Hari ini bangun jam 10:00 akibat beberapa malam lalu kurang tidur.

Udah kayak lirik lagu, “Bangun tidur ku terus mandi tidur lagi…”

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Lalu, teringat sesuatu. Eleug siah, belum ngasih draft UP (Usulan Penelitian) ke Pak M selaku dosen pembimbing.

Ah santai saja lah, toh sidang kolokiumnya tanggal 11. Masih lama.

Satu suara di dalam kepala melawan, Sekarang aja, mumpung kamu nganggur.

Suara yang tadi, si Pemalas, bersikukuh, Sekarang jam berapa, hah?! Si bapak mana mau ditemui kalau udah siang begini. Menghitung waktu mandi, makan, di jalan, dll, paling cepat kamu sampai sana jam 12:00. Udah, besok aja.

Si rajin nggak mau kalah, Kan cuma ngasih draft, bukan mau bimbingan. Nggak apa-apa, susul saja ke kampusnya di Jl. Suci.

Akhirnya, si Rajin yang menang.

Singkat kata, sampailah saya di kampus Jl. Suci. ALHAMDULILLAH SEMPAT. Soalnya begitu pintu lift lantai 4 terbuka, tampak si Pak M hampir mengunci pintu ruangannya dan bersiap pergi. Telat 5 menit, harus datang besok, deh.

Beres? Yep.

Pulang? Suara itu datang lagi, Ngampus dulu, gih. Saya pun nurut.

Di kampus, begitu masuk RR-an, beberapa orang menyapa, “Selamat yeee akhirnya kolo(kium) juga!”

“Hehehe, kok tau?”

“Jadwalnya udah ditempel di SBA.”

What??? Bukannya sidangnya tanggal 11? Kok cepet amat tanggal 30 gini udah ditempel?

Ternyata oh ternyata, SIDANGNYA DIMAJUIN. Bukan tanggal 11 tapi tanggal 4.

Jadi, inikah alasan tadi ada firasat dadakan yang nyuruh ngampus? Huhuhu. Tapi masih untung tahu sekarang, nggak kebayang aja kalau baru tahu H-1.

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Saya langsung galau. Soalnya belum punya blazer resmi (= dresscode sidang). Komentarnya @ddsantii, “Beli blazer dulu, gih. Biar pas belajar nggak kepikiran dresscode.” Hahahahah, that makes sense. Alhasil, saya langsung melaju ke BTC. Sendirian. Demi nyari blazer buat sidang 5 hari lagi. Dasar cewek. *ternyata blazer lebih urgent daripada bikin slide PPT*

Nah, ketika lagi berkeliaran di lantai dasar BTC, tiba-tiba kejutan kedua datang. Seorang cowok yang sebaya menghampiri, “Siang teh, bisa minta waktunya sebentar?”

Kirain sales. Tapi ada bordiran di polo shirt hijaunya bertuliskan: Greenpeace.

Saya mikir. “Berapa lama?”

Dia senyum. “Lima menit.”

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Singkat cerita, *tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* you are reading a blog post from Greenpeace’s newly-recruited member. Ini kali kedua saya ditawari gabung, yang pertama kalo nggak salah sekitar 4 tahun lalu, di CiWalk. Tapi berhubung waktu itu nggak ada duit, nggak jadi donasi deh. Heheheh.

The boy, whose name is Yuda, explained to me about Greenpeace movement in Indonesia. It was legally started in 2006. I said to him that I know a few of their campaigns such as the “Ask Nestle to give rainforests a break” and Greenpeace’s effort to fight againts nuclear energy promotors who plan to build nuclear power plant in Indonesia. I asked Yuda about their campaign progress against BATAN. He told me that President SBY had promised that no nuclear power plant will be built until his period ends.

I think those two campaigns are impressive and touching. So, yes, I joined them.

These past few weeks, there was a boy whose voice accompanied me before I went to sleep.

His name is… *jengjengjeng* Jung Yong Hwa.

Shit, now I really sound like a fangirl. Disclaimer: saya nggak gila korea kok, cuma doyan Running Man, We Got Married, dan cowok ini aja. *ngeles* *last effort to defend myself*

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Ada yang ingat kira-kira kapan korean wave mulai melanda Indonesia? Seinget saya sih tahun 2009-an. Soalnya waktu itu, tiap mau rapat organisasi sering banget ada oknum-oknum yang muterin video girlband-boyband di ultrabook-nya. *lirik @ShintaKDi @bayuramadhan*

Awalnya, saya sama seperti kamu: antipati terhadap segala hal yang berbau korea. Apaan sih, cowok kok pake floral/leopard/glittery outfit (sebagai cewek merasa tersaingi). Apaan sih, itu cewek-cewek kok mukanya artificial semua, apa kabar inner beauty? (terutama slogan ‘kecantikan bisa dibeli’). Antipati itu diperburuk dengan munculnya SMASH, 7Icons, Cherrybelle, diikuti dengan boyband/girlband Indonesia lain yang, akui sajalah, plagiat dan aji mumpung. *iya kan? iya dong!*

Semua itu bertahan sampai kalo nggak salah bulan Maret kemarin. Gara-gara si Cookie (yang ketularan temen rumahnya) ‘maksa’ nonton Running Man episode 63-64 “Couple Race with SNSD”. Di situ, pelan-pelan saya mulai ngerti kenapa korean wave ini bisa meluas sampai ke Amerika bahkan Eropa yang notabene pemasok musisi dan aktor ke seluruh penjuru dunia, termasuk ke Indonesia.

Alasannya: selebriti korea relatif low-profile dibandingkan dengan selebriti Hollywood atau artis Indonesia sekalipun.

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Terus apa hubungannya sama Yong-oppa? 

Oh iya, sampe lupa ngebahas topik utamanya, maap maap, hehehe.

Buat saya, pertama kali liat Yong Hwa adalah di Running Man. Saking seringnya dia jadi bintang tamu di sana (4x), Yong Hwa sampai dijuluki Running Man Expert. Awalnya kaget aja dia bisa jadi lawan sepadan buat Kim Jong Kook.

note: Trademark game di Running Man itu petak umpet. Biasanya ada satu Mission Team yang tugasnya mencari barang, sedangkan tim lain yaitu Catcher Team tugasnya mencabut nametag anggota Mission Team. Kim Jong Kook (36 tahun) ini 99% selalu jadi ketua Catcher Team. Aslinya dia itu penyanyi, tapi sejak masuk tentara (tugas mandatory buat seluruh cowok di Korea Selatan) dia berubah jadi muscle man. Instingnya luar biasa, daripada jadi penyanyi dia lebih cocok jadi detektif. -_-

(Jae Suk sering bilang, “His arms are bigger than his thighs)

Buat nyabut nametag Jong Kook, kira-kira butuh 4-5 orang memegangi dia. Bisa dibayangkan lah ya gimana seremnya. Eh si Yong Hwa ini, di dua episode dia jadi penentu kemenangan Mission Team, satu episode nyabut nametag Jong Kook (meskipun nametag-nya juga kecabut), dan satu episode bisa kabur beberapa kali.

Ujung-ujungnya saya jadi kepo. Siapa sih Yong Hwa ini? Padahal umurnya baru 23 tahun.

Googling pun membawa saya ke variety show We Got Married season 2, di mana Yong Hwa bertugas jadi suami Seo Hyun dari SNSD (YongSeo couple).

Starting from ep 30, every episode was very touching. I think this variety show is real, di satu sisi mungkin karena Seo Hyun belum pernah pacaran, dan Yong Hwa pun awalnya masih kagok gitu kalau pegangan tangan. Kaku. :p

Whatever. I just love the mixture of Yong’s choding (in Korean, please don’t try googling ‘chode’ in english -_-), protective, shy, and a bit of jealosy side. He tried his best to be romantic but didn’t overdo it. It quite reminds me of Cookie.

Apart from his charismatic personality, he’s a great musician, too. Currently, Yong Hwa is the leader, guitarist, rapper, and lead vocalist of CNBlue who writes most of their songs. Just wait for ten to fifteen years, I think he’ll be a world-class musician.

p.s. CNBlue, since they play instruments instead of dance, is not a boyband. Bukan tandingan Super Junior. Sekian.

And I have this thought that they have better living due to less street criminality (no drunk motorcycle gang wander around in midnight whilst carrying samurai) and high-quality public transportation (as clearly shown in Running Man -lol)…

Well, there will always something to complain about.

salsabeela:

Just read that South Korea is the suicide capital of the world. My God!

Sociologists say a highly competitive atmosphere, uncertainty over the future, recession and crumbling traditional social networks are to blame for these awful numbers.

Uncertainty over the future?? They’re one of the fastest growing country in Asia. It should show some great prospect of future for the citizen. 

Korea, as a society, condones an incredible level of ruthlessness and cruelty to those who lose out in the social competition. It is not possible to understand the suicide issue in Korea without understanding this: modern Korean society is premised on competition at the level unfathomable for most people outside of Korea, and absolutely no mercy is shown to those who lose

*time to contemplate*

…is my new favorite man in the world.

Just by looking at photo above, you can tell what kind of sense of humor he has.

Oh, have I told you that he has been described by Business Week as “a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades“ (Wikipedia)? Nope? Well, now I have.

Ever heard of the infamous Triple Bottom Line: Profit, People, Planet? It was his concept which was introduced in his book “Cannibals with Forks” in 1997. Thank you Sir, your 3BL has inspired my thesis so much.

And if you finally decide to visit his website… Is it just me, or he truly reminds people of Carl in Up movie? I read a bit of Mr.&Mrs. Elkington’s story. They are truly sweet.

Try google ‘save our earth’ and you’ll get around 33,000,000 results in 0,24 secs (yep, I tried it). Probably you have heard this too often, but there is no limit to spread good things, isn’t there?

So, here are four things I have unconsciously done in the past few years. If an untidy person like me can do those, sure you can too.

#1 Start to say no to plastic bags

This is the hardest thing to do amongst all since we can find people offering plastic bags everywhere. Besides, there is almost no substitute as cheap and practical as plastic bags.

It doesn’t mean we can’t say no to them. Start with easy ones, like refusing plastic bags when you buy snacks or meals. Start to say no to plastic bags when your purchases can be carried with hands or just put them inside of your bag. FYI, the seller will definitely be happy since they can save some costs. *personal experience*

#2 When there’s no dustbin around, just temporarily put the trash inside your bag.

What I, and maybe you, hate the most when driving is seeing people inside other car litter on the road. Not cool. Didn’t they go to elementary school? Unfortunately, there is no law to revoke those litterers’ academical degree. If there is any, I think it would be epic.

So, please don’t behave like those people. Temporarily keeping trash inside your bag until you find a dustbin won’t kill you, I promise. 

#3 Turn off the electricity when not in use

How many of you often fall asleep while letting the radio/mp3 player/TV on? Or, how many of you often leave your room without switching off the lamp or air conditioner? I know, this one is hard to do. Thanks God my mom kept reminding me until I was in junior high school. She took a long time to bear the result, but she knew from the start that doing something repeatedly will become a habit. So, why don’t start from now?

#4 Use both sides of papers

College might be a place that consume highest amount of papers. We buy textbooks (paper), we write down what the lecturers say (paper) since doing it with laptop will end up with social media time, we do assignment (paper), we take the exam twice per semester (paper), etc.

Good news: you can cut spending on papers by using both sides of them. That is why you shouldn’t dispose misprinted and mis-sketched papers as long as the other side’s empty. Alternatives: reuse these papers for e-book printing, or DIY notebook.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.

Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

~Unknown