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Some of you might have already known that I and some of my friends created a joint blog project for our loneliness-themed fiction. Sounds bleak, huh? Well, I can't promise you anything, but despite its gloomy premise, the authors are pretty excited about it. Sometimes, I think we're too hyper for a bunch of young adults who write about loneliness, haha. Within You Without You by Chickaferdy, taken from  here "Within You, Without You" is the title of my story (you can read the first chapter here ) in Illufiction. It's a combination of several projects I haven't finished or even put into realization. A manuscript of novel I wrote in junior high school that was stopped abruptly in the middle of chapter two. Sporadic scenes from another novel-to-be (also from junior high era) that I abandoned because I "can never got the plot right". And recently, a plan for a project called "The Beatles Babbles" in which -true to its name- I will babble...

Wanita Tangguh, Wulan Purnama Sari Wulan is KBR's  Wanita Tangguh . Yep, ketangguhan merupakan sesuatu yang sangat diperlukan apabila kamu tinggal di Cimahi dan sebagian besar tempat yang membutuhkankehadiranmu berada di beda kotamadya  tempat yang jauh. Selama riwayat kerja bareng dalam kepanitiaan sama Wulan pilihan divisinya pasti logistik. Divisi yang cenderung saya hindari karena menghindari encok pas ngangkatin barang  saya nggak berminat. Tapi Wulan kelihatan enjoy banget di sana. Emang dasar tangguhnya sudah mendarah daging! Wulan Purnama Sari on her graduation day THAT IS MY NAME ON HER BALLOON. SQUEEEE! For a wanita tangguh,   Wulan is so surprisingly soft-hearted. Sangat memperhatikan gimana perasaan orang lain, kadang-kadang terlalu nggak enakan. Typical A bloodtype person that we know and love.    Mungkin tangguh dan sabar adalah kombinasi yang aneh, tapi kombinasi sifat itu ada pada Wulan . Kalau ada orang yang mer...

This is March 19, and this is Ditta's birthday! Ditta adalah salah seorang sahabat saya sejak SMP. Iya, sejak zaman hobi anak-anak di kelas adalah ejek-ejekan nama orang tua. Dari zaman rambut di- rebonding  ngehip banget...dan dia yang cenderung tomboy bikin kaget karena pada suatu pagi muncul dengan rambut selurus papan. Dari zaman dia jadi drummer Theu Voogoeh (terus sakit DBD pas penampilan perdana, terpaksa digantikan Nadia yang harusnya jadi gitaris) dan saya jadi manajer/tukang foto/tukang jaga tas. Kemudian ke zaman menyatroni Pitimoss sehabis pulang sekolah dan menggila selama SMA...sampai sekarang, zaman dia belajar kedokteran di Jerman dan saya masih ngarep mau sekolah di Jerman, hahaha. Kalau saya ditanya soal tiga bakat Ditta yang paling mencolok, jawaban saya adalah ini: 1. Sarkasme 2. Segala macam hal berkaitan dengan akademik 3. Seni lukis, ilustrasi, dan semacamnya. Khusus bakat nomor 3, ada sedikit cerita nih. Saya ingat suatu saat di pelajaran Seni Rup...

Aida (@aidayuni), Rangga (@rankrank), Riri (@ririe_risa) and I just launched a joint blog project! It is called Illufiction a.k.a Illusional Fiction. I (who recently listen too much to The Beatles than what is healthy) suggest an alternative name for our blog, "The Lonely Hearts Club Blog" (from "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"), but ultimately "Illufiction" (Aida's idea) win the voting. Well, a part of my idea was used as the blog theme, hahaha. And about the name "Illufiction"...I have to admit this name grew on me. Hopefully you will like it too : the name and, of course, the blog. True to its name, we'll be taking turn posting a chapter of stories every week. Each one of us will write different stories but we have one uniting theme : loneliness. Don't worry, we'll try not to be too mushy :) Our stories are more like existential loneliness than "galau" loneliness. We also have discussed about our characters an...

THANK YOU, GOOGLE You know that feeling, when you wake up on the morning of your birthday and you feel, "Nothing can go wrong today because IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, BABY"? I feel like that a lot today, hahaha. IT FEELS GOOD. HAHAHAHAHA. First of all, thank you for Bayern Muenchen for the 2-0 win against Arsenal earlier this morning. I'M SORRY ARSENAL, I STILL LOVE YOU BUT I LOVE BAYERN MORE. Okay. Next... Thank you for those who remember my birthday. I'm saving your messages under a file titled "MY PRECIOUSSSSS". I know that's kind of freaky but hey, WHATEVER, hahaha. Thank you for those who gave me birthday presents. Much appreciated though no one give me vacuum cleaner again this year . Also to my brother who gave me premium tea bag (no doubt he snatched it from the economic conference he attended, but it's the thought that counts :)), I don't know why he constantly give me tea bag nowadays... Maybe my face just screams for more c...

Honestly, to say that "all I ever want for birthday is you" is...well...too much. I still want a lot of other things. For example, Harry Potter book 5-7. Chronicles of Narnia box set. Vacuum cleaner. A parcel of Nutella. Scholarship for neuropsychology master program (preferably in Germany, thank you very much). But if you could be a part of my birthday again, I think that would be quite awesome :) Yours faithfully, Vera

source Do not stand at my grave and weep  I am not there. I do not sleep.   I am a thousand winds that blow.   I am the diamond glints on snow.   I am the sunlight on ripened grain.   I am the gentle autumn rain.   When you awaken in the morning's hush   I am the swift uplifting rush   Of quiet birds in circled flight.   I am the soft stars that shine at night.   Do not stand at my grave and cry;   I am not there. I did not die. Poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye In loving memory of my grandfather, Mansur Mulyakusumah (6 February 1938-15 June 2006) Today would be my grandpa's 76th birthday. Somehow, I think if my grandpa could choose a poem about his own death, he would choose this. I miss you, Dear Grandpa. I know you are up there in the better place with God, being a pious, honest, and intelligent person you were :)