Archive for October, 2005

Sisterhood, Pap, Serendipity

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Smalem tuw susah banget mo bobo. Selese ngobrol ama Mbak Ita jam 10.00. akhirnya selese baca "Sisterhood of The Travelling Pant" yang pertama (dipinjemin Maria ^_^) meskipun ini teenlit, tapi banyak banget line yang menurut gw sangat filosofis, dan malah line2 yan gw suka bukan dari quotation yang sengaja dipake oleh penulisnya.

Nantilah gw compile, line yang gw suka dan gw post disini (I always love that part!)pas mulai baca "The Second Summer of Sisterhood" gw tiba2 ketiduran aja gitu. trus kebangun gara2 mimpi liat sesuatu di lemari. jangan tanya gw deh, gak jelas banget tu mimpi tapi gara2 itu gw jadi kebangun dan melek…lek..lek

biasanya kalo gini ada yang ‘pending’, tapi gw yakin banget I’ve done everything. at least semua yang berani gw lakuin. sambil iseng gelep2an gw liat2 hape semuaaa di buka2, pas liat calendar, gw ngeh semalem tuh tgl 4 Oktober, tapi apa ya… bgitu sadar, ya ampun nie ultah bokap gw. biasanya setiap tahun gw punya ritual setiap tanggal 4 Oktober. gw ‘ngobrol’ sama dia. tapi gila bgt tahun ini, gw terlalu cape untuk peduli sampe2 orang yang paling peduli sama gw, gw lupain. maap ya Pap, you know I love you….

It’s so hard to remember that sumone really love you just the way you are, sumone who will never take you for granted, sumone who will always be there and know that you’ll do the same. and it’s even harder, to realise that Pap’s gone….

Slese ngobrol, masie juga melek, akhirnya bongkar2 tumpukan buku nemu "Love in the Time of Cholera" feels like it’s been centuries ago… how things changed. now let’s talk about Serendipity, Sara Thomas (Kate Beckinsale) is a fate fanatic, and Jontahan Trager is just an old fashion romantic. While christmast shopping, these two strangers meet over a pair of gloves in Bloomingdales. He wants the last pair of black gloves for his girlfriend, but Sara wants them for her boyfriend. their admirable disagreement turns into an enchanted few hours together. Although he wants them to exchange names and phone numbers before they separate, she insist that they leave it to fate. His number and phone number go on a five dollar bill, and hers on a book (Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez). Both items are then put into circulation. If it is their destiny to be together, then they will find the items someday…

Gw dah nonton filmnya 3 kali, as usual lah kalo gw suka. Tapi sampe sekarang gw masih gak mau terima kalo hal se-enchanting- itu cuma bisa kejadian di film.

Anyway, semalem gw gak sadar akhirnya ketiduran jam berapa, pokoknya berasa semenit tau2 weker dah teriak2 bangunin sahur. makan deh…sendiri….

~Stop making excuses for a man and his behaviour. Allow your intuition (or spirit) to save you from heartache. Stop trying to change yourself for a relationship that’s not meant to be. Slower is better.(Oprah)~

Think of Me

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005
Think of me (OST. Phantom of the Opera)





Think of me, think of me fondly


when we've said goodbye


Remember me once in a while


please promise me you'll try





When you find that, once again, you long


to take your heart back and be free


if you ever find a moment


spare a thought for me ...





We never said our love was evergreen


or as unchanging as the sea


but if you can still remember


stop and think of me ...





Think of all the things we've said and seen


don't think about the way things might have been ...





Think of me, think of me waking


silent and resigned


Imagine me trying to hard


to put you from my mind





Recall those days look back on all those times


think of the things we'll never do


there will never be a day


when I won't think of you ...


Flowers fade the fruits of summer fade


They have their season, so do we


But please promise me


That sometimes you will think of me

Stop Press!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

AAllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!

Ngapain lo di Cita Cinta???!!!!!!

gila gw gubrax banget, ajaib banget sie lo tiba2 muncul gini bo’? gila gw jadi inget waktu lo on air di Prambors tahun 2000 dulu deh, wakakakkakak aduh2 nyaris tiap hari gw baca dan denger tentang drop-dead-love lo itu sekarang gw harus baca di majalah juga???!!!

Alin…. huahahahhaha …. tenang aja, ntar gw temenin kesana ya, tapi berhubung gw messenger yang bawa berita baik, ada upeti dong ya.

Love you sis,

Me-the-broken-hearted

(ini postingan ke-4 (!) hari ini, bukannya kurang kerjaan, tapi daripada ngedumelin orang yang gak mo denger)

Banana Yoshimoto

Monday, October 3rd, 2005


Quotes from the Kitchen

Now only the kitchen and I are left. It’s just a little nicer than being left all alone.
–Mikage Sakurai’s thoughts after her Grandmother’s death–

Hair that rustled like silk to her shoulders; the deep sparkle of the long, narrow eyes; well formed lips, a nose with a high, straight bridge—the whole of her gave off a marvelous light that seemed to vibrate with life force.
–Mikage’s first impression of Yuichi Tanabe’s mother–

When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?
–Mikage’s thoughts on death and loneliness–

As I walked along in the moonlight, I wished that I might spend the rest of my life traveling from place to place.
–Mikage wandering the night time streets, pondering her life–

But I’m not free, I realized; I’ve been touched by Yuichi’s soul.
–Mikage relishes her relationship with Yuichi, even though it can be difficult–

In the gloom of death that surrounded the two of us, we were just at the point of approaching and negotiating a gentle curve. If we bypassed it, we would split off into different directions … [and] would forever remain friends.
–A pivotal point in Mikage and Yuichi’s relationship–

We all believe we can choose our own path from among the many alternatives. But perhaps it’s more accurate to say we make the choice unconsciously.
–Mikage’s thoughts about destiny and fate–

I felt that I was inside Yuichi’s nightmare, and that if I stayed too long I, too, would become a part of it, destined to be snuffed out in the gloom.
–Yuichi depression was obvious to Mikage—

Quotes from the Moonlight Shadow

There was electric charge between our hearts, and its conduit was the sound of the bell.
–Satsuki on how the love between her and Hitoshi can be represented by a trinket–

If, in a flash, we remembered, we would suddenly be crushed with the knowledge, the knowledge of our loss, and find ourselves standing alone in the darkness.
–Satsuki sees how Hiiragi and herself have been refusing to accept the loss of their loved ones–

In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity.
–Satsuki comments on the intersection where Hitoshi and Yumiko had died–

In retrospect I realize that fate was a ladder on which, at the time, I could not afford to miss a single rung.
–Satsuki realizes that no matter how hard it gets, it isn’t worth taking shortcuts–

If only the sun would rise. If only morning would come.
–Satsuki trying to deal with her dreams about Hitoshi being alive–

There are people I have yet to meet, others I’ll never see again. People who are gone before you know it, people who are just passing through. Even as we exchange hellos, they seem to grow transparent. I must keep living with the flowing river before my eyes.
–Satsuki, in a letter to Hitoshi–

I came to see the array of colors that lay behind words. [...] It was then that I first felt a deep curiosity about language, and understood it as a tool that encompasses both a single moment and eternity.
–Clarity comes to Kazami after she loses her voice as a teenager–

Quotes from N.P

From the moment we met, I was a butterfly that flew into that space that was his soul [...]
–Kazami explains the affect she had on Shoji–

She didn’t say anything in response, but just smiled sweetly. That smile entranced me, and made my heart feel pure.
–Kazami’s thoughts after meeting Saki Takase–

Her gaze was absolutely pure and transparent, like Sirius sparkling high up in the dark night sky, like a good dry martini beaming with pure light inside a cocktail glass.
–Kazami’s first impression of Sui Minowa–

Quotes from Newlywed

This being sitting next to me felt somehow familiar, like the scent of a place, before I was born, where all the primal emotions, love and hate, blended in the air.
–Man on the train contemplating the strange woman who got on the car–

For me, the beautiful, all-encompassing web spun by this creature is at once so polluted, yet so pure that I felt compelled to grab on to it. I am terrified by it but find myself unable to hide from it. At some point I have been caught up in the magical power she has.
–Man on the train talking about his new wife—

Quotes from Lizard

I was reminded of her separateness, a being with different organs, bundled in a different sheath of skin, who has dreams at night that are nothing like my own.
–The man explains how he sees Lizard–

Her profile stood out in sharp relief against the white wall. She seemed like a creature of a different species, one who lives quietly in the dark.
–The man observes Lizard–

Her every gesture, every move, brought life to me, a man who had been dormant for so long.
–The man shares how Lizard has affected him—

Quotes from Helix

I had the unusual sensation of having grasped her entire personality in that single expression.
–The man observing his girlfriend–

It is an infinite helix, the dance of two souls resonating, like the twist of DNA, like the vast universe.
–The man explains his relationship with his girlfriend–

Quotes from Dreaming of Kymchee

Memories are energy, and if they aren’t defused, they remain to haunt you.
–The woman telling herself to not dwell on the past too much–

It’s in the air; there’s no escape from this force within us. You can pretend to ignore it, but it still obscures your vision.
–The woman talks about how society’s opinion on affairs affects her–

Another line had converged to form a circle. [...] A force, capable of liberating us from the burden of accumulated guilt, circled in to touch us that night.
–The woman explains how she feels about an event that just occured–

Quotes from Blood and Water

The moment our eyes met, I sensed something deeply spiritual about him, about every aspect of him; the light in his eyes, his small body, the way he moved.
–Chikako talks about when she first met Akira–

The first time I held the amulet in the palm of my hand, I could feel a squall of warm tears pass through the sky of my heart.
–Chikako expresses her feelings about the gift Akira had made for her–

Quotes from A Strange Tale From Down by the River

I always listened to the voice of the river, saying to me, "I flow along endlessly. I am constant." Those murmurs engulfed me, like a lullaby, which soothed me and my anxiety about our love.
–Akemi talks about her connection to a river and the man that she loves–

All along, I’d look for surface beauty to hide the emptiness. But perhaps that’s what hobbies are for, in the final analysis.
–Akemi contemplates her life–

You know all the right techniques, all the secrets. You understand how to flow with time, and not get stuck in one place. [...] I think most people live their whole lives repeating the same patterns, again and again and again.
–K, a man from her past, tells Akemi his impression of her—