Waktu saya melewati bagian kota ini, rasanya hening. Begitu menyenangkan. Rasanya apa yang jadi beban dalam keseharian saya bisa terngkat sedikit. Yah, kadang-kadang kita memang butuh saat-saat hening di antara ramainya hidup kita. Sedikit keheningan untuk menyadari dan mensyukuri apa yang kita punya, belajar dari kesalahan yang kita buat, untuk kemudian bergerak maju.
Siaaaap, grak!!!
well, my mum and dad were just having their 25th wedding anniversary last month. 25 years is a proof that something is worth to walk. thanks mum, thanks dad. and today, i found a song from fun. titled The Gambler.
Slow down,
we've got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into flowers in our eyes.
We've got 50 good years left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon,
We should live until we die.
We were barely 18 when we'd crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm when you'd barely crossed my eye.
and then you turned, put out your hand,
and you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but it was love at second sight.
I swear when I grow up, I won't just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side.
It was the winter of '86, and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
and now he's turning to a man, although he thinks just like his mother,
he believes we're all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even though she moved away,
we always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father's
they are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
works for everything that's handed to her,
Never once complains.
You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
30 years ago to this day
You swore you'd be here 'til we decide that it's our time
Well it's not time, you've never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You're the love of my life, you know that I'll never leave your side.
You come home from work and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs and say that I should never feed them what is ours
and the kids are coming home
I'll set the table
You can make the fire.
Fun - The Gambler
Ain't it sweet? Marriage is much alike a gambling, you have to play your cards and take all the risk. I wish I'll play this game.
belakangan saya lagi cinta sama film-film klasik Hollywood. Baru-baru ini saya hedon ngabisin bandwidth internet buat download beberapa film, kayak Cleopatra, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Rocky Horror Picture Show, sama The Wizard of Oz. Beberapa film masih dalam waiting list. Salah satunya, The Phantom of The Opera. :)
It's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear. (Holly Golightly - Breakfast at Tiffany's)
umur saya sudah memasuki angka kembar yang kedua. kalau dihitung jumlah hari, berarti saya udah ada di bumi sekitar 8035 hari.
Delapan ribu tiga puluh lima hari itu diawali terlebih dahulu dengan keberadaan saya di rahim emak saya nyaris setahun (11 bulan lebih sekian). BENER-BENER NGEREPOTIN! Udah gitu, berat saya pas lahir juga nggak karuan. Bayangin emak saya harus jalan sana sini sambil bawa kandungan 5,2 kg.
Untung emak saya nggak bosen dan mau nunggu saya lahir dengan sewajarnya, sempurna, botak, dan sehat. And I thank Mom for that.
Ayah saya adalah orang paling sabar sedunia. Paling sabar sampek bikin orang yang sebel sama Ayah speechless. Waktu kecil, saya cengeng. Minta ini itu harus diturutin. Banyak maunya.
Kata Mamak, Ayah yang paling sabar menghadapi tangisan saya. Menghadapi kerewelan saya. Sampai saat ini. Makasih Ayah. Ayah memang no.1 di dunia. I learn so many things from you, Dad. And I thank you for that.
Ada satu orang yang menjadi sahabat tapi sekaligus jadi musuh abadi saya. Kakak. Orang yang satu ini entah kenapa selalu penuh dengan kejahilan. Sebagian besar foto masa kecil saya yang ada kakak di dalamnya, diisi dengan wajah manyun.
FYI, si Kakak ini juga yang ngasih nama saya. So, for what I am today, for being a Tanti, I thank my only sister.
Banyak orang yang sebenarnya harus saya ucapkan terima kasih untuk segala sesuatu yang sudah membentuk saya sampai detik ini. Atok, Nenek, Ibuk, Uwak, Om, sepupu, pacar, sahabat, guru, dosen, tetangga, dan semua orang yang pernah berpapasan dengan saya.
Dua puluh dua tahun ini cuma angka. Tidak berarti apa-apa kalau saya belum memberi manfaat sekecil apapun untuk siapapun. The time is ticking.
yak! ternyata emang udah lama banget saya dan sahabat-sahabat nggak jalan kaki telusur kota. dulu, pas semester 5-6, kami pasti ngusahain waktu buat jalan. kemanapun. mulai dari yang tujuannya jelas samapai yang tujuannya nggak ada.
semua mulai sibuk, dan baru sekarang kerasa kangennya sama "bau" kota dan semua rahasia yang disimpen tiap-tiap sudutnya. cerita baru, ilmu baru, rasa penasaran baru, nafas baru. rindu itu udah nggak tertahan. Januari nanti kami lampiaskan.
foto dari Museum BI. diambil pas jalan-jalan super singkat.
What you do to me.
Ah, semuanya berputar di otak saya bersama lagu ini.
Rewind, rewind, rewind.
