One of my hobbies is writing, either fiction or non-fiction.  My writing skills have developed since I worked for an Indonesian tourism news website, goindo.com.  The company provided me such writing skills and how to be aware with issues and news.  And be a good nosy person:)  Thanks to Pak Irvan, Fahmi, Ais, Nana, Markus, Rani, and all people from goindo.com.  Also for my tutors during college who always encouraged me to be a good writer: Bu Ninin, Bu Riries Sarumpaet, Bu Sari and Bu Jenny.  To my friends who are good readers with their "hot" comments: Noni Muniroh, Erna Herlina, and Zakiawati; "long distance" friends who have given me any suggestions into my writing: Lars Lysemose, Rick Hughes and Troy Doyle.  
     
 

 

Fyi, my first novel, Manusia Manusia was finally published and you can find it in the book stores, i.e. Gramedia (Pondok Indah Mall, Bintaro Plaza, ITC Cempaka Mas and Depok), Gunung Agung (all stores), Kalam Book Store (Utan Kayu 68H) and a small corner in Graha Bhakti Budaya (Taman Ismail Marzuki). Since the publisher and I are not sure about the selling and demand, so that we only printed limited copies.

First printed May 2004
ISBN: 979-98592-0-4
Published by Son & Son Publishing
For more information about this book, please write to imajinasi@hotpop.com.

 
     
  The excerpt below is from my story, Manusia Manusia or Human Human.  I really want to translate it into English but my English is not good enough to start translating the manuscript.


Manusia Manusia (Human Human)

(Page 182)

twelve

... people are never satisfied, keep trying, but don't forget one thing: all must come from the heart... about love...

He is too young, probably, to understand a gay relationship, or he might be still new? Yes, he is still a newbie. The gay scene is a bit different from the heterosexual one where he had been for long years. Did he ever know that he would be in the gay world?

Everything seemed to happen as an accident. Even though he knows, every man in this world has the same probability to turn to be a gay. Every one of them! Only few factors can trigger the growing of a probability of homosexuality, gay. Of course it is not a heredity, because none in his family neither his father's nor his mother's bloodlines is a gay or even a bisexual. Only him and he is the first.

Ardhan still remembers how did he try to fall in love with a lovely Chinese girl, Kinan, yet he failed since he had met and plunked into Erwin's interest. It was not a real love, it was only a love as Erwin was a manifestation of his elder brother, Raka. But when it came up to his meeting with Bryan, he started blurring a brotherhood manifestation and considered a lover in Bryan's creature. Ardhan was so innocent, probably, to call there is a sacrifice in love, always. Love means a sacrifice or sacrifice is love? A-two issue that cannot be separated and still unanswered. And makes him to live in doubt as well.

He is not Jesus Christ, anyhow, his idol who he met in Jogjakarta. He is not Bryan who is able to offer a smooth love only for sex. Not more. And he is not Rony who could give pleasure, yet it was only in terms of money and lust. He is not a slut and he never offers his body in the name of love, money and lust. A nirvana of desire. Ardhan is always being himself. Be a lover who only chases shadow with his sincere heart and love. Although he never wins a real love from the man he pours his loves on.

 
     
     

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