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Upon his return from the United States with a deep appreciation for the power and pleasure of theater, Rendra then formed ‘a theatre collective’ in 1967, which he called Bengkel Teater, ‘ Theatre Workshop’. Over the next eleven years, Rendra transformed the face of Indonesian modern theatre. He wrote and directed the plays such as Bip-Bop (1968), the first work in the genre of theatre of minimal text (teater mini kata), and the powerful protest dramas Mastodon and Condor (1973), the struggle of the Naga Tribe (1974), and Regional Secretary (1976). His plays during this time presented some pointed critiques of corruption, political repression, and the destruction of the environment. The most important place for his theatrical work during this time was Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM), the arts center in Jakarta, This place was established by Ali Sadikin, the anti-communist, anti-Soeharto governor of Jakarta, and a group of like-minded artists in 1968.

The cultural politics of Indonesia shifted during the mid-1970’s, and in 1978 Rendra found himself without political support for his work. Rendra was imprisoned under suspicion of subversion, and spent much of the next decade being interrogated and going through cycles of imprisonment and release.

Rendra returned to theatre in 1986, coinciding with (bersamaan dengan) a national effort to create more openness and allow room for divergent (berbeda) opinions. His first production was a new play entitled Panembahan Reso (Baron Reso). It was the first large-scale theatre work of the New Order to deal with the theme of succession. The play has been criticized, however, for its dramatic incoherency (ketidak-terkaitan) and structural looseness (kelonggaran). Some critics (kritikus) have found Baron Reso and Rendra’s subsequent theatrical work of the 1980’s and 1990’s to be less hurtful  than his earlier dramas.

Motivation is like taking a bath; if you stop doing it, you begin to stink.

Motivasi itu seperti mandi; kalau Anda berhenti melakukannya maka Anda akan "melempem" lagi, sama seperti Anda akan bau lagi bila berhenti mandi.~  Z ig Ziglar  ~

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
Anda mau terus bersedih dan berputus asa, atau memotivasi diri Anda sendiri, semua terserah Anda. Apapun yang harus dilakukan, itu selalu menjadi pilihan Anda sendiri.
~  W ayne Dyer  ~

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Aku mungkin tidak tahu kunci sukses itu apa, tetapi aku tahu dengan pasti bahwa kunci kegagalan itu adalah mencoba menyenangkan semua orang (Ini tidak mungkin bisa Anda lakukan).
~  B ill Cosby  ~

So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.
Banyak sekali dari impian-impian kita yang mula-mula tampaknya seperti tidak mungkin tergapai. Lalu pelan-pelan, bila kita percaya, mulai tampak sepertinya bakal mungkin terjadi. Lama kelamaan bila kita berhasil mengumpulkan keberanian dan kemauan kita untuk menggapainya, impian tersebut akan benar-benar segera menjadi kenyataan.
~  C hristopher Reeve  ~

It is the calling of great men, not so much to preach new truths, as to rescue from oblivion those old truths which it is our wisdom to remember and our weakness to forget.

Adalah panggilan bagi semua orang besar di dunia ini, bukan untuk mengkhotbahkan kebenaran baru, tetapi untuk menyelamatkan kebenaran-kebenaran yang sudah kita kenal dari jaman dahulu kala dari dilupakan. Adalah kelemahan manusia untuk lupa, dan kebijaksanaan manusia terletak pada kemampuannya mengingat kebenaran lama ini.~  S ydney Smith  ~

Set the mood
Definition (expr.) make the right atmosphere for something
Example: Before I asked my wife to marry me, I lit candles and put roses all over the room to set the mood.

Breathing down my neck
Definition (expr.) being constantly watched, bothered or pressured by somebody

Example: My boss has been breathing down my neck about getting that project done.

Example: She’s been breathing down my neck about fixing her car. I guess I’ll do it this weekend

Showing you all the ropes
Definition (expr.) explaining to you how something is done, helping you understand how something is done
Example: I was glad I had my older brother to show me all the ropes. He really helped me succeed in school.

Go dutch /gou datj/
Definition (v.) split the cost of a date

Examples: My boyfriend always offers to pay, but I insist we go dutch. We can go out more often that way!