A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and all the things the cat sees along her way
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Monday, December 30, 2019
The Long Road to Happiness
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Seks Bebas dan Ilusi Kita
Friday, November 22, 2019
This Thanksgiving
Monday, November 18, 2019
Kawin Kosong
Friday, November 8, 2019
Aku Disini Untukmu
Monday, November 4, 2019
Si Madu
Thursday, October 24, 2019
Cita-cita: Jadi Menteri!
Monday, October 7, 2019
Affordability
Friday, September 13, 2019
Ceban Tiga
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Menggugat Kekuasaan
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The Rule of The Game
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Days Without Incident
Monday, July 29, 2019
The Lighthouse
You can't hide integrity and loyalty. There's so much fakeness around that your well-meaning and sincerity shine as bright as a lighthouse in a stormy night.
Even when you are standing against the crowd, as long as what you believe is not based on malice or to cater your selfish ego you will still shine.
It takes a lot to be courageous. It takes a lot to be nice in a world full of disdain. It takes a lot to stay true when the darkness prevails. It takes a lot to shine.
At the same time, it doesn't take a lot to see through selfishness. Maintaining the illusion of keeping yourself together is harder than it seems.
People know backstabbers. People know those who think they are better than others. Weak mind and jealousy are dreaded accessories that we often unknowingly wear.
We can't see it because we don't think we are donning them. We believe in our glory and thus people must've seen us majestically and not as the laughing stock.
Yet the fairest judge is ourselves and how we choose to see ourselves. Are we the "Better than all" type or are we the "All be better" type?
The humble eyes that love our self with all our flaws. The loving heart that cares for others. The conscious mind that wish happiness for all, even on our enemy. How beautiful we can be if we choose too.
You can't fake who you are. People can choose to be duped or overlook the blatant cover-up, but who you are will always shows. Are you comfortable enough to let it shine?
Monday, July 8, 2019
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Make
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Mengejar Kebahagiaan
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Under The Green Grass
I am struggling to write pretty things for Memorial Day. Yet I can't find pretty things. Not for this.
Death is ugly. Forgotten death is worse. Being hated in death is the worst.
It's easy to forget where we were coming from. A safe and lush life, a place where lives are not numbered by days or even hours. It's easy to forget to whom we owe this peace.
It's easy to be angry to what seems to be an act of agression or violence, to assume it was done as a collective action where everyone is in agreement. It's easy to forget each has a face, each has a name.
To me, it's not that easy. Indonesia is only 73 years old. All I need to do is walk into one of the musty war museums to cry myself over the pictures and the dioramas. Over the pictures and depictions of the dead soldiers.
They were dead. Their opponents are dead. Songs are sung about their leaders and the surviving leaders easily nabbed a place in the government. But the dead stays dead, and for most, forgotten.
It is not my right to judge these people, for I know nothing about their motives. I know nothing about why the soldiers march to wars, why they choose to be a part of it. I know nothing about them.
What I do know is the grass is green in the cemetery, and the body beneath it nourished the land. What I do know is I choose to recognize what they have fought for and not taking it for granted.
War never ends. Different backstory, same result. It is a game of throne played by different players and utilizing different factors. Yet the dead stays dead. And more, inevitably, is coming.
Let me sat here next to you in your forgotten headstone, covered in rust and hidden beneath the weed. Let me kneel in respect for you in the forgotten battleground, forever lost from human memory.
Thank you for your sacrifices. Thank you for the life you have given, in exchange to ours. Thank you for marching in that battlefield. Thank you, fallen soldiers. May you find peace that you deserves.