September 26, 2008 by herukartono
“Berhenti merokok” adalah suatu keinginan yang telah dicoba oleh banyak orang[perokok] yang menyadari akan ancaman akibat merokok. Ada yang berhasil tetapi lebih banyak yang gagal meninggalkan kebiasaan menikmati gaya hidup yang sebenarnya mengancam hidupnya sendiri, meskipun telah mencoba berulang kali.Berbagai sebab atau alasan kegagalan yang dikemukakan. Ada yang karena lingkungannya kebanyakan perokok,sehingga upaya tidak merokokpun kalah oleh godaan aroma rokok disekitarnya. Yang lain bilang suka bengong kalau tidak merokok. Yang hebat ,ada yang mengatakan dengan merokok maka inspirasi akan lebih cepat didapatkan. Semua itu menggambarkan betapa sulitnya menghentikan kecanduan rokok,karena bagi perokok, merokok memang luar biasa nikmatnya, sampai sering mendahulukan merokok daripada makan. Saya dapat mengatakan hal ini karena saya pernah jadi perokok berat .
Saya merokok pada usia belasan tahun, masih duduk di bangku SMP hingga usia 42 tahun. Sungguh dapat saya rasakan nikmatnya yang waktu itu belum ada rokok berfilter. Segala macam merek rokok pernah saya isap. yang penting tembakau , dengan mengabaikan segala gangguan kesehatan dan keuangan akibat merokok. Maka tidak mengherankan jika kita lihat orang yang taraf hidupnya tergolong miskin merokok juga, meskipun harga rokok tidak dapat dibilang murah. Memang kalau sudah jadi perokok, merokok tidak dapat ditunda dan menjadi kebutuhan. Ada keinginan berhenti waktu itu, setelah dokter di satuan kerja mengatakan bahwa sakit yang saya derita sebagai akibat terlalu banyak merokok, tetapi seperti yang saya uraikan diatas, sulit melaksanakannya.
Kini saya bebas dari rokok, tetapi masih sering menjadi perokok pasif, karena orang lain merokok ditempat umum,terutama sarana transportasi. Bagaimana saya bisa berhenti dengan mudah dan secara langsung adalah sederhana. Kalau sekarang ada iklan di TV yang menawarkan cara menghentikan merokok yang dijamin jitu , tidak akan seampuh seperti yang saya alami. Saya sudah coba berkali-kali namun sia-sia sampai pada suatu hari anak saya yang pada saat itu berusia 9 th tiba-tiba bertanya bernada koreksi terhadap kelakuan ayahnya yang perokok. ” Pak, di TV katanya merokok tidak baik. Kok Bapak merokok? Tertegun saya mencermati pertanyaan yang sederhana dan polos dari seorang anak kepada ayahnya. Benar-benar kena sanubari saya sebagai seorang ayah yang harus selalu memberi contoh baik bagi anak. Langsung saya jawab bahwa saya berjanji tidak merokok lagi. Betapa tidak bijaknya saya bila saya melakukan hal yang dimata anak tidak baik. Saya berpikir bila saya abaikan bisa-bisa anak tidak akan patuh bila ditegur karena kesalahan yang dia lakukan, karena ayahnya memberikan contoh.
Alhamdulillah 15 tahun sudah saya terbebas dari belenggu asap tembakau yang sebenarnya racun, dan sejak itu pula saya sangat jarang ke dokter untuk penyakit masa lalu, radang tenggorokan sampai batuk berdarah.
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August 28, 2008 by herukartono
When your luck is down
And your world goes wrong
When life’s all uphill
And the road is long….
Keep your spirits high
For through thick and thin
You must carry on
If you are to win.
Never mind if things
Slow you down a bit;
You’ll come out on top,
But you musn’t quit.
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August 5, 2008 by herukartono
Beautiful Day” was the first single from U2’s 2000 album, All That You Can’t Leave Behind. It was a commercial success, helping launch the album to multi-platinum status, and is one of U2’s biggest hits to date. It was their fourth #1 single in the UK and was #1 for a week in Australia. The song peaked at #21 in the US, the band’s highest position since “Discothèque” in 1997. The song won three Grammy Awards in 2Composition
According to Bono, “Beautiful Day” is about “a man who has lost everything, but finds joy in what he still has.”[citation needed]
The song is an optimistic anthem that opens with a drum machine and a rhythm sequencer. The verses are relatively quiet before The Edge’s guitar and the song’s signature riff join in for the choruses. The Edge recorded this song on his Gibson Les Paul Standard and plays the song live with his Gibson Explorer, which helps add the distinctive shimmering, chiming sound that made the band unique when they first debuted in the early 1980s.
In an episode of the Sundance Channel’s Iconoclast, R.E.M. vocalist Michael Stipe said “I love that song. I wish I’d written it, and they know I wish I’d written it. It makes me dance, It makes me angry that I didn’t write it.” Beautiful Day also opens ITV’s football show “The Championship”, and previously ITV’s “Premiership” referring to soccer making a beautiful day.
Response
Beautiful Day is the most known track on the All That You Can’t Leave Behind album, and has been regarded as one of U2’s most famous songs. The song hit No.1 on charts in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland and also boosted sales of All That You Can’t Leave Behind. Beautiful Day is included on The Best of 1990-2000 and U218 Singles.
The song won three Grammys in 2001: “Record of the Year“, “Song of the Year“, and “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal“.
In 2008 the song was chosen to play over the end titles of the children’s film Nim’s Island, starring Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster and Gerard Butler.
Sen. Barack Obama is using the song as his entrance for campaign events during his 2008 Presidential Run.
Live history
Ever since its tour debut at the first date of the Elevation Tour on March 24, 2001 in Miami, “Beautiful Day” has been played at every single full tour concert, as well as a number of promotional appearances and concerts not connected with a tour. On the Elevation Tour, “Beautiful Day” was normally the second song played, though it did open one show and was played late in the setlist at two concerts. During the Vertigo Tour, it has appeared in the first half of the main set. It is featured on the live films Elevation 2001: Live from Boston, U2 Go Home: Live from Slane Castle, and Vertigo 2005: Live From Chicago. The song was also performed on stage to open the Live 8 concerts, with slightly different lyrics that mentioned the different sites that Live 8 concerts took place in, along with “Vertigo” and “One“, at Hyde Park in London. It was performed live in New Orleans for Super Bowl XXXVI and for the New Orleans Saints first game in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
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August 5, 2008 by herukartono
If you and I should differ
in our beliefs
in our philosophies
in our understanding of things
We may come to realize
it is not important
that we always agree
Only that we respect each other’s
right to be different
Only that we respect each other’s
right to be heard
Mychal Wynn
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June 4, 2008 by herukartono
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