Thursday, December 10, 2020

Magrib, Tea & Marco

 


I think it is the perfect sunset I ever have. I feel so content, feeling so good with myself and grateful for everything that I have.

 

It's my first day of menstruation, but I don't feel the pain as worse as usual. I bring my cup of tea and standing on my balcony with Marco, my lovely cat. Sun goes down, adzan starts fills the air. The lamp turns on, and a bunch of small insects, aka laron comes.

 

At first, Marco busy with me, but after Laron come, Marco starts busy with them. He tries to run and show off some actions to catch up with them as much as he can. And, of course, eat them with his innocent face.

 

Oh, and the wind.. so kind and gently stroked my hair. After 30 minutes busy with his laron, Marco feels tired and comes back to me with a happy tummy (I guess).

 

So, I think about my life lately. And I start wondering, can I feel so content like this in my next step of life? Can I have some quality of me-time?  I don't know, isn't it something that I can not control at all? The future, the next step, tomorrow, or maybe one hour later. But I can crystalize all my feelings by writing them down in my blog right now. I can focus and keep the focus on the things that I can fully control.


Monday, November 30, 2020

Sometimes on Friendship



Sometimes, I feel like I can live alone forever

But sometimes, I feel like I can not live without my beloved friends

Sometimes, I think I don't need validation from anyone

But sometimes, I need to ask my friends about every little step that I want to take

Sometimes, I feel a burden in friendship, and I see my self as a bad friend

But sometimes, I long for great friendship and proud of me as a great friend

Sometimes, I can see my good friends as a soulmate, the other pieces from my heart

But sometimes, I can see my good friends as a great competitor who makes me run faster

 

Despite all my questions, I know for sure

Having such a good relationship and invest your effort to grow in that; are more critical than your blue-chip stock

 

Thank you, Shinta for everything. 

 

 

 


Monday, July 20, 2020

Identify My New Feeling Through This Post





Hi there, sampai sekarang aku masih bertanya-tanya tentang apa yang aku rasain dari kemarin. Bapak Sapardi meninggal dunia, dan aku jadi gampang sekali menangis tiap browsing twitter atau instagram terus ketemu postingan foto, cerita kebaikan hatinya, atau sebait puisi-puisi terkenalnya. 

It's kinda weird. Aku nggak kenal beliau secara langsung, nggak pernah secara khusus ketemu juga. Tapi kenapa waktu aku denger kabar beliau meninggal, rasanya sesedih ini ya? Apa selama ini secara tidak aku sadari, Pak Sapardi, sosoknya ataupun karyanya begitu bermakna dalam hidupku? Kenapa? Kenapa aku bisa sesedih ini?

I do love and admire him since.. i dont know, maybe for 10 years ago? Tapi bukan ngefans yang sampe gimana gitu, aku seneng sama cara beliau menulis, kesederhanaan kata yang ia pilih. Karya-karyanya bahkan ada yang bisa aku hafal selayaknya menghafal lirik lagu. Aku follow beliau di instagram dan twitter, seneng tiap liat postingan beliau dan selalu diam-diam mendoakan tiap liat foto atau postingannya, "Sehat-sehat Eyang, sehat terus". Sesekali komen di Instagram mendoakan kesehatannya. Aku juga tau betapa fleksibelnya beliau ketika berada di tengah-tengah anak muda, bahkan beberapa kali membuat buku bersama. Tapi aku nggak terlalu tertarik dengan itu. Yah bisa dibilang aku bukan hardcore fans yang apapun karyanya berusaha aku koleksi. Jadi kenapa aku bisa merasa begitu kehilangan? Bahkan nulis ini pun masih dengan air mata berlinang. 

Ya Allah sudah 3 paragraf tapi aku juga belum tau kenapa. 

Bagiku, Pak Sapardi ini layaknya kakek-kakek pujangga keren, wujud nyata dari gambaran pujangga di masa tua versi imajinasiku selama ini. Bahkan aku beberapa kali nge twit, Pak Sapardi ini sosok nyata, mendekati ideal, dari seorang kakek yang aku inginkan. Aku tumbuh tanpa peran seorang kakek, sedangkan aku cukup dekat dengan nenekku. Jadi sosok Pak Sapardi ini bisa dibilang wujud nyata yang menggambarkan kakek kebanggaanku, yang bisa aku bawa ke teman-teman dan aku ajak nongkrong bareng mereka. I love and admire his adaptation skill. 

Tapi kenapa ya aku juga merasa puisi Pak Sapardi ini bisa menjelma masuk ke diriku layaknya pelukan atau elusan kasih sayang dari kakek, dari teman, dari pujangga cinta yang mungkin sering aku dengar malam-malam sebelum tidur. Beberapa bait puisinya yang aku hapal mungkin secara nggak sadar keluar masuk kepalaku waktu aku lagi putus cinta, lagi jatuh cinta, lagi mengenal diri sendiri, waktu mellow, waktu butuh bahan untuk menggali emosi-emosi terdalamku.

Mungkin juga aku begitu merasa kehilangan karena sosok Pak Sapardi ini sangat sederhana, dari karyanya ataupun gaya hidupnya, tutur bicaranya, pilihan-pilihan baju dan kata-katanya. Dan itu konsisten. Apa yang bisa kita bayangkan dari bait puisinya, menjelam menjadi diri Pak Sapardi itu sendiri. Searah, authentic kalo bahasa leadershipnya. 

Sedangkan bagiku konsisten dari segi karya dan kehidupan pribadi adalah suatu hal yang maha dahsyat dan aku jadikan pegangan hidup. Pak Sapardi menang telak di situ. 

Oh iya, beliau juga akademisi. Selama ini agak sulit mematahkan pikiran atau asumsiku bahwa pekerja seni itu ya nggak mungkin bisa searah dengan hal-hal berbau akademisi. Ternyata Pak Sapardi mematahkan itu. Beliau mantan dekan, profesor pula. Karyanya nggak cuma puisi, tapi juga buku akademisi atau teori. You are perfect,  Eyang.

Mendengar dia meninggal itu rasanya begitu menyakitkan mungkin karena nggak banyak yang bisa memenuhi kualitas dan menunjukkan konsistensi sebaik Pak Sapardi bagiku. 

Rasa kehilangan buat aku nggak cuma nggak bisa melihat postingan kegiatan Pak Sapardi, tapi mengikhlaskan sosok kakek ideal yang nggak pernah aku punya juga ikut pergi. 

Selain itu mungkin karena seni, apapun itu bentuknya, adalah panggilan hatiku yang terus-terusan memanggil tapi selalu aku kesampingkan, kehilangan Pak Sapardi mengingatkanku juga dengan betapa lamanya aku absen dalam aktivitas-aktivitas seni yang selama ini aku sukai. 

I don't know, i still figuring out. Tahapan griefing sampe ke proses acceptance memang panjang sekali. But at least, I write what's on my mind and my heart through this post. 

Terimakasih Pak Sapardi, terimakasih atas karyamu, terimakasih atas sosok dan konsistensimu. Terimakasih sudah mewakili dengan nyata sosok manusia ideal yang bisa aku bayangkan, terutama untuk menjadi kakek. Istirahat dengan tenang, Eyang. 

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

GRATEFUL LIST TODAY

Hi there, I know.. I know... it is been a long time... but, here we go. Today, I am officially 28. So, I choose to start writing something on this blog again. I wanna say thank you for everything, everyone, that comes in my life.

Here is my grateful list for today :


  1. I am so grateful for my health. 2 months ago, I was laying on a hospital bed, dying. So, the fact that I can still live till today is magic. 
  2. For my family. For Mama, Sami, Bika who always here with me. Support me, help me, motivated me. I can not live without them. For Baba too, obviously.
  3. For you, you know who. Thank you for coming to my life.
  4. For my co-worker at Shopee Indonesia. Who trust my ability, my skill, and my opinion. Thank you for all opportunities. 
  5. I am so much grateful for my body. I know, sometimes I feel so ugly and can not stare myself in the mirror, but someday I feel so powerful, pretty, and awesome at the same time. The journey of loving myself still up and down, but it is completely ok.
  6. I always love it when I can see my self as a long-life learner. I have so much interest and willing to try something new.
  7. I am grateful for my dear friends. The new and the old. The warm and the cold one. Thank you for all conversation that we have lately.
  8. I always love cats. I am grateful that I had committed to pet some cats. 
  9. Thank you for every quote that comes to me at the perfect time when I need it. Quotes can always move me. 
  10. I love my decision to buy a kindle. So far it is the best spent last year.
  11. I am forever grateful for my home. For my room, my blanket, and my air conditioner. I can have a good sleep with them.
  12. I love the fact that almost three weeks, I committed to tracking my steps and exercises every single day.
  13. I love and feel so warm when I know that I can fall in love with everything about psychology every single day. Fall in love from the stretch. Start to learning about new or old topics. 
  14. I feel so much grateful to know and follow Ikonn Family. Mimi, Alex, and their child Alexa. I can have an ideal picture of a family that I want to build someday.
  15. I love F.R.I.E.N.D.S. And I love the fact that I can always smile, cry and laugh every time I watch it.
  16. Sending so much love and strength to all my clients. Online of offline clients who want to make progress with me, share some stories about their life, their hope, and their ability to face something.
  17. I love the fact that I always feel empty but happy every time I end up counseling sessions. I know sometimes I am draining, but I know that I am happy too.
  18. I am so much grateful for my goal in life: to help someone. That it's.
  19. Sending a lot of love for all my favorite podcasts: TED Work with Adam, Thirty Days of Lunch, Semur, CurhatBaBu and Inspigo Series. 
  20. I am grateful for all Ladang Lima's products, shirataki, quinoa, and Himalaya sea salt. 
  21. I love the fact that I have a dream to make oatmeal or almond milk and kimchi. Hehehe, level up of cooking game. 
  22. Oh, I am grateful for my new habit, to save more money and start investing. I know it is a long journey, but at least, I'm starting it. 
  23. I love board games so much! My family loves it too. So, I am so much grateful for knowing Kak Manda and her board game collection.
  24. I am grateful for the aroma of lemongrass. It always can make me calm and peaceful every time I sniff it.
  25. I am so much grateful that I meet the Bullet Journal method and Notion - super application. I just love them.
  26. Forever grateful for my sense of humor. Oh, I love my mom, Sami, and Bika sense of humor too.
  27. I am forever grateful for my late grandmother and the fact that I always feel warm when I talk about her.
  28. I love my self-awareness and the never-ending self-discovery process in my life. 

Happy birthday, Dear Hana. No Worries. Bismillah.
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