#31postfor31

Is it that time of the year again? I’ve started doing this thing to commemorate my upcoming birthday and I think I’m getting better each time :)) Last year, I managed to write 23 posts from the original plan of producing 30 posts under the tag #30postsfor30. An improvement from the 20 posts I wrote from #28postsfor28. So today, let’s start the countdown and write more things.

I realized I write less and less lately. I become sensitive to things and less sensitive to my own thoughts. I guess there’s a part of me who becomes too lazy to process feelings and it becomes harder to weave it into a thread of thoughts. I know I still have it in me, but it’s buried too deep I sometimes couldn’t summon it.

Usually, I wrote a lot of things at the beginning of the year, what I want to learn, what I want to achieve. But I didn’t write any this year. Maybe I’m just too tired of life, I didn’t have time to think about it as the year flies by. So I only have one wish and goal this year. I want to be honest with myself, with all my feelings. Here’s an attempt of doing so. Let’s welcome the first official post of #31postsfor31.

Hope you enjoy the ride :3

Reassurance

In the sea of tears, under the blazing sun.
Sending letters, to our future self.
Being unsure about things.
Doubtful about any feelings.
Do we get excited anymore?
For the smallest things and the everyday feelings.

I wrote hundreds of lines for you.
About being in love, with the universe and the only life we have.
Most of the time, I’m afraid I cannot keep my words.
I’m afraid I will keep failing that I cannot be the person you always think of.
Here I am anyway, not as brave and optimistic as my younger self.
Still, have a lot of love to give.

Looking forward to other hundreds of lines on progress.

Suara-Suara

Di balik gegap gempitanya Asian Games yang baru saja berakhir, bulan Agustus kemarin media nasional juga sempat dipenuhi oleh putusan kasus Meiliana yang mengeluhkan suara azan yang dianggap sangat keras. Kejadian ini berlanjut dengan adanya kerusuhan warga di Tanjung Balai, Sumatera Utara dan berakhir dengan perusakan tempat ibadah dan tempat-tempat pelayanan publik lainnya. Berita ini menyita perhatian publik karena Meiliana yang seorang keturunan Tionghoa mendapat putusan pengadilan yang lebih berat daripada pelaku perusakan tempat ibadah yang memakan kerugiaan materiil yang cukup besar. Petisi untuk mengubah putusan pengadilan terhadap Meiliana saat ini sudah mencapai lebih dari 200.000 tanda tangan. Baca juga hasil penelitiaan PUSAD tentang kasus ini di sini.

Salah satu hal yang menyita perhatian saya setelah membaca pemberitaan tentang kasus ini adalah digunakannya speaker dan amplifier bermerek TOA sebagai salah satu bukti yang diajukan jaksa. Pengajuan bukti ini, menurut saya, sama sekali tidak berhubungan dengan pembuktian maupun berpengaruh pada putusan kasus. Tetapi, kedua barang ini dapat kita teliti untuk mendalami suatu aspek penting di kasus ini.

How loud is too loud?

Sebagai pendahuluan, walaupun sekarang lebih sering menjadi admin toko dan bekerja di depan Adobe Illustrator, saya pernah bekerja sebagai engineer dan memiliki background pendidikan sebagai Sarjana Fisika Teknik. Salah satu bidang keilmuan yang ada di kuliah saya tersebut adalah Fisika Bangunan. Dimana di dalamnya mencakup sub-studi Akustik yang mempelajari tentang sifat-sifat suara dan getaran, serta aplikasinya dalam kehidupan. Dalam penerapannya sehari-hari, ilmu Akustik dapat digunakan untuk merekayasa ruangan agar dapat memenuhi mutu standar (contoh: gedung konser) ataupun merekayasa suara agar dapat memenuhi kondisi yang diinginkan (contoh: speaker di dalam bioskop).

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The Night Before Monday

It’s Sunday night and I’ve finished listing down my to-do list for next week. So, I thought I will write here before midnight greets. It’s been quite a while for the obvious Random Round-Up, so here it comes again.

Every single year, I always want to add more books to the rack but I’m completely aware of my limited budget to do so. Foreign books nowadays cost around IDR 150.000 – IDR 400.000, so I always prefer to get the Indonesian translated version because it’s way cheaper. I can’t read an e-book, because my work is related closely to my laptop and I want to limit my interaction to electronic screen. Besides, the only devices I can use to read an e-book are my laptop and phone. The screen size is either too big or too small, which make both uncomfortable to use. But last week, I found this promo from Gramedia website. Paket Merdeka gives the opportunity to buy a bundle of books according to a genre which features 1 best seller book and 4 mystery books. There’s also a Mystery Blind Bundle which include 5 mystery books from various genre.

The concept itself is not completely new, POST has been organized a couple of Blind Date with A Book events, where the customer buys a book without knowing what the title is. But I think it’s a fresh approach for Gramedia and a nice way to clean up their inventory :P I choose Paket Sastra 2 and though I just started reading them, I’m totally satisfied with all of my books :3

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Here Right Now

Growing up in this era, sometimes made me confused which values I should hold onto more. My circle of friends is getting older in terms of age. They should be in the late 20s or starting their 30s. Some of them gained a new circle and become a clique. Some stays, convince themselves that they stay in the loop by saying hello in the chat room every two weeks, or a month. It’s a surprise that a friend just hops from another company to another, some started their own YouTube channels, some just stop running and trying to settle with their routine.

The trend always comes and goes. There was a time when travelling becomes a thing (or always a thing), then coffee tasting (or cafe hopping), then marriage preparation and parenting method seminar (which make the singles become so sick of hearing it), and then financial awareness (suddenly everyone is about to invest, in something they don’t understand but trying so hard to understand). Is it really a trend or is it just a phase of growing up?

I sometimes wonder what they talk at home. When the TV is turned off and the light dimmed down. With their spouses or with themselves, within the walls between their beds. Family-related issue? Politics? The newest gossips in town? The new tips in finance? The meaning of life? Or simply, nothing? I know that life is already tiring as it is.

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