Not To Mention

It's not to mention that I want to make everything less.
It's not to mention that their problems are always easy for me.
It's also not to mention that they don't have a right to be my priority, because they always do.

I just try to make them to see their problem as light as they can.
I just want them to be strong in dealing with any kind of problem.
I just want them to be wise in facing their problem.
All I want is, they take all lessons they got from the problem and forget other's bad behave to them.

I am adult and I take my part in taking care of my children,
once again, not to mention myself as a child.

I'll try my best in it, while I learn a lot of things from them also.

Responsibility

People will get their responsibilities along with trust from others. We will be good and worthy person, if we can take the responsibility well or at least do our best in doing it, with all the power we have.

Neglecting responsibility can cause bigger problem than we ever thought before. Student under our responsibility can be hurt phisically or mentally. Phisically hurts can be cured by some medicine and treatment, how about mentally? It also can be cured, but maybe it can't be healed perfectly, even if it could, it may take a whole life and time they had.

Hope there's no other irresponsible act that cause to something bad to others. Wishfully...

Movie is Learning while Feeling Entertain

My friend posted an interesting article into her blog. She wrote about her favorite movies. Well, it tickled me to post about mine here. Well, we have some things in common, but let's see whether we have the same taste in movies..

For me, movies travel me to unfamiliar places, stronger characters, inspirations of life, impossible moments become possible and also learn many expressions of languages.
Of course, I've watched many films and some of them, I don't remember the title though :)).

• 1st, I like a lot Serdadu Kumbang. It's Indonesian movie, about education and oh, the characters are strong and it's highly recommended for every teachers and educators in my country.
• 2nd, Laskar Pelangi. Still Indonesian movie and still about education. I think the launch of it is the awakening moments of high qualified Indonesian film.
• 3rd, Frequency. About time travel and fix the past for better future. It's impossible, but that's why I like the movie..:))
• 4th, Kungfu Panda. Fat and meaningless panda became very good in kungfu. What other reasons I should say about why I like the movie?
• 5th, Freedom Writers. Film about education. A young, high dedicated teacher who is willing to teach her students and save their future. Based on true story.
• 6th, SWAT. Full of tense film, just like it!
• 7th, Last Samurai. Here, an American admit that Japanese strives hard in doing their daily life.
• 8th, My Sister's Keeper. Taught me about love and the meaning of family.
• 9th, Sixth Sense. The unexpectable ending is really...owh!
• 10th, Hachiko A Dog's Story. Loyalty is also something even for a dog.

Those movies are not mentioned based on the rank. I just mentioned what comes on my mind :)
Finally I can write in a very hectic moments before the report :)

General Election at School (part 2)

Today is the day. We vote for the candidate. Honestly, the student I chose didn't win, but the winner is also satisfying (at least for me :)). The winner who got the most vote is number eleven (11).

Briefly, my students were so excited having the election. They make a (chaos) line before getting the letter, but they did it happily.

The 12 parties.

General Election at School

Tomorrow, we'll have general election (Pemilu) at school. There are 12 political parties which were made by my students. They already announce and promote their party to their friends and all 5th graders.

I can't wait to see who will be the winner of this election. Hmm, which one will I choose? It's secret, but I will choose a party with good performance in promotion.

Forgetful

Last night I saw a nice movie, starred by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. What comes on my mind is that the movie casts by Adam Sandler should be funny. The result is, yes, it is. The film is funny.

Actually I saw the movie because I was interested of one of the soundtrack by Jason Mraz, so I watched it. It's a common love movie, but the different is the woman only has one day memory because of an accident happened a year ago. If she sleeps, then in the next day, she will forget everything about the last day. When the man met her, he fell in love with her, but the problem is, he has to make her fall in love to him that day and everyday he has to repeat it. During the movie, I keep thinking, how can people love other in that huge quantity. I've never loved anyone deeply, even to my family I guess. I mean, it's not easy to keep falling in love to someone who doesn't even know you. But well again, I know nothing about this word calls l.o.v.e.

Planetarium and Fatahillah Museum

Last Wednesday, I had school visit to three places, they are Ministry of Foreign Affair, Fatahillah Museum, and Planetarium. I won't tell about the Ministry of Foreign Affair in detail, it isn't tourism object anyway, but here is our photo.

in the Ministry of Foreign Affair

About Planetarium, well I will tell little about it. In Planetarium, we have an hour show about universe, planets, sun, meteor, meteor shower and else. It's quite amusing since I have no idea when I will experience it by myself. I mean going out of the earth and see planets are going around the sun, so does the satellites to the planets. In a moment, I felt like I was in the daily night life, looking at the sky and the stars are amazing. You can find more info about it here.

Planetarium

If you like to go to the museum like I do then you will agree with me that Fatahillah Museum is really historic and quite well-organized for a museum in Indonesia. Fortunately, I was there with my students, so we had two nice and friendly guides with us. I went around with the girls, so you will see many cute girls here with me ;). Okay, let's start, the museum is located in the west part of Jakarta. It is very strategic, near to the Jakarta Kota train station and also many other museums, like Mandiri Museum, Ceramic Museum and Wayang Museum, also there is a West Jakarta's Post Office across with the same type of building with Fatahillah Museum, so it's like you go to one place and get more than one experience, isn't it good?

Post office across it

First look in the outside the museum, you will see that Fatahillah Museum which is also known as Jakarta History Museum or Batavia Museum, you will see an ancient Holland building with wide front yard. For me, it is awesome. It's the look of the museum.

Fatahillah Museum

Around the museum, there are many bicycle for rent, also with colonial style, ancient bike and tandem along with with ladies hat, so nice...:). Unfortunately, I was so tired, so that I didn't rent a bike like my students did. In this case, age talks a lot :)). Well then, it's better you go yourself to these places and enjoy!

Let's ride bike

with the nice guide and Hermes :)

I Don't Know

Recently, I have many things on mind. I don't know how is it to be depressed and don't like to be. Getting angry with no reasons. Start to have wrinkled face in front of people I love. At that time, all I want to do is only listening to songs and musics I like and also murottal to conquer my feelings. Anyhow, I feel uncomfortable with such senses.

Many things need to be solved and I need to be happier. I need to say this to myself, happiness is mine. To be happy or not is my decision. Nobody can make me happy or sad. This is purely my decision. Even though, sometime things are not always this easy.

Being strong doesn't mean I have to smile every single day in facing my problem and stuffs, but avoiding myself to be such an annoyed person to anyone I know. Oh, come on, there's always ray of lights after the storm. Make it simple, make it fun, make me happy...

The Power of Wish

We may say that we don't really believe in pray. Sometimes we just feel don't like to pray because of our pray with deeply heart isn't answered as we want. But today, one of my student prove that we have to be brave to pray for every business we have.

The story is about one of my nice first grader special needs student. He had been absent for around one week until I decided to visit him with his shadow teacher who is also my good friend on the last Friday. We visited him and tried to take him to school and he determined not to go. We're trying hard, but it was useless. He still refuse to go with us. We were wondering what has happened to him, since he was so very motivated to go to school before. I ask my friend about some probabilities, but we were still clueless. On the way to school, we say some wish. Wishing him to come back to school soon and be able to learn and play with his friends.

On Monday, he was still absent and we were still wondering if there any mistakes we made so that he feel insecure. Then, we wish he will back to school. This morning, the wish came true. He showed up in my class door step and smiled. No words can really describe my feeling. I was extremely happy. Our wish come to the reality. I'm sure it also because of the prayers of his parents. But anyway, it wakes me, that even if I don't wish seriously, the wishes could come true. So, there are no reason for me to stop wish and pray about all things in my life.

SPECIAL NEEDS

Special needs means uncommon conditions where someone or something has to be threat different, not special or always need helps. 

Something looks different if it is in a different conditions than others surround.

Sometimes people threat any body else differently just because he/she is special in one's heart.

I still believe that every body has their own side of difference.

For instance, some people tend to cry out loud when they are in a deep stressing mind and it makes them relieve, while in for some other people, it is weird.

Or, adults cry to others with bad words and they surprise if kids do the same.

The thoughts just came up on my mind while I was making weekly report of my division.

One more, world looks always nice and beautiful with many different things in it, doesn't it?

'Eid El Fithri'

After a very confusing decision of 1st Syawal from the government of Indonesia (it only happened in Indonesia), then now, let's say

TaqabbalalLahu minna wa minkum, shiyamana wa shiyamakum.

May Allah accepts our worship, my fast and also yours.

Hopefully, Allah will permit us to meet next Ramadhan. Amiin.

It's holiday now! The holiday started from August 22 until September 6. I will be back to school on September 7. Long holiday, isn't it? Actually, it's a very long holiday I feel. I've watched many films until I fed up with it. Anyway, I have plenty of time to do things I like. I can prepare my lesson too, I will, actually, haha.

Holiday means the world to me.

All About...

Hey, last night I saw a movie, and at that movie I found a nice sentence and it tickled me,

If you love someone, set them free.

If you have to stalk them, means, they don't belong to you at the first time.

Haha, I don't know why some people have to stalk people they love. In fact, I know nothing about LOVE.

Thank You and Sorry

Maybe some people think that they are the most precious in their life. This kind of person think that what ever other people do is not more precious than them. Even when others do good things as they needed they can't say thank you. They don't think that they already make others spend their time to help them. Also, when they make mistake to others they don't realize it. Lamentably, they always think they always right and others are wrong.

So bad that I meet this kind of person in this holy month and I can not hide or avoid. Moreover, when I say my apologize, it makes their head bigger. Okay, nothing to lose to say sorry, maybe I also am wrong. I don't care if they think it's my mistake, but at least I've done what is right for me. Maybe from now on, I will reduce my interaction with this kind of people. *sigh*

Marhaban Yaa Ramadhan

It will come again. The holy month every muslim expected. When I was in early elementary, I didn't really like Ramadhan. Since all I know in that month I can't eat nor drink in day time. I will feel hungry and thirsty and the thing that I hated the most is, I have to do Tarawih at night. Do you know, I like sleeping a lot and Tarawih made me so sleepy.

It's like when you are in a training camp for a competition. You can't do all things you want and enjoy. You have to follow the rules and it makes you tortured, but when you keep following the rules until the end and in the competition day you win. It's all because you've been trained in the camp perfectly and you follow it with all your heart.

Day by day, I learn about Ramadhan and I think this month is the most precious time in a year. Then, I made myself believe that I have to do my best in this month. I also keep myself believe that this month is the right time for me to be better :).

Allahumma baariklana fii rajaba wa sya'ban wa ballighna Ramadhan...

Dear Allah, give me blessings in Rajab (month) and Sya'ban (month) and take me to Ramadhan...

Then, I Found One

Yesterday, I got  a reply from my ad in one of penpal site. This man have ever sent me a reply before and we have correspond for a while then he was gone, no reply after all. I took it easy as usual when I lost my male penpal. As for me, when we have friend who is not sincere, it's better for me not to have them at all. So, when I got his reply, I think it's better for me not to send him my reply, because it's just waste my time. So, after some months then, I found one who may be a collector. Anyway, I learned lot of things in penpal world :)

Kawah Putih and Situ Patenggang

We did a nice vacation to Kawah Putih (White Crater) and Situ Patenggang in the last school holiday. Nothing much to say I think, it's better to watch these... :)

Welcome to Kawah Putih (White Crater)

Kawah Putih is beautiful, isn't it?

Situ Patenggang (Patenggang Lake)

Nice scenery of Situ Patenggang

Calung (a traditional music instrument from West Java)

It’s the D-day. Time for me to play calung in a team as a very welcome performance in the graduation ceremony of the fourth generation of my school alumni.

This is calung I played

In my previous post, I’ve written how interest I was, playing calung, one of traditional music instrument from Indonesia. I’ve thought before that playing music instrument is kind of interesting, but I’ve never imagined that playing it is so very extra interesting. I believe it deeper that music is the soul of life for me (at least). I like listening to music very much. It can be said that I can’t stand being without music and songs.

Everybody who saw me at that performance told me that they didn’t expect that I can play music instrument like I did. They don’t think that I can play any music instrument or maybe they don’t think that I have any sense of art, though! Haha... Okay, let me tell you my experience of these two weeks practicing and finally performing in the occasion. 

First practice, it was 13^th of June. At that time, I myself didn’t think that I could survive in the first practice. I felt it so hard hitting that bamboo instrument. My left hand was just very rigid and couldn’t do nothing but hitting it and produce bad sound! The trainers, still taught us patiently, but I feel guilty. In the end of the practice, I just sigh and thought that maybe I have no talent in playing calung. I went back to school with bad feeling.

The next day, the second practice went better. We have different trainers than the first practice. They taught us patiently and clearly, which is the most important and what we really needed. After the second practice, everything’s going just fine and fun. I like playing it and practice time was what I was waiting for everyday

Today, tadaaa! It’s my performance with my friends and all the trainers. Thank you very much for trainers from RC, who has taught us patiently, and most important, clearly. Also for the opportunity gave to me and support of my friends when we practice and, after all, play together. Hopefully we (I) can have another opportunity playing other traditional music instrument. 

As a conclusion, I want to say this. It always feels good to try new things and it feels even better, if you do something where your heart tells you to. I will dare myself to try new things, start from simple things, like playing calung.

These Two Days

For these fantastic two days, I am learning to play a music instrument as a presentation for my students' graduation. I like it....! It's my second chance learn music instrument. The first one is around thirteen years ago. I learned how to play guitar for the vocal group in art subject. It was successful, though. Now, I'm learning calung! I'll tell you more about it. Just wait, complete with photos! See you...!

It's About...

I learned a lot about...
I don't know what to learn about when one day I felt my heart so narrow and ache. Simply can't stand being alone when I got in to the situation. I keep myself busy to avoid my heart from that kind of feeling.

Now, I've just recognized that life is not only dare to love, but dare to understand what it is.

Feel simply happy because I'm proud that I care to others and maybe someday I will be loveable.

Many people feel happy although they are alone, right? Because they have so many love in their outstanding life surround.

Teacher Sertification

Recently, the topic in my school is about the title I wrote. At first, when I heard about it, what's on my mind is teacher sertification=professional teacher. Am I wrong? Nope, not at all! What I'm thinking is right :). So, if a teacher gets the sertification, he or she will have a mark as a professional teacher and also get intensive teacher training as an effort of the government to create professional educators. Beside that, there is another benefit when a teacher gets it. He or she will get an extra salary, compile in a year. Just count it! What a big ammount of money is it for teacher! No wonder, many teachers who have ever talked about it with me, will stress the insentive of it. I wonder, how could they? Is the salary they get every month is too low? I don't think so, because government teachers already have salary raise many times.

I just wanna say that, how lamentable when teachers only think about the insentive they will have from the sertification, instead of becoming professional teachers. I understand that money will be very seducted, but number one priority should be the quality itself.

This is my suggestion to all my teachers who are also my friends who get their sertification this year. Congratulation and good luck for you all! :)

Home In Heaven

Yesterday, I heard grieve news about a great person who passed away in a car accident in a way from Yogyakarta to Jakarta, she is Yoyoh Yusroh. She was the member of House of Representative. I don't know her at all and vice versa, but this kind of lost, still made my tears fall hard. She is so fantastic woman I've ever heard, maybe kind of shahabiyah of Rasulullah in his time. I don't have to mention about it here. She is fabulous, great mother, wife, and she meant a lot for the community.

Mario Teguh said that the house of good person in heaven is quickly served. I proof it yesterday. May Allah bless her and give her the best place on her side. We will miss her, deeply...

Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un...
Allahumma firlaha warhamha wa'afiha wa'fuanha

Will Miss You

Not every day or every month even, I write two post within a day, but today, something force me to.

Today, before lunch, after I conduct the qiroati class, one of my workmate met me in my neighbour class, where I do qiroati things with my students. She said that she was already resign. I was astonished and never thought that she will leave me that early. She will get married next week and move out of town. We shaked hands and kissed each other's cheek.

No words I could say. In case, I was so busy keep my tears not to fell down from my eyes. She was one of my closest friend at school. We took a short trips to some places together. We also shared our story, but we've never shared even a tears, maybe this is why I tend not to cry in front of her. I'm happy for her happiness and I'm glad to know her. Shortly, I'm gonna miss her. Oh, I miss her already. May Allah stay with you all times.

BarakalLahu laka wa baraka 'alaika wa jama'a bainakuma fii khairin.

May I...

Dear Allah...
I know obviously that all I had is the greatest things you have designed

I know surely what I have now is the best thing you give me.

As I also know that I will have all best things in the future.

Dear Allah...

Please please please, I beg you with all my soul, 

one simple thing that surely is much easier for you

Don't let me desire even a thing that I don't deserve

or even a simple thing you've never designed for me

Give me strength to take every unexpected things as my destiny

Give me also huge heart to accept it with all your mighty and kindness

Amiin

I Learn

Last week was my hectic week. I had many things to deal with and as mostly in my entire life, I didn't have adequate preparations to put them into good bin.

Last week, I learned a lot about preparing anything that we want should be fought for. I learn that nothing is easy in this life, though.

Every Pigeon

Every pigeon will find its own pair. I don't know why it has to be pigeon. Why it's not manta, shrimp, or any other creatures? I didn't know and didn't want to know, until one day, when I was in secondary school and liked to play with pigeons, I know that the male will fly freely and after all always go back to meet the female. His soul mate, I guess :).

In the short future, my childhoods friend will get married, which means, she finds her soul mate. Something poke me then.

Anyway, to my childhoods friend...  


barakalLahu laka wa baraka 'alaika wa jama'a bainakuma fii khoirin

Second Chance

There were many chances to start something good in my life, but most of them were gone without conscience. I have another chance few weeks ago and you know, start doing good thing is not easy, moreover it's completely hard. Alhamdulillah, Allah show me the mighty and I can walk through it little by little. Now, I will try not to waste the chance again. Inotte kudasai!

Leisure Time Is Really Worthwhile

I miss my time to take a nap for half or one hour

I miss my time watching interesting films

I miss riding bike going nowhere

I realize now that my leisure time is so very precious

Feel It

Like I wrote in this blog many times that I have some penpals. I always reply them right away after I get their e-mails or letters, but recently I can't do that perfectly. Before, some of them reply my e-mails about 4 to 5 days after I wrote them. Some even reply after 2 weeks to a month and they say apologize to me of replying late. But now, I feel it myself that being punctual in replying e-mail isn't easy when I have lot of things to do. Making assignments, arranging school visit, meetings, preparing teaching materials, and also learning my lesson in UT.

I wrote this because they are worthy for me. Yeah, friendship is always worthwhile. Pardon me not to reply on time :)

Extra...

As a teacher, I deal with many types of students. Fortunately, most of them are nice. For this entire time being teacher, I feel like it's a bless for me. I'm learning many things, academically or non academically, like patience, forbearance, and time punctuality. In short, I spend good times as a teacher, eventhough, it can be said that being a teacher is coincident. I didn't take education major for my bachelor degree, unless it was my childhood ideal. Yeah, when I was a child and didn't have many friends as I am introvert little girl, I think my teachers are my idol. Since almost all teachers are kind and friendly.

Back to my students, lately the girls are (I consider) too much in dealing with others. They tend to easily cry because of small things, being hurt just because a game played. I don't mean to underestimate their problems. I know everybody have their own problems. I compare their problem with the problem faced by my previous students in their age. 

All I wanna say is, I don't want them to take something too seriously when it's not necessary. Their journey is still long and windy. They have to be strong and forbear for every obstacles they will face in life. 

Be strong, kids! You have to be, from now and then...

Jadi Pelajaran

Pernahkah Anda melihat seorang anak menangis sambil teriak sekaligus merajuk minta sesuatu?

Saya pernah, baru saja tadi dan (shamely) anak yang menangis itu adalah keponakan saya :(.

Ceritanya begini, malam ini saya jalan-jalan sama keluarga saya (ibu+saudara-saudara) di salah satu mall di Jakarta Utara. Rencananya memang sengaja ke mall itu karena ada arena bermain anaknya. Sejak berangkat, si ponakan yang berumur 3 tahun lebih sekian bulan ini memang pingin banget main. Tapi kita memutuskan makan malam dulu. Selama acara makan malam, ponakan kecil ini malah sibuk mainan sumpit dan ngacak-ngacak, disuruh makan malah mainan di bawah meja. Dibilangin malah kabur dan melawan. Intinya dia tidak menurut, sehingga kami pun kompak tidak menuruti kemauannya untuk main. Lalu terjadilah insiden itu (lebay deh bahasanya!). Si ponakan nangis sambil meratapi mandi bola. Coba dibilangin lagi sama ayahnya, malah marah-marah, mamanya dipukul (saya paling nggak suka liat anak kecil dipukul orang dewasa, tapi ternyata miris juga kalo terjadi sebaliknya). Selama perjalanan pulang, si ponakan yang terus nangis, dicuekin. Lama-lama dia diam juga. Asli, nggak tega banget. Pengen meluk atau menggandengnya, tapi ah, mudah-mudahan ini memberinya efek jera agar lebih menurut lain kali.

Selidik punya selidik, ternyata memang benar bahwa semua tingkah polah dan karakter anak terbentuk dari lingkungannya. Setiap hari dia bergaul dengan teman-teman yang sering melawan orang tua jika keinginannya tidak dituruti tanpa ada timbal baliknya. Ditambah lagi kedua orang tuanya, yang tidak lain adalah kakak saya dan istrinya, senantiasa memberikan dengan mudah apa yang dia inginkan, bahkan hampir setiap pekan ke mall untuk main di arena bermain, termasuk mandi bola, beli baju atau mainan. Jadi wajar kan, kalau sekarang dia ngambek?

Pelajaran besar buat saya, tidak selalu menuruti keinginan anak itu akan berbuah baik. Bisa jadi maksudnya untuk menyenangkan si anak agar tenang, tapi malah jadi bom waktu yang siap meledakkan anak.

Konsistensi juga penting dalam mendisiplinkan anak. Jangan gentar dengan air mata! Jika gentar, mereka akan memanfaatkan kelemahan itu. Ingat dulu, walaupun anaknya sampai guling-guling di pasar sambil nangis, ibu saya tidak lantas mengubah kata 'tidak' jadi 'ya'. Dua jempol untuk beliau!

Teruntuk, Para Perokok di Indonesia

Malam-malam gini nulis blog, nggak penting banget sebenernya, toh gak ada yang suka baca juga nih blog. Hehehe. Emang niatnya ngeblog juga biar bisa nulis tulisan gak jelas dan gak ada yang baca sih, hitung-hitung belajar ngetik jugalah =) Gak penting tambah nih postingan. Pake bahasa Indonesia tercinta juga, biar bisa bebas berekspresi.
Beberapa menit yang lalu, saya nemuin blog orang (namanya gak usah disebutlah, malu!). Nah, saya baca-baca tuh postingannya, lucu-lucu beneran! Saya sampe ngakak ngekek sendiri malam-malam gini. Kagum juga sama orang yang bisa nulis sebebas dan selepas itu. Tadinya mau dilink ke blog ini, tapi salah satu postingannya tentang fakta-fakta rokok (yang intinya ngebagus-bagusin rokok), jadi batal a.k.a gak jadi, alias ogah! Sejujur-jujurnya, saya sebel banget sama benda satu itu dan penghisapnya yang sering kali seenaknya bas bus bas bus di udara bebas dimana banyak orang non-smoker yang pastinya bakal sangt terganggu dengan asap rokok. Apalagi kakak sama adik saya juga perokok, wuah sebel bin muring-muring kalo mereka ngerokok deket-deket saya.
Saya sebenernya gak keberatan sama perokok atau rokoknya. Urusan merekalah, mau sakit kek, cepet tua kek, bokek kek karena ngerokok. Gak nguruslah, tapi coba deh tuh para perokok yang budiman dan pakdiman, pengertian gitu, kalo ngerokok, cari tempat yang gak ganggu orang lain. Lalu, kalo udah abis rokoknya, buang ke tempat sampah gitu, jangan asal lempar (kadang masih nyala pula) atau main injek trus ditinggal aja gitu! Hal kayak gitu tuh yang bikin kesel!

I Feel So Blessed

Yesterday, I went to special school for disabled students. I was there to meet one of the teacher to talk about one of my low vision student that needs to be trained to use braille letters. Then I found something more than just the talk. Below is braille writings. I don't know how to read it yet :). But anyway, I feel blessed for who I am now and yesterday was my outstanding experience.

Braille instruments

Table tennis for the blinds

Chess for the blinds

Hemmm

Two days ago, I was so surprised and upset about how people can be so irresponsible to things that they have to be responsible of and it influence other people's life. It's astonishing that the way people think is actually not the same as me (well, no one, right?). But, since we have the same occupation, I think they will be more responsible to something they should. I don't have educational background as them yet , but why then they do such things that show how they don't deserve to be.

I think nobody choose to be irresponsible person consciously, but what we or they do shows certainly what we have chosen in our life. Sometimes it's bothering me a lot, but what can I do?

Nobar

Kemarin, saya dan teman-teman sekolah nonton film Indonesia, "Rindu Purnama" memanfaatkan voucher karena kami buka tabungan di satu bank syariah yang jadi sponsor film tersebut. Gratisan istilahnya (hehe). Sebelumnya saya sudah baca sinopsis film itu di internet (lupa blognya siapa, gitu). Waktu baca sinopsisnya, saya sudah bisa membayangkan ceritanya akan seperti apa (maklum, saya termasuk pecinta film).

Waktu masuk studio, film sudah diputar sekitar 5 menitan. Jadi studio sudah gelap (info nggak penting, hehe).

Menurut saya, film berdurasi sekitar 1 jam 40 menitan itu, tergolong film bagus (dibandingkan film-film yang bernuansa horor, mesum, atau horor mesum, sigh!). Ide ceritanya menarik, pokoknya, saat ini termasuk film yang direkomendasikan untuk ditonton bersama seluruh anggota keluarga. Sayangnya ada beberapa penyampaian cerita yang  kurang sesuai, misalnya, di rumah seorang bujangan workaholic, yang (pastinya) tidak ada anak kecil, kok ada banyak boneka dan mainan anak-anak? Untuk sutradara dan jajarannya, jadikan ini sebagai masukan dari penonton ya, supaya film-film yang akan datang akan jadi jauh lebih baik.

Tapi, bagaimana pun juga, film ini LEBIH BAIK ditonton daripada film yang tidak mendidik tadi. Senang rasanya ada orang-orang yang masih peduli dengan moral bangsa ini (terutama anak-anak).

Ditunggu film-film bermutu lainnya...
STOP produksi film-film tidak bermutu.

Huge Earthquake and Tsunami

I've heard about the disaster in Japan on Friday, 11 March 2011, there were huge earthquake with tsunami following.
In glance, I remember about the same thing happened in my country. It was 26 December 2004 in Aceh. There are many people died and missed. Until now, the region is still recovering.
There is a statement that what has happened in Aceh is a 100 years cycle, but no one can predict nor stop what Allah has turn to happen. It happenned again in Japan only few years later. Even though Japanese are being taught to be aware of disasters, but still many people died and missed in the disaster.
I think what we have to do now, is pray for people in the disaster area and take every useful lessons for ourselves. Remember, everything happen for reasons. 
There are prediction that it also runs to Indonesia. I'm hoping so very much that everything will be fine.

Mobil Mewah Sang Wakil Rakyat

Kemarin sore saya lihat berita di satu televisi swasta. Beritanya biasa aja, tentang mobil mewah wakil rakyat. 
Biasa? Ya iyalah, apa sih yang luar biasa di negeri ini? Segala hal pernah terjadi, disorot mati-matian oleh media, lalu hilang begitu saja. Entah bagaimana penyelesaiannya. 

Apa definisi wakil rakyat? Dari wikipedia bahasa Melayu, saya menemukan definisi ini:

Wakil rakyat adalah seorang yang dipilih dalam pilihan raya (Pemilu) untuk menjadi wakil penduduk di kawasan pilihan rayanya (constituency). Mereka mempunyai tanggungjawab yang penting iaitu untuk menyuarakan masalah masyarakat di kawasan yang mereka wakili.

Tapi yang membuat miris adalah, wakil-wakil rakyat yang kita pilih itu ketika diminta pendapat tentang mobil mewah dengan harga "wah" (baca:hingga satu miliar lebih) yang dimiliki wakil rakyat, menjawab dengan jawaban yang "nggak banget deh" buat seorang wakil rakyat.

 "...tidak apa, yang penting kan bisa kebeli..." 

(saya) gubrak! (kalo beras kebeli gak ya, sama rakyat?)

"Kan ada fasilitas kredit."

(saya) gedubrak! (kalo bayar sekolah bisa dikredit gak?)

"...wajar, kalau anggota dewan (baca: wakil rakyat) memiliki mobil seperti itu..."

(saya) errrghh! (Wajar nggak, kalo banyak rakyat kelaparan?)

antri minyak tanah

Kebayang kan, kalau wakil rakyat yang seharusnya ada di barisan terdepan memperjuangkan hak rakyat dan berempati terhadap penderitaan rakyat, justru bersikap seperti itu. Lalu, kita harus mengadu pada siapa lagi?


Rakyat yang semakin miskin hanya disanjung dan dielu-elukan ketika musim kampanye. Setelah itu, "terserah mereka". How poor we are...


Jelaslah kita telah salah pilih, mungkin kita dulu terlalu polos dan percaya pada kata-kata mereka dalam kampanye? Atau dulu mereka yang terlalu polos dan menjanjikan beragam kebaikan pada kita? Mereka belum tahu kalau ternyata duduk di kursi empuk itu luar biasa enak dan melenakan. Entahlah.
Semoga rakyat negeri ini cukup tangguh untuk menghadapi kehidupan dan kesengsaraan. Berdampingan dengan mobil mewah wakil rakyat yang melintas di depan hidung mereka.

rumah kecil, rakyat kecil

mencari sesuap nasi dari tumpukan sampah?

*Semua gambar diambil dari "Penelusuran Google"

Useless things

It's obvious that when I do useless thing(s). I will regret it. Yup! I have been doing useless thing without conscious. I was consider it as a mean to improve my skills, but last night I realize that it has nothing to do with improving skills. I decided to quit doing such thing anymore. No not anymore. It's over, moreover there are many other means for me to improve my skills. Enough is enough! There are many useful things I can do. Like...start a brand new brighter sun in my days :)

Penpals

Like I posted before, that I planned to find penfriends to gain my knowledge about the world I'm living in. The time passes by. It's already (or only) almost 2 months from the first time I joined the penfriends' site. Now, I have some friends, maybe can be said many friends overseas. I have Japanese snail mail penpal, and some e-mail penpals. I never think to collect penfriends, but it's like addicted for me. I like to talk to someone about their countries and tell them about mine. I find it so interesting.

It feels adorable when I received the first letter from my Japanese friend. The letter took a month from her house into mine. Can you imagine?


E-mail is the easiest and the fastest way to have messages from my friends. How does it feel? It feels good also. I always am happy whenever I have the e-mail. Most of my friends are women, but there are also men. Until now, they are very kind and warm answering my e-mail. We asked about various things. We swap pictures also. Many of them don't know Indonesia well, they know Bali better than Indonesia :).

As time goes by, I lose some e-mail penpals. Feeling sad? Sure. I miss my Japanese e-mail penpal. She is a teacher too. She had been so warm and friendly, but one day, suddenly she didn't answer any of my e-mails. Despite of angry or upset, I am worrying her. Was there something happen to her, so she couldn't reply my e-mails? I'm just hoping she is fine and she will reply any of my e-mails someday.

Well, this kind of friendship is called "easy come easy go"...

Benarkah?

Akhir-akhir ini, di negara tercinta ini, place where I belong to, ada kejadian-kejadian anarkistis yang dalam sekejap memberi citra republik ini sebagai negara anarkistis. Padahal jauh sebelum itu, bertahun-tahun lalu, sejak saya masih jadi anak sekolah berrok merah, hingga berrok abu-abu bahkan sampai saya tidak lagi berseragam, alias sudah kuliah, bangsa ini terkenal sebagai bangsa yang ramah, pandai menjamu tamu, dan pekerja keras. Adanya tindakan pihak tak bertanggungjawab atau bahkan (mungkin) tak berotak, semua citra positif bangsa ini yang diperjuangkan dan tertanam bertahun bahkan berabad lamanya diputar 180 derajat. Citra bangsa ini terpuruk bagaikan bangsa tak berperikemanusiaan. Padahal jika dibandingkan dengan bangsa-bangsa lain di belahan dunia lain yang menyebut-nyebut menjunjung tinggi HAM, bangsa ini boleh jadi lebih bermoral. Dalam buku 'Naked Traveler', Mbak Trinity, sang penulis beropini bangsa Indonesia masih bangsa yang menurutnya paling ramah. Padahal penulis ini sudah hampir menjelajahi hampir seluruh benua di dunia ini. Jadi, jika kini bangsa kita dikenal sebagai bangsa anarkis, siapa yang salah?

Golden Ways

Today is the day when I was born about 28 years ago. See, how long I have been living? Yeah, along the way I have many things happened. Some are wonderful, miserable, silly (most of it :D), and even plain.

For those years of my life, I've been thinking also about the destiny of soulmate that he will come someday when the time has come. But last night I woke up from that perception into another one, which is brighter. He will come as I expecting he is. My destiny is really something that completely my decision, just like health, wealth, and happiness.
It's Allah's plan for us of course, but it also something that we should struggle to deserve. We can't just sit down and wait that someone come from nowhere. Many bad side of us should be changed to make someone who is our destiny match us.

All I know now is this. I believe that he is out there, looking for me also and he is trying to be better person as hard as I'm trying to.

Cheers, life is wonderful!

The Wise Men Are Right

I really feel that the wise men is totally right, when they said that "only fools rush in". So many times, all we have to do is just wait and see, no rush in doing any single thing we want. Take a deep breath and rethink about it. When we try it, let's see, we can think even clearer and more make sense.

So, I say, "You are right, Wise Men. I owe you for your words. Thank you."
Anyway, don't be in a rush, just make sure that you do the right things.

Perfect

Think of something about last night talked with a friend...

Nobody's perfect, even if you are just too perfect and no weakness.

Even if you are too smart, always healthy, and your life seems too perfect.

I never yet know how it feels to be.

Learn how to understand how people think is all it takes.

It's all about time. Time has it secrets and let me tell you something.

People become perfect with their weakness and unstable things around.

But, no matter how, they try to fix it to be better.

Let's see then, how life gives you.

 

Is It Wise?

Is it wise to make bad words in a social networks like facebook?

Moreover for something that you don't know for sure.

You know, it just make that person feel very bad, even if you don't mention the name.

Just wanna know, IS IT WISE?

Nothing...

Nothing, I just want to tell you that sometimes things are getting better even if you don't struggle hard on it. 

Can you imagine, how could it be if you do your best in it?

Still, you have to work hard in everything you deal with.

Losing Weight

Many people said that I look thinner these days. Many of them ask me how I could do the successful diet? I said to them that I really don't have any idea, how was it going. I was just standing on the scale and I saw that I've lost 7 kg! Without noticing how that could happen.
I was really want to reduce my weight, but I never really do diet in any kind of it. I planned to, but I always failed doing it in a first place.

Now, I only realize that any size you have now, the most important thing is you are healthy and keep doing active living. don't let your body not move the way it has to. 

Maybe sometimes you think that you are fat, but maybe you are not exactly. Below you can see how much your Body Mass Index (BMI), 

BMI = weight /(height)2 (square) 

example, my weight is 52 kg and my height is 1,6 meters. 
my BMI is 52/(1,6)² = 20,3. 

It is normal, not thin actually. I look thinner than I was but actually it's still normal. 

If your BMI is between the range 18,5 - 24,99 it means your have normal weight. 
Above 24,99 you are fat, you need to reduce it.
Below 18,5 you are to skinny, you must gain your weight.

I think the most important thing about this weight stuff is, you have to do active life. 

Do exercise regularly,

Eat healthy foods, 

Get enough sleep, 

Think positive!!!

Be healthy!! 


 

Different way

Two days ago, something pop-up in my mind.
I want to find pen friends from different countries. What I mean with friend is friend, with whom I can share ideas and learn their languages. Maybe collecting the stamps also, which is very old-fashioned of course, but I think it will be great. Hope so.

I want to broaden my knowledge about this world I live in. I never had a chance to going abroad, but maybe  this way I can make friend even if I just staying in this country all my life (hope not..:)).

Let's see, what kind of friend I will have. Good luck for me!