m a k a s i h

Aku suka disaat kamu membuat aku tertawa.setiap hari.
Tapi aku lebih suka melihat kamu tertawa setiap aku cerita. Katamu aku lucu dan rame. Ga peduli menurut kamu aku ini seperti apa. Yang penting kamu senang.
Aku suka disaat kamu cerita segala hal. Waktu kamu cerita dan bilang jangan kasitau siapa siapa karena kamu cuma cerita ke aku. Makasih. You make me feel so appreciated. Thanks for trusting me a lot.
Tapi aku lebih suka percakapan random kita. Pas ketemu atau cuma lewat telepon genggam.Meskipun kamu sering cerita hal yang nggak penting. Aku nggak peduli. Karena itu artinya kamu ngerasa nyaman untuk berbagi apapun. Makasih sudah berbagi semua cerita yang kamu punya.
Aku suka disaat kamu bilang sepi kalo ga ada aku. Meskipun itu bukan berarti apa apa.
Aku suka disaat kamu minta bantuan. Setidaknya aku merasa bisa berbuat sesuatu yang meringankan apa yang menjadi beban.
Aku suka disaat kamu mengingatkan aku tentang banyak hal. Terima kasih untuk selalu mengingatkan aku untuk menjadi lebih baik.

Meskipun kita teman, makasih.
Untuk saat ini teman sudah lebih dari cukup untuk aku bersyukur.
Ya Allah, terimakasih sudah mempertemukan aku dengan dia
Tidak disengaja,
Dengan sederhana :)

INI (BUKAN) SURAT CINTA

aku bukan penggemarmu loh
aku tidak pernah menggemarimu, iya kan?

kata teman - temanku, kisahku ini lucu kalo diangkat menjadi novel.
entah lucu itu maksudnya apa
lucu yang menggemaskan, lucu yang memalukan, ato lucu yang memprihatinkan
kalau mereka jadi menulisnya, menerbitkannya,
jangan sampai terbaca olehmu
kamu bisa tertawa sampai menangis
karena rasa suka buatmu ini rasanya bodoh sekali
bodoh sekali ketika suka itu menjadi sayang
saking bodohnya membuat aku menangis

kenapa harus kamu yang jadi aktor dalam ceritaku?
aku capek menunggu,
dan bagian terburuknya adalah
aku nggak tau apakah aku harus menunggu atau nggak,
apakah yang ditunggu bakal datang?
aku sebenernya nungguin apa sih?!
nungguin kamu,
nungguin sebuah hubungan,
atau nggak nungguin apa - apa?

well, ternyata yang aku tunggu itu jawaban dari Tuhan.

orang yang selalu berusaha membuat orang lain tersenyum,
biasanya merekalah orang - orang yang sebenarnya paling kesepian di dunia ini.
setidaknya begitu kata orang.
aku ketawa boleh nggak?
karena dulu aku pikir juga begitu.
tapi sekarang,
membuat orang lain tersenyum itulah yang membuat hatiku tersenyum juga setiap hari.
rasanya hangat melihat lengkungan kebahagiaan di wajah itu setiap waktu.
dan ketika lengkungan itu hilang, tahu kan apa yang terasa di dalam sini?

haha,
aku bukan orang yang pandai menulis puisi
aku juga bingung kalau diminta menyusun kalimat mutiara
lalu aku bisa apa buat menyampaikan semuanya?
aku bukan orang yang suka mengawasi, kepo kata anak jaman sekarang
bukan juga orang yang bisa memberi sinyal dengan perhatian yang lebih
iya, aku culun
tapi mungkin lebih baik begini
kata Allah, belum saatnya.
aku yakin, sekalipun kamu yang baca tulisan ini
kamu nggak akan tau kalo kamu yang aku maksud

ini bukan surat cinta loh,
aku nggak pernah menggemarimu atau mengagumimu dulu
hanya dengan sederhana dan tiba - tiba semuanya ada
ini bukan rasa sayang yang direncanakan,
ini rasa suka yang bisa dibilang kecelakaan.
tapi kita nggak pernah belajar kalo nggak pernah celaka kan?

berasa ditampar,

" i can't wait forever, you know? " - sofie wijaya
" lo mungkin cuma penasaran aja sama dia " - yudhistira yamani
" tuh kan, lo terlalu banyak ngurusin orang. urusin diri lo juga  dip.. " - luthfi yuta
" love more, expect less " - rachel febrina

maybe mereka udah lupa pernah ngucapin kata - kata itu
but i do remember. i really do.
dan semua pikiran random tentang ini - itu berseliweran
salah?
enggak kok.


semoga mulai saat ini, setiap hari punya cerita
aku minta maaf kalau perasaan ini nggak berkenan di hati sampean nantinya
ingat,
INI (BUKAN) SURAT CINTA!

T E M A N B E R P U I S I

dari tetesan basah yang menitik setiap pagi,

dari silau yang mengundang mata mencari teduh,

semua mengajak kita berpuisi

untuk seorang yang tidak romantis,

untuk seorang yang apa adanya,

untuk seorang yang selalu tersenyum untuk orang lain,

siapa bilang puisi hanya lahir dari bibir pujangga sekaliber Chairil Anwar?

kehidupan seperti romansa yang sedang bercerita

kehidupan itu selamanya indah

kebahagiaan itu selamanya sederhana

dan manusia selamanya tak pernah sadar

itulah mengapa hingga kini

aku sendiri tanpa teman berpuisi

bahagia itu s e d e r h a n a

sejauh 20 tahun gue hidup, gue banyak mengeluh.

nilai jelek,

kantong kering,

patah hati,

banyak kerjaan.

tanpa ternyata selama ini, banyak mereka yang hidupnya lebih pantas dikeluhkan dari hidup gue.

and thank God, gue ga terlambat dipertemukan dengan mereka.

broken home, dimainin perasaannya, dipergunakan orang lain, dibuang.

well,

hidup gue ga sesedih itu, dan gue sekarang bisa malu dengan tenang

ketika mereka menceritakan kisah mereka yang menyedihkan dengan diselingi tawa.

kenapa mereka ga nangis aja?

kenapa mereka ga pake mencak - mencak?

kenapa mereka keliatan enjoy aja?

dipertemukan dengan pejuang - pejuang hidup seperti mereka bikin gue sadar,

bahagia itu tercipta menurut persepsi kita, you are what you think you were.

bahagia itu sederhana.

selamat mencoba (berbahagia) !

gws dude :'

hey there

now i realize,

 i rather see you smile because of someone else

than to see you sad when there's nothing i can do.

please,

get.well.soon (:

G I V E M E A S I G N

G I V E M E A S I G N . B R E A K I N G B E N J A M I N
Dead star shine, light up the skyI'm all out of breath, my walls are closing inDays go by, give me a signCome back to the end, the shepherd of the damned
I can feel you falling awayNo longer the lost, no longer the sameAnd I can see you starting to breakI'll keep you alive if you show me the wayForever and ever the scars will remainI'm falling apart, leave me here forever in the dark
Daylight dies, blackout the skyDoes anyone care? Is anybody there?Take this life, empty insideI'm already dead, I'll rise to fall again
I can feel you falling awayNo longer the lost, no longer the sameAnd I can see you starting to breakI'll keep you alive if you show me the wayForever and ever the scars will remainI'm falling apart, leave me here forever in the dark
God, help me, I've come undoneOut of the light of the sunGod, help me, I've come undoneOut of the light of the sun
I can feel you falling awayNo longer the lost, no longer the sameAnd I can see you starting to breakI'll keep you alive if you show me the wayForever and ever the scars will remain
Give me a signThere's something buried in the wordsGive me a signYour tears are adding to the flood
Just give me a signThere's something buried in the wordsGive me a signYour tears are adding to the flood
Just give me a signThere's something buried in the wordsGive me a signYour tears are adding to the flood
Forever and ever the scars will remain

 

s.e.m.b.i.l.a.n.

finally, this is what we have to do , for what we really love. let us show that we love it as much as they do. are we the future? yes we are (:

Architecture Department

of Tarumanagara University

proudly presents:

"HUT 23 SKETSA"

EMOTION THROUGH SPACE

(Aktualiasi Emosi Dalam Ruang)

» EMOTIONAL ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION

by Ikatan Arsitek Indonesia (IAI) members and students from Architecture Dept. UNTAR - Adi Purnomo

- Aboday

- Willis Kusuma, etc.

Time: Monday, April 30th - May 6th, 2012

Venue: Main Street UG, Gandaria City Mall, Jakarta

» SKETSA'S 23rd ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION & SKETSA's 26th magazine launching

Time: Friday, May 4th-6th, 2012

Venue: Piazza, Gandaria City Mall.

There are many band performances, modern dance, capoera, saman dance, etc.

And YES we have GREAT GUEST STARS :D

* Abdul and The Coffee Theory: May 5th

* Soulvibe : May 6th

And IT'S FREE!!! OPEN FOR PUBLIC!!!

C'mooon, share your emotions with us!!!

Be there!!!

- Archi. Dept. Of UNTAR -

N E W H A I R C U T !

Living in a tropical country, the weather is so hot and i'm getting tired of having such a very long hair. and actually i'm getting bored of it, so i cut my hair. a little bit extreme, but i love it.
why everybody's pretending that i'm broken? only just because i cut my hair this short? haha.

time stands still

Time Stand Still

photographer gregorius david prasetya

model risa dipta amel

date march 17 2012

location selasar sunaryo art space, bandung, west java.

Last Trip Before the Hell Months!

Hello everybody, this next three days will be my last weekend in this holiday. On Monday i'll be studying again in my college --" But i have a plan to spend my last weekend! I'm gonna go to Bandung, the capitol city of West Java to meet my high school friends that study there. And Bandung is my favorite city after Manado, all the time :D

I'll post about my trip to Bandung later. 

Can't wait!

~(._.~) ~(._.)~ (~._.)~

i am hanging

a path that you choose just floating on something you cannot expect.

you know where you stepping at. you know where would you go.

but the journey.

it's just

a surprise

Floating on the Water

location : City Extra Restaurant, Manado, North Sulawesi

photographer : puspita parahita anindita

From the Underconstruction Bridge

this time i will show you my last photo hunting around Manado city. See what i've got ! enjoy my post :)

me, taking shots to the construction, photographed by faisal. see my childish backpack? DOMO! :3

 my elementary school friend, faisal. he is a good photographer. check his blog at http://http://www.garamdapur.tumblr.com

 

Those are faisal's college friends. The one named Mus, is a good photographer too. they're so easy going and it's nice to have a photo hunt with them although it's the first time we met. 

 See the Candle Monument at the right? yes, the one that looks like a lipstick. This building actually functioned as a viewing point. there's a balcony at the half way to the top. You can see the sunset clearly from this place. I wonder if i can go there and have some shoots there. But poor us, this place is totally underconstruction, there's no way to get there.

 It's two of five cruise ships that lied at anchor on the shore. It's actually Manado Harbour, that located near Pasar 45 an Pasar Bersehati ( Manado's oldest traditional market ), in the old town of Manado. See the orange lights  that reflected on the cruise ships :3 sunset!

This is one of Manado Harbour's corner. I've never seen this corner for entire of my life and i have no idea where is this place located in Manado Harbour. The big ship is a ship that will cruise to Bitung (the city with the biggest harbour in North Sulawesi). From top, it's totally looked different!

nb : see the calm water. i looooooove the water's tone and colour here. The texture also :) I am so lucky to get there, from up there on the underconstruction bridge, this place looks so great.

 A line of old buildings in Manado Harbour. I actually have no idea about it's function now. But it seems like a warehouse or something. or..as harbour's waiting and ticketing room? I don't know. This was actually my first time seeing this corner of Manado Harbour and i was surprised that this ordinary place looks extraordinary from top :D see the first building? the square paintings and the color is cute, isn't it

 That was my last day in Manado this holiday. The weather was really not good for about last two months and the sunset is too shy to show it's beauty. It's my first and my last sunset in Manado this holiday actually, and thanks God it's soo beautiful ! The colour, the silhoutte of buildings next to the shore. It's perfect! See the orange light that split the blue sky? just like the trace of shooting star. Poor me, it's me that can't photograped it well. i am not a good photographer (yet) actually. Believe me, your eyes will see this better if you were there with me!

Location : Underconstruction bridge near Pasar 45 / Bersehati, Manado Harbour, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

Time : about 5pm - 6pm

photographer : pradipta paramita dewi

iso : 800, 1600

Wed, Friday 8th 2012

City Lights

I just having a dinner with my friends at MTC Megamas after a great photo hunt in the underconstructed area in Pasar 45. Then we just  saw a beautiful full moon. Then we decided to go to the rooftop of MTC and take some shoots of the moon. but when we got there we realized that the moon can't be captured well because of the darkness instead of none of us bring a tele les. Guess what we found after being dissapointed by the moon ?

CITY LIGHTS! 

With a little basic technique. take a photo of lights from a dark place, then shake the camera slowly while the shutter is still working. try to make your own pattern :D

i love Manado's city lights. Especially for the lights in the buildings and roads near the shore. They're reflected perfectly on the water :)

location : Manado Trade Center & Apartement Rooftop

time : around 7pm - 8.30pm

photographer : pradipta paramita dewi

on February 8th 2012

another gorgeous aqua paradise : LINAU LAKE

Anybody ever heard about Bunaken Island? of course! it's an aquatic ecosystem paradise, a great sea garden and reefs near Manado, the center of North Sulawesi Province in Indonesia. But do you ever heard about Linau Lake?

Linau Lake (Danau Linow) is a tourism place that offering a well-managed lake  located in Lahendong, Tomohon City, near Manado. It's actually a quite small lake with many pine trees (and other tropical trees of course) surrounding it. The difference of Linau Lake with another lakes is the magnificent water. Local society called Linau with " Danau Tiga Warna " or " Three Coloured Lake". Yes, it has three colour. If you are lucky and come in the right time, you can see three of them. Turqoise blue, green, and white. The colour was made by the reflection of sunlight on the water that  containing sulfur. It's because Linau was located on a big 'brimstone land'. fyi, in Lahendong we have a PLTP (Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Panas Bumi) also known as Geothermal Power Plant and a brimstone mining area.

the scene behind the pine trees and a bamboo parkbench is the reflective water of Linau Lake.

Path along the way near to the water.

 

a small shack next to the lake

"Buanglah sampah pada tempatnya" signage. Roger that, sir!

To get in the site, you have to pay Rp 25.000,- in the gate. Then you will get a coupon for each ticket. Inside the site there's a cafe named Cafe Koffie (if i don't make mistake).You can get a free cup of coffee by giving the ticket to the waitress of the cafe. The cafe is so cozy, hanging high near the walking path next to the water. It's actually not hanging, it sustained by a structure and wall under it, that functioned for toilets.

For hygiene matter, you wouldn't worry too much because this place is pretty clean. There's three 'hanging cafe' with the same owner and menus, that offers the different point of view. you can try three of them if you want, especially when you are trying to get the best viewing or capturing point. For myself, i only ever tried the 1st and the 2nd cafe. I am looking forward to try the 3rd :)

On Sunday, February 5th 2012 i had my 2nd visit to Linau with my father, mother, and my little sister. Here are the pictures

 

me and my cup of coffee. one cup is never enough :)

 

my little sister posed on an unique tree near the water.

 

father, mother, and i. I loooove this pict!

 

two free small sweet cookies instead of a free cup of coffe for each visitors. yumee :D

my sister order an additional pot of black coffee.

 

can you see the colour of the water behind me? see? see? it reminds me of mint flavour, or...a toothpaste?

the horizon is perfect!

 

white wooden stools and tables with the green wooden railing and grey-brownie board flooring. Perfect match for the turqoise-white-greenie water.

looking forward to see this place again :)

IN LITTLE ARCHITECT EYES :

For the second time i visited Linau Lake in Lahendong, North Sulawesi, i realized something that related to an architectural and landscaping design concept. Those who understand architecture, they may will be realizing that the designer or landscape planner has a quite pretty eyes for design. Here's the concept, maybe i got it.

He designed this gorgeous place with a technique or concept named 'sequence(s)' in architecture. Sequence is  a way of hiding the vocal point (the most interesting spot) of a place. To get there, the visitors should pass the curvaceous walking path. and, BANG! they'll get the gorgeous vocal point at the end of those walking path.

In this place, the vocal point is the white brimstone wall and the boiling lake water at the left of the site. It creates a gorgeous combination of colours. The trees, the green water, white brimstone, and turqoise reflection of sunlight on that brimstoned water. You can reach this amazing scene by walking on a path that made by square-shaped stepping stones. You can come here and see it yourself.

how to get there you can use your own car, driving through Lahendong in Tomohon City, North Sulawesi (Tomohon 30 mins from Manado - the center of North Sulawesi, Lahendong about 45mins - 1 hour from Manado). Or by public transportation (Rp. 6000 or 7000, i forgot the price :p) from Karombasan Bus Station, South Manado to Tomohon, then continue with another public transportation with Tomohon-Sonder track. Don't forget to stop in front of a little church on the left in Lahendong (You can see a quite small "Danau Linow" signage next to the church). Make your way to the path next to the church. To get to the lake you should take a quite exhausting walk, because you will meet an uphill pathway. But the beautiful scene really worth the journey.

my suggestion people said the best time to come here is on a sunny afternoon, after a hard rain. the water's colour is perfect. But if you don't have time to wait for that moment, come at 3 or 3.30 pm until the site closed at 6pm. the sunshine and lighting is perfect. Don't come if the weather isn't good, you'll see nothing here. And also, this place have a clement air, so bring your jacket in case of a windy weather.

North Sulawesi is such a great place to visit. It doesn't only have 'the super-famous' Bunaken Island. Come here and see (:

All photos was taken by me and my sister Puspita on Sunday, February 5th 2012.

[ HOPE ] BLUR IS YOUR NEW FOCUS, SOMEDAY :')

ME : OUT OF YOUR FOCUS

location : Cafe Koffie Danau Linau, Lahendong, Sulawesi Utara

photographer : Pradipta Paramita Dewi

This photo actually looked perfect while it still in camera, but then i realized that the coffee, cups, and cookies isn't the focus of this photo.  I missed the focus. I focused on the white wooden table.

Ever feel like you are out of someone's focus while you are trying to be someone special for them? Seems like they didn't notice you at all, no matter how hard you try? Or you thought they care about you, but the reality they don't?

Feeling 'out of focus' like those cups and cookies?

Then i am telling you what i am thinking about them

they may be out of focus, maybe my lens didn't captured them well. but they are still beautiful because they stay white.