2014 in 3 Hours

Hi, everyone!

It's been awhile since my last publishing post here. How are you doing, guys? I hope that you're doing fine because I'm doing fine. (:

Time just flies so fast and I still don't know where it goes when it flies. I feel so gloomy when I know that I will pass my wonderful time so quickly, but there're still a lot of good things ahead which are waiting for us to do, to feel, to spend, and to live.

Going back to the first month of this year which is January 2013, everything was just going fine and ordinary until June 2013. As always, I spent a lot of my times with my family and friends, I had to learn and study at my university and my 'English community' to improve my English skill as an English course teacher, and as you have read, I just taught English everyday to add some pocket money into my purse (read: account book).

Everyday seemed to be very ordinary until sometimes I felt so bored with the routine that I had to do, but there're also some stressful times for me especially when it came to mid term test and final test because I suddenly got the ambition to still maintain my high GPA whereas my parents don't really care with my academic achievement. They have their own thought that I don't need to be stressed and study until midnight just for getting high scores. As long as I still get good scores and pass all subjects, it's fine for them. Nevertheless, I thank God that I have caring and good parents. (:

Anyway, I failed to maintain my high GPA. It decreased from 3,90 to 3,76, so I got the accumulated 3,82. It made me sad for a moment, but now it doesn't even matter.🎈

After January -- June, it's holiday! One of my favorite times. Hehe. At that time, I had planned with my brother and his GF to go to Semarang and Magelang. We almost wouldn't go, but at last we went. That's my second time visiting Semarang and my first time visiting Magelang. It was so fun. I went to Goa Maria in Salatiga (I forget the name of the Goa Maria) for the first day. I prayed there and I bought some bracelets😆. Then, I went to Borobudur, Mendut, and Gedongsongo, but my brother told me that it was just Gedongloro for us because we just caught until the second temple.

Oh! For you who don't know, Gedongsongo means 'nine temple'. Songo is Javanese, means nine; loro means two. The 9th temple is very high and it was foggy that time, so I couldn't catch it.

I also visited Sam Poo Kong vihara. The vihara is famous in giving accurate prophecy and my brother & his GF were brave enough to ask for some prophecies about their careers and their love lives. I was challenged to ask for some prophecies also, but I was afraid.😂

The atmosphere while asking for the prophecies was very tense and frightening, until I got a very bad nightmare at that night. I'm a kind of person that is rare in being afraid of ghost or nightmare, but at that night, I don't understand why I felt very scared until my heart pounded and I couldn't sleep anymore for some hours. I won't tell you about my nightmare because this post would be extremely long. I'm afraid that you'll be bored. (:

Semarang and Magelang trip had done! It's time to go to Bali with my superb friends, Tiffany, Juli, Lewi, Albert, and Martin. They really rocked my days. I wanna go somewhere with them again next time😊. Anyway, I will tell my Bali trip story in structure, so don't worry, be happy, guys! Hehe.

On the first day, we gathered at CGK airport and TA DA, we arrived at Bali. Lewi had taken wrong decision because he said that we wouldn't need rental car for the first day. He said that we could just walk on foot along the way to the beach, but it's just on his thought because he thought that our hotel would be very very close to Kuta beach. He's wrong. So, we decided to have late breakfast first at a chinese food restaurant. Anyway, food in Bali is expensive, guys! After that, we spent our time by playing card at the hotel lobby. It was still around 10.30 am, so we couldn't check in first. Fortunately, the hotel provides a transportation to Kuta beach. Thank God we stayed at a four-star-hotel, so the facilities are good and complete. (:

It was really fun! We walked along Kuta beach until Legian, we played sand together, chit-chatted, and mocked at each other. Hahaha.

We had dinner at Flapjacks. The pancake is yummy, but the pasta is so-so for me. After that, we took taxi to go back and bought some snacks first at Circle-K to enjoy while playing card together before going to sleep. (:

On the second day, the rental car came. We went to Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) to see the big sculpture and took some photos. Then, we played at Dreamland beach. Dreamland beach is so amazing. The wave is soooo beautiful. We played sand again there and we buried half of Lewi's body with sand. Hahaha. It was so fun. I just want to repeat that time again. (:

Then, we went to Uluwatu temple. Too bad that Martin suddenly got sick and Tiffany & Albert didn't have enough courage to see the aggressive monkeys. Ah! So, just Lewi, Juli, and I entered Uluwatu temple and that's right, the monkeys are really aggressive and have very bad obesity. Hahaha.

After that, we went to Padang-Padang or Sanur beach, I forget. The beaches are so-so. Dreamland is the best beach so far! At night, we had dinner at Jimbaran. We visited Kuta beach again and enjoyed churros together. The most delicious and the cheapest churros I have eaten. Wohoo, I'm craving for it now :(

On the third day, our shopping passion got out. Hahaha. We decided to go to Sukowati market. Fortunately, at that time, suddenly I checked my bag to know if my purse had been in there or not whereas I never did it before, and WOW my purse wasn't there. Albert and Lewi quickly got out from the car and went to the girls' room to look for my purse. They found my purse luckily. Thank God I was lucky and I have good friends like them. (':

We bought a lot of barong clothes and some T-shirts at Sukowati market and I also bought bracelets. (I heart bracelets).  Then, we went to Monkey Forest. Suddenly, I hate monkey😓 aaand I forget where we had dinner, but surely we went again to Kuta beach. Fyi, every night in Bali we spent by walking through Kuta beach; Kuta shops, watching Ghost Whisperer or Korean reality show (recommended by Tiffany), and playing card. It was so fun! I miss those moments a lot.

On the fourth day, we did the water sport at Nusa Dua beach. Wohooo, so excited! I took flying-fish, doughnut, and banana-boat as my water sports, as same as Tiffany, Albert, and Martin. But, Lewi and Juli aren't afraid of height, so they took parasailing instead of doughnut. I did flying-fish with Albert, Tiffany with Martin, and Juli with Lewi. Flying-fish was veeerrryyy fun! I want to do it again. Then, we did banana-boat together. I laughed a lot. Hahaha. Then, Martin, Tiffany, Albert, and I did doughnut and Juli & Lewi did their each parasailing. After that, we went to turtle island by glass boat. We took some photos there with some animals. So exciting! (:

Oh! We also had babi guling as our lunch and iga babi as our dinner. Yummy!

On that day, we felt very sad because tomorrow would be our last day in Bali, but we promised that we would go to Bali together again next time. Hehe.

On the last day, our Bali stuffs weren't enough, so we wanted to buy some Bali stuffs at Joger and Krisna. We bought same T-shirt at Joger as our uniform. Hehe. Then, we bought pia legong, some snacks, and milk pie at Krisna. I, bought, some, bracelets, again. (I love bracelets).

We had second breakfast at 'Ayam Betutu' restaurant. Then, it's time to say "see you next time" to Bali. TA DA, we came back to our reality (read: Jakarta).

I miss those little pieces of moments that I have felt there. It was a very fun trip. 5 days ain't enough for us. :(

After Bali trip, I went to Bandung and Lembang with my family and my brother's GF. It was ordinary, but fun. (:

My superb holiday had been finished. My ordinary college life was waiting around. I did my usual activities again, but still I learned a lot.

Oh! I also turned into 19, remaining one year of my teenage life because twenty won't have word 'teen' anymore. Thanks for everyone's wishes, gifts, and surprises. I hope the best for myself, especially I hope I can be more mature.

Now, it's 3 hours before welcoming the new year, 2014. My resolutions are still the same like my last, last, last year. I hope that I will always be a grateful person, my family will always be blessed and happy, and I can make and publish my own novel. Oh! I have made my two short stories published in Yess! magz' booklet. (:

Thank you, 2013! I'm ready for 2014.

Anak Rusuh

Hai, Riena! Hai, Tejo! Hai, Tiffany!

Post gua kali ini gua persembahkan untuk kalian bertiga (Riena, Tejo, Tiffany) sebagai kado ulang tahun pertemanan kita. Hihiiyy!☺

Sekali lagi, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Anak Rusuh! Gak nyangka, ya, Anak Rusuh dapat bertahan selama satu tahun. Kita memang saling mengerti satu sama lain, yaaa! Ihiy. Padahal di grup kita, ada Tejo yang super garing, ada Riena yang super heboh, ada Tipp yang super bawel, tetapi kita tetap bertahan memahami karakter masing-masing dan sabar menghadapi satu sama lain yang gak karu-karuan tingkahnya. Haha.

Kalau kita flashback lagi nih ke saat-saat grup ini dibuat, sebenarnya kan grup ini dibuat tanpa sengaja. Inget gak sih waktu itu sebenarnya gua cuma mau ngajak lu semua pergi ke TMII bareng temen-temen yang lain? Tapi, karena chat personal itu ribet, jadilah gua bentuk multi-person chat pada tanggal 9 Agustus 2012 dan sama sekali gak ada tujuan untuk bikin grup pertemanan gitu. Mungkin ini semua memang sudah suratan takdir kita untuk menghabiskan waktu bersama.☺

Btw, gua ngomong panjang lebar gini, kalian inget kan asal usul kita? (Ah, pasti pada lupa deh .__.).

I love you so muuuch, Riena, Tejo, Tiffany! Hehehehehehe.😘

Kalian itu sudah kayak pacar gua, lho. BBM-an setiap hari, saling sharing aktivitas dan pengalaman, ngobrol-ngobrol ngalor ngidul sampai fajar menyingsing, garing-garingan, buka-bukaan aib, curhat, curcol, sampai ngomongin hal-hal gaje dan random saking kehabisan topik.😄 Tapi, gua seneng ada kalian dan bisa kenal kalian kok. Meskipun terkadang Tejo ngeselin karena selalu gua yang jadi sasaran ejekannya, gue seneng kita bisa secara tidak sengaja terbentuk di dalam grup Anak Rusuh ini.😝 

Bahkan, gue terkadang merasa hari jadi hambar tanpa chat dari kalian. Ketika chat kita sepi, rasanya tuh seperti bakso tanpa micin! Keep heboh yaaa, kawan-kawan!☺ You rise my day and shine every single hour of it. *eak*

Nah, gue berharap agar Anak Rusuh will last forever and won't meet its ending. Persahabatan kita tuh unik lho, cemongs-cemongs! I'm not sure that other friendships will keep each other in touch everyday like us. Terkadang, gue bayangin gimana jadinya grup kita ini kalau kita sudah lulus kuliah, sudah dapet kerjaan, bahkan sudah dapet pasangan masing-masing. Akankah kita tetap seperti ini? Atau memudar seiring berjalannya waktu? 

Yang pasti, itu masih misteri, sih. Satu hal yang masih bisa kita lakuin adalah menjaga persahabatan ini sebaik mungkin. Sering-sering nyetok lem UHU, ya, biar kita gak pernah kehabisan lem untuk merekat! Hihihi.😝 

Yah, gue gak tau mau nulis apa lagi. Sebenarnya pun saat ini gue lagi gak mood nulis, tapi dalem hati juga kepengen sih. Yaaa, jadilah tulisan yang nanggung begini. Jelek enggak, bagus apa lagi. ._.

Akhir kata, semoga kita akan selalu sayang satu sama lain sampai kapan pun dan gak akan muncul masalah-masalah yang berarti (selama satu tahun ini sih gak ada, ya☺).

I HEART YOU, GUYS! ❤😘

P.S.: True Love is Rare, True Friendship is Rarer

Perkenalkan, inilah kami (Anak Rusuh):

- Tejo, me!, Tiffany, Riena -
Foto di atas diambil ketika kami sedang merayakan ulang tahun Anak Rusuh yang ke-1 di Hakata Ikkousha, Taman Anggrek. :ppp

        

It's time to shareeee!

Finally, guys, I find the correct and suitable time to share my hectic life these days. I have doneeee my superb final test and I feel like flying because that's really FINALLY. I had to do my test in 3 weeks. For the first week, I just did the test in 3 days, buuuttt for the second and the third, I did the test in the whole daaaays. So, can you imagine how I had waited for this holly merry holiday? Thank God it's Friday!☺

Anyway, I hope the best for my final test result. I hope I will get GPA minimum 3,85. Please, don't be less, God. Please.😟

Btw, I haven't got any idea about how my holiday will be. I have planned with my brother and his GF to go to Semarang and Yogyakarta on June 25th to 30th, but because of this damn increasing price of BBM which is causing terrible riot and mess in almost every place, especially in regions, we are afraid that it would be dangerous if we go on that day. So, we're not going to.😕

Don't worry though.☺ I still can hang out with my friends or family in Jakarta or nearby Jakarta. I also have a plan with my friends to go to one of some exotic cities in the world on July 21st until 25th and we won't be not going to because we have paid for the flight, although we haven't got the hotel yet till' now.😝 I'm really excited for this trip. I won't tell you the names of my friends whom I'll go with now, but I promise I'll tell you later when I share about my trip.☺ The clue for you is they are my senior high school friends. Thank God I have very kind and cute friends like them. Hahaha. High school always rocks! \m/

High school always rocks, Let's Buzz is rocking, and university will rock as soon as possible. Hahaha. I hope so.😌

See you in another time!

Bersyukur (?)

Hai! Lama tidak berjumpa, ya. Akhir-akhir ini, gua sibuk banget dengan kegiatan perkuliahan dan ngajar B.Inggris. Jadi, rasanya gak ada waktu untuk berbagi cerita, bahkan gua juga gak ada waktu buat baca novel-novel. Padahal novel di rumah yang belum dibaca udah numpuk. *sigh*

Kenapa gua sibuk, itu karena di semester dua ini gua ngambil 24 SKS, yang berarti ada 11 mata kuliah, ditambah 4 pelajaran lab. Rasanya hari-hari gua itu full banget. Hiks.

Tapi, gua harus tetep semangat dan gua selalu berharap dan berusaha supaya di semester dua ini gua tetep dapet IP bagus. *pray* *Amen* :)

Btw, kali ini gua hanya ingin merenung, dan kalau bisa gua juga ingin mengajak kalian semua ikut merenung bersama. Hehe.

Apa sih arti kata 'bersyukur' bagi kalian?

Terkadang, gua bisa merasa gua sangat mensyukuri hidup ini. Rasanya Tuhan sungguh memberkati hidup gua hanya karena gua sedang gembira. Lalu, ketika hal buruk menimpa hidup gua, gua bisa merasa sangat terpuruk & sedih, merasa bahwa hidup ini sangat tidak adil, dan Tuhan tidak memberkati diri gua sama sekali.

Kemudian, baru-baru ini, di dalam perjalanan menuju kampus, gua melihat seorang ibu yang berumur sekitar 35-an tahun yang ingin menyeberang jalan, tetapi ia menarik gerobaknya sendiri dengan susah payah. Di saat itu, gua melihat muka ibu tersebut yang terlihat sangat letih dan gua juga melihat ke dalam matanya yang, menurut gua, sangat menyiratkan ketulusan. Entah kenapa pagi itu gua menjadi sangat melankolis. Haha. Tapi, tiba-tiba saja, pada detik yang sama ketika gua memandang ke arah mata ibu tersebut, gua menjadi berpikir, masih pantaskah kita untuk tidak bersyukur? Ketika di luar sana masih banyak orang-orang yang jauh lebih menderita daripada kita.

Di sisi lain, kemarin, gua lagi iseng-iseng buka Instagram. Dan gua menemukan account salah seorang anak pemilik stasiun TV terkenal di Indonesia (sebut saja dengan inisial CT). CT ini menge-post fotonya bersama dengan mamanya yang tengah berulang tahun. Di dalam caption fotonya, dia berkata betapa dia sangat bersyukur karena dia memiliki mamanya. Dia sangat amat bersyukur karena dari beribu mama yang ada di dunia ini, Tuhan menunjuk mamanya untuk menjadi mamanya. Tiba-tiba, pikiran gua melambung; tiba-tiba pula, gua jadi teringat dengan ibu penarik gerobak yang waktu itu gua lihat.

Gua sangat menghargai sikap CT yang bersyukur dengan begitu tulus. Ketika gua membaca caption fotonya, gua pun bisa merasakan ketulusannya mensyukuri apa yang telah ia miliki sekarang. Namun, ia memang memiliki segalanya, bukan? CT adalah anak dari seorang CEO stasiun TV terkenal di Indonesia. Yang dia inginkan, seharusnya dapat terpenuhi. Iya, kan? Masih pantaskah ia jika tidak bersyukur? Jadi, menurut gua, memang sudah wajar dan sepantasnya apabila ia bersyukur.

Gua lalu berpikir, apabila ia menjadi anak dari ibu penarik gerobak itu, apakah masih ia bersyukur? Apakah masih ia mensyukuri mama yang ia miliki, apabila mamanya adalah seorang penarik gerobak?

Terkadang, gua merasa bahwa orang-orang yang bersyukur itu sebagian besar hanyalah orang-orang yang munafik. Orang-orang yang memang tengah gembira atau orang-orang yang memang memiliki segalanya, sehingga ia merasa bahwa Tuhan sangat memberkati hidupnya. Namun, ketika ia diberi cobaan, akankah ia tetap bersyukur? Ketika di luar sana masih banyak orang-orang yang jauh lebih menderita daripada kita, di luar sana masih banyak juga orang-orang yang jauh lebih beruntung daripada kita.

Jadi, bersyukur atau tidak bersyukur? Jawabannya ada pada hati Anda sendiri.

Kesimpulannya, menurut gua adalah:

hidup ini tidak adil, namun baik adanya. Jadi, syukurilah apa yang ada. Mau munafik atau pun tidak, bersyukur itu merupakan salah satu cara untuk membuat Anda yang tengah gembira, menjadi semakin merasakan kegembiraan itu. Bergembiralah selagi masih bisa! :)

If there were a school for writers...

How to torture/kill in the saddest ways your favourite characters - with Suzanne Collins.

How to be a complete troll about your plot - with Rick Riordan.

How to be the most cruel, harsh, sadist, and violent writer on Earth - with Michael Grant.

How to give your characters the most revolting and traumatic past - with J. K. Rowling.

How to ascend from a fucking fanfiction writer to a fucking best-seller writer - with Cassandra Clare.

How to have the most crazy, deep, and lush metaphors (which don't need exactly to have meaning or sense) - with Tahereh Mafi.

How to have the mad and non-sense ideas to books, but make them best-sellers - with Scott Westerfeld.

How to be a boss - with Neil Gaiman.

How to be C. S. Lewis - with C. S. Lewis.

How to make the readers cry a fucking ocean in three words - with Nicholas Sparks.

How to have the best and most creative narrative of the books - with Markus Zusak.

How to imagine a whole new universe, creatures and even a new language - with J. R. R. Tolkien.

How to write teenage stories without being disgusting - with Meg Cabot.

How to write p... never mind. - with E. L. James.

How to have the weirdest ass plots with the most psycho characters and still win hundreds of awards and have a continuous flow of revenue from said books like a boss. - with Stephen King.

How to write a fictional novel while still using real life facts - with Kathy Reichs.

How to create characters so human that you believe they are real - with John Green.

How to break everyone's hearts with your first book and then put the pieces back together with the second - with Gayle Forman.

How to ruin the love life of your reader giving fake hopes - with Becca Fitz Patrick.

How to write a series and have it become a hit TV show with millions of fans worldwide a decade later - with L. J. Smith.

How to make a perfect character relationship and fuck it up in six chapters - with Estevan Vega.

How to kill everyone and still keep your readers interested - with George R.R. Martin.

How to be shit and pretend you are good - with Stephenie Meyer.

Quote of the Day

I have just opened my timeline on twitter and I found a beautiful sentence that's just slapped my heart directly and suddenly. This sentence is just very suitable with my experience and made me feel a bit disappointed for a moment.

Dia yang mencintaimu dengan tulus tak akan mudah mengucapkan janji, sebab takut tak mampu menepati.         ( @HabibieDanAinun )

Actually, I haven't watched Habibie&Ainun film yet, but I know from many people that that film is so romantic and touching.

Forget about the film because my post today is just focused on that sentence.

So, my advice for anyone, please don't promise anything easily, because once you break it, it also breaks all feelings.

Honey and the Bee

Honey and the Bee

by: Owl City ft. Breanne Düren

Don't remind me
That some days I'm a windshield
And other days I'm just a lucky bug
As cold iron rails leave
Old mossy trails through the countryside

The crow and the bean field
Are my best friends but
Boy, I need a hug (boy, I need a hug)
Cause my heart stops without you
There's something about you
That makes me feel alive

If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand
Would your eyes get wide?
(Who knew the other side could be so green?)

Don't remind me
I'm a chickadee in love with the sky
But that's clearly not a lot to crow about
Cause when the stars silhouette me
I'm scared they'll forget me
And flicker out

I taste honey but I haven't seen the hive
Yeah I didn't look, I didn't even try
But still my heart stops without you
Cause there's something about you
That makes me feel alive

If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand
Would your eyes get wide?
(Who knew the other side could be so green?)

We are honey and the bee
Backyard of butterflies surrounded me
I fell in love with you
Like bees to honey
So let's up
And leave the weeping to the willow tree
And pour our tears in the sea

I swear there's a lot of vegetables out there
That crop up for air
Yeah I never thought
We were two peas in a pod
Until you suddenly bloomed
Then I knew
That I'd always love you
(Oh, I'll always love you too)

If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand
Would your eyes get wide?
(Who knew the other side could be so green?)
If the green left the grass on the other side
(I would make like a tree and leave)
But if I reached for your hand
Would your eyes get wide?
(Who knew the other side could be so green?)

And if I reached for your hand
For the rest of my life
(Who knew the other side could be so green?)

Welcome!

Selamat datang di penampilan baru dari blog seorang Inescia yang memang menginginkan untuk merombak kembali penampilan blog lama. Hehehe.

Sebenernya dari dulu gua mau mengganti template dan header blog yang lama, tapi gua baru tahu caranya hari ini. Tadi. Sekitar pukul 00:33-an. *jegeeeer* *membatu*

Oke, gue tahu gue malu-maluin banget. Ampuuuun. Gapteknya kentara banget yah? Huhuhu.

Well, beside I changed my blog performance, gua juga telah me-revert semua post-post lama gua ke dalam bentuk draft. Muahahaha. *ketawa penuh kemenangan tanpa alasan*

Ya, dengan kata lain, ini sudah seperti blog baru gue, deh. Berhubung gua males bikin blog baru (karena gua gaptek), jadi gua lebih baik mendekorasi blog lama ini saja. Hohohoho.

Oh iyaa, di post ini, selain gua mau menyambut para pembaca (meskipun ternyata gak ada yang baca ._.), gua mau pamer dulu, nih. Pamer apa? Pamer mengenai dua hal yang telah gue gapai di tahun 2012, dong. Hehehe. :$

Pasang mata baik-baik terhadap dua hal yang telah gua buletin. Muehehehe.

Pokoknya, I thank God so much for giving me so much bliss and blessedness.

Okay, hari ini segini dulu deh. Mata sudah 5,.... Watt nih. 

Once again, welcome to my blog! :D

Kalian akan menemukan saya lagi hari ini karena sore ini saya akan kembali menge-post sesuatu. Hohoho. Wait yaaa! ;;)