A Love story for Cynics; Tingling sensation from Jack, Jill and George

Jill: “I come from an island. It’s called island of hearts and it’s surrounded by the sea of intuition. The days are short and the nights are even shorter. Every dawn, a fresh breeze blows away the static thoughts and the dead ideas…Mmm, it’s nice” Jack: “I come from planet earth and my people are…

A Thank you letter to the present; I’m willing to lose as much as I’m willing to win

Having another morning, another evening in which you walked through my dreams like you own them. And perhaps you do. And after I have woken up, put my clothes on, and walked around to start my day, there’s always intense feeling of wanting to see you, touch you, and kiss you So much of my…

A thank you letter to the past; I did forgive you

See, I don’t wish you ill will. I don’t want you to hurt. I’ve moved past you and on with my life. There was a time I sought revenge and wished you ill, but I don’t anymore. Now, I just want you out of my life. I don’t hurt for you anymore. I’m not angry…

To the one and only sister I love the most with all my heart!

    You came after me four years later You taught me first about the art of sharing my life You have been very patience of being my little sister Even with my most annoying behavior…you are standing still and loving me always For that…I can’t thank you enough! Years after years Time after time…

Beautiful as it is, thank you

It’s about time, I think, I might have to let this go now while it’s still beautiful Once again, I’m failing. I’m failing to be the one who is supposed to catch you when you fall I’m failing to be the one who is supposed to be able to make you see how special you…

The dandelion pollen’s way to unconditional happiness

Sometimes I’m wondering why was it so difficult to choose and decide to be happy way back then, all I could feel was solely conditional happiness. Conditional happiness is happiness that appears with so many strings attached to it such as “I’ll be happy when…I’ll be happy if…I’ll be happy unless…” It was hard to…

How I feel above the Indonesian sky: A simple but powerful thing

I just realized about how I feel every time I fly above the ground, on duties. The thing I used to take for granted. The thing that now makes me feel so proud of my own country, Indonesia: Indonesia is a huge archipelagic country extending 5,120 kilometers from east to west and 1,760 kilometers from…

Religion and All Its Differences; Ah, It Is A Lot Like Love

Pluralism isn’t something new for me. I’ve been facing it upfront since I was little. I got used to the environment where my cousins recite Quran. I got used to the environment where my friends are lighting up their prayers in front of their god and goddess. I got used to the serenity of temples…