14 Apr 2012

Just Say My Opinion :D

Seharusnya semua mahasiswa sekarang itu dapat mata kuliah komunikasi lintas budaya, dari pada belajar PPKN terus menerus sejak SD yang tidak pernah digunakan pada akhirnya. Karena in my honest opinion, komunikasi lintas budaya lebih berguna ! Dari SD dalam pelajaran PPKN kita selalu di ajarkan bagaimana hidup bertenggang rasa, rukun dan damai, perduli pada perasaan, agama, dan budaya orang lain, toh ya pada akhirnya tidak ada hasilnya. Lebih baik belajar bagaimana komunikasi yang efektif dalam budaya yang berbeda. Karena ternyata di Indonesia, dengan masyarakat yang rata-rata berbudaya high context, banyak yang hidup berdampingan dengan budaya western yang low context. Entah itu warga western asli (re: bule) atau hanya warga Indonesia yang gaya hidupnya saja yang ke-western-western-an. Dengan adanya perbedaan itu, sedangkan kita harus tetap hidup berdampingan karena berada di lingkungan yang sama, membuat komunikasi dalam kehidupan sehari-hari anda berjalan dengan sangat tidak efektif. Karena apa? Budaya tenggang rasa yang sudah di ajarkan berkali-kali sejak SD sampai bangku kuliah, TIDAK ANDA PRAKTEKAN. Pada akhirnya menimbulkan kesalahpahaman, rasa sakit hati, kecewa terhadap budaya, kelompok atau individu tertentu. INI SEBAB INDONESIA TIDAK PERNAH AKUR DAN BANYAK KEKECEWAAN DALAM DIRI WARGANYA ! Terlalu banyak menghafal pasal dalam UUD, apa itu makna pancasila, apa itu ideologi menurut saya, toh pasal-pasal UUD, makna pancasila dan ideologi itu tidak terpakai dalam kehidupan sehari-hari pada akhirnya, sesuatu yang tidak terlalu penting untuk dihafal diluar kepala dan diajarkan berulang-ulang. Seharusnya sebagai warga Indonesia kita hanya cukup tau saja apa itu pasal-pasal dalam UUD, apa makna dari pancasila dan apa ideologi bangsa ini, tidak perlu belajar berkali-kali. TETAPI sebenarnya pelajaran PPKN yang sudah anda pelajari sejak SD ini akan berguna jika anda kombinasikan dengan komunikasi lintas budaya. Pahami budaya orang lain ditempat anda tinggal. Hargai budayanya dengan cara hidup dengan bertenggang rasa terhadap perasaan, agama dan budaya mereka. Apalagi jika anda pendatang yang memiliki budaya berbeda dengan mereka. Karena anda makhluk sosial, anda tidak akan bisa hidup sendiri, anda membutuhkan orang lain dan karena anda pendatang dan menganut budaya yang berbeda dari sekitar anda, karena anda sebagai kaum minoritas *karena anda yang berbudaya high context hidup di budaya low context*, sebaiknya anda mencoba mencari informasi bagaimana budaya ditempat anda tinggal. Agar tidak terjadi kesalahpahaman, rasa sakit hati kekecewaan & perasaan tidak diterima dalam diri masing-masing budaya.

It's just my honest opinion with no offense :)

Agnes Angelina K. K
Surabaya, 14 April 2012

11 Apr 2012

I Won't Give Up

When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?

I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up

And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find

'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up

I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use
The tools and gifts we got yeah, we got a lot at stake
And in the end, you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not
And who I am

I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
Still looking up.

I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough enough (I am tough, I am loved)
We've got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)

I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up

That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On

When we used
To say goodnight
I'd always kiss
And hold you tight
But lately
You don't seem
To care
You close the door
And leave me
Standing there
Oh, honey
That's not fair
That's it
I quit
I'm movin' on

The other night
We had a date
An you showed up
To hours late
And though your hair
Was all in place
Somebody smeared
Their lipstick
On your face
Oh, they smeared it
Every place
Ye that's it honey
I quit I'm movin' on

Oooohhhh

You made me want you
You made me leave you
You made me tumble
And fall
But if I
Can't have you the way
I want you
I don't want you at all

Baby, I can take a lot
Cause I love
Eerything you got
Though your kisses
Fill me
So if you got
Someone else
I gotta go
Oh, that you know
Ye that's it honey
I quit I'm movin' on

Oooohhhh

You made me want you
You made me leave you
You made me tumble
And fall
But if I
Can't have you the way
I want you
I don't want you at all

Baby
I can take a lot
Cause I love
Everything you got
Though your kisses
Fill me
So if you got
Someone else
I gotta go
Oh, that you know
So that's it baby
I quit I'm movin' on
Ye that's it baby
I quit now
I'm movin' on

I Can't Make You Love Me

Turn down the lights
Turn down the bed
Turn down these voices
Inside my head
Lay down with me
Tell me no lies
Just hold me closely
Don't patronize
Don't patronize me

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Somethin' that it won’t
And here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I will feel the power but you won't
No you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me
When you don't
When you don't

I'll close my eyes
'Cause then I won't see
The love you don't feel
When you're home with me
Morning will come
And I’ll do what's right
Just give me till then
To give up this fight
And I will give up this fight

'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel
Somethin' that it won’t
And here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
I will feel the power but you won't
No you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me
When you don't
When you don't

Hiding My Heart

This is how the story went
I met someone by accident
Who blew me away
Blew me away
And It was in the darkest of my days
When you took my sorrow and you took my pain
And buried them away, buried them away

I wish I could lay down beside you
When the day is done
And wake up to your face against the morning sun
But like everything I've ever known
You'll disappear one day
So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away

Dropped you off at the train station
Put a kiss on top of your head
Watched you wave
And watched you wave
Then I went on home to my skyscrapers
And neon lights and waiting papers
That I call home
I call that home

I wish I could lay down beside you
When the day is done
And wake up to your face against the morning sun
But like everything I've ever known
You'll disappear one day
So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away
Away, yeah

Woke up feeling heavy hearted
I'm going back to where I started
The morning rain
The morning rain
And though I wish that you were here
On that same old road that brought me here
It's calling me home
It's calling me home

I wish I could lay down beside you
When the day is done
And wake up to your face against the morning sun
But like everything I've ever known
You'll disappear one day
So I'll spend my whole life hiding my heart away

I can't spend my whole life hiding my heart away

Crazy For You

Found myself today singing out your name,
You said I'm crazy,
If I am I'm crazy for you.

Sometimes sitting in the dark wishing you were here
Turns me crazy,
But it's you who makes me lose my head.

And every time I'm meant to be acting sensible
You drift into my head
And turn me into a crumbling fool.

Tell me to run and I'll race,
If you want me to stop I'll freeze,
And if you want me gone. I'll leave, just hold me closer baby,
And make me crazy for you.
Crazy for you.

Lately with this state I'm in I can't help myself but spin.
I wish you'd come over,
Send me spinning closer to you.

My oh my, how my blood boils, it's sweet taste for you,
Strips me down bare
And gets me into my favorite mood.

I keep on trying, fighting these feelings away,
But the more I do,
The crazier I turn into.

Pacing floors and opening doors,
Hoping you'll walk through
And save me boy,
Because I'm too crazy for you.
Crazy for you

27 Mar 2012

Don't You Remember

When will I see you again?
You left with no goodbye,
Not a single word was said,
No final kiss to seal any seams,
I had no idea of the state we were in,

I know I have a fickle heart and a bitterness,
And a wandering eye, and heaviness in my head,

But don't you remember?
Don't you remember?
The reason you loved me before,
Baby, please remember me once more,

When was the last time you thought of me?
Or have you completely erased me from your memory?
Cause I often think about where I went wrong,
And the more I do, the less I know,

But I know I have a fickle heart and a bitterness,
And a wandering eye, and a heaviness in my head,

But don't you remember?
Don't you remember?
The reason you loved me before,
Baby, please remember me once more,

I gave you the space so you could breathe,
And I kept my distance so you would be free,
And hoped that you'd find the missing piece,
To bring you back to me,

Why don't you remember?
Don't you remember?
The reason you loved me before,
Baby, please remember me once more,

When will I see you again?