The Risky Journal

The Skyline Two years have passed since I decided to live in Jakarta. I still remember an overly dramatic scene when my family and my closest friends bid me good bye on December 29, 2011 at the Solo Balapan train station. Recalling the scene, I should win an award for that.  I remember that when I was still a sophomore student, I told myself not to go to Jakarta after graduating. But then, after graduation, I realized that my hometown, as much as I love it, had nothing much for me to offer. “What can you do with that degree?” the question I quoted from “500 Days of Summer” really suited me back then. I was, and am, an idealist; I want to have a job that suits my education. After graduating, I  applied for several jobs in Jakarta. I got calls for interviews several times (which made me happy to know that my resume could actually sell me *blaaaah*). Then, I was called for an interview at The Jakarta Post, the most famous English newspaper in the country. ...

infojkt.com Tak terasa, hampir satu tahun saya mengendarai motor di Jakarta. Pada awalnya, saya bersikukuh tidak mau mengendarai motor di kota ini. Bagaimana tidak? Pada beberapa bulan pertama di kota ini, saya menyaksikan bahwa pengendara motor di kota ini gila. Rambu-rambu dan peraturan lalu lintas yang ada seakan tidak bisa mengatur mereka. Namun pada akhirnya saya menyerah karena saya ternyata membutuhkan sebuah sepeda motor. Pekerjaan saya yang lama menuntut mobilitas yang tinggi dan saya tidak bisa bergantung pada transportasi umum yang ada. Bus Transjakarta yang telah mengantar saya selama 6 bulan pertama di Jakarta semakin tidak bisa diandalakan. Waktu tunggu yang lama, penumpang yang melebihi batas dan jumlah armada, yang menurut hemat saya, masih terbatas membuat saya menyerah untuk bergantung pada Transjakarta. Mulai di pertengahan tahun lalu, saya menjadi seorang pengendara motor. Naik motor di Jakarta itu membuat stress. Begitulah kesan pertama saya ketika pe...

What a year! That is probably the best opening to start reviewing this year. This year is really like a roller coaster. There are ups and downs here and there throughout 2011. Well, I will not list all of the ups and downs in my life in this post, rather I will only point some events that I will never forget in my whole lifetime. Well below is a reversed list of the events. 5. Finishing Thesis MY HOLY SKRIPSI After one year of struggle, I finally finished my thesis by July 18, 2011. It never occurred in my mind that I would actually finished it this year. I saw my self surrounded by doubts that I could make it. These thoughts lingered in my head in the beginning of this year. What in my head was that I kept on writing this thesis, submitting to my supervisor every week, and doing my best. And somehow, it was just over! Well, to remember that I even wrote posting entitled " Skripsi .. Thesis or Whatsoever You May Call This !!" on May. Well, it is funny now reading th...

You probably wonder why my blog is decorated with snow flakes all over places... It's not that I celebrate Christmas (well Christmas is massively related to snow), but I admit that it has little thing to do with it. I watched latest Glee episode about Christmas and there is the scene that shows snows falling down from the sky. It was so beautiful that made me miss wandering around snow as I did earlier this year. Well I got the chance to enjoy my very first snow in my lifetime in United States. Thanks to US Department of State for granting me SUSI Scholarship. It was really cool when I watched, touched and felt snow for the very first time. It was cold, lol surely it is. A friend of mine even dared to eat it!! Lucky enough he did not get sick for eating it. Now, watching latest Glee episode entitled Extraordinary Merry Christmas brought me back to memorizing those joyful days of walking around the street when snows were falling down from sky, or even walking in the midst o...

Illustration, source: Onthel Melintas Zaman Around 4.45 am, the train I rode entered Jakarta area. It entered Bekasi train station and halted there for a couple of minutes. I knew then that I was about to enter Jakarta as I could see glamorous lights of the skyscrapers on the right contrasted to the darkness of the dawn. Soon enough, people swarmed and entered the train. They were not official Indonesian National Train Company (PT Kereta Api Indonesia, KAI henceforth) workers. They were beggars! It was 4.45 and there were beggars in Jakarta , the capital city of Indonesia , a supposed to be a rich country. It was ironic since these people did not look like beggars. They wore proper t-shirt and had tidy hair style. Yet, they begged for small amount of money from others. Illustration, Source: pencangkul on the blog Then, a girl came spraying air freshener. I thought she did it voluntarily but I instantly knew that it was a silly thought. “Nothing is free”, so I...

I, Muhammad Rizqi Arifuddin, the owner of this blog would like to say "Taqoballahu Minna Wa Minkum" may our fasting be accepted by the Only Lord, Allah SWT. May we be forgiven for all of our sins. I humbly apologize for my mistakes for all of you ... i am terribly sorry if some of my writings offend you. #HappyHoliday =)

Kata-kata “enthusiastic, smart, active, beautiful, funny, strict” sepertinya kurang cukup untuk mendeskripsikan teman dan sahabat kita, Tri Wulandari Sidjabat. Hari ini, 15 Agustus 2011, dia dipanggil Yang Maha Kuasa, meninggalkan orang-orang yang mengasihinya. Meskipun dia telah pergi, dia akan tetap hidup dalam ingatan kita. Dan berikut adalah bagaimana saya mengingat kehidupan sahabat kita. Pertama kali saya mengenalnya, adalah ketika saya masuk kelas 3 Bahasa di SMA Negeri 2 Surakarta , hampir 6 tahun yang lalu. Kala itu, kesan pertama saya melihatnya adalah, “wah mbake ngeri”. Bagaimana tidak, rambut berantakan, baju dikeluarkan, lengan baju yang dilipat sepertinya menjadi identitas “rebellion” dia. Pertama berkenalan pun, namanya, agak gimanaa gitu, “Ndari”. Seiring berjalannya waktu, teman-teman sekelas pun sering memanggilnya “Djabat” nama marganya. Sering kali dia marah (dan kalau marah …. Hmmm ngerii) ketika dipanggil nama itu. Ya, begitulah saya pertama kali mengenalnya. K...

Sore ini twitter timeline saya kebanjiran tweets adek tingkat yang sedang mengikuti seminar mainstream. Di Jurusan Sastra Inggris saya memang pada semester akhir akan dibagi menjadi 4 bidang minat: Sastra, Linguistik, Kajian Amerika dan Penerjemahan. Setiap bidang memiliki keunggulan dan kekurangan masing masing. Mungkin demi alasan itu seminar ini diselenggarakan oleh EDCOM. Namun, berbagai reaksi yang muncul di twitter, sangat menarik diamati. Ada yang semula tertarik pada mainstream A, terus tertarik mainstream B. Ada yang semakin mantab dan yakin untuk memilih mainstream yang dari dulu telah disenangi. Ada yang bingung memiilih yang mana karena

Tomorrow some of my friends in ED 2006 will graduate... I'm going to attend. I know I will feel jealous because they finish it sooner than me haha ... but that jealousy is what I need to burn my spirit. In this post, I promise that the next slot of graduation, I will be in ... Congratulation for all my friends who will graduate tomorrow ... May goodwill with you all ...

Mari menulis sesuatu yang bersifat curhat dan sampah  (edited based on the suggestion by rizalfikry ) sekali - kali hahah ... Setelah tiga jam duduk dan mengetik di depan layar komputer saya pun menyerah. Saya memasang status di twitter: Sudah buntu ... tak ad ilham... drpd nggambleh nulis ngga ceto sudhi saja tuk malam ini besok lagi hhh :D #alonalonwatonkelakon Yah, proses menulis skripsi adalah proses terakhir untuk lulus dari bangku kuliah perguruan tinggi tingkat Sarjana di Indonesia. Yah, Indonesia memang berbeda dengan katakanlah Amerika (ya iyalah -__-" hahaha). Di sana, mahasiswa yang mengambil tingkat bachelor atau sarjana tidak diharuskan menulis skripsi. Yang menulis skripsi adalah siswa yang mengambil program honors. Setidaknya itu yang dikatakan pembimbing skripsi saya dan pada akhirnya saya ketahui juga setelah tanya beberapa teman Amerika ketika berada disana. Menulis skripsi, sebenarnya apa sih yang menyebabkan banyak mahasiswa lama dalam proses ini? Banya...

This evening, I read an extremely shocking news. Hollywood movies are soon to be withdrawn from Indonesia !!! It really is a big disaster for me, a moviegoer, movie maniac and movie analyst. I cannot imagine if this is going to be true. How can I watch my expected movies: Thor, Captain America and the most anticipated movies of this year Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 !! Based on the news, there is a new duty regulation for the imported movies -especially Hollywood movies. It causes the duty higher than before. It makes the Hollywood movies importer reluctant to import more. They do not to pay more money. Government argues that they do so to protect national films. They want to make national films to become national box offices. I don't know why the government makes such a hasty and unplanned decision. Why don't they discuss it with the movie importers at first? Don't they have sociologist in their governmental bodies? Don't they calculate the sociolog...

Whosoever reading this post, i am back to blogspot. I feel more ease here (and simpler of course). I am starting to post again soon enough. XD

Hmm ... I am informing you (as if i have any follower in this, LOL) that I move in riskysays.wordpress.com . Well, it's just that I need fresher environment (silly excuse = D ) Find me there guys !

I love superhero characters ... why amI so in love with them? It could be because they offer me escapism from reality (as my current research teaches me). I often imagine to have their powers ,becoming powerful like them as I am a weak person who cannot do anything, frankly. So I just love them. here is my most favorite superheroes and why I like them. This post is something a little bit personal as it is about me, and yes IT IS MY OWN BLOG ... Lol 1. Angel (X Men) I like Angel. I like those wings. Wings symbolizes freedom. As the picture above, it is a scene where Angel firstly flies. The first time for him to be free.And I want to fly away to grasp my own freedom. 2. Charles Xavier What will it be like to have the power of the strongest physchic in the world. You can read someone's mind, erase their memory, manipulate their memory, and do anything you like to with anyone's memory. It is scary for me to say this, but it feels like I want to ...