PART #4: THE DAZZLING DEARA

PART #3: I’M AN ENGINEER-TO-BE. AND YOU?

“Ardana Kamajaya. Teknik Mesin. Angkatan 2009.” Giliran lelaki berbadan tegap itu memperkenalkan diri di depan jajaran perangkat desa. Dia sedikit membungkukkan badannya setelah itu.

Langit di jendela kami berpendar semburat jingga. Jarum jam melaju perlahan bersama gerakan jemari Arda membalik lembar demi lembar. Dia masih khusyuk tenggelam dalam catatanku hingga malam menjelang. Aku beranjak untuk menutup jendela sebab udara semakin dingin saja. Aku sengaja tak menutup tirai sebab air dari langit sedang berebut turun. Aku senang menatap hujan. Bagiku hujan telanjur bersinonim dengan rindu: rasa yang dalam diam aku selami.

So, this morning my class attended a general lecture by Mr. Binsar H. Simandjuntak (Deputi Kepala BPKP Bidang Pengawasan Instansi Pemerintah Bidang Politik, Hukum, Keamanan, Pembangunan Manusia, dan Kebudayaan). He presented (arguably) most talked current issue in accounting: Accrual Basis Accounting Implementation in Indonesia. So, I wrote down the summary of his presentation and my opinion about it.

PART #1:  FALL AND RAINY SEASONS

Di luar jendela kami, angin tengah bertiup perlahan menggerakkan dedaunan. Cahaya matahari yang menelusup dari sela daun-daun masuk ke dalam rumah melalui jendela yang sedang kami tatap bersama. Arda menyandarkan punggungnya ke sofa lalu mengalihkan pandangannya menuju buku yang baru saja aku berikan kepadanya. Matanya berjalan menelusuri kata demi kata. Aku duduk di sampingnya bersama waktu yang menghening menikmati perpaduan yang berada di urutan kedua favoritku: dia dan buku. Sebab jika kau bertanya padaku perpaduan apa yang paling aku sukai jawabnya adalah dia dan mesin.

Studio Album by Leehi

Producers: Epik High’s Tablo, DJ Tukutz, and Mithra Jin, Leehi

Hey, it’s been a long time I didn’t write any song or album review. So, I just found myself in love with this album. It's called Seoulite (Half Album) (I'm not a big fan of the second part of Seoulite. That's why I'm here only for the first half). It’s Leehi’s second album after her stunning debut album “First Love”. It took three years for the young diva to come back--to complete this album. Even when we thought her first album was well-made but surely we are gonna love her even more with her newest album. Leehi said this album is named Seoulite since people keep saying she’s so good at singing English songs but she wanted to restate herself as a Seoul girl. Different from her debut album which was a pop-soul-RnB based, her latest album is a hip-hop number (indeed her producers were hip-hop warriors). This album is gonna leave you in awe and of course, wondering just how beautiful Seoul is to have a singer like her.

Beautiful patience =  be in a state of happiness and pleasure while being patient over a situation

 

Al Quran has the most beautiful verses—we, moslems, have no doubt about it. Even the best poet can’t write anything close to the holy Al Quran given to the noble Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Found so many verses that touched my heart, I decided to share my favorite verses on this #FROMALQURAN column. For the very first, I’ll write a verse I’m really fond of. It comes from surah Al-Ma’arij, about a word mentioned a lot in Al Quran: patience.

Kau terbiasa bertapa dalam keheningan yang kau pasung

Di pusat kegaduhan

Lantai dua Kopitiam di kiri jalan itu

Kala kau tengah ingin menyepi

Melebur dalam hari-hari berat yang mesti kau genapi

For those who feel unfamiliar with these words, I give the translation. Taeyangui Huye means “Descendants of The Sun”, an extremely celebrated South Korea’s TV drama. Now it sounds familiar right? Because millions of people (maybe you're included. Hihi) enjoyed this drama. I was into it these days, after a very long time didn’t into any dramas. (Mostly I don’t enjoy watching drama. The dramas got my attention can be counted with fingers).