Wayang Suket

You want something, then you get it, are you happy? You have obsession, then you have chance to do it, are you excited? You can call me "kampungan" or something, but i have obsession to watch theatre in Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. Lucky me, friend on my CCF class give me free invitation to watch Wayang Suket Theatre Show on a series event Festival Art Summit Indonesia VI 2010, what a moment :D

So, wednesday night October 6, i went to Gedung Kesenian Jakarta. I feel excited with the aura, with the art circumstances, and also feel great to see splendor building, kind of room in the phantom of the opera, hehe.

I love to see something traditional in contemporary, and exactly Wayang Suket showing it :).

At first, i was imagine that i'll see Wayang Show as a common, there's a puppet, mastermind, and traditional music also. But, i saw different thing, more than just usual Wayang Show, and it's great :)

A man, called Slamet Gundono, who has idea of Wayang Suket. He's also become a mastermind of the show. He has consistently preserved and explored the local indigenous and wisdom of wayang with contemporary touch.  He and his Komunitas Wayang Suket present mixed or call it "Gado-gado" style  of conventional performances such as traditional theatres (lenong, ketoprak, makyong), humour, music, and current issues. They put 'politic issue' in their art language and in their style which is blended on the show. There's a joke about our president, parlement, and religion leader, and also offend our religion atmosphere in Indonesia. Beside that,He tell about prophetic story, such as Ibrahim, Sulaeman, Yusuf, etc, with his style in his "gado-gado" way.

Slamet Gundono play anything, include himself, wayang, human (performer) for delivering the stories. Therefore his show feels in absurdity versus reality, modernity versus traditional, and lucidity versus vagueness. But, because his capability in narrating story with songs while playing Ukulele to combine paradoxes with dramatic structure, it's resulting an attractive performance although we barely understand his language, his art language. 

In Art Summit that i watched, They presented a fragment of Serat Centini adapted by Elizabeth D.Inandiak, French Journalist who learn about Indonesian Culture since a long time. She also narrating  the show, so  we hear 4 languages there, Bahasa, English, French, and Java language. The title of the fragment was "Minggatnya Cebolang". The story is about a young naughty man named Cebolang who flee from his parents, Syek Akhadiyat, to roam and find his self-identity. Through this journey of life and moral, he explores human sexuality and ended up with various affairs of many people, including "ronggeng", immaculate widow or even Reog Dancer. A journey filled with lust, but finally it's also the searh for the One (Illahi), especially after Cebolang met the holy hermit who taught him about Dewa Ruci.

The moral of this story, the journey of Cebolang, is that despite the fall in morality, the man, at the end, will find the water of truth.

Great experience to have a chance watching it, which is art become a tool to deliver any messages of goodness, and also the important thing is to entertain all the viewers :)

Wanna go there much more :D

Credit : Sisca for the invitation :) , Slamet Gundono and His Group, and Art Summit Indonesia commitee for the review

Learn in Anomali

I was running on training this past three weeks. Running means day to day, even weekend, i have to learn and learn on three different trainings. One of them made me learn so hard to get a license. Unfortunatelly, i wasn't fit enough, in a class i was chills, then every evening on my way home, i got nausea. But i just have one thing in mind, Learn! whatever it is, let me gain knowledge a lot. No pain no gain. Then what's interesting in these trainings, me become 'anomali, haha..

First, in the Occupational health and safety training, i was the one who's not a nurse. A nurse as a paramedic in the company has to take part in developing healthcare due to every risk in every job/task inside the company. Hehe well, i'm not a nurse in this case so it means i don't need to do that in my company :p. My side is in my company, we could facilitate all of you for testing your health condition in order to enforce Occupational health.

Next, in Electrocardiograph (ECG) Course, i was the one who's not a doctor. I got little depressed because i don't have knowledge to do diagnosis or interpreting cardiogram result. But, a bit lucky, actually almost all participants do the same, they are GP who learn deeper as beginner about ECG, beside effort to reach "SKP". In my 'anomali' condition on this course, i have empathy that being doctor isn't that easy, i know when they were in college isn't easy, then actually regulation made them to do certification every 5 years if they aren't collecting SKP untill 250 SKP. It means every year they have to get 50 SKP. A course like this around 6 SKP, so in a year they have to do course around six courses. Maybe it's good for maintaining knowledge, but i guess for me it's too high to cost :p. Gladly tough the beginning i was nervous, but in the end i have more confident and pass it all as well.

Finally, my last training is training for Radiation Protection Officer (Petugas Proteksi Radiasi in Bahasa, let's call it PPR). So, i was the one who's not a radiographer. PPR is someone who is mandated by laws (in our country "Undang-Undang") and is appointed by radiation approval owner to implement radiation protection. PPR in performing this task, they must have work permit/license from Bapeten (Badan Pengawas Tenaga Nuklir). So, in this training, i have to learn and get license! Actually, i need all the basic of radiation in order to assurance quality of radiodiagnostic as my responsibility in my company by now, not about get license thing. Radiation has advantage and also danger. We have to justify what's benefit of utilization the radiation, then we have to assure that doses are as low as reasonably achievable. Every work has their own risk. In this case, of course radiographer has a risk of getting radiation. One of radiographer said that a friend of him died in leukemia after 7 years work in fluoroscopy (interventional radiography). Salute for all of you radiographer, for being brave and get me inspiring!

Thanks God for all the lesson you gave to me, make me feel that i only know very very a little from your infinite knowledge. Make me want some more, i pray to have many chances again in the future.

Beside that, when we become 'anomali', we have a lot of chances to understand another and being more respectfull to another :)

-life long learner and part of learning by doing-

This September...

September, i like the sound of September month. But, for this September, i feel times go slowly. Someone said that if you feel times go very slowly, it means that you're not enjoying your time. Maybe this is right, a lot of time i don't feel good. But still there's a good one, beside some not. Good, i mean there's Ied Mubarak and i have 'quality time' with my family in this moment tough only 2 days holiday. One's that i think not really good is i got sick, and almost 2 weeks untill now, i still feel that i don't get fit enough. This past week, i often got nausea and then throw up of course. Whereas, i have a lot of training to do and of course very much jobs to do (so now, they (jobs) wait for me to finish it), beside i do have a dream to be reached, to be prepared and sadly have to be hung up.

What's worst about this sickness thing, i realize more and more that 'Medication Practice' in Indonesia is tragic or call it's sad and depressing. We know that drugs could be generic, branded, or patent. And i know there's no differences between generic or branded (of course if the drugs have the generic one). They have the same content, but in branded one, you put the brand on it. If we can get drugs with same effect because their same content, why should peoples pay very expensive for (branded) drugs? My point is patients have rights to know and to choose their drugs. Doctor writes the receipt for the drugs with any brands without asking patients whether patients want to choose or capable to pay generic or branded one. When patients come to pharmacy they'll get shock with the payment. It's oke when it comes to affluent one, how if it comes to poor one? 

I got true experience on this situation in this sickness thing, i got a lot medications. Then when i came to Pharmacy, i got shock with the number of rupiah. I'm not that really smart one in the college, but i know enough about drugs, I asked what's the content of the drugs and etc. And for only that antibiotic, analgesic, antiinfluenza, etc,  it's not the worth number (and later i guess it's not the right prescription for my indication). I asked for the generic one, it's available, and of course the cost is less half from the branded one. See? why didn't give me generic one straightly? (asked my self pretending don't know what's behind,haha)

In a news, i read that in Indonesia, even generic, still the most expensive in Asia. Oh well, is it all about we import all the raw materials?  hmm, i doubt that..

This piece of thought is sounding in my head, maybe i know nothing about it all, just asking why oh why. Give me time to learn the answer and later hope i could participate to share in health area, as part of my dream. 

-grumble in the night and part of learning by doing-

Ecouter

Mendengar itu penting ya, dengan mendengar kita terkomunikasi dengan yang lain, mengetahui jika ada bahaya, dan tentu saja dengan mendengar kita dapat menikmati musik dan tawa. Pendengaran yang baik memungkinkan kita mendengar tawa seorang teman, tangisan seorang bayi, dan mendengar desau angin menyentuh pepohonan. Tanpa itu, kita akan merasa terisolasi dengan lingkungan sekitar. Kita adalah Social Creature Makhluk sosial, dan mendengar menjadi poin kritis kita untuk berkomunikasi dengan orang lain.

Betapa selalu takjub saya melihat bagaimana tubuh kita bekerja, dan oleh karena itu juga saya sangat menyukai materi anatomi dan fisiologi manusia. Jadi syukur itu terpanjat dengan melihat keagungan integrasi fungsi setiap detail tubuh kita. Subhanallah :)

Teringat waktu jaman tugas akhir, mendalami sang ginjal dan serba-serbinya, dan sungguh amaze saya dengan si mini ginjal yang sungguh fungsional, anatomi mikro yang sangat kompleks dan terintegrasi. Sekarang, beruntung saya bisa belajar dan bekerja, bertemu lagi untuk bisa mendalami anatomi fisiologi. Baru saja sedang mengakrabi sang telinga..

Karena hobi mendengarkan musik, berbicara dan mendengar orang lain, hingga mendengar kesunyian, telinga tentu menjadi favorit. Ketika belajar fisika jaman sekolah, mengetahui bagaimana objek bervibrasi sehingga menghasilkan bunyi, terkadang bingung bagaimana itu nyatanya, ternyata itu tersimulasi di telinga kita. Begitu gelombang/stimulus masuk ke telinga kita, maka telinga bagian luar akan mengubah stimulus tersebut menjadi sinyal akustik di gendang telinga. Nah gendang telinga ini bervibrasi atau bergetar, lalu getarannya merambat ke tulang kecil di telinga yang namanya seperti kembar tiga (Maleus, Incus, Stapeus). Dari telinga tengah tersebut, disampaikan sinyalnya ke rumah siput, dan rumah siput mengubah sinyal menjadi impuls saraf. Disampaikanlah impuls saraf oleh saraf pendengaran ke otak untuk diinterpretasi apakah yang kita dengar itu. Luar biasanya, itu semua terjadi dengan cepat, bayangkan saja, setiap detik kita mendengar dan menginterpretasikan suara bukan?

Huwoo, anatomy and physiology, heart it!

This just me want to blow it a bit!

see you then

Happy Fasting everyone! :)

Pulau bira

Lari dari kota,

mabuk di laut,

mendarat di pulau,

menyerap alam!

Pulau Bira, Juli 2010

Karate Kid

Escaping from busy heavy working, i went to a movie. Yeah, me wathcing Karate Kid to get little pleasure this time..

Good movie i think, congested in one quote "If life beats you, you choose to rise up or fall down"

This movie remembering me to that kind of tournamen, in my teenager. Missing that moment a lot.

In that time, i didn't just learn about how to fight but i learn how to live, how to feel solidarity and sportsmanship then also got a lot wisdom in it from someone that i called teacher and anyone that i called brothers and sisters. Hope God Bless him and all of them.

Keep Fight and Never Give Up!

See I never thought that I could walk through fire.
I never thought that I could take the burn.
I never had the strength to take it higher,
Until I reached the point of no return.

And there's just no turning back,
When your hearts under attack,
Gonna give everything I have,
It's my destiny.

I will never say never! (I will fight)
I will fight till forever! (make it right)
Whenever you knock me down,
I will not stay on the ground.
Pick it up,
Pick it up,
Pick it up,
Pick it up up up,
And never say never.

I never thought I could feel this power.
I never thought that I could feel this free.
I'm strong enough to climb the highest tower.
And I'm fast enough to run across the sea.

(Good words J.B.!)

Bisa!

Hari ini disela rapat-merapat di kantor, saya berkesempatan untuk mendapatkan pelatihan oleh Pak Andrias Harefa. Beliau seorang penulis dan trainer. Salah satu bukunya yang saya lahap habis adalah Menjadi Manusia Pembelajar. Dan dia salah satu trainer yang sangat lucu (kalau boleh sih menurut saya dia menggemaskan, haha) karena sangat ekspresif, cukup menghibur, dan sangat atraktif untuk berjoged dan bernyanyi. Haha..

Dua point penting yang menurut saya menarik dari pelatihan yang beliau sampaikan, yaitu mengenai perspektif dan kekuatan kata "BISA".

Coba pikirkan, seberapa sering kita (saya) merasa kurang memiliki passion dan semangat? Kalau saya pikir-pikir pasti ada masanya dalam hidup untuk seperti itu. Tapi saya sadar apakah harus selalu ada pikiran itu? Kenapa harus ada kalau kita sudah memiliki perspektif hidup yang pasti? Berarti ingat saja, ketika kita tidak cukup bersemangat, berarti kita sedang kehilangan perspektif dalam hidup.

Selama ini, kita biasanya menjargonkan bisa bisa bisa tanpa tahu bagaimana otak itu bekerja. Padahal banyak kekuatan yang bisa kita gali disana. Ketika kita di dalam alam sadar kita memutuskan dan mengarahkan untuk menjadi bisa, maka pasukan alam bawah sadar akan mendukung segalanya agar terwujud. Jika kita berkata tidak bisa, maka alam bawah sadar akan menyusun segala alasan yang melemahkan kita dan mewujudkan ketidakbisaan kita. Jadi kita harus bisa menjadi tuan bagi diri kita sendiri, kita yang harus mengarahkan akan seperti apa kita.

Wavin Flag

Not because world cup happening right now, but me in silence just hear and imagine the lyric of  waving flag is very deep and strong (even my friend said it's sad). Then i found an issue sounding in this song, it's freedom, and an optimism of what future brings. Optimism means there's human spirit in struggling of what they fighting for on (what they called) freedom and believe that future brings them a better situation.

Looking for what people imagine about this song, well here i found some peoples define this song, good interpretation and inspiration...

 

Generally a waving flag is a symbol of freedom. It does give the impression of something powerful, free, relentless, the movements don't stop, it goes back and forth over and over again. You also can't have your flag waving freely without having the political and physical freedom to do so.

But ironically a flag is bound to the pole, it's not really going anywhere ever. Still, as the song say this is his home, it's all he has ever known. Perhaps being free doesn't mean flying away from the land, but to have the power to stand right there, proud and strong and above many struggles, overcoming them. 

When I get older
I will be stronger
(A reference to his childhood, during the South African apartheid and a lot of racism will still be around)

They'll call me 'Freedom'
just like a wavin' flag
(He dreams of a day when blacks and whites can co-exist together in freedom, just like a waving flag, united under one banner)

and then it goes back, and then it goes back
and then it goes back, and then it goes . . .
(His dreams are shattered, nothing is changing, we're going backwards)

Born to a throne, stronger than Rome
(He considers himself well known among the black populations. Together, the blacks (and the whites) are stronger than Rome, and can change things forever (like the Romans did), but the strength of 'Rome' is being used against itself in these ghettos)

but violent-prone, poor people zone,
But it's my home, all I have known,
where I got grown, streets we would roam
(Generally, there is a higher than average % of black people living in Ghettos. They are violent prone, poor, but it's his home and all he's known. He's saying that if blacks want to be equal they have to prove they are just the same as us)

Out of the darkness, I came the farthest
out of the hardest survival
Learn from these streets, it can be bleak,
accept no defeat, surrender retreat
(These ghettos can change people, make people violent prone, he's encouraging people to stay strong united in a common cause working for the good of everyone)

So we strugglin'
fightin' to eat
and we wonderin'
when we'll be free
so we patiently wait
for that fateful day
it's not far away,
but for now we say:
(People may think that with such awful things happening in the world, nothing will ever get fixed, but he's encouraging them to stay faithful, and although governments around the world are against racism, mental scars and mindsets between races still exist, which will take some time, but not as much time as we would think ;) )

So many wars, settlin' scores,
bringing us promises, leaving us poor,
(I'm not sure how this links into racism, perhaps the war between Somalia (K'naan's home country) and the USA? And how the Somalia warlords left the population poor for their own benefit)

I heard them say, love is the way
love is the answer, that's what they say
(Again, governments and famous people say that love is the way and we're all equal)

But look how they treat us, make us believers
we fight their battles, then they deceive us
(But the Somalian warlords (could also be a reference to South African apartheid) use them, manipulate them away from love and towards hatred)

try to control us, they couldn't hold us
'cause we just move forward like Buffalo soldiers
(But united together they can make a stand against racism and wars, together, blacks can unite as 'buffalo soldiers' to move forward and help spread peace in Africa)

Well, have you ever define what freedom really is? or just remembering freedom quote in our independence day? which is not totally "independence" i think, yeah maybe just because..

"Mankind is always struggling for progress. To reach a greater state of being. We always fall back. Relentlessly. But despite this all, we're strong."

Credit : peoples on songmeanings.net

Is it good or bad romance?

If someone couldn't be here forever, couldn't be with us forever..
maybe in mind, i still see you through, and maybe you see me through..
then we can continue conquer the world in each our mind, in each our way, in yours, and in mine..
(Haha what the hell am i saying)

"I'm glad
At least in my life
I've found someone
That may not be here forever
To see me through
But I found strength in you
Cause in my mind
You will stay here always..
You and i.."

romance this song
You and I

Laugh in temptation

Hidup ini lucu ya? haha, i mean sometime in our mourning period or in each tears or in a sad time, we can laugh! (am i crazy or something?haha..)

Yeah what happened recently oh life?

I made my choice to said enough is enough, give up on "something". To be happy for anyone else happiness. To let "the one" has a wings to be free. Goodbye is hurt but maybe it's better to take it. Maybe i can see in the name of losing, i'm in the middle of finding something. Hmmm so in whatever it's called mourning or sad time, i try to smile (sorry i can't say that i can laugh for this, smile is maximum for this case) for my own optimism and i hope for "your" happiness.

What's another thing this time?

Yeah let's back in bahasa, haha. Kost oh kost, tetangga oh tetangga. Setelah beberapa kejadian ga enak sebelum-sebelumnya, mulai dari usir mengusir penghuni kost yg ga jelas juntrungannya, trus perang teluk sayap atas, karaoke nan pede dan berisik kemana-mana, sampe dilabrak tukang sapu untuk hal yang sepele tapi berbuah caci maki, nah sekarang ada kejadian yang tak kalah menarik dan menegangkan (haha gilak bahasa!). Penghuni kost baru nan 'lugu' hoalah ternyata ke-gap tatkala berniat 'menerobos' kamar kostan penghuni yang lain. But lucky, terlanjur ketahuan sehingga tuh pelaku ber-acting menjadi pemasang sepatu kawakan. Ckck, ada-ada saja, sukses sekali membuat saya parno dan was was. Teringat kejadian dulu pula di sudut Jakarta ini, saat tragedi menjadi korban 'intip'. Belum lagi rejeki yang raib tiba-tiba sampe kejadian nyaris dicopet. Itu semua semakin membentuk pikiran, you can't trus anyone here!  Yah mungkin semakin besar kota, semakin banyak karakter orang, dan semakin banyak kesempatan kita untuk bertemu orang-orang 'yang tidak baik'. So, it makes me not to be too naive. 

For this, make me smile cynically then laugh a bit. Sudah saatnya mencari tempat berteduh yang lebih nyaman!

What's on this night?

Selama ini Jakarta kebanjiran saya hanya bisa mengiba. Tapi bagaimana jika terjadi di kamar sendiri? Yeah, surprising me, when back home (yeah not truly home, it's a room for me to take shelter temporary this time on my self forging time) in late at night after a tiring day and in this mourning period, i got my room flooding! Oh yeah, kamar saya kebanjiran kawan. Terbengong awalnya, dan hanya bisa berkata, Ya Allah ada-ada saja, terima kasih atas cobaannya. Kerja basahlah saya berusaha mengeluarkan air dari sudut kamar, dari bawah ranjang, yeah dari seluruh kamar. Sadly, buku-buku saya yang saya simpan di keranjang lantai harus basah juga. Maklum kalau sudah urusan buku saya overpossesif, jadi itu cukup membuat saya menyesal. Anyone help me? 

My blue moody side need protection from any kind of bad and from flooding water..hoho

But this night, i was laughing!

Laughing for all bitter sweet in this 24 hours in my life. Losing, scaring, then flooding! hahaha..

Whatever happened to me, maybe it's just nothing, i'm not woman who's in the middle of brutality in Gaza, not woman who lost her child, or anything bitter..

Well, Thanks God for these (if it had to called) temptations, make me wiser than before, stronger than before..Amin!

;)

June 7, 2010

Hidden Agenda

Jadilah tegar dan sabar bila Allah menetapkan ujian di titik terlemah kita..

Ia hendak menjadikan kita lebih kuat dan meminta pertolongannya dengan sabar dan shalat..

Berhentilah untuk lalai,
menggantungkan diri pada dia makhluk yang tiada daya membantu kita..

Bangkitlah pendar-pendar kesadaran dan logika dalam jiwa..

Menjatuhkan diri pada perasaan, menjuruskanmu pada titik terlemahmu..
Ikhlaskanlah.

-find this hidden on my agenda-

Kembali ke rumah..

Thanks God for the fresh air,

For those inspiring conversations

For the loveable friends

For those quality times..

Pieces of think thank for this day :
” In life, there’s no winning or losing, it’s about winning or learning”

“God always give us a door to give us a chance to see the other side, to be thankfull, to get out from “stuckest moment” or “blunder things”

“Being in love, not about “I can’t live without you” quote, because God give us air to breathe and life to live in so we can continu our life, maybe it’s about less happiness or something missing. But it’s just common in life, isn’t it?”

Whatever there was good time bad time here, Bandung still be my lovely hometown, place that I always miss a lot..

Bandung, May 29, 2010

-On the road, Igelanca-Jayakarta Hotel-Kopi Progo-

Tribute : Shinta Listiane, Mia Wismiati, Fitria Yuanita, Maria Angelina

Kabar untuk para "kalong"

Like this! karena..? hehe entah karena untuk pembelaan diri karena sering tidur larut atau karena perilaku adiktif obsesif terhadap kopi. Both of them is sooo mee, haha. It works for me to gain mood at office. Tapi karena sudah "addict" kadang memang tidak cukup untuk menghilangkan kantuk, pesan moralnya kopi dapat berefek baik menghilangkan kantuk jika kita memang cukup beristirahat. Dan tetap ingat prinsip keseimbangan obat dan racun, apapun yang dimakan dan dilakukan berlebih akan berefek tidak baik. Kafein pada konsentrasi tertentu memang berefek stimulan sistem saraf pusat, tapi melebihi dosis yang ditentukan tidak bisa janji apakah efek masih bekerja atau sudah menjadi bumerang bagi kita.
Have a nice weekend and at your best enjoy your coffee ;)

Kafein Bikin Pekerja Lebih Fokus
Kompas 14 Mei 2010

Kabar baik untuk Anda para coffee lover. Studi terkini menyebutkan konsumsi kafein akan membantu para pekerja waktu gilir (shift) malam terhindar dari kesalahan.

Kerja lembur atau kerja shift malam banyak dilakukan para pekerja. Dalam jangka panjang hal ini bisa mengganggu jam biologis. Tak sedikit para "kalong" yang terbiasa tidur di luar jam normal ini mengalami gangguan tidur. Mulai dari waktu tidur yang berkurang, atau mengantuk saat bekerja. Akibatnya kemungkinan terjadinya error saat bekerja juga lebih tinggi.

Dalam sebuah analisa terhadap 13 studi mengenai efek kafein pada kemampuan kerja pekerja shift malam, diketahui kafein akan membuat para pekerja lebih sigap, fokus, dan memudahkan mereka menghadapi tantangan sehingga terjadinya error bisa ditekan.

Responden dalam penelitian tersebut mengonsumsi kafein dalam berbagai variasi, seperti kopi, pil, minuman berenergi, makanan, dan sebagian lain diberikan placebo. Hasilnya, mereka yang mengonsumsi kafein memiliki performa kerja lebih baik dibanding yang mendapat placebo.

Kafein merangsang sistem saraf pusat, yang berakibat pada peningkatkan kemampuan mengingat, konsentrasi, persepsi, dan berpendapat. Meski demikian, terlalu banyak kafein bukan berarti tanpa efek samping. Dalam dosis berlebihan, antara 2-7 cangkir kopi atau lebih dari 250 mg, dapat menimbulkan kegelisahan, mual, atau sakit kepala. Jika dosisnya lebih tinggi, bisa menyebabkan gangguan emosi.

Sepenggal dari Negeri 5 Menara

Kalau di blog sebelumnya saya terpercik dengan prolog buku Negeri 5 Menara, sekarang saya akan sadur sedikit isinya, yang menurut saya cukup inspiratif. Dalam cerita, penggalan di bawah ini digelorakan dengan semangat oleh seorang guru di ruangan kelas terhadap murid-muridnya. Mereka (para tokoh di buku ini yang merupakan memoar sang penulis) beruntung bisa bertemu guru-guru yang luar biasa dedikatif dan belajar di tempat yang luar biasa pula. Sejak usia 4 tahun mengenyam "sekolahan" (honestly, give it name "pendidikan" rasanya kurang cocok, haha no offense!) rasanya jarang saya bertemu seorang pengajar yang mengajak saya membicarakan cita dalam artian sesungguhnya dan memberi sayap bagaimana terbang menggapainya. Rasanya senang deh kalau semua yang mencintai pendidikan bisa mengambil pelajaran dari buku ini. Melihat mutiara didik di sebuah pondok pesantren.
Berikut sepenggal isinya..

"Man shabara zafira. Siapa yang bersabar akan beruntung. Jangan risaukan penderitaan hari ini, jalani saja dan lihatlah apa yang akan terjadi di depan. Karena yang kita tuju bukan sekarang, tapi ada yang lebih besar dan prinsipil, yaitu menjadi manusia yang telah menemukan misinya dalam hidup..
...Misi yang dimaksud adalah ketika kalian melakukan sesuatu hal positif dengan kualitas sangat tinggi dan di saat yang sama menikmati prosesnya. Bila kalian merasakan sangat baik melakukan suatu hal dengan usaha yang minimum, mungkin itu adalah misi yang diberikan Tuhan. Carilah misi kalian masing-masing. Mungkin misi kalian adalah belajar Al-Qur'an, mungkin menjadi orator, mungkin membaca puisi, mungkin menulis, mungkin apa saja. Temukan dan semoga kalian menjadi orang yang berbahagia..
...Tahukah kalian apa yang membuat orang sukses berbeda dengan orang yang biasa?...
...Ada dua hal paling penting dalam mempersiapkan diri untuk sukses, yaitu going the extra miles. Tidak menyerah dengan rata-rata. Kalau orang belajar 1 jam, dia akan belajar 5 jam, kalau orang berlari 2 kilo, dia akan berlari 3 kilo. Kalau orang menyerah di detik 10, dia tidak akan menyerah sampai detik 20. Selalu berusaha meningkatkan diri lebih dari orang biasa. Karena itu mari kita budayakan going the extra miles, lebihkan usaha, waktu, upaya, tekad dan sebagainya dari orang lain...
...Resep lainnya adalah tidak pernah mengizinkan diri kalian dipengaruhi oleh unsur di luar diri kalian. Oleh siapa pun, apa pun, dan suasana bagaimana pun. Artinya, jangan mau sedih, marah, kecewa dan takut karena ada faktor luar. Kalianlah yang berkuasa terhadap diri kalian sendiri, jangan serahkan kekuasaan kepada orang lain. Orang boleh menodong senapan, tapi kalian punya pilihan, untuk takut atau tetap tegar. Kalian punya pilihan di lapisan diri kalian paling dalam, dan itu tidak ada hubungannya dengan pengaruh luar...
...Jangan biarkan diri kalian kesal dan marah, hanya merugi dan menghabiskan energi. Hadapi dengan lapang dada, dan belajar darinya. Bahkan kalian bisa tertawa, karena ini hanya gangguan sementara...
...Jadi pilihlah suasana hati kalian, dalam situasi paling kacau sekalipun. Karena kalianlah master dan penguasa hati kalian. Dan hati yang selalu bisa dikuasai pemiliknya, adalah hati orang yang sukses...."

Man Jadda Wajada
Selamat membaca! :)
Negeri 5 Menara, A. Fuadi, 2009

Immature in a real word

Menjadi kurang dewasa atau belum dewasa secara pikir itu sudah biasa. Tapi apa jadinya jika kita mengalami kondisi seperti Brooke di bawah ini?
Allah memang selalu menyediakan banyak cara untuk kita agar bersyukur. Apa artinya merasa kurang tinggi, kurang cantik, kurang putih, kurang dewasa, coba lihat Brooke ini, bahkan dia tidak mengalami pertumbuhan secara fisik dan mental!
Selalu ada hikmah di balik semua kejadian, Brooke dilahirkan mungkin untuk jadi berkah pengetahuan bagi perkembangan ilmu maupun kemajuan medis melalui penelitian.

Gadis Usia 17 Ini bagai Bocah Setahun
Sumber Kompas 10 Mei 2010

Anda mungkin tidak akan pernah menyangka kalau bocah perempuan dalam gambar ini sebenarnya sudah berusia 17 tahun. Akibat mengidap suatu kelainan, gadis bernama Brooke Greenberg ini seperti terjebak jiwa dan raganya dalam tubuh seorang anak berusia setahun.

Brooke, yang lahir di kota Reistertown, Baltimore, Amerika Serikat, mengalami kelainan dalam pertumbuhan baik secara fisik maupun mental. Tubuhnya hanya setinggi 30 inci dan pikirannya seperti anak berusia satu tahun.

Pada saat dilahirkan, tidak ada keganjilan yang tampak pada Brooke. Namun, sebelum usia dua tahun, ia mengalami beberapa kejadian yang tak bisa dijelaskan secara medis. Seiring bertambahnya usia kedua orangtuanya, Melanie dan Howard, semakin menyadari kalau anaknya ini tidak tumbuh dan berkembang secara normal.

Para dokter tidak dapat memberikan penjelasan secara medis terhadap kelainan yang dialami Brooke. Namun, mereka yakin bahwa sebagian besar bagian tubuhnya tidak berkembang dan terkoordinasi sebagaimana mestinya. Brooke sebenarnya bisa bergerak dan mengenali suara, tetapi ia tidak bisa bicara. Tulangnya pun mirip anak berusia 10 tahun, tetapi giginya masih seperti bayi.

Para dokter benar-benar bingung dengan kelainan ini. Mereka pun sempat menduga Brooke mengidap penyakit yang disebut Syndrome X. Namun, sebuah kajian awal terhadap DNA-nya mengindikasikan bahwa kegagalan tumbuh kembang yang dialami Brooke mungkin berkaitan dengan suatu kecacatan gen yang juga berperan dalam proses penuaan manusia pada umumnya.

Para peneliti berharap, dengan menganalisis lebih jauh DNA Brooke, akan ditemukan sebuah petunjuk awal dari proses penuaan dan bahkan dapat menciptakan suatu terapi baru dan pengobatan bagi penyakit yang berkaitan dengan usia lanjut.

Menurut rencana, para ilmuwan terkemuka dari pelbagai penjuru dunia akan berkumpul dalam sebuah konferensi di London, Inggris, pada pekan ini. Mereka akan mendiskusikan sejumlah temuan berkaitan dengan kelainan yang dialami Brooke.

Happiness around ^_^

Wanna share a simple question, a piece of thought..then shout it out loudly..!

Do we choose happiness in our life? yes we do, yes i do..

Who's the one that we could control? us, i am..

When you're out of control, who's the one that must be realize and back to track? i am, me just me..you just you..

Do we have kryptonite as superman? we could be, yes i do..
Then what? egal!

the saddest thing ever is losing your smile, then badly get wrong impression from others..
If something made you badly broken, then you couldn't be happy? No no, we choose our happiness..
Just tell your self, it's easy to let it go..
If you became not really you, There's always time to realize, There's always friend to warn, there's always God to thank..

I choose to control my self, not another..
I choose to get my own happiness, come back to smile all the way..

-me motivating me-
God give happiness around, me catcht up!
^_^

Evening at Kota..

Third time being here..
Not much to say..
Just seeing around and enjoy the evening..
Feel the aura..
and let all crush to fly away..
These are some pieces from there, from shiny shine to elegant darkness :)

Kota Tua, April 28, 2010

J'étude, je chante :)

J'étude Français..
Je chante Français..
J'étude et chante Français ^_^

*I love this song and gladly now i know how to spell it, ahiiy*
Sung and written by Édith Piaf in the beginning of our delacration of independent (1946). But actually i like Sophie milman version, who's a Russian born jazz, hehe.
There are so many interpretation of this song. Someone translates "La vie en rose" as "Life in Pink". It's an expression that means that life is beautiful. It would be something like "the beautiful life" or something like that. The whole expression is "voir la vie en rose" ("to see life in pink"), which means seeing life in a positive way, seeing the beauty in life. What a nice!
Another interpretation is "life in shades of perfection" or anything like "life seems perfect to me". Well well, which one that you choose? :D
Anyway Madam Geny (mon professeur) would be angry with me if i try to translate anything in french to Indonesian or English, hihihi. Désolé Madam!

la vie en rose

Des yeux qui font baiser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche,
Voila le portrait sans retouche
De l'homme auquel j'appartiens

Quand il ma prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Don't je connais la cause

Il est pour moi. Moi pour lui
Dans la vie,
IL me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Des nuits d'amour a ne plus en finir
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place
Des enuis des chagrins, des phases
Heureux, heureux a en mourir.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.

IL me dit des mots d'amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ca me fait quelque chose.

Il est entre dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Don't je connais la cause.

Il est pour moi. Moi pour lui
Dans la vie,
IL me l'a dit, l'a jure pour la vie.

Et des que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat

Cappuccino..

Pagi ini rasanya penat..

Ingin secangkir kopi pekat..

tapi kuseduh cappuccino..

yang sedikit menyingkirkan ego..

Tersadar..

Apapun kopinya akan selalu terasa pahit..

Jika terus menyimpan rasa sakit..

Sudahlah..

Saatnya mendunia..

Melihat kebaikan yang nyata..

Selamat menikmati kopi anda masing-masing kawan!
;)

Letter from my friends...

This is one of letters from my friends. Maybe we know about this life thinking but sometimes we forget, but just read a story then we get some inspiration to refresh again. In this topic, we shared about "Friday i'm in love", well not just about falling for someone or something, but we defined our falling definiton each other. For this one, i wanna share it out from my inbox. Hoping you get inspiration too. Thanks to Yussi Asri Widyasari for this email (i'm in office too, while everyone is working, I’m also working but the difference is that I’m working to read your story ci. Hahahaha) and Resty Yulidayani who started this topic (who's in "norak-dangdut-bombay" condition :-*,ahaha). Let's share this to anyone :)

Dear all,

3 idiots movie is my AHA moment. Great Indian movie!! Love it..

I feel like I’m slapped by a movie. U should watch it juuummmm..hahahahhahaaa.. So touchy. It’s about learning, friendship, family, and life. Complete movie I think.

My Friday is full of feeling. Up and down, happy and sad, laugh and cry. Ihihihihihi…somehow watching 3 idiots make me realize a lot of things.

Well, this Friday maybe I’m not in love. But knowing that I’m being loved by my family and my best friends around me, I can say it’s a lot better. I realize that positive thinking is hard, but I think positive feeling is the hardest. I’m on my way there.

Today is Saturday. While most of u spend u’re leisure time at home, I still have to work. Guess what? It’s not bothering me anymore. Hehehe…

The most important thing is not what you haven’t had, but what you’ve thanked for what you already have.

I was thought that I’m nothing. I don’t have a lot of money. I don’t earn much money and I’m not came from a rich family background. I’m not the one who has an excellent brain with a great GPA. I’m not the one who has many talents. I don’t have a big house or car. I’m not a spectacular pretty girl. Right now I have no boyfriend, I have no one that I love and someone that in love with me. If many people think or prepare for their marriage, for me I even couldn’t think anything about it because I have no clue at all about where, when, how, and who I’m going to be married with. Those facts were make me a little bit sad.

I think quite some time, then I realize that whether I’m nothing or not, am I not happy with my life? The fact is I’m still alive. Then I ask myself again. If I don’t have much money, is that mean I cant enjoy my life? Nope, I still can eat, drink, and sleep well. What’s wrong if I only earn a little money? Nothing wrong, I still can have my own vacation and enjoy my life. Is rich family background mean a lot? Not at all, I mean every family has its own problem, but everything can be solved as long as we support each other. What’s the matter with GPA and talents?? Is that guaranteed that you’ll be successful? NO! some successful people even get drop out from their school.

Boyfriend?? Well, since broken heart is common in life, why should I worry? I mean I also have ever broken somebody’s heart right? What u give is what u get, why I have to be worried?? Good woman will always get good man, just believe it. It could be I’m not that good or he’s not that good. It just the matter of time, he’s somewhere and he tries very hard to come to see you. What should I worry about something that even hasn’t happened yet?? Ahhahaahaha… somehow that’s make me understand a lot of things.

Are you worry about not getting a job? Worry about when will u get marry? Worry about your salary? Worry about whether he’s still care for u or not? Worry about he’s gonna forget about you? Worry about I’m not appropriate for him? Worry about you physical appearance? COME ON!! When will u be happy then, if you think too much about your lack?

HEHEHE… I’m sorry if my story is bored. I just wanna share how I feel lately. I’m sure you’re in good condition and feeling now, but if you’re not I hope my story could give u some inspiration (I mean sometimes life is up and down, for me read or look on other’s happiness and sadness somehow could make me up again)

Cheerful everyone… ;)

For those who’s in love, totally happy for u all. Ihihihihii…

Have a great life!!

See u all soon

Hug and kiss,

-uci-

(in office, while everyone is working, I’m also working but the difference is that I’m working to send u my story. Hahahaha…sssstttt… :P)