In Memoriam

~Emeraldina Ratinggang~

Tante Dina yang cantik,

Berbaringlah dalam buaian bintang di Arrasy Allah

Semua tangis dan kecewamu telah tertinggal di bawah sini dan kehilangan arti

Hidupmu merasuk dalam kenangan kami, yang telah kau sentuh.

Maaf, aku tidak menghadiri pemakamanmu….

Bukan aku tidak mencintaimu, tapi aku lebih suka  berfikir bahwa kau masih ada

entah mengapa, tapi percayalah…aku rela…

ketukan ketiga dari Tuhan

kemarin, berita meninggalnya tante DIna nyaris bikin g kram otak, kaget luar biasa.

malemnya, terkaget-kaget oleh demo anarkis di sekitaran Semanggi sehingga g yang baru aja nyampe Plangi harus menyaksikan orang2 berlarian panik, semua toko tutup dan suasana mencekam.

Semalem, g benr2 ketakutan, secara pergi sendiri pula. janjian sama Eki, tapi g pulang kesorean, akhirnya re-schedule, tapi g tetep aja ke Plangi buat beli makanan kucing dan mo nuker voucher L’Oreal.

ternyata, semua buyar. g cuma takut terjadi penjarahan dan krusuhan kayak Mei lalu. dan g pilih cabut dari situ. Untunglah, g bisa pulang dengan aman meski shocknya masih ampe sekarang.

dan today, found out that one of my oldest and best friends, ternyata divorce! sejak dua bulanan yang lalu, memang dia tiba2 menghilang, dan suddenly, lst week muncul lagi dengan “penampilan” baru dan stated that now she’s single.

Ya Tuhan, She’s a one of a kind girl. Sejak SMP g selalu admire dia, she’s damn pretty dari keluarga yang amat-sangat-banget berada, dan about two years ago menikah dengan suami yang ganteng dan dari keluarga The-Have juga. Pernikahan mereka besar-besaran dan stunning sekali.

ternyata, pada akhirnya sahabat g tersayang itu harus pergi dari kehidupan bahagianya bersama si suami. She’s now reside in San Fransisco, catching up with her bro and sis. being single again.

She tried to look and being happy, but, i know she’s in a lot of pain.

tiga kejadian diatas, bner2 merupakan ketukan Tuhan buat g.

menyadarkan g bahwa g benar-benar “dust in the wind” seperti training yang baru g jalani minggu lalu. Umur bisa habis kapan saja, harta bisa diambil kapanpun, kenikmatan berpasangan bisa hilang sekejap mata. We’re nothing…. and nothing to be flaunted about.

Ya Tuhan, ternyata Kamu masih sangat menyayangi aku yang pongah ini. masih mau mengajariku dan membawaku kembali padaMu.

Terima kasih.

I blame….

Will Wright for turning me into the strategic-simulation game addict.

why, oh why, The Sims have to be sooooo …  how can i put it into word, err… great? fascinating? what a lame words.

ok, let’s put it this way, i know i’m so late in this Sims-addiction thing please don’t be harsh, but it decrease my beauty sleep drastically since i started a family in Veronaville. i only slept 3-4 hours a day now.

puffy eyes, degrading my selection on office wardrobe and snacking in the middle of the night. that’s what i got.  and i’ve never been happier since Blair Waldorf re-united with Chuck Bass and bitching Georgina.

 

itty bitty….

Last sunday Pumpkin gave birth to four little kitten. two of them are three colors and the other two is yellow just like their mum.

i haven’t named them yet….

any suggestion?

p.s i’ll post their pic when they already able to open their eyes, oh they are cutie pies.

My Father (2007)

Huah… Daniel Henney is and will always be my obsession.

no, i don’t need to know every annoying things he may be done or said.  i keep my ears closed for that and the eyes wide open to enjoy this talented georgeous creature.

Last nite, i went to Plaza Semanggi with my sister, i need to buy catfood and stuffs. as usual i always make time for my favorit DVD’s counter near the supermarket.

and you know what…..i found “My Father” DVD!!!! YEa!

i also bought two Thailand’s horror movie but blood, screams and stuffs, they must wait….

Daniel comes first.

 

My Father (2007)

Duration: 107min

Starring : Daniel Henney, Kim Yeong Cheol

Directed: Hwang Dong-Hyuk

Languange: Korean & English

The movie is based on a true story, about a Korean boy adopted by American family and live in state since he was kid. He searched for his biological parents in south Korea and works as a volunteer in US armed forces in Korea.

James Parker finally meets his biological father Wang Nam Cheol who turn out to be a murderer on death row. Both slowly gets to know each other, and James finally discovered everything he does and doesn’t want to know.

I read from internet, that the release of this movie inspired controversy since the victim’s family did not support it’s production. However, the movie was on the top of South Korean box office sales chart on the first week.

I loooove this movie, not only because of Daniel’s excellence role but the whole moral of the story. The relationship between father and son, biologically or adopted means nothing when it comes to love. some scenes is identic to the actual event, as shown on the last part of the movie, it seems that the actual event scene taken from the documentary of the real “James Parker”. It’s very touching.

The DVD will be a great present for your Dad, and it will goes very well if you add “Man and Boy” by Tony Parsons.

Love Like Fallen Leaves

asa goto ni

koe o osamuru

kaze no oto wa

yo o hete karuru

hito no kokoro ka

Each morning

The wind dies down

and the rustling leaves goes silent:

Was this the passion of all-night lovers

now talked out and parting?

~Saigyo~

from: Awesome Nightfall: The Life, TImes and Poetry of Saigyo by William R. LaFleur