between yours reaching mine, between mine reaching yours, but now.. I’ll stand by your side instead and I’ll help you going through the borders to someone...
“It does not really matter for me whether you care about yourself or not.. I do...”
“Tuhan memang selalu adil, bukan? Manusia lah yang selalu meminta lebih daripada...”
Happy New Year 2012!
Happiness is not when you go to beautiful places with random people, but rather when you go to some random places with your closest people.
Happiness is not a framed formal smiling picture with famous buildings or famous people in it, but rather an ugly picture of you and your close friends laughing heavily taken in your everyday places.
Happiness is not an act of relentlessly living a luxury...
December 2011
13 posts
… bahwa disaat kita berhak untuk menentukan preferensi kita sendiri, orang lain pun sama berhaknya untuk menentukan preferensi mereka.
apabila jutaan orang memiliki preferensi mereka masing-masing dan masing-masing dari objek preferensi memiliki preferensinya sendiri, sampai pada suatu titik jumlah preferensi akan tumbuh secara eksponensial dari orde ‘juta’..
maka bukankah...
Saya tidak pernah mengatakan apa yang seharusnya bisa saja saya katakan. Saya tidak pernah melakukan apa yang secara natural seharusnya saya lakukan. Saya tidak pernah berusaha menanam dan menyimpan perasaan yang dibiarkan tumbuh begitu saja oleh ia yang tidak akan pernah memetiknya.
Namun betapapun tidak terkendalinya, saya tidak akan pernah mengutuk eksistensi sebuah perasaan wanita terhadap...
“Sometimes I think it’s quite funny how we met each other. I once had me deciding...”
– just another midnight mumbling. good night, Manchester, stay as freeeeeeezing!
Pelangi.
hitam simbol ketiadaan perlahan memudar, menghilang sesaat mata berpandang alam. buaian warna ragam cahaya menarik jiwa menulis kata, melukis makna.
tujuh warna berpendar bersahutan membatas asa, menuai beda.
tujuh warna berpendar beriring memadu harap, menjalin cinta.
putih adalah jawabnya.
…
terima kasih untuk terus bercerita tentang indahnya keberagaman melalui pertemuan dalam...
no matter how close we are, no matter how far, no matter how we are trying to deny, no matter how hard we are trying to hide, no matter how long, no matter how real, no matter how intriguing, no matter how compelling, no matter how strong our connecting bonds might be,
we will never, ever be together.
some people fights for love, some others fights even harder not to fall in love.
Kebebasan Berpikir dan Kebenaran.
Tulisan ini saya buat atas dasar keprihatinan saya akan pemikiran sempit orang-orang yang seumur hidupnya terkekang di dalam zona nyaman mereka sendiri—yang bahkan membuat mereka tidak merasa perlu untuk membuka pikiran akan dunia luar.
Saya tidak sedang berusaha membanding-bandingkan satu pemikiran/kepercayaan dengan pemikiran/kepercayaan lainnya ataupun berusaha membenarkan satu...
Katon Bagaskara - Negeri di Awan
oh bring me back...
“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You...”
– Haruki Murakami | Kafka on the Shore (via blogut)
November 2011
7 posts
halo, Tuhan.
saya tahu, sudah lama saya tidak benar-benar berusaha berbicara pada-Mu selain melalui lima doa dalam satu hari yang mungkin tidak lebih dari rutinitas belaka.
tapi saya dan Engkau tahu, satu orang nun jauh disana—yang bahkan tidak dapat melihat langit yang serupa dengan saya—lebih sering memanjatkan doanya pada-Mu untuk kebaikan saya daripada untuk kebaikannya sendiri.
lalu saya,...
much more satisfying than punching you right in...
Never in my life had I been so deeply hate somebody. I am not a kind of person who hates people easily. I just can’t get mad, even though I have all the reason to be.
And then there’s this person. His age is three times of mine, he lived long enough to tell me things I never knew existed.. and so they say he’s a very respectful one. But then as I worked along with him, it turned...
“Kita belum benar-benar memilih sampai kita dihadapkan pada dua pilihan atau...”
October 2011
17 posts
Wishing we could choose our own landscape Wishing...
1 tag
The Art of Stepping In My Shoes.
I’ve been doing volunteering works for as long as I could remember. even before I understand the meaning of “volunteering” itself. I’ve been instructing traditional musical group for years, teaching poor kids for months, being ambassadors in several local cultural events, working effortfully with several student organizational bodies, offering helps to some charity events,...
Happy Birthday, Antonela!
this one was taken while me and Silviya were.. panicking. oh, but still, photograph is always allowed.
us and our legendary birthday cake…… though we’re not quite sure about the shutter. it’s a timed-shutter.
and here is our beautiful birthday girl! :)
…
not only we’re the current, proud residents (?) living in 111 Matthias Court, but also...
pelangi di kala hujan sore ini.
hari ini di Manchester adalah hari dengan cuaca super aneh yang punya siklus 5 menit sekali: hujan, angin, hujan+angin, badai, matahari, hujan, angin, hujan+angin, badai, terus diulang-ulang dalam kurun waktu 24 jam hari ini.
dan sore ini, saat aku lagi benci-bencinya sama cuaca yang bikin nunggu-bus-males-tapi-pulang-jalankaki-pun-gak-bisa-gara2-angin-badai, tiba-tiba aja aku ngeliat pelangi.
...
"White" Coffee
sore ini, di Caffe Nero, Deansgate.
aku: I would like.. um.. Caffe Americano, please.
mba2 penjual: would you like it black, or the white one?
aku: ...
aku: (bingung)
aku: excuse me?
aku: (setau gw yg namanya biji kopi itu kan dimana2 warnanya item kan yah? ato cokelat lah paling gak. lah, putih?)
mba2 penjual: I mean, would you like some milk on your coffee?
aku: oh..
aku: yes, please.
oh please, British. not another weird term. -_-
Meraih Mimpi. :)
Perjalanan meraih mimpi itu seperti halnya melakukan terjun payung. Kita mendongak ke atas dan dalam sekejap mata berada dalam ketinggian tertentu yang mematikan. Hanya diperlukan waktu, keinginan, dan hasrat kuat lah yang pada membuat kita berada pada ketinggian di atas sana. Namun perjalanan itu bukanlah dimulai saat kita berada pada sebuah ketinggian.. melainkan pada saat kita memberanikan diri...
(contemplating) Manchester Night.
I think about quite a lot of things these days. there are times when I just want to get closer to the Universe. there are times when I would like to spare with just the Universe.. the times to just contemplate and to be grateful for everything I have.. as well as for everything I’ve given.
well, hello, then, contemplating Manchester night.
this city is going to make the most of me...
masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri.
suatu hari di acara KBRI.
seseorang: ambil apa di Salford Feb?
aku: aku ambil master Audio Acoustics
seseorang: wah apaan tuh?
aku: hemm apa ya
aku: intinya sih tentang suara
aku: (blablabla)
aku: ... yah, bisa juga untuk evaluasi bagaimana kita mempersepsi suara.. dari mulai suara itu dateng masuk telinga sampe diproses di otak, dan diproses balik menjadi persepsi subjektif dan feedback untuk kualitas suara itu sendiri.
seseorang: ...
seseorang: oh..
seseorang: jadi kayak masuk telinga kanan, keluar telinga kiri, gitu ya?
aku: ...
inilah nasib jadi anak dari jurusan langka.
Manchester Food & Drink Festival
At a quite-warm-but-a-bit-rainy typical autumn Sunday in Manchester.
“I’ve got a crush on you, sweety pie.” - George Gershwin.
Robinson might be The Master Baker, but this girl is the real Mistress Baker.
hottie.
… (sorry but I don’t speak any languages other than English and Bahasa)
put a smile on your tummy.. WHAMBAM! (cartoon movie style)
despite...
choices and decision.
two days ago I had a very long talk with a middle-aged man, who spent quite a long time talking to me about fate, choice, destination, and decision.
he did mention about marriage and stuff, but he said nothing about the act of believing.
and I never believe in such a thing as “the act of believing”.
we are humans. we think based on our logics and sometimes feelings, or logics and...
Kepi 1-0 The Universe
Masih di sekolah yang sama.
A child: miss?
Aku: hmm?
A child: how old are you?
Aku: have a guess
A child: 18?
Aku: no
A child: 16?
Aku: no
A child: hmm.. 12?
Aku: no! HAHA.
Aku: I'm 22.
A child: really???
A child: you don't look like 22 at all!
Anak kecil itu memang jujur.
Aliens.
Pagi ini, di Alt Primary School, Greater Manchester.
Sam: (nunjuk ke balon bola dunia super gede)
Sam: what is this?
A child: it's a planet!
Another child: it's Earth!
Sam: good! Yeah, of course it's Earth.
Sam: and who lives here?
A child: ALIENS!
...
Krik. Anak SD tetaplah anak SD.
011011 - A Quick Escape
probably the hottest autumn in centuries.
Manchester Lowry.. and Our Heroic Number-9-Bus (free ride for Salford students!) :p
Media City UK.
pretty pretty dusk.
meet Elena, my soon-to-be-acoustician colleague. :)
September 2011
19 posts
pciptal asked: kep, tinggal di UK kok masih pake PP gembel sih kep? jiwa apa gimana si?
Racauan Malam, Apresiasi Kebaikan.
Saya sering mendengar bahwa dunia sudah mendekati tanda-tanda kiamat—entah tanda-tanda itu berasal dari prediksi kitab suci, sains (terutama yang terkait dengan bencana alam maupun antariksa), serta mitos degradasi moral. Oke, poin terakhir ini sifatnya agak superstitious kalau saya menggunakan implikasi “semakin terdegradasinya moral manusia = semakin dekat waktu tibanya kehancuran...
