KKN-PPM Gadjah Mada - Dandang Gula by Pak Podo

Kang sinanggit sekar dandang gendis

Mung kinarya njumbuhake rasa

Rasa ing sanubarine

Riharas jroning kalbu

Manunggaling ati pakarti

Lathi pan jangkepira

Kang kinarya laku

Lakuning pakarti tama

Nora ngetang akehing budi utami

Pasrah maring kang kwasa

Wulan pasa tahunipun alip

Mangsa siji windune sangara

Kuruwelut nggih wukune

Sangalas papat pitu

Tanggal siji ing tahun jawi

Mahasiswa Gadjah Mada

Lumebet ing dusun

Dusun Puthon Girimulya

Cacah sapta kakung putri ingkang prapta

Nyawiji mring kawula

Kang sawiji putri Sala Vivi

Kang kapindo Wedar Purwakerta

Dene ingkang katelune

Ing Sukaharja Pramu

Kaping papat Adit lan Rani

Kekalih saking Yogya

Kalima puniku

Anggara Ngayogyakarta

Kang pungkasan Achda Jaten kang winarni

Sadaya mahasiswa

Pamintaku mring sira puniki

Wigatosna aywa ngantikemba

Mring sira kang disik dewe

Den bakuh ing pikukuh

Sregep srawung ja nganti lali

Asih maring sasama

Apan iku baku

Lamun benjang wus makarya

Ngati ati manah jujur sing taberi

Muga slamet slaminya

Surrounded by Emptiness

The first question. Have you read the title of this post?

Second. If you, indeed, had read that, do you associate this post with depression or sadness or even grief?

If you did, well it seems that I have to ask for an apology this time.

Next questions. Have you ever taste a cuisine that is very delicious that gave you out-of-world sensation? Or have you ever listen to a music which gave you an eargasmic? And if you had, whether it is either or both, what happened after you going through those moments? Did your world remain the same? Did those affect your life in any way whatsoever?

I have ever heard a parable that said, "The easiest way to describe the situation is by asking the questions." It is what I did. I experienced those kind of thrills which was highly related to movies. And no, my world did not remain the same. The art of that movies really changed my perspectives. Subsequently, you could deduce my answer for the next question: "Yes, they gave a huge impact to the life of mine."

At this moment, I am on the process of movie marathon -an activity to watch (and rewacth) the movies nonstop- until I encounter those magnificient art. After I saw the trilogy movies, I watch another movies which then I realized that the other movies are just plain, tasteless screen play. The trilogy took another level of movie's quality which raised my taste of movie and set it at the apex. Eventually, the only thing that left for me at the present time is emptiness. They made a hole in my heart and an enormous void in my brain.

I wish and I really wish that this phenomenon will last temporarily. As if you were being strucked by a lightning, being mesmerised by the art will cause a momentary shock -that's being said only if we survived the jolt, though. 

Angel and Human (1)

"Everyone has an angelic side in their own heart."

Based on a particular circumstance, I "trapped" in this kind of activity. An event that forced me to smile to every people that I met. A situation that constrained me from using any kind of gadget (and I love this rule, though). An event that enforced me to develop an intimate relationship with someone who was chosen by the committee. Well not that I hated it, but this is something that I didn't do every day.

For your information only, I am a quiet - no fun person which always takes things seriously. And if we moving on to the face validity, a big zero will emerge from the judges. And if you look for good points from education nor career, you would find nothing. Literally nothing. Well, in the end, I (still) had to do those tasks from the committee.

The assignment is not that hard actually. You only had to do something good to the target. You had to become an "angel" for that person, someone who would do everything to make a human happy. At the first time when I imagined those things, I found that it is really hard since I did not know anything related to my human.

However, funny things happened in the d-day. You know what? Every person that attended the event treated each other well. I was judged as "an angel" for the person that was not "my human". They asked me personally, "Are you the angel of mine?", which then I had to tell the truth, no. And not only myself, many of my friend being judged so. You have to believe that we acted unconsciously in those situations. We, subconsciously, have the capability to be an altruist to the environment.

My point is when you really want to do something good to someone and you believe that you could, you will succeed. Your body will emit positive aura which will be recognized by the surroundings. That aura will affect you and bring your positive character. We were born with virtuous heart but tainted gradually. Even if the nowadays people tend to be an individualist, the pure seraphic heart still remains in ourselves.