Sebaik-baik Dirimu

15 Desember 2012.

Ini hari kongres mahasiswa. Hari dimana seharusnya saya lengser sebagai Presiden Mahasiswa Unpad. Beberapa hari sebelumnya, saya berencana hadir full time di kongres. Ternyata hari itu ada beberapa undangan. Dari CCC untuk kasih sambutan, dari Pena Bangsa untuk hadir di acara mereka, dan dari beberapa yang lain. Berhubung tempat kongres di Fapsi, jadi saya pilih hadir di opening kursus bahasa Turki dari CCC.

Di acara CCC ini, ada pembacaan puisi oleh salah satu mahasiswa asing yang kuliah di Unpad. Namanya Pekir (kalau saya ngga salah denger). Dia sebetulnya bukan dari Turki, tapi Azerbaijan. Yang dia baca adalah puisi berjudul "Kerendahan Hati". Ini puisinya :

Kalau engkau tak mampu menjadi beringin
Yang tegak di puncak bukit
Jadilah belukar, tetapi belukar yang baik,
Yang tumbuh di tepi danau
Kalau kamu tak sanggup menjadi belukar,
Jadilah saja rumput, tetapi rumput yang
Memperkuat tanggul pinggiran jalan

Kalau engkau tak mampu menjadi jalan raya
Jadilah saja jalan kecil,
Tetapi jalan setapak yang
Membawa orang ke mata air

Tidaklah semua menjadi kapten
Tentu harus ada awak kapalnya
Bukan besar kecilnya tugas yang menjadikan tinggi rendahnya nilai dirimu
Jadilah saja dirimu..
Sebaik-baiknya dari dirimu sendiri

Karena saya pikir puisi ini cocok untuk anak2 BEM yang akan disidang LPJ-nya di Kongres, jadi saya bacain puisi ini di depan anak2 BEM sebelum kita rame2 dateng ke kongres :)
Dan karena saya suka betul puisi ini, jadi sy googling dan akhirnya nemuin perdebatan ttg hak cipta puisi ini. Ternyata puisi aslinya adalah ini:

Be the Best of Whatever You Are

By Douglas Malloch

If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley — but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.

If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass —
But the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do, and there's lesser to do,
And the task you must do is the near.

If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun be a star;
It isn't by size that you win or you fail —
Be the best of whatever you are!

*keren kan? :)

Luck (1)

Kata Ayud, seorang musisi dari Norway bilang, "We never say 'Good Luck' when will get perform. Because there's never luck. But we say, 'Break a leg!'".

Sebetulnya, saya percaya 'keberuntungan' itu ada. Saya lebih suka menyebutnya 'anugerah'. Kadang bisa juga disebut 'nikmat'.

Tapi, kita ga bisa bergantung sama 'keberuntungan'. Tetep harus berusaha. Poin umum yang klise, tapi saya suka -walaupun kesindir-.

Nice quote anyway.

Sementara.

"ALL things in life is TEMPORARY. If it goes well, enjoy it, that wont last forever. If it goes wrong, dont worry, it cant last long". [Dinda]

Di hari terakhir Sarasehan Nasional, sambil senyum dengan wajah tegang Adin nanya "Gimana kang?"

Jawaban saya, "Semuanya pasti akan berlalu juga, din. Semua hal ada akhirnya".

Altai-Asia Students Forum (1)

Alexander Karlin and Victor Tolokonskiy highly appreciated the platform of the Asian Students’ Forum "Education without borders. Altai - Asia 2012 "

2012.07.03

category: events

            Governor of Altai Region Alexander Karlin and the RF presidential authorized representative Victor Tolokonskiy highly appreciated the platform of the Asian Students’  Forum "Education without borders. Altai - Asia 2012 "at the International management Forum “Altai. points of Growth”.
 

            At the entrance high-status guests were met by the Forum participants  dressed in national costumes of the countries they represent accompanied by live Eastern music. They had the honor to present to the authorities portfolios of honorary members.
            ASU Rector Sergey Zemlyukov presented a platform, commented on the discussion sections and summed up the results. He noted that together with delegations from 14 countries and 54 universities it has been managed to build a constructive dialogue, conduct experience exchange in planning and implementation of various projects, and find out trouble issues.

             Foreign participants continued their work on the sections where they presented their projects. Students of Northeastern University (China) spoke about the opportunities of getting  higher education in China and has shared news  that the rectors of universities ASU (Russia) and Northeastern University (China) officially agreed to cooperate.

              The delegate from Indonesia, Tanri presented a social business project «Bina Desa», created to help people in less developed villages of his native country. Within the project framework, people living in these places, were able to find new areas of income: the production of chocolates, cultivation of medicinal herbs, etc.

               Finally, John Yeo from Singapore made his report. He told the audience about the importance of creativity and creative thinking, as well as the perception of these concepts by people of different ages.

               After the speeches, everyone could ask their questions to the invited guests of the platform. Topical issues such as an insufficient accommodation in dormitories for foreign students, the idea of cooperation with Asian countries were considered in the discussion. One of such ideas is the creation of the Russian-Asian University in Altai region. According to the opinion ofAlexander Karlin, such a proposal was transferred to the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, who, in turn, supported the initiative. The issue is being under consideration at present.

              Altynbek , a participant from Kazakhstan asked a crucial question about the appropriateness of such international forums and the prospects for their development to Victor Tolokonskiy. The answer was the following:

             - The form of such cooperation between the countries will surely be expanded. Siberia  is the macro-region, which is the closest to Asia and it is our plus, we need to develop this cooperation.

                After the meeting, the governor and the RF presidential authorized representative marked the high level of platform work organization and wished the participants success in implementing new international innovation projects.

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Travel

Travel is the simple chance of reinventing ourselves at new places where we are nobody but a stranger. 

Travel is the discovery of what and who we miss the most. 

Travel is the same pair of jeans for a week and different experiences every day.

Travel is finding new things and new people to miss.

Travel is discovering the part of yourself that you never knew existed before.

Travel is that one song in your iPod that will forever remind you of that one sexy afternoon somewhere.

Travel is the discovery of who misses us the most.

Travel is answering the question ‘business or pleasure’ without blinking.

Travel is deciding who will be the last call before you take off and the first call after you landed.

Travel is a test of your physical and emotional tolerance.

Travel is a one hour conversation that could lead to a lifelong friendship.

Travel is that one boarding pass you keep in your wallet to remind yourself one day when you’re gray and old that you were once cool.

Travel is waking up in a strange bed and feeling home and waking up in your own bed one day and feeling like a stranger.

It’s learning not to take every second for granted.

Travel is learning that the journey is as memorable as the destination.

Travel is discovering that random act of kindness does exist.

Travel is learning to communicate with just a smile.

Travel is not wanting to sleep because for once reality is more interesting than your dream.

Travel is not being afraid to fall in love with a complete stranger.

Travel is where broken English is welcomed with a wide smile instead of greeted by a grammar nazi.

Travel is where people that you talk to really try to understand what you’re trying to say.

Travel is finding out more reasons to write. And more reasons to live.

Travel, sometimes, is the rediscovery of our nationalism.

Travel is that one stranger across the street you will always wonder if he/she is your soul mate.

Travel is wearing those clothes you couldn’t wear back home.

Travel is realizing the things you cannot live without.

Travel is realizing that maybe you know nothing.

Travel is wearing a stranger’s jacket and feeling home.

Travel is meeting you.

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