Seorang anak perempuan menyandarkan dirinya pada lengan ayahnya yang duduk di sampingnya. Empat orang teman yang duduk terpisah, tetap asik mengobrol. Petugas mondar-mandir mengantar penonton ke kursi, sesekali membawa kertas dengan daftar nama undangan dan goodie bag. Aku memerhatikan hal-hal yang biasa saja ketika ruangan itu masih remang. Satu hal…

I am quite bummed to admit that I mostly spend my 23 inside my mind. Having conversations with myself. Building up scenarios that end up not happening. Those two are actually my highlights as a 23-year-old. Isolating myself inside those fantasies made me learn that I need to get out…

A while ago, I scrolled my phone gallery to see whether I was living. Turns out, the photos that took up my space were downloaded pictures for a social media account of my 9–5 job. I barely see personal memories between those photos. Not even selfies nor silly screenshots from…

i don’t just remember a name i remember habits, rituals, and favourites he liked folding origamis into frogs and flowers floral bed sheets and the stormtrooper sticker on the wall are posters of galaxy-related matters that mattered to him, the milkyway — just the space, he didn’t like the chocolate bar…

No one left, but nothing was right. There was no point of return. He said something that she couldn’t unhear: “You need to stop blaming me. This is all you.” She felt like she has been catching breaths in a confined coffin for months. It was the kind of death…

I was used to racing my grades to the top, just like Lightning McQueen — from “Cars” — racing his way to the podium. My academic grades were my core identity. Thus, I raced for trophies during my school years. Until my figurative tires got tired — I was no…

Robert Johnson melakukan transaksi mistis agar kemampuan bermusiknya meningkat. (Ada dokumenternya di Netflix–aku sudah nonton dan ternyata aku masih ingat BANYAK) Ia menciptakan lagu berjudul ‘Crossroads’. Lagu itu kemudian banyak dimainkan oleh musisi lainnya, seperti Cream, John Mayer, dan lain-lain. Crossroads jadi nama festival musik dunia yang diinisiasi oleh Eric…