Category: random ramblings
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consider starting a book club and other random stories
These past days I was thinking how if I have my own book club even though I am the only member. I know that I am used to review and talk about books already, but this time I want to take a step more under a book club. For as long as I think it…
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about to have my name changed?
Throughout my own observation, people have placed great significance on names for often believing that they carry deep meaning and can influence one’s destiny. However, some argue that the meaning behind a name is ultimately unimportant, and what really matters is the way we act and the values we uphold. I grow to like my…
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ziarah
dear readers, last year during eid, my family and i decided to have pilgrimage visits to some waliyullah, especially those in east java. the pilgrimage visits specifically called ziarah. to me ziarah is an experience that is difficult to describe every time visiting people who are lovers of God. since then, my habit of ziarah…
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on spirituality
Life can be tough most of the times, and we all go through challenges that test our inner strength. As a Muslim, it is just easy to find comfort and guidance in the mystical tradition of Sufism. Talking about religiosity, I honestly never define myself as religious. I prefer to call myself as for more…
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i paint scabs in my heart
though it has been almost a year, i never know that heart break can be this painful. what’s even funnier is i never think that this painful feeling was caused only by a man. i do not understand why he who had known me for only a few years can cause me deep scars. the…
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ruined
Life can be really tough sometimes, you know? It’s like you’re constantly being hit with one problem after another, and it can feel like there’s no end in sight. And when you’re carrying around all this past pain and hurt, it just makes everything so much harder. It’s like you’re trying to move forward, but…
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karakter hidup
Dear readers, Beberapa waktu lalu saya sempat membaca buku filsafat, yang salah satunya membahas mengenai kebahagiaan. Sebelum memulai pembahasan mengenai kebahagiaan, dibahas terlebih dahulu mengenai karakter-karakter dalam kehidupan. Karakter hidup itu sejatinya berubah dengan durasi sementara. Jadi, bersikaplah santai dan fleksibel. Manusia tidak mungkin dapat mengontrol kehidupan, tetapi bagaimana manusia memandang hidup masih dapat dikontrol.…
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memory
How much memory is too much memory? People tell me I remember too much, for too long. Some tell me I am a keeper of things past and precious. What I don’t tell them is that my blue whale of a heart knows no mediocrity. It’s an ancient machine that notices everything, every necessary and…
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between dreams and reality
threading a journey called home, fragment by fragment. Missing the flavour of homes, of the warm greatings, of the tearjerker goodbyes. I see your soul up there, gliding on the beautiful sky. smiling at me, your calculator smiles. when memories trickle you down to blurred silhouette, and yet, the place refuses you to go. I…
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