hitomi no jyuunin
hitomi no jyuunin is one of my favorite song from l'arc~en~ciel. you can see the clip and hear the song in best songs in the world section. here is the lyric and the translation in english (the translation come first). i dedicate this song to my unreachable love since it is her favorite song too (i wish i could live in your eyes...).Artist: L'arc en Ciel Title: Hitomi no Jyuunin (In your Eyes) Words: Hyde Music: Tetsu I don't know how long... but it's been some time, how much do I really know about you? following the map with my fingertips isn't getting us anywhere, I see how it distresses you in your face, so much you try to conceal it. It's strange... how even as I run in circles as if resisting my advance to a busy future my heart still draws you. When I looked up, the radiance had filled the skywithout losing any of its lustre. If only we could be like that sun always shining. I want to be embraced in your scent... if just a little longerthe outside air pulls my collar, but I turned my back to it. my sighs blurring white in the air, inform me of the season. going through it again, a thought occurred to me, What am I doing here? I want to stay here watching you smile foreverI want to live each changing moment in your eyes, in that one scene forever colored in gentle huesto bring us close together, I want to stop time forever.I want to stay here watching you smile foreverI want to live each changing moment in your eyes, If one day I could bring you to a serene seasonto the flowers blooming in the sky like snowflakes. ...to the flowerskazoekirenai... demo sukoshi no saigetsu ha nagareittai kimi no koto wo dore kurai wakatteru no ka na? yubisaki de chizu tadoru you ni ha umaku ikanai ne kizuiteiru yo fuan sou na kao kakushiteru kurai isogiashi no ashita he to teikou suru you ni kakemawatteite mo fushigi na kurai... kono mune ha kimi wo egaku yomiagereba kagayaki ha iroasezu afureteita donna toki mo terashiteru ano taiyou no you ni nareta naramou sukoshi dake kimi no nioi ni... dakareteitai na soto no kuuki ni kubiwa wo hikare boku ha se wo muketa shiroku nijinda tameiki ni shirasareru toki wokuriokaeshinagara futo omou no sa... naze boku ha koko ni irun darou? soba ni ite zutto kimi no egao wo mitsumeteitai utsuriyuku shunkan wo sono hitomi ni sundeitai dokomademo odayaka na shikisai ni irodorareta hitotsu no fuukeiga no naka yorisou you ni toki wo tomete hoshii eien ni soba ni ite zutto kimi no egao wo mitsumeteitai utsuriyuku shunkan wo sono hitomi ni sundeitai itsunohika azayaka na kisetsu he to tsuredasetara yuki no you ni sora ni saku hana no moto he ... hana no moto he... (come on gandung...move on...move on....)
football fever!
oh yes i know that the world cup is already over with italy came out as the winner. but it was not the reason for me to write this article. this afternoon, when i was walking accross the casablanca street (dendie have a great humor about the name) to find my favorite internet cafe, i saw some kids playing football. they were not in the football field nor any field, they were playing it in the ex-building area between KH.Royani st. and Gado-gado Boplo.
Suddenly i remember when i was a kid, back in semarang. we had a field that we ussually use for fotball in the afternoon. but i was the worst kid in terms of football (actually i still do, that's why i always be a defender when i play football, because it doesn't need lots of skills. hahaha). i have no skill of football. al i know is hit the ball hardly and tackle your enemy (if needed, tackle their foot).
(kids of casablanca playing football)
but we had a (not very) nice field at semarang. but these kids, they don't have any filed to play. they play everywhere. since there's not much public area in jakarta. everywhere is buildings. and if you notice, they are kids from SES C/D family. kids from family with SES A/B will play football in (guess what???) playstation 2!! (just to remind you, playstaton 3 are coming).
those kids (i mean from SES C/D) are amazing. they can play with any tools but still they can enjoy it. they are not palying with plastic guns, they are playing with banana leaf-gun, but still they can make it fun. it's amazing how they use their imagination.
back to the football, the governor of DKI jakarta just brought down menteng stadium (home base of persija-jakarta football club in indonesian football league). he said that he will build city garden in ex menteng stadium. but the minister of sport is angry with that decision and he said that he will sew the governor to the court. what a mess in indonesia football!!!
how many football field in jakarta? it's around 36. but they can only use 16 field. i wonder, where will thoe kids play when we don't have any football field anymore. they can't play in the top of building right?
the street of casablanca
this story happened in the middle of 2004. from my side, this is a love story. a sacrifice of a man for his love (ok, don't take this too high). this memory keep staying in my mind after 2 years. whatever i try to make it gone, it doesn't work. it was all begun when i was in love with this girl. after one year full of strategy, i still can't get her. i really really fall in love with this girl. until i feel that i can do anything for her (it's proven actually). then, i was accepted to be an intern in DDB Indonesia. that mean i have to leave semarang and live in jakarta for 3 months. and i have to leave her. before i went to jakarta, she said that she'll be in jakarta, but she was keeping the reason secret. after i interviewed her best friend, i knew that she was going to jakarta for a scholarship interview. after she confessed it, i helped her with the administration from our university.
(street of casablanca)
after some weeks in jakarta, i get noticed that she'll come to jakarta for the interview. she came there by train with her friends, and have interview in WTC Building in Sudirman st. the company who interview her was metrodata. at noon, i contact her and asked her about the interview. she said that she's still waiting for the line. i had a training in Slipi area that time. after i finish the training, i called her again, and asked her where she stay. she said that she stay in KH. Royani st. in casablanca area just behind the WTC building. i didn't know where the heaven is that building, but i push myself to go there, whatever it takes. so after some confusing discussion about the way to go there, i decided that i'll get an ojek to drive me there.
just when i get jumped to ojek, the rain started to drop. i said to the ojek driver to hurry. but it was the heaviest rain i ever felt. even the ojek driver won't continue the ride. and he asked me to get another ojek driver. for my love, i would do anything, so i get another ojek driver to take me there, and guess what: the ojek driver didn't know where the heaven is KH Royani st! so he circled me around casabalnca until finally he found it. when i arrived, i just like i swimmed with my clothes on. entirely fully coldy wet! but it was OK compared with my feeling of seeing her.
we had a great conversation that night. the greatest conversation i ever been. she told me about the interview, and i gave her courage and motivation. then that night, i company her to gambir train station. we were jumped into this green-orange cab called koperasi taxi, and continue our great
conversation on the cab. i still remember that i company her to find a public telephoe to called her uncle, and back again (after get into peron) just to bought mineral water. then when her train started to run, i just standing like statue and watched it disappear. suddenly an sms came in. it was from her. she said " thx for company me. don't forget to eat. becarefull". my heart really floating that time.
even it's only for a couple hours, i feel that it was the best moment in my life. it was the best moment between me and her. unfortunatelly, she was not accepted my love. she was't love me. but to me she's stiil everything in this life. i still can remember every detail of the moment when we were together. i still remember the casabalnca street, i still remember making project concept until late at night, i still remember company her to get some data, i still remember everything.
it's been 3 years now since i start falling in love with her, but i still can't move on with my life, forget her, and start a new page of my life. everytime i try to do it, the memories of her pull me back again. i'm wondering why. even i still dreaming about her. even i'm planning to back home when she has her final exam next week.
GOD, if she's really for me, please make this long and winding road clear. but if she's not for me please make me move on with my life. to you GOD, i give my live...
one day she'll love me
sting is my favorite musician. his music and lyric are so brilliant. yesterday i bought a sting mp3 cd and i found this song. the song called one day she'll love me, duet with shawn colvin. this song is reminds me with someone...from the past...(GOD, please heal me from this desease)
I'd never imagined before
That the world could be turned on it's head
I'd never have thought
To be here in this place
I'd never have dreamt that in love
I'd be lost and so easily led
I guess I was caught
By that hint of a smile on her face
I thought I was happy
When my life was as easy as pie
But that was the past
Of an ignorant youth
I'm falling in love with the girl
But I'm forced to be living a lie
And she'd never love mew d
If she knew the truth Is it asking too much
If I pray for a miracle, miracle
That one day she'll love me
One day she'll say I care
Although he's changing day by day
He finds these tender words of love
Impossible to say
He walks in the room
And I'm never quite sure
If he's trying to be somebody else
I'm liking him better that he's
Not his arrogant self
Perhaps
I'm expecting too much
Of a miracle, miracle
One day he'll love mew d
One day he'll say I love you
And I will love him until I die
Distant Star Cast your light
On my life
And one by one
I didn't anticipate feeling the power of love
In this way
And day by dayw d
We've never been closer than this
And I find myself daring to pray
We'll find these tender ways of love
Impossible to disobeyw d
One day she'll love me
One day he'll say I love you
And I will love her
Until the moment
Our hearts stop beating
And we are light
bajaj, only GOD knows why...
do you know bajaj? everybody know bajaj! it's a common public transportation in jakarta. with its creepy sound and three wheels, they are in every places in this city.
bajaj actually comes from india. and actually the right manner to say it is bajaj not bayjay. bajaj have orange color and it speed maybe only 50 km/hour. but they are the most favorite public transportation in jakarta. event they make air and sound pollution.
the government of jakarta itself has forbid bajaj in this city and want to replace them with kancil, modern three wheels vehicle runned with LPG. but the bajaj owner pretested it, and until now there's no solution for it.
do you know why people said that bajaj is the only one vehicle that loved by GOD? it's because only GOD knows when it gonna turn left or right....
there's something happen on the way to heaven...
(pasific ring of fire map)
the title above is one of my favorite song by phil collins. no, it does't have any connection with the article i'm going to write. but yes, there's something happen now on earth, or at least in indonesia.
it's all begin when earthquake and tsunami hit aceh at desember 2004. and then merapi was erupted in yogya and in the same time there was an earthquake there. and in this month otself we have 3-4 earthquake in 3 different places in indonesia. what the heaven is goin' on here?
you know that indonesia is in part of pasific ring of fire right? and this pasrt is the most unstable place in the world. it always moving in 5 cm per year. can you imagine? (oh yeah my turtle is faster than that)
but it's getting worse lately. 4 earthquake and 1 tsunami in the last 2 months? that's too much man. i'm telling you, the worse is yet to come. yes let's prepare for the worse.
and remember it's not only hapen in indonesia. united state was hit by katrina last year. than we have big flood also in (if i'm not mistake) in china. flood in the middle of summer?
the earth is changing man. maybe we will have a new climate. or some case that happened with the dinosour will happen again to us. afraid? let's pray...
about gandung
gandung was born in semarang, a capital city of central java, indonesia, at 17th june 1982. in 1988 he had a near death experience when he got a dengue fever. maybe that's why his parents always overprotecting him (GOD!)
he studied in the best high school in semarang, SMU 3, in 1997. he completed his high school in 2000. in that year also he continue his study in Universitas Diponegoro, semarang. and in that place, he found the best organization that he ever met: AIESEC!
He was active in AIESEC from september 2000 until may 2006. the last position he hold in AIESEC was National Support Team for Branding.
now, he work in advertising agency called Exigo Marketing Communication & Sales Solution.
jakarta....the indonesian city of dream
it's been 2 and a half months, and i still can't adapt myself in this big big city of jakarta. jakarta for indonesian is a view to the world. everything that related to modern, power, huge development, and especially work, it always be jakarta. if you ask everyone in indonesia "where will you gonna work someday?" the most possible answer is: jakarta! yes, for indonesian, jakarta is also a city of dream. everyone want to get their dreams in here. well it is a realistric answer. since indonesia is a centralized country. for example, if you want to work in big company, you have to go first to jakarta, then they will allocate you to branches in every cities. you can't straight apply to their branches at other city. well, you can, but it will be a very small position. and you can't expect so much for your career.
back to me again, like i said before, i still can't adapt with this city. i don't know why. for me, jakarta is not a home. it is very polluted city (if you meet me, you can see what pollution have done to my face), and the people are not...how do i say this...not sensitive with life maybe? well people in here are always running out of time. they spend their life on the street (the worst traffic jam i ever met!!!), so we don't have time to socialized with other. or maybe it just me...hahaha...
sunday with gandung
sunday with gandung will be a super duper lazy day. like this day, and many usual sunday, i strat the day with opening my eyes around 5.30 in the morning. and then....i close it again until 8.00 in the morning. after i have my television on, and see no cartoon in it, i close my eyes again, this time until 12.00. hmm....i guess you already feel the lazyness here.
after 12.00 i get up and take a bath, cleaning my room and wash my cloths. it will finish around 3.00 in the afternoon, then...guess what...yup you're right!! another "close my eyes" event!! yippie!!
wake up at 18.00 than take a shower. have a dinner at warung...find an internet cafe and...ta da....here i am dude!
the next thing i want to do to finish my sunday is...watch television until late at night, realize that i'll be late if i'm not going to sleep right away...than...try to get some sleep. but because i've already take a good sleep all day long...i can't sleep anymore...damn! i should change my habit!!
introducing....gandung.nomadlife.org
introducing....my first article in blogger. why did i join blogger? hmm...let say that i get bored with friendster's blog. and then one of my best friend...tisa a.k.a tisyonk have a beautiful blog account at blogger. so...it was tempting me to move here. and than...you know it by yourself....so what i'm going to write in this blog. well first of all..i will write all my articles in english. not that i don't like to use bahasa (now i wonder why all bule call our language "bahasa". cause bahasa means languange, not bahasa indonesia), i just want to practicing my english. that's all. hehe..so if you find some wrong grammar or vocab, just come and kick me, ok?
second, i'll fill this blog with my everyday life experience, though, poet (i like it), and some other cool stuff. just wait and see.
if you want to add some comment, please do so....
enjoy the blog...
(this person was responsible for my move to blogger)
