tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64442079356427653182024-03-05T19:49:13.933+07:00Silly but LovelyDini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-60852212342808933092012-11-05T18:36:00.002+07:002012-11-05T21:21:33.412+07:00Chasing Rainbows<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">As we started our dinner last night,
she prudently admitted stuff. Something which I frankly last expected to hear, when
the moon still orbited the earth and the latter still orbited the sun, at the
very least. However, there was this peculiar urge, a desire I might as well
call, to simply listen to what she was about to blurt out, as it had something
to do with that very person whose existence, for so many indescribable reasons,
once had been the essence of this tiny little world of mine. The one that got
away, as my best friend always said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“He did care about you, if that might
gratify you.” She startled me with her blunt, most unexpected yet delighting confession.
I was all ears, though I tried to seem not. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Assuming she was not paying attention,
I grabbed my cup at the drop of a hat, and sipped my coffee nervously. My heart
was beating so penetratingly that I swear someone could have heard. I choked.
Shortly, I found myself trying too hard to mask my clumsiness under a loud cough.
I failed though. This very best friend of mine noticed every single thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You don’t need to fake it. I know you
like the back of my hand, honey.” She smiled, broadly. And something about it
made me want to literally bite my tongue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Yeah.” I whispered between my
clenched teeth, feeling completely idiotic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“So, isn’t the news good? Now you
actually no longer have this so called unfinished business with the
you-know-who. It must be a relief. It deserves a medal. After all those
months.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“What deserves a medal?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Well, the revelation, of course.” She
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I’m sorry, but why do I have this
feeling that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">somebody</i> is trying to
say that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that somebody</i> deserves a
medal? Not particularly the revelation.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“It <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> the revelation that deserves a medal. Not that somebody. That somebody
was just delivering a message and conveying the meaning, that if you let her.” We
are inevitably at each other’s throats. Silence followed. My mind was
disoriented. Then she continued,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Whoa! Whatever, my dear. Let’s not
talk about what or who deserves a medal. We both know it’s not the thing I want
to point out in the first place. Don’t give me the impression that you are
trying to avoid the subject. You aren’t, are you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I am not.” I retorted as I looked
away, trying to avoid her scrutinizing eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You just sound like my little sister
when she gets mad.” She annoyingly laughed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The situation was always like this.
Unnerving. I lost control of every single thing when she brought up the subject.
And she just knew exactly where to stab me. She carried on when the laughter
faded to some sort of periodic giggles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Fine, then. Let’s go back to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the revelation</i>. And please, no more
trying-to-look-for-any-excuse mode on. So tell me, beautiful princess, are you
gratified?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Gratified with what?” I responded,
irritated, and challenged her intimidating eyes.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You’re playing dumb, huh? I’m asking
you if you are feeling gratified with knowing that you-know-who did actually
care about you back then?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You, mad lady, would you please
correct me if I’m wrong? Was it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you </i>the
one who once told me to quit chasing rainbows? To give up on it? Then why are
you bringing up the subject again? After all what I’ve been through for gad’s
sake! You’re so unreal.” My voice trembled and shrieked to three different octaves.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Well, I did tell you that. But it’s
an obviously different issue we’ve got here. Asking you to quit chasing
rainbows is completely absolutely different from asking you to admit your
feeling. Does that make sense to you? Or you’re still trying to play this dumb
girl stuff with me?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Okay. Fine. You wanna know how I
feel? You really wanna know? I don’t believe you. The possibility of him caring
about me is almost the same as the possibility of my high heels walking to the
prom by themselves. That’s how I feel.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">She adjusted her seat as I carried on,
“And why would that have mattered? Now that I have my own life, he’s got his.
He seems happy and I without doubt am. Talking over something that has passed
won’t do me any good. So just drop it.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">After for what felt like a minute, she
mouthed a word which looked so much like a lie from across the table, making
her lips ten times bigger than necessary. She added an exaggerated wink soon
after that, which made her look completely ridiculous. I rose quickly from my
chair.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Where are you going?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Need the bathroom. What? You wanna
know what I’m doing there as well?” I left as I heard her giggling
relentlessly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">***</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I spent ten minutes in the toilet. If
only I had not been in a public one, I would have locked myself inside for
another ten. I was just too embarrassed to meet her. I was overreacting. I was
in such a denial. Caught red-handed. And this very good friend of mine had
always been too clever to be deceived that sometimes I refused to talk things
over with her, especially when it came to that very person whom I had been
determined to say a farewell to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When I came back to our table, the
room was almost empty. The other customers who previously gathered around the
table next to ours had vanished. My friend was finishing her dessert. She swirled
the spoon over and over again, without any intention to actually eat the ice
cream inside her giant white cup.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Are you going to finish that? I can
call a monkey to do you the job if you want to.” I pointed the ice cream with
my chin. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“No. Yes. No. I don’t know. What do
you reckon?” She threw out a question instead of answering mine. This was what
I hate mostly about her, always managed to throw out those random questions
just to see what my mood is like. And what I hated even more was that she
always succeeded with the effort. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It’s melting. You’d better finish
it soon, unless you don’t feel like eating what you have ordered in the first
place.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s the point, hon. You
comprehend my mood so very perfectly. Standing ovation.” She put her hands in
the air and casually gestured a couple of claps.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You’re out of your mind. I can’t
believe I’m hanging out with someone who is currently not competent to grasp a very
simple sentence. You do speak English, don’t you?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“HA HA HA. I grasp the sentence very
well, even beyond what you have expected. Thus, I was trying to make <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">you</i> grasp it the way I do. Because it
seems to me that you still don’t get the point in us having the conversation
tonight” She ignored the question.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Try me.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“Listen, you naïve woman, mood
changes. And choices will always get in the way. I did order the ice cream
earlier. Because I love ice cream and felt like having it as a dessert tonight.
But then we had that argument, just because I wanted to let you know the ugly
truth about your past relationship. Then I end up finding the ice cream no
longer tantalizing. Hence, I have chosen not to finish it. Otherwise, I’m gonna
make my stomach receive something that I least desire. And I just can’t. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But no, that’s not the point. The point is that
I have made a decision. That melted ice cream will never ever have the ability
to ruin it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“I know. I got it. You’re trying to
tell me that knowing you-know-who did actually care about me shouldn’t have bothered
me. But in fact, it did. I have never been a competent liar. So here it goes. The
fact that he genuinely had the feeling for me is pleasing and heart-breaking at
the same time. If that feeling did exist, I would now be with him having dinner,
instead of with you. If he had actually felt what I felt back then, he wouldn’t
have let me go. So, I refuse to believe it. Yet, the other part of me is feeling
glad. Glad to finally find the answer to the question that had filled my head
since so long ago. But that still doesn’t change the fact that we two just don’t
work. And the pain is incorrigible. And I’m a bit upset about it. I really am.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“We all have choices, dear. I made
one. You did the same. And you know what? You have made the best out of all you
can possibly make. You chose certainty and happiness over spending months or
years or however long it would have been chasing rainbows. After all, rainbows probably
are not meant to be chased, they are meant to be simply adored. That way, you’ll
find things easier.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The evening sky darkened, as dark as
my vision about the past. But I knew there would always be the moon with its dim
light. Then so long, rainbows. It took the sun light and the rain to get you in
sight. While I was here, enjoying the moon light. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">He
asked me to sing him a song, again. Just like the other night when I sang this Raisa’s
“Could It Be Love” on the phone, with him listening at the other end of the
line. It was a daunting task, not because I couldn’t, well I could sing and to
be honest, I kind of thought I was actually pretty good, but I always found it extremely
embarrassing to show the ability publicly. And although singing to him was not
regarded as a public performance, since what we had here was only him as the
audience, still that very idea of singing on the phone was simply freaking me
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Still
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to mention that heart beat-skipping moment, only for the sake of this very
person.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And
on that dull and not very enchanting afternoon, he did it again, asked me to
sing a song for him. I could have said no, a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">real</i> no which meant that I was not singing no matter what, instead I
found myself being cheap. He didn’t really need to try hard, at all. After a
couple of Nos<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>Avril Lavigne’s “I
Love You” was the best I could come up with. I didn’t even know why I picked
the song, probably because I was so madly in love or merely because of the lyrics
which best described how I felt. It was just there, came out of nowhere. As a
matter of fact, my mind kept chanting it during that phone talk. So much for
awkwardness. So I sang him, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I Love You</i>,
Avril Lavigne. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">“You’re so beautiful</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">But that’s not why I
love you</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I’m not sure you know</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That the reason I love
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Is you being you, just
you</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Yeah, the reason I love
you</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Is all that we’ve been through</span></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">And that’s why I love
you”</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To
my surprise, it was bloody easy. It felt exactly like those hundreds regular bathroom
singings of mine. Thus, it was something I’d like to call a huge
accomplishment. Noble, even. Prob`bly that’s why a couple of seconds after we hung up, I was
stunned at how extroverted I was turning. I was not the person I had always been.
Never before I managed to deal with awkwardness this quick and easy. I had always
been the introverted, the dignified, the complicated, the unalive, the
inanimate, and after all, a prude. But when he was around, I was someone else. Then
I tried to figure things out, he was indeed one of a kind. There was seriously something
about him. Something that peculiarly kept me going, that made things ridiculously easier
and even crazier. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">If we have hard times
working things out with someone, no matter how much we think we like him, it’s
not love. Love is supposed to be easy. </span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This
I swear is true- in my case, at the very least. And this also how he is making me feel all the time. When life offers us a simplicity far beyond any of our expectations, it's not reasonable to wind things. When there is someone, with all his sweetness and charm, knocking unremittingly on our doors, it is foolish to hide behind the curtain. Love has always been easy. It is never meant to be complicated or twisted. Love should not put
someone in a difficult situation whatsoever. Love inevitably works things out.
It just fits in conveniently. And love will handle things with ease. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">So,
how should I define this thing between me and him?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">It’s
those phone talks with him at the other end of the line, making fun and joking
around. It’s those intimate conversations with me talking continuously and him
constantly and patiently listening. It’s those silly short text messages ended
with an “I Love You” sent from our phones. It’s that very romantic night when
he played the guitar and sang out aloud for me. It’s that embarrassing moment
when I nervously had to sing that Raisa’s song for him. Finally, love was that
Avril Lavigne’s “I Love You” which I was listening to while writing this.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Love is easy. </span></div>
Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-44197943171871107522012-09-03T17:32:00.001+07:002012-09-03T18:02:59.303+07:00Jaring Lelembut<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Hari ini ada
hajatan besar di kampung perbatasan. Para warga dengan ikhlas berbondong keluar
rumah, yang lelaki tak lupa membawa lengkap peralatan kerja seperti sabit,
kapak, dan lain sebagainya. Pun yang perempuan tak mau kalah. Didirikannya
tenda di halaman salah satu warga, tentu saja dengan bantuan para lelaki.
Disana, ditanaknya nasi, diiris-irisnya berbagai macam sayuran, dan ikan asin
pun digoreng dengan minyak panas, menimbulkan bau yang terlampau lezat di
hidung para lelaki yang kini sedang sibuk membabat rumput liar di pinggiran
jalan, ataupun memotong pohon-pohon yang cabang rimbunnya menjadi sumber
kekhawatiran warga, terutama ketika musim angin akan menghampiri seperti sekarang.
Gotong royong memanglah menjadi akar utama kehidupan di kampung tersebut. Yang
satu akan berebut menyokong yang lain yang sedang kesusahan, bukan malah
berpura-pura buta pada kenyataan kehidupan. Mengaku prihatin, tapi enggan
beranjak untuk meringankan. Atau bahkan ada yang lebih keterlaluan. Memasang
tampang berduka atas bencana yang dialami sesama, tapi hatinya bersorak riang.
Ah, manusia! Pandai sekali kalian bermuka dua.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Peringatan
hari kemerdekaan di kampung perbatasan memang selalu seramai ini. Para gadis
sudah sibuk berlenggak lenggok. Menggerakkan pinggul kesana kemari sembari
berusaha mengingat gerakan-gerakan yang sudah diajarkan para seniornya. Sudah
jauh hari lagu ditentukan, gerakan diciptakan, kini saatnya dipraktikkan. Bahkan,
para bocah laki-laki pun tak kenal malu. Dirayunya para gadis tanggung itu,
dimintanya untuk mengajari sepatah dua patah gerakan. Semua diselingi dengan
canda, semua tertawa lepas tak terkira, lebur jadi satu dengan semangat
kebebasan berkarya, tanpa benar-benar tahu untuk apa mereka harus bersuka cita
demi yang terjadi di masa lampau. Sedahsyat apapun itu, segilang-gemilang
apapun pencapaian di masa lalu, toh semua sudah lewat. Kalau tidak dirawat, tidak
diperkuat, semua hanya akan menjelma menjadi pohon tak berakar, yang akan mudah
tumbang terkena angin kencang. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Di sebuah
sudut yang tak begitu kentara, nampak ada sosok si pemuda sarjana, diam seribu
kata. Sorot matanya menyudutkan. Salah satu sudut bibirnya tertarik ke atas
dengan penuh kesinisan. Sungguh, begitu kontras wajah manusia yang satu ini
dengan yang lain. Entah karena dia selalu makan berkecukupan, ditambah lagi vitamin
yang belum tentu sebulan sekali dirasakan para bocah kampung itu, sehingga
wajahnya selalu lebih bersih dari warga pada umumnya. Dan dulu, ketika dirinya
masih bocah ingusan, selalu menjadi perhatian yang pertama dan utama karena
ketampanannya. Si pemuda sarjana tampak khusyuk memaknai canda para bocah
kampung. Betapa konyol mereka, batinnya. Begitulah Nak, nikmati masa-masa ini.
Dimana berbuat bodoh masih dianggap lucu. Saat kau tidak harus memikirkan
tentang nasib baik dan nasib buruk. Dulu saat kecil aku tidak pernah seperti
kalian. Berjoget dengan tololnya hanya demi sebuah acara kemerdekaan. Untuk apa
kalian peringati semua ini, kalau toh nanti ketika besar tetap tak ada nasi
untuk dimakan?</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Ya, Nak, lanjutkan kekonyolan kalian. Aku sudah tahu sejak mula
kalian memang hanya generasi tumbal. Tumbal bagi mereka yang punya kekuasaan.
Yang hidupnya ditujukan seolah-olah demi kemanusiaan, tapi berinti kemunafikan.
Ya, dan sekarang, mari Nak, kalian jadi tumbalku. Ketika besar pun kalian tetap
akan bernasib sama, sebagai tumbal. Jangan pernah bermimpi menjadi orang sepertiku.
Terlalu tinggi nak, Mimpi ada batasnya.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Si pemuda sarjana
melangkah menghampiri bocah-bocah kampung. Saat jarak semakin dekat,
bocah-bocah itu berebut menyentuhkan pipinya pada tangan si pemuda sarjana. Salam
tak lupa diucapkan, Senyuman yang paling manis dikembangkan. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Sudah siap
tampil semuanya?”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sampun</i>, Pak.”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“Iya, Bapak
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enggeh</i>, Pak. Terima kasih”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Bagus, Nak.
Aku akan menjadi Bapak kalian yang baik sekarang. Tidak akan ada yang meragukan
ketulusan seseorang yang dekat dengan anak-anak. Orang tua kalian yang
sebenarnya akan mendengar semua derma yang sudah aku lakukan. Dan pada
akhirnya, hal itu akan membantu banyak. Kalian sudah menggali lubang tanpa
kalian sadari. Lubang yang tidak hanya cukup untuk kalian diami sendiri, tapi
juga bapak dan ibumu nanti. Dan suatu saat, akan kutagih semuanya. Hutang harus
di bayar, Nak. Inilah ironi kehidupan. Yang kuat perlu yang lemah untuk
dikorbankan. Suatu saat, mungkin akan kalian menyadari. Tapi saat itu semua
sudah akan terlambat. Kalian sudah terjerat. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Para bocah itu
menari dan menyanyi. Di atas panggung yang teramat sederhana, hanya berhiaskan
potongan-potongan kertas warna-warni. Riasan mereka belepotan di sana sini, tapi
siapa yang mau peduli. Bocah-bocah merasa bak di negeri dongeng, menjadi putri dan
pangeran di kampung sendiri. Orang tua mereka duduk di atas tikar. Mengulas
senyum sarat dengan kebanggaan melihat anak yang di kandungnya menjadi bintang
semalam. Tanpa mereka tahu, sebuah jaring raksasa sedang saling berpilin satu
sama lain. Mengepung mereka dari berbagai sudut. Seringaian si empunya tak
henti-henti tersungging. Selamat datang, jaring lelembut. </span></div>
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senyap. Terlebih ketika matahari mulai beringsut dari jarak pandang manusia,
bersembunyi di balik gagahnya Gunung Penanggungan. Konon, kampung yang namanya
memiliki arti sebagai pemisah itu dahulu adalah salah satu garis paling luar
kekuasaan Majapahit. Entah membatasinya dari apa, yang pasti orang-orang di
kampung kecil itu menamakan diri sebagai warga perbatasan. Beberapa mengagungkan
Majapahit, namun banyak juga yang tidak mampu menahan godaan untuk menduakan
hati pada kekuasaan lain yang ada di seberang jalan. Mungkin kesetiaan bukan
hal yang pantas dibicarakan. Pikiran yang selalu terombang-ambing dari satu
sisi ke sisi lain, kehidupan yang selalu bercermin pada kehidupan lain di luar
garis, menjadikan warga kampung tersebut tidak berpendirian. Mereka hanya
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bocah-bocah kampung dari generasi ke
generasi mempunyai pikiran yang hampir seragam. Berangkat sekolah berjalan
kaki, menempuh jarak ratusan meter dengan dimanjakan ketentraman sawah
menghijau di sebelah kiri, dan kekokohan Gunung Penanggungan di sebelah kanan. Mereka
berbarengan mengayuh langkah dengan riang demi selembar ijazah. Tidak tahu
mereka pentingnya selembar kertas tersebut. Mereka hanya melihat para
bocah-bocah tetangga yang sudah lebih tua dengan bangga mengenakan merah putih,
membusungkan dada mengaku anak sekolahan. Bahkan arti anak sekolahan pun mereka
tidak paham betul. Memang, terdengar keren di kupingnya, maka mengekorlah
mereka. Penyakit latah yang namanya sekolah ini menjalari seluruh bocah. Dari
yang paling miskin, sampai yang paling kaya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Namun ada satu anak yang keadaan dan tindak
tanduknya berbeda dari yang lain. Jikalau teman-temannya hanya mampu mengenakan
sepatu murahan yang warna hitamnya memudar sebelum genap tiga bulan, dia memiliki
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe I am so helplessly drunk, or merely
over sentimental. But this state of bliss is literally filling me in. Even when
I think I’ve had enough, yet this happiness keeps penetrating me, again and
again. Sometimes I tell myself, “you must have been dreaming, young lady; for
feeling this beautiful, this serene, and simply complete.” As what has happened
in my life this couple of months is seriously extraordinary. Then I will reply
to my own inquiry, “indeed, you are right, my dear. I must have been dreaming.
This state of happiness is only a delusion. It’s not real. It can’t be real by
any chance.” And so I will close my eyes, cover my face with both hands, and
try to let the illusion fade away. Yet, they stay. I can still feel the rush of
those wonderful feelings inside of me. It’s bubbling. It makes my tiny body
appears too small for its giant becoming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am about to explode. I am a rubber
balloon which has reached the limit of its elasticity. It seems so much that I
am going to pop. This quirky pleasant feeling is just like a gas that fills me,
probably helium, hydrogen, oxygen, or plainly air, or probably even the
combination of all. I don’t know for sure as it is invisible. It always is. Like
the air that you breathe, you can never ever see it, but you know that it’s
real. You can feel that something is going in and out. Something is being
pushed to enter you that you can’t help billowing. And so how this wonderful
feeling appears to me. Something fine that races to reach and save a place
inside of me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Somehow, I feel strange lately. Despite
its huge amount, this massive race of that different kind of gas doesn’t seem to put a
stress on this tiny little balloon. I thought I was ready to explode, to pop. I
reckoned this air inside my body just could not wait to escape, to get out fast
and go back to where they belong. I was wrong. I was looking down to this very
own rubber balloon of mine. It is more powerful than it used to be. It seems
like it doesn’t have a limit to its elasticity. No matter how much it is
filled, it stays invulnerable. It keeps getting bigger and bigger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Maybe this is how love is supposed to work
in the first place. It fills you with the feeling of happiness, excitement,
captivation, and affection without necessarily forcing a tear on you. All it
has to give is something pleasant, in the absence of any single inconvenience. It
holds you in the arms of security so tightly, yet still have the will to set
you free, sincerely. Love, once it comes to you, it plies you with its glory. And
your body will inevitably turn into a giant balloon in this oh-appear-so-tiny
universe. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then this balloon will fly far,
far away, and leave the gravity behind. It is gracefully floating, bouncing
here and there. Guess what is even better? It can retain its buoyancy for good,
for the rest of its life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love, once it fills you, it eventually puts
you to the highest degree of being a human. God's creature that needs something to validate its existence. And I am now clearly at my best
moment of being one, or should I say of being a rubber balloon? Yes, honey, I’m
wonderfully bubbling. My world has ridiculously turned inside out, upside down,
since that very day when you put the ring on my finger. And you are to me, is
this perfect air to breath in, something that I greedily want more and more. Yet,
it stays harmless. It can never hurt me, not even to leave a single scratch on my elastic skin.
So no worries, honey, I will not explode. Thus I require you to keep me occupied
every now and then. Cause the way I see myself now, is a rubber balloon that
refuses to pop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">*Dedicated to Jasa; "you're constantly filling me in, and I can't help greedily letting you in."</span></div>
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Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-9529273374853524152012-07-30T15:39:00.000+07:002012-07-30T15:39:11.112+07:00I Belong to the Moon<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span class="apple-style-span">Tonight I’m gonna find a way to make it without
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<span class="apple-style-span">I’m gonna hold onto the times that we had</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">When I came
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while ago when I, the long lost princess, was struggling with my heart, my dear
own heart. Silly how far it all seems now, while in fact it was happening only
a couple of months ago. I took my time trying to draw a pattern, a map, but I
found nothing. Not until this short text message popping on my screen last
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help laughing out aloud that night. Now that it all comes to me! I seem to just
realize what a sublime director of life He can be. Indeed, God does know how to
make people burst into laughter. To amuse them with the most unpredictable
thing you can never imagine. He’s got the skill everyone. Now I won’t doubt
that ever again. He squeezes and twists your heart, rips it apart, like you can
never put the remaining pieces together, but in a matter of second he makes it
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friends. I eventually live in this tiny little planet I’d like to call “reality”.
That gigantic foreign planet I used to think I had been living in all this
time, has been long disappeared. It was merely a sham, a delusion. I would lie
if I said I was not upset. Well, I was upset. Because something I used to think
was tangible, now all of a sudden has turned into a fake. Imagine yourself as a
three-year-old little girl, somebody shows you a picture of
oh-so-tempting-and-colourful lollipop right before your eyes, then you try to
grab it and when it finally reaches your tongue you feel nothing but some sort
of tasteless quirky stuff. Then you know that it is only a picture. How
disappointed you can be? Or upset maybe? I would cry. But then, life goes on
everyone. I will throw that bloody piece of paper away, regardless of how beautiful
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being real. And the pain stops right there. So much for a delusion!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Now this
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solar system. My gravity. I can walk up and down so confidently, knowing that
my feet will step on the same ground. And even though they don’t, I can always
trace my own footprints. I will neither bounce nor rebound. I walk, run, jump,
crawl, walk again, run again and so on in ease. Oh I love this planet of
reality. The more I involve myself in its existence, the more I find it charming.
It is so limpid that I can almost see what is inside the core. And how come I
have never seen it coming before? I have missed its glorious ways to get beside
me. Then a sweet little voice of something like an angel resounds in both my
ears, “it’s been always there, darling. It’s been always beside you, so attached
to your gravity, though without chain. It’s being faithful as it is meant for
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">That is the
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very planet I am currently studying is nothing new at all. It’s an old good
friend. Just like the moon to the earth. It revolves around me so constantly
and keeps my balance. Indeed, God has put me into a pretty good show, hasn’t
He? It entertains everybody around me. Some of them are smiling sincerely, some
are giggling in disbelief and some others are simply roaring with laughter. Yes,
my dear friends. This earth that used to foolishly adore the sun now has become
happier. The sun might be huge, but it burns me. The moon, with its dim light
has managed to keep me warm, make me whole all over again. This earth has modestly
fallen for the moon. Now let this earth finish her song, “<span class="apple-style-span">And I could find a way to make it</span>. <span class="apple-style-span">Don’t hold on too tight. I’ll make it without you tonight</span>”.
Yes, I made it, honey. I made it. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-81997915219887297972012-06-24T10:18:00.002+07:002012-06-24T10:18:50.848+07:00Tea or Coffee Part 2<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a never ending story behind these
two exclusive beverages of all time- tea and coffee. I am not an expert, but I
know that both tea and coffee, after water, are the most widely consumed
beverages in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tea is traditionally prepared by pouring boiling
hot water over loose tea leaves. The tea leaves itself are taken from a tea
plant, or well-known as its binomial name: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Camellia
sinensis </i>(Wikipedia). Tea can come in many types- black tea, green tea,
oolong tea and white tea. Nowadays, people are so much spoilt by many different
forms of tea available and how to enjoy it. If you think you are a practical
person, you can pick those wonderful tea bags from the market. Or, if you
belong to a classy person who likes everything in a proper version, try the
English afternoon tea. Either way, tea is indeed becoming the hottest beverage
on the block.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, coffee, similar to tea, is also
prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. It is a sort of flowering
plants from the Rubiaceae family (Wikipedia). Like tea, coffee also comes in
many forms. Black coffee, cappuccino, espresso and caffe latte are few examples
of the most well-known coffee drinks that most people commonly enjoy. If women
normally go with tea, then coffee must be the complete opposite. This is a
masculine drink for a masculine creature. However, more and more women seem to
enjoy the beverage these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tea and coffee, similar yet different. Both
contain this odorless caffeine which is bitter and acts as a stimulant drug. Its
wake-up effect is so much favoured since it keeps you going, improves
concentration and increases wakefulness. Somehow, in terms of taste, strength, and
thickness, these two most-loved drinks, to me, completely differ. And
personally, I always think that both tea and coffee are just like two different
men.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tea, my favourite ‘morning call’ of all
time, always tastes real nice in my mouth. I love it when it rolls over my tongue.
It is the combination of pleasure, sweetness, mildness, grace, luxury, and serenity.
To me, tea defines a man in the most beautiful way. It is a creature who is so
caring, loving, charming and tender. Man like this knows exactly how to make women
feel special, that they are the centre of all the beauty, grace, and elegance.
He makes women feel like they are the best creatures God has ever made, ones
who should be treated in the most delighting way. Thus, women often find
themselves feeling so comfortable and secure when he is around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The other way around, coffee has its own
way to define a man. With its being thick and strong, coffee manages to make
the body alive. Its combination of toughness, strength, and savage leads me to
a complete distinct description of this special creature. It is a being who can
make every woman feels like she can start everything all over again, like she
can bring out all the power and energy out of somewhere. A man like this doesn’t
spoil women. Otherwise, he encourages them to explore all her potential. He
does treat them well, but it’s not something which is additive. In other words,
he is this warm blanket who is ready to give you the comfort and security, yet
he is also the alarm clock who is ready to wake you up in the middle of the
night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now the question is which one do you
prefer, tea or coffee? Well, to me, it’s never an easy question to answer, as
sometimes we, women, need to be spoilt, need to feel the luxury and sweetness.
But at a certain time, we simply need the hammer to hit our head, to wake us up.
So, the best answer to the question is probably, let’s have both then, the tea
and the coffee. Or, is it me being greedy? </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-83024842637316751612012-06-22T11:18:00.003+07:002012-06-22T14:53:04.169+07:00Tea or Coffee?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">So, basically when mum asked me this Friday
morning, “what do you want to drink?”, I, after a second pause of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">emm </i>said, “tea, please. Thank you.” And
that was what I thought I’d like to have to start the day, exactly the same as
yesterday, the day before yesterday and many days before that. A cup of tea has always been the best.
Make it a bit bitter and add two tea-spoons of sugar then this brown
transparent liquid will immediately give you such a tranquilizing effect. I
can’t remember when I first started this, but long ago, when I was a teen, I
used to loathe breakfast and always went for a cup of tea mum had made me
instead. And so the habit went on. Now years after, even when I eventually can enjoy
my breakfast again without a following nausea, I truly can’t have my breakfast
without a cup of tea. This has turned into a compulsory for my 'daily breakfast curriculum'.</span></div>
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Ten minutes after that stingy mum-and-daughter conversation occurred, I dragged
myself into the kitchen. There laid on the big old rectangle wooden table two
different cups- one full with dark brown tea and the other full with black
coffee. I carefully took a seat right before them and examined those cups which
now I’d like to call a two-exclusive-morning option. In what felt like a whole
minute, I was considering whether I should just go with my first choice which
was tea, or be spontaneous by having the black coffee. Next, in a matter of
second, I had found myself delightedly sipping the latter. </span></div>
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a cup of tea to complete my ordinary breakfast, but this morning I didn’t. In this
bright Friday morning I had the black coffee instead. And it’s seriously nice,
it’s just as relaxing. To be honest, I think it’s even more pleasing. Then I
took my time to contemplate life. How it truly is full of surprises! And to
enjoy that, we, humans, simply need to go extraordinary, to simply break the routine.
Imagine yourself in such a long tiring voyage with the company of nobody, sooner
or later you’ll get bored or sick of the same old view. Apart from how
wonderful it might be in the beginning. But then, in a certain time, you’ll
come across random things which are completely out of the map. You’ll either
meet the pirates with its giant ship or an uninhabited remote island with its
beautiful scenery. And if you are lucky enough, you’ll probably come across
that very map leading to a hidden treasure. Grab it and be a treasure hunter.</span></div>
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I believe, is how we challenge ourselves with new option. If you think you can
sing, then encourage yourself to do it at the graduation party. If you like travelling, then go to somewhere you've never been to before. Or, if you never
drink black coffee, then why not try to have it? You might surprise yourself at
how nice it tastes in your mouth. Well, life of course isn’t as simple as that.
Yet sometimes we’ve got to take the risk. As Socrates says, “Every action has
its pleasure and its price.” In order to gain the joy, there is always something
to sacrifice. One who chickens out of the new option, then his life is nothing
but a programmed machine. This morning I picked the black coffee, and so I gave
up the tea. Still I didn’t feel bad at all as now I know some other drink that
can tranquil me, apart from tea. And what if I didn’t like the coffee? I’ve got
nothing to lose. At least I would know coffee is not a part of me. Real life,
indeed, equalizes the routine and spontaneity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Vaguely, I heard dad crying, “where’s my
coffee?”. I coolly replied, “Why don’t you try the tea? It’s just as nice.” Silence
followed. Not long after, I could hear a gulp of dark brown tea pouring down
someone’s throat. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-87994310035886110782012-06-21T15:14:00.002+07:002012-06-21T15:16:09.328+07:00Empty Your Bookcase, Empty Your Heart<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sore ini ada yang tiba-tiba menarik
perhatianku. Entah untuk keberapa kalinya aku memandang ke arah yang sama,
namun baru kali ini aku menyadari sebuah eksistensi yang sebenarnya tidak
pernah menjadi masalah, namun dengan sangat tiba-tiba berubah menjadi begitu mengganggu.
Rak buku. Ya..salah satu benda favoritku ini lah yang justru sangat mengusik
rasa nyamanku saat ini. Entah karena apa tiba-tiba saja aku merasa ada yang salah
dengan rak buku tersebut. Serasa ada yang ganjil dan terus-terusan menggelitik
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Rak buku ini terbuat dari kayu, dengan
lebar 30 cm, panjang 100 cm dan tinggi 138 cm. Bagian dalamnya tersekat menjadi
dua kolom dan empat baris. Sehingga dari penyekatan itu diperoleh delapan buah <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bookshelves </i>berwujud persegi panjang.
Dibagian depan, rak buku ini dilindungi oleh sebuah kaca bening yang bisa
bergeser ke kiri dan kanan, kecuali dua <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bookshelves</i> terbawah yang memang sudah terlapisi oleh pintu kayu berwarna
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Entahlah, apa gerangan yang kurang mengena
di hati sehingga tiba-tiba saja rak buku ini tak menyenangkan lagi. Semuanya
tetap sama. Warnanya yang coklat tua memang sengaja kupelihara. Aku menyukai
semua yang masih pada kodrat alaminya, seperti kayu yang setia pada warna, serat
dan teksturnya. Pun puluhan buku yang mendiami. Semua masih kujaga dan kusimpan
dengan rapi sesuai dengan tebal dan tinggi. Tapi kini rasanya aneh, ada sesuatu
yang membuatku kehilangan gairah padanya. Apa itu…aku mencoba menerka-nerka. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Jengah dengan teka-teki ini, kusambar semua
buku dari tiap rak. Kukeluarkan dan kubentangkan di atas lantai. Satu persatu
kutata buku tersebut disana. Kini lantaiku bak lautan buku saja. Ibu yang
kebetulan lewat pun jadi terheran-heran olehnya. Biarlah..yeng penting
tersalurkan jiwa yang sedang gulana ini. Kuamati rak buku tersebut. Kosong. Bak
pulau di sebuah <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">remote area</i>. Seperti
semesta yang tiba-tiba kehilangan bintang dan planetnya. Kini rak buku itu menjadi
lapang dan begitu terbuka. Mungkin itulah yang seharusnya kita lakukan saat jiwa
sedang gelisah. Ketika sudah terlalu banyak simpul dalam tali kehidupan kita. Keluarkanlah
beban-beban itu, bukan untuk membuangnya melainkan untuk menatanya kembali di
kemudian hari. Kendurkan simpul di tali dan luruskan yang dulu sempat terlilit.
Kosongkan ruang di hati. Lapangkan bilik di jiwa. Dan tentu saja luruskan pola
di otak. Atau dengan kata lain, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">go back
to default setting</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">refresh
everything.</i> Dengan begitu, gundah tidak terburu berkembang menjadi gulana.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Begitu pula dalam cinta. Terkadang kita
perlu mengosongkan hati untuk menelusuri semua akar permasalahan. Suatu
eksistensi yang sudah terlalu lama melekat di hati memang terkadang membuat
kita lupa diri. Menganggapnya sebagai yang abadi dan tidak terganti. Padahal
yang sebenarnya adalah bagaimana kita telah terus menerus membohongi diri
sendiri. Menganggap keberadaannya sebagai formula sempurna tiada banding dan
tak mungkin disanding. Meski sebenarnya, jauh di lubuk hati kita tahu bahwa ini
tak lebih dari sekedar sebuah <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mission
impossible</i>. Hanya saja, harapan lah yang selalu membuat kita berkelit lagi
dan lagi. Jadi, lepaskan harapan yang berdesakan itu dan ciptakan ruang kosong
di hati. Dengan begitu, kita dapat mengulang semua prosesnya dari awal lagi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sejenak kupandangi rak buku yang kini
melompong itu, sebelum kumasukkan lagi satu persatu semua buku yang ada di atas
lantai. Namun kali ini aku mempunyai modus yang sedikit berbeda. Secara acak
aku tata buku-buku tersebut. Tidak lagi aku kelompokkan mereka sesuai dengan
ketebalan ataupun tingginya. Semuanya berpadu secara acak baik warna dan
ukuran. Dan aha! Ternyata hasilnya sungguh diluar dugaan. Cantik apa adanya. Kini
rak buku itu tampak berbeda. Meski warnanya tetap coklat tua dan buku
didalamnya nya pun tetap sama. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sejatinya cinta itu memang sanggup membuat
sesuatu yang sama menjadi istimewa. Yang biasa menjadi indah. Yang tak kentara
menjadi jelas dan nyata. Yang awalnya hanya kelakar, menjadi wibawa. Memang
begitulah tradisinya, tak bisa disanggah pun tak bisa diterjemah. Karena sebagai
wayang, kita manusia hanya bisa pasrah pada sang dalang. </span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">So, let’s empty the bookcase everyone! </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-48285892282561352912012-06-16T17:39:00.000+07:002012-06-17T06:18:55.087+07:00Tentang Adinda (Gadungan)<br />
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Baik sekali, Saijah. Aku ingin kawin dengan kau jika kau telah
kembali. Aku akan memintal, dan menenun sarung dan selendang, dan aku akan
membatik, dan bekerja rajin sekali selama itu”. ~ Adinda pada Saijah, Max
Havelaar.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sayang sekali
Adinda yang ini tak bisa memintal ataupun membatik. Pun tak tahu ia bagaimana
cara menggunakan sarung ataupun selendang untuk membalut badan. Adinda yang ini
juga tidak pandai dalam tetek bengek pekerjaan yang begitu perempuan. Baginya,
perempuan jaman sekarang sudah bukan lagi perempuan di zaman penjajahan. Yang hanya
dinilai melulu dari keterampilannya menggoyang tangan; mengolah rempah dan
palawija, mengucek ataupun memeras kain, dan mengelap kusen atau teralis. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Memang pernah
suatu ketika Adinda berpikir untuk putar haluan. Dibayangkannya hidup sebagai
perempuan selayaknya yang ‘hanya perempuan’. Aduh, pusing sekali kepalanya
tiba-tiba. Pening tidak karuan. Jangan salah sangka, Adinda bukanlah anak manja
yang tak mau tangannya menyentuh tanah. Pun Adinda bukan jenis perempuan yang enggan
menyingsing lengan baju. Hanya saja, Adinda masih memilih untuk melakukan yang sekarang
benar-benar ingin ia kerjakan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Lantas kau
mungkin bertanya, sebenarnya mau jadi apa kau, duhai Adinda? Adinda akan
menjawab, “aku ingin jadi perempuan. Tapi bukan perempuan yang HARUS selalu
berada di dapur saat waktu makan, perempuan yang HARUS memegang kain kotor setiap
minggu, perempuan yang HARUS mengepel lantai. Adinda ingin menjadi perempuan
yang memasak dengan hati, mencuci dengan pengabdian, menyapu dengan ketulusan.
Dan itu bukan berarti sebuah keharusan."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Adinda yang
ini ingin menjadi jiwa merdeka tanpa embel-embel seorang perempuan. Yang diberi
batasan-batasan dalam pola pikirnya. Yang dikurung oleh ‘kodrat sejatinya’
seorang perempuan. Baginya, jiwa bebas berarti bisa bersanding dengan jiwa mana
saja yang dia suka. Berbagi hidup dengan mereka yang bebas pula. Adinda ingin
dinilai kualitasnya sebagai seorang manusia, bukan perempuan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Duhai Saijah, apakah
kau termasuk jiwa yang merdeka? Jikalau iya, tidak sabar rasanya Adinda
melihatmu kembali. Jikalau bukan, biarlah saja ia menjadi Adinda gadungan. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-47300789506390981782012-06-02T15:27:00.001+07:002012-06-04T20:36:54.029+07:00That Creepy Thing is Called 'Heart'<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Seems like it
was yesterday when he and I sat side by side, struggling with a monotonous lecture
together with the other many expressionless faces who were mostly bored, and probably
didn’t even have any idea of what they had been dealing with for the whole
morning. Or, when we joked around with each other, guiltily giggling at someone
else’s silliness. Or, when we simply enjoyed hundreds of nights talking about
how rubbish the days we had been through, while sipping our tea from those
white cups with some peculiar painting of flowers on it, which I bought for his
birthday present. Yes, all of a sudden, it all now feels practically so close
when this person, the one who, in my poor understanding of life, used to be the
only figure that best defined my existence, turned up uninvited that night,
just out of the blue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">But wait,
don’t think about us renewing the relationship! Forget about that weird
hysteria when your lover calls, or that inexplicable excitement every time you
see his name popped up on your screen. It’s not even close. The other way
around, I felt an absence of emotion in this giant savannah of my heart- no
surprise, no eagerness, no pleasure, and even no grief- just nothing. What
happened that night was monumental, indeed. Well, at least to me, but more in a
way that it eventually confirms all the theories. That time heals the wound.
That yesterday is only a history. And that was it. That one-hour telephone
conversation means nothing but a statement- that I am completely over the past.
Now, I can gleefully look back on my life and joyously ridicule myself for once
being such a moron.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">However, the
bizarre revelation is maybe how I still get mesmerized, even after so many
times, at the thought of how we, humans, never really have an absolute control
over our very own heart. How odd the fact that heart is an outsider! It’s a
stranger that lives in such a privileged inner-circle with, even peculiarly,
some sort of authoritative power to rule the other parts of the body. Just like
the Queen who has got the ability to rule ‘the kingdom of feelings’, or the
King who indirectly governs all the other system. It is a solitude though
surrounded by a lot of intertwined bonds. It is a joker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">And, even more
amazing to me is how it works. No matter how well you think you know yourself,
you’ll never truly know your heart. Scientifically, heart is merely a pump. It
distributes blood throughout the body. It is indeed very complex and prominent,
but still just a pump. Then how come such an ordinary pump has a significant
power over everything? My ingenuity always fails to grasp the explanation. Okay then, let
alone the quirky vital organ. Science is not something I am familiar with, and
will never be.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Back to the
night when that very telephone conversation occurred, so he called me. We
talked about stuff, and then we hung up. It didn’t feel weird at all when the
chatter was happening, but it does feel strange when I contemplate about the
scene every now and then. This was the person I once cared too much, the one
who I was stuck on for such a very long time. He made my heart skip a beat, or
maybe two, or three. And when he was gone back years ago, I unintentionally dragged
myself into a murderous cycle of crying-getting mad-hating and self-loathing. Now
I am completely over that phase. All those feelings have, finally, drifted
away. Or should I call it vanish? As nothing lingers, like nothing at all. We
are now nothing else but two people who accidentally know each other. Two tiny
pieces of the gigantic universe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Indeed I don’t
have power over my own heart. I am simply an object of its authority. It works
in such a way I can’t translate. And in spite of its clenched-fist size, it has
managed to make me and my entire world, its slave. So the feeling could
actually go forever! This when I come to realize, maybe I was trying too hard
back then. Why didn’t I just give it a space and time? Let my heart do the
magical trick freely, without tension or resistance. Let it unknot those
tangled things without breaking anything, replace the feelings of loss and
regret with freedom and relief. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">How I can’t
rule my heart! On the contrary, it might rule ME. It’s like a supreme energy of
the divine. It does what seems can’t be done and undoes what has been done. What appears dazzling yesterday, might turn foolish today, and vice versa. It's all in the hands of this creepy organ called heart. So
who says heart is fragile? It’s totally incorrect. It is monstrous! </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-27955547368839265992012-06-01T12:16:00.002+07:002012-06-01T12:16:41.392+07:00This World They Live In...<div class="mbl notesBlogText clearfix">
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They spend long tiring
hours working on algebra. The fact that this gives them not even the
slightest feeling of joy does not even matter. They struggle with
memorization (very often, without understanding) of hundreds specific
information and dates or years of certain occurrences every now and
then. Not only that, those kids of yours also have very little freedom
to choose between what they like to do and what they have to do. It
sounds a lot like there are no more things to discuss when it comes to
personal opinion. It is now only and always parents’ or teachers’
opinion.<br />
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What is this world they have to live in at the
moment? Unlike years ago, when kids are free to play after school
without being bothered with courses and tutors. When they enjoy coming
to school without fear of not being able to please their parents or
teachers on math or language tests. When they simply have a whale of a
time.<br />
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This brand new world they live in
nowadays is a world of ambition. Ambition to declare whose kids are
better. Ambition to show the smartest kids off. Ambition to achieve a
bunch of praise which leads to self odor. And to a large extent,
ambition of the adults upon the kids. Have the world changed that much?
Or is it us?</blockquote>
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Finally, kids, whoever they are
raised by, are independent human beings. Parents and teachers may give
advices and choices, but they may not decide for them. Kids, just like
adults, hate to be told what to do. Instead, why not let them
understand? Let them figure out a problem, show them the way to solve it
instead of stepping in and solve it yourself. Let them get their world
back. Not this idea of that perfect world adults think kids should live
in.</div>
</div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-4019448221774538012012-05-19T12:17:00.002+07:002012-09-09T07:40:06.520+07:00The Princess who Keeps Losing Her (Frog) Prince<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Out of all the things in life, the
only thing that pleases, yet irritates me at the same time is probably the way
people around me have treated…me. Sometimes it feels like a huge conspiracy
when I find out how they treat me exactly in the same way, in spite of the fact
that they don’t know each other. It seems they have been in that very secret
meeting and eventually, even without asking for what I wish, have decided to
stick this personal label so called “The Princess” on my forehead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yes, I am the Princess. One
who must be protected, must be treated well and must be taken very good care
of. The one whom you are allowed to talk to, only in the most desired manner.
The one who shall see merely the loveliest stuff and hear only the nicest
words. The one, when there are million different things to finish, will get the
tiniest portion of works. While others, must roll their sleeves and work all
night long. My girl friends will offer to give me a ride, regardless that very
driver license which has been a permanent inhabitant of my wallet for the past
four and a half years. They just don’t seem to trust my ability to ride a bike!
And when we walk down the street with both hands full with plastic bags from
the mall, they will kindly offer to bring mine. Great, like I’m not able to
keep my balance with all those stuff in my hands. When it comes to boys, it is
even worse. These most egoistic creatures on earth always see me like, well, a
tiara maybe? Which is so beautiful, fragile, transparent, luxurious, dazzling,
and of course, pricey. They are being extra careful when I’m around, selecting
their words, even to each syllable. They use the softest pronunciation, and the
lowest tone. Okay, this arises nothing but one question, what is actually wrong
with me? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But don’t misunderstand! I do enjoy
being their tiny little Princess. I love being the object of all those pairs of
eyes which stare with admiration and compassion. After all, it’s not like every
girl has this divine power over some human beings like what I do. So, it must
be a blessing! Yet, sometimes it disturbs me a lot. It makes me feel simply…
weak. You know, like you can do nothing properly. Maybe that’s why I tend to
love the solitude. In the solitude, I am myself at the strongest version. There
are only, me, myself and Dini. So, three different souls, assembled in one
body. What is possibly stronger than that?! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Still, though, very often I get
myself feeling so proud for being indirectly powerful. I think I love this idea
of “the Princess” more and more now. I feel somewhat secure and pleased at
myself. The concept where I will constantly be the most important thing,
someone who always becomes the first reason, has given me such a pleasure at
its highest degree. I have become over confident and looked up upon myself,
though the latter does not actually make me an arrogant person and, for sure,
will never! Hence I inevitably take everything and everybody for granted. Oh
gosh! How this presumption has turned out so false in the end. And this ‘holly’
awakening just hit me when I meet this, okay, let’s use that term which is
likely pronounced by this very friend of mine, a game changer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I guess she was totally right. I
never once thought it would happen to me; that I would lose my ability to rule.
But this guy has screwed me in the most unpleasant way. And guess how I react?
I simply watch and let him do that again and again, and again. I know, I am
such an idiot. But wait till you hear the worst! I am somewhat impressed. His
way of swinging my mood has turned out acceptable. I am impressed at how easy
he comes in and out of my life and messes everything up. I did once make
several attempts to free myself from this wicked lovely charm he quietly
offered, but it never did succeed. And so I thought I had found the one who was
worth fighting for. I, Dini, the Princess, for the first time in my life,
clearly chases a guy. The idea must be pretty absurd back a few years ago, but
at this moment it just feels so right. I have to have this guy. Oh forget that
dignity as a Princess! All I want to do is to chase this guy and to stalk him
wherever he goes. Well, at least that’s the concept I have about fighting for
love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Meanwhile, this guy I am chasing
appears so out of reach. He constantly ignores me. The faster I run, the
farther he moves away. The more honest I become, the more indifferent he acts.
Forget this princess idea, he might even never notice my existence. And that’s
how the concept finally may come to an end. No more ‘the Princess’, what is
left is the…retarded one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I am screwed, without doubt. And
maybe now I’m getting tired of pursuing him. Or, I’m probably sick of pursuing
someone who doesn’t even care to look back, not even a glance. I need a break,
a distraction. Something which brings back all those odd pleasant feelings of
being wanted and taken care of. After all, I am the Princess. I need people to
protect me, to adore me, and to make me feel matter. Still, why is it so
painful even merely to imagine my life with him out of the picture? Why
do I feel empty when he’s not around? Why, after months of suffering, I will
always crawl back to his feet? Well, I guess I just love this game changer so
much, then. This sounds correct. Or, should I find the Frog Prince to marry? Well,
either way, so long, Princess. Period.</span></div>
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Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-13353349315147390522012-05-17T11:30:00.000+07:002012-05-19T05:36:09.945+07:00I am an Outsider<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It is quite a
charming weather when I wake up. I examine the blue sky in a chilly morning of
dull May with moderate expectation of a bright wonderful day. It is such a
perfect moment to start another twenty-four hour journey on earth. Without
unnecessary noise, and also at the absence of any disagreeable festivity, I
feel indescribably full and complete. Although there is actually nothing
particular which I would love to do to enjoy this lovely state of nature, I cannot
help permitting this sudden feeling of joy and eagerness to flush through my
whole body. Perhaps, it is the serenity and the tranquility that charms me the
most. Indeed, in such circumstance that I find the sanctity of life
itself. Or, is it my soul that long has
been waiting for peacefulness?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> I am completely aware that I have treated my
soul like a spoilt girl, feed it with a sweet delusion of love and a fake happiness
as it shall never be shared but repressed. Very still, I cannot stop trying to
get comfort from those wonderful imaginations. I keep listening to that whisper
of splendid future. The pleasure I get from that delusion is like heroin. Even after
I get myself disengage, the comfort remains. It is nothing close to sober, only
a desire to taste more and lore. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Oh how I
should find such a cure for my ill soul! I have witnessed how unsteady and
uncertain my own heart for so long. For your sacred soul’s sake, indeed call me
a melancholy, but I should never translate mine that. I am passionate, earnest
and sincere. If my existence is to embrace both the delight and severity of
loving, I would possess them with full consciousness. My spirit, though, does degenerate for the limit of my comprehension of my own faith.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">An ill soul I
admit! And it is that very existence which has been the origin of all the
disease- uncertainty. What a wicked creature it is! It consumes your security,
harms the ease, tarnishes the hope, and yet even with your full acknowledgement
of what is happening, you just cannot help wandering around. It is a battle
within you which you can barely conquer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I am uncertain,
beautiful young man. Loving you is either a delusion or madness, either a hope
or an obsession. It exhausts me to an extent in which I see no more recovery. And
I fancy you to share the sufferings for which I demand your whole capacity to
accept me. Yes, I may require too much, but should not love be reciprocal? Should
not it be the one that has an inescapable power over two different souls and
unite them with affections for each other? Your intelligence, ingenuity, and sensibility
should be enough to help you notice. Yet, you are to remain indifferent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I have long
demanded you as you are. My soul is delighted at merely the thought of you. Very
often, my darling, I think it is deceitful. As all the efforts I have put into still
get me nowhere. Now my sanity is severely attacked, my confinement and solitude
are cracked, that I cannot possibly store any charm of being exist outside your
world any longer. I require your attachment and protection. But I am to you remain
an outsider. And the idea breaks my heart into pieces. </span></div>
</div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-88817643913312341112012-04-30T19:37:00.001+07:002012-05-14T17:11:46.362+07:00Perempuan Bergincu Merah<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 36.0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> Dipolesnya
bibir ranum itu dengan gincu merah menyala. Aura menggoda berbaur keculasan,
yang entah bagaimana terasa begitu memikat seketika menyelubungi raga mungil tersebut.
Perempuan itu bukan seorang perayu. Namun, bibir merekah yang kini menyunggingkan
seulas senyum sinis itu menjadikan si empunya bak Cleopatra. Ratu yang sanggup
membuat lelaki manapun tertawan dan bertekuk lutut. Dan malam ini, yang akan
ditundukkannya bukanlah lelaki manapun yang tidak diketahui asal-usulnya. Dia
adalah lelaki terhormat yang sudah mumpuni dalam banyak hal. Lelaki yang
akhirnya berhasil membuat si perempuan mengikhlaskan hasrat liarnya. Dan
kembali menyembah pada tradisi, setelah beberapa lama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Diluar
angin malam terdengar begitu berisik. Gaduh yang ditimbulkan tak ubahnya
seperti bunyi erangan mesin motor tua yang rusak, dipadukan dengan suara kertas
yang teremat jemari manusia. Pun terdengar halilintar yang memekak, bagai
teriakan penguasa langit yang sedang murka. Keduanya bercengkerama, kawin
dengan sempurna. Suasana yang mematikan segala bentuk keriangan bocah kampung
dan menggantinya dengan suasana pekuburan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Si
perempuan berjalan ringan ke arah jendela. Tapaknya seolah tiada menyentuh
lantai. Dengan kasar, didorongnya jati berwarna coklat tua itu. Deritan kusen yang
mendecit nyaring begitu menyayat hati, bagai sebilah sembilu yang mengiris seonggok
daging. Hanya saja perih yang ditimbulkan terdapat pada jiwa, bukan raga. Si
perempuan meringis nyeri. Nampaknya keperihan pada jiwanya itu menjalar pula
sampai ke raga. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Mbak,
apa mereka sudah datang?” lirih pertanyaan itu terlontar dari bibir yang
bergetar. Matanya tidak sejengkal pun beralih dari arak-arakan awan hitam yang
perlahan menindih purnama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Iya,
baru saja. Sekarang semuany` sedang menunggumu.” Ujar lawan bicaranya dengan
nada yang sengaja dibuat acuh. Sayang, tetap tidak bisa menyamarkan kemelut di
dalamnya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Jangan
khawatir, Mbak. Semuanya pasti berjalan seperti yang Mbak, Bapak dan Ibu
rencanakan. Kalian semua akan bahagia.” Sahut si perempuan, bahkan sebelum sang
lawan bicara mengatupkan mulutnya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Senyap
seketika menyergap ruangan segi empat itu. Bahkan cicak pun tak luput dari
kepungannya. Mereka tergopoh-gopoh mengtmpat di balik lemari kayu. Dan tenggorokan
sang lawan bicara yang dipanggil Mbak oleh si perempuan, seketika tercekat oleh
seutas tali tiada berwujud. Memaksanya menelan kembali semua kalimat yang
sebelumnya ingin dia lontarkan. Kalimat yang memang sudah sering dia ulang ketika
beradu mulut dengan saudarinya yang kini sedang berdiri termenung, menatap
rembulan di langit hitam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Tiada
satu pun anggota tubuh si perempuan berpindah dari posisinya, kecuali bulu mata
lentik berbalur maskara yang rutin bergerak naik turun mengikuti irama hati
sang pemilik. Entah apa yang berkecamuk di benaknya. Yang jelas sekarang rohnya
sudah tidak lagi mendiami raga cantik nan ringkih tersebut. Dibiarkan roh itu
berkelana menunggangi waktu. Kembali ke sepuluh tahun silam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Aku
takut, Mas. Bagaimana kalau nanti Bapak tidak setuju?” Gadis itu mengulang
pertanyaan yang sama untuk kesekian kalinya. Diusapnya peluh yang mengembun
dari pori-pori di kening mulusnya dengan punggung tangan sebelah kanan. Pun ditariknya ujung rok yang dia kenakan
dengan gerak sembrono, seolah dengan begitu semua gundah gulana yang sedang
menyelimuti hatinya bisa terobek sedikit demi sedikit. Melepaskan
cengkramannya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Tidak apa-apa, Sri. Yang penting
kita coba dulu.” Ujar si pria berusaha menentramkan hati kekasihnya. Padahal jauh
di lubuk sanubari, dia juga sedang menyimpan gelisah luar biasa. Apa yang akan
dilakukannya hari ini jelas sebuah langkah mustahil yang tiba-tiba harus dia
tempuh. Walaupun begitu, dia tahu dia harus bersikap sewajar yang dia bisa.
Tidak mau dia menunda lagi kebahagiaan itu, meski sangat kecil harapannya,
sekecil kutu yang mendiami rambut bocah-bocah di kampung kelahirannya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Tapi aku tetap takut, Mas.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Percayalah, semua pasti berjalan
lancar. Bapak dan Ibumu sudah lama tahu tentang hubungan kita. Mereka tidak
akan menentang, apalagi sudah sejauh ini. Katakan, Sri, sudah berapa lama aku
mencintaimu?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Delapan tahun, Mas. Dan selama itu
juga aku mencintaimu.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> “Itulah, Sri. Aku semakin yakin
nBapak dan Ibumu akan mengerti dan mau memberi restunya.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> Matahari semakin ganas membakar
bumi. Dedaunan dipaksa bercerai dengan tangkainya oleh angin yang bertiup
kencang, namun tak tentu arah. Debu halus bergantian masuk melalui lubang
hidung dan memenuhi ruangnya, sehingga sedikit sekali celah kosong tersisa yang
bisa ditembus udara untuk menuju paru-paru. Sepasang muda-mudi itu secara
bersamaan merasa sesak di dada. Si pria diam-diam berharap telah berhasil
meyakinkan kekasihnya tentang apa yang sudah menjadi keputusan bersama bulan
lalu. Meskipun tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa dia sendiri pun belum sepenuhnya
yakin misi yang diembannya kali ini akan berhasil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> Si gadis mengunci mulut rapat-rapat.
Gelora yang pasang surut di dadanya tak kunjung kembali normal. Sebentar-sebentar
melepaskan tohokan ke ulu hati. Kalau sudah seperti itu, ingin rasanya
memuntahkan isi perutnya. Namun dia tahu sang kekasih sekarang sedang
mati-matian meyakinkan dirinya. Dan tiada mau si perempuan membuatnya kecewa
dengan menunjukkan sikap kalut yang berlebih. Maka digigitlah bibir bawahnya
yang polos tanpa polesan gincu itu kuat-kuat, berharap mual yang menyerbunya
bisa terkurung saja di kerongkongan. Gigitan yang membuat ngilu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;"> Di langit, awan gelap dengan sigap mengambil
alih kekuasaan permadani biru cerah yang sedari tadi memayungi makhluk bumi. Si
pria tampaknya menyadari perubahan cuaca yang tiba-tiba tersebut, lantas
diraihnya tangan si gadis dan menariknya berdiri. Dengan langkah berat,
keduanya berjalan beriringan menuju sebuah bangunan di belakang pohon mangga. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Hening
di tengah malam pun tidak seseram ini. Suara detik jam tiada pernah sebegini memilukan. Dan hawa mencekat
semakin mengental seiring mencondongnya matahari ke arah barat. Empat kepala di
ruangan itu sama-sama menunduk. Masing-masing sedang bergelut dengan batinnya.
Hanya sesekali terdengar suara isak seorang wanita tua yang tertahan. Yang
selalu cepat-cepat diredam oleh tuannya dengan mencengkeram lengan kursi yang
terbuat dari rotan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Si
lelaki tua yang terkenal bijak itu pun kini benar-benar kehilangan
perbendaharaan kata. Kesengsaraan nampak jelas menggantung di kedua matanya.
Beberapa kali ditengadahkan kepalanya yang sudah botak itu. Berharap akan
ditemukannya jawaban di atas sana. Kadang, bergantian kepalanya menoleh, dari
sang istri yang sedari tadi berjuang melawan luapan air mata, ke putri semata
wayangnya yang terpekur di hadapannya. Beban berat sedang menggelayuti pundak
lelaki tua tersebut. Dada yang biasanya terbusung gagah itu pun sekarang
melunglai. Rasa sayang dan ketidak-ikhlasan saling berjejal memasuki rongganya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Maaf,
tapi sepertinya Bapak perlu waktu untuk memikirkan semua ini. Sri itu anak
Bapak satu-satunya, Nak. Kalau engkau bawa dia meninggalkan rumah ini, dan
tinggal di pulau yang sebegitu jauhnya, bagaimana nasib kami nanti?” Ujarnya
pada pria yang sedang duduk disamping putrinya itu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Tapi
nanti kami akan sering-sering mengunjungh Bapak dan Ibu di sini. Tidak perlu
khawatir, saya tidak bermaksud memisahkan Sri dari Bapak ataupun Ibu.” Sahut si
pria memelas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“Bukan
hanya itu, Nak… Bagaimana nanti kami bisa menghadapi leluhur kami, kalau sampai
Sri meninggalkan tradisi yang sudah melekat pada dirinya sejak lahir? Kami
tidak bisa membiarkan Sri melanggar kepercayaan leluhur.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Akhirnya
meluncur juga kata-kata itu. Sebuah alasan yang memang sudah bisa ditebak oleh
setiap pasang mata yang ada di ruang tersebut. Dari semula, kepercayaanlah yang
menjadi inti sari-nya. Si pria muda mulai pasrah. Misinya kali ini sepertinya
tidak akan membuahkan hasil, sama seperti sebulan sebelumnya. Seketika dadanya
terasa terhimpit oleh sekarung beras. Semakin sempit dan menyesak. Tak
tertahankan lagi sakit itu, meledaklah tangisnya. Tangis tanpa suara, h`nya
lelehan air mata tiada henti.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Si
gadis pun merasakan hal serupa. Hempasan bongkahan batu pada dadanya itu
terlalu kuat. Tak dibendungnya lagi semua isakan. Pun dibiarkan air bening
mencucur satu demi satu dari mata sipitnya. Terkoyak sudah harapan di depan
mata. Melihat kekasih yang dia cintai merendah, kebencian seketika menyusup di
celah-celah hatinya. Sumpah tak bersuara dia ikrarkan, selamanya tidak akan
pernah menggantikan puj`an hatinya itu. Tidak peduli dia dengan tradisi dan adat-istiadat,
dianggapnya semua sebagai palu peremuk kebahagiaan. Jaring perampas harapan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Senja
menapaki hari. Semburat warna keemasan berbaur dengan menggelapnya hari. Saatnya
para pencari nafkah memasuki halaman rumah masing-masing. Perantau kembali ke kampung
halaman. Sedangkan para tamu bergegas meninggalkan si tuan rumah yang harus bersiap
menyambut maghrib. Si gadis tekun menatap punggung kekasihnya yang perlahan menjauh.
Air matanya sudah kering. Firasatnya mengatakan, dia tidak akan lagi bertemu
dengan pujaan hatinya tersebut. Firasatnya benar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nduk</i>, ayo cepetan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to</i>.” Suara serak dari luar kamar membuyarkan kenangan yang sedang
di putar ulang oleh si perempuan, entah untuk keberapa kalinya. Meskipun sudah
lama berselang, tidak sedikitpun kenangan itu memudar. Atau mungkin, memang tidak
sudi untuk menghilang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enggeh, Buk</i>. Sebentar lagi.” Sahut si
perempuan dari bilik kamarnya yang sempit. Diraihnya gincu merah di atas meja
rias. Dipolesnya lagi bibir yang sudah merah merekah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Angin semakin berisik. Mencumbui pepohonan yang sebagian daunnya kering
terpanggang matahari sepanjang siang. Sebentar lagi, si perempuan akan menodai
sumpah yang dibuatnya sepuluh tahun silam. Mengangguk pada tradisi yang selalu
dijalankan setiap wanita di kampungnya dan kampung-kampung tetangga.
Mengabdikan jiwa dan raganya pada laki-laki. Meskipun tiada cinta.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%;">Langit
menumpahkan air ke bumi. Manusia menyebutnya hujan. Tapi ada yang mengatakan
bahwa hujan adalah tangisan dewi-dewi. Lambang kesakitan hati. Dan gemuruh halilintar
sejatinya adalah isak yang tiada lagi bisa diredam. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Pandaan, 9 April 2012</i></b></span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-2992351990930277162012-04-01T16:02:00.002+07:002012-04-01T16:07:06.853+07:00Never Ever Ever Give Up!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">No, I was not giving him up. He was a
matter of what I called the biggest accomplishment. Before we met, I was an ordinary bud. Sheltered
and wrapped. Admitting my feeling was unlikely. It was a state I could never put
myself into. It was a form of pride which I had been inseparable for years. And
to me, pride was the last thing I would sacrifice. After all, a girl should
really have that very one thing to survive, should she not?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">But then an intruder gracefully stepped
into my world and carefully turned it upside down, just like that. It was
peculiar. He managed to ignite the light effortlessly. With him, the reveal of me
suddenly appeared easy. So I foolishly let myself got too carried away and felt
the charm at being exist in this spot. My emotions were genuine. At the end of
the day, I found myself stunned by how extroverted I was turning. I started to
blossom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The excitement was irresistible. The fact
that I got myself so helplessly tied up in him inextricably was annoying, yet
pleasing. I was the object of his constant lovely attraction. He kept me in such
agreeable flames one could never decline. Alas! The temptation was too much for
me. I inevitably felt naked and so off-guard. I could no longer outwardly
disguise what’s exploding inwardly. This was ecstasy, brought by a divine power
to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Funny how everything had changed around me.
Every little scene which used to be silly now seemed to amuse me. All those insignificant
details had turned out notable. His lacking of ability to make me feel wanted had
now become tolerable and even fancied. When I recited his name, my heart
practically shrieked. How foolish! He had taken possession of my entire
existence. Often did I wondered, when I tasted the bliss of being in love, if
he felt the same. Oh! That would make us perfectly intertwined. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I had decided to pursue this delicious joy.
Ignored all the wickedness and torment which lay behind its shadow. I had let
myself become so attached to him in the first place. It was the best decision ever.
So I was yet to surrender. Obviously all those lovely things would lead to
either serenity or a fiasco. Still I would contend, as the loss of that
happiness of being with him would be hard to bear. And about pride.. I had long let it be a memory. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-30040680388649794722012-03-24T18:37:00.000+07:002012-03-24T20:59:28.404+07:00Anak itu Jiwanya Besar<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sepasang mata itu membelalak, sorotnya
diarahkan lekat ke bola mataku. Bahkan dengan sisa jarak yang berdasarkan
hitungan kasar serta mengandalkan kemampuan matematika yang bisa dibilang
sangat pas-pasan adalah berkisar 10 meter, aku bisa dengan jelas
melihat perubahan binar didalamnya. Sepertinya gadis kecil ini sudah sedari
tadi menanti kehadiranku. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good
morning, Ma’am</i>.” Sapaan khas anak didik kepada guru perempuan di sekolah
tempat aku mengajar ini pun diucapkannya dengan penuh unsur magis. Seolah ada
lonceng tak terlihat yang seketika bergemerincing mengiringi ucapannya. Tersungging
senyum yang teramat manis dibibirnya ketika aku mendekat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Morning</i>.”
Jawabku sembari mengulas senyum yang tidak kalah manisnya. Meskipun secara
teknis aku enam belas tahun lebih tua dari anak didikku yang satu ini, dan akan
kalah telak jika harus melawan kelincahan dan kespontanannya, aku merasa masih
bisa berkompetisi dengannya, paling tidak dalam hal ‘senyuman manis’ tadi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ini Ma’am buku-bukunya C. S. Lewis yang
kemarin aku bilang ke Ma’am lewat SMS.” Terangnya sembari menyodorkan tiga
bendel buku yang sebenarnya tidak asing lagi buatku. Setiap pergi ke toko buku,
tidak pernah absen aku melihatnya terpampang di salah satu rak di dalam toko tersebut. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Wah terima kasih ya, Ras. Tapi mungkin Ma’am
ngembalikannya agak lama. Tidak apa-apa?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Tidak apa-apa Ma’am. Santai saja. Besok
aku bawakan lagi empat buku sisanya, semuanya kan ada tujuh buku, Ma’am.” Yang
dimaksud olehnya disini adalah tujuh buku <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Chronicles of Narnia</i> yang luar biasa terkenal dan sudah diangkat ke layar
lebar itu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“WOW! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Okay</i>,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thank you</i>, Ras. Kamu memberi PR yang
lumayan banyak nih ke Ma’am.” Ujarku dengan sedikit merasa terintimidasi oleh
Bu Guru kecil yang sedang berdiri dengan PD di hadapanku ini. Merasa
terintimidasi apakah aku akan bisa menyelesaikan PR dengan baik dan tepat
waktu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Namanya Raras. Sekarang dia masih duduk di
bangku kelas enam SD. Tapi jangan samakan ‘enam SD’-nya dengan ‘enam SD’-ku. ‘Enam
SD’-ku artinya berhaha-hihi dengan teman, bertengkar dan kemudian tidak saling
sapa, juga malas berangkat sekolah karena takut pada Guru Matematika. Sedangkan ‘enam
SD’-nya berarti ikut lomba pidato Bahasa Inggris dan baca puisi, bergabung
dalam klub jurnalistik, serta mengembangkan hobi fotografi. Kalau dulu ketika
seumurannya aku masih sibuk dengan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">dakon</i>,
bongkar pasang dan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bekel</i>, dia sudah
berkutat dengan <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">blog</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">powerpoint</i>, dan buku. Dan khusus untuk
yang terakhir tadi, gadis cilik ini benar-benar membuatku heran sekaligus lega
karena akhirnya ada kesamaan diantara setumpuk perbedaan ‘enam SD’ antara kami
berdua, yaitu kami sama-sama berangan membangun sebuah perpustakaan pribadi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Tidak kusangka ada gadis berumur sebelas
tahun yang sudah begitu cintanya pada dunia baca, terutama melihat sebagian
besar anak bangsa yang bahkan tidak tahu pentingnya budaya literasi ini. Dan
demi menggapai citanya tersebut, rupanya dia sudah banyak mengambil langkah
pasti. Sudah banyak buku yang dikoleksinya. Tidak tanggung-tanggung, buku yang
dibaca pun bukan lagi buku cerita bergambar seperti yang selalu laris manis dipinjam
siswa-siswa dari perpustakaan sekolah kami, tapi buku-buku yang mungkin banyak kakak
kelasnya di SMP ataupun SMA bahkan tidak mau membacanya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Gadis ini sudah kenal dengan Tere Liye dan
Hafalan Shalat Delisa ataupun Dahlan Iskan dan Ganti Hati. Dia juga akrab
dengan penulis internasional macam C.S. Lewis, Enid Blyton ataupun Roald Dahl. Dan
nampaknya, kini si gadis cilik akan segera melebarkan sayapnya ke dunia sastra
dan filsafat. Hal ini aku simpulkan sesaat setelah aku menerima SMS darinya
siang tadi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ma’am
jadi beli bukunya Dahlan Iskan?”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Tidak jadi, Ras. Ma’am kemarin beli
beberapa buku sastra dan filsafat.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Aku sudah beli buku Dahlan Iskan, Ma’am.
Juga bukunya Dee yang Madre. Aku tahu buku itu setelah baca blog Ma’am, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Go Grab Books</i>.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Wah
padahal Ma’am sudah lama tidak <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">posting</i>
di blog yang itu, Ras.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ma’am
sudah dapat bukunya Pramoedya Ananta Toer belum? Aku boleh pinjam Ma’am?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Dapat,
tapi belum lengkap. Boleh, besok Ma’am bawakan yang biografi Kartini. Ma’am
juga punya buku filsafat nih. Ceritanya tentang buku-buku dan perpustakaan
ajaib. Mau pinjam?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Okay,
Ma’am. Pinjam ya??”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Sip.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mau jadi apakah gadis cilik ini? Sesaat aku
merasa kecil dan.. iri hati. Iri pada minat bacanya yang gendut dibalik
badannya yang kurus. Iri pada segudang prestasi yang didapatkannya di usianya
yang masih belia. Iri pada semangatnya dalam menghidupkan budaya literasi. Hal ini
bukan sekedar tong kosong nyaring bunyinya, aku sudah berulang kali
mendapatinya meminjamkan buku-bukunya pada teman dan bahkan menyumbangkannya pada
perpustakaan sekolah. Bukankah itu perwujudan paling nyata?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Di sisi lain, aku merasa bangga. Melihat anak
didik yang berkilau dengan begitu indahnya. Dan bahkan hanya dengan berbincang
beberapa menit saja aku tahu dia bujan anak kelas enam SD biasa. Cita-citanya
besar, sebesar jiwa sosialnya. Kini aku merasa dia adalah seorang perempuan
dewasa, bukan lagi anak didik apalagi anak kecil. Seketika ada yang membuncah
di dadaku. Ah.. Begini rupanya kebahagiaan sejati itu. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-57805496576111183732012-03-11T08:53:00.002+07:002012-03-11T08:57:35.377+07:00Aduh Ibu!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Aduh Ibu, apa yang tadi malam kau
lakukan?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Bukankah seharusnya kau di pojok
kamar itu memegangi tangan kanannya</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">ketika dia belajar menggoreskan ujung
sebuah pensil warna di atas selembar kertas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Tidakkah kau mendudukkannya di
pangkuanmu yang hangat?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Mengejakan puluhan huruf yang ada
di buku cerita yang kini menyembul bisu dari tas sekolahnya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Korupsi lah lima belas menit saja dari
malam gemerlapmu</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Sekedar untuk menjawab semua
pertanyaan konyol khas anak-anak yang meluncur dengan lugu dari mulut kecilnya
itu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Oh Ibu, kenapa kau lewatkan
kesempatan emas yang dititipkan Tuhan melalui malaikat kecil, yang dulu kau
kandung di dalam rahimmu?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Aduh Ibu, apa yang sedang kau
lakukan?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Benarkah gaun, tas, sepatu dan make
up kini menjadi satu-satunya kenikmatan bagimu?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Lantas bagaimana dengan robot, mobil-mobilan,
boneka beruang ataupun Barbie?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Benda-benda yang berhasil memaku
dia pada pandangan pertama.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Yang kini teronggok di sudut kotak segi
empat berharap suatu saat kau mau memainkannya bersama tuan kecilnya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ibu, tidakkah kau ingin menikmati
sebuah pertunjukan ala kadarnya yang dipersiapkan khusus untukmu?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Yang mungkin dia pelajari saat bercanda
dengan teman-teman atau gurunya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Oh Ibu, ayolah ambil kursi dan
duduk di hadapannya, minta dia menyanyi untukmu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Aduh Ibu, apa lagi yang kini sedang
kau lakukan?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Bukankah semestinya kau duduk di
meja makan dan menanyakan bagaimana harinya di sekolah?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Lihatlah ada banyak sekali cerita
yang dia simpan untukmu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Tidakkah kau ingin tahu bagaimana
tangannya bisa tergores atau bagaimana baju putih bersihnya bisa berbekas noda?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Ah Ibu, kau melewatkan setiap detilnya.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Sekarang dia tidak akan lagi
menunggumu pulang dengan sebuah pensil warna di tangan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Tidak akan ada lagi buku cerita
yang menyembul dari dalam tas apalagi sebuah pertunjukan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Oh Ibu, dia sekarang menghilang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";">Bukan lagi malaikat kecil dengan
tawa riang.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">“Kalau
niat awalnya ingin mendidik, jadi atau tidak jadi PNS seharusnya tidak masalah
bukan? Yang perlu kamu lakukan hanyalah menjadi Guru.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Biarkan aku bernostalgia ke empat tahun
silam, ketika akhirnya aku resmi menyandang gelar Sarjana Pendidikan. Sebuah pencapaian paling prestisius bagiku dan keluargaku kala itu yang ditandai dengan berlabuhnya selembar kertas berharga jutaan rupiah yang disebut ‘ijazah’
ke genggaman tangan. Saat itu terlintas dibenak akan masa depan yang terang benderang,
dalam artian aku akan menjadi seorang pengajar dengan gaji dari pemerintah yang
jumlahnya cukup menggiurkan. Aku memang begitu naifnya menganggap semua Sarjana
Pendidikan yang menjadi guru akan secara otomatis menjadi PNS. Gambaran tentang
PNS memang selalu buram di pikiranku. Tidak ada satupun dari silsilah
keluargaku yang menyandang titel tersebut. Jadi wajar kalau sampai menginjak
kampus pun aku tidak pernah mempunyai data valid mengenai seorang pegawai
negeri sipil. Yang aku tahu hanya bahwa menjadi PNS berarti hidupmu akan 'aman'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ternyata kenyataan hidup memang terkadang
sungguh pahit. Betapa kecewanya aku ketika tahu ternyata untuk menjadi seorang
PNS itu tidak sekedar masalah menjadi guru, tak peduli seberapa tinggi
kompetensimu di bidang yang kamu geluti tersebut. Menjadi PNS itu berarti kamu harus
melawan ratusan orang di sebuah tes yang diselenggarakan oleh pemerintah setempat demi tempat yang
terkadang bisa dihitung dengan jari. Menjadi PNS itu berarti salah satu antara keberuntungan
atau keberanian. Belakangan aku tahu ternyata yang terakhir lah yang lebih banyak berbicara. Dan mungkin itu pula sebabnya akhir-akhir ini muncul slogan dalam
Bahasa Jawa “wani piro?” yang makin lama makin populer sebagai bahan candaan. Sebuah
humor sinis dari masyarakat kecil seperti aku.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Dan semuanya terbukti pada saat aku
mengikuti tes yang akrab disebut tes CPNS tersebut untuk pertama kalinya. Kala
itu aku melamar menjadi seorang guru Bahasa Inggris, satu-satunya hal yang aku
pikir bisa aku lakukan dengan sangat baik, mengingat pencapaian yang aku raih
di kampus. Dan dengan tingkat percaya diri yang tinggi, akhirnya aku maju ke
medan perang. Semangat juang aku kobarkan, senjata aku genggam erat di tangan. Tapi
bagaikan petir di siang bolong, alangkah kagetnya aku saat tahu ternyata yang
harus aku kerjakan justru seratus soal psikotes. Oh tidaaaak! Bagaimana mungkin
mereka bisa tahu kemampuanku kalau yang harus aku kerjakan adalah seratus soal
‘berandai-andai.’ Tidak ada <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">simple past
tense</i> ataupun <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">future tense</i>,
apalagi <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">micro teaching</i>. Aku pun
mengerjakan soal-soal itu dengan asal. Memaksa otakku mengeluarkan jawaban dari
soal yang tidak pernah diajarkan oleh para dosen di bangku kuliah dulu. Sejak
saat itu aku kapok dengan yang namanya tes CPNS. <i>Goodbye</i> tes CPNS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Kecewa? Sudah pasti. Apalagi setelah
mendengar info dari berbagai sumber tentang betapa nyamannya hidup seorang PNS
di negeri kita ini. Seolah nasib baik tiba-tiba dihapus dari garis takdirku. Namun
beruntung kekecewaan ini tidak berumur panjang. Karena dari awal aku memang tidak kenal baik dengan konsep PNS yang sering digembor-gemborkan orang tersebut. Tak kenal maka tak sayang! Begitulah,
saat impian menjadi PNS akhirnya melayang, aku tetap bisa santai. Kekecewaan
menguap dengan cepat, dan yang pasti sudah mati keinginanku untuk berlomba di
medan tes CPNS. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Selanjutnya aku runtut lagi semua dari awal. Aku
suka mengajar, aku ingin menjadi guru. Pekerjaan ini adalah satu-satunya hal
yang ingin dan bisa aku lakukan dengan hati. Dan untuk menjadi guru aku tidak
perlu menjadi PNS dulu bukan? Akhirnya aku putuskan untuk
mengajar di salah satu sekolah swasta. Disini hasratku akan dunia pendidikan akhirnya terpuaskan. Meskipun tidak menyandang gelar PNS,
ternyata aku tetap bisa mendidik anak bangsa. Ada yang bilang mengajar itu adalah panggilan
hati, sebuah pekerjaan mulia yang bisa dilakukan siapa saja meski tanpa
embel-embel PNS. Itu memang benar. Sampai sekarang aku tetap bukan PNS, aku hanya seorang guru.
Gaji yang aku terima pun tidak sebesar PNS, tapi aku bekerja tidak kalah
profesional. Sekarang aku sadar, semuanya memang terletak pada tujuan awal,
ingin jadi PNS, apa ingin jadi guru?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Kusendok cepat-cepat nasi goreng yang
saling tumpang tindih di atas piring kaca lebar di hadapanku, sambil sesekali
meneguk susu coklat hangat dari cangkir merah muda, pemberian dari seorang
sahabat beberapa bulan yang lalu. Pagi ini aku bangun sedikit terlambat.
Seperti biasa, aku memang melarang mama untuk menggedor pintu kamarku di pagi
hari. Aku selalu menegaskan pada beliau bahwa aku ingin bangun atas kehendakku
sendiri. Oleh karenanya aku memutuskan untuk membeli sebuah jam weker yang sejak
satu tahun lalu terduduk manis di atas sebuah meja di samping kasur. Aku harus
mandiri. Jam weker itu adalah salah satu perwujudan dari niat tersebut.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Tapi pagi ini aku merasakan kantuk luar
biasa. Ketika weker itu berteriak tepat pada jam lima subuh tadi, aku malah
memilih untuk membenamkan wajah ke dalam bantal. Tidak apa-apalah mengolor
waktu barang sepuluh menit, pikirku. Tapi ternyata sepuluh menit berubah
menjadi enam puluh menit. Dan beginilah kensekuensinya, aku harus melakukan
kegiatan pagi tidak lebih dari tiga puluh menit saja. Karena tepat pada pukul setengah
tujuh, aku harus sudah berada di atas boncengan mama menuju ke sebuah sekolah dasar
dimana aku menimba ilmu selama hampir tiga tahun ini. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Kantuk luar biasa yang aku rasakan tadi
pagi bukannya tanpa alasan. Semalam, mata sipitku ini baru terpejam sekitar
tengah malam. Bukan karena menonton film di televisi atau belajar, melainkan
karena rasa gelisah yang mendadak menyerangku. Terdengar konyol memang, tapi
itu benar-benar aku rasakan. Dan akan terdengar jauh lebih konyol saat aku
katakan bahwa hal yang membuatku gelisah adalah kelas Bahasa Inggris. Kamu tahu
mengapa? Karena pagi ini di kelas Bahasa Inggris aku akan menunjukkan kepada
guru dan teman-temanku bahwa aku mempunyai hobi yang sangat menarik. Dan aku
akan membuat mereka semua terbengong kagum melihat benda yang aku bawa ke
kelas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Satu minggu yang lalu, Bu Kinan dengan
jelas meminta kami untuk memilih satu jenis barang yang berhubungan erat dengan
kegemaran kami, membawanya ke kelas di pertemuan selanjutnya dan menceritakan
apa yang biasa kami lakukan dengan benda tersebut. Otakku sibuk mencari sesuatu
yang bisa mengundang decak kagum. Berulang-ulang aku tanyakan kepada mama dan
papa tentang apa yang seharusnya aku bawa, tapi jawaban mereka belum bisa
memuaskan keinginanku untuk mencuri perhatian guru dan teman-teman sekelas.
Sampai akhirnya beberapa hari yang lalu, sebuah ide cemerlang seolah terketik
secara otomatis di otakku. Iya, benda itu lah yang akan aku bawa ke kelas.
Sudah lama memang aku tidak menekuni hobi yang satu ini, tapi bagaimanapun hal
itu benar-benar pernah menjadi suatu kegemaran, bukan? Maka perasaan tidak sabar
akan hari esok membuatku terjaga sampai hampir tengah malam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Kulirik tas ransel bergambarkan sepasang
kupu-kupu cantik yang kini tergeletak di atas kursi di sampingku. Benda itu
sudah aman berada di dalamnya. Dengan benda itu, aku akan membuat teman-teman
merasa iri. Kulafalkan sekali lagi presentasi dalam Bahasa Inggris yang sudah
aku buat dua hari sebelumnya dengan bantuan mama. Lancar. Seolah aku sudah
benar-benar bisa berkomunikasi dengan bahasa asing tersebut. Aku merasa seperti
orang ‘bule’ kalau sudah begini. Berbekal benda yang ada di dalam ransel unguku
dan apa yang baru saja aku ucapkan, sudah pasti kelas Bahasa Inggris di hari
Kamis ini sepenuhnya akan menjadi milikku. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Kami mepunyai perjanjian lisan dengan Bu
Kinan. Bahwa setiap pergantian pelajaran Bahasa Inggris, maka setiap siswa
harus sudah pada posisi siap belajar. Dalam artian kita semua harus sudah duduk
manis di atas tempat duduk masing-masing dan tidak membuat kebisingan tak berarti.
Kalau perjanjian ini dilanggar, maka Bu Kinan tidak akan memasuki kelas kami.
Sejauh ini, aku dan teman-teman cukup berhasil dalam melaksanakannya. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Begitu juga pagi ini, teman-teman sudah
siap di kursi masing-masing. Mata mereka tampak berbinar penuh gairah.
Sepertinya, bukan cuma aku yang tidak sabar ingin membuka bungkus yang
menyelimuti benda misterius yang sedari tadi kami bawa. Kuedarkan pandangan ke
seluruh penjuru kelas. Beberapa teman tampak sedang sibuk menghafal baris-baris
presentasinya, sama seperti yang aku lakukan pagi tadi di meja makan. Bahkan ada
beberapa yang sudah dengan bangga menunjukkan benda-benda favoritnya.
Diantaranya aku melihat kaos sepak bola bertuliskan “Messi”, sebuah kaca mata
renang, sebuah boneka beruang dan beberapa benda lainnya. Sejauh ini aku belum
melihat ada seorang temanpun membawa benda yang sama dengan apa yang kusimpan
rapi di dalam ransel. Diam-diam aku mengembangkan senyum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Akhirnya saat itu datang. Terdengar suara
langkah cepat dan tegas. Sudah jelas itu langkah Bu Kinan. Ketua kelas kami pun
sibuk menyiapkan anggotanya, menginstruksikan kepada mereka untuk segera
meletakkan benda-benda misteriusnya ke dalam loker meja masing-masing.
Dan..muncullah sosok itu. Bu Kinan yang kurus, terutama bila dibanding dengan
kebanyakan guru kami yang lain. Namun jangan salah, dibalik tubuhnya yang kurus
itu, kami sering sekali mendengar suaranya yang menggelegar. Tapi tunggu dulu,
apa itu yang ada di gendongan tangannya? Sebuah benda yang dibungkus oleh
plastik hitam. Melihat dari bentuknya yang kotak, sepertinya itu adalah sebuah
buku. Tapi aku tidak pernah tahu ada buku sebesar itu. Rasa penasaran seketika
membuyarkan konsentrasiku pada tugas presentasi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Setelah mengucap salam dalam Bahasa
Inggris, Bu Kinan menyakan kesiapan kami akan presentasi kali ini. Semua anak
menjawab serentak, “Yes, Ma’am.” kemudian dilangkahkan kakinya menuju meja dan
dengan terampil jari-jemarinya mulai membuka bungkusan plastik hitam yang
dibawanya tadi. Saat akhirnya bungkusan itu terbuka, aku dan teman-teman dibuat
kaget. Ternyata benar, benda kotak itu tidak lain adalah sebuah buku. Namun
buku itu tidak seperti buku-buku yang aku punya atau yang terdapat di
perpustakaan sekolah. Buku itu bersampul merah tua dengan tulisan berwarna
kuning keemasan di sampul depannya. Ada sebuah gambar pria tua dengan memegang
sesuatu seperti rokok namun tidak tampak seperti rokok. Aku tidak tahu benda itu harus disebut apa. Rasa
penasaranku buncah.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Bu Kinan tanpa diminta lantas bercerita
bahwa buku itu adalah benda favoritnya. Dia membelinya dengan harga sepuluh
poundsterling, atau sekitar seratus lima puluh ribu rupiah. Dan kamu tahu ada
berapa halaman di buku tersebut? Seribu empat ratus delapan.
Tidak kurang tidak lebih. Bisa kamu bayangkan butuh waktu berapa lama untuk
menyelesaikannya. Buku itu dibelinya sewaktu dia berkunjung ke Inggris beberapa
saat lalu. Yang membuat Bu Kinan tertarik untuk membelinya adalah karena Bu
Kinan merupakan penggemar si penulis. Dia sangat mengagumi karakter utama dari
cerita fiksi yang berkisah mengenai seorang detektif itu, yang belakangan aku
tahu ternyata sangat terkenal, Sherlock Holmes. Dari situ aku menyimpulkan
bahwa Bu Kinan benar-benar suka membaca.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">Sungguh senang rasanya mendengar Bu Kinan
bercerita tentang hobi dan benda favoritnya tersebut. Kami dibuat kagum dengan
cerita tentang bagaimana hobinya itu akhirnya membawa dia terbang ke Inggris
dan bahkan benar-benar mendatangi museum Sherlock Holmes di jantung kota
London. “Mimpi yang menjadi kenyataan”, ujarnya. Aku juga ingin menjadi seperti
Bu Kinan. Aku ingin menekuni hobiku dengan lebih serius. Seperti kata Bu Kinan,
hobi itu adalah salah satu cara untuk mengasah bakat dan kemampuan setiap
orang. Semakin kau tekuni, semakin terampil kau dibuatnya. Semangatku terbakar.
Kupegang erat sebuah album yang memuat lembaran-lembaran kertas yang penuh
dengan goresan tanganku. Iya, hobiku adalah menulis. Suatu hari aku ingin
menjadi penulis terkenal. Penulis yang buku-bukunya digemari oleh orang seperti
Bu Kinan. Bayangkan betapa kerennya jika melihat seseorang bercerita tentang
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menawarkan kesempatan pertama untuk melakukan presentasi. Tanpa ragu, aku
angkat tangan kananku dan melangkahkan kaki ke depan kelas. Semoga ini adalah
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<span style="font-size: small; line-height: 115%;">*Persembahan kecil bagi teman seprofesi. <i>Remember, a great teacher inspires! </i><span style="color: #666666;"></span></span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-61289816710627684862012-02-05T06:04:00.000+07:002012-02-05T07:06:22.310+07:00A Letter from (an) Angel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 22pt;">I have never liked being under the spotlight. It
makes me feel uncomfortable. I'd rather remain oblivious- when people just pass
me by without even taking a glance. The best possible way for a person like me
to unwind? Grab a book and a purse, and then go to this very place where I
inexplicably feel peaceful- a park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 22pt;">I love parks. I love being amongst the trees,
walking on the wet grass and paddling my feet in a heap of dried leaves. I love
to just sit there on the park bench reading my book and gulping down my tea.
It's a heaven on earth. The best easiest way to get a charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Brush Script MT"; font-size: 22pt;">This is how I unwind...</span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-65151730960429472752012-01-21T19:48:00.001+07:002012-01-29T07:22:17.637+07:00Come, February!<br />
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placed it on a saucer. I started my routine. I grabbed a kettle, poured in some
fresh water from the tap and placed it on the stove. Afterward, I got the heat
going. While the water was boiling, I pulled out a tea bag. I knew, as a wise
man said good tea did not come in any. Good tea was loose. But I was just being
lazy. And as another very wise man said, tea bags were the best way out. I
dumped the tea bag in the cup, added a heaping teaspoon of sugar and pouring the
hot water over them. I let the tea steep for about two minutes, pulled the bag
out of the cup and threw it into the rubbish bin. I stirred my tea with a spoon for a couple
of seconds and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ta da</i>! My favourite beverage was
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Holding my cup, I walked toward my room. It
had been a long day! I had had three classes this morning, a journalist
meeting, an assembly rehearsal and a great deal of marking. Not to mention some
private courses I had to attend in the afternoon! Yet, I still got a drama
script and a couple of lesson planning to write. So I decided to let the word
processor start working. It seemed that my entire life had been centered around
three things lately; school, my room and laptop. I didn’t go out very much
since I moved back to the same town where I spent eighteen years before finally
moving to another city for my study in 2003. No matter how much I had adored my new
place in the city or how I had found it so easy to fit in, when I graduated from
university back four years ago, I was expected to leave. Mum and dad had insisted on me
staying with them. I welcomed the idea, and, to be honest, was rather pleased at
the thought of not having to cook or buy my food anymore. I was a little bit farther from freedom than I had been since I moved in, but
I was such a home person myself, so I didn’t mind the situation at all. In
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I’d rather call them acquaintances, had written on facebook. I got a bit
annoyed every time I came across some shallow sentences for no particular
reasons. It was getting worse and worse all the time. So I was determined to unsubscribe
those people who had a tendency to do so. It was just so that I didn’t end up
hating them. No hard feeling or sort of. I was glad that none of them were my
close friends. Suddenly one picture caught my attention. It was a picture of that person
I had been quietly falling in love with. He looked confident and comfortable as
he always did. This was how things used to work in my world. I missed a person
so badly but I could only stare at his picture wondering if he even ever
thought of me. It wasn’t until a month ago that the hesitance had evaporated. I
shouldn’t remain oblivious. He had unintentionally hurt me with his lack of
awareness. His silence was a poison. Thus I determined to let myself under his
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Winamp player was currently playing Katy Perry’s Thinking of You. What a
perfect background! I seized my tea cup and sipped my almost-cold tea, waiting
for him to reply.</span></div>
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in the world, are you?” I tried to sound equitable rather than pleased, though
the truth was definitely the other way around. I was high. Being glad it was a
cyber world conversation, I couldn’t help picturing the boy saying the phrase
in person. I was such an incompetent liar, I had no idea how I would have made
a fool of myself if only he had flirted me that way right before my eyes.</span></div>
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trying to get me to utter it, aren’t you? </i>Well, I’m missing your smile, I
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">I MISS YOU</i>.” I was only imaginarily typing
the last sentence, of course. No living creature on this planet would be able to read it, not
even myself. But I knew he got the message. The telepathy had never
disappointed me so far. It was an agreement between hearts. They had their very own way to reveal each other's disguise. Mine told his that I longed for his master, and vice versa. Wasn't it amazing how you effortlessly could admit your feeling without necessarily reciting the alphabet? </span></div>
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the windows to start appearing. Normally it took only a couple of seconds, but this
time it felt like I had been waiting for ten times longer. How irritating when
you indeed needed to hurry, everything just seemed to betray you. I actually could
print the fifteen-page-long drama script at school, but I assumed there wouldn’t
be enough time. Today I had two classes which each lasted seventy
minutes. My first class began at exactly seven. Then I had a ten-minute break before the
second one. So I calculated I would finish at nine thirty. This meant
that I had only thirty bloody minutes to print off the script, photocopy and give
it out to the kids for them to study for the ten-o’clock assembly. There was no
way this plan would work. So I thought of another plan which was to print it
off at home, bring it with me and ask somebody at school to photocopy it while
I was teaching. So by the time I finished my class, the script would be already
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pushed the power button gently. I double clicked on a certain word file and as
soon as it was open I hit ‘Print’. Waiting for the script, I logged into yahoo
and checked my email. There were six unread emails emerging before my eyes.
They were all some sort of notifications from an unpopular site I managed to join
the previous day. I didn't even bother reading before I deleted them all. Then
suddenly, an offline message popped up. Instead of clicking it, I found myself put
my right hand off the mouse. My heart raced. For what felt like a full minute,
I was stunned. It had been ages since the last time the same sender sent me a
message on yahoo messenger. It seemed to me that he had been in a different
solar system for the past couple of months. Now he was surprisingly there, back
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message, so I clicked the chat window. A graphic emoticon popped up. Wink Smiley.
Nothing else. Not even a single word of ‘hello’. What did I expect? A romantic love
message? I knew exactly that just wasn’t his style. So a smiley was extraordinary. At least he made the effort. However, it was like trying to
solve one of those twisted riddles. What brought him back, I wondered. Did he
send it accidentally? No, that didn’t sound possible. He didn’t seem the one
who could make such silly mistake which showed nothing but his clumsiness. Did
somebody else use his account and sent me the message? No, that didn’t sound
possible, either. He wasn’t the one who was so careless that a stranger managed
to hack his account. I kept thinking, yet found no rational answer. Apart from the
thought that he simply wanted to talk to me, deep down my heart, I realized I was
hoping that he did it because he simply longed for me. </span></div>
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in less than a minute I found myself actually typing ‘I Miss You’. It was the
best thing I could come up with. Yes, I was sane. In fact, I had never been
this sane. God did work in a mysterious way. I, the woman who was never good at flirting, now was trying to do a love statement. Was I really ready to get humiliated? The answer was yes. So regardless of the embarrassment, I bravely pushed ‘Enter’. I’d assured myself it wasn’t such a big deal.
There was definitely nothing wrong with being honest about my true feeling,
wasn’t it? I didn’t lie. Beside, it was good to let him know that all this time I had been missing him. And that I was hurt every time the thought of him crossed my mind. I didn't know why but that sounded fair. To let the person you love shared your feeling. So you wouldn't need to feel so alone. I should be glad I supposed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Moment later, my window chat was blinking. I received a new
message. He replied. This time it was a bit longer than mine. It read, ‘I Miss You Too’. My
heart practically shrieked. It was hard to believe. He said he
missed me! Was that real? Or was it just a dream? I read it over and over again. I must have been dreaming. Then one very sentence from him woke me up, “even if it’s a dream, we can build this together.” And with
that, he had me all over again. I smiled. I was done with the printer. I grabbed that
fifteen-page-long script and shoved it into my handbag. I pushed the printer’s power
button and got the wire unplugged. I unwillingly
logged out yahoo, and then switched my laptop off. </span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a beautiful morning. And for the rest of the day,
I had to suppress the urge to tell the whole world
how happy I was. </span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I missed him. He missed me too.</span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6444207935642765318.post-41305489981878602182012-01-05T23:44:00.000+07:002012-01-22T17:15:18.173+07:00When I Knew<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">dari otak rumitmu itu."</span></i></div>
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drowsiness. I remembered the night before I had been determined to turn off the telly exactly
when the clock stroke twelve. Literally midnight. It had been the first time I actually
managed to beat the time. I meant how cool was that? Here’s a fact, nights and
me had never been friends. Not even close. I hated it and it hated me even
more. I unsurprisingly never survived midnight. So it was a bit of miracle to
keep my eyes, both eyes, wide open at such very late time. I didn't know exactly when I had finally managed to fall asleep. Obviously not long after I shut my eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Seventeen minutes ago I had been awake.
It had taken me some minutes to finally realize what was going on. So I reluctantly dragged
myself out of the room and headed to the loo. I badly needed to take a pee. Oh
crap! Here’s another fact, I had a tendency to imagine ghosts, vampires and all
those creepy creatures would suddenly appear on the glass window here on my toilet.
No, I was not being paranoid. I just couldn’t help it. It was one of those bloody embarrassing
secrets. There was no way I would let people know. They would laugh at me, right
in front of me. No doubt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I tiptoed back to my room, secretly
wondering if dad and mum had heard anything. It was so quiet that I could even
hear my dad’s snore. I listened again. There was nothing. I assumed they were
both in such a deep sleep. It was such a relief. I knew I was supposed to go
back to bed, instead I decided to grab my laptop and entered the living room. I chose one of my favourite corners in the
house and began to turn my laptop on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It was entirely dark outside. The cold
touched me gently. I heard the wind whispered me a good-night. The moon and the
stars sang me a lullaby. The rest of the world was still asleep. So was
facebook. I played around. I moved the cursor aimlessly wondering if I could find something
exciting. Five minutes had past. Nothing. Another five-minute past. Still nothing.
Then I came across your name. Your bloody name. I instinctively moved the
cursor and clicked the button. A recipe for a disaster!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">It was the same boring page all over again.
A little bit of disappointment flushed through me. Yeah, just like I hadn't expected it. No sign of your existence. It was just an empty old house no body seemed to
care. I should have known. I looked more intently and was sure you had been away for a while. Those abandoned
phrases were the only way for me to trace you. That you had once actually lived
there, in the brisk world of facebook. Again, I should have known. Then why bothered hitting the button over and over again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I moved the cursor up and down, left and
right. I read through whatever you had written for the umpteenth time. I smiled
when it was romantic, laughed when it was ludicrous. I admired your choice of
words and was amazed at your point of view. And I felt this unpleasant odd feeling
when you flirted. The thought of you had made me paralyzed. Then my heart beat indescribably faster and faster. Mix feeling. Same old thing. I shouldn't have done this in the first place. It always ended up like this. Somehow I knew this time it was different. I just couldn't place it. It was rather a blur.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Next, I felt the rush to go to bed. It
seemed that my eyes just couldn't take it any longer. I did a quick calculation.
In less than three hours I had to be at school. I turned off my laptop and left it on the chair. As I stood, those random memories of you immediately replayed in my head. All of a sudden I felt secure. Peaceful. I had found
my very own personal space! The thought surprised me, but more in a I-knew-it-was-going-to-happen sort of way. This was the most
peculiar moment I had ever had in my life. I was walking to my room with both
eyes half closed. I was falling in love with you. I was
missing you. </span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I was literally tracing you. And nothing felt better. </span></div>Dini Rosita Sarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06742643063322145170noreply@blogger.com0