two mad people madly in love.
(Source: weheartit.com, via caughtinsymmetry)
On Afternoon Chit-chat
Audrey : Hi, I didn't introduce my self yet. My name's Audrey. I moved in here when you're asleep so I'm afraid to woke you up.
Me : Hi, Audrey. I'm Hani. Sorry, I sleep all afternoon, no? Haha. I was back from class and thought I needed a nap.
Audrey : Ah, I see. Where are you come from? I'm from England. I come here to visit old friends. We're going to have picnic reunion.
Me : Ah, that's really nice. I'm from Indonesia and came here to attend a summer course. I'll be back to my country tomorrow morning though. The class's already over.
Audrey : Very interesting. You know, Hani. I saw you when you're asleep and I thought that this girl is very beautiful and now that you're awake you're even more beautiful. *combing her hair and smiling*
Me : Hahaha, really? Thanks, Audrey. You're very beautiful as well. *about to go shower*. Are you planning to go outside?
Audrey : Yeah, I'm going to meet my friends fom church and stay at her place. We won't meet each other again, i think. Since you'll be back early morning tomorrow.
Me : Yah, too bad. I hope you're going to have a great time this summer ya.
Audrey : Thank you, I hope you'll have a great life. I bet you'll do.
*Audrey is an 80-ish yo lady with heavy British accent I met in Strowis, a hostel in Utrecht, summer last year. She's more than nice.
can’t agree more.
(via etiquetteforalady)
On Being The 80%
HSD : My job is shit, my future I donno, my plans taking a detour. That's just nice. Isn't it nice ?
AA : Welcome, you're the 80% of world population. Including me.
Both : *laughing with irony*
"Don’t lose the humor, Hon. Take it easy and laugh."
- :)
“I can’t say it enough times: Stay true to your vision. Remember why you do it… What you do, who you are – that’s your art. That’s all you have.”
Flight of Passage – beautiful short film about perseverance and doing what you love, narrated by Beta Band Steve Mason and featuring skateboarder Ben Nordberg. Directed by James Gardner.
“Stay true to your vision and remember why you do that”
Women Are Heroes – powerful, poignant portraits of strength amidst adversity by French guerrilla artist-activist JR.
ah, of being a woman :’)
On Being Happy
MZ, drunk : Tell me, are you happy?
Me, sober : Happy happy aja sih.
MZ : And what was that, huh? If you're happy you'd say a bold and definite "YES"!
Me : Well, are you?
Mz : YES I DO! No one this drunk would say "No".
On Communication and Tolerance
Listening to stories and telling them helped our ancestors to live humanly — to be human. But somewhere along the way our ability to tell (and to listen to) stories was lost. As life speeded up, as the possibility of both communication and annihilation became ever more instantaneous, people came to have less tolerance for that which comes only over time. The demand for perfection and the craving for ever more control over a world that paradoxically seemed ever more out of control eventually bred impatience with story.
from here : http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/23/spirituality-of-imperfection-storytelling-and-the-search-for-meaning/
I read the article and found that with all the issues of intolerance here in Indonesia somehow relates to this lost ability of communication in its original purpose (as quoted above). Yes, we ‘communicate’, we are the chatter and small talker and well-known for our friendliness. The question is : while chatting, do we really opening the room for dialogue or does that ‘friendly’ act is merely gossiping that let us into ignorance?
I’m no expert on communication, I just think that it supposedly not just an act of exchanging of information. On certain level it suppose to be a way to escalate the awareness among people. In this, it should be a means to bring up the issue of differences, which is the root of intolerance in many cases. That shall be easy to carry out, no? Begin with our daily conversation with family, friends, co-workers, etc. Talk and listen, and be patience with the story. Then maybe when we’re used to differences, tolerance is not at all an issue. Hopefully.
