Borderline of Funny & Risky…

February 3rd, 2009 by smahanto

A new hire who just recently graduated from school in my dept is an early learner of all features embedded in microsoft outlook.  Today she had to craft an email to someone name Inger who reside within a different group.  To her current knowledge, she always agree on the autocorrect function embedded in microsoft outlook.  So by the time she finished crafting the email to Inger, she is doing her routine running autocorrect/spell checker function.  She kept pressing agree, agree, agree like what she normally did on every email she sent out.  And Whooosh there goes the email….

About an hour later during our regular dept meeting, everyone started the meeting with the funny looking face which I found quiet disturbing.  And so I asked what’s going on, and they said, “didn’t u notice?”

Oh well I am not a detailed oriented as the rest of my team, so what the heck I asked them one more time.  They started laughing and pointed out an email that goes to someone name Inger.  The time when that email went out it read like this:

“Dear Niger”

Wtf hahaha…. now I am laughing my ass as well, and yup never trust your spell check on outlook.  They sometimes messed up what u intended to write on the first place. 

LOL

New Disease

February 3rd, 2009 by smahanto

It’s been a while since I got a good laugh because of reading some really2x horrendous joke.  A friend of mine forward me this - enjoy :=)

While in China , a man is very sexually promiscuous and

does not use a condom all the time.A week after arriving

back home in the States, he wakes one morning to find

his penis covered with bright green and purple spots.

 

Horrified, he immediately goes to see a doctor. The

doctor, never having seen anything like this before,

orders some tests and tells the man to return in two

days for the results.

 

The man returns a couple of days later and the doctor

says: ‘I’ve got bad news for you —you’ve contracted

Mongolian VD. It’s very rare and almost unheard of here.

We know very little about it.’

 

The man looks a little perplexed and says: ‘Well, give

me a shot or something and fix me up, Doc.’

The doctor answers: ‘I’m sorry, there’s no known cure.

 

We’re going to have to amputate your penis.’

The man screams in horror, ‘Absolutely not! I want a

second opinion.’

 

The doctor replies: ‘Well, it’s your choice. Go ahead

if you want but surgery is your only choice.’

 

The next day, the man seeks out a Chinese doctor,

figuring that he’ll know more about the disease. The

Chinese doctor examines his penis and proclaims:

‘Ah, yes,……. Mongolian VD. Vely lare disease.’

 

The guy says to the doctor: ‘Yeah, yeah, I already

know that, but what can we do? My American doctor

wants to operate and amputate my penis!’

 

The Chinese doctor shakes his head and laughs:

‘Stupid Amelican docta, always want to opelate.

Make more money that way. No need to opelate!’

 

Oh, Thank God!’ the man replies.

 

 ’Yes,’ says the Chinese doctor, ‘You no worry!

Wait two weeks. Faw off by itself!’

 

11:11

February 2nd, 2009 by smahanto

I’ve been having this premonition/dream/hallucination/or whatever you want to call it over this number 11:11, This number appear almost everyday everynight everymorning either in my clock, number in my machine, etc…etc… I almost went nut after seeing this number every single time.I usually looked at my phone to check on any sms, voicemail, etc and this bloody number kept showing everytime I did it.I don’t think I have my routine so fix that I live my life based on this number, so I ponder and wonder asking myself whether this is something beyond comprehension of my simple mind.

I started googling this occurance after 2 weeks have passed by, and the strange thing is that after start seeing this numbers on my daily life I lost control of my left eye. Sometimes my left eye moved uncontrollably, hmmm may be it’s unrelated since I spent most of my time in front of the computer which may have messed it up in the first place.Anyway back to the googling result of 11:11, to my surprise this occurance have happened in many people’s life.It’s said that once a person seeing this number they will understand that they are one of the lightworker (person who is obligated to bring love, peace, & joy to this world) and that number is a sign that he/she can’t keep ignoring what he/she supposed to do.He/she should start contributing his life toward others through writing/helping/teaching/etc.

Hmmmm what the heck is that supposed to mean *?@#% well anyway there are so many hits on 11:11 on google.There are other explanations that say many mystical things, but another one that catches my eye is one story about relationship of number 11:11 to the recent Will Smith,”Hancock” where number eleven is our other conscious part who …. (u know the rest)

So I guess I have to just live my life business as usual, but I need to keep contributing my writing to this world since I can’t teach, help others, and all I can do for now is to cheer others with my writing.And yes I promise to keep my writing as full of encouragement, humor, motivation, and good riddances.

Daddy-O

January 28th, 2009 by smahanto

Now I know how it feels to be a daddy.  The first 2-3 months my feeling wasn’t as immense as these last couple months when she reached 6-8 months.  Now I can see many things happen in my head, it’s like watching a video of your childhood but now you are on the opposite end of the equation.  It is time to undo something that may have gone wrong and prevent something wrong from happening.  I hope I can nurture her to be a better person than myself, I realized there was so much flaw in me that I don’t want them to happen on her.
I worry too much, don’t I.  Well good thing she got a great mom, the one who can give her greater guidance over life :)

The Old man & the traffic Light

January 28th, 2009 by smahanto

There was this one old man who kept asking money on the intersection of Mathilda & 237.  He was always standing there everytime I went home from work.  He was holding a sign everytime I saw him, asking for money.  And I always rolled down my window and give him $1, I just gave him this money, so that I can wash away my sin.
I couldn’t care less whether he would spend it on drugs or other illegal things.  All I care is I want to make somebody happy, and after a full day of work where I was helping nobody but myself, it was a chance for me to give a little bit of something and make myself & somebody else happy.  I don’t wanna think too much for cause and effect, all I care is that I can get repentance for all my sin.  Thank u old man for standing there in the corner of that traffic light, u save my day :)

Perempuan dalam Koin

September 5th, 2008 by smahanto

Oleh S Tary

Aku melompat keluar dari dalam koin saat gerimis turun. Kukibaskan ujung celana panjangku yang terciprat air kubangan. Angin senja menderu menerpa wajah, dingin menggigilkan. Koin seratus rupiah keluaran tahun 1978 itu berada di ujung kakiku. Aku mengambil koin itu dan mengusap debu yang menempel di permukaannya. Kuamati gambar hutan dalam koin itu. Di sanalah aku tinggal selama empat tahun terakhir. Tempat bersembunyi yang nyaman dan aman dari serangan bayang masa lalu dan ancaman masa depan.

Kukenang pertemuanku dengan koin ini. Tak tahan dengan perihnya kesepian, malam itu aku sempoyongan keluar dari diskotek. Mabuk berat. Saat memuntahkan seluruh isi perut di halaman diskotek, tiba-tiba pandanganku yang kabur menyambar kilatan koin di samping muntahan. Aku mengambil koin itu dan keinginanku muntah teralihkan sejenak. Saat menatap gambar hutan di salah satu sisinya tiba-tiba muncul cahaya dari dalam koin. Aku terpana menatap cahaya itu dan tersedot masuk ke dalam koin. Tak memerlukan waktu lama, aku sudah berada di hutan. Rasa mualku lenyap dan aku menemukan kedamaian yang luar biasa.

Aku memutuskan tinggal di dalam hutan itu dan membangun rumah kayu. Pagi-pagi aku keluar dari koin untuk berangkat bekerja dan malam hari kembali pulang ke dalam koin. Meski sendirian, kurasa hutan ini tempat paling cocok untukku. Aroma dedaunan yang pekat dan gemericik air sungai membuat rongga dadaku melebar dan nafasku longgar. Mimpi-mimpi malamku yang menakutkan karena bayang masa lalu lenyap dan suara-suara ancaman masa depan di telingaku menjauh. Aku menyebut tempat tinggal baruku ini hutan tanpa ketakutan.

Aku tersenyum mengingat pertemuanku dengan koin ini. Beruntung aku menemukan hutan dalam koin ini, kalau tidak, mungkin aku sudah menjadi pasien rumah sakit jiwa setelah perceraian itu. Kembali kuusap koin di tanganku dan kubalik perlahan. Gambar rumah gadang dengan atapnya yang menjulang singgah di mataku. Tiba-tiba aku melihat sesuatu bergerak-gerak di halaman rumah gadang itu. Aku memicingkan mata dan menemukan sesosok perempuan sedang membungkuk mengenakan sepatu. Perempuan itu bergerak mendekati mataku dan siap-siap melompat. Aku menepikan wajahku dan menunggu perempuan itu keluar dari dalam koin.

Begitu menjejakkan kaki di tanah, perempuan itu menatapku lekat. Matanya yang besar terlihat bingung sejenak lalu ia membuang pandang. Perempuan ini tidak cantik dan wajahnya cenderung sendu. Rambutnya terurai sebahu dan lingkaran hitam di bawah matanya seolah menjelaskan begitu banyak beban yang dipikulnya. Mengenakan celana jins belel dan kaus oblong ia tampak seenaknya. Ransel hitam menggantung di punggungnya dan tangan kanannya dihiasi gelang manik-manik antik. Aku menaksir perempuan ini memiliki tahun lahir tak jauh beda denganku.

“Kau tinggal di dalam koin?”

Perempuan itu mengangguk malas.

“Aku juga tinggal di dalam koin, tetapi di sebaliknya,” kataku seraya membalikkan koin dan menunjukkan gambar hutan padanya.

“Kau ingin ngobrol denganku?” tanya perempuan itu sambil memeriksa jam tangannya. “Aku ada pekerjaan yang mesti kuselesaikan. Kalau kau ingin ngobrol, kau boleh ikut aku ke kafe.”

Aku mengeryit. “Kau pelayan kafe?”

Ia menggeleng lalu berjalan meninggalkanku. Tanpa pikir panjang aku mengikuti langkahnya menyusuri trotoar. Setelah melewati deretan bangunan tua, perempuan itu berbelok ke salah satu kafe. Suasana Jakarta tempo dulu menyergapku begitu pintu kafe terbuka. Semua perabotan dan hiasan menyiratkan kehidupan zaman Belanda. Setelah memesan dua cangkir kopi dan brownies, perempuan itu membawaku ke lantai atas. Ia memilih meja pojok menghadap jendela.

“Meja ini tempat favoritku, pemandangan di jendela tampak indah,” katanya sambil mengeluarkan laptop dari ransel. “Jadi sejak kapan kau tinggal di koin bergambar hutan itu?”

“Sudah empat tahun, kau sendiri?” aku balas bertanya.

Ia membuang pandang keluar jendela. “Seumur hidupku ini.”

“Bagaimana kau bisa masuk ke dalam koin yang sama sedangkan koin ini ada di tanganku? Bagaimana kau menemukan jalan kembali?”

Ia mengeluarkan sebuah koin dari saku celana jinsnya. “Aku juga punya koin yang sama, keluaran tahun yang sama. ”

Pelayan datang mengantarkan dua cangkir kopi dan brownies. Perempuan itu kembali sibuk memencet-mencet tombol laptopnya. Wajahnya yang sendu berubah merana. Mungkin ia akan terlihat manis kalau tersenyum. Tanpa bicara padaku, ia memotong brownies dan meminum secangkir kopinya.

“Pekerjaanmu apa?” tanyaku penasaran.

“Aku seorang pendongeng.”

Aku memandangnya takjub. Ia tersenyum sedikit dan aku bisa membuktikan bahwa perempuan ini cukup manis

*

Pertemuan dengan perempuan dalam koin itu kemudian menjadi agenda mingguanku. Aku sengaja keluar dari dalam koin pada hari minggu untuk ngobrol atau sekadar jalan-jalan dengannya di sebuah pusat pertokoan. Membeli barang-barang yang kami perlukan atau makan di tempat yang kami inginkan. Perlahan aku mulai menyelami pribadi dan karakternya. Ia mencintai pekerjaannya sebagai penulis dan menjelma sosok yang emosional.

“Aku ingin melihatmu tertawa,” pintaku suatu siang saat kami menyusuri taman kota.

Ia memandangku jemu. “Tertawa? Apa yang harus kutertawakan?”

“Ayolah! Aku ingin melihatmu ceria, tegar, penuh semangat dan tidak ketakutan menghadapi hidup.”

“Aku semangat dan tidak takut menghadapi hidup,” jawabnya. Matanya menantang mataku. “Kalau aku tidak tegar, aku tidak akan bertemu denganmu. Ayahku mengkhianati ibuku lalu meninggalkan kami. Kekasihku mengkhianatiku lalu meninggalkanku. Sampai hari ini belum ada yang membuatku tertawa. Hanya tulisan- tulisanku yang mungkin akan mengantarku tertawa suatu ketika.”

Aku tersentak lalu membuang muka dari sorot matanya yang membakarku. Mata itu seperti bara yang mengulitiku perlahan-lahan hingga terasa panas menyakitkan. Tiba-tiba anganku melesat ke masa silam. Mengingat seseorang yang kutinggalkan dan penyesalan yang terjadi setelahnya. Penyesalan yang membuatku memutuskan tinggal dalam koin itu. Apakah sosok mungil yang kutinggalkan itu akan seperti perempuan di depanku ini? Ataukah justru menjadi sesuatu yang lebih buruk lagi? Terkadang kita menciptakan monster- monster dalam diri orang lain tanpa kita sadari.

“Apakah kau bercita-cita menjadi lilin?” tanyanya mengagetkan lamunanku yang sekejab.

“Menjadi lilin? Maksudmu?”

Perempuan itu tersenyum sinis. “Kau selalu ingin menerangi orang lain, mendorong orang lain untuk tegar tetapi membiarkan dirimu sendiri leleh. Seharusnya kau mengubah cita-citamu.”

Aku termenung. Perempuan itu memiliki intuisi yang tajam. Ia bisa membacaku. Aku memang ingin menjadi lilin bagi orang-orang yang secara tidak langsung menjadi korbanku. Meneranginya, membuatnya bangkit dari trauma yang berkepanjangan, tertawa ceria namun diriku sendiri meleleh. Tidak sanggup berhadapan dengan masa lalu.

“Kau sendiri apakah punya banyak hal yang membuatmu tertawa?” tanyanya seperti tamparan di wajahku.

Aku tertawa kecil, tawa yang hambar. Sesungguhnya aku ingin mengatakan pada perempuan itu bahwa ia telah memenangi sebagian dari pertarungan hidup. Ia sanggup membuka diri di hadapan orang lain, mengakui kepedihannya, mengakui traumanya dan menerima dirinya. Sedangkan diriku, masih bersembunyi di dalam bunker. Diam-diam, aku iri pada perempuan itu.

*

Hampir sebulan aku kehilangan perempuan dalam koin itu. Mendadak hidupku sedikit runyam. Aku kehilangan teman ngobrol yang menyenangkan. Sinisme-sinismenya yang terkadang membuatku tertohok hingga sedikit marah dan dongeng-dongengnya yang menghibur.

Setiap pagi sebelum berangkat bekerja aku menunggunya di muka koin bergambar rumah gadang. Berharap ia sedang membungkuk mengenakan sepatu atau menyapu halaman rumahnya, namun ia tak kunjung muncul. Kukunjungi tempat ia menyelesaikan dongeng-dongengnya, tetapi tak kutemukan juga.

Bulan kedua, aku memberanikan diri mengusap sisi koin bergambar rumah gadang itu. Cahaya muncul dari dalam koin dan aku nekat memasuki koin itu. Setelah jatuh terpental di halaman rumah gadang, aku segera bangkit dan menyusuri undakan rumah. Kuketuk pintunya yang tertutup rapat. Setelah menunggu beberapa saat, terdengar suara sandal diseret dari dalam rumah mendekati pintu.

“Oh, kau masuk ke dalam koinku?” tanyanya kaget.

Aku mengangguk dan mengikuti langkahnya masuk ke dalam rumah. Beberapa tas bepergian berjajar di samping pintu. Bahkan ia sudah menyandang ranselnya seperti hendak bepergian.

“Kau hendak pergi?” tanyaku.

Perempuan itu mengangguk dan tersenyum lebar. Sesaat aku terpana menatap lekuk bibirnya yang membuatnya tampak sangat manis. Wajahnya juga terlihat cerah dan penuh semangat.

“Aku memutuskan tidak tinggal di dalam koin lagi,” katanya masih tersenyum. “Dunia di luar sana terkadang memang mengerikan, tetapi aku bukan pengecut. Aku sudah siap menghadapi apapun yang sudah terjadi dan bakal terjadi. Karena itu, aku akan pergi.”

Aku terhenyak. Ingin kucegah kepergiannya, tetapi bukankah menghadapi kenyataan lebih baik ketimbang bersembunyi di dalam bunker hidup seperti aku? Aku membantunya mengangkat tas bepergian dan mengantarnya keluar dari dalam koin. Ia mengulurkan tangannya padaku saat taksi tiba.

“Apakah kita tak akan bertemu lagi?” tanyaku bergetar.

Perempuan itu tertawa kecil. Tawa pertama yang pernah kudengar darinya. “Mungkin kita akan bertemu, mungkin juga tidak. Tergantung berapa lama kau sanggup keluar dari dalam koin itu dan berani menghadapi kenyataan.”

Ada yang bergerak menjauh dari hatiku saat taksi meninggalkan tempatku berdiri. Kuambil koin di saku celanaku, kupandangi sejenak dan kubolak-balik perlahan. Berapa lama lagi aku akan bersembunyi di dalam koin ini? Mungkin setahun, dua tahun…

Entahlah.

Kemang, 2008

 

To: Irfani

I hope you dance

September 4th, 2008 by smahanto

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you’ll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they’re worth taking
Lovin’ might be a mistake
But it’s worth making
Don’t let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you’ll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance

“Indiana Jones & the secret recipe”

July 17th, 2008 by smahanto

I was always fascinated by Indiana Jones adventure, and the fact on how George Lucas hypnotized us to the meaningless adventure of Dr.Jones seeking glorious artifact and his righteous selfish self discovery journey. As you all remembered on each of Indiana Jones movies, Dr.Jones indigenous adventure perplexing through so many barrier within our cultural, religions, & belief take us into a learning stage on what our world consist of. In the movie, he was being portrayed as a protagonist who’s always right regardless what he did. He went to Cairo, India, Europe, and all other countries and try to unearthead the missing link of ancient and modern civilization, and yes he was successful in essence of making audiences jumping up and down because the action packed reels shown. However, if you look deeper into all his movie, you can see how meaningless all the glory he had obtained. If and only if a real Dr. Jones exist in this world, he would’ve agreed with me this is not how he wanted himself portrayed in his movie.

I have my own analysis of Dr. Jones alter ego multiple personality. My analysis suggested that he is in fact a charming man who leads a very egoistic life style…(end of prolog)

About a couple weeks ago during her stay with me & my wife, my in-law strike a serious conversation about Indiana Jones and Indy’s whole nine yards policy in being a super cool hero in every movies sequel he’s played in. To me saving humanity, saving precious artifacts, being good guys, etc…etc… are what Indy’s all about. Reason I discussed it with her is because Temple of the Doom happened to play in our cable channel at that time and we coincidentally watch it together. You know how I love to make comments during a movie, and this time my comment is about my disagreement on his third quest along the sequel where he tries to find Holy Grail which granted eternal life for anyone who drinks from it.

My argument is simply on why is the author become so selfish on choosing the topic of Indy’s movie. I know it sounds exciting for one to obtain eternal life, outlive everyone else, and die a lonely life. But shouldn’t Indy goes to a more universal trip – less egoistic trip that involves saving humanity instead of focusing on personal quest on obtaining immortality. My point is, if the author wanted to pick a theme from biblical portion, he should’ve picked one that involves saving more humanity instead of saving only one life.

You know what I think would make a good theme for Indiana Jones third installment instead of finding the holy grail, I came up with would be title "Indiana Jones & the recipe to feed 5000 people."

I remember back in my elementary school year in one of my catholic school, there is this story about a time when Jesus had to feed about 5000 people or so while he only had a loaf of bread and seven pieces of fish. So what he did was he kept splitting the bread and the fish into multiple big baskets in front of him and miraculously all the baskets became full. And to make story short, in the end Jesus managed to feed the whole crowd of 5000 people with only a loaf of bread & 7 pieces fish after he finished his magical split, wow wasn’t it great. Now imagine if that kind of biblical recipe went out to the public, I am sure the world hunger will no longer exist.

Off course the author doesn’t pick that theme since it is pretty stupid in finding recipe of splitting food to feed hungry people. However, if Indy has a good moral conscience and he truly believes that main goal of his adventure is to save the world, he would go on a trip to find this magical recipe. For all I know there are thousands & thousands of hungry needy kids around the world who could use it and by that he will literally save the world, and ended one of the most basic problem in today’s world which is starvation

Too bad Indy and his cronies went ahead and created another movie about a crystal skull which again looks pointless and inapplicable to today’s world. My in-law agrees with me and she also thinks how over-rated the movie industry today in depicting self ego, money, fame, but not a story of morality and togetherness. I know my in-law would love to go on this trip in finding this recipe since she has the same morality in Dr. Jones. She always looks after everyone she knows really…really… well and world always need a person like her.

Well, I guess there are not that many great in-laws around in this world, and I happen to be the lucky one who found a good one among millions out there :)

Apakah ada bedanya

June 4th, 2008 by smahanto

http://www.imeem.com/alfabryan/music/RMtDIMrz/apakah_ada_bedanya/

by Ebiet G. Ade.

Apakah ada bedanya hanya diam menunggu
dengan memburu bayang-bayang? Sama-sama kosong
Kucoba tuang ke dalam kanvas
dengan garis dan warna-warni yang aku rindui
Apakah ada bedanya bila mata terpejam?
Fikiran jauh mengembara, menembus batas langit
Cintamu telah membakar jiwaku
Harum aroma tubuhmu menyumbat kepala dan fikiranku
Di bumi yang berputar pasti ada gejolak
Ikuti saja iramanya, isi dengan rasa
Di menara langit halilintar bersabung
Aku merasa tak terlindung, terbakar kegetiran
Cinta yang kuberi sepenuh hatiku
Entah yang kuterima aku tak peduli,
aku tak peduli, aku tak peduli
Apakah ada bedanya ketika kita bertemu
dengan saat kita berpisah? Sama-sama nikmat
Tinggal bagaimana kita menghayati
di belahan jiwa yang mana kita sembunyikan
dada yang terluka, duka yang tersayat, rasa yang terluka

Baby blues

May 28th, 2008 by smahanto

BbluesBeing a dad for the first time is tremendously confusing since first of all it’s my first time being a dad, and secondly sometimes I don’t really understand how to communicate with my own baby.  To know what she wants or to understand what makes her cry, is just too difficult.  Sometimes I wished I could just speak baby’s language to calm her down.  You know its funny how I used to love to play around with other people’s baby, and always want one for my own.  And now that I have one, I’ll get confused.  Nevertheless, that confusion is only partial to more enjoyment I get when I look in my baby’s face, touching her itty bitty little finger, biting her small leg, and cuddle her around the room.  All the confusion goes away when you see her big beautiful eyes staring at you.  The whole world just vanished into thin air leaving only you and her.

I am still learning process now, she has grown into her 3 weeks big baby, and every week she seems to develop a new behavior.  I guess it means me and my wife have to adjust to her grow up speed from time to time.  Everyday there is this regular habit of her waking up at night time and try to cry as hard as she can.  And I am getting used to get really sleepy at work, and everyone in the office seems to understand my situation very well.  I am glad that everything worked out as planned.

What else is new… well it seems like I have to give up my routine since I don’t think it’s fair for my wife.  She has been practically become a living human cow who always need to be ready to prepare her milk for her little baby.  Every 2-3 hours she has to breast feed the baby and keep the baby around her 24/7.  She deserved all the credit she can get for being a good mom to my little baby.  For sure my wife has no life anymore and if I decide to play with my friends, I just happen to feel guilty by abandoning her.  Good thing this won’t last forever, once the baby has grown enough my wife and the baby can spend quality time for themselves without feeling like a mama cow and a baby cow. 

I don’t mean to scare you away if you don’t have kids yet or planned to have one in this near future.  In fact, I am encouraging you to have one since it will be one of the happiest moment in your life when you finally hold him/her in the palm of your hand.  So I recap my story right here by saying have a nice beautiful life and don’t worry too much (~_~) zzz….z…..z.z.zzzz….