Sunday, August 07, 2011

A Quick Update

Hello there, it's been quite a while since I updated this blog. Well, I've been pretty busy lately with all the trainings I have to attend and the lousy internet service here.

So, it has already been about four months that I started living in a dorm in Makassar, South Sulawesi, to attend a series of training from my new office, Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia.
The training started on May the 2nd, and will continue until the beginning of October. During these training we got materials regarding to Civics and the organization's history and business process. Nonetheless, we also have to follow series of training on Finance and Accounting, which becomes a burden for me, because I never liked any of these subjects. We got around 18 weeks of training on Finance, Accounting, Auditing and Governmental Regulations on Financial matters. One word to describe all of this is, Boring. Because all we gotta do is listen to lectures from 8 to 5, Monday to Friday, and the most annoying thing is we have exams every two weeks. I even once had a remedial test for one of the Accounting classes.

One thing that makes everything easier around here is the friends, the people, my future colleagues. The people that share the same dreams, to work in this institution, to be an auditor, to create a better financial condition for Indonesia.
We share pretty much everything here. We spent almsot 24 hours together everyday, even on weekends. Somehow, this togetherness is the one thing I'll never forget from the process of my life. The new personalities I met, the new habits dan culture. The surprises I get from them. And most importantly, I have a new family here. A family of 77 people whose always trying to do their best every single day, even with sore eyes, unfit condition.

So, here I am, trying to enjoy and survive it's training. Still got around two months to go. Gotta keep my spirit raising high.

Cheers! :)

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Job Hunting Journey

Since I graduated in 2007, I've following a lot of job recruitment process. And most of it didn't end up well. I nearly got a few of them and failed in the medical check up process.

In 2009, I started working in A hospital in my hometown, Pekanbaru. And also had a part time job as an English teacher. I did this job for almost two years.

After that I decided to continue my studies in University of Indonesia to get my Masters degree. I'm studying Hospital Administration Studies. But during this process I keep on following job recruitment process.

In the end, I got a job (yay!) in one of the government's office. It's in the finance auditing sector. I will start my training process in may 2011, then I'll be stationed in their head office in Jakarta.
So, wish me luck on my new job guys. And hopefully I still can get my masters degree, amin :)

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Pablo Neruda's Sonets

"Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way than this:

where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. "
Pablo Neruda

****

"If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine"
Pablo Neruda



Saturday, March 26, 2011

dreams.

"It's not the matter of a big dream, it's our effort that matters. The bigger your efforts are, the bigger things you will get, even bigger than your dreams." - Iwan Setyawan

Two days ago I went to a book launching, it was 9 Summers 10 Autumns. I haven't read the book yet, but from the reviews it's an inspiring book. I got the invitation from a quiz on the internet I happened to follow.
The event was held in Oyster Restaurant in Plaza Senayan.

There were also music performance by Iwan Abdie, who was really cool and entertaining.

After listening to the author talked a bout his dreams. I realized that we simply can have really really small derams, but in the end this small dreams encourage us to bigger do things to get bigger things more than our dreams.

When I was a little girl, I always wanted to be a doctor, have a happy life and everything in it.
But, now here I am, not a doctor, a Management graduate, whose studying for a Masters degree. I'm pretty much happy with what I have now, but I have a lot of dreams to live up.

I have some in mind. get good job. Get married (yeah, of course ;P). and live a happy life :)

well, let's just enjoy life, and be grateful for everything we got.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

The Script - The Man Who Can't Be Moved

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand
Saying, "If you see this girl can you tell her where I am?"

Some try to hand me money, they don't understand
I'm not broke I'm just a broken hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you

'cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinkin maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving

Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"
I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a day, a month, a year"
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go

[Chorus:]
'cause If one day you wake up and find that you're missing me
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving,
I'm not moving, I'm not moving

People talk about the guy that's waiting on a girl
There are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world

Maybe I'll get famous as the man who can't be moved
Maybe you wont mean to but you'll see me on the news
And you'll come running to the corner
'cause you'll know it's just for you
I'm the man who can't be moved

[Chorus 2x]

Going back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag, I'm not gonna move

Monday, March 07, 2011

Lucky - Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat




by Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat

Do you hear me,
Talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair

Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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One of my favorite song, heuheu..

It's over, even when it hasn't started yet

Another prove that I have no luck in this love and relationship department.

Here's why..

If you read my previous blog posts, you'll know that I'm trying to make things work with my best friend. And last Friday I went to Bandung to meet him.

We went out that night for dinner and movie at Parijs Van Java. Dinner was great, everything was delicious. And the movie was funny and very entertaining. I laugh much, I nearly cried.
Before going out, I text him to ask if it is okay if my cousin joined us. But he said he wants us to be alone, he needs to talk to me. Okay, so we're alone.
At dinner I asked him what did he want to talk about. He said he didn't wanna ruin the moment, he'll talk to me later, after our ride home.
I was really happy that night, that I thought he was gonna say something nice and sweet.

When we arrived at my uncle's house, I went in for awhile before we started talking.
So, there we are, sitting really close to each other. Then he starts talking, short sentences. I already see a lot of regrets in those short words. Until he said, Sorry. My heart sunked. I'm starting to have a bad feeling.
He said that we're not on the same page. Having a girlfriend or things like that isn't his priority now. He wants to finish school and get a job soon. That's what's important for him now. That time, it was really hard for me to breathe. My heart starts to shatter. But I tried not to cry in front of him. I want him to know that I can be strong, strong enough to bear all those news and sadness upon us.
He said he loves and cares for me like a bestfriend and sister. And he wants us to be bestfriends as always. And maybe in the years to come, if it's meant to be, we'll eventually be together.

So, I just want you to know, I don't need the status, I just need you to be there for me, to care for me in what ever condition I'm facing. You, just being there will be a huge help. I thank you for that.

In the end, I'm proud of myself, I can face you yesterday with a smile and all those silly jokes like we never had those conversations.
I have to move on, find somebody else who loves me more and wants to be with me. But, for the very last time, I hope we still have a chance. I want to give it one more try, I don't know when, maybe when you're ready. If we're meant to be, then we'll be together.

Btw, he posted this Note on his Facebook the night after we had the talk.

To a Friend, With Love..

I am sorry...
That door doesn’t open for both of us at the same time
This place doesn’t belong to us in the mean time
But please, still be walking with me
Sharing our joy with them like we're used to be
This painful moment will get by
Along with those tears and cry
You know,
It hurts when I see you’re hurt
It makes me sad when I know you’re sad
So, cheer up!
Your best friend is always here...


Bandung, March 4 2011

To a friend, with love...
a best friend's Love.


Thanks for that dear bestfriend :)

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

Yours Truly - A Great Indonesian Short Film ;)

YOURS TRULY - Short Film from Cine et Cetera on Vimeo.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

On Love and Friendship

if you read my previous posts, you'll see that I'm a believer of Friends, let alone best friends, especially when it's between the opposite sex, can't purely be 'friendship'.

It's not just me, giving cynical judgement. It's just what actually happened in my love life.

So, here's the story. Last Friday, just after me and my bestfriends went to have fun at Dunia Fantasi, Ancol, My best friend, the one I was talking about in my previous post, read my blog with smiling and happy face. But that time he didn't say anything. because there was my other friends in the car. So, in the break of dawn on Saturday I text him "I wanna talk to you abaout what I wrote. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable about it."
About two hours later he replied "It's alright. last night, it just caught me by surprise. It takes time, if not whatever I do now will be meaningless. I hope you'd understandit and that nothing will ever change in our lifelong friendship." Then I replied (don't really remember my words) that I'd understand and be very patient to wait for what ever he's gonna do. then another reply came "Yeah, just let it flow ya za. And when the time is right, you should know that I'll definitely be the one who fight for it. You are indeed one of the most important person in my life, besides my family. And I hope it tells you something.."

So here I am a week later, still waiting for him to make a move. But then again, I'll wait for the longest time that I can bare to wait, cause you're worth the wait dear.. *Hugs for E :P

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Boy Meets Girl --> Lovers

I've been in love with this guy for quite a while now. He's one of my oldest best friend. I've known him all my life. The thing is, I've had rejected him years ago, back when we were just teenagers. But now we're all grown ups.

Sometime around 2009 and 2010, I got these questions stuck in my head. If I met someone new, why do I keep comparing these new dudes with my best friend? It's weird. It's like he's all I ever wanted in a guy. But then again, I'm just too proud to admit it.

There are sooo many novels and romantic comedy about this situation, friends --> best friends --> lovers.

And this theme is my favorite theme for movies or novels that I watch or read. The problem is, knowing that most friendship between boys & girls will never be 'pure' friendship. I became more and more in denial about it.

But as I grew older, I tend to compromise. I thought, I'm nearly 25 y.o and still single with no wedding possibilities soon. While in Indonesia, my age is a common age when girls turned to be a wife. But actually I don't really give a damn about what people think, as long as I'm happy and my parents aren't forcing me to get married soon.

But the thing is, I've never been lucky in this department. I've always fallen for someone whose not having mutual feelings for me. It's like happening all the time. As I've said before, I don't fall in love easily. It can take months or even years to make me fall for a guy. But then again, I'm never lucky in this relationship thingy.

It has almost been a year that I've stopped my search and start building a better relationship with my best friend. It's not that I want to marry him right away. It's just I wanna make it possible for us to at least try, to make it work. Where ever it'll go.

So, if you read this, why don't you just ask me, and I would've said yes.
But if it's me whose gonna ask you, then it's gonna take more time, I need the courage to do so. It's not easy, and sometimes it hurts to miss you so bad.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Mamaku Setangguh Karang


Mama, orang yang paling saya kagumi di dunia ini. Dengan kesabaran dan ketegarannya selalu bisa mendampingi Papa saat dalam kondisi apapun. Sabar dengan keluhan-keluhan abang yang terkadang saya rasa sangat menyebalkan. Sabar dengan saya yang kebanyakan maunya.

Mama orang yang amat sangat tenang dan sabar. Apapun yang dihadapinya selalu berusaha ia tuntaskan sendiri. Bahkan jika itu sebuah penyakit yang mengerikan. Jadi itulah yang terjadi. Dua minggu lalu Mama menjalani operasi pada paru-parunya, karena ada nodule yang divonis sebagai kanker, yang pada saat dilakukan PET Scan terlihat ganas.

Nodule ini terlihat saat Mama melakukan Medical Check Up di RS tempat ia bekerja pada pertengahan Desember lalu. Namun karena begitu banyak hal terjadi di beberapa minggu setelah pemerikasaan (keponakan saya yang kedua meninggal dunia) Mama baru mengetahui hasilnya pada akhir Desember. Hasil itu pun hanya disimpannya sendiri, ia berkonsultasi kemana-mana. Sampai akhirnya mengirimkan semua hasil pemeriksaan pada Wak Aziz yang seorang dokter dan profesor di Jakarta.

Sampai saat itu Papa pun belum tahu keadaan Mama ini. Apalagi saya, abang dan kakak ipar saya.

Saya sibuk dengan berlibur. Karena saat itu sedang libur semester. Sibuk bertemu teman-teman, sibuk merencanakan apayang akan saya lakukan sampai kembali kuliah, dan tentunya sibuk dengan acara pernikahan sepupu saya di Bangkinang dan Bandung.

Berita mengejutkan ini saya terima dari Tante Welly di Bandung saat hendak menghadiri resepsi pernikahan sepupu saya itu. Saat Tante bertanya, "Mama sakit apa sih Za? katanya mau dioperasi ya?", jelas saja saya bingung. Tidak terbayang sama sekali Mama benar- benar sakit. Dua minggu sebelumnya Mama terlihat sehat wal afiat sibuk bermain dengan keponakan saya, Ali, dan tetap bekerja seperti biasanya.

Memang ada yang agak mencurigakan, beberapa hari setelah saya sampai di Pekanbaru saya menemukan print-out pembelian tiket pesawat menuju Jakarta milik Mama. Biasanya Mama selalu cerita kalau mau kemana-mana. Mau pelatihan atau jalan-jalan kemana pun pasti dia bercerita pada saya, bahkan biasanya menawari saya untuk ikut serta. Tapi kali ini perjalanan ke Jakarta ini seperti disembunyikan dari saya. Saat itu saya biasa saja, saya pikir Mama hanya belum sempat cerita. Ketika saya tanya ada acara apa di Jakarta, saya hanya menebak Mama akan pelatihan, Mama hanya bilang " Iya, di Kelapa Gading."

Setelah Mama ke Jakarta, saya biasa saja, menelpon Mama atau Papa sesekali. SMS pun hanya sesekali atau jika ada yang harus saya tanyakan.

Saya liburan seperti biasanya, seperti tidak terjadi apa-apa. Menikmati hari libur saya di rumah, melakukan apa yang bisa dilakukan. Dan tentunya reuni kecil-kecilan dengan beberapa teman kerja dan teman sekolah.

Saya bahkan pernah mengeluh melalui akun Twitter saya, kesal, saya ingin liburan sama Mama di Pekanbaru, tapi Mama malah ke Jakarta, dadakan pula.

Saat mendengar berita ini pertama kali, saya sama sekali tidak percaya. Saya amat sangat yakin, Mama sehat-sehat saja. Saya bahkan berkata pada Oom dan Tante saya di Bandung, mungkin Papa yang mau operasi, karena beberapa bulan sebelumnya Papa sempat akan dioperasi, tapi tidak jadi.

Jujur saya bingung harus bagaimana. Keesokan harinya, saya memutuskan untuk meng-SMS Mama, bertanya secara detail apa yang terjadi, Mama sakit apa? Operasi apa? Karena balasannya lama, saya menelpon Mama, barulah Mama bercerita panjang lebar. Pada akhir percakapan singkat di telpon itu Mama bilang, "Mama gak apa-apa kok Za, Zaza doain aja. Acara di Bandungnya dilanjutin aja, jangan sampai ganggu liburannya ya..".
Mendengarnya saya sedih, merasa bersalah. Saya bersenang-senang, sementara Mama harus menjalani segala pemeriksaan untuk mengetahui penyakit apa yang Mama derita.

Mama dengan tabah dan tenangnya memutuskan untuk tetap menghadiri resepsi pernikahan kakak sepupu saya di Bandung. Padahal hari Selasa (01/02/2011), Mama sudah harus menjalani operasinya. Saat bertemu Mama di Bandung, jujur saya sedih, ingin rasanya menangis tersedu-sedu. Tapi saya tahan, saya berusaha kuat, belajar dari Mama yang saat itu terlihat biasa saja.

Kakak-kakak Mama bertanya-tanya pada saya. Memberi tatapan prihatin, bahkan memeluk saya. Saya hanya tersenyum miris sambil memohon doa mereka.

Saat Mama akan dioperasi, hampir semua saudara kandung Mama yang berjumlah 11 orang hadir. Sejak jam 6 pagi sudah ada saudara yang datang ke kamar Mama di RS MMC saat itu. Dukungan moral yang mereka berikan sangat berarti. Mama juga bersikap biasa saja, seakan-akan saat itu kami sedang arisan keluarga bercanda dan tertawa seperti biasanya.

Tapi saat Suster datang untuk mempersiapkan Mama untuk dioperasi, saya melihat ketakutan di wajah Mama, hanya sekelebat. Yang menangis tak tertahan justru Papa, yang hampir tidak pernah saya lihat meneteskan air mata. Saya mengantar Mama sampai ke depan Kamar Operasi. Saya peluk dan cium Mama, saya bilang "Bismillah Ma, insyaallah gak apa-apa." Walau dalam hati saya ketakutan setengah mati, Mama mulai ikut menangis.

Operasi berlangsung kurang lebih 3 jam. Semua menunggu di dekat kamar operasi. Ada yang membaca Surah Yasin, ada yang mengobrol dan bercanda, Saya hanya bisa terus berdoa dan berzikir untuk Mama.
Kira-kira 45 menit setelah operasi dimulai, seorang perawat memanggil keluarga Mama. Saya langsung memanggil Papa dan mengikutinya ke dalam. Ternyata nodule itu sudah berhasil dikeluarkan, utuh, volumenya sekitar 6.5 centimeter kubik, seperti hati ayam dan ditutupi selaput.
Mereka bilang, sebelum dikirim ke bagian Patologi Anatomi, keluarga harus melihat dulu. Setelahnya kami menunggu sekitar 40 menit untuk hasil pemeriksaan PA. Selama 40 menit itu, Mama menunggu di ruang operasi, masih dalam keadan dibius, dengan luka terbuka. Menunggu apakah ada keganasan pada nodule tersebut. Alhamdulillah, nodule itu bukan kanker, tapi radang kronis. Dan tidak ada tulang Mama yang harus dipotong, walaupun ada tulang iga Mama yang retak.
Setelah operasi, Mama menghabiskan sekitar 13 jam di ICU. Lalu kembali ke kamar perawatan biasa. Mama cepat pulih, mungkin karena Mama memang sebenarnya masih "sehat" saja. Empat hari saya habisnya hampir 24 jam di kamar RS Mama, menemani Mama ngobrol, menyuapi dan membantu memanggil Perawat jika dibutuhkan.
Alhamdulillah tidak ada komplikasi apapun. Pada hari ke 4 setelah operasi Mama sudah diizinkan pulang ke rumah. Beristirahat di rumah, walaupun masih sering kesakitan, Mama tidak pernah menunjukkannya secara berlebihan. Mama tetap kuat dan semangat, ingin mengikuti saran dokter untuk banyak bergerak.

Saat ini, hampir dua minggu setelah operasi, Alhamdulillah Mama sudah pulih. Sudah bisa jalan-jalan, naik turun tangga, bahkan semangat jalan-jalan ke Mall :D

Untuk Mama, yang selalu sabar, kuat dan optimis. Kami selalu bersama Mama, berdoa untuk Mama dan mendukung Mama. Saya pun belajar untuk bisa seperti Mama, sabar, kuat dan optimis, apapun yang dihadapi. We'll always love you Mum :)

*Terima Kasih untuk teman-teman, sahabat, sanak saudara yang telah hadir di RS dan mengunjungi di rumah. Atas doa dan perhatiannya untuk Mama.
Terima kasih yang amat sangat banyak untuk Wak Prof. dr. Abdul Aziz Rani, SpPD(KGEH) atas bantuannya selama pengobatan Mama dan menyiapkan tim dokter terbaik untuk menangani Mama.

**I wrote this while weeping like a baby :'(

Empat Musim Cinta

Saya jarang membaca kumpulan cerpen, entah kenapa. Mungkin karena saya sering merasa ceritanya 'gantung'. Tapi terkadang, kalau ada review bagus dari teman- teman atau sang penulis promonya gencar, saya tentu akan penasaran.
Pertama tertarik baca kumcer ini karena salah satu penulisnya adalah Adhitya Mulya, penulis Jomblo dan salah satu penulis di novel Traveler's Tale: Belok Kanan Barcelona, novel traveling favorite saya.

Setelah membaca sampai tuntas ke-16 cerita yang ada di kumcer ini. Saya sama sekali tidak kecewa, hanya saja, seperti saya sebutkan tadi, ada beberapa cerita yang 'gantung' atau bahkan bikin mikir berkali-kali, ini maksudnya apa sih?

Dari semua cerpen yang ada di kumcer Empat Musim Cinta ini, favorit saya adalah "Sekeping Hati yang Tersisa" karya S.A.Z Al-Fansyour. Ceritanya sederhana tapi menyentuh, dan mengharukan. Tapi saya tetap bertanya- tanya apakah tokohKelana mengalami kebutaan sampai tidak mengenali si gadis di taman?

Cerita-cerita lainnya juga menarik, melihat cinta dari berbagai sudut, membuat kita berpikir bahwa cinta dapat kita berikan dan kita dapatkan dari mana saja, tidak hanya kekasih, teman atau keluarga terdekat kita. Cinta ada dimana- mana. Bahkan empat musim cinta pun tak cukup mendeskripsikan semua bentuk cinta itu.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Our Hearts Never Lies

For every beat our heart takes, it beats for a new hope..
For every oxygen the heart supplies, it supplies for bigger wishes..

For every beat my heart skips, it's when I think of you..
For every beat my heart jumps, it's every time you make me smile :)

Dear Heart, you never lie, though nobody knows except for me.. :)


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if this is a twitter post, I'll put a #nomention hash tag on it :D

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are [Official Video]





Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy

She's so beautiful

And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same

So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are


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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Being a Student (again!)

Hello blog, sorry for ignoring you for the past months.. It has been insanely busy around my life.

Well, here's what I gotta say..

I've decided that in 2010 I'm gonna continue my studies, with or without the scholarships. I've been applying for several scholarships and fellowship program, but it turns out to be disappointing.
The most disappointing one was my application to Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands. I've already got the spot in the Uni, but I have to wait for the scholarship, in the end they were offering me a student loan for my tuition. Since it's soooo expensive I decided to skip the opportunity.

So, a few months later, I applied to some local Universities. One of them is University of Indonesia. I applied for their Master of Hospital Management program. And I got in. Since there's no scholarship, I have to ask my parents to fund me. This was not my plan, my plan was to get a scholarship or a job that can pay my graduate school tuition. But, what can I say?

So, I resigned from my jobs in August. And started the classes in September, after Idul Fitri Holidays.

The classes are great, interesting and else.. But the problem is, some subjects are way out of my league. I mean, I've been studying and focusing on Management for years after high school. And now, I have to study about diseases. The lecturers talked about diseases with their medical terms as if everyone in class understands it by heart. Well excuse me, I don't understand those terms. So, all I'm doing during this Epidemiology class was asking my classmate, "what does that mean?", then he/she must explain a little bit about that term.

The other subjects are okay. I mean they're not that hard to digest. They're part of management or administration studies but related to hospital service.

Up until now, the end of my first semester in UI, I love it. Despite the fact that I have to commute from home to campus around one to two hours before class. Other things that's not nice in this Uni is the scheduling. They don't consider public holidays in their schedule. And the lecturers are too busy with their other work, so most of the time they can't teach on schedule. There's so many substitute classes. It's kind of annoying.

My new friends are great. They're really helpful in every aspect. The class is well bonded. Even though we're from different ages, we can joke and chat about common things, most of the time.

So, Happy new year everyone!
I'm hoping that who ever reads this blog have a great life ahead.
And I also wish that I can finish my Grad school with flying colors. Cheers :)