mardi 31 décembre 2013

2013 Book Recap and Survey!



So I've completed my mission on Goodreads to read 99 books and outcome my target to 106 books! And here goes my list:

  1. Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan.
  2. Demigod Files by Rick Riordan.
  3. Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monster by Rick Riordan.
  4. Truth or Dare by Winna Efendi and Yoana Dianika.
  5. Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan.
  6. Getting the Boot by Peggy Gutthart Strauss.
  7. Heart and Salsa by Suzanne Nelson.
  8. The Winter Traveler by Erza S. T.
  9. Paris: Aline by Prisca Primasari.
  10. Last Minute in Manhattan by Yoana Dianika.
  11. Menuju(h) by Aan Syafrani dkk.
  12. Unforgettable by Winna Efendi.
  13. Remember When by Winna Efendi.
  14. Seasons to Remember by Ilana Tan.
  15. The Maze Runner by James Dashner.
  16. Matched by Ally Condie.
  17. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher.
  18. Muller hoch Drei by Burkhard Spinnen.
  19. Illusions by Apilynne Pike.
  20. Looking for Alaska by John Green.
  21. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami.
  22. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
  23. Barcelona, Te Amo by Kireina Enno.
  24. Berjalan di Atas Cahaya by Hanum Salsabiela Rais.
  25. Benabook by Benakribo.
  26. Haram Keliling Dunia by Nur Febriani Wardi.
  27. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  28. Just One Day by Gayle Forman.
  29. Requiem by Lauren Oliver.
  30. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway.
  31. Cerita Hati by Bernard Batubara dkk.
  32. Autumn Once More by Ilana Tan dkk.
  33. School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari.
  34. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey by Trenton Lee.
  35. The Help by Kathryn Stockett.
  36. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney.
  37. Stories by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio.
  38. Leafie by Sun-mi Hwang.
  39. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
  40. The Truth About Forever by Orizuka.
  41. Roma: Con Amore by Robin Wijaya.
  42. Refrain by Winna Efendi.
  43. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
  44. Setahun Berkisah by Dannie Faizal dkk.
  45. Liesl and Po by Lauren Oliver.
  46. Melbourne: Rewind by Winna Efendi.
  47. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver.
  48. Delirium Stories by Lauren Oliver.
  49. Storm by Brigid Kemmerer.
  50. The Selection by Kiera Cass.
  51. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen.
  52. The Elite by Kiera Cass.
  53. How Zoe Made Her Dreams (Mostly) Come True by Sarah Strohmeyer.
  54. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.
  55. Lola and the Boy Next-Door by Stephanie Perkins.
  56. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.
  57. Infinite Sky by C. J. Flood.
  58. Shards & Ashes by Melissa Marr dkk.
  59. Thick as Thieves by Peter Spiegelman.
  60. Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson.
  61. Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard.
  62. Nobody but Us by Kristin Halbrook.
  63. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
  64. Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger.
  65. London: Angel by Windry Ramadhina.
  66. Little Snows in Zurich by Alvi Syahrin.
  67. Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson.
  68. Son of Sobek by Rick Riordan.
  69. Forever by Judy Blume.
  70. Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler.
  71. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen.
  72. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs.
  73. The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan.
  74. The Transfer by Veronica Roth.
  75. An Abundance of Katherines by John Green.
  76. The Statistical Probability of Love at the First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith.
  77. Pintu Harmonika by Clara Ng.
  78. The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver.
  79. Karena Kita Tidak Kenal by Farida Susanty.
  80. A Dash of Magic by Kathryn Littlewood.
  81. Every Day by David Levithan.
  82. The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider.
  83. Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan.
  84. Let It Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle.
  85. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan.
  86. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.
  87. The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth.
  88. Just One Year by Gayle Forman.
  89. Allegiant by Veronica Roth.
  90. Obsesi by Lexie Xu.
  91. Runaway Ran by Mia Arsjad.
  92. Memoirs of An Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks.
  93. Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Mull.
  94. Pengurus MOS Harus Mati by Lexie Xu.
  95. Permainan Maut by Lexie Xu.
  96. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson.
  97. The Chaos of Stars by Kiersten White.
  98. How to Love by Katie Cotugno.
  99. Tales from the Dark by Lexie Xu dkk.
  100. Teror by Lexie Xu.
  101. How to be A Writer by Primadonna Angela.
  102. Bloodlines by Richelle Mead.
  103. Jun!!! by Mia Arsjad.
  104. The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead.
  105. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead.
  106. The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead.
  107. Paper Towns by John Green.
And nowww let's see my survey!


best books 2013 end of year survey


Best book you read in 2013?
Contemporary YA: So many, but my pick goes to Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Road trip across the states, the drawing, the bill, the short recap of each state, and the playlist. Love 'em all.
Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic: Requiem by Lauren Oliver. Sorry, Allegiant.
Historical Fiction: Is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak "historical" enough?
Paranormal: Bloodlines series, all books! All hail Richelle Mead!
Science Fiction: Is Bloodlines scientific enough?
Fantasy: House of Hades by Rick Riordan.

Book you were excited about & thought you were going to like it but didn't?
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Ugh I couldn't quite understand the language no matter how long I opened my dictionary. The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider also wasn't worth the wait. Oh, yeah, and Infinite Sky by C. J. Flood.

Most surprising (in a good way) book of 2013?
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman!

Book you read in 2013 and recommended it to most people?
Pintu Harmonika by Clara Ng. What a honest and genuine book.

Best series you discovered in 2013?
Bloodlines series of course!

Favourite new author you discovered in 2013?
Must be Rainbow Rowell!

Best book that was out of your comfort zone?
I think Every Day by David Levithan and The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth. Gay and lesbian thing... and more kissing! And maybe Forever by Judy Blume, soooo vulgar despite the YA genre.

Most thrilling, unputdownable book in 2013?
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan, The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead, and the unputdownable goes to How to Love by Katie Cotugno!

Book you read in 2013 that's most likely to re-read in 2014?
I honestly don't know but I always read Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler everytime I get my heart broken. I'm not planning to get it broken again or separate from my lifetime partner, though.

Favourite cover of a book you read in 2013?
   

They kinda warm my heart!

Most memorable character in 2013?
Lola from Lola and the Boy Next-Door for her unique style!

Most beautifully written book in 2013?
Unforgettable by Winna Efendi. I've never seen any Indonesian writer writes as brave as her.

Book that has most greatest impact on you in 2013?
Just One Day by Gayle Forman! It teaches me to say yes.

Book you can't believe you waited until 2013 to read?
Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns by John Green! Too beautiful.

Favorite passage/quote from a book you read in 2013?
From Wanderlove by Kristen Hubbard:
"It is better to try and fail than to wonder what could have been."

Shortest & longest book you read in 2013?
Shortest: The Transfer by Veronica Roth.
Longest: I think House of Hades. About 600 pages long, right?

Favorite relationship from a book you read in 2013?
Frankie and Hanny from Pengurus MOS Harus Mati. They're cute but not overrated.

Favorite book you read from an author you've read previously?
Paper Towns by John Green!

Best book you read based on a recommendation from someone?
Obsesi series by Lexie Xu! Thank you, Annisa Tiara Salsabilla.

Genre you read the most in 2013?
UMMM. Contemporary YA.

Newest fictional crush from book in 2013?
HAAAAA ADRIAN IVASHKOV!

Best 2013 debut book?
How to Love by Katie Cotugno!

Book that was most fun to read in 2013?
Benabook by Benakribo, Haram Keliling Dunia by Nur Febriani, A Dash of Magic by Kathryn Littlewood, and Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn-David Levithan!

Book that made you cry or nearly cry?
Every Day by David Levithan. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver. Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. Leafie by Sun-mi Hwang. Truth or Dare by Winna Efendi-Yoana Dianika.

Most unique book you read in 2013?
Benabook by Benakribo.
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn-David Levithan, the dares are awesome and inspiring me to write my novel.
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. Helping me discover that America isn't just about Liberty Statue or NYC. Read it yourself and get caught!
Why We Broke Up. Ugh, the illustrations!
Wanderlove by Kristen Hubbard. I wish I could get Bria's drawing talent.

And now... my wishlist book for 2014!

 
  


  
 
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samedi 28 décembre 2013

Bloodlines Review

I guess I never posted anything related to single book but nevermind. I always feel this odd energy filling me out after I finish a book, eager to write my thoughts. I failed most of times, to be exact, but Bloodlines series really does make me swoon.

It's a run-off series after Vampire Academy series, which I--apologetically--haven't started any. It was a miracle I found Bloodlines, hard cover, on Periplus Year End Sale in Gandaria City. Its price was 59k, which made me frantic in disbelief. To my surprise, the price wasn't included in the sale, so I ended up bringing a hardcover book for 41k only.

Anyway, Bloodlines is about a religiously frigid girl named Sydney Sage, finding herself in such trouble. She serves an organization named The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho, remarked), the only humans who know about vampires. Vampire rave itself is divided into two... what? Subrace? Subcategories. Yeah, whatever it is, there are Moroi and Strigoi. Moroi is the friendly one and Strigoi is the wild one. Oh, and there's dhampir too, half-human and half-vampire person. Sydney went on mission to protect Jilllian Dragomir the Moroi princess, befriended with vampire mates Eddie and Adrian, and along the way she found friendship, and maybe love for a lifetime, too.

To be honest, I had hard times reading it for the first times. Too many terms and lack of explanation, though I understood it as I flipped the page. Bloodlines was a slow reading for me, while I expected more and more actions. I often felt blindfolded and had to turn the page to the previous one to see what I missed.

Bloodlines is not like Twilight, I have to warn you. The most transparent part... well, in Bloodlines you got a feeder/dhampir who would let you drink their blood because they enjoyed it. Very-not-Twilight, huh?

The ending... oh, well, is it just me who sensed the ending was too rushed? I don't know really. Maybe I expected more of vampire thing, which I must had found if I'd read Vampire Academy earlier. Bloodlines for me is more about Sydney's experiences dealing with human normal lives after being caged by her blinded race and homeschooled. She has no idea about friendship and dating looks like. She's really concerned about the burdens she endure, exquisitely responsible, and utterly a badass star pupil. It taught me a thing really, that books won't get you nowhere unless you experience the thing they teach in real life.

I shrieked for more as I turned flr the last page. That was it?! That was the ending?! It wasn't even an ending! At least for me. I hung by the ending and soon went to Gramedia for a copy of The Golden Lily, the sequel. Unfortunately, the ones they sold were in hardcovers and priced 225k. I wished earth would split in two and swallowed me for once.

But I finally managed to read The Golden Lily, and I felt the tense began to perch. Action and action. Fast-moving. I also enjoyed Sydney's dating life with a guy. Oooh, and Adrian appeared more, too, and I rolled my eyes over and over whenever he exclaimed his love wordlessly yet Sydney never got it right. Some mysteries added, and I really, really love how things seemed to unveiled one by one. But let me get it straight for you; if you want a book whose mysteries last for the whole series, Bloodlines defintely isn't for you.

I loved The Indigo Spells more and more. Now the actions seemed unstoppable, mostly because there were more things for Sydney to handle. Her self exclaim as a witch who could used spell while a witch-hunter (appearing to be two by the ending) traveled across the state for girls like her. And a guy named Marcus who successfully ran from the Alchemist. Things mixed up well and I loved it moreee because whenever there was Sydney, Adrian was nearby. I loved how Sydney and Adrian worked things out and eventually found a reason to fight for their love despite their scathing different worlds. Over all, love is true and unbeatable, whether you're a human or a vampire.

I haven't started The Fiery Heart becase I have to give my eyes chances to rest, but I'll let you know if I have. Goodnight and don't let the bugs--or vampire--bite you!

mardi 24 décembre 2013

My Life in YA Titles

Hey folks, it's been two weeks already since I posted my last blog. Holiday's been great thus far, even though I did nothing but stayed at home, doing my job, visiting my friend's house, or hunting for end-year-sale. I've got a job this holiday and I'm pretty excited about that. But now on, I'm sitting next to this extraordinary guy finishing a paper for me, and I'm gonna write something.

So, my life in YA titles, originally came up from The Perpetual Page-Turner. Here we go:


YOU

How would you describe your 16 year old self? Adorkable
When You Looked Into The Mirror What Did You See:  Geek Girl
Your 16 your old self outlook on life/motto: Going La-La
How You Think People Would Describe Your Personality:  Freak Magnet
Describe An Insecurity In High School: Alienated
Describe Your Worst Trait As A Teen: Past Perfect. <I hardly moved on from something/someone.>
Describe the contents of your diary/journal: The Perks of Being A Wallflower
Your biggest Fear: Crossed
You excelled at: Pushing the Limits
You were always concerned about:  Why We Broke Up
You Thought Your Life Was:  A Really Awesome Mess

LOVE LIFE

How would you sum up your high school love life: Things I Can't Forget
Describe your most serious boyfriend from high school: Golden
Describe your first kiss: Unforgettable <Everything first is.>
Your philosophy on dating/love: A Walk to Remember
Describe Your Worst Break Up: Not A Drop to Drink <My tears, I mean.>
Broken and Screwed

FAMILY

Your relationship with your mom as a teen: Two-Way Street
Your relationship with your dad as a teen: Just Ask 
Your relationship with a sibling: Sweet Evil
What you thought about your parents rules/parenting style: Just Listen

FRIENDS

Describe you and your best friend at 16: The Way We Were
Your Social Status: Extras
Describe Your Group Of Friends: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

SCHOOL

Your Perception Of High School Upon Entering: Beautiful Ruins
Your relationship with academics: Perfect Chemistry
Your Weekends Were: All I Need
If Your High School Life Was A Movie It would be called: Don't Judge A Girl by Her Cover
A Class You Wish High School Would Have Offered: The Possibility of Miracles
Your Senior Year Was: Something Like Fate <I can't resist it.>
Describe prom: Someday, Someday Maybe <I'm not likely party pal.>
When High School Ended It Was: The Beginning of Everything

FUTURE

How You Felt About The Prospect of College: Battle Royale
How You Thought Your Life Would Be At 16 (insert whatever age you are now): Wild Awake

Your Life Now

Describe Your Love Life Now: This is What Happy Looks Like
Describe The State Of Your Friendship With Your High School BFF: Keeping the Moon
Your Relationship With Your Parents Now: Something Strange and Deadly
Your Thoughts On Your High School Reunion (either if you had it or if it’s upcoming): The F-It List 
Biggest Lesson You Learned In High School: Smart Girls Get What They Want
One Thing You WISHED You Had Learned: Ask the Passengers <I've always been a snob who barely ask something.>
Advice You Wish You Could Have Given Your Teen Self: Be Careful What You Wish For
Something You Could Learn From Your 16 Year Old Self: The Sky is Everywhere

mardi 10 décembre 2013

In the end, it's always me again
Dancing round all alone
Making list of lullabies to play

In the end, it's always they again
Who leave first
After saying they're gonna be here

In the end, it's always you again
Caring if I'm coming home
Answering my midnight sob
Soothing me to sleep

In the end, it's always us again
Two people against the world
Without anything to unfold
But hope, and head, and heart

10/12/13, 10:48 pm

vendredi 29 novembre 2013

some people ask me

Some people ask me
Where rainbow ends
And I know the answer
Right before your eyes

Some people ask me
When the sun smiles
And I know the answer
Everytime your lips arched

Some people ask me
Why the stars hide behind the day
And I know the answer
As you kiss my cheek hi

Some people ask me
Why the moon never let the earth rotating alone
And I know the answer
When you wait for me on the corner of the street

Some people ask me
How butterflies can fly in stomach
And I know the answer
Once we intertwined

Some people ask me
Why the fire burns
And I know the answer
Anytime I see the red in you

But never ask me
How long it takes to forget
someone who teaches you
to dance in the rain
who makes your body
immune to the pain
who reminds you of beauty
and clarity
and hopes that keep you alive

I'm on the middle of the track
trying to solve the answer

Thu, 28/11/2013
7:12 pm

lundi 25 novembre 2013

Homesick

Bang Mikum lagi ngaca, assalamu'alaikum para pembaca!

Oke, nggak usah basa-basi lagi karena gue udah ngebet curhat. Gue pindah rumah. Nggak, bukan jenis pindah yang bikin orang-orang se-RT dateng ke bandara dan ngucapin goodbye sambil nangis uhuk-uhuk ngabisin bergulung-gulung tisu. Bukan. Gue pindah tiga rumah ke samping kanan, ke kontrakan kakek. Semua awal petaka ini disebabkan... rumah gue yang lagi direnov.

Actually rumah gue udah direnov dari beberapa waktu lalu. Entah dua minggu atau sebulan lalu. Yang jelas, kami baru pindah gegara atap rumah mau dirobohin. Hiks. Syedih.

Akhirnya pindahlah kami sekeluarga hari Minggu lalu. What a damnshit karena nyokap udah minta si penghuni kontrakan sekarang untuk pindah dari mingguan sebelumnya. Tapi yea karena ditunda-tunda akhirnya baru bisa pindah Minggu kemarin, H-2 gue UAS!

Mungkin sebagian dari kalian nganggepnya gue overrated. Well, maybe I am. Tapi gue nggak kayak kebanyakan orang yang bisa nyenyak di tempat baru. It takes me some time to breath, to see everything differently.

Malem pertama *uhuk* di tempat baru....... kayak neraka. Nggak ada AC dan gue tidur sama bokap di deket pintu depan. Berhubung banyak asap dan debu dari renov, sekarang gue kalo belajar di dapur, dengan penerangan remang-remang, karena kamar tengah yang diklaim nyokap dan adek gue sumpeknya ruarrr biasa. Lubang ventilasi diameternya segede jempol, dan gue nggak heran andai angin yang berembus masuk itu ditiup kecoak.

Another thing: rumah baru gue sangat banyak nyamuk. Dan berhubung pindah mendadak (dan sementara), si penghuni ga bawa semua barangnya. Dan... it's just feel foreign to have something not your own in your new-to-be-called home. Rasanya asing. Rasanya nggak bener.

Satu hal lain AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY A BIG DEAL. Kamar mandi rumah baru gue bau jengkol. Seriously. Hari pertama gue dateng, I was so determined to mengawa bau not sedap itu. Gue sampe ngegosok lantainya full satu jam. And guess what?

Baunya ga hilang. Instead, gue ditemplokin kecoak.

Di pagi hari juga ada masalah, karena posisi rumah gue persis di samping got. Jadi tiap ada orang yang nggunain air buat MCK, kucuran airnya kedengeran... and I swore I wide awoke since then.

Malam pertama gue juga diisi tragedi. Berhubung jam dinding di kamar gue berisiknya naudzubillah, gue akhirnya nyopotin tuh jam and put in on kasur busa yang didirikan. Baru beberapa menit gue merem... jamnya pecah sebab bokap narik tuh kasur buat tidur di samping gue. Nggak kuat tidur di ruang tengah, katanya.

Gue ngerasa kayak manusia gua, dan baru 24 jam gue di rumah ini, gue udah homesick.

Kangen dengan kasur lama gue yang empuk. Kamar gue yang nggak gerah. Jam gue yang berdetik tanpa suara. Some people say you'll never realise what you have until it's gone. And it's working on me right now.

Padahal, recently gue ngeluh melulu soal kamar gue yang dibobol tikus dan tiap malem berisiknya subhanallah. Gue juga kesel sama lemari gue yang kadang diketok dari dalam, sampe suatu malam gue habis sabar dan ngetok balik tuh pintu, "HEH! JANGAN BERANINYA PAS GUE LAGI TIDUR!"

Gertakan gue ga berhasil. Mungkin si pengetuk tahu I didn't really mean it. Sisi positifnya, berhubung gue jadi insom sejak tragedi pengetukan, gue jadi shalat tahajud dan dzikir sampe ngantuk.

At least si pengetuk nggak gigit gue kayak nyamuk ganas di sini.

Memikirkan dan menulis ini semua, gue jadi keinget soal dia. Yang cuma sempet beberapa tahun di negeri sendiri, terus loncat ke sana kemari. Do you often feel this way? Do you experience homesickness? Do you feel being tortured by jetlag? Like, one day you drift off on your pillow and the next day you wake up to another blanket?

Do you feel like missing home? Do you feel getting lost in somebody else's world and shrieking, because you don't wanna see everything from their point of view.

Masih ingat nggak, waktu gue tanya apa yang paling lo kangenin dari Indonesia?

"Rumah gue, lah. Kangen budayanya. Kangen makanannya. Kangen Echa-nya."

Rasanya kayak mati kayang tau nggak, waktu lo ngomong gitu.

And the next time you called me off just to break me like a promise, you softly assured me, "Biar kata di sini banyak cewek cakep, seinget gue yang namanya Esa Khairina cuma ada di Indonesia, deh."

That's the way I feel about this house. Emang nggak jauh beda dari rumah lama gue, tapi rumah ini nggak punya sesuatu yang gue dapat dari si rumah lama. Qualities to be called home, when you know it's right to do something.

Dan untuk kesekian kalinya dalam hidup, gue kembali belajar tentang move on. You might not like it, you might feel sad and miserable and wanna gallope to where you used to be, but you know it's the right thing to do.

Sometimes what you know to be the right thing to do happens to be the opposite of what you feel it's right.

dimanche 17 novembre 2013

Take me back to the time....

Take me back to the time
When I went home crying
and you've been waiting
in the couch

Take me back to the time
When I called you
at midnight
I was all sober

Take me back to the time
when your fingertips laced mine
and you sooth me
with your own lullaby

Take me back to the time
when the sun still shine
and our shoulder touched
it was like
we were too busy to care
what your exes thought about me

Take me back to the time
when you curl me up
in your arms
in the balcony
through the rain
and the sky

So take me back to the time
when you still care
and I was there

Both of us were lying
facing our old blue nights

samedi 26 octobre 2013

A-Z Book Survey

AtoZsurvey

Hey, it's me again! How long haven't we meet, folks, how long? Blame it on school tasks and courses schedules that seem incredulously endless (and my script that seems demands to be caress). I roughly find time to relax a bit and that's kind of infuriating.

So let's take a moment and do a survey which I found and copied-pasted from this lovely website. To be honest, most of the time I wander around blogs to get reviews for some books I want, I end up reading her! Tanpa berlama-lama, ini dia, A to Z Book Survey!

Author you've read most books from:
I don't usually count how many books from how many author I've read but... it turns out Roald Dahl! The hero of my childhood.

Best sequel ever:
I haven't finished it yet but I could sense it from miles away *sniff* Must be Just One Year by Gayle Forman!

Currently reading:
Three at time! Just One Year, Memoirs of An Imaginary Friend, The Sky is Everywhere.

Drink of choice while reading:
Plain water or sweet drinks or nothing at all. I barely remember that I need water while my hands busy turning the page.

E-reader or physical book:
Obviously I am physical book person! Can you resist the scent of newborn book? Of course not! But sometimes when I can't find the book I want in stores I end up reading from internet, from my tablet.

Fictional character you probably would have actually date in high school:
I'd like to have Augustus Waters from The Fault in Our Stars or Stuart from Let it Snow or Roger from Amy and Roger's Epic Detour or Cricket Bell from Lola and the Boy Next-Door or even A from Every Day as boyfriend! In reality I have nobody to date *cry*

Glad you gave this book a chance:
Undoubtedly Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief! I used to be that rocky-head back in days, saying such this-looks-horrible every time my friend recommended me that.

Hidden gem book:
Flipped. Love this book so much!

Important moment in your reading life:
When I found Goodreads and Periplus! Xoxo.

Just finished:
Not really "just" actually. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell.

Kinds of book you won't read:
I don't have time for erotica!

Longest book you've read:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 1200 pages cause I remember it all too well.

Major book hangover because of:
The House of Hades. I even dreamt about it, ppl.

Number of bookcases you own:
One tall and one small (which are already too full that I have to hoard some books and let them unorganized. Hiks).

One book you have reread multiple times:
I don't know, I always reread everything I have!

Preferred place to read:
In a windowy corner of a coffee shop, a library because I get hazed-in-a-good-way with the coziness, and absolutely my bed!

Quote that inspires you/gives you all the feel from a book you've read:
"... it's always better to try and fail than to wonder what could have been." -Wanderlove. I reread this phrase over and over when I know I'm about to fail.

Reading regret:
I have that mental disorder to likeliness buying new books while the older ones are still unopened. Sorry not sorry.

Series you started and need to finish (all books are out in series):
Divergent series for sure! WHERE IS MY ALLEGIANT?!

Three of your all-time favourite books:
Too many *sob*

Unapologetic fangirl for:
Stephanie Perkins, because I fall in love with every guys she wrote about!

Very excited for this release more than all others:
The Blood of Olympus, which my countdown shows one year from now. MY FEELS.

Worst bookish habit:
Buying books and keep buying that I forget I need other stuffs (mostly when I visit a bookstore).

X Marks the spot: start at the top left of your shelf and pick the 27th book:
Stardust by Nail Gaiman!

Your latest book purchase:
The House of Hades maybe? I got this as my birthday present from my dad, actually.

Zzzz snatcher book (last book that kept you up WAY late):
The Statistical Probability of Love at the First Sight, maybe? I'd read it for four hours like, 10 pm-1 am.

mardi 8 octobre 2013

This is the poem

This is the poem
for all the lovers,
who are not loved in return.

This is the poem
for all the thinkers,
trapped inside their heads.

This is the poem
for all the romantics,
without someone to hold.

This is the poem
for all the lonely ones,
hoping to forget someone.

This is the poem
for all the alcoholics,
drinking themselves to sleep.

This is the poem
for all the writers,
stuck between the lines.

This is the poem
for all the tired ones,
losing sleep over themselves.

This is the poem,
for all the listed above;
for no one else;
no exception.

James Andrew Crosby

dimanche 8 septembre 2013

Like No Other Afternoon

Post it itu menggantung di meja resepsionis, nggak mencolok-mencolok amat sampe gue takut Ale yang kalau jalan jarang lirik kiri-kanan bakal menangkapnya lewat ekor mata. Belum lagi tulisannya yang kelewat kecil--salah gue juga sih. Tengsin amat gue nulis ajakan ngedate ke cewek pake pulpen glitter warna-warni.

"Umm, makasih ya Mas," gue menggaruk puncak kepala yang nggak gatal. "Tapi bener kan, Ale ada kelas hari ini?"

"Iya, bener kok Mas. Udah nulisnya?" Si Mas berkemeja necis di balik meja resepsionis cuma menaikkan alis melihat tulisan gue. "Another afternoon?"

Gue meringis sebelum cepat-cepat menjawab, "Makasih ya Mas," dan ngacir dari gedung kursus bahasa Inggris yang diikuti Ale. Menjejalkan tangan ke saku, gue jalan ke kafe sebelah, sradak-sruduk tanpa pandang bulu. Inilah hal yang paling nggak bisa gue kendalikan pas gue gugup; panca indra gue semacam out of control.

Hari ini, gue kepengin ngelarin semua masalah. Memutuskan this endless cycle, Ale yang menulis untuk gue dan sebaliknya. Pretending like we feel nothing, karena entah kenapa gue punya firasat Ale berharap gue nembak dia. Hari ini, gue pengin menghapus 'another afternoon' dari kamus kami, karena gue nggak akan melakukan kesalahan yang kayak dulu lagi; membuangnya lantaran gue bosan. Gue bakal menjemput dia tiap hari, nongkrong di kafe lain, dan list lainnya yang nggak bakal bikin Ale kehilangan ide cerita.

Sekitar setengah jam gue menunggu, akhirnya sosok itu datang juga. Ale, rambutnya sudah memanjang beberapa senti sejak pertemuan terakhir kami. Bajunya lebih ketat. Roknya dikecilin sampai nyaris span. Ah, gue lupa sekarang Ale udah senior, which means only one thing, she's in charge now.

Lebih dari itu, gue melihat bibirnya yang sedari tadi tersenyum lebih penuh, dan wajahnya berseri-seri. Bahkan mesti udah ngetatin baju dan ngecilin rok, cewek itu tetap anti memakai make up. Matanya berbinar-binar. Pasti mood-nya lagi bagus, yang membesarkan peluang gue buat diterima.

"Hey, I've got your note," celetuknya riang, as I don't know it. Maksud gue, mana mungkin dia ada di sini kalau belum, iya kan? "Jadi, ada apa? Gue belom ngerjain PR, nih."

"Hah? Tumben Miss Sophisticated males ngerjain kewajiban," gue ngeles, pura-pura basa-basi, padahal diam-diam gue udah nyaris pipis di celana.

"Blog lebih penting dari tugas," sahut Ale teoritis. "And passion is a way better than doing something you dislike by force."

"Oh, blog tentang gue ya?" Gue nyengir sekarang.

Alih-alih merespons, Ale mengeluarkan binder dan tempat pensil dari dalam tasnya. "Baca aja sendiri."
Maka gue menurut, mengeluarkan ponsel dan mencari WiFi, membuka blog Ale secepat mungkin. Gue baca title-nya berulang-ulang.

Galih dan Ratna. Apa-apaan? Gue lirik Ale yang sedang sibui menyumpahi PR Ekonomi-nya, lalu memutuskan untuk membaca.

Tiap paragrafnya terasa hidup, kayak gue dibawa ke tempat itu. Tapi lama-kelamaan, gue merasa tercekik. Ortu gue bukan diplomat. Gue nggak pernah tinggal di Bandung.

Itu semua hal yang dimiliki Fahran.

"Udah kelar?" celetuk Ale riang, mengamati gue yang terpekur membacanya.

"Udah," gue memaksakan senyum, "jadi..."

"Yap! Gue balikan sama Fahran malem Sabtu kemarin! Gue langsung nge-Skype dan...." Sisa ocehannya nggak bisa gue tangkap karena telinga gue serasa berdenging. Kalimat Ale menggantung di udara, menyerang gue seperti sebilah belati.

Gue balikan sama Fahran....

Dan kalimat gue sendiri, kalimat yang gue curahkan dalam wujud lain sejak gue mengajaknya dalam another afternoon pertama kami sejak putus, tertelan begitu aja. Pahit sih.

I love you. I love you. I love you....

Why?

Post it yang sudah gue siapkan untuk ditempelkan di depan Ale setelah ini nyaris remuk dalam kepalan tangan gue. Post it bertuliskan, "Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you:)" itu akhirnya gue tempel di kolong meja. Bodo amat, paling yang nemuin cleaning service.

"Bi, kok muka lo asem gitu, sih?" Ale cemberut. "Kasih selamat kek, apa kek. Kan ini berarti telinga lo udah dapet asuransi dari ocehan galau gue yang nggak penting."

"Ocehan galau lo nggak pernah nggak penting, Le, serius deh. Inspiratif," gue beneran tersenyum karena yang satu ini, gue selalu tahu kebenarannya. "Dan anyway, metyaw. Semoga langgeng selalu."
Ale bersorak dan berdiri, dan tanpa gue duga dia memeluk gue. Dia masih memakai cologne bayi seperti waktu dia bersama gue. Dia masih tercium seperti minyak kayu putih. Dia masih Ale. Dia tetap Ale, meski status kepemilikannya sudah ganti.

I love you, gue mengartikulasikan itu ke lehernya.

"Makasih ya Bi, udah selalu jadi temen yang baik buat gue."

I love you.

"Sama-sama. Lo juga, kok." Ia melepaskan pelukannya dan tersenyum.

Gue pura-pura melirik arloji yang melingkari tangan kiri gue, bangkit dan menunjukkan gurat penyesalan.

"Sori Le, gue mesti cabut sekarang. Gue juga masih ada tugas di rumah."

Ale kelihatan bingung. "Errr tapi kan kita belom ngobrolin apapun, lho."

"Gue emang cuma pengin say hi doang kok." Nyengir, gue membenahi properti yang berantakan di atas 
meja. Sebelum gue pergi, mungkin kali ini dari kehidupannya yang udah terlabel happily ever after, gue sempat menepuk bahunya sekilas dan berkata, "Whatever happens, just be strong, be true, be forever who you are ya, Le."

Dan sebelum Ale sempat menjawab, gue pergi. Gue pergi karena gue takut ekspresi yang Ale tunjukkan bakal bikin mulut gue keceplosan.

I love you.

***

Fabi nggak menulis tentang another afternoon kami di blog-nya, dan itu membuatku agak heran. Ini sudah nyaris dua bulan dan belum ada tweet atau blog atau bahkan post it ajakan lagi. Fabi hilang, seperti hantu, dan aku kembali kebingungan, seperti kali ia memutuskan hubungan kami.

Yang lebih parah, aku peduli. Aku peduli di saat aku seharusnya tidak.

Masalahnya, cuma pada Fabi aku bisa curhat tentang masalah kepenulisan. Dia mengerti. Dia mau mendengar. Dia bisa memberi sentuhan bersejarah dalam hidup karakterku. Dia bisa membuat mereka makin hidup.

Nggak seperti Fahran, yang bahkan pernah ngomong, "Kenapa kamu nulis? Itu pointless, apalagi nulis sesuatu yang kamu tau bakal bikin orang sakit hati. Immature." And I was like, "Siapa suruh mereka bikin aku sakit hati duluan?"

Tapi Fabi... dia mengerti. Dia seharusnya mengerti.

Aku nggak pernah memberi embel-embel "profesional" pada kata penulis kalau aku subjeknya, namun kali ini, aku merasa lebih buruk dari penulis manapun yang ada. Aku kehilangan sense menulis. Rasanya seperti tersesat. Rasanya seperti aku nggak mampu mencerna kata yang tepat. Penyakit lethologic-ku kumat lagi.
Jadi hari ini, kuputuskan untuk pergi ke kafe another afternoon-ku dan Fabi, sekadar untung mengenang. Mengenang kaca jendela yang membiaskan sinar matahari atau digurat rintik hujan. Mengenang cangkir kopi atau hot chocolate yang kami pesan. Aku nggak merasa sedih atau senang. Truth is, I feel nothing at all. Totally numb.

Tapi hei, bukannya aku punya pacar sekarang? Pacar yang, sejauh dan setidakpengertian apapun dia, akan selalu ada buatku. Aku menghela napas dan menyalakan laptop, dan menunggunya menyala, aku mengirim WhatsApp pada Fahran, "Hun, Skype yuk."

Aku mengkoneksikan WiFi dan membuka Skype, dan karena kecerobohanku, HP-ku sampai jatuh ke kolong meja. Menggerutu, aku merangkak ke kolong meja dan mengambilnya, dan mendapati kepalaku membentur meja.

"Shit," makiku gusar. Aku melihat meja itu kali ini, mundur dan mendapati sesuatu yang lain. Post it oranye menempel di sana, dan aku mencabutnya, membacanya di atas.

Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you.

Post it. Dan tulisan kecil solid. Tulisan yang mirip tulisan Fabi.

Apa ia datang ke sini setelah pertemuan kami dan mengajak cewek lain balikan? Tapi rasanya agak mustahil. Fabi nggak suka duduk di dekat jendela, ia melakukannya semata-mata karena aku menyukainya.

Jadi, post it ini ditujukan untukku? Pada hari aku mengumumkan aku balikan dengan Fahran?

Aku menelan ludah, and for no reason at all, I start crying. I feel the tears streaming down my cheeks.

Aku nggak menangis ketika Fabian meninggalkanku, meraba dalam gelap beberapa tahun lalu, lantas kenapa aku harus menangis sekarang?

"Ale, kamu nangis...?" Aku mendengar suara lain, dan sadar suara itu berasal dari headphone-ku.

Aku buru-buru menghapus air mata dengan punggung tangan.

"What's the matter, Le?" kejar Fahran di seberang sana, di Perth.

"It's nothing," dengan mudahnya aku berbohong. "Nothing."

Dan bahkan, walau ia sudah melihatku menangis, ia percaya aku baik-baik saja.

***

Apa yang terjadi dua bulan setelahnya: aku dan Fahran putus.

Sebenarnya ini bukan salahnya sih, ini salahku juga. Aku merasa nggak bisa menjadi diriku sendiri di sampingnya. Aku selalu berusaha menjadi seseorang yang ingin dilihatnya. Dan Fahran... dia menganggap remeh mimpi-mimpiku. I can't simply be with someone like him.

Anyway, dia akan pindah lagi ke Montreal, dan dengan mudahnya ia memutuskanku dalam dalam dua kalimat, "So what now?" dan "Are we done?" Aku nggak merasakan apapun sih, sampai sekarang, sumpah. Justru aku merasa lega. Lega dan bahagia, meski Papa sempat nyinyir menyindir, "Masa kamu lebih produktif ngasilin mantan daripada karya, sih?"

Tapi sindiran itu ada benarnya, karena kesibukanku yang kian menjadi membuatku jarang menyentuh laptop. Novelku nggak kelar-kelar dan itu menyebalkan. Karakterku seperti mati. Seperti... ya gitu. Bahkan meski aku punya waktu lebih luang, aku nggak bisa menyeret kakiku dan duduk di belakang meja komputer.

Post it dari Fabi, sementara itu, menggantung manis di atas meja belajarku. Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you. Aku pernah menanyainya lewat SMS, apa benar post it itu untukku. Yang ada dia malah mengganti nomornya. Usaha lain, aku mengirimkan tweet twitpic post it itu... dan nggak sampai dua menit namanya hilang dari daftar following dan followers. Akunnya deactivated. Usaha terakhir adalah menulis di blog, semua kisahku dan kisahnya..., dan kau pasti tau apa yang terjadi.

Blognya menghilang. Maybe he set it private and changed the URL, atau mungkin dia benar-benar menghapus blognya. Setelah semua tulisan tentangku! Dia menghilang. Dia menghilang lebih cepat dari kepul asap. Dan aku tak punya apa-apa untuk melacak jejaknya.

Malam ini hujan, dan aromanya menyusup melalui sela-sela jendela. Aku menghirupnya dalam-dalam. Seluruh kamarku gelap, hanya mendapat sisa remang cahaya dari ruang tamu atau kilat petir yang sesekali menyambar. Dulu, aku dan Fabi sering berandai-andai kalau kami adalah hujan. Apa yang akan kami bawa begitu kami datang?

"Rasa sejuk dan mood, dan kebahagiaan," begitu jawabnya saat itu, "kamu, Le?"

"Mmm, mungkin kenangan, kali ya," aku berhenti menulis dan menopang dagu. Kafe yang sama, beberapa tahun yang lalu, dan kami terpaksa menunggu sampai diusir karena hujan nggak kunjung berhenti. Akhirnya, kami terpaksa berlari menembus hujan di atas motor Fabi. Aku merasa menggigil, tapi juga bahagia. Rasa yang akan Fabi bawa seandainya ia adalah hujan.

Dan malam ini, sesuatu yang akan kubawa seandainya aku adalah hujan yang menghampiriku. Kenangan. Semua memori tentangnya, yang manis dan yang pahit, every ups and downs, laughter and tears. Every another afternoon. Everything I remember about him, everything I wanna be remembered for. Dan semua dorongan itu mengantarkanku pada tulisan ini.

Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you.

***

Paris, eight years later.

Meski hawa musim gugur sudah terasa, tapi Jardin du Luxembourg masih aja penuh. Penuh dengan anak-anak kecil yang cengengesan atau orang tua yang berjalan dengan bantuan tongkat. Carousel tua yang berada di dekat bangunan puppet show bahkan masih beroperasi. Semua orang kelihatan senang, ketawa-ketiwi seakan udah yakin bakal masuk surga. Gue, sementara itu, berjalan selamban siput, berusaha mencocokkan jalanan dan tiap penunjuk arah dengan peta yang gue bawa. Gue lapar dan kesasar, dan bahasa Prancis gue masih jauh dari kata bagus. Terakhir kali gue nanya ke seorang cewek, yang ada gue malah ditampar. Belakangan Jacques, kawan sekosan gue, baru bilang kalo kesalahan kecil dalam pertanyaan gue mengubah kalimat yang gue ucapkan menjadi, "Mbak, ukuran branya berapa, ya?"

Dan kesialan gue belum berakhir, rupanya. Baru berhenti sebentar, tiba-tiba seorang bocah lelaki berambut pirang menabrak gue, es krim yang dibawanya mengotori jaket yang baru keluar dari tempat laundry. Si bocah marah, padahal jelas-jelas dia yang salah! Tapi, sebelum gue sempat marahin dia balik, seorang cowok berambut tak kalah pirang berteriak, "Pierre! Ici! Ici!"

Pierre si bocah tengik lanjut berlari, dan gue cuma bisa menatapnya dengan pandangan nggak percaya.

"Monsieur, pardon, pardon. C'est mon...."

Orang yang menghampiri gue nggak bisa menyelesaikan kata-katanya, dan mendadak gue tahu kenapa. Gue merasa gue cukup mengenalnya. Mata gelap yang menari. Bibir penuh yang selalu dilekati senyum. Wajah yang selalu terlihat ekspresif. Tubuh yang mungil, so delicate that everyone would wish to hug her.

Elmira Alesa.

Gabungan lapar, bingung, dan kesal bikin gue sempoyongan, dan Ale mencekal lengan gue di saat yang tepat.

"Uh, thanks, thanks," ucap gue, nggak menemukan kata lain untuk dilontarkan.

"What are you doing here?" tanya Ale, suaranya tercekat, dan gue melihat emosi berkelebat di matanya. Ia berdeham dan berusaha tersenyum, kikuk. "Comment vas tu?"

Gue memandangnya makin bingung. "Indonesia aja, oke?"

Ale rupanya mengatakan semua bahasa planet itu di luar kesadarannya, karena ia menggeleng dan berkata, "Sori, sori. Confusion has made me bilingual."

"Sama, gue juga bingung," gue berusaha bersikap sekasual mungkin. Cewek ini. Cewek dari masa lalu. Cewek yang gue harap gue lupakan tapi selalu gue mimpikan kehadirannya. "Erm, apa kabar, Le?"

"Better than ever," sahutnya, "lo sendiri gimana?"

"Okay, so does everything," gue mulai berjalan dan ia mengikuti, "anyway, yang tadi itu anak lo?"

"Anak?" Kening Ale mengernyit dan detik berikutnya ia tertawa. Ngakak. Kebiasaan ini nggak berubah, rupanya. "Pierre, maksud lo? Nggak lah, bukan, bisa stres gue punya anak secerewet dia. Dia anak bos gue." Kemudian ia menunjukkan label Theatre des Marionettes di dada kiri kaus ungunya.

"Lo jadi... eh, story teller?"

"Yap. Setelah sekian lama, I finally found out I couldn't do something away from literature," jelas Ale bangga, "lo sendiri gimana?"

"Hubungan internasional, Stanford. Gue ke sini buat nulis skripsi, abis dapetnya perusahaan di sini." Gue menghalangi sinar matahari yang merembes melalui dedaunan hijau. "Lo masih kuliah? Atau gimana?"

"Gue udah lulus tiga bulan lalu, jadi sekarang hidup gue cuma melingkupi studio dan nih taman. Tiap pagi, gue bakal bangun dan nulis di depan jendela, dengan pemandangan kota Paris di luar sana. Such a wonderful city for artists and writers, you know. Gue kerja, dan malemnya gue bakal nulis lagi. Dan... oh ya. Creative writing Sorbonne," Ale tersenyum, "who can guess I've come this far, huh? Paris, Sorbonne, dan nulis. Everything I was afraid too good to be true."

"Your dreams have drawn your path here," gue berkata bijak, "wait, wait, creative writing Sorbonne? Jangan bilang yang nulis Like No Other Afternoon itu lo?"

Ale tersenyum ganjil. "Lo udah baca?"

"Tiga hari lalu gue ke Shakespeare & Co., jadi gue beli. Abis namaya E. Alesa. Tapi belom gue buka sampe sekarang. Gue bawa ke mana-mana, sih."

Mendadak, Ale berhenti berjalan dan memutar tubuhnya menghadap gue. Matanya kembali menari. Kembali bercerita. "Kenapa lo belom buka buku gue?" Suaranya rendah, namun menantang.

"Soalnya..." gue menelan ludah, tapi mendapati Ale yang menatap gue dengan mata menarinya, juga sinar matahari dan aroma daun gugur, gue tahu I can't hold it any longer. "Soalnya gue takut itu tentang Fahran lagi. Gue takut apa yang gue lihat bakal bikin gue kabur lagi kayak delapan tahun lalu."

Ale tak bicara, tak menjawab, dan gue bersyukur atas keheningan itu.

"Gimana kalo lo buka itu sekarang?" tanyanya, kali ini suaranya seperti ia akan menangis.

Gue manut dan membuka ransel yang gue cangklongkan, mengambil buku karangan Ale yang lumayan tebal. Like No Other Afternoon, yang kovernya seorang cewek yang seorang cowok bergandengan tangan di jalan raya, sinar matahari membuat sosok mereka nge-blur. Gue membuka plastik pembungkusnya dan membaca halaman pertama.

Reaksi gue kayak kesetrum. Atau tersengat.

Di halaman pertamanya, tertera nama gue. Fabian, persis di atas tulisan, "Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you."

Belum sempat gue bergerak, Ale menempelkan sesuatu di samping lembar persembahan. Post it dari gue, yang gue tempel di bawah meja kafe itu.

"Salah kalo lo bilang cuma mimpi gue yang bawa gue sampe ke sini, Bi," bisiknya, butiran air berebutan keluar dari kelopak matanya, "post it ini yang bawa gue sampe sejauh ini."

Untuk sesaat kami cuma diam, cuma mendengar suara hembusan angin dan teriakan anak-anak. Cuma menatap satu sama lain dengan kehausan yang nggak bisa gue jelaskan. Sementara gue melarikan diri, post it itu membantu Ale mencari gue, dan menemukan dirinya sendiri.

Gue nggak ingat-ingat amat apa yang gue katakan setelahnya. Yang gue tahu, gue memasukkan buku itu kembali ke tas, dan tangan gue mencari jari-jari Ale, jari yang telah mengurung hati gue dalam genggamannya delapan tahun lamanya. Gue berjalan, dan ia mengikuti, bahkan tanpa takut gue yang disoriented bakal menyesatkan dia atau gimana.

Mungkin Ale akan kembali mencerocos panjang soal kehidupannya, atau mungkin kami akan kembali berbincang-bincang soal Nazi. Mungkin kami akan kembali menemukan tempat yang asyik untuk bertemu kembali. Mungkin gue akan membuka kembali blog gue dan membalas semua cerita yang ia curahkan dalam buku itu.

Dan setelah sekian lama, akhirnya gue tahu segala filosofi dari another afternoon. Kenapa kami selalu melakukannya secara spontan. Kenapa kami nggak pernah marah kalau sudah menunggu lama dan salah satu nggak datang. It's because we live for the present. We don't look back; we never expect the future. We let everything flow just the way it should. Because if we're really meant to be, the flow will gather us at some point of our lives, maybe to infinity and beyond.

And for some time now, the present is enough, and that's all I need to know.

8/9/2013, 11:42 pm.

for this wonderful guy I met in the parking lot,
the guy who told me to be strong, be true, be forever who I am.
Whatever I'm trying to write, I'm always trying to write my way back to you.
(and happy birthday, by the way)

dimanche 1 septembre 2013

Cerita dari Meja Laptop

Oke. Di saat lo lagi baca nih post, mungkin gue lagi metong kegerahan. Atau tengah menuju proses pengeriputan. Seriously, gue nggak bisa buka internet di laptop gede gue tanpa berkeringat dan keluar urat. Nggak ngerti kenapa, laptop gue kalo udah dicolok ke modem jadinya lemooot bgt. Bukan, bukan lemot loading-nya. Lemot buka Google, lemot buka Ms. Word, dll.

And it drives me crazy everytime I have assignments to work out. Gue punya satu netbook bermerek sama, loading cepet, tapi... modem gue nggak pernah ke-detect tiap nyolok di sana.

*brb ambil bambu runcing*

Ortu gue udah berulang kali nawarin beli laptop yang lebih baru dan muda, tapi gue berulang kali nolak. Mungkin ini cliché dan pointless mind, tapi gue ngerasa laptpp gue punya sentuhan magis sendiri. U no what, gue nggak bisa ngelarin sebuah tulisan di device lain. Harus dimulai dan diakhiri di laptop ini, bahkan biar di tengah jalan gue gonta-ganti partner. Rasanya kayak... jari-jari gue udah bisa nentuin sentuhan keyboard mana yang berfungsi baik. Atau semacam itu.

Gue adalah tipikal believer sejati, jadi gue percaya kalo laptop gue itu lucky charm gue. Rada tolol sih, tapi itu bener. Bukannya gue syirik atau apa, kalo kalian Potterhead dan hafal apa yang Harry bilang ke Hermione waktu tongkatnya dipatahin Basilisk, kira-kira seperti itu perasaan gue. Things are not the same without my laptop.

Dan gue juga ngerasa nggak tega nge-replace laptop gue. Rasanya kayak, habis manis sepah dibuang. Ibarat kata nih kalo orang pacaran, lo udah dipelukin, diciumin, bela-belain beli pulsa, eh si doi nyelonong pergi gitu aja pas ngeliat yang lebih cakep. Gimana perasaan lo andai itu terjadi sama lo, hah? Gue ulang biar lebih dramatis, GIMANA?

*ini kenapa gue jadi nyari temen*

Anyway, laptop gue juga punya history yang panjang. Nggak kayak AJS, anak jaman sekarang, gue butuh perjuangan sampe berdarah-darah demi laptop itu. Gue baru punya laptop itu kelas lima SD, setelah bokap beneran yakin gue cukup berprestasi dan serius menekuni dunia tulis menulis. Gue inget rasa senengnya kayak apa... soalnya gue ngerasain banget bung, yang namanya ngacir ke warnet yang jauhnya naudzubillah atau diusir dari rumah tetangga gegara kelamaan minjem PC mereka demi ngelarin cerita. Gue inget betapa fun-nya gue, ngetik ulang semua cerita yang gue tulis tangan. Ngegambar acakadut di drawing, gonta-ganti wallpaper, mainan Pinball. Everything was so simple back then.

Waktu buku pertama gue, My Little Strawberry, terbit, gue inget benda yang pertama gue peluk dan ciumin adalah laptop gue, karena dia adalah saksi nyata tangan-tangan gue menghasilkan buku itu, karena tanpa dia, gue bukan siapa-siapa sekarang, biar kata gue teteup masih bukan apa-apa sih. Sumpah gue ga ngerti inti paragraf ini tuh apa.

Jadi ya gitu, gue nggak pernah tega ngejual nih laptop, karena dia adalah salah satu partner gue yang paling setia. Temen yang ga pernah ninggalin gue dalam gelap karena dia punya cadangan listrik (bodo amat Cha), sekaligus temen paling moody karena dikit-dikit ngeheng. But still, I love you so much, laptop<3

Rada nyeleneng dikit sih nih, tapi gue ngerasa tulisan itu juga ada magic-nya. Buktinya apa? Pas gue break nulis blog ini, modem gue ke-detect di netbook dan tugas gue kelar HOORAYYYY \^^/

Jadi, ini ceritaku. Apa ceritamu?