Sabtu, 29 September 2007
again (i just like the script)
Lex: Tell me what you remember about King David.
Clark: King David?? Slew Goliath, saved his people…
Lex: And afterward, he saw a beautiful woman bathing and felt madly in love. The problem was, she turned out to be his best friend’s wife. So you know what our great hero did? He sent his best friend off to die in battle, so he could have her to himself.
We all need to believe in heroes, Clark. And even the best ones, are far from perfect.
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Smallville, 5th Season, Splinter
Prof. Milton Fine:
Brutus and Caesars. Jesus and Judas. They all started out as best friends. What happened? Well, if history teaches us one thing, it’s that even the most powerful men can be betrayed by those they trust the most.
The reason betrayal is such a predominant theme throughout history is really quite simple.
Duplicity is human nature.
Selasa, 25 September 2007
Nonton Konser
Kemaren gw sama Laras harus ngeliput konser Fall Out Boy buat nu:B edisi Oktober.
Dulu, nonton konser atau misalnya dateng ke acara-acara musik gitu, gw pasti akan dateng pagian, dan berlomba untuk bisa berdiri di paling depan.
Ketika acara dimulai, gw ga perduli harus berdesakan dengan orang yang gw ga kenal, berbagi keringat, nyanyi bareng, jingkrak-jingkrak, ngacungin tangan, kadang kesikut dan kehabisan nafas, dan tetep histeris ngeliat si performer.
Anehnya kemaren di Fall Out Boy, semua rasa excited itu ga ada. Gw malah geleng-geleng kepala liat anak-anak ABG yang rela berdesak-desakan di depan cuma supaya bisa liat muka seorang Pete Wenz dari dekat, dan kalo beruntung bisa kena cipratan keringatnya.
Gw sama Laras duduk di tribune, (dan sangat bersyukur karena bisa duduk di tribune!) Terus kita sibuk ngetawain anak-anak ABG itu. Laras malah sibuk maenan hp sepanjang konser.
Aneh, kemana perginya semua butterfly feeling yang kerap gw rasakan kalo mau pergi nonton konser ? Kemana perginya semua perasaan bangga, kalo bisa pulang konser dengan basah kuyup ?
"Hm mungkin karena ini Fall Out Boy kali, elo biasa aja kan sama mereka" pikir gw.
Tapi enggak ah, kalo pun yang dateng American Rejects, Incubus, Arctic Monkeys, Interpol, atau siapalah yang gw suka banget, gw akan tetep menolak untuk bisa ada di depan pagar pembatas area festival. Gw mungkin akan beli festival, gw akan tetep jump around, sing along dan sebagainya, tapi gw akan berdiri di belakang sendirian dan nikmatin musiknya.
Yes, nikmatin musiknya, bukan capek, buang tenaga, dan kehabisan tenaga kesikut sana-sini.
Ternyata eranya gw freak out sama nikmatnya nonton sebuah gig udah lewat.
Gw lebih prefer party.
Sabtu, 22 September 2007
I'm so not gonna get over it.
1bulan yang lalu:
Laras: Gw bakal ngasih surprise yang ga bakal bisa lo lupain!
Me: Yea rite.
1minggu yang lalu:
Laras: Hen, kita ngerayain bday lo Sabtu ya. Gw mau bikin dinner, kita aja berempat sama Gideon and Vita juga.
Me(mulai feeling ga bener): Oke lo atur aja cuy.
Pas hari ulang tahun gw:
Laras: Hen, gw ngajak anak-anak DATE lo juga di dinner besok ya.
Me (semakin penasaran): Oke.
Hari H:
Gw siangnya musti pergi kerja sama Laras ke Senayan City, pakaian gw nyantai banget, skinny, sneakers, tee, scarf, trucker, and geek glasses.
Selesai kerja jam 4, gw mikir, “jam setengah tujuh gw musti ke Penang, daripada gw pulang, makan waktu, mending gw nongkrong di mana gitu yang deket Penang biar gampang kesitunya nanti.”
Eh Laras, entah kenapa, mati-matian pengen gw pulang dan suruh gw ganti baju yang rapih, pake kemeja dan sebagainya.
Sebenernya gw males, dan gw tau banget pasti ini ada apa-apanya, tapi ya secara si ms.persuasive itu terus menerus memaksa, ya sudah akhirnya gw pulang untuk ganti outift.
Semakin dekat jam setengah tujuh gw semakin deg-degan, tapi gw pasrah aja.
Gw tau banget, gw memposisikan diri gw sebagai Laras, acaranya nanti ga mungkin cuma makan malam rame-rame terus pulang. Pasti bakalan ada sesuatu yang ga beres. DATE kita terkenal jago dalam memberi surprise kepada orang-orang yang berulang tahun. Haha.
Cuma ya, ya udahlah, surprisenya paling apa, sih? Ga bakal sampe ngelemparin telor juga gitu.
Tapi ya, entah kenapa, di dalem taksi, tiba-tiba masuk aja di pikiran gw, kayaknya nanti gw bakal dateng paling pertama, terus bakal ada special guest (gw ga tau siapa), dan mereka bakal dateng tiba-tiba bawa kue tart.
Hm,, oke itu agak sedikit standard untuk versi Laras. She always think outside the box, jadi gw yakin banget surprisenya bakalan lebih dari itu. Gw menghela nafas sambil keluar dari taksi.
Pas nyampe, langsung samperin mbak-mbaknya, “Mbak udah reserved atas nama Henry, ya.”
Mbaknya nunjuk sebuah meja, set untuk 4 orang doang, dan ada sebuah kartu kecil di atasnya, dengan tulisan gede banget “Dear Henry”.
Pas liat ukuran meja itu, otak gw langsung jalan, “Tuh kan bener, ga mungkin nih anak-anak DATE dateng semua terus gw dipesenin tempat cuma buat berempat. Hm… weird. Kayaknya gw bakal makan dengan orang lain, tanpa mereka… Beberapa wajah muncul di otak gw sambil gw jalan ke meja dan buka kartu. Ada wajah Ps. Jose, Ps. Jeffrey, Ps. Sidney, Om Uce, Melaney Ricardo (ya gw berusaha mensejajarkan pikiran gw dengan pikiran Laras, jadilah wajah-wajah itu yang muncul), dan anehnya ada muka Arini di situ.
Gw buka kartu itu, ini isinya:
“Dear Henry Gerson,
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY!
We’re very sorry we can’t come to your birthday dinner, because tonight you’ll be having a beautiful date with a beautiful looking lady. She will arrive at 7PM sharp, please treat her nicely and have fun.
Now you’re no longer a 20 years old jomblo, cuz you have had a one night girlfriend! HA HA HA… gotcha!!!
PS. Everything that you and your date eat tonight will be on us! So, ENJOY!
Love,
DATE KG6 and your beloved ‘Willie’”
Oke, abis baca kartu itu gw langsung blank. Gw kayak, “BENER KAN!!!” Gw langsung sms Laras, “Anjrit lo!! I knew it!!! Heh, bukan karena gw jomblo 20 tahun terus gw ga pernah ngedate berdua sama cewek ya!”
Hmmpphh.. thanks btw buat Joe, tadi pagi dia buzz gw di MSN, bilang “Henry, gw denger kalian bakal makan-makan ya ntar malem. Sorry ya ga bisa ikutan,gw ada wedding.” Gara-gara Joe ngomong gitu, gw sempet yakin bahwa emang anak-anak DATE pasti pada dateng. TERIMA KASIH YA JO BUAT INISIATIFNYA!
Ya sudah dengan pasrah gw menantikan si cewek yang katanya cantik ini. Jam 7 datanglah dia.. Arini Monica, dengan dress warna turquoise (cantik memang), cengar-cengir, langsung nyamperin, cipika cipiki dan say happy bday. Gw kayak, “ARGHH Kenapa musti elo sih, Rinnn??”
Ya akhirnya, gw melewatkan makan malam berdua dengan Arini, gw musti pilihan dia makanan, pesenin dia minum, makanannya udah dateng, gw musti nyendokkin makanannya juga ke piring dia, dan sebagainya dan sebagainya. I said, “you’re so demanding, and hard to pleased ya?”
She said, “it is written on this card Henry, treat your date nicely.” DAMN.
Di sela-sela ngobrol gw tetep yang, “Duh Rinn, mauan aja sih lo disuruh Laras??” Hahaha. Terlalu banyak detail yang ga bisa gw taruh di sini, but I had fun lah intinya. Udah selesai makan, tinggal ngabisin wine, btw Arini minum wine kayak 3/4 botol, dan gw kayak 1/4nya doang. Eh terus si Arini minta tukeran tempat duduk, karena tempat gw duduk basically bisa liat orang-orang yang baru dateng. Arini bilang dia bosen, ngadep tembok, dia pengen ngeliatin orang-orang juga. Ya udah akhirnya gw turutin, tapi dalem hati gw mikir, “Hm.. mungkin ga ya dia nyuruh gw tuker tempat duduk, karena anak-anak gila itu bentar lagi akan dateng di belakang gw sambil bawa kue tart.”
Dan benar saja, datanglah mereka berombongan bawa kue tart, sambil bernyanyi selamat ulang tahun. Well.. thank you guys for everything. Buat Laras, makin sayang aja gw sama elo cuy! Buat Ci Vita, thank you Ci buat cardigannya!! Arini, untuk ngedate sama gw .. cowo-cowo banyak yang mau bunuh-bunuhan kali untuk bisa date sama lo, hahaha. Gideon, buat notesnya, I love it! Catherine, Silfi, Moniq, Ige, dan Ko Samy. THANK YOU!!
Abis dari Penang, kita hajar ke Kemang sampe setengah satu. Yuu.
Senin, 17 September 2007
Peanut butter sandwich
There are two kiddos sitting together having their lunch.
Both of them bring their own lunch from home.
Day 1, one of the kids opens his lunch box, and yells, “Oh no! Peanut butter sandwich!”
Day 2, it happens again, the kid opens his lunch box, and yells, “No way! Peanut butter sandwich again??”
Day 3, he does the same thing, opens his lunch box, and yells, “Oh I don’t like peanut butter sandwich!”
The other kid can’t stand him anymore. Then he asks, “Hey, if you really don’t like peanut butter sandwich, and you don’t want to have it for your lunch, why don’t you tell your mom, or whoever it is, who packs your lunch for not making you another peanut butter sandwich again. Ask for something else!”
And this is the response of the peanut-butter-sandwich-kid: “Hey dude, I pack my own lunch everyday!”
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Almost everyone in Oxygen laughed.
I was the one who laughed so loud.
This is what crossed my mind, “How stupid that boy is! He packs his own lunch everyday, and yet he complains!”
Do you laugh when you read that story?
Most people might have the same thought as I have. “How stupid that boy is!”
But, isn’t that what we all do everyday??
We pack our own “lunch”, and yet we complain!
We do the wrong things, deep in our heart we know that it is wrong, but we just keep doing it. And then one day, when we see the result, we complain.
We ask God, “why this is happening to me? I don’t like this situation! I don’t wanna be at this position. I don’t wanna end up here?”
Let me ask you this question, “who packed your own lunch?”
Was it your parents? Your friends? No, it’s you, your decision.
So, don’t complain. If you don’t want to have peanut butter sandwich as your lunch, then don’t make it, make something else, make something better.
Think twice before you pack your own lunch.
You don’t want to see someone staring at you, laughing at you, and wondering how you could be that stupid.
I Thought I Was the Only One
This is it. (Ras, gw potong2 gapapa ya..)
Last night I saw Spiderman 3 (I know, telat abis ya, hahaha).. And the very last scene of the movie really stroked me. Yes yes, that part where Harry was dying and he was looking at Peter and MJ with such look..
Best friends. That's how people call it.
Then I asked myself, who’s you best friend, Ras? Someone who would die for you (well, most cases are not that extreme), someone you can always talk to about any things, laugh at any things (even the unfunny ones), someone who would be there for you and such..
Funny that I couldn’t find any names.
None.
I push people away because I don’t want to get hurt. But seriously, I never give up hope.. I gave chances to people here and there, but somehow they managed to fail my trust again.. And again. Classic!
But hey, breaking news, I survived.
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It's just funny. Yesterday I just posted something on my blog about how I feel tired with all those people that gave me such promises like,
"You can count on me."
"I'm all ears"
"You can trust me"
I just realized, it's just such a big CRAP!
It's just funny. This morning, when I prayed to God, I did say something like this:
"God, I don't know who are my best friends. Those names that I put on the list, they failed my trust. I'm tired of seeking a true best friend, Lord. But, I'm not gonna give up hope. I know one day, You'll give me one."
Sabtu, 15 September 2007
Finally
Potential you were.
We will figure it out later.
If fate nods its head, I'll be grateful.
If fate says no, I'll move.
Too late, I moved on already.
I don't think this is my loss, yours maybe.
Ironic it is.
I love to run, don't hold me back, dear.
I'm not gonna wait. Enough waiting.
You're moving too slow.
Pathetic, huh?
I learned the hard way
At the end the only person that you can count on is your very own self.
"You can count on me, bro, dude, pal, dear, peach, jo, bo, cong, sob, mas, bang (apapunlah panggilan sayang orang2 ke gw)," they say.
"Zooppa double combo crappy crap" I say.
Belajar Apa Hari Ini?
Tadi malem gw tidur jam setengah satu. Dengan harapan besok bisa bangun siang, pengen tidur sepulasnya. Eh jam dua gw kebangun, berasa pengap banget. Pas buka mata gw ga bisa lihat apa-apa, bukan gw mendadak buta (amit2 knock2 on the wood), tapi ternyata mati lampu. Jadilah segala jenis mesin pendingin ruangan ga bekerja, panasnya bukan main!! Gw coba pindah ke ruang nonton tv, banyak nyamuk, gw jadi ga bisa tidur sampe sahur. Abis sahur nyokap gw tiba-tiba ke atas dan manggil gw, “Hen sini tidur kamar mama, entar mama kipasin.” Dalam keadaan ngantuk parah tapi ga bisa tidur saking panasnya, gw beringsut pindah ke kamar bonyok gw. Langsung ngegeletak di kasur, di samping nyokap, terus nyokap gw ngipasin gw pake kertas karton majalah gitu. Oww so sweet ga sih??? Umur 20 masih manja sama nyokap?? So what?? Kalo ga ada dia gw ga lahir jo!
#2 Belajar untuk ga jorok kayak ibu-ibu di mikrolet.
Gw lagi naik mikrolet. Ada ibu-ibu di depan mata gw dengan cueknya ngorekin gigi pake tusuk gigi. Parahnya, abis dari gigi, tuh ibu bukan ngelap di tissue, tapi malah ngelap ke jempolnya sendiri! Jadi tuh sisa-sisa makanan, di korek pake tusuk gigi, dipeperin ke jempolnya sendiri, abis itu udah banyak ngegumpal gitu, dipeperin sama dia di bawah jok mikrolet. Ya oloh!! Sumpah jijiknya parah… coba ya perempuan-perempuan di luar sana, inget kodrat!! Tomboi boleh, cuek boleh, tapi please jangan jorok!!! GILA.
#3 Belajar untuk lebih prihatin sama orang.
Gw lagi nyeberang jembatan. Eh tau-tau pas turunan, orang di depan gw, bapak-bapak umur 30an gitu, jatuh kepeleset. Gw malah spontan ketawa. Untung jarak gw mayan jauh di belakangnya, jadi ga kedengeran kalo gw ngetawain dia. Haduhh .. maaf ya, Pak. Tapi saya emang spontan pasti ketawa kalo liat orang jatuh. Biarpun temen sendiri, reaksi pertama gw pasti ketawa dulu baru nolongin. Entah kenapa liat orang kepeleset terus jatuh keduduk itu bisa bikin perut gw geli banget. Maaf yaa, Pak !
Jumat, 14 September 2007
30 Second to Mars, The Kill
Laugh it all off in your face
What would you do?
What if I fell to the floor
Couldn't take this anymore
What would you do, do, do?
Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
What if I wanted to fight
Beg for the rest of my life.
What would you do?
You say you wanted more
What are you waiting for
I'm not running from you
Come, break me down
Bury me, bury me
I am finished with you
Look in my eyes
You're killing me, killing me
All I wanted was you
I tried to be someone else
But nothing seemed to change
I know now: this is who I really am inside
I Finally found myself
Fighting for a chance
I know now, THIS IS WHO I REALLY AM
Rabu, 12 September 2007
"take it easy bro," she reminded me.
Lo sama dia slalu gitu ya.. deket ama cewe disaat yg sama. Hahahahhahhahaha... temen, i know. Tapi happen selalu disaat yg sama, kalian deket sama orang yg sama. Ada competition in disguise kah? Hahahahaha.
Henrygerson says:
Iya ya? Tau, gw juga heran sendiri.
Magical says:
Be careful anyway.
Henrygerson says:
Santhaai, it's not like im gonna feel a fling toward this new person.
Magical says:
That's not what i mean. Santaii aja temenannya.
Henrygerson says:
Ya ya ya ngertiiii!! Ya ya since gw punya sindrom easily-fall-to-someone-nice-and-soon-take-them-as-bestfriend
Magical says:
BAGUS. U READ BETWEEN MY LINES.
*thanks for the gentle reminder...
Testimony of the month from Ms. Silly yet Smart.
Dear Henry…
Met you for the first time, found out that you’re fashionable with your unique look. Shall I tell you… you rocks!
DATE for the first time, found out that you’re talented. Just pen and paper… shall I tell you, you’re a writer!
Saw you at JPCC for the first time, you were doing your journalist work. You smiled and waved your hand to me, shall I tell you… you’re a friend!
SMSed you for the first time, you were eating fried prawn. You listened, you replied, you shared, you encouraged, you built life. Shall I tell you, you’re good!
Your looks, your talent, your smile, your attitude, your love, your thoughts, your hands … Make you special.
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Ow.. this is so nice. Silly yet smart, you have touched me to the core of my heart!! I was speechless when I read this. I really don’t know what to reply. Thanks for everything, nice to have you as friend, hopefully we can walk this path and grow together in Him.
*Later on in the car.
Me: Yeah I know it was all about stupidity. But thankfully, I am not that stupid anymore.
Silly yet smart: Ya haruslah!! Kalo ga gw bakal gamparin elo!!
