Lost Star by Adam Levine

Please don't see just a boy caught up in dreams and fantasies

Please see me reaching out for someone I can't see

Take my hand let's see where we wake up tomorrow

Best laid plans sometimes are just a one night stand

I'd be damned Cupid's demanding back his arrow

So let's get drunk on our tears and

God, tell us the reason youth is wasted on the young

It's hunting season and the lambs are on the run

Searching for meaning

But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

Who are we? Just a speck of dust within the galaxy?

Woe is me, if we're not careful turns into reality

Don't you dare let our best memories bring you sorrow

Yesterday I saw a lion kiss a deer

Turn the page maybe we'll find a brand new ending

Where we're dancing in our tears and

God, tell us the reason youth is wasted on the young

It's hunting season and the lambs are on the run

Searching for meaning

But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

I thought I saw you out there crying

I thought I heard you call my name

I thought I heard you out there crying

Just the same

God, give us the reason youth is wasted on the young

It's hunting season and this lamb is on the run

Searching for meaning

But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

I thought I saw you out there crying

I thought I heard you call my name

I thought I heard you out there crying

But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

But are we all lost stars, trying to light up the dark?

I like this song so much, I like Adam Levine too, his voice is so nice and delicious :D

Tengah 2015

Tak terasa udah mampir di pertengahan 2015 aja. Waktu memang cepat sekali berputarnya. Tak terasa.

Dan beruntungnya aku, di tahun ini anugrah Allah bertubi-tubi menghampiriku. Hampir seluruh wish list-ku untuk tahun ini terpenuhi. Segala yang kuinginkan bisa kudapatkan dengan mudah. Alhamdulillah.

Qurban tinggal menunggu hari-H. Registrasi TAP dan karil udah, tinggal belajar materi2 buat TAP dan bikin karya ilmiahnya. Deposito udah mulai ngumpulin uangnya, karena gaji udah alhamdulillah cukup bgt aku yakin bisa nabung buat buka deposito tahun depan. Memoar, on the progress nunggu kelar kuliah baru ntar buka2 lagi draf-nya.

Fa biayyai robbikumaa tukaddziban?
Semua nikmat Allah ini akan senantiasa aku syukuri. Terima kasih ya Allah. Anugrahmu sungguh sangat istimewa. Semoga dengan segala karunia ini aku bisa menjadi pribadi yang makin bersyukur dan berguna bagi manusia lainnya. Amin....

Mudik

You know what, all the story  was beginning from one word "mudik". Long long time ago, when a was a child I imagine my self "mudik" like other people. Bring so much thing for my family and give it to them. So silly. But this is the most important dream that I ever had. If I never dreamed about "mudik" this journey will not happen. And if this journey never happed, then I will never gain anything.

Thanks God, for every step that I take. It changed my life.

This year, I can't mudik and meet my family. But I'm so happy. I've been blessed. Allah give everthing that I need, more than what I want. Next year I will mudik and, its gonna be my last mudik.

Alhamdulillah.

Selamat mudik bagi yang mudik.
Yang gak mudik, mari nikmati heningnya jakarta *tapi gak hening-hening amat juga sih*

Be happy

New Pond

I have a friend that have a disease, which is make her to avoid stress feeling. But for the sake of money and responsibility she have to work. As known, work in the office will make a stress feeling, little or much.
But she can't deny it. She still work and get stressed.

I know, she must be so confused.
But if I have the same situation I will move on. I am the kind of person that really want to feel free. So, I don't want to anybody or anything make me uncomfortable with my environtment.

I will make new pond. As Diana Rikasari said at 88 Love Life "Find new pond where you can swim free and happy, no matter how small or big. Even better, make your own pond"

Daniel Mananta : "Gue Pengen Jadi Orang Kaya"

Judul diatas adalah salah satu statement Daniel Mananta waktu penjurian Mtv VJ Hunt tahun 2005 kalo gak salah. Saat itu Daniel belom sengetop sekarang dan baru memulai karirnya sebagai calon VJ Mtv.

And guess what, time flies, sepuluh tahun kemudian Daniel telah menjadi lelaki yang rich and famous. And the point is, how hard he has worked and get what his dreamed for just ten years. I can imagine it. Be the VJ, MC, actor, producer and entrepreneur. Whoahhhhhhh. Kerja keras banget ini pastinya.

I want to be like him.

Pengen niru semangat, perjuangan dan kerja kerasnya.

Boleh saja kan?

Menghilang dan Menemukan

Lama sekali aku gak menulis. Jangankan menulis, sekedar menikmati hidup aja aku tidak sempat. Semua tentang kerja, belajar, kerja, belajar. Bukannya mengeluh, tapi demikian kenyataannya.
Sejak awal tahun aku emang sudah menisbahkan sepanjang tahun ini untuk belajar, agar bisa lulus tahun depan. Dan, yep aku tidak main-main dengan janjiku, sudah setengah tahun berjalan dan aku puas telah belajar keras.
Semoga perjuanganku tidak sia-sia dan bisa memakai toga di tahun 2016. Aminnnn

Make A Better Life

Everyone has the opportunity to make a better life but not everyone knows how to #88LoveLive by Diana Rikasari

Yes, everybody want to make a better life, include me. But not everyone knows how to, include me.

Apapun rencana saya kedepannya, saya tau pasti bahwa saya menginginkan kehidupan yang lebih baik. Tapi di antara rencana-rencana saya tersebut selalu ada ketidakpastian. Belum tentu rencana-rencana saya tersebut akan menyeret saya dalam kehidupan yang lebih baik. Tapi setidaknya saya tau pasti akan tujuan saya.

Just go for it.
Make a better life.
Make a better living.
Make me a useful person and having happy family.

Go home next year,
Planning for a marriage,
Having baby,
Then reborn my online book shop Premier Reader, and build new empire in my village.
I can do it, for the sake of better life.

Thinking Out Loud, by Ed Sheran : The Most Beautiful Love Song

When your legs don't work like they used to before
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?

And, darling, I will be loving you 'til we're 70
And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
And I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Well, me—I fall in love with you every single day
And I just wanna tell you I am

So honey now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
And the crowds don't remember my name
When my hands don't play the strings the same way
I know you will still love me the same

'Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen
And, baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory
I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand

But, baby, now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
Thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

So, baby, now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are
Oh, baby, we found love right where we are
And we found love right where we are

Waktu

Jangan pernah menyandarkan rasa pada waktu, karena ia mempunyai masa kadaluarsanya sendiri.

Barangkali quote tersebutlah yang mampu mewakili hal-hal yang membayangi otakku saat ini. Quote tersebut merupakan kalimat yang paling aku ingat dari buku legendarisnya kak Windy Ariestanty yang berjudul Life Traveler.

Kini, rasa itu berubah. Obsesi untuk menjadi maha hadir di segala acara keren di Jakarta kini telah memudar tak berbekas. Capek, masalah finansial dan fokus kuliah menjadi alasan mendasar mengapa kini aku tak lagi seobsesif dulu. Mungkin juga kini aku sudah lebih dewasa, dan mau tidak mau harus mampu memilah mana yang penting mana yang tidak.

Di satu sisi aku bersyukur, aku sudah tak lagi kecapean seperti dulu, sudah bisa mulai menabung, hubunganku dengan masku jadi makin akrab dan bisa fokus belajar materi kuliah. Tapi di satu sisi kadang sedih juga harus melewatkan begitu saja momen-momen acara yang seru. Sempet kepikiran juga kan mumpung masih di Jakarta. Belum tentu lho tahun dpn masih ada di sini.

But eniwei, everything is fine. Semua ada waktunya masing-masing. Tugas kita hanya mempersiapkan diri untuk menghadapi segala perubahan. Be wise, Arista!

The Perfect Couple

Usai menyelesaikan buku funtastic berjudul 300 wisdom Steve Jobs, buku ini merupakan buku yang dirangkum dari biografi Steve Job karya Isaac Walter dan beberapa sumber lainnya.
Hanya setebal 235 halaman namun mampu merefleksikan betapa kuat, cerdas, dan kerennya Steve Jobs. Makin kagum sama beliau.

Steve Jobs yang terlahir dari orang tua tanpa ikatan pernikahan, dan di adopsi oleh keluarga yang biasa-biasa saja akhirnya mampu menjadi salah satu inovator dan pebisnis terbaik di dunia. Menjadi sukses memang tidak peduli dg latar belakang seseorang, kemauan, usaha, kerja keras dan doalah yang mampu menentukan kesuksesan seseorang.

Kecintaan Steve Jobs pada bidang teknologi telah membuatnya kukuh untuk mengembangkan Apple Inc. Inovasi produk Apple-pun menjadi digandrungi oleh masyarakat. Mulai dari iPod, iPhone, iPad semua diburu oleh para fanatic Apple.

Stay hungry, stay foolish

Festival Pembaca Indonesia 2014

 

Review : Quiet by Susan Cain

I use to think that Im different, Im too sensitive and like to be alone all of time, and I ever think that Im a weird person, but Quiet has changed my mind. Im not that bad, Im normal, so many people out there have the same insight as mine. Im not strange, Im just introvert. Im introvert with all the good side and bad side. Thank you Suzan for open up my mind. I dont have to change anything about my quietness and my individualism. Because now I know that Im normal.
Horrayyyy I'm normal :)

Tiga Tahun

Butuh waktu tiga tahun,
Iya, tiga tahun, waktu yang cukup lama hanya untuk sekedar mencintaimu, almamaterku, Universitas Terbuka.

Tiada yang bisa kubanggakan, bahkan aku sempat merasa terjebak karena salah jurusan.
Namun setelah tiga tahun, benih-benih itu perlahan muncul. Mulai menyukai rutinitas untuk registrasi mata kuliah, ambil kartu ujian, hingga ujian di sekolah-sekolah elit di Jakarta. Mulai menyukai aktivitas belajar di sela-sela malam lelah yang penuh gairah.

Aku mulai jatuh cinta.

Cinta bisa tumbuh bersama waktu

One Step Closer

Hari ini ujian hari terakhir di semester 6.
Bersyukuuuuuur banget, gak nyangka bisa sampai di titik ini.
Maka nikmat Allah yang mana lagi yang bisa aku dustakan.
Tinggal selangkah lagi :)
Bahagiaaa rasanya

Merasa semakin cinta dengan UT
Juga pegawainya ;)

My Oktober Gift

Ukuran Kedewasaan

"Aku sudah 24 tahun dan merasa sudah tidak memerlukan buku semacam ini lagi"

Cetaaaaaaar
Itu adalah kalimat yang dilontarkan seorang peserta diskusi first reader Gagas Media. Mengenai salah satu buku panduan yang sedang kita review. Statement-nya berbeda 180 derajat denganku. Padahal usiaku jauh lebih tua darinya, tapi kenyataannya aku tidak lebih dewasa dari dia.

Dia menganggap sudah tidak membutuhkan buku semacam itu lagi, berarti dia sudah dewasa dan matang, she know what she want and she had decided what her principle. Sedangkan aku dalam usiaku yang sedemikian "tua" masih saja tergila-gila dengan buku panduan, selalu ingin dituntun dan diajari step by step, selalu mau disuapi tanpa mau mencara arah sendiri.

Aku memang harus belajar dan belajar lagi tentang kedewasaan.

Pengen jadi kucingnya..... #Random

Magic By Coldplay

Call it magic
Call it true
Call it magic
When I'm with you
And I just got broken
Broken into two
Still I call it magic
When I'm next to you

And I don't, and I don't and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't,
It's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't,
It's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

Ooooh ooh ooh

Call it magic
Cut me into two
And with all your magic
I disappear from view
And I can't get over
Can't get over you
Still I call it magic
You're such a precious jewel

And I don't, and I don't and I don't, and I don't
No, I don't,
It's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't
No, I don't,
It's true
I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't, no, I don't want anybody else but you

Wanna fall
I fall so far
I wanna fall
I fall so hard
And I call it magic
And I call it true
I call it magic

Ooooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooh ooh

And if you were to ask me
After all that we've been through
Still believe in magic
Oh yes I do
Oh yes I do
Yes I do
Oh yes I do
Of course I do

I don't know why but this song is so peaceful and remind me about my mate.

Yes, our relationship is magic. Our journey is magic. So, he is my magic.