sorry rabbit, your place has been replaced

remember the rabbit postcard that I posted in my previous post? yesterday it was my-favorite-postcard-of-all-time, but today I received one card that really interests me. it's from Nina who lives in Thailand.

this is the postcard! :)

I can play the national anthem of Thailand from now on! ;)

p.s: don't worry rabbit, you still have my heart

this is what i do

I am a postcrosser and I love it! For those who doesn't know what postcrossing is, you can go to this site. I won't explain further about postcrossing but I just want to post my best received cards (and I will continue to post like this). Enjoy my collection! :)

Favorite received cards:

 from: Netherland

from: Ukraine

 

All time favorite! from: Hong Kong

 

from: Netherland

favorite line of all time :) - Netherland

 

from: Germany

 

 

 Indonesian stamp. my favorites!

quote of the day

"In medical school, we have a hundred classes that teach us how to fight off death and not one lesson in how to go on living"

-Meredith Grey

(Grey's Anatomy season 6)

messed up

keep holding on

cause you know we'll make it trough, make it trough

just stay strong

cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you

quote of the day

"She is my person. If I murdered someone, she is the person I'd call to help me drag the corpse across the living room floor."

-Christina Yang

(from Grey's Anatomy season 3)

sumpah pemuda. sumpah saya.

hari ini hari peringatan sumpah pemuda. sebuah hari bersejarah yang terjadi 83 tahun lalu ketika...

sudahlah, saya tidak ingin membahas sumpah pemuda 83 tahun yang lalu.

hari ini kami dipulang-cepat-kan oleh sekolah karena akan terjadi demo besar-besaran yang berlokasi di sekitar sekolah saya. saya berpikir kenapa harus demo?

entahlah, mungkin satu-dua tahun lagi saya juga tidak dapat menahan diri saya untuk turun ke jalan dan menyuarakan pendapat saya. mungkin.

mungkin juga saya akan melaksanakan sumpah keramat itu di masa depan.

mungkin juga tiba-tiba rasa cinta tanah air saya mendadak hilang sama sekali tak berbekas.

yang saya tahu hari ini, saya sangat mencintai negara saya, Indonesia. dan saya rasa yang paling kuat untuk dapat melakukan hal-hal luar biasa adalah: CINTA

yang saya tahu hari ini, saat ini juga saya mempunyai mimpi untuk selalu mencintai dengan tumpah darah saya, tanah air Indonesia. saya mempunyai mimpi untuk mengakui bangsa dan bangga akan kebangsaan saya, bangsa Indonesia. saya mempunyai mimpi untuk memegang teguh bahasa saya, bahasa Indonesia.

sumpah saya.

 

 Tuhan, ijinkan saya untuk dapat melawan segala badai demi memperjuangkan bangsa saya.

I've seen the bigger picture

"I've seen the bigger picture. I can't do everything and still have everything so I have to let some of the pieces go."

 -Dr. Miranda Bailey

(from Grey's Anatomy season 3)

This is my favorite quote from my favorite TV show.


I'm letting go some pieces of me for a better me, for my better future. I don't know if this is the right thing or not, so far I know I'm letting the part which has been inside me for 9 years. I know maybe it's not easy. I hope I'm doing the right thing.

universal language

I got a postcard from Netherlands recently, from Joke Roodenburg. She said that she took a look at my blog (which is this blog) and said she loved to read how proud I am of my country.

I realized that I'm using Indonesian in most of my blog posts, especially posts about Indonesia. But I got a blog visitor from other country who doesn't understand Indonesian at all and still she got the point from my posts.

I came to a conclusion I made: a sincere love is an universal language. no matter how you show it, other still can see you inner feelings, your sincerity.

Well, I did showed my sincere love to my country, and I'm proud of myself telling the world how I love my own country :)

i finally know what it feels like

baru saja membaca blogpost teman saya, ibeth, dan saya tertohok. yeah, ga tertohok banget sih cuma pengalaman yang ia ceritakan tersebut sama persis dengan yang saya alami.

maaf lagi not in mood menulis dengan bahasa yang bagus rapih dan menarik (kaya pernah aja).

So, I had my first time being a super-huge-fan of a band. It started with me, iput, and ibeth watching the Java Soulnation which was held last week, not really knowing who were the performer of the night. Well, I knew there would be Sophie Ellis Bextor, Depapepe, and Valerius and I know some of their songs.

Sophie Ellis Bextor was good, Depapepe was...kinda boring, but surprisingly Valerius was..........superb! I barely knew this band, I knew 2 of their songs that play frequently on the radio and I had downloaded 2 other song, I knew this is the band I tried to google but there were no result. But still I have no idea their performance really caught my heart.

So after watching their first performance, we instantly got crazy of them and decided to watch them again on the next day at Erasmus Huis (they're from Amsterdam, that's why they performed in Erasmus Huis).

Their performance on Erasmus Huis was unforgettable. I got my CD signed by all Valerius members. I took a photo with Jesse, Jelte, and Kay. And I was hugged by Jelte.

Later on, we had a like 5 days of post-concert syndrome. We sang Valerius's songs all over again, never get bored. We stalked their twitter account just to know where they were and what were they doing. We tuned on the radio on their radio show. Got their songs stuck in my head like every time. Set their concert photo as my wallpaper, and et cetera.

I finally know what it feels like to be a huge fan. I have never thought I would be like this, yea but this is me now, fighting myself not to fall deeper into this "groupies-thingy". I know why people do weird things just to see-hear-meet their idols.

Well, thanks to Valerius for letting me know what it feels like to be ordinary, having the feelings everybody else have, for giving me the coolest concert I have watched, for meeting a brand-new not so popular band but unbelievably great just like them.

Picture timeee!

this is them for the photoshoot of Hai Magazine. left to right: Jelte Tuinsra, Xander Vriensten, Kay Nambiar, Jesse Nambiar, Georgy Patrick

 Kay at the Soulnation

 my favorite photo of my favorite person: Jelte at the Erasmus Huis

 the moment Jesse sang the line "In your head you're begging for my love" on the song She Doesn't Know

 this is me with Jelte at Erasmus Huis

 and this is me again with Jesse (I'm pretty sure you all know Jesse is the one on the left, not the right)

 So yeah! We got their set list, all signed. we really have to be proud on this one :))

and... got my CD signed by all of them!

See you later, V. You rocked my days! I'm waiting for your next concert in Indonesia :)

red cross

yesterday was my first time doing the blood donation. i was scared and nervous at first but after all i did it. and i think it's not bad. I'm planning to donate my blood at least 3 times a year from now on :)

I love it when I think my blood might be running on somebody now, and I think about how useful it might be. For me, it won't be any difference whether that 250cc of blood is inside or outside my body. I will still be me. But maybe for somebody, it might be a life and death situation.

So for whoever is having (or will be having) my blood running on his/hers, I hope everything goes well. I hope what I did means something to you and your family.

I'm going to donate more blood in the future. I promise I won't consume drugs and alcohols, I will keep myself in a perfect health so that I can give my best for those who need my blood.

"If you donate money, you give food. But if you donate blood, you give life!"

saat ini aku seperti jatuh cinta!

selayaknya orang sedang jatuh cinta, akhir-akhir ini saya sering sekali membicarakan, menulis, dan memikirkan "orang" yang dicintai.

buruknya "orang" tersebut tidak nampak lagi di mataku.

mungkin aku telah buta, buta oleh cinta, boleh dikatakan demikian.

well, I'm not referring to a person.

sepertinya saya telah jatuh hati sepenuhnya kepada tanah airku, 

NDONESIA!

i love Indonesia because we are colorful

Indonesia is like this marble.

Kita saling berbeda warna tapi kita bersatu. Dan perbedaan warna diantara kita itulah yang justru membuat kita cantik. Sangat indah.

Aku tidak bangga jika aku menjadi merah, atau hijau. Aku bangga karena aku berada di dalam sebuah kristal cantik yang berwarna-warni, Indonesia.

Buat apa kita hanya bangga dengan warna kita masing-masing? Toh biru tetap biru, dan kuning akan selalu menjadi kuning. Tapi kita bersatu menjadi paduan warna yang tidak akan pernah pudar.

 

this is my dream

I want to tell the world about Indonesia. I will show the world about Gamelan Bali. As I go overseas, I want to be a teacher of Gamelan Bali. or at least I want to put my effort to take this amazing instruments to other countries.

Wait? You're Indonesian and you have never heard about the music of gamelan bali? Go take a look at youtube! And you'll realized how rich our country is! :)

I love gamelan bali!



...or maybe I should think about teaching angklung too? :)

I love Indonesia :)

Indonesian Pride

I'm proud of my country. I know my country is far from perfection but nothing's perfect right?

This is why I love Indonesia :)

and check "visit indonesia" on youtube too! 

somewhere along their journey, people realize that what they're looking for has been there for them all along :)

locations: sendang biru, sempu island, pangandaran beach, green canyon, flores, menoreh peak, bromo

krisis kritis

well, jujur aja post ini terinspirasi oleh seorang teman yang cerdas dan juga kritis menurut saya.

sayangnya...
kritik seorang teman tersebut terlalu... emosional? bisa dikatakan demikian. bahkan bisa dikatakan itu bukan kritik tapi hujatan. murni hujatan.

saya sendiri merasa sangat sakit hati membacanya, walaupun jelas bukan saya yang dikritik.

tolong...

pahami suatu kondisi, pahami negara ini, kenali semuanya, baru anda berhak menyatakan kritik tersebut.

Kata Ibuku

Menurut kamu?

Kita sebagai pemuda Indonesia seharusnya bangga memiliki bahasa Indonesia. Bahasa Indonesia sudah seharusnya kita junjung dan kita lestarikan. Tidak semua bangsa dan negara memiliki bahasa Ibu sebagai bahasa nasionalnya. Kita seharusnya bangga.

Apakah kamu bangga akan bahasa Indonesia? Kenapa?

-Via Sashimi's Tumblr xiips2-sashimi.tumblr.com

(not) a farewell

"Ketika tiba saat perpisahan janganlah kalian berduka, sebab apa yang paling dikasihi darinya mungkin akan nampak lebih nyata dari kejauhan - seperti gunung yang nampak lebih agung terlihat dari padang dan daratan" -Khalil Gibran

Thank you for being a huge part in my life
I'm gonna miss you...


Sr. Moekti Gondosasmito



Sashimi


YG

... or maybe it isn't a farewell at all?

I'll see you soon... :)