Perseverance

“However good or bad a situation is, it will change”

One day,  I had a lunch with my friends, T and K. Not so long after the graduation announcements or we often call it ‘Judicium’. Our conversation turned into a lil bit serious when he said, “Do you know the day I won’t forget for the rest of my life? It’s ‘The Announcement Day’.”

“Can you imagine when you’re stated as ‘Didn’t pass’ in presence of the whole lecturers and all the examinees?” he continued. “It’s like losing all your energy inside. That’s the day I didn’t wanna go outside, I didn’t wanna open the ‘recent updates’ on my Blackberry and saw the others put the ‘Chemical Engineer’s Title’ behind their ‘Display Name’, the day i didn’t wanna open Facebook and saw the hapiness on their status, the day I didn’t meet anyone.”

I have ever been on his position, I absolutely know what it is feel like. It happened this August. I even remembered the date, August, 10th, when my advisor said I can’t take the final project this semester which means I can’t graduate this semester too. I felt empty, I lose all of my hopes, I cried and I just kept silent all day long. Fortunately, I still have friends, they supported me, they said ‘It’s not the end of anything’. 

I feel disappointed, I didn’t wanna meet everyone, I just stay in my room all day long. Then I found one of my fave author’s timeline on Twitter. She wrote biographies of some famous people in Indonesia.  She said “All the people I wrote their biography say: When your life is getting hard, you’re prepared for something better” 

Failure and obstacle are close to each other, what can defeat them is perseverance. We never be alone, everyone makes mistake. I can’t say it’s easy to pass through the hard times, but we’ll never rise if we never fall. God will make everything beautiful in His time. God bless the rest of my college life.

A Place Called 'Home'

Home. Many of us describe it as a place. A real building to stay in. Me, use the term 'home' to describe a feeling, an environment where I can feel very comfort, a family.

I lived in dormitory when I was in High School. Another story of my dorm-life can be found here :p. During my high school life, I lived separately from my parents. I shared room, bathroom, study room, almost everything. But this is my 'home'. I have 'brother' and 'sister'. Family is not always someone who has any cognation with you, but they who you spend most of your time with.

Another story, when I went abroad for holiday, we stayed in a hotel. I always love exploring any new place, so, in one morning, I decided to take a walk around the hotel, alone, was looking for nearest coffee shop to buy breakfast, for my parents and I. As I walked the way along, I met some people, and as they knew I am a foreigner there, they greet me friendly.

I can't found any coffee shop in the hotel, so I went outside and exploring the resort to enjoy the view. And guess what, even the construction workers said, "morning, Miss" to me. Oh my Godness, I never see this in my own country. I feel it's so 'homey'. Everyone was so polite to each other. There's no fear of being robbed, being raped, or being murdered there because of the strict government.

I love my country, but sometimes I feel discriminated, beside there are a lot of crimes. In Jakarta, our capital city, the statistic of crimes increases day by day. It's not safe especially for a woman to go outside alone, by public transportation. Murder, rape, robbery, are reported everyday.

I just ask myself, is this our 'home'? We was born here, we are growing up here, but we can't feel comfort here.

Fear

Everyone must have ever felt any fear. When we was a kid, we had a fear of the dark, fear of a witch we always read in most storybook. Or me, in this case, had a fear of 'Chucky' movies.

As the time passes, we may realize that all of that fears are absurd. But all of that won't disappear, since as you growing up, it just change into another fear.  Fear of getting a bad mark in an exam. Fear of being failed in a subject.  Fear of losing someone we love. It's normal, absolutely normal. Unless if that fear are blocking us in doing our activities.

You never know whether you can do it or not, whether it will fail or not. All you have to do is trying it. If it fails, make it as an experience. If it works, make it better and better.

Never say "I can't" before you try it, make "impossible" as "I'm possible" :)

Last but not least, let share our biggest fear, our funniest fear, etc. Everybody can give a feedback so that we don't feel it as any fear at all :).

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