Archive for October, 2005

Patah Hati Berjuta Rasanya

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

"Kayaknya kalo jadi pemulung, kita gak bakalan mikir yang aneh-aneh. Mungkin yang paling terpikir adalah gimana bisa makan besok hari. Gak ada pemikiran, siapa cinta sejati gue, kenapa dia mesti mutusin gue, dsb. Mungkin kita ini suka gak bersyukur ya Cit…"

Weekend ini gue kedatangan tamu istimewa dari Pulau Karimun. My dear brother, Jimz, has visited me with his wounded heart. Then beside Singapore River, in front of Esplanade, that statement came out.

Gue lupa apa gue pernah nulis ini sebelumnya, hanya ‘aja waktu gue masih muda (huhuy!!) sering terlintas di pikiran gue, "What is the big deal with breaking up, kenapa orang-orang bisa sebegitu jatuhnya, gengsi banget sih kalau hidup jadi semrawut hanya gara-gara masalah cinta." Well, time is passing by and guess who could be so whiny and sensitive when she gets broken heart???

Sebenarnya, gue juga gak tau apakah hukum patah hati ini bersifat universal. Contohnya pernyataan dari Jimz yang ada kaitannya dengan teori Maslow. Mungkin, bagi orang-orang yang masih harus berjuang untuk tetap bertahan hidup, yang nggak tahu besok mau makan apa, yang belum bisa memenuhi kebutuhan dasar, apa mereka juga punya cukup energi untuk berkutat di masalah percintaan. Apakah artinya bagi orang yang sudah cukup mapan hidupnya, seringkali gak bersyukur dengan apa yang kita punya, dan akhirnya masalah "kecil" jadi sesuatu yang besar dan bisa mempengaruhi hidup kita.

Anyway, i am so bad in handling broken heart. Mulai dari susah makan, susah tidur dan susah bangun. Bangun tidur adalah bagian terburuk, karena tiba-tiba dada gue terasa hampa. Konsentrasi buyar dan jadi males buat bersosialisasi, atau nelpon temen-temen untuk sekedar ngomong betapa nggak enaknya perasaan gue saat itu (btw, thanks banget buat Mbak Arien yang selalu jadi pendengar setia yang gak ada bosennya!!!).

Hari ini tergelitik untuk menggali kenapa itu semua bisa terjadi. Well, kehilangan sesuatu atau seseorang memang bukan perasaan yang nyaman. Kehilangan barang ‘aja kadang suka bikin bete, apalagi seseorang yang sangat berarti. Pertanyaan berikutnya, apakah itu berarti ada rasa memiliki? Padahal, katanya kalo kita memang tulus mencintai, kita gak akan merasa memiliki dia, apapun yang dia lakukan, kita akan tetap mencintai dia dan bahagia buat dia. Apakah perasaan memiliki jadi suatu yang tidak terhindarkan bahkan jadi suatu bagian dari sebuah hubungan?

Lalu, kadang terpikir, apakah benar yang disesali adalah kehilangan orang itu atau hanya sekedar "bayangan atau asumsi yang kita punya tentang dia". Mungkin sebenernya apa atau siapa yang kita coba pertahankan, gak sebegitu berartinya, hanya ‘aja kita terlalu keras kepala untuk mengakuinya. Ketika perasaan atau ego kita membutakan logika, bisa jadi kita memaksakan diri untuk terus berjalan di atas jalan yang sebenarnya tidak lagi nyata. Dan… setelah semuanya normal dan kita sudah pulih dan bisa berpikir kembali, kita baru menyadari bahwa  seseorang atau hubungan itu memang gak layak atau gak bisa dipertahankan lagi, and the best thing is too let it go, start a new chapter.

Dalam periode patah hati itu, kita punya pilihan, untuk tenggelam dalam kesedihan kita, atau mulai menganalisis akar permasalahannya dan alasan di balik keputusan untuk mengakhiri sebuah hubungan. Mungkin dengan berpegang pada alasan kenapa kita putus, kita bisa menarik pembelajaran baru dan bisa jadi bekal untuk ke depannya. Kalaupun keputusan untuk berpisah ternyata menjadi sebuah kesalahan dan itu membawa penyesalan, kita masih bisa berusaha menarik hikmahnya dan nggak mengulangi kesalahan yang sama untuk ke depannya.

Well, untuk bangkit emang gak gampang. Saran yang paling sering keluar adalah… berdoa, supaya diangkat bebannya atau dikuatkan sehingga masih tetap tegak berdiri dan berjalan. Jangan biarkan diri kita jadi vakum dan cari penyaluran (yang positif dunks) misalnya menekuni hobby atau nyobain sesuatu yang baru juga bisa jadi alternatif. Try to get out from our system and give us time to deal with the pain. Cari yang "laen" juga bisa :D, cuman kadang bisa menimbulkan masalah baru atau salah ambil langkah karena kondisi mental dan otak kita sedang gak mengijinkan untuk mengambil keputusan.

Gimana cara ngelupainnya? Menurut gue sih, kita gak akan pernah bisa ngelupain seseorang atau sesuatu yang pernah menjadi hal yang spesial dalam hidup kita. He or she will always be there. Tapi seiring berjalannya waktu peran mereka akan berubah. The memories will still linger there, cryztalized, unchanged, but the importance of those memories would change somehow.

Am I talking crap again? Neways, cuman mau bilang buat semua yang lagi patah hati atau baru putus atau mengalami apapun yang gak menyenangkan, don’t lose hope, you will never know what is waiting for you, it might be something bigger or nicer that you have expected. God bless you, bro, sist!!! Take care…

Negeriku, Menangisku

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

Turut berduka cita atas peristiwa Bom Bali II di Jimbaran dan Kuta. Sometimes it is just scarry how different perspectives can create such tragedy. How come a human be a judge of other people’s life? He, Himself, creates all humans with so much loves and respects. Is it what we believe is more important than the human itself?

Prihatin juga dengan membumbungnya harga bensin dan minyak tanah. My brother was complaining because he got "his own" car. But neways, he still can use public transportation. How about people who already being pressed because all uncertainty in our economic situation; people who are still dwelling with their stomach, people who don’t know how they will be living tomorrow.

Sedih dan prihatin, dua kata yang bisa diucapkan pada tataran perasaan, bahkan belum pada level pemikiran. Dari sekian banyak orang yang menghujat Indonesia dan ingin secepatnya meninggalkan negara Indonesia, gue masih sangat ingin pulang dan "berbuat sesuatu". Tapi lagi-lagi ini semua hanya dalam bentuk harapan. Pada kenyataannya, gue masih tertidur dalam keapatisan dan kenyamanan gue di sini. Bentuk nyata apa yang bisa gue sumbang? Dalam bentuk doa sematakah? It is just so vague…

Sekali lagi, turut berduka cita sedalam-dalamnya untuk semua tragedi yang terjadi di Indonesia. Semoga kita semua bisa bersama-sama melonggarkan ego dan paham masing-masing, menyatukan tangan bersama, dan setidaknya berusaha memperbaiki dan merawat apa yang masih tersisa.

Married with Children - OASIS

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

Inspired by Saturday (1st October 2005) incident. I wish we hadn’t gone through all the mess.

E G# C# A C B E

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry

Goodbye I’m going home

I don’t care no more so don’t you worry

Goodbye I’m going home

A E A E F# B C

I hate the way that even though you know you’re wrong you say you’re right

I hate the books you’re read and all your friends

Your music’s shite it keeps me up all night

E G# C# A C B E

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry

Goodbye I’m going home

I don’t care no more so don’t you worry

Goodbye I’m going home

A E A E F# B C

I hate the way that you are so sarcastic and you’re not very bright

You think that everything you’ve done’s fantastic

Your music’s shite it keeps me up all night

C#m B A E (B A G#m F#)

And it will be nice to be alone for a week or two

But I know that I will be right… right back here with you

E G# C# A C B E

There’s no need for you to say you’re sorry

Goodbye I’m going home

I don’t care no more so don’t you worry

Goodbye I’m going home

Sorry Honey, Love You, but I’ve Lost the Vibes

Saturday, October 1st, 2005

We are mirror to each other. We can see ourselves in others’ eyes, in others’ life. Nowadays, my mirrors seem a bit dark and grey. I can see and I can feel… heavy atmosphere with scarlet pain, tears from sore eyes, confusion, and torn feelings. And the reason behind those is… love.

One might say, “That sounds ridiculous. All those troubles happen just because of love. What are these people doing, aren’t they have anything to do better?” However, my friends, we can deny but we can not avoid the fact that love is one thing that keeps the world turning (although we can see that from many different perspectives).

Neways, I used to look my mirrors with envy and jealousy feelings. I’ve been in kind of journey; a journey to find “my home”, someone that I can stay with, I can “end-up” with. All I want is just a relationship with a destination. We might fall along the way or just get separate in two different paths, but at least… I could be in one steady relationship and fight together with the one whom I love.

When I looked into my mirrors, it seemed that they already there. When I was still dwelling with uncertainty or the fact that the fairytale must come to end, they seemed already be found by a prince in shining armor on white horse who would take them to a beautiful castle near by the sea.

However, what happened next is, their journey to the castle looked as if it was too secure and safe. Then, there were a tickle of weary that teasing them to find another adventure or just too make sure that this prince charming is “the one”. The prince might be truly charming, but how about what we want is a warrior who is quite rude but tough or maybe only a peasant who could understand who we are, who could understand our passion and desire for life……

In other mirror, I could see that they do not want a castle near by the sea, they want to hold the world in their hand, and it is just not the time to settle down in a castle though it is near by the sea with beautiful sunrise and sunset.

The love is still there. However, the vibes is not there anymore. One question is then floating in the air, “When the sensation is not there anymore, is it because we feel comfort or is it a sign of bored?” In the beginning of relationship, everything feels like magic. But then, it seems like there would be a time when we would say, “Okie, I know I love you and love me, that is it.” When we are getting to the comfort zone–everything is okie and stable, I’ve got a great partner, we already have plan in hand–sometimes it is easy to be tempted by something else, suddenly there is a rush feeling and craving for “new electric waves” in our life.

Then, how we can recapture the magic? How we can spice the relationship? Is it the matter of being faith? Is it the matter of understanding each other? Or is it the time that we say, “Cmon, life is supposed to be like this or it is not a relationship without get through this phase…” I have a lot of questions in my mind.

One day, I get freak out when I am again mirroring to other’s people life. It is like inevitable. For the time being, I just can say to myself to live every moment I spend with him, to treasure every spark of the magic. And when in case “it” happens to us, I will remember all those loves and happiness I have shared with him, and preserve the vibes in our relationship. Although, I do hope we will never lost what we have right now. Well, people can always hoping, don’t they? J