18.2.13

Duh

ketika sedang berada dalam kondisi yang tidak baik, hampir dipastikan saya akan langsung mengeluh. tidak hanya lewat ucapan dan media sosial, bahkan dalam doa. seperti manusia yang tidak tahu malu. seperti orang serakah yang tidak bisa bersyukur. penyesalan akan keluhan itu pun langsung muncul seketika saat tiba-tiba ditunjukkan bahwa masih banyak yang lebih menderita. kesusahan saya yang bahkan masih lebih baik, patut disyukuri. ketika disadarkan seperti itu, saya malu.

namun saat sedang berusaha memegang strereotype dimana orang yang suka mengeluh adalah orang yang tidak bersyukur, muncul pikiran saya, siapakah saya hanya manusia fana yang kerap dikuasai emosi dan pikiran. tidak punya kuasa untuk mengatur jalannya kehidupan. tidak jarang saya merasa dunia tidak adil hanya pada saya. saat-saat di mana saya kehilangan diri saya dan merasa tidak kuat layaknya anak kecil. mungkin pengaruh hormon, pikir saya mencoba mengelak. alasan selalu dicari-cari untuk pembenaran diri. seperti kalimat di awal paragraf ini. sudah tau mengeluh itu salah tapi tetap mencari alasan. semua berujung pada kaburnya nilai benar dan salah menjadi tidak signifikan.

teringat suatu kutipan "hanya ada dua hal dalam hidup, hal yang bisa diatur dan hal yang tidak bisa diatur. dan hanya ada dua tindakan untuk menyikapinya, yaitu menerima yang tidak bisa diatur, dan mengubah yang bisa diatur." suara kecil merenda seluruh preseden pilihan dan tindakan yang menjadikan pertanyaan-pertanyaan "kenapa" saya. saya terus lari dari masalah hingga masalah tersebut membentur saya keras-keras, berakhir pada saya mencari pembenaran diri dan mengeluh. rupanya harga diri saya masih terlalu tinggi untuk merasa salah. 

dunia bekerja dalam suatu cara simultan yang misterius. sama seperti tidak ada habisnya masalah dan penderitaan, begitu juga solusi dan kebahagiaan. namun kesadaran akan begitu seimbangnya dunia selalu digelapkan oleh rasa kasihan pada diri sendiri. mengeluh merupakan suatu bentuk ketidaktahuan dan kebutaan saya akan skenario besar yang sudah disiapkan sejak saya lahir, the so called destiny.  sebagai manusia fana, keluhan tidak terelakan. alangkah mudahnya hidup apabila tidak perlu mengeluh. tantangan yang ada adalah bagaimana cara menyikapi keluhan. saya bisa langsung menuju sudut kecil benak saya dan berperang dengan harga diri dan ego sendiri untuk mengakui kesalahan, atau selamanya menjadi maha benar yang mengutuk kondisi dan terseret pada kesengsaraan.

duh.

15.1.13

Talk about Love

"The quality of someone's life depends heavily on the life partner they choose-"

--and by quality, it doesn't necessarily mean the tangible things we might judge, it's the inner self that matters. After all everything is temporary, but only intangible things last longer.

3.1.13

1313


I know it's a little late.

big fan of new year. 
it's year changing. it's time when people's sinking hearts get lifted up. it's time when the light starts showing in the end of tunnel. it's a big turning point for most people. and I am, most people. just like the picture I insert, it's a new year and I'm ready to take a step. I'd love to spend more time reflecting and reevaluating my year. it's full of gratitude and apology. I don't mind scrolling see my timeline of any social media looking at people's joyful post updates. watching tv even made it to my list to do. well, I don't even mind idling and just enjoying the post-Christmas new year moment. as I said, I love new year.

the time when hope is re-kindled. 
New year, when the resolutions are made. my resolution is already well written on my journal since Christmas. Resolutions and wishes, for the upcoming year, all is based on hope. all of sudden everyone has a fresh start, hope. even though they say hopes mostly end up in disappointment, I still believe that hope is not a bad thing in my own way of perspective. everybody has their own philosophy I suppose. the whole world works in dysfunctional way. everyone should work to make it work. People seem weak but they are strong. People seem strong but they are weak. whichever you may be, it is all the matter of hope you become weak or strong. 
the time when faith is renewed.
the belief I have that hope is a good thing is a faith. 
the time when love is evolved.
the faith exists because I have people I love that I want to protect. I take the risk to fall in disappointment, hurt, despair, to get up and be with people I love. Love blinds you, love burdens you, but in the end of the day, you know it only strengthens you in an unexpected way. 

hope, faith, and love. a passage of 1 Cor 13:13 to kick 2013. 

6.10.12

rethorical

to him

what if
that day,
I brought my book
that would stop me
from an unavoidable meeting

where would I stand right now
what would my life turn to be

would I be happy,
or sad instead

would he be happier,
or sadder instead

I probably wouldn't feel this pain, 
wouldn't be this damaged
wouldn't be this twisty

but definitely
I also wouldn't have tasted real happiness
wouldn't feel blessed 
to ever know how to love someone wholeheartedly
to feel loved
to know him, 
to be given excessive amount of joy, and warmth


23.6.12

Good Things

it's 00.12 am on my desktop and my eyes are just as wide as Japan's anime's eyes. apparently I'm having sleep pattern shifted which affects just whole my daily routines. going to bed at dawn and sleep through all morning. which is unhealthy and kinda makes my body weakened actually.. blame on my lack of activity holiday. longing for something 'fun' to do, waiting for good things to happen.

speaking of which, due to everything being gone downhill lately, I'm becoming less and less inspired, also, of course, less motivated. like undetermined. that's maybe one of the reason after "this is holiday" that makes me keep the shifting of daily routines. it's no good. doing nothing is absolutely no solving anything. not to mention the good things I wait for.

now I'm here, in Bandung. been about a week here for a remedial exam. thank God there's still a remedy for one my failures this term. during last week I keep reminding my self that only a fool doesn't make the best for the second chance. turns out that..well..let's just see about the result. in fact, sometimes I still feel like, geez, viv, you still don't learn your lesson, do you? keep making the same mistakes over and over again. just waiting and doing nothing here.

thank God tomorrow I'm going back to Jakarta and plan to stay there for about a week. need to be outta Bandung for a while although I really really love Bandung. but being alone is the last thing I need for now. idling is not good for my thoughts apparently, hehe. the highlights of next week that keeps me excited going home are my cousin's wedding and brother's sidi. family week is all I need for now instead being here idling, just wait, wait and wait.

now I'm feeling like complaining to whoever creates a saying "good things come to those who wait." I mean, waiting won't give you any lesson less much than doing nothing. it's like waiting for the sky to drop a cent of money. imho, it's perhaps more appropriate to be patient instead. keep working, giving efforts, going thru tough times, and facing unstoppable rain of life problems. patience, one thing that I thought I already had but obviously it is still out of my reach.

good things come to those who are patient.
--Welcome Summer :)

22.6.12

Still

no matter, no matter, no matter,
it's still valid

7.6.12

Decadence

the word failure, has been glued to me, since nowadays life becomes pretty much a disaster. I failed at almost everything, nothing that I've done is good enough. sadly it's kinda too late to be fixed. I failed even in relationship, isn't it bad enough.. no, obviously life still wants to kid me more.
been thinking much about this recently, lots happened in my mind, I couldn't catch every thought, and it came out empty. like a lightning in the middle of a clear day, I got slapped by my own failure and changes. it ain't easy to accept, all I can give is denial. this is not me. this is not me. this, is, not, me.
Back then, I was always content with dreams and passion, reaching for the goal one by one. doing particularly all the things I love, living in the moment. and now, at the age where I always thought I was gonna be better, all I got is failure, a come-down. I'm at nowhere.


now, what to do, where to go, how to start,
starting over is no joke but it's not even easy. 

1.6.12

Slow Dancing in the Burning Room






how dare you say it's nothing to me?
you're the only light I ever saw

26.5.12

How Lee Day!

Hereby, I do solemnly affirm and state my freedom of academic activities until the next three holy months, or to be exact 26th of August 2012. For further information about non-academic activities, including vacation trip, will be held as I fill in with more posts. for the given attention, all the third parties who read this would have my gratitudes.




anyway.. this declaration deserves a yay, buddy.
yay!

14.5.12

It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn

quoting from a song by Florence + the Machine,which was first heard on 'How I Met Your Mother' tv series season 7 eps 17. No deeper and further implementation on recent life, just can't stop listening to her voice, feel the emotion and heart the lyrics. help




And I've been a fool and I've been blind 
I can never leave the past behind 
I can see no way, I can see no way 
I'm always dragging that horse around 

 All of these questions, such a mournful sound 
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground 
So I like to keep my issues drawn 
But it's always darkest before the dawn

I am done with my graceless heart 
So tonight I'm gonna cut it out and then restart 
'Cause I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn

29.4.12

Just Walked in the Rain

"get off the car, it's pouring down. one way of mending your scar inside is by washing it under the rain. crying it out. letting it go. letting it happen. that way, you might not feel any relieved, but at least, you won't hold such deep emotion and pressing yourself into despair"


"I love walking in the rain because no one can see me crying." 
-Rowan Atkinson

27.4.12

Useless Tautology

"I'll be happy when I'm happy"

in fact, it was just another brief moment of relief. it's not the eternal happiness that I always long for, well, the probability is not as much regarding to everything that had happened. history suggests to keep repeating itself. although I taste my true happiness, that costs me, as true pain, which is, I'm willing to persist. but, it seems to me, this train has to stop going in an infinite loop and I have no power left to prevent it. I just can't afford to leave, nor to stay.. and there is only two options. now that I finally was left, I'm not able to move even an inch.

I'll be happy when I'm happy. I'll be sad when I'm sad. I'll leave when I leave. I'll stay when you stay.
all is useless tautology.
or, is it?

23.3.12

Bitter

I thought I understood the idea of it, but fact that I can't stop questioning why only shows how  arrogant I was. no idea at all. in fact, life is no fantasy, no happy ending, no sweet coincidence. it is just pretty much about persisting in pain. how to stay fighting for the idea of happiness, how to stay sweet in the middle bitterness, how to stay alive in the middle of dead hearts. it is so funny. life's funny. I can tell how huge its sense of humor is. at some point, when I felt like I had everything I need, that I couldn't ask for more because I was so content, the lightning stroke and it was empty again. I was working against the gravity and then it pulled me down to the ground. I was standing on a solid ground, and then my ground collapsed. 


I really have no idea to where this wave will bring me. it might be another pain, or a happily ever after, or just another brief moment of relief. it can be everything, possibilities are infinite. but, at this very moment, I only feel bitter. 
my definition of life, is wasted.

12.3.12

these keep bugging my mind these days


  1. how do we not see our limitation as an obstacle, a hurdle? since it does limit us to do everything. constraint, barrier function, things we cannot pass because of its feasibility. 
  2. I really really really really really (-infinite really) want those things. so much I dare to say now I have things to die for. but damn it. bounded. this is the time when I feel like so little even my determination gets smaller and gone. I can't escape this jail.
  3. now how can we work it out. the circles in the diagram venn of things I want to do and my capability of work are like.. never intersect each other.  if they were curves, they were like asymptote. if they were magnetic poles, they were like two of one-kind of poles. t
  4. where the hell r u girl. 17 y/o me.
  5. last, why do I always write when I should be studying for exams. guess I just looked for an excuse not to face the books :p but well, these things keep shadowing me. 
never mind. these all are just rhetorical questions. the answers perhaps still lie somewhere within my self.
so.... someday, somehow..

2.3.12

Tweeny Twenty

5th birthday of a twenty y/o girl.. weird. 

and weirdly it went weird and so so too.