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		<title>Life is Everything to Rejoice! Shall we?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I hear someone says that life is a choice and therefore it consists of choices on which we have to decide, I feel quite irritated since, in my opinion, this kind of statement needs further clarifying. If we just take it for granted that life is a choice, we will be trapped in a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=126&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whenever I hear someone says that life is a choice and therefore it consists of choices on which we have to decide, I feel quite irritated since, in my opinion, this kind of statement needs further clarifying.</p>
<p>If we just take it for granted that life is a choice, we will be trapped in a fatalistic situation in which we will end up realizing that we cannot take control on everything occurring in this life.</p>
<p>If we force ourselves to approve such a statement on life, we just never realize that there are many things in our lives which we cannot choose. Can we decide the start of our genesis? Can we choose for which kind of family we want to be born? Can we choose our names by which everyone must call on us? Speaking about name, I remember one of my schoolmates whose name is so weird that he is really ashamed of his own name (I shouldn&#8217;t mention his name on this blog to preserve his privacy). I&#8217;m wondering whether I can still become his good friend if I tell him that everything is merely of choices. I know if only he could choose his name, he wouldn&#8217;t choose his current name.</p>
<p>The statement, Life is a Choice, will be the most defected one when embraced by religious people who believe in God who controls everything in this life. Realizing that we can simply say &#8220;No&#8221; to the questions above and keeping a firm faith that life is a choice will merely make God seems unjust. If life is meant to be a product of choices, why wouldn&#8217;t He let us choose our lives since the beginning of the age? Why does He leave us to become scavengers who must make a decision among choices which are byproducts of God&#8217;s own choices? Isn&#8217;t it terrifyingly unfair?</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how each of us contemplates what life is (should be). Yet, life for me is a wonderful grace from God. If seen as a wonderful grace, we, humans, living this life are blessed creations of God. Therefore, I don&#8217;t make myself silly when I ask God to choose the best thing for every single thing I need in life, for every plan I make, and for every future step I take.</p>
<p>When I see life as a grace from God, I find that life is everything to rejoice in God, the Sustainer and Comforter of my life.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s rejoice in God for our lives! Shall we??</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oleh: Yusak Lie SEJAK empat tahun lalu, saya telah berpisah dengan Ibu dan mencoba mengadu nasib di Osaka. Selama itu pula, saya berpindah-pindah pekerjaan, dari buruh pabrik, guru bahasa Indonesia paruh waktu, menjaga supermarket, sampai menjadi tukang parkir. Saya berpikir saya memang tidak becus dalam bekerja, dan oleh karenanya saya sering berganti-ganti pekerjaan. Namun tidak [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=94&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>SEJAK</strong> empat tahun lalu, saya telah berpisah dengan Ibu dan mencoba mengadu nasib di Osaka. Selama itu pula, saya berpindah-pindah pekerjaan, dari buruh pabrik, guru bahasa Indonesia paruh waktu, menjaga supermarket, sampai menjadi tukang parkir. Saya berpikir saya memang tidak becus dalam bekerja, dan oleh karenanya saya sering berganti-ganti pekerjaan. Namun tidak demikian halnya dengan atasan saya yang mempekerjakan saya. Mereka selalu berpendapat bahwa saya tidak mungkin seseorang yang tidak becus bekerja. Dan karenanya mereka sangat berat melepas kepergian saya setiap kali saya meminta berhenti bekerja.</p>
<p>Berhubung pekerjaan saya kali ini di pusat kota, saya memutuskan untuk tinggal di apartemen yang letaknya tidak begitu jauh dari kota. Tentu saja, apartemen dekat dengan pusat kota sangat mahal, sehingga saya memutuskan untuk tinggal di Apartemen Misaki yang lebih kecil dan lebih murah dari semua apartemen di pusat kota. Letak Apartemen Misaki tepat bersebelahan dengan Apartemen Takigawa.</p>
<p>Awalnya saya tidak begitu tertarik dengan Apartemen Takigawa. Tetapi setelah beberapa malam saya pindah di Misaki, saya menemukan kejanggalan yang mengharuskan saya mengamat-amati Takigawa. Setiap malam saya memperhatikan kamar-kamar di Takigawa, dan selalu saya mendapati ada satu kamar yang sangat terang yang letaknya tepat di seberang kamar saya. Sumber terang kamar itu tidak lain adalah lampu di kamar itu yang sengaja dinyalakan semuanya. Seakan-akan penghuni kamar itu takut gelap. Tetapi entah mengapa dalam suasana yang seperti itu, saya justru teringat oleh cerita ibu tentang ayah saya yang telah meninggalkan kami berdua sejak saya masih umur setahun. Hanya dari cerita ibu saya mengetahui nama ayah saya adalah Henning Dorg, seorang Jerman yang melancong ke Indonesia.</p>
<p>Demikianlah yang saya rasakan ketika saya terjaga di tengah malam. Meski saya mempunyai perhatian lebih akan pemanasan global, saya tidak berkeinginan untuk mengimbau penghuni kamar itu agar mematikan lampu yang tidak digunakan. Lama kelamaan saya terpanggil untuk menemui pemilik kamar itu dan menjelaskan dampak buruk pemborosan energi bagi alam. Dengan mengamat-amati letak kamarnya saja, saya dengan mudah dapat mengetahui nomer apartemennya, yaitu 1717.</p>
<p>Keesokan harinya, saya memasuki Takigawa dengan perasaan siap untuk berdebat dengan si pemilik kamar 1717. Untuk berdebat dengan orang, tidak sopan kiranya jika saya tak mengenal nama pemilik kamar itu. Maka saya mencari tahu lewat daftar penghuni Takigawa. Di situ tertulis Henning Dorg. Dan karena benteng pertahanan mental saya untuk berdebat telah luluh lantak, saya mengurungkan niat untuk melancarkan imbauan saya.</p>
<p>Di kamar saya berdiam diri dan merenungkan apakah ayah saya dapat mengenali saya sebagai anaknya jika memang benar penghuni itu adalah ayah saya. Maukah ia mengakui saya sebagai anaknya. Untuk mencari jawaban semua pertanyaan itu, saya terlebih dahulu merasa perlu untuk mengetahui bagaimana paras dan sosok orang itu.</p>
<p>Melalui teropong yang saya gunakan untuk memata-matai peghuni itu, saya mendapati bahwa usianya sudah tua dan tidak sehat secara fisik. Ketika ia tidur selalu membuka pintu dan jendela kamar yang mengisyaratkan bahwa orang tersebut takut gelap dan sendirian. Di atas lemari es yang terletak di antara dapur dan  kamar mandi, terdapat setumpuk tagihan. Mungkin itu adalah tagihan air; tidak mungkin itu adalah tagihan listrik karena setiap malamnya tetap terang benderang.</p>
<p>Esok hari, dengan berkedok petugas pemerhati lingkungan hidup, saya mendatangi Henning. Saya pun harus memainkan akting dengan sempurna. Sambil tetap bersikap waspada saya memainkan peran saya sebagai seorang yang perhatian dengan pemborosann energi.</p>
<p>“Permisi, Pak Henning. Maaf mengganggu Anda sebentar. Saya dari organisasi lingkungan hidup di Distrik Izumi ingin memberikan penyuluhan tentang pentingnya menghemat energy dalam mengurangi dampak pemanasan global. Sekiranya bapak berkenan, saya hanya memerlukan waktu sepuluh menit.” Saya memperkenalkan diri dengan sopan.</p>
<p>“Baiklah. Silahkan masuk.” Akhirnya dia mempersilahkan masuk setelah menimbang-nimbang beberapa menit. Lantas saya memulai aksi saya untuk mengeksplorasi semua ruangan yang ada di apartemen itu.</p>
<p>Seraya menjelaskan dampak pemanasan global dan bagaimana cara penanggulangannya, saya mengamat-amati setiap sudut ruangan. Ternyata pria ini tidak hanya bermasalah dengan tunggakan tagihan air tapi juga cicilan mobil yang menurut saya lumayan mewah.</p>
<p>Saya tetap melancarkan strategi saya. Setelah pembicaraan mengenai lingkungan hidup selesai, saya mulai untuk mendekati dia secara personal. Dengan strategi bicara tarik ulur, saya memberikan kesan bahwa saya tidak pernah mengenal dia sebelumnya, tetapi saya mempunyai kesungguhan hati ingin membantu dia seandainya saja dia memerlukan bantuan. Saya tahu keangkuhannya tak akan langsung mengizinkan saya membantu membayar semua tunggakkannya. Akhirnya, saya memulai sesuatu dengan hal yang lebih remeh, yaitu membayar semua biaya binatu kelas atas untuk pakaiannya. Awalnya dia menolak, namun dengan kecerdikan lidah saya, dia akhirnya setuju untuk dibayari.</p>
<p>Sudah satu minggu saya membayar semua ongkos cuci pakaiannya dengan pelayanan kelas atas. Makin lama dia makin menjadi, dengan seenaknya dia berganti pakaian, bahkan dalam sehari dia bisa berganti pakaian tujuh kali. Saya merasa senang karena dia telah terperangkap jebakan saya. Pada saat saya seharusnya mengirim semua bajunya ke binatu, saya menelepon dia bahwa saya sakit sehingga tidak bisa mengambil bajunya. Tentu saja saya berpura-pura belaka. Jadi saya mengusulkan bahwa selama saya sakit, dia yang membayar semua biaya dan mengingatkan dia agar tidak memilih binatu sembarangan apalagi yang murah, karena dapat merusakkan pakaiannya yang mahal itu. Saya yakin betul bahwa dia tidak mungkin punya cukup uang untuk mencuci pakaiannya dengan jasa binatu kelas atas.</p>
<p>Lama-kelamaan, dia mencium siasat yang saya mainkan dan menelepon saya bahwa saya tidak usah lagi meminta maaf karena tidak dapat mengantarkan dan membayarkan cuciannya sebab dia dapat melakukannya sendiri. Kali ini dia benar-benar berniat untuk mengantarkan cuciannya ke binatu yang berkualitas standar. Sebagai gantinya, saya menawarkan untuk membayar cicilan mobil mewahnya karena bank menyediakan layanan pembayaran lewat internet, jadi saya tak perlu keluar kamar selama sakit. Dia sontak berang karena merasa tersinggung. Namun, saya tahu bahwa dia tak sepenuh hati. Atas nama persaudaraan, saya membujuk dia dan akhirnya dia mengiyakan niat saya walaupun dia masih belum mengetahui bahwa saya adalah anaknya.</p>
<p>Karena semua biaya cicilan saya tanggung, Henning sudah merasa bebas tanggungan dan makin kesetanan untuk berkeliaran dengan mobil mewahnya. Sementara itu, Henning terus bergaya hidup mewah dan tidak segan-segan meminjam uang kepada saya berhubung saya adalah teman yang paling dekat dengan dia. Saya segan menolaknya karena dengan cara ini saya dapat menunjukkan bahwa saya lebih berada daripada dia. Tapi saya lama-lama jengkel bukan main dibuatnya.</p>
<p>Suatu malam, saya menyelinap masuk ke tempat parkir mobil Apartemen Takigawa. Saya mendekati mobil Henning dan menusuk ban depan sebelah kanan dengan jarum kecil dan halus. Hal ini saya lakukan karena saya tahu bahwa besok Henning akan menemui seorang wanita yang belakangan sangat dekat dengan dia.</p>
<p>Sementara saya berjalan kembali ke Misaki, entah kenapa jantung saya berdegup kencang tak seperti biasanya. Desir darah saya mengalir deras membuat saya pusing bukan main. Begitu sampai di apartemen, saya langsung tertidur.</p>
<p>Keesokan harinya, saya tiba-tiba dikagetkan dengan dering telepon yang begitu keras. Ternyata telepon dari Rumah Sakit Eki yang memberitahu saya bahwa teman saya yang bernama Henning mengalami kecelakaan mobil, menabrak tiang listrik karena ban depan kanan mobilnya tiba-tiba kempes. Kecelakaan itu mengakibatkan tulang kaki dan tangan kanannya retak sehingga tak bisa digerakkan karena harus digips. Pihak rumah sakit memohon belas kasihan saya untuk menjemput Henning dan mengantarnya pulang sesuai permintaan si pasien.</p>
<p>Setelah bersusah payah saya membopong Henning masuk ke apartemennya, dia melarang saya meninggalkannya sendiri. Saya terpaksa menemani dan meladeni semua permintaannya. Dari minum obat sampai makan pun saya ladeni. Mungkin karena dia terlalu depresi, tekanan darahnya juga ikut naik dan menyebabkan pundaknya kaku dan kepalanya sakit. Terpaksa saya memijati pundak dan kepalanya.</p>
<p>Saya hampir tidak punya waktu untuk makan, bahkan waktu untuk buang air kecil pun tidak ada, karena dia tak pernah mau untuk ditinggal. Kepala saya terasa pening, keringat dingin mulai mengucur, tangan saya mulai kesemutan, dan perut saya sebah karena menahan kencing. Akhirnya saya tak tahan lagi, saya lantas berniat menghentikan pelayanan pijat saya.</p>
<p>“Kamu mau melihat saya mati kesakitan ya?! Silahkan saa tinggalkan saya jika kamu tega melihat saya mati!” Henning membentak sambil meraung-raung kesakitan sebab saya ingin meninggalkannya. Karena tak sampai hati, saya akhirnya menurut untuk melanjutkan pelayanan saya. Mungkin dia tahu bahwa karena siasat busuk saya, dia mengalami kecelakaan, lantas ingin membalas dendam atas semuanya itu. Sekali-kali dia juga tersenyum tipis seakan menghina kebodohan saya yang telah berani berbuat licik kepadanya. (*)</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Surabaya 2010</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Cerpen ini adaptasi dari cerpen <em>Charles Lebourne</em> karya Budi Darma.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">Yusak L. Ramagit Setiawan, lulusan Sastra Inggris UK Petra.</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align:right;">-<em>Jawa Pos</em>, 17.10.2010-</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[SURABAYA -Mahasiswa UK Petra dan mahasiswa Unesa meraih juara pertama lomba menulis esai dan puisi yang diselenggarakan Perhimpunan Indonesia -Tionghoa (Inti) Jawa Timur untuk menyambut Sumpah Pemuda 2008. Lomba kali pertama itu diikuti 228 naskah puisi dan 41 esai karya para siswa dan mahasiswa dari 19 kota/kabupaten di Jatim, plus dari Jogjakarta dan Jakarta. Peserta [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=56&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SURABAYA -Mahasiswa UK Petra dan mahasiswa Unesa meraih juara pertama lomba menulis esai dan puisi yang diselenggarakan Perhimpunan Indonesia -Tionghoa (Inti) Jawa Timur untuk menyambut Sumpah Pemuda 2008. Lomba kali pertama itu diikuti 228 naskah puisi dan 41 esai karya para siswa dan mahasiswa dari 19 kota/kabupaten di Jatim, plus dari Jogjakarta dan Jakarta.</p>
<p>Peserta terbanyak dari Surabaya dengan 104 naskah puisi dan 14 esai. Disusul Malang dengan 44 puisi dan 8 esai; serta Madura dengan 21 puisi dan empat esai. Setelah melalui tahap penilaian, juri akhirnya memutuskan tiga terbaik untuk masing-masing bidang. Tiga juri yang menilai adalah Budi Darma (novelis), Sapardi Djoko Damono (penyair), dan Lan Fang (cerpenis).</p>
<p>Untuk esai, juara 1 diraih Andreas Tok, mahasiswa Fakultas Sastra Inggris UK Petra dengan judul <em>Dari KBBI sampai ke Bali</em>, disusul Yusak L. Ramagit Setiawan (Fakultas Sastra Inggris UK Petra) dengan <em>Menelaah Makna Pengibaran Bendera Merah Putih Terbalik</em>, dan III Fitria Ardiansyah (FE Universitas Jember) dengan judul <em>Mahasiswa dan Perubahan Sosial</em>. Mereka mendapatkan piagam penghargaan dan uang masing-masing Rp 2,5 juta, Rp 2 juta, dan Rp 1,5 juta.</p>
<p>Sedangkan untuk puisi, pemenang pertama puisi <em>Rumah Sumpah Sie Kong Liong</em> karya Umar Fauzi, mahasiswa Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni Unesa. Kemudian juara II <em>Kul: Katakan</em> karya Rio F. Rachman (Sastra Inggris Unesa); dan juara III<em>Roh Cheng Ho</em> karya Sucipto (Pendidikan Bahasa Indonesia Universitas Islam Malang). Selain mendapat piagam, masing-masing memperoleh hadiah Rp 1,5 juta, Rp 1 juta, dan Rp 750 ribu.</p>
<p>Menurut ketua dewan juri Budi Darma, esai juga merupakan karya seni. Dalam esai pemikiran tidak disampaikan secara eksplisit, namun terlindung. &#8221;Makanya esai lebih banyak menuntut olah pemikiran yang pragmatis dan empiris,&#8221; katanya kemarin.</p>
<p>Alasan para juri memilih esai Andreas Tok, karena langsung menuju ke tema. Dia berhasil memaknai hakikat kebangsaan. &#8221;Tulisan Andreas yang paling lengkap membahas masalah kebangsaan, sesuai tema,&#8221; tegasnya.</p>
<p>Puisi karya Umar Fauzi <em>Rumah Sumpah Sie Kong Liong</em>, tidak hanya menampilkan keindahan kata-kata tapi juga memberikan data. &#8221;Umar melakukan riset saat membuat puisi ini. Setidaknya dia membaca lebih banyak,&#8221; tandasnya. (jan/ari)</p>
<p>Jawa Pos, Senin, 27 Oktober 2008</p>
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		<title>Pemenang lomba cerpen JILFEST 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[04 November 2008 Hasil Penjurian Lomba Menulis Cerpen Berlatar Jakarta dalam Rangka JILFest 2008 Lomba menulis cerpen berlatar Jakarta dalam rangka Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILFest) 2008 diikuti 382 naskah karya 360 penulis dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Dewan Juri yang terdiri dari Hamsad Rangkuti, Kurni Effendi, dan Sunu Wasono, telah menilai naskah-naskah tersebut dengan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=54&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>04 November 2008</p>
<p>Hasil Penjurian Lomba Menulis Cerpen<br />
Berlatar Jakarta dalam Rangka JILFest 2008</p>
<p>Lomba menulis cerpen berlatar Jakarta dalam rangka Jakarta International Literary Festival (JILFest) 2008 diikuti 382 naskah karya 360 penulis dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Dewan Juri yang terdiri dari Hamsad Rangkuti, Kurni Effendi, dan Sunu Wasono, telah menilai naskah-naskah tersebut dengan seksama dari aspek isi, teknik bercerita, dan kesesuaian dengan tema.<br />
Dari hasil penilaian tersebut, Dewan Juri memutuskan para juaranya sbb.</p>
<p>Juara 1: cerpen berjudul Selendang Cokek untuk Ayuni karya Floreance Sahertian (Sidoarjo, Jawa Timur).<br />
Juara 2: cerpen ber judul Pieter Akan Mati Hari Ini karya Denny Prabowo (Depok, Jawa Barat).<br />
Juara 3: cerpen berjudul Pelangi Nusantara karya Sigid Widagdo (Palembang, Sumatera Selatan).<br />
Juara Harapan 1: cerpen berjudul Klinik Putih di Ujung Rel Kota Tua karya Thowaf Zuharon (Pancoran, Jakarta Selatan).<br />
Juara Harapan 2: cerpen berjudul Lelaki Tua di Bangku Taman karya Irine Rahmawati (Kebumen, Jawa Tengah).<br />
Juara Harapan 3: cerpen berjudul Kereta Nyanyian karya Akidah Gauzillah (Cibubur, Jakarta Timur).</p>
<p>Selain keenam juara tersebut di atas, Dewan Juri juga merekomendasikan 24 cerpen pilihan untuk dibukukan bersama karya-karya para juara, sbb.</p>
<p>1. Terima Kasih, Jakarta karya Valentino Dhiyu Asmoro (Sleman, Yogyakarta)<br />
2. Ini Jakarta, Jeng karya Netty Virgiantini (Magetan, Jawa Timur)<br />
3. Jakarta Dalam Kerling Penari Cokek karya Wayan Sunarta (Denpasar)<br />
4. Darah yang Mengucur Perlahan dari Kenangan karya Syarif Hidayatullah (Depok)<br />
5. Paranoia Jakarta karya Dewi Cendika (Cikupa, Tangerang Barat)<br />
6. Onrust karya Khairun Nisa (Depok&lt; Jawa Barat)<br />
7. Meet You First and Mybee Last karya Siti Nuslikhah Kusuma NY (Sleman, Yogyakarta)<br />
<strong>8. Henrik van Niemand karya Yusak Liestia Ramagit Setiawan (Surabaya)</strong><br />
9. Rumah Kecil karya Laksmi Amalia (KLaten, Jawa Tengah)<br />
10. Senja di Sunda Kelapa karya Oddi Arma (Medan)<br />
11. Pesan di Langit Jakarta karya Lily Yulianti Farid (Meguro Ku, Meguro Tahyo)<br />
12. Serenada dari Vodroffsvej ke Palmerah karya Zaki Habibi (Yogyakarta)<br />
13. Rumah Singgah Buat Lupita karya Rahbihatun (Kota Baru, Kalimantan Selatan)<br />
14. Menteng Trips karya Sri Kuncoro (Bantul, Yogyakarta)<br />
15. Yang Ditunggu Anwar karya Jenny Ang (Surabaya)<br />
16. Jakarta – Beijing karya Maulana Syamsuri (Medan)<br />
17. Bukan Kisah Romeo dan Yuliet karya Khairunnisa (Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Selatan)<br />
18. Dari Pinggir Jakarta karya Thamrin Sonata (Pemalang)<br />
19. Perlahan Jadi Tiada karya MS Saskia P. Tjokro (Queenstown, Singapura)<br />
20. Koper Merah karya Jenny Ang (Surabaya)<br />
21. Lenong, I Love You karya Aulya Elyasa (Cileduk, Tangerang)<br />
22. Jumadi dan Karpet Merah Istana karya Iimfahmi Ilman (Jember)<br />
23. Darahku Tumpah di Kelenteng karya Hanna Fransisca (Cengkareng, Jakarta Barat)<br />
24. Malam yang Nyaris Sempurna karya Sultan Yohana (Batam, Kepri)</p>
<p>Demikian, keputusan Dewan Juri tidak dapat diganggu gugat.</p>
<p>Jakarta, 30 November 2008<br />
Dewan Juri<br />
Kurnia Efendi<br />
Hamsad Rangkuti<br />
Sunu Wasono</p>
<p>sumber: http://www.jilfest.org/news.php?l=0#</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, all local media have been discussing a plan that the government is about to execute: issuing the new regulation that prohibit men, or particularly men, to marry a woman based on Islamic law [nikah siri] without his wife&#8217;s consent. Of course, this has been a hot, intriguing topic for muslims. The muslims may think [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=46&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently, all local media have been discussing a plan that the government is about to execute: issuing the new regulation that prohibit men, or particularly men, to marry a woman based on Islamic law [nikah siri] without his wife&#8217;s consent. Of course, this has been a hot, intriguing topic for muslims. The muslims may think that this is a form of violation to the Islamic law because such a marriage should be legally approved. Despite that it contradicts the Islamic law stated in the Koran, several woman and children right activist agree to the plan that has been drafted since 2000, and urge that the government make haste in issuing the regulation.</p>
<p>Various opinions has been published on the newspaper since then. On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, Abd. Sidiq Notonegoro, a lecturer at Muhammadiyah University, noted that the regulation had something that must be questioned. According to the regulation, for one thing, a man who marry a woman based on Islamic law without the consent of the principal can be jailed 6 months and must pay a fine, 6 million rupiahs. While a man who has sex with a woman and causes a pregnancy, but refuses to marry the woman must be imprisoned for 3 months. From this case, Abd. Sidiq Notonegoro commented that it was not fair for those who want to marry a woman based on Islamic law. Moreover, he gave a rhetorical question asking which kind of man is more moral. A man who marry a woman without the principal&#8217;s consent or a man having premarital sex and cause a pregnancy; but refused to marry the woman?</p>
<p>This point of view can be accepted well since logically it is unfair. However, on the same page, he wrote that the regulation urges men to find another safer way to satisfy their lust by visiting brothel. Therefore, this regulation can make the situation much worse for the marriage, especially for the women and children.</p>
<p>I may not have a necessity to oppose such a viewpoint if there is no a discussion on man&#8217;s visiting a brothel due to unsatisfactory marriage life. If I may ask a question, why did he made it as an alternative way to satisfy lust as though every man was very weak and could not control his lusty desire? Does he ever think that, by proposing such a viewpoint, he actually underestimate his own kind?</p>
<p>I can hardly see the point of visiting brothels as an alternative way to satisfy man&#8217;s lust, and therefore should be the basis to cancel the regulation. Cheating wives by visiting brothels or any sort of immoral action ruining the marriage life should not be the option for husbands in whatever condition. Therefore, why we should bother thinking that men would visit brothel due to the regulation.</p>
<p>Is every man that weak so that we should worry such a case may happen if the regulation is issued? One thing that should be underlined here is that marrying a woman based only on Islamic law should not become an excuse for every man to satisfy his lust in a more appropriate, approved, and cleaner way. Even though I am not a muslim, I think every muslim agrees that such a marriage should not be a safe way for lusty man to fulfill his desire and do whatever he wants.</p>
<p>I still agree that the regulation should be revised here and there, but in any case, should be issued for the sake of women and children in Indonesia.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the ancient era, many people, not to mention philosophers, have been very curious about the essence of reason and feeling. In Romantic era, for instance, people tend to glorify feeling and despise the reason, on which people tend to focus more in the Enlightenment era. Since then, people often have fierce dispute over the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=43&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since the ancient era, many people, not to mention philosophers, have been very curious about the essence of reason and feeling. In Romantic era, for instance, people tend to glorify feeling and despise the reason, on which people tend to focus more in the Enlightenment era. Since then, people often have fierce dispute over the issue.</p>
<p>Well, we can deem this issue as something that can be negligible because many discussion about it goes endlessly. However, upon this issue, people actually rely themselves. In fact, the way people act, think, comment and view this life completely depend on these two aspects: reason and feeling. As a result, an interviewee can be confused about what s/he is going to do in a really difficult situation. An applicant of journalism position, for one thing, can be confused about the choice s/he has to make between reporting the promising incident to sell or help an old woman who is almost hit by a truck when crossing the street. In such a case, whatever decision made comes from either reason or feeling.</p>
<p>When it comes to love, the issue would be much more complicated. What do we use more to decide in our relationship, especially when love really hurts? Can reason adequately answer such a matter? Or, can feeling adequately overcome this case? You may never experience the same thing, but this is what is happening to my relationship.</p>
<p>February 17th is our first anniversary. Throughout the year, the love really colonize my heart so deeply and painfully. However these hurts and pains, I do not know why, suddenly become addictive pills for me. I know I cannot stand this relationship any longer; however, my heart tells me that I would undergo a severe loss if I broke this relationship.</p>
<p>There are so many reasons that I think I had better end this relationship. For one thing, we do a long-distance relationship that I do not enjoy at all. We seldom meet each other. If we meet, we cannot intensify the meeting opportunity due to so many works or things we have to do. Therefore, quality time is rarely achievable. In addition, our parents do not really agree with this relationship. Every time we pay them a visit, they always show their disapproval, although they smile here and there. Besides, financial problems that limit our expense for the dates make us very uncomfortable when we decide to go out for a date on weekends. Apart from all that, we have several confidential disagreements that I cannot mention in this post.</p>
<p>Considering these problems, my reason urge me that I have a break-up. However, my feeling keeps telling me that I really love my partner and it even assures me from time to time that I can still survive.  Fortunately or unfortunately, I tend to follow my heart and still hope for a better improvement in our relationship. I will find another better way to survive!</p>
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		<title>Opinion and Fact</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we say, &#8220;She&#8217;s so pretty&#8221;, is it a fact or an opinion? If it is an opinion, the fact that the girl&#8217;s being so pretty is very obvious. If we say that it is a fact, we must have blinded ourselves that the statement is based on our personal viewpoint on that girl. Still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=14&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If we say, &#8220;She&#8217;s so pretty&#8221;, is it a fact or an opinion? If it is an opinion, the fact that the girl&#8217;s being so pretty is very obvious. If we say that it is a fact, we must have blinded ourselves that the statement is based on our personal viewpoint on that girl. Still on opinion and fact, if we say, &#8220;I love you&#8221; to someone, is it an opinion or fact? The fact that our heart feel the so-called &#8220;love&#8221; may suggest that it is indeed a fact. However, if we&#8217;re asked about the reason for loving someone, doesn&#8217;t the fact become an opinion? The answer for the question which may come up with the statement, &#8220;I love you, because&#8230;.&#8221; must have turned the fact into an opinion.</p>
<p>Therefore, a fact does not need such words as: &#8220;because&#8221;, &#8220;for&#8221;, &#8220;I think&#8221;, &#8220;I guess&#8221;, and so forth that explain the personal reasons or judgmental points. So obvious as it is that we sometimes don&#8217;t even know the reason for admiring someone, or even loving someone. If we come to this kind of situation, we have to believe that it is the factual state of our feeling. It is an honest feeling. It actually occurs without any reasons, and thus it is factual.</p>
<p>However, the problem is this: our mind and heart demand two different things. Our heart tends to believe everything, since it is created to believe, just like we believe GOD. Our heart never demand the why, the how, and so forth. Our mind or reason tends to analyze the why, the how, and so forth, just like we write a thesis, there should be the statement of the problem and its purpose. Thus, our heart is interested in the fact, without requiring any arguments that clarify the fact, but our reason tends to be interested in opinion which may create arguments, analyses, and hypotheses. Because of that, the why, the how, and so forth are necessary in order to formulate the STATEMENT of the PROBLEM, and the PURPOSE of the STUDY.</p>
<p>And just like that, whether or not we are conscious, our life is very much regulated by the rule which is allegedly deemed as ACADEMIC or RATIONAL, until we come to a certain degree that we aren&#8217;t conscious that we do something which is actually IRRATIONAL. What is it something rational if we are required to STATE our PROBLEM and to LIST the PURPOSE of the STUDY at the same time. And just like that, we tend to appreciate opinions rather than facts, just like we appreciate more than 30 pages of opinions bound into a so-called thesis than a single fact.</p>
<p>When it comes to our feeling, we also tend to appreciate and listen more attentively to the why, the how, and so on rather than a single fact honestly and purely expressed in a very very simple statement of &#8220;I love you.&#8221;</p>
<p>Sby, 18.01.09.-</p>
<p>21:24 PM</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em>My love for you is simple, deep, and strong.<br />
I feel it flowing towards you from my heart,<br />
A tide of unsophisticated song,<br />
Sung with much desire and little art.<br />
I cannot tell my love, but it will show<br />
In ways that even I cannot foresee;<br />
A love as full as mine must overflow<br />
Into everything that makes me, me.<br />
Just as the sun must shine to be the sun<br />
And trees burst forth in blossom every year,<br />
So I must love in ways that everyone<br />
Can see or sense or reason out or hear.<br />
Still, I&#8217;ll tell you of my love in this:<br />
For fear, despite all, you might my love miss.<br />
</em><br />
<span>- Nicholas Gordon-</span></p>
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		<title>A Tribute to Ot &#124; Benang Merah</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tak ada yang pernah tahu kapan pertemuan dan perpisahan itu terjadi, ada apa dengan pertemuan itu, dan tak ada juga yang tahu ada apa dengan perpisahan itu. Terbentang suatu benang merah kehidupan diantara semua insan, yang hakikatnya terpilin dari serat-serat kapas perasaan yang kecil kecil dan terbentang lurus, namun toh akhirnya tak lurus juga karena [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=7&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tak ada yang pernah tahu kapan pertemuan dan perpisahan itu terjadi, ada apa dengan pertemuan itu, dan tak ada juga yang tahu ada apa dengan perpisahan itu. Terbentang suatu benang merah kehidupan diantara semua insan, yang hakikatnya terpilin dari serat-serat kapas perasaan yang kecil kecil dan terbentang lurus, namun toh akhirnya tak lurus juga karena adanya usaha menggulung benang merah itu menjadi buntalan-buntalan benang yang tak karuan lintang dan mujurnya.</p>
<p>Memang pertemuan dan perpisahan itu terjadi secara linear, selurus terjadinya sebab akibat. Tapi ada saja yang membuat segala sesuatu menjadi nonlinear. Pilinan-pilinan serat perasaan kapas yang sangat kecil itu dapat dengan mudahnya terputus ditengah jalan ketika ada usaha untuk menarik benang-benang merah itu supaya lurus dan jejaknya dapat ditengarai.</p>
<p>Putusnya serat-serat kapas kecil itu menciptakan jarak yang terbentang sehingga untuk menyatukan kembali membutuhkan seorang personil yang pada awalnya didapuk dan dipercayai sebagai penyambung serat-serat rasa yang terpercaya. Tapi toh, pribadi itupun tak sebanding dengan rasa percaya kepada dirinya. Dia hanya ingin bermain-main dengan benang itu. Tak ada yang tahu apa yang akan terjadi dengan benang itu, mungkinkah disambungkannya dengan asal sehingga mengakibatkan kekusutan dan kesemrawurtan serat-serat yang sejatinya adalah urat nadi yang berdenyut seiring adrenalin berdesir di dalam darah. Ataupun memang dia tidak ingin menyambung kembali benang itu, tapi mematrikannya di suatu tempat yang berkainkan selubung hampa dan imaji. Dengan tombak kata-kata dia mematrikan benang itu, memaksakannya untuk keluar dan masuk cela-cela kecil daripada selubung kain kehampaan dan imaji.</p>
<p>Benang merah itupun tak kuasa untuk menolak. Kata-kata itu terlalu menombak yang sejatinya merobek serat-serat benang itu menjadi beberapa bagian untuk dicerai-beraikan di beberapa bagian. Sehingga jalinan benang yang awalnya diharapkan tak kunjung menjadi nyata.</p>
<p>Lihatlah sekarang! Benang merah itu terjalin erat bukan menjadi utuh dengan benang yang semula, melainkan terjalin dan terjerat menjadi satu dalam kain kehampaan dan imaji. Itulah kenyataan sebenarnya, fakta yang tak terelakkan.</p>
<p>Satu lagi fakta yang sama tak teranulir: sejatinya benang merah itu adalah perasaanku tentang kamu&#8230;. Ot!</p>
<p>-Surabaya, 03.01.09-<br />
8:10 PM</p>
<p>Special thanks to: The Pool &#8211; Sby.</p>
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		<title>Welcome and Good Bye</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two words: welcome and good bye! are two different expressions that are bound into one package. Two expressions having two sensations, two heartbeats, two emotions, two expectations, and two premonitions. With starry eyes, wonderful heartbeat, and sunshine we welcome someone that we love. With bleak lens, fierce heartbeat, and brimstone sky we bid good bye [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yusaklie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6193001&amp;post=3&amp;subd=yusaklie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Two words: welcome and good bye! are two different expressions that are bound into one package. Two expressions having two sensations, two heartbeats, two emotions, two expectations, and two premonitions. With starry eyes, wonderful heartbeat, and sunshine we welcome someone that we love. With bleak lens, fierce heartbeat, and brimstone sky we bid good bye to someone that we love. Two men can&#8217;t avoid: welcome and good bye! Welcome is a premonition of good bye, which the latter is a premonition of many possible stories. Welcome is just a temporary. Good bye is uncertainty. The temporality serves as the reflections of life. The uncertainty accompanies everyman on the way of life. Uncertainty makes life seems infinite, since no signs of the steady designation. Temporality reminds everyman life is just a reflection, it is as long as the lung could sip the air and is as quick as the eyes winked for eternity. If it is just temporality and uncertainty, no why should be questioned, for it must exist in the form of rhetoric. No what and when should be the matter, no how should be identified for the journey can&#8217;t be delayed for a mere second. Everyman is chained in the line of time and space. All of the sciences everyman can think of must bow down before the two sovereigns. Everyman is just like every actor with muteness and submission. Part by part the plot unfolds, and things are getting more dramatized.</p>
<p>Surabaya, July 28, 2008<br />
11:10 PM</p>
<p>[To you my Hymn, I offer this platonic piece of thought.<br />
To you, who I welcomed<br />
To you, who Good bye must I bid.<br />
Let the shrines in your country enshrine our memory.<br />
Now you depart to a place I can't reach.<br />
Just read the air, you'll see what I mean.<br />
Just understand your heart, and we'll be together again.<br />
Khob kun Krub]</p>
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