Archive for August, 2006

Title : Eleven Minutes
Author : Paulo Coelho
Publisher : Harper Collins Publisher, June 2004

A young girl from Brazilian village, Maria’s first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken, convincing her at a tender age that “love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer”. When a chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, she dreams of finding fame and fortune. Instead, she ends up working as a prostitute. Drifting farther and farther away from love, she develops a fascination with sex. But her despairing view of love will be put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter and must choose between pursuing a path of darkness – sexual pleasure for its own sake – or risking everything to find her own “inner light” and the possibility of a “sacred” sex in the context of love.
(as quoted from the back of the book)

Paulo Coelho menulis tentang sex? It’s a very “wild” combination indeed, and it’s the first thing that invites to me to buy this book, at the Juanda airport, Surabaya, while I was on my way back after attending my friends’ wedding, Andre and Suci. I spent the whole time in the flight reading the book, and it kept me occupied even after I arrived in my room.

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Apa gerangan yang ada dalam pikiran seseorang yang tahu akan dieksekusi? Apakah mungkin sesungguhnya dia sudah “mati”? Ataukah kematian badani sebenarnya bukanlah sesuatu yang signifikan? Apa yang dia pikirkan? Apa yang dia rasakan? Apakah dia kuatir, takut, gemetar, keringat dingin, menangis, melamun, tak bisa tidur, mimpi buruk?

Meneruskan kiriman mita lah (udah lama banget :p)

Four job’s I’ve had:

1. Researcher @ VLSI Research Group, dengan gaji yang dibayar dari project-project training.
2. System Engineer.
3. Security Consultant
4. Wait a minute, four? I’ve only worked for 3 years, and you asked me for four jobs? :p

Four movies I could watch over and over :
1. I am Sam
2. Finding Nemo
3. Lion King
4. Kill Bill
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The Prayer – Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli

I pray you’ll be our eyes, and watch us where we go
And help us to be wise, in times when we don’t know
Let this be our prayer, when we lose our way
Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
To a place where we’ll be safe

La luce che tu dai
I pray we’ll find your light
Nel cuero restera
And hold it in our hearts
A ricordarchi che
When stars go out each night
L’eterna stella sei
Nella mia preghiera
Let this be our prayer
Quanta fede c’e
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe

Sognamo un mondo senza piu violenza
Un mondo di giustizia e di speranza
Ognuno dia la mano al suo vicino
Simbolo di pace e di fraternita

La forza che ci dai
We ask that life be kind
E’il desiderio che
And watch us from above
Ognuno trovi amore
We hope each soul will find
Intorno e dentro a se
Another soul to love

Let this be our prayer
Let this be our prayer
Just like every child
Just like every child

Needs to find a place,
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we’ll be safe
E la fede che
Hai acceso in noi
Sento che ci salvera

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This is an old song, I know. I just listened to this song last Saturday at Suci and Andre’s wedding in Nganjuk. Momon and Zita sang it beautifully, and I feel like writing it down here.