Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Just Give Us a Reason

"Just Give Me a Reason" by P!nk (feat. Nate Ruess)

It was all started by someone who brought this song into my house. Let me begin. I usually have some friends staying over my house over the weekend. They are kak Deden, Baim, kak Dicky and sometimes Sabiq. They are all Indonesian students studying in Ankara, Turkey, the place where I also live. In my house, we usually stay in the living room. It is the most perfect place to go surfing on the Internet, as there is one big square table, which is supposed to be dining table, where we usually have our work done. Well, frankly, my house is just like Internet corner where we gather in the square table, which is close to the WiFi, have our laptops on and barely talk. Great! 


One day, kak Deden and Baim came over my house. We were busy doing our own stuff on our laptops in the living room. Since we got work to do, we managed to focus on what we were doing. We at times talked though. But, you know, this autistic thing happened. At one point, kak Deden broke the ice. He started talking about one song. He actually played the song on his büyük phone. But I did not really listen to it. So, I could not really enjoy the essence of it. 


When we were having our break time in the kitchen, we again started to talk about some songs. I asked kak Deden for some recommended songs. He suggested me the same song "Just Give Me a Reason". He seemed to manage to prove that I should listen to this song. He then played it on. You know what happened? I really enjoyed it. Hahaha. But I wasn't really affected much by the song. Then, we went back working in the living room. I was on YouTube and had my earphones on. I was so intrigued to listen to the song kak Deden recommended. I listened to it myself. Surprisingly, that's not only me who was doing that. Even Baim was also listening to the song (not with earphones though). I was like "Seriously, we are listening to this song.". Well, we all like it. 


Hold on, it doesn't stop there. Since that day, we've always had the song on whenever and wherever we get together. Even if we are not working on something, we still sing the song. On the bus, on the street, and all the places over my house. And anyway since we are so intense singing and listening to this song, such routinity even made my Dad whistle this song once. I think the song has stuck in his head too. Hahaha. I'm aware that it may seem exaggerated. I have no intention to promote the song though. I'm just trying to figure out 'how to give a reason'. But this togetherness of listening to this song apparently can never give a reason of why we (3) like listening to "Just Give Me a Reason" frequently. 


Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mendung yang Mengetarkan Hati

Setelah dua minggu lamanya saya baru menyadari hal ini hari ini. Hanya mau berbagi suatu kejadian yang baru saja saya saksikan. Tepatnya dua hari yang lalu, saya bertemu seorang mahasiswa tunanetra (kanan). Saya mengenalnya karena kebetulan kami mempunyai kelas yang sama tahun lalu. Dulu saya selalu melihat beliau selalu bersama seseorang yang sangat baik hati menuntunnya ke kelas. Kemungkinan besar mereka adalah teman sekelas beliau. Pada saat itu saya kagum. Kagum akan keinginan beliau untuk menggali ilmu. Saya sempat mengutarakan hal ini kepada beliau, dan saya masih ingat jelas apa yang beliau katakan "Saya ingin pintar dan mengetahui banyak hal.". Setelah semester berakhir, saya tidak pernah melihat beliau di gedung dimana saya biasanya berada. Saya sempat berasumsi beliau menyerah. Namun, ternyata asumsi saya salah. Tepat dua minggu yang lalu saya melihatnya berjalan keluar gedung bersama seorang ibu. Saya tidak terlalu mengihiraukannya karena saya pikir mungkin beliau hanya akan melakukan sebuah registrasi. Tetapi ternyata bahkan sampai sekarang ibu itu masih ada disampingnya, menuntunnya dan memayunginya dari hujan. Dua hari yang lalu saya melihat mereka berjalan di koridor menuju kelas-kelas. Dan tepat hari ini 14 Mei 2013 pada jam 10:40 ini saya melihat mereka bersama. Lagi, ibu itu menuntunnya. (Telah disadari terlalu banyak berasumsi itu terkadang tidak baik). Tanpa berpikir panjang, saya mengikuti mereka dan berinisiatif untuk mengambil gambar mereka. Saya hanya ingin berbagi rasa senang dan bangga saya akan beliau, karena jujur saya sangat mengharapkan beliau melanjutkan kuliahnya. Sedikit curhat: bagaimanapun beliau pernah membuat saya termotivasi kembali melanjutkan satu mata kuliah yang dulu sempat saya withdraw. Dan malah kali ini, bukan hanya motivasi yang saya dapat, tapi satu pelajaran tentang seorang ibu. Seorang tanpa tanda jasa. Namun, satu pertanyaan saya muncul, kemanakah orang-orang baik itu?

Monday, May 13, 2013

There comes a day of awakening

It has been 2 years since I created this blog. Though I lost everything I'd posted, I'm still glad this blog is still working well. I can at least pour my thoughts into words as I used to do. I'm aware that my old writings were all about my high school years in which 'alay' and 'galau' (the terms used to direct uncertainty; Google may have a better answer) converge into one perfectly combined situation. However, they were still the starters without which I could (probably) never start off writing on blog. Past is past...move forward! Hahaha. Now I'm back and ready to start it all over. Start building things I have basically started. But, I don't think I have more thing to say about my awakening. So, better stop at this point! See you at the next posting :)