Friday, March 23, 2007

Surat Cinta Terbuka untuk Para yang Mulia Wakil Rakyat

Bandung, 22 Maret 2007

Kepada,
Yang terhormat para yang mulia wakil rakyat Indonesia

Salam terhormat dan tersayang saya sampaikan untuk para yang mulia wakil rakyat tercinta yang sedang berkarya dan berjerih payah untuk turut membangun negeri tercinta Indonesia. Mungkin para yang mulia wakil rakyat yang telah dan sedang mengenyam nikmatnya kursi dewan tidak mengenal saya sama sekali. Saya hanya salah satu dari rakyat Indonesia, berasal dari kalangan pemuda, yang bersama-sama dengan seluruh lapisan masyarakat dari hulu tertinggi hingga hilir terendah menyumbangkan keringat, air mata, dan darah untuk kenyamanan kursi para yang mulia. Saya sungguh berharap dari lubuk hati terdalam bahwa pengorbanan kami semua tidak akan pernah sia-sia, karena dapat menopang nikmatnya duduk di atas kursi dewan selama masa jabatan para yang mulia wakil rakyat.

Para yang mulia wakil rakyat, saya dengan penuh kesadaran mengakui bahwa diri ini sungguh bodoh, naif, dan kurang ditempa panas dinginnya alam. Tapi perkenankanlah saya, yang sangat jauh dari posisi nun jauh sempurna yang mulia wakil rakyat sekalian, untuk sekedar memberikan sebutir sumbangsih pemikiran, walaupun saya tahu bahwa gagasan ini akan langsung terlempar ke dalam tong sampah dewan saat tiba di mata, telinga, lidah, kulit, hidung, hati, pikiran, dan jiwa para yang mulia. Tapi tetap, saya memohon dengan penuh kerendahan hati agar gagasan saya didengar dahulu seutuhnya sebelum dicampakkan dan bergabung dengan kumpulan limbah lainnya. Saya sungguh tidak memiliki hati setangguh karang, sehingga selalu menangis, terluka, dan terkoyak dalam diri saya untuk setiap bencana di tanah air tercinta ini. Asa yang sangat lemah daripada yang mulia wakil rakyat ini selalu berteriak dan berteriak untuk memberikan segala cucuran air mata, keringat, darah, dan doa untuk membantu setiap sanak saudara terkasih di seluruh pelosok Indonesia. Tapi sekali lagi saya yakin, walaupun saya selalu berusaha sekuat tenaga membantu, para yang mulia wakil rakyat tentu mempunyai tekad baja dan pemikiran mutakhir untuk tidak turun berderma pada saudara-saudara tercinta.

Para yang mulia wakil rakyat, yang sedikit terpilih dari ratus juta penduduk Indonesia untuk mengemban suara kami dan menjadi pemimpin, tentu tidak dapat dibandingkan sama sekali dengan saya yang belum kenyang makan timbunan asam garam dunia, ilmu kemoralan, agama, politik, sains, manajemen, bisnis, pendidikan, ekonomi, dan lain sebagainya. Saya yang berasal dari kalangan terpinggirkan ini tentu tidak mempunyai visi setajam dan sekuat para yang mulia wakil rakyat. Dari sisi manapun melihat, saya selalu berpikiran bahwa banyak anggaran tidak penting dan tidak signifikan yang telah digunakan para yang mulia wakil rakyat. Saya selalu berpikir bahwa ada baiknya anggaran tersebut dialihkan untuk pendidikan dan kesehatan rakyat, untuk kepentingan masyarakat Indonesia. Tapi berkali-kali pun tetap saya yakin bahwa para yang mulia wakil rakyat mempunyai visi seindah berlian untuk masa depan Indonesia. Sebuah laptop tentu akan membantu kinerja para yang mulia wakil rakyat dalam 50 tahun ke depan dan memajukan Indonesia dalam 100 tahun ke depan, sedangkan bagi saya terlihat tetap lebih penting program satu buah laptop untuk seorang siswa. Tapi sepertinya ada secercah terobosan dalam otak saya, karena saya merasa para yang mulia wakil rakyat berusaha merubah stigma 4D yang telah mengakar dari "Datang, Duduk, Diam, Duit" menjadi "Datang, Duduk, Download, Duit". Izinkanlah saya sedikit berbangga atas kemajuan pola pikir ini, tetapi tetaplah berhati-hati para yang mulia wakil rakyat, agar tidak terulang kembali peristiwa penyebaran materi pornografi di kalangan anggota dewan yang telah terjadi beberapa saat lalu dan sangat terkenal itu.

Demikianlah sedikit gagasan dari saya untuk para yang mulia wakil rakyat. Tetapi izinkanlah saya memohon agar para yang mulia wakil rakyat tetap berkenan membaca hingga akhir tulisan saya ini. Para yang mulia wakil rakyat, selalu dengan tekun saya menempa pikiran dan hati, jiwa dan raga, jasmani dan mental diri ini demi kemajuan diri dan bangsa dan tanah air. Tetapi hingga saat ini, hasilnya adalah hati yang lemah dan visi yang tumpul. Karena itulah saya mohon sumbangsih saran dari para yang mulia wakil rakyat untuk diri saya yang bodoh ini agar dapat sedikit melangkah dan mendekat posisi nun sempurna tersebut. Sangatlah berterima kasih saya jika para yang mulia wakil rakyat rela membagi rahasia tersebut. Akhir kata, saya ingin berharap agar seluruh semangat, cinta, kasih, dan keringat yang saya kerahkan untuk membuat tulisan ini tidak berakhir dengan tepukan sebelah tangan. Sambutan tepukan dari telapak tangan para yang mulia wakil rakyat selalu saya nantikan dengan penuh kesabaran. Terima kasih yang sangat terdalam dan terluhur saya panjatkan kepada para yang mulia wakil rakyat Indonesia atas kesediaannya membaca tulisan ini hingga akhir. Semoga Indonesia terus berjaya dan para yang mulia wakil rakyat akan tetap nyaman duduk di atas kursi dewan selama masa jabatannya. Merdeka!


Hormat saya,


Saya, seorang dari kalangan pemuda terpinggirkan Indonesia

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Diamond of Life

what would you do
if you find treasure of life so precious
a diamond shaped so flawless
so when a ray of light touches
emits glittering glow so bright
only see the brilliance of it
warmth your heart
and ease your misery
just a little radiance of it
make the others around, sparkling
but it shares the shine with other than you
even if you know
that your light will resonate with its
and walk a long road with it??

I fell that
I can't seize it
though my heart shouts for it
and my soul wants it even more

then it comes to my mind
it is a God's gift
to show a precious diamond there is
for each of us
that not so flawless maybe
but will resonate
not only with light
but also with shadow of mine
and take step till the end of me

Bandung
20th March 2007 - 23.43

Thursday, March 15, 2007

it feels

it feels
that you pile up bricks and put the cement
build a wall when my thought and feel reach you
and it seems your smile
not the truest smile
you want to give
and you have

and when I show you my all
you seem surprised to see many faces you never know
I just feel
to be honest and the truth
really matter if I want to reach you
because I want you to know
pleasant face is not the only one I have
because I do have
angry, rude, picky, moody, lazy, and sad faces
because I do have
tears, blood, fear, and sweat
because all of these are the real me
yes... it is me

and when I tell myself
that I am afraid to hurt you when I reach you
that is just a big, big lie, lie, and lie
because really scared I am to be hurt
and go weak my heart to see the truth
even I know all these things are irrelevant
even I know that God will lead my way
I just can't help to be afraid
of the pain

so will I face the sun or turn back to shadow??
I just want to find the courage
to walk this road
till the end of it

Bandung
14th March 2007 - 02.05


Updated - 20th March 2007:
Correcting typing mistake, thanks to Ujay.

A Day with a Lot of Laughter

I have written in "A Lot of Musics" post that something special happened on that day. Because of that something special I would like to declare that day as "Laughter Day". I really felt happiness and laughter just floating in the air, so I set my Y!M status as "A day with a lot of laughter" last Friday. It seemed that everything happened on that day made me laughed and happy. The excessive happiness happened on that day made me set a smile on my face all day long. And thanks to Lisiani who made that Friday a lot crazy, happy, and funny with her jokes, riddles, e-mails and chatting. I think that we did something silly and funny, that when I remember about it, I just can't stop smiling and laughing.

And the effect of that Friday seemed to continue on my first and second day in this week. A "chaotic" virus infected Audi and Ujay on Monday, so they just couldn't stop doing something silly and teasing me (and of course I teased them too). I still couldn't believe that Ujay ate a spoon of rice with chocolate milk shake and afterward said that it tasted weird *LOL*. And on Tuesday, I and Lisiani continued our riddle session with instant messages and e-mails. The excessive happiness aura from Friday just kept gradually decreasing, but still a lot of things happened on Monday and Tuesday kept me smiling. It seems that I am reminded, with all of these, what a good day we will have, if we give some pure smile and laugh from our heart. So everyone, keep spreading and sharing your happiness and make people around you smile.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

This Shoes is Meant to be Mine

My Precious Shoes - At my House

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Taken at 5th March 2007
This shoes has accompanied me for almost three years now. Apparently this shoes is the best condition sneaker I have, so I almost always use it to everywhere.

The story behind for this shoes to be mine is very miraculous... err on second thought not that miraculous I think *grin* hehe.. Okay, I bought this shoes accidentally, almost fated to have this shoes. That day, I really have no plan to buy any shoes and I just accompanied my mother to a mall (I can't remember what my mother wanted to buy that day :p). Then at that mall I spotted a very *shining* shoes with a very *shining* price and discount. The normal price was 200 thousand rupiahs and it was discounted 50%. 100 thousand rupiahs for a well known brand shoes is really cheap, furthermore I really like this shoes model. The simple style and denim material made me fall in love with this shoes. So I looked for my size, found it, and bought it with no further thought.

Right now, this shoes is torn in some place. It is really exhausted with all my activities in these three years. So from half years ago I decided to buy new shoes. I want good quality shoes but I can't afford the price if it's not discounted (it's just about money, money, and money $_$ kekeke...). So I just keep searching patiently to many shoes stores when there is a sale but I haven't found any shoes to buy. My criterions for searching this shoes are cheap price, good quality, good model, and match size and it's really hard to meet all these criterions. All these things just make me realize that this shoes is really meant to be mine. Hmm.. I think I have to stick with this shoes for more time.

Moral of this story are I'm a picky buyer and discounted items in Indonesia are seldom in good condition or good style or good model.

Side note: For everyone that curious about my Y!M status: "Yellow and Blue day" in the past, just imagine I walked around with a bright yellow and blue bag, a blue jeans pants, a blue wallet, a bright yellow t-shirt, and this shoes. All that items made my day yellow and blue *grin*

Friday, March 09, 2007

A Lot of Musics

Yay.. I got a lot of mp3s recently. Yeah I know that this is a piracy thing, but I won't discuss it here. I concern about the piracy problem, but again I do not want to discuss it here, right now. Okay... first I got Tompi newest album with title Playful. Tompi is Indonesian vocalist with a very unique voice.. hmm.. I don't know how to describe it in English, can anyone help me?? I haven't heard all of the songs in this album, but generally, I think it's not quite as good as his previous album. The first song in this album is a jazz version of "Balonku" which is a children song in Indonesia. This song circulate in the Indonesian people with a fatal mistake in the lyric and so in the song sang by Tompi in Playful album. Can anyone post the right lyric for "Balonku"??

The second one is a band from my hometown Bandung called D'Cinnamons. This band just have released the debut album with title "Good Morning". D'Cinnamons' vocalist sounds very similar to The Cranberries vocalist, Dolores O'Riordan. This band brings an accoustic music and easy listening pop genre and I love it really much. Though the music and the lyric throughout the album are very simple, but they can deliver the mood and feel well. I think they still have a lot of rooms to grow and mature in their music style. I can't wait for their next album. Hopes that this band will grow and last for a long time. Anyway I really like three songs from this album, there are "Ku Yakin Cinta", "Loving You", and "So Would You Let Me Be...".

The third is YUI, a female singer from Japan. She still young (19 years old) and has a good music talent. I really like when she is sing just with her accoustic guitar. But her music style is too plain, there's not a unique sense in her style. But, I believe she is still has a big chance and time to grow her music skill and talent. Anyway I download the CHE.R.RY single from her. Well, it's still bring the Japanese Pop style, but let's see a couple years from now when she has matured her music skill and style.

The fourth is Chris Daughtry from American Idol season 5. This rock singer is really stick with his rock style. I like his vocal since watch him in American Idol. I got the Daughtry album from Aldo. Hmmm.... I like rock, but I think this album doesn't offer something unique. You will listen the same rock style throughout the album, it's quite boring for me. I just expect more from him because his vocal is really good.

The fifth and the last one is Incognito, my favourite band. Remember my post about Incognito newest album?? I have waited for the "Bees + Things + Flowers" album to be released in Indonesia, but it haven't released yet till now. This album features new arrangements from Incognito and Earth Wind & Fire classics. Read the article about this album at this link. Love it but I really miss the Incognito's upbeat style that I can't listen in this album. Anyway I really really love the "That's the Way of The World" song. The lyric is so good and have a really deep meaning. Here is the lyric from that song.

Hearts of fire creates love desire
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Hearts of fire creates love desire
High and higher to your place on the throne

We’ve come together on this special day
To sing our message loud and clear
Looking back we’ve touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear

You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don’t hesitate ‘cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart ‘cause you’re never (never, never, ..) old at heart

That’s the way of the world
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
A child is born with a heart of gold
The way of the world makes his heart so cold

It's a really good music week for me I think. And a very special thing happens today, but I'll post it next time (and the photos too). Just wait for them.

BGM: "Bees + Things + Flowers" album by Incognito


Updated - 12th March 2007:
Correcting some mistakes in this post and a big sorry to Ujay because I forgot to write about Lisa Ono in this post. Okay.... I have heard about Lisa Ono name before but I haven't listened to her music. And Ujay recommended me about her because she (refer to Ujay :D) watch Lisa Ono live in Java Jazz Festival 2007 (2nd - 4th March 2007). She (this refers to Ujay too..) said that she was amazed with Lisa Ono performance. And I searched and got the "Dans Mon Ile", a bossanova album in French. In English the album title means "In My Island" (thanks to Google Translate). I think Lisa Ono is a great and very talented musician. She has created albums at least with 3 languages (French, Italian, and Portugese) and I think that's really great because it's not easy to pronounce words correctly in foreign languages, and it's really hard to speak French isn't it?? But after listened to this album, she (again this refers to Ujay..) said that the live performance was a lot better than the album... yah... that sometime happens.

Okay.... that's a wrap for a music review from me right now. And... Jay... you really disappoint me for not telling me that you were going to Java Jazz Festival 2007 kekekeke..... *devilish grin*

Updated 15th March 2007:
Andri reviewed D'Cinnamons too at this link, so please read it and you can find "Loving You" lyric at that post. After update on 12th March, there is still one album left to be reviewed. It is Free Your Mind album from Maliq & D'Essentials. I will review in the future post, otherwise there'll be a lot of update in this post :P

Thursday, March 01, 2007

December 2006 Photos

All these photos were taken in December 2006 with various themes, from Machine Learning assignment deadline to Braga Festival event.

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Happy Faces - At my Campus, IRK Lab

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Taken at 16th December 2006
The assignment was done and it's 2 hours and 30 minutes late. So.. it's happy time.. it's sleeping time.
(L-R) : Adi (it's me), Helen, Hermanto (a.k.a To-Ong), Aulia


Our Christmas Tree - At my House

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Taken around 25th or 26th December 2006
It's my family Christmas tree.


Bamboo Dragon - Bandung, Jalan Braga Bandung

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Taken 29th December 2006
It's a dragon create from bamboo in Braga Festival II event.