Kamis, 09 November 2017

MOSQUE

Mosque is where you are in more than just a dome; where believers feel at home; where people learn God's eternity; where the crowd search for tranquility; where we, the sinners, seek repentance; where we, the desperate, find back the Guidance. ©DwisRiyuka 201711...

Rabu, 04 Oktober 2017

MENJADI 'TEMPAT SAMPAH'

Orang yang menjadi TEMPAT CURHAT orang-orang di sekitarnya biasa disebut TEMPAT SAMPAH. Hmm... Agak gak setuju sih ini. Curhatan orang lain gak semuanya 'sampah' kok. Tergantung bagaimana sikap dan sudut pandang kita sebagai pendengar. Curhatan tuh bisa jadi: (1) PELAJARAN hidup untuk kita ambil...

BEAUTY

"What is #beauty? How do you define beauty?" That was the question I throw to my Speaking Club last night. If I had to answer my own question, the following would be my explanation. • In my opinion there are two kinds of beauty based on the visibility. I believe we can't deny the existence of...

Tea for Hectic Days

Are you kind of busy people? Do you always face hectic days that make you exhausted or even depressed sometimes? I think drinking TEA will be perfect for you, just as it's perfect to me. Why tea? Tea can keep you AWAKE. It has CAFFEINE too but it's not as much as caffeine in coffee. So it is...

Philosophy of Tea

Every little thing Allah creates has philosophy in it. Today, let me try to express what I think about the philosophy of TEA. Tea can only grow in certain climate. It requires good quality of soil & adequate quantity of rainfall​. It means being SELECTIVE for where we live is quite important....

GROW through Life!

GROW through life. Don't just GO through life. -unknown- Nature teaches. It shows us how plants grow where ever they are planted to teach us 'grow' anywhere we are placed. It shows us how sky and earth meets in mountain view we see from distance turning to be something gorgeous to teach us about...

Allah Mencintai

Pernah gak sih antara iseng² (yang didukung rasa penasaran atas jawaban dari pertanyaanmu sendiri) trus kamu nyari-nyari? Entah dengan googling, baca buku, baca terjemahan Quran, buka Youtube atau bahkan pakai fitur 'search' di aplikasi Quran digital. Saya pernah penasaran gimana sih biar kita...

FLY!

When you have shoes to walk through this far, why not finding wings to go any farther? . Any way you can do everything under your own steam, still you need somebody else to reach your dream. No matter how you can stand on your own two feet, still you need somebody else to do something beyond your...

Ode to God

I see the crowd adore You, My Lord For the sun stays golden For it sets in West behind the mountain For it becomes Your summon Soon after Your sky turns dark-blue They get ready to meet You Tranquilly Peacefully Millions prayers evaporate in the air Fly high beyond Your sky When the time comes...

SUNSET & THE FLYING KITES

Staring at sunset makes me tranquil and gives me time to contemplate. This moment is such a reminder that everything has an end, that our bright life might end with the darkness of mortality, that everyone will face death and we'll be 'the departed' surely. Isn't it so beautiful, the way God...

Senin, 14 Agustus 2017

Pre Order PETRICHOR by Pluviophile

Sebenarnya agak malu mau promo buku sendiri. I was not really confident to know that people read one of mine. Sebab saya menyadari bahwa cerpen yang saya tulis & termuat di buku ini masih jauh dari tulisan yang berkualitas, baik dari segi estetika maupun ide cerita. Masih perlu banyak kritik...

Selasa, 25 April 2017

MAJID DI MASJID

            "Maling... Maling... Maliiing!"      Teriak warga berlarian mengejar si tangan panjang. Kencang benar ia. Para warga kewalahan menangkapnya.       Majid namanya. Pencuri, pencopet, penguntit, penjambret paling profesional...
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Jumat, 21 April 2017

AKU (BUKAN) KARTINI

Bukan, Tuan! Saya bukan Kartini Saya adalah saya sendiri Tidak, Tuan! Saya tak hendak menyangkal sejarah Terakuilah Kartini nan dikisahkan dengan megah Sebagai simbol puan penggugah Ya, Tuan! Memang saya pun puan Namun tak hendak disama-samakan Beliaulah beliau adanya Saya adalah saya saja Dengar,...
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Rabu, 22 Februari 2017

DEL: Talk is Cheap

Pernah dengar lagunya Secondhand Serenade yang "Fall for You"?? Kalau kamu dengerin lagu itu, pasti bakal nemu frasa "talk is cheap" di liriknya. Apasih itu artinya?? TALK IS CHEAP bukan berarti ngomong itu murah. Kata murah di sini bermakna konotatif alias kiasan aja. Berdasarkan konteksnya,...

Rabu, 08 Februari 2017

(BUKAN) KAMUS BERJALAN

Sumber: Pinterest "Tring!" Sebuah pesan masuk. Lalu diikuti beberapa pesan lain. Isinya adalah kiriman foto atau screenshoot sebuah teks 1 halaman yang diikuti pesan "Mbak, bahasa Inggrisnya apa?" Kadang juga ada pesan copy-paste 1 paragraf lebih yang disusul kalimat "Dwis, bahasa Inggrisin...

Senin, 06 Februari 2017

PESAN DIRI: Last Minute

Hei, Dwis di masa mendatang... Aku menulis ini saat menyadari sebuah kesalahan yang sering terulang bahkan sudah seperti kebiasaan. Semoga saat kau membaca ini, kebiasaan buruk ini sudah hilang sehingga membaca catatan ini cukup jadi kenangan, bukan lagi peringatan. Kau di masa ini terbiasa...

Kamis, 02 Februari 2017

RUMPUT TETANGGA LEBIH HIJAU

Ikada, Sintha, and me Siapa yang tak tahu peribahasa ngehits ini. Ya ngehits karena memang banyak dialami generasi masa kini, apalagi dengan adanya medsos. Gak jarang kan nemuin (atau malah yang nulis) komen begini: “Wah jalan-jalan terus ya?” | “Cieee main mulu” | “Dolan ae, Rek!” Padahal bisa...

RINDU

Rindu Ada dua macam kerinduan. Yang pertama tersebab pernah mengalami dan ingin mengulangnya lagi. Yang kedua tersebab belum pernah mengalami dan ingin merasakannya suatu hari sehingga rela menanti hingga datangnya hari. (Parafrasa kutipan @fahdpahdepie, 2011 -kalau nggak salah- dalam video “Revolvere...

Minggu, 22 Januari 2017

RESEP: Bubur Bayam Gurih Pedas

Bubur Bayam Gurih Pedas Resep telah diunggah via Cookpad 18 April 2016 Survive but don't let yourself starve. Anak kos yang belum punya penghasilan tetap mah kudu, wajib, & harus kreatif biar bisa makan enak tapi tetap irit. Ceritanya nih di kos cuma ada persediaan beras dan uang...
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SWEET TALK

Sweeet Talk; in frame: Sintha and me We do admit that we are completely tiny creatures in a big big world, don't we? That this huge man-made craft we sit on is just a little bigger than us and a lot smaller than the cosmos; That we are only two of millions people willing to have some struggle trying...

Sabtu, 21 Januari 2017

IMPIAN

DREAMSLangston Hughes, 1902 - 1967 Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with sno...