XoulseekR

when (some)body search for life, love and soul.

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Your phone not your life

Greg Hoffman is a kid who just got an iPhone from his parents. His mom, Janell Hoffman, wrote these [slightly edited] rules for its use: 1. It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren't I the greatest? 2. I will always know the password. 3. If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say hello, use your manners. Do not ever ignore a phone call if the screen reads "Mom" or "Dad". Not ever. 4. Hand the phone to one of your parents promptly at 7:30pm every school night & every weekend night at 9:00pm. It will be shut off for the night and turned on again at 7:30am. If you would not make a call to someone's land line, wherein their parents may answer first, then do not call or text. Listen to those instincts and respect other families like we would like to be respected. 5. It does not go to school with you. Have a conversation with the people you text in person. It's a life skill.  6. If it falls into the toilet, smashes on the ground, or vanishes into thin air, you are responsible for the replacement costs or repairs.  7. Do not use this technology to lie, fool, or deceive another human being. Do not involve yourself in conversations that are hurtful to others. Be a good friend first or stay the hell out of the crossfire. 8-9. Do not text, email, or say anything through this device you would not say in person. 10. No porn.  11. Turn it off, silence it, put it away in public. Especially in a restaurant, at the movies, or while speaking with another human being. You are not a rude person; do not allow the iPhone to change that. 12. Do not send or receive pictures of your private parts or anyone else's private parts. Don't laugh. Someday you will be tempted to do this despite your high intelligence. It is risky and could ruin your teenage/college/adult life. It is always a bad idea. Cyberspace is vast and more powerful than you. And it is hard to make anything of this magnitude disappear -- including a bad reputation. 13. Don't take a zillion pictures and videos. There is no need to document everything. Live your experiences. They will be stored in your memory for eternity. 14. Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe and secure in that decision. It is not alive or an extension of you. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than FOMO -- fear of missing out. 15. Download music that is new or classic or different than the millions of your peers that listen to the same exact stuff. Your generation has access to music like never before in history. Take advantage of that gift. Expand your horizons. 16. Play a game with words or puzzles or brain teasers every now and then. 17. Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without googling. 18. You will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You & I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together.

Source: Facebook

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Rahmi sama Grace, literally artinya sama ya..

#blush #error

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Saat bahasa dari suatu kaum dihancurkan dan disusun kembali, ikut hancurlah peradaban yang telah terbangun. Dan jadilah mereka orang-orang yang depresi dan hampir gila.

Anon

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Pergilah menjelajah Indonesia, dari keindahannya kau akan melihat bagaimana alam ini dibentuk. Pergilah menjelajah dunia, dari kerumitannya kau akan melihat bagaimana peradaban manusia terbentuk.

Inspiration (terinspirasi dari kawan-kawan yang saking cintanya dengan alam Indonesia, dan juga kawan-kawan yang telah menjelajah dunia)

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If you know too much, they will hang you, and if you are too modest, they will trample on you.

Tartar Proverb, read in The Thirteenth Tribe of Israel (Koestler, 1976)

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Ironic

Aku dan kamu dalam selimut hello kitty.. Oh gulingku.

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When I'm too hungry...

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Kali yang ini bikin bukan beli :p

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Radio eswe

Pencarian yang saya lakukan pada postingan sebelumnya berhasil menggiring saya pada nostalgia yang lain: radio SW.

Kenapa eswe? Sekedar wacana?

Bukan.. Nostalgia ini bermula dari kenangan menggunakan radio Sony punya om saya, yang sepertinya dia beli sewaktu dapat pertukaran pelajar ke New Zealand. Nah di radio itu tertulis bukan cuma ada FM dan AM, tapi juga LW dan SW. Pas dioprek-oprek sedikit, ternyata di kanal SW itu bisa denger radio dari berbagai negara (ya iya lah, namanya juga kanal World Band). Dulu sering denger untuk temen kalo gak bisa tidur di malam hari. Iseng-iseng pencarian malam hari bikin saya jadi pengen punya sebuah radio SW. Hari gini hampir semua orang punya tuner FM, minimal di hapenya sendiri. Namun, banyak kanal yang lain yang juga sarat dengan informasi, terutama informasi cuaca dan kebencanaan yang on-air lewat frekuensi non-FM. Yang jelas, cari informasi dunia lewat radio itu bisa jadi aktivitas yang menyenangkan, sebagai waktu istirahat dari mencari informasi dunia lewat internet yang melelahkan mata. So.. Saya akan rogoh kocek dulu sambil mencari receh-receh untuk ditabung, nantinya buat beli radio SW dong.. Hehe

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Jadi bapak

Sehari belajar jadi bapak kakak yang baik.

Kebetulan minggu ini rumah bakalan sepi. Ibu sudah berangkat sejak senin ke Kupang untuk ngajar. Ayah juga telah berangkat rabu ke Jogja. Lha terus kenapa? Gue harus bilang wow gitu?!

Artinya, sekarang si adek terkecil harus saya yang mengayominya. Beda umur kami lumayan, yah bisa dibilang 15 tahun tepat.

Jadi kakak yang mengayomi itu sekaligus "seperti" belajar jadi bapak ternyata. Bangunin pagi buat sholat subuh dan sekolah. Nyiapin makanan sore pas dia pulang sekolah dan kelaparan. Ngajak main badminton, sekaligus refresing. Nyuruh-nyuruh mandi, padahal kakaknya belon mandi. Cek laporan kegiatan siswa, tanda tangan. Nemenin sampe dia tidur, kadang-kadang tengah malam manggil-manggil dalam kondisi setengah kebangun dan nyari temen. Hehehe, keliatannya ribet, tapi engga juga ah.

Kondisi ini bikin saya inget masa kecil. Dulu inget banget, kalo susah tidur, atau memang gara-gara tidur siang, maka ibu selalu menyanyikan sebaris kalimat yang sukses bikin hati saya tenang. Mungkin itu yang tidak dirasakan adik-adik saya yang lain ketika ibu sudah mulai sibuk.. Begini liriknya:

Laailahailallah almalikul haqqul mubin Muhammadurrasulullah, shaddiqul wa'dil amin

Ketika saya teringat, sontak saya beranjak ke tempat peraduan saya di depan layar dan papan ketik dan mencari lirik tersebut di kotak pencarian mbah Gugel. Satu tautan menarik saya untuk mengetahui lebih jauh. Ternyata yang mengajarkan hal tersebut untuk menidurkan anak adalah seorang Kyai di masa "djadoel", yaitu KH Abdul Gaffar Ismail. Beliau merupakan ayahanda dari Taufik Ismail. Oh, Kyai yang sangat masyhur di Pekalongan, jelas saja nasihatnya kental di benak ibu saya dulu.

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Belajar rahasia hidup

Kalau kita ambil positifnya, barang kita yang hilang, rusak, atau dicuri orang lain itu adalah wakaf atau sedekah kita yang paling baik kalau kita bisa mengikhlaskannya. Kenapa? Karena bisa jadi itu benda yang kita cintai.

Jelas lebih berharga daripada uang puluhan juta tapi kita memang sedekahkan karena tidak dipakai.. :)

#RandomThought

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Tuti.. Tukang Tidur

Saya kena penyakit tidur!

Baru aja pegang anduk mau mandi, eh ngeleos ke kasur dan alhasil tidur sampe siang menjelang sore..

One more day wasted T__T

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Jam gadang!

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Start with a clean white paper, not a sketched one, to draw your own masterpiece.

Anonmyself

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The Strange Friendship

I learned that when people share their anxieties or problems to a person of opposite sex without relationship, they will develop some strange chemistries. Some good guy said they was there for just listen and lift 'her' burdens. Many of the case would be stories about their work related problems, family problems, or the most complex is about past/current lover. The chemistries made here is going to be strange mix of love, compassion, friendship, and jealousy, that will likely manifested as guilty pleasures. Sometimes, they can be lover. But in some other cases, they can't be one. They will live either by enduring the pain, or just forgetting. It probably will leave a deep hidden scar. I have been there. So, my advice is. Never do get close to opposite sex, if you are interested in him/her, by listening to their problems or by sharing yours from the first. Be strict. Or if you are just going to help with the problems, never really listen to deeper stories. The probability is you'll fall to him/her in seconds.

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Sanguin Melankolis

Entah kenapa saya begitu tertarik dengan melankolisme. Nada melankolik, lirik lagu melankolik. Dibalik segala keras yang terbentuk dalam canda tawa, tekanan kehidupan, serta kesibukan yang melenakan.. Ternyata menangis itu melembutkan hati.

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hey xoul, keep seeking #apadeh

Seeking detrut.. #error