Lately, it has been tough weeks for me. This extremely volatile, turbulent weather (plus stress) of November almost leaves me nuts, cranky, fragile and sick(ened). My body has been acting out quite many times. After 3 years of relatively disciplined healthy life style (which rules and regulations I don’t blindly follow, actually), I fell sick.… Continue reading

Am enjoying “Take a Minute”. Alas! The brand new single isn’t to be listed on Path just yet. Listening to Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime by Sharon Corr Preview it on Path Continue reading

Sekali lagi. Salah kaprah yang membuat gerah. Saya putuskan untuk memberikan sedikit penjelasan yang segamblang-gamblangnya. Mungkin akan sedikit terkesan menggurui tetapi saya tidak peduli. “For Sell” Pertama-tama yang patut dicamkan ialah kelas kata tiap kata tersebut. Maksud saya, apakah kata-kata di atas termasuk kata kerja, kata benda, kata penghubung, kata depan, kata seru, dan sebagainya.… Continue reading

It was quiet inside. Few people were seen. The art gallery was as clean as wards of hospital. The only difference was no sick men moaning in pain in white beds. He mumbled the words, whispered and hardly spoke like others. He respected the gravity, the silence and paid homage to it by making as… Continue reading

Savasana or corpse pose is the most physically passive asana (yoga pose) that a yogi has to do at the end of practice. While some gurus guide students through body mapping or body scanning (bringing awareness to every inch of the physical body by mentioning almost all body parts from scalp to toes), I prefer… Continue reading

  If there is one contemporary living author whose work I really adore now and fervently reading today, that’d be Elizabeth Gilbert. She’s… I don’t know how to put it… intelligently sexy or sexily intelligent. Oh, whatever, but the point is she’s got what it takes to be my writer idol. And of course, her… Continue reading

Saya bukan pembenci Jokowi-Ahok, bukan pula pendukung setia mereka. Saya hanya warga pendatang biasa yang ingin menyuarakan kekurangnyamanan saya sebagai pengguna trotoar karena proyek sumur resapan, yang setelah beberapa pekan belum tampak ditutup dengan tanah agar permukaan trotoar kembali rata dan mulus seperti semula. Mungkin penggunaan kata ‘mulus’ agak terlalu berlebihan karena trotoar yang saya… Continue reading