Janji

Matahari setengah wajahnya bisu, awan menutupnya. Angin berarak menyergah cepat membuat awan gelap. Langkah bergegas teramat tegas membuat jejak demi jejak menuju sebuah janji. Seketika langkah terhenti, ada yang terlupa. Ada janji lain yang telah menungguku lebih dulu. Badan berpaling, menapaki jejak-jejak tadi, membuatnya lebih dalam dan bergigi. Lambat kaki melangkah, merogoh telepon selular dan memijit satu demi satu tombolnya, mengirim pesan, mencari kabar. Tak lama kemudian, sebuah jawaban tiba, kubuka inbox-nya. Ternyata janji pun undur dari perhelatan. Katanya masih berada di tempat yang entah dan entah kapan akan tiba, gerak terhenti. Tak lantas tangguh, kaki pun kembali tertatih menemui janji yang telah menyergah lagi melalui inbox yang lain.

Puisi Bulan ini

Sesaat Setelah Terjaga Dari Waktu

Ada yang asing di tubuhku

Seiring pertemuan yang kutinggalkan

Dalam aduh

Setelah semuanya bernama peluh

Kutinggalkan tidurku dan terjaga

Mencoba menerjemahkan hari

Mengenal kembali waktu

Menyambangi sudut demi sudut

Melagukan sunyi

Betapa kelu lidah mengucap selamat malam

Ketika pintu sudah tertutup

Dan dingin diam-diam mengusap tengkuk

Tiba-tiba aku merasa tak pernah

Mengenal semua yang sempat kukecup

Kupeluk di antara dekapan yang sesaat itu

Matakukah yang berkhianat

Atau waktukah yang hanya miliki gelap?

Dalam gamang kulahirkan kata-kata

Menggantung di ujung rambut

Kutulis namaku di udara sebagai sepi

Tanpa bayang-bayang

Tanpa sahabat mengamini kalimat

Kotarimba, 04.2012

Kerah

            -Kawan Aang

Setelah lulus kuliah dan memiliki kerah

Teman-teman tak lagi menulis puisi

Mereka sekarang menulis keringatnya sendiri

Keringat kering keringat basah timbul tenggelam

di sela-sela jarinya, di balik tengkuknya

Adakalnya tanpa berkeringat pun mereka

masih bisa minum kopi dan merokok setiap hari

Tapi, itu bukan teman-temanku

Mereka hanya kepala yang tak mengenal

bayangannya sendiri apalagi mengenal waktu

Teman-temanku adalah mereka yang di saat hari libur

mencuci kerah dan menyayangi bajunya

agar tetap putih seputih keringatnya

yang kelak bakal jadi puisi

Kotarimba, 04.2012

A Representation of Academic Dishonesty in Learning Style Culture as an Education System Failure: A Brief Comparison between America and Indonesia

Introduction

Education is one of the most important parts in life. Through education, we can easily know how people’s characters are built. One says that to recognize the culture’s society we can use education as a measurement. It means that education has a big role and influence to form people characters of a state or country. The more develop education is, the more develop people are.

In other case, education–in all aspects—remains complicated in every country nowadays. The point of formal education is teaching and the point of teaching process is student’s learning. The last word, learning, in practical term of education, considers having lots of barrier in its implementation. One of the implications of the barriers is academic dishonesty. This term has globally become consideration for the stakeholders of education. And this, academic dishonesty, will be discussed more in this research.

What A "Noisy" Earth Day!

Maybe cos we have already adapted with the climate so that there's no need, really, to save the world. Or, maybe cos what we presume about global warming ain't going to happen so that it is fine to stay calm, even do nothing to earth. Or, maybe we are too busy dealing our own live on politic, social, economy sector so that we let the earth do the job.

A hundred or maybe a million possibility can occur as many answer for a single question: What have we done to celebrate The Earth Day? I've planted a dozen seed of tree of mangosteen, jackfruit, salak, and other local plants. But, i don't see anything on the news about person, institution, or group on behalf of environmentalists, do the celebration. Where did they go? Do they forget about the Earth Day that initially becomes one of their pennant in saving environment? Or maybe they are to tired to strive their own belief regarding to nature as the impediments strikes their lust?

I am in a element of having idea to make everyday as an Earth Day. But, knowing this odd condition and situation, even to say Everyday-Earth Day, for a single day on April 22nd this year, people can hardy capable to achieve it. So, it is true that the Earth Day of this year really really "noisy" until you can even hear nothing. No celebration. No Green. No Plants. Not a single things has done for Earth to be appreciated! The Fourth Stadium Irony. Or, do I miss something?

Hari Bumi

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Rain: A Tribute to ERK

Just watch and learn.