Teacher vs Babysitter

Haiiiiiiiiiii.....!!!!!!!!!

It's really been a long long loooongggg time no update from this blog.

Oh gosh! Apakah gue sebegitu sibuknya sampai-sampai gak punya waktu untuk meng-update blog yang berdebu banget ini? Blog ini dapat diibaratkan seperti toilet yang kotor, bau, gak pernah disikat, dihiasi sarang laba-laba, dan ketika kita membuka tutup toiletnya, kecoak-kecoak dan berbagai jenis serangga lainnya akan berlomba-lomba untuk keluar dari kegelapan mereka. Tiga huruf untuk hal tersebut: IUH. So, indirectly, IUH is also for my blog (?).😄

Yak, mungkin memang selama ini gue terlalu sibuk kuliah dan ngajar B.Inggris (as usual) dan sekarang adalah bulan-bulan liburan, sehingga (semestinya) gue punya banyak waktu untuk menulis (beberapa) post di blog (kusam) ini. Namun, pada kenyataannya, walaupun saat ini gue sedang dalam masa liburan, gue sedang tidak berlibur. Gue lagi magang. Jelasnya lagi magang di Vivere Group, sebuah perusahaan di Indonesia yang bergerak di bidang interior. Jadi, gue lagi-lagi tidak memiliki (banyak) waktu untuk menulis-nulis.

Cerita tentang pengalaman magang akan gue ceritakan di post berikutnya. Kali ini, gue akan menceritakan kejadian yang gue dan dua anak les gue alami tiga bulan yang lalu. Sesuai dengan judulnya, kisah kali ini akan membuat kalian ambigu mengenai profesi part-time apa yang sesungguhnya gue jalani selama ini. Teacher atau babysitter, ya???

Gue lupa tanggal berapa hal ini terjadi, tetapi yang pasti, kejadian ini terjadi ketika waktu menunjukkan sekitar pukul 18.15-an di mana jam belajar baru berlangsung selama kurang lebih 15 menit. Oh ya, sebelumnya, gue akan memberitahu nama dua anak les gue ini. Yang satu adalah Rycho (dipanggil 'Riko', tetapi kalian harus benar-benar memberi perhatian pada penulisan namanya karena ia akan marah jika kalian menulis namanya 'Rico'), anak kelas 6 SD dan adiknya bernama Rey, anak kelas 3 SD.

Nah, sesungguhnya, seriously, hal ini tidak akan terjadi jika sepupu mereka, Gwen, yang masih berumur 1 tahun tidak kepo dan mengganggu kegiatan belajar-mengajar yang tengah berlangsung di ruang tamu rumah Rycho dan Rey saat itu.

Gwen, dengan kaki lucunya yang putih dan mungil, berjalan menghampiri ruang tamu; Rey, yang ingin mengusir Gwen dari ruang tamu, melempar remote control mainannya yang sudah rusak ke belakang Gwen. Gwen pun berlari-lari menghampiri remote tersebut, kemudian berjongkok memungutnya, dan memberikannya kepada Rey (jadi, kalian dapat membayangkannya seperti anjing yang sedang bermain lempar-tangkap bola dengan majikannya untuk memudahkan kalian berimajinasi karena seperti itulah yang terjadi pada kenyataannya).

Namun, setelah Gwen mengembalikan remotenya kepada Rey, ada 'sesuatu' yang masih tertinggal di tempat remote itu jatuh. Rycho pun menghampiri 'sesuatu' itu dan karena mata Rycho minus 2 & tidak mengenakan kacamata, ia hampir saja mengambil 'sesuatu' itu.

"MIIIIIISSSSSSS!!!" tiba-tiba suara Rycho menggelegar ke seluruh sudut ruang tamu.

"Miiiiisss, Gwen PUP!! Aku pikir tadi itu bagian remote yang lepas, gak taunya itu PUP Gwen," Rycho berteriak penuh kepanikan karena Gwen ternyata PUP sembarangan dan PUP-nya menempel di lantai ruang tamunya.

Kepanikan itu semakin bertambah karena mama Rycho&Rey lagi ada di toko dan mama Gwen lagi pergi ke minimarket, sehingga tinggal gue orang paling tua di antara mereka-mereka itu.

"Miiisss, Miss bisa cebokin Gwen gak?" tanya Rycho polos.

"Of course, NOT," jawabku tak kalah polosnya.

"Miss kan udah gede, masa gak bisa cebokin Gwen!!??" tanya Rey lebih tak mau kalah polos.

Oh my gosh! Kata-kata Rey agak menohok hatiku, sih. Jadi, di mata anak-anak, semua orang gede harus bisa cebokin bayi!!!???

"Miss, bantuin aku cebokin Gwen, ya!" kata Rycho seperti sedang minta bantuan untuk mengerjakan PR.

"NOOO. I can't do that. Miss gak bisa cebokin bayi," kataku penuh kejujuran.

Gwen mungkin merasa sangat sedih karena tidak ada orang yang mengidolakannya, ups, men-cebok-inya maksudku, karena ia mulai menitikkan air mata dan menangis agak meraung. Rycho&Rey dan gue cuma bisa menenangkan Gwen. Rey mencengkeram lengan Gwen untuk mencegahnya jongkok karena Gwen terus-terusan bertingkah seperti bayi yang ingin jongkok. Gwen benar-benar menganggap bahwa lantai ruang tamu adalah 'toilet'nya dan ia ingin segera melanjutkan PUP-nya. Astaga. Rycho berkali-kali mengeluh "Aduh, Miiisss! Aduh, Miiisss!". Gue cuma bisa berkata "Gwen, jangan nangis, ya! Sabar, Gwen!".

Namun, pada akhirnya sang mama Gwen datang dan membereskan semuanya termasuk membersihkan PUP anaknya dari atas lantai ruang tamu.

Sejak saat itu, Rycho dan Rey, khususnya Rycho, terlihat agak trauma dengan PUP bayi, sehingga mereka cukup sering membuat contoh kalimat mengenai kebencian mereka terhadap PUP bayi.

Oh ya, FYI, kejadian itu telah menghabiskan waktu les kurang lebih 45 menit. Dan kejadian tersebut tak akan terlupakan. Rycho, Rey, dan gue tidak henti-hentinya tertawa.😄

Satu pelajaran yang gue dapet dari kejadian itu adalah keahlian untuk men-cebok-i bayi tidak kalah pentingnya dengan keahlian kita untuk mengajar. Jadi, hargailah para babysitter yang ada di dunia ini, ya, guys!

See yaaaa!😉

My 2014-wish-list

Hello, guys!

How was your new year going? Was it nice? My new year was fortunately nice. (:

Now, I just wanna make my own 2014-wish-list. I had asked my English course students to make their own list of wishes, but me, myself, and I (haha!) have never made one from all of the new years I have passed. So, I decided to make it now. I'll make 100 numbers of wish in this list.

Check it out, guys! (;

1. I wish I can always be grateful of all things that happen in my life, not to care it is good or bad thing.

2. I wish I smile every morning I wake up.

3. I wish I'll be more mature, independent, diligent, understanding, patient, and anything, but good character.😝

4. I wish there's no pimple on my face.🙅😄

5. I wish I think positively every time.

6. I wish health, bliss, happiness, prosperity, long lives, and anything, but blessedness for my family.

7. I wish I can laugh out loud everyday.

8. I wish my parents will be proud of me and my brother (their children).

9. I wish I can move to London or Singapore (?).

10. I wish I can go back to my high-school time.

11. I wish I can renovate Untar if the staff of Untar doesn't take any action.

12. I wish I can change and add some air conditioners in the food court of Untar.

13. I wish I can clean my room and my house until the corners which are hard to catch.

14. I wish I get much money on Chinese New Year. (;

15. I wish my private students increase, so I'll get more money from my job.

16. I wish my brother can get the double promotion. Ihiy! ;)

17. I wish my mother will be stronger to handle all of my house stuffs when I can't help her.

18. I wish my father will be less hard-working. He has been over hard-working I think.

19. I wish my father's business is prosperer. 

20. I wish I either increase my GPA or get 4 for my GPA on my 4th & 5th semesters. Amen!

21. I wish I'll join any activity or organization at campus.

22. I wish I'll be less busy. :(

23. I wish I have enough sleep.

24. I wish my brother doesn't often work overtime.

25. I wish my brother can choose the best girl for his life. ;)

26. (Uhuk!) I wish I can also get the best boy for my life.

27. I wish there's no heartache anymore.

28. I wish there's just only peace in this world.

29. I wish Indonesia will get the best president, so he will change this lame country into the amazing one.

30. I wish I won't be lazy either to pray or go to church.

31. I wish I'm permitted to drive my car alone.

32. I wish my brain becomes brighter and shinier.

33. I wish my lecturers for 4th and 5th semesters are kind in giving scores.

34. I wish my brother and I can give something really special for my parents' 25th anniversary.

35. I wish I can make my family happy on their birthday.

36. I wish I can cook difficult or special meal, such as peking duck with lemon sauce (?).

37. I wish I get my room beautiful and tidy.

38. I wish I get the real best friends (not just close friends) at campus.

39. I wish I can be more sociable.

40. I wish I make more friends from all different societies.

41. I wish I know how to get pen pals.

44. I wish I can meet Daniel Radcliffe and the other actors and actresses of Harry Potter.

45. I wish I can do the traveling to another country every holiday.

46. I wish I can do the traveling to another city in Indonesia every holiday.😝

47. I wish I make more short stories.
48. I wish I can post more posts in this quiet blog. Haha!

49. I wish I can make my blog crowded of visitors.

50. I wish (really wish!!!) I can publish my own novel.

51. I wish I can be a freelance translator for foreign novel (?). Haha! (Just a random thought though. Ignore it!).

52. I wish I buy and read more novels or comics or any books.

53. I wish I won't forget my keyboard music lesson or even I can improve it.

54. I wish I get more followers on Twitter, Instagram, and Blogger. Hahaha!😳

55. I wish I can capture wonderful photos to be posted on Instagram.

56. I wish my family and I are anti-virus.

57. I wish I have a veeerryyyy big Hello Kitty doll.

58. I wish I get iPhone 5s.

59. I wish I can publish more short stories in a lot of different magazines.
60. I wish my English skill improved.

61. I wish my English course students will be more diligent and smarter (!!!!).

62. I wish I can be a genius, but pretty, but sociable, but charming, but dazzling, but stunning, but.......

63. I wish Untar mentor's fee isn't only Rp15.000/meeting.

64. I wish television stations have good spectacle to watch everyday.

65. I wish I more often hang out with my family and friends.

66. I wish the subjects for Untar-accounting-faculty-students decrease.

67. I wish all of Untar students can read, so they know that Untar is smoke free.

68. I wish I have Pikachu and Doraemon at home.

69. I wish I have Boo dog as my pet.🐶

70. I wish cockroaches (especially) and all Insecta or Arthropoda animal disappear from this world.

71. I wish there's no either minority or majority in this world.

72. I wish government of Indonesia is afraid of hell, so they won't commit corruption anymore.

73. I wish I can speak, write, read, and listen to Mandarin fluently.

74. I wish I learn more languages like Japanese, Korean, and Germans. 

75. I wish I can speak, write, read, and listen to English verrry veerrry really extremely damnably fluently like I was born in the UK, so also I have British accent.

76. I wish I can go to Hollywood and meet all of Hollywood stars.

77. I wish I have Javanese accent. (HAHA! Ignore it!).

78. I wish I can travel with my high-school friends again.

79. I wish I understand deeply about stock, bonds, international economy, foreign exchange, and many mores.

80. I wish tax rules are rooted in my brain.

81. I wish I can absorb all of my subjects at campus fast.

82. I wish I have the newest Ferrari car.

83. I wish I swim this year. (OMG!!!! Really!! I haven't swum for one-and-a-half years. Oh! How much I miss swimming).

84. I wish I can meet Spongebob and friends for real, underwater, and I can wear glass helmet like Sandy does.

85. I wish I'll watch Avril Lavigne's concert this March. (My mom doesn't permit me. So sad).

86. I wish I can watch other cool singer's concerts. (My mom won't permit me anyway. So sad).

87. I wish I'll be very happy on my 20th birthday.

88. I wish I can go back to my childhood.

89. I wish my skin is whiter, brighter, shinier, smoother, and softer.

90. I wish my hair will be longer quickly.

91. I wish my hair is more beautiful, blacker, brighter, smoother, and softer.

92. I wish (after my hair is long enough) I can curl my hair.

93. I wish my eyes are bigger (!!!!!).

94. I wish my eyes are normal, so I can leave either my glasses or soft-lens.

95. I wish I have black cardigan and another cute pajamas (I have had one CUTE pajamas).

96. I wish my nail is more beautiful, I have more nail polish, and I can make nail art by myself.

97. I wish I can buy every clothes, skirt, shirt, pants, bag, hat, shoes, sandals, cap, and anything that I like about fashion.

98. I wish I can get closer with my cousins, my uncles, my grandma, or my aunts (my big family).

99. I wish I have a great Christmas day on Dec 25th, 2014.

100. I wish I have a great new year eve on Dec 31st,  2014 and be very ready for 2015.

So, they are my wishes. I know that some wishes are imaginable. It's just for fun anyway, right!? Haha. Who knows it will happen though because all things just suddenly happen in our life.

Yak! So, guys, what are your wishes in 2014? (;

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! :)

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! ;;)