a truly happy day

The two mates from Liverpool, England were the ones who really made my day today. I knew it would have been okay - since the Island hoping around Phi Phi just mesmerized me, but it wouldn't be as fantastic as it is now - because of them. I might have hard times to collect words to describe how they really were. They were just FANTASTIC, full of humor, nice, warm, they had everything you might have been looking for, especially with the British accent (which is my favorite :p).

Travelling together from England to Singapore to Australia, they eventually stranded for Thailand. But that wasn't the thing captured me, it was all of the jokes they were spilling out from their mouths. Both of them complimented each other.

And that wasn't the best thing either. It was the words coming out from the mouth of the eccentric guy (well he got his nails painted by Britain Flag with piercing in his nipple too). He turned my perspective upside down. He really did.

He brought that sense of confidence of myself. I've never 100% believed on anybody's comment about the good things I have inside, but on stranger. And he was just a perfect stranger from different continent, yet sophisticated (hopefully) mind.

The essence of everything he said was the pureness I sensed. He wasn't trying to flirt, or just to befriend with me cause he didn't really need it anyway. But he said those words, words that wasn't flowery but super meaningful to me, purely.

His words were just like revelation to me to go on with what I have and be confident with it.

daily thought

Just spent time with Chandra tonight. After missing-in-action for a while, finally he's back, spending time with me for just chatting about life. And it was seriously nice. There was this big burden in my heart that I kept on carrying, waiting for the time to leave it all out. I can't say that it's gone completely now, but it's half way through.

Thank you, Chandra, for listening. And also for the advice you've given me. It was quite effective to release my burden. Just stay, and don't keep on missing. I'll hate you for that. Haha.

Ben, wherever you are, if you're reading this. GO ON STUDYING.

:D

Love ya all, guys. Super happy to be your friend :)

memory

I bet you have felt this kind of feeling before, at least once, the one like you don't want a memory to fade, in fact you want them to last forever. That is how I've been feeling. I can't stop thinking about what will happen next, or specifically in Jakarta, after I go back. I feel so comfortable here that I feel like staying forever, seriously forever. I might hate studying here, but I can't stand the environment. Its just super nice. Especially, I spent the last days here travelling by bus, looking around while listening to my favorite music. The feeling is just irresistible. Totally wonderful.

I know this is a typical feeling when you're about to move on from your comfort zone. A feeling that sometimes stop you from doing what you're supposed to do. Thank God I don't have a choice but to go back home, facing the other reality of life.

Quarreling with my family members, especially my sister, rolling on the busy days, jamming in traffic with no more English, no more short nor slippers, and no more headset in the MRT. I don't mean to be snobbish here, for real.

I am now welcoming myself, to the inconvenient truth.

one altitude

One Altitude is like the last place I want to visit during my last day in Singapore. It's just that I haven't found anyone worth for the trip. Hahaha, no offense.
I know one person I would like to go with, but it's kinda impossible.

Huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa the world is sometimes unfair haha

Actually it's not, I know God is fair. He just works in a way beyond our understanding.

mixed up

As I am about to leave Singapore in a near distant future, every time I did nothing, I used the time to contemplate on every single thing happened in my life, be it recently, be it long long time ago. Looking back at how far I have gone, I hardly believe that it happened so quickly and unpredictably, in a way that I felt so mixed up, confused of what to feel actually.

I know I should be thankful, and I am. I am thankful for God's bless that I had every precious opportunity behind, it included not only the ups, but also the downs of course. However, I don't really know what kind of feeling I have inside. I feel so mixed up, I really do.

I don't even know what I am writing now. I just feel like writing. I feel like thanking God for this wonderful life I am in. I have no idea what kind of road I will have next. I just know that He is with me all the time. He set everything I need, set, I should say, because He already planned every thing even before I was born.

I believe that nothing is coincidence. Every thing happens for a reason. And God is the director behind everything. Every road will show us something. Every up or down will reveal His work. The insights that He wanted us to know at the very first place.

To be honest,

I've been thinking about these two guys recently.

One, was definitely the one that I barely let go off of my mind. Every time I told myself that I was over him, I dreamed of him. Always. That kinda told me that I hadn't got over him at all.

The other one, was the one that I knew very well that I wanted to ask him to come over, because I knew exactly places I wanted him to visit with me. But it was such an impossible thing to do due to the-so-called-situation.

It is hard.

It is mixed up.

God, please show me Your way.

living abroad

I dedicated this posting for my wonderful friends anywhere throughout the world, who are committing themselves for strength to sustain a living abroad, far from families and home.

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Being away for few months in Singapore, I began to learn things.

I have never been away before, at least for more than a month, which means I need ed to go for my own, take care of my own self, and be able to handle everything on my own. Even though I proved to my self that I could do it, it couldn't say it was easy at all.

The time I was doing so, I pictured the images of all of my friends who are up to now, living on their owns for school, far away from their hometowns. By experiencing it myself, I could feel the spirit as well as the hardships to do so.

I would never imagine living like this. It was a dream coming true, to be able to come to Singapore and start my private life (I have never had a private life before. It was always exposed to my family, and sometimes I couldn't deny, I needed one too.)

Having the experience in my vein, I felt so proud of my friends. Aside from the school projects and all that, they could maintain living very well too. They really worked hard, played hard, and sometimes (play) harder. Some of them successfully balanced their life, albeit some others did not.

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Being immersed in the different area, with totally different people and environment were totally not easy to tackle. Adaptation could be a heck of a process. It was tough, yet challenging.

But it was the treasure of being away. The treasure of having a new and private life. The treasure to take control of everything going on in your life. And that was the treasure to be responsible for everything you do. Again, it wasn't so easy, but it wasn't impossible to be done either.

It is very hard to explain, but I know, in every of your heart, you can understand what I mean.

I wished I could stay longer here, but I knew I must proceed to a new chapter of my live. Not here, but in Jakarta. There will maybe next life like this. But for now, I got to move on.

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My friends,

this is not the time to say goodbye. There are still pages in your life to be written. If somehow you felt failure, it isn't finished yet, you can still move on. If you are somehow successful, this is time to celebrate.

I am so proud of you and will always pray for you all.

Good luck for everything you do. Have fun!

airport

For me, airport is not just an airport.

It's a magical place, where you can feel the magic in the air.

Tears collided with joy, creating a burst in my heart.

It's always the same place for me.

Place where you say either goodbye or hello.

Place where you always feel either happy or sad.

Place where you actually meet the reality of life.

Reality that tells you, that nothing is immortal.

Neither sadness nor happiness is.

There will be time when you meet your loved ones.

There will be time too, to say farewell.

Joys in the face and tears in the heart.

Joy, when a guy who has long been from home and finally meet his loving family.

Tears, when a daughter who will go far away for better living, leaving her family and her beloved soul behind.

There is nothing more wonderful than for a family to ever unite again.

There is nothing more dreadful than for a couple to surrender for situation.

It touches my heart so deeply, to see those families, couples, and friends, that I feel like crying on the spot.

Deep down I know, I'll be one of them too.