Seharusnya itu hanya physical appeal saja tapi-

-tapi nyatanya malah gw jadi aneh.

Gini deh. Sebelum membaca postingan Nii, ijinkan saya memberikan URL dari postingan sahabat saya semasa SMP, Ona, yang memiliki masalah mirip dengan Nii.

“Aa… Cinta itu Buta..”

Setelah Nii ngebaca postingan Ona, Nii jadi sadar ternyata Tuhan memakai berbagai cara yang ajaib untuk menyadarkan Nii tentang hal-hal yang keliru :D yang kadang suka Nii lakukan dengan bodohnya.

Ceritanya begini, pada suatu hari sebelum bulan agustus (ato pas bulan agustus, Nii jg lupa), Nii kenalan dengan seseorang… waktu itu kacamata baru Nii belum selesai dibikinnya jadi pandangan Nii agak2 kabur tentu saja. Waktu itu Nii lagi bingung, bete soalnya tmn gw yg dari SMAK 1, Ronald, kga dateng, en gw kga ada tmn2 yg bener2 ‘knal’…

Datanglah seseorang yg memanggil nama lengkap gw, “Nistria! Kamu tugas di bagian sini yah! Terus siapa aja yang tugas di bagian sana…” *Sisa cerita disensor klo ga terlalu obvious*

Singkat cerita, gw berkenalan dengan cowo yg menjadi partner ‘one-night-stand’ gw (gila emang tu kerjaan berdiri melulu, pas malem2pula, makanya gw sebut one night stand hehehe, cape, pegel, en bikin masuk angin soalnya gw jaga di luar en kga pake jaket…) Nah dasar si Nii bolor, pertama kali Nii cuman membatin, “Oh, iya, salam kenal.”

Terus kita berdua mulai ngobrol2 gitu lah (ya emang kerjaan kita btuh banyak ngobrol gitu klo gak moal selesai kerjaannya) terakhirnya gw bantu2 bagian lain dan dia juga bantu2 bagian lain lain lagi… Habis itu Nii kan pulang, ya sudah lupakanlah semua, memang pekerjaan yg menyenangkan tapi tidak ada yang berkesan.

Dasar Nii lemot.

Beberapa hari kemudian setelah ketemu dia lagi dengan jarak yang agak sedikit lebih dekat dan durasi ketemuan yang lebih lama, Nii baru nyadar klo cowo yg kemaren itu imut, ga terlalu item, dan… i gotta admit it, he’s in a good shape (si jolang pasti tau tuh siapa yg gw maksud… si bemper seksi ahaha tp dy udah janji ga akan kasih tahu sapa2. Ya kan jolang? ^^). Nah~ masalah deh mulai

Pertamanya seneng ngeliatnya aja. Imut2 gitu mirip Kanata Hongo + Shirota Yuu. Tapi mulai berkembang ke arah yg aneh kayaq di komik2 Jepang yg watase Yuu gitu tao… Dimana sang tokoh cewe hanya bisa menatap cowo yang disukainya dari kejauhan sambil mengatakan kata-kata tak terungkapkan di hatinya (HALAH!) tapi serius deh. Gw rasa tuh konyol aja gitu, masa bisa sih gw suka sama orang yang bahkan gw gak kenal dengan baik gitu? Maaassssa sssihhhh?

Nah beberapa hari itu gw gak tau apa yg terjadi dari diri gw tapi sadar gak sadar, mata gw udah ngarah ke dia meluluuuuuuuu. Gw jg gak tau koq bisa ya…? Tp gw jg biarpun kenalnya nggak dari kejauhan tapi akhirnya setelah sering ngobrol, sering ketawa2 bareng, gw mengetahui fakta yg selama ini gw harusnya sudah aware lohhhh…

Si imut itu gak seiman :(

Tadinya sih gw cuek2 aja soalnya gw pikir “Ah, it’s just physical. Nothing really matters, I don’t really care…” (gaya Alicia Keys gitu deh ahahaha) tapi koq lama2 feelingnya berkembang ya? Apalagi pas gw harus ketemu lama2 ama dia gitu… terus gw liat dia flirting ma cewe lain

koq rasanya sedih ya?

dalam hati gw berkata, ah konyol banget sih lu Nii, kan lu belum kenal dia. Lagian kan lu anti banget ama yg namanya cari jodoh ga seiman. Ya gak sih? Apalagi setelah gw melihat beberapa kasus yang gagal…

Rasanya susah gitu ngelepasin pandangan mata gw dari dia, akhirnya gw mulai dilema, gara2 film the Secret tuh! Kan kalo menginginkan sesuatu, harus difokuskan ke hal itu lah.. Akhirnya mulai perdebatan dalam hati gw…

Nii1: “Fokus… bayangkan dia deket ama lu…”

Nii2: “Ngapain? LU cuman nambah2in masalah aja klo deket ma dia! mana ga seiman lagi!”

Debat aja terus tuh sisi2 diri gw yg bertentangan, sampe akhirnya gw dimarahin seseorang… yg gw jujur jd sebel banget. seakan2 gw jadinya adalah anak yg bukan dari pernikahan kudus. Gw rada2 sakit hati sama orang2 yg udah ngerasa hidup di Surga, nasehat mereka begitu menggurui dan tidak down to earth…

Sampe akhirnya gw sadar klo gw memang harus cari yg seiman

kadang gw ngerasa bodoh, kenapa sih jadi ada rasa sakit hati untuk melupakan yah? gw pikir semuanya bisa diselesaikan dengan cepat, nyatanya engga. Gw setelah baca blog Ona, gw sadar, ternyata semuanya butuh proses…

Gw dimarahin ama seseorang, gara2 ngeceng cowo yg ga seiman. Bah! Gw akhirnya tahu, ini adalah perasaan yg tidak enak (>_<) seakan-akan semua tmn2 lu yg berlabel saudara seiman semua berdiri memojokkan lu di satu tembok dan tampang mereka yg dulu bagai malaikat, sekarang kayaq kakak kelas yang lagi ngospek adik kelasnya… Memang sih gw ngakuin gw salah, dan dinasehati ketika salah itu tidak selamanya enak, tp ttp aja gw pengen mengungkapkan rasanya ketika gw dimarahin. Pengen rasanya gw ngomong, “dulu lu mirip malaikat, skarang lu mirip babon…”

Jujur memang sampai sekarang, prosesnya mungkin agak sulit bwt gw karena gw (kemungkinan) selalu ada perasaan berharap gitu deh setiap kali ketemu tuh cowo dengan bemper manteb (uhm, jol, ehehe) dan sempet terbersit di pikran gw apa yg akan terjadi klo gw jadian ama dia… klo dy suka ma gw en klo gw juga beneran suka ma dia…

TAPI TETEP GA BOLEH!

kan ga seiman…

tapi biar gimanapun juga ga enak kan proses melupakannya?

Apapun itu, Nii yakin klo Tuhan sedang membawa Nii ke dalam latihan yg mungkin agak asing bwt gw. Latihan yg membuat gw sadar klo gw harus jujur ama Tuhan, gak sok kuat dan sok bisa ngatasin perasaan hati sendiri. Klo Nii ga kuat, Nii harus tau klo Tuhan selalu ada di samping Nii :D

Masih perlu banyak latihan sebelum menemukan calon teman hidup sejati, Nii, dan jangan khawatir Tuhan akan selalu menggandeng tangan Nii, disaat apapun…

God will make a way when there seems to be no way

NB: kayaqnya tipe cowo gw dari SMP sampai skarang tuh sama aja yah. Ga item. Ga ndut n chubby. Ga maceuh. Ga bawel. Ga pendek. Ga pake celana hipster. Dan yg jelas, semuanya penyandang cacat mata miopi ^^ duh ehehe jd malu :D

Nii 190081XX

AKHIRNYA SAYA RESMI JADI MAHASISWA ITB!!!!!!!!!!!!

Asyik yah, akhirnya gw mendapatkan status baru yang amat sangat diidam-idamkan teman-teman Nii dari segala penjuru nusantara, yaitu menyandang gelar sebagai mahasiwa ITB.

Di dalamnya sudah termasuk fasilitas-fasilitas yang menunjang prestise kita sebagai mahasiswa ITB, antara lain yaitu jaket berwarna biru tua kehijauan dengan cap gajah di dada. Hmm, excited banget nieh gw XD

Eh tapi jangan salah… bukan ini yg gw pengen ceritain lohhh. Menurut gw, jadi mahasiswa ITB (especially SBM-ITB) membuka mata gw akan hal-hal baru yang selama ini nggak pernah gw rasain seumur-umur hidup gw (bukan masalah pilih SKS ato apa gitu… bukan koq). Selain masalah klise mahasiswa yang antara lain adalah transisi dari SMA (yg serba teratur) ke masa kuliah (yg serba semau gw), ada satu lagi fenomena yg gw hadapin.

Mulai dari Oddisey 2008.

Suatu hari teman Nii dari SMAN 8 nelepon bwt ngajakin bantu2 kepanitiaan Oddisey. Nah, inilah awal mula kehidupan gw yang baru. Akhirnya setelah gw bantu2 di acara Oddisey, gw mulai sadar ternyata… Ternyata… Ternyata ketan bakar yang ada di paling ujung kanan jalan raya Lembang itu sambel oncomnya terlalu manis :p Haha, nggak ding. Itu usulnya tmn gw, Diah, nyari ketan bakar pas kk2 kelas qta lagi bagi tugas bwt kita bantu2 di Oddisey. Sambil kita nunggu sambil kita jajan ketan bakar. Dan akhirnya gw kenal sbagian besar calon tmn2 seangkatan gw :D

Tapi itu belum apa2…

Gw baru menyadari kalau yang gw liat di Oddisey 2008 dan acara2 lainnya itu bukan apa2.

Setelah ikutan Fight to Win Boot Camp di Hotel Narima Indah, Lembang, gw baru sadar kalau gw tuh selama ini seakan-akan bagaikan terkungkung di dalam kotak bertuliskan ‘Pendidikan Kristen a la BPK Penabur’ selama lebih dari 12 tahun. Untuk pertama kalinya Nii merasa kalau Nii melihat dunia yang sebenarnya, dengan kebusukan sekaligus kebaikan yang enggak ditutup-tutupin.

Guess what? Nii enjoy banget…

Nii merasa seneng ada disini…

Nii gak nyesel Tuhan taro di SBM biarpun ada yg nentang ^^

gw berkenalan dengan orang2 yang ajaib dan lucu2, tapi sejauh yg gw tahu, mereka orangnya asik2… sampai saat ini belum ada masalah dan doakan saja enggak akan ada masalah… walopun gw rada2 gimana gitu sekamar ama org yg ga kenal, ternyata gw baru tau klo ada orang yg gamau buang sampah n bersihin lantai sendiri, tobat gile ajubileh… kebiasaan nyuruh PRT profesional, kga bisa ngelakuin sendiri…

Anyway, sejauh ini seru2 aja koq. Tapi ada suatu kerinduan di hati ketika hari Minggu Nii melangkahkan kaki di ruang kebaktian GII Hok Im Tong Dago…

Nii kangen suara puji2an!

Nii kangen ama tmn2 yang menyenandungkan lagu2 rohani!

Nii kangen ama hadirat Tuhan… bayangin aja gw biasanya tuh klo acara nginep2 gitu tuh namanya retreat, otomatis ada sesi berdoanya dong… waktu Boot Camp Nii cm berdoa lima waktu, bangun pagi, makan pagi, makan siang, makan malem, en mo bobo. Dan begitu Nii masuk gereja, rasa hati gw tergetar ngedenger paduan suara bernyanyi (bukan karena yg nyanyi itu Youth Choir lhooo,… emang sih mereka keren banget nyanyinya)

Nii kangen ingin memuliakan Tuhan dengan bebas seperti dulu di retreat! Nii kangen ingin renungan malam tanpa harus kelihatan mencolok ama tmn2 yg beda agama! Gw berkali2 ikut ibadah, tp yg kali ini, meskipun cuma ibadah biasa, rasanya amazing sekali buat Nii…

Tuhan kuingin Engkau mengenal hatiku…

Nii belum pernah ngerasain perasaan seperti ini ke Tuhan. Begitu masuk ruang kebaktian, nyanyi lagu pujian, Nii terharu, mo nangis (tp ditahan), dan dalam hati berteriak kenceng2…

“BAPA!!!! NII PULANG!!!! Huhuhu… Nii kangen sama BAPA…”

Dan Tuhan menyambut Nii dengan senyumNya yang terhangat :) sebuah perasaan yang luar biasa…

Nii gamau sok suci atau sok fanatik atau bagaimana, tp menurut gw ini perasaan yg luar biasa… Biarpun jeda waktunya seminggu, gw jadi always look forward to going to Church… gw pengen memuji Tuhan bersama2 yang laennya… gw mensyukuri pemeliharaanNya selama seminggu dan firmanNya yg gw denger memperbaharui hidup gw sedikit demi sedikit….

Yang jelas setelah boot camp, Nii jadi sadar betapa Yesus Kristus luar biasa! Mulai saat ini Nii ingin hidup dalamNya dan menjadi terang, mungkin progressnya agak susah tp pasti bisa, karena Yesuslah Tuhanku :D Apa sih yang gak mungkin buat Dia?

Hehehe… Nii seneng jadi anak Tuhan ^^

Paramore and High & Mighty Color

You see… I love music. Especially rock music. But not heavy metal (however my bro loves it so apparently i hear heavy metal music from her stereo almost 24/6 yeah, 24/6 not 24/7, because on Sunday we don’t usually use our computers too much).

Now I’m currently watching two videos, one is “Here I am” by High & Mighty Color and the other one is “That’s What You Get” by Paramore. Their music style is really different, actually (western rock bands and japanese rock bands have different styles; though my mom never knows what’s the difference between the two of them, she thinks both are noisy) but we can see some similarities in both bands.

First, Here I am by High & Mighty Color. This is a Japanese Rock band and the song is really good. I like the tune and the lyrics, however Yuusuke might be singing too eagerly in some part of this song; it’s not a big problem actually but for people who are not used to Japanese Rock musics, it could be some sort of a bother. (For some reasons I’ve been thinking that this song is really suitable to be used as a theme song for mu story White Amethyst… Weird huh? I’m so imaginative that I sometimes can imagine things beyond imagination ^^) for detailed lyrics (in romaji, kanji, and also the translation) click here

Second, That’s What You Get by Paramore. For some people this song maybe has nothing special but i really like the tune of the intro and also the bridge. And the lyrics really suit my lovelife (T_T) anyway, this song is less ‘noisy’ then the first one, and also ‘easier’ to listen. (As in ‘easy listening’ musics, they’re way too easy for me; though I like some of them). I noticed that in this video Haley (the vocalist) sings quite cheerfully, as if mocking people who uses their heart way too much in a relationship and end up hurting themselves badly ^^ yeah, I’ll sing the lyrics to *beep* “That’s what you get when you let your heart win… Whoa…”

Okay, with the two videos being embed here, I can see a very ‘clear’ similarity between the two of them; both has female vocalist. Maki (マーキー) and Haley Williams are both female and both have very nice style. Both songs’ lyrics doesn’t have any ‘love’ word in it so they’re not sappy (I hate sappy love songs; most Indonesian songs are sappy and so plain. Yovie and the Nuno is not, actually; their music is good but their lyrics is SO corny that it barely compares to the good music. Ten to Five’s Eien no Ai is quite good, nice Japanese but I still think it’s corny, not poetic or somewhere near ‘artsy lyrics). Paramore’s lyrics is not poetic for sure but I like the way they write their skeptical point of view in a relationship. High and Mighty Color, in this case, shows off their ‘rebelling side’ with their lyrics. It’s close to something called ‘artsy lyrics’. In music, Paramore’s is simple but catchy; High and Mighty Color is rich but somehow, a bit noisy in some parts. Oh yeah, both bands have a male second vocalist, aside to their first female vocalist.

Overall, both have their own distinct style (in music and, yeah, fashion) and I like them both.

Talking about fashion *grins* I’m going to uni this August and going to uni (to me; aside from studying and get involved in many activities) means you get to express yourself with your style and nobody is going to shout these lines at you “Hey! You! Dye your brunette hair black! It’s against the rules!”, “Hey! You! Clean the nail polish you’re wearing!”, “Hey! You! Take off your accessories!”, “Hey! You!….” and so on. Since I like Maki and Haley’s fashion statement (for Haley, I like her red hair. I don’t really like her previous whitey blonde and orange hair. As for Maki, i’ve never seen her hair in any other hair color aside from brunette and black. So asian ^^), I think I’m gonna infuse both styles…

Do you think red hair and not-so-gothic-japanese-rock style will make a good combo? I think they will. LOL.

the soloensis…

One reason why i won’t share my recipes (I do have a lot of them and also the photos but the internet connection often doesn’t allow me to upload them! grrr…) is because of some certain relatives of ours, let’s just call them the ABCD family… okey, one day grandma A came to Bandung and yeah, the usual chit-chat about her bistro and blah blah blah… At that time I was too excited about doing a uni entrance test to ‘Bandung Institute of Technology’ a.k.a. ITB so yeah, I happily told them that if i’m accepted at that uni (apparently it’s the best uni in Indonesia) I’m going to cook them a supper (which they happily responded).

And then when I knew that i passed the test (USM ITB 2008) and was accepted at ITB, my Mom (she was in a huge euphoria -_-”) told ALL of our relatives about me (which, somehow, embarrassed me a bit), including the ABCD family. The family then came for a feast in our house (I cooked, of course). And (luckily) they were really impressed that my cooking skills are near my Mom (who is a former caterer).

But that happy thing comes with one cost… THEY FORCED ME TO GIVE MY SPECIAL RECIPE FOR THEIR BUSINESS PURPOSE… I mean, come on, they have a bistro and they want to add a new menu, which is my ‘original’ creation (T_T). I didn’t know why but I suddenly freaked out, not wanting to share the recipe. However If i object to their request, the ABCD family will call me as a…

STINGY YOUNG GIRL WHO THINKS THAT SHE’S MUCH BETTER THAN A CHEF

Worse, they’re gonna take revenge on our family (this means that my mom and dad is going to be involved) so yeah… ^^ I give them the recipe but I didn’t tell them the secret that makes my cooking was so delicious. That sounds cowardly but hey, you’ve never met the ABCDs before. You’re gonna be surprised if you meet them for real. I (often) don’t like them. Especially the head of their family. Uuuhhh. She sucks.

Well. at least i still have the original recipe. I’ll think about posting it 10 years from now. LOL.

White Amethyst and Promises

Currently working on two stories now; one is my original creation while the other one is fanfiction (As for the fanfiction, I have to write Disclaimer on every chapter, which sometimes can be bothersome. Also, some of your friends will ask you why write fanfiction, because you’ll get no money from it. Well i don’t get money for sure but i get satisfaction and lots of online friends). Both story feature complicated romance (I’m good at this because my past romance experience is really complicated… just kidding, LOL), some violence, political conflicts (it sounds boring but actually is interesting) and sweet endings. I love sweet endings. But the overall story is not complicated. FYI, i can’t write complicated stories like my friend does. So I’ll just stick to my style.

White Amethyst is a story about a loveless ordinary-looking extra-rich girl with extraordinary power and one day she discovered that she can choose her destiny and way of living, either to close her heart or to love the others before her. The rest? I won’t tell. Well maybe I will, depends on my mood.

Promises is a Gundam SEED fanfic and i wont tell the story since Gundam is way too famous to be written in my blog; I mean, everyone knows it, doesn’t they?

No progress yet. Still in clinic and am going to write…

ttyl n God bless!

After dark…

Hmm, maybe the new title of this blog is kinda related to R.A. Kartini’s famous saying, ‘Habis gelap terbitlah terang’ but actually I never intended to. Well After Dark is a blend of coffee served at Roemah Kopi but that has nothing related to my blog. After Dark is also a song sung by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION and used as an Opening Theme for the famous Japanese shounen Anime, BLEACH.

Hell no, what i meant by saying ‘After Dark’ is… Well, my life after the darkness has gone away. You see, I’m not being too religious or what but honestly, my life seems soo much brighter after I let Lord Jesus Christ tampered with it ^^ no kidding! The changes seems so slow but i know eventually my life is getting brighter and brighter.

For those who have seen this blog with recipes in it, I decided to be selfish and not sharing my recipes again for some reasons I can’t tell but maybe someday I’ll share it again, perhaps when my life is near its end. Maybe, if I’m not too lazy to take the pictures. Food photography can be bothersome, especially when you don’t understand your digital camera (okay, that is my mistake, not the camera’s).

Moreover, what I’ll write in this brand new blog is just random things about simple Christianity, simple life and also simple reviews for anime or musics :D hell, i already listed the topics so it’s not random actually.

Oh! I also will write my long-story progress here. Currently I’m writing a looong story entitled ‘White Amethyst’ (sorry but this story is available in Indonesian only), also a Gundam Fanfiction entitled ‘Promises’ (in English, check www.fanfiction.net) and I think, if i write the progress here in my weblog, I can do better and it will urge myself to write more and more and more… After all, God has given me the talents to write, what I’m lacking of is the motivation to do it continuously. But I’m really sure that He will help me with this ^^

My current story stats:

- White Amethyst: 7 chapters, 66 pages

- Promises: 29 chapters (i didn’t count the page actually, because every chapter is in separate doc)

Need to write now! See ya and God bless!