Waraney's posts with tag: urban living
saat kerja selesai
pukul setengah sebelas
siang hari yang terlambat
membuka matanya.
(jakarta, padat pekerja, langit ramah dan gedung sumringah. cuaca yang sorga. neraka yang kadaluarsa, kuli bangunan jongkok menikmati ketoprak berkeringat. kota ini berkeringat)
rumah dan setumpuk buku menanti.
es buah, nasi sebungkus beli di warung belakang
kebon kacang adalah kebun raya berpagar cahaya instan
(ah nikmatnya menjadi tua saat engkau tetap muda)
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i'm jealous of religious people because they can have all the world for themselves.
i'm jealous of religious people because they are so sure they will be saved. i'm jealous of religious people because they believe that they never waste any words. i'm jealous of religious people because they will shed no tears while i'll shed mine. i'm jealous of religious people because jealousy is at the bottom of their list.
|  | july 13, 2007.
dua hari bekerja seperti kuli (walaupun tetep gaya dan mempesona oh yee) membuat kami sadar bahwa ada hal-hal tertentu yang harus diserahkan kepada ahlinya.
(bukan puisi tentunya, karena semua bisa berpuisi and i dont give a flying fuck what you hypocrites think about it).
maksud kami, hal-hal seperti pengecatan rumah, betulin wc, dan beres-beres lainnya.
weekend yang cukup menyenangkan. mari kembali membereskan hidup masing-masing. oh, jangan lupa besok telpon herman the handyman to clean up our mess. you rock, man! |
| | july 12, 2008.
we chose 'modern flow' color. whateverthefuck that means. it turned out similar to those of ice cream's, telor asin's, or hospital bathroom's.
lucunya, sebelum mulai ngecat, kita baru sadar bahwa gak ada yang tahu cara ngebuka kaleng catnya. kampret. gue harus balik ke rumah nenteng-nenteng kaleng cat, cari tukang langganan gue n minta dibukain kalengnya. hahaha...
damn city boys!
we'll do some more coloring today. care to join us?
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| | anya, mj, and me rented this little piece of property in kebon kacang for bungamatahari and irispustaka's basecamp.
not far from my own place. thats the beauty of it.
we welcome donations:
books, bookshelves, tables, chairs, pillows, refrigerator, air conditioner, carpets, tatamis, alcohol (for paint thinner and self-development acts), laptops (preferably high-end brands), printer, scanner, and food. lots of food.
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She's A Rainbow
(Jagger/Richards)
She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?
She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?
She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors
| | *judul dipinjam dari judul novel hemingway yang dipinjam dari mj yang belum dibaca* |
Tonight, Tonight by Smashing Pumpkins
Time is never time at all
You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth
And our lives are forever changed
We will never be the same
The more you change the less you feel
Believe, believe in me, believe
That life can change, that you're not stuck in vain
We're not the same, we're different tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight
And you know you're never sure
But you're sure you could be right
If you held yourself up to the light
And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
The place where you were born
Believe, believe in me, believe
In the resolute urgency of now
And if you believe there's not a chance tonight
Tonight, so bright
Tonight
We'll crucify the insincere tonight
We'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight
We'll find a way to offer up the night tonight
The indescribable moments of your life tonight
The impossible is possible tonight
Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight
In This Heart by Sinead O'Connor
In this heart lies for you
A lark born only for you
Who sings only to you
My love
My love
My love
I am waiting for you
For only to adore you
My heart is for you
My love
My love
My love
This is my grief for you
For only the loss of you
The hurting of you
My love
My love
My love
There are rays on the weather
Soon these tears will have cried
All loneliness have died
My love
My love
My love
I will have you with me
In my arms only
For you are only
My love
My love
My love
Tension is a Passing Note by Sixpence None The Richer
Do I murder when I forget you from afar?
too drunk on the poison of endless roads
and the countless smoky bars
but tension is to be loved
when it is like a passing note
to a beautiful, beautiful chord
do I murder us
putting pavement in my veins
shooting it in, special heroin
for the seeking and displaced?
but tension is to be loved
when it is like a passing note
to a beautiful, beautiful chord
but tension is to be loved
when it is like a passing note
to a beautiful, beautiful -
tension is to be loved
when it is like a passing note
to a beautiful, beautiful chord
Akhirnya saya harus cukup puas dengan sate ayam dan lontong saja.
Setelah menunggu penuh rindu, si tukang nasi goreng yang biasa mangkal di depan Papado.net (Jalan Satrio, satu selepetan jin sebelum ITC Kuningan) ternyata tak datang-datang. Perut lapar dan maag yang mengincar membuat saya tak kuat menanti.
Sate 15 tusuk dan lontong dua. Total harga, Rp15 ribu.
Lumayan mengganjal perut. Nanti sampai di rumah mungkin harus ditambah lagi dengan donat tak berbentuk yang kemarin dimasak paman saya di rumah tante di Kelapa Gading.
Nonton DVD apa subuh ini? Di kamar masih tersisa 'The Assasination of Jesse James', 'No Country for Old Men', dan setumpuk film lagi yang belum sempat ditonton. Ada banyak juga dorama Jepang milik kakak saya yang wajib dilihat. Juga serial West Wing yang harus ditonton ulang minimal setiap minggu.
Majalah Wired, The Economist, National Geographic Traveler, dan Tempo, semuanya belum selesai dibaca. Antologi puisi Saut Situmorang yang bikin mata melek, himpunan puisi Nirwan Dewanto yang indah nan membingungkan, Pangeran Pencuri hasil minjam dari Anya, Iliad dan Odyssey yang kata MJ saya wajib baca. Semua tertumpuk manis di meja belajar.
Harus mulai dari mana ya?
Rencana mengurung diri seperti Musashi (dua tahun di menara benteng daimyo tercinta, hanya membaca dan samadhi) selama masa libur sebulan ini, ternyata tak semudah yang saya kira. Padahal tak banyak kesibukan.
Bangun tidur agak siang. Bengong satu jam mikirin oh nikmatnya tak harus bermacet-macet di jalan raya. Ke kamar mandi untuk pup. Bengong lagi di kamar. Setengah jam menimbang-nimbang harus nonton/baca apa. Satu-dua jam baca/nonton sesuatu. Makan siang/kesiangan. Bengong lagi. Tidur siang. Atau akhirnya mandi yang bersih jangan lupa sikat gigi lalu ganti baju yang trendy. Terus pergi ketemu teman-teman, membahas sidejob terjemahan-penerbitan dan lain-lain. Nongkrong sampai malam. Kadang mabuk. Lebih sering lagi cuma rada-rada tipsy namun tetap terjaga seksi. Pulang subuh/menjelang subuh. (Perumnas Tanah Abang sunyi sekali di jam-jam segini). Ganti baju/hanya buka sepatu melonggarkan retsleting jeans. Bengong setengah jam saja. Bobok yang manis dan mimpi jadi raja pembebas bangsa pembantai monster hina.
Kegiatan rutin seperti pacaran, menemani pacar jalan-jalan, nonton film sama pacar, belanja sama pacar, dan jadi pacar yang baik dan benar sesuai Pancasila dan UUD 1945, tentu tetap dilaksanakan.
Oh betapa senangnya.
Kurang dari sebulan lagi, saya akan kerja seperti biasa. Memang cuma paruh waktu. Tapi harus masuk kantor jam setengah enam pagi. Berarti bangun jam 4 setiap hari.
Sekarang, peduli setan dengan pagi.
Sudah dua botol fruit tea nangkring di samping keyboard. Gara-gara minuman ini, setiap saya teringat internet, otomatis otak saya teringat rasa asam-manis sari buah bohong2an ini. Mungkin karena di setiap warnet yang saya datangi, ia pasti bertengger manis di lemari pendingin.
Di setiap warnet yang saya datangi.
Karena sebagai penganggur intelek, saya tak lagi dapat saluran internet cepat dari kantor. Di rumah belum tersambung internet. Mungkin nanti, kalau sudah dapat laptop baru.
Saat ini, cukup di warnet saja (walaupun malam-malam begini kadang ada orang aneh seperti gadis yang sebenarnya lumayan manis itu tapi agaknya sering keluar malam karena mukanya kok agak keriput ya yang terus-menerus melirik ke arah saya tapi agaknya cuma karena lapar saja karena setelah pesanan ayam bakarnya datang dia tak nengok-nengok lagi mungkin karena sekarang saya gendut seperti ayam bakar).
Jam tiga pagi. Saatnya berkemas dan cari taksi.
| Start: | Apr 28, '08 7:00p | | Location: | Gelanggang Planet Senen |
Komunitas Planet Senen (KoP’S) akan mengenang kepergian Chairil Anwar tanggal 28 April 1949 di Rumah Sakit CBZ (Rs. Cipto Mangunkusumo sekarang) dalam usia 26 tahun, 9 bulan dan 11hari itu, secara sederhana, dan apa adanya. Untuk mengenang Chairil Anwar, KoP’S menyiapkan acara pembacaan biografi singkat Chairil Anwar (Endo Senggono), pembacaan puisi dan musikalisasi Puisi karya Chairil serta Orasi Budaya (IrmanSyah) yang bertajuk “Planet Senen dan Chairil Anwar”,serta baca puisi oleh penyair-penyair Jakarta seperti Ahmadun Yossi Herfanda, Viddy AD Daery, Budhy Setyawan, Sihar Ramses Simatupang, Rara Gendis, Miranda Putri, Slamet Rahardjo Rais, Anya Rompas, Imam Ma’arif dan banyak lagi, pada 28 April 2008, bertempat di Kuburan Karet dan Planet Senen, dekat Pasar Senen, Jakarta Pusat. Acara KoP’S dimulai dengan ziarah ke makam Chairil di Karet Pukul 09.00 WIB, dengan materi pembacaan puisi dan do’a KoP’S, dan kemudian kembali ke Senen. Selanjutnya acara dilanjutkan pada malamnya, pukul 19.30 – selesai di Plaza depan Gelanggang Planet Senen, Jln. Stasiun Senen No.1, tepatnya di depan Stasiun Senen, Jakarta Pusat. KEGIATAN KOP’S UNTUK REVITALISASI PLANET SENEN Penyelenggara acara adalah “KoP’S”, yang menelorkan even berkala sekali sebulan di Gelanggang Remaja Jakarta Pusat, yaitu “Planet Kongkow”. Acara pertama Senin/7 April lalu sukses digelar dengan tajuk “Kongkow Sastra” yang melibatkan masyarakat umum, seniman/cendikiawan/dan budayawan muda, pengamen, serta penonton yang mobile dari terminal ke pasar, dan stasiun, atau/dan sebaliknya. Tanggal 28 April ini “KoP’S” sengaja menggelar even yang bertajuk “Planet Senen dan Chairil Anwar”. Acara ini bukanlah tak beralasan: Pasca Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia , Jakarta menjadi Pusat Pemerintahan. Otomatis, Jakarta juga menjadi serbuan utama “Seniman Urban” pada masa itu. Waktu itu masa usai kejayaan Pujangga Lama, Pujangga Baru, dan Angkatan 45, menjelang babak baru Indonesia, babak baru kesusastraan dan Kesenian Modern Indonesia. Waktu itu,peran penting Planet Senen di sekitar Pasar Senen yang terletak di jantung Ibukota, telah menjadi guru kehidupan bagi para seniman. Tidak hanya sekedar karya sastra dan seni pertunjukan yang mereka alami, tempaan kehidupan keras pasar, situasi politik yang sering berubah, sampai pada inflasi ekonomi yang membangun kondisi empiric, basis penciptaan yang membuat mereka mampu bertahan hidup, sambil melahirkan karya-karya besar. Spirit inilah yang dibangkitkan kembali oleh KOP’S, agar “ruang public” mampu membangun eksistensinya menjadi “ruang cultural”. KoP’S berusaha untuk mengembannya. Akan hadir di acara ini antara lain, Imam Ma’rif, Viddy AD Daery, Giyanto Subagio, Anya Rompas, Slamet Raharjo Rais, Exan Zen, Ahmadun Yosi Herfanda, Akhmad Sekhu, Warga Nandang Rahayu, Sihar Ramses Simatupang, Widodo Arumdono, Putri Miranda, Rara Gendis, serta grup Denting, Sapta, Big-aW! dan KAPAS. (KoP’S)
after a grievous disturbance of the senses * she thought of fairy lights she still kept on her dying christmas tree ** and the waitress tap danced with him *** la veuve joyeuse a la javanaise **** a play of words by iain bamforth (*), anya (**), ney (***), and richard oh (****).
ohlala cafe, wednesday, april 2, 2008.
Hari ini lagi-lagi makan siang dengan menu nasi padang. Telur dadar, perkedel, sayur dua macam, dan nasi yang diguyur kuah. Hmmm. Asooy.
Agak kuatir juga sih, soalnya kalo keseringan makan nasi padang kadar kolesterol bisa melonjak kan? Berarti besok harus makan dengan menu yang sehat. Tapi apa? Menu sehat dan berserat biasanya mahal kan?
Padahal dimana-mana orang bilang, ayo makan yang sehat, yang berserat. Tapi begitu mampir ke warung atau restoran, menunya yang berminyak dan berdaging semua. Kalaupun ada sayur, pasti sudah nggak segar.
Gimana mau sehat?
Sudahlah, yang penting nanti malam beli apel seplastik buat ngemil malam hari. Ayo ayo diet!
Today and tomorrow (Friday-Saturday, 29 Feb-1 Mar), I will be going to Maverick's Away Day in Ancol. The location is supposed to be a secret, but I found out about it just last week.
I hope it's gonna be fun. Too bad I have to give a presentation to my colleagues on our media relations program later at 10. It's not that I suck at presentation (I sometimes do, but that's another topic), it's just that with the workload lately I haven't been able to get enough rest, and haven't been able to prepare well.
And last night's session with my friends did not help at all. It's not like I don't enjoy hanging out, it's just that I was so tired. I got home at 1.30 AM, and still have to do some sidejob. I finally went to bed at around 3 AM, and got up at 6 AM. Talk about bad time management.
No wonder I'm sick all the time.
This morning as I got into the cab and about to plug into my Nokia 6681 music player, I caught some familiar notes from the driver's radio. Something old-fashioned. It's a (melayu? dangdut?) song from Elvi Sukaesih. Gosh, of all the songs I have to listen to this?
But somehow as the song sunk in, it sounded perfect for this morning. It's something so Jakarta. I asked the driver, "Who's the singer, Pak?"
"Elvi Sukaesih. It's an old song. I'm not really into today's songs," He said.
"It's a nice song," I said. Simon and Garfunkel will have to wait til later.
Such a light morning with clear traffic and slight signs of rain. It took me another one and a half songs to get to the office. What a way to start an away day.
Yesterday I was sick and couldn't come to the office. The extra sleep did me good.
My Blueberry Nights and Darjeeling Limited. Nice movies. Good looking Louis Vuittons. Naked Natalie. Straight-faced Jason. Today I was sorry for being sick, with the load of work I have now, and wished I didn't take the day off. Plus the freezing air conditioner. And the instant coffee. Cream. With sugar. Workloads. Day offs. Sickness. I am getting old. You poor old thing said my girlfriend.
It was only last week during my weekly hang-outs when one of my friends raised the issue of Jakarta's bad roads. He used to drive a motorcycle, thus he got to feel the holes and bumps more than us bus-and-taxi riders. As always, every time someone throw a new topic, our attention deficit disorder kicked in and all of us jumped and gave our own versions of bad road incidents. Today I read a post from another friend mentioning basically the same thing and an article in The Jakarta Post highlighting the issue from a national perspective. The article said: The state of land transportation is not only poor but seems to be getting worse, a seminar revealed, citing a global survey that put Indonesia's ranking in a worse position this year than last year. Bambang Susantono, deputy to the coordinating minister for the economy for infrastructure and regional development, said Tuesday that Indonesia was ranked 91 among 131 countries surveyed by the World Economic Forum in the transportation infrastructure area. We've had our independence more than half a century ago. Our satellites are among those objects scattering the globe's outer atmosphere right now. We build a feckin gold-headed phallus in our capital for cryin out loud. We have a goddamn PhD president today. And we can't even build good roads? I've been to several cities around Indonesia, and the most striking things I've seen are not the beautiful views these regions have for the tourists, but the palace-like government buildings they all have to show the foreigners. No matter how poor the region is, the government just gotta have the shiniest marble floors and the tallest concrete pillars for their newest offices. While across the road people are living in shanties. The fact that this was first mentioned by my Australian client did not make me feel any better. Indonesians love to show off. Maybe more than some nations in the world. And we do it at any cost. There's this stereotype about the people from North Sulawesi, especially my parents' hometown Menado. They say people from this area are known, anecdotally, as lebih baik kalah nasi daripada kalah aksi. Or 'better to talk the talk than to walk the walk'. I guess its not just us Menadonesse.
JAKARTA, KAMIS- Mulai hari ini (Kamis, 21/2) hingga Sabtu (23/2) akan terjadi pemadaman listrik di wilayah Jakarta dan Tangerang. Informasi yang diperoleh Kompas.com dari PLN Disjaya, Kamis (21/2), wilayah yang terkena pemadaman listrik hari ini adalah daerah Gambir, Jalan Tanah Pasir, Pakin Raya, PT Sumber Mitra Reality dsk (GI-Angke), Jalan Gunung Sahari, PD Dharma Jaya, PT Alpine Perdana dsk (GI-Kemayoran), Jalan Sunda Kelapa, Muara Baru, Dirjen Perikanan dsk (GI-Muara Karang). Kemudian daerah Kebayoran, Jalan Raya Cirendeu Pondok Cabe dsk (GI-Gandul), daerah Kramat Jati, Jalan Sepakat, Mesjid Hijau Cilangkap dsk (GI-Jatirangon). Selanjutnya di daerah Tangerang, Jalan Raya Lio Baru dsk (GI-cengkareng), Perum Cipondoh Makmur dsk (GI-Ciledug). Pemadaman akan berlangsung mulai pukul 09.00 sampai dengan 17.00 WIB. Setiap kawasan di Jakarta dan Tangerang akan mendapat giliran pemadaman. Kawasan perumahan menjadi sasaran utama pemadaman. Akan tetapi, kawasan perkantoran, seperti kawasan bisnis dan pemerintahan di Jalan Sudirman dan MH Thamrin juga akan mendapat giliran. Beberapa usaha yang dijamin tidak akan mendapat giliran pemadaman, yaitu bisnis media massa, terutama media televisi dan radio, termasuk percetakan. Rumah sakit pemerintah, seperti Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo juga tidak akan mendapat giliran pemadaman listrik. Namun, rumah sakit rumah sakit swasta tetap akan mendapat giliran.(ROY)
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