Thank You So Much for Your Support - Untuk Dukungannya, terima kasih banyak!

Senin, 27 Juli 2015 

Hai! 

Sudah beberapa hari sejak 

  terakhir kali aku menulis sesuatu di blog ini.  

Sungguh kangen rasanya. 

alasan vakum menulis blog kali ini, 

bukan karena tidak ada ide untuk menulis, 

melainkan sedang fokus me - reedit 

naskah novel romance kolaborasi aku dengan Adeliany  Azfar. 

mungkin beberapa teman-teman pencinta novel fiksi romance,   

sudah tidak asing lagi dengan nama tersebut. 

Doakan agar novel kami dapat lolos ke penerbit 

dan cerita yang kami tulis dapat dinikmati oleh kalian semua <3

Ah! Ya, 

pada postan yang lalu aku mengatakan apabila aku ingin fokus belajar menulis non fiksi. 

Tapi, selain setelah di semangati oleh beberapa editor dan teman menulis, akhir-akhir ini

secara ajaib semakin banyak teman-teman yang me- mention  aku via twitter 

dan me- tag  aku via instagram  yang menyatakan bila mereka suka 

dengan tulisan aku dan menunggu karya-karya aku selanjutnya. 

Melihat semua dukungan itu, 

aku jadi sangat bersemangat dan memutuskan untuk belajar menulis secara seimbang, 

baik fiksi dan non-fiksi. 

Selain itu, 

setelah terbebas dari kesibukan menulis tesis 

aku jadi punya sedikit waktu untuk menonton drama. 

Lalu aku jadi tersadar bila pada dasarnya aku mencintai 

dunia fiksi, terutama romance. 

Dan untuk itu, aku akan berjuang! 

mengalahkan semua kemalasan aku untuk 

membaca non fiksi dan berlatih menulis 

untuk  hal yang aku benar-benar aku sukai. 

Aku tidak akan menyerah! 

Untuk itu, 

aku harap teman-teman mau bersabar 

menunggu tulisan-tulisan fiksi aku berikutnya. 

Akan segera aku tunjukan Karizza Rakmavika yang lebih keren lagi. 

Dan sekali lagi, 

aku benar-benar mengucapkan banyak 

terima kasih untuk dukungan teman-teman 

baik via twitter maupun via instagram. 

Mungkin bagi teman-teman hal itu adalah hal yang kecil, 

tapi bagi aku, untaian kalimat dan foto-foto yang kalian kirimkan pada aku 

benar-benar memotivasi. 

Sekali lagi terima kasih banyak <3 

-

 Hi! 

Long time no see guys! 

It's been a while since last time I post something at this blog. 

The reason I don't write for a while not because I'm lazy, 

but I focus re edit my romance novel with adeliany Azfar. 

I'm sure for some of indonesian who love read romance know that name. 

Couple last post, i said that focus on writing non fiction, 

but due on support for editor, writer fellas, and all my reader  

I change my mind. 

And then, 

i do realize that i really really enjoy 

romance.

So,

i decide to work hard for something I Love. 

I will push my self to read fiction and practice my writing ability. 

that why, 

i hope everyone keep support me 

and waiting me patiently <3 

 I will show you Karizza Rakmavika in cooler version !

-

Jangan segan untuk berkomunikasi dengan aku via : 

- Don't hesitate to chit chat me via -

email : karizza.rakmavika@gmail.com ;

Instagram : @zsa_rakmavika ;

Twitter : @rakmavika_girl ;

Look book : karizzarakmavika ; 

Snapchat : zsa.rakmavika

XOXO, 

Karizza Rakmavika <3 

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See You Again One of My Favorite Teacher, Mr Rolly - Sampai Jumpa Lagi Guru Favoriteku, Pak Rolly

Rabu, 15 Juli 2015 

Tengah hari 

Kami�, 

keluarga besar Santa Ursula mengalami kehilangan besar 

Kami kehilangan sosok penuh cinta kasih 

sosok yang selalu bersemangat ketika berbicara mengenai keluarga, rekan kerja, serta murid-muridnya, 

Sosok yang selalu berhasil membuat kami tertawa melepas penat

juga merasa bersalah ketika melakukan kesalahan, 

Sosok ramah yang tidak ragu 'tuk menyapa muridnya terlebih dahulu ketika bertemu ditempat umum, 

Sosok yang penuh perhatian 

hingga bukan hanya menanyakan kabarmu tetapi juga  kabar keluargamu, 

Kini, 

kami tidak akan lagi dapat melihat seorang bapak berbadan tambun 

dengan wajah penuh tawa hangat. 

walaupun begitu, 

kami yakin bila sosok itu selalu ada di hati kami. 

Selamat jalan Pak Rolly. 

We, Love You 

 <3 

Ya�, 

aku  sangat terkejut ketika mendengar kabar itu. 

Kabar itu sangat mendadak. 

Ya�, 

aku menangis tersedu sedu ketika melihat tubuhnya yang terkujur kaku. 

Namun aku pribadi percaya 

bila orang baik memang selalu dipanggil lebih awal oleh Tuhan. 

Aku yakin begitu juga dengan Pak Rolly. 

Aku pernah membaca satu kutipan bijak yang berbunyi 

"Ketika kamu meninggal, 

orang tidak akan mengingat apa yang kamu miliki, 

tapi apa yang kamu lakukan"

Dan ketika melayat guruku ini, 

Aku menyadari hal bila kutipan bijak itu benar. 

ketika kami berkumpul dan bercakap-cakap, 

kami tidak membicara kendaraan apakah yang Pak Rolly kendarai,  

jam apakah yang beliau gunakan, 

berapakah luas rumahnya, 

melainkan,

hal-hal baik apakah yang pernah beliau lakukan untuk kita, 

hal-hal unik yang beliau lakukan hingga membuat kita tertawa, 

juga ketegasan-ketegasan yang mengejutkan kami. 

Dalam ingatanku sendiri, 

Selain tubuhnya yang sangat berisi dan sikapnya yang unik nan fusil, 

aku mengingat Pak Rolly sebagai 

orang yang sangat amat menyayangi keluarganya. 

Setiap kali ada waktu luang ketika mengajar, 

Pak Rolly selalu bercerita tentang keluarganya dengan mata penuh binar,  

terutama tentang anak bungsunya, Brenda. 

Ah! 

selain itu, Pak Rolly juga sosok yang

 sangat perhatian pada murid-muridnya. 

Beliau mengenal satu persatu karakter murid-muridnya, 

bahkan terkadang sampai tahu tentang gosip terbaru mengenai murid-muridnya 

dibandingkan aku sendiri. 

Ahaha� 

Hah�, karena itu� 

mulai dari hari ini, 

aku memutuskan untuk hidup dan bersikap lebih baik lagi 

daripada hari hari sebelumnya. 

Sehingga, 

ketika aku tidak ada, 

maka yang dikenang oleh orang-orang tentang diriku 

adalah hal yang membuat orang itu tersenyum hangat. 

---

15th July 2015 

one of my favorite senior high school passed away 

and yes,

I felt shock also sad.

I remember, 

 I ever read one of wise quotes, said 

" when you died, 

people aren't talk about what you have, 

but what you have done" 

and I think this wise quote is true, 

when we mourn for our beloved teacher, 

we didn't talk what car he drove, 

what brand of his watch, 

how big his house, 

instead 

we talk about how nice he is or 

what unique behavior that he ever done that make us laugh,

that why,

from that day

I decide to behave better that before, 

so when I died 

people will remember me with warm smile in their face. 

---

Oh ya! 

dan berkat Pak Rolly, 

jadilan reuni kecil kecilan 

untuk SMA Santa Ursula BSD angkatan 2009 

 Little reunion for us <3

Bisakah kalian menemukan aku ? 

Can you  find me? 

dan hal ini, 

membuat aku semakin  tidak sabar untuk 

reuni akbar SMA Santa Ursula 

tanggal 1 Agustus 2015  

<3 <3 <3

ronde dua - maaf untuk wajah bahagiaku 

Round two - pardon for my over happy face 

Inilah�, 

3 pengacara handal  dan 1 calon notaris hebat  <3

Teman bermain selama di SMA Santa Ursula 

dan juga di Fakultas Hukum  Universitas Indonesia 

sangat amat bahagia bisa bertemu dan tumbuh bersama kalian. 

Kalian adalah salah satu perangkat aku untuk mendaki gunung kehidupan. 

And last, but not least � 

3 reliable lawyer and one pre- debut awesome notary 

My playmate at Saint Ursula also in Law Faculty at University of Indonesia 

I'm very very happy can meet also grow up with you guys. 

You are one of my weapon for climbing real life mountain.

best regard for me, 

Karizza Rakmavika <3

email : karizza.rakmavika@gmail.com

instagram : @zsa_rakmavika

lookbook : karizzarakmavika

twitter : @rakmavika_girl

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Lunch Meeting @ IKEA, Indonesia

IKEA 

adalah salah satu tempat favorite aku. 

Kalau ada waktu senggang atau sedang bosan, 

tanpa ragu aku segera melancong ke IKEA. 

Banyak teman-teman aku yang bertanya-tanya, 

kenapa sih hobi banget ke IKEA ? 

Sebetulnya aku juga enggak tahu alasan pasti kenapa bisa suka IKEA 

Mungkin karena ada banyak hal indah yang bisa dilihat, 

suasananya terasa seperti enggak di Indonesia atau Serpong, 

dan 

ketika kamu pergi dengan orang yang berbeda, 

komentar mereka bisa bermacam-macam 

Jadi IKEA adalah tempat yang sangat menyenangkan bagiku 

***

IKEA is one of my favorite places.

Every time I feel bored or have some spare time, 

I go there. 

Many of my friend ask me, why I like IKEA so much? 

Well, i don't know exactly why� 

but maybe because so many beautiful things to see, 

the atmosphere makes you feel you not in Indonesia, 

and when you go there with different people they will give 

or notice different things 

that why I like go there.

  ***

Salah satu temanku,Rhena, juga sangat menyukai IKEA. 

Karena itulah kami memutuskan 

untuk Lunch Meeting di tempat favorite kami. 

Setelah berkeliling dan melihat-lihat IKEA, 

akhirnya kami makan dan mengobrol di kafetaria. 

Selain bersama Rhena, adikku, Nana, juga bergabung. 

Kami bertiga merencanakan suatu project favorite kami. 

Doakan agar usaha kami dilancarkan ya. 

Oh ya! sekarang IKEA punya menu baru, yaitu : 

* Ayam Kremes seharga Rp. 35.000,00 

menggantikan ayam Taliwang, yang bahkan belum pernah aku coba 

*Sirloin steak seharga  Rp. 85.000,00 

untuk steaknya kamu bisa memilih medium done atau well done 

terdapat 2 (dua) saus yaitu lada hitam dan jamur. 

***

Because my friend, Rhena, dan I like IKEA so much, 

we and my little sister went there for lunch meeting about our project 

please pray so our done well 

Now!  IKEA Indonesia has some new menu 

* ayam Kremes (Indonesian's frie chicken) for IDR 35k 

this menu replace Ayam Taliwang (Balinese chicken friend) 

* Sirloin steak for IDR 85k 

you can choose for medium or well done 

also can choose between 2 sauces ; mushroom and black pepper <3 

*** 

Karena temu janji hari itu sedikit santai dan kreatif, 

aku memutuskan untuk berpakaian casual yang nyaman 

atau dress for comfort 

sorry for my bare face

maaf untuk wajah tampa make-up-ku 

berikut detail dari pakaian aku untuk lunch meeting itu: 

some detail of my dress for comfort  

My favorite combo 

bag : mango touch 

wedges : hush puppies 

belt : old collection 

Jeans : Curve style form Levis

T-shirt : self made 

Aku suka sekali dengan kaos ini, 

bahannya tebal namun tidak panas. 

Lalu juga gambarnya, 

menggambarkan kekejaman ibukota negara kita, Jakarta. 

Namun biarpun begitu, aku tetap mencintai kota Jakarta. 

***

I love this T-Shirt so much. 

The fabric really thick, but i don't feel hot when i wear itu. 

And than, the picture really capture Jakarta really well. 

Traffic jam everywhere, everyday, 

but I still love jakarta. 

sekian untuk hari ini, 

mohon doa dari teman-teman supaya project kami berhasil ya. 

Best Regard, Karizza Rakmavika 

Ig: @zsa_rakmavika 

Twitter : @rakmavika_girl 

lookbook : lookbook.nu/karizzarakmavika 

email : karizza.rakmavika@gmail.com

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Breathing in Time and Space

Summer is my upper.  I've been enjoying time with my family, warm (ish) days by the pool, playing outside until it's dark.  I'm up.  I feel very up.  I've also been taking time to indulge one of my great loves -- reading.  Recently, I've read Carry On Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton (more on this) Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott, The Girl On the Train, and repeatedly fell asleep to You are Here: A Portable History of the Universe.  I've learned a lot of things from these books.  My favorite beyond favorite book I've read in a long, long time is Carry On Warrior.  Like go out and buy this book NOW.  Melton, with whom I agree on almost everything, wrote, "reading is my inhale and writing is my exhale."  Well said.  After a long slow breath in, I need the release of writing.

Except, I don't really know exactly what I have to say, so bear with me as I find it.  Today is July 15th (I'm laughing as I write this because there's no way I will publish this today. I have four loads of laundry on my couch, a full dishwasher of clean dishes, a full counter of crusty dishes, a garage that smells like a frat house thanks to the beer pong tournament we hosted last night, and a kid that's going to wake up any second.  Oh and hair that looks like a chia pet, and I get to go out on a date tonight, and I'm hoping my date isn't into chia pets.  Why am I writing right now!?  Something about breathing?) Anyway, July 15th is a special day in my world because it marks Eric's and my NINTH ANNIVERSARY.  This is difficult for me to admit only because it sounds like I am OLD, and to some of you I am, and to some of you I am not, and this just makes me feel kind of confused about if I'm old or young?  Earlier this week as we were taking yet another summer road trip, I told Eric I was so excited for Wednesday, the 15th! And he was like yeah! And before I could let him finish i was like, "it's Amazon Prime day and I'm just sure there's going to be a bouncy house on clearance for Grace!" And he shot me a knowing look and was like, "Yeah! And our ninth anniversary!" And then we laughed and high-fived. I digress.

Let's just say I'm glad I let my eyebrows grow in.

He was 27 here. He looks like a baby.

I'm glad I discovered make up, even if it took me 9
 years longer than it should have. And I'm glad Eric has an awesome haircut.

Getting older is so great because I know so much more about myself and the people I love and care for. I'm learning what works for me to declutter my brain when I get overwhelmed, to become more present when life seems to take over -- writing, a really fast walk outside, belting out a few bars of The Last Five Years, cleaning my living room, organizing a messy drawer or closet.  Eric needs to smack talk teenagers via the gaming interwebs, or watch some inane nonsense on TV, or prepare a masterpiece on the grill (I prefer this one).  Grace needs a snuggle, a push on the swing, or a glass of orange juice.  Sometimes all at the same time. I know these things about the people I love, and I am glad because it helps make life easier for everyone when we can honor one another where we/they are at, especially when they are overwhelmed just by the day-to-day-ness of life.  Getting older has taught me this, and getting older is marked by the passage of time, and if there's one thing I learned from the sooo interesting and sooo boring Portable History of the Universe, it's that time, along with it's sister (gemini twin? fifth cousin once removed?) space, are concepts my pea brain has a really hard time understanding.  Did you watch the movie Interstellar?  The one with McConaughey, where he's an astronaut and he comes back through time and pushes on the book in his daughter's room?  Try as I might I CANNOT RETAIN HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE EVEN THOUGH ERIC'S EXPLAINED IT TO ME A MILLION TIMES.  Time, you fickle little bycz, what are you?  Space, you crazy, mystifying frontier, how can I exist within you if I CANNOT UNDERSTAND YOU.  I just learned that, based on statistical probabilities, there's likely 100 billion other planets like Earth right within in our galaxy.  Please re-read that sentence and really focus on it, like you're in first grade reading in front of the class out loud. 100 billion other potential Earths. And we just learned about Pluto less than a century ago. So I'm going to go ahead and say, it's likely there are more Earths, and it's likely none of us knows jack sh*t about anything, really.

I recently listened to a TED talk about time, and one of the big take-aways was how older people often identify themselves as happier compared to the rest of the population.  Older people are more content because time has given them an opportunity to explore and get comfortable with the person they are, insecurities and all. Older people embrace the vulnerable parts of themselves and others, instead of masking it with all fifty shades of crazy like young people tend to do. I'm striving to be old in this way.  I find myself looking at life through a new lens, through the lens of a new parent...and I think this is the beginning of the journey to old.  Enough time has passed in my own life that I feel like I know myself and maybe just a smidge about the world, and  I feel hopeful because now, with Grace, the future is limitless.  Anne Lamott wrote, and I'm paraphrasing because I've already returned the book, having a kid made her suddenly have to care about stuff she was very content not to have to care about. I'm not doing this justice because she didn't make it sound like a death sentence or some great ball and chain she had to lug around, but more like, the smoke and mirrors of what she thought life was, was revealed to her as, in fact, smoke and mirrors. And then she had to care about BIG stuff.  I hear that. Getting older. Raising kids. Screwing up. Time and space.

And yet, it's a bit of a double edge sword, this parenting lens.  All the stuff I've learned, all the tools for coping with life that I've crafted for my personal journey...these goods don't transfer over to Grace.  She's got to get her own back pack with her own map and her own estrella...Oh god too much Dora. For real though, she's got to do it on her own.  And suddenly those over-bearing, overly meddlesome parents make a heck of a lot more sense to me than they used to. Another quote from Lamott, and this one's verbatim: �I heard an old man speak once, someone who had been sober for fifty years, a very prominent doctor. He said that he�d finally figured out a few years ago that his profound sense of control, in the world and over his life, is another addiction and a total illusion. He said that when he sees little kids sitting in the back seat of cars, in those car seats that have steering wheels, with grim expressions of concentration on their faces, clearly convinced that their efforts are causing the car to do whatever it is doing, he thinks of himself and his relationship with God: God who drives along silently, gently amused, in the real driver's seat.�  RIGHT?

Getting older reminds me of that almost insufferably trite cliche:  the more I learn the more I realize how much I do not know.  I don't really know anything.  I think the reason those old people are happy is because they realize it's okay to not know. It's okay not to know the meaning of life and it's okay not to understand time and space and it's okay to not know how to be a parent, because the trying of these things is what makes a life.  The fear of these things is what makes regret.  The absolute, unwavering understanding of these things is what makes a pompus a-hole.  I think the only reason I have the confidence to sit behind my Mac Book with my chia hair is because I don't know jack, and I want you all to know that.  I am very comfortable with you knowing that.  I prefer you know that, actually, so you don't ask me to do something hard.

So you've spent your precious time with me, meandering on my exhale, and I hope you don't think of it as a waste. I hope you find tools to make your trajectory through time and space as easy and light as they can be.  "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."  JC said it himself, man.  Keeping it real as we journey through time and space together.

It's July 16th.  Not bad!

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Finally! - Akhirnya ! Karizza Rakmavika, S.H, M.Kn

Setelah menyelesaikan semua kewajiban di kampus 

akhirnya aku berani membuat post ini. 

Senin, 6 Juli 2015 

salah satu hari bersejarah dalam hidup aku <3 

akhirnya saya menjadi 

Karizza Rakmavika, S.H, M.Kn 

Monday, 6th July 2015

finally, I became 

Karizza Rakmavika, S.H, M.Kn 

Setelah menunggu 

dari pukul 12.00 sampai 19.30, 

dan sempat terpotong buka puasa  

Rasanya bosan sekali 

hingga mengambil ribuan selca 

dan ini favoriteku 

Waiting for more than 6 hours, 

I felt so bored. 

So I took couples of selca.   

Untuk hari penting itu,  

Anak-anak bimbingan Pak Pieter memutuskan untuk memakai batik. 

Tapi aku pikir, 

sangat membosankan bila cuma memakai gaun batik atau kemeja batik saja. 

Akhirnya, aku untuk memutuskan untuk 

sedikit berkreasi untuk menambah rasa percaya diriku, 

Inilah kombinasi yang aku pakai untuk hari sidangku itu. 

For thesis defense, 

we decided to wear batik. 

Because that day is really really important 

So i a bit dressed up and boost my confidence 

and 

these are my combination for that important day <3 

Gaun Putih - White Dress from Zara Basic 

Blazer Batik from Margaria 

Merk Lokal - local brand  dari Yoygakarta, Indonesia 

 Cream Tiny Belt  -  Bugis Market in Spore 

Cream High Heels - Rockport 

Sebenarnya, 

setelah sidang itu aku merasa takut dan ragu menghadapi 

dunia sesunggunya, yaitu dunia kerja 

bertanya-tanya apakan aku mampu atau tidak. 

Namun melihat begitu banyak orang-orang, 

teman-teman, sahabat, dan keluarga yang selalu berada di belakangku, 

Aku merasa sanggup menghadapi semua kesulitan di depan nanti. 

Thanks for everyone who come and give me gift, 

with all your support. 

I believe, 

i handle all problem <3

Oh ya! 

Aku baru saja membuat account lookbook  : Karizza Rakmavika 

apakah kalian ada lookbook? 

Apabila ada, 

ayo saling menjadi fan satu sama lain� 

Sesungguhnya temanku sudah menyuruh 

aku membuat akun lookbook sekitar 6 tahun lalu, 

tapi aku tidak membuatnya karena tidak percaya diri. 

Namun sekarang aku sedikit menyesal. 

Hi! I just made Lookbook account, Karizza Rakmavika

Do you have one? 

if you have one, 

let's be fan for each others <3 

Best Regard, 

Karizza Rakmavika 

Twitter :  @rakmavika_girl 

Instagram : zsa_rakmavika 

email : karizza.rakmavika@gmail.com 

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