nice little thing..

Gue ketemu sama ibu ini waktu lagi di pesawat pulang menuju Tokyo. Pas sampe di nomer tempat duduk dan ngeliat si ibu, gue langsung tau kalo tampang gue sebagai orang yang ‘tampaknya pasrah untuk diajak ngobrol’ di perjalanan jauh (a.k.a kereta, mobil, pesawat, kapal laut) akan membuat si ibu itu ngajak ngobrol sepanjang perjalanan. Yap, selama ini, gue selalu ketemu dan jadinya punya apa yang gue dan si doi sebut sebagai random friends yang ketemu di jalan. Haha.. jadi ingat, gara-gara tampang pasrah gue ini, gue pernah kenalan ama bapak2 yang kerja di PU Jakarta, nenek2 jepang yang gatau ngomong apaan soalnya gue roaming haha.., jadi kenal ama penulis tenar di Indo… *pa kabar mbak anjar? ..*.. dan pernah ‘nodong’ minjem telpon ama orang yang ternyata anak ITB juga karna hape gue gada dan mungkin dicopet *padahal ternyata ketinggalan di rumah * dan membuat si doi harap2 cemas gara2 abis ngirim sms cinta hahaha…

Dan benar adanya, mulai menit pertama gue duduk sampe sampe dan keluar dari pesawat pun, si ibu ngajakin ngobrol dengan cerianya. Ada sih saat-saat dimana gue berhasil ‘melarikan diri’ dengan tidur sesaat.. tapi kayanya gak terlalu berhasil juga hehe.. Anyway, si ibu adalah orang yang baik, gak terlalu banyak cerita yang ngasi info tentang dirinya sendiri, lebih banyak kami ngobrol tentang hal-hal umum untuk perjalanan jauh, seperti cuaca *yang bikin merinding tiap naik pesawat.. hehe..*, atau pemandangan di luar pesawat, kota-kota yang pernah kami kunjungi, kesan-kesannya seperti apa, dan seterusnya. Ga ada hal yang istimewa sebenernya.. cuman ada satu hal yang bikin teringat terus ama ibu itu, dan gue pikir adalah sebuah pembelajaran buat gue.

Contemplating the past.. and the future..

I was writing on my last post when I thought about this one.. things I just picked up from the video inspired me to do this sort-of-contemplation of what I have been doing in the past and what I will be doing in the future.

Change… it echoes in my head. As of today, I officially leave the world of youth and enter the world of supposedly-adult. I am 26 y.o. now, an age that I define as adulthood*… I knew back then that I would need a change as of today, from young-adult to real-adult .. But today, as I am sitting on my warm carpet in my warm room, alone, writing a paper (supposedly) that’s due today, on my birthday, on my 26th birthday, on the day I am supposed to change in a way or another.. I wonder how my life is going to be in the future. Am I going to stay like this forever? Am I going to be one of those people whose life is like what is written on someone else’s novel? Who went to school until graduate, get a job, get married, have children, buy house, car(s), go on retirement, and spend their life contemplating on the past? *well, you can change the order if you wish*..

three interesting things I’ve always agreed on

As some of you might have known, I don’t really like politics. Not because it’s such a unreachable topic for me.. nor because it’s not that interesting for me.. but because I don’t see anything new in it.. it’s the same old story.. They are fighting for their own interest in the name of public. Yeah, right. Public whose blood are spilled on the way to democracy. It’s like looking at the same crack on the wall no matter how hard you paint the wall to cover..

I was working on my paper and needed some distraction from the stress when I found this out… it’s such a hot topic right now.. a topic I find so interesting as it will define the world’s future. New thing happens on the other side of the world and I just can’t resist it to take a look at it. And I really do fall for it. It’s simple, it’s neutral, it’s visionary, it’s inspiring.

お国のため [O kuni no tame]

It’s horrifying to realize how much the price of war is. At battle field, there are only limited choices left. You wake up one minute, you have to choose, moving forward as a brave man, pulling backward as your winning strategy, staying just where you stand as a coward -or so they say-. Eitherway, life and death are somewhere in between. The thing is, you never know in which choice you take does death awaits. It follows and haunts every single step you made, that what you can think and feel of is only your very basic animal instinct, to survive. Some of those fighters may have had strong idea on what they are doing, whilst some others may have never known why they are there and what they are fighting for, they just happen to be very ‘lucky’ to be chosen as those who serves the country. One thing should be noted, nobody wants to die in vain.

毎日、私 は 学びました

Takahashi Sensei

４月(がつ)、クラス　最初(さいしょ)　の　月曜日(げつようび)、きれいな　先生(せんせい)　が　クラス　に　きました、日本語(にほんご)　で　話し始めました(はなしはじめました)。「高橋(たかはし)です」と　おっしゃいました。

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突然(とつぜん)、この　クラス　が　難しい(むずかしい)　と　思いました(おもいました)。隣(となり)　に　座った(すわった)　人(ひと)　を　見ました(みました). 名前(なまえ)　は　ソン　さん　です。韓国(かんこく)　人(じん)　だから、クラス　は　彼(かれ)　に　とって、簡単(かんたん)な、はずでした。もしかしたら、日本語(にほんご)　を　教えて(おしえて)　もらう　こと　が　できる　かもしれない　と　思いました(おもいました)。しかし、ソン　さん　は　あまり　クラス　に　きませんでした。そして、クラス　が　難しく(むずかしく)ない　こと　や　高橋(たかはし)　先生(せんせい)　が　時間(じかん)　に　ついて　厳しい(きびしい)　こと　が　分かりました(わかりました)。月曜日(げつようび)　が　恋しく(こいしく)なります、毎週(まいしゅう)　月曜日(げつようび)　に、早(はや)おきして　　自分(じぶん)　で　ぜんぶ　しなければ　ならない　こと　を　学びました(まなびました)　ので。