Highlights of 2015 [1]

HELLO EVERYONE! IT'S BEEN A YEAR!
I don't know if there's one that still pays a visit to my blog, but if there is, thank you. College life has been amazing, you know, I'm currently involved in many activities and never been so great :)
So I'm having my three months holiday, which is heaven, though I'm sure most of the days I'll be like wake up at 11 and go to sleep at 9 hahahaha.
2015 so far has been treating me so well, I feel really blessed. HELL YEAH 2015 IS INDEED MY YEAR. I'd like to tell you some highlights of my 2015, but it will be a really long post so I divide it into parts. I hope you do not mind reading, because I'm so excited while writing this!

[1] Being A Part Of ISAFIS And UI MUN Club
Back then I was a plain highschool student, refused to join any organization because I thought it was useless and would waste my time. But college is different, it has so much to offer. I need to join an affiliation because it will widen my network and make my college life meaningful. However, I don't enjoy the work of organization that doesn't have base like student association (in Bahasa it's BEM or Himpunan Mahasiswa), so I tried (1) Indonesian Student Association for International Studies (ISAFIS) and (2) UI Model United Nations Club.
Of 200+ applicants, ISAFIS only accepts 30ish and YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW UNEASY I WAS. I applied for a staff of Research and Development division, responsible for substantive matters, and I really wanted to get in. But I made it! So happy :')
For UI MUN Club, I applied for a staff of Conference and Training. It's responsible to arrange selection of UI Delegations for international MUNs and maintain the training.
Some of you might be not familiar with Model United Nations, I assume? It's a competition, simply like you are in a UN council conference, and you're representing a particular country. In that council you'd discuss about a global issue (i.e. Ebola Outbreak) and make a resolution.

  

 

[2] 19th Birthday
The 4th birthday without boyfriend HAHA but that's not the point though. I got lovely college mates, they gave me surprise after class! I felt really loved, you know how much I love surprises. Probably I was the happiest person on earth that time :))
This year's birthday, I didn't buy myself a family-size typical cake. Instead, I bought two cute cupcakes from Collete&Lola! I like sweets, but I realized that cake isn't cheapy and I'm soon to be grown-up; birthday cake becomes meaningless as I would still be happy and grateful for another year added to my life even without it. I had birthday dinner with my family at Branche, Senopati.
OH THAT MAKES ME 20 NEXT YEAR. That feels scary, since being twenties means real life and work and serious relationship with your significant other.
I don't think I'm ready..

Happy Birthday, Self!

[3] 60th Commemoration of Asian-African Conference - Parliamentary Meeting (KAA 60)

Here's the most fun thing happened in my 2015! This year, KAA had series of events: high officials meetings, ministerial meetings, parliamentary meetings, business project, carnivals and whatnots in both Jakarta and Bandung in April. One of ISAFIS Alumnae; the Vice Speaker of our DPR, Mr. Fadli Zon, asked us to be Liaison Officer for the Parliamentary Meetings. Being an LO means you have to assist the delegation you're responsible for during the conference and even outside conference! I had to be the LO of Zimbabwe delegation with their Speaker of Parliament, and I was totally excited!!
- I would assist the Speaker of Parliament of the Zimbabwe, Mr. Jacob Mudenda!!! (I googled his name and pic HAHA), it was really once-in-a-lifetime experience omg
- I learned a lot about Zimbabwe back in first term in my major
- the following month I had PadjadjaranMUN and I would be representing Zimbabwe in African Union = I could ask a lot about the country to the delegation = that made my research easier and valid :))

The conference was held in parliament building, while the delegations would stay in Intercontinental Hotel. Oh right, except the delegation of my friend Putri haha she got Kenya, and Kenya sent 12 people and we were like why the heck would you send that many!! hahaha, so due to the limited rooms some of Kenya delegation had to stay separated in Sahid Hotel.
It was April 23, the delegations should have been in the Int. Hotel and we the LO were waiting for their arrival. One by one the delegations came and it was really fun looking at 'em! Most of delegations from Arab countries wear their traditional clothes and turban it's cute. I waited until late night but my delegations still did not come :( I called the Zimbabwe Embassy but no one had idea if Mr. Mudenda would come for parliamentary meeting (have asked 3 people, anyway), so I felt kinda disappointed. At night we had a rehearsal in parliament building, and stayed in Sahid Hotel. All for free!! Ah how I love working for DPR ;)
April 24 is the d-day. All LO have to be ready in the morning to assist their respective delegations to cars provided--all fancy cars, you bet: Mercy, Alphard. Since my delegations didn't seem to come, I became the floor assistant and went first to the venue to help preparation. When I got there, someone called and asked me if I could be an LO for Palestine delegate. I said okay, but didn't know which was the Palestine delegate. I got the description--the delegate was a middle-aged man, kinda bald, short and fat, grey suit. A'ight, I watched over the gate and there he was! Bald-headed, grey suited man! I clarified first and he said yes, so I brought him to morning coffee venue.
Here's the funny part: later, my friend Audrey came with someone who she told me was Palestine delegate! AND WHO WAS I BRINGING JUST THEN? I found out that the man I guided was Iran delegate, Mr. Hassan Asafari, and he only spoke Persian. Great.
So I ended up being with this Iran delegate while Audrey took care of the Palestine, and turned out that there were 3 people for Iran delegation: Mr. Hassan Asafari and Mr. Nasser Soudani the parliament member of Iran, and Mr. Syafian as the representation of Iran Embassy in Indonesia. I communicated with Mr. Syafian since he was the only one speaking English. For God's sake, they were so hard to handle :') once, some delegates made a Draft Resolution to be signed by all as commitment to support the resolutions. There's one point that said they acknowledged both Palestine and Israel as a sovereign countries. All delegates did sign, except--guess who? Yea right, my delegation. They refused to sign because they said Israel is not a country! Netanyahu's regime is not legitimate! and stuff, trying to convince another Arab countries delegations. The conference finally ended and delegates went to their cars, phew. But once again, my Iran delegation insisted on going into the car for East Timor delegation. I told Mr. Syafian to get out, but he was like "Okay, you coming to the hotel for dinner right? We'll see you in the hotel," and they went.

There was a Gala Dinner for the delegations together with our DPR RI, and I was really lucky to join! Dishes were served 7 times, I couldn't finish it haha. After that, LO had to get the souvenirs for all delegates so I asked my delegation to stay in lobby. I gave it to them and we had small talks, sitting in lobby. Mr. Soudani spoke Arabian and a bit English, while Mr. Asafari spoke Persian only we communicated through google translate HAHA I KNOW RIGHT HILARIOUS. They told me that they had kids, and we talked a bit about nuclear bomb. That time, Iran was issued to developing their nuclear power and I felt like asking, though it was offensive and awkward. I told them about my major and stuffs, and turned out that they were good men. When we're about to go back, they asked me to accompany them to go shopping tomorrow, which I said okay.

At 8 in the morning, I was ready in the hotel. I met Mr. Syafian in the lobby but the two had not appeared yet, so we looked for them to the restaurant. After everyone gathered, the car from embassy came and they got in. I was kinda confused about where I should sit, but suddenly they told me to wait here and they went away.
And I was like
WHAT
THE 
HECK.
I was mad, thinking why were they like that? They asked me to guide 'em but now left me behind? I really had enough. I sat on the lobby, didn't know what to do. Some delegation were checking out, including Oman delegation. One of 'em (let's call him Mr. Q) approached and asked me to give their books to Iran delegation. Later, I was bored and went downstairs to a minimart. There, I met Mr. Q once again and we talked a bit. He insisted on paying for my stuffs (you know how Arab people are stubborn) and we walked upstairs. He suddenly asked if we could talk later on so I gave my email (he paid for me, I didn't want to be rude!!) but he asked for my phone number. I didn't have choice, I was all alone there so I gave it. He then went with his delegation to Puncak.
That night he actually sent me message by whatsapp, sending a picture of Puncak. I only replied for the sake of politeness really don't get me wrong! But he kept on asking about me like what are you doing? how old are you? are you married?.............. and he finally, umm, confessed? HAHA. OH MY.
He told me that, the very first time he walked into the hotel, he already saw me. At the first sight he thought that my eyes were beautiful. Look, Mommy! Even Oman official could not resist the temptation of my eyes hehehehe :P
We still talk in whatsapp, but it's purely because I've taken interest at middle east affair. We talked about Israel-Palestine, Syria Civil War, and stuffs. He sometimes sends me pictures of his workplace and voice notes if he's still driving, okay now I sound like dating him that's scary.
Being involved in KAA60 was amazing, awesome, you name it! I experienced many thing that I believe wouldn't happen twice :)) Here are some pictures of it.

Ah I miss it already.... :(

That's it for now. I will continue my story in the next post! Stay tuned, people :)

The Fault in Our Stars

I just watched the movie and (as expected) I cried so hard! The movie was very good; though the first time I heard that Ansel Elgort would play as Gus I was a bit disappointed—I wished it was someone with blue eyes and dark hair because that's how John Green pictured Gus in the book. But Ansel was, well—amazing.

Talking about the movie, sure it's no better than the book; but so is every adopted movie, no? So I think it's fine. Though there are some differences,  like they changed the "I do Augustus, I do." into "Okay, Hazel Grace? Okay.", I still freakin like it. As long as they keep the main idea the same.

I read the book in early 2013 so now I don't really remember about the details (can't go check either because the book right now is still borrowed by a friend, thank you very much.) but I'm pretty sure there's this part where John explains that the title has something to do with the whole story. Yea, that's the perk of being a reader :P if you only watch the movie you won't get why on earth it's titled TFiOS
But well, I did some research and I'll let you know anyway.

I LOVE John Michael Green very much. Not only is he excellent when it comes to writing, but he also has a delighting personality. He's very funny—you can tell from his writing. There are these people who think that John is overrated, and I'm like, really? But he freaking deserves it. If I were him and I were about to write a novel with a male as the main character, I would suck. I never have been a guy and never will, and I prefer to write about girls. But John made it real, I could feel Hazel Grace to my heart content (lol). His upcoming movies are Paper Towns and Looking for Alaska (yeay!) but I recommend you to see the book because both are very good. I guess I really love his book because his jokes are intelligent (the way he relates them with math or anything).

So here are my favourite quotes from The Fault in Our Stars.

"That's the thing about pain. It demands to be felt."

"The world is not a wish-granting factory."

"It's a metaphor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing."

"My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations."

"I'm on a roller-coaster that only goes up, my friends."

"I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you."

"There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's 0.1 and 0.12 and 0.112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities. There are days, many of them, when I resent the size of my unbounded set. I want more numbers than I'm likely to get, and God, I want more numbers for Augustus Waters than he got. But, Gus, my love, I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity. I wouldn't trade it for the world. You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful."

"But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without Augustus Waters."

"When you go into the ER, one of the first things they ask you to do is rate your pain on a scale of one to ten, and from there they decide which drugs to use and how quickly to use them. I'd been asked this question hundreds of times over the years, and I remember once early on when I couldn't get my breath and it felt like my chest was on fire, flames licking the inside of my ribs fighting for a way to burn out of my body, my parents took me to the ER. nurse asked me about the pain, and I couldn't even speak, so I held up nine fingers.
Later, after they'd given me something, the nurse came in and she was kind of stroking my head while she took my blood pressure and said, "You know how I know you're a fighter? You called a ten a nine."
But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the great and terrible ten."

"Almost everyone is obsessed to leave a mark upon the world. We all want to be remembered. I do, too. But Van Houten: the marks humans leave are too often scars."

"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn't actually invent anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn't get smallpox."

"What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry if she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers.

I do, Augustus
I do."

Your Wall

I...
Want to be your wall
Keep you around in the only place you belong
And make sure you end your day safe and sound

You...
You're looking for something you will never find
But you close your ears when they tell you to stop
You start rebelling
When things don't go the way you want

You never trust people
Because they broke your heart to pieces
They promised you fidelity
That you know would never be yours

You are a disaster
The worst kind of it

But dear,

I still want
To be your wall

One thing that will always be there
For whatever reason
To listen to your anxiety and laugh
To make you feel protected
To be stricken
Everytime you feel nothing is going right

Until one day you're ready
To see the world behind your wall

Dear, make me your wall
And break me
When you're ready.

Happy. :)

Halo semuanya! (entah "semuanya" ini ditujukan ke siapa. Like there are still people waiting for my post.. haha. Tapi gue liat jml visitorsnya nambah, so let me assume masih ada orang yang membaca blog ini.) Ternyata gue bener-bener nge-post lagi setelah UN, ya.

......so how's UN? 
UN WAS FANTASTIC. AMAZING. YOU NAME IT.
Sumpah, ini adalah UN dimana NEM 55 gabakal jadi pasaran lagi. In other word, susah. Mungkin kalo gue bisa prediksi tipe soalnya ga bakal sesusah itu, tapi ya who knows. Mungkin jg emg beneran susah. Beda sama tipe soal kaya taun-taun kemaren. Tapi thank God banget, I still can score almost 53.. :)

......AND THANK GOD, I MADE IT!

 

Gue masih gak nyangka gue bisa keterima. Serius.. As you know (and for those who did not, now you do) gue adalah anak ipa, dan kuota anak ipa di HI UI itu cuma 5 orang. Dan gue orang paling nekat sedunia dengan mantap daftar itu sebagai pilihan pertama undangan. Haha.. ya kalo kemaren gue gak nekat, gue gak akan dapetin ini sekarang. :)
Tapi gue sedih jg karena gak semua temen-temen deket gue keterima. Gak tega jugalah gue menebar euforia disaat mereka harus belajar lagi.. Ah, gue percaya mereka bisalah. Temen-temen gue kan keren hehehehe


fyi, pilihan ke-2 gue adalah ITB, dan well jujur sempet ada rasa nyesel knp ga naro ITB di pilihan pertama.. ya walaupun gatau juga gue bakal keterima apa ngga wkwk. Tapi gue semakin yakin kalo jalan gue disini, jalan gue di Hubungan Internasional :) Gue dari ipa dan sama sekali gak nyesel gue gak make ilmu sains gue lagi di kuliah.
Banyak bangeeeet yang bilang 'ngapain lo di HI, mending teknik ITB, terus jadi orkay'  'sayang bgt nilai lo, HI kemungkinannya kecil lho dari ipa'   'lo ngapain 2 tahun belajar ipa, pas kuliah malah ga kepake?' Yaa I admit gue sempet ambis bgt pengen fti/fttm itb, tapi pada akhirnya semua orang akan kembali ke passionnya masing-masing. Sayang ilmu? Salah besar inisih. Gue malah merasa beruntung gue di ipa, I get to know penyakit ini penyebabnya apa dan obatnya apa, cairan ini menghantarkan listrik/ngga, dan masih banyak lagi ilmu yang gue yakin banget, suatu saat akan gue pake entah saat apa dan dalam momen apa. I value science a lot. Ketika gue memutuskan untuk pindah jurusan, nggak membuat gue berhenti belajar ilmu ipa.
So... it's in my nature that I love both science and social. And people out there don't have any say in what I'm going to learn. Sayang banget lo membatasi apa yang lo mau pelajari cuma karena label jurusan lo.. that's what I think. :)

Oh ya, dan semoga teman-teman gue yang berjuang di SBMPTN sukses mendapatkan apa yang mereka mau bulan Juli nanti :) good luck! x

The Future Isn't Ours to See? Well.

It's D-29 National Exam (and here I am, blogging). And with the blink of an eye, my highschool time's comin to an end. Quite fast?
What about next? Going to college, finishing my bachelor (and master degree, if capable.), and... working. Talk about working, I often asked myself what I really wanted to do. And to know the real answer — is rather hard. I mean, this isn't merely about the matter of what you like for the time being. You're going to do that for the rest of your life. There are so many options........

1. Artist
I'm an art freak since childhood. I love painting! Planned to continue my study in ITB; majoring in fine arts. But well.. the consideration was (like, always) if the working prospect is promising? Of course being an artist can make huge amount of money; if only you already reach a big name like Picasso. And they said; frankly speaking, you dont have to take arts major to learn about it. (I'm very sorry for those who major in fine arts and such.)

2. Mangaka
I'm not sure what's mangaka in english? Well, mangaka is someone who makes comics. I love reading comics and I even bought that making-comics-tutorial book. The book ends up in storehouse (haha! There are so many steps and rules I can't stand.) but my drawing style is kinda influenced up till now. So why don't I want it no more? Just simply hate regulations. And being a mangaka means meeting the deadline every single time. No way.

3. Doctor
I wonder why did I EVER want to be one? Oh maybe before I realized that I'm afraid of blood. But still. this is the coolest occupation ever exists. My intention changes: I wanna marry a doctor. :)

4. President
Can you imagine how cool you'd look if you become one? But this is impossible for me, of course. I can't bear the pressure I'll face.

5. Scientist
I admit that I like science a lot. I'm a big fan of Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Thomas A. Edison, Aristoteles, and another genius heads (maybe it's the side effect of reading Seri Tokoh Dunia. Idk, haha.) I had this urge to find the cure for HIV/AIDS. Now that I find Physics is superdupermegagiga hard in high school, I kinda.. give up? Hahaha.

6. Writer
Reading is my life. :P I want to have my own book, I want my thoughts to be noticed. But still, there are always obstacles in making your dreams come true... It's so hard to write a full story. Regarding to what John Green said—my thougths are stars I can't fathom into constellations. But I really hope one day I'd write one.

7. Diplomat
This is what I want right now! Flying around the world, jumping from one country to another.. certainly not with my own money huahahaha. Why not? Everyone might be capable of travelling around the world with their own expense, but travelling the world for the sake of your work? Now THAT is cool. I want to see the world. There are sooooo many things I havent explored (once again, as what John Green said: what's the point of being alive if you don't try to do something remarkable? Anyway who's this John Green? He's my favorite author. Check his works on google!) meeting new and different people, MEETING MARTY NATALEGAWA OR SEBASTIAN KURZ OH YES I DEFINITELY WILL DO (both are Indonesia's and Austria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, fyi.)
And my biggest dream............ being one of UN's Council.
I'll work hard from now on, because there's no way I'll reach one of these crazy dreams if I stay still, blogging here; right?

I wish you a bright future too, fellas! See ya after I have my National Exam.
:)

オタク (O ta ku)!

I've been a manga freak ever since I was seven (if not mistaken) and I will always be! I don't get people who don't like because it's so fun that you can't explain how fun is that in words. I really like the sensation of getting carried away with the story (especially if they have good arts, that's a plus indeed. Wait—I don't read mangas with bad arts). And when it comes to the end you will feel like, oh, great. Now I have to come back to the reality. Just the same feeling you get when you read novels. Yep, books always give you an abstract pleasure, dont they?
Due to economical reason (which means I can't tolerate the mark-up of comics) I utilize the online manga readers. Beside.. the comics sold in bookstores are poorly translated to bahasa. The sweet lines which were meant to sound romantic.. once they're translated into bahasa, will turn to be disgusting hahaha (Not like I disregard my mother tongue, but.. well.)
I'd like to mention you some I've read—please do not see this as a pro critics or else, based on my own preference only. :)

Beauty Pop | 4.3 of 5

Funny and sweet! Mainly about hairstyling and stuffs, and I LOVE KIRI! Kiri is the main female character—aloof, doesn't care about her circumstances but on the sly is excellent in cutting hair. Narumi; a hot-blooded guy who's obssesed to be #1 Beautician in Japan. You could've guessed! In the end both of them will get married 









Faster than a Kiss | 4.5 of 5

I really love this one. Funny, sweet, good story, great arts :) Fumino and her litte bro are orphaned, and unluckily they have no relations; means they no longer have dwelling place. When they're about to leave the town, her sensei named Ojiro chases her, telling that she doesn't have to go because he will be responsible for her—and her brother's needs. He's even willing to marry her haha. You have to read this one!








Mint Na Bokura | 4.0 of 5

Almost all of Wataru Yoshizumi's works are great, and this one's my favorite. About the different-gender-twins who are so close to each other. When the female one leaves the house to go to the boarding school, the male tries to follow her by disguising as a girl 





AAA | 3.8 of 5

It's good but only about 15 chapters :( about a student council's chairman of an excellent high school who finds out that her first love is a bad boy from poor school (in the beginning she's not sure if that boy is really her first love)





Dear Mine | 4.0 of 5

The story is soft and cute. A high school girl who's forced (I'm not sure it's forced since the girl doesn't seem to refuse?) to be engaged to a 10-year old boy who's even more mature than her and really smart. The boy is really cute

It gives a new taste because the boy is way younger 








Hibi Chouchou | 3.6 of 5

I basically like the story but it's lack of conflicts and since it's about a super-shy-yet-so beautiful-girl and also a shy boy who's not used to talking romatically to girls...... both of them are mostly not saying a thing and I'm so annoyed!!! Like where's the sweet scenes? where's the line a guy should tell to the girl he likes? where? where? where?@#!%^*

Well. but the art is good, so.. haha.






Strobe Edge & Ao Haru Ride | 3.9 of 5

Both are made by Sakisaka Io and both have good arts, too. But somehow those do not satisfy me o.O no specific reason.. haha they're worth reading nevertheless. :) Sakisaka is a genius when it comes to drawing males!! >.<








Dengeki Daisy | 4.5 of 5 

This. is. really. funny!!!!!!!!!!! And also sweet :) The girl is so funny and the guy is hot-blooded. Too bad the main story is about computers and stuffs. guess that's why it's named Dengeki (Electric)?
But really, you have to give it a shot :) the manga is sooooooo good






Nagatacho Strawberry | 3.9 of 5

Mayu Sakai has a nice artworks (her other works are: Rockin Heaven, Love Berrish) but I guess she's not really good at making stories? so far, this is her best. About a Prime Minister's daughter who's in an affair with a bad guy











Kimi ni Todoke | 3.0 of 5

There's been the drama based on the comic but you know....... it's so boring. Either from the story or the characters. 










Special A | 4.2 of 5

About a girl and a boy who've been rivals since they were kids. I like Kei! (the male main chars). He secretly likes the girl (I forgot the name) yet he really likes mocking her since he always wins over her. at everything!






Love So Life | 4.7 of 5

I really, really, really, love this one! About a high-school girl working part time in children care, and is asked by a young man named Matsunaga (he's a news anchor) to babysit his two nephew and niece (they're twins). I really like Matsunaga since he's so gentle and handsome huahahaha
The twins are also superrrrr cute





Kaichou wa Maid-sama | 4.7 of 5

This one's my favoriteeeeee >-< at the first place I thought the art was bad but I was wrong! This damn guy named Takumi is sooo hot (even thousand times more handsome than in this pic). Takumi has a crush on this president of student council and he loves teasing her; who secretly works part time as a maid :)



Kamisama Hajimemashita! | 4.6 of 5

I love this! Though the story's about kamisama (more like God in Japan) and stuffs. The girl is chosen as the next Kamisama and the current Kamisama has a male servant who doesn't want to acknowledge his new Kamisama. They both are really funny because the servant always gets mad whenever the girl fails while practicing to be a great Kamisama









Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun | 5 of 5

I'm in love with the anime and the manga!!!!!!!!! The girl; Shizuku; was a mark-oriented. She wanted to be successful like her mom who works overboard. She doesn't care about anything but studying (she's called study bug). In the other hand, Haru; used to be her chairmate but never showed up since the beginning of sophomore year. Haru is violent, reckless, but is really pure :( nothing is ever the same once the meet each other! Haru directly tells Shizuku that he likes her hahahaha well you need to read it by yourself :D

I'd like to mention more but it really is a pain to sit for hours and type, so.. you better go to mangaforum and find what suits your taste :)

Hujan Bulan Juni

Tak ada yang lebih tabah

dari hujan bulan Juni

dirahasiakannya rintik rindunya

kepada pohon berbunga itu

Tak ada yang lebih bijak

dari hujan bulan Juni

dihapusnya jejak-jejak kakinya

yang ragu-ragu di jalan itu

Tak ada yang lebih arif

dari hujan bulan Juni

dibiarkannya yang tak terucapkan

diserap akar pohon bunga itu

Sapardi Djoko Damono, 1994

#17thWishes

HALO SEMUANYA! SELAMAT TAHUN BARU 2013! :) *ngomong pake toa*
ngga kerasa bgt udh tahun baru ajaya....... mhihi. gue menunggu-nunggu tahun ini, loh!
Pertama, ehe. Ini tahunnya senior-senior gue lulus. Their year. Ngga ngerti jg mesti sedih apa seneng, aaahh aku takmau mereka pergi *peluk satu-satu* *modus* (lo pikir ajaya sendiri ini maksudnya apa..)
Kedua, cieeeee tahun ini gue 17 tahun! :D Jadi, kali ini gue mau cerita apa aja wishes gue, karena ulang tahun kali ini pasti memorable banget. (:

1. birthday cake surprise

siapa sih ya yang nggak suka dpt kue? gue suka bgt, apalagi kalo surprise WKWKWKWK. gimana juga boleh, pake cupcake kek, pake tart gede kek, pake sari roti yang roti bantal tancepin lilin juga gak masalah, aku suka kue kejutaaaaan :3

2. Books!

   Yang ini sih paten bgt, soalnya gue suka bgt baca buku, buku apa aja :3 Tapi ini yag lagi gue pengen

The Adv. of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | kalo pada baca Conan pasti nggak asing lahya sama buku ini. yang nggak baca juga harusnya sih tau soalnya ini terkenal bgt, tapi nggatau ya nggak apa-apa (ngomong opo toh)

Supernova - Dee | keempatnya emang udah lama, yaudah terus kenapa gitu kalo gue pengen baca sekarang.. gamau baca pas lagi ngetren ah, anti mainstream hahaha

Life of Pi - Yann Martel | Udah ada filmnya. Terus kenapa gak nonton filmnya aja? Gue lebih suka baca, note that. (Gue belom nonton ini anyway) Chemistry ketika elo baca dan elo nonton tuh beda. Pas elo baca, lo berimajinasi dari kata-kata. Pas elo nonton, lo dibantu visual dan audio baru lo kebayang deh tuh. Makanya ayo kita membaca hwahaha, ehtapi tergantung selera elo jugasih

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee | Bagi pecinta literatur pasti tau nih. Novel lama legendaris. Gue nyarinya sampe sekarang gak dapet huhu

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho | AAAAA.... mau ini banget :'( Kalo kamu baik, boleh banget lagi beliin 1 set gini :3

The Casual Vacancy - J. K. Rowling | udh ada bukunya di Toko Gunung Agung (wkwk bapuk amat toko gunung agung) udh seneng-seneng eh taunya.... translate-an. Kecewa deh. Males aja baca buku translate-an, kan pasti ada yang diubah, gue jd gabisa menikmati originalnya. Taukan kalo drama korea gitu di dubbing.. jelek bgt kan? :( Semua buku disini maksud gue dalam English ver.nya, kecuali Supernova. :)

The Secret - Rhonda Byine | Ini buku lama, dulu gue punya.. eh sekarang ga terdeteksi ada dimana. Dulu ga baca karena gue belum tertarik

The Fault in Our Stars - John Green | gue pernah liat buku ini di Aksara tapi waktu itu ngga beli ini, padahal buku ini ditaro di jajaran best seller... :(

1Q84 - Haruki Murakami | Gue tau buku ini setaun lalu pas lagi liburan dan kaka sepupu gue baca ini. Didnt pay attention too much krn waktu itu gue lg asik liburan, dan pas liat di Aksara ini masuk... best seller juga. Buku Murakami banyak yang bagus

Space Atlas - James Trefil | gue suka buku ini karena tentang luar angkasa. doesnt mean i love that astronomy thingy, gue cuma suka liat-liat bintangnya dan konstelasinya or so. Hahaha sbnrnya buku apapun itu kalo dari NatGeo pasti gue baca, karena pasti bagus!

Holy Bible | Sebenernya nggak KJV juga gakpapa. Asalkan English ver. Dirumah gue ada yang Eng tp itu dicampur sama Ibrani apa Yunani...? gak ngerti. Pokoknya mau ini!!!

Mau buku-buku tentang Buddhism dan Hindu. Gue langsung jatuh cinta ketika melihat biksu dengan mata kepala gue sendiri di bandara HAHAHA :$ ceritanya doi lagi mau transit ke Tibet. Gak upload picnya krn gatau buku apa yang bagus.

Dan terakhir, mau buku seri tokoh dunia! Koleksi gue belom lengkap. Biografi tokoh juga gak masalah, apalagi kalo bionya Plato / Aristoteles / Einstein / Newton, aaaaa pokoknya orang-orang jenius! Mau :3

3. CD & DVD :3

   Entah knp tiap ulang tahun gue selalu dapet CD dari orang. Haha yay. Skrg lg gak ngincer CD siapa-siapa,    eh adadeng album The Script yang #3 haha basi banget ya tp gue belom punya :( paling seneng kalo dpt CD  rekomendasi terus ternyata gue jd suka musiknya :3

  Huft DVD, gue lebih suka baca gak berarti gue gasuka nonton :3 suka juga kalo lg bosen. Sumber DVD terdekat sih sejauh ini masih sohib tercinta (re: Jojor <3 p="p">

4. Peralatan Lukis

  Balik lagi ke hobi jaman SMP : menggambar :3 

Gue udh beli ini berapa kali, abis mulu. Guru gue ngajarinnya pake merk ini krn cukup murah dan high quality. Note this : ini akrilik, bukan cat minyak :)

Sepaket nih sama cat. Bagi yang suka ngelukis pasti ngerti berbagai macam kuas ini h3h3 kuas-kuasku hilang semua garagara kelamaan gak ngelukis..

Caran d'ache!!!!!! Krayon ampe mati nih, dulu jamannya gue lomba gambar senjata gue ya iniii. Tapi ini cukup mahal, thats why... gue gakpernah mampu beli yg 84 warna, paling max juga 40. Gue punya neocolor 1 (krayon biasa) neo 2 (utk kontur) sama pensil warna yg watersoluble juga :) hasilnya berbanding lurus sama harga kok wkwkw

Udah ah capek, postnya kepanjangan, yaudah so far wishes gue segini :) Terimakasih udah luangin waktu lo untuk baca wishes gue yang nggak penting ini, terimakasih double kalo lo mau ngabulin HAHAHAHA. Pokoknya terimakasih ya, kamu. :) Dateng ke swit sepentin w ya! candadeng.

Dikasih umur baru sama Tuhan aja udh jadi hadiah berharga kok ;) pelukcium!

Neta C.

Terima kasih, Tuhan!

Karena Allahku itu baik. Dulu, sekarang, sampai selama-lamanya......
Pernah nggak mikir, kenapa kita selalu dapet berkat—bahkan ketika kita berbuat dosa?
Well. Lo mikirin sampe lo punya cucu, sampe cuculo punya cucu lagi, sampe cucunya cuculo punya cucu lagi (capek, ah!) gak bakal bisa dapet jawabannya. Soalnya nggak ada yang bisa ngerti jalan pikiran Tuhan, 'kan?

Begitu juga dengan gue. Gue nggak pernah ngerti kenapa Tuhan gue memberi, selalu lebih dari yang gue minta. Mungkin nggak selalu enak cara memberinya, tapi toh dari setiap cara itu ada alasannya.
Bahkan ketika gue lupa untuk memulai dan menutup hari gue dengan doa.
Bahkan ketika gue menghujat-Nya karena semua gak berjalan sesuai dengan yang gue mau.
Bahkan ketika gue mulai mempertanyakan apakah benar Dia ada dan nyata.
Bahkan ketika gue mulai males untuk pergi ketemu Dia setiap Minggu.
Bahkan ketika gue sempat berpikir untuk mengakhiri hidup, anugerah terbesar yang Dia kasih ke gue sebagai manusia.

Kenapa, ya?
Padahal terkadang, untuk matahari baru yang boleh kita lihat setiap hari aja kita lupa ya untuk terima kasih. Manusia macam apaya kita ini wkwkwk....... (apa gue doang? :$)
Intinya, kasih-Nya terlampau baik untuk tiap-tiap manusia. Kasih yang nggak bisa lo deskripsikan dengan kata-kata apapun juga.
Gue bahagia punya Tuhan seperti Dia.
:)

Untuk setiap hari yang masih boleh dirasakan, setiap nafas yang boleh dihembuskan, setiap mata yang boleh melihat, setiap telinga yang boleh mendengar, mama-papa yang masih lengkap, setiap berkat yang tak henti-hentinya diberi.
Terima kasih, Tuhan Yesus! :)