I don’t really remember you, or the rest of your story.
I don’t know your name, nor the direction you’re headed on the way home.
After last night,
I might waste myself on the couch again through the weekend.
Not getting excited about the idea of Monday.
I don’t really remember you, but what is this feeling of longing.
Distracting and bothering.
(I thought,)
I don’t really remember you.
Late Night Radio Broadcast #4
Under this rain, I want to comfort you tonight.
I can’t give you a hug, nor a warm blanket and a box of tissue.
But I’m trying, with these voices within this wavelength.
Would you let me come through?
To your pain and the headache.
To your tears and the heartache.
Tonight I want to ask you.
Are we enough for ourselves?
Or we need others to prove our validity and value?
We might not find the answer right now, but let’s find the strength to search it.
In our daily life, between our blank stares to the sky and the sea of people.
Here comes the last song,
the rhythm of peace and forgiveness.
To ourselves.
(I always want to say this to myself.)
Let’s not sacrifice today’s happiness for distant tomorrow.
PS: More of Late Night Radio Broadcast series can be found here.
After This Night
Would you still meet me after this night?
After this dance?
After the alcohol wear off?
Would you still tell me your secrets?
And all the guilt you’ve been feeling.
Would you still remember me after this night?
And this orange lipstick.
Would I still remember you after this night?
And still having these feeling of comfort.
Belajar Hal Baru di Tahun Yang Baru
Awal tahun selalu identik dengan tujuan-tujuan baru. Mulai dari target berat badan maupun usaha mendisiplinkan diri. Buat saya sendiri, saya suka menetapkan kemampuan atau hal apa yang ingin dipelajari setiap tahunnya. Sekarang ini, informasi dan bahan pelajaran untuk hal apapun mudah sekali didapatkan di dunia maya secara cuma-cuma. Workshop dan seminar pun sudah gampang sekali ditemui. Setiap weekend, pasti ada aja workshop menarik yang diadakan, mulai dari yang namanya menghias cupcake sampai workshop foto produk, mulai dari menggambar dengan watercolor sampai workshop membuat ukulele.
Berhubung sekarang ini masih masuk bulan Januari dan mungkin masih banyak yang semangatnya belum luntur, saya mau berbagi beberapa sumber pelajaran saya selama ini yang berkaitan tentang creative skill dan bisnis. Mulai dari online course sampai newsletter yang menurut saya sangat membantu kehidupan saya selama ini. Oh iya, sebelumnya saya juga pernah share tentang di mana belajar coding untuk pemula ataupun beberapa kelas Skillshare favorit saya.
Skillshare
Saya mulai rutin belajar di Skillshare sejak 2015 dan sejak itu merasa bahwa semua hal itu memang dimulai dari niat. Banyak banget resources di dunia ini yang sayang banget untuk dilewatkan hanya dengan misah misuh di media sosial. Dulu sewaktu masih jadi pekerja kantoran, saya berlangganan akun Premium-nya sebesar $96/tahun. Zaman dulu sih, hitungan $8/bulan sangat terjangkau buat saya. Paketannya worth it banget kalau memang niat belajar. Saya bahkan menamatkan lebih dari 100 kelas selama setahun karena kelas-kelasnya super menarik. Saya pertama kali belajar yang namanya pattern design, mendigitalkan handlettering, sampai foto produk semuanya dari Skillshare. I don’t know what I would be without it :))
Untangling Happiness
I first met Puty in my college days where I spent a lot of hours in extracurricular activities known as Liga Film Mahasiswa. Some of my friends introduced her as the-hipster-blogger-with-analog-camera. I remember one day, she left a comment on my old blog in Diaryland telling me she loves my writings. I don’t remember the rest, but I started reading Puty’s blog as the daily dose of insight every day, to the point that I added her on Facebook :)) That time, Puty even wrote a warning that she will only accept friend requests from someone she really knows. So, when I got my friend request accepted, I felt really ‘accepted’, haha. I grew admiration to her as time goes by because reading Puty’s blogs felt like meeting someone you already know for years (we’re both caught on CLAMP’s mangas, in love with autumn, and dream to write a book).
I always love how Puty weaves words and sentences. I love how her word of wisdom intertwines. I love her melancholic black and white photos. Reading her blog for years, give me a glimpse of a growing process, on how life and dreams can be adjusted as time goes by, of an imperfect life that is actually enough for ourselves.
But to be honest, reading Puty’s blog nowadays, sometimes made me really detached. Maybe because I haven’t passed the motherhood and emak-emak’s life. But I understand why she writes what she writes. The kind of writing and comic strips that she produced fit right to her daily life and the majority of her readers and that is one of the things I admire from her. She adjusts well in a time and place where needed. In a constantly changing world like now, that’s a really essential surviving skill.
The Pre-Order came with hand illustrated postcard :3
Receiving Puty’s book titled Happiness is Homemade a few days ago made me smile. The 160+ pages book is a full-color illustrated book that showcases her signature drawings and handwriting. I don’t exactly know how to review this kind of book, so l will list out things that I love.