In this extraordinary life, I would be a teacher still. Helping people to understand even some little things to make them feel worthy and understand themselves better. It seems that teaching has become a calling for me. Not about teaching such specific subject like mathematics or so, but more like... I like to give new perspectives for people, and having them saying "Oh.... I see..." is satisfying for me. Of course, by teaching I can learn so many new perspectives from different people too. It's like the more I teach the more I learn, and that is so true. Maybe more like a guide. I like giving guidance to people who needs it. No, I don't like giving unsolicited guiding. I like to guide people who wants to be guided. I'd teach them how to love, love themselves first. Yea sure when we are talking about things, they would say "do useful things like engineering, plumbing, this and that" but they tend to forget that we need some balance in life. Not saying t
Akhir-akhir ini sedang menyelesaikan bacaan Tetralogi Buru yang mana itu (menurut gw) merupakan buku wajib untuk dibaca orang Indonesia. Semacem buku sejarah tapi bentuknya nggak keliatan kalo lagi bahas sejarah. Bahkan kata Soesilo Toer aja bilang "Pram itu, bikin buku sejarah non fiksi tapi dibikin kayak fiksi. Nah yang fiksi dia bikin kayak non fiksi. Tau Minke kan? Dia itu nyata, tokoh asli, tapi Pram aja bikinnya kayak fiksi". Statement ini semakin menguatkanku mengidolakan Nyai Ontosoroh sepenuhnya. Diawal-awal emang krasa banget kebimbangan seperti "Ini buku kisahnya beneran nggak sih? Nyata nggak sih tokohnya?" Perlahan tapi pasti jadi mikir "Ah nggak lah kalo ini fiksi, semua cerita-cerita tentang negeri ini pernah gw baca dan datanya cocok kok". Penggunaan bahasanya pun cukup sekali, tidak terlalu tua tidak terlalu muda. Standar tapi tetap kerasa klasiknya. Terjemahan Bahasa Inggrisnya pun juga asik nggak kaku seperti buku-buku lawas. Ya m