Kemampuan Verbal

-di sebuah tes TPA-

Guru : Joni, tes ini bermaksud untuk memilih dua kata yang hubungannya sama satu sama lain, kamu paham, kan?

Joni : Ya pak.

Guru : Lalu mengapa menurutmu jagung dan bintang memiliki hubungan yang sama dengan harimau dan kue??

Joni : Tapi hubungan mereka memang sama, pak.

Mereka sama-sama tidak ada hubungannya.

-just another crispy anecdote from me-

Carpe diem

O pretty little buds of roses
Come and gather, no time to waste

Because one day they'll bloom beautifully,
the next day wither away

So what's the point of even plopping out of their green shells?

'Just to be there,' the sky said, 'to declare to the world of your being'
in the end of the day, you'll find your own phrase,
a little part of that majestic poem of the world

will it be a word, or a paragraph, no one knows

So my dear, before we wither away,

While you're in your full bloom

Seize the day

-although, I wonder if I can really plant this into my soul,

even if I have grasped the meaning?-

She looked into his eyes, eyes that resembled the clear blue sky.
Stars sparkled and rainbows spread, as if all the dullness of the world are just poor lies.

And for once, she stood mesmerized, allured, snatched away from reality,
Until finally, she gazed upon the dark clouds
and the melting candledolls around

; and with all her power
She closed her eyes from that warm sky that now seems so wrong.

And she stepped back