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Karena Ku Hanya Manusia
I am a human. With heart. With kindness. With love. With respect. With an ability to think, to feel, to get affected by those outside my control. And thus, I am a human. With emotion. With anger. With sadness. With tears. With dissapointments. With flaws. And thus, bless me with patience, strengh, and…
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Keras Kepala Yang Tidak Perlu
“I am who I am. Don’t try to change me. Take me as I am, or watch me as I go.” “Aku adalah aku. Jangan coba-coba mengubahku. Terima aku apa adanya. Kalau tidak ya sudah.” Mungkin kalimat ini ada benarnya. Tapi setelah menjalani hidup sepuluh tahun terakhir, jalan fikir seperti ini perlahan berubah. Think about…
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Seasons of Love
Falling in love feels so good. It’s that feeling when cupids pierce you with their endorphine-laden arrows. There is no other way but up even when things may you bring down. You have no time to feel blue as you fill your mind with the thought of him or her. His coo. Her laughter. What…
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Nineteen Years of Reminiscence
Today in 1995, I fell deeply for a boy 4 years older, in 3 days. And when we were eventually separated by the sea, I cried 3 days straight in the attic, imagining how he was, where he was, what he was doing. Ah fascination. I continued to puppy love him for years after. We…
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Ketika Ajal Menjemput
Kematian — mungkin sesuatu yang menjadi mimpi buruk seluruh makhluk hidup di dunia. Namun apa yang ditakuti ketika seseorang menghembuskan nafas terakhir? Apakah rasa itu ketika kita tahu ajal akan menjemput dalam hitungan menit, detik? Apakah rasa itu ketika kematian datang perlahan selagi penyakit menggerogoti setiap inci tubuh kita? Apakah rasa itu ketika kita tahu…
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A Short Tale of a Married Couple
One morning, a married couple lying in bed, looking at the bedroom ceiling as the sun breaks through their bedroom window. Wife: How long have we been married for? Husband: 6 years. Wife: You’ve promised. At least 70 more years. Husband: (giggles) Yes I will try. Wife: OK. Maybe 64 more years then. By then…
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Life: Certainty vs Confusion
Life is not black and white. Life offers gradation. There is beauty in its greyness. However the greyness often confuses. And when tangled in this confusion, you are left wondering . . . Whether it’d be better for life to be as such, or to be clearly black or white . . .
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Buka Mata Hati
Ibu sejak kecil kerap bercerita. “Kebahagiaan bagi ibu adalah ketika makan ada, tempat tinggal ada, mau jalan-jalan kadang-kadang juga bisa. Hidup cukup. Tidak perlu kaya raya untuk menjadi bahagia,” seloroh ibu. Ketika dipikir-pikir, memang kebutuhan kita sebagai manusia sebenarnya sangat sederhana. Kita butuh makan; butuh rumah untuk berteduh; butuh keluarga dan teman yang mengasihi untuk…
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My Life, My Art, My Happiness
Terima kasih Ed-in-Chief Ivana Atmojo untuk wawancara dengan OK! Magazine Indonesia yang super menyenangkan. Makan siang sambil ngobrol hasilnya sebuah artikel yang well written, well laid out and has made a deep impression on me. Thanks Ivana for your wonderful positivity and energy. Wishing you the best with your new future venture. Lots of love, Mariss x
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A Deeper Conversation with Oneself
Who would have thought that a human so happy could be so depressed over something so basic: trust. Basic, it is basic all right, but it is so fundamental that once it cracks it is harder to mend. It is so fundamental that it influences how you see things around you, how you see others,…
MARISSA ANITA 