Elfira Yolanda S

The writing’s on the wall
There’s nothing to say anymore

Thanks for being you
Thanks for being all the things I had to say goodbye to

– Bring Me Down, Lenka

I’m not sure it was a six hour event.
I’m not so sure either it was on Friday.

But this I believe.

H e    t o o k    t h e   f a l l
and thought of me
above all.

It’s a too short vacation…..
… and everything.

n_n

Bandung, 5 March 2010

I am.
Always.
With or without reason.
This time is for how they write.
You can always tell when a person writes from their heart and when they don’t.
They certainly do.
Ok, even if you object and say they don’t,
well, let’s face it,
it is really not about how they write.
It is about who they are.
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Dedicated to the shrimp and das huhn. (just found das huhn’s blog today, yeah, better late than never). Wonder why they have to choose an animal to be associated with.. What should I choose then? Hmm..
–

The missing exclamation marks.

–

I am curious to death

what it feels like if you were still here.

–

An afternoon on one ordinary day,
a friend was once asked to accompany me to get a spade.
Yup, a spade!

Along the way that afternoon,
we met another friend,
so off we all went,
we all march to grab a spade.
Yup, a spade!

A spade,
or shovel.
Doesn’t matter,
cause I surely know what I remember.

:P

.. being singular. Why?

At first, I was not happy that ‘everyone’ is happy being singular. Why does not it say: everyone are happy?

I asked him the question. I thought I had strong reason, great argument to defeat grammar that had existed for centuries.

There is a sense of lots in ‘everyone’. I always thought that when we said ‘everyone’, we were talking about people.

“No, it doesn’t work that way”, he said. “Everyone refers to each individual, it’s not like we add each individual to a collection so that it becomes a plural noun.”

I actually got it when he explained it that way. I should have said thank you, but I didn’t.

I needed object to hit. I just needed to cry so bad that I picked up a fight, a ridiculous fight… over English grammar. I threw all arguments that I could think of and persisted that everyone should be a plural.

He was very patient. He kept explaining and giving his own arguments. He didn’t let me to hold on the wrong answer. He tried his best to guide me. That was the way he responded to my English question. That was the way he raised me.

I did cry. :p

Now, I am very happy that ‘everyone’ is happy being singular. I’ve got myself a memory of him. It is priceless.

Should he be right here, right now, what would I do?

.. ask him what tenses to use if I want to tell, in narrator mode, a fact that still happens to the day when the story is told? Like the italic lines above.. I can pick up another fight over that.

Or better.. I can simply say,

Happy birthday, Pa!

November 28

I cast all my cares upon You,
I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet.
And any time I don’t know just what to do,
I will cast all my cares upon You. [Cares Chorus]

wow, is short writing my new style? hh…

That day

I screamed as loud as I could. But there she was, standing in silence. That moment I knew that she felt greater sadness.

A little bit mischievous but very lovable

Stubborn as she always is,
pretending to be selfish,
in the end she fails to hide that she cares a lot.

Today

She is twenty.

Happy birthday, de Roset!

May the road rise up to meet you
may the wind be always at your back
May the rain fall soft upon you
and the sun shine warm upon your face

And true be the hearts that love you
peace ever with you and until we meet again -
May the path light up before you
and the clouds forsake the skies above

May the warmth of sun surround you
and the stars shine bright to guide you home
and true be the hearts that love you
peace ever with you and until we meet again -

May the God hold you in the palm of His Hands
May He holds you evermore

[May the road rise up, Libera]

It’s kind of funny to bring my old blogs title up as the first post I write for this new site of mine. (*yipeee* for my own site!!). Did I say my old blogs title? Well, it’s true that I use Route 87 for my blogs at wordpress and yahoo. I’ve been meaning to tell you about this Route 87 for quite some time and what could be more perfect than doing that now, when I decide not to use it anymore (hey, Ra! Most people will consider telling about their blog title when they are still using the blog title!). Yeah, whatever..

About Route 87

U.S. Highway 87 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in New Mexico) that runs for 1,998 miles (3,215 km) from northern Montana to southern Texas. The entire portion from Billings, Montana, to Raton, New Mexico, is co-signed along Interstates 90 and 25. It is also co-signed along the entire length of Interstate 27 in Texas.

[source]

You must have known that my blogs title has nothing to do with that highway but after using its name for about 2 years, I think I have to say something about the real Route 87. It’s a long road, if I may say. Take a look at this:

Now, talking about my version of Route 87, I chose ‘route‘ because I adore the idea of viewing this life as a journey. Then, why 87? That was my student id, 13503087 to be exact. The first time I used it in yahoo, that was acceptable for I was still a student that time. Using it again at wordpress, I think I was being uncreative at all, I have graduated the moment I created that blog. Uncreative is not the main concern. Somehow, I feel like, by choosing Route 87 again, it was OK for me to use something that should have been my past.

I am not that student with id 13503087 anymore.

Do you feel I’m exaggerating here? Hihi.. Well, this site is mine! Happy blog-walking, everyone!