November 18, 2008

hocus pocus bee em double yoos

.. A week without certain job to do; you bet it sucked! ..

Gastritis and headache attacked me, and made me feel lonely and depressed. Ah..!

I practically forget (read: stop expecting too much) the new job; Forgetting the MCU result.

Although, I’m trying not to forget to pray, I sometimes missed the pray time. But I believe that God gives the best for me.

And the most disturbing thing is usually at this kind of circumstances the best thing to do is having sex, but, I can’t, I may not. I’m trying to find the other way to heal instead of having sex.

SPENDING MONEY!

Yes it always works. But, it can’t be the best way now, not during this crisis! Well, I have to admit that is a little bit relief for me knowing that now I’m not the only one who having this crisis.

And it’s not only about the crisis, but I had figured out that I’m not the only one who feel like stranger in my own house (my parent’s), and I’m not the only one who afraid of losing the ones I love, and certainly not the only one who have problems in showing how much I care to those persons I love.

I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE! YOU HEAR ME!! YES! *jump*

….. *thinking of what to do next…..

I have a list:

1. 1. Get this new job (PRAYING).

2. 2. Taking the Elisa test.

3. 3. Looking for GF.

4. Before I find the GF who I’m looking for; making love with the man I really like!

So much for the list, isn’t it? :-D, I even not sure whether I can do it.

And even so, I still have more “gay friends” list in my YM list than my “to do” list. *another meaningless statement*

G O D, I don’t even know what to write anymore. This keyboard has stopped inspiring me, no more rhythm circulated from my fingers.

October 09, 2008

perpetual struggle

.. It’s not the world that got twisted, it's me ..

He said that he want to kiss me for the very last time.

For the last time.. AGAIN??!!

So I said no.

I've been in that "for the last time" situation for many times before.
And then I met him, but just like a de ja vu, it happened all over again last night.

For the last time.. *sigh!

I’m sick.. I’m sick.. I’m sooooo sick! I had enough with all that stuff, all that so-called crush, love, lust.. whatever!!!

And my friend said that I would end up alone if I couldn’t change my attitude. He said it at exactly in the moment I realized that I just had the baskin robbins relationship. The kind that I long for..

Now it’s too late.

The moment he let me go, I knew that he wasn’t into me that much. He just admires me.

He said that he admires my quality, respect my personality, and kinda like me.

And my sanity told me that I should leave all this behind, forget all about this, let him go, let him out..

But my heart just made all the audience stand and give big applause when told me that I love him and I’m so stupid to leave him..

GOD!

I need to get off of this town! I should go. And I pray hoping to get the job. Amin

I wish I could turn back time, I wish he would ask me to stay. But that will never happen.

I've tried so hard
To make you understand
That this is not a lie
Believe in me
And if you take my hand
And look me in the eyes

What other reason can I give to you
When I want you and I need you
What other reason can I give to you
When I want you, 'cos I love you

The two of us
Have got a fighting chance
But you don't want to win
Now is the time
You gotta, break the chains
But don't you dare give in

How much stronger must I stay
Until you find out you believe
In love

Johnny Hates Jazz – What Other Reason

August 09, 2008

another coca cola relationship

.. love ends in many different ways ..

and for me; it always exactly in different ways, complicated causes, various situations.

Well, I never expect that this one would end. After all who doesn't want to be happy anyway. And I believe that I have proper sanity to think the same way. I want to be happy.

So who's gonna get the blame?

NO ONE!

I know this is not me, not them, not anyone.. who causing this “freaking-stinky-loneliness” But the worse is I'm starting to believe that maybe this is part of my destiny.. The path that I must go through..

Oh Heaven help ME!


Even a tattoo on my upper hips can't help it. That two hours of misery just not worth it anymore!

I want a man.. Not a boy who thinks he can.. * yes I steal this line from spice girls..*

Well, of course I love him, I care about him.... But I just can't feel it anymore? Is it the because of my age? Hey Hello!! I'm still in my twenties.. how can this happen? How can my so-called logical sense dominating the delusional sense part. Where did the so-called “butterfly in my stomach, love vibration” go?? WHERE??

ah. life...

I want a baskin robbins kind of relationship, not a coca cola...

I want to have it for myself, lick it to the last drop and no one can feel what I feel..

Not the kind of switchable, common-tasted relationship.

ah. life...

the funniest thing of all is when I'm not expecting anything from someone, he just give me way too much than I need..


I wander through fiction
To look for the truth
Buried beneath all the lies
I stood at a distance to feel who you are
Hiding myself in your eyes

Hold on before it’s too late
Or until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

Now the risk that might break you
Is the one that would save
A life you don’t live is still lost
So stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
Nothing is real til it’s gone

Hold on before it’s too late
Or until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

So live like you mean it
And love til you feel it
It’s all that we need in our lives
Stand on the edge with me
Hold back your fear and see
nothing is real til its gone

Hold on before it’s too late
Or until we leave this behind
Don’t fall just be who you are
It’s all that we need in our lives

It’s all that I need in my life

- Before It's Too Late, Goo Goo Dolls -

July 22, 2008

bed premonition

.. never once in my life I feel so worry about someone ..

I'm amazed on how he can make me feel this way. Can make me so worry about him, make me missing him, make me longing for him, and make me want to pray for him..

I think I'm in love with him way too much. And I know this is not good for me. But all I know and all I want is this, to have this feeling, to keep him inside my heart..

I miss you so much. Take care and get well soon.


I'm in love with you, you silly thing
Anyone can see
What is it with you, you silly thing
Just take it from me
It was not a chance meeting
Feel my heart beating
You're the one

You could take all this, take it away
I'd still have it all
Cause I've climbed the tree of life
And that is why, no longer scared if I fall

When I get lost in space
I can return to this place
Cause, you're the one

Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
You washed away my tears
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
Nothing fails

I'm not religious
But I feel so moved
Makes me want to pray,
Pray you'll always be here

I'm not religious
But I feel such love
Makes me want to pray

When I get lost in space
I can return to this place
Cause, you're the one

I'm not religious
But i feel so moved
Mmmm mmm...
I'm not religious
Makes me want to pray

I'm not religious
But i feel so moved
Makes me want to pray
Pray you'll always be here
I'm not religous
But i feel such love
makes me want to pray

I'm not religious (I'm not religious)
But I feel so moved (but it makes want to pray)
I'm not religious (I'm not religious)
Makes me want to pray (But it makes me want to pray)
I'm not religious (makes me want to)
But I feel so moved (pray)
I'm not religious (pray)
Makes me want to pray (pray)

Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails
You washed away my tears
Nothing fails
No more fears
Nothing fails

- nothing fails, madonna -

July 21, 2008

mid year inspiration

.. Finally, I found the inspiration, the one who inspires me ..

He's different”, I told to my best friend. He's none like previous guys ever..


Well, I hope so.


He's fitting me, so perfect. I'm not afraid to say I love him, anymore. But still I can't find the perfect words when he's standing in front of me.. I'm hoping that someday he will know this; how he has now become my inspiration.


I love him in every details; the way he talk, the way he walk, the way he sleep, the way he hug me, the way he think about me, the way he love his family, the way he smile, the way he laugh, the way he make me see things, the way he think about things.. I love everything about him! And definitely I love the way we make love...


I'm into him so much...!


But I'm afraid. I'm afraid that I will be a bad influence for him. I'm afraid that I could never be the one to be proud of. And I'm afraid that maybe someday he would find someone better than I am and leave me.


*sigh*


I hope he can love me for who I am.


I love you.



Hey baby, when we are together, doing things that we love.
Every time you're near I feel like I’m in heaven, feeling high
I don’t want to let go, girl.
I just need you to know girl.

I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms

Here tonight

Hey baby, when we are together, doing things that we love.
Every time you're near I feel like I’m in heaven, feeling high
I don’t want to let go, girl.
I just need you to know girl.

I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms

I don’t want to run away, I want to stay forever, through Time and Time..
No promises

I don’t wanna run away, I don’t wanna be alone
No Promises
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, now and forever my love

No promises

I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms

I don’t wanna run away, baby you’re the one I need tonight,
No promises.
Baby, now I need to hold you tight, I just wanna die in your arms
Here tonight.


- No Promises, Shayne Ward -



May 27, 2008

throwing eggs

.. It hurts more than anything, when you decided to leave a quarter part of your soul ..

It took few days to think what I’m going to do to deal with the problems. I’m still wondering how she can be so irritating and I can’t even stay in the same room with her, can’t stand on the same ground, can’t see through the same light, can’t hear the same voice…

Shu! Stay away! You’re hurting me…!

Yes, I know they will stay with you here. No, that’s why I will not stay.

You think I will cry? No, I was crying and ran out of tears!

You think I will suffer? No, I was suffering and now I’m moving on!

You think I will regret? Yes, I will… And no need to explain why!

It is so messed up inside my head; it even feels like a plane crash inside my heart!

But I’m moving on… back into the crowd again, searching for something or someone; they who can help me.. Or even back to those in the past. I don’t care.. I just want to move on and leave you laughing here! Laughing at me.. Laughing at my back until you show your tongue and get your throat out of your neck! And I will never care!

.. I’ve tried and still couldn’t describe how much this hurts! Ahh.. BITCH! ..


I never knew perfection til
I heard you speak, and now it kills me
Just to hear you say the simple things
Now waking up is hard to do
And sleeping is impossible too
Everything is reminding me of you
What can I do?

It’s not right, not OK
Say the words that you say
Maybe we’re better off this way?
I’m not fine, I’m in pain
It’s harder everyday
Maybe we’re better off this way?
It’s better that we break…

A fool to let you slip away
I chase you just to hear you say
You’re scared and that you think that I’m insane

The city look so nice from here
Pity I can’t see it clearly
While you’re standing there, it disappears
It disappears

It’s not right, not OK
Say the word it should say

Maybe we’re better off this way?
I’m not fine, I’m in pain
It’s harder everyday
Maybe we’re better off this way?
It’s better that we break

Saw you sitting all alone
You’re fragile and you’re cold, but that’s all right
Life these days is getting rough
They’ve knocked you down and beat you up
But it’s just a rollercoaster anyway, yeah

It’s not right, not OK
Say the words that you say
Maybe we’re better off this way?
I’m not fine, I’m in pain
It’s harder everyday
Maybe we’re better off this way?

I’m not fine, not OK
Say the words that you say
Maybe we’re better off this way?

I’m not fine, I’m in pain
It’s harder everyday
Maybe we’re better off this way?
It’s better that we break, baby

- Better That We Break, Maroon 5 -

January 04, 2008

early year blossom


Please tell me that this is not happening again.

Crushed on someone who could never be mine!

Now I’m questioning the question on him that used to be the question that I asked to myself:

Why I am gay? Why he is gay?

I’m pretty sure that no one would notice that he’s gay, until he opens his gayness to the person. He is a so-called beautiful-hunk with charming look and attitude who may be noticed as a gentleman.

It feels funny whenever I think about what would be on the mind of those flight attendants who are girls, when he enters the classroom and smile at them. I’m sure they are all going to feel the same way as I had last night. The butterfly in the stomach; the vibration that lingers inside the heart which melting into some kind of attracted feeling that was try to not be shown and now has converted into some kind of denial.

No, I wouldn’t like him. I would never think that I and he could be committed in a relationship. NEVER! NEVER! I said NEVER!

….. Everyone knows that when I say NEVER it means I am!

I just wish that he wouldn’t delete my pictures from his portable picture viewer. I just wish that even though he didn’t reply my messages, he would always think of me.

ARRRRRGGHH!! I hate this drama queen act! Please bite me!! Hit me back to reality!

And I feel like the obsession has grown even stronger, generating the psychopath inside me. I want him! Really want him. I need to make him mine. Be mine! Please be mine!

You should be mine ! ! ! ! !

The more you ignore me
The closer I get
You're wasting your time
The more you ignore me
The closer I get
You're wasting your time

I will be
In the bar
With my head
On the bar
I am now
A central part
Of your mind's landscape
Whether you care
Or do not
Yeah, I've made up your mind

The more you ignore me
The closer I get
You're wasting your time
The more you ignore me
The closer I get
You're wasting your time

Beware !
I bear more grudges
Than lonely high court judges
When you sleep
I will creep
Into your thoughts
Like a bad debt
That you can't pay
Take the easy way
And give in
Yeah, and let me in
Oh, let me in
Oh let me ...
Oh, let me in

IT'S WAR
IT'S WAR
IT'S WAR
IT'S WAR
IT'S WAR
WAR
WAR
WAR
WAR
Oh, let me in
Ah, the closer I get
Ah, you're asking for it
Ah, the closer I get

- The More You Ignore Me The Closer I get, Morrissey -

December 17, 2007

What you get on 80 km/h

And I’m wondering…

Something other people can do while I can’t.

Caught in this twisted-metropolis-life makes me realized that I should catch up. I should stay in the track and move fast. Never give a chance for other to kick me off of the track. But I didn’t realize that the faster I move the bigger chance for other to kick me out! But then I start to think, why should I care??! Or should I?

And the next thing to think is why other people would like to kick me out? Is it me who has becoming a paranoid?

Well, maybe it is! The long-term single life and non-fancy-job gets to freak me out!

Until this morning, when I was driving my old BMW on the highway; I got frustrated! The speed couldn’t get even more than 80km/h, imagining how the heading traffic jam could be; I had a stomachache!

And to get cure from this pain in the stomach, I know that I have to relax. And I was trying to enjoy the trip by looking at the green grass aside and beautiful clouds over. And that time I knew that is not so bad to drive slowly, it was great indeed! I never notice before that the green grass and the light that glitters over the dust in the air could be very beautiful, not to mention the gradation of light spectrums which made between the clouds.

And then I was thinking, what would happened if I moved slower through my life. Would it be better? Or even get worse?

And that was it!! When I could get nothing when I move like a flash in the night (hihi, just another lousy hyperbole!), I should have a chance to get something when I move slowly. At least I would notice what happens around me. At least I would notice what’s wrong with me that make me so hard to find love (Yet, I still believe in love).

And so I’ve decided for next year resolution; GO SLOW.

It means that I have to take everything easy, and stay on the track. And still, I will make a double standard on any aspects in my life, including when I’m looking for my lusty-love partner.

He must be a nice-cute-adorable-huggable-kissable-.. ermm suckable hottie! Yummy; Yes Mommy I want him!! I want him!!!

Bye-bye 2007! So long my lovers……

[Verse 1]

I Wake up with blood-shot eyes.
Struggled to memorize.
The way it felt between your thighs.
Pleasure that made you cry.
Feels so good to be bad.
Not worth the aftermath, after that,
After that.
Try to get you back.

[Bridge 1]

I still don't have the reason.
And you don't have the time.
And it really makes me wonder,
If I ever gave a fuck about you

[Chorus 1]

Give me something to believe in,
Because I don't believe in you anymore,
Anymore.
I wonder if it even makes a difference to try.
(Yeah)
So this is goodbye.

[Verse 2]

God damn my spinning head.
Decisions that made my bed.
Now I must lay in it.
And deal with things I've left unsaid.
I want to dive into you.
Forget what you're going through.
I get behind, and make your move.
Forget about the truth.

[Bridge 2]

I still don't have a reason.
And you don't have the time.
And it really makes me wonder,
If I ever gave a fuck about you.

[Chorus 2]

Give me something to believe in.
Because I don't believe in you anymore,
Anymore.
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try. (yeah)
And you told me how you're feelin',
But I don't believe it's true anymore,
Anymore.
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry.
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye.

[Verse 3]

I've been here before.
One day I'll wake up,
And it won't hurt anymore,
You caught me in a lie,
I have no alibi,
The words you said don't have a meaning,
because..

[Bridge 3]

I still don't have a reason.
And you don't have the time.
And it really makes me wonder,
If I ever gave a fuck about you and I..
And so this is goodbye.

[Chorus 3]

Give me something to believe in.
Because I don't believe in you anymore,
Anymore.
I wonder if it even makes a difference,
It even makes a difference to try.
And you told me how you're feelin',
But I don't believe it's true anymore,
Anymore.
I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry.
(Oh no)
So this is goodbye, (oh no)
So this is goodbye, (oh no)
(yeah)
So this is goodbye, (oh no)
(yeah)

So this is goodbye.


- Makes Me wonder, Maroon 5 -

November 27, 2007

autistic syndrome to say I love you...

I was just visiting my friends’ profile on Facebook in a few minutes ago, and there they are with their happy faces appears on the photo album. And I began to wonder what was on their mind at that moment, at the moment they were smiling. Will their smile last forever? Was it real? Was it has been made up to cover the emptiness inside them? And the final question is;

ARE THEY HAPPY WITH THEIR LIFE AND FOR BEING WHO THEY ARE?

And when it’s my turn to answer such question, I’ll say:

YES, OF COURSE, WHY SHOULDN’T I?

Yeah, why shouldn’t we be happy with our own life? Even though perhaps the reality bites us even more hurt than we could ever imagine. When there’s not enough money to pay the bills, when there’s no love to share, when we have to deal with heartbreaks, when we can’t get what we have longing for.

How? How? How? And HOW?


-- BOGHNYAH’s answer would be; Be AUTISTIC!!!

AUTISTIC: Characteristic of or affected with autism

AUTISM: (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span

Or for details please don’t hesitate to contact our expert; NYONYAH BENCONG! --

By being autistic we could develop better defense and prevent heartbreaks, it is like we create our own world, our own space, our own universe. It’s how we don’t care about other’s thoughts. It’s how we make our dreams come true! *well, of course not in a real life!

And please pay attention and realize the implications of this behavior. Just don’t get it too much. Or else you’ll be trapped in an anti-reality situation. And when this happens, please ask your friend to hit you back into reality, and let them bite you!

Well, back to the question and my answer;

I’M HAPPY WITH MY LIFE AND FOR BEING WHO I AM! NOW AND EVER!

Why? Why? Why? And WHY?

Because I have learnt how to be a better autistic =p and I always try to keep this love alive. But, the main reason why I’m still survive in this so called twisted life is I have so many people to love and they who love me. And even they don’t care, they would still let me to keep this feeling.

And I just wanna say thanks to someone; he’s the one whom letting me to keep this desire inside of me, he’s the one whom really know how to make me feel safe and sound, he’s the one whom I will care for, he’s the one whom has give me a chance to feel happy even it was only for one night.

-- A simple kiss on the cheek that flew me to heaven and had made me stupidly surrender.. -- haha..

And thanks for asking me to stop calling myself silly. Because it makes me realize that is neither stupid nor silly to be crushed on you. And it also makes me realize that I’m really jealous with your boyfriend, the one who has your heart.

And last thing is, I wanna say sorry for losing control on this feeling I have and for still expecting for you to care for me just the way I care for you. I just can’t help it; I’m into you so much!

Thanks and Sorry.

-- In my autistic world; I can feel you --


Only tell me that you still want me here
When you wander off out there
To those hills of dust and hard winds that blow
In that dry white ocean alone

Lost out in the desert
You are lost out in the desert

To stand with you in a ring of fire
I'll forget the days gone by
I'll protect your body and guard your soul
From mirages in your sight

Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up, and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara

Just a wish and I will cover your shoulders
With veils of silk and gold
When the shadows come and darken your heart
Leaving you with regrets so cold

Lost out in the desert

If your hopes scatter like the dust across your track
I'll be the moon that shines on your path
The sun may blind our eyes, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara

If that's the only place where you can leave your doubts
I'll hold you up, and be your way out
And if we burn away, I'll pray the skies above
For snow to fall on the Sahara

- Snow on Sahara, Anggun -

November 26, 2007

crushed on the star

I never thought that I could finally successful dealing with this kind of situation.

I know that I could never deny that I really want him. His lips, his eyes, his face, his perfect body shape, his everything are so perfect for me. In other side, I just know that I may not in love with him and let this physical attraction remains on its purpose.

Too many things to be learnt from my previous so called broken-hearted-twisted-up-experiences, and when I said that I’ll make a double standard; I mean it! I don’t wanna be fooled anymore! Enough is enough!

I wouldn’t say that he’s like an angel sent from heaven, though I think he might be.

I wouldn’t think that he’d like me, though there is a little desire kept in my heart.

I wouldn’t open my heart for him, though he opens it a little by little.

I wouldn’t and I would never be fooled again! Even though any living creatures in this universe would know that I’m lying to myself. They know how much I will care for him. They know exactly that in time I’ll fall and get ruined again.

I only wish that he know this, he know how much fragile I could be, so he wouldn’t make me fly and then throw me to the same hole just like any other guys in my life before.


Watch my life pass me by
in the review mirror
Pictures frozen in time
are becoming clearer
I don't wanna waste another day stuck in the
shadow of my mistakes
yeah

'cause I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin,
like a hunger
like a burning
to find the place I've never been
now I'm broken
and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have
What's left of me

I've been dying inside
Little by little
Nowhere to go
But goin' out of my mind
In endless circles
runnin' from myself until
You gave me a reason for standing still

And I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin
like a hunger
like a burning
to find the place I've never been
now I'm broken
and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
But you can have
What's left of me

Falling faster
Barely breathing
Give me something to believe in
Tell me it's not all in my head

Take what's left of this man
Make me whole once again

'cause I want you
and I feel you
crawling underneath my skin
like a hunger
like a burning
to find the place I've never been
now I'm broken
and I'm fading
I'm half the man I thought I would be
You can have
All that's left
Yeah, yeah, yeah
What's left of me


I've been dying inside you see
I'm going out of my mind
Out of my mind
I'm just runnin' in circles all the time
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left
Of me
Just runnin' in circles in my mind
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left
Will you take what's left of me
Take what's left of me

- What's Left Of Me, Nick Lachey -

November 21, 2007

fagotarian versus vegetarian

My visit has finally over…

9 days spent in Malang and Tretes, stayed in three different four stars hotels with all day long internet connection; can you guess what a promiscuous-lonely-gay-boy did to spend his days? (of course besides looking for one…(emh lets make it ones)-night-stand partner(s) in manjam.com).

WATCHING HBO!

Drama and more drama! Had knowing that the mission would never be accomplished, this drama queer had decided to get the drama on television! And HBO was the only channel on his mind. Pathetic wasn’t it? And at the end of each day, what he got is not more than a so-called “horny-akut”.

But being sluttish-promiscuous (well, I started to love this word.. =p)-gay in this small city (I even wonder whether I can call this remote-low populated-area as a city!) were not so bad, because there was someone whom even more suffered than this cute fag; a Hinduism-vegetarian.

I’m ok if he ordered the food with no pork, butssss;

No Beef, No Lamb, No Chicken, No Egg, and NO FISH!!!!??? Is just too much for me!

I bet he wouldn’t even think to jerking-off on his empty-cold-room! =p

Hummpffh.. But, even though I hate to admit this; but I think I kinda bit envy him!

Yes Sir; I ENVY HIM!

See, I know that I will never survive without sex, and so how could I ever survive being such herbivore, when I’m so into “MEATS” !!.

And that’s what keeps me wondering how he and other Hindu-vegetarians can survive! They even can’t eat bread! *gulps*

Well, I guess that what is called as world balance; yin and yang. And I’m pretty sure that you can guess who was the yin and yang would be!

--- in temporary frigid mode


First they ignore you
Then laugh at you and hate you
Then they fight you, then you win
When the truth dies very bad things happen
They're being heartless again

I know it's coming there's going to be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
When a heart is broken there's nothing to break

You've been mixing with some very heavy faces
The boys have done a bit of bird
They don't kill their own
And they all love their mothers
But you're out of your depth son have a word

I know it's coming there's going to be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you think we should suffer in silence?
The heart is broken there's nothing to break

All is wonderful in past lives
Dreaming of the sun she warms
You should see me in the afterlife
Picking up the sons of dust

When you think we're lost, we're exploring
What you think is worthless I'm adoring
You don't want the truth, truth is boring
I've got this fever need to
Leave the house, leave the car
Leave the bad men where they are
I'll leave a few shells in my gun
And stop me staring at the sun

I know it's coming there's going to be violence
I've taken as much as I'm willing to take
Why do you say we should suffer in silence?
My heart is broken there's nothing to break


- Tripping, Robbie Williams -

October 31, 2007

heaven must be missing an angel

… Feels like heaven coming over me …

After so-called breath-taking-drama has just over, he came into my life just like an angel sent from the heaven. Well, heaven must be missing an angel.. haha!

After the task deadlines with all their pending issues, the non-intellectual quarrel with the “brondong kampong” in Bogor, never-ending financial problems (jeez, when is my turn to get a better job??!!), family drama (still with the same old stories), the break up with my so-called discreet boyfriend who likes to hang out in gay crowd!, and all other frustrating incidents, I finally met him; my savior. I can only hoping that he wouldn’t be another heartbreak list on my door.

He’s a young successful dentist who lives in the heart of Jakarta. He’s a nice, cute, and down-to-earth person who is lovable and caring. The person who I could fall in love with.

Still, there are two things that are missing from him, two things that I always look in a man, but no, I will not tell you what he’s lack of, because I have learn how to compromise since I realized tht nobody’s perfect. And he’s just the perfect person for me. The most precious birthday gift ever and I hope I could be his precious birthday gift, too.

He makes me a better person, and the most positive influence that he gave me was he made mebelieve in love at first sight again. Yes, I was in love with him at the first sight.

Now it seems to me that you know just what to say
But words are only words, can you show me something else?
Can you swear to me, that you'll always be this way
Show me how you feel, more than ever baby

I don't wanna be lonely no more,
I don't wanna have to pay for this,
I don't wanna know the lover at my door,
Is just another heartache on my list
I don't wanna be angry no more,
But you know I could never stand for this,
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure,
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa..

Now It's hard for me, when my heart still on the mend,
Open up to me, like you do your girlfriends
Can you sing to me, and it's harmony, girl what you do to me is everything,
Make me say anything, just to get you back again, why can't we just try?

I don't wanna be lonely no more,
I don't wanna have to pay for this,
I don't wanna know the lover at my door,
Is just another heartache on my list
I don't wanna be angry no more,
But you know I could never stand for this,
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure,
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa..

What if I was good to you? What if you were good to me?
What if I could hold you 'til I feel you move inside of me?
What if it was paradise? And what if we were symphonies?
What if I gave all my life, to find some way to stand beside you?

I don't wanna be lonely no more,
I don't wanna have to pay for this,
I don't wanna know the lover at my door,
Is just another heartache on my list
I don't wanna be angry no more,
But you know I could never stand for this,
So when you tell me that you love me know for sure,
I don't wanna be lonely anymore

Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa.. Whoa..

I don't wanna be lonely anymore
I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't wanna be lonely anymore
I don't wanna be lonely no more
I don't, I don't, I know, I know,
I don't want to be lonely anymore

- Rob Thomas, Lonely No More -

October 01, 2007

a drama queen's monologue

I know that I must stop thinking about him and so there would be no necessity to call him in eventually. I know, I know it so well. Especially after he let me down for one more time, when I desperately looking for his smile; a cute-spoiled smile formed on his cherry lips…

Hush! Cut it out, you moron!!!!!!

He never think about you, so why should you think about him?”, my best friend said.

She was right, I should hold on to myself. Hold on to my boyfriend. But.. No, no buts…. Just STOP!

Whispering; “if you could know what I’m feeling inside, would you let me know that you felt the same way for me… please.”

And this thing is what we call love, isn’t it? The so-called blind love. No, it doesn’t mean that I’m out of love for my boyfriend… No, it wouldn’t be that way. I still care for my boyfriend, even though with little c.

*sigh*

Let it never be said
That romance is dead
cos theres so little else
occupying my head
There is nothing i need
Except the function to breathe
but im not really fussed
it doesnt matter to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

RubyRubyRubyRuby
DoyaDoyaDoyoya
Know what your doing, doing to me
RubyRubyRubyRuby

Due to lack of interest
tomorrow is cancelled
let the clocks be reset
and the pendulums held
cos theres nothing at all
except the space inbetween
findin out what your called
and repeating your naaaame

RubyRubyRubyRuby
DoyaDoyaDoyoya
Know what your doing, doing to me
RubyRubyRubyRuby

Could it be, Could it be
that your joking with me
and you don't really see you with meeeeeeee (repeat verse)

Instrument playing


RubyRubyRubyRuby
DoyaDoyaDoyoya
Know what your doing, doing to me
RubyRubyRubyRuby
DoyaDoyaDoyoya
Know what your doing, doing to me

- Kaiser Chief, Ruby -

September 20, 2007

the Merlion’s beats

It’s 11.30 PM and I still couldn’t sleep, thinking of what I should buy for everyone back in Jakarta; family, best friends, some of new friends, boy friend, and ..ehem.. =p

I have a sack of chocolates, yet I also have some pieces of clothes, but all of those things weren’t for myself, and then I started to think; “hey, what about myself?! How come I haven’t buy anything for myself, for my own pleasure????????!!!”. Well, yes I know I’ve spent SIN$ 30 for my new exotic experience. Yet, it was nothing compares to the SIN$135 Giordano-Concept casual jacket that I’m longing for. It was nothing compares to the money I’ve spent for those chocolates.

But then I realized, it was running on my blood. It was another so-called my mom’s genetic inheritance. Yeap, but when I get it all over again, I know that it’s all about the money. It’s one limitation that I have; don’t have enough money for everything for everyone. And this limitation has serious implication for my nerves; I get a headache!

Well, all my love ones, I hope you wouldn’t think that I don’t care about you. Since there are some priorities that I have to set and I always want for everyone to be happy, though. And so please don’t complain for what I will give to you, yet once again; it’s all about money. I still need the money to pay my bills and also to repair my car. So please.. please.. forgive me ok! I love you!

Ok now, I want to summarize my fabulous trip I had in the last few days;

Day I:
Couldn’t stop complaining about the SIN$ 38 that I had to pay for the GSM card! And so I sent the announcement to everyone about this issue, and it made me feel a little better. And the thing got even better when Vivi (my ex-gf, who gave me a surprising response when I called her at first time I’ve arrived in town) paid for our dinner at Resto Surabaya. And few hours later, after we had some conversation at the coffee shop, I had to admit that now she has become more mature and has an enormous changes on her attitude. I’m so proud of you babe!

Day II:
It was my first experience on using the MRT. It was such an exploration. Got lost within the stations and felt so grateful when I finally got to the destination. I’m really attached to the city!! And so I took some pictures (of course with myself as the main objects =p) on some hotspots, such as the so-called art-hall Esplanade, the legendary Merlion statue on the Singapore river, dinner at the Burger King’s and the last but would never be the least; TOWEL CLUB! =p

Day III:
I went to the Mustofa Center and hoping to get the best (read: cheapest) price for the stuff I need. Well, I ended up with a disappointment! I thought it would be better for me to shop at Glodok stores or Mangga Dua’s. The thing that could make me feel better was the interesting exchange rate at their money changer counter. So, I decided to trade my US$ 50 with SIN$ 75,55. And few seconds later the money decreased into SIN$ 50, since I have to pay my debts to Ohang who had earlier lend me his money to buy more chocolates. And before the night was over, I had a little time to meet my friend’s gorgeous-smart looks-straight friend who gave me the clothes and a cute little pin that were ordered by my friend.

Day IV:
Things had started to get me bored; I miss my mom and dad, I miss boghnyahs, I miss my boyfriend, and I miss billiard!! Yes guys, I was officially missing you. Got some clothes on the paper bag, but still it couldn’t stop me from missing you. Though on the other side; I really love this town and feels that I couldn’t leave. I must stay here. And it has become one of my next year’s resolutions; GET A JOB IN SINGAPORE!! And I mean it!


I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before my friend, but I don't know if you know who I am
Well I was there and I saw what you did, I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord

Well I remember, I remember, don't worry, how could I ever forget
It's the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence UP, oh no you don't fool me
Well the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows
It's no stranger to you and me

I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord
Well I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord, oh lord

I can feel it in the air tonight, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord
And I've been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh lord, oh lord, oh lord
And I can feel it in the air tonight, Oh Lord...
I've been waiting for this moment, all my life, Oh Lord, Oh Lord


-Phil Collins, In The Air Tonight-

September 14, 2007

cold martabak

Sayang, loving you is like eating a piece of cold martabak in the middle of the night.

I wish that I could have other better food to eat, and though perhaps there are some choices left on the table, I would still choose the martabak. And in the next second, I wish that I could get a hot martabak other than a cold one, but then I realize that I could not ask for more. I’m stuck in the middle of the night and there is no one to help me to light up the fire.

No, I know that eating a cold martabak in the middle of the night is not good for me. But I’m so hungry; I’m so hunger for love, and I still can feel the sweetness of that cold martabak. And so I would stay eating the martabak while hoping the martabak could be warmer by itself.

What such a wishful thinking I had…

Please, love me better. Feel me and want me… Look inside me, and you will see that there is a little expectation inside. An expectation to be loved..; To get a better love.

So, once again; I’m begging you to feel me, to see me as deep as you can.. So you can see that the little man in front of you is in love with you. Still.

Just don’t wait until I’m drained out of love.. Drained out from loving you..

I love you.

* celebrating 2nd monthversary *


What if I took my time to love you?
What if I put no one above you?
What if I did the things
That really mattered?
What if I ran through
Hoops of disaster?

No one would care if
We never made it
We're in this alone
So why don't we face it
There is no room to
Blame one another
We just need time to
Forgive each other

[Chorus:]
What about love?
What about feeling?
What about all the things that make life worth living?
What about faith?
What about trust?
And tell me baby...what about us?

How can I give this
Love a new beginning?
How can I stop the rain?
It's never ending
How do I keep my soul believing?
Memories of how we
Should be keep calling

[Chorus]

I'll take the rivers rise
I'll take the happy times
I'll take the moments of disaster

- Lemar, What About Love -

September 10, 2007

minor evolution

Let me clear the air and say it one more time;

I’ve changed. I’m not the person who I used to be.

No Mom, you don’t have to tell me; I know I’ve changed. I’ve lost myself in the last few months and keep losing it each day. And you don’t have to ask me how or why, because I don’t have the answer.

I may not be her sweet little boy; no more, I may not their best friend; no more, I may not be his best lover; no more, I may not be nice to anyone; no more.

But they don’t mean that I’m losing my heart, they don’t turn me into a crap-monster-being.

I’ve change just like everyone else.

The situation changes me, and I’m just trying to cope.

Don’t ask me how I change and never ask me when it will stop.

It will, and I just don’t know when and how. But, it will. I promise you. I promise myself. I will get the pieces of me in eventually.

I’m sorry if I had turn into such disappointment. Just let me walk my own way.


Please don't think of me
If you do you gotta block it
I got chills tonight
And you can't be here to stop it
I'm not a parasite
It's just a lonely night
Tonight

I walked from the bar
'Cause they were only laughing
I wished on our star
But they covered it in satin
I'm not a gigolo
That's what I want you to know
Tonight

Ooh ooh
I've hurt you I can see
Ooh ooh
Do you think it's not hurting me

Ooh ooh
The grass ain't always green
And if it's hurting you
You know that's its hurting me
You know that's its hurting me

You'll meet other men
Who will break your heart
If I see you with them
It's gonna tear me apart

Maybe in another life
We wouldn't be alone
Tonight

Ooh ooh
I've hurt you I can see
Ooh ooh
Do you think its not hurting me

Ooh ooh
The grass ain't always green
And if it's hurting you
You know that it's hurting me
You know that it's hurting me
You know that it's hurting me
You know that it's hurting me


- If It's Hurting You, Robbie Williams -

September 04, 2007

burning bitch

How can I be so stupid, how can I let myself to get into such trouble?

50%; that’s the only chance I have to get him. It means that the rest 50% is the risk that I must take when I decide to leave my boyfriend.

Would I take the risk?

Would I take the risk?; For someone who hasn’t know me so well and either in the other way around.

Would I take the risk?; When I know that my boyfriend is so in love with me, though he doesn’t know or even never know how to show it.

Would I take the risk?; To be with someone who feels insecure and not sure whether he likes me too or doesn’t.

Would I take the risk?; To be with someone who looks so beautiful that it hurts.

Would I take the risk?; While there are so many men who want him as much as I am.

Should I give up?

Can I give up?

Would I give up on him?

Maybe I would, or maybe I don’t have to.



Monday night I feel so low
Count the hours they go so slow
I know the sound of your voice
Can save my soul
City lights, streets of gold
Look out my window to the world below
Moves so fast and it feels so cold
And I`m all alone

Don`t let me die
I`m losing my mind
Baby just give me a sign

And now that you`re gone
I just wanna be with you
And I can`t go on
I wanna be with you
Wanna be with you

I can`t sleep and I`m up all night
Through these tears I try to smile
I know the touch of your hand
Can save my life
Don`t let me down
Come to me now
I got to be with you some how
Repeat
Chorus

And now that you`re gone
Who am I with-out you now
I can`t go on
I just wanna be with you
Repeat
Chorus



- Be With You, Enrique Iglesias -

September 03, 2007

harakiri

Look at me now; I become a person that I hate most. I’m now have successfully converted into a jerk. What do you know?!

I’m guilty when I asked him to kiss me.

I’m guilty when I sucked his sweet-cherry-lips into mine.

I’m guilty when I couldn’t sleep thinking about how great our kiss was.

I’m guilty when I look deep inside his eyes whenever he looks at me.

And it means that I have officially regarded as the jerk of the year!

Fuck me asshole!!

Now I know why a person cheats.



there’s still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
there’s still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
it’s still a little hard to say what's going on

there’s still a little bit of your ghost your weakness
there’s still a little bit of your face i haven't kissed
you step a little closer each day
that I can´t say what´s going on

stones taught me to fly
love, it taught me to lie
life, it taught me to die
so it's not hard to fall
when you float like a cannonball

there’s still a little bit of your song in my ear
there’s still a little bit of your words i long to hear
you step a little closer to me
so close that I can´t see what´s going on

stones taught me to fly
love, it taught me to lie
life, it taught me to die
so it's not hard to fall
when you float like a cannon..
stones taught me to fly
and love taught me to cry
so come on courage
teach me to be shy
cause it's not hard to fall
and i don't wanna scare him
it's not hard to fall
and i don't wanna lose
it's not hard to grow
when you know that you just don't know



- Cannonball, Damien Rice -

August 23, 2007

Lesson For Love No. 2

I feel like an immature brat. Though, perhaps it’s true since I’ve never had enough experience on this gay relationship thing.

And now, I keep asking for what I want, I keep asking for his attention, I keep asking for his time, I keep asking him to love me the way I want to be loved.

And then I figured out other lessons in gay relationship;

1. No relationship for love.

The idea came from my friend; he said that relationship is about everything but love. The stronger love you have, the bigger chance to fail. Some may survive, but most doesn’t.


2. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

Yes, now I know that I can’t expect love to happen in a short time. My best friend said that it would be silly to expecting love to blossom in a month. Though, I still believe in love at the first sight, I finally do. And it what makes me hold on to him and never give up on him.

Yet, I don’t know for how long this love can last. I only hope that it would be long enough. Though, I don’t know when I would be enough for love. Because it wouldn’t ever be enough, no one could be enough for love.


You and me we're meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we' ll fly away
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day

In this day and age it's so easy to stress
'Cause people are strange and you can never second guess
In order to love child we got to be strong
I'm caught in the crossfire why can't we get along

'Cause you and me we're meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we'll fly away
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day

I'm having a daydream, we're getting somewhere
I'm kissing your lips and running fingers through your hair
I'm as nervous as you 'bout making it right
Though we know we were wrong, we can't give up the fight
Oh no

'Cause you and me we're meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we' ll run away
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day

You and me we're meant to be
Walking free in harmony
One fine day we'll fly away
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day

You and me (you and me) we're meant to be (meant to be)
Walking free (walking free) in harmony (in harmony)
One fine day (one fine day) we'll ran away
(We gonna ran away, we gonna ran away)
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day

You and me (you and me) we're meant to be (meant to be)
Walking free (walking free) in harmony (in harmony)
One fine day (one fine day) we'll fly away
(We gonna ran away, we gonna ran away)
Don't you know that Rome wasn't built in a day


- Morcheeba, Rome Wasn’t Built in A day -

August 20, 2007

numb and number

No, this is so not right!

It is happening all over again.. And I just can’t take it. 18 hours lying in my bed, became so numb!

No tears, no laugh, nothing…

I just yelled at my mom 5 hours ago, told her that I would never get married.

And now, I’m nearly can’t think of anything. All my future and hope become so blur. Get washed away with this pain.

Please, I need someone to wake me up from this nightmare.


I'm tired of being what you want me to be
feeling so faithless
lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
put under the pressure
of walking in your shoes
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow]

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

can't you see that you're smothering me
holding too tightly
afraid to lose control
cause everything that you thought I would be
is falling apart right in front of you.

[caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow],
every step that I take is another mistake to you
[caught in the undertow,just caught in the undertow]
and every second I waste is more than I can take.

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

And I know
I may end up failing too

But I know
you were just like me
with someone disappointed in you.

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you.

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
[tired of being what you want me to be]


- Numb, Linkin Park -

August 14, 2007

sayang

I’m writing this post just to remind me that there was one day in my life when I really falling in love with someone. Not just to fall in love with him, but to know that he’s falling for me, too.

I know that there’s nothing remains the same. And if someday we would lose this feeling, I would smile reading this post.

And tonight, I’m so grateful for having him in my life. Even though currently he’s not by my side, he will always be in my thought and heart.

Sayang, I love you.


Salahkah aku mencintaimu
Memilikimu, menyayangimu

Jangan paksakan kita untuk… s’lalu bersama…
Jangan paksakan kita untuk… s’lalu mencinta…

Salahkah aku mencintaimu
Memilikimu, menyayangimu

Bila kita harus berpisah, sudah
Biarkan ini semua berakhir, sudah

Cinta memang tak harus memiliki… yeahh

Jangan paksakan kita untuk… s’lalu bersama…
Jangan paksakan kita untuk… s’lalu mencinta…


- Nidji, Sudah -

August 13, 2007

standing in the absence of clarity

I’m still thinking hard to figure out what am I craving for?

They're right in the right and left side of me.

And I am standing still; try to ignore them. No, this wasn’t supposed to be like this, neither to be like that.

Stop; stop thinking about the consequences, stop thinking about the causes.

I just couldn’t handle myself. The night has getting dark. And I still can’t take even for one more step.

Shido!

*sigh!* It’s just another drama queen devil night.

Stop thinking of what’s right, and try to move on with what’s good. Though, it’s grateful to know that there’s no wrong. No failure.

Bad things happens, and it requires no justification, neither support from anyone.

Good things will happens only when God want it to happen.


Where is the moment we needed the most
I kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell you my blue skies fade to grey
They tell you my passion's gone away
and You dont need no care at all

I stand in the line just to hit a new low
I’m faking a smile with the coffee to go
I tell you my life's been way off line
I’m falling to pieces everytime
And You don't need no carryin' on

Cause I had a bad day
I’m taking one down
I sing a sad song just to turn it around
I say you don't know
I tell you don't lie
I work at a smile and I go for a ride
I had a bad day
The camera don't lie
I’m coming back down and I really don't mind
I had a bad day
I had a bad day

Well I need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what I say
And you don't need no carryin' on

I had a bad day
I’m taking one down
I sing a sad song just to turn it around
I say I don't know
I tell you don't lie
I work at a smile and I go for a ride
I had a bad day
The camera don't lie
I’m coming back down and I really don't mind
I had a bad day

(Oh.. holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
I might not make it back and I know
That I could be well oh that strong
And you’re not wrong

(yeah...)

So where is the passion when I need it the most
Oh I and you
I kick up the leaves and the magic is lost


- Bad Day, Daniel Powter -

August 10, 2007

boghyahs

The power of positive thinking.

“BASI!”, I said to myself, when it was arrived in my inbox.

Though, I couldn’t stop my curiosity to open the email. And just as I thought, it was just another philosophy-soups-or-whatever-you-name-it email which was expected to give enlighten to other people.

*sigh*
Aren’t there any emails that can give me any clue to solve my financial problem?
No, I don’t believe that it can’t be solved by only using my positive thinking.


Lately my mood keeps falling down to the south; and I just don’t have any motivation anymore to go through the day.

Until this morning; when I was driving alone in the dark of dawn, suddenly the email popped up in my idled-brain. And somehow, just like hypnotize, it force me to make the list of good and bad things that ever happened in my life. And I started with the bad ones;

BAD THINGS;

1. The never-ending family drama.
2. Being gay.
3. The never-ending debts.
4. ….
5. ….
6. ….
7. ???????????????

And after I couldn’t think of any more bad things, I continue with the good ones;

GOOD THINGS;

1. I have a quite promising working experience.
2. I have a car.
3. My body part is still in a perfect order and complete.
4. I have a home.
5. I love my room.
6. I have a family.
7. I have a boyfriend.
8. I still can play billiard in a low cost at bengkel np.
9. And the last but will never be the least; I have best friends, I have Boghnyahs.

And I couldn’t stop smiling thinking the 4 last points. Yet, it makes me one of the fortunate boys in the world; I have someone to love me.


You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse, but
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on T.V.
You could say I'd lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
I could be lost inside their lies without a trace
But every time I close my eyes, I see your face

I never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
I never saw no military solution
That didn't always end up as something worse,
But let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you
If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do
There'd be nothing left for me to do
If I ever lose my faith
If I ever lose my faith
If I ever lose my faithIf I ever lose my faith in you


- Sting, If I Ever Lose My Faith In You -

August 02, 2007

shedding tears in south pole

I’m not that rookie-boy in this gay life anymore. But, I realize that there are still some of consequences of being gay ahead. And I’ll never know whether I’m ready to face them right now, though I know that I have to face them all by myself.

One thing that I hate the most of being gay is the insecurity feelings. Well, I won’t be gay if I always feel secure. Though, sometimes I can handle this insecurity so well, so others would see me as a very happy thoughtful person. But, there are sometimes when I lost control and let this insecurity dominates my heart. And this is happening right now, at this very moment.

I feel so insecure!

I’m always got the blame.

When someone broke my heart;
It’s my fault for being stupid.

When someone couldn’t feel the same way as the way I feel for them;
It’s my fault for expecting return; they said a true love won’t ask for return.

When I broke someone’s heart;
It’s my fault for being insensitive.

When I failed to love someone;
It’s my fault for giving them hope in the first time.

And even when I missed the balls;
It’s my fault for being careless and stupid.

I may be a jerk, I may be a moron, I may be a drama queen devil. And I'm not looking for anyone to blame me, instead of helps me out of this stupidity.

But, you know what? I never ask for this to happen in me. I never think that being gay is great.

Just wait until my best friends get married with those homophobic guys. Just wait until she finds the perfect-straight guy that suits her. Just wait until my family has realized that the sinner in the family is still doing the sins.

And when that time come, I will be nothing than a piece of junk that irritating their life. And when that time come, I know that I should leave.

So, would it be my fault if I would like to temporarily enjoy my time with him right now. Yet, since we all know that there’s nothing everlasting in gay love. So please, let me do what’s right for me right now. Let me spend my time with him. Cuz, you’ll get yours at time.


La Da Da Da
The smell of your skin lingers on me now
Your probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself instead of*, clarity
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big gay now
And big gays don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps until I'm full grown
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they
And I foreseek the dark ahead if I stay

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big gay now
And big gays don't cry

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
Ill be your best friend and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if u want to
Cause I want to hold yours too
Well be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But its time for me to go home
Its getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself instead of*, clarity
Peace,Serenity

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big gay now

Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry


- Fergie, Big Girls Don't Cry -

July 31, 2007

Lesson For Love No. 1

Relationship sucks!!

Or maybe it’s just me. It’s just me who never get satisfied with anything I have. Though, I swear, I never thought that a relationship can be so $#@@!!! *sigh*.

But, I have learned something about the relationship things;


1st. Be Patience.

I should be patience and try to compromise things. Regardless on how drama queen he could be, I have to keep calm and be patience. I hated him for blaming me when he finally had to face the consequences of being gay. Lucky for him; my best friends keep telling me to be patience and told me that this was our consequences that had to be faced together. I shouldn’t let him face them by himself.


2nd. Never Cheat.

And as usual, whenever I get into a relationship, I will be faced with many temptations. Suddenly, all of those uninvited cute-huggable-gays would come into party. And there I am standing in the middle of so-called dilemma. And all the excuses for cheating pops up in my head like a pop corns in the fries pan.

No Excuses for cheats!!”, my best friend said.

It’s ok, though being loyal doesn’t mean that you have to be a moron either.”, my other best friend said.

It depends on your commitment, whether it is an open relationship or closed one.”, and my other best friend said.

Shit!!

And the worse thing is they keep telling me that a true love wouldn’t ask for returns. And if I love him that much, I may not expect him to feel or to do the same way.

And while, I just could never get enough of him.. I’m so into him!!


I used to change my accent, change my stance
My phone number, the way I dance
Some people change lovers like they change their sheets
But I won't change you honey, you're for keeps

I used to think I had to change the way I am
To feel better, to get a man
But once I stopped trying I fell for you
You fell for me so I'll stay the same for you

Oh yeah I know that I'm not perfect baby
Oh yeah it's no reason to go crazy
Oh yeah boy you can always count on me
For better or for worse I will always put you first

Now that I have found you
You've changed my life
Cos you're the one who showed me
I have everything right
We're never gonna differ cos we know it's true
So don't change me and I won't change you

I used to change my style like I changed my mind
I tried to change a tyre but I'm not that way inclined
Tried to change my figure my diet too
I'll still change my underwear if that's O.K with you

Oh yeah the world can sometimes make you feel bad
Oh yeah but don't forget the things you have
Oh yeah boy you can always count on me
In sickness and in health baby always be yourself


-Sophie Ellis Bextor, I Won't Change You-

July 10, 2007

pimple at the first sight, geez!

OH EM GEE.. pimples are everywhere!

I can’t take this, no more! I should go to the nearest facial clinic.. What has happened with all I have invested on my face?! It must be because of the f”ck*ng training, or is it because of the night cream? Well, it sure because I have falling in… Ummh.. I’m not so sure whether I can call this as Love or not!?-yet.

Ah you! Drama queen bencong!!”, then I said to myself. Hihi.

Though, I’m happy that now I can feel the butterflies in my stomach… I’m happy that I still get the chance to falling for someone.

Since the first time I saw him, I knew that there was something in him that caught my attention. He had my heart right at the moment!

I’m dying to kiss him. I’m longing to feel his lips on mine for one more time.. No!! Not only for one more time, but for many more times =9.

----

Have you ever broken someone’s heart?

Don’t we all live to be broken hearted and to break someone’s heart?

And by falling for him, I know that I could hurt not only one person, but maybe two, or more. And I’m wondering, why couldn’t we be in love without hurting anyone else?!

All I can say is sorry. I don’t even know whether he might feel the same way too or didn’t. And I’m willing to take the risk. I know that I might lose the one who loves me in eventually, but then again; she never knew the risk!

And I just wouldn’t take the risk!

My cousin was right; I might lose her if I failed to maintain the relationship. I might lose the only girl who has always stands before me. The only girl who has always stands beside me. The only girl who has always stands after me. The only girl who has always be there for me. My very best friend.

No, I couldn’t let us hurt each other!

You have to know that I will always care for you.


Thought that I was going crazy
Just having one those days yeah
Didn't know what to do
Then there was you

And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out to fill up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight

'Caus baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
We were meant to be as one...

Was tired of running out of luck
Thinking 'bout giving up yeah
Didn't know what to do
Then there was you

And everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out to fill up the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight

'Caus baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
we were meant to be as one...
(to be as one)

Baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
we were meant to be as one...

Everything went from wrong to right
And the stars came out and filled all the sky
The music you were playing really blew my mind
It was love at first sight
Love at first sight
Love at first sight
Love...
Ouhh, it was love, it was love at first sight

'Caus baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
we were meant to be as one...
(to be as one)

'Caus baby when I heard you
For the first time I knew
we were meant to be as one...
It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love

Ouhh, it was love, it was love, it was love, it was love
Ouhh, it was love, it was love, it was love, it was love

-love at the first sight, kylie minogue-

July 05, 2007

adrenaline healing

Noy berapa lama sih perjalanan pulang loe? 45 menit?

Sahabat gue bertanya di saat gue mengantarkan dia pulang.

Gak, sekitar 1- 1,5 jam kalau lancar.

Dan dia cuma tercengang sesaat sambil berkomentar;

Iya sih ya, mobil loe gak bisa narik sih…

Yeap, mobil tua tercinta gue yang sampai sekarang belum gue service di bengkel untuk menghilangkan bekas rusak karena tabrakan di tanah kusir beberapa waktu yang lalu.

Gue pun mulai membayangkan betapa menyenangkannya kalau punya mobil yang bisa dibawa kebut, seperti masa-masa SMA dan kuliah dulu. Timor merah ngejreng yang bisa digaspol sampai 170 km/h kalau lagi jam istirahat kampus dan mau makan siang di gunung mas puncak. Huahaha! Kibus (kijang busuk) sahabat gue yang bisa digaspol sampai mentok 160 km/h.

The old days.

Saat gue hanya peduli untuk memanjakan adrenaline; boro-boro memikirkan keselamatan, mobil rusak saja tidak peduli. Di saat sahabat gue bisa menerobos tol Citraland – Bogor hanya dalam waktu 30 menitan di hari Sabtu sore dengan kibusnya untuk mengejar resepsi pernikahan. Di saat gue bisa bolak-balik depok-puncak untuk makan siang hanya dalam waktu 1 jam. Di saat kakak perempuan gue balapan di tengah malam di tol cikampek ditemani gue sepulang dari mengantarkan nyokap ke bandung untuk terapi.

Di saat jarak jadi tidak berbatas waktu.

Di saat sahabat gue menghabiskan setengah bodi mobilnya saat menyerempet dinding tol, di saat sahabat gue meremukan mobil calon mertuanya, di saat gue meremukan kap mesin mobil gue, di saat timor merah itu hanya menyisakan kepulan asap tebal dari knalpotnya.

Dan gue sedikit merindukan masa-masa itu. Hanya sedikit.

Karena sekarang gue tahu betapa susahnya orang tua gue karena gue, walaupun itu juga wujud dari protes gue.

Karena sekarang gue tahu betapa beruntungnya gue dan tidak seharusnya gue menyia-nyiakannya.

Dan yang pasti karena sekarang gue tahu betapa susahnya mengurus mobil sendiri.. huehehehe!

No Kebuts, no more. Gaspol ajah.. huahaha!

i’ve been to the edge
and i’ve been to the edge.
yes i’ve been to the edge.
i’ve been to the edge
and god knows if i’ve looked down.
looked down.
i’ve been to the edge
and i’ve been to the edge
yes i’ve been to the edge.
i’ve been to the edge
and god knows if i’ve looked down.
looked down.
i’ve been to the edge
[repeat]


- The Edge, Eiffel 65 -

July 03, 2007

WYSnWYG, what you see is NOT what you'll get

And I just still can’t understand why some people still put the fake picture on their profile on Friendster.

Hello??! We’re not living the 80’s nor 90’s anymore, now we’re on the 21st centuries.

Why?

Are you afraid that someone will use your picture and so they can slander you?!

Puhhleaase!

Unless you are so famous or so cute or feel that you are so cute, then they still can get your picture in any other ways. Not just from the internet.

And if you are afraid that someone or either your family will know your disoriented sexual preference, well don’t put your sex preference information, though you should be responsible for what you have chosen.

Cause by put the fake picture you will only fool yourself and others. Don’t you think that someday you might have to meet the people whom you were fooling to. Don’t you ever curious on what others would think about you. Don’t you ever expect that there’s anyone who can accept you for who you are and not expecting on the fake picture that you put on your profile.

You B*tch!

You Faker!

I hope you are really that ugly, worthless and horrible, and I swear you will never find the right person for you!


Is it going? Is it going?
Is it going? Is it going?
I don't know.. what you're lookin' for

ooooh
yupper

I'm the type of girl to look you dead in the eye-eye
I'm real as it come if you don't know why I'm fly
Seen you tryna switch it up but girl you ain't that dope
I'm a Wonder Woman, let me go get my rope
I'm a supermodel and mami, see mami
Amnesty International got Bangkok to Montauk on lock
love my ass and my abs in the video of "Promiscuous"
My style is ri-dic-dic-diculous, 'diculous, 'diculous

If you see us in the club, we'll be actin' real nice
If you see us on the floor, you'll be watchin' all night
We ain't hear to hurt nobody
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)
Wanna see you work your body
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)

When Timbo is in the party, everybody put up they hands
I get a half a mil' for my beats, you get a couple gra-an-and
Never gon' see the day that I ain't got the upper hand
I'm respected from Californ-I-A, all the way down to Japan
I'm a real producer and you just a piano man
Your songs don't top the charts, I heard 'em, I'm not a fa-an-an
Niggas talkin' greasy, I'm the one that gave them they chance
Somebody need to tell them that they can't do it like I can

If you see us in the club, we'll be actin' real nice
If you see us on the floor, you'll be watchin' all night
We ain't hear to hurt nobody
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)
Wanna see you work your body
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)

Could you speak up and stop mu-mumbling, I don't think you came in clear
When you're sittin' on the top, it's hard to hear you from way up here
I saw you tryin' to act cute on TV, "Just let me clear the air..."
We missed you on the charts last week, damn, that's right you wasn't there
If se-sexy never left, then why's everybody on my shi-it-it
Don't hate on me just because you didn't come up with it
So if you see us in the club, go on and walk the other way
Cause our run will never be over, not at least until we say

If you see us in the club, we'll be actin' real nice
If you see us on the floor, you'll be watchin' all night
We ain't hear to hurt nobody
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)
Wanna see you work your body
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)

Oh.. (Damn, improve)
Oh.. (Damn, improve)
Oh.. (Damn, improve)
Oh.. (Damn, improve)

... club, we'll be actin' real nice
If you see us on the floor, you'll be watchin' all night
We ain't hear to hurt nobody
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)
Wanna see you work your body
(So give it to me, give it to me, give it to me)


- Timabaland feat Justin feat Nelly, Give It To Me -

July 02, 2007

superficial denial

I WISH THE TIME WOULD STAY STILL
WHEN I COULDN’T FEEL HER FEARS

I WISH THE CLOUD WOULD REMAIN
WHEN I COULDN’T SEE HER TEARS

I WISH THE WIND WOULD SPIN FASTER
WHEN I COULDN’T HEAR HER CRIES

I WISH THE GROUND WOULD LET ME GO
WHEN I COULDN’T TOUCH HER HEART

I WISH THE MOON WOULD SHINE BRIGHTER TROUGH THE CLOUDS
WHEN I COULDN’T LOVE HER


I WISH I COULD HAVE A REASON.


Life is a matter of choices, as a matter of facts, anyone who says that a love matter is a faker for me.

But…

Then again, I am one of those fakers.

I need to be loved and to love someone. I’m choosing to let love lead my way. I’m choosing for them to control my heart.

No, I don’t want to living this gay life, I don’t want to live as an ugly duck who has ducking his fate to living a straight life. I don’t want to let the demons to dominate my heart, my mind, nor my veins.

But…

Then again, I have failed.

Yet, I know is not about the goals, instead of the journey. But again, how can I find the right path to walk along the ground on my journey? I might be lost. And so I don’t have the courage to move on. And here I’m staying; another gay life.

Or maybe it’s too late. Maybe I have already lost. Maybe I’m now in the middle of the journey. Then should I find my way back? Or keep walking along the journey, no matter what I would find at the end.

And I just can’t apologize myself to let this happened at the first time. It’s all too late.

Now, I let them to stand on my side. I let him to get back inside my heart. I let him to dominate my mind. He’s the one who has once love me. He’s the one who has been married for years. He’s the one who has once got me in his life. He’s the one who has left me with a desirous heart. He’s the one who makes me loosing control.

I miss him so much.

every time i think of you
i get a shock right through into a bolt of blue
it's no problem of mine but it's a problem i find
living a life that i can't leave behind
there's no sense in telling me
the wisdom of a fool won't set you free
but that's the way that it goes
and it's what nobody knows
and every day my confusion grows

every time i see you falling
i get down on my knees and pray
i'm waiting for that final moment
you'll say the words that i can't say

i feel fine and i feel good
i feel like i never should
whenever i get this way, i just don't know what to say
why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
i'm not sure what this could mean
i don't think you're what you seem
i do admit to myself
that if i hurt someone else
then I'LL never see just what we're meant to be

every time i see you falling
i get down on my knees and pray
i'm waiting for that final momentyou'll say the words that i can't say


-Frente,Bizzare Love Triangle-

June 29, 2007

delusional bencong

I have to admit that I have attempted to this delusional thing. And somehow I do like it, I love being delusional. Having an illusion or even illusions that can bring my mood up is very enjoyable. Especially when I am in the middle of dizziness, when my brain has overloaded with works and problems, being delusional can helps me to relax.

Well, I am not sure whether it is only an illusion or real when I got him in my mind once again. After all this time, after we have been disconnected and lost contact, he came up in my mind in sudden.

It seems that I could not hold myself to reach the cell phone and dialed his number, if only I were still in a so-called drama queen mode =p.

I remember when we were on the first date in Jakarta. I remember his smile and his cute little eyes behind those glasses, while he was wearing that cyan shirt.

Oh, how much I was in love with him, and perhaps I still do. Hihi, I always falling in love with anyone easily, maybe it’s a gift or maybe it’s a curse, I’m not sure and don’t really give a damn. Like I said; I love being delusional.

Ohhhh. I miss you, should I call you?

It's an illusion
Get together (It's an illusion)
It's an illusion
Get together (It's an illusion)

Down, down, down in your heart
Find, find, find the secret
Turn, turn, turn your head around
Baby we can do it, we can do it all right

Do you believe in love at first sight?
It's an illusion, I don't care
Do you believe I can make you feel better?
Too much confusion, come on over here

Can we get together?
I really, I really want to be with you
Come on, check it out with me
I hope you, I hope you feel the same way too

I search, I search, I search my whole life
To find, to find, to find the secret
And all I did was open my eyes
Baby we can do it, we can do it all right

Do you believe we can change the future?
Do you believe I can make you feel better?

Can we get together?
I really, I really want to be with you
Come on, check it out with me
I hope you, I hope you feel the same way too
Can we get together?
I really, I really want to be with you
Come on, check it out with me
I hope you, I hope you feel the same way too

It's all an illusion
There's too much confusion
I'll make you feel better
If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end

Do you believe in love at first sight?
It's an illusion, I don't care
Do you believe I can make you feel better?
Too much confusion, come on over here

Can we get together?
I really, I really want to be with you
Come on, check it out with me
I hope you, I hope you feel the same way too
Can we get together?
I really, I really want to be with you
Come on, check it out with me
I hope you, I hope you feel the same way too

It's all an illusion
There's too much confusion
I'll make you feel better
If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end


- Madonna, Illusion -

June 27, 2007

comes all the way back around

Day 1

What could be worse other than the silly local drama? When every inch of my cells was exhausted, when I have to given up the rest of my power just to stay awake, and so there they were; arguing, hurting each other.. hurting no one else other than me.

Enough is enough. So I grabbed my dinner box, pulled myself onto the bed and watching the gay movie that I bought earlier at ITC Ambassador. They were Eating Out 2 and 24th Day.

Eating Out 2 is a comedy film that telling about a guy who is gay and trying to be straight, a gay who pretends to be straight, a girl who loves make out with gays, and a girl who doesn’t care about sex preference, instead of six-pack-stomached man with big dick! Yet, it was entertaining and fun to see the fully naked sexy man with big dick.. hehe yeap, they were showing the dicks in the movie.

24th Day is a drama that telling about a guy who tried to pay his wife death by taking revenge to a guy, who has infected him with HIV. Well, if you were looking for real conversation-emotional-with no sex drama, you’d find it in this movie. Too bad, though the actors are cute.

I finished all those movies in two hours and went to sleep.


Day 2

I packed up my stuff at 4pm and hurry home. I got home within 1,5 hours. Just as I opened the door, mom was calling me into her room. She was telling me that she has took two rolls of tissue that she found in my bedroom when she cleaned up my room in the early noon. And I told her that it’s ok, I still have other two rolls for my own. And then she continued to telling me that she has move some clothes into different drawers. And there I was stood for a while, thinking what she might found in my drawers; my favorite gay movies and some blue films.

I pretended to not realize that she has moved the DVD’s and wait whether she wanted to talk about it or not. After had a little conversation about the neighbor’s wedding plan, she still had not mentioning about what she has found. And I didn’t want to be the first one to bring up the case into table also. So, I went to bedroom and wondering what does it mean? Does it mean that she wouldn’t mind if I were gay?

So, what should I do then?

What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around
What goes around, goes around, goes around, comes all the way back around

Yeaaaaaah


Is that true?

- The lyrics is taken from Justin's song, What goes around, Comes back around -

June 20, 2007

peaceful warriors

06.30 pm

I don’t know whether it has pulled me back into fantasy or pushed me into reality. And I don’t really care, because it was and always will inspiring me.

Now I know; It’s not about the destination, but it’s about the journey. It’s the journey that can makes us happy.

It’s not the goals, but it’s the way you make the goals.

And it’s not about being straight, but it’s about how I can make myself living as straight! I shouldn’t be worried of whether I could make it or not, I shouldn’t be worried if I fail over and over again. Because I know I’ll make it, I know that I’ll be happy. And I know I’ll know how. And I know that being straight is not an option. It’s a must.

People always say that life is about options. We can choose our own option and be responsible for whatever we have chosen. And when it comes about straight or gay, it’s like I have to choose between going to live on purposes or to live on a purpose.

And now I must be focus on what I should do. I must let go all of my past, life is a mystery and always will, so I shouldn’t waste my time to find the answers for everything. I shouldn’t waste my time to find the answers, because there is nothing remains the same.


Wish I could be the one
The one who could give you love
The kind of love you really need
Wish I could say to you
That I'll always stay with you
But baby that's not me
You need someone willing to give their heart and soul to you
Promise you forever, baby that's something I can't do
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a lie
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

I hope someday you can

Find some way to understand I'm only doing this for you
I don't really wanna go
But deep in my heart I know this is the kindest thing to do
You'll find someone who'll be the one that I could never be
Who'll give you something better
Than the love you'll find with me
Oh I could say that I'll be all you need
But that would be a crime
I know I'd only hurt you
I know I'd only make you cry
I'm not the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Leaving someone when you love someone
Is the hardest thing to do
When you love someone as much as I love you

Oh I don't wanna leave you
Baby it tears me up inside
But I'll never be the one you're needing
I love you, goodbye

Baby, its never gonna work out
I love you, goodbye

- I love You Goodbye, Celine Dion -

The hardest person to love is the one who I needed the most…

In fact, that is what has happening right now. I always stand beside the one who I needed the most. She’s the one who will always stands beside me.

June 18, 2007

bad habit

Sunday, June 17, 2007

03.00 PM

After stupidly I let the car key stuck inside the locked car, now I’m trapped in the middle of nowhere driving an empty-fueled car. And it’s raining! SH*T!!

My head spins, my neck hurts, and so I get frantic with frustration. My tears start to shed. And of course, finally I start blaming God for what has happened. Well, not only for what just happened, but for everything BAD that ever happened in my life! Yeap, and I just couldn’t find anything good instead of anything BAD that ever happened in my life!!

I know I’ve quit. I know I’ve stopped. I know that I’m not that so-called Drama Queen, no more!

But, I just couldn’t hold the tears from shedding. I try to reach the cell phone and call her, but I don’t feel any necessity for it. No, I don’t want to bother her only for something that maybe it’s just because I’m getting to be overwhelmed with the situation.

So I turn the music loud, it was the When You’re Gone song, one of the Avril’s songs. But, instead of making me feel better, it frustrated me even more! Then I tried to remember the nice things that just happened; I tried to remember the Saturday night that I’ve spent with my best friends, and I tried to remember his smile. And again it was all useless.

I hate my life, I hate my family; I hate them for ignoring my problems. I hate them for thinking that I’m okay. I hate them for ignoring me. Although, even God knows how much I care for them.

Or maybe it’s just me!

Maybe it’s just me, who can’t fit in with the environment.

Maybe.. Maybe.. Maybe..

Maybe I don’t belong here.
Maybe I’m just upset because I couldn’t find a way to escape from this bad habit.
Maybe I’m just sick of living this gay life.
Maybe I’m just boring with everything that attached to my life.
Maybe I just need her hug. I need her to be with me; right here, right now.


I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cried
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie
Is made up on your side

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok

I miss you

I never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you
I love the things that you do

When you walk away
I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok
I miss you

We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were
Yeah yeah
All I ever wanted was for you
To know everything I do i give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel here you with me Yea...

When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
And make it ok
I miss you

I miss you.


-When You're Gone, Avril Lavigne-

June 11, 2007

midnight winnow

Sunday, June 10, 2007

12.30 AM

I just can’t understand why I keep thinking about her. And now, she’s always on my mind in every step of my way. Maybe it is because I was trying too hard to get that feeling, trying too hard to attach myself on her. And now, I keep thinking about her, though I still can’t deeply in love with her.

Two hours ago.

She called me on the phone. I was a little upset since I was so sleepy. Though, I know that is one of ways to show that I care for her. But then she started to talk about him, and so I cut the conversation. Well, it’s enough for me to know that I felt a little bit jealous when she hung around with the other boy though I know they’re just friends. And I don’t feel that I had to know about what happened with the first guy neither.

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12.56 AM

Suasana hening. Winamp memutar lagu Stupid Like This, Daniel Powter. Terbesit sekilas tentang dia, wanita yang membuat gue menunggu dalam waktu cukup lama untuk mendapatkan cintanya. Wanita yang pernah berbohong pada gue, pada sahabatnya yang teramat mencintainya. Wanita yang tahu benar resiko memiliki hubungan dengan seorang gay. Itulah kenapa dia menolak cinta gue. Mungkin.

Dan kemudian gue kembali memikirkan wanita satunya lagi. Wanita yang pernah mengatakan cinta ke gue. Wanita yang belum tahu benar resiko memiliki hubungan dengan seorang gay. Itulah kenapa dia berani mengatakan cinta ke gue. Mungkin.

Setelah sekian lama menjalani hidup sebagai seorang gay, kenapa sekarang tiba-tiba gue menjadi tertekan memikirkan dua wanita itu. Setelah untuk kesekian kalinya gagal menjalin hubungan dengan seorang wanita, kenapa gue masih belum kapok. Mungkin karena dengan pria pun tidak lebih baik.

Salah seorang teman gay gue, yang sempat gue yakini kalau dia adalah pria yang dimaksud dalam ramalan selama ini, memberikan masukkan tentang semua konsekuensi dari pilihan yang bisa gue ambil. Dia juga mengatakan kalau gue akan lebih bahagia di akhirnya nanti dengan menjadi seorang gay. Dan gue cukup keras kepala untuk tetap memilih wanita sebagai orang yang akan menemani gue sampai akhir hidup gue nanti. Terlebih lagi, setelah gue tahu kalau ramalan itu benar. Setelah gue tahu akhir cerita dari ramalan itu.

No, I don’t wanna die as gay. I wanna die sinless.

Tapi apa mungkin? Apa gue mampu?


Well I don’t know what to do when things go wrong
And it’s a hopeless situation
God knows how
And I know
And I find
Some peace of mind

Who's the man that talks about you now?
It became a hopeless situation when he left town
And I know
Yeah I know
This peace of mind

Cause I’m stupid like this
And I’m stupid like that
I’m stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you’re happy without me
I wish I could’ve been somebody else
Been somebody else

Standing in a single spot of compromise the things we all have to say that no one ever knew
A drink expands the ride you caught
The college’s girls think I’m a joke

The days of run have past
Each one’s like the last
Yeah yeah...

Cause I’m stupid like this
And I’m stupid like that
I’m stupid cause I make a mess of things to get you back
I never wanna see you’re happy without me
I wish I could’ve been somebody else
Each one’s like the last...


Stupid Like This, Daniel Powter

June 04, 2007

an odd afternoon

Sunday, June 03 2007

03.15 pm

Gue merebahkan badan gue di atas kasur single yang sementara ini harus gue gunakan, suka atau tidak. Beruntung per kasur ini jauh lebih baik daripada kasur king-sized tercinta gue, yang hanya menang dari ukuran kapasitas. Tapi entah mengapa, walaupun sebenarnya di atas kasur ukuran king itu gue tetap hanya tidur di salah satu sisinya, tetap saja gue merasa lebih nyaman untuk berada di atas kasur itu. Mungkin karena bila malam gue terbangun, maka gue bisa sejenak tertegun dan membayangkan siapa yang akan berada di sisi satunya lagi. Yah, dan kemudian gue bisa tertidur lagi dengan tersenyum dan berharap bisa memimpikan orang yang gue bayangkan.

Dan selain kasur, gue juga harus menerima keadaan bahwa gue harus tinggal di kamar ukuran 15 m2 ini, for good. Dulu di saat keluarga gue memutuskan untuk menjual rumah di Bintaro dengan kamar gue yang berukuran 21 m2 itu, gue masih optimis akan mendapatkan kamar pengganti yang layak, dan gue juga berpikir kalau gue akan tinggal di kamar kos yang berukuran 12 m2 itu hanya untuk waktu sementara. Tapi…

Satu hal yang sangat gue suka dari kamar baru gue; jendela dua sisi. Melalui dua jendela yang mengarah ke arah berlawaman dengan sudut 90 derajat ini, memungkinkan gue mengamati secara penuh sekeliling rumah gue, di tambah kamar gue ini terletak di lantai dua. Lebih asiknya lagi, setiap gue buka jendela, pemandangan pertama yang terlihat adalah pohon-pohon pinus dengan hembusan angina dingin yang menerpa wajah gue. Dan bila gue rela untuk membukanya sambil berdiri atau mendekatkan wajah gue ke jendela, gue bisa melihat taman kecil yang memotong boulevard jalan masuk komplek. Taman kecil ini tidak terlalu terurus dan hanya ditumbuhi rerumputan, tapi tetap saja warna hijaunya mampu membangkitkan mood gue.

Well, I think that I can live with this.

Ratusan ide telah memenuhi kepala gue untuk mendekorasi kamar ini. Pokoknya kamar gue ini harus memiliki aksen hijau di salah satu dindingnya, dan memiliki space yang memadai untuk meja kerja gue, jadi gue bisa meneruskan novel gue sembari melihat pohon pinus yang asri dengan hembusan lembut angin dingin.

Semoga pengorbanan gue yang harus menempuh 2 hampir dua jam perjalanan Jakarta-Bogor dan hampir 4 jam setiap harinya, bisa terobati dengan suasana di rumah. Dan semoga tidak ada drama tidak berarti lagi dari kedua orang tua gue.


05.30 pm

Gue beranjak dan melihat sebuah wajah. Wajah cokelat itu berbentuk oval, kedua alis tebalnya mendekat saat keningnya berkerut. Giginya pun terekspose saat senyumnya melebar. Dan tiba-tiba raut wajah itu kembali serius.

Wajah itu adalah bayangan gue di cermin, dan baru gue sadari kalau itulah tampang dan ekspresi gue di saat gusar.

Terlalu sunyi. Sangat sunyi dan membangkitkan mood gue untuk kembali menjelma sebagai drama queen. Tapi gue bertahan. Bertahan dengan semua pemikiran logis gue. Tapi ternyata sulit.

Mamaaaaaaaah…”, sebuah sms gue kirim ke sahabat gue.

Gue merasa sedikit frustrasi, gusar, sekaligus nyaman. Nyaman karena akhirnya gue berada di kamar gue sendiri lagi. Frustrasi karena gue merasa terblokir lagi di kamar gue ini, dan khawatir akan drama-drama yang mungkin timbul. Gusar memikirkan kehidupan percintaan gue. Dan sekali lagi, gue pantas dinobatkan sebagai DRAMA QUEEN.



I'm awake in the afternoon
I fell asleep in the living room
it's one of those moments
when everything is so clear

before the truth goes back into hiding
I want to decide 'cause it's worth deciding
to work on finding something more than this fear

It takes so much out of me to pretend
tell me now, tell me how to make amends

maybe, I need to see the daylight
leave behind the half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down?

Oh lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind

I keep trying to understand
this thing and that thing, my fellow man
I guess I'll let you know
when i figure it out

And I don't mind a few mysteries
they can stay that way it's fine by me
But you are another mystery i am missing

It takes too much out of me to pretend

maybe, I need to see the daylight
leave behind the half-life
don't you see I'm breaking down?

Oh lately, something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life
is there really no escape?
no escape from time
of any kind

well come on lets fall in love
well come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
again

'cause lately something here don't feel right
this is just a half-life,
without you I am breaking down

Oh wake me, I want to see the daylight
save me from this half-life
let's you and I escape
escape from time

well come on lets fall in love
well come on lets fall in love
come on lets fall in love
again


-Duncan Sheik, Half Life –

May 30, 2007

? sex preferences essentials

I don’t care..

Sex preference menjadi tidak begitu penting lagi buat gue.

Why should I bother?

Being gay is fun, yet, it only makes me living my single life longer. Meanwhile, being straight can help me to get out from this miserable lonely life. Well, not so “miserable” at all, but still I’m sick with it.

Sekalinya dapat yang meyakinkan, harus berakhir karena jarak. Apalah inti dari gay relationship kalau bukan lebih ke sex activity dengan bumbu-bumbu cinta. Beda dengan straight relationship yang mengutamakan cinta dengan bumbu-bumbu sex. Jadi jarak jauh buat gay relationship itu sangatlah tidak ideal. Mungkin tidak jadi masalah bagi orang lain, tapi itu masalah besar buat gue.

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Dua hari yang lalu gue mendapat kabar kalau sepupu gue telah melahirkan anak ke tiganya. Dan hari ini gue membuka profile teman lama gue yang menelpon gue di weekend kemarin. Profilenya penuh dengan foto-foto anaknya yang baru lahir. Dan bahkan sahabat gue yang selalu bertemu gue hampir setiap hari mengisi blognya dengan cerita mengenai keponakannya yang masih bayi.

Bayi. Bayi. Bayi.

I Love Babies

Memangnya loe gak mau punya anak dari darah daging loe sendiri?” Tanya sahabat gue waktu gue masih kuliah dulu.

Gue hanya tertawa kecil menjawab pertanyaan dia. Dan yang ada di otak gue waktu itu adalah menyesali kenapa pria tidak bisa hamil =p. Yah setidaknya gue tidak menjadi se- hopeless ini.

Iya, gue sangat ingin memiliki anak dari darah daging gue sendiri. Gue ingin melihat duplikat gue. Gue ingin mencium pipi gembil anak gue. Gue ingin mengantarkan anak gue ke sekolah. Gue ingin mengajari anak gue tentang kehidupan. Gue ingin melihat anak gue menjadi orang yang sukses.


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Mungkinkah gue bisa mendapatkan kehidupan straight gue lagi. Setelah semua dosa yang pernah gue perbuat. Mungkinkah gue menjalani kehidupan straight gue lagi, kalau gue selalu berhasrat melihat pria-pria gay lucu di gym. Mungkinkah gue menjadi straight lagi, kalau gue selalu mendambakan rasa nyaman dan aman berada di pelukan seorang pria.

Sahabat gue pernah bilang kalau gue straight yang tidak berani mengambil resiko untuk menjalani straight relationship. Well, sebenarnya gue malah belum bisa mencerna dengan baik yang dia katakan waktu itu.

Dan kini gue berhenti lagi di ujung jalan, berusaha menyatukan jalan lagi. Berusaha membuat semuanya menjadi terang, menjadi putih. Gue bosan berada di area abu-abu, dan bukannya memilih, gue justru cenderung membuat semua pilihan gue menjadi putih dengan semua pembenaran yang gue buat.

Tidak ada lagi istilah gay, tidak ada lagi istilah straight, tidak ada lagi istilah bisex. Tidak lagi peduli dengan sex preference, tidak peduli lagi dengan resiko dan konsekuensi karena memilih keduanya.

Gue kini hanya peduli dengan perasaan gue, Silahkan lingkungan mendefinisikan keputusan gue ini. Gue hanya peduli pada apa yang gue suka, pada siapa yang gue cinta, dan pada hal-hal yang membuat gue senang. Gue akan membuat diri gue bahagia dan senang dengan cara yang paling aman menurut definisi gue sendiri.

Bukan plin-plan. Bukan maruk.

Dengan cara ini lebih mudah bagi gue untuk menjalani apa yang gue mau.


I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need em again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind
All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
Oh oh oh

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's got to be something for my soul somewhere
I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not just somebody just to get me throught the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end
There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I want to do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end


- Way Back Into Love, Hugh Grant and Haley –

May 28, 2007

meaningless relationship?

Akhirnya gue bertemu dia. Setelah berusaha meredam rasa gugup akhirnya gue berhasil untuk bersikap biasa.

Tapi ternyata rasa suka atau cinta memang bukan jaminan kalau suatu hubungan akan berjalan lancar. Karena toh akhirnya, semua kandas di awal. Mungkin memang salah gue, mungkin memang salah dia, atau memang tidak ada yang bisa disalahkan, selain karena kondisi yang kurang mendukung.

Gue pikir gue bisa bertahan dalam menjalani long distance relationship, yah setidaknya dulu gue pernah bertahan lebih dari 3 tahun. Tapi itu adalah straight kind of relationship, bukan gay. Penantian gue dulu cukup berarti karena gue mempunyai target diujung hubungan itu; menikah. Sementara di gay relationship, yang dibutuhkan adalah keberadaan fisik. Penantian lama sepertinya terlalu ideal bagi pasangan yang tidak akan menikah pada akhirnya. Big effort with no result.

Jadi, hubungan ini hanya mungkin kalau dia stay di Jakarta, tapi kenyataan berkata lain. Dan itu adalah sesuatu yang harus kami berdua hadapi dan terima.

Dan kini gue mulai lelah lagi menjalani gay life.. Mungkinkah gue kembali memiliki straight life gue lagi? Menurut sahabat gue, being gay or straight itu didefinisikan oleh diri kita sendiri. Dan menurut dia gue adalah straight tapi tidak berani untuk mengambil resiko, dan gue lebih nyaman berhubungan dengan sejenis karena risk-less. Ini dibuktikan dengan lamanya hubungan gue dengan sejenis dan lawan jenis. Gay relationship gue hanya bertahan paling lama 3 bulan, sementara straight relationship gue last longer, bahkan pernah sampai 3 tahun.

Mungkinkah, gue yang selalu meniduri pria ini adalah seorang straight? Well.. I’m not sure, tapi mungkin saja. Nothing’s impossible, right??!! Tapi gue tidak mau terlalu memikirkan tentang sex preference gue, gue hanya ingin menjalani hubungan yang serius dan nyata, entah itu sama wanita or pria.


I saw you across the dancefloor
Out of the corner of my eye
I felt the connection
I don't know how, I don't know why
I shouldn't of stayed
When I saw you there with another man
But as we slipped away
I thought I heard you say
This wasn't part of the plan

Just a meaningless kiss
It wasn't suppose to end up like this
Just a meaningless kiss
Ohh Ohh
Just a meaningless kiss
We knew it was wrong
But we couldn't resist
Just a meaningless kiss
Til I fell in love
With you

But you didn't want me to
Oh no

And here we are two years later
Too late to turn back now
We gotta finish what we shouldn't have started
We got to walk away somehow
But it's easier said than done
When two hearts beat as one
And three hearts are one too many
That's why we shouldn't have ever begun

Just a meaningless kiss
It wasn't suppose to end up like this
Just a meaningless kiss
Oh oh
Just a meaningless kiss
We knew it was wrong but we couldn't resist
Just a meaningless kiss
Til I fell in love
With you

We can't go on like this forever
When we're not meant to be together
So leave me here on my own
From now on I guess I got to dance alone

Just a meaningless kiss
It wasn't suppose to end up like this
Just a meaningless kiss
Oh oh
Just a meaningless kiss
We knew it was wrong but we couldn't resist
Just a meaningless kiss
But I'm still in love
With you

No matter what I do


Hugh Grant - Meaningless Kiss

May 07, 2007

love fools, love hopes

Jam 12 malam, dan dia belum mereply sms gue. Suasana hening, gue tetap tidur menyamping memandangi handphone yang tergeletak di atas nakas. Mata gue sudah mengantuk, pikiran gue lelah; gue bosan.

Semalam sebelumnya dia mengucapkan kata-kata itu. The most beautiful-got-me-so-high words, that made me so overwhelmed.

Makanya sekarang gue bosan. Berada antara kenyataan dia *mungkin* mencintai gue, kenyataan gue merasa *mungkin* mencintai dia juga, kenyataan bahwa kita berdua belum pernah bertemu, dan kenyataan bahwa sebenarnya semua ini masih semu.

Ironis memang berada dalam keadaan seperti sekarang. Gue bisa tahu apa ternyata meneketehe menyukai gue atau tidak, gue juga bisa tahu kalau pria lucu di locker room memperhatikan gue, gue juga bisa tahu siapa saja di sekeliling gue yang menyukai gue atau tidak. Dan kini gue tahu kalau dia mengatakan cinta pada gue, tapi gue tidak tahu apa itu nyata, dan pasti dia sendiri juga tidak tahu.

Konyol memang. Mencintai seseorang yang belum pernah kita temui. Tapi itu telah terjadi, pada diri gue dan dirinya.

Semu memang. Merindukan seseorang yang belum pernah kita temui. Tapi itu juga telah terjadi pada diri gue dan dirinya.

Dan gue mulai bertanya-tanya; apa dia benar-benar merasa seperti yang gue rasakan, apa dia benar-benar merasa seperti yang dia ucapkan, apa kemudian dia akan meragu.

Karena gue memang merasa seperti apa yang dia rasakan. Karena gue memang mengatakan apa yang gue rasakan. Karena gue juga meragu dan bertanya apakah ini nyata.

Dari awal gue melihat dia di Friendster, gue sudah tahu bahwa ada sesuatu tentang dia yang menarik perhatian gue, di luar kegiatan dia sebagai penulis. There were something about him, that caught my eyes and my heart.

Yah, kalau memang dia untuk gue, pasti perasaaan gue akan semakin bertumbuh setiap harinya. Dan kalaupun ternyata dia bukan untuk gue, perasaan ini akan gue biarkan tumbuh. Karena memang itu yang gue inginkan saat ini; to have such feelings.

I LOVE You


There comes a time to be free of the heart
I wanna be ready, ready to start
On a love journey, got places to go
Made up my mind and I have got to let you know

Heaven help the heart that lets me inside
Heaven help the one who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool that walks through my door
'Cause I decided right now, I'm ready for love
Oh, I'm ready for love

A funny feeling's coming over me
Now I'm inspired and I'm open to being
In a love place but it's out of my hands
I'm telling you baby that you've got to understand

Heaven help the heart that lets me inside
Heaven help the one who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool that walks through my door
'Cause I decided right now, I'm ready for love
Oh baby..
Ready for love

I can't see what's out there for me
And I know love offers no guarantee
I'll take a chance and I'm telling you something babe
I got to let you know

Heaven help the heart that lets me inside
Heaven help the one who comes in my life
Heaven help the fool that walks through my door
'Cause I decided right now, I'm ready for love
Ah, oh, oh, ready for love (oh)Take a chance, take a chance on love


- Lenny Kravitz, Heaven Help -

May 04, 2007

it doesn’t has to be so complicated, at all

“Gak bagus, banyak yang gak masuk di akal”

“Spidermannya aja udah gak masuk di akal, kok ngarep ceritanya bisa masuk di akal?”

Gue langsung mengomentari teman gue yang sedang berbicara di telepon dengan temannya; membahas film Spiderman 3.

Di dunia nyata saja banyak hal-hal yang terjadi yang ternyata tidak terjangkau akal manusia. Dan gue selalu menanggapi hal itu dengan bersikap tidak peduli, atau kalau lagi rajin; mempertanyakan dan mencari tahu jawabannya.

Dan sekarang gue sedang ingin mencari tahu apa gue peduli kalau ternyata bumi yang luas ini bisa begitu sempit bagi hidup gue. Baik karena gue masih tinggal di Jakarta, atau karena memang Tuhan punya rencana sendiri, untuk mempertemukan gue dengan orang-orang yang berada dalam satu lingkaran?

Mungkin lebih baik tidak gue pedulikan. Yang harus gue pedulikan adalah gue suka padanya. Gue tidak peduli siapa yang dia kenal, di mana dia berada, apa yang sedang dia kerjakan, atau bahkan apa dia suka juga pada gue. Gue hanya suka padanya; gue suka sejak gue melihat dia, gue semakin suka ketika gue mulai memiliki kesempatan untuk mengobrol dengannya, gue suka.. gue suka.. dan gue suka.

Gue hanya menanti saat pertemuan berikutnya untuk melihat dia seutuhnya.


You gave me something
Like loving
And took me in so soon
You took my feelings
from nothing
Came back at noon
Just meet me
I'm ready
To show myself to you

So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand
(try to understand)
If I lose my patience
Ooooh yeaaaaaaaah

Refrain :
Cause you make me feel
Cause you make me feel wild
You touch my inner smile
You got me in the mood
So come and make your rule
And free me

You make my wishes
As much as
Your kisses make me blue
You've found my river
Now will you
Escape away too
But baby
I'm ready
I'm falling into you

So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand
(try to understand)
If I lose my patience
ooooh yeaaaaaaah

Refrain
Free me
Free me
Wooow wooow wooooow
Wooow wooow wooooow
Wooow yeaaaaaaaah

Cause you make me feel wild
You touch my inner smile
You got me in the mood
So come and make your rule
And touch my inner smile
Come get my inner smile, smile, smile
Yeaaaaah yeaaaaaaaah

Sometimes I need to be alone
There's times I need for you to phone
Sometimes you make me feel so high
There's times I ask myself: "Why?"


- Texas, Inner Smile –


Wishing you a Happy Birthday

May 02, 2007

red rose in desert

You’re beautiful, it hurts
Some love you, some want you, some envy you, some hate you
Cause you’re beautiful it hurts

I wonder
Did you ever notice, whenever I stare at you
Did you ever notice, whenever those million of eyes stare at you
Cause you’re beautiful, it hurts

I know
I couldn’t ever feel your lips on mine
I couldn’t ever fall in your arms
I couldn’t ever feel the warm of your hugs

And it hurts
When I know
I couldn’t ever have you

Cause you’re a red rose in desert

So beautiful it hurts

May 01, 2007

I am slightly introvert... Am I?

Let's try the personality assessment on www.brainbench.com, and so this is the result;


Your Social Boldness:

Introverted VS Extraverted
You are slightly introverted. Do you ever say to people, "I'm really an introvert" and then they look at you funny? That's because you can be both Extraverted and introverted, but in social situations people see you as an Extravert. Your enthusiastic and self-confident personality, plus your ease at talking to strangers gives the appearance that you are outgoing, even though you may attribute it to just being a friendly person. You find yourself at the center of attention, even though you may not actively seek that position. You are such a warm person that people like to follow you. Which is good, since you have no problem accepting your role as a leader when it is given to you. With your ability to flow easily from shy to outgoing, you may tend to easily flow from exciting adventures to relaxing times at home. This makes you a fun person to be around, because you do not always have to be on the go, yet you know there is more to life than reading and watching TV.


Your Agreeableness:

Candid VS Considerate
You are very considerate. You are a popular person, aren't you? Of course you are. You truly value harmony in dealing with others. People recognize your friendly, generous, and helpful personality. Your easy-going, agreeable nature makes you such a joy to be around. This is especially true in meetings or general conversations. The topic may become heated, but you are considerate of other's feelings and you will find a happy medium in order to placate those around you. This is because you have an optimistic view of human nature and you realize that if you trust people with their decisions that they are not trying to hurt you or take advantage of you. This special and rare quality is also seen in your altruism. You enjoy helping others. To you it is not a sacrifice; to you it is fulfilling to help others in need.


Your Self-Control:

Impulsive VS Cautious
You are moderately impulsive. At times you can be impulsive, but not to the point where you are jeopardizing work or relationships. You know when to follow rules, but you also know when to bend rules that are not set in stone. If your home or work space gets a little messy, you do not get upset or feel compelled to tidy up. You do not have to have perfect order in your life to feel good about yourself or your environment. You tend to be more on the fun side of spontaneity, and enjoy being flexible with your plans and your life. In general, you prefer to make short-term goals rather than long-term goals.


Your Anxiety Level:

Excitable VS Relaxed
You are moderately excitable. In trying situations, you feel somewhat stressed and frustrated. At times you are able to overcome these feelings, but other times you feel overwhelmed. This could run the gamut of just being in a bad mood to experiencing anxiety, anger, or depression. In general, you prefer a stress-free existence, so that the possibility of negative emotions would not be a factor. You tend to be somewhat self-conscious in social situations, and are worried that people may judge or criticize you. You may react emotionally to people or circumstances that you find threatening, because you want to protect yourself. Every so often you cave into urges or cravings. Sometimes you feel a little guilty about it, other times you are just fine with your fun streak.


Your Openness to Change:

Practical VS Imaginative
You are moderately practical. You tend to be more comfortable when your daily activities are familiar and unchanging, rather than constantly in a state of flux. You prefer to deal with facts and not ideas. You prefer to be more practical and pragmatic, but you are able to be creative when the situation calls for it. You prefer the conversation or situation to be more straightforward. Emotionally, you are more conservative and tend not to express your feelings openly. You have a proper demeanor, which summons respect from those around you.


The way you Think/Reason:

Concrete VS Abstract
You are slightly concrete in your thinking. Your thinking is neither simple nor complex, to others you appear to be a well-educated person but not an intellectual. You tend to be intellectually curious and have the uncanny abilities to distinguish imaginative, creative people from down-to-earth, conventional people.

bali trip

Akhirnya di pertengahan bulan April kemarin, Ms. Whiner, Ms. Bitchy, Ms. Shy, dan Mr. Sluttish berangkat juga untuk liburan bareng di Bali.

Overall, everything was great! And just like an American pie story, all of us got our own so-called drama, though it wasn’t so fantastic at all, but at least there are more things to remember. And as the one; who was most eager to have the drama, I had to try harder than the others, and yet I made it to have the most fascinating story to tell; I got a kiss. Umm.. Well, not just a kiss, but two kisses :p

Dan setelah menghabiskan waktu seminggu bersama di bali, tentunya ada beberapa pesan moral yang perlu dicamkan sebelum berangkat liburan bareng ke Bali lagi;

Bawa duit yang banyak, I mean lot of cash! Jangan mengandalkan credit card, kecuali kalau bersedia untuk membayar lebih mahal di tempat-tempat yang menyediakan fasilitas ngutang.
Kalau sudah bawa duit banyak, jangan juga makan di tempat-tempat yang gak perlu bayar cash, karena mahal!


Tahan diri, jangan belanja banyak-banyak, buat daftar orang yang akan dikasih oleh-oleh and stick with it!!! Jangan sampai berpikir untuk memberikan oleh-oleh pada orang yang tidak tercantum di daftar.

Ajak teman cowok minimal satu orang dan jangan jadi satu-satunya cowok kalau berlibur, kecuali kalau bersedia untuk dijadikan supir sepanjang perjalanan ;p, eia, teman cowoknya harus yang bisa nyetir, punya SIM, dan paling tidak HARUS cakep!! Wajib, kudu!!!

Jangan liburan ke pantai pas musim hujan, karena tidak akan bisa lihat sunset ataupun sunrise.
Beli sun-block dengan SPF-60 atau kalau perlu SPF-100, walaupun musim hujan.


Jangan naik lift, sering-sering naik tangga sebelum liburan ke Bali, karena hampir semua tempat di sana ada tangganya, bahkan mau ke pantai juga harus lewat tangga.

Puas-puasin main billiard sebelum ke Bali, karena di sana tidak akan menemukan tempat billiard yang memadai.

Jangan tunda-tunda untuk minta no telepon, alamat email, atau alamat yang bisa dihubungi kalau mendapat kenalan di sana. Atau pulang dalam keadaan menggantung dan penuh penyesalan.

Bawa sandal!!!!

Bawa backpack.

Bawa garam untuk dilulurkan ke seluruh badan sebelum pergi rafting, otherwise lintah-lintah bakal doyan untuk bertengger di badan kita.

Sunglass is a must!

Bawa baju yang banyak, karena mencari laundry hanya bakal jadi niatan semata!

Dan itulah sebagian pesan moral yang penting-penting, walaupun masih banyak pesan moral yang tidak penting lainnya.

Where did we go wrong
Where did we lose our faith
My brother is in need
But can he depend on me
Do you think if one of you tried
Maybe you could find
A better friend than any other
If you gave more than you tookLife could be so good
Come on and try
Nows the time

Cause youre free
To do what you want to do
Youve got to live your life
Do what you want to do

Do what you want
Do what you want to do

Are we all strangers
Does anyone really care
Deep down were all the same
Trying to hide our pain
You think you can never trust another
Cause theyre all out to get ya
We have to live in this world together
If we open up our hearts
Love can finally start
Come on and try
Nows the time

When youre down and youre feeling bad

Everybody has left you sad
Feels like no one will pull you through
Its your life whatcha gonna do
Make that change lets start today
Get outta bed get on your way
Dont be scared your dreams right there
You want it reach for it


- Ultra Nate, Free -

April 13, 2007

keep on buzzing

Pukul 16.00, dan gue mengalami sakit kepala yang lumayan mengganggu. Sahabat gue sudah memutuskan untuk tidak ke gym karena akan diapeli oleh pacarnya. Gue pun memutuskan untuk membatalkan rencana gym gue, membayangkan betapa menyenangkan kalau gue bisa tidur lebih awal malam ini.

16.30 gue turun ke parkiran, dan kemudian menelpon teman gym gue dan mengabari ke dia kalau gue malas latihan. Tapi, kemudian lagu itu berputar di mobil, dan langsung mengingatkan gue akan pria kecengan gue yang sudah sejak lama gue perhatikan. Bukan si meneketehe yang selalu gue ceritakan pada teman-teman gue, tapi dia yang selalu secara tidak sengaja berpapasan dengan gue, dan kemudian membuat kita berdua saling memandang sesaat. Dan sore itu gue memutuskan; gue harus berkenalan dengannya, tonight or never.

Macet sempat bikin bete, tapi gue berhasil sampai di plaza semanggi dengan waktu kurang dari satu jam. Setelah parker dan mengobrol beberapa menit via telpon dengan teman kantor, gue langsung beranjak menuju lift sambil mengetik sms untuk teman kantor gue yang lainnya. Dan saat pintu lift akan menutup, tiba-tiba ada yang berlari mengejar lift yang gue gunakan sendiri itu, spontan gue tahan pintunya supaya tidak menutup, dan ternyata orang itu adalah dia!

Thanks”, ujarnya sambil tersenyum ke gue.

Dan seperti gue bilang, kalau gue mengalami long-term stupidity, gue langsung mati gaya dalam seketika. Gue hanya mampu menutup handphone, dan berpikir keras tentang kata-kata apa yang paling bagus untuk mulai berkenalan dengan dia. Tapi telat, pintu lift keburu terbuka, dan akhirnya kita keluar dan berjalan ke arah yang berbeda karena gue memutuskan untuk membeli makanan kecil sebagai pengganjal perut.

Sekali lagi gue gagal, saat Tuhan sudah memberikan kesempatan pada, dan untuk keratusan kalinya, gue selalu menyianyiakan kesempatan itu. Semoga gue diberi satu kesempatan lagi, dan semoga kali ini gue dapat menggunakannya dengan baik.

Tapi di luar semua kegagalan gue itu, gue senang! Gue senang karena sensasi ini kembali muncul di diri gue, membuat gue semangat lagi.

Baby, baby, baby,
from the day I saw you,
I really, really wanted to catch your eye.
There's something special 'bout you.
I must really like you,
'cause not a lot of guys are worth my time.
Oooo Baby, baby, baby,
It's gettin' kinda crazy,
'cause you are takin' over my mind.
And it feels like
OooOoOoOoOooOooOooo...
But you don't know my name.
I swear...
It feels like
OooOoOoOoOooOooOooo...
You don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
Oh! Baby, baby, baby
I see us on our first date.
You're doin' everything that makes me smile.
And when we had our first kiss,
it happened on a Thursday,
and, ooh, it set my soul on fire.
Ooh, baby, baby, baby,
I can't wait for the first time.
My imagination's runnin' wild.
It feels like
OooOoOoOoOoooooo...
You don't know my name.
And I swear it, baby,
It feels like
OooOoOoOoOooOooooo...
U don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
Will you ever know?
I'm sayin'
he don't even know what he's doin' to me.
Got me feelin all crazy inside.
I'm I'm feelin like...Oh!
I'm doin' more than I've ever done
for anyone's attention.
Take notice of what's in front of you
'cause did i mention (Oh!)
you're 'bout to miss a good thing?
And you'll never know how good it feels to have
all of my affection.
And you'll never get a chance to experience
my lovin' (Oh!)
'Cause my lovin feels like...
OooOoOoOoOooOooOooo...
You don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
And I swear it feels like
OooOoOoOoOooOooOooo...
You don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go.(Oh..)Will you ever know?)
Will you ever know it?
No, no, no, no, no...no, no...
Will you ever know it?
Well I'm a have to just go ahead and call this boy.
Hello?
Can I speak to...to Michael?
Oh, hey how you doin'?
Uh, I feel kinda silly doin this but, uh,
this is the waitress from the coffee house on 39th from Lenox.
You know the one with the braids?
Yeah. Well I see you on Wedn'sdays all the time.
You come in every Wedn'sday on your lunch break, I think.
And you always order the special...with the hot chocolate.
My manager be trippin and stuff talkin 'bout we gotta use water, but...
I always use some milk and cream for you, cause...
I think you're kinda sweet. (laughs)
Anyway, you always got on some fly blue suit
and your cufflinks are shining all bright.
So what you do?

Oh word?
Yeah that's interestin'...
Look man, I mean, I don't wanna waste your time but...
I know girls don't usually do this,
but I was wonderin' if maybe we could get together
outside the restaurant one day?
You know 'cause I do look a lot different outside my work clothes and... (laughs)
I mean we could just go across the street to the park, right here...
Wait, hold up, my ph... my cell phone's breakin' up, hold up...
Can you hear me now?
Yeah. So what day did you say?
Oh yeah. Thursday's perfect, man.
And it feels like
OooOoOoOoOooOoooooo...
But you don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
Baby, baby I swear...it's like
OooOoOoOoOooOooOooOoooo...
But you don't know my name. No no no-o...
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
And it feels like

But you don't know my name.
('Round and 'round and 'round we go. Will you ever know?)
And I swear on my mother and father, it feels like
(But you don't know my name. 'Round and 'round and 'round we go.)
Will you ever know?


- Alicia Keys, You don't know my name -

--- gue selalu mendapatkan yang gue inginkan pada akhirnya, tapi kenapa kalau urusan percintaan itu selalu gagal? Atau mungkin Tuhan memang ingin gue belajar lebih banyak lagi ---

April 12, 2007

waiting to falling in love again

Seminggu menuju bali.

Gue lagi berusaha supaya tidak ada local drama yang bisa menghambat kepergian gue atau merusak kesenangan gue di sana. Pokoknya gue akan lupa diri saat liburan nanti. Bebas sebebas-bebasnya.

Hari ini gue tersenyum saat dia mereply message Friendster gue. Well, gue sendiri kenal dia dari teman gue, jadi tidak ada ekspetasi yang berlebihan, kecuali gue bersemangat memang karena dia manis. Dan lagi bisa membantu gue untuk perlahan menurunkan ekspektasi gue terhadap si front desk straight itu, atau yang sekarang dikenal dengan sebutan si meneketehe ;p.

Duh! Ingin merasakan jatuh cinta lagi nih, apalagi setelah tadi malam sepintas menyaksikan film No Regret, sebuah gaylove story versi korea. Outlinenya cukup menarik, tentang pria yang berjuang mendapatkan pria pujaannya, dan setelah dia berhasil meluluhkan hati si pria itu, dia malah dipaksa menikahi wanita oleh ibunya. Belum lihat gimana akhirnya, tapi yang pasti bakal seru dan sedih.

Gue hanya ingin merasakan perasaan itu lagi, di saat gue bisa tersenyum-senyum sendiri mendengarkan lagu-lagu romantis, di saat gue merasa ada yang harus dan pantas diperjuangkan.


Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever needed something so sad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you ever,have you ever
Have you ever been in love
Been in love so bad
You'd do anything to make them understand
Have you ever had someone steal your heart away
You'd give anything up to make them feel the same
Have you ever searched for words to get you in their heart
But you don't know what to say
And you don't know where to start

Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever needed something so sad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you ever,have you ever
Have you ever found the one
You've dreamed of all your life
You'd do just about anything to look into their eyes
Have you finally found the one you've given your heart to
Only to find that one won't give their heart to you
Have you ever closed your eyes and
Dreamed that they were there
And all you can do is wait for that day
when they will care

Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever needed something so sad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you ever,have you ever
What do I gotta do to get you in my arms baby
What do I gotta say to get to your heart
To make you understand how I need you next to me
Gotta get you in my world
'Cuz baby I can't sleep

Have you ever?


-Have You Ever, Brandy-

April 10, 2007

why people eats chocolate?

One day my friend asked me a question;

“Noy, why are you gay?”

Then after nanar-ly I stare at her face, I replied;

“Is the same questioning with why do you have breast?”

“It is because I’m a girl. So, why do you like boys?

...

“Do you like chocolate?”

“I do.”

“Why?”

...

“Chocolates are sweet, and I like sweet things. So, why do you like boys?”

...

“Ok, the reason is as the same as yours.”

...

Lebak bulus-senen; PEPEDEEEE!

Kenapa sih orang-orang suka mempertanyakan hal-hal yang tidak mungkin gue jawab juga. Karena kalau gue tahu jawabannya; KALAUPUN GUE TAHU JAWABANNYA; Tetap saja tidak ada yang berubah... I like boys.

Dan pagi ini tiba-tiba gue bertanya pada diri gue sendiri kenapa gue bisa suka sama si straight front desk itu?

- Karena dia baik ke gue seperti dia juga baik ke orang-orang lainnya? Bukan!
- Karena dia cakep, sementara di dalam gym juga banyak yang jauh lebih cakep dari dia? Bukan!
- Karena dia terlihat dewasa dan menyenangkan, sementara mantan gue juga bisa dipastikan
jauh lebih dewasa dan menyenangkan? Bukan!

Kalau gitu mungkin gue hanya penasaran, gue hanya senang mengira-ngira isi pikirannya ketika dia tersenyum pada gue, gue hanya senang saat tahu tempat paling enak adalah di lobby melihat dia di saat tidak ada orang lain yang bisa gue lihat. Tapi itu semua karena gue suka sama dia.

I didn't come this far for you to make this hard for me.
And now you want to ask me "how"?
It's like - how does your heart beat, why do you breathe?
How does your heart beat, and why do you breathe?
Why did you come here?
You weren't invited.
You were on the outside - Stay on the outside.
And now you want to ask me "why"?
It's like - how does your heart beat, and how do you cry?
How does your heart beat?
And there are some things that I'd like to figure out.
There are some things that I can do without –
You, and your letters that go on forever,
And you, and the people that were never friends.
Never friends, never friends.
With all the things that you could be,
You never could learn how to be me.
And now you want to ask me "how"?
It's like - how does your heart beat,why do you breathe?
How does your heart beat, and why do you breathe
How do you breathe?

April 04, 2007

Am I really a genius? NO!

How did I get this long-term stupidity?!!

Kenapa gue tidak pernah bisa spontan memberi respon positif pada orang yang gue suka. Walaupun kejadian semalam bisa membuat gue tersenyum-senyum sendiri di depan meja makan Solaria, gue tetap menyesali kenapa gue tidak bisa memberikan respon spontan yang baik, kenapa musti jaim??!!

Clearly I'm a genius
If he only knew it
But somewhere in his radius
I really blew it
I know, I know what I said to him
And I know what I did
What I don't know is how I could ever be
So incredibly stupid

You don't really need to know every last detail
Its hardly worth telling
Suffice to say I said that I would be there
I never came through

Maybe I'm a genius and
He just don't see it
I fronted,
I should have admitted,
He saw right through it
I never thought that I could be
So underhanded
Somehow I've cornered the market on
The double standard

For this act of genius
And so many others
I know I should apologize
And see how it goes

What am I waiting for?
Come on, come on, come on, come on


- Duncan Sheik, Genius -

April 03, 2007

you're so beautiful, it hurts

Straight or gay?

Ingin banget gue bisa langsung bertanya seperti itu ke orang yang gue suka! Karena sekarang orang yang gue suka ini masih belum jelas. Dan cutegaydar gue pasti tidak berfungsi kalau lagi berada di dekat dia. Emosi gue terlalu dominan, sampai gue tidak bisa memindai dia.

Semalam gue melihat dia tersenyum. Bukan tersenyum pada gue, tapi gue senang melihat dia tersenyum; dia terlihat lebih manis dan bahagia. Dan setiap dia tersenyum, perasaan gue langsung tercampur aduk, antara senang dan sakit.

Dan semalam gue sempat mengobrol sebentar dengannya. Dia menanyakan tempat tinggal gue, dan gue merasa tersipu. HAHA! Begini ini kalau orang lagi kasmaran, cuma ditanyain tempat tinggal saja, sudah bisa bikin senyum-senyum sendiri sepanjang malam. =p

Swaying room as the music starts
Strangers making the most of the dark
Two by two their bodies become one
I see you through the smokey air
Can't you feel the weight of my stare
You're so close but still a world away
What I'm dying to say, is that

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It's all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I'm crazy for you, crazy for you

Trying hard to control my heart
I walk over to where you are
Eye to eye we need no words at all
Slowly now we begin to move
Every breath I'm deeper into you
Soon we to are standing still in time
If you read my mind, you'll see

I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
It’s all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
You'll feel it in my kiss because
I'm crazy for you
Touch me once and you'll know it's true
I never wanted anyone like this
Its all brand new, you'll feel it in my kiss
I’m crazy for you,crazy for you

Dan semalam gue cemburu ketika dia berbicara dengan cowo itu; ketika melihat mereka begitu akrab. Please say that you want me, too....

April 02, 2007

be a better man

Waktunya ujian. Yeah, sudah dari jaman SMA, gue tahu kalau periode April-Juni adalah saatnya gue ujian. Ujian mental supaya lebih dewasa. Biasanya periode ini point kedewasaan gue tambah satu, ya biar cuma satu, setidaknya tetap nambah.

Jadi ingat jaman sekolahan dulu, tiap periode bulan ini, pasti suasana rumah lagi gawat-gawatnya, atau ada saja masalah dengan orang-orang terdekat gue. Jadi saat hal itu terulang lagi, gue tahu apa yang harus gue perbuat dan gue tidak panik, atau pun menjelma jadi drama queen lagi.

Bukan masalah dengan orang-orang yang dekat dengan gue yang justru gue kesalkan, tapi gue kesal karena tempat kerjaan baru gue yang sampai sekarang belum kasih kabar lagi kapan gue harus sign kontrak. Sudah lebih dari sebulan gue menunggu.

Gue bete!

Jadi ingin cepat-cepat liburan!! Cari cowo lucu. Ahh… betapa menyenangkan. Tapi masalahnya cuti gue juga belum disetujui.

Dan di saat-saat seperti ini, pikiran gue langsung flashback. Mengingat hal-hal yang bisa membangkitkan mood gue. Memikirkan mantan, orang-orang lama yang sempat mampir lagi sebentar ke hidup gue. Sampai tadi pagi gue mengingat bapak dari pulau seberang dan tidak lupa si vokalist transpotting band.

Gue bertanya-tanya di mana dia sekarang. Kalau si bapak, gue sih tahu. Tapi kalau si vokalist yang nama lengkapnya aja gue belum tahu, memang sudah menghilang dari hidup gue. Dan gue ingat, kalau gue butuh waktu tiga tahun lebih untuk bisa benar-benar melupakan dia dan mulai menyukai orang lain.

Satu lagu yang benar-benar terkenang di benak gue, dan gue bergetar saat dia menyanyikannya;

Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain

Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I'm getting old
Before my time

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow old through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Go easy on my conscience
'Cause it's not my fault
I know I've been taught
To take the blame

Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I'm in pain

As my soul heals the shame
I will grow old through this pain
Lord I'm doing all I can
To be a better man

Once you've found that lover
You're homeward bound
Love is all around
Love is all around

I know some have fallen
On stony ground
But Love is all around


I need to be a better man! Tapi gue tahu, kalau gue bakal menjadi lebih baik lagi di bulan Juli, setelah semua ini gue lewati.

Tahun depan bisa minta ganti jadwal gak yah..? J setahun itu saja, tidak apa-apa deh!

March 27, 2007

the nitty gritty of Yahoo! Messenger status

Apalah arti sebuah status di Yahoo! Messenger..!?

Setiap hari, gue senang memeriksa dan membaca status YM teman-teman gue. Karena gue bisa tahu isi hati mereka. Mungkin status mereka tidak lebih dari menyadur kata-kata mutiara, penggalan lirik lagu, atau keadaan yang sedang mereka alami. Tapi buat gue, itu berarti suasana hati mereka.

Bodohnya, ketika gue yakin kalau status YM teman-teman gue memang menggambarkan suasana hati mereka, gue justru tidak berpikir kalau mereka akan berpikiran sama tentang gue.

Gue senang memasang status YM gue dengan penggalan lirik lagu, atau dengan mengarang suatu keadaan yang gue alami *drama queen, gituuu!*. Tapi itu tidak berarti sedang menggambarkan suasana hati gue. Gue hanya semata-mata ingin memasang status di YM, apa pun itu. Parahnya, kadang keadaan yang gue karang itu, justru malah menjadi kenyataan di akhir hari.

Kejadiannya terjadi beberapa hari yang lalu. Sesampainya di customer, tiba-tiba gue berhasrat untuk memasang status di YM. Gue berpikir keras, tapi tidak berhasil menemukan suatu status yang dramatis. Karena buntu, gue pasanglah status “BETE!!”.

Beberapa menit kemudian, teman-teman gue mulai menanyakan kenapa gue bete. Hihi, it works; it always works. Dan kemudian gue pun mengaktifkan drama queen mode gue;

Awalnya gue jawab kalau gue hanya bete aja, tanpa alasan.

Tapi kemudian akhirnya gue mulai mengarang alasan kenapa gue bete.

Dan kemudian gue benar-benar menemukan alasan yang tepat kenapa gue bete.

Sampai akhirnya gue bete betulan.


Sebal!!!

Alhasil gue menghabiskan hari gue dengan bete betulan.

Tapi gue tidak kapok. Sampai suatu saat gue memasang status, dan membuat gue parno sendiri. Walaupun kali ini gue memasang status sesuai dengan keadaan gue.

“MUAL”

Pagi itu, dari mulai bangun tidur, gue sudah mual. Dan itu berlanjut di keesokan harinya. Karena begitu signifikan, akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk memasang status gue dengan mual.

Pesan moral; jangan ge er dulu kalau ada kelap-kelip YM teman di task bar. Gue pikir mereka turut prihatin dengan keadaan gue yang kali ini memang tidak mengada-ada. Tapi ternyata gue malah dijadikan bahan celaan. Sebal!!!

Mulai dari yang nanya berapa bulan, menasihati gue tentang cara mengatasi morning sick, disuruh membaca blog tidak penting dan tidak nyambung, sampai ada yang mendoakan supaya jabang bayi gue lahir sehat!

Dan gue parno, karena waktu status gue bete aja, gue jadi bete betulan. Nah, gue memang mual betulan sih. Tapi apa jadinya kalau mereka yang membuat gue jadi hamil betulan.

OH NO!!! eh OH YES!! Akhirnya gue bisa punya anak dari darah daging gue sendiri. Dan gue mulai berpikir maybe I am pregnant.

DUH!

March 22, 2007

does love just that physical?

Gue tertegun sesaat ketika melihat sekotak Low-Fat Milk, Tropicana Slim, di meja teman kantor gue. Yah, dan ternyata memang punya dia. Gue hanya tertawa dalam hati. Menurut gue, walaupun dia gemuk, dia sudah berada dalam penampilan terbaiknya. Tidak terbayang kalau dia menjadi lebih kurus dari sekarang ini. Tapi mungkin memang dia merasa kurang percaya diri dengan keadaan tubuhnya yang gemuk itu, karena bagaimanapun dia seorang perempuan.

Sebagai seorang yang memiliki berat badan yang tidak ideal, gue juga sempat mengalami perasaan rendah diri itu. Tapi tidak lama kok, karena gue pikir tidak ada gunanya juga memusingkan berat badan. Kita sudah terlahir sesuai dengan porsinya masing-masing. Walaupun sebagai pecinta keindahan, gue mungkin akan senang kalau semua orang di muka bumi ini tampil dengan tubuh ideal; pria berotot dan berdada bidang, ataupun wanita bertubuh biola dengan payudara besar.

Terus apa yang bakal terjadi yaa?

*berpikir keras*

What could possibly be happened if all human being were made to have a perfect shape? One thing for sure; I would be very happy.

Tapi, sudah tidak ada gunanya jadi narsis lagi, karena semua orang sudah terlahir sempurna. Tidak ada lagi yang bisa dicela atau pun mencela gue. Karena fisik sudah ok, sikap gue pun tidak punya cela untuk dicela ;p *tetep narsis*.

Mencari dan mendapatkan pacar yang cakep-cakep juga tidak menjadi kesenangan lagi, karena sudah tidak perlu susah payah mencarinya. Sama sekali tidak berseni!

Hihi, jadi ketahuan deh, kalau gue mengutamakan fisik dalam mencari pacar. Kan seperti kata Destiny’s Child; “Good man is so hard to find, but hard man is so good to find!” Tapi siapa yang tidak sih, namanya juga dari mata turun ke hati. Tidak mungkin dari hati naik ke mata. Kalau sudah jelek, musti terima. Tinggal gimana mengaturnya supaya bisa memberikan kesan lebih baik.

Tapi sekali lagi; being fat or slim doesn’t make you look better in other’s view. Yang penting cakep dan bersih. Ukuran tubuh itu hanyalah masalah selera. Kalau tampang memang tidak boleh jelek! Ingat, jelek itu absolut! Makanya dilarang mengatakan kalau seseorang itu jelek, karena sudah tidak bisa ditawar-tawar lagi.

Balik lagi ke soal selera, gue tetap mencari hard-man yang suka sama slim-sexy-man kayak gue ;p

And so, what it has got to do with love?!
Well, why don’t you figure it out by yourself!

All I know; lust is just that physical!

March 20, 2007

why can't I be on the other side?

I think I’m losing my best friend.

Gue sedikit parno dan juga senang. Gue senang karena akhirnya dia mau untuk mencoba dan memberanikan diri untuk bertemu dengan pria kenalannya dari Friendster. Dan gue parno karena akhirnya terjadi lagi.

Menurut sahabat gue satunya lagi, mungkin gue hanya khawatir kehilangan safety net gue. Seseorang yang selalu ada untuk gue; di saat senang dan susah. Yah, mungkin memang benar. Mungkin memang itu. Karena gue memang sulit untuk merasakan sedih, di saat dia akan menemukan kebahagiannya; semoga.

Tapi kalau menurut gue, mungkin memang karena gue sayang sama dia. Mungkin karena gue senang dia berada di sekitar gue dan gue tidak suka kalau gue harus berbagi dengan orang lain. Karena mungkin gue senang menjadi seorang yang istimewa di mata dia.

But, then again.. Gue gay, dan dia perempuan. And I just have to accept this. That we’re not meant for each other; tidak lebih dari sekedar berteman.

I've been avoiding things I'm missing
Then you came into my life a brand new flower, baby
A reminder of what happiness is like
On the other side
What can't I feel?
(I'm saying my blind side)

And if a mental picture 's all I've got, to go on
For a while or more
Girl you know I'll always think of you, think of you
Yes if a mental picture's all I've got, to go on, I know
You're a picture to remember.

Time was of the essence
And as usual the day turns into minutes
Sharing love and tenderness
That's the nerve you struck in me that sent a signal
To the other side
Girl I don't know
I'm saying my blind side.

And if a mental picture 's all I've got, to go on
For a while or more
Girl you know I'll always think of you, think of you
Yes if a mental picture's all I've got, to go on, I know
You're a picture to remember.

Take me to the other side
Why can't I feel?
Out of my blind side.

And oh if a mental picture's all I've got
All I've got to go on
For a while or more
Girl you know I'll always think of you, think of you
Yes if a mental picture's all I've got, to go on, I know
You're a picture to remember, remember.

-- Jon Secada's Mental Picture --

Gue cuma bisa mendoakan yang terbaik untuk dia. Dan gue yakin kalau doa ini benar-benar tulus dari hati gue. Good luck :)

March 16, 2007

double shots in a night

Gue tertawa dan bingung. Hanya itu yang bisa gue lakukan kalau berada di tengah-tengah sesi kelas body jam. Entah kenapa gue menuruti kata-kata teman gue untuk mengikuti kelas itu. Mungkin karena malam itu gue ingin merasa sedikit bitchy. Apalagi sekarang gue memutuskan untuk menjaga sikap gue, tidak ingin terlalu terlihat sedang flirting.

Akhirnya gue berhasil mengeluarkan ke-bitchy-an gue di saat-saat terakhir. Walaupun gerakan gue tetap jauh banget dari sempurna, tapi gue merasa diri gue sudah bisa menyesuaikan diri dengan ritme musik. Dan gue sukses berkeringat, whether itu karena gerakan gue atau karena kebanyakan tertawa, tidak penting buat gue! Yang penting gue terlihat sukses mengikuti kelas itu dengan berkeringat.

Setelah kelas selesai, gue langsung bergegas menuju ke lobby untuk membuat secangkir teh manis hangat. Gue membayangkan betapa nikmatnya, bila setelah berkeringat dan ber-bitchy ria, gue bisa memperhatikan pria-pria lucu sambil menyeruput teh manis hangat. Dan semoga tidak bertemu dengan geromobolan pria-pria-lucu-tapi-sombong itu lagi.

Tapi, baru selangkah berjalan keluar kelas. Sahabat gue langsung mencegat jalan gue, dan memberitahukan gue kalau pria yang duduk di depan kelas, tadi memperhatikan gue dengan seksama saat gue keluar kelas. Gue langsung mengaktifkan cutegaydar gue. Hanya ada dua pria yang duduk di bangku depan kelas, dan tidak dari satu pun dari mereka yang lucu. Kecewa. Tapi teman gue langsung meng-adjust alignment cutegaydar gue dengan menunjukkan pria-keturunan-arab-bertubuh-gempal-LUCU yang sedang duduk di bawah, ikut antrian kelas berikutnya; aerobik.

Tapi entah kenapa, atau mungkin karena kadar narcisstic gue sudah semakin parah. Gue tidak merasakan apa-apa. Tapi gue tetap menyetujui ide teman gue yang mengajak gue untuk latihan alat dulu supaya nanti bisa melewati dia lagi. Walaupun lemas, gue memaksakan diri untuk latihan sit-up. Dan akhirnya gue menyerah dan segera menyetujui ketika akhirnya teman gue juga mulai jenuh dan mengajak gue untuk mengikuti kelas berikutnya di lobby; kelas gossip!

Sekali lagi gue berjalan melewati dia, dan dia melihat gue saat gue meliriknya. Gue tersenyum padanya. Dan dia tetap melihat gue dengan tatapan tanpa ekspresinya, gue segera memalingkan muka. Tapi gue senang.

And there's something about you
That makes me fly
You're a heart attack,
just the kind I like

Setelah beberapa menit tertawa sambil menyeruput teh manis hangat, mengomentari semua pria lucu dan wanita cantik *iya, wanita cantik; gue sekarang mulai membiasakan diri untuk memperhatikan wanita lagi*, dan melihat pria-arab-lucu tadi menari aerobik dengan gaya yang begitu menggemaskan; salah satu teman gue meneriakkan sebuah nama. Dia memanggil si straight-front-desk itu yang sedang berjalan menuruni tangga. Seketika, spontan, gue langsung menjaga sikap. Haha!

Dan ternyata dia tidak menegur balik ke teman-teman gue, tapi justru malah bertanya ke gue, yang saat itu lagi melepas kacamata.

Kelihatan gak?

Kelihatan kok, gak pengaruh juga pakai kacamata atau gak.

Kelihatan gantengnya?

Dan dengan kesadaran penuh, gue jawab;

Iya kelihatan.


There's something about you,
tears me inside out
whenever you're around
There's something about you
Speeding through my veins
AND THEN we hit the ground
there's something about this rush
Take it away
It made me feel so good
I got a feeling


*senyum lebar*

Dia pun melangkah pergi, dan gue hanya bisa tersenyum-senyum sendiri.

Love *ehm.. lust*; comes when it’s least expected! It sure does… ☺


.. and I just can’t get enough!

-- the lyrics are taken from one of New Radical's songs; Mother, We Just Can't Get Enough --

March 15, 2007

being a new-gay-boy on the block, it's just that hard

Beberapa hari terakhir ini gue berpikir; apa gue bersama dengan orang-orang yang tepat? Kemudian gue jadi merindukan orang-orang yang dahulu bersama gue. Dahulu bukan berarti sekarang tidak. Tapi sudah lama sekali gue tidak bertemu dengan mereka.

Gue telah menghabiskan banyak waktu dengan orang-orang yang sekarang. Banyak kegembiraan, keriaan, tawa-canda, dan hal-hal menyenangkan lainnya. Satu hal yang luput dari pemikiran gue; I might not belong here.

Gue adalah orang baru yang baru saja berhasil menyesuaikan diri dengan orang-orang yang ada di sekeliling gue sekarang. Dan saking terlenanya, gue sampai melupakan orang-orang yang dulu biasa berada di sekeliling gue. Sampai tiba saatnya, gue sadar kalau gue bukan siapa-siapa di lingkungan baru ini.

Gue hanya bocah baru, yang terbawa ke tengah-tengah kumpulan mereka, dan titik. I’m nothing! *except I’m the only gay-boy in the neighborhood*

And when they have already consider me as nothing, any efforts I have made to get me into, at least, one thing, would be useless.

Ini namanya hukum alam;

Kita tidak bisa menerobos begitu saja dan masuk menjadi bagian dari orang-orang yang telah membangun tembok yang kuat di antara mereka. Mungkin kita diijinkan masuk, tapi tidak lebih dari itu. Kita hanya bisa diam dan menerima.

Gue pikir gue spesial karena berada di antara orang-orang ini. Gue pikir gue begitu berarti karena dapat menghibur mereka. Gue pikir.. gue pikir.. dan.. gue pikir!!

Tapi entah mengapa, di tengah-tengah kegembiraan itu gue tetap merasa kesepian, gue tetap merasa terisolasi. Dan semuanya semakin terasa ketika gue mulai merasa kehilangan tempat tumpuan, di mana orang-orang menghargai keberadaan gue, menginginkan gue, dan peduli terhadap masalah yang gue hadapi.

Gue akan berhenti berasumsi dan mulai melihat kenyataan dari luar.

This gay-boy is not more than just a gay!

March 13, 2007

still crushed on the same straight

Gue tidak mencari dia. Gue hanya memastikan apakah dia ada di front desk atau tidak. Gue bahkan hampir tidak peduli apa dia ada di sana atau tidak. Dan ternyata dia sedang menggantikan temannya di tempat penyewaan handuk. Dan gue tetap tidak peduli.

Akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk membatalkan cuti fitness gue bulan ini. Dengan ditemani seorang sahabat gue, dan kemudian bertemu dengan sahabat gue satunya lagi di tempat fitness, gue mengurus pembatalan cuti itu. Rasanya gue harus menyiapkan badan gue se-sexy mungkin dalam waktu sesingkat mungkin, sebelum kita semua berangkat ke Bali untuk liburan, bulan depan.

Gue tidak berharap bertemu dia sebelumnya, tapi “tanpa sengaja” gue menemukan dia di sana, dan gue tetap tidak peduli. Sampai ketika dia menegur gue lagi.

No, it wasn’t a coincidence. He brought himself up to me, to ask the so-called “basi” question.

Gimana Man, ke Bula-bulanya *harusnya bula-ambon* gak jadi?

Dan gue hanya menjawab “tidak”, dengan tidak acuhnya, dan melanjutkan perbincangan gue dengan dua sahabat gue.



Well, I lied!! Gue bohong!! Gue peduli!! Gue peduli dan gue senang waktu dia sengaja menegur gue. Tapi gue berusaha untuk menutupinya, dan gue malah jadi terlalu menutupinya dan terlihat sombong. Tapi gue harus menutupinya. Dia straight!

It’s just the little things
The incidentals
It’s like you wouldn’t even notice
When you really turn me on
It’s the little sparks that fly
And then land like dynamite

Dan semuanya segera berakhir dengan penyesalan dan pertanyaan yang bercampur aduk di kepala. Logika dan perasaan beradu dengan argumennya masing-masing. Dan gue tetap meyakinkan diri kalau dia straight.

March 12, 2007

I, foe and a hoe

Gue paling benci musuh dalam selimut! Sering gue temui pertanyaan; “Apakah kita mau berpacaran dengan pacar sahabat?”, di bulletin board Friendster. Jawaban gue adalah, mungkin kalau mereka sudah putus, tapi kalau pun mungkin, gue tidak mau? Untuk apa?! iya kalau sahabat kita mau memaklumi yang ujung-ujungnya justru membahas “service” si orang ini, dan dibanding-bandingkan waktu sama sahabat kita dulu dan sama kita sekarang. Males kan?! Lagian masih banyak kok orang-orang single lucu di luaran sana.

Tapi gimana kalau sebaliknya? Mau tidak berpacaran dengan sahabat mantan kita? Well, yang ini tidak akan gue jawab. Karena gue pernah terjebak di situasi ini *dijawab juga*. Thank God, sahabat mantan gue ini punya pikiran yang sama dengan gue; UNTUK APA?!

Nah, gue punya kenalan satu orang yang sengaja seperti itu; berpotensi untuk berpacaran dengan sahabat mantan. Dan gue sendiri dulu sempat terjebak jatuh cinta sama dia. Untung gue terselamatkan.

--

Minggu sore, ditengah mati suri gue, seorang sahabat gue menelpon. Dia mengklaim dirinya sebagai extrovert-king, tidak heran kalau curhatnya bisa panjang lebar.

Intinya sebagai seorang yang extrovert dan punya banyak teman, dia memiliki masalah yang cukup serius dengan pacarnya yang sangat introvert dan malas bersosialisasi.

Sang pacar selalu mengeluh dan marah apabila mereka sedang jalan berdua, sahabat gue ini selalu bertemu dengan teman-temannya dan akhirnya mereka berjalan dengan satu kelompok besar.

Setelah curhat panjangnya selesai, gue hanya memberikan komentar yang simple; how lucky you are!

Having a cute-introvert-not-bitch-who-love-you-for-you-only boyfriend is such a bless! He should realize this.

Dan berceritalah gue tentang gebetan gue dulu ini; dia yang selalu bersemangat mengajak gue jalan hanya untuk bertemu dengan teman-teman gue. Awalnya gue senang, karena dia bisa beradaptasi dengan baik dengan teman-teman gue. Tapi, ketika dia mulai mengabaikan keberadaan gue, tidak mengacuhkan gue, dan tetap asik dengan teman-teman gue, itu adalah masalah besar!

Belum lagi, ini berarti memberikan dia kesempatan untuk jd seorang back-stabber, dengan korbannya adalah gue! What a bitch!!!!

Makanya, gue suruh sahabat gue itu untuk bersyukur, dan segera mengkomunikasikan masalah ini dengan pacarnya. Nothing can’t be compromised!

--

Balik lagi ke pernyataan gue sebelumnya; apa mau berpacaran dengan sahabat pacar/mantan? Kini pertanyaannya berkembang menjadi; kok ada yang mau yah berpacaran dengan sahabat pacar/mantan?! *beda kasus sama gue!!* Apalagi kalau memang dari awal dia hanya ingin memanfaatkan pacarnya untuk mendapatkan pacar yang lebih baik.
One word for this kind of guy; HOE!

And I was almost be one of them!! Thank God, You saved me!

Sekarang gimana dengan orang yang suka merebut pacar orang? Buat gue, orang jenis ini lebih sportif! Artinya mungkin suatu saat gue bisa seperti ini, atau bila suatu saat pacar gue direbut, gue akan terima. Selama yang merebut itu bukan sahabat/teman gue. Lagian lebih nyaman berhadapan dengan seseorang yang terang-terangan menjadi musuh kita, daripada dengan seseorang yang menjadi musuh dalam selimut.

Pokoknya; jangan sampai suatu saat nanti, sahabat gue yang telah pacaran dengan pacar gue menelpon dan meminta maaf, kemudian bilang: “Pantas loe dulu tergila-gila sama dia, ciumannya ok loh!”. *gubrak*

So, if I had to choose between foe or hoe, I would choose a cat!

MIAUUUUWW..... yuu'

I love Mac, why bother?

“Lah kok sewot?”

Gue sempat bingung ketika membaca sebuah posting blog yang berjudul One Thing PC Users Can Do That Mac Users Can’t - http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant. Kok ada ya, yang sampai emosi gitu?!

Dan di milis pun langsung heboh. Ada yang pro Windows dan Mac. Saling menjatuhkan! Dan gue hanya bisa tersenyum-senyum saja, walaupun akhirnya tidak kuasa untuk tidak ikut menimpali.

Memiliki Mac itu rasanya seperti memiliki pacar, gak butuh alasan untuk jatuh cinta dan rasanya bangga karena berhasil memilikinya. Buat gue Windows memang masih lebih baik, dan Mac itu adalah komputer hobi atau pelengkap. Dan kalau gue bangga karena memiliki Mac, kenapa yang pakai Windows sampai sesewot itu? Poor guy! He just can’t afford Mac, I guess.

Right On Mac!!

March 09, 2007

favorite sport

Sebagai gay, gue termasuk kategori yang sportif. Di samping kegemaran gue untuk belanja, which is one of gay stereotypes, gue juga senang melakukan aktifitas straight; olah raga dan ke bengkel.

Saat ini ada beberapa olah raga yang gue gemari dan mulai gue gemari;

Billiard

Favorite Places: Bengkel night park, Afterhours.
Reasons;
No other games have ever been so perfect; involving a stick, balls, and holes ;)). Gue dan tiga orang sahabat gue pernah membahasnya di tengah perjalanan menuju mangga dua di minggu siang. Selain mampu menenangkan jiwa dan menguji konsentrasi, billiard dapat memberikan sensasi tersendiri mulai di saat pertama gue melakukan “break” sampai saat gue berhasil memasukkan bola ke dalam lubang. Di tambah lingkungan yang dipenuhi pria-pria straight yang terlihat “macho” saat mereka memegang stick. And yet, this is my most favorite game.

Fitness

Favorite Place: Fitness First-Plangi, dan gue baru mau coba Fit By Beat bersama seorang sahabat gue.
Reasons;
Gue selalu mendambakan memiliki pantat sexy dan dada bidang! Tapi ternyata dua tahun gue fitness, badan gue tetap ramping dan rata. Well, tapi gue tetap semangat kok, karena di mana lagi kalau bukan di sauna atau steam room gue bisa melihat pria-pria bertubuh sexy itu hanya berlilitkan handuk. Not to mention of those exhibitionists, anggap saja hiburan gratis buat melepaskan penat.

Swim

Favorite Place: Cilandak Sport Center
Reasons;
Gue sudah memulai hobi gue ini sejak gue kuliah dulu, bahkan dari saat Citos belum ada. Saat bayar parkir masih dua ribu perak sepuasnya. Saat beli karcis renang hanya sebelas ribu perak. Tapi yang paling penting, gue bisa berolah raga tanpa harus berkeringat! Dan tentunya mendapatkan pemandangan yang “indah”.

Badminton

Favorite Place: Baru coba sekali di lapangan indoor Universitas Tarumanegara, Cilandak.
Reasons;
Who doesn’t like to play with a cock?! Touch it and smash it. Menyenangkan di saat kepala lagi pusing atau kalau lagi bete dengan seseorang. Tinggal pukul sekuat tenaga.

Kata orang, olah raga adalah salah satu cara menetralisir libido dan melampiaskan hasrat sex. Well, for me myself, jerking off in my own private room, is and always be the best way for it. And sport is only another way to have some fun and to get a better body shape *and sexy ass, of course. I WISH!*.

save me from myself

It's not so easy loving me
It gets so complicated
All the things you gotta be
Everything's changing
But you're the truth
I'm amazed by all your patience
Everything I put you through

And when I'm about to fall
Somehow you're always waiting
Your open arms to catch me
You're gonna save me from myself
From myself, yes
You're gonna save me from myself

My love is tainted by your touch
Well some guys have shown me aces
But you've got that royal flush
I know it's crazy everyday
Well tomorrow may be shaky
But you never turn away

Don't ask me why I'm crying
'Cause when I start to crumble
You know how to keep me smiling
You always save me from myself
From myself, myself
You're gonna save me from myself

I know it's hard, it's hard
But you've broken all my walls
You've been my strength, so strong
And don't ask me why I love you

It's obvious your tenderness
Is what I need to make me
A better man to myself
To myself, myself
You're gonna save me from myself


This is one of Christina Aguilera’s songs. And each time I heard this song, there was one person, a girl, who I always think of. And I just want to thank her, for always be there for me in good, or either in bad times, and of course; for saving me from myself.

March 07, 2007

absoluteness of existence

Dorongan hasrat jiwa adalah sikap ambisi dan tamak. Namun barangsiapa yang mampu mengendalikan dorongan gelora syahwatnya dan mampu menjadikan akalnya sebagai pengendali hawa nafsunya, maka ia menjadi orang yang dimuliakan Allah swt di dunia dan akhirat. Adapun siapa yang tunduk di bawah kendali syahwatnya. Akalnya bertekuk lutut dikalahkan nafsunya, maka ia termasuk kelompok orang-orang yang merugi dan tersesat jalan hidupnya, meskipun ia mengira perbuatan itu baik.

Hati gue sedikit tergetar, setelah membaca kalimat di atas, sebuah penggalan dari cerita Habil dan Qabil; Pembunuhan Pertama di Muka Bumi.

Gue hampir tidak menemukan celah untuk mencari pembenaran diri dari apa yang gue telah jalani selama ini, kecuali; tentu saja Habil bisa mengemban amanah itu dengan baik, karena yang akan dia nikahi adalah wanita yang lebih cantik daripada wanita yang dijodohkan dengan Qabil. But then again; cantik itu relatif.

Dan gue sempat berpikir, tentunya lebih mudah bagi para straight untuk mencintai wanita, karena dari awalnya mereka memang sudah menyukai wanita. Dan seperti di posisi Qabil; di saat seorang gay seperti gue harus mencintai wanita dan dibandingkan dengan para straight yang “mampu mengemban amanah/takdir” yang harus mencintai dan menjaga wanita, gue pasti bakal protes. Dan perbedaan antara wanita dan pria itu adalah absolut. Beda dengan kecantikan antara dua wanita atau ketampanan antara dua pria yang sangat relatif.

Kemudian gue berusaha menelaah lagi, apakah perasaan yang gue punya terhadap pria ini adalah hanya semata-mata nafsu atau juga cinta?

……. *tertawa sendiri*

Bohong kalau gue jawab “Tidak”. Gue tidak akan terambang-ambang seperti sekarang kalau gue tidak bisa membuat garis jelas antara cinta dan nafsu. Dan gue akan menjadi bi-sex kalau gue tidak memiliki nafsu. Karena yang gue miliki sebagai gay adalah keduanya; cinta dan nafsu. Sedangkan sebagai straight, gue hanya memiliki cinta.

Tapi sekali lagi, di saat gue hanya mempunyai cinta untuk keduanya; untuk apa gue memilih mencintai yang terlarang. Dan itu karena nafsu! Karena gue tidak mampu menghadapi nafsu gue sendiri. Gue adalah orang yang merugi.

*typeless*

Gue adalah orang yang merugi.

Tapi bukannya dosa itu relatif? Dan yang absolut di muka bumi ini hanyalah pria-pria jelek?!

Gue bukanlah pendosa. Gue adalah orang yang merugi.

*typeless lagi*

Pembenaran apa pun; mulai dari supaya gue bisa menjaga kedua orang tua gue dengan baik, tidak ingin menjadi contoh yang buruk buat anak-anak gue kalau gue straight, sampai gue begini karena keadaan yang membuat gue begini! Gue gak bisa mengelak kalau gue adalah orang yang merugi.

Satu hal lagi yang absolut di muka bumi; orang-orang yang merugi.

Jadi selama ini bukan masalah dosa atau tidak; karena dosa sangatlah relatif. Tapi masalah merugi atau tidak. Dan semua pembenaran gue sia-sia, kecuali kalau gue ingin tetap merugi.

Kini diri gue seperti terlempar ke dasar jurang yang paling dalam; memakan semua pembenaran gue, menyia-nyiakan wanita yang cinta gue, mencintai pria-pria yang tidak cinta gue.

Dan benar gue adalah orang yang merugi. Ketika cinta hanyalah sebatas dunia, maka cinta antara gay adalah setengah dunia. But then again; apakah ini semua bisa membuat gue berhenti menjadi gay?

Maka gue kembali dengan bertanya, apakah ada wanita yang mampu membuat gue menjadi straight?

Dan semua gue kembalikan ke Tuhan.

Karena Tuhan pasti punya jawabannya.

March 06, 2007

drowning in reality

Ooohhh.. Thinkin’ about our younger years
There was only you and me
We were young and wild, and free

Now, nothin’ can take you away from me
We’ve been down that road before
That’s over now
You keep me coming back for more

Versi akustik lagu Heaven yang dilantunkan oleh DJ Sammy, melantun di MP3 player yang tersambung ke head unit JVC mobil gue. Entah ada unsur mistik apa di lagu ini, tapi selalu bisa membuat gue terbawa suasana. Hanya satu hal yang pasti membayang di pikiran gue, di saat lagu ini dilantunkan; masa depan gue.

Membayangkan diri gue duduk di sebelah perempuan yang gue cintai untuk mengucapkan ijab sehidup semati. Atau membayangkan gue berbaring di sebelah pria yang gue cintai, di atas padang rumput yang tidak berbatas, sambil berpegangan tangan dan memandangi bulan.

Walaupun yang paling mungkin terjadi hanyalah; gue akan menyanyikan lagu itu di acara pernikahan salah satu sahabat gue. Itu juga kalau tidak membuat tamu-tamu lainnya merasa terusik dengan suara gue yang merdu dan bernada tinggi. =p

And you know what?! Thing that most bugging me is when I am in the middle of my perfect dream then somehow, something just slipped into my mind and hit me back into reality. And it wouldn’t stop there, that something then turns into something worse, a nightmare.

Sialnya, ini baru jam setengah tujuh pagi. Dan semuanya *tadinya* terasa begitu sempurna; langit mendung, udara dingin yang membuat gue tidak perlu menyalakan AC, jalanan yang lancar dan kering; sampai akhirnya bayangan mengerikan itu mengendap di pikiran gue. Membayangkan hutang-hutang yang harus gue bayar, mobil gue yang butuh perbaikan besar, menjalani hidup sebagai seorang gay dan tetap SINGLE!, tidak merasa memiliki rumah, mengerjakan pekerjaan dengan bayaran minim.

Gue mulai merasa teriritasi dengan pikiran gue sendiri. Tubuh gue tiba-tiba menjadi lebih berat, dan gue seperti terpaku. Terpaku di bangku mobil gue sendiri. Tidak seperti seminggu kemarin yang so overwhelmed dengan kebebasan. Hura-hura. Rasanya menyenangkan menghabiskan waktu bersama-sama sahabat yang menjalani keadaan-yang-sama-tapi-juga-berusaha-menutupinya dengan tertawa dan bercanda. Walaupun gue bisa melihat kegalauan di mata mereka dengan jelas dan merasakan getir dari nada mereka.

Dan kini gue pun mulai mengamati secara detil sekeliling gue. Mulai dari sampah plastik yang tertiup angin, pedangan asongan, mobil Toyota altis merah maroon yang berhenti di persimpangan seberang, gedung yang masih sepi, pohon-pohon yang dahannya tertiup angin. Masya Allah.

Gue pernah hampir percaya, kalau semua masalah yang ada di muka bumi ini bisa diselesaikan. Dan sekarang gue sangat ingin percaya itu. Sangat ingin! Tapi mengingat lagi semua masalah yang pernah gue hadapi dan selalu terulang lagi. Gue mulai berpikir mungkin memang harusnya seperti itu. Mungkin memang ini yang harus gue hadapi.

Dan gue kembali melajukan mobil gue sambil tersenyum dan gue dapat melihat lebih jelas melalui kaca mobil gue, sejelas keberadaan gue yang kembali tenggelam di dunia nyata.

March 02, 2007

a credit card myth

If there were one thing, which can makes me richer and poorer at the same time, it would be a credit card nothing!

Jadi teringat pertama kali mengajukan aplikasi untuk kartu kredit, senewen menunggu untuk disetujui, dan waktu sudah disetujui, gue bertekad untuk hanya menggunakannya di saat ada keperluan mendadak yang penting.

Dan hal penting pertama adalah untuk merayakan aplikasi gue yang disetujui. Makanya segera setelah kartu itu dikirim, gue langsung mengaktifkannya, dan menggiring teman-teman baik di kantor gue untuk bermain bilyard di dekat rumah dan tidak lupa dilengkapi dengan segelas Tequilla, yang waktu itu dapat harga diskon.

Hal penting kedua adalah saat gue merasa handphone gue yang lama sudah mulai ketinggalan jaman. Buruanlah gue menggunakan password gue untuk mengambil cash advanced, karena gue pikir beli handphone baru itu suatu pemborosan, jadi gue membeli handphone bekas dari teman gue.

Hal penting ketiga, ketika gue harus membayar tagihan handphone yang nilainya menakjubkan sampai gue ingin membenamkan muka gue ke dalam pasir. Tapi sekali lagi itu karena gue sedang berbisnis dan tentunya itu adalah bagian dari biaya operasional yang harus gue keluarkan, walaupun ternyata bisnisnya tidak berjalan lancar *baca: tidak berjalan sama sekali*.

Hal penting keempat ketika teknologi cdma keluar, dan gue merasa perlu menghemat tagihan gue untuk mengurangi biaya operasional. Lalu belilah gue satu paket murah handphone cdma dengan kartu esia-nya. And next thing I knew; I had to pay an *errrmm.. two!* enormous phone bills. =p

Hal penting kelima ketika gue merasa orang lain merendahkan gue karena fisik gue yang kurus. Dan ketika ada sebuah klub fitness bergengsi yang baru buka dengan berbagai promosinya, gue sekali lagi merelakan kartu kredit gue untuk digesek. Yah, walaupun gak ada perubahan yang signifikan *Noorman to Indonesia dictionary; “walaupun gak ada perubahan yang signifikan”, ketika keadaan tidak berubah, ketika keadaan mencapai titik nol lagi*, setidaknya gue telah menjadi member sebuah klub bergengsi dan menemukan banyak orang yang menyenangkan di sana. Dan yang paling penting, ternyata gue menemukan teman-teman baik gue yang sekarang, di sana.

Hal penting keempat dan seterusnya adalah di saat ada diskon di supermarket dan dept. store yang waktunya terbatas! Demi mendapatkan untung dari diskon tersebut, jadi kartu kredit pun layak digunakan.

Finally, look at me now; I have almost everything that any other boys in my age needs!

Errrrmmm….

So, all I necessary to advice is; keep on using those magic-slim-thumb-size cards guys! Cause you’ll never know when you’ll find yourself stuck on thinking of those discounts or new gadgets, or even one or more your enormous phone bills, which may cause you a headache, or even worse; an insomnia! And please stop thinking of those bills you have to pay from your card spending, just believe me and focus on this; what you want to buy *or already been bought*, is exactly what you need!

Dan sekarang gue bisa tersenyum dan berharap bank provider kartu kredit gue membaca postingan gue ini dan memberikan diskon pada bunga tagihan gue.

Whooaaaa! Look, how I really addicted to discounts….. =9

March 01, 2007

be a cat..

Saat gue lagi jenuh, tiba-tiba teringat lagi buku "Be A Cat" yang pernah gue baca semasa sekolah dulu. Seingat gue, pengarangnya berasal dari Korea. Buku yang tidak pernah gue temukan lagi. Anyway, sewaktu gue iseng mencari buku itu di Internet, gue menemukan banyak artikel mengenai filsafat menjadi kucing -Cat Philoshophy-. Dan yang paling lucu adalah ketika membandingkan kucing dan anjing.. Well, as a cat lover, is so damn funny for me...

And here they are;


Cat's motto: No matter what you've done wrong, always try to make it look as if the dog did it.
- Anonymous

A cat sleeping on your bed is a far more pleasant companion than a ninety-pound Labrador with bad breath. Furthermore, cats do not snore or break wind.
- H. Monger Burdock

A cat will sit washing his face within two inches of a dog in the most frantic state of barking rage, if the dog be chained.
- Carl van Vechten

A dog is a man's best friend. A cat is a cat's best friend.
- Robert J. Vogel

A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.
- William Kunstler

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.
- George Mikes

A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem.
- Jean Burden

Among animals, cats are the top-hatted, frock-coated statesmen going about their affairs at their own pace. Dogs are the peasants, dutifully plodding behind their leaders.
- Robert Stearns

Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
- Desmond Morris

Avoid dogs whenever you can. Remember...Cats are poetry in motion. Dogs are gibberish in neutral.
- Anonymous

Buy a dog a toy, and he'll play with it forever. Buy a cat a present, and it will play with the wrapper for 10 minutes.
- Anonymous

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.
- Jeff Valdez

Cats are the ultimate narcissists. You can tell this by all the time they spend on personal grooming. Dogs aren't like this. A dog's idea of personal grooming is to roll in a dead fish.
- James Gorman

Cats are to dogs what modern people are to the people we used to have. Cats are slimmer, cleaner, more attractive, disloyal, and lazy. Cats are irresponsible and recognize no authority, yet are completely dependent on others for their material needs. Cats cannot be made to do anything useful. Cats are mean for the fun of it. In fact, cats possess so many of the same qualities as some people (expensive girlfriends, for instance) that it's often hard to tell the people and the cats apart.
- P. J. O'Rourke

Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.
- Anonymous

Dogs come when they're called. Cats take a message and get back to you later.
- Mary Bly

Dogs have owners, cats have staff.
- Anonymous

Dogs tend to bravado. They're braggarts. In the great evolutionary drama, the dog is Sergeant Bilko, the cat is Rambo.
- James Gorman

Even the stupidest cat seems to know more than any dog.
- Eleanor Clark

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
- Winston Churchill

If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
- Alfred North Whitehead

If animals could speak the dog would be a blundering outspoken fellow, but the cat would have the rare grace of never saying a word too much.
- Mark Twain

In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.
- Dereke Bruce

The visionary chooses a cat; the man of concrete a dog. Hamlet must have kept a cat. Platonists, or cat lovers, include sailors, painters, poets, and pickpockets. Aristotelians, or dog lovers, include soldiers, football players, and burglars.
- Anonymous

There is one way in which cats differ from all other animals and that is in the effect they have on human beings.
- Patricia Dale-Green

Wouldn't You like someday
To put a curse on the whole race of dogs?
If so, I should say, Amen."
- Bernos de Gasztold

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals.
- George Mikes

You own a dog but you feed a cat.
- Jenny de Vries

A cat sees us as the dogs...A cat sees himself as the human.
- Anonymous

A dog is like a liberal, he wants to please everybody. A cat doesn't really need to know that everybody loves him.
- William Kunstler

By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.
- Barbara Holland

There is the little matter of disposal of droppings in which the cat is far ahead of its rivals. The dog is somehow thrilled by what he or any of his friends have produced, hates to leave it, adores smelling it, and sometimes eats it...The cat covers it up if he can...
- Paul Gallico

We have a theory that cats are planning to take over the world, just try to look them straight in the eye...yup, they're hiding something!
- Dog Fancy


February 27, 2007

Love comes when it is least expected ...

Gue lagi gak ngarep punya pacar nih, biar gue justru dapet pacar”, ucap gue ke salah satu teman gay, yang-sudah-kenal-lama-tapi-tidak-pernah-ketemu-karena-dia-dulu-kuliah-di- Australia, gue di Yahoo! Messenger. Karena sehari sebelumnya dia mengatakan kalau cinta jangan diharapkan, nanti malah tidak kunjung datang. Jadi gue sekarang berusaha untuk mencari kesibukan dan melupakan masalah lovelife.

Tapi memang teori hanya bisa dibuktikan sebatas teori, giliran ingin mempraktekkan, cuma bisa gigit jari sambil memutar otak mencari pembenaran. “God is a comedian”, gue tidak tahu di mana gue menemukan frase itu, tapi kalau dipikir-pikir itu memang terjadi. Tuhan itu memang lucu. Ketika umatnya melakukan kesalahan, maka dia akan dihukum. Ketika umatnya ingin berbuat kebaikan, maka berbagai godaan akan ditempa pada dirinya. Dan ketika umatnya berhasil mengabaikan semua godaan, maka dia akan diberikan cobaan. Jadi intinya Tuhan memang senang bermain-main dengan kita. Positifnya, ketika kita berada dalam salah satu posisi itu, artinya Tuhan sedang memperhatikan kita dan sedang bermain-main dengan kita, walaupun kalau kita lengah, resikonya tetap Neraka. *glek!*

Gue teringat awal tahun lalu, ketika akhirnya gue bisa menyukai seorang perempuan yang dulu pernah menjadi cecepe –curi-curi pandang- gue di kampus. Well, saat itu gue memang masih labil dan belum memiliki orientasi sex yang jelas –sampai sekarang.. hihi-. Gue dekat dengan dia dari akhir tahun 2005 sampai kemudian di bulan Januari 2006, gue dan dia bisa dibilang sebagai pasangan. Saat itu tidak terlintas di pikiran gue akan orang lain, apalagi pria lain. Hanya dia yang gue suka, yang gue gilai. Dan gue bahkan sempat merasa kalau gue akhirnya sukses menjadi seorang straight. Sampai akhirnya ketika gue mengundang dia ke acara pernikahan kakak gue, dia terlihat begitu cantik buat gue, tapi tidak untuk orang tua gue. Nyokap gue dengan cueknya bilang kalau dia aneh, begitu juga dengan bokap, dan yang lebih menyebalkan lagi, nenek gue pun ikut berkomentar! Dan gue cuma bisa protes di dalam hati;

It’s none of your business! Can’t you see that your little-gay-boy has finally found his soulmate in a girl body?!

Tapi bencong tetap bencong, dan bencong anti di kritik. Dan karena gue bukan bencong –gay jantan tauu!- gue pun kena dikritik. Gue mulai menjauhkan diri secara teratur dari perempuan itu dengan bilang kalau gue gay. =p

Kemudian gue pun bingung dan semakin tersesat. Karena gue ingin menjadi straight demi orang tua gue, demi membahagiakan mereka. Kalau mereka tidak menyukai perempuan pilihan gue, lalu untuk apa?

Gue terus berada dalam kebingungan, until one day I heard God saying –well, I thought that I heard God saying-;

You’re a gay, so be one! Find a man! Don’t try to find a girl, because you will only going to hurt her!”.

Dan seketika itu gue setuju, dan baru sekarang menyadari kalau yang mengatakan itu ke gue wasn’t God, instead of the devil himself, the devil inside me! Dan saat itu memang gue sedang digoda oleh Tuhan dengan membiarkan iblis masuk ke dalam diri gue. And I failed!

Sudah gagal, balik lagi jadi gay, tapi masih tetap menjomblo! Karena kesal, gue berhenti berdoa! Alih-alih menjadi bahagia, gue malah dihukum dengan diberikan berbagai musibah; dimulai dari bertengkar dengan orang tua, kecelakaan mobil, sampai akhirnya tetap tidak jadi diberikan pacar. Maaaak!

Tapi seperti gue bilang, saat-saat seperti ini justru berarti Tuhan sedang memperhatikan kita dan sayang pada kita, karena walaupun telah menghukum gue, pada saat yang bersamaan, Tuhan memberikan gue hadiah yang teramat berarti; a new damn fancy job!. Yeap, setelah sukses menggoda gue dan membuat gue kalah, akhirnya Tuhan ingin menghibur gue dengan memberikan gue kerjaan baru di perusahaan yang jauh lebih baik dari perusahaan gue sekarang.

Dear God, how couldn’t I have faith on you, when you’re always being so nice to me like this! I love you, and I do believe in your miracles. In spite of my gayness, laziness, and other negative-ness, You are always be my shelter, a place to send my prays and to give response on my prays. “ =))

Jadi rasanya gue harus puas dengan apa yang telah gue dapatkan, dan memaintainnya supaya bisa menjadi lebih baik lagi. I really couldn’t ask for more, except for one thing;

WHEN CAN I HAVE THAT MATURE-INDEPENDENT-CARING-CUTE-SEXY-ASSED BOYFRIEND? PLEAAAAAAAASE!!!!!

And God might answer;

Don’t expect too much of it, you lousy-gay-boy! We’re still on the game.. HAHA!

I love You, God….
I apologize if I ever blame you as the cause of all my miseries.

February 22, 2007

Everything that has been started, has to be ended

Sebagai manusia, kita tidak boleh mengeluh dengan mempertanyakan dosa apa yang pernah kita perbuat sampai harus mengalami semua musibah ini. Dan gue sangat setuju dengan hal itu, karena sebagai manusia kita tidak akan pernah luput dari dosa, walaupun dosa itu begitu kecil sampai kita tidak merasa telah melakukannya. Tapi, sekecil apa pun dosa itu, jangan pikir akibatnya juga akan sekecil dosanya. Karena sebagai makhluk sosial, hal kecil apapun yang kita perbuat, pasti akan berdampak pada lingkungan sekitar kita, dan itu bisa jauh lebih besar dari yang kita bisa bayangkan.

Tapi sebagai gay, gue rasa boleh donk sedikit bertanya, kenapa gue bisa jadi seperti ini? kenapa hidup gue menjadi serumit ini? DOSA APA?

Menjadi gay adalah dosa, itu gue tahu. Tapi dosa apa yang telah gue perbuat sehingga gue harus menjalani hidup sebagai gay? Apa itu adalah akibat dari sesuatu yang gue perbuat di kehidupan sebelumnya? Tapi teori reinkarnasi itu sudah jelas ditolak oleh agama yang gue anut. Jadi salah teorinya, atau memang salah agamanya? Tentu saja gue lebih percaya kalau itu adalah salah teorinya, karena gue sangat meyakini agama yang gue anut.

Tapi tetap, gue percaya apa yang terjadi pada diri gue ini adalah sebuah akibat dari suatu sebab di masa lalu, seperti kata pepatah barat; Everything happens for (at least) a reason.

Gue ingat kalau gue pernah posting blog sebelum ini, tentang menelaah sebab musabab gue menjadi gay, kalau gue baca sekali lagi, secara implisit gue telah menyalahkan orang tua gue di dalam postingan gue itu. Well, I did, and I still do! Walaupun kini semua hal yang gue lakukan adalah berdasarkan keputusan yang gue ambil dan harus gue pertanggungjawabkan, tapi tetap saja gue punya dasar moral sebelum memutuskan semua hal itu. Termasuk menjadi gay! Dan termasuk apa yang akan gue perbuat mulai sekarang dan di masa depan.

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Setelah seminggu lebih gue mengalami pertengkaran dengan kedua orang tua gue, dan berarti telah seminggu lebih juga sejak mobil gue mengalami kecelakaan (yang gue percaya sebagai hukuman gue karena telah berani melawan kedua orang tua gue), hidup gue terasa lebih tenang, walaupun mood gue tetap naik turun karena merasa kehilangan.

Biar tersambar petir kalau gue bohong bahwa gue sangat menyayangi mereka. Mereka, yang telah membawa gue ke dunia, yang telah membesarkan gue, dan menjadikan gue seperti yang sekarang ini, kini telah memasuki usia lanjut. Dan gue juga tahu kalau kini adalah kewajiban gue untuk menjaga mereka di tengah ketidakberdayaan mereka.

Tapi, memang benar apa kata sahabat gue; orang tua dengan anaknya itu bagaikan langit dengan bumi. Bahasanya juga sudah beda dan tidak pernah bisa langsung sepaham. Gue bilang A, mereka membacanya B, C, atau bahkan D. Gue bertindak A, mereka menanggapinya dengan B, C, atau juga D. Dan gue juga tidak menyangkal kalau hal itu juga berlaku sebaliknya. Lalu gimana cara mengatasinya? Sebenarnya tidak perlu susah-susah, ada hal yang namanya affection, love, dan empathy yang secara natural akan tumbuh di dalam sebuah keluarga. Jadi di saat semuanya sudah tidak bisa berkata-kata, maka tiga hal itu lah yang akan berbicara. Pertanyaan selanjutnya, mungkin tidak ketiga hal tersebut tidak terdapat di sebuah keluarga? Well, all I can say is; nothing is impossible!! And it is happening in my family.

Entah apa, entah kapan, ketiga hal itu tertahan pertumbuhannya. Bisa jadi sudah tertahan dari saat kedua orang tua gue memutuskan untuk menikah. Sebagai anak gue tidak pernah tahu apa pertimbangan mereka untuk menikah, dan sebagai orang tua, mereka juga tidak akan sejujur itu mengatakan segalanya (orang tua juga manusia yang tidak luput dari kesalahan dan masa lalu). Akibatnya, masing-masing anggota keluarga gue menjalani hidup berdasarkan asas kewajiban. Mulai dari kewajiban suami atas istri, kewajiban istri atas suami, kewajiban anak atas orang tua, dan kewajiban orang tua atas anak. Hal inilah yang kemudian berdampak menjadi kejenuhan dalam keluarga, kehilangan kehangatan, dan yang paling parah kehilangan rasa saling percaya.

Ini yang terjadi beberapa tahun belakangan ini, setelah beberapa tahun sebelumnya keluarga gue bertahan di tengah krisis. Namun setelah memaksakan untuk bertahan, yang terjadi malah semakin parah.

Tadi pagi, gue mendapat telepon dari bokap gue yang menyampaikan kalau nyokap mau bicara, tapi berhubung gue lagi di tengah jalan dan berada di dalam satu mobil dengan klien, akhirnya gue minta bokap untuk hold dulu, dan nanti akan gue telepon kalau urusan kantor gue telah selesai. Gue tidak tahu dengan bahasa apa bokap gue menyampaikan pesan ini kepada nyokap, sampai akhirnya gue pun mendapatkan sebuah pesan singkat dari nyokap di handphone gue yang isinya panjang dan menyakitkan. Intinya nyokap melarang gue untuk nelepon balik dan mengatakan kalau gue munafik dan tidak sayang dia, ditambah mengingatkan gue akan hukuman dari Tuhan atas gue yang telah bersikap tidak tahu diri (di mata mereka).

Masih beruntung gue bisa menahan emosi dan air mata di depan klien (I’m well trained for this, I have the great fake corporate smile, apalagi setelah gue banyak bergaul dengan sahabat-sahabat gue yang sarcasm tapi sekaligus menjadikan gue lebih tegar), walaupun gue tidak bisa menahan diri untuk termenung dan mengurutkan kehidupan gue mulai dari gue kecil (sebatas yang bisa gue ingat) sampai sekarang. Tentunya gue juga merenungkan andil kedua orang tua gue yang bisa menyebabkan semua keadaan, baik yang di keluarga maupun di diri gue menjadi seperti ini. Akhirnya sebuah sms balasan yang lebih menyakitkan pun siap gue kirim, yang isinya adalah garis besar dari apa yang gue rasakan selama ini terhadap mereka, dan apa yang mereka tidak pernah pedulikan terjadi pada diri gue.

Tapi gue tertahan, dan memutuskan untuk memforward sms dari nyokap itu ke beberapa sahabat gue yang selalu gue andalkan. Mulai dari sahabat gue yang sarcasm, sampai sahabat gue yang sentimentil. Dari reply mereka, kurang lebih isinya sama; gue harus mengerti keadaan orang tua gue yang telah lanjut usia, dan gue harus lebih banyak berdoa daripada melakukan hal-hal bodoh untuk melampiaskan kekesalan gue. Akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk menyimpan balasan itu sebagai draft untuk sementara.

Gue pun terus berpikir dan berusaha mencerna semuanya dengan akal jernih (sedikit keruh), sampai akhirnya pada sebuah kesimpulan; gue jenuh dan gue tidak mau ambil pusing lagi. Gue juga tidak mau menyakiti perasaan mereka tapi gue juga tidak mau mengalami sebaliknya. Jadi, keputusan yang harus diambil adalah gue harus pergi. Gue tidak merasa perlu membalas sms dari nyokap lagi, yang gue harus lakukan adalah pergi dengan justifikasi yang jelas terhadap diri sendiri dan bersiap-siap untuk semua kemungkinan terburuk, seperti yang telah diingatkan oleh nyokap di sms-nya.
Satu hal yang lucu, walaupun gue pergi ternyata hidup gue tidak akan pernah bias benar-benar lepas dari andil mereka. Karena gue tahu, di saat gue melangkah pergi, gue sudah terhitung sebagai anak durhaka, dan akan diazab oleh Tuhan. Tapi yang lucu itu adalah mereka telah menjalani satu siklus penuh untuk kehidupan gue; melahirkan, membesarkan, dan kemudian menghancurkan. Jadi, kesimpulan gue tentang apa bedanya Tuhan dengan orang tua adalah; orang tua itu kasat mata. =p

Satu hal lagi yang ironis, gue mulai mensyukuri hal ini terjadi pada diri gue karena tidak semua orang berkesempatan mengalami apa yang gue alami, dan ini menjadikan gue merasa spesial di mata Tuhan yang telah menempatkan gue pada keadaan gue sekarang.

Intinya adalah gue tinggal merubah sudut pandang hidup gue, dan menjadikannya lebih baik, di luar apakah itu dosa atau tidak.

Pesan yang ingin gue sampaikan untuk orang tua gue adalah; kalau mereka ingin hidup gue hancur, memang sebaiknya begitu, karena gue juga tidak akan siap untuk menjalani hidup sendirian sebagai gay di masa tua nanti, apalagi tidak punya anak untuk disalah-salahkan.

Sayonara!

February 16, 2007

It has never been easy being a looser…

Walaupun gue sudah bertekad untuk tidak menangis lagi, tapi akhirnya gue menyerah. Menjalani hidup dengan orientasi sex yang tidak pernah jelas, menjadi pecundang di keluarga, menjadi pecundang di kantor, dan pada akhirnya menjadi pecundang di antara sahabat-sahabat gue sendiri.

Dan kini, mobil gue hancur karena kecelakaan, lamaran kerjaan gue belum difollow up lagi, kondisi badan gue menurun, dan gue tidak berani membayangkan hal yang lebih parah lagi yang bisa terjadi pada diri gue.

Di sisi lain gue harus bersyukur karena gue tidak akan merasakan susahnya mobil rusak, kalau gue tidak punya mobil. Gue juga tidak akan merasakan beratnya jadi pecundang di kantor kalau gue tidak punya kerjaan, lagian gue bukan pecundang dalam hal kerjaan, tapi lebih banyak merasa diremehkan, dinomorduakan, hanya karena gue tidak pernah protes dan terus menerima. Gue juga tidak akan merasakan sedihnya jadi pecundang di antara sahabat-sahabat gue, kalau gue tidak punya sahabat. Tapi yang paling berat adalah menjadi pecundang di dalam keluarga. Menjadi seseorang yang kurang berarti di antara kakak-kakak gue. Itulah kenapa gue justru lebih banyak 'jaim' di tengah-tengah keluarga sendiri, dibandingkan dengan saat gue berkumpul dengan orang lain.

Sampai saat ini gue terus diam, menyimpannya sendiri dan kemudian melupakannya. Kebiasaan ini sudah timbul sejak gue masih duduk di bangku sekolah dasar, di saat gue menjadi bahan olok-olokan teman-teman gue. Saat itu gue tidak tahu kemana harus berlindung, sementara keluarga gue hanya bisa menasehati gue untuk bertahan, dan sejak saat itu gue mulai terbiasa untuk tidak mempedulikan pendapat orang lain tentang diri gue.

Tapi ada saatnya, ketika semua musibah datang secara bertubi-tubi, sampai gue akhirnya harus melepaskan topeng gue, topeng yang selama ini selalu membuat gue terlihat bahagia, topeng yang membuat gue terlihat tidak peduli. Saat semua tragedi telah menyesakan dada, menenggelamkan gue, membuat gue tersesat, gue harus membuka topeng itu supaya gue bisa bernapas lebih leluasa dan memperlihatkan wajah asli gue.

Dan gue tidak pernah tahu, mana yang lebih gue suka; berada di balik topeng, atau menjadi diri gue yang sebenarnya?!

Salah satu sahabat gue pernah bilang, kalau semua musibah yang menimpa gue ini adalah sebuah tantangan buat gue untuk lebih tegar, supaya gue tidak menjadi 'drama-queen' lagi. Walaupun dia telat mengatakan hal itu pada gue *karena gue memang sudah bertekad untuk tidak menjadi drama-queen lagi, dan mulai menghadapi semua kenyataan manis dan pahit yang ada di depan gue; dan itu semua sudah gue mulai dengan mengganti profile gue di 'Friendster'*, tapi gue tetap merasa tertampar.

Topeng inilah yang membuat gue menjadi drama-queen. Karena untuk tetap terlihat bahagia, gue harus mengeluarkan semua beban melalui lubang kecil, lubang kecil inilah yang membuat gue terlihat seperti drama-queen, di saat gue bercerita tentang masalah gue, sementara gue selalu terlihat 'lebih beruntung' dari orang lain. Tapi apakah bisa menjamin gue tidak akan jadi drama-queen lagi, kalau gue dari awal tidak pernah mengenakan topeng ini. Apakah menjamin kalau gue akan tetap bisa mempertahankan semua yang gue dapatkan sekarang berkat topeng ini. Tapi apakah memang semua itu pantas untuk dipertahankan, di saat gue mendapatkannya dengan kepalsuan gue? Sampai kapan gue bisa bertahan untuk tetap tersenyum, sementara hati gue sudah tidak berbentuk lagi...

Demi Tuhan, bukannya gue tidak bersyukur; tapi gue hanya ingin hidup yang lebih baik dari ini. I know, that I'm worth for it!

Dan gue juga tahu kalau di luar sana, masih banyak orang yang memiliki beban hidup jauh lebih berat dari gue... Tapi mungkin setidaknya sebagian dari mereka tidak memerlukan topeng untuk tetap bertahan hidup.

January 25, 2007

I’m longing for a true friendship rather than a man to fuck with…

Gue telah menonton film ini sebanyak empat kali, dan malam ini telah menjadi yang kelima. Pearl Harbor. Walaupun bukan termasuk orang yang cengeng saat menyaksikan film-film drama sedih, mata gue selalu berkaca-kaca menjelang akhir dari film yang bercerita mengenai dua sahabat ini, Rafe dan Danny, yang selalu setia saling menjaga satu sama lainnya.

Selain aktor-aktor yang tampan (baca: menggemaskan =9..), daya tarik dari film ini adalah kisahnya yang begitu nyata bagi gue, membuat gue seakan-akan bisa memahami, menyelami, perasaan dari masing-masing tokoh yang ada di sana; termasuk Evelyn dan Red (saat meratapi kepergian Betty). Bila gue bisa bertemu langsung dengan penulis naskah ceritanya, mungkin akan langsung gue peluk dan gue akan berterima kasih padanya karena telah memberikan inspirasi dan jawaban dari pertanyaan gue selama ini; why am I gay?

Lahir pada tanggal 26 Oktober 1981, usia gue kini telah mencapai 25 tahun 3 bulan. Dan 7 tahun dari usia gue, telah gue jalani sebagai gay tanpa ada rasa ragu, walaupun gue selalu gagal menjalin hubungan yang serius (baca: lebih dari dua bulan). Keluarga, sahabat, rekan kerja, dan hampir semua orang yang pernah kenal dengan gue, tahu kalau gue adalah seorang gay. Beruntung, selama ini gue belum pernah bertemu langsung dengan orang yang membenci gay atau pun homophobia.

Dan setelah wajah-wajah berlalu, serta sex demi sex telah gue jalani dengan pria-pria yang juga mengalami disorientasi sex preference seperti gue, tetap ada satu rasa yang janggal yang bersanggah di kepala gue. Perasaan yang menolak diri gue sebagai gay. Lucunya, gue memiliki teman-teman yang telah yakin bahwa dirinya gay, tapi mereka justru takut kalau orang-orang disekeliling mereka tahu kalau mereka adalah gay. Kalau buat gue itu adalah pilihan; gue tidak mau membohongi diri gue dan orang-orang di sekeliling gue selama umur hidup gue! Tapi masalahnya justru gue tidak pernah yakin kalau gue adalah gay.

Salah satu mantan pacar pria gue pernah bilang bahwa dia tahu dari awal saat bertemu dengan gue kalau gue bukanlah seorang gay. Dan bila harus terpaksa membandingkan, bagi gue lebih mudah mendapatkan seorang wanita daripada pria. Dan justru di saat gue semakin nyaman dengan ke-gay-an gue, penolakan ini semakin kuat. Gue tidak ingin menghabiskan hidup gue sebagai gay, bukan saja karena gue tidak akan pernah berani memasuki liang lahat dalam keadaan seperti ini, tapi juga karena MUNGKIN gue memang bukan seorang gay, atau tidak ditakdirkan sebagai gay. Gue hanya harus memilih. Tidak asap kalau tidak ada api; dan gue pun berusaha untuk menganalisa sumber masalah yang bisa menimbulkan ketertarikan gue terhadap pria ini.

Masa kecil.

Entah karena pekerjaan atau hal lainnya, yang pasti kedua orang tua gue termasuk golongan orang yang suka berpindah-pindah rumah. Bahkan gue sempat berpikir kalau mungkin orang tua gue memiliki rahasia besar yaitu sebenarnya mereka adalah agen rahasia yang telah pensiun (efek nyata dari kebanyakan nonton film action fiktif).

Setelah lulus dari bangku TK, keluarga kami (baca: orang tua) memutuskan untuk pindah rumah ke lokasi yang tidak jauh dari rumah gue sebelumnya, namun cukup jauh untuk bisa bermain dengan teman-teman lama gue, terlalu jauh untuk bisa melempar-lempar batu ke setiap bus yang lewat di depan rumah dan mencari tempat bersembunyi bersama teman bila si kernet mengejar (masih TK tapi sudah jadi berandalan).

Dan gue pun harus rela berpisah dengan sahabat gue di kelas satu SD, Yano, ketika mereka sekali lagi memutuskan untuk pindah ke daerah selatan Jakarta. Dan begitu juga di tahun-tahun berikutnya ketika gue harus berpisah dengan sahabat-sahabat gue, ketika mereka memutuskan untuk memindahkan sekolah gue (beberapa kali ada yang atas permintaan gue), empat kali saat gue masih dibangku SD, dan dua kali saat gue berada di bangku SMP. Sederet nama seperti A, R, D, A, I, hanyalah tinggal sebuah nama di memori gue. Mungkin sebaiknya gue bahas mengenai hal ini di Masa remaja.

Kembali ke masa kecil gue yang cukup mebahagiakan, gue bisa membuktikan pada diri sendiri bahwa gue bukan gay; ciuman pertama gue dengan seorang wanita (baca: bocah perempuan) adalah saat gue berada di bangku TK. Entahlah, tapi yang pasti bukan karena gue pedophile atau hyper sex, bahkan gue baru mengerti sex (baca: tahu kalau untuk menghasilkan anak, sepasang suami istri tidak bisa hanya dengan tidur seranjang) saja ketika gue telah berada di bangku SMA. Naaaah, tidak heran kan kalau ternyata sampai sekarang pun gue masih lugu dalam beberapa hal. =p.

Intinya gue memiliki masa kecil yang bahagia yang tidak kekurangan sesuatu pun. Jadi apa mungkin gay itu diwariskan melalui gen? tunggu dulu! Kita belum sampai pada cerita masa remaja gue.


Masa remaja.

Setelah meninggalkan beberapa orang sahabat gue di bangku SD, ada satu orang yang sempat menjadi sahabat gue, N, teman yang bahkan sampai sekarang masih saling berhubungan walaupun sudah sangat tidak bisa untuk dibilang masih bersahabat.

Walaupun kami hanya sempat belajar di satu sekolah dari kelas 5 SD sampai pertengahan kelas 2 SMP, gue dan dia tetap berhubungan sampai akhirnya persahabatan kami rusak menjelang masuk bangku kuliah.

Tapi perlu dicatat, persahabatan kami sama seperti persahabatan orang lain, dan tidak menimbulkan rasa cinta. Dia hanyalah orang yang bisa gue ajak berbicara selama lebih dari satu jam di telepon, dan memiliki keinginan berpetualang yang sama.

Seingat gue, pertama kali sekali gue memiliki rasa tertarik terhadap pria (bukan sexually), adalah saat gue berada di bangku kelas 2 SMP, di Bogor. I, gue bahkan tidak mengenalnya dengan baik, dan dia selalu mengganggu gue dengan menjitak kepala gue ketika kita berpapasan di sudut-sudut sekolah. Dan dia hanya tersenyum, tapi cukup untuk membuat gue merasa telah mengenal dia dengan baik selama bertahun-tahun, dan merasakan apa yang dia rasakan, walaupun dia begitu misterius. Kami tidak pernah mengobrol, tapi yang kutahu dia tinggal di Gunung Putri (yang kini telah menjadi lokasi mistis bagi gue, you’ll find out why!), yang lumayan jauh dari Bogor, dan mengharuskan dia menggunakan bus antar kota untuk bisa mencapai sekolah.

Setahun berikutnya, gue kembali bisa mengklaim kalau diri gue bukanlah gay, karena gue jatuh cinta pada perempuan ini, A. Dia yang bisa membuat gue senyum-senyum sendiri di setiap kesempatan dan menjadi penggemar berat Dewa19. Tapi gue juga membuktikan kalau menjadi anak naïf di usia awal belasan sangatlah tidak menguntungkan. Apalagi kalau tidak mengerti mode dan masih percaya kalau merokok bisa menghantarkan kita ke tungku neraka. Astrid menolak gue! Sakit dua hari (muntah-muntah kayak orang hamil muda), dan membenci dia selama sebulan. Gue benar-benar tergila-gila padanya!

Dan ternyata bukan hanya itu saja penderitaan hidup gue di usia belia itu. Bokap gue dipergoki dan terbukti memiliki WIL, yang menyebabkan nyokap gue sangat tertekan. Dan ketika orang yang kita sayangi dan selalu berada di rumah untuk menanti kita pulang sekolah dan mendengarkan cerita tentang semua kejadian di sekolah mulai bertingkah di luar kebisaaannya, menjadi lebih kasar dan cengeng, pasti juga akan merubah pola hidup kita dan anggota keluarga lainnya. Kakak perempuan gue lebih memilih untuk berada di dekat teman-temannya dibandingkan dengan keluarga sendiri. Kakak laki-laki gue lebih banyak berada di kamar mendengarkan musik dan belajar. Sedangkan gue tetap berada di kamar dengan berurai air mata, ketakutan, frustrasi.

Keadaan itu terus berlanjut sampai akhirnya gue dan kedua orang tua gue kembali pindah ke Jakarta. Gue memasuki bangku SMA. Dan seperti pengalaman sebelumnya, karena kenaifan gue, gue selalu menjadi korban intimidasi teman –teman pria gue, dan ditambah lagi suasana di rumah yang tidak pernah ada kedamaian lebih dari sehari, gue bukan hanya tidak percaya diri untuk mencari pacar perempuan, tapi juga untuk sekedar memiliki teman pun gue sulit. Gue tidak pernah jalan-jalan sepulang dari sekolah sama seperti gue tidak berani mengajak teman gue bermain di rumah. Gue malu.

Lambat laun keberanian gue tumbuh dengan cara yang salah. Gue tidak menjadi dewasa, tapi memaksakan diri untuk menjadi dewasa. Dan buat gue dewasa pada waktu itu adalah punya cukup keberanian untuk memberontak. Memprotes keadaan. Kelas 2 SMA, gue mulai belajar merokok dan membeli film porno. N, sahabat gue juga mulai sibuk dengan teman-temannya walaupun masih memiliki waktu untuk mendengarkan keluh kesah gue di akhir minggu. Gue kesepian. Mencoba memiliki seorang pacar wanita tapi selalu gagal dan gue merasa kalau wanita-wanita itu hanya memanfaatkan gue saja! Sampai akhirnya gue menemukan teman baru, M, yang peduli dan mengerti keadaan gue. Dia yang membuat gue merasa aman dari gangguan teman lain. Namun dia bukanlah malaikat penjaga yang dikirim dari surga untuk menjaga gue, karena akhirnya dia lebih menyibukkan diri dengan ekskul yang dia pimpin dan teman-teman barunya yang jauh lebih menarik dari gue. Gue merasa kehilangan, dan mulai merindukan dirinya (cikal bakal gay).

Di saat yang sama gue juga memiliki teman sebangku yang selalu kompak dengan gue, T, gay. Dia adalah poros hidup gue, membuat gue melakukan apa yang menurutnya benar untuk dilakukan. Dialah sahabat baru gue! Tapi gue tetap straight (walaupun mulai ragu) dan dia benar-benar semata-mata sahabat gue.

Hari-hari berlalu dengan penuh siksaan, tekanan di rumah semakin menjadi-jadi, keributan antara kedua orang tua gue semakin tidak terkendali, mulai dari lempar-lemparan barang pecah belah sampai membanjiri kamar tidur dengan air. Gue bahkan pernah mencoba untuk bunuh diri sebanyak dua kali, entah berkah atau musibah, gue tetap selamat! Dan dengan semua perasaan yang bercampur aduk dan keadaan yang semakin tidak jelas, gue meyakinkan diri kalau gue adalah gay. Bukan hanya sekedar karena gue mulai merasakan ketidaknormalan dalam hidup gue, tapi juga karena gue ingin membalas perbuatan bokap gue. Dengan dukungan T, dan pembenaran diri atas perasaan gue terhadap I dan terhadap teman baru gue itu, gue mendeklarasikan diri gue sebagai gay pada dua orang sahabat gue lainnya, R dan S.

Singkat cerita, gue terus menjalani hidup sebagai gay sampai ke bangku kuliah, walupun gue sempat berpacaran cukup lama dengan seorang perempuan. Namun keadaan di rumah pun semakin parah dan membuat gue merasa bahwa saat itu adalah waktu yang tepat untuk menghukum bokap gue dengan mengakui ke gay an gue.

Tapiii, bukannya merasa bersalah, dia hanya membalikkan dan menceramahi gue. Dan lebih parahnya, yang menjadi korban justru nyokap gue yang terpaksa dirawat di rumah sakit karena serangan jantung.

Gue mulai kehilangan makna menjadi gay, tapi di saat yang sama, gue merasa bahwa itu adalah hidup yang harus gue jalani. Akhirnya gue memutuskan untuk membiarkan diri gue semakin terjerumus tanpa memikirkan apa yang akan terjadi di masa datang.


Masa sekarang.

Entah berapa pria yang telah gue tiduri, yang pasti gue tidak mungkin menyangkal bahwa sekarang gue memang tertarik secara sexual pada sesama jenis. Apalagi gue semakin nyaman dengan teman-teman yang baik dan mengerti keadaan gue. Gue mulai kehilangan kontrol dan batasan. Sampai akhirnya gue tidak berani lagi (baca: tidak berminat lagi) untuk menyentuh wanita.

Dan setiap kali ada teman yang bertanya apakah gue masih memiliki nafsu terhadap wanita, gue dengan mantap akan menjawab TIDAK! Padahal gue belum pernah menyentuh wanita, jadi bukannya tidak, tapi lebih tepat; tidak tahu dan tidak ingin tahu!

Kadang timbul kerinduan terhadap wanita, ingin merasakan mencintai wanita. Dan perasaan itu akan menjadi sangat kuat justru di saat gue sedang memiliki pacar pria. Gue menjadi merasa telah menyia-nyiakan waktu dengan pria itu. Gue ingin menghabiskan hidup gue dengan seorang wanita yang gue cintai dan anak-anak yang lucu dan berakhir di surga! Tapi hidup adalah pilihan antara benar dan salah, dan gue hanyalah manusia yang pasti tidak akan luput dari kesalahan, termasuk dalam memilih jalan hidup. Ya, gue memang tidak pernah menganggap hidup sebagi gay itu benar, tapi gue juga tidak akan menyangkal kalau gue telah memilih untuk menjalani hidup itu, setidaknya sampai hari ini.

Gue telah berjanji pada diri gue untuk berjuang melawan perasaan ini. Titik terang pun mulai terlihat, gue berhasil menemukan sumber masalahnya;

Gue selama ini kesepian dan hanya mencari sahabat yang bisa tulus mencintai dan selalu ada untuk gue. Dan itu terbukti ketika gue benar-benar mencintai seorang pria (dari gunung putri juga =p), saat itu gue bahkan tidak berpikir untuk tidur dengannya! Gue hanya senang dan nyaman ketika berada di dekatnya! Begitu juga dengan pria yang kini selalu menjadi sumber inspirasi dan tempat curahan hati buat gue. Tapi mungkin mereka tidak mengerti dan tidak seperti gue. Pandangan mereka akan relationship sesama jenis benar berbeda dari pandangan gue. Dan gue kembali kecewa dan merasa kesepian.

Selanjutnya gue jadi tahu bahwa menemukan sumber bukan berarti bisa mengatasi masalahnya! Tapi setidaknya gue akan mencoba dan terus mencari pria itu! Bukan untuk ditiduri, tapi seorang straight yang bisa menjadi sahabat dan membuat gue merasa nyaman menjalani hidup gue dan bisa melengkapi kekurangan gue. Sahabat yang membuat gue percaya diri untuk bisa bersama wanita yang mencintai gue. Sahabat yang setia dan menyayangi gue dengan tulus.

Bila perlu, bakal gue cari sampai ujung dunia. Hehehe. *diakhiri dengan hiperbola*