Ciliwung Recovery Program. Isn’t it amazing?
Rian Satya
it's only about me.
If you don’t take your own dreams seriously, who will?
I was reading an article “WHY YOU SHOULD QUIT YOUR JOB AND TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD”. A very bold title that appeared on my twitter’s timeline and instantly grab my attention. A more general question will be: “What is your greatest dream of all?”
I would like to take a quote from a movie that I just watched yesterday. (yes, I was watching Eclipse),
“When we were five, they asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up. Our answers were thing like astronaut, president, or in my case… princess.
When we were ten, they asked again and we answered – rock star, cowboy, or in my case, gold medalist. But now that we’ve grown up, they want a serious answer. Well, how ’bout this: who the hell knows?!
This isn’t the time to make hard and fast decisions, its time to make mistakes. Take the wrong train and get stuck somewhere chill. Fall in love – a lot. Major in philosophy ’cause there’s no way to make a career out of that. Change your mind. Then change it again, because nothing is permanent.
So make as many mistakes as you can. That way, someday, when they ask again what we want to be… we won’t have to guess. We’ll know.”
- Eclipse
Well, it’s more a reminder to myself rather than sharing it with the world. What do I want to do? What do I want to be?
If you don’t take your own dreams seriously, who will?
Article: “Why you should quit your job and travel around the world” http://chrisguillebeau.com/3×5/why-you-should-quit-your-job-and-travel-around-the-world/
Sign Dance
It was happening a long time ago. About 5 or 6 years before today. I was living in Australia at that time, and there was this big event - Praise and Worship Concert held in a stadium.
The stadium is divided into sections. I got a seat right in front of the stage (which is the furthest position since the stage is located on one side of this circular stadium) that we only can see the performance through two big screens installed right next to the stage.
Everything one well. The concert started. We listened to the song. We sang to the song. We danced to the song. We were having a great time. Until I saw something that stopped me, took all my attention and take my breath away.
Now I know it’s called “Sign Dance”.
There was one section in the stadium that was dedicated to the deaf and hearing impaired. There were about 100 of them in that sections. Not a small number, I thought. They were ‘singing’ to the song. No, they were not using their voice. They sang to the song using their language. Sign Language.
She was wearing a nice white dress. Standing in front of her group, she led them ‘singing’ the song using sign language.
I think it was the best song performed at the concert.
For Others
Working in this company for 10 months now, I am very grateful that I learn more than just about business and the operational of a company, more beyond all the technical issues of a business process.
I learn that a company is not only build only to make profit. I learn that a company is not only build only for the sake of the owners ego. I learn that a company like this affect the life of hundreds of people hanging their life to it. I learn that this company also affect the life of thousands of people indirectly make living from this company. And the most important thing is I learn to see someone for a new perspective.
An office boy – is also a father of a 5 years old son.
A salesman – is also a husband for his lovely wife.
A driver – is also a son of a poor couple living in the village.
An admin staff – is also the girlfriend of a handsome young man.
“Never take a person’s dignity: it is worth everything to them, and nothing to you.” – Frank Barron
I always want to be a writer
Yeah, I think that’s the best title for my post today. I always want to be a writer. Yet, like I wrote on my facebook status a couple of month ago: “I read, then I want to write. I write, then I quit”.
Why do I want to be a writer?
One, I like books. I adore books. I have lots of books in my own personal library, and read half of it. It’s always been my dream, that one day I will have a book with my name on it.
Two, I love reading. I read novels, magazines, articles, comics, newspapers, blogs, websites, and so on.
Three, I always amazed by how can a writer put their feelings on a piece of paper. How they combine words into sentence. How they combine sentences into paragraph. How they combine paragraph into story.
Once I read an article about becoming a writer, and one good tip they give is: to become a writer, you have to start writing. Anything. Anywhere. Anytime. It’s not supposed to be a good short story, or a nice poem, or a romantic letter. Just write what you see, what you hear, and what you feel. That’s the beginning.
I followed the suggestion. I started. I create blogs. Lots of blogs. Here and there. I don’t know where the universe is going to take me. But here I am. Another blog. Another writing. Like Anne Lamott said: do it ‘bird by bird’. One bird at a time.
Looking back: Quarter-Life Crisis
This is a note that I wrote a couple years ago. I just recover it from the cloud. 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
Quarter-Life Crisis
Ini istilah tiba-tiba aja jadi sangat relevan buat kehidupan gue yang memang kurang lebih ada di kategori waktu tersebut.
Mungkin secara kasar (kira-kira, karena gue juga belom menjalaninya sampai step terakhir. mungkin 50 tahun kedepan, gua bisa update post ini), gua bisa membagi periode kehidupan ini menjadi beberapa garis penting:
1. Kelahiran – Graduation
2. Early working life
3. Quarter-life crisis
4. Marriage life
5. Middle-life crisis
6. KematianDi dalah tahap pertama dari periode tersebut, tentu ga banyak pilihan yang bisa kita ambil. I can call it the ‘simple’ life. You just have to follow.
Dengan berlanjutnya kehidupan, waktu bisa membawa kita ke berbagai tempat yang ga kita pikirkan sebelumnya. Misalnya masalah pekerjaan, pasangan hidup, kepercayaan, etc. But then the question is, is this what you want? If life is so short, what don’t you do what you really want to do?
Lentera Jiwa
oleh NugieLama sudah kumencari
apa yang hendak kulakukan
sgala titik kujelajahi
tiada satupun kumengertitersesatkah aku disamudra hidupku
kata-kata yang kubaca terkadang tak mudah kucerna
bunga-bunga dan rerumputan bilakah kau tahu jawabnya
inikah jalanku inikah takdirkureff:
kubiarkan kumengikuti suara dalam hati
yang slalu membunyikan cinta
kupercaya dan kuyakini murninya nurani
menjadi penunjuk jalanku lentera jiwaku
Basically it’s about finding your path in this world. It’s about where you want to go, what you want to do, and so on. And now, looking back at the past, have I found what I was looking for? The answer is: I don’t know. I don’t even remember what I was looking for.
I think it comes with age, that people stop questioning about life and choose to start living it instead. Instead of trying so hard to figure out what’s going to happen in the future, we start living our life. Our present. Our gift. Our life.
My Tweets
- One of the church. The accession church. http://t.co/6pCk3vSb 9 hours ago
- The cross. http://t.co/Kt2JxbpM 9 hours ago
- View from a mountain. Cool, eh? http://t.co/pO9wZGHj 9 hours ago
- Indonesia's version of Mother Mary. http://t.co/TDwRpVrM 9 hours ago
- Betul!! RT @ted_kho: Waktu di luar Indo, kalau ulang tahun justru ditraktir. Dimasakin dan dipestain.. 9 hours ago
