24 February, 2011

The Judgement Day


“Don’t hold your grudge, it will consume you”..
“Memaafkan itu jauh lebih baik..”
“Tidak ada untungnya marah sama orang..”

Begitulah tema nasehat yang sering saya dengar 2 tahun terakhir ini. You know all the story, it’s not pretty.

Before you create your perception about me, let me make myself clear: holding grudge is not my hobby :)


Tapi bahwa saya suka fatalistik kalau tidak suka sama orang…yes, I’m guilty :D
Contohnya, saya pernah tiba-tiba mual di sebuah mal saat melihat salah satu orang terkenal yang saya tidak suka lahir batin karena perilakunya. Saat itu badan saya rasanya panas, perut mual, dan segala bentuk biofeedback lah kira-kira. Saya juga pernah memilih melipir pergi daripada ketemu orang yang pernah menzalimi saya. “Daripada saya menunjukkan muka cemberut skala 9 (skala 1-10)”, begitu kira-kira rasionalisasinya.

Ada satu hal yang (agak) mengubah saya. Bukan…bukan untuk menjadi menyukai mereka..tapi saya sekarang lebih mikir kalau mau benci lahir batin sama seseorang.

Begini ceritanya:
Keluarga saya saat ini sedang punya proyek keluarga kecil-kecilan. Tidak usah diceritain, lah, proyeknya apa. Nah…dalam sebuah percakapan omsisi (omongan sia-sia, maksudnya ngobrol ngalor ngidul – red) salah satu dari kami tiba-tiba bilang, “ …nanti kan kita ketemu lagi di Padang Mahsyar”, yang mana diamini oleh semua yang mendengar.

Ok. Pada saat itu saya tidak terpikir apapun. Tapi selang berhari-hari kemudian, saya teringat dengan peristiwa itu. Logika bodoh saya berkata, “wah…pasti senang ya bisa berkumpul dengan seluruh keluarga tercinta saat sang Khalik mengumpulkan makhlukNya”. Walaupun belum pasti tepat bayangan saya, tapi saya bisa mengkhayalkan gambaran perasaan bahagianya berkumpul dengan keluarga, seperti yang sudah dijanjikanNya di Al-quran.

Dengan pemahaman agama yang belum ada seujung kuku, logika bodoh ini berkata lagi:
“Tunggu dulu! Apa yang akan terjadi di sana bukannya berarti kamu bisa enak-enakan kumpul sambil minum kopi. Di sana Sang Maha Adil juga akan memfinalisasi segala unfinished business kamu dengan siapapun. Tidak ada yang akan ketinggalan untuk ditentukan hukum berdasarkan keadilanNya. Itu berarti, bukan tidak mungkin, salah atau benar, kamu akan berhadapan (lagi) dengan orang-orang yang pernah kamu sakiti atau menyakiti kamu. Kamu benci atau membenci kamu”.

Hmm.. saya tidak akan bisa kirim request lewat sms kepada Sang Adil untuk diskip saja sesi pengadilan sama orang-orang tertentu itu ya...?

*tepok jidat*

“Jadi, apakah saya mau untuk ketemu lagi dengan pihak-pihak tersebut?”

Saya menggeleng.

Saya tidak mau bertemu dengan orang-orang yang saya benci apalagi pernah menyakiti saya. Dan lebih-lebih saya berdoa bahwa saya tidak akan pernah diadili karena saya pernah zalim pada pihak lain (amiin, ya Allah…)

So…?

Nasehat bahwa Allah akan mengubah nasib hambaNya kalau hambaNya mau mengubah nasib mungkin bisa diimplementasi di sini. Kalau saya tidak mau mengalami hal di atas, saya punya pilihan untuk:
  • Berusaha dengan kuat untuk tidak zalim pada orang lain
  • Memutus urusan dan tidak menyimpan unfinished business (baca: dendam, amarah, uneg-uneg, dll).

Or else, selamat deg-degan atau bete.

Mungkin, kalau saya marah, saya coba bilang dalam hati: “I don’t want to see you at padang Mahsyar”

Mudah-mudahan bisa. Amin…

Disclaimer: pengetahuan saya tentang agama sangatlah cetek. Saya mohon ampun pada Allah SWT kalau pemahaman ini tidak tepat. Allah itu baik, saya yakin kalau pemahaman ini salah, Dia akan mengingatkan saya terhadap yang benar. Amiin..YRA..

A place called Adulthood

Menjadi dewasa ternyata butuh effort yang menggila... butuh EKSTRA kesabaran, butuh EKSTRA pertimbangan....semuanya serba EKSTRA. No more impulsiveness!

Adulthood, ketika kita belum memasukinya, sepertinya tempat ini adalah sebuah tempat penuh hiasan indah, eksklusif, dengan berbagai fasilitasnya, dan hanya boleh dimasuki oleh orang2 tertentu. Dulu kita begitu semangat dan ingin sekali bisa dianggap layak untuk masuk ke tempat ini. Ibarat anak ABG yang pengen diaku dewasa untuk masuk diskotek oleh Bouncer berbadan tegap dan muka seram.

Nyatanya, menjadi dewasa tidak seistimewa yang dibayangkan. Hidup jauh lebih tenang dan menyenangkan ketika kita belum memasuki 'area' ini.

Tapi, meminjam judul sebuah email, kesempurnaan tidak akan mengajarkan kita apa2.

10 November, 2009

This Too Shall Pass

I achieved so much in life
But I’m an amateur in love
My bank account is doing just fine
But my emotions are bankrupt

My body is nice and strong
But my heart is in a million pieces
When the sun is shining so am I
But when the night falls so does my tears

Sometimes the beatings so loud in my heart
That I can barely tell our voices apart
Sometimes the fear is so loud in my head
That I can barely hear what God says

Then I hear a whisper that this too shall pass
I hear the angel’s whisper that this too shall pass
My ancestors whisper that this day one day will be the past
So I walk in faith that this too shall pass

The one that loved me the most
Turned around and hurt me the worse
I’m doing my best to move on
But the pain just keeps singing me songs

My head and my heart are at war
Cause love ain't happening the way I wanted
Feel like I’m about to break down
Can’t hear the light at the end of the tunnel

So I pray for healing in my heart
To be put back together what is torn apart
And I pray for quiet in my head
That I can hear clearly what God says

Then I hear the whisper that this too shall pass
I hear the Angels whisper that this too shall pass
My ancestors whisper that this day will one day be the past
So I walk in faith that this too shall pass

All of sudden I realize
That it only hurts worse to fight it
So I embrace my shadow
And hold on to the morning light

This Too Shall Pass....

I hear the angels whisper, that trouble don't have to last always
I hear the angels whisper, even the day after tomorrow will one day be yesterday.
I hear my angels whisper.
I hear my angels whisper.

This too shall pass.

- India Arie, 2006 -

04 November, 2008

Jogja (day 2)

Let's continue our journey...

24 October


As we arrived to Jogja on 3.30 am, we went directly to hotel, got pushed by the committee to some rooms for shower and rest (hehehe...it's very fun!!!).. had shower on 4 am in the morning, with warm water...hhh...what a nice life. While waiting the others had their turns, I crashed in the sofa on the corner...slept (or dead???) like a bear hybernating. IDL, my buddy AND my roommate during HK trip and Jogja felt necessary to shout a little to wake me up. hahahaha....

First trip: Keraton...we had our first photo session in here. hahaha...IT WAS FUN!!!










After Keraton and lunch, we went to the most awaited place to visit: Malioboro!! We're ready to spend our fortune!!! hehehehe...In Mirota, we, I in particular, practically made our selves broke :((
As I stepped out the store, the heat strucked me, and my 'nyai2' illness (a.k.a masuk angin) got worse. I immediately went back to the hotel, then tried to minimise the pain by having massage. It was nice, but the accumulation of stress and pain (let's face it, i'm not young as back then..I can't push myself that hard again) made my headache even worse. So.. I decided to go to my friend's room whose a medicine (pain killer, i supposed? hahaha)...
Romantic part 1: I was surrounded by nice people!!! really nice people!!! YYH, IDL and DS helped me got through my pain in my head. YYH provided me with the medicine, DS provided me with the 'orang pintar' medicine (the one which Agnes Monica stars the commercial :p), IDL made me a very delicious Wedang Jahe. huhuhu....i was overwhelmed :(( - after bombing my body with the those things, I fell asleep...zzzz.........
And suddenly i woke up and...FELT MUCH BETTER!!! Yeay!!!! Thanks, Gals!!!
Dinner...nothing special, I suppose - besides that the restaurant was located in KotaGede, in the same location as a silver jewelry store. I don't have to tell you the rest (about how I went around the store for almost 1 hour, almost missed the dinner, and ended up buying....ONLY A PAIR OF EARINGS???!!!). AAANYWAY......after dinner we came back to the hotel, decided to crashed in to bed early (for early morning noble plan - watching sunrise @ Borobudur temple - initiated by SS).
Day 2 is over. I'm tired. Let's continue...the soonest I got the mood to write :))


03 November, 2008

Merinding

Gw lagi antri di dokter. Lama...pasien banyak, dokter mulainya telat, gw dapet nomor belakangan. Jadilah gw nunggu...

Pemandangan depan gw saat ini membuat gw merinding....bukan merinding takut...gak jelas definisinya....tp yg jelas gw merinding...

Ada sepasang suami istri...mungkin sekitar umur 60-70an. Sang istri di kursi roda, make kerudung, kurus. Suami diiringi 2 anak (usia remaja - dewasa lah) dan 1 suster mendorong kursi roda, dan menemani nunggu dokter yg entah apakah sama dg dokter gw atau gak...

Sepertinya sang istri menderita suatu rasa sakit yang konsisten ada. Dengan usianya, dia berusaha menahan rasa sakit tp sesekali terdgr keluhan yg gak jelas darinya. Sesekali tampak dia tidak tahan dengan sakitnya shg keluhannya terdengar lebih keras dan hampir menangis.

Dan...

Yang dilakukan suaminya adalah diam, meletakkan tangan di bahu sang istri, showing his support. Dia tidak bisa menghilangkan rasa sakit itu, literally. Dia tidak bisa menyembuhkan, literally...tapi dia ada di sana... Providing this huge support. Without complaining....

That's what makes me having these goosebumps....
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29 October, 2008

Jogja, 23-26 Oct 08 (day 1)

I love my weekend @ Jogja!!! It was fun, hillarious, slightly creative, slightly romantic (he???!!!)

Here's how the story goes....

23 Oct 08
- I started the day with some excessive adrenaline in my body. The excitement of the upcoming trip plus this big presentation I had to make in front of 150 managers and partners in the afternoon made me act like a loose canon. I couldn't concentrate on a single task!!! I kept looking at my cue cards, counting the hours...
- 10.00: time for presentation rehearsal. The person who coached me gave me very supporting feedback, valuable input. And still...I had this excessive hormone called Adrenaline. As usual, I acted instinctively to channel this energy and to release my excitement AND nervous feeling, by......JUMPING IN A PARTNER'S ROOM!!! Hahaha...it's was so funny seeing his face, wondering what the hell I was doing. "It's not an olympic", he said... :))
- after rehearsal, while I was still having ADHD syndrome, I had this short meeting with my career coaches. They saw this 'panic disorder' in my eyes, and kindly they supported me!! Hiks...they're sooo nice....
- Lunch time...couldn't swallow anything except fast food. Time is running out!!! It's 2 hours before the presentation!
- 2.00 pm: I was seated at table no. 13...tried to give full attention to the speeches and movies...took notes....and my heart started to beat faster...and faster....and faster...as the time to my and my friend's presentation was coming...
- coffee break: no way that we could chat around, enjoying the snacks! We went to the back of the screen, rehearsing. Suddenly I couldn't breath! I felt this urge to do what I had always done in my younger days (yeah right, I'm old..) before singing with the choir. Slowly, I walked to the back of the room, tried to find some space to do.....vocalizing!!!! Haahahahaha....I was going to do presentation, and I felt like it's a show!!! What a 'bantam' I was!!! :)) -- anyway, I couldn't do that, Person No. 1 called me, and (again, I was surrounded by nice people) took me to the stage, let me familiarizing with the tools, mike, the stage. He even arranged some introduction scenario!!! What a great guy.
- everyone came into the room. Person No. 1 introduced us, and let the show began....Alhamdulillah.... To cut the long story short, it went well.....
- To Gambir, using taxi with the other 4....
- let's go to jogja!!!! Enjoy the bumpy ride :))

*to be continued*

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28 September, 2008

Quotes # 2 (Brida, by Paulo Coleho)

... Because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself:


loneliness.





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