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The Ultimate Romantic Valentine

Filed under: My Days — puts at 2:02 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Kok banyak yg jual mawar merah ya… pada pake baju pink
segala lagi, terus pada ribut ngomongin masalah coklat. Hmmnnn, apakah sebegitu
pentingnya hari itu, sampai2 semua sibuk merayakannya meski ada juga sih yg
“membencinya”.

Ohhhh, ternyata hari itu adalah hari Valentine. Gak heran
kalau sebagian besar para ABG sibuk berurusan ama mawar, coklat, and so forth.

Sebetulnya ada pro dan kontra juga sih mengenai hari
Valentine itu. Ada yg menganggap hari itu penting banget namun ada jg yg
menganggap gak penting banget dan di sisi lain, ada yg menganggap setiap hari
adalah hari Valentine.

Bagi yg menganggap hari itu adalah hari yang penting, mereka
akan mempersiapkan segalanya dengan sebaik mungkin. Apalagi bagi mereka yg udah
punya pasangan…. Pasti udah berangan2 akan membeli sesuatu atau memberikan
sesuatu kepada orang yg disayanginya. Bagi para “anti” hari Valentine, ya gitu
deh… biasa2 aja tuh!! Gak ada yg istimewa perasaan… — komentarnya..

Lalu, bgmn dengan yg setengah2… pro gak, anti juga gak… ya
ngikut aja jadinya.

Anyway, kenapa ya perayaan hari Valentine cenderung hanya
dirayakan oleh orang yg udah punya pasangan. Padahal kita menyayangi banyak
orang, gak cuman sayang ama pasangan kita aja kan.. namun kita juga sayang ama
orang tua, sayang ama teman2, etc. Kenapa gak ngerayain ama mereka…. – sedikit
menyimpang dari sejarah.

Lagi, bayangkan jika ada sepasang jomblo di sebuah kelas,
sedang berdiskusi mengenai how to set-up the Ultimate Romantic Valentine.
Wao….. hmmnn, do you have any ideas ? – hmmnnn, o yea, of course!! :d .

Makan malam di pinggir pantai, ditemani ultimate love song,
sambil barbecue, dihembus angin malam yg sepoi2, di meja ada setangkai mawar
merah, bintang2 bertebaran di langit yg cerah, romantis kan… plus ada dessert
strawberry shortcake + hot chocolate…

Sebetulnya kalau masalah “Ultimate Romantic” kayanya gak harus nunggu2 Valentine tgl 14
Februari deh. Kapan aja bisa kan… dan istilah every day is Valentine jadinya
make sense juga.

Wuih…. seru jg ngebahas hari2 yg dianggap penting gak
penting :)

Good luck for every body and keep the faith, so you’ll find
your destiny. Believe me!!

The Men That Do Not Fit In

Filed under: Books — puts at 5:24 pm on Monday, February 4, 2008

There’s
a race of men that don’t fit in,
A race that can’t stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain’s crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don’t know how to rest.

If they just went straight they might go far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they’re always tired of the things that are,
And they want the strange and new.
They say: "Could I find my proper groove,
What a deep mark I would make!"
So they chop and change, and each fresh move
Is only a fresh mistake.

And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that’s dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.

He has failed, he has failed; he has missed his chance;
He has just done things by half.
Life’s been a jolly good joke on him,
And now is the time to laugh.
Ha, ha! He is one of the Legion Lost;
He was never meant to win;
He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone;
He’s a man who won’t fit in.