Tanti Stardust

            Saya kira tidak ada yang lebih syahdu daripada menonton laron-laron berterbangan di seputaran lampu jalan dekat pos ronda tengah kampung bersama Bapak. Malam-malam, sehabis hujan, bertemankan jaket tebal dan sepotong cerita, kami menonton laron yang seolah-olah menggambarkan kondisi chaos. Tanpa tujuan, merebut cahaya, ketakutan. Tak karuan.             Kegiatan menonton laron sehabis hujan merupakan agenda wajib saya dan Bapak sehabis maghrib. Saya sangat menyukai pertunjukan itu sebab bagi saya laron-laron yang berterbangan itu dramatis sekali. Mereka adalah wujud nyata konsep anarki, kelompok tanpa hierarki yang sama-sama memiliki insting melindungi diri. Saya suka melihat bagaimana mereka terdorong oleh kebutuhan dengan memberanikan diri keluar dari dalam tanah dan mencari kehangatan. Saya tertarik pada bagaimana laron-laron ini keluar mencari pasangan dan ...

I must admit that this question is really good and tickled me so much to be answered. It’s actually a question for speech contest in my college and I think it’s really interesting to be discussed. When I’m looking back to the years that have been passed, I suddenly feel that many great things have happened to me this past of years. I met many great people, best friends, and fun people around. It really affected me to become this kind of person you recognize today—the ‘Tanti’ who you meet every day, eventhough I have a side that maybe I haven’t show you yet :3 What do you think about me? What things that is coming up in your mind when you think about me? It is the ‘result’ from my 18 years experiences. Time has ‘formed’ me into this kind of person. Then I think again, how come time flies so fast? I feel like I haven’t find the thing I’ve been searching for. Or more tragic, I have found it and now I lost it. Is that mean my life today is not better than the past? I don’t know eithe...