Salah satu kekuatan musik adalah menggugah ingatan. Hippocampus dan frontal cortex, dua bagian utama dari otak yang menyimpan memori, teraktifkan saat kita mendengarkan musik. Seketika ingatan, dan kadang perasaan, seperti kembali merasuk ke tubuh. Entah itu memori sedih atau riang. Mungkin ini juga sebabnya event musik klangenan menjamur akhir-akhir ini. Seperti Festival 90s yang digelar…
Rekreasi Keluarga di Community Shield Wembley: Catatan 10 Tahun Silam
Tepat 10 tahun yang lalu, saya pertama kali menyaksikan Manchester United secara langsung. Tanggal 11 Agustus 2013. Di Stadion Wembley, Cardiff (dekat London). Walaupun saya sempet posting unggahan singkat, waktu itu saya berjanji untuk mengunggah pengalaman yang lebih lengkap. Ternyata gak pernah kesampaian. Sampai hari ini anniversary 10 tahun. Oke lah kita ceritakan sebagai penggugah…
Preparing the Wings to Fly
The role of parents is to prepare the wings for their kids to fly. We’ve been blessed to be able to raise them and witness their graduations. May Allah grant our chance to see them soar, flying high while never forgetting their nest. Where we will always await for the ‘birds’ to come home. Congratulations…
The Artist Just Graduated!
On his opening speech, Prof Steve Dixon, President Lasalle College of Arts said: “Artists are paid not because of their labor. But their creativity and ideas” Furthermore: “Artists don’t sculpt objects. They create mythologies” I find these words truly inspiring. Especially after witnessing Rafif Satrio Mulyaputra graduation from Puttnam School of Animation in Lasalle, Singapore….
Shojita Rose First Birthday
Words can’t express, how happy we are to see our long awaited niece having her first birthday in Jakarta. So her Pakde, Bude and cousins beat the traffic on Monday evening to have celebration together. The princess, the main star didn’t disappoint. She was jolly, happy and full of energy the whole evening. Here’s one…