Kamis, 18 Mei 2023

Stupidity and Luck is on me

Per Mei tahun 2023, orang terkaya atau keluarga terkaya di Indonesia masih dipegang Grup Djarum, perusahaan rokok itu. Prinsip hidup keluarga Djarum, menurut salah satu pakar konstitusi keluarga, hanya dua: Pertama, bagaimana bisa bertahan hidup. Kedua, jangan sampai hidup sengsara.


Bahwa mereka menjadi keluarga terkaya di Indonesia itu, katanya, karena tidak mau berhenti bekerja. Tujuan untuk terus bekerja itu adalah: agar bisa bertahan hidup dan jangan sampai hidup sengsara. Bukan untuk menjadi yang terkaya.

Keluarga Djarum, katanya, juga mementingkan sikap jangan arogan dan sombong. Lalu jangan memanjakan anak. Harus tahu tata krama. Juga harus bisa tepo seliro –ungkapan Jawa yang berarti tahu diri. Artinya: ''jangan melakukan sesuatu yang Anda tidak mau orang lain melakukan itu terhadap Anda''.


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(dok. pribadi)


Sabtu, 06 Mei 2023

The Guy of Lucky & Stupid

 No Surprises by RADIOHEAD


A heart that's full up like a landfill
A job that slowly kills you
Bruises that won't heal

You look so tired, unhappy
Bring down the government
They don't, they don't speak for us

I'll take a quiet life
A handshake of carbon monoxide

And no alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
Silent, silent

This is my final fit
My final bellyache with

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises, please

Such a pretty house
And such a pretty garden

No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises (get me out of here)
No alarms and no surprises, please (get me out of here)

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Hachioji, Tokyo, on January 6th 2022
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"Lebih baik hidup satu hari sebagai serigala, daripada seribu hari sebagai domba. Dan apapun yang kamu lakukan, pastikan itu membuatmu bahagia."


Kamis, 20 April 2023

The Guy of Stupid & Lucky

 

Kita sama tuanya dengan umur Alam Semesta karena materi tidak dapat diciptakan atau dihancurkan. Pada level paling terdalam, kita adalah Semesta itu sendiri.
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"Hidup itu menunggu mati, dan bekerja untuk menunggu waktu sholat...”

Selintas postingan video singkat dari seorang mualaf yang telah almarhum bernama Ko Steven mampir di instagram pribadi. Setelah bermenung dan memikirkan sekian lama, saya memutuskan ---bahwa bagi saya--- perspektif ini saya setujui dan saya tambahi. Karena sejarah, karya-karya atau pencapaian besar selalu tercipta dari kesungguh-sungguhan (مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ), keseriusan dan fokus yang tinggi yang seharusnya dijalani oleh manusia selama masa tunggu. 

Hidup itu tidaklah sementara. Hidup di dunia yang sementara, dan kita akan hidup lagi di akhirat, kelak. Hidup kita di akhirat 'kan tergantung bagaimana di dunianya. Jadi kalau melakukan hal-hal besar di dunia, pasti akan berdampak ke akhiratnya. Perhatikan saja, bukankah sebagian besar orang dengan karya atau prestasi besar biasanya akan lebih banyak manfaatnya buat orang lain??? Dan biasanya jikalau manfaatnya banyak, rezekinya juga bisa jadi banyak. Akhirnya bisa sedekah lebih besar, bisa naik haji, dan bisa lebih banyak lagi membantu orang. Rasulullah 
مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ pun berpesan, sebaik-baik orang itu orang yang paling banyak manfaatnya bagi orang lain.  Saya berpikir seperti itu.

Allah اللّٰه SWT berfirman:

"Maka apabila kamu telah selesai dari sesuatu urusan, kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh urusan yang lain...” 
(QS. 94:7).

Jelas sekali perintah-Nya, KERJAKAN dengan SUNGGUH-SUNGGUH pekerjaan kita, bukan cuman sekedarnya saja. Ayat yang ini lebih “kena” lagi: 

“Apabila TELAH kamu tunaikan SHALAT, maka BERTEBARANLAH kamu di muka bumi, dan CARILAH KARUNIA Allah dan ingatlah Allah banyak-banyak supaya kamu beruntung...” (QS. 62:10).

Jikalau sudah sholat, ya menyebar dong kemana-mana, cari karunia Allah. Bentuknya bisa ilmu, bisa rejeki, bisa peluang, atau amal-amal baik lainnya. Sholat tanpa perlu dibilang penting pun memang sudah penting dan jadi KEWAJIBAN dari dahulunya. Bahkan kalau sudah sampai pada tingkatan tertentu malah jadi KEBUTUHAN. Lagipula kita telah diberikan raga oleh Allah, sang Pencipta, agar digunakan, diberdayakan, dipakai untuk beribadah kepada-Nya sebelum nanti kembali lagi kepada-Nya. 

Demikian.

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Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 28 June 2020, 19.14 JST

Jumat, 14 April 2023

Lucky Guy but Stupid

 



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Nasi goreng dan teh manis buatanmu, numero uno !

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by Daniel Sahuleka



Tomorrow’s near, never I felt this way
Tomorrow how empty it’ll be that day
It tastes so bitter or are these the tears that I hide
To know that you’re my only light
I love you I need you
Oh, yes I do

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
And every minute is worthwhile
I love you Yes I do

How many lonely days are there waiting for me
How many seasons will flow over me
Till the emotions make my tears run dry
At the moments I should cry
For I love you, oh I need you
Oh, yes I do

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
And every minute is worthwhile
It makes me so afraid

Don’t sleep away this night my baby
Please stay with me at least ’till dawn
It hurts to know another hour has gone by
The reason is still I love you

[Daniel Sahuleka copyright since composing this song in 1979.]





Minggu, 19 Maret 2023

Stupid Guy but Lucky

 Yesterday by The Beatles


Yesterday
All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday
Love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

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(dok. pribadi, 2023)

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Tentang bersyukur, berterima kasih; menunjukkan adanya nikmat الله pada dirinya; melalui lisan: berupa pujian & mengucapkan kesadaran diri bahwa ia telah diberi nikmat (ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ); melalui hati: berupa persaksian & kecintaan kepada الله ; melalui anggota badan: berupa kepatuhan dan ketaatan kepada الله.


وَإِذْ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكُمْ لَئِنْ شَكَرْتُمْ لَأَزِيدَنَّكُمْ ۖ وَلَئِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ إِنَّ عَذَابِي لَشَدِيدٌ



"Dan (ingatlah juga), tatkala Tuhanmu memaklumkan; "Sesungguhnya jika kamu bersyukur, pasti Kami akan menambah (nikmat) kepadamu, dan jika kamu mengingkari (nikmat-Ku), maka sesungguhnya azab-Ku sangat pedih". [Q.S. Ibrahim:7]

Selasa, 13 Desember 2022

Lucky Stupid Guy

 "Octavarium by Dream Theater" 

"Octavarium by Dream Theater" link


I never wanted to become someone like him
So secure content to live each day just like the last
I was sure I knew that this was not for me
And I wanted so much more
Far beyond what I could see
So I swore that I'd
Never be someone like him

So many years have passed
Since I proclaimed my independence
My mission
My aim
And my vision
So secure content to live each day like it's my last
It's wonderful to know that I could be
Something more than what I dreamed
Far beyond what I could see
Still I swear that I'm
Missing out this time

As far as I could tell
There's nothing more I need
But still I ask myself
Could this be everything?
Then all I swore
That I would never be was now
So suddenly
The only thing
I wanted
To become
To be someone just like him

A doctor sitting next to me
He asks me how I feel
Not sure I understand his questioning
He says I've been away a while
But thinks he has cured me
From a state of catatonic sleep
For 30 years where have I been

Eyes open but not getting through to me

Medicate me, infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away
Medicate me, science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening

A higher dosage he prescribes
But there's no guarantee
I feel it starting to take over me
I tell him not to be ashamed
There's no one who's to blame
A second shot, a brief awakening
I feel the relapse, can't break free

Eyes open but not getting through to me

Medicate me, infiltrate me
Side effects appear
As my conscience slips away
Medicate me, science failing
Conscience fading fast
Can't you stop what's happening?

Sailing on the seven, seize the day, tripper diem's ready
Jack the ripper, Owens Wilson, Phillips and my supper's ready
Lucy in the sky with diamond
Dave's not here, I come to save the day for nightmare
Cinema show me the way to get back home again

Spinning round and round
(Looking outward, reaching in) Scream without a sound
(Leaning over, crawling up) Stumbling all around
(Losing my place only to) Find I've come full circle

Flying off the handle
With careful with that axe
Eugene gene the dance machine
Messiah light my fire gabba gabba
Hey hey, my my generation's home again

Spinning round and round
(Looking outward, reaching in) Scream without a sound
(Leaning over, crawling up) Stumbling all around
(Losing my place only to) Find I've come full circle

Our deadly sins feel his mortal wrath
Remove all obstacles from our path
Asking questions, search for clues
The answer's been right in front of you
Try to break through, long to connect
Fall on deaf ears and failed muted breath
Loyalty, trust, faith and desire
Carries love through each darkest fire
Tortured insanity, a smothering hell
Try to escape but to no avail
The calls of admirers who claim they adore
Drain all your lifeblood while begging for more
Innocent victims of merciless crimes
Fall prey to some madmen's impulsive designs
Step after step we try controlling our fate
When we finally start living it's become too late

Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium
Trapped inside this Octavarium

We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor's edge
A perfect sphere
Colliding with our fate
This story ends where it began
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Tinggi: 170 cm; Berat: 78 kg = Kategori Besar (dok.pribadi) 

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Sebagai intermezzo, Matthew Might mengilustrasikan riset doktoral sebagaimana tertera di tautan berikut ini: http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

Bayangkan sebuah lingkaran yang berisi semua pengetahuan umat manusia:

By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:

Saat Anda lulus sekolah dasar, Anda mengetahui sedikit pengetahuan:

By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:

Saat Anda lulus sekolah tingkat lanjut, Anda makin tahu lebih banyak ilmu pengetahuan:

With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:

Dengan gelar sarjana, Anda menumbuhkan keahlian:

A master's degree deepens that specialty:

Bergelar magister makin memperdalam keahlian kita:

Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:

Tekun membaca jurnal-jurnal riset membawa Anda menuju tepian ilmu pengetahuan umat manusia:

Once you're at the boundary, you focus:

Saat Anda berada di tepi perbatasannya, Anda lebih fokus:

You push at the boundary for a few years:

Anda mendorong batasan itu selama beberapa waktu:

Until one day, the boundary gives way:

Hingga suatu waktu, batasannya mencuat:

And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:

Dan, cuatan itulah yang disebut Ph.D.:

Of course, the world looks different to you now:

Tentu, dunia terlihat berbeda sekarang:

So, don't forget the bigger picture:

Jadi, jangan lupakan gambaran besarnya tadi:


Keep pushing.

Dorong terus.


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Saya ini, paling tidak, merasa beruntung karena mendapat gelar Ph.D. di usia relatif muda, 31 tahun, dan itu diperoleh dengan susah payah! Saya sadar betul bahwa saya ini bodoh sekali. Oleh sebab itu agar kebodohan ini dapat tertutupi dan untuk menjaga marwah saya, maka dengan bergelar Ph.D. diharapkan orang-orang menganggap saya "berisi" padahal tidak ada sesuatu apa yang bisa saya kerjakan dengan benar. 


Saya ini, paling tidak menurut versi saya sendiri, sudah mencapai salah satu dari apa yang saya cita-citakan semenjak saya kecil. Pernah saya membaca profil (alm.) B. J. Habibie lalu terbersit keinginan dalam hati ingin seperti beliau. Sekarang saya sudah menetapkan bahwa selanjutnya saya ingin ... ... ... ... ... ... ....... .


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Jumat, 28 Oktober 2022

Stupid Lucky Guy

dok. pribadi (instagram)

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Hakikat Hidup


  • Allah ﷻ berfirman dalam surah Al-Hadid tentang hakikat dunia. Allah ﷻ berfirman,

اعْلَمُوا أَنَّمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ وَزِينَةٌ وَتَفَاخُرٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَتَكَاثُرٌ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ الْكُفَّارَ نَبَاتُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ حُطَامًا وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانٌ وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا مَتَاعُ الْغُرُورِ

Ketahuilah, sesungguhnya kehidupan dunia itu hanyalah permainan dan senda gurau, perhiasan dan saling berbangga di antara kamu, serta berlomba dalam kekayaan dan anak keturunan, seperti hujan yang tanam-tanamannya mengagumkan para petani; kemudian (tanaman) itu menjadi kering dan kamu lihat warnanya kuning kemudian menjadi hancur. Dan di akhirat (nanti) ada azab yang keras dan ampunan dari Allah serta keridhaan-Nya. Dan kehidupan dunia tidak lain hanyalah kesenangan yang palsu.” 

(QS. Al-Hadid: 20)


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My Way <klik link>

"My Way" by Frank Sinatra (March, 1969)

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I am certain

I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, I laughed and cried
I had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it's all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way

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Cobalah barang sekali dengarkan lagu lawas di atas 👆:

"It is telling all about looking back and proud for what we had been doing; tentang belajar dari babak-babak kehidupan yang telah kita lalui."

and... let me say something, importantly:

"There are only 2 people in this world, that you need to make proud. It's not your mom, not your dad, not your wife, not your kids. It is the 8 year old version of you and the 80 year old version of you."