What Things Matter?

October 4th, 2009 by ceracau

There have been some things happening these days, yet I seem to have lost orientation in perceiving what things matter and what things don’t:

- Earthquakes: in Bali, in Padang, in Ternate.

- Job contract approaching its end.

- Older brother gets the sack.

- Younger brother has some progress out of his schizophrenia.

- I met several interesting personalities from the opposite sex.

Is it a sign of disorientation?

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Relay Run in Life

June 19th, 2009 by ceracau

Senior closes the year. Junior adds another year. But it’s not the years. It’s the race that needs to continue.

 

In that case I feel so small. No comparison. Yet no time to hesitate. Must have time to think. Must have time to ponder. Must have time to pray. Make this relay worth it. Make this run worthwhile. Make this life worth.

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Requiescat in pace

May 21st, 2009 by ceracau

Frits Luther Lumankun

19 February 1929 - 14 May 2009

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Lepas 2008

December 31st, 2008 by ceracau

Siang, malam, musim, tahun, gilir ganti melenyap;
Bayang-bayangnya berlalu, tiada satu yang tetap.
Hidup kita menjalani jangka waktu dunia;
Tak terulang yang terjadi, tinggal tanggung jawabnya.

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Pulangnya Si anak Hilang

December 26th, 2008 by ceracau

“.. Malam tiba ibu tertidur
bapa lama sudah mendengkur
di pantai pasir berdesir gelombang
tahu si anak tiada pulang”

                    kutipan dari “Si Anak Hilang”, karya Sitor Situmorang

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belum mau tidur

December 21st, 2008 by ceracau

di luar hujan

derasnya seperti … hujan deras

di dalam sini aku masuk angin

tidak peduli

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New Place, New People

October 26th, 2008 by ceracau

New rules, same problem. New challenges, same attitude to face them.

 

It’s one whole week now. I’m still not feeling at home. Not yet I guess. Let me find the things that can get me there. Let me find what things I can do to make me get there.

 

One progress is tangible; it’s that I’m close to nature here. But, haven’t I always been?

This business of living is really getting into you lately. Can you manage to get out of it once in a while, just to stay alive?

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Goodnight, Silent Angels

August 3rd, 2008 by ceracau

Sa lagi nyari referensi tentang lullaby, atau lebih gampang disebut ninabobo. Referensi apasaja. Biasanya teks, trus suara, atau langsung gambar+suara. Tren skarang mulainya dari wikipedia, singgah di youtube. Dari youtube ndak ke-mana2 lagi. :)

Dapatnya macem2. Ada Mozart’s Lullaby [Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, schlaf ein]. Brahms’ Lullaby. Sweet Lullaby-nya Deep Forest [sasi sasi o to aro aro]. Trus ada juga Hace Mucho, Mucho Tiempo yang jadi soundtracknya Pan’s Labyrinth alias El Laberinto del Fauno. Sepertinya sa memang abis terbosesi sama ninabobo spanyol itu, makanya di level bawahsadar sudah direkam perintah untuk cari itu lagu, kalo ada waktu. O ya, di video section ada tuh, barusan sa pasang, Rosie’s Lullaby-nya Norah Jones. Besok2 sa stel Lullaby for Wyatt oleh Sheryl Crow ya.

Hmm. Tau nggak sih, sa itu di depan kompu dari pagi buta. Matahari terbit itu sa sudah mulai ngantuk, tapi ironinya sa malah keterusan karna urusan ninabobo ini. Jadi begadang di siang hari deh. (timer sudah sampe di 11:06:50. Itu bukan jam, tapi lamanya sa di sini.)

Ada juga Whiskey Lullaby (!) Tentang cowok yang diselingkuhi ceweknya, jadi pemabuk, trus bunuh diri. Ceweknya menyesal tak berkesudahan, jadi pemabuk, trus bunuh diri; dikuburkan bersebelahan dengan cowoknya. Dan malaikat menyanyikan whiskey lullaby setiap kali satu orang dari pasangan itu masing2 selesai dikuburkan. Jelas bukan jenis ninabobo buat budak2 (bahasa Melayu-nya anak2).

Pikiranku masih jalan. Kalo ada orang sempat berpikir (atau justru khusus berpikir) tentang malaikat yang menyanyikan ninabobo, ditambahi kata "whiskey" lagi, adakah yang memikirkan apa yang terjadi kalau para malaikat itu diam membisu? Jadi sa cari di google "silent angels". Sa ndak sempat melihat macam2; sa langsung nyangkut di tulisan yang menjelaskan kalau "silent angels" itu sebutan untuk anak-anak pengidap Rett Syndrome, penyakit yang bersama dengan Down Syndrome pada awalnya sering disalah artikan sebagai autisme.

Sa yang jadi diam membisu.

(tapi pikiranku masih jalan terus, pencarian juga begitu. sambil menulis ini Hace Mucho, Mucho Tiempo bersenandung di belakang)

hm m hm m hm m mm,

hm m hm m hm m mmm …

(sa masih blum tau kenapa anak2 itu disebut malaikat-malaikat membisu)

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Emm…

August 1st, 2008 by ceracau

Ndak, ndak ‘pa-’pa.

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dreaming

June 22nd, 2008 by ceracau

I used to have dreams with eyes open. Now I try to keep them only during sleeptime. Maybe I am getting to be realistic, but recently I developed a habit of reading comic books. So, .. (maybe I’m still a dreamer, after all)

(they said in a song:

"now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly

and i am older then i once was, younger than i’ll be but

that’s not unusual.

No, it isn’t strange.

after changes upon changes we are more or less the same

after changes we are more or less the same.")

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