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Hai semuanya! Baru bisa melengkapi cerita tentang ulang tahun ke dua puluh duaku sekarang! Aku tahu, ini sudah hampir dua bulan berlalu :') Telah menjadi sangat sibuk dan super hectic tentang tugas akhirku! Dan susah meluangkan waktu disini.. untuk benar-benar menulis cerita!

Oke, sebenernya aku juga udah agak lupa dengan apa yang terjadi hari itu.. karena kayaknya nggak terjadi apa-apa di tanggal 11 Juni kemarin! Keluargaku, meninggalkanku sendiri di rumah, karena ada acara halal bi halal di Jombang, dan aku tidak bisa ikut karena itu kurang dari sebulan sebelum hari pengumpulan dan presentasi tugas akhirku. Bisa bayangkan gimana deg-degannya? Ngga ada siapapun yang datang ke rumah juga, kebanyakan orang lupa dengan hari ulang tahunku. Bahkan aku tidur lebih awal hari itu dan nggak merasa sedang berulang tahun! Hahaha, kasian yah? nggak dong! Udah sangat bersyukur ke Allah SWT, karena meski umur di dunia berkurang, tapi masih diberi setahun yang lain dan kesempatan untuk menjadi aku yang lebih baik! Apa lagi yang harus kuminta pada-Nya kan?

Tapi kalian tahu gak? Aku punya proyek ulang tahun ke-22 bersama teman geminiku! Tebak siapa? Yappp, dia adalah Yunita (aku sudah sering menyebutkan tentang dirinya sepertinya)! Jadi, ini adalah proyek yang sangat rahasia yang kami buat bersama! Tapi senang sekali rasanya bisa merealisasikannya! Semoga ini bermanfaat dan bisa bertahan lama di mata Allah SWT. Aamiin yaa Rabbal Alamin! Wish, we could make another positive and secret projects together in the future.. :) 

Lalu, datanglah suatu hari yang sangat aneh! Jadi ceritanya, aku mau belajar kelompok tentang menghitung kolom dan dinding geser di rumah icak, bersama temanku yang bernama Rizqi. Tapi, anehnya, Icak terus-terusan bilang supaya aku berbuka puasa di rumahnya aja. Karena, dia pengen masak bareng sama aku. Alasan yang jelek kan? huahahaha! 😋 Terus, tiba-tiba jam 3 sore, dia bilang kalau bibib sama yunita mau ikutan gabung masak-masak. Tapi aku tetep nyantai aja, dan sok-sokan ga curiga sama sekali. Kemudian, bibib sama yunita dateng, lalu kita masak bareng. Nah, anehnya lagi, Icak itu masak mie buanyak banget! Sampe aku tanya "Loh cak, kamu kalau masak sekalian buat sahur tah? Soalnya kok banyak banget nihh! Dan padahal katanya, ayah mama dan adeknya Icak ngga berbuka di rumah saat itu. Kwkwkw, sangat mencurigakan lah pokoknya!

Dan akhirnya beneran, waktu Adzan terdengar tiba-tiba Vio, Tara, Derai, Jatu, Tiara, Ika, Sulal, dateng juga dehhh! SUUU..SUUURPRISEEEE! 👩 Bener kannn dugaanku, hahaha! Jelek banget pokoknya skenarionya hari itu huakaka! Akhirnya, kita ngobrol-ngobrol, shalat bareng, makan, dan foto-foto pastinya! Kita full-team loh hari itu, dan yang mana itu jarang banget buat terjadi akhir-akhir ini! Pokoknya kalo ngga ada surprise itu, kita ngga bakal buka bersama tahun ini! Pokoknya, makasi Icak buat makanannya huahaha! 😛                              

Dan omong-omong, hadiah terbaik ulang tahun ke-22 adalah yang satu ini! Alhamdulillah

R.

Hello, 2017!

Hi, Marmut!

Setelah saya lihat-lihat, blog saya isinya mulai gloomy lagi ya. Hehehe, sebab memang perjalanan yang lebih sering saya arungi adalah perjalanan perasaan, selebihnya saya kurang ada waktu (beuh) buat melakukan, selain itu kurang ada dana juga. Jadi ya.. perjalanannya mungkin berkisar rumah-kampus-rumah kedua-rumah adik les-rumah gitu terus atau mungkin ada rute tambahan ke mall-superindo dekat rumah kedua. Oleh karena itu, sebenarnya banyak sekali tumpukan draft yang isinya lebih ke melodrama-way sehingga berhujung tidak jadi di post. Memang, hidup akhir-akhir ini terasa agak flat, dan gejolak yang ada, mayoritas terjadinya di dalam hati. So, pardon me blog for those blue and gloomy writings in here lately. I'd like to replace them with many beautiful and happy stories in return.. if Allah gives me the chances hopefully. :) Ohya, dan by the way! Akhir-akhir ini lebih aktif update seputar kisah hidup di tumblr, karena emang disana lebih mudah diakses! Selain itu, belum nemu aplikasi blogging yang ga ribet untuk blogspot di iOS, mungkin ada saran? Jadi sangat agak males untuk bercerita disini, sebab rada susah buat mindahin foto-foto! Dan kadang, rada males juga buat ngetik yang panjang sehingga cerita hanya diwakilkan dengan foto-foto. Wkwk terlalu banyak alasan yah? Namun, karena ini sudah memasuki liburan semester ganjil di universitas saya, welcome back blog!

How is  the 2017 so far, guys? Hope it was good and it would be for the rest of it yhaa! Baru berapa hari sih? Empat kan ya. Agak nggak percaya juga kalau tahunnya sudah berganti lagi. Terlalu cepat rasanya! Mengakhiri tahun 2016 dengan kejadian-kejadian yang agak menguji rasa sabar dan ikhlas, ya Allah, kayak cobaan kok ada-ada saja gitu... Namun, yaa begitulah hidup. Pada akhirnya, cuman harus menerima kan ya? Dan percaya kalau semuanya akan baik-baik saja. Agree?  Terima kasih 2016 untuk pelajaran hidupnya. Semoga saya mampu menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik dan lebih dewasa tentunya.. dalam bertindak maupun berperilaku.

2017 akan menjadi tahun yang sangat penting dan melegendaris dalam perjalanan hidup saya. InsyaAllah, semoga dapat lulus dengan gelar sarjana di tahun ini. Aaamiiiin ya Rabbal alamin. Lalu, mulai mengejar satu persatu target berikutnya. Most of the time, I was thrown in between anxious, curious, scared, you named it.. ! Tetapi gimanapun, saat itu akan datang juga! When life slapped me right on my face, that I need to get up, and be ready about whatever that coming in reality.. haaahh

Hmm, kemarin mengawali awal tahun dengan jalan-jalan bersama, hahaha. Kita nonton Star Wars Rogue One lohh! Dan gak tahu kenapa, saya terkesima sekali waktu menontonnya! Wkakaka, ceritanya nih, saya kan nonton hari.. Minggu ya. Nah, seminggu sebelumnya, saya itu bermalam sama adik saya di rumah Nginden yang notabene layanan tv kabelnya baru aja diganti. Berhubung itu malam natal, di TV itu banyakk banget film-film, termasuk salah satunya Star Wars yang Force Awakens. Pertama kali lihat itu, langsung ketagihan aja. Suka sama karakter-karakter dan animasinya! Wkwk Rey is super cool, indeed. Dan waktu tahu Rogue One  yang main itu Felicity Jones, makin lah pengen lihat! Jadi waktu diajakin nonton itu langsung mau deh.Yippiiieeeee! That day was so fun! Jadi pengen beli merchandise nya Star Wars wkwkwkwk bahayaa iniihhh. Tidaaak!

Oh iyaa. Saya sama mbik tadi jadi anak kedokteran sehari loh! Numpang ngasih surprise dan foto doang sih disana. Uhuuuyyy Selamat Pinuuuu S.Ked nya! Weee doain kita-kita yang masih baru sidang proposal yaa! Semoga lancar koas nya, bermanfaat ilmunya, dan bisa jadi dokter yang dapat mensejahterakan banyak orang dengan kesehatan. Kesehatan itu modal utama lohh. Tadi jadi mikir.. rasanya beda latar belakang banget ya antara anak teknik dan kedokteran. Kalau teknik, hubungannya dengan benda mati, nah kalau dokter, hubungannya langsung dengan makhluk hidup. It brings a really different responsibility.. Namun, apapun disiplin ilmunya, yang terpenting semoga dapat memberi manfaat untuk khalayak banyak. ;) Wkwkwk waktu tadi berkunjung kesana, yang senang adalah bisa bertemu lagi sama beberapa teman-teman. Dan beneran yaa.. dunia itu serasa sempit sekali. Bahkan, saya tadi ketemu anak yang waktu itu pernah ngetes gula darah eyang saya waktu jalan-jalan di Taman Bungkul dan dia masih inget aja wkwkwk. Terus ngga sengaja ketemu juga sama kembaran saya waktu SMA, sekarang udah beda sih, dianya makin kurus, sayanya makin... Ah sudahlah.

Yap. Segitu dulu ceritanya. Sampai jumpa di cerita-cerita selanjutnya yaah, Marmut! Kamu jangan galau yaa! 2017 akan jadi tahun yang lebih bahagia, semangat semangatt. May the force be with you! B)

R.

Counting pertama!

Hai, marmut..

Semalem niatnya mau ceritain kisah pergi counting sama temen-temen di Malang weekend kemarin, hahahaha karena kocak banget, apalagi ada 2 perawat yang warbyasah di shift malem dua hari kemarin,  eh ternyata ketiduran duluan. Jadi aku kasih foto aja sama video iseng di atas ya :p Lumayan banget dehh kerja nyambi refreshing. Huah, minggu akhir kerja praktek nih, kegiatan padetnya mantep joss tenan. Selain harus ke kantor yang perjalanannya lumayan jauh, ngerjain tugas, tetep ngelesin, njemput adek, bikin laporan, dan sisanya udah pake istirahat langsung. Sedih campur seneng karena sudah mau selesai, Habis ini harus lebih semangat lagi!

car free day di Idjen, Malang

 

dari yang php di Ranu Pane

Hahahah ohiyaaa, tapi, karena hari ini adalah hari Selasa yang notabene harinya asistensi laporan ke dosen, jadi dapat day off sehari. Walaupun sedih soalnya dosennya ngambek sama kita, dan ngambeknya udah tiga minggu banget! Akhirnya, setelah fix ngga ada asistensi lagi buat minggu ini, dan untungnya tiba-tiba ada Rizal sama Temon yang ngajak dan mau diajak main. Sebenernya niatnya cuman mau ke SAC (Student Advisory Center) di Sukolilo buat nanyain persyaratan scholarship vacancy gitu, tapi sekalian main-main buat menghibur diri yang suntuk ini. Nah, karena mumpung lagi ke Sukolilo yang jauh sama Manyar hahaha, kita jajan-jajan deh di kantin pusat, terus foto-foto biar kelihatan bahagia. Ngga jelas sih fotonya tapi malah bikin jadi bahagia beneran yeyyy.

Selain itu, hahahahaha, jadi kan, aku pengen nabung nih ya di bank, udah bawa buku tabungan juga kan. Nah kemarin itu aku waktu magang tanya ke ica,

R : Caa, di deket sini ada bank BNI ngga?
I : Ada, di kedungdoro itu. Emang mau ngapain?
R : Oh, kayak nya tahu. Mau nabung caa
I : Yaelaaahh, setor tunai aja
R : Ngga tau caranya Caa , takut keisep uang nya
I : Yaelaaah katrok, ndesiiitt

Terus dia ketawa-ketawa, hahaaha ngga cuman Ica aja yang ketawa. Jadi nih, di tempatku KP, ada dedek dari Banyuwangi namanya Nizar. Dan dia kan duduknya di sebelahnya Ica, jadi otomatis kedengeran percakapan kita. Dan dia ikutan ngetawain! Wkakakaka akhirnya tadi sekalian diajarin deh sama anak-anak yang namanya SETOR TUNAI dan ngga lupa tetep DIKETAWAIN dulu sama dablas temon icak LAGI. Makasih lohhhh. Hahahaa ternyata keren juga ya itu setor tunai? ajaib men!

Alhamdulillah, terima kasih yaAllah sudah kasih kesempatan bisa melakukan semua ini. Semoga segala ikhtiar baik ini Engkau ridhoi. Aamiin. Bersyukur, berpikir positif, ibadah, dan sibukkan diri dalam keproduktifan, semoga hidup bisa lebih bermanfaat. 

Pentingnya parenting.

 

"Buah tak jatuh jauh dari pohonnya"

Pernah dengar peribahasa di atas? Mungkin sebuah stigma yang sangat akrab di kalangan masyarakat Indonesia dan menurut saya kadang peribahasa tersebut justru menjadi sebuah labeling, semisal ketika ada sebuah anak melakukan tindakan A yang kebetulan orang tua si A pernah melakukan hal yang serupa, maka tak jarang masyarakat di sekitarnya akan mengeluarkan komentar sejenis peribahasa di atas. Padahal bisa jadi, tindakan kebetulan tersebut hanya satu dibanding seratus yang sama yang pernah dilakukan oleh si A dan orang tua si A.Memperbesar cakupan di poin pertama, ada lagi yang disebut dengan stereotype, atau dalam bahasa indonesia disebut stereotipe, merupakan sebuah bentuk penilaian terhadap seseorang hanya berdasarkan persepsi terhadap kelompok di mana orang tersebut dapat dikategorikan. Jadi, kalau pada kasus pertama, tingkah laku seseorang itu dianggap tidak jauh dari tindak laku orang tuanya, di yang kedua, masyarakat memberikan persepsi bahwa tindak laku seseorang itu tidak jauh dari perilaku orang-orang dalam kelas sosialnya. 

Dan menurut saya sendiri, dua persepsi di atas adalah semacam faktor internal-eksternal yang berpengaruh pada tingkah laku anak. Kenapa tidak keduanya termasuk ke dalam faktor eksternal? Karena apa yang nantinya akan ada di dalam (sisi internal) seorang anak atau seseorang adalah merupakan investasi dari apa yang sebenarnya orang tuanya berikan. Mengingat orang tua adalah relasi yang paling dekat dan harusnya pertama kali menyentuh dunia anaknya, kecuali dalam kasus lain, seperti anak yang dibuang, anak yang diasuh saudaranya karena orang tuanya sudah meninggal. Atau dalam kata lain, kita wakilkan 'keluarga' sebagai media madrasah pertama seorang anak, khususnya orang tuanya.

Kita tahu sendiri, setiap orang memiliki sifat ataupun karakteristik yang berbeda-beda. Dan disitulah, peran parenting sebenarnya ada. Menurut saya, peran pola parenting yang diberikan orang tua kepada anaknya adalah sangat penting. Sebuah kepercayaan dari Allah untuk dapat menjadi orang tua bukanlah hal yang main-main. Ketika salah mendidik seorang anak maka bisa jadi ada satu penerus peradaban yang masa depannya terancam, karena bagaimanapun nasib atau takdir hidup seseorang kan Wallahu alam. Namun, disanalah tanggung jawab terbesar orang tua. Meskipun tidak tahu apa yang akan terjadi pada anaknya di hari kelak, orang tua harus mampu membuat dan membimbing anak mereka supaya dapat menghadapi bermacam-macam keadaan dalam hidup.

Sangat disayangkan bila kesadaran akan tanggung jawab orang tua adalah besar ini tidak disadari oleh masyarakat, contohnya, ketika ada pasangan yang ingin memiliki keturunan, namun tidak belajar bagaimana kalau kelak anaknya lahir. Apa yang sudah dipersiapkan untuk mendidiknya nanti? Apa yang sudah disiapkan untuk membesarkannya nanti? Bagaimana biaya sekolahnya? Bagaimana metode untuk mengajarkan bahwa kewajiban adalah sesuatu yang harus dilaksanakan? Bagaimana mengajaknya untuk mengerti pentingnya melaksanakan ibadah, mengerti norma, dan sopan santun? Dan hal-hal sejenisnya.

Lucu juga ya kenapa kok saya nulis ginian? Hehehe, terlalu visioner :P

Sebenarnya tulisan ini terilhami, karena di masjid rumah saya, banyak anak-anak kecil yang shalat tarawih disana, banyak juga ibu-ibu yang membawa putranya untuk shalat bersama. Kadang, saya tak sengaja melihat tingkah laku anak-anak kecil tersebut, atau diajak bicara sama ibu-ibu tadi. Serta, seiring berjalannya waktu, saya bisa mengamati sendiri bagaimana perbedaan perilaku yang orang tua saya beri antara kepada kakak saya, saya, dan adik saya, dan bagaimana hal tersebut memberi efek pada karakteristik kami yang berbeda-beda. Saya juga mengerti bagaimana usaha orang tua saya dalam membesarkan kami dan berupaya untuk mencukupi apa yang kami butuhkan. Itulah mengapa terbesit dalam benak saya, kelak kalau insyaAllah menjadi orang tua berarti ada amanah besar yang harus saya emban. 

Setiap generasi memiliki tantangan yang berbeda untuk dihadapi. Mungkin, dulu di generasi saya, alat elektronik bukanlah sesuatu yang trending, tidak seperti di generasi anak sekarang ini, dan tentu aja pengawasan dan cara mendidiknya akan berbeda pula. Tetapi, hal dasar yang patut diketahui dalam parenting adalah memberikan panutan dan lingkungan yang senantiasa positif bagi anak (bersahabat dengan mereka). Itulah kenapa peribahasa tersebut ada. Menurut saya, lebih tepatnya lagi, tidak selalu sifat orang tua menurun pada anaknya, tetapi apa yang orang tua pilih untuk ajarkan kepada anaknya. Sehingga, kalau mungkin orang tuanya kurang baik, bukanlah hal yang pasti, kalau anaknya menjadi kurang baik juga. Masih ada kesempatan untuk mencetak penerus yang lebih baik.

Bersyukurlah kita yang diberi kesempatan untuk berada di lingkungan terdidik, ditemukan dengan teman-teman yang baik, dan masih ditemani oleh orang tua. Manfaatkan kesempatan ini untuk memperkaya diri, supaya generasi kedepan dapat menjadi generasi yang lebih baik. Open your eyes, guys. Insya Allah, mungkin 5-10 tahun lagi, kalianlah yang menjadi generasi "orang tua".

bucket list!

yey finally today I went here! :) 

Has always been dreaming to go to Tugu Pahlawan since several years ago but I just could make it today. Would probably be my last in-town-trip for this semester's holiday. Went there around 12 a.m in this kind of sunny day but fortunately the air breeze was still there so it didn't feel really hot, only took several photos because as you know, I'm a shame person... :p and wouldn't tell you who was accompany me but I'm feeling so thankful for that person he..he..he.. ended today's trip by watching Mission Impossible 5 and eating fried rice together at ITS.  What a happy day! alhamdulillah :3

catch you soon!

Love, Rosie

Hello world! It's morning again. Before starting the productive days ahead, would like to share some thought here. Well, after almost a month sparing my times for it, finally last night I finished reading the novel of Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern, yey :) and ended by falling in love more with the book version rather than the film. but they both actually leave the same feeling for me, the story was just too sweet yet heart-breaking all at once, fortunately they ended in a happy way though it takes 50 years due to the book version.

I always wonder why the title is Love, Rosie? Not Love Rosie? and finally found the answer after reading this. I like the way Cecelia tells the stories only through the letters, chatting, and email that've been written by the characters on this novel. The way she arranges the words and how Rosie can write every detail that happens in her life becomes so entertaining. This book will show you how people can fall in love only through letters that written upon papers.. a screen of computer.. or a phone.. for 50 years and through miles! America - Ireland, it sweets :)

I love the way Cecelia tells the stories about family, friendship, and lovers - bond between the characters on it. The Dunne Family, The friendship bond between Alex - Rosie, Katie - Toby, or Rosie - Ruby. Life happens that way, some taste sweets, some may bitter. But when you hold on and have a patience, we all will get what we deserve. You guys should read it too! I recommend you. I bet you will get so many (wise) quotes about life after reading this book wkwk :P

There’s something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose it’s because they’re supposed to be the strong ones, but that’s not just it. Ever since people are kids they use their parents as some sort of  measurement for how bad a situation is. When you fall on the ground really hard and you can’t figure out whether it hurts or not you look to your parents. If they look worried and rush toward you, you cry. If they laugh and smack the ground saying “Bold ground,” then you pick yourself up and get on with it.

Parents are the barometers of emotions for children and it has a domino effect. I had never seen my mum cry so much in all of my life which scared me and made me cry which scared Katie and made her cry. We all cried together.

As for Dad, he was supposed to live forever. The one who could open all the jar lids nobody else could, who fixed whatever was broken, was supposed to do that forever. The man who let me sit on his shoulders, climb on his back, chase me around while making monster noises, throw me in the air and catch me, spin me around so much until I felt dizzy and fell over laughing.

And in the end without being able to say thank you and a proper goodbye, my final memories of him turn into coffin sizes and medical forms.

There’s nothing more uplifting than to hear the sound of an innocent child being so happy in a place that people are sad. It reminds you that life goes on and on and on, just not for the one you’re saying good-bye to. People come and people go and we know this happens, yet we get such a shock when it does. To use that old cliché, the only certainty in life is death. It’s a certainty, it’s the one condition of living that we’re given but we often let it tear us

Have a good day peeps! Don't forget to feed your days by reading too :)

Paid off.

Terbayar sudah. Itu adalah kata pertama yang terbesit dalam hati ketika saya melihat video ini. Rasanya hanya ingin tersenyum dan merasa terharu ketika melihatnya.

"alhamdulillah"

Setelah pahit-manis kerja keras beberapa bulan kemarin, akhirnya semua berakhir dengan indah. Mungkin saya tidak memulai perjuangan seawal teman-teman pengurus harian dan konseptor lainnya, dan jujur saja ini sangat mempengaruhi kinerja saya di awal. Mungkin saya hanya bagian kecil dari tim besar yang selalu mengukir cerita baru di tiap tahunnya. Banyak hal yang harus saya korbankan beberapa bulan terakhir ini, mulai dari tenaga, waktu, dan pikiran. Perjuangan luar biasa sampai akhirnya satu persatu perjuangan saya mendekati titik akhirnya. Terikat dengan tiga tugas dalam satu waktu dan faktor kesehatan yang sedang buruk, membuat saya benar-benar belajar banyak tentang hidup, bisa dikatakan- dalam semester IV ini. Mulai dari rapat hampir setiap hari, pembahasan yang beda, pembagian waktu yang tumpang tindih, mobilisasi kesana kemari, semua nggak akan bisa saya laksanakan tanpa bantuan teman-teman. Walaupun harus dicemoh, walaupun harus merasakan beban moral, walaupun harus dimarahi orang tua, bahkan berat badan saya sampai turun sebanyak 6 kilo wkwkwkwk, tapi saya bersyukur.. semuanya bisa saya selesaikan pada akhirnya.

Nggak bisa bayangin, kalau malam itu, saya masih merasa sungkan dan takut untuk menelepon pakde. Alhamdulillah, dengan dorongan teman-teman dan kondisi rapat yang sangat sangat baik, akhirnya  saya memutuskan untuk menelepon beliau sehingga bisa mendapat kabar baik. :')

Mulai dari persiapan, pencarian dana, rapat koordinasi, sampai akhirnya hari H TM, perlombaan, dan penutupan selesai, semua punya ceritanya masing-masing. Saya ingat betul, rasanya panik waktu denger ada peserta yang terluka sampai dijahit belasan jahitan, bahkan ga hanya sekali saya pergi ke rumah sakit hari itu, rasanya mengurus administrasi, bersosialisasi dengan orang tua, yang ini paling deg-degan, harus berbicara dengan orang yang saya belum pernah tahu karakternya, apalagi bertemu karena kondisi yang tidak baik, alhamdulillah masalah akhirnya juga selesai. Berpergian bersama 6 teman buat mengambil uang hadiah, haha nyampe rasanya punya bodyguard pribadi gitu, heheehe, udah gitu ditraktir kue bulet-bulet. Saya juga ingat.. suatu siang saya nangis di McD gara-gara kejadian yang menurut saya gak adil oleh seorang mbak mbak teller dan baper juga sih, wkwkwkwk. Seharian waktu closing party bawa ransel kemana-mana karena isinya weitsss hahaahha. Di kampus sampe malem terus ngelihat temen-temen muterin kampus pake troller sambil nyanyi-nyanyi buat nyiptain euforia. Seru banget! Ngelihatin kerja kerasnya temen-temen dari masing-masing event buat TM, buat ngoreksi, buat bikin kunci jawaban, buat ngajarin adek-adeknya. Ngurus ke bank lah gini lah, datanya ga sama lah, ini nya masih minus lah, ada perlu ini perlu itu. Nggak bayangin deh kalo gaada orang-orang baik seperti teman-teman huhu...

Coba gak ada kalian. Coba saya ga ngapa-ngapain. Kangen gak sih kalian? Sumpah saya kuangen banget rek. Kangen suasananya. Kangen kerja kerasnya. Kangen rapatnya. Kangen ngalem-ngalemnya. Kangen mikir bareng-barengnya. Kangen mangkel-mangkelnya (kadang wkwk). Kangen kekeluargaannya. Kangen nata audit sambil nyanyi-nyanyi sambil main gitar sambil ngerumpi. Kangen makan di Gotri terus aku yang nyetirin mobil kayak ibu nganterin anaknya. Kangen duduk-duduk di lobby saking aku gapunya jobdesc pasti. Kangen pergi bareng ke Plaza Marina. Kangen nganter-nganterin konsumsi ke Rumah Sakit Haji sambil belanja di Giant. Kangen njemput Icak buat jualan angkatan. Kangen rapat rame-rame mikir semua di R.14 dan Audit. Kangen nata-natain kelas sampe mualem, sampe hujan-hujan  itu. Kangen jemputin Vio pagi-pagi wkwkwk terus LINE ku jadi di add sama Ujik. Kangen gelendot di R.14. Kangen nyetel lagu pake sound di gazebo. Kangen gangguin anak ngoreksi di R.13. Kangen di R.4 nyariin kunci di kampus gara-gara kuncinya saya ilangin. Dan buanyak deh lainnya.

Ya, selalu ada cerita baru ketika kita berjalan kedepan. 

Making Cupcakes! ;)

Hey blog, it's raining at my home and i'm feeling tired after taking care of some matters with my friend. So here I end up - again! hekekekek. I really catch you very soon, aye? :P

I think I wanna share my experience in making cupcakes times ago! because i scare i might forget how to make it (because i still have no time to make it again), so i'll blog it here!

Things you need to prepare:

• Flour, i buy one that already mixed one pack with the addition ingredients (such as vanilli, etc), it will make your works 100x times easier hehehe!
• 2 eggs
• oil
• chocolate
• powdered sugar
• cupcakes mold
• oven
• colorful candy/any cake garnish

Ways to make it:

1. Prepare the flour at a bowl/the mixer bowl, add 2 eggs into it, then also pour the oil (it's about 10-15 tablespoon). Mix them! Until the color turns into slightly light yellow. You just need to turn the mixer power into the maximum, and hold it for 5-7 minutes. And tadaaa your needed mixture is there!
2. Prepare the cupcakes mold, the aluminum ones and the paper ones. Place the paper cupcakes mold inside the aluminium ones, and place it into a bigger-rectangular-aluminium-mold, so it will be way simpler to place inside the oven.

3. Pour the cupcakes mixture into the mold, adjust the amount with your oven heat, if it burned the cake swiftly, just add into 7/8 part, if it burned normally just add the mixture fully. :) 

4. To not make my cupcakes taste plain, I usually add cheese/caramel/chocolate in the middle of it. So I pour the mixture into 1/2 part, and add the filling (grated cheese/caramel/etc) into it, then continue adding the mixture into the 7/8 or fully part. After it's ready, place it inside the oven! And wait until 15-20 minutes, depends on the type of your oven.

waiting it to be fully baked yayy yayy

5. While waiting your cupcakes to be done, let's prepare for the decorating part! I usually make it from chocolate or you can make it from icing! I will describe you both..

6. To make the garnish from melting chocolate, I usually buy the white-chocolate ones, so I can make some color- not only white or chocolate, hehey. Melt the chocolate above the hot water, when it's melt enough, take it and placed it above the cupcakes. So easy, right?
7. If you want to garnish it with icing/cream, you need to prepare butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk! Just mix them for some minutes until it tastes and looks like a cream, then just add it into a triangle plastic, cut the tip, and BHEW! Make your own icing above your cupcakes!

my first attempt in making cupcakes

8. Have a happy tummy with cupcakes! ;)

I can't provide many images/videos huhu, sorry! I was so busy making it last time that I didn't take many pictures! I only can hold my phone when I already washed my hands.. teheee! I'll show you better next time when I make it, insyaAllah. By the way.. i really miss cooking something (mostly for someone :P) huhu!

Wind, sky, and you

Hey, blog! I'm back again! :)

Last Saturday and Sunday, me and my other four friends just had a short holiday to Malang :) Well, actually we supposed to look for villa for our major's event next month in there.. But beside that, we took our times and had fun instead. :-p

So, we went there from Surabaya at 11a.m on Saturday morning, actually it supposed to be at 5a.m, but because of my sudden event, we couldn't make it, and end up went there at 11a.m. The traffic was kinda crowded that day, it took 6hours for us to arrive at Malang, and.. luckily the weather was not so hot, it was kinda gloomy, even we wished that it will rain, but it wasn't. We sang a lot at car, talking this and that.. you know, heart's problems =)) took photos, made video, slept, ate, and so many else. 

Finally, at 17.17 we arrived at Egar's house. Placed at Jalan Sulfat, Malang, it has a super cozy environment, also the weather, it was cool, kinda windy, and the grey sky, made it feel perfect! After entering the house, Egar's mom was greeting us, and let us cleaning our self. The girls were sleeping at Egar's room which all is colored blue (and i think, omik would love it) then the boys were sleeping at Egar's sister's room which dominated with pink, hahahaha. After had some rest, Egar's parents invited us to have a dinner outside and we ate Sop Ayam! Which made us so full at a blink of eye! Ugh, but it was a delicious choice in that kind of weather, thank you so much om dan tante for the foods heheh! :)

the way our horizons meet..

After done eating, Me, bibib, temon, icak, palom were going to Payung. (Egar couldn't join us because he was sick), We seek for that famous starry night Batu's view in there~ Though the traffic was kinda jam.. we still enjoy our trip.. and finally arrived there. After moved from one place to another because of so many reasons, we could finally decide a place and delivered some foods! Like, milk, bread toast, and grilled corn. I enjoy gazing at the night's view.. though it's kinda cold, i felt happiness running through my veins, and made me feel warmer within myself. You know.. as I passed every way into there, I saw many old films playing in my mind, like.. every place has its own memory at my heart.. and i missed them all. But now, 3 years after that, i have my new journey with new people, making new stories all over again, and i figure out how fast times are. :) After enough enjoying the night, we back to Egar's house, and arrived there at 11.54 pm. Soon, after we entered the house, 3 people were directly pray Isya, and the left 2 were busy took out their stomach's contents wkwkwk, soon then we slept !

The 2nd daay, we went to Cuban Rondo Waterfall. Honestly, that was my first time going there =)) Like usual, we took photos, entered the pond, and the water was supppeerrr cold =)) From Cuban Rondo, we had lunch with Egar, Jija, Dzul, and Egar's brother at Waroeng Bamboe. Was a cozy restaurant with good concept. Lastly, we went to find the villa, haha!

Around 5 pm, we had our way to go back to Surabaya. Not doing much in the car, because everyone was already tired. (feeling sorry for Temon because he couldn't take a rest as long as the journey like we do). Was another great journey with friends :) and my personal companion who company me even when it was only through the phone, haha! looking forward for the next. Hopefully soon yah! Thanks everybody.

A week of blessing!

Hey, peeps.. How's your day?  It's already a week after Idul Fitri. Sorry for the late saying, but Taqoballahu Minna Wa Minkum. Taqobal ya Kariim. Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin yaa.

We're started from 0-0 again, okay? :p

I'm going to post some about my recent activities in this Ramadhan 1435 H. Well, actually I wasn't doing so much things, Me and my family only stayed at Surabaya this year, because of my grammy just got sick for a month, so all of my mother's siblings asked my family to not go anywhere. Hehehe, maaf curhat. So, to kill the boredom, my family just looked for something refreshing near Surabaya. We were going out to have a dinner, or going out to try new highway, or having a windows shopping at mall, or simply just watching television and get my house cleaned together. I think, after all, it was still perfectly fun to be stay at home for almost 2 months, as long as there're the loved ones. hahaha i'm totally that type of a-home-person

Here, I give you hints of my Ramadhan's activities back then, yeay X)

After praying Eid

Alhamdulillah, this year I could follow praying Eid with my complete family. Actually we planned to pray outside of our neighborhood, but sadly, just like what we guess, we could not wake up earlier that day =)) So at the end, my family decided to pray in mosque near my house.. wkwk. After praying, some of my neighbor came to house, and we did Halal Bi Halal. Also there were some of our relatives too.. And this year, fortunately, whoaa I still got THR nih.. hehe.. :p 

Trying new highway

I think the new highway which already opened in gate Gempol-Pandaan, it is supposed as the part of Surabaya-Mojokerto Highway, was good enough. I was amazed while crossing it. They were many crossing line, between one and another one direction. We could also see some tunnels in every some mile. WIKA seemly used new method that earlier used in developed countries such us Japan and America in building a highway in this project, which utilizing the free-vertical-area construction. Maybe, it is not as beautiful as Bali Mandara Highway, but I think it deserves for two thumbs up! :) 

In my perspective, the government of Indonesia should, very needed, and MUST held many construction in this field. Infrastructure was a very important point to increase the living's point in a country. By a good infrastructure there will be a massive movement that can be done by the population, include to make a living or to transport thing for one place to another place. By a good infrastructure, especially the transportation, i believe, the rest development (like building, home, entertainment's place) will also follows to growth. 

Fingers crossed aja lah for the new government that will start to work in the next three months!

Okay, next!

Pick and do groceries with mom and gramma

Company mom and grammom to have groceries means having a tiring day. Since I am as the youngest person there, I have the responsibility to carry and take care of the goods as long as we're shopping, hahaha. Running here and running there with some plastic bag in my hand at a really crowded place.. was another kind of physical exercise's times for me.. :') KURUS KURUS KURUS!!! wkwkwk

do cooking! :p

The next activity is do cooking! Lately, I almost always being left by my mom and daddy and it's ended by me get starving alone at home, huhuhu. So when the Magribh came up, I waited for my mom and dad to come home and brought me some food.. either I would not have eaten at all. Because of that, I prepared myself some easy and instant ingredients to cook at home, such as this spaghetti teheee. So I do not need to worry again, whether my parents will come home late or not :p It was a good time with stove, pan, and spatula. ❤ That's I provide you the tutorial :p :p :p And this below one is how it turned out! Awwweeee, come to mama food! X)

Hmm delicious spaghetti ala Chef Rizka ~ yeeah

Ramadhan 1435 H may ends, but the challenge of being a better person actually just started. So, let's do better in worshiping Allah ya.. Semoga Allah terus bimbing kita di jalan yang benar. Bismillahirohmanirohim. Semoga masih bisa berjumpa dalam Ramadhan berikut-berikutnya.. lengkap dengan orang yang kita sayang ya. Aamiin. Selamat beraktivitas kembali X)

First Outing Experience!

Hey peeps! ;)

This, time i'm going to share you about my quite-much-interesting experience! Which I just have done two days ago :) So I just followed an outing activity that held by my campus for an open recruitment to be their volunteer. And I must say... it was a nice first experience. Yeah, like, i really meet a new thing to try! Meet a total new environment, meet new friends, and heuh (finally) I'm out from my comfort zone.

This outing was held for three days. And it didn't take a long time (only about two hours/day) but in that such short time, i feel like, i got many things to learn. New spirit, new perspective, new friends, new togetherness, new feeling of having responsibility, and new feeling for caring. Mostly about, internationalization.

The first day, all the participants of outing got a great speech from Ms. Maria about the fact that our beloved country, Indonesia, have. She could hypnotized me enough to open my mind wider about internationalization, about facing the upcoming AEC in 2015, about my motivation for following this oprec. 

"you think your country has too many problems, but actually it's much muuch moree than THAT we already knew out there. They think the upcoming AEC is not a big problem, but actually yes IT IS. So, let's start asking from yourself first, have you ready enough to face it? It still few people who cares about this. There's only 98 out of 12.000 who think about this big matter. It's only 98 person out of 5% from 250k Indonesia's citizens who cares about this big matter. So if you say that you really love this country, this is your big job! At least to make your 11.902 other friends realize first! You're success in Internationalization if you already feel that you're in the same level with other people from another country. Students have a big role in this internationalization. Because, you're the lucky ones who can study in university. The future of your country is in your hands. So if your motivation are only to get SKEM, or to enhance your English skill, be wiser! You can take role more than that. And however, want or won't, this's the condition that you will face soon as the challenge of time. That's!"

That's only partly of what Ms. Maria said at the opening session on the 1st day, that's what I catch, mark, and remember. I must missed something there, but yeah, that's really a cool speech.

After got speech, the next agenda was, a presentation from a former in there, he told us about one of big event in there. After that we were divided into groups which one group consist of three people. fortunately I got group with one of my GERIGI's friend, Tommy from Ocean Engineering and also with a senior from Industrial Engineering, named mba Nola. We got the 4th Topic, so we need to plan one of the sub event. And presented it on the last day. And that's how, the activities on that day was ended. 

On the second day of Outing, Me, mba nola, and tommy made a deal to work our tasks in ITS's Library at 2P.M. In there, i also met others group. We brained storming our ideas and blend it into a final plan in there. Mba Nola was previously experienced in this field, since She was one year early in ITS, and she also know much about SME. And Tommy was a diligent boy one, he already made a blurry plan about it, so we could done it smoothly. Just need a final finishing about the presentation. Yay!

Because, that was still 4PM when I already done, and the 2nd Outing was held at 6.30 PM. I decided to wait at my big Uncle's home. I spend good time with my big aunty and older cousin, I cooked, chatted, ate, and watched film in there, wuhuuw. My brother told me some stories in there =)) (emhh, actually we were gossipping) hahaha. Time walks so fast in there and i still need to come for Outing, So i permitted to leave.

2nd day of Outing was fun! All time were spend for playing games! It method to know how's someone when they need to work on group. So, it more emphasized in how the team-work is in solving problems that given. The 1st was we got an issue and we're asked about the solution, etc. And then, we're given p**** and s****, yea it's more how we should be creative, unified, and have job desc for each of us :)

Last but not least.

It was the last day of outing. Quite unique experience for me, because this was my first time directly interacted with foreign students. Yea, I mean, I never really done this before. Have a group discussion with foreigner, and they were from Thailand!!! Ketjeh kan? You know right, just how hard is it to understand their speak? to understand their writing? But it wasn't. We could comfortably and smoothly speak with them, share with them, and they were really nice :) Also, sssst I got a group discussion with the beautiful ones! I mean, she's really beautiful! And they both are from Civil engineering. It's the same department with me!

courtesy: from twitter

After had session with ASEAN Camp's students, the Outing event was continued, it was time for presentation. I got so nervous, because i need to talk front of people, especially in English. Hrrrr, you must know how my hands and voice were being shaky.. =( I know i was really cupu!
Okayyyyy the rest stories were not really a highlight. I just made fun with people who sit nearest to me (don't ask who and what we were doing, haha) and guyss, that daay, the room was really extremely COLD! brr><

ok, bye

Being productive

Today's portrait!

Today, I'm going to retell you about things I did. Not something special, but I won't let this moment just going away from my pile of dust. So, D'village (event that held by my major) is getting closer, it's next week!! wow! Which means, we as the organizer, should work harder for any things that haven't fixed, including the fund's problem. That's why, we had a way out, by selling drinks and foods in Car Free Day Darmo. If I'm not wrong, it's been the 5th time since our first, it's last time for this year... and I had a great experience today :-D

The story was.. Icak as the director of its selling project was bored to make our weekly menu,  so then.. we changed our plan with the new one. Guess whaaatttt's it?

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Taraa! We sell banana-cheese fried, cutie pancake, bread toast, grilled sausage, grilled meatball, and cireng. And you know what? We made it ourself, exclude the sausage and cireng. So, on the Saturday ba'da Magribh, I went to Icak's house. I planned to sleep over there since we got lotta things to do, and we should get a good place on the Sunday Morning!

After arrived there, we prayed Isha and went to do grocery! It was so fuuun, since i went to here and there, just two with Icha, surfing on Icak's motorcycle, felt the night's breeze passing through my veins while seeing the moon's light (alay).  Firstly, we bought banana. Guess what, after bidding for some couple times, the seller gave us price (which i think) it was so cheap. After that, we were looking for some complement needs, such as the plastic, the toothpick, and the oil paper. And next destination was... finding cheese and palm sugar! then we found for the flour, oil, milk. Lastly, Icak treated me an avocado juice. Thanks a lot caki :3

After finished the "what we need to buy"'s checklists! We back home and prepared the whole things that we need. We made dough, we move the milk, we placed the sugar, we grate the cheese, we slice some banana, just times then... two more of our friends were coming! They were Temon and Cornel. We tried to cook our product. Just to make sure, that it does turn into something delicious. I'm forget to tell you, that time, it was already 1 AM in an early day.. ha.. ha.. we jokes and laughed for some silly and random things we did =))) Since yah..uda jam goblok gitu kan jam jam segitu itu.

After everything has packed on, Temon and Cornel asked us to go outside, can you imagine that? we haven't sleep all day along, we should wake up before 3AM, so we supposed to quickly sleep. but we weren't! We went to Ciputra BUT it was soooo fuuun, to pass by an empty freeway in an early daay. The air's breeze was soooooooo relaxing. I even took my head outside the car's window. Slowly screaming..... and really got happy in a time. I-somehow- feel calm and warm being surrounded with my friends.

around 2.30AM i got sleepy and...finally fall asleep. I heard sometimes Cornel and Temon were so noisy =)) I thought they don't know which way to pass. And times then I slightly woke up and we're already at The new airport =)) What the.... ?? =)) I heard they asked to me and Icha, should we down and taking some photos or not. But they said, me and Icha answered no, please guys, kita kan ngelindur itu jawabnya =))) We even didn't realize it was rainy so hard that morning wkwkwk

Just then, Suddenly, it's nearly to 4AM, and we haven't arrived at Icak's home. We got panicked and called Mandol. and Tiara also called us. =)) Some complicated things happened then. Untiil tadaaa, we arrived at Darmo.

Some unlucky things happened to us at first. the stove wouldn't work. the floor was watery, etc. But times then, things got better and were under our control :3 we started to make our foods! packed this packed that. frying this frying that. grilled this and grilled that. even we got some hot-oil splashing! wuuuw So complete right? The hot menu last morning was..the grilled meatball! u guys should try sometimes, okey ? <3

                                     

afterrr tired selling things. Me and kordesian played the paper-boat. We made wishes and float them. And then we packed, and we went back. by the way, I was driving for Temon and Cornel because that two were so sleepppyyyyy, and i thought it's ok. I felt like a mommy picking for her sons that time haha. Arrived at Icak's home we did the dishes, counted the money (yeeeyyyy!) and had a super comfy sleep for 4hours!

And i went home. 

Though it was so tiring.....I'm - seriously - really enjoying it. Alhamdulillah, thanks Allah for giving me chance to experience things like this, May i could always be productive like this B-)

A hectic week

My life this week in black & white

Hey blog... I guess this is the place where I end up when I reach my lowest point. Sorry, blog... that's why you're rather gloomy and mellow-drama lately hehehe but I tend to seek for relieve by writing here only or mostly when I get stuck, sad, tired, or terribly bored.

Look, I don't mean to complain, I think Allah has always been soo good to me. I know many people will switch place with where I am now. But there's always this one point when you're not satisfied, and that's what makes us human, right?

But, I must admit it, that this week was one of those tiring weeks ever. Due to many things that I should have done in 7 days. Not only consumed my thoughts but also lots of my energies.

Reversing time back into 7 days ago, after cycling  in the morning, I was getting an accident near my house. I fall and got some wound, gladly it wasn't that bad. Monday to Friday, I never got home earlier than 9-10PM, I drove to here and there.. I ran for this and that.. And plus.. My school's stuffs. Task, exam, etc. Which are never stop coming and coming like the water flows.. 

And, it's Sunday, which means tomorrow is already monday again. Like, "hheu.."  I know, I better take a rest or doing my homework or read some books instead of grumbling here, but i just feel like, I need a little escape now.. I've been going to a bookstore yesterday, but it doesn't help much. I still feel need sort of a little pause, such as have a school's day off, or going to somewhere, or simply writing here, maybe?

But then, I was companying my mom and my grammy to fresh market yesterday. In there i found how life was so opposite between one person to another, including me. And I should be thankful to Allah for His blessing.. I should reminding myself however I'm in bad condition that there're still many people out there who's in worse condition than me..  and my life that I have doesn't that hard to compare with theirs.

This's part of my journey to be someone who i wish i eventually turned out in the future. And I should fight for it. This's the war that never going to stop between me and my own self. I may feeling this in one time, but i must not let it control me all the time. Being a moody person is really a bad thing..hzz :''|

That is a video which's a compilation of videos that I took during this week when I was going to many places. I collage it into one and give it a soundtrack. That's the song that I mostly listening to lately.  KITA BISA by RAN ft. Tulus, it's a beautiful song, right? :)

A short trip to London!

3R went to London ^^

Yesterday me and my two friends, Rizky and Riky were going to an UK education expo that held by SUN, placed at Ballroom JW Marriot Surabaya, started from 10am to 6pm. And I didn't regret a bit for coming there! We got some packaged which contain of a guide book for study overseas in some countries and pen. Also, we could take a pict (and got the printed of it) with the background and properties of famous things in London, and it was free! :P

What we Got! :)

Then, we entered the auditorium. There were various desks based on the university with two tutors. Some is a foreigner, and you could choose which university you would like to know and asked there anything! Whether about the major, the cost, the locations, the things you need to prepare, etc. Since Me and my friends are still in first year, we didn't ask things that "muluk-muluk".. at least, we knew what things we should prepare from now if we really want to go there someday (aamiin).

Here're some important  info that I got if you want to apply for school at London, especially S2 programs:

1. Transcript in English, min. IP 3.

2. IELTS min. 6, TOEFL IBT min. 90

3. Reference from two college lecturers! 

4. Passport, visa, and lots of money (if you don't get a scholarship, you need to prepare money around Rp 290 million for the study cost per semester)

Okay that's all what I can share to you :3

By the way, today I came to a (real)-graduation at Graha ITS, it's kind of farewell party for some of my seniors that finally can wear a Toga and make their parents proud of them. I heard the speaker calling their name and said "LULUS DENGAN PUJIAN". Subbhanallah, hopefully me and all of my friends could hear that 3 years from now.. 

I know, the road is still long way to go. So, just keep the spirit up! May Allah always copes all of our dreams :)

Kapan bisa berpikir lebih mahasiswa-is?

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Judul di atas dipersembahkan buat diri saya sendiri. Kapan bisa berpikir lebih mahasiswa-is?

Baru saja melanglang buana di beberapa blog, yang penulisnya adalah seorang mahasiswa. Cuman ada dua hal yang sering saya lakukan ketika membaca tulisan-tulisan mereka, 1. berdecak kagum 2. manggut-manggut. Intinya, tulisan mereka terlalu luar biasa, banyak benernya, dan yang paling penting mahasiswa banget. 

Tapi, sebelumnya, saya mau jelasin dulu, gimana sih definisi tulisan yang mahasiswa banget buat saya?

Yang pertama, menurut saya, mereka yang sudah mahasiswa-is sudah mampu mengangkat sebuah topik yang cangkupannya Nasional, disini mereka nggak mengangkat sesuatu yang individual. Mereka membahas permasalahan dalam cangkup negara. Entah dunia ekonomi, pendidikan, politik, sosial, dll. Mereka mampu menyajikan data-data ataupun informasi yang berkaitan, yang bisa bikin pembaca, "Oh ternyata ada yang kayak gitu ya." Setelahnya, mereka mulai angkat bicara, mereka sampaikan argumen-argumen mereka, poin-poin dari tulisan mereka, gimana tanggepan mereka, gimana kritik mereka, dan gimana solusi dari mereka. Mostly, semua yang mereka sampaikan, itu dalem, maksudnya, "Wow." tapi endingnya mereka juga tetep bisa kasih suatu saran, solusi, atau ide penyelesaian yang konstruktif. 

Buat saya, ya harusnya gini ini, 'mahasiswa-is' Ngga cuman komentarin, nyerca, dan hal-hal sejenisnya terhadap sebuah permasalahan. Tapi juga harus bisa menyarankan solusi yang solutif. Apalagi, umur-umurnya mahasiswa ini kan, usia-usia muda yang 'they said' lagi berada dalam zona kreatif seorang manusia. Zona dimana kita suka menghayalkan hal-hal ekstrim, bahkan harusnya ini juga sebuah zona ketika kita bisa membuat nyata hal-hal ekstrim itu. Kok bisa? Ya, mahasiswa (apalagi yang sampe kuliah S2, S3) itu kan jenjang tertinggi dari sebuah pendidikan. Mulai PG, TK, SD, SMP, SMA, dan akhirnya kuliah. Kan sayang banget gitu harusnya, kalo sejauh itu kita bersekolah, ujung-ujungnya cuman orientasi uang? Dan ilmunya dibiarin menguap. Tapi, yah.. gabisa munafik sih. Tanpa uang, somehow, kita jadi kurang punya taring

Kenapa  perlu berpikir mahasiswa-is?

Firstly, karena emang status kita adalah seorang mahasiswa, jadi udah harfiahnya kita kudu berpikiran yang lebih mahasiswa-is. Kita calon pondasi-pondasi penegak bangsa kita selanjutnya, 20 atau 30 tahun lagi. Masa depan bangsa turun ke tangan kita. Kalo, pola pikir kita masih cuman, "besok ada peer ga ya".. kan juga gimana gitu kan..

Pingin, pingin banget bisa kayak mereka-mereka yang sudah kasih kontribusi nyata buat bumi pertiwi ini, dalam cakupan mereka sebagai mahasiswa. Okelah, 'tapi kan saya masih mahasiswa tahun I. Jadi, gapapalah, masih kayak gini..' Sering-sering banget saya mengagung-agungkan mereka, terinspirasi, namun pada akhirnya saya hanya  melakukan pembelaan diri seperti itu.

Sampai suatu hari, saya menemukan sebuah kata bijak, seperti ini (dengan sedikit perubahan)

Seandainya, bila kata 'tapi' itu tidak ada
Bayangkan, ketika kata 'tapi' itu tidak ada dalam kamus kehidupan kita. Ketika kita melakukan kesalahan, kita tidak bisa mengelak, dengan kata 'tapi...tadi..' dan membuat beribu alasan, atau justru, mengambing hitamkan orang lain. 

Be someone a little braver.. 

Mulailah dengan, ketika kamu melakukan sebuah kesalahan, jangan katakan 'tapi..' dari kata itulah, dirimu memulai memaafkan dirimu dari kesalahan-kesalahan nya, dan akhirnya mengulangnya lagi di hari kedepan. Katakan, 'iya saya salah karena...saya..' 

Akui kekuranganmu. 
Supaya itu bisa menambahmu dengan hal yang lebih baik kedepannya

Memang saya punya kekurangan, saya kurang berani mengungkapkan pendapat secara langsung. Saya masih belajar, saya juga nggak tahu berapa lama waktu yang diperlukan sampai saya bisa menjadi seperti mereka yang sudah berkontribusi secara nyata. Melalui tulisan-tulisan ini dululah saya akan belajar untuk menjadi mahasiswa yang mahasiswa-is. 

Mengutip kata-kata yang diucapkan oleh salah satu pembicara, yang notabene dari kalangan dosen di universitas saya, dalam sebuah acara pembukaan welpar jurnalistik universitas saya beberapa bulan yang lalu.

"Ketika kamu belum berani berbicara. Tulislah saja apa itu yang ingin kamu katakan"

Sedikit namun begitu memotivasi. Saya sangat setuju dengan beliau. Setidaknya, kata-kata beliau mampu membangkitkan semangat orang-orang yang kurang berani berbicara seperti saya ini. Kontribusi bukan hanya tentang turun ke jalan, berorasi. Dengan hanya kita ingin tahu, disitulah kita sudah berkontribusi. Buat saya, words have power. Apalagi real action. Apapun medianya, berorasi, menulis, menyumbang, kampanye, dan sebagainya. Semoga, saya bisa lebih mahasiwa-is kedepannya.

Jadi ?
Akankah kita menjadi pemuda sebagai potensi negara ?
Atau pemuda sebagai sumber permasalahan sebuah negara ?
Kita sendiri yang tentukan.
Semoga kita bisa menjadi insan yang berguna.

;)

                                           
                                                 

People say "Be with the people who bring out the best of you", and I couldn't agree more with those sentences. That's a true statement ever. Simply, because we live only once. So why we must wasting our times on someone who doesn't care with us and only make us sick?
But, however, i still do that sometimes hahaha

I just had a good conversation with someone, who I preferably call as a brother for me, and honestly deep..deep..down inside, somehow I really thankful that destiny met me up with this kind and caring brother like him. Maybe, from outside people will think, that he's someone who less concerned with things around him.. Because he keeps acting cool ._. and stays silent all the way :)) But after I got to know him, I found out that was a really wrong point of view -,- You know, he could suddenly laughing when you ain't even talking to him, just because you're saying one silly word accidentally to someone else.

I always have a good time whenever i get time to chit chat with him, he's really a good companion to talk with, because I can share so many things, whether about my college, my hobby, my lessons, etc :D He's someone who can equal my talks, my thoughts, and my jokes. He can give me an advice. A new information. A new perspective. Tell me what I should or I shouldn't do as well. And that's a good thing. Because, I like it when someone tell me directly which I should have done rather than just saying "that's up to you.." everytime I ask them :) He ever told me, to keep doing what I love. Yes, it's something I love. He said that it's kind of pity..if i stopped doing what I have an ability on, just because, I'm too lazy.

So happy to have lovely people around. For me, everyone is like a rainbow, they have their own color. Maybe sometimes, we can't be one thought with them, because, yes we have differences in every thinking point, and it's a normal thing :) Living with an understanding is a beautiful thing, despite so many differences, we learn to understand and accept others perspective. And what we mostly not realize is, when we tolerate each other, we enrich our thinking ways with that.

Can't wait to have another good time and conversation with you, bro. Especially like on that rainy afternoon. Thanks a lot for always boosted my mood up! ;)