Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Setapak
Dalam dunia yang mengalir kencang, aku merindukan jalan setapak. Dunia yang melambat karena detik dimaknai sedemikian rupa. Mungkin aku merindukan ritual. Jejak-jejak kecil, alih-alih sebuah lompatan besar. Dan mungkin sudah saatnya untuk sedikit lebih mandiri dan tidak hanya mengandalkan orang saja. Bukankah aku sudah memiliki Sang Maha Pencipta? Di sisi lain, senang rasanya memiliki orang yang peduli. Dunia jadi tidak terasa terlalu sepi.
Bajaj
Daripada bikin orang lain galau, lebih baik bahagia saja. Seperti biasa, aku ngga mood untuk kerja. Rasanya jenuh dengan jadwal yang ada. Dan tanpa terasa waktu berlalu begitu saja. Bulan-bulan menjelang berakhirnya kontrak dan pencarian ini harus disudahi. Tadi aku ditanya, kalau lulus mau kemana dan aku gamang. Dulu rasanya aku bisa menggapai semesta, tapi kini semuanya terasa tak sama lagi. Seperti ada sebuah lubang yang menganga dan aku tidak tahu apa.
Dan rasa galauku rasanya menular. Pembimbingku sampai mampir ke ruangan, menanyakan apakah aku baik-baik saja dengan wajah khawatir. Mau tak mau aku jadi tersenyum. Ah, memang bajaj takkan melaju kalau tak didorong.
Duh, manja. Dari dulu belum juga berubah.
Dan rasa galauku rasanya menular. Pembimbingku sampai mampir ke ruangan, menanyakan apakah aku baik-baik saja dengan wajah khawatir. Mau tak mau aku jadi tersenyum. Ah, memang bajaj takkan melaju kalau tak didorong.
Duh, manja. Dari dulu belum juga berubah.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Semesta
Hi semesta, masihkah kau di sana?
Menanti mimpi yang tak jua berujung
Pertanyaan sama tanpa jawab
Mungkin aku sudah lelah mencari
Mungkin lebih baik menjadi biasa
Mengikuti alur agar semua bahagia
tanpa perlu menjadi aku
Menanti mimpi yang tak jua berujung
Pertanyaan sama tanpa jawab
Mungkin aku sudah lelah mencari
Mungkin lebih baik menjadi biasa
Mengikuti alur agar semua bahagia
tanpa perlu menjadi aku
Thursday, March 07, 2013
C'est la vie
Somehow, I lost my touch in reading. This morning I did not manage to re-read several papers and when I started to open a new window to write a kind of introduction to my book, my head suddenly became blank. I guess I only need to be calm and everything would be alright. Sometimes, i feel that I am in the right place, but on other time, I feel great expectation. I simply hate it. I hate when people expect many great things from me. I just wanna be me. Without intensity. If I manage, it means that I chose the right career, but if it does not then find another one. Life should not be complicated. Thinking too much without knowing how to be happy. I guess this is part of being a grown up, you forget how to have fun. You become too serious with pattern and thought that people will talk bad things behind your back. For me, that kind of life is too pathetic. You only live once. So c'est la vie!
Sunday, March 03, 2013
malam
berkawan pekat
tanpa bintang gemerlap
mungkin sudah saatnya untuk lelap
karena mentari tak lagi tampak
hi malam, bisikku lirih
mengapa kau melamun sendiri
tak bisakah kau ajak bulan bernyanyi
agar gelap tak lagi berteman sunyi
tanpa bintang gemerlap
mungkin sudah saatnya untuk lelap
karena mentari tak lagi tampak
hi malam, bisikku lirih
mengapa kau melamun sendiri
tak bisakah kau ajak bulan bernyanyi
agar gelap tak lagi berteman sunyi
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Buku & Kata
Sudah lama rasanya tak menamatkan buku dari ujung satu ke yang lain. Entah karena aku cenderung membaca cepat, atau alur yang terlalu lambat hingga membuatku tergoda untuk melewatkan bagian tengah. Pun dengan buku-buku kuliah yang membuat kepala pening. Biasanya aku mengambil jalan tengah. Mencari seseorang yang telah merangkum (atau mengkritisi) buku tersebut. Cukup dua versi: pujian dan makian, dan aku akan mendapatkan gambaran kasar tentang apa yang ada di dalam. Kalau belum cukup, biasanya aku menggunakan versi elektronik untuk mencari pemahaman mengenai konsep-konsep yang aku butuhkan. Dengan begitu banyak buku yang harus aku baca, membaca merupakan kemewahan. Aku tak bisa lagi memuja kata sebagaimana yang dulu acap aku lakukan. Membaca menjadi kewajiban dan kadang itu menggerusku perlahan.
Tulisanku pun menjadi egois. Aku tak lagi peduli untuk dipahami. Kata menjadi ruang untuk menumpahkan apa yang ada di benak tanpa peduli apakah ada yang mengerti atau hanya menambah bit-bit dalam dunia maya. Kadang aku bertanya-tanya, apakah irisanku dengan dunia kata wujud dari sesuatu yang pernah menjadi mimpiku? Aku tak tahu. Rasanya mimpi bisa tumbuh dan berkembang. Seperti halnya bunga atau beruang. Mereka bisa hibernasi di musim dingin untuk kembali berkembang di kala semi. Mimpi bisa tidur untuk kemudian bangkit kembali.
Sindrom Paruh Baya
Ok, I am not that old ...
Belakangan ini aku lagi seneng banget dengan anak kecil dan entah kenapa kayanya anak kecil juga seneng ngeliatin aku. Kemarin pas lagi belanja ada anak kecil ngeliatin, sampai bapaknya bingung. Ketika jalan dengan seorang kolega ke Maastricht juga ada anak kecil yang ngedeketin sampai kolegaku bilang, wah yuti kamu punya pengagum. Dan Rabu kemarin juga sempat mengasuh anak 1,7 tahun yang tiap kali ngeliat aku minta dipeluk. It's impossible not to fall for him. Anaknya gembira terus dan senang bernyanyi. Akhirnya selama beberapa jam, kita menggambar dan main musik dengan panci dan apapun yang ada. Ketika aku cium pipinya, dia senyum-senyum gembira. My heart just melt ...
Belakangan ini aku lagi seneng banget dengan anak kecil dan entah kenapa kayanya anak kecil juga seneng ngeliatin aku. Kemarin pas lagi belanja ada anak kecil ngeliatin, sampai bapaknya bingung. Ketika jalan dengan seorang kolega ke Maastricht juga ada anak kecil yang ngedeketin sampai kolegaku bilang, wah yuti kamu punya pengagum. Dan Rabu kemarin juga sempat mengasuh anak 1,7 tahun yang tiap kali ngeliat aku minta dipeluk. It's impossible not to fall for him. Anaknya gembira terus dan senang bernyanyi. Akhirnya selama beberapa jam, kita menggambar dan main musik dengan panci dan apapun yang ada. Ketika aku cium pipinya, dia senyum-senyum gembira. My heart just melt ...
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Never Said
"Words I Never Said"
(feat. Skylar Grey)
(feat. Skylar Grey)
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the fucks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it ain't our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac ain't gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away!
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco]
I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit
Just a poor excuse for you to use up all your bullets
How much money does it take to really make a full clip
9/11 building 7 did they really pull it
Uhh, And a bunch of other cover ups
Your childs future was the first to go with budget cuts
If you think that hurts then, wait here comes the uppercut
The school was garbage in the first place, that's on the up and up
Keep you at the bottom but tease you with the uppercrust
You get it then they move it so you never keeping up enough
If you turn on TV all you see’s a bunch of “what the fucks”
Dude is dating so and so blabbering bout such and such
And that ain't Jersey Shore, homie that's the news
And these the same people that supposed to be telling us the truth
Limbaugh is a racist, Glenn Beck is a racist
Gaza strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say shit
That's why I ain't vote for him, next one either
I’ma part of the problem, my problem is I’m peaceful
And I believe in the people.
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 2]
Now you can say it ain't our fault if we never heard it
But if we know better than we probably deserve it
Jihad is not a holy war, wheres that in the worship?
Murdering is not Islam!
And you are not observant
And you are not a muslim
Israel don’t take my side cause look how far you’ve pushed them
Walk with me into the ghetto, this where all the Kush went
Complain about the liquor store but what you drinking liquor for?
Complain about the gloom but when’d you pick a broom up?
Just listening to Pac ain't gone make it stop
A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon make it halt
If you don’t become an actor you’ll never be a factor
Pills with million side effects
Take em when the pains felt
Wash them down with Diet soda!
Killin off your brain cells
Crooked banks around the World
Would gladly give a loan today
So if you ever miss a payment
They can take your home away!
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said, never said
I can’t take back the words I never said
[Lupe Fiasco - Verse 3]
I think that all the silence is worse than all the violence
Fear is such a weak emotion that's why I despise it
We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth
So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you
Sometimes I’m like the only person I feel safe to tell it to
I’m locked inside a cell in me, I know that there’s a jail in you
Consider this your bailing out, so take a breath, inhale a few
My screams is finally getting free, my thoughts is finally yelling through
[Skylar Grey]
It’s so loud Inside my head
With words that I should have said!
As I drown in my regrets
I can’t take back the words I never said
Saturday, February 02, 2013
PhD's Life
I think what I like the most from the actor-network theory group is the fact that I can express whatever cross my mind. Field notes and transcripts, people not familiar with concept, and bloody deadline for finishing PhD. It always nice to have friend in pain, it makes the journey easier to bear. I'll definitely put their names in the acknowledgement ...
Friday, February 01, 2013
Tentang Sebuah Partai
Awalnya tak mau komentar tapi akhirnya geregetan sendiri. Bagi saya lebih mudah untuk percaya bahwa semua kisah ini adalah fitnah. Jadi meski saya kehilangan simpati pada pilihan politik partai ini sejak beberapa tahun silam dan diperparah dengan pilkada Jakarta silam, saya masih percaya partai ini bersih. Tidak sejalan dalam politik tapi tidak korupsi. Dan ini satu-satunya yang membuat saya memiliki kecendrungan untuk melihat partai ini sebagai 'baik'. Tapi dengan adanya tuduhan korupsi masalah daging, saya jadi berpikir ulang. Bagi saya kasusnya janggal jadi kalau ada yang berpikir ini jebakan bagi saya semuanya mungkin. Hal yang membuat saya kecewa bukan karena tanggapan orang luar atau komisi pemberantasan korupsi, melainkan pernyataan dari sang mantan ketua sendiri. Pada saat tabayyun sangat diperlukan, tidak perlu rasanya menggunakan kata-kata bersayap. Cukup bilang "saya tidak terlibat dan tidak ada sangkut pautnya dengan AF, Maharani atau siapapun itu". Titik.
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