by Amdya Hisyam
Standing there in front of me, a man with deep brown eyes and dark brown hair, and oh with his smile. My beating heart betrays me; it aches me knowing you are now back. My thought wanders a few years ago, when I saw you walking away. It hurt me thou, my heart was bleeding. …
Published in New York by Routlegde Press in 2007, 288 pp., ISBN 938 0 415 77376 8 Starting with the personal motivation, Carol Bohmer and Amy Schuman raise questions regarding the nations in accepting refugees. Along with the development of the policy of refugees’ countermeasure, they find that nations’ policy became more restrictive and burdensome. …
Well, this is my second spring here in Istanbul. Just to realize that its more than a year I’ve been living in here. So many thing have changed into something more virtue compared to my real life that I am now in. Sum of everything has blown my mind into several words that even dictionary …
Hai D, Gara-gara secangkir kopi caramel macchiato ukuran raksasa yang kamu pesan tadi sore, kamu berakhir dengan menatap layar laptopmu bukannya meringkuk di atas selimut. Salahkan dirimu sendiri! Untung saja asam lambungmu bisa diajak kerjasama, jika tidak ya salahkan dirimu sendiri lagi. Tidak peduli betapa kamu tidak berjodoh dengan kopi, tetap saja kamu sok menikmati. …
Today was my first day on college after taking a long nap (read: summer break). Well, it is not a break I guess. I was working in OIC for months in Ankara as I could remember while everyone took their holiday. I would not talk about my torturing months in the capital city of Turkey, …
What if… Konsep jagad yang paralel atau parallel universe mungkin adalah konsep yang cukup membingungkan bagi kita. Apakah ini takdir atau hanya kebetulan? Kebetulan saya mengenal orang ini, kebetulan saya menjatuhkan gelas itu, atau beberapa kebetulan lainnya. Namun, banyak pula yang meyakini bahwa “there is no accident.” Saya masih ingat cuplikan film Kungfu Panda pertama …
Kepada kalian, dua adik laki-lakiku yang sekarang sudah dewasa.. Hai! Sebelum membaca ini, mungkin kalian akan menganggap kakak perempuanmu ini lebay dan lagi galau abis. Iya memang. Saat ini, kakakmu ini, sedang merindukan masa-masa dimana kita masih berada bersama bersua di bawah satu atap: rumah. Jarak dan waktu yang membentang menjadi penghalangku mengulang kebersamaan itu, …
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“Go get a room, please!” Saya membatin tatkala melihat sepasang muda mudi sekitar umur 25-an sedang melakukan adegan gigit-gigit dagu di dalam metro train yang saya tumpangi saat itu. Si lelaki sambil menunduk, satu tangan menggantung di pegangan tangan dan satunya dengan erat memeluk pinggang si perempuan. Sedangkan si perempuan? Jangan ditanya, tentunya dengan pose …
Dear you girl who loves to being loved by dressing up too much, Obviously there is nothing wrong with ‘dress up’ stuff. I mean everybody wants to be gorgeous, looks so pretty, or being admired. Yet, today it is going to be ‘too much’. Okay, you may say all is your passion: food, fashion, and …
No measure of time with you will be long enough. But let's start with forever. Edward Cullen - Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
