say no to ngupil (in public)!!

To the good people of Jakarta, I beg thee, please stop picking thy nose in public. ‘Tis very unsightly. And also very unhygienic.

Gak cewek gak cowok, belakangan ini kok makin banyak orang me-”ngupngup” di angkot atopun busway. Apakah ini berarti udara Jakarta semakin kotor? Tapi sekotor apapun udaranya gak berarti bisa sesuka hati ngupngup di depan umum kaan. Yang ngeliat kan jijay bombay bajaaay. Yang paling parah itu kemaren di busway dukuh atas-tu gas. Si bapak duduk pas di depanku dan dia ngupngup dengan asiknya. Awalnya tiap tangannya mulai ke idung, kuliatin, tangannya turun lagi. Masih ada malunya. Tapi abis itu dia curi-curi lagi dan secara aku udah jijay juga jadinya mengalihkan pandangan. Eh langsung lah the onslaught began dan dia ngupngup dengan konsentrasi tinggi ampe kupelototin juga udah gak mempan. Semua jari (kecuali jempol) kayaknya masuk tuh ke idung. IIIHH JIJIK BANGET SIIIIIHHH >_< Dan secara ya, dia itu kan duduk di depanku, ampe pegel leherkuw gara-gara ngeliat ke kiri mulu demi tidak melihat “pemandangan” itu. Pas udah capek ngadep kiri, kembalilah saya menghadap depan, berharap “kerja bakti” udah selesai. Ternyata beluuuum. Akhirnya setelah beberapa lama ngupngup selesai tapi ternyata kelakuan jorkinya belum selesai, dia menaruh tangannya di kursi kosong di sebelahnya. OH NOOOOO lama-lama gw mending berdiri aja deh di busway..

Satu hal yang kuamati, yang ngupngup itu rata-rata bapak-bapak ato ibu-ibu lo. Belum pernah ketemu anak sekolah yang ngupngup. Memalukan masa orang dewasa kelakuan kayak gitu

To my eldest brother

Looking back, I think my eldest brother is an exemplary older brother. Back when I was small, the family pc was in his room, so the youngest trio (my bro, sis, and I) was in his room almost everyday to use it. Can you imagine going home from school and finding the little tykes in your room playing games and basically just being noisy? I’d go ballistic for sure. And kick them out of my room. But I’m the youngest, I never had to tolerate annoying little kids. My eldest bro never ever did that. I don’t recall ever getting kicked out of his room. In fact, I don’t remember ever seeing him angry at us for being in his room.

The one memory I really treasure is whenever he bought the latest edition of Tapak Sakti. Since I couldn’t wait to read after him, I read it together with him. You have to remember  little kids read slowly yet my bro would patiently wait for me to finish before turning the page. He’d always ask, “Udah?” and only turn the page when I had finished.

The only one instance when he was not comfortable at having to take care of us was when my parents told him to accompany us to watch The Lion King at the movies. Before we left, he told my mom that in case any of his friends called, not to tell them that he was accompanying us. He was embarrassed.

just go to ‘ell

The public outcry over the kOm15i8@yahoo.com bemused me. It  made me wonder, whether  I’m the only one who has given up on the government? So far, nothing those “anggota hewan yang terhormat” did ever surprised me. I view them as lowly bastards of which nothing is too low for them. The porn ipad? Nope. Liburan kunjungan kerja ke luar negeri? Biasa itu mah. I guess I’m being too pessimistic. But can’t help it, not with the types of people in the government..