Dalam salah satu pos gw di Blogspot awal gw ngeblog (tahun 2004an) gw pernah tulis bahwa berteman itu seperti pacaran. Pilih teman itu buat gw pribadi seperti pilih pacar, maunya tentu yang cocok dan dalam jangka waktu panjang. Sama seperti pacar yang akhirnya jadi pasangan hidup sampai mau memisahkan, gw pilih teman tentu dengan maksud jadi FF = Friend Forever. Ini maksudnya, prakteknya kadang lain. Continue reading
Last week was a strange one as I had two weddings and a funeral in the span of 6 days. Two friends of mine remarried and a dear aunt passed away. I received the wedding invitations months ago but the passing of my father in law’s cousin came unexpectedly. I went to her funeral with my … Continue reading
Kadang arti empati sering tertukar dengan simpati. Empati itu artinya kemampuan untuk merasa emosi dan perasaan yang orang lain rasakan, kemampuan ini begitu kuatnya hingga orang yang berempati ke orang lain dapat merasakan emosi dan perasaan orang lain itu berdasarkan emosi dan perasaan yang bersangkutan. Simpati artinya kemampuan untuk merasa emosi dan perasaan orang lain dan … Continue reading
Hari Kamis dan Jumat kemarin akhirnya gw land coffee (kopi darat) dengan Noni si nyonyasepatu dan Fe; si empunya blog Jalan2Liburan dan Cerita4Musim. Sebelum cerita lebih lanjut gw akan jelaskan asal – muasal istilah kopi darat. Pertengahan tahun 1980-an kawula muda rame menggunakan alat komunikasi radio di frekuensi 2 meter. Jadi ada beberapa frekuensi dengan … Continue reading
I have been blogging for almost 11 years now. All those years I had a couple of offline meetings with fellow bloggers. This is my submission of this week challenge from BEC. The first one was with Santi. It was a sunny day in April 2009. Santi and I met at The Hague, Central Station. … Continue reading
One day I had a conversation about life with two young friends of mine. They were in their mid 20es and full of energy. I loved to hear how they deal with things I have dealt with when I was their age. We discussed about planning our life, including career, love life, financial plan, ambitions … Continue reading
People don’t always accept that death is part of life. There is life and death. Death is inevitable. We deal with the loss of our loved-ones but yet it seems taboo to speak about death when we are so alive. Now I want to break this by sharing my thoughts about how I want my … Continue reading
