Bintang Senja

Bintang Senja

Sepanjang jalan berliku ku tatap punggungmu

menerka warna raut wajahmu yang tersamarkan siluet jingga.

Kau tetap menatap ke depan tak bersuara

melaju menembus senja dalam kabut kelabu.

Ku sembunyikan tangan yang pernah kau genggam,

tangan yang tak pernah bisa meraihmu.

Namun jiwamu menyinari hati yang temaram

Menyembuhkan luka yang mulai membiru.

Kutitipkan serpihan hatiku

pada bintang-bintang di langit Agustus.

Biar mereka yang menyayikannya padamu

simfoni hitam dalam partitur bisu.

Saat gelapnya hidup membutakan akal sehatku

ku hadiahkan senyuman yang tak terlihat

tuk membalas kenangan indah

yang kau berikan untuk ingatanku.

Tak peduli jika bulan pun mengaku

kan ku peluk cahayamu dalam pangkuanku.

Jikapun malam mulai menghapusmu

ku tetap di sini mengenangmu.

LOEMPIA BOOM: Culinary Review by Cassiopeia

LOEMPIA BOOM

Culinary Review by Cassiopeia

Photo by Alia Arsy Arya Arga

 

“This is a real good spot. Let’s take a seat here, guys,” said a friend, Ai, as she drew out a chair from one of a table. I was just going to reply ‘why’ until my head turned southward, then I knew what she was talking about. Out of the rows of buildings and uproar of the city, the yellowish green paddy field was stretched before us, framed with the green trees on the left side and the bright blue sky above.

Located on Jalan Selokan Mataram, Pogung Dalangan, in Yogyakarta, this restaurant presents a different point of view to see the city. The weather was prone to hot as we stepped on the second floor of “Loempia Boom” restaurant. It led us then, to pick a shady spot in the furthest corner, from which seen the red, yellow, and green lampions hung under the edge of the roof. Just like us, numerous of the other visitors are mostly teenagers to the middle-aged people, who seemingly enjoyed the tranquil ambience of the place.

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Predilection into Beautiful Art

Created by Kim Yee Seul

Kim Yee Seul is a Korean artist who has preference to paint cute and chic things. The objects of her painting mostly are taken from something she likes, such a car, yacht, and several people. She said that she does not have particular techniques, but her paintings are good enough for a person who does not have any formal art education. For instance, the artist gives a feeling into her painting that it seems she wants to ride that car. The feeling may be caused by her choice of colors she used in the painting. Moreover, the scenery feels natural and simple that it makes the focus is more on the car. As an artist, Kim Yee Seul has a habit to focus her painting to something she likes. It can be seen from her painting where she focuses more on the car that the scenery around it, it shows that she likes the car.

English Media in Indonesia

English Media in Indonesia

1. The President Post
    (www.thepresidentpost.com)
    Menara Batavia 25th Floor Jl. K.H. Mas Mansyur
    Kav. 126 Jakarta 10220, Indonesia
    Phone: +62 21 572 7337  | Fax.: +62 21 572 7338
    Email:
    Customer Services  - andrian@thepresidentpost.com

    Circulation – sheila@thepresidentpost.com

     Editorial - ceo@thepresidentpost.com

2. Inside Indonesia
    (http://www.insideindonesia.org)
     Email: editor@insideindonesia.org

3. The Jakarta Post

    The Jakarta Post - PT Bina Media Tenggara
    Jl. Palmerah Barat No. 142 - 143, Jakarta 10270, Indonesia

    Phone: (62) 21 5300-476/78

    Fax: (62) 21 535-0050

    Website: http://www.thejakartapost.com

    Email: advertising@thejakartapost.com

    Email: sales.paper@thejakartapost.com

    Email: editorial@thejakartapost.com

Mbk Sonya: The Society Can Accept Who I Am

Mbk Sonya: The Society Can Accept Who I Am

“Although it took a long time, but finally the society can accept who I am,” said mbk Sonya, a transgender who actives in community services and LGBT organization.

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Review : Bag It the Movie

Bag it: Is Your Life Too Plastic? is a documenter film directed
by Suzan Beraza and starred by Jeb Berrier.  This film explores the effects of plastic bag and other kind of plastics used by people. Actually the plastics have big effects on ecosystems, the marine environment, and also the human body. The actor, Jeb Berrier travelled to some countries to reveal the hidden impact of plastics that not all people around the world could know and understand. Scientifically, Berrier gives comments of the phenomenon caused the plastics that bring disaster to our environment. Even he exposes his daily life with his wife happily enjoying the pregnancy.

This film is entertaining, informative and giving the audience knowledge and awareness about the side effect of plastics we use everyday. We never realize where the plastic bags we use for packing our groceries are ended. Also, we never want to know how it would disappear or remain forever until creating big disaster in the near future. Through this film, the audiences are persuaded to change their habit in using plastic stuff into better alternative such as using shopping bag and less buying unnecessary things made of plastic. This little effort from us would help reducing the amount of plastic in our environment. It has to be done immediately since the effects have been caused the destructions whether it is in land or water. Moreover, it also can be affected to our body and caused complex disease. So, let’s change our behavior in using and purchasing things by reducing plastic stuffs and provide our own ideas to make our lives healthier and saver. Be smart!