Doa-The Poem of The Human's Faith to the God

“A flower that wilt too fast…a cherry blossoms.”

Maybe that is the best thing in my mind that I can think to describe Chairil Anwar in my mind. Like Cherry blossoms, a beautiful flower in Japan…really similar, even to the point of the beauty. Cherry blossoms are beautiful, no one will deny that…but it blooms only for a short period of time, just three months at maximum.  But it decorates the spring, make people happy…attached to its beauty…even thought it wilt. People will always remember the cherry blossoms that decorate their days at the spring…no matter how short it blooms.

Chairil Anwar is the same. He died at a young age, at 28 years old. A short period of life but no one in Indonesia can forgot his name. He is eternal…. His poems decorates Indonesian’s heart and soul…make people feel the beauty and spirit that he present in his poems. Even though he died, Chairil Anwar will always be remembered by Indonesian…through the beauty of his poems.

One of his poem, entitled Doa present the beauty perfectly. In that poem the religion feeling that he put into the poem is so strong that even in just one glance to the poem we can feel it. We can feel that Chairil try to deliver his message that no matter what problems, what despair and hopelessness that come to us, it would be fine as long as we want to pray to God, because only in the God’s hands, there is an answer to all the problems that the humans have. This poem gives hope to keep believe in God, even though all the problems push out to the edge of the despair. 

To appreciate poem further, I will give the video that held the appreciation of the poem according to me and my group’s friends, I hope with see that video, we will know…how beautiful the poem…and how beautiful…the words behind Chairil Anwar’s poem that he presents to the world.

The Merapi Eruption “Let’s get away from it” vs “Just deal with it”

“Doesn’t’ it better for you when you come to Bandung immediately?”

That’s what Icha-a cousin of my friend in my boarding house said when she heard about the Merapi eruption. When Merapi erupted in late October 2010, there are many things happened at Yogyakarta. The pyroclastic flow, the earthquakes, the lava floods, the ash rains…all of that were just the small things that happened because of the eruption. It was undeniable that all of that were dangerous and could take hundreds of lives in a matter of seconds.

Second Chance part3

The sound of the alarm from the clock beside Woohyun woke the handsome man up from his deep slumber. He yawned and stretched himself for several moments before walked out from his bed and walked towards his desk at the bedroom and picked out a photo frame.

A photo of him and Seokyung that smiled happily in their school’s music room at their graduation day.

Their high school’s music room held so many sweet memories of him and Seokyung. There, both of them met each other for the first time. There, both of them spent so many times together. And there…was the place where they became lovers, the place where Woohyun confessed his love for Seokyung.

Second Chance part2

Dark…

Where was he? Why he couldn’t see anything? What happened here?

Woohyun looked around warily when he realized that he was in a strange, dark place now. The place where he was stood now was so dark, to the point that he couldn’t see anything at all. He didn’t know why, but this darkness made him uneasy, made him…scared.

Suddenly Woohyun saw a light in front of him. Without another thought, the handsome black haired man ran towards the light, felt satisfied and relieved that at least there was a place where he could see a light. He didn’t need a long time to arrive at the light that he saw and when he arrived there, Woohyun immediately froze.

He saw a girl, a cute girl to be exact. The cute girl has tiny eyes, chubby cheeks, dark brown hair that flowed down her shoulder, and white fair skin that made her looked so beautiful and perfect. For Woohyun, he really felt that he saw angel in front of him. The girl sat at the white snowy ground, stared to something unknown in front of her.

And Woohyun knew...

Winter Promise

Suasana musim dingin sangat terasa di malam yang sunyi itu. Salju berjatuhan dari langit malam yang gelap. Butir-butir salju itu seolah-olah berdansa dengan lembut saat mereka berjatuhan dari langit, diterbangkan oleh angin yang berhembus dari waktu ke waktu. Alunan musik lembut terdengar di dalam café yang didominasi warna putih itu. Seorang gadis berambut hitam pendek dengan pita berwarna putih yang menghiasi rambutnya duduk di sebuah kursi di sudut café itu. Matanya mengamati orang-orang yang berlalu lalang dari balik jendela kaca besar yang memisahkan dirinya yang berada di dalam café dengan orang-orang yang berada di luar café itu. Sebuah senyum lembut tersungging di bibirnya saat dia melihat beberapa pasangan kekasih yang saling berpelukan atau sekedar bergandengan tangan di luar café itu, mengingat kalau sebentar lagi dia juga akan merasakan perasaan yang sekilas kedengaran tidak berarti tapi begitu membahagiakan…perasaan bahagia karena bisa bersama dengan seseorang yang sudah tidak ditemuinya selama beberapa waktu. 

Suasana musim dingin empat tahun yang lalu adalah suasana yang sangat meresahkan untuknya. Saat itu dia selalu bertanya kenapa dia bisa melakukan hal seperti ini? Kenapa dia…ingin menunggu kedatangan lelaki itu kembali? Perasaan resah saat ditinggalkan bukanlah perasaan yang membahagiakan, apalagi sesuatu yang sangat ingin dia rasakan. Apa bagusnya ditinggalkan? Apa ada hal yang membahagiakan dari perasaan seseorang yang ditinggalkan? Tidak. Tidak ada yang menyenangkan. Tidak ada yang membahagiakan. Dan jelas…itu bukanlah perasaan yang ingin dia rasakan…apalagi untuk waktu selama empat tahun.