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Beautiful soul (gone too soon)

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Coldness creeps into my bone That evening when I get to know Our friends telling me you were gone For a bit I thought They were just being clown But then I know it Deep within me The whisper of you leaving Far before today arriving You are a fighter Your name is literally a lighter Sent to our college life And make it brighter Let’s wish the next day will be easier Without you and your laughter Beautiful soul, you are the winner Now resting in peace No pain no crease Sleeping face smiles to please Everyone that come to release Beautiful soul, beautiful soul Remembering Insan.. Teman kuliahku yang baik, mungkin satu-satunya yang baik tidak hanya di mata manusia, pun juga di mata kucing. Seingatku juga satu-satunya teman laki-laki yang sangat suka kucing, I'll always cherish the memory waktu kami sama-sama mengubur anak kucing yang sakit dan meninggal saat masa-masa skripsian dulu. Aku meneleponnya menjelang tengah malam, dan ia yang bersemangat menggali liang lahat kucing itu di dek...

Book Review: When the Sky is Blooming by Ilana Tan

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  Satu buku berlalu, muncul buku berikutnya. Mengantre untuk segera dibaca dan dicerna.. Before this, I never felt the need to write reviews for the books I was reading. You can see on my Goodreads account, I may have been happy to rate books, but I never gave reviews. That was until Ilana Tan’s latest masterpiece appeared on my radar and finally landed in my hands this week.. When the Sky Is Blooming by Ilana Tan Ilana Tan adalah author favorite pertamaku, yang ku ‘kenal’ saat SMP dulu. Jalan cerita novelnya tidak pernah biasa, male main character atau pemeran cowoknya selalu digambarkan good looking dan soft spoken, menjawab impian para pembaca wanita yang hopeless romantic sepertiku. Tapi ternyata, sekian ratus buku berlalu, berbagai genre dan trope cerita kubaca, akhirnya menyadarkaku ada hal-hal (dua hal tepatnya) yang ‘kurang’ dari karya Ilana Tan yang terbaru ini. Kurang konflik, gak ada klimaks Ada buku-buku yang mampu dengan kuat menggiring emosi pembacanya, kita bisa d...

Oemjiiiii, Bangtan!

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If in 2023 someone told me that “Everyone in the whole wide world knows BTS!” I would be laughing my ass off because I definitely did NOT! I didn’t know them back then, not even a little, seriously. 2024 was the year I started paying attention to these 7 guys, though not all at once. I watched a short YouTube video of JungKook singing Standing Next to You on Jimmy Fallon’s Show one day and I was so blown away, it peaked my curiosity and I can only imagine my face looking so mesmerized at the screen wondering how handsome he was. How could he sing and dance like a young Michael Jackson? Most importantly, how could a guy be sexy and cute at the same time. Here is the video that almost brought me to my knees.. #jk for #justkidding and also for #jungkook. . I immediately went to Jimmy Fallon’s channel and watched JungKook’s video and his latest MV. Then I found out that he is Jeon Jung Kook, the youngest member as well as the main vocalist of the so-called boyband from South Korea: BTS, wh...