Harpitnas

I took a day off from work today and spent my whole day lazing at home. Today was harpitnas :-D.
I have had my boss permission and my salary cut, and I'll pay today's off with another days hard work. I promised.

Actually, I feel so sick and tired of working and I need this day off badly for stretching and refreshing my body, mind and soul in order to gain some work spirit that seems fade away.

My Plan for today was that I'm gonna finish reading those books I've bought a couple months ago. I managed to spent 12 hours in my room reading books. You know, since I sank into this seven-to-five-monday-to-friday world, I hardly have time doing such thing.

Plan was plan....

In fact, I didn't finish even a single books. I ended up taking a nap and surfing in the cyberworld : facebooking, blogwalking..

what a waste.

but during this wasting time, I found an enlighten speech regarded my work-off, coming from the former CEO of The Coca Cola Company, Mr. Bryan Dyson.

30 second Speech by Bryan Dyson (CEO of Coca Cola)

"Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them - Work, Family, Health, Friends and Spirit and you're keeping all of these in the Air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back.

But the other four Balls - Family, Health, Friends and Spirit - are made of glass. If you drop one of these; they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for it."

WORK "EFFICIENTLY" DURING OFFICE HOURS AND LEAVE ON TIME. GIVE THE REQUIRED TIME TO YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS & HAVE PROPER REST.


Short? It was. it only took 30 seconds , yet meaningful...
at least, it eased my guilty feeling for escaping from work today :-D

-16 August 2010-
lazing in the middle of Harpitnas

my childhood lullaby

Tidurlah Dian
tidurlah kau pualam bunda
hari telah malam, pejamkanlah mata

Tidurlah Dian
tidurlah anakku sayang
esok hari kita, bermain kembali

Ibu t'lah penat, asyik menyanyi-nyanyi
menidurkan engkau
anakku jauhari..

Back then years ago when I was a little kid, around third until twelfth years old or until 6th grade of elementary school
I used to hear this song, came from my mom's singing.
After memorized-reading some verses and scripture of Juz amma, telling me to speak every words contained with the letter "r" and reading night-sleep prayer, she always sang this song till I fell asleep.
We had this before-going-to-sleep ritual every night when we were lying down in my bed.

actually the song was not "tidurlah Dian". It should be "tidurlah Intan"
my mom changed it, because her only daughter is not Diamond but Candle :-)
that was the most beautiful lullaby I've ever heard.

last night, I suddenly remembered this song
and I really wanted to hear it again before I fell asleep.
sorethroat and coughing hard bothered my sleep and i needed somekind of lullaby to accompany me.
I managed to find it in the Internet and I was pretty sure I'll find it fast because you know these days, nothing can hide from Mr. google, thank God...

I typed this Tidurlah Intan into the search bar
and voila!
I got it!
wow, this song's actually a keroncong-seriosa.
I found three different people sing it, all of them are in keroncong-seriosa and one of them is sung by this famous Waljinah, the other one even sung by this foreign singer named George de Fretes.
I downloaded it directly and saved it.

I put it in my winamp playlist as the only song in it and played it all night long.

during my half-sleep I heard the lyrics's not exactly the same like my mom used to sing.
but I like my mom's version more, especially the part :
"tidurlah Dian, tidurlah kau pualam bunda"
eventhough unlike Intan, Dian is not a "pualam".
I just love the verse. Poetic^^

and here's the Waljinah lyrics :

Tidurlah Intan
tidurlah anakku manis
Hari sudah malam
pejamkanlah mata

Tidurlah Intan
tidurlah kekasih hati
Esok hari kita
bermain kembali

Reff:
Ibu t’lah penat
asyik bernyanyi-nyanyi
menidurkan engkau
anakku jauhari

Tidurlah Intan
tidurlah kekasih hati
Esok hari kita
bergurau kembali

I'm not used to keroncong, I've never heard any other keroncong-seriosa song before and maybe because of this reason, I think that My Mom's voice was more beautiful... hehhehehe ^^V
(no offense it's just my personal opinion)

this song rolled in my head for about three and four times before I sank into my dream....
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....