SIMPLICITY

Aku anak bungsu dari 3 bersaudara, kedua kakakku laki-laki. Yang ingin aku ceritakan di sini adalah kakak pertamaku. Ada kurang lebih beberapa puluh alasan kenapa aku ingin menulis tentang dia. Sekali lagi, tentang dia. Ini bukan cerita tentang aku. Karena banyaknya hal yang ingin aku ceritakan, mustahil menyelesaikannya hanya dalam satu post  saja. Anggap saja ini sebuah memoir bersambung yang entah kapan akan berakhir, karena aku sendiri tak tahu batasan cerita ini. Saat aku berusaha mengingat-ingat lagi, kenangan tentangnya berawal dari genting rumahku. Dalam bayanganku, umurku baru empat tahun. Entah kenapa, itulah ingatan tertua yang mampu aku ingat tentang betapa uniknya kakakku ini. Waktu itu aku belum mengerti dan menganggap kebiasaan kakakku yang suka memanjat tempat-tempat yang tinggi itu sangat lucu. Waktu itu aku juga belum bisa bicara, jadi aku berpikir wajar saja kalau kakakku itu juga tidak berbicara apapun padaku, meskipun orang-orang dewasa di sekitarku se...

Sir, oh, Sir, call my name the Misery. For I only have a single old can, to wait for you tickle it with a penny simply to show me that you’re gentleman. Sir, oh, Sir, call my name Honesty. For I’ve tasted salty, dusty breads and cups of withered, bitter coffee and tea, sleep under black sky and above white sand, without stole them secret from your pocket. Sir, no, Sir, don’t call my name the Hopeless. For I’ve always seen the Fortune bucket down on my upcoming future fortress. Sir, though I have nothing to beam my life, yet I own a big dream to gleam my life.

I watched a movie in my German class some days ago. It’s a German movie entitled Erbsen auf halb 6 . It’s a movie about a blind man and a blind woman who are in love. The man is blind because of a car accident and the woman is blind since the time she was born. It is a fancy love story. Unfortunately, since I’m not a big fan of drama and romantic movie, for me the plot is not quite attractive. Yet, I should say that the background and the idea of the story are quite amazing. The most interesting thing happened after the class. My teacher took a scene, on which the man described a color to the woman. The man experiences “seeing things,” unlike the woman who has zero visual experience. The woman asked the man to describe gelb – yellow, and his answer was “ sonnenwarme Steine ” –a stone burnt by the warmth of sunlight. After that, we –the students who watched the movie- were asked to describe some colors, as if we explained it to a blind person. We need to keep in mind that we shoul...