Taken for Granted

I realized that I've taken many things for granted. Friends, family, safety.

Around 8 hours ago, it has become known that Air Asia with flight number QZ8501 has lost contact with the land authorities. And since then, nothing has been heard from them.

The thing is that plane carries my friend and family. Almost the whole family. Hearing that, I felt very regretful. I felt that I have taken his presence for granted. I have taken the fact that I have flown back and forth from Singapore and Surabaya safely for granted.

I just hope that they are all safe. I just hope that every single one of them can be found alive. His sister is still waiting for them with no certainty. So I hope they can come back for her safely. And I promise I won't take his presence for granted anymore. He's a precious friend and I don't want to lose him.

Drama Review : Dream High

I know this is a long long overdue drama knowing that it came out 2011. But, oh well, I just finished watching it today. I'll give some general comments so that I won't give spoilers, so don't fret! Here goes my short, swift and sweet review for this drama :) 

Unforgettable Night

I should be sleeping now, hahaha. But guess what, I'm not.

Tonight or, rather, yesterday according to Singapore time was really unforgettable. I was the i/c for my seniors' prom. The journey was hard, but all of us made it, all of us who are involved. We finally made it! After weeks of late night sleeping doing up documents and posters, everything finally paid off.

Everyone congratulated me for being a good IC. But was I really? I personally don't think so. Which is why, rather than being relieved and really happy that the event is over, I was sad. My hearts were shredded into pieces when I saw my friends falling down one by one. All of this should not happen. All of this would not happen if I take good care of them, take note of their well-being too while running the show.

I, as a noob, am really thankful of the people working with me. Peers and teachers were of huge help, especially teachers, it felt like they took the majority of the work load. I am really nothing wothout them. Some important sudden decisions were honestly made by someone else, whom I think is really more capable than me in this field.

So, to whom does the glory for the night belong to? The answer is simple, all of the 15th HC. They are everything. Without them, there won't be grad night 2014. Iridescent 2014 won't be a success without these people. And for that, I'm really thankful.

If any of you, HCers happened to read this post, I just want to say a gazillion thank you to you all. No words can describe how I'm so grateful of all of you. You all own the night 😊

Random Stuffs

Hi 🙋

This post will be a lot different from the usual. In the regular posts, I always talk about one specific things. But this time, I'll be talking about few things that just pop into my mind.

These are the things that I'll be talking about:
1) The ways of fangirl
2) For the greater good

Okay, firstly, I want to talk about this issue that I came accross this evening. So, apparently Jin from BTS cried during the group rehearsal because he felt guilty of the fact that some people left the fandom after the 'condom' accident. I think, leaving the fandom after such incident is a bit, idk, immature? You might ask, 'who are you to say that?'. It is true that I am in no place to judge others. But, for this once, please hear me out. I believe, this 'condom incident' shouldn't be a problem at all. First of all, it's already so amazing that someone managed to spot that one little foil from the whole entire screen. Secondly, even if it's really theirs (ie. they bought it themselves), we also have no right to condemn them, right? I mean, they're also normal human. And it's not that our bodies are attached to theirs, so this problem does not affect our life at all. So, for those who left the fandom, I want to ask you a question. What does being a fangirl mean to you? Are you really just a fan, or has it become an obsessive behaviour?

Okay, next is that something is done for the greater good. Just yesterday, Jokowi, the current Indonesia president raised the price of subsidized fuel even though by right it's not time to raise the price. Some people react negatively to this, which is really understandable. But, let's think ablout this further. Jokowi mentioned during his speech to OPEC that his government would try to erase subsidy for fuels so that the fund can be used for other things such as eduaction and health. And apparently this won the hearts of many country leaders. So, this raise in price, I think, is used to prepare for the prepare for the future when fuels is no longer subsidized. As such, the people won't feel the shock too much when it's really unsubsidized anymore. Besides, this increases the attractiveness of Indonesia for investment in the eyes pf the world. So, yeah. I think it's really done for the greater good :)

That's all for this post. I hope you have a good day ahead 😊

Game of Life

I don’t believe in coincidences. I don’t believe that there is anything that happens by chance. I believe, everything happens for a reason. Maybe, we don’t know why it must happen. But someday, somehow we will find out. This is because, I think, life can be likened to a game, a game under God’s control. And just like every other gamers or players, I believe He also have His own rationale for every decided step.

Eighteen

I'm of legal age now! I can now watch M18 movies on the cinema freely, go to clubs (not that I want to, though), and many more! In some parts of Indonesia, I might even have to get married already ._. If not, I'll be considered old...

But then again, the whole idea of this short post is this; With older age, there will be less restrictions. With older age, comes greater responsibility. With older age, I will face more and more harsh truth of life. I don't really know whether I should be happy or sad because I'm growing older, especially because time doesn't stop for anyone.

I am still excited, though. There are many new things that I have yet to try out and many new opportunities also open up for me. So, why not just look at the bright side of life? I mean, eighteen shows that I'm still a teenager and that leads to the conclusion that I have to live my life happily (?). I'm sorry if I don't make sense, my dear readers. My brain has been infected by the post-promos-and-fangirling virus. So, yeah. 

Pray for me for the year ahead, yeah? The events awaiting ahead will be quite tough for me, I guess. So, prayers will be much appreciated ^^

As usual, I always try to relate my age to a song, which unfortunately I can't really find this time. So, this time I'll give you a song that kind of relate to my age? The word 18 comes out in this song once, so yeah. If you're really curious about this song, feel free to look up for the lyrics and translation on the internet. I'm not putting up any of the lyrics simply because I think this song relates more to boys than girls, and I'm a girl ._. (Btw, if you haven't realized I've liked BTS for quite some time now). So, here goes :)

방탄소년단 - 호르몬 전쟁

Death of Democracy

Indonesia has been a democratic nation ever since I can remember. Its democracy is a bit younger than myself, thus there is still a lot of space for improvement. But, rather than improving and flourishing it has seen its slow death. It almost feels like we're walking towards the second "New Order" era. 

Human

These few days I’ve been on an emotional roller coaster ride. Like not those scary kinds of rides, it’s the kiddy ride. You know, those with not so high peaks? This is mostly because of exam stress I guess, every little thing can cause a high fluctuation of emotion. Despite all these, I found myself a new source of happiness, I guess.

Two Different Worlds

I'd like to blame this on exam anxiety. My final exam for this year will start tomorrow and I start thinking about things that I shouldn't be thinking now. Especially knowing that tomorrrow is GP paper and I'm pretty sure I'm not ready for it.

Anyways, I was actually studying. But I decided to go on Instagram to search for this picture that my friend posted quite a few weeks ago because it has a quote that I might use for the exam (yeah, I know all of this is excuses). Somehow, I looked at his 'Following' list. It kind of appaled me seeing that 90% of people in that list are strangers to me. We were classmates, our mutual friends on Facebook were a lot a few years back. We knew everything that happened to each other. We shared the same memories, seeing that we were classmates for 2 years. But all of that has come to an end. We are now in two different worlds.

No, I'm not saying any of us is superior from the other. Even though experiences that we go through in Indonesia and Singapore sure will be different (much much different, in fact), they are both precious nonetheless. I'm saying that we are in two different worlds because we don't have any common stories. Should we meet, I won't understand some of the things that he is saying simply because I don't go through the same thing and I also don't have the privilege to know the same group of people.

I'm really sad about this. Sometimes I wonder what could happen if I never come to Singapore. Would our friendship stay strong? Would I find another group of friends for myself? I never really know, I don't even have the chance to try living the world that my old friends are living now.

Nonetheless, I wish them all the best and happiness, even though we're all in two different worlds now.

Damn You, Metastasis !!!

"You are diagnosed with cancer". That one sentence from the doctor could make everyone's world came crashing down. To the one diagnosed, this would be like a death sentence, especially after she knew that the damned cancer was already at a very late stage.

Oblivion

“Augustus, perhaps you’d like to share your fears with the group.”

“My fears?”

“Yes.”

“I fear oblivion,” he said without a moment’s pause.

Grateful

Since I was officially a JC student, I knew that I would be in one hell of a ride. Everyone always say how A-level is much worse than O-level, but at the same time JC is also very fun. Now, I can surely confirm that this IS indeed true. Just as Hazel Grace said in 'The Fault in Our Stars'*, "You have a choice in this world, I believe, about how to tell sad stories. And we made the funny choice."

Love ♡

Let's take a break from all the sadness that we've had these past few weeks, from all the heartbreaking news about the plane crashes and the worsening conditions in Iraq. Let's, just for this short while, think about love.

Loyalty

This is not something I should write about just a day before the new term starts. But, seeing that this is actually a value that I put as number 1 importance in any relationships that I am in (be it between friends, family, and even to bands that I like), I would like to talk more about this. I also want to talk about recent saddening cases that struck EXO, the boyband that introduced me to the K-pop world. 

Alone = Lonely?

It is a popular belief that people are lonely because they are alone. Even though this, in most cases, is true, I would like to say that it is not entirely correct to accept the statement without second thoughts.

Baekyeon

Yes, this is my second post about "ships". I wrote about Haylor and why they were so compatible. But I'm not here to talk about that in Baekyeon's case. I want to justify how it does not make sense to be mad and angry at them just because they are dating and using their Instagram account to give each other secret love letters. 

All Grown Up :)

My favorite cousin is only a year older than me. We technically grew up together, as in we face the same challenges and changes in life at around the same time. When we were very very young, we were quite inseparable. Our other cousins even shipped us (ship as in like those pairing kind of thing) -.-

Cover!

Hey :D I'm here for a very very quick post. So, I suddenly remembered this song this morning and I kinda made the cover for it ._. Try listening it if you want :p

The original song was sung by Elvis Presley. Despite the very very old-ish style it's still a very nice song. Go check it out as well :)