“Regrets are a waste of time. They’re the past crippling you in the present.”
Katherine (Lindsay Duncan) – Under the Tuscan Sun
Dispose the unnecessary
“The warrior has memories, but he learns how to separate the useful from the unnecessary; he disposes of his emotional rubbish”
(from The Manual of Warrior of Light-Paulo Coelho)
The Perfect Woman
PS : duluuu banget, 4 tahun yang lalu, pas gue lagi cengo’-cengo’nya tahu kalo Baim suka sama gue (nostalgila, ceritanya), gue pernah dapet e-mail berisi saduran cerita berikut ini. Siapakah yang mengirimkan e-mail tersebut ? Hehe, si Baim 😀 Isi ceritanya agak-agak “menohok-hati” sih… tapi pesan moral-nya dalem. Intinya, gak ada manusia yang sempurna, laki-laki pun perempuan…
View from the top
Dari balik jendela balkon di rumah, gue suka sekali melihat pohon flamboyan kuning (Delonix regia var. flavida) yang tumbuh di pinggir jalan disamping halaman parkir. Baru awal November ini, kuncup bunga-bunganya bermekaran & kemudian tumbuh bergerumbul 🙂 Paling indah dilihat saat pagi & sore hari.Sering gue ngaso di tepi balkon (entah saat nunggu masakan matang atau sambil menyesap secangkir teh) hanya untuk menikmati pemandangan indah ini dari atas di balkon.. Read More
The Gift that Keep on Giving
…Kamis pagi, 9 Oktober kemarin, sebuah sms masuk saat gue masih mengucek-ngucek mata. Baru bangun tidur.
Ternyata dari ayah. Isinya : “A’O, pagi ini bunga matahari yang ayah tanam berbunga…”
Membaca sms itu, semangat gue naik seperti batere HP yang sedang di-recharged. Hehehe, bukannya kenapa2,
The King & His Ancestor’s Bones
…There was once a king of Spain who was very proud of his ancestor, and who was known for his cruelty towards those weaker than himself.
One day, the king was travelling with his entourage through a field in Aragon, where, the years before, his ancestor had died in a battle. There, he met a holy man rummaging around a huge pile of bone.
Between Faith & Prayer
A disciple asked his teacher, ” Is there anything more important than prayer ?”
Doom Destroyer
…sahabat gue, Mariani, pernah punya kebiasaan unik yang memanfaatkan fitur sms-gratis-ke-sesama-pengguna-operator-seluler-Ex-El. Setiap pagi, biasanya sekitar jam 6 pagi, dia akan mengirimkan sebuah sms-selamat-pagi yang isinya kadang ngaco, kadang gila,