My daughter & My Father

My beloved daughter and father.

The Skinny on Being Beautiful

Excerpt from Voices:

"I watched a beauty contest on TV when I was about 11. I remember feeling sorry for the girls walking around in bikinis being leered at by men old enough to be their grandfathers. I've never watched one since.

What message does this sort of competition send to young girls?

Yes, they disguise what is just an excuse to look at "girls" in next to nothing, as a humanitarian exercise: "I love puppies, children and want world peace."

And yes, Miss Universe probably goes around the world doing good deeds, but what does that teach young girls? Only beautiful girl in a bikini can achieve world peace?

Angan dan Harapan

Aku tukil dari blog seorang insan yang dirundung kesepian dan kesedihan:

Angan dan Harapan
11 purnama t'lah berlalu

angan dan harapan semakin pudar

27 purnama hati mereka t'lah berpaut

angan dan harapanku yang semakin kalut

semula kuhamparkan angan sebesar laut

kini asaku belum juga terbalut

semula anganku pada si zamrut

dapat memagut sibijak

semula harapku pada sibijak

dapat meragut zamrut secara bijak

namun....

harapan dan kenyataan

t'lah memagutku dengan telak

sibijak tak pernah berlaku bijak

yang terselak hanyalah sikap pembajak

yang seakan memijak-mijak

11 purnama t'lah berlalu

mulutku semakin bisu

rinduku tetap menggebu

hatiku semakin beku

anganku tak pernah lesu

harapanku semakin buntu

hanya do'aku senantiasa bertalu

Ya Allah kuatkanlah aku

Bukalah mata si zamrut

besarkanlah hati sibijak