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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seorang teman bertanya: kok lo gak pernah cerita tentang love life lagi? selalu tentang kerjaan.
Karena, cinta itu abstrak. Dan gue bukan seniman yang bisa mengapresiasikan sesuatu yang abstrak. Karena, ada masanya puluhan bahkan ratusan cewek menulis/berbicara tentang masalah cinta mereka. Dan gue harus sok bijak memberi jawaban. Lantas masa gue harus datang ke orang lain untuk minta insight atas masalah gue? Lagian gue pikir love life gue (if i have any) bukan hal penting untuk dibahas secara mendalam dan dibedah apa serta kenapanya. Kalau pun ada masalah, gue pasti tau how to figure it out. Berani atau nggak melakukannya, itu lain cerita.
Justru yang gue addict itu adalah perasaan jatuh cinta. Geliat emosi dan hasrat memanggil rangkaian kata dalam otak. Lagian lelaki yang gue puja sudah lama berubah. Tergantikan sosok dingin yang menatap dengan jijik. Gue tidak merindukan kecuali kenangan. Sayangnya masa lalu adalah tempat rekreasi terjauh, gue gak bisa meraihnya.
Jadilah gue gak pernah bercerita (lagi). Karena cuma sedikit yang bertanya atas dasar peduli, kebanyakan cuma penasaran. Karena gue bosan jadi bahan omongan.
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