Basi sekali rasanya kalau-kalau aku perlu mengenalkan siapa dia di sini. Namanya telah tersohor di sana di sini, dalam negeri, luar negeri, di seluruh dunia! Setidak tahu-tidak tahunya orang akan siapa dia, sesedikitnya pernah lah orang itu dengar nama dia. Ismail Marzuki, komponis legendaris Indonesia. (Sumber: CNN Indonesia) Kenapa bisa kubilang sesedikitnya orang pasti pernah dengar namanya, sebab namanya diabadikan jadi tempat pusat kesenian di Jakarta; UPPK Taman Ismail Marzuki, atau sering juga dikenalnya dengan TIM. Kalau masih bingung biar kuberi tahu salah satunya: itu, tempatmu pergi melihat diorama-diorama galaksi dan seisinya di Planetarium, letaknya ada di Taman Ismail Marzuki. Tapi, sebetulnya bukan itu yang jadi pokok tulisanku di sini. Aku mau menuliskan bahwa akhir-akhir ini aku benar-benar merasa sedang dimabuk syair-syair romansanya Ismail Marzuki! Bah! Sungguh, kalau aku punya kesempatan untuk time traveling dan bertemu serta menghabiskan sehari d
August 23rd, 2019 10:17 PM It's funny, yet an irony how we often forget that letting go is also a part of life, a part of growing up. Letting go of everything: Maybe letting go of someone, Or letting go of memories, Letting go of our favorite things, Letting go of our dreams. And it is never an easy one to do — letting go of things. It's emotional, and even sometimes might feel like there's a part of us that go along with it, a part of us that leaving us. But, that is life. We've gotta learn to be able to endure and sincere. For the fact, the cycle of life is unwittingly also about letting go: One person died, another one has born. And after all, all we have to do is to learn to stand up again after all those things we have to let go of has finally gone. But we've gotta know that there's always gonna be another things that would replace what's already gone: There's always gonna be someone new,