Author: violeteye

Gratiagusti Chananya Rompas was born in Jakarta, 19 August 1979. She studied English Literature in Universitas Indonesia, Depok (2003) and received her masters in The Gothic Imagination from University of Stirling, Scotland (2005). She is one of the founders of Komunitas BungaMatahari, a mailing list-based Indonesian poetry community that have embraced many poetry enthusiasts with its catchphrase “semua bisa berpuisi” or, roughly translated, “poetry for all”. She is also involved in Selatan, a literary journal, and Paviliun Puisi, a monthly open mic event--both managed by her and her like-minded friends. She currently resides in Jakarta, trying to find balance between writing and day-to-day living.

count your blessings

Posted on by violeteye in Thoughts

1. comfy room
2. nice and friendly flatmates
3. nice and friendly indonesian friends
4. essay 1 down
5. keane concert to look forward to :D
6. topic for essay 2 approved
7.
yesterday, when agus and i were waiting for the bus – he wanted to go
to the uni and i to LC7 – the 54 bus, notorious for its imagined
punctuality, came along only 10 minutes after we got to the bus stop.
what it meant was: a] i didn’t have to wait for it until my hair grew
white, and b] i didn’t have to wait for it all by myself – mind you, at
that time, the sky’s getting darker and the wind’s blowing mindlessly
and it would really be miserable to be out there alone – as agus could
take the bus to the uni as well. yipppeee! :D

pelajaran pelajaran baru

Posted on by violeteye in Bahasa Indonesia, Poetry

cans paper glass hdpe #2 plastics go into the blue box
cardboard food packages yellow pages go into the brown bin
and everything else goes into the refuse

adalah pelajaran pertama

the first shelf is neetha’s
the second catherine’s
the third maggie’s and anya’s
the left drawer is erin’s and the right one is anya’s
while maggie could have most of the freezer and the rest would just have to fit in

adalah pelajaran kedua

we have walls as thick as papers

adalah pelajaran ketiga

powercards are supposed to be put into the meter every two days or so or we would have our electricity down to an emergency mode

adalah pelajaran keempat

be creative(ly) adventurous in your cooking

adalah pelajaran kelima

dan kututup buku pelajaranku kubuka jendela
alas! di sana bertebaran
not only numerous other strange words
but strange faces as well

hi ya good morning have a nice day thank you you too see you later lost amidst your new lessons

 

 

25oktober2004
after some glasses of wine and an incredibly long chat with maggie and neetha
cheers to LC7

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