Wednesday, June 13, 2012

You Are All My Number One!

Nak, tolong browsing-in Papa "filosofische grondslag; landasan/dasar negara". Itu tulisannya yang benar pakai “f” atau “ph”?
Nak, gimana cara baca “Deustchland über alles”? (*He asked me because I was learning German during my first college year. And he always wants to make sure that everything he said to others; either to his students or colleagues, or else, is the correct one)
Nak, apa bahasa Arabnya “kagum” as in kalimat "mysterium tremendum et fascinans"-nya Rudolf Otto. Coba cari di internet.
Mbak, bahasa Inggrisnya “ingus” dan “upil” apaan sih?
Mbak, gimana spellingcollection”, “c” atau “l”nya yang dobel?
Mbak, ini gimana sih soal “limit”. Kok jawaban hitunganku sama contoh soalnya beda banget ya?
Pertanyaan-pertanyaan seremeh “upil” ataupun “ingus” dalam bahasa Inggris sampai seberat “limit dan derivat” seperti pada contoh di atas adalah konsumsi harianku di rumah. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan semacam itu bisa jadi berlanjut ke gelak tawa sontakku, ledekan khas keluarga, diskusi seru, atau eksplanasi ayahku pada materi kuliah atau kajian yang sedang diketiknya. Begitulah suasana harian di rumahku. Itu belum apa-apa. Suasana akan bertambah hangat ketika keluarga muda itu bergabung. Ya, keluarga kecil adikku. Gema, Ivo, dan si kecil Shofiya yang sedang heboh membeo dan berceloteh. Seru. Rame. Hidup.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Shine...You Are!

Ada yang salah dengan pemaknaannya terhadap “amanah”. Ada yang perlu dia poles pada level fundamental tarbiyah dzatiyahnya. Ada niat yang harus dia luruskan ketika meng-iya-kan “qarar” amanah dari sang qiyadah.

How could you flatly receive “that burden” without understanding the whole consequences? Izinkan saya untuk mentranslasikan kata “amanah” sebagai “burden”, -beban. Alasannya? Saya ingin menegasikan makna “tanggung jawab” yang tersirat pada kata “amanah”. Tujuannya? Membidik penerimaan “dia” terhadap kata “amanah”. Ya, mana mungkin dia menganggap amanah da’wahnya sebagai tanggung jawab moral dan akhirat jika dia berat hati melangkah? Bahkan jika dia masih berkutat di dimensi sesepele “bingung mau ngerjain tugas kuliah atau amanah dulu”. Kalau begitu, perlu seseorang untuk “menamparnya” dengan teguran berselubung ukhuwah. Demi kemaslahatan.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Life Couldn't Be Better Than This

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Oh yeah...it's been nearly three weeks (*two weeks if I excluded my "jet lag" phase =p) since my homecoming. So, how's life? The answer is none other than L.G! Life's G.O.O.D~ :D! Alhamdulillah~

Today, -just like the other days-, I came to Islamic lecture in Masjid Kampus UGM. The sadly rather short discussion session with Ust. Syatori came to a sort of philosophical conclusion, -which was a nice one :). Here it is, ""GRACE" or "FAVORS" in something are the real treasures for someone who missed or couldn't get that particular thing". "Nikmat (terhadap sesuatu) akan terasa ketika (sesuatu itu) TIDAK ADA". Okay, let me give a ridiculously simple example. MASJEED. In Taiwan, there are only six masjeeds which are obviously located in some major cities. And guess what, there's no masjeed in Chiayi, -the sort-of-rural place I'm staying. Hence, I couldn't help but missed masjeed's atmosphere (*and things going on inside the masjeed, for sure) so much. This is what Ust. Syatori called "NIKMAT". So, once you get the real masjeed's atmosphere (*in my case is during my homecoming), it feels awesomely priceless! To be concluded, the inexistence of something for someone caused a particular longing feeling for it. If then later in the future we can manage to get it and feel grateful for that, we'll realize that it's A PRIMO. VALUABLE.