Coffee and Contemplation - 1

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  It was a pleasant evening, and I always order a Japanese iced filter whenever I spend time at this particular slow bar in Jakarta. As I sipped my 50k-something coffee, my mind began to contemplate the passage of time. Ten years ago, I only paid 18k for the same menu item, the same beans. I understand how inflation works, and I know that coffee crops depend heavily on nature to thrive. Yet, as I sat there, I realized how drastically prices have skyrocketed over the last decade—not just for coffee, but for everything. Even though my salary has increased fourfold in that time, I still feel as though my buying power has weakened. It wasn't just the price of the beans that bothered me; it was the realization that the cost of living is quietly eroding everything I’ve worked for. I won't go into the weeds of government mismanagement, but it reminded me of a scene in The Trial of the Chicago 7 , where Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s character asks Sacha Baron Cohen’s about his contempt for hi...
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Errr, hello?

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Ini yang terjadi saat lo mau nelepon orang, tapi lo nggak tau mau ngomong apa.

Berulang kali gue mencet-mencet sederetan nomor yang sama berulang kali. Iya, gue apal banget sama nomor ini. Sambil tidur jugaan gue bisa nyebutin ini nomor.

Nggak cuma mencet dan ngapus nomor, gue juga bulak balik, turun naik. Agak takut sih, buat mencet tombol ijo dan mendengarkan nada sambung. Masalahnya, si tua samsung, agak lama kalo mutusin koneksi. Jadilah pas gue mencet cancel, nomor gue udah terkirim ke seberang. Akhirnya, gue beranikan diri untuk mendengarkan suara di seberang sana, dan bilang: errr, hello?

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