The nite was over here yet dawn. I’ve tried to walk to find another garden. Another mahogany bench to sit at. Another lonely lake reflecting full moon face and sink my burden. Same purpose with better circumstances. Then I found it here. My new serenely garden.

Because I believe
That after were gone
The spirit carries on
(Dream Theater, Spirit Carries On)

Behind the cold stiff gray stone, we may expect nothing than we are being very useless. Would we suffer our self for thousand of thought if we’ve already lied paralyzed in graveyard?

I’ll be alrite then, don’t worry bout me.
I hope life is going reverse.

Time is remaining nothing except several nodes. Life is too short. Path we’ve taken, direction we’ve chosen, if u’re growing old u will remember the entire things behind u instead of what laying ahead.

Death is the beginning. The road to eternity. Realize however it is a loyal and serious friend who stays to remind us.

Nowaday, when the crowd and thousand of colors has trap u in insanity, have u ever thinking how u will be so lonely then?

Yeah, but without a beginning, an end is nothing.
And life is go on and everything is so waste.

When the Time comes, the weather will be absolute gray. The bird sings a gloomy symphony. Trees are cold till the root. Leaves are brown. Clock is stop.

The holy soil which we’re forgetting all the time when we’d walked on it will be all the warmest and nicest place to stay. Is it? Or it will change to opposite. The soil and root and worm will eat us slowly to the bone and won’t stop. Then u feel so terrible sorry. U get all images of sin and cry and dry dancing behind you. Shout on you. Where does everybody? When it will end? And then u’ll cry. And then u’ll beg. But it’s too late.

And now, u’re still reading this. Still breathing and ur blood is flowing. Will u see the bright road? Relax, maybe it wont come to u in a rush. But, if someday u see that, if suddenly u find it, when the Time comes, I hope u won’t fear. U won’t be regretful.

Have a very well journey.

OI..OI..OI.. Skate Punk Rockerzzz!!
NOFX bakal maen ke Indonesia. Dalam rangka NOFX Asian Tour. Dan nggak tanggung-tanggung, dua kota disamperin sekaligus : Jakarta dan Bali. Habis maen dari Singapore, NOFX ke Jakarta trus ke Bali.

Untuk di Jakarta, tiket lumayan terjangkau kok, karena venue rencana di PRJ yang bisa nampung ribuan crowd (Muse terkutuk karena bermain di Senayan). Trus apa yang nonton ntar anak2 punk wannabe yang cuman bisa bikin kisruh. Juzt find out. Itz ur responsibility to prove thatz not true.

Ini schedulenya :

Where : PEKAN RAYA JAKARTA

When : APRIL 21st 2007, Saturday, rite?
Doors Open at 17.00 WIB

With Who : KHING LY CHEE (Hongkong Hardcore)
How Much :

• Presale Rp 80.000,-
• On The Spot Rp 100.000,-

Ticket Box :

• Lapak Blok M Afternoon : Depan Blok M Plaza (08568983302)
• Miracles D.I.Y. Shop : Ps. Taman Puring Blok S67 Lt.2 (021-68294939)
• Movement Records : Jl. Banjarsari 1 No. 18 Fatmawati Cilandak Barat (081585561259)
• B-Side Billiard Center : JL. MT. Haryono Kav. 2-3 (021-8310925)
• Bro22 : Jl. Pramuka Sari 5 No.22 (021-99276702)
• SOHOmusic : Plaza Semanggi GF#17 (c/o Gigih : 08157607398)

So, r u ready to Pogo?
website : http://www.nofxofficialwebsite.com/tour/tour.php3

Kemarin malam aku menyisir pantai. Bersua dengan pasir dan bercinta dengan angin laut. Bulan hanya purnama & masih mengirimkan cahayanya. Supaya ada sedikit terang. Agar hadir bayang-bayang.

Ah, kenapa? Ombak masih saja seperti dulu. Mampu menghanyutkan hal-hal yang sentimentil. Tapi aku tahu, ia sebenarnya perkasa dalam heningnya.

Senja tadi, jingking berlari bersama bunga rumput grinting melesut di pasir putih selepas seorang anak kecil mengejarnya untuk dipersembahkan pada ayahnya yang tengah duduk di bawah gubug melihat laut mengecap-kecap masa mudanya yang begitu cepat larut.

Dan aku juga menjagakanmu saat ini. Karena aku sedang sakit. Aku dalam lemah. Aku butuh membayangkanmu melabuhkan semua rasaku ke tengah samudera. Jujur, ini lebih dari sekedar menghibur. Ini menguatkan.

Pada suatu waktu aku ingin membayangkan jingking yang dikejar anak kecil berlarian di atas pasir agar ia dapat mempersembahkan mimpi pada ayahnya yang menunggunya di bawah gubug pada suatu senja ketika aku melaut nanti.

Tadi pagi sebuah sms mampir ke hp. Bunyinya “Met pagi Mas Agung..Saya.. dari YogYES.COM. Selamat Mas mendapatkan kaos dr Tour de Djokdja. Saya ingin mengkonfirmasi..bla.bla…”.  Alhamdulillah, baru pertama ini dapat rejeki dari inet. Iseng-iseng pasang banner YogYES.com sekalean support Jogja, berhadiah pula.  Seneng aja.

Akhir2 ini saya sedang mecari tautan yang bertemakan Jogja. Ini beberapa diantaranya :

Kategori portal  :

• http://www.trulyjogja.com
• http://kostjogja.com/
• http://www.tasteofjogja.com/

Kategori Blog/Komunitas :

• http://www.angkringan.or.id (saya kemarin gabung di sini)
• http://cahandong.org/

Dari Wiki

• http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogyakarta ( wiki bahasa Indonesia)
• http://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daerah_Istimewa_Yogyakarta ( wiki bahasa Jawa)

Anyway, saya berencana pulang pertengahan bulan ini. Pas ada Sekaten lagi (trus ngapain..). Ada temen nikahan juga di Bantul. Pokoknya Jogja emang ngangeni.

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Check more info at http://www.conceptmagz.com/activity.php.

Saya terbiasa menggunakan fasilitas trotoar selama ini di Jakarta. Entah kenapa kok rasa-rasanya trotoar di sini tidak user friendly. Usabililty yang buruk. Sejujurnya saya seneng jalan kaki secara saya males berolahraga. Jadi aktifitas yang satu ini dapat dikatakan ’sambil menyelam minum air’. Namun kok fasilitas buat para pejalan kaki kayaknya nggak digarap serius. Saya bayangkan Jepang ato NY yang trotoarnya nyaman buat para pejalan kaki. Hal ini secara tidak langsung juga akan mengurangi penggunaan kendaraan pribadi (eh, betul nggak sih).

Saya sebenarnya sudah lama pengen kirim surat masukan ke Bang Yos apa Pemprov DKI tentang pengalaman saya sebagai pejalan kaki dan penghuni a.k.a pendatang di kota besar Jakarta ini. Finally, kemaren nulis juga surat ke Bang Yos via website. Ini saya copy-paste dari postingan saya.

Bang Yos, yang terhormat.
Selama ini saya pergi/pulang kantor memanfaatkan fasilitas bus dan sering berjalan di trotoar sekitar di Jl, MT Haryono, Jl. Gatot Subroto, Jl. Jend Sudirman.
Saat saya melintas di sana, ada beberapa ketidaknyamanan yang saya rasakan, yaitu :
1. Sepanjang trotoar Jl. Sudirman (dan Thamrin) saya jarang sekali (atau bahkan tidak ada) menemukan tempat sampah. Saya rasa ini sangat penting karena Jakarta baru saja mengalami banjir dengan sampah adalah salah satu penyebabnya. Mohon disediakan tempat sampah seperlunya.
2. Di trotoar Jl. MT Haryono, khususnya di sebelah selatan (mulai sekitar Bank Bukopin), ketika sehabis hujan maka trotoar tsb menjadi sangat becek oleh tanah merah di sebelahnya. Ditambah lagi dengan bekas-bekas galian kabel yang tidak dirapikan kembali. Hal seperti ini juga terjadi hingga di depan Plaza Aldiron. Sehingga para pejalan kaki memilih untuk tidak berjalan di atas trotoar namun di jalan aspal. Mohon agar tanah di sebelah trotoar dibenahi agar tidak mengototi trotoar khususnya ketika hujan turun.

Terima kasih atas perhatian dan tindak lanjutnya.

Maksimal surat kepada Beliau dibatasi hingga 1500 char. Padahal masih ada beberapa hal yang masih ingin saya garis bawahi – masih seputaran trotoar Jl. Jend. Sudirman *maaf, kantor saya di situ*. Meski kurang begitu penting. Misalnya :

• Implementasi disain dari trotoar di Jend. Sudirman yang terbaru. Dari awal saya sudah nggak sreg. Modelnya adalah lembaran beton yang segede gaban, mungkin 3×3m tanpa garis anti selip di dalamnya, dicat merah, kemudian dibingkai oleh stone block yang kacangan. Dipasang juga keramik warna kuning pada tiap pintu gerbang tiap gedung di jalan tersebut. Hasilnya adalah : licin dan tergenang air saat dan pasca hujan, stone block yang sudah pada lepas entah kemana (padahal baru berumur sekitar 2 bulan), dan keramik yang meskipun ‘bergigi’ ternyata tetap licin juga. Apakah mereka tidak mengujinya sebelumnya. Atau kontraktornya yang korup. Padahal trotoar di depan gerbang masuk senayan, samping lap. softball lumayan bagus. Paling tidak betonnya bergaris-garis sehingga tidak licin.
  Seharusnya Jakarta berkaca pada disain trotoar di Bandung di jalan Dago arah BI. Model dan implementasinya bagus. Bahannya dari keramik namun anti licin. Konon mereka membangunnya gara-gara KAA dulu di Bandung. Dan pasti tidak murah. Namun saya yakin Jakarta lebih mampu dari kota Bandung untuk membuat disain trotoar yang lebih bagus, nyaman dan bersahabat.
• Beberapa ruas Jl. Jend Sudirman, seperti depan BEJ masih ‘telanjang’. Trotoarnya dibiarkan tidak terbangun dan masih berbentuk semenan tak jelas seperti sisa-sisa material aja yang diguyurkan. Padahal trotoar ini di depan sebuah gedung yang isinya tak lain adalah uang dan teman2nya. Juga di ruas seberang Gedung Dep. Pendidikan. Lebih parah lagi karena trotoar masih berupa tanah yang banyak bekas galian. Kalo hujan, silahkan tebak sendiri. Gedung boleh tinggi. Karyawan boleh necis dan rapi. Tapi khan tidak semua orang punya kendaraan. Sebagian kami masih jalan kaki jeh. Apa kurang duit Bang?

Jakarta tak lain habitat hidup banyak orang. Semoga aja kota ini semakin mempertimbangkan kebutuhan semua penghuninya. Jangan hanya buat sebagian kecil saja.

Dan barangkali esok kita bisa berjalan kaki di trotoar Jakarta sambil memandangi senja.

Ternyata gara-gara banjir, saya kena getahnya juga. Suffocation batal maen. Saya tahu pertama dari rilis websitenya. Harusnya tinggal besok Minggu (11/02/07). Tapi ternyata ‘forced to cancel’. Sampai waktu yang entah. Saya udah telpon Mipro dan emang konsernya diundur. Tapi tadi sempat nelpon tiket box di rawamangun dan mereka gak tahu. Tolong Mipro segera sounding ke temen2. .. Hix…what can i say… My head is suspended for banging!

Untung belum jadi beli tiketnya. Sepertinya mengulang lagu lama saja. Band-band metal yang berhalangan datang. Tapi it’s still the most awaiting band in my lizt. It’s still. Buat Mipro : tetep jangan patah arang. Support 4 u guyz!! We’ll wait.

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Friday (06-02-2007), it was a heavy day. Jakarta was sinking slowly but sure. Everybody didn’t go to work. Some had to take care of their houses. Some had so indulged for going to work on an aquoeus street. Some had traped in the middle of the flood. And several people indulged to go home since it’’s heavy rained. Like me. I had already slept at the office. So, i automatically prepared working in next morning when Jakarta had its first flood. So if I went home the nite before, i would certainly couldn’t (or won’t) go to office at crowded wet Friday morning.

At Sunday (08-02-2007), I went with several friends around Jakarta. I felt that i’d do something. Anything. Then we agreed to bring something to refugee. We headed to Petamburan as a friend had referred there. Not much we couldnt help them. But refugee in Petamburan has been lacking of supplies such as food and clean water. So I hope it meant to them. I wrote it here.

From the TV news i knew that the government was too slowly to act.

Maybe Bang Yos has cursed the flood due this should be his last moment of his duty as a governor. But from an interview, he said that it was a nature phenomenon and five years cycle of flood. But i think people isn’t that stupid, Sir Governor. It’s not merely a ‘natural thing’ instead it’s a proof of a bad city enviroment management. From another interview with MetroTV at Saturday (03/02/07) he also said that this year’s flood was not bigger than flood at 2002. And he knew it from parameters like the height of the water’s level.

Are you sure Sir Governor? Yes, when he said that maybe it was rite : the water level in Manggarai water gateway was lesser than in 2002. Let’z check this out. Republika wrote that the 2002’s level was 1050 cm and when Bang Yos said that statement : the water level was still around 940 cm. I saw it directly at Saturday night (around 23:30 wib) and it’s true. It also said that recently flood is caused by ‘banjir kiriman’ instead of ‘hujan lokal besar’. But next 24 hours the water level was much higher : 1090 cm and Manggarai began to flooded (see : Media-Indonesia).

So was the recent flood is not bigger than in 2002? Letz check report from other media. Detik.com said not. This year’s flood is bigger. Then i reviewed about water level at some flooded places. Kampung Melayu water level in 2002 was 31-60 cm and now it is 70-100 cm. Next, Tanjung Priok in 2002 at North Jakarta still could be accessed but now it is closed due to 100 cm height of water level. So with Kalibata and Pasar Baru and other places. Kompas (print edition 5/02/07) brought several victims statement show that nowadayz flood is greater than before in 2002.

Flood unbearable caused death. Today, when this post is written, flood has killed 20 people already. With around 150.000 people evacuate. That’s juzt in first week. In 2002, around 80 people died during flood period. What we have to aware is rain still loyal to accompany us till March. It will be a heavy months, isn’t it? So it is possible that flood can raise those number. We hope not.

So, Mr. Governor please do something. I think this flood now is greater than in 2002 and we have take it seriously. It’s ur last period of your power but u’ve still held that authorities. We have to act fast against all possiblities which can bring condition much worse. Pliz, we too do what we can. And u Mr, i believe can do more. (Btw, where are you the candidates of next governer, are u still care of us, or juzt care ur chair tomorrow?)

That’s it. Be carefull my brother!

Tittle : Man on The Train (L Homme du train)
Directed by : Patrice Leconte
Actor : Jean Rochefort and Johnny Hallyday

When u’re looking for poem in a film, maybe close to Dead Poem Society, then u’ve to take a look to this movie. Man on The Train is beautifully touching French’s film that reveals the hidden passion of a man, while he has what so called second change. French’s films is kinda beautifull ones which kill u slowly.

Its beginning with a train. Fast scenery from a moving window, and sound of iron tire on a massive reel collecting a distant mysterious sound. When a man called Milan (Johnny Hallyday) was disembarking from a train in a quiet lonely town, he meet a local people named Manesquier (Jean Rochefort). The ordinary good Manesquier refer his new friend place to stay in his house. Hotel was closed due to lack of tourist in November.

They basically were two different kind of men. Milan tended to silent, not to ask question and a traveler. His purpose in that small town was to robe its local bank. On the contrary, Manesquier was talkative and conservative indeed. He is an old retired poetry teacher. A man with his daily life : read a book, play piano and shopping a bread at near store.

Their interaction is the main part of this movie. One shared their experience to other. Milan learnt to like poems and rode a book. He enjoyed settling in Manesquier’s big old 18th century house. While the owner had his ‘wild guy conversation’ has well responded by his guest. His ambition was to be a bad guy sometimes. Something to break his routine life. To explore different continents and never drop the anchor.

He knew then, Milan was a robber, but instead of drive out his guess, he liked and offered some help : a strange old politeness. And Milan knew how to thank, how to learn an ordinary life. They both shared their long awaited passions and dreams.

One beautifull poem from this movie which became a main narative to its audience (maybe like “Pecahkan saja gelasnya..” in AADC), I listed below.

“On the Poun Neuf, I met
Who sings the distant song?
A badly anchored barge
Or the samartaine metro shop

On the Poun Neuf, I met
No dog, no stick, no sign
Pity on those in despair
That the crowd turns aside from

On the Poun Neuf, I met
Sitting on the worn stones
The air that I murmured
The dream thas was my light”

The climax was the day that Malin robed the bank with his small team. At the same time Manesquier had his operations (maybe his lungs problem, coz it wasn’t clearly mentioned in the movie). Because of betrayal, then several snipers had shot Malin badly coz they had been ready before. Manesquier was also failed in his operation. But they both had their second change. They remained alive magically. Pictures was changing from one to another in same sequence for showing how their actually connected in death yet but being born again.

After Malin free from local jail, he was waited by his old Manesquier at the outside. His house’s key gaved to Malin and he started his long awaited journey in silent. Then Malin stayed in his house, learnt to play piano. Their life had started again in difference way. (But, maybe the director forgot that their appearance is still the same as they met before for I thinking about a long time in prison may change what their looks like)

It’s an intense quiet film. Patrice understood how to show this simple and strange friendship in symbolic frames : empty street, blue pictures, frequently train sound and cold November wind. Not too much actor and heavy dialogue. Maybe that’s the power of this film that bring two audience award in Venice Film Festival (2003) for Best Picture and Best Actor (acclaimed French Actor Jean Rochefort).

Im looking forward to another poetry movie. *anyone?*