A Thoughtful Reminder

Sore tadi, boss ke ruanganku buat pamit pulang duluan. Aku lembur. Habis beres-beresin barang dan menenteng tasnya, tiba-tiba, boss balik ke ruanganku lagi dan nongol di pintu. He randomly said:

“Eh satu reminder ya. Kebanyakan mikir yang menang pikiran negatif. Dah ya. Bye”

It leaves me speechless L

Chit Chat of the Day 2

Boss   : Kenapa Cin kok gak bersemangat gitu?

Me     : Lagi galau Pak Po. Aku pengen sekolah nih. Pengen banget. Tapi belum punya uang. Biayanya mahal. Harus nabung dulu. Itupun lama.

Boss   : OK. Let me tell you. Dulu kan aku pengen banget kuliah di University of Michigan. Disana Business Schoolnya kan bangus. Nomer dua di US abis Harvard Business School. Tapi ternyata aku gak ketrima. Terus aku mikir, kalo aku tetep tinggal di Michigan sambil kuliah bisnis yang gak bagus, rugi dong. Terus aku putusin buat tinggal di kota besar aja, aku ke LA. Terus aku daftar jurusan bisnis di California State University dan keterima. Sekarang aku sadar kalo aku emang lebih seneng kuliah di California State University daripada University of Michigan. Soalnya kalo aku ketrima di Michigan pasti sekarang aku jadi sombong. The point is, segala sesuatu itu terjadi sesuai kemampuan kita di waktu yang tepat. Jadi, sabar dulu. Nanti kalo udah tepat waktunya pasti bisa sekolah lagi.

Me     : :)

The Akademi Berbagi Magelang’s First Class in Magelang

Learning and knowing something new have been my favorite things to do. Whether I do those things by reading books, having insightful conversations with people, watching movie , attending classes or anything. And I couldn’t be happier that Akademi Berbagi is now having regular classes in Magelang. Akadami Berbagi is actually a very noble community to me that the main purpose they have is to provide information or knowledge about anything to people FREELY. No matter who you are, whether you’re a male or female, young or old, currently studying or working, you can just come and learn for free. Akademi Berbagi has been existing in so many places around Indonesia, and now in Magelang.

The first class of Akademi Berbagi Magelang was in November 23. It was about journalism, discussing about how to get our articles shown in newspapers in particular. It’s held in Syang Art Space, the very beautiful and artistic place in Magelang. I was happy to join and plan to perpetually join every class. If you are interested to join as well, you can just mention Akademi Berbagi Magelang on its twitter or facebook account. Oh, if you have specific knowledge or important information to share, you can as well be the speaker. Again, by mentioning them on twitter or facebook. See you in another class, pals.

Photo take from here

Chit Chat of the Day #1

Saya itu orangnya gampang banget terinspirasi. Terutama sama orang-orang atau kejadian-kejadian di sekitar. Salah satunya, bos saya di kantor. Bos saya ini punya banyak stok cerita dan lebih-lebih, dia pandai bercerita. Dengerin bos saya ngomong itu selalu menyenangkan dan jauh dari kata membosankan. Ada aja cerita yang dibagi. Cerita yang bikin saya senang karena merasa dapet pengetahuan baru. Cerita yang bikin saya lebih pintar dan kadang, bikin lebih open-minded J

Kebiasaan kami, mendekati jam pulang kerja, bos selalu ke ruangan saya buat mengabiskan sebatang dua batang rokok. Nah, kalo pas kayak gini, biasanya saya dapet banyak banget cerita yang inspiratif walaupun kadang topiknya ringan.

Mulai hari ini, saya buat label “Chit Chat of the Day” buat nyeritain percakapan-percakapan paling mengena yang saya dapet dari orang-orang sekitar. Hari ini, my boss did it. Ceritanya tentang lagunya Daft Punk diambil dari album terbarunya Random Access Memories. Judul lagunya Giorgio By Moroder.

Bos cerita ke saya tentang keunikan pembuatan lagu ini. Jadi, Giovanni Giorgio Moroder ini adalah penemu musik elektronik. Dia diundang Daft Punk buat ikut andil di album RAM ini. Tapi, ternyata Moroder diundang buat nyeritain dirinya di tiga masa yang berbeda. Dia pun diharuskan ngomong pake tiga mikropon berbeda, yang dibuat di tahun yang diceritakannya. Awalnya Moroder ini sempet protes sama produsernya karena merasa gak ada bedanya ngomong pake tiga mike beda. Lalu produsernya bilang kalo dua robot (Daft Punk) tau kok bedanya. Akhirnya Moroder nurut dan jadilah lagu Giorgio By Moroder. Jadi intinya, Moroder cuma disuruh ngomong di awal aja. Habis itu dia gak dilibatkan lagi :D

Dan tau-tau udah jadi lagu ini J

My Graduation Day

Well, finally I graduated. Frankly I feel totally relieved. Pursuing my bachelor degree was the hardest yet most valuable thing I’ve ever did in my life so far. I am happy that I could do the thing once I thought it was impossible. Then it’s true that nothing is impossible, uh?

The graduation day was on the 16th November 2013. To be honest, the ceremony was quite boring and time consuming. But, my favourite part was the moment I and my three best friends were announced as the best students and get the title that sounds balm to my ears; “cumlaude”. Haha.

Me, with my besties Osy & Arum

my boss came to my graduation ceremony ^^

You know, once the commencement done and we’re home, my father couldn’t stop telling every person he met how proud he was about that title. It makes me think that I need to continue studying on a higher level. This is what makes me feel a bit miserable lately. Actually I have a very strong will to study but it’s more likely to be impossible to do what I want at the moment. I need to earn a lot of money first. But, I promise myself that I want to pursue my master degree as soon as I get the chance. And most importantly, enjoy my current happiness and struggle. 

Pre-Graduation Worries :|

Been so long since I wrote on this blog. I’ve been being overwhelmed by the graduation stuff. A lot of things to accomplish as soon as possible and they occupied me much. Now, I am quite free and having pretty much nothing to do but waiting for the graduation day to come. It’s gonna be on the 16th of November.

Doing nothing has been so boring to me. Fortunately, I got the opportunity to take part in Debat Bahasa Inggris SMA se-Kota Magelang on October 28 and Debat Bahasa Inggris SMK se-Kota Magelang on October 30 and 31. Debating has been my passion since I was on the 4th semester. And I am so grateful that my university always gives me the opportunity to join any debating activities they have. A couple of friends and I were invited to be the adjudicators of those two debate competitions. Of course, I was so impressed to do so.

It wasn’t the first time for me to adjudicate a debate session. I did the same thing in the pass two years as well. Yet, I felt kinda nervous at the beginning of delivering verbal adjudications. But then, things run so smoothly that I can control my speech and the content of the oral adjudications I gave to the debaters. That was also slightly unbelievable that I became the chair adjudicators for 9 debate sessions. Meaning that I delivered 9 different oral adjudications. To be honest, I felt tired and so thirsty afterwards. Yet, I was very much happy. Especially seeing those, whom I gave my verbal adjudications to, were happy to get the information I brought to the debate. Those who thought that what I told them was very beneficial.

Well, btw I am going to graduate in only two weeks. Actually I am pretty afraid that I will lose the opportunities I used to have when I was still in uni, including joining debate exhibitions. Are those two debate competitions I joined lately gonna be the last ones? Hopefully not. But then, this motivates me to develop myself, to push myself to look for or even CREATE the opportunities I want. Lesson learned!

Apa yang Kau Cari?

Apa yang kau cari?

Aku disini.

Cinta?

Aku punya.

Jumlahnya tidak akan pernah kau mengerti.

Perhatian?

Sudah kuberikan sejak lama, bukan?

Kebahagiaan?

Kita bisa terus membuatnya bersama.

Atau aku sendirian?

Kau tentukan saja.

Kebebasan?

Bukankah aku selalu berusaha memberikan?

Aku ingin tau apa kau merasa begitu?

Penerimaan?

Aku pikir, kau terlalu sempurna untuk kutuntut.

Tak pernah lupa ku bersyukur akan hal ini.

Atau kejujuran? Dalam bentuk apa?

Aku jujur padamu?

Tentunya.

Hampir dalam segala hal.

Didasari kehati-hatian.

Bukan karena aku tak percaya padamu.

Tapi, aku takut terselip dan kau meninggalku.

Atau kita jujur pada semua orang?

Ingin sekali seperti itu.

Tapi, siapkah kamu? 

Ah, bukan itu pertanyaanya.

Aku ini siapa?

Lalu aku diam.

Mendidik hati untuk menerima.

Dan seperti apa yang selalu kusampaikan,

aku lebih senang menurut padamu.

Jika menurut padamu membuatmu bahagia,

itulah yang seharusnya kulakukan.

Because you know.. deep down, all I want is making you happy and less lonely.

Jadi, sekarang katakan, apa yang kau cari?

Aku disini J

Aku tidak kebal terhadap perubahan,

sejauh itu baik dan membuatmu bahagia.

Happy? Less lonely?

I hope I’ve made you feel that way :) 

I am Jealous :)

I get jealous. Don't know how to handle. But, I'm pretty good at hiding this feeling :') Thank God!