Empat tahun plus-plus tinggal di Amerika, tiba-tiba aku jadi teringat suatu hal yang mbedain nyetir di sini dan di Indo. Kalau di Amerika, yang namanya hiburan di jalanan itu ya segala sesuatu digital entertainment yang bisa kita dapatkan di jalanan. Mulai dari dengerin radio biasa, sirius XM radio (yang harus langganan), HD Radio (radio gratis dengan kualitas CD), cd audio, mp3, imeem melalui cellphone (G1 rox!), menikmati DVD atau bahkan gaming console :D Nah, menurutku jalanan di Indo itu jauhhh lebih seru. Selain isinya lebih sadis, dinamis, dan multi-jenis (angkutan umum berbagai ukuran dan gaya:becak, bemo, bajaj, angkot, busway, damri, dsb) - jalanan di Indo itu lebih atraktif alias banyak hiburan. Dari jalanan yang kanan kiri penuh orang, pasar yang melubar ke jalanan, pedagang kaki lima, tukang parkir yang pasang badan di tengah jalan demi menyelipkan toyota kijang di sela-sela dua mobil, sampai pak ogah yang kehadirannya diam-diam disyukuri semua orang (padahal bukannya itu tugas pak polisi yah?).  Nah, last but not least, satu hal yang aku rasa uniquely Indonesian: tulisan yang kadang disertai gambar nakal di belakang mobil. Sungguh, bumper sticker yang kami dapati di Amerika ga ada apa-apanya kalo kita bandingkan kadar kelucuannya :D PesanLewat.com adalah blog mengenai "cerita dari jalan raya", isinya berkisar tentang tulisan-tulisan tersebut.

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A very cute song from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.  I hope this is not a spoiler, but I think the song pretty much sums up the whole movie :)

The Call

Regina Spektor

It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet thought
Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder
’till it was a battle cry

I’ll come back..
When you call me
No need to say good bye

Just because everything’s changing
Doesn’t mean it’s never been this way before

All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light

You’ll come back when its over
No need to say good bye
You’ll come back when it’s over
No need to say good bye.

Now we’re back to the beginning
It’s just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can’t feel it too
Doesn’t mean that you have to forget

Let your memories grow stonger and stonger
’til they’re before your eyes

You’ll come back
When they call you
No need to say good bye
You’ll come back
When they call you
No need to say good bye

 

It literally means "Peace on Earth", a quote directly taken from one of Pope John XXIII's papal encyclical which came out during the 2nd Vatican Council. This great piece is obviously about peace, freedom and moral justice. In this current world - where many people become victims of wars, starvation and injustice - peace is one thing that we as human always dream and yearn. Some people argue that those things are unavoidable - we might say that "well after all, we are human, nobody is perfect." But I think that's why on this year papal mass, Papa Benedict homily once again asked us to try be closer with God's heart, so that He can freely turn us into a better person, and slowly - we can all make this world a better place to live for humankind. Just let God be God :) Kudos for RCTI and Indosiar for keep broadcasting the papal mass, keep up the good work! I don't think that any public tv station in the states will air it. EWTN definitely has it, but come on, they are catholic channel. But I guess the circumstances are different for every country. Merry Christmas and peace on earth! Selamat natal dan damai di bumi!

I was still sitting on the second grade... SD Bernardus tercinta :) This surely brings back memory...