Author: rike jokanan

This time I’m talking about one artist, a true artist from my beloved country, Indonesia. He is truly one of his kind. How he composed his works, the way he expresses his ideas and feeling, the way he dresses, all his ways are just unique.

Sudjiwo Tejo is a “dalang”, a puppeteer whose puppet shows are performed or written while modified in such a way to make the original plot and real life situations intertwined. Mostly he conditions the current political issues into his shows, writing, music and paintings. 

He is at the same time a mathematician whose logics are incredibly artistic – my goodness! One of his beautiful statement is: Math: Finding Harmony in Chaos. He presented the topic in 2011 TED Talks in Bandung. He is a badass, genius and deserves a presidency like what he is in his imaginary country “Republik Jancukers”.
Many people think he is “just” a crazy artist seeking his way to the true ways (which is one? Please tell me.) but I’d like to say this maestro is more than what he seems to be. He’s an artist, a scientist, a man of his word, a revolutionist, a country lover, an honest human being.

I might not be able to say accurate things about him using words but one thing for sure: he is a free thinker in my version.

I need not to find someone from other parts of the world to know what it takes to be a smart human being, uniquely smart, a unique antique: the President of The Republic of Jancukers, SUDJIWO TEJO.

Soetta before Changi – December 4, 2016 – 18:46 (JKT time)

It’s been a busy year and I know my years ahead are gonna at least as busy as 2016 or even more…. Exciting!

And Singapore is always busy like me. There is always holiday event every month and that’s why discount is kind of never ending. This is November and people are some celebrating Thanksgivings, some are welcoming the Christmas. All the decoration and lighting on the road, at the malls, around the parks, just everywhere are glowing and luring us people stay outside of the homes. Singaporeans are as busy as Singapore. Exciting!

But the excitement is such a contagion from the vibe to people and from people to more people. What I’m trying to say is more people stay outside of houses and stay in the malls instead. Shopping! Ok, at least eating. Or, just sightseeing – window shopping. 

I then enjoyed the vibe of shopping. To get Ris of stresses they say…. but no, it is not really that. I was not in stress at all. It was just that I found that some of my wishes should be realised. I’ve been so harsh and stingy to myself for the past four years. Excited!

The decision was made and ought to be executed. 😂

A suitcase, many pieces of clothes and fabric, scarves, shoes, sandals, gadgets, blah blah, blah blah and of course books!

Then I felt so light.

My goodness! Did I just say I’m light! I means I was stressed before shopping. Hmm…. Gosh, I just committed a retail theraphy while – I said – I was not in stress! Interesting!

So, don’t take it for granted  when you think you are not in stress and you just want to buy what you need. Think twice. Otherwise, you’ll end up drying out your wallet.

Singapore – December 3, 2016 – 2:58am

To view more colours 

Eyes, glasses won’t work alone.

We need all Seasons.

Wisma Atria – December 19, 2016 – 4:15pm

Kata temanku aku tidak terbiasa mengalah. Mungkin benar, mungkin salah. Benar karena profesiku sebagai auditor identik dengan cari-cari salah orang dan harus mempresentasikan “kesalahan” tersebut secara sistematik dikemas apik sehingga yang disalahkan tetap mau ikhlash disuruh memperbaiki kesalahannya dalam waktu singkat secara akurat.

Salah karena sesungguhnya aku banyak sekali berkompromi terhadap tujuan hidup orang lain di luar pekerjaan. Saya biarkan orang yang seharusnya bertanggung-jawab terhadap kami para perempuan di keluarga kami “ucul” menikmati kenikmatannya sendiri malahan seringkali membebani kami mulai dari beban pikiran, perasaan maupun materi. Aku juga berkompromi terhadap tak terwujudnya beberapa mimpi besarku sebagai seorang perempuan. Pokoknya nggak papa deh ngalah asal jangan masalah pekerjaan aja.

Tapi sebenernya nggak juga. Aku banyak juga membiarkan orang lain melangkahiku. Lagi-lagi nggak papa….

Sudah lama kukesampingkan menang-kalah walau masih sedikit tersisa dikotomi kedua makna tersebut. Menang jadi arang, kalah jadi abu – sama-sama hancur karena api amarah. Tak ada yang memang, keduanya kalah….

Hari ini baru saja kumenangis. Rasanya hatiku terpukul sekali karena satu masalah yang telah begitu panjang diperjuangkan dan hampir menang ternyata dipupus dan (hampir) diputus kalah.

Bukan, bukan aku tak mau kalah. Bukan masalah. Sungguh.

Hanya kutelusuri lagi betapa orang ini memperjuangkan kesalahannya yang (hampir) (di)menang(kan) ini dengan jalan yang menyakitkan, sangat kasar dan menganiaya.

Oh, tak apa. Kuambil ini sebagai praktik puasa. Berpuasa dari yang terlihat, berpuasa terhadap kemenangan semu.

Lalu aku tersenyum, menarik selimut dan siap tidur….

Bukan menang, bukan salah. Bukan tersakiti, bukan disakiti. Bukan harga-diri, bukan kehinaan. Aku hanya ingin terbebaskan…. dari diriku sendiri….

Batam – 28 Oktober 2016 – 23:50

What’s that green and blue?

That the eyes zoom in and out:

Go around the world
My dream is go around the world, that’s what I said to one of my dear best friend, Rizka. Not so much sure that I would and could but the Ultimate Owner of the vast multiverse seems to care about me and be willing to fly me around this globe…. Thank you for everything…. so much.

Singapore – October 20, 2016 – 11:17pm

A forest wood comb

Is smoothening jet black long hair.

Rapunzel’s, is that?

Temasek – October 4, 2016 – 1:37am

Working is like breathing for some people. They dedicate their days and night to perfect their skills and knowledge of a focused thing. No boredom is considered, no tiresomeness is truly felt. Their life is integrated in their very life.

I met many brilliant people in my field of work. They are their jobs, doing their work to a perfection. Amazing journey to drive a success in a team, as if stress and pressure are just a hiccups after a meal.

There is a thing making me appreciate my job: that it helps me find other part of my self I didn’t even think of before. How would you feel when you find that you’re able to do things excellently here, while years ago people might underestimate you for not capable of doing it? How would you feel that you are well appreciated, while you were just ignored by people who think they are much better than you? It is just a kind of thanksgiving! You are blessed for finding your own diamond mine.

Is it? Yes, it is.

But ya…. Some people are just so negative about you. Whatever you say are misinterpreted or even twisted by others to save their own ass. I still see some like that but I believe they are here for a reason.

Those people won’t take me down. They are taking themselves down. 

Those people won’t win their strategy because they don’t have integrity.

Those people just won’t make their ambition happen. They just won’t with their current deceit.

My heart is pounding of being angry but I take a deep breath: pull a gulp of air to my belly and breathe like a baby…. I let go of my anger like a baby meeting mother’s breast. I let go of my fury like a child getting back her doll. I’m letting go off this heavy emotion.

Duh Gusti, life is beautiful….

Temasek – September 24, 2016 – 2:32am

Human is humane.

When not, all others suffer.

It is just constant.
Whatever we human beings do affect others as we are now the Master of the Earth. The word “master” might not be suitable anymore to cure Mother Earth and its dweller including ourselves. Mother Earth is sick because huma beings are sick and in order to get cured, we human should move to a new position – from master to protector.

We are the Protector of the Earth, of the rest of the dwellers on it: the animals, the plants, the in between….

Owner of the Verses, look at us….. Universe, look at us…. Mother Earth, look at us. We do many things harmful and we are sick because of it. Help us stop ourselves. Help us activate the Chi….

Yaa Wasii…. Yaa Latief…. Ya Rabb….

Singapore – September 21, 2016 – 07:42ami

Eyelids wide open.

Eyes blink in the dark night.

Unable to sleep —

Singapore – September 5, 2016 – 1:40am

And the fork of a road
To be travelled
Differently….

And the destinies of life
To be reset
Sincerely….

And it’s time to clean
All clutters in the space
For the self to breathe….

In silence
Let’s listen to secret apology, false reasonings, unwinding anger which coil a body like DNA building its blueprint.

In silence
Words are shooting like meteors falling across the skies burning what’s possible. So be it….

Hey, Traveller!
You can walk through own path.
No worry….

‘Coz you should t walk with those who claimed loyalty but hitting you on the neck when a thief was trying to snatch your pendant.

And the Sun, Air, Water, Soil, Wind…. On Fire

Stop
Stop

Turn to your own way.
And, so be it.

Salaam Ya Salaam
Salaam Ya Rahman
Salaam Ya Rahiem

Salaam

Singapore – August 16, 2016 – 02:20am

Why do you say thanks?
As long as we’re human, we
Should explain reasons.

I have a friend whom I recently got difficult to understand – she claimed a good friend of mine but when I was harassed by people just in front of her, she didn’t try to defend me. Even worse she acted weird adding statement that has made me change my opinion about her claim of being a good friend. Then I decided to take my space, we should just be friends, omitting the word “good”.

Even more weird…. She sends me messages almost everyday saying ridiculous things – the messages are not weird but sending me those messages without reasons make it weird.

Why do you have to say thank you? Why don’t you just ask me why I avoid you? Why don’t you act mature instead of acting innocent?

Sometimes spirituality makes human being act weird – they forget that by being spiritual a human being won’t change to an angel. Human being need reasoning. When reasoning doesn’t come, there might be wider space between human beings that requires a stop.

Singapore – August 15, 2016 – 4:39am

Popping up berries 

Range frompink to blackish blue.

Antioxidants!


Singapore – August 7, 2016 – 4:37am