Selasa, 21 Agustus 2012

Yesterday's adventure :D

Kemaren gue ke SMS, habis itu ke Living World. Ceritanya... Gak usah pake cerita. Sama kayak post gue yang Gallery #11082012. Cukup foto dan caption yang memadai (?) ._. 

#MirrorAddict @SMS! Gue gemes kalo liat kaca. Bawaannya narsis :| *eh*

Hhhmmm, berikut gue kenalin: 
Ini orang yang gue panggil 'papa'.
Ini orang yang gue panggil 'dede' (kiri) dan 'mama' (kanan).
Dan ini orang yang gue panggil 'mas-mas satpam Ace Hardware'.

Nah, pas lagi di rooftop Living World, gue latihan jadi fotografer kece:
I like this one :3

Dan tidak lupa nampang:
Dan adek gue pun pengen ikutan eksis. Hhhmmm :|

Keluar dari rooftop-nya, gue baru sadar... Kalo selama ini mantan wali kelas gue semasa kelas 7 yang pindah ngajar, ternyata juga buka usaha lain:
Semoga sukses yah, Pak, dengan usaha barunya...

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em!


What were you doing at 4AM this morning? One of my new clients was working out before getting to the office by 6AM.

As I sat with him today, he organized a few of his bills... dropping a $24.95/month service because it was "too much" compared to a similar $15.95 service. Cancelled a $12.99/month service because it was redundant. Made a note to himself to check again after six months to make sure he was getting what he's paying for.

Another small matter came up. He picked up the phone and dealt with it. No post-it notes. No reminders. Problem in. Problem addressed.

As I sat there during our meeting watching him handle a few other matters, I'm humbled. His lunch is brought in. Coke Zero. A single veggie wrap with some fresh tomatoes on the side.

Another meeting was kicking off as I left. I walked in just as he was wrapping up another. He'll be at work until probably 8PM. Regular day. One of his kids and grandchildren stopped by the office to say hello. They were waiting for his next meeting to wrap up before spending a little time with grandpa before he gets back to work. Still a lot of sunlight left in the day.

I left his office needing a little bit of paperwork from him. It was all in my inbox before I got out of traffic.

I swear there is not a single lazy, procrastinating bone in this man's body! I stand amazed and inspired to be more focused and professional in my own right... While many others will spend several hours a day complaining about him... Maybe in the afternoon. 4AM is too early to get up! He's in the 1%. Surely he hasn't earned any of his money or status?

My only point is this.  I'm not deifying anyone.  I admire people who make the most of their opportunities for sure.  However, most people have a lot of work, diligence and vision left to manifest in their own lives before they have room to complain about the successes of other people.  If you think about this for your own life, you know it's true.



Minggu, 19 Agustus 2012

Di mana pinangranti?

Jembatan besi, jembatan merah, jembatan baru, jembatan tiga, jembatan dua. 
Sekian. Dan terima kasih. 

Maksud dari post ini adalah... Gue juga nggak tau maksud dari post ini apa. Gue cuma melaksanakan saran seseorang, yang sebenernya nggak diikutin juga nggak apa-apa... Yaaah, daripada gue bingung hari ini mau ngepost apa, mending ngepost yang ada aja ._. 

Jumat, 17 Agustus 2012

@teenlovefeel tweets.

@teenlovefeel Sudah berapa banyak kekurangan pasangan yang kamu maklumi sementara kekuranganmu selalu diminta perbaiki? 
@teenlovefeel Bolehkah kita bertukar peran? Kamu yang benar-benar cinta, aku yang enggan peduli?
@teenlovefeel hal yang paling sulit saat kamu memaksa dirimu untuk terlihat tegar adalah tak ada yang pernah peduli bahwa kau sedang terluka.
@teenlovefeel Treat your girlfriend well or other boys will.
@teenlovefeel Lensa kamera terbaik didunia adalah sepasang mata manusia yang sedang jatuh cinta.
@teenlovefeel Andai waktu itu, aku lebih mudah bercanda. Mungkin semua akan berbeda
@teenlovefeel hidup terlalu singkat buat ngurusin seseorang yang sebenarnya enggak pernah mikirin elo.
@teenlovefeel Pedih kapan pun rasanya nyeri. kalo harus dirasain, mending segera dimulai. Ada peluang sembuh lebih cepat
@teenlovefeel Selamat pagi, sudahkah memeriksa hatimu dan masih ada aku di situ?
@teenlovefeel "Terserah kamu." adalah "Kamu emang ngga pernah ngertiin mauku." yang tertunda.
@teenlovefeel Perlu keberanian untuk menyayangi, seperti berani berkorban dan memperjuangkan
@teenlovefeel "memang usia kita muda, namun cinta soal hati." ~ Iwan Fals
@teenlovefeel Punya pacar bukan jaminan bisa bahagia. Gak punya juga bukan jaminan gak bisa bahagia
@teenlovefeel harusnya rindu tak terus diibaratkan, cobalah diutarakan agar Tuhan mempertemukan.
@teenlovefeel Pacar itu bukan chargeran yang di cari cuma buat mengisi kekosongan doang.
@teenlovefeel kita saling menyakiti, menutupi rasa sayang dengan segala kemunafikan. Tak ada yang ingin mengalah kecuali setelah ada airmata
@teenlovefeel Kekecewaanku mendarah daging mengalir keseluruh ingatan kemudian menghapus jutaan rindu yang belum usai
@teenlovefeel Selain harus banyak minum air putih, tubuh juga butuh lebih banyak perhatian dan kasih sayang agar seimbang :D
@teenlovefeel orang yang sangat kaucintai lebih berpotensi untuk menyakiti.
@teenlovefeel Jarak terjauh itu saat kita berdampingan namun tatapmu bukan tentangku
@teenlovefeel Kadang kesetiaan itu ibarat kesehatan yang nilainya baru kita sadari setelah kita jatuh sakit
@teenlovefeel aku jatuh. dengan cinta. karena kamu.
@teenlovefeel satu senyummu adalah kebahagiaan sederhana yang luar biasa bagiku
@teenlovefeel perhatian kecil bisa berarti besar dan luar biasa bagi seseorang.
@teenlovefeel Tidak masalah kalo aku menjadi cacing dalam perutmu untuk sekedar mengingatkan waktu makan.
@teenlovefeel Mengagumimu, biasa kulakukan dengan mengunci mulutku. Biar kepada Tuhan saja aku mengaku.
@teenlovefeel #AkuInginMenjadi sebuah nama yang selalu terukir di hatimu, bahkan di saat engkau sudah tak memiliki hati.
@teenlovefeel penyakit wanita yang tidak menular: takut untuk sms duluan, takut untuk memulai percakapan duluan, gengsi gede-gedean #PENGGALAUAN (dan sayangnya, kadang juga berlaku untuk pria)
@teenlovefeel aku capek kalo kamu maunya dimengerti doang, kamu kira aku robot apa ya? yang ga punya perasaan! :(
@teenlovefeel bukan hanya wanita, tapi pria pun ingin dimengerti, setiap manusia pasti senang kalau dimengerti orang lain :)
@teenlovefeel kamu tuh katabolisme banget yah! | lho kenapa? | soalnya kamu bisa "menghancurkan" hatiku dengan sikap burukmu sih :'(
@teenlovefeel Cintaku tak sekedar cinta yang sesaat
@teenlovefeel Jangan membuatku jatuh cinta untuk yang kedua kalinya, karena menurutku menolak jatuh cinta denganmu adalah hal tersulit
@teenlovefeel Apa kau memikirkan semua yang kurasakan? 
 All tweets are originally by Dwitasari, I knew it :)
And her words are awesome! I wish I could make meaningful words like her someday :)

@teenlovefeel adalah account twitter dengan tweet paling ngena dan mengandung kata-kata paling indah yang pernah gue temuin :') 
 
@teenlovefeel Tidak ada yang lebih puitis dari suara hujan. 
...Dan kau tahu? Kurasa suara hujan akan terdengar lebih indah apabila kita tengah bersenda gurau di bawah rinainya.

Blank

Yah. Gue salah lagi deh. Selalu gue yang salah.
:( 

Maaf deh, kalo gue nggak sadar bahwa nyatanya GUE YANG SALAH. 
Gue nggak sadar ya jelaslah karena gue gak tau salahnya apa. 
Gue tanya salah gue apa, eeehhhh malah disuruh nunggu sampe berbulan-bulan dulu. 
Jih. Maunya apa? Aneh! 

Iya dah, gue iyain aja. Gue salah. Gue GAK PEKA karena gatau salah gue apa.
Biarin aja gue terus yang salah tanpa tau salahnya apa -______- 

Selain salah dan gak peka, apalagi? Hhhmmm, kayaknya gak cukup yah kalo cuma segitu? 
Ckck, kurang banget kayaknya. Tambahin aja lagiii. NO WHAT WHAT kok :) 

Gue kesel! :'( 
Gue pengen nangis, dan gue nahannya setengah mampus sekarang. Yah, karena udah cukup tadi selimut gue basah lagi untuk kesekian kalinya. 
Hhmm, mikir apa lo sekarang? Cengeng yah? Iya, gue cengeng. Biar 'salah' sama 'gak peka'-nya gak cuma berdua. Ngerti ga? Kalo nggak ngerti, "itu sih DL yah". 

Nahan nangis itu nyeseeeekkk tau ga seeehhhhhh!? Dan akan lebih nyesek lagi kalo gue nutupinnya pake senyum. Nyuesegh. 

"Senyum di saat sedih itu menyakitkan, lho." kata seorang Fransisca Naomi :')

Kamis, 16 Agustus 2012

Gallery #11082012

Bukannya gue kehilangan kata-kata, tapi pas hari Sabtu yang lalu ada lumayan banyak foto yang bisa di-share. Jadi, daripada gue susah-susah ngoceh, mendingan gue kasih foto sama caption aja. Praktis dan efektif bukaaaaannn ;;)

Kenalin. Heryadi: kategorikan sebagai orang plin-plan. Kadang baik dan kadang ngeselin. Sekalinya baik, baik banget. Sekalinya ngeselin, bikin pengen jambak rambutnya.

Close-up. Brb ngakak. Thanks to Vhia for capturing this! :D
Maria & Eja: Pertengkaran rumah tangga.
Fika: salah satu dari sekian banyak orang yang berusaha ngerebut Heryadi dari gue.
DAN INI BUKTINYA.

Seseorang, tolong pastikan Heryadi nggak pernah kenal sama blog gue. Terima kasih.

Kemudian Vhia bertamu ke 9C. 

w/Vhiaaa :)
Pela & Vhia: Crazy couple ._.
w/Pela. This is my new avaaa :)
w/Pela
w/Pela. Not bad :p
w/Pela @Refi's house. Random, isn't it :|
once more, w/Pela @Refi's house ;)
w/Puti @Refi's house. Softly white, Putiiii :3

Puti itu kucingnya Refi. Dan Puti itu cowok. Kesimpulan: nama itu bisa menipu.
Akhir kata... Si Puti bulunya gampang rontok. Sekian dan terima kasih :)

Batang

Berhubung orangnya udah nanyain, yah... 
#PercakapanSingkat tanggal 14 Mei 2012. 

"Ini font apa?"
"Bookman Old Style?"
"Bukan. Depannya B."
"Ya, itu depannya B."
"Tapi bukan Bookman."
"Apa, dong?"
"Akar."
"Akar?"
"Daun."
"Daun??"
"Ranting."
"Bunga, habis itu buah. Ya, betul sekali." 

Buat yang baca tapi ga ngerti... Silakan cari blog lain untuk dibaca, atau banting saja laptop atau komputer yang sedang digunakan sebagai jalan pintas. Sekian dan terima kasih. 

Minggu, 12 Agustus 2012

Walking the Line.

I finally watched "Walk the Line" (the Johnny Cash story) a couple of weeks ago and it's been in my mind heavily since.  I know for a fact a couple of my friends are probably tired of hearing me talk about it!  Sorry, folks.  Just from an acting point of view, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon owned it.  They completely owned those roles... learning how to play the instruments, singing their own songs to the point of mirroring The Man in Black and his wife nearly perfectly!  Wow!

Still... that's not what has stuck with me for two weeks.

Single people always talk about wanting to have that man or woman who has it all together.  All the time.  Yet, in real life, there seems to be an element of "rescuing" that happens with most couples that really make it. Cash was at his lowest point when June Carter finally agreed to marry him.  She'd already failed in two previous marriages and had children from both of them.  He had been successful, but was broke, drug-addicted and teetering on the edge of being forgotten.  She had grown up in a prominent family within country music but was now the outcast... the "whore" who couldn't make it work with good men.

They were both damaged goods in the eyes of many.  Maybe even in their own eyes?  But a funny thing happens when two people can both graduate to the point of realizing they need each other.  True partnership.  Thirty-five years marriage.  Old hurts forgotten.  Legacies forged.  It's a beautiful thing.


Also consider this...and I'll talk about it more another day... it's the original voices that we remember.  Unique voices are heard.  Copies are largely ignored.  Johnny Cash was an original.

The moral of the story today: don't be so afraid to need people.


Sabtu, 11 Agustus 2012

Influenza. And... Being selfish. I am, just now.

Hidung tersumbat dan sulit bernafas. 
Mengapa rindu selalu datang di saat yang tidak tepat?
Dan, ya. Aku merindukanmu. Merindukan senyummu. Suara dan tawamu.


Aku begitu menyayangimu sampai-sampai aku tak dapat menemukan alasan logis dan super-rasional yang bisa kugunakan untuk membencimu. Mengapa melupakanmu sesaat menjadi begitu sulit justru ketika aku begitu membutuhkannya? Aku butuh waktu untukku sendiri dan berhenti memikirkanmu sejenak, tapi sepertinya Tuhan dan malaikatmu tak mengizinkannya. 
Hhhhmmmmm. Apa boleh buat. Begitu, 'kan? 

Aku kesal pada diriku sendiri, yang tak bisa menyampaikan apa yang sesungguhnya begitu ingin kusampaikan. Agar tak lagi aku menanggung beban berat sendirian. Agar mereka tak lagi melihat 'aku yang mempertahankan hubungan' ini, melainkan kita. Ya, kausadarikah mereka yang melihatku dengan tatapan dukacita seolah aku ini baru saja kehilangan segenap keluarga, hanya karena keegoisanmu semata? 
Dan, apalagi kali ini? Oh, ya. Mau diapain lagi? Mungkin begitu.

Aku tidak ingin melukaimu. Justru sebaliknya. Aku ingin kau terus tersenyum, tertawa. Yah, senyum dan tawamu membuatku merasa lebih baik. Membuatku percaya bahwa kau baik-baik saja. Sayangnya, kurasa kau tidak merasakan yang sama denganku. Justru sebaliknya. It seems like you're okay with or without me, and it's completely hurts
Yang terakhir dan yang paling menyebalkan, juga paling menyakitkan. Oh


"Karena cinta butuh lebih dari sekedar kata-kata." kata seorang gadis yang seringkali teringat pada seseorang tiap kali ia tenggelam dalam lamunan yang tak berujung.

#PercakapanSingkat 08082012

"Yang paling penting dalam suatu hubungan itu rasa percaya, lho." 

#PercakapanSingkat dengan seorang sahabat.
8 Agustus 2012. 

"Gue gak yakin dia tulus sama lu." 
"Maksudnya?" 
"Yah, elu ngerti lah maksud gue." 
"..."
"..."
"Huuaaaaaaaa!! Gue nangis, nih!!!"
"Udeh, gausah. Tadi kan udah."

Kemudian hening di antara kami berdua, hingga aku menemukan suatu argumen-kontra. 

"Eh,"
"Hhm?"
"Yang paling penting dalam suatu hubungan itu rasa percaya, lho." 
"...Baca dimana?"
"Nggak. Kesimpulan dari diri sendiri aja." 

____________________________________________________

Being selfish. May I?

"Egois itu... Gapapa, sih. Asal nggak merugikan orang lain." kata seorang wanita yang melahirkan dan membesarkanku, yang tersenyum padaku dan mengecup keningku tiap malam kala masa kecilku.

Apakah itu artinya kadangkala pun aku boleh mengedepankan diriku sendiri; berhenti mementingkan perasaan orang lain dan menghela nafas walau hanya sejenak?

Kamis, 09 Agustus 2012

Too Many Buried Talents?


One of my favorite passages of all time is the Parable of the Talents. Period. Point blank. It's incomparable in my mind because it contains so much wisdom to help us live our lives on purpose, with passion, productively and profitably! No doubt. I love it!

(Horrible image above, huh?  That guy even looks lazy!)

We were studying it in Bible Study last night and a few things jumped in my spirit that I wanted to share today. I'd blogged on this before, too, in a post called "Do You Even Matter?" but faith comes by hearing... not by once having heard!

As we were talking about it, I began to realize that I'd slipped into a pattern of burying my talents.  Check out Matthew 25:14-30 and let it speak to you.  I know for a fact that I'm the guy with five talents.  Forgive me if you perceive that as arrogance.  To me, it's truth.  I am not taking pride in that statement, however, because it's just as true that I've been too often acting like the steward with one talent.

No more.  Today is a new day!

How much talent do you have buried in the ground?  Time to dig them up and put them to work!  Are you hesitating because you don't think you have anything to work with?  False!  Everyone got something - even you.  Chances are you have more going for you than you realize.  Take an assessment today.  Look at what you have instead of focusing on what you lack and get to work!  Your true prosperity comes after giving the Master a return on the investment He's made into you!


Senin, 06 Agustus 2012

Dress Like a Tiger!


I stood in my closet this morning looking at my clothes. (Lord Jesus! I hate getting dressed in the mornings. It just feels like wasted time!  I wish I could wake up fully dressed and clean shaven!)  Anyway, today isn't a meetings day for me.  Phone and e-mail work for the most part.  No scheduled face-to-face meetings.  On days like that, I'll admit to getting a little lazy with my attire.  Not exactly dressing the part always.  Guilty.

Today I made a different choice.  Tiger Woods came to mind.  I recalled how I admire how he always dresses in red on Sundays... his "winning" color.  He wears red when it's time to really get down to business.  And, a couple of recent rough Ambien-fueled (sorry, Eldrick) years aside, it has worked for him.  Then I remembered how much the way we dress impacts how people see and respond to us.  Also, our own moods, focus and productivity are GREATLY improved when you dress for success.  So I made a different choice.  Slacks and dress shoes instead of jeans and Adidas.  (Sorry, DMC!)  I'm already feeling it.

Just a little reminder to those of us who sometimes have flexibility in our wardrobe choices.  There's still something to dressing the part.  I've let myself slip too much.  Time to take it back to where I know I need to be.  I might even break out the ties again.  Also, don't be surprised if you see me in red the next time I have a huge meeting!


Jumat, 03 Agustus 2012

How Long Does It Take to Win a Gold Medal?


I saw an interesting article on WSJ.com talking about how long it takes to win a gold medal. Interesting because it included a chart showing how in some events (shot put) it takes all of about 13 seconds to win a gold medal.  Other events are over in a minute or two.


So, how long does it really take to win a gold medal and the international acclaim that comes with it?  Years and years.  Some have given their whole lives. True success doesn't come overnight.  Honest riches are gained over time.  Consistent dedication, discipline and diligence are required.  To think of Gabrielle Christina Victoria "Gabby" Douglas as winning her gold medals in just a few hours cheapens the sacrifices made by her and her entire support team.

Get a team, keep doing what it takes and be patient.  Greatness isn't achieved overnight and it's never achieved alone.  As Gabby says, "Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears."

Great job, Team Gabby!