Tag: writer
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The Old Man*
*Published in The Jakarta Post, October 9, 2017 I glanced at my phone. Two missed calls. The clock showed it was 2 a.m. Yet, I was barely able to sleep — thanks to the old man who lived in apartment 1401 on the 5th floor. An apartment opposite my building whose windows weren’t curtained and […]
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#ceritamusimdingin
Musim dingin memang identik dengan suasana sendu. Cocok untuk merenung dan mengharu biru. Ditambah dengan keberadaan bayi mungil yang membuat lebih jarang keluar rumah, jadilah hari-hari dilalui dengan sesekali menulis puisi (kalau sempat dan sedang ada ide tentu saja 😀 ). Puisi-puisi pendek ini sebelumnya sudah saya unggah di Instagram dengan tagar #ceritamusimdingin. Saya tuliskan […]
Hayu Hamemayu
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Achievement Unlocked
Beberapa bulan lalu, saya mengirimkan naskah cerita bersambung (cerber) berjudul Klub LDR ke Majalah Kartini. Tak lama kemudian bagian redaksi mengkonfirmasi bahwa cerber saya akan dimuat tapi untuk tanggal pastinya masih menunggu antrian. Saya pun tak ambil pusing. “Oke, akan saya cek kapan-kapan,” batin saya. Pagi tadi sambil menyiapkan sarapan, iseng saya mengecek aplikasi HIGO […]
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The “This is Sweden” moment
Daisy Goodwin, an English writer once said: “Marriage is like living in a foreign country as an adult: You can become fluent in the language, you can step yourself in the culture, you can know all three verses of the national anthem; but no matter how hard you have worked to assimilate yourself, there will […]
Hayu Hamemayu
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#mylifeasawriter
This morning, right after I took Hayya to school and Zaki left for work, I sat in front of my computer, was ready to continue writing a serial for a magazine in Indonesia. I had this feeling that everything would go smoothly. I opened my file, sipped my coffee, turned on the music and I […]
Hayu Hamemayu 