Sabtu, 19 Oktober 2013

Ex-Man

19 Oktober 2013.
Setelah sekian lama, kami akhirnya mengobrol panjang lagi meski hanya via facebook. Obrolan yang diawali dengan komentar yang sangat tidak penting di foto profilku. Obrolan itu masih terasa hangat meski aku sebenarnya merasa sedikit kikuk. Untung saja obrolan ini hanya di dunia maya.

Sejak kami putus tahun 2006, keakraban sedikit memudar. Kami bertingkah seakan tidak pernah ada hubungan spesial, hanya sekedar hubungan antara senior dan junior yang cukup dekat.
Setahun berlalu. Aku pun akhirnya berpakaian putih abu-abu, sama sepertinya. Sepulang sekolah, aku melihatnya di parkiran. Ternyata dia datang untuk mengunjungi mantan pacarnya yang juga kakak kelasku di bangku SMP dan sekarang di SMA. Perasaanku campur aduk.
Waktu berlalu, akhirnya aku dan dia berteman di facebook. Entah siapa yang memulai, kami akhirnya bercerita panjang tentang masalalu kami. Dia menceritakan semuanya. Dia meminta maaf. Aku pun begitu. Rasanya hati ini begitu lega setelah kejadian itu. Meski aku masih sempat suka padanya, namun keinginan untuk bersama takpernah ada. Dia pun begitu.
Sebelumnya, aku dan kak Amel (mantannya) juga sudah bercerita via sms. Waktu itu aku masih kelas 3 SMP. Smsan kami juga berakhir dengan maaf-maafan karena sempat saling membenci akibat cinta segitiga. Lagi, aku merasa lega.

Kemarin, kami chit-chat di foto profil FB-ku. Tiba-tiba aku teringat, 1 atau 2 hari yang lalu aku bermimpi seseorang datang ke posko KKN-ku dan menemui temanku. Namun, aku baru menyadari sosoknya ketika ia hendak pulang. Dia adalah kak Mochi, seseorang yang mengomentari foto profilku itu.

Aku tidak tahu apakah mimpi dan kehadirannya berkaitan atau tidak. Namun, munculnya dia membawa sedikit perasaan yang menggelitik jika mengingat masalalu kami. Meski begitu, meski wajahnya mirip dengan Tobey yang tampan (pemeran Peter Parker di Spiderman), tak ada niatku tuk kembali padanya. Dia pun sepertinya begitu.

Aku merasa jauh lebih bahagia dengan kekasihku saat ini. Takperlu kembali pada masalalu untuk merasakan kebahagiaan. Cukuplah ia menjadi kenangan manis dalam hidupku.

Untukmu sang mantan,
Cukuplah kamu menjadi mantan kekasih, bukan mantan teman.
Terima kasih atas kehangatan yang masih terbina meski kita telah lama berpisah. :)

(20 Okt 2013)

Selasa, 15 Oktober 2013

Menjamu Senja

Hai, Senja. Terima kasih hari ini kau mau datang lagi. Adakah cerita yang kaubawa hari ini? Aku sedang takpunya cerita untukmu. Biarkan aku menjadi penikmat senja tanpa celoteh sore ini.

Minggu, 13 Oktober 2013

Interesting Places in Tana Toraja (Speaking Task)

One of interesting place that I visited is Tana Toraja. I visited it about 8 months ago. When I went to Tana Toraja, it could be done using a bus from Makassar to Makale with a trip to the approximately 10 hours. An interesting tourist attraction in Tana Toraja is associated with the release ceremony of that dead, called Rambu Solo. But, unfortunately there was no ceremony when I visited Tana Toraja. In this moment, I want to share about 5 place of interest in Tana Toraja that I have visited with my friends.

1.    Pallawa
Tongkonan Pallawa is one tongkonan or traditional house that very interesting and were among the bamboo trees on the hilltop.Tongkonan is decorated with a number of buffalo horn that is attached at the front of traditional house. 
There were some shops that sold souvenirs and original things from Toraja. But, I wasn’t interested in all souvenirs there. So, I didn’t buy anything there.

2.    Londa
Londa is the steep rocks on the side of a typical tomb Tana Toraja. One was located on high ground from the hill with a deep cave where the bodies crates arranged in accordance with the family line. The origin people said that there was a couple who weren’t permitted to get married, so they committed suicide. Then their corpses were assembled in this grave by their families. The people believe that this way could make that couple together forever. About the grave, I hope that was the last time to go there because I was afraid to walk there. The way was  so slippery and I slipped there. That’s why I don’t want to go back for the second time. My friends and I were given opportunity to take some pictures there. After that, I bought some gifts for my family.

3.    Ke’te Kesu
The objects of this charming village are Tongkonan, rice barns and buildings in the surrounding megaliths. About 100 yards behind this village there is a cliff with the grave cemetery site dependent and tau-tau in a given building stone fence. Tau-tau shows the daily appearance of the owner. This village is also known as carving skills possessed by its inhabitants as well as a great place to shop for souvenirs. I bought bracelets there.

4.    Lemo
This place is often referred to as the home of the spirits. In the cemetery you can see the corpses Lemo that stored in the open air, amid the steep rocks. This cemetery is the combination of death, art, and ritual. At certain times, the clothes from the bodies will be replaced with a ceremony Ma Nene. I think Lemo was a unique grave because it looks like a circular orange. We just took some photos because it was raining when we just arrived there.

5.    Kambira
Kambira is located in Buntu Sangalla village. It was a tree grave. Only little baby corpses that buried here. They were buried in that big tree. As usual, my friends and I took some photos there. haha.


That’s all interesting places that I have visited with my friends. I really enjoyed this vacation and I wish I can go to another interesting place with my friends.

Word Stress

The stressed and unstressed words are commonly determined by the following factors:
1.    The value of the vowels in the words.    There are two English vowels which occur in weak-stressed syllables, namely /ə/ and /i/.
Word
desert
Noun
/`dezət/
Verb
/di`zз:t/

2.    Some suffixes are always stressed in English, and when they are suffixed to the words they move their stress to the syllable before them
-ation
pro`nunce
pronunci`ation
pro`liferate
prolife`ration
co'mmunicate
communi`cation
in`vestigate
investi`gation
in`vigilate
invigi`lation
segregate
segregation
re`cite
reci`tation
in`form
infor`mation
`decorate
deco`ration
ex`claim
excla`mation
de`nationalize
denationali`zation
orga`nize
organi`zation
ob`serve
obser`vation
inter`pret
interpre`tation
-itious
am`bitious
super`stitious
-icious
su`spicion
sus`picious
ju`dicious
-acious
 ‘fallacy
fall‘acious
-ition
ex`pose
expo`sition
`definite
defi`nition
predi`spose
predispo`sition
-ician
`comedy
co`median
`politic
poli`tician
-itious
am`bitious
super`stitious
-icious
su`spicion
sus`picious
ju`dicious
-acious
 ‘fallacy
fall‘acious
-ition
ex`pose
expo`sition
`definite
defi`nition
predi`spose
predispo`sition
-ician
`comedy
co`median

3.    Some suffixes are unstressed, but the syllable before the suffix is always stressed.
-ity
`able
a`bility
`active
ac`tivity
`formal
for`mality
`rapid
`rapidity
real
re`ality
`public
pu`blicity
`humid
hu`midity
-ic
a`cademy
aca`demic
`energy
e`nergetic
-ify
`classify
`terrify
hu`midify


4.    Words of the two syllables which can be nouns or verbs. Nouns of two syllables usually have the stress on the first syllable while verbs in the second.
No
Word
Noun
Verb
1
present
/`preznt/
/pri`zent/
2
export
/`ekspɔ:t/
/Ik`spɔ:t/
3
impact
/`Impækt/
/Im`pækt/
4
import
/`Impɔ:t/
/Im`pɔ:t/
5
imprint
/`Imprint/
/Im`print/
6
incense
/`Insens/
/In`sens/
7
incline
/`InklaIn/
/In`klaIn/
8
increase
/`Iŋkri:s/
/In`kri:s/
9
indent
/`Indent/
/In`dent/
10
insert
/`Insз:t/
/In`sз:t/
11
insult
/`Insʌlt/
/In`sʌlt/
12
address
/`ædres/
/ə`dres/
13
contract
/`kɒntrækt/
/kən`trækt/
14
object
/`ɒbʤikt/
/əb`ʤekt/
15
overhang
/`əʊvəhæŋ/
ʊvə`hæŋ/
16
converse
/`kɒnvз:s/
/kən`vз:s/
17
convert
/`kɒnvз:t/
/kən`vз:t/
18
intern
/`Intз:n/
/In`tз:n/
19
permit
/`pз:mIt/
/pə`mIt/
20
desert
/`dezət/
/di`zз:t/
21
suspect
/`sʌspekt/
/sə`spekt/
22
protest
/`prəʊtest/
/prə`test/
23
exploit
/`eksplɔIt/
/Ik`splɔIt/
24
console
/`kɒnsəʊl/
/kən`səʊl/
25
compound
/`kɒmpaʊnd/
/kɒm`paʊnd/
26
ally
/`ælaI/
/ə`laI/
27
prospect
/`prɒspekt/
/prə`spekt/
28
defect
/`di:fekt/
/dI`fekt/