When someone dies, there is an odd comfort in performing the regular rituals commonly called as funeral. As we dispose the remains either through cremation or burial, we get the closure we deserve, unlike losing someone in a plane incident or missing person for years that he is presumed dead…

“Up with your turret, aren’t we just terrified?” I can see your face unnervingly hardens, as you step on the gas a tiny bit too much. You always do that when something about my past comes up and in need of a serious discussion. …

People perceive that finding true love is a milestone worth celebrating where most people honor it by tying the knot. Sometimes a decade of relationship fails to result in marriage but sometimes people find themselves walking down the aisle after only one year of romance. Time, indeed, is not a…

Seseorang pernah bilang ke saya, bahwa maaf itu bukan hanya tentang mendapatkan permintaan maaf dari mereka yang pernah menyakiti kita. Lebih dari itu, sebenarnya maaf memiliki berbagai bentuk. Dimulai dari yang paling dekat, yaitu memaafkan diri sendiri — atas pilihan hidup yang mungkin kurang tepat atau atas kegagalan-kegagalan yang berujung…

“Tuhan bila waktu dapat ku putar kembali…” Sepenggal lirik yang saya yakin dapat mewakili perasaan kita selama beberapa waktu terakhir. Jika Doraemon nyata atau jin Aladdin bukan sekedar fiksi, saya rasa permintaan atas mesin waktu menjadi prioritas bagi kita semua. Mungkin untuk sekedar menengok kenangan lama atau menyapa seseorang di…

Life doesn’t provide us with a universal guidebook on how to live your life. There is no “How to Live a Life for Dummy” or “Living 101”. Should you happen to be a follower of a certain religion, you might find an enlightenment in accordance to your faith. You might…

It’s funny how sometimes you just lose things, hope, or people. Funny how some small stuff in your room gets mysteriously disappeared. How some people whom you once thought would never leave become the one who has the courage to walk away. Someone who should have never left at the…

Ketika akan meninggalkan suatu tempat, otak saya membangunkan hampir semua kenangan yang sebelumnya sempat tertidur. Dimulai dari hari pertama kuliah, saya ingat baju putih lengan panjang dan celana jeans biru tua yang saya kenakan. Saat sedang berjalan sendiri ke kampus untuk kelas pertama, saya ditemani oleh lagu dari Nirvana berjudul…

Frank Underwood from House of Cards once said to his wife, “how could you be so stupid… to fall in love?” It isn’t the first time that love is associated with stupidity. I have read quite a few novels and watched a number of movies depicting images of people being…