December 2011
“Going bad” is something that happens over a longer period of time”
– The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“People change for all shorts of reasons and in some cases the transformation...”
– Kumiko, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Nutmeg Akasaka's Story
Nutmeg didn’t dislike studying as such, but she had almost no interest in the course they offered in high school. She couldn’t believe that it would do her any good to stuff her head full of historical dates or the rules of English grammar or geometric formulas. What she wanted more than anything was to learn a useful skill and make herself independent as soon as possible.
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“Let me tell you, that’s what makes us human, coming up with a million...”
– Ushikawa, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Otherwise, misunderstandings are bound to arise and misunderstandings make...”
– Ushikawa, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Without music life would be a mistake.”
– Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (via classicalliterature)
Everyday Life
I always wake up at 4 a.m in the morning, do a morning prayer and go back to sleep. Or I sometimes wake up and read or online. After that I wake up again at 5:30, drink water, read again and run for 30 minutes. At 7 a.m, I eat my breakfast and watch Spongebob until 8 a.m and continue with The Penguin of Madagascar. Because I have a lot of free time, I love to watch cooking show and probably I may...
Back Then
You told me to go home alone. “I have a work to do, you go home alone.”
“Who will accompany me in the hospital?”
“Do it yourself”
Why are you always taking care of your business? What about me? Fine then, take care your precious work. I don’t need you, I said back then. I know you’re busy but can you spend a little time with me? Just to accompany...
“Bureaucratic work is always like this, Lieutenant. The things you need are never...”
– The Zoo Director, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“I realize full well how hard it must be to go on living alone in a place from...”
– Lieutenant Mamiya, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“But even so, every now and then I would feel a stab of loneliness. the very...”
– Toru Okada, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Here’s what I think Mr. Wind-Up Bird, everybody is born with some...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. Not even the person it falls upon knows...”
– Creta Kano, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
This is the title of the Japanese comic I have been reading. I like this comic so much. I mean the art of this comic is very simple but I like the story. It told the story about a teacher who has a super-negative-thinking in all aspect of his life and also he has a bunch of weird students. A super positive girl who wants to be a God or alien, a girl who talks a bad things through short messages, a...
Mudik
Kemarin saya mudik ke Tasik. Pergi jam tujuh pagi lalu sampai sekitar jam 12 siang di Tasik. Saya tinggal di Sukaraja, Desa Janggalah. Dari tadi pagi sudah hujan. Saya dan keluarga lalu ziarah dan melihat kebun. Banyak pohon jati di sana, tetapi cara mencapainya susah sekali. Tanah yang diberikan berbentuk lembah dan bukit, saya terpeleset beberapa kali. Pulang jam 5 sore dari Tasik dan sampai di...
Jangan Ada Dusta Diantara Kita
Ketika pertama kujumpa denganmu Bukankah pernah kutanyakan padamu kasih Takkan kecewakah kau pada diriku Takkan menyesalkah kau hidup denganku kasih Memang kau bukan yang pertama bagiku Pernah satu hati mengisi hidupku dulu Dan kini semua kau katakan padaku Jangan ada dusta di antara kita kasih Semua terserah padamu aku begini adanya Kuhormati keputusanmu, apapun yang akan Kau katakan, sebelum...
“But do be careful, Mr. Okada. To know one’s own state is not a simple...”
– Malta Kano, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“That’s what I think. you might think you made a new world or a new self...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Death is this huge, bright thing, and the bigger and brighter it is, the more we...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“I mean, this is what I think but people have to think seriously about what it...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
How World Works
This is how the world works. The stupid ones can never break free of the apparent complexity. they grope through the darkness, searching for the exit and die before they are able to comprehend a single thing about the way of the world. They have lost all sense of direction. They might as well be deep in a forest or down in a well. And the reason they have lost all sense of direction is because...
“If people lived forever, if they never got any older, if they could just living...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“I could disappear from the face of earth and the world would go on moving...”
– Toru Okada, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“If people want to lose all sense of direction, the best thing that you and I can...”
– Noboru Wataya, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
“Motive is the root of desire, so to speak. The important thing is to seek out...”
– Noboru Wataya, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“In the course of life we experience many kinds of pain. Pains of the body and...”
– A man in the bar, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
“The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from...”
– Toru Okada, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“What we see before us is just one tiny part of the world. We get into the habit...”
– Kumiko, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“Stop agreeing with everything I say! It’s not as if you’re going to...”
– May Kasahara, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
“You have to overcome the fear and anger inside you. Let the bright light shine...”
– The Boy named Crow, Kafka On The Shore