Jogja-Jakarta mixtape

Tepat setelah pergantian tahun, aku melakukan perjalanan darat dengan naik mobil dari Jogja ke Jakarta bareng sama bubuL-ku --red. 'bubuL' adalah panggilan kami untuk 'bulik' atau adik perempuan orangtua kami--. Sengaja ke Jakarta untuk berlibur selama beberapa hari untuk mengistirahatkan diri dan melarikan diri dari Jogja sejenak. Perjalanan ini cukup istimewa buatku karena sebuah alasan personal yang tidak bisa kutuliskan di sini. Sebegitu istimewanya buatku, sampai-sampai aku menyempatkan diri bikin mixtape! Gak cukup satu. Aku bikin tiga mixtapes sekaligus! Hahaha... :D

Kali' ada yang nanya: Mengapa 'mixtape'? Hmm.. Melalui perjalanan ke dan selama di Jakarta itu, aku pengen menyelam ke kedalaman perasaan-perasaan negatifku, mengurai kompleksitasnya, dan memperbarui pemahamanku. Aku pengen meremukkan diriku dengan sengaja dan membangunnya kembali. Sentimental reason, huh? Indeed! Dan teman perjalanan apa yang paling tepat untuk sebuah perjalanan sentimental macam itu? Mixtape! Aku memilih lagu-lagu yang liriknya maupun nuansa lagunya memfasilitasi proses perjalanan sentimental itu.

self-growing seedlings

Beberapa waktu yang lalu aku dikejutkan dengan kemunculan banyak seedlings di salah satu pot bunga kamboja yang aku tanam. Pot itu mendadak begitu rame!

Ku akui bahwa beberapa waktu belakangan, karena kesibukan, tanaman-tanamanku jadi agak terbengkalai. Aku bahkan gak tau bahwa seedpods bunga kamboja di beberapa pot udah waktunya diambil karena mereka udah pada kering dan pecah. Sampai... sampai... biji-biji dalam seedpods itu ketika kutemukan udah gak lagi berbentuk biji. Yak! Mereka udah berubah jadi seedlings! Amazing transformation, isn't it?

49 Days: quotes

Finally I got another change to watch --again-- one of my fav k-dramas, 49 Days! Yippie.. =D

This 20-episode drama was first aired in 2011 by SBS. Taking romance and fantasy as its genres, this well-and-beautifully arranged drama unsurprisingly was making me laugh hard and cry a lot even in my second time watching. Check out its promotional poster on the left! It reflects the blue-ness of this drama very well..

If you're happen to now know this drama or never watch it, you can load this link to find its brief summary. I'm very sorry for not write it here because I can't say that I'm in the mood to write it --what a silly excuse!--. Here I wanna share some --some? Hmm.. a lot I say. Hehe..-- quotes taking from the drama's script. But before we go to the quotes, I'd like to introduce main characters of this drama. Not all of them, but only whose words quoted..

YOUTH

Youth is not a stage of life

it is a mental stage;

it is impetus, drive of the will,

an active, alert and vivid imagination

confidence in your emotions.

It is bravery winning over cowardice,

love of adventure triumphing over lethargy.

Nobody gets old because s/he lived a certain amount of years,

only when one's ideals have faded in the distance.

With the years skin gets wrinkly

but the surrender of inspiration wrinkles the soul.

Worries, doubts, loss of confidence, fears and hopelessness,

those are the bricks which pull your head towards the ground

and bend an honest and upright spirit into the dust.

Seventy or seventeen, in the hearts of every human being lives a yearning for the wondrous,

sublime awe at the sight of eternal stars, thoughts and things,

the fearless venture,

the insatiable childlike suspense that the next day brings,

the exuberant joy and zest for life.

You are as young as your dreams,

as old as your doubts,

as young as your confidence,

as old as your fears,

as young as your hopes,

as old as your despair.

As long as the message about beauty, joy, daring, greatness

about the earth,

about the people,

about the infinite

reach your heart, you are still young.

Only when the wings hang downward, and your heart is covered by the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism,

only then have you become truly old.

terjebak quiz (part 2)

Ini early warning ya! 

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