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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Seharian ini dengerin album Matchbox Twenty dari yang pertama sampe terbaru. Satu lagu ini stuck in my head.
Aslinya, sedetik setelah kejadian kemarin, gue punya satu nama yang ingin langsung gue telepon dan bercerita. Ingatan bahwa dia gak ingin mengangkat telepon gue mencegah gue menekan tombol dial. Saya dan dia sudah selesai. Dia dan kepalsuannya, saya dan kenaifan saya, tak pernah ada kami.
Sejak detik gue nggak jadi menekan tombol dial, ada rasa rindu menyelisip dan bertahan hingga kini.
Saya kangen sama fans mas Jared itu.
Saya berulang kali bilang selamat tinggal. Sesungguhnya yang tetap tinggal adalah rasa saya, apapun wujudnya. Saya gak ingin melepaskan dia.
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