lingering



They say if you want to see the rainbow, you'll have to bear with the rain. But this particular rainbow just appeared in the sky, once upon an Idul Adha (if I remember correctly), along with no rain.

It's a full circle around the sun. But it seems like diameter of the rainbow itself was too big for my little pocket camera to capture whole of it.




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saya suka hari ini :)

Saya sedang baca Eat, Pray, Love oleh Elizabeth Gilbert dan The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest oleh Stieg Larsson. Dua buku yang super sangat bertolak belakang. Dan sejauh ini.. super sangat suka dua-duanya. :D


Akhirnya KP selesai dan bawaannya senang melulu. Hahaha.. Morning playlist hari ini:

Extraordinary - Mandy Moore
Put Your Records On - Corrine Bailey Rae
Moon River - Audrey Hepburn
True Colors - Cindy Lauper
Sunshine - Gabrielle
Ordinary Miracle - Sarah McLachlan
A Love That Will Last - Renee Olstead
Fireflies - Owl City
Fools Like Me - Lisa Loeb
Happy - Leona Lewis
Let's Start From Here - Joanna Wang
Mind Trick - Jamie Cullum


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Last Week In Bogor



Last Friday I went to Bogor for high school Bukber. Quite a lot of people came. It's actually nice to meet up with long-time-no-see friends. Although sometimes it's kind of awkward trying to mingle with those I haven't had a single contact with for the last four years. That and meeting up with the ex es.

Buuuut.., the best part was the main-kembang-api-malem-malem-di-lapangan-Sempur. God, I love fireworks!





Most of the photographs with fireworks in it were unfocused. Gio said it was probably because of the shutter speed or whatever.







Don't worry Cinderella, Fairy God Mother here. Along with her sparkling magic wound. (Taken by camera-phone, it's blurry.)




after How I Met Your Mother

Life is like scrapbook making. Once we finish with one picture, we'll move to another. You jump into the moment, you screw things up. Like having a very bad picture of yourself-drooling-on-the-bus taken. But eventually, you'll pick up the mess you made and fix it. Days are gonna be bright again. Love's gonna find you again. And you just know, right in the moment, that no matter what, you're gonna be okay.


Life is not about making the right decision. Sometimes, life means you just have to listen to your heart and do it. Go ahead and make mistakes. Even if you need to cry, just to feel. Do something stupid. Make your life worth living. Live your dreams. Be happy. You deserve it.

Things need time to fall into place. You met someone and fell in love. You thought she/he was the one, but turned out things didn't go as it's planned. Then you met someone else and thought you share a lot of traits and find comfort in what you're doing together. Only to find she/he was not the one, either. Over and over, you fly and fall and rise again.

Sometimes you have to go alone. Cutting off all contacts. Then when you meet that someone again, turns out you can already make jokes about your previous little affair. You can talk and be friends, just like the way you should've been.

We're all like a tennis ball. The harder we fall, the higher we soar.

Maybe these dramas were meant to happen just to be learned. Because you need to sort things out, make priorities, before you're ready to settle down. Your feelings might get mixed up between love and lust and simple affection. We hug each other. We cry in each other's arms. Just because we're friends. Don't force yourself to do what you don't want to do. Don't push your heart into feeling what it doesn't feel.

All would be beautiful just in the right time. We forgive. We forget. We go on with our lives. And before we know it, we're already adults. Ready for new episode.

the unknown said..

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You'll have your heart broken and you'll break others' hearts. You'll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you'll cry because time is flying by.


So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you've never been hurt.

Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. You just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone's hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts.

Don't be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

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tentang marmut

Gue baru baca buku terakhirnya Raditya Dika, Marmut Merah Jambu. Gue masih nggak ngerti apa hubungannya marmut sama buku ini. Mungkin karena isi bukunya kali ini kebanyakan tentang cinta, jadi suasananya merah jambu. Nggak ngerti deh.

Eniwei, gue nggak pernah terlalu suka sama Raditya Dika ini. Awalnya gue baca 'Kambing Jantan' dan memang sukses membuat gue ketawa sendiri malam-malam. Tapi kemudian buku dengan konsep yang sama bermunculan dan si Raditya Dika ini kayaknya nggak maju-maju dengan novel-novelnya. Dan gue juga nggak suka dengan dia yang suka ngatain orang alay (masih nggak sih?).

Waktu gue ke toko buku terakhir kali, gue liat si Marmut Merah Jambu ini. Iseng, gue baca depannya. Niatnya to get a little laugh sambil nunggu adek gue beli cartridge buat printer. Tapi ternyata bukunya beda dengan yang sebelum-sebelumnya. Dan untuk pertama kalinya gue menilai tulisan dia bagus. Seperti, kali ini dia memang punya suatu ide untuk disampaikan.

Mungkin cinta memang bahasa yang paling universal, bahkan untuk orang yang terkenal dengan lifestory-nya yang aneh dan absurd. Di salah satu bagian buku ini dia cerita tentang pertemuan dengan soulmate. Bagaimana alam semesta bisa berkonspirasi supaya dua orang bisa ketemu.

Lucu. Nyokap gue juga pernah bilang begitu. She said: 'If one day you find somebody you love and loves you back, hold it dear. Because there are three billion people in this world and to find one that fits you like two pieces of puzzle... Isn't it miraculous?'

It is, indeed.

like a sitcom

Ada dua hal yang paling nggak saya suka di dunia selain perang: konfrontasi dan perpisahan. Saya nggak suka harus menangis atau marah atau sedih. I have this strange idea of living a life like a sitcom. Maksudnya, hidup yang sederhana, penuh ketawa, ceria, kalau ada masalah pun bisa diselesaikan dalam setengah jam slot waktu tayangnya.

Bisa kan ya hidup begitu ya? *ngarep*

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