The Art of Randomness

August 25th, 2008 by allboutvienz

People say that I’m quite random. In many things. I can say random things out of nowhere in the middle of awkward silences; I can be preoccupied during the classes, thinking about random stuff. I can make people laugh with my random, peculiar knowledge. Some people think that I am weird for being random, but some people love me for my strange randomness. =)

I like random things. I think the universe is built by chained randomness, one link to another. Or seemed to be so, while it actually is a big blue print of the so-called destiny. Every point of randomness is actually creating a beautiful shape, or color, or pattern: life itself. Yea, I believe in destiny. That every person is destined to walk on a specific path. Only, that path is not easy to find. You’ve got to find it yourself, in order to find your own path.

Imagine this life was a prairie. The grass grew very tall, up to your thigh, that you couldn’t see the trails ahead. You might wanna use a sickle to cut off the grass, some people would use some kind of lawn mower. Point is, everybody’s trying to figure out their own path, using whatever tools or method they think is best. Some people would draw a map, check their compasses, analyze the possible direction; anything to get ahead. These kinds of people plan their every step carefully in order not to fall into a snake’s den or something dangerous.

But random people, like moi, would enjoy the process of finding the path itself. We might make mistakes; we might fall face-down on a poison ivy bush or get caught in a barb wire before we finally found the right path, yet we’d enjoy every fall and pain during the process. Because from falling we learn how to avoid the same hole, and from pain we’re reminded of how much it hurt and we’ll try to prevent it from happening ever again.

It’s not that these ‘random people’ are unprepared. We pretty much know the big picture in our head, of what we’re heading to or what we’re becoming into. Yet it might take a long time for us to get there, because may be we would need to browse all over the prairie and fall several times before saying, “Hey, this is the path I’ve been looking for!” But many times, ‘random people’ would more likely to enjoy the scenery, discover the hidden beauty of the prairie; while the ‘planned people’ just focus on getting ahead, without noticing the flowers bloom or the hopping bunnies around: any possible details. May be there’s even a hidden trail, a shortcut of any kind, but they would be too careless to even take a look around.

A friend of mine once said, “In order to survive in this life, we should be a ‘modifier’. Why? Because even if your future is well planned before you, there’s always the slightest chance that it may fail. And when it does, you’ll have to modify all your life in order to get things back on the right trail.”

Such a wisdom that he shared with me. Well, as a person of randomness, adaptability is a must in order to survive. See, sometimes things just don’t go how they should be. But we shouldn’t mourn on our scattered dreams. Take a look around and breathe, then modify a new method to reach that dream once again. ‘Cuz life isn’t linear, there are endless possibilities…

I like watching life as a patterned randomness. We might not know what waits for us in every step we take, but that is exactly the beauty of it.

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June 22nd, 2008 by allboutvienz
Hey Nona kecil yang berputar-putar
dalam pusaran mimpi dan realita, pernahkah kau terbangun dan tersadar
bahwa matahari tlah tinggi dan kisahmu tlah berakhir di penghujung
malam, lama sebelumnya? Kini kau berusaha menggapai-gapai ke permukaan,
kau hampir kehabisan napas, tapi kegelapan menarikmu lebih jauh pada
kedalaman yang mematikan. Kau sendirian. Tapi kini tak ada lagi Bintang
Jatuhmu, simbol keberuntunganmu, untuk meraih tanganmu dan membawamu ke
permukaan tuk menatap fajar di lembar cakrawala. Dan kau tangisi
kepergiannya. Karna semua bahagia itu tinggallah mimpi-mimpi yang hadir
pada menit-menit yang mematikan dalam kesendirian. Yang tersisa
hanyalah nada-nada indah yang teredam dalam kenangan. Lalu kau
berpikir, "Akankah aku bisa meniti lagi jembatan pelangi dan temukan
cinta lagi?"

Kuharap bisa, Nona kecil. Karna ia bahagia bersamaku. Kini pergilah dan cari kebahagiaanmu sendiri.

Ciao, Sunshine!

April 13th, 2008 by allboutvienz

 

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Dico: ‘Ciao, vi!’ 
… Alla faccia che amo più
 … Per il sorriso dolce come cannella brindisi

 Egli rivela in un angolo di un soleggiato pomeriggio.
 Con il mio preferito è la torta di formaggio viene lungo,
 Mettendo sul mio preferito sorriso sul mio volto preferito …
 Oh, è la torta di formaggio più dolce che abbia mai assaggiato

 Miei cari, danziamo sotto il cielo più blu!
 Perché la pioggia sarà presa dopo,
 Quindi saremo impegnati cottura cupcakes quando piove.
 Ma la pioggia o la neve, non mi cura …

 

Perché sei il mio sole, sei il mio Valentino divertente! *

 * Sicuramente, è stato divertente, dopo tutto! =)

Vienz / Bandung, 11 Aprile 2008

for the English translation, please click: http://principessalavienz.blogspot.com/2008/04/hello-sunshine.html

Pelangi untuk Peri Kecil

February 23rd, 2008 by allboutvienz

Seorang Peri Kecil
yang pergi meninggalkan sarangnya terlalu cepat. Sayapnya belum lagi tumbuh
sempurna, namun ia nekat terbang meninggalkan sarangnya yang nyaman. Tidak. Sarang
itu tak lagi hangat. Dulu memang ia temukan kebahagiaan di sana. Namun telah beberapa lama, kehangatan
itu tak lagi terasa. Dan ia sering menemukan dirinya terkapar lemah tanpa
perlindungan, kulitnya terasa perih dan rapuh diseka udara yang terdiam.

 

Peri Kecil
memutuskan untuk terbang, walaupun sayapnya belum berubah keemasan. Aku tak butuh sayap-sayap keemasan yang
hanya memikat pekatnya malam, aku hanya ingin melihat dunia dan warna-warna
pelangi yang mereka bilang indah mempesona
, katanya. Dan terbanglah ia.

 

Peri-peri yang
lebih tua berusaha menahannya, katanya dunia luar itu keras, dan ia takkan bisa
menghadapinya sendirian. Terlebih lagi sayapnya belum tumbuh sempurna. Namun
Peri Kecil tak peduli, katanya ia akan temukan jalannya sendiri.

 
Dalam dingin dan
kegelapan, Peri Kecil melayang ke sana kemari. Mencoba mencari jalan di antara akar-akar pohon yang menjuntai
mengancam, di antara lolongan binatang malam yang menakutkan. Tanpa cahaya ia
berjalan, genggaman yang mengisi sela-sela jarinya hanyalah genggaman tangannya
sendiri.

 

Lalu ia melihatnya
ketika kegelapan malam berganti fajar, kemudian senja menyela di satu hari yang
melelahkan. Ketika kaki-kakinya tak kuat lagi berjalan, dan sayap-sayapnya
telah tersayat-sayat nyaris hancur menjadi abu; ia menemukannya: kaki pelangi
yang selama ini menghiasi mimpinya. Lengkungan indah yang menggambarkan
senyuman surga.

 

Seketika bahagia
mengisi setiap jengkal tubuh kecilnya. Sakit, perih, dan dingin tak lagi
terasa. Seolah tubuh mungilnya dapat menyerap energi dunia. Bibirnya membentuk
lengkungan serupa raga pelangi, itulah senyuman sang Peri Kecil yang telah lama
tak terlihat di wajahnya.

 

Peri Kecil tak
ingat lagi telah berapa lama ia berada di sana.
Yang ia ingat hanyalah, setiap harinya adalah momen-momen yang istimewa.
Baginya, terbangun di pagi hari dan melihat pelanginya masih ada di sana menemaninya adalah
kebahagiaan yang tak tergantikan. Bahkan di Kerajaan tempatnya berasal,
kebahagiaan semacam itu tak pernah ada. Nun jauh di sana, Sarangnya semakin terasa hampa
tertimbun debu, kesunyian, dan jaring laba-laba.  

 

Ya, terkadang ia
teringat akan masa lalunya di sana.
Dan sebagian kecil dirinya mungkin masih merindukan. Tetapi ia ingat Sarang itu
tak dibangun di atas pondasi yang kokoh, lama kelamaan ia akan roboh ketika tak
tahan lagi menahan ego dan kerinduan. Sarang itu menjadi fenomena yang terlalu
menyedihkan, hingga Peri Kecil memutuskan untuk pergi. Peri Kecil terkadang
merindukan hari-hari indah yang pernah dilewatinya di sana. Tapi bila mengingat fenomena yang
menyedihkan itu, wajahnya jadi tampak murung, dan Pelangi tak suka melihatnya
muram.

 

Ketika malam tiba,
Pelangi kirimkan Purnama untuk terangi hatinya. Biarkan ia terlelap dalam mimpi
indah disinari cahaya. Dalam tidurnya ia memeluk Pelangi, ia dekap erat-erat
dan tak dibiarkannya pergi.

 

Suatu hari Peri
Kecil terbangun menyadari sayapnya tlah tumbuh dengan sempurna. Rupanya
kebahagiaan merupakan obat terbaik untuk semua luka. Peri Kecil terbang dengan
riang meniti indahnya dunia.

 

Satu hal yang
membedakannya dengan peri-peri lain di dunia: sayapnya tak berubah keemasan;
melainkan berwarna-warni serupa rona Pelangi.

Senja

February 19th, 2008 by allboutvienz

Sesaat Hujan jatuh hati pada Senja,
Dan ia luruhkan dirinya pada lembayung jingga
Hadirkan pelangi pada warna langitnya,
Menghibur cita yang hampir padam oleh sang Malam.

 

Sore tadi sendu dihampiri mendung kelabu,
Matanya nanar seolah hati terpatah.
Lalu titik-titik air menari di kaca jendela
Biasnya cantik jumpa cahaya walau secercah..

 

Senja bahagia,
Semesta hadiahkan pelangi pada akhir harinya.
Hujan mencinta,
Walau kala Senja memudar, ia tahu takkan lagi mereka jumpa…

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post di sini dulu ah.. bloggernya lagi error.. =(

My Personality Test Result. katanya siih..

January 31st, 2008 by allboutvienz

Custom Keirsey Temperament Report for Oktavina

      

         

Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicate that your personality type is that of The IdealistTM.

      

      

         

All Idealists share the following core characteristics:

      

      

         
  • Idealists
    are enthusiastic, they trust their intuition, yearn for romance, seek
    their true self, prize meaningful relationships, and dream of attaining
    wisdom.
  • Idealists pride themselves on being loving, kindhearted, and authentic.
  • Idealists tend to be giving, trusting, spiritual, and they are focused on personal journeys and human potentials.
  • Idealists make intense mates, nurturing parents, and inspirational leaders.

      

      

         

Idealists
as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and
development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can
become their best possible self–always this quest for self-knowledge
and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help
others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with
people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or
personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at
helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as
individuals and to fulfill their potentials.

         

Idealists
are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to
achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they
seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of
creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a
unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work
together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a
romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer
to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical
world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is
filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings
calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual
dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be
known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to
Idealists than the world of material things.

Highly ethical
in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of
personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and
they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when
they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the
very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships,
Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They
believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few
warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with
their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone
with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their
deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.

Idealists are
relatively rare, making up no more than 15 to 20 percent of the
population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm
and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers.

Well, what do you think of me?

http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html

Bintang Jatuh

January 23rd, 2008 by allboutvienz

Sayangku jangan bersedih,
lihatlah bintang-bintang meredup muram
seiring redup senyummu..

Sayangku jangan berkecil hati,
jika semangatmu gentar,
ke mana pergi rona mentari esok pagi?

Sayangku,
jika hari ini satu bintang terjatuh
dari singgasananya di langit itu,
ia akan menyapamu di dinginnya mimpi..
Menyemangatimu lebih dekat lagi,
hingga suatu hari nanti kau akan mampu
meraih cita setinggi singgasananya dulu.

Dan bersinar lebih terang lagi…

Sayangku,
kau akan bisa meraih bintang itu

Kini tersenyumlah..
tak ada yang lebih baik mengobati luka hati
Dan tersenyumlah,
karna kau sudah berjanji untuk kembali dengan senyuman.

Famous Words

December 27th, 2007 by allboutvienz

You might have heard this quotation too many times:

"That which does not destroy us makes us stronger."

However, may be only few of us know who really said it. Well, I’m telling you this, as I only found it out myself: it was Nietzsche’s.

Perbincangan Usia Dua Puluh

December 23rd, 2007 by allboutvienz

Ini adalah secuplik perbincangan antara saya dan sahabat lama. Sahabat yang sudah saya kenal sejak kami masih berseragam. Hanya saja waktu berlari dan semuanya berubah. Kini memasuki usia dua puluh… Dan semuanya terlihat berbeda.

So. Here goes:

vienz: hahaha. parah..
k a n i a kanaya: gw jg mikirny sm
k a n i a kanaya: klo dia trs brpikir ky skrg, ntr dia g sdr klo time flies dan umur kita g ubahnya ky perawn tua
vienz: parah lo. hahahahaha
k a n i a kanaya: gw jg mikir gt kok ttg diri gw
vienz: emang lo berpikir mo nikah umur berapa?
vienz: *dulu, kalo ditanya, gw bakal jawab: 25-26,
vienz: tapi sekarang?
vienz: bo, 25 tuh… kurang dari 5 taun lagi yes?
vienz: hakhak
vienz: emang udah siap?
k a n i a kanaya: BLOOOM
vienz: jadi bunging
k a n i a kanaya: yg ttg gw jg
k a n i a kanaya: gw kdg msh mikir
k a n i a kanaya: ‘gmn klo..’
vienz: klo apa ciing?
k a n i a kanaya: klo tnyata slama ini gw cm wasting time
vienz: kok, gitu?
k a n i a kanaya: yaaa cm mikir aja
k a n i a kanaya: just me n my foolish brain
k a n i a kanaya: hoho
vienz: hoho.
vienz: kita semua pasti pernah mikir kaya gitu kok
vienz: tapi kalo kita terus mikir kaya gitu
vienz: nanti semuanya beneran cuma a waste of time..
vienz: mending
k a n i a kanaya: gw pgn sebebas2nya sblm nikah
vienz: you live the life to the fullest
k a n i a kanaya: jd ntr gw bs fokus m kluarga gw n i live my life with a big smile n pleasure
vienz: hohoho..
vienz: bagus kok
vienz: tapi ati2.. tau2 lo ngelewatin limit lo
vienz: untuk bebas
k a n i a kanaya: ?
vienz: cuz freedom doesn’t have no limit
vienz: maksudnya
vienz: ada batasnya lo bisa merasakan kebebasan itu
k a n i a kanaya: yup my limit is limitless
k a n i a kanaya: haha
vienz: misalnya, batas umur
k a n i a kanaya: kebebasan bertangung jawab mun ceunah ppkn mah
vienz: haha
vienz: yups
vienz: batas umur… lo bisa aja pengen bebas terus
vienz: eh, tau2 umur lo udah kepala 3
vienz: dan lo belum nikah *knock on wood*
vienz: dan semua orang sudah berharap menimang cucu dari lo
vienz: hohoho
k a n i a kanaya: yeah
k a n i a kanaya: mungkin lbh enak lg klo ntr lo nikah sama org yg sejiwa ya
vienz: hahaha, iya.
k a n i a kanaya: lo bs bebas even sesudah lo nikha, dan lo punya batas
k a n i a kanaya: batas lo : a place called home.
vienz: dan, dia bisa ngingetin lo kalo lo sudah melebihi batas
vienz: yups
vienz: njis, perbincangan usia 20..
vienz: hakhakhak
k a n i a kanaya: njis jijik
k a n i a kanaya: r we old vin?
vienz: yeps.
vienz: sure we are…
vienz: or may be it’s just a next phase
k a n i a kanaya: sumtimes i laugh so hard at ABG gaul
vienz: you know, we cannot be teenagers for our whole lifetime
vienz: hakhak
k a n i a kanaya: but sumtimes i envy them
k a n i a kanaya: gw iri dgn semua kpolosan mrk
k a n i a kanaya: dan waktu panjang yg mrk punya
k a n i a kanaya: gw?
k a n i a kanaya: ditanya kapan nikah. damn,,.
vienz: hahaha, betul, betul!!
vienz: abg labil itu merasa, mereka lagi krisis identitas
k a n i a kanaya: dan kita? krisis status
k a n i a kanaya: AHAHA
vienz: padahal? mereka baru ngerasain sedikit dari hidup
vienz: sebenernya kita tauk, yang lagi krisis
vienz: hakhakhak
vienz: kita harus cepat2 menyelamatkan diri, kan
vienz: hohoho
k a n i a kanaya: kyny gw kurang ajar deh m Allah
k a n i a kanaya: suka ga bersyukur
vienz: hmm… all human beings are
vienz: hoho
vienz: emang sih, kan.. kalo udah di bawah kita pasti inget Allah
vienz: eh, giliran lagi di atas? lupa deh..huhu
vienz: padahal kan ga boleh
k a n i a kanaya: pastiii
k a n i a kanaya: cuma inget dunia
k a n i a kanaya: giliran down sibuk nangis2 di atas sajadah
k a n i a kanaya: w r pathetic y vin
k a n i a kanaya: haha
vienz: hahahaa… bener, bener
vienz: kan, omongan hari ini serius sekali
vienz: kenapa kamu teeeh???
k a n i a kanaya: ga tau viiin
k a n i a kanaya: gloomy gitu ya?
k a n i a kanaya: hohohoh
vienz: huhuhu..
k a n i a kanaya: i don’t talk seriously lot
k a n i a kanaya: cm org2 tertentu yg bs gw ajak ngobrol serius
k a n i a kanaya: u r, one of a kind
vienz: thanks…
vienz: gw jg jarang2 kok, bisa serius ngobrol ma orang
k a n i a kanaya: iya jg y vin
k a n i a kanaya: qta serius bnr yajk!
vienz: huahaha… kapan coba kita kayak gini?
k a n i a kanaya: haha
vienz: pas di 2-6 aja obrolan teh sampah kabeh
vienz: hahaha
vienz: dasar abege ga ngerti hidup…
vienz: *emang sekarang ngerti?
vienz: hahahah

Begitulah. Betapa lucunya ketika kau menyadari, tak ada yang sama kini…
Ahh,, nice chat, my dear friend.

At The First Sight…

December 15th, 2007 by allboutvienz

a quote from ‘Closer’:

"If you believe in love at the first sight, you’ll never stop looking…"

Makes me think. And I came to realization that, may be it’s true. May be it’s you. It all occurs to me, loud and clear, that may be that was it: love at the first sight. The thing that I got to you since the first time we met. May be I just never realized it, but you were already there: in my mind. How can you wander around my mind all the time, and I never realize it? I don’t know. May be it’s just the way it has to be.

Yes, now I DO believe in love at the first sight.

Only, sometimes you just don’t find them immediately. But if your mind can’t stop thinking about him after the first encounter, just wait. The time will tell until you’re ready. To really love him, to be really loved by him.

Oh, how can I not be thankful, for meeting you that day. And be loved by you someday…