The answer to the question in the title is probably the same as the opposite: how do you deal with living?
You don’t deal with it.
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How Do You Deal With Death?
I Love You
Whenever we talk about love, we often talk about it in the context of romantic relationship between two people.
Books are written based on it.
Films rely on it.
Songs are made out of it.
We spend our lifetime marveling it.
What is less celebrated or glorified is the other kind of unsung love between people, often sans romance.
The Night Before the Vote
I am writing this some time before 12 hours we, Indonesians, will get to see whoever will lead us as a nation in the next 5 years.
The choice could not be more in contrast of one another: one evokes fear, the other inspires hope.
On the last day of fasting month
Jakarta, 18 Agustus 2012.
Hari ini adalah hari terakhir puasa Ramadhan 1433 Hijriah.
Sebelum tangan ini mulai membuka laptop untuk menulis blog entry ini, tiba-tiba pikiran saya melayang pada awal Ramadhan tiga tahun lalu.
Di hari pertama puasa itu, tanpa saya sadari tiba-tiba saya menangis. Bukan menangis keras dengan jeritan dan sedu sedan, tetapi menangis dengan rembesan air mata pelan-pelan mengalir di pipi tanpa saya sedari, sebelum pelan-pelan terisak lirih.
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Nauval Yazid & His Words. 