Hari libur adalah hari di mana manusia mengurangi umur hidupnya dengan:
- Membuat jadwal sehari-hari entah di atas kertas atau di atas batu:
Tidur : 02.00 – 12.00
Main ato jalan-jalan : 12.00 – 02.00
- Bangun tidak sesuai dengan waktu jadwal sekolah untuk meyakinkan diri bahwa dirinya sedang benar-benar libur. Misalnya bangun jam 3 sore…
- Tidur malam-malam supaya bisa bangun siang keesokan harinya.
- Memikirkan cara menghabiskan waktu yang sudah terbuang untuk belajar. Sayangnya saat belajar, tidak pernah terpikir oleh manusia untuk membayar hutang waktu yang terbuang saat bermain.
- Menghabiskan uang sebanyak yang bisa dibayar orang tua untuk biaya pembangunan gedung pendidikan buat jalan-jalan, makan-makan, nginep-nginep.
- Memikirkan kapan hari pertama masuk sekolah karena bosan.
- Main sebanyak-banyaknya biar
- Siap menghadapi penderitaan saat berhadapan dengan dosen yang bikin ngantuk. Masalahnya, logikanya ga masuk. Mau main ga main, pas nanti dengerin dosen pasti ngantuk. Ga ada hubungannya sama sekali.
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Ada
hal lain yang bisa diceritakan selain “gw belajar di rumah”. Jadi ga di-cap nerdy. Kalau dulu di Mater Dei, ini adalah suatu keharusan karena ibu Etty tercinta akan meminta presentasi 5 menit “about your holiday”. And kalau your holiday sux, semua orang akan mengasihanimu.
- Memancing kesabaran orang tua dengan membuat tagihan listrik dan telepon menjadi dua kali lipat. Untungnya orang tuaku tidak terpancing sama sekali.
Semua poin di atas berdampak pada pengurangan umur kita sebagai manusia. Hidup tidak teratur menyebabkan pengurangan umur, dimarahin menyebabkan pengurangan umur karena harus menahan marah, bosan juga menyebabkan pengurangan umur karena stress. Hahaha.
*Gilaa*
Aku sedang menjalani hukuman kemunafikanku.
Tembok yang susah-susah kubangun… hancur berkeping-keping…
Padahal sudah kujaga baik-baik…
Benar-benar orang gagal
Tapi aku pasti tidur nyenyak
Karena tangisan selalu membuatku kelelahan
Semoga tidak membuatku mati dehidrasi
Sekarang menghadapinya setiap hari
Mungkin sampai 1 tahun ke depan
Semoga masih ada waktu
Untuk mempertanggungjawabkan kesalahan fatal ini
Setiap hari otakku memerintahkan
“tabrakkan dirimu ke mobil itu”
Padahal aku lewat banyak jalan besar tiap hari
Aku berusaha menahannya dengan sedikit akal sehatku
Setiap malam terasa menakutkan sampai menangis
Perasaan itu muncul di setiap kegelapan
Padahal malam datang selalu
Lampu kamar pun harus selalu dimatikan kalau sudah malam
Leher terasa mencekik dirinya sendiri
Lambung mulai menolak bekerja lagi
Hati…
Apa itu hati?
Oh, sudah dikuburkan bersama indahnya perasaan itu
Aku membayarnya
Selalu aku sendiri
Aku bangga, karena banyak orang bahagia karenaku
Tapi hati nurani memarahiku, katanya
“kau mencoba bunuh diri ya!!”
“tak ada jalan laiu” belaku
Memang tak ada jalan lain
Semuanya hanya kebohongan
Aku akan mati
Mungkin besok?
Semoga aku tidur nyenyak
Tadi hampir ditabrak motor
Tapi aku dengan bangganya melompat ke arahnya
Bodoh, jangan-jangan aku memang ingin mati
Mengerikan
Apa kata temanku nanti
Oh, iya, tentu saja
PENGECUT
Hari ini, perasaan tidak ada yang terkontrol dengan baik. Aku duduk dengan tatapan kosong di bus. Protes pada Tuhan, kenapa hatiku begitu sakit. Biasanya tidak begitu. Beberapa jam sembuh. Beberapa hari sembuh. Yang ini… tidak sembuh-sembuh. Aku meratap pada Tuhan, mengenai betapa menderitanya diriku. Tiba-tiba, seorang anak kecil menabrakku. Rupanya ia kesulitan untuk naik bus. Aku berusaha membantunya. Ia cacat. Tapi tetap berusaha naik.
Tuhan berkata “Apa yang kau lakukan? Anak itu saja berusaha. Masa kau tidak?”
Aku tersadar dari lamunan
Apa itu?
Tuhan berkata “Aku mengirimkan teman-temanmu. Apa yang kau lakukan? Kau benar-benar tidak menghargai pemberianku”
Tangisan dalam hati mulai terdengar
Sesampai di rumah
Aku menangis lagi
Aku benar-benar tidak pernah bersyukur
Aku… akan berusaha tersenyum lagi… tidak apa harus menangis tiap malam
Aku punya mereka
Teman baik selamanya tidak akan berpisah
… sudah hampir malam lagi …
… apa yang harus kulakukan …
… takut sekali…
Setelah melewati siksaan demi siksaan universitas air mancur hijau menjijikkan… urrggh… akhirnya penulis meluangkan waktunya untuk menulis sesuatu yang tidak akan pernah dibaca siapapun… blognya di friendster (keironisan kalimat pembuka cukup membuat penulis menangis tersedu-sedu di depan komputer) ß ga deng. Boonk
Hari ini penulis akan menceritakan tentang seorang manusia Taurus. Adik sang penulis, a.k.a jojo. Adik sang penulis yang narcis ini sebenarnya lebih senang dipanggil santo Ignatius atao Mr. Jonathan. Namun berhubung nama-nama yang terlalu keren ini tentu saja tidak akan cocok dengan pribadinya, penulis menolak untuk memanggilnya demikian -__-;
Terlahir pada tanggal 29 April 1991, ditakdirkan untuk terus direlasikan dengan kambing (wkk, maksudnya dia shio kambing), anak yang tanggal lahirnya sama kayak president Maximoto (baca: kaisar hirohito) ini ternyata makin gede hobinya makin aneh. Misalnya, hobi salah pakai seragam ke sekolah. Hobi loncat-loncat di atas meja, hobi berguling-guling di lantai, dsb. (ga smua yang lo denger itu bener)
Anywaay, alkisah, hari ini, sang adik yang menyebalkan membawa masuk seekor lalat ke dalam kamar penulis, yang membuat kamar penulis harus dimatikan lampunya demi keluarnya seekor makhluk kecil bersayap ini. Penulis yang sedang niat sekali belajarnya akhirnya harus mengungsi ke kamar sang adik, dengan harapan mendapat sedikit pencerahan ß lampu. (ga sih, maksudnya mau ngadem). Setelah belajar beberapa saat, si penulis mengeluh:
P : aduh, gw ga jago ngafalin nii
AP : mau dengar saran dari professional ga? Tentang cara ngafalin yang baik?
P : haah? siapa?
AP : dari Mr. Jonathan
P : …
P : ya, udah deh, boleh2. siapa tahu membantu
Dengan
gaya sok professional,
AP : sini bukunya
P : (setengah ogah-ogahan menyerahkan buku)
AP : ujiannya dari mana?
P : dari chapter 10 – 16
AP : hoo. Yak, langkah pertama adalah… menghafal daftar isi
P : haah?
AP : iya, dengan menghafal daftar isi, pelajaran yang harus dihafalkan selama 12 jam bisa dilakukan dengan hanya 6 jam
P : (dalam hati, kata siapa tuh)
AP : Chapter 10 judulnya apa?
P : (dengan yakin) Managing Workforce!
AP : Mana chapter 10-nya? (kebingungan bolak balik buku)
P : Halaah. Cari daftar isi aja ga bisa, mau jadi professional
Setelah melewati beberapa dekade
AP : Ooh, ini dia. Salah tuh. Judulnya Motivating Workforce!!
P : Haiyaah. Sama waee… (mulai bosan mengikuti lawakan)
AP : Ckckck. Beda2. ini MOTIVATING. Nah, berikutnya, hafalin sub chapternya. Sub chapter pertama apa? (berniat menjelaskan)
P : Introduction
AP : … … … … … (bingung mau jelasin apa, tapi tetap bersikap professional). Oh, itu pembukaannya
P : (ya gua juga taw, dalam hati tentu saja, daripada dilempar keluar kamar)
AP : Terus yang berikutnya?
P : Nature of Human Relations
AP : … … apa hubungannya lingkungan sama kerjaan?
P : ……….
AP : … … … yah, pokoknya hafalin dah tuh semuanya, chapter motivating workshop
P : workforce
AP : workshop
P : workforce
AP : haah, apa tuh workforce?
P : …
Pesan hari ini, jangan pernah belajar bersama adikmu.
Kecuali kau mau meminjam iPodnya, cara terbaik memang mendengarkan lawakannya terlebih dahulu.
Yaah, mana ada sih manusia Taurus yang normal… Sejauh ini yang telah ditemukan seumur 19 tahun ini, manusia-manusia Taurus di sekeliling penulis memang tidak pernah ada yang beres. Mungkin ini yang menyebabkan penulis menjadi rada-rada aneh?
Peace looh, ^^V
Seperti biasa, membaca buku Burung Berkicau. Banyak cerita-cerita reflektif. Hope can help you all ^^V
1.Do we really need a religion in our lives? tell me why in logic reason
Pasar Malam Agama
Aku dan temanku pergi ke “Pasar malam agama”. Bukan pasar dagang. Pasar agama. Tetapi persaingannya sama sengitnya, propagandanya pun sama hebatnya.
Di kios Yahudi kami mendapat selebaran yang mengatakan bahwa Tuhan itu Maha Pengasih dan bahwa bangsa Yahudi adalah umat pilihanNya. Ya, bangsa Yahudi. Tidak ada bangsa lain yang terpilih seperti bangsa Yahudi.
Di kios Islam kami mendengar, bahwa Allah itu Maha Penyayang dan Mohammad ialah nabiNya. Keselamatan diperoleh dengan mendengarkan Nabi Tuhan yang satu-satunya ini.
Di kios Kristen kami menemukan, bahwa Tuhan adalah Cinta dan bahwa di luar Gereja tidak ada keselamatan. Silahkan mengikuti Gereja Kudus jika tidak ingin mengambil risiko masuk neraka.
Di pintu keluar aku bertanya kepada temanku: “Apakah pendapatmu tentang Tuhan?” jawabnya: “Rupanya ia penipu, fanatik, dan bengis”
Sampai di rumah aku berkata kepada Tuhan: “Bagaimana Engkau bisa tahan dengan hal seperti itu, Tuhan? Apakah Engkau tidak tahu, bahwa selama berabad-abad mereka memberi julukan jelek kepadaMu?”
Tuhan berkata: “Bukan Aku yang mengadakan Pasar Malam Agama itu. Aku bahkan merasa terlalu malu untuk mengunjunginya.”
2.How do you know that God will answer or listen to your prayers? give me the examples to give evidence on it.
Mengetahui Kristus
Wawancara antara seseorang yang baru saja bertobat dan mengikuti Kristus dengan seorang temannya yang tidak beriman
“Jadi, kau sudah bertobat menjadi pengikut Kristus?”
“Ya”
“Kalau begitu kau tahu banyak tentang Dia. Misalnya, di negara mana ia dilahirkan?”
“Aku tidak tahu”
“Berapa usiaNya waktu Ia meninggal?”
“Aku tidak tahu”
“Berapa kali Ia berkhotbah?”
“Aku tidak tahu”
“Lho, bagi orang yang menyatakan telah bertobat menjadi pengikut Kristus, kau mengetahui sedikit sekali”
Kau memang benar. Aku malu karena begitu sedikit pengetahuanku tentang Dia. Tetapi sekurang-kurangnya aku tahu hal ini. Tiga tahun yang lalu aku seorang pemabuk. Hutangku banyak, keluargaku berantakan. Anak-isteriku selalu takut, setiap kali aku pulang. Tetapi sekarang aku sudah tidak minum lagi. Hutang-hutangku sudah lunas. Keluarga kami bahagia. Anak-anak senang menantiku pulang ke rumah setiap sore. Ini semua karya Kristus bagiku. Sebanyak inilah yang saya ketahui tentang Kristus
Benar-benar mengetahui berarti: diubah oleh apa yang diketahuinya
3.How do we know what we believe in (faith) is true? explain it thoroughly!
Setan dan temannya
Pada suatu hari setan berjalan-jalan dengan seorang temannya. Mereka melihat seseorang membungkuk dan memungut sesuatu dari jalan.
“Apa yang ditemukan orang itu?” tanya si teman
“Sekeping kebenaran,” jawab setan
“Itu tidak merisaukanmu?” tanya si teman
“Tidak,” jawab setan. “Saya akan membiarkan dia menjadikannya kepercayaan agama”
Kepercayaan agama merupakan suatu tanda, yang menunjukkan jalan kepada kebenaran. Orang yang kuat-kuat berpegang pada penunjuk jalan, tidak dapat berjalan terus menuju kebenaran. Sebab, ia mengira seakan-akan sudah memilikinya.
4.Is it possible for us to be united when there are some people who are fanatic in their religion? give me the whole of your idea!
Jesus menonton pertandingan sepakbola
Jesus Kristus berkata bahwa Ia belum pernah menyaksikan pertandingan sepakbola. Maka kami, aku dan teman-temanku, mengajakNya menonton. Sebuah pertandingan sengit berlangsung antara kesebelasan Protestan dan kesebelasan Katolik.
Kesebelasan Katolik memasukkan bola terlebih dahulu. Jesus bersorak gembira dan melemparkan topinya tinggi-tinggi. Lalu ganti kesebelasan Protestan yang mencetak goal. Dan Jesus bersorak gembira serta melemparkan topinya tinggi-tinggi lagi
Hal ini rupanya membingungkan orang yang duduk di belakang kami. Orang itu menepuk pundak Jesus dan bertanya: “Saudara berteriak untuk pihak yang mana?”
“Saya?” jawab Jesus, yang rupanya saat itu sedang terpesona oleh permainan itu. “Oh, saya tidak bersorak bagi salah satu pihak. Saya hanya senang menikmati permainan ini”
Penanya itu berpaling kepada temannya dan mencemooh Jesus. “Ateis!”
Sewaktu pulang, Jesus kami beritahu tentang situasi agama di dunia dewasa ini. “Orang-orang beragama itu aneh, Tuhan.” kata kami. “Mereka selalu mengira, bahwa Allah ada di pihak mereka dan melawan orang-orang yang ada di pihak lain.”
Jesus mengangguk setuju. “Itulah sebabnya Aku tidak mendukung agama; Aku mendukung orang-orangnya,” katanya. “Orang lebih penting daripada agama. Manusia lebih penting daripada hari Sabat.”
“Tuhan, berhati-hatilah dengan kata-kataMu,” kata salah seorang di antara kami dengan was-was. “Engkau pernah disalibkan karena mengucapkan kata-kata serupa itu. “Ya – dan justru hal itu dilakukan oleh orang-orang beragama,” kata Jesus sambil tersenyum kecewa.
Lebih Baik Tidak Berdoa daripada Mengumpat
Sa’di bin Shiraz menceritakan tentang dirinya kisah berikut ini:
Ketika masih kecil, aku anak yang saleh, tekun dalam berdoa dan melakukan kebaktian. Pada suatu malam aku berjaga bersama ayahku dengan memegang kitab Al Qur’an di atas pangkuanku.
Tiap orang yang ada di kamar bersama kami mulai mengantuk dan akhirnya semuanya tertidur pulas. Maka aku berkata kepada ayahku: “Dari semua orang yang tidur ini tidak ada seorang pun yang membuka matanya dan mengangkat kepalanya untuk berdoa. Seperti mati mereka semua itu.”
Ayahku menjawab: “Anakku tercinta, aku lebih senang engkau juga tertidur dan tidak berdoa daripada mengumpat”
Membenarkan diri sendiri adalah bahaya yang sering timbul pada orang yang berusaha maju dalam hidup doa dan menjadi semakin saleh.
Susah sekali Final Exam CB kitaaaaaa… jawaban gw kali ini based on my faith yah. I can’t really think in logical way neh kali ini. Hiks… terus, kalo ngelantur terus, mohon dimaafkan… tapi yang pasti, keywordnya udah gw taruh semua di dalam jawabannya. Hehe… I’ll keep looking for the best answer. Jadi ini sama sekali bukan final draft. Ini half-first draft. Coretan2 dari pikiran gw. Apa yang terlintas dari pikiran gw saat ngeliat ni soal. Enjoy!
1.Do we really need a religion in our lives? tell me why in logic reason
Really need it? No, I don’t think so. I agree to say that we need it. Why? Well, I believe in Jesus not because I’m a Catholic. I proudly say that I faith Jesus so much. I’m not really that proud being a Catholic. You know what, when I was a child, I was wondering whether I can go to two different churches in the same day. And last time, I feel completely joyful when I visit two churches in the same day. There are differences between Christian and Catholic church indeed, but they actually complete each other, and I hope I can go to both of them on Sunday for the rest of my life. Haha. Feels really great to meet God.
Anyway… we don’t really need religion. What we need is faith, not the religion. Religion is just the vessel. You can say that religion without faith is nothing. But somehow, there are people in the world who need guidance. That’s why we have religion, for it’s more organized, people then can be guided more easily.
(so, yeah, what can I say, being fanatic is just so stupid. I would really laugh if a Christian say bad things about Catholic, or the opposite. Well, I faith Jesus. Do you faith your religion or your God? I don’t even mind having no religion. I faith Him so much)
2.How do you know that God will answer or listen to your prayers? give me the examples to give evidence on it.
Damn… this is my whole life questions, and he just simply put it in the Final Exam…
Ehm… truly, I don’t know. Simple stubborn answer would be “I faith Him”. Faith means believing. So I believe that He would answer me. (“That would be 80 marks for you” said Mr. Anjar). Another answer from Rus, is personal experience (“That would be 80 marks for you too”, said Mr. Anjar again).
Honestly, personal experience is the real reason why I know that God will answer or listen to my next prayer. But if you explain this to the non-believer, it wouldn’t make any sense for them:
Fanatic believer : I know God always answer my prayer
Realistic non-believer : How do you know?
Fanatic believer : He always answer my prayer. Last time, I got stuck in my exam, and I pray, suddenly, my mind was opened, and I remember all I have studied. It’s a miracle or what?
Realistic non-believer : Well, last time I got stuck in my exam and I relaxed myself for a while because I realize that I’m to nervous. After that I remember all I have studied. It’s just the same case as yours. You are nervous, and you always seek calmness by praying to your God. That’s why when you pray, your body relaxed and you can think more clearly. I don’t need praying to God. I can do it on my own way.
Fanatic believer : Oh, my God, you’re such an atheist. Please forgive his sins for not believe in You, my Lord. Amen.
Realistic non-believer : ?
Atau2, jadinya kayak gini:
Seorang cendekiawan kristen berpendapat bahwa Kitab Suci harus dianggap benar sampai hal yang sekecil-kecilnya. Pada suatu ketika, ia disapa seorang teman sejawatnya. “Menurut Kitab Suci, bumi diciptakan kira-kira lima ribu tahun yang lalu. Tetapi kami telah menggali tulang-tulang untuk membuktikan bahwa kehidupan sudah ada di planat ini sejak ratusan ribu tahun yang lampau.” Langsung ditanggapi oleh si cendekiawan. “Ketika Tuhan menciptakan bumi lima ribu tahun yang lalu, ia sengaja menanam tulang-tulang itu di bumi untuk menguji apakah kita lebih percaya pada pernyataan ilmiah atau pada FirmanNya Yang Kudus”
dueeng…
Jadi, saudara percaya sama yang mana?
Another answer from ommie, because He promised. That is. In the bible, He has promised. We believe in bible, for what He said, that He promised to stay with us until the end of time.
Arrgggh… yang di bawah ini lebih encouraging dan meyakinkan
You learn to trust God by obeying him in small ways.
At this point in your faith-walk, you
probably agree that God is the supreme
ruler of the universe, powerful enough
to overcome any problem or defeat any
enemy. “Everything comes from him;
everything happens through him;
everything ends up in him.” (Romans
11:36 MSG)
And if that is true, then our struggle
to take a step of faith is not over the
issue of whether or not God can deliver
– he clearly can do that.
The real the question is: Can we trust
God to be sensitive to our needs (or
what we perceive to be our needs)?
Perhaps the resistance you and I exhibit
when we’re faced with a faith-step is
because we seriously doubt God will look
out for our best interests – “Yes, I
believe God can work this out, but will he?”
And this often lapses into the speech of
behavior that says, “I know I can work
this out, but I’m not sure God will – at
least I’m not sure he will do it the way
I want to see it done.”
The incredible thing is this: God
patiently understands your hesitancy, so
he made the first move toward
establishing a loving, trusting
relationship with you. He didn’t wait
until you could be trusted to receive
his love, and he doesn’t insist you
become trustworthy before he trusts you
with precious gifts. (Romans 5:6-8)
This means that by taking small steps of
faith, obeying God in small ways, “We
find ourselves standing where we always
hoped we might stand – out in the wide
open spaces of God’s grace and glory,
standing tall and shouting our praise.”
(Romans 5:2 MSG)
So what?
· God is trustworthy in everything
(Psalm 33:4) – He is love (1 John
4:16b), and therefore patient and kind;
he’s never rude or self-seeking; he’s
not easily angered, and he keeps no
record of wrongs; he does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth; he
always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres; he never
fails. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8) He is
always fair (Deuteronomy 32:4), and he’s
never failed to fulfill one of his
promises. (Joshua 21:45)
· Meditate on God’s faithfulness – When
you struggle to trust God, meditate upon
his faithfulness and love. Remember
that, for now, we “know only a portion
of the truth, and what we say about God
is always incomplete. But when the
Complete arrives, our incompletes will
be canceled.” (1 Corinthians 13:9-10,
MSG) “Trust in the Lord with all your
heart. Never rely on what you think you
know. Remember the Lord in everything
you do, and he will show you the right
way.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) God is calling
you to grow up in your faith and to
trust steadily in him. (1 Corinthians
13:11-13, MSG)
· Take your fears (lack of trust) to him
– God’s perfect love casts out all fear,
and that means you can safely tell him
about your doubts and fears. He isn’t
angry when you struggle with your faith.
Imagine a father watching his child take
those first baby steps. Like a father
overjoyed that his child is learning to
walk, your Heavenly Father encourages
you to take small steps of obedience.
Panjang yak, dapat dari Liz di friendster. Hahaha… thank you2.
3.How do we know what we believe in (faith) is true? explain it thoroughly!
Jawaban PPKN yang baik adalah “Karena sesuai dengan hati nurani”… ahaha. I’m not quite sure either. The keywords say, religion understanding, God never form a religion, religion is human made, and there is no general true in this world.
Well, firstly, how do you know what is true and what is not true? Our definition of true actually is when everybody say it is true, then it is true. Most of people say that killing is bad. Then bad is cannibalism. Although, several million years ago, people did ever eating each other (MT). People say this religion is true, then it is true. People start joining the rituals, following the guidance from the religion based on the word “true”.
I’ve realized this before I decided my religion. It’s not that simple. People can’t really decided on what is true. The one is good when it doesn’t hurt anybody. The religion is true when it doesn’t hurt anybody. How do we know that it wouldn’t hurt anybody? The religion is true when it creates sincere feeling to its follower. How do you know that everybody got the feeling? You are making generalization. When you get the feeling, you assume everyone get it too.
…… ngelantur deh. Anywaaaaaaaay, what the keyword means is, what your religion have taught is not always right. People makes mistakes all the time. Hemm… for example, my teacher has ever taught me not to marry any guy that is different from my religion. What the heck? Stupid indoctrination got my friend anyway. She decided not to have any religion, for she is afraid of falling in love to different religion guy. “nanti ikut suami aja deh”… wuaaa… gegeee… kalo orang married dikelompokkan berdasarkan agama, yawes, gw ga bakal ikut agama apapun. Ikut suami gw aja ntar. Buset dah. See? What my teacher taught is not always for the sake of us, but the sake of the religion itself. [--> hasil diskusi dengan temen gw: “biasanya neeh, kita dikasih tau kayak gitu, soalnya takut kita pindah agama kalo kita married sama yang beda agama, gitu” <-- gw denger dari beberapa sumber, dan emang masuk akal sih -___-;]
so, if you ask me, how do I know what I believe in is true? Well, I don’t know 100%. I choose what I believe in based on my faith, my logic mind, and my experiences. And I’m only 19, so I may not experience as much as my teacher. But I may think more than my teacher. ^^
4.Is it possible for us to be united when there are some people who are fanatic in their religion? give me the whole of your idea!
Yeaaaah!!! Everything is possible. We would need:
1.Tolerance
2.Tolerance
3.Tolerance
Well, that is at least the social attitudes indoctrinated to us since we were in the first elementary school. “kalo tetangga sebelah sedang merayakan hari raya. Kita…”
a. mengucapkan selamat hari raya
b. lewat aja sambil liat-liat, siapa tau diundang makan
c. main PS di rumah, soalnya kan libur sekolah
d. jawaban a pasti dibenerin sama guru, jawaban b dan c pasti disalahin. Padahal kita selalu ngelakuin yang itu. Benaar?
That is the tolerance… I remember the chapter “Toleransi umat beragama”, “Tenggang rasa”, “Menghormati dan menghargai”, weew… ahaha. What a memory.
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with
all your strength and with all your
mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself.’” (Luke 10:27 NIV)
Well, there are several ways of loving your neighbor. Please choose the right one, which is being tolerance to them all the time, just as you love your mate or your parents. Treat them well, and you shall be happy ^^
Sabar aja deh, nanti kalo yang fanatik2 ga jelas itu udah mulai sadar, nanti juga mereka malu sendiri.
Aduh… sekarang baru jam 14:20, gw tidur dulu deh. Ntar baru mikir lagi… masih beberapa jam menuju Final… hoahem… zzzz
Blog kali ini semuanya tentang seorang manusia Gemini. Hoho. Papaku. Begitu banyak Gemini yang gw temui. Semuanya aneh dan unik dan polos dan… uuh… contoh, Ratih, blak2an. Contoh, Hadi… … … <no comment>… hyahya…. Anyway… karena papa udah mau ulang tahun… kali ini sedikit blog review ini semuanya tentang papa kemaren.
“Papa udah mau ulang tahun kan, traktir-traktir donk” nyokap gw menggoda. Bokap gw cuma ketawa “di Pizza Hut aja” … ahaha. Nyokap gw ga suka pizza hut. Lebih tepatnya ga suka masakan Italia. Dari dulu gw dikenalkan bahwa mie itu ya kalau ga kwetiaw ya bihun bukan spaghetti. “atau kalau ga…” pikir bokap gw bentar “… martabak aja. Satu orang satu. Murah deh. Hehe”
Kemarin sabtu adalah hari yang membosankan. Setelah gw dan Jojo begadang sampai jam 4 pagi, melihat komputer pun eneg banget rasanya. Terus akhirnya rencana ke TMII, nonton di teater imax. Masuk-masuk, biasalah. Maw teater imax sekeren apa juga, maw teaternya cuma di empat negara kek, tetep aja wew… orang-orang bawa popcorn masuk… bawa snack masuk… ya ampun, please deh bapak-bapak ibu-ibu… ini kan ruangan berAC… (nyesel sih, taw gini, bawa masuk pisang goreng. hauahua)… taw-taw bokap ngomong gini “wah, sekarang teknologinya canggih ya. ACnya ada aroma susunya.” WHAT THE… HUAKAKAKAKAKKA… aduh Pa, itu di depan papa ada yang makan popcorn…
Pulang-pulang nonton bersama dua ortuku yang ternyata sangat berisik saat menonton (serius… banyak banget komentarnya), kita pergi makan di Jayakarta. Yeeah… makanan jadi mahal dan tidak memuaskan… but anyway, pulangnya lewat hayam wuruk, terus lewat satu gedung bobrok. “Pa itu apaan?” gw nanya, penasaran. Kayak diskotik, kok remang-remang. “Itu hotel Melati”. “Hotel? Kok hotel bobrok begini?” “iya, tapi itu emang hotel. Itu dijadiin tempat buat cari WTS loh” “Haah” as I’m really interested in this kind of thing. Hehehe. “iya, jadi tuh di kamarnya ditaroin satu cewek gitu. Kamarnya dibiarin terbuka. Terus kalo mau, ya langsung masuk aja.” “OOoooooo” (mata terus memandang ke hotel melati bobrok). “Dulu ya, pas masih bujang, gw, abidin (tmen papa mama), dkk pernah masuk iseng liat2. diajak tuh sama abidin.” Cerita bokap gw ke nyokap gw. Nyokap gw juga ga kalah exitednya. Haha
Lampu hijau menyala. Mobil jalan lagi. Bokap gw bilang “malah sekarang pake SMS loh. Gw sering dapat SMS dari WTS2 gitu” gw tambah kaget “Haaaa?” masa canggih banget. Pikir gw. “iya, kayak gini nih, hai, aku Shanty, aku maw ngajak kamu liburan berdua. Aku gratis… gitu2” bokap gw menambahkan… “karena kesel, langsung papa hapus aja. Papa udah dapat berkali-kali tuh”
Eh… ? Shanty? Keren amat nama WTSnya. Loh2. kok kayaknya gw kenal sih tipe SMSnya… belum gw sempet bereaksi, nyokap gw yang beraksi “OOO, KAMU DAPAT SMS DARI WTS, TAPI BARU KASIH TAU SEKARAAANG???” (setengah becanda, tapi kerasa marahnya. Hwhwhwhw)… bokap gw cuma nyengir lebar, dalam hati, toh ga disamperin, malah langsung dihapus smsnya. Terus taw2 gw inget “OOOH!!” langsung gw keluarin HP gw. “Nih! Gw juga dapet dari Glenn Alinskie! Si Rus juga dapat dari Cut Tari kok!!” gw kasih liat nyokap gw “nih Ma, liat”
“Hi, aku GLENN ALINSKIE. Aku mo ngajak kamu liburan berdua aku GRATIS. Caranya, ktk REG GLENN sms ke 9121. Kumpulin poin kamu dengan jawab pertanyaan yang dikasih”
Tercantum nama Customer Service. HUAHAKAKAKKAKKAKAK. Oh My God… konyol abis. Serius. Bokap gw saking jijiknya liat kalimat bagian atas, ga mikir lagi, langsung di delete.
Sakit perut deh gw sepanjang jalan ketawa ngakak…
Namun bagaimanapun, papaku ya papaku. Ohohohoho. Tetap rajin nganterin gw ke kampus melewati 18 km penuh kemacetan. Seumur idup ga kebayar deh jasanya… Thank you so much ^^
* Dalam Rangka Ultah Papa 10 Juni *
Today, I’ve cried for about 3 hours (half hour goes for One Litre of Tears)…
I faced problem I couldn’t solve. Every time I tried to look for answer, the process hurt so much. I just can’t do anything about it. I have to cry to find the answer… My eyes are hurt… and I seem can’t find the best answer just yet. So, I’ll keep crying until I find the answer… Lately I’ve been crying a lot. No one knows actually… People just don’t realize that I have been crying. I’m glad that my eyes don’t look red… although they are such in pain right now…
I can’t tell my problem… everyone seems to enjoy their life so much currently… I can’t disturb them just to tell them my problem. Why? I just… can’t… something stuck in my throat every time I tried to say something…
I cry. Is it a sign of tender or weak heart?
Is crying a good thing? There seems to be no moral judgment about crying… Men would just say, what a crybaby, women are always crying, etc. Men who love their women would be more gentle, try to understand their women, ask what happen to show their sympathize. Men who have been married to their women for years yell, you are crying everyday! I’m sick of you. People are devious. We are all devious.
I feel so stupid trying to be honest in this full of liar world. We lie everyday. I lie everyday. I smile just to make my friends happy. It’s ethical, they say. It’s the best for relationship, they say. They say, they say… always like that. Don’t you all do that? You are not always sincerely smiling right… You respect your lecturer very much but yet laugh him at his back.
I knew, they laugh at you when you are honest, they praise you when you lie. Is it a good thing or bad thing?
Which one is the real me…? the strong one? The cheerful one? The sad one? Or they are all masks…?
This is one phase of my life that I don’t enjoy quite much. It will be much more hurt when I face my day tomorrow.
I cry when I have to sacrifice is it better to smile?
I cry when I have been hurt so much is it better to forgive?
I cry when I have lied is it better to apologize?
Should I cry or should not I?
*I started to think that I suffer from mental disorder every time I read my blog >< aa*
I’m tired once again
Past this month, I felt so tired. I experienced hatred, anger, laziness, stressfulness, confusion, enviousness.
I feel like a real human now.
As usual I always feel that nobody actually love me for real…
They used me
What a bad feeling. Arrgh. I just can’t get rid of it. Why is it so easy to tell people what they should do rather then telling ourselves?
Once again, I know I’m merely a human.
I’m not wise.
I’m seeking for truth.
Questioning humanity, questioning my life over and over again, questioning those feelings…
Will someone love me sincerely? Love me from their heart… how can I know? What if they are just using me… what if, what if… oh my God… I really want to use ‘while’ statement, not ‘if’ statement… > <. Like:
While (I’m still living in this world)
{
Live without prejudice;
Live happily;
Be grateful to anything given to you;
Keep smiling when they hurt you;
}
But sometimes my feelings are quite like this:
While (my life has not reached the end)
If (they hurt me)
{
If (you are not feeling guilty)
{
Well, you can hate them
(but I tell you, it is not good)
Decrement your lifespan;
}
Else if (you are feeling guilty)
{
You can also hate them, what can you do anyway. You have been hurt so much since you were 4 years old and know what is hurt feeling. It’s okay for you to hate others. They hate you since you were child. That’s why I hate racialism.
Decrement your lifespan also;
}
Else if (I have known what is the true meaning of hurt)
{
I don’t want to hate them. It’s wasting my time
I don’t want them to have hurt feeling
Decrement my lifespan (because I’m being stressful)
Increment my lifespan twice ^^; (because I have reached enlightenment. Wuoh. In my dream)
}
}
Return 0;
}
In the end, everything will return 0
Am I bad?
Am I a true sinner for having those feeling, that I must be vanished from this world…
Will people feel better without my existence?
Or they won’t even care?
I’m tired once again. People would just get bored when I’m talking about my feeling… no one actually really like to hear others’ problem. But life obliged us to listen each other
I’m a stressful person. But it does help me go through my life though ^^, that I’m able to smile while I’m typing those painful words. I feel like without those feeling, I wouldn’t be grateful when I experienced my love feeling… I know everyone love me so much. Or maybe I’m just hoping.
I remember someone asked me how I can be so wise yet still so naïve. I think about that… and this is my answer. ‘Because I ask a lot’. Being so naïve is not that bad. People are being sympathized when you ask. People love you because they know you wouldn’t lie to them. You are being honest all the time. The bad thing is you are being cheated easily. But in return, you are being so forgiving, because you accept anything, you believe in anything, whether it is a lie or a truth.
And also, as I am become more stressful over the time, I tend to reconsider my life over and over… So I know which one is a lie, which one is a truth. But believe me, I’m a merely a stupid human. It’s only a stupid human who wants to learn more and more. There are actually no such genius people in the world. There are just stupid humans looking at another higher level stupid humans and call them genius. Hyahahaha. .
Oh well, I won’t die because of these feelings. But it’s true that sometimes suicide thought came across my mind. Err… it doesn’t affect me, really. I am not going to do suicide or anything. I’m not that coward. And I hate the flame of hell, geez…
Thank you for all life supports that have been given to me. I’m grateful that I met you all, I won’t regret my days with you all, having this hurt feeling, hatred, anger, etc. whatever… It is done now…
Bye. I have to face my hurtful life with smile. Yeaaah!!! It’s not so bad actually ^^
I wouldn’t lose to my life burden! Sorry for being so stubborn! XP
~ Cheerful feeling ~
Hatred of the poor could mean:
- I hate poor people
- I hate being poor
- I hate people for being poor or even have a will of being poor
- I hate poor in term of lack of good mind
- I hate poor in term of poverty like what president and miss universe said that they will banish it. (Which is impossible) ß why you ask? Well, poverty is an indicator of wealth. So logically, you will always compare one another as a greedy human being.
Great, now we have five meaning of “hatred of the poor” (> <);. Which one would our beloved teacher want us to explain? I don’t get it. So I’ll just go with it.
- I hate poor people
In this term, poor people would mean a good people. This is quite weird. I know poor people couldn’t always be good people. Otherwise, every teaching would suggest us to be a poor people. Oh, may I emphasize that poor in this part would relate to monetary worth? Okay, then, if this one is the right one, the proverbs would mean hating the poor may cause you to hate some of good people. But that would also mean, hating some of bad people, which I thought as an okay sign (although it’s not good ^^, but we can’t avoid it). And also, the proverbs makers wouldn’t use poor people to make the proverbs, because hatred of the rich = hatred of the good will have the same meaning with it. Therefore, I am not satisfied with my own thought and explanation. Let’s go to another meaning, shall we?
- I hate being poor
I hate being poor and it would mean that I hate the good? I’m not quite sure that this is the real meaning of it. Although I can say that hate of being poor (once again, in monetary worth) can be called as greedy, and greedy is not in “the Good Dictionary”, well, I can really say that I love being poor. Whoever wants to be lack of food is weird… the one that saying “I love being poor” is only the stupid hermits that torture themselves for they thought they will achieve enlightenment. Wise people now, knew that being poor is not a pleasant way. Living to accept anything given from God would be suitable. Being poor or rich would be accepted the way it is. So can you tell me anyone who prays to be poor forever? Hmm, I don’t know either. This is merely my opinion, not fact or anything.
If you see anyone living happily and they are poor, just asked them “are you praying to be poor?” they would 70% say no (hypothetically), and how can they be happy? Well because they accept the poor itself as a part of themselves. They live with it.
- I hate people for being poor or even have a will of being poor
This is getting really weird. Why would I hate someone who has a will of being poor? I wouldn’t hate them. It’s their choice. And I respect every will that human has, it’s just like a life principle. I’m not the one who is going to judge the right or wrong of my human friends’ principles. God will. And I’m trying to respect it in every way I can, even that those principles would cause a great suffer to me. I just hope that they would understand that. Umm, but I think they should have realized whether they principles are wrong or not. How? Well, when you can’t explain your own principles, you should consider it thoroughly. When you are not comfortable with your own principles, you should consider it thoroughly. When you realize that this is not what God wants you to be, when your principles hurt others and yourself… consider your principles.
I hate people of being poor could mean that I hate them because they are not good enough of being rich. It’s weird. I couldn’t explain it. Can someone explain it to me?
- I hate poor in term of lack of good mind
What I mean here is “miskin hati”. How can we relate this to hating the good? To hate someone who is lack of good mind is not a best way to cure them, isn’t it? I think the best way to cure them is to send them “good mind”. Logically, when they are lack of them, send them some. If you are not doing it, maybe you hate some good way to help people. Err… kinda WEIRD. I can’t define any good way to help people. It’s subjectively stated by people in the world. How can I say this is good or not by myself while we are living among others? That’s why I would need your comments ^^ (whoever who read my blog, please comment!)
- I hate poor in term of poverty like what president and miss universe said that they will banish it. (Which is impossible) ß why you ask? Poverty is an indicator of wealth. So logically, you will always compare one another as a greedy human being.
This is what our lecturer said when I asked him. He said “membenci kemiskinan sama artinya dengan membenci kebaikan” haah? kemiskinan is poverty right? Please tell me if I am wrong (my English ability is just a little above average). I consider it with my friend (who? An April 18 girl, a wise weird girl who is currently struggling with her physics and calculus subject right now. Haha) for quite a long time. And finally… we have a headache.
We consider “the poor” once again. What is poor? What is rich? Poor is lack of something; rich is having more of whatever. Poor is imperfect, incomplete, weak while rich would mean almost perfect, almost complete, quite powerful. It’s understandable when we hate the imperfect or incomplete. Naturally, you are just feeling uncomfortable with it and sometimes trying to get rid of it, for you see it as a threat. Connecting it to the keyword “loving your enemy”, it would be understandable that you hate the poor. In the movie “kingdom of heaven”, the main character released the slave he caught after killing the master. The slave turned out to be someone quite powerful in enemy side. Hating imperfectness is not good. It’s just the same like hating slave, a lower rank human in that era. Why? Because a slave could be a master just like what has been showed in the movie? I don’t think so. It’s just a coincidence. If every slave American released turned out to be a ruler of a region, I should have known that. -___-; they just want to show you that your good deed will save you someday.
The point is when you hate imperfectness, you are not really wise. You don’t realize that no one is perfect in this world. Hating imperfectness would mean you hate the entire world. I hate you for being ugly, I hate you for not being rich enough, I hate you for having only one arm, I hate Binus for having only two lifts, I hate Binus for its bad wi-fi connection (okay, I’m sorry, I’ll stop). Nothing is perfect in this world. Forcing them to be perfect is beyond the limit of every human. Accept them the way you are would mean that you appreciate the good. There is always a good side in every imperfectness. It’s just how you see it, as a half full glass or half empty glass of water. So, hating the poor would mean that you hate the good, because there is always a good side in every poorness.
We could implement it in quite number of life experience. For instance, I hate my friend for being so noisy and annoying. But, when I accept her the way I do, I found out that she has a talent to be a presenter (or whatever, you name it).
I’ll stop here. OMG!! How can I write all of this in my exam paper??? Mr kind hearted lecturer… can you just read it in my blog, please (ß fool hope). Oh, this is just my opinion, I wrote it for I found this as an interesting way to see a life. It would be a good to be implemented when you are going on with your living ^^.
This blog is just guidance for our exam; I can’t guarantee that you will get perfect score when you answer the question using my answer. Oh, for information, I have put the question in yahoo answer. Feel free to access it. Yahoo Answer has three questions that are asked + the answers from many people in the world of course.
*comment please, anything ^^ so I know that you are reading my blog, and, please give advice, suggestion, so I can improve my mind a lil’ bit. Thank you ^^*
*NB: sorry for my mess-up English*
Seorang anak manusia terbangun di suatu subuh
Hatinya kesal. Ia bertanya-tanya,
Kenapa temannya berkata bahwa awan itu tidak putih
Kemudian ia pergi ke gereja
Sepanjang jalan ia memandangi awan dan langit
Ada tiga warna di langit pagi itu
Putih, biru, dan kelabu
“Yang putih pasti awan, Yang biru pasti langit”
Begitu pikirnya
“Tapi apa itu yang kelabu? Apakah awan, apakah langit?”
Di tengah jalan, ia berpapasan dengan seekor anjing
Anjing itu mengonggong
“Yang putih itu bukan awan”
Anak manusia itu kesal
Pohon bertanya kepadanya
“Kenapa kau bilang awan itu putih?”
Anak manusia itu terdiam
“…Itulah kepercayaanku”
“Sejak kecil, setiap hari, setiap minggu, aku diingatkan…”
“Bahwa awan itu putih”
Begitulah akhir jawabnya
Anak manusia menjadi bimbang
“Benarkah prinsipku ini Tuhan?”
Tuhan tersenyum lembut
“Aku menghormati prinsipmu”
Anak manusia tersenyum
Merasa mendapatkan dukungan dari Tuhan
Ia melanjutkan perjalanannya
Setelah itu datanglah matahari
Hangat dan menyenangkan
Anak manusia berpikir
“Matahari akan menunjukkan bahwa awan itu putih”
Ternyata tidak
Matahari berkata,
“Yang putih itu langit, yang biru juga langit. Yang kelabu itulah awan”
Anak manusia tersentak
“Tidak mungkin!!! Pasti telah terjadi sesuatu yang buruk”
“Awan berwarna kelabu sangat buruk! Itu bukan awan!”
Anak manusia mempertahankan prinsipnya
Ia bertanya pada Tuhan
“Tuhan, apa yang terjadi sebenarnya?”
“Bukankah Engkau berkata prinsipku ini benar?”
Tuhan menjawab,
“Aku tidak mengatakan prinsipmu itu benar”
“Aku menghormatinya”
“Aku menunggumu menemukan matahari”
Anak manusia marah
“Tetapi Tuhan, aku sudah keburu menetapkan prinsipku!!”
“Prinsipku tidak bisa diubah lagi!!”
“Kenapa Tuhan tidak mengatakannya dari awal…”
“Aku sudah mengatakan kepada semua temanku bahwa awan itu putih!”
“Mana mungkin aku mencabut perkataan dari prinsipku ini!!”
Tuhan tersenyum lagi,
“Anakku, inilah yang ingin kutunjukkan”
“Sifatmu yang keras kepala dan tak mau kalah itu”
“Pernahkah sekalipun kamu menundukkan kepalamu dan menerima kenyataan?”
“…”
“Prinsipmu yang kau terima begitu saja itu…”
“Pernahkah kau berpikir, prinsipmu menyebabkan orang lain menderita?”
“Pernahkah kau berpikir, orang lain yang memiliki prinsip yang berbeda tetap tersenyum kepadamu dan berkata –aku menghormati prinsipmu-“
“Pernahkah kau berpikir, bahwa orang yang menghormati prinsipmu, tersakiti oleh prinsipmu, dibunuh perlahan oleh prinsip hidupmu yang angkuh dan hebat itu?”
Anak manusia terdiam
Kali ini ia benar-benar menundukkan kepala
Gereja sudah di depan matanya
Ia masuk ke dalamnya
Berdoa
Dan memandang awan
Awan-awan itu
Berwarna jingga kelabu
Disinari cahaya matahari
Sangat indah
Anak manusia menyadari
Awan itu tidak selalu putih
Prinsipnya membutakan hatinya
Anak manusia tersenyum
Ia akan hati-hati membangun prinsipnya
Tidak dipengaruhi orang tua
Tidak dipengaruhi teman
Tidak dipengaruhi pastur
Tidak dipengaruhi
Ia akan menjalani hidupnya
- Going on with Living #1 -
Hari ini Tuhan menjelma menjadi awan, matahari, dan langit
Sunday, 5.30 a.m. dawn, Pamulang
