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the wonderful indonesia: marsiti and landingan from bromo

 

For me, it is extraordinarily enchanting to see humans who—despite their limitations—do not lose their generosity, curiosity,  and eagerness to learn.

JOSHI Daniel, a new friend and a professional photographer from India invited by The Ministry of Tourism of Republic of Indonesia to travel to some of Indonesia’s favorite tourist destinations, held back his laughter as he saw me struggling with peeling landingan or mountain petai (stink bean), a task requested by Marsiti. The bowl in front of me still looked empty while a pile of landingan seemed unchanged. Continue reading “the wonderful indonesia: marsiti and landingan from bromo”

• the real wonderfulness of the wonderful indonesia. •

traditional markets and bookstores are two things i must visit when i explore places. they, for me, are the window that helps me experiencing the sense of somewhere through real interactions. humans at the market and books are two things that always present authenticity and purity in different ‘colors’. Continue reading “”

challenge yourself to wake up early morning and meet creative jakartans on creativemornings jakarta at conclave, september 11, 8am.

let’s share how empathy will give different voice into our works and makes us not only becoming a better creator but also a better human.

#Repost @cm_jakarta.
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Windy Ariestanty has a 10-year experience as an editor-in-chief and director of GagasMedia Group, which houses 2 leading publishers for young people, GagasMedia and Bukune.
In early 2015, she decided to enter a new field—creative communication for the publishing industry by handling 27 publishers under AgroMedia Group umbrella. She is currently developing Writing Table, a pop-up creative writing school run together by several young Indonesian writers.
Windy is also an author. Her writings convey different point of views and angles on traveling. Instead of talking about places, she dug her topics into human interaction issues. Life Traveler, her first travelogue, which contains of narrative travel stories was shortlisted at Anugerah Pembaca Indonesia or Indonesian Reader’s Award in 2012.
Windy Ariestanty on Empathy
Friday, September 11th, 2015. 8am onwards.
Conclave Co-working Space, Wijaya.

Tickets are free but seats are limited. Claim yours tomorrow!

#CMJKT #CreativeMornings #CMempathy

menangis

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Aku sudah lama tidak menangis.

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Kemarin, sambil menyetir, aku berusaha mengingat-ingat mengapa aku tak kunjung menangis dalam tahun-tahun belakangan ini.

Dua hal yang aku ingat membuat aku menangis dalam tiga tahun terakhir adalah:

Ketika aku terbangun pada pagi hari dan mendapati diriku tidak bisa bergerak sama sekali. Aku menangis karena menahan sakit sekaligus ketakutan membayangkan akan lumpuh seumur hidup. Continue reading “menangis”

• the sang dragon girl •

someone in inle told me that sang dragon or burmese rosewood is the national flower of #myanmar. the yellow flower blooms during april with a fragrant scent, which is also when myanmarese celebrate their new year.

for myanmarese, padauk or padouk (common name for this flower among the locals) represents youth, love, and romance, while the tree (is used for furnitures) itself symbolizes strength.

remembered that information, when i saw this girl who was wearing padouk as the crown, i approached her. she looked extremely charming with that sang dragon flower on her head and thanaka on her face. a young burmese girl that captivated my eyes and heart.

‘do you like that flower?’ i pointed her head. she looked at her mother who was preparing their drink kiosk by the irrawaddy river. her mother said something to her that i couldn’t understand.

‘may i take your picture?’ i shooked my camera. she smiled and gave me this look. i didn’t wait any longer to take her photo. when she saw her picture on my camera, she took the flower and handed some to me.

oh, #myanmar, your people are so kind and i am massively in love with you.

#bagan #newbagan #asia #southeastasia #sea #travel

captured with my sony dsc-rx100

kisah cinta #1 *)

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Jadi begini. Aku akan memulai cerita dengan menegaskan kepadamu; tidak semua kisah cinta di muka bumi berjalan baik, bahagia, dan tanpa pengkhianatan.

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TEMANKU datang pada suatu malam dengan mata sembab. Ia mengaku sudah berhari-hari susah tidur dan kehilangan semua gairah. Lelaki yang dinikahinya sejak tiga tahun lalu kedapatan selingkuh. Ia dengan penuh kesadaran memutuskan untuk bercerai. Surat cerai sudah ia layangkan seminggu sebelum ia tiba-tiba muncul di rumahku.

‘Kau sudah memutuskan?’ tanyaku pelan-pelan. Ia mengangguk. Ia tak merasa perlu mempertahankan seseorang yang sudah tak memperjuangkannya juga katanya. Berita yang ia bawa mengejutkanku. Kupikir selama ini semua baik-baik saja. Aku sebenarnya kurang paham mengapa orang harus berselingkuh. Kenapa tak katakan saja dengan terang-terangan bahwa kau jatuh cinta kepada yang lain. Kau tak perlu bersembunyi. Kau tak perlu jadi pengecut. Tentu akan terasa sakit. Namun, rasa-rasanya lebih sakit disodori kenyataan pahit yang kau ketahui dari orang lain. Ini terasa seperti pengkhianatan bertubi-tubi.

Aku sering pikir mengapa ketika jatuh cinta kita berani mengatakannya, tetapi ketika sudah tak cinta, kita menjadi begitu penakut mengatakannya?

Continue reading “kisah cinta #1 *)”