kisses & fireworks
Posted: July 29, 2009 Filed under: Love, Posts in English | Tags: catatan pendek, cinta, gustav klimt, hotel tugu, malang, prosa, the kiss 16 Comments »1.
an antique hotel across a monument. lotus pond. a dimly lit corridor. a short walk to kill time ended with a wall. a painting—had been noticing it even from far away. the yellow aura. the kiss. gustav klimt.
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an hour and an old restaurant later, at the city of apples. night was about to come. they named the ice cream ‘sparkling delight’. peach and a burning sparkle stick. it took some time, but the thing sizzled. mini fireworks. sparkled. burned.
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that’s how you remember it:
That particular kiss—the kind where the fireworks show is happening here; right here: sparkling, it fills the tiniest gap between our flaming lips.
Bertandang ke Malang
Posted: July 23, 2009 Filed under: Life | Tags: blogger ngalam, blogging, blogshops, blogshops pesta blogger, chika, dita, faniez, malang, ngalam, one spirit one nation, pb09, pb2009, pesta blogger, sandy 35 Comments »Paris of East Java. Apel hijau di Kota Batu. Udara sejuk di pegunungan. Arema. Semuanya merujuk pada satu kota: Malang! Ya, Selasa depan, rencananya saya bersama Chika, Faniez, dan Dita memang akan bertandang ke Malang untuk rangkaian acara Blogshops Pesta Blogger 2009. Read the rest of this entry »
Setelah Meninggalkan TPS…
Posted: July 9, 2009 Filed under: Life | Tags: artwork, demokrasi, gambar, hanny, kartun, pemilu, presiden, vote 31 Comments »
Ya, saya sudah memilih!
TPS-nya berada tepat di depan rumah saya–di lapangan parkir sport club. Jadi saya tinggal berjalan sekitar enam langkah menuju TPS.
Sebelumnya, saya mengintip dulu apakah TPS masih ramai. Begitu kosong dan sepi, saya langsung beranjak ke sana. Alhasil, begitu sampai, saya bisa langsung mencontreng tanpa harus mengantri dan menunggu giliran. Read the rest of this entry »
