하루만 네가 되고 싶어 1 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip'eo 1]

Waktu gue belum lulus, orang-orang bertanya kapan gue wisuda. Setelah gue lulus, mereka kembali bertanya kapan gue kerja. Terkadang, gue kehabisan akal untuk menjawabnya. Gue jadi selalu menyiapkan beberapa helai rumput di kantong kemeja, supaya gue bisa jawab, "Coba kita tanya pada rumput yang bergoyang," sambil ngejejelin rumput ke mulut mereka. Seperti yang kalian tahu ketika membaca Catatan Akhir Kuliah sebelumnya, (Apa?! lo belum baca? Filmnya aja udah dirilis, tuh!) gue seorang mahasiswa kere, dengan orangtua kere, dan nilai jeblok. Gue jomblo dari orok, ditolak cewek mulu. TAPI GUE TETEP GANTENG, dan gue mencoba menjalani sisa hidup lewat pembuktian hipotesis-hipotesis umum, seperti, "nilai bagus tidak menjamin kesuksesan". Di buku ini ada setumpuk pengalaman yang mau gue bagi, biar sebelum lulus, kamu sudah memiliki perencanaan yang matang seperti program KB, Kuliah Berencana, IPK 2 Lebih Baik. Karena hidup nggak akan selalu mulus seperti paha tanpa bulu kaki. Silakan tertawai, dan mungkin tanpa sadar, lo akan tahu bahwa lo sedang menertawai diri sendiri. "Pengalaman berupa kegagalan ditolak berkali-kali yang bisa saja dialami oleh semua orang. Menyakitkan, tapi bisa melecut. Buku ini membuat saya tertawa dan sekaligus ... di situ saya kadang merasa sedih." -Johansyah Jumberan, @joejuhdy, produser film Catatan Akhir Kuliah "Gue terpikat pada kejenakaan ketika Sam berjuang melepas diri dari statusnya sebagai tuna-salary dengan caranya sendiri. Frankly and tasty!" -Rons Imawan, @wowkonyol, penulis "Sam mampu membawa saya ikut merasakan dunianya, yang realistis tapi dramatis, disampaikan dengan humor cerdas menghibur." -Jay Sukmo, @jaysukmo, sutradara film Catatan Akhir Kuliah [Mizan, Bentang Pustaka, Belia, Muda, Skripsi, Lulus, Mahasiswa Tingkat Akhir, Indonesia]

Catatan Akhir Kuliah 2.0

Sam's Chance and what He Made of it

Sam is the pen name of the author, blogger and poet Ms Sameera Kesiraju. A spontaneous writer by nature, Sameera's blogs filled with poems and short stories on a variety of themes and subjects including nature and human relations. These selections are a reflection of life, of you or of anyone who can swim through the rhythm of the words and experiences. Compiled from her popular blog Life-in-a-Jiffy.blogspot.com, they bring a breath of fresh air to the child within and reinforces the innocent belief in the goodness of life. .

Life in a Jiffy

Bettina Giancana

Marty English, advertising executive, seems to be leading the perfect life-no one knows that he is really the estranged son of Chicago's Mafia Don. When he pulls in a multi-million dollar account with Isaac Arrow Pharmaceuticals to promote its new herbal line, it looks like he's a shoe-in to replace the aging president of his agency. The only problem is that the ad must be completed for airing during the Superbowl, less than three weeks away-with practically no time to head to Belize and shoot a commercial that will highlight Isaac Arrow's ecological commitment. Unbeknownst to Marty, the heads of Isaac Arrow have long been in cahoots with the Mob, the CIA, and the heads of Planetlife, a bogus eco-resort that is really a front for the manufacture of a highly potent drug. When Tony Inglesia, Marty's father, refuses to go in on the distribution of this new drug, the others in the crime ring plan to "eliminate this roadblock" as soon as he relinquishes his CD-Rom disk which contains one third of the code necessary to access a Swiss bank account containing millions. But their plan is thwarted; Tony's right hand man murders his boss to get in on the action, and now all that matters to them is that they recover the disk (which is now, unmarked, with its significance unexplained, in Marty's possession). For the first time, Marty must depend on the help of a county cop, and his beautiful long-time companion Reiki to help him crack the mysterious code the disc contains and bring down the crime ring...and stay alive in the process.

30 Seconds

Sam Miller

‘A book that is . . . as eccentric and anarchic as its subject’—William Dalrymple In this extraordinary portrait of one of the world’s largest cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as being ‘India’s dreamtown— and its purgatory’. He treads the city’s streets, including its less celebrated destinations—Nehru Place, Pitampura and Gurgaon—places most writers ignore. His encounters with Delhi’s people, from ragpickers to members of the Police Brass Band, create a richly entertaining portrait of what the city is and what it is becoming. Miller is, like so many of the people he meets, a migrant in one of the world’s fastest growing megapolises and the Delhi he depicts is one whose future concerns us all. Miller possesses an intense curiosity; he has an infallible eye for life’s diversities, for all the marvellous and sublime moments that illuminate people’s lives. This is a generous, original, humorous portrait of a great city; one which unerringly locates the humanity beneath the mundane, the unsung and the unfamiliar.

Sam

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