Menjadi Tsukuru

Saya sedang membaca buku Murakami yang terbaru berjudul “Colorless Tsukuri Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage”. Di buku itu diceritakan tentang laki-laki bernama Tsukuru, yang ditinggalkan empat sahabatnya saat dia kuliah di Tokyo dan sahabatnya tetap tinggal di Nagano. Dia ditinggalkan tanpa alasan. Akhirnya Tsukuru hidup sendiri, membiarkan dirinya tidak bahagia selama bertahun-tahun di perantauan. Ia juga tidak mengangankan rumah sebagai tempat damai untuk pulang.

Murakami menulis kesakitan ditinggal sahabat seperti sesuatu yang benar-benar nyata.

Belakangan ini saya merasa sahabat lama saya menjauh. Saya tak tahu alasannya. Dan saya tak pernah mau bertanya kenapa. Saya pun sudah tidak minat mengomentari grup angkatan semasa kuliah. Saya diam-diam mengangankan dan membayangkan menjadi Tsukuru.

Dan menjalani keseharian dengan orang-orang di kantor saja. Bepergian dengan yang ingin mengajak saja. Menjalani hari di rumah dan kantor saja.

Tapi apakah itu yang kuinginkan? Ditinggal-lupakan?

Atau seperti kata Jodha, “kau ingin pergi karena berharap Raja akan mengejarmu kan?”

RI

Surprises

Rahma said on the telephone that day,
“I am not afraid with the future. I want to let God surprises me”,

And I was like,
“Damn, she is right”

I was afraid of my future (well, who’s not?). I was afraid about my career, about my love story, even about the death.

But God. The Almighty, always surprised me. Somehow, I don’t like or I don’t understand the Plan. Sometimes I get angry if something happens unplannned or something happens outside my coverage.

“Dear God, what do you plan on me? Why me? Why did this happen? Why now?”

Those questions I always ask, always remained unanswered.

But then, day by day, I accept it with my sincere feeling. And I understand all the things.

And when I accept it, I am happy again. I relieved.

So I want to be surprised. I want to accept all the things God planned for me.

I hope I won’t be afraid about the future anymore. Because Allah is the Most Gracious. And nothing I need to worry about when I give all of my life in God’s hand.

RI

You are Love

You are every single drop of water that rain needs.
Every slight of light that sunshine brings.
You are life.
and light.
and everything that love’s made of. ❤️

RI

How Many Books for 2015?

I once have read 50 books in a year but it never happen again. This year I want to read more books. That is one of my resolution. But how many is “more books”?

Let say, I read minimum 2 books in a month. So I will read around 24 books in a year, minimum.

But I want to set more! 24 is a small number for book, isn’t it?

I decided. 35 is enough.

So, good luck, Ri!

RI

What’s Wrong

I am not good at giving a good title for my each posting.

Yesterday, I went to the office by a rented-motorcycle (known as “ojek” here in Indonesia). At first I wasn’t sure about the looks of the man who rode it. He smoked. He has a black long curly hair. He smelled bad. He even sounded awful when he asked where I wanted to go.

But you know?

Everything about his bad impression has gone when he told me about his plan to have his son learning english in my place.

“How much money I have to pay if I want to register my son learning english in your place?” He asked.

“It’s around 1,3 million for each level”, I replied.

What surprised me is I was aware about his salary he gets from “ngojek” every day. But still, he wants to get his son learning english. What a father! What a parents!

RI

Knowledge is Burden

If you think you carry no weight on your shoulder, you are wrong. Every human being who knows something is responsible to transfer the knowledge to people who doesn’t.

It doesn’t mean to be boastful or conceited. It simply to make the world be a better place to live.

That’s one thing I get from my job as a teacher (even sometimes it is called as a ‘language instructor’).

Because what’s the point knowing so many things if it’s only for your own sake? Why not share them with other people who needs ’em?

I am in my comfort zone now. And I need to get out of it (I have said it so many times, haven’t I?)

RI

The Most Beautiful Girl is You

I never expect myself as a beautiful girl yet I want that, too. I am surrounded by a lot of sexier an prettier girl friends. They are just everywhere I turn my head to. They are everywhere, everytime I open my instagram or path timeline. That makes me a little envy and makes my confidence boost down.

But my Mom just told me that I was the most beautiful girl in the wedding reception last night.

“You are the prettiest. no doubt about it”, Mom said.

Mom even said that I am more beautiful than Lulu, my prettiest sister (for me she is the prettiest among us)

I know beauty doesn’t matter when you have a remarkable attitude. I very understand that it doesn’t measure something about being a good person. Eka Kurniawan said “Cantik itu Luka” (Beauty is a Wound) since women usually got hurt for the beauty- sake. I mean the cosmetics, skin treatments, diet pills even surgery. Those hurts them. But like a men needs love, women needs them when it’s torture them.

I never expect myself as a beautiful girl. Everytime I look into the mirror, I am always thankful to God for pairing my Mom and my Dad as a husband and wife. 😘

RI

here’s a picture last night

Hello 2015!

Hello!
It’s unbelieveable sometimes realizing how fast time flies. Now it’s January and in a blink of eye, we will hop to March, move to July and then Ramadhan, Ied Fitri and another new year- another calendar at home.

There is a lot of events happened: tears, joy, stressful, presents and brokenheart we have passed before the new year is coming.

Alhamdulillah, Allah gives me another opportunity to live and be a human. I am so thankful surrounded by so many amazing people, family and friends which make me wonder I might be the luckiest girl in a world.

Do I have to make resolution?
I think so.
But you know, I don’t give a damn whether the resolution will be fulfilled or not. The point is I make some. So the urge of excitement can fill my mind and body, make me move and happy.

I hope I can be a better person. I hope I can be a better daughter, a better sister, a better worker, a better teacher, a better umat. I hope all my wishes will come true.

Happy New Year 2015 everyone!!!

RI