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.

Be Ready for AEC 2015 !

During the holiday, I spent a lot of my time in home, so my routine to read the newspaper is also back. Most time while reading a newspaper, i only read the highlight, the article which's also provided with an image, or something that really catch my attention, because I think, something that colorless is just not quite interesting to read, haha.

But, last time, i found a good article. It was an opinion from the writer about the President's election- which is one of the candidate who lost the election, ask for repetition to Mahkamah Konstitusi Indonesia. In the last part of this article, which said something close to this (sorry, I could not find the newspaper),

"..instead of making fuss about comparisons of election results, which will be splurging money, time, effort again. It's better to receive the results and accept who is the chosen president now. Anyway, if we want to save or make Indonesia as the number one country, we must not be as a President, right? Thus a successful entrepreneur, or being clever students who win at international level, or being a citizen of Indonesia which have the same mindset to build a better Indonesia, can also help our Country being the number one. Now, there is a more important issues that heading ahead us. Indonesia's government better immediately prepare itself for ASEAN Community 2015, which is already right in sight. "

Right in that time, I said like, "NHAAHH NHAAHHH." I just can't not agree anymore. I've been spending a month in home and have my reading newspaper's routine back, but I hardly found any article which specially talk about AEC issue.. I think, Indonesian needs to know more about AEC 2015 because, when this gate of economic community finally opened, the wave of trade whether trade of goods/worker/etc will freely happening in our country.

In my opinion, AEC 2015 will  give a positive impacts if we all have been made a good preparation and fully ready to face it. Such as, our country has a good infrastructure and our country has a high quality human resources. So, as the participant we can take an advantage of it, and not being fooled/disadvantaged from this system. Imagine, when people from other ASEAN countries come to our country, then they do have a higher grade/ability than our citizens, so they're appreciated in our country, they become a leader, they opened many companies, they permanently run a business in here. It's a bad idea. We're only being a servant in our OWN country when we supposed to be THE KING here. And there's a BIG probability of that to be happened in this free economic community, if we all not well-prepared.

Don't you think, It is a serious matter, guys? For me, it's yes.

Sometimes, Indonesia's people are to concern with their internal issues- we keep criticizing about this and that, but we are not give and make any solution, and then we forget that there are another challenge of time that will keep coming toward us.. :)

We should  take more care about it, as a student, we can make a little preparation at least for ourself.
Such as;

• keep improving our foreign language skill, 
• make good grades in every subject, 
• keep update to the latest issue that happens near us, 
• have a wide social community, 
• surround yourself with positive people,
• etc.

Still curious about AEC 2015? Just Google it, guys! Do find more and more about it yah! And also spend your time to watch this video too, okey? :)

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)

The Air of Freedom

Menurutku, menulis itu adalah udara bebas. Sebuah sarana mengekspresikan apa yang ada di diri kita. cerita masa lalu, angan-angan, isi hati, pengalaman, pemikiran, pendapat, hal yang menyenangkan, hal menyedihkan, apapun, apapun, kamu bisa menulisnya. 

Mengapa aku mengatakan begitu? Bagaimana dengan apabila kita menulis dengan kata-kata buruk, atau yang bisa menyakitkan orang lain, ato mungkin melanggar peraturan? Kembali lagi, itu sih terserah kepada si penulis kan. Kalo memang dia ingin menulis sesuatu yang blak-blak an, no sensor, dengan kata-kata kasar, ya nanti sang penulis lah yang akan menanggung akibat dari pilihannya itu kan.

Apapun yang hendak kita tulis, itu adalah kebebasan kita. Kita sebagai penulis. Dan menurutku itulah keasyikan dari menulis, you don't need anyone's approval, you just write what you want to write, you just write what you want to relieve, you just write what your heart's says. :)

Literally, ada satu hal lagi yang gak bisa dipisahkan dari menulis, ini juga merupakan salah satu kegiatan favoritku. Tahu kan apa? Yep, benar sekali- membaca. Secara nggak sadar, sehari-hari aku tidak pernah terlepas dari kegiatan ini. Dan aku yakin, kalian yang kehidupannya sudah berada di garis kelayakan, pasti juga mengalami hal yang sama denganku. Setiap hari, kalian pasti akan membaca sesuatu, misalnya, ketika kalian membuka akun sosial kalian, banyak hal yang sudah kita baca, mungkin ungkapan hati akun yang kita ikuti, mungkin fakta-fakta, mungkin update'an berita, ya kan? :) Akupun sama.

Sama seperti menulis, membaca juga merupakan sebuah udara kebebasan. Sebagai pembaca, kita bisa bebas memilih apa yang ingin kita baca. Kita males baca ini, sukanya baca topik yang itu. Kita gak suka tulisannya orang A, tapi ngefans berat sama tulisannya orang B. Kita nggak bisa baca tulisan yang pake bahasa ini, kita bisanya bahasa itu. As a reader, you hold your own choice for what you want to read. :)

Kadang sebagai pelajar, kita terlalu muluk berbicara tentang kebebasan. Kita mudah benci dengan peraturan lembaga tempat kita menempa ilmu, yang terlalu mengekang, terlalu memberatkan, terlalu akademis, terlalu padat jadwal, dan lain-lain. Akupun tidak menyalahkan pandangan itu, karena stigmaku pada sistem pendidikan yang sekarang pun juga tak jauh dari itu.

Tetapi, kapan hari, aku membuka sebuah link, yang berisi tentang lukisan yang diinterpretasikan oleh seorang pengamat lukisan. Akupun cukup takjub ketika membacanya. Mungkin, kalau misal aku melihat gambar-gambar itu tanpa adanya tulisan-tulisan tersebut, aku sangat yakin, pemikiranku tidak akan sampai kesitu. 

Dari gambar itu, timbul pertanyaan dari dalam diri.

Pendidikan. Harusnya mampu mencerdaskan peserta didiknya, memberi ladang kebebasan untuk mengekspresikan pemikiran, menguji kompetensi. Mampu berdiri diatas kakinya sendiri, sebagai individu, mengapa? Karena kita sudah berpendidikan, beredukasi.

Tetapi bagaimana fakta yang ada sekarang?

Konon, siswa ataupun mahasiswa sekarang, khususnya Indonesia, bukannya menjadi sosok yang independen, justru malah dicemari menjadi generasi yang suka mencontek, suka plagiat, suka bolos, suka membelot, bangga menjadi pelanggar, dan lain-lain. Menurutku, pendidikan kini- justru menjadi subjek yang membodohi objeknya. Sistem pendidikan kini lah yang mendorong objeknya menjadi memiliki mental-mental seperti itu. Karena, sistem yang ada sekarang, menanamkan, nilai lebih penting daripada pemahaman. Kejujuran tidak dihargai. Yang memiliki nilai, tanpa memedulikan bagaimana cara mendapatkannya, yang akan menang, daripada mereka yang memahami. Sungguh sangat disayangkan.

Apa sih yang aku ingin bilang disini?

Hmm lebih tepatnya, aku sekarang sedang mengajak kita semua, untuk bertanya, terlebih kedalam diri kita masing-masing. Harusnya pendidikan adalah yang membuat orang mampu berdiri diatas kakinya sendiri, lalu bebas, ingin melangkahkannya kemana. Bukan malah menjadi penekan kebebasan seseorang. Membatasi ruang fikir kita hanya pada sebatas ukuran nilai dan kertas-kertas ujian, tugas, laporan nilai, peraturan. Dan berujung, kita melakukan itu semua, karena keterpaksaan. Bukan kebutuhan.

Masih terpatri dibenakku ketika aku masih duduk di bangku Sekolah Dasar. Orang tua, bapak, dan ibu guruku kala itu sering mengingatkan kami bahwa sebagai siswa, tugas utama kami adalah belajar. Dan kegiatan belajar ku dulu hanya dapat dipenuhi dengan kegiatan membaca ataupun menulis, karena Teknologi belum secanggih sekarang. Tapi, justru di waktu dulu lah aku menemukan nikmat menjadi pelajar. Ketika rasa ingin tahu, mencambuk sebagai rangsangan ingin menjadi seseorang yang rajin dan pandai. Aku belajar karena aku merasa butuh, aku ingin bisa membaca lebih, dan aku juga ingin menulis banyak hal darinya. Seperti itu.

Aku rasa, budaya itulah, yang kini sudah runtuh. Kita menyepelekan membaca dan menulis, kita sering melakukannya tanpa menghayati sisi utamanya. Aku punya contoh nyata, yang sering aku sebagai individu alamin,

"Kamu ga nyatet?"

"Enggak udah aku foto kok."

"Yaudah aku nanti nyalin ya."

"Kamu ga ndengerin?"

"Nggak, nanti aku baca di rumah aja"

Dan akhirnya jam pembelajaran pun menjadi tidak efektif. Dan yang ada, justru hanyalah rasa malas yang kian menumpuk.

Sekarang aku baru sadar, ketika aku merasa kebebasanku banyak terenggut dari pendidikan yang aku jalani, mungkin aku sendiri yang perlu melakukan instropeksi, karena sepertinya akulah yang sudah melalaikan beberapa hal.

Tenyata, selama ini aku sedang lupa, kalau aku sudah diberi kebebasan. 

Ya, kebebasan untuk membaca dan menulis.

Hal dasar selamanya akan selalu dipakai, berhubungan, dan seterusnya berguna. Sama seperti, penambahan, pengurangan, pembagian, perkalian dalam Matematika yang seterusnya akan terpakai ketika kita belajar Matematika. Sama seperti, a i u e o ba bi bu be bo dalam Bahasa Indonesia, yang seterusnya akan terpakai ketika kini pun kita berbicara ataupun membaca. Membaca dan menulis adalah hal dasar yang seterusnya harus kita pakai, kita hubungkan, dan kita gunakan dalam belajar, menempuh pendidikan, ataupun hidup kita seterusnya. Karena, hidup adalah sebuah pembelajaran, karena hidup adalah sebuah cerita yang kita tulis, lalu kita baca esoknya, supaya kita belajar menjadi lebih baik, terus dan terus seperti itu. Dari menulis, kita membagi 1001 hidup, dan dari membaca kita menghidupi 1001 kehidupan. Sungguh, hal yang sangat kaya, bukan?

Jadi, kalo kamu juga pernah lupa, semoga ini  mampu mengingatkanmu. :)

P.S: i found a very good article just couple weeks after i wrote this post. You must also read it peers. click here! :)