Mind BoX

” Tempat terbaik untuk membaca adalah di pinggir kolam ikan yang terletak di sebelah gazebo. Pepohonan yang rindang serta gemericik air kolam membuat suasana sangat tenang dan damai. Suasana terbaik untuk menyelami petualangan dalam buku.” Kata demi kata tersebut ku baca dalam hati. Aku sendiri bertanya-tanya dalam benakku, Siapa yang menuliskan kata-kata ini di atas kertas kecil berwarna merah muda dan menyelipkannya dalam buku perpustakaan? Tak cuma satu catatan kecil, aku juga menemukan beberapa di dalam novel fiksi lainnya. Tulisan tangan dan kertas yang digunakan sama, walau warnanya kadang berbeda. Aku mengumpulkan semua catatan kecil yang ku dapatkan. Semua terlihat sangat menarik dan lucu. Ada yang bertuliskan mantra ajaib penambah percaya diri, yang ku temukan dalam novel Harry Potter: Pangeran Berdarah Campuran. Aku tak yakin mantra ini akan bekerja. Tetapi mungkin penulis catatan ini bisa memberiku penjelasan nanti. Ada juga catatan yang bertuliskan resep membuat ku...

Malang, 06 Februari 2014 My mother ever told me that I should act like a grown up. She told me that I won’t be a little girl anymore. My age, my body, my mind, and my preferences will somehow change along with the time. I have to change my perspectives. I have to change my acts like a grown up out there. Oh God.... When I heard that... just one thing came to my mind... I don’t wanna grow up... I really love being myself. I just live my life like I wanted eventhough everything is not always like I wished. I studied in university and got the best. I went out to some fun places with my friends sometimes. I did what I loved. Everything was just perfect for me with its ups and downs. But right now, everything looks so hazy for me. I’m 21. But right now, I’m not ready for being an adult. There are so many adult things that make me not ready facing the real world. One of them is “being an adult means facing so many expectations from everyone”. You must do this, do that, n...

Long long time ago, a lonely boy named Jati lived in a small village in a small island called Kura-Kura island. Jati was not really lonely. He had some friends who often played with him. But lately , he felt like his friends ignored him. He did not know the reason. He just felt that way since they did not act as friendly as usual. Jati knew himself was not as rich as his friends. He was just a son of poor farmers. He was a boy with red curly messy hair, pale skin, thin body, and red skin face because of sun burnt. Jati knew nobody wanted to be his friends. Because of that, he often lied about himself to the other kids. He did that to get some friends and he succeeded. But that was not for long time. His friends knew he lied. One day, Jati’s friends, Dodi, Semar, Bimo, and Cuki told Jati about the truth of his lie. Jati’s friends knew that Jati lied about his bravery sneaked in into the witch’s house. Jati insisted that he did not lie about that. That made his friends could not ...