menutup tahun

Untuk menutup tahun ini, tiba-tiba saya teringat sama blog yang saya dan teman-teman sejawat di AFS buat setahun yang lalu. Isinya kurang lebih sharing pengalaman dari keluarga di sana sampe curhatan. Sayang, maintenance kita kurang banget buat ngerawat blognya jadi postnya berhenti sekitar bulan April.

Awal tujuan kita sih sebenernya pure pengalaman aja, karena kan gak semua yang ikut program punya blog untuk cerita-cerita. Terlebih sih, kita promosi kecil-kecilan biar banyak yang termotivasi untuk ikut program AFS. Link untuk blognya : klik disini

Check them out! Witnessed our written memories.

leave it untitled

Sesuai judulnya, saya biarkan post kali ini tanpa judul. Titling makes use some energy that I can't afford right now. So leave it just the way it is.

Semester pertama di tahun keempat saya di SMA sudah menemukan ujungnya, tepatnya seminggu yang lalu. Bisa dibilang performa saya di bidang akademis pada semester ini cenderung menurun. Tentu saya lelah beralasan mengenai perjalanan saya di tahun keempat yang sulit karena adanya gap dari tahun sebelumnya. Tapi saya punya determinasi kuat untuk berubah. Yes, I am eager to change, please somebody read this carefully that I solemnly swear to change my way of doing things, a lot of them. Full stop.

Menutup semester ini saya sedikit merenung tentang beberapa hal, terutama masalah tujuan saya di penghujung tahun ajaran. Pertanyaannya sederhana tapi menggelitik, “Saya mau ke mana?”. Opsi sudah bertebaran di mana-mana. Mereka berbaris membuat saf berhadapan dengan saya. Tapi menentukan pilihan tak semudah melempar telunjuk di jendela toko yang menjajakan barang dagangan. Ada yang saya pertaruhkan di sini. Masa depan.

Pernah terlintas di pikiran saya untuk memantapkan langkah menuju bidang kedokteran. Dalam beberapa bulan, saya menimbang lagi lebih jauh keputusan ini dan saya dengan lantang bersuara tidak. Seiring dengan keputusan itu, tentu harus ada pilihan lain. Lagi, saya membuka ruang untuk berpikir dan akhirnya pilihan merujuk kepada satu hal : take a step to go abroad.

Sampai titik ini, saya masih berusaha keras untuk mencapai keinginan ini. Doain aja semoga pilihan-pilihan yang sekiranya tadi dan saat ini berbaris bisa saya pilah dan pada akhirnya, gerbang kampus apapun nanti dapat tersenyum menyambut saya.

definitely miss these days

it's been awhile yet I know time flew so fast, but let me recall some good memories cause indeed they were good that made me the way who I am now :)

try to make a comeback

So yeah, again

Saya lalai. Harusnya menjadi wordsmith itu bukan sebagai kewajiban tapi sebagai ketertarikan. Entah kenapa selama berbulan-bulan ini saya cenderung untuk meninggalkan beberapa hal yang saya anggap 'kurang' perlu. Soon, regret ate me alone, alive. Saya menyesal sudah membiarkan ruangan ini jadi berdebu dan dijangkit jaring laba-laba. Saya gak mau sesumbar lagi bakal ini itu, mau posting tiap periode tertentu. Guess I'll be happy with just letting this nifty occasional journal in its flow, ayt?

Kalo ditanya apa kabar saya hari ini, jawabannya masih sama. Jadi siswa SMA lagi. Getting back behind the desk and do so much tasks and subjects all the time, 'till we graduate for sure. Saya gak menyesal kok, cuma kadang-kadang selentingan pikiran kecil suka bikin hati mandek plus kecewa ngeliat used-to-be friend of mine udah jadi mahasiswa, pake baju bebas ke sekolah -kampus, red- etc etc etc. Huh, semuanya emang pahit kalo gak ada yang namanya syukur.

Sekarang saya sedang berjuang buat ujian akhir semester. Berhubung ini ujian semester terakhir sebelum saya perang di ranah pertempuran, jadi ha-rus-nya saya lagi belajar, tapi kenyataannya jari-jari saya gak berhenti loncat-loncat di keyboard dan nerjemahin kode-kode kecil ini ke blog. Nevertheless, welcome here a lovely procrastinator.

Udah ah daripada makin ngelantur, untuk selanjutnya doakan aja supaya blog ini masih bisa keurus dan bisa disapu, dipel dan make-up sesering mungkin.

Peace out, folks!

Reborn Message

So, this is it. Saya kembali ke Jakarta dan sudah berada disini sekitar ummm... Dua bulan. It's been a long time. Not. Karena saya punya 17 tahun ke belakang yang sebagian saya perjuangkan dan sebagian lagi...saya acuhkan, seperti blog ini.

Saya berjanji untuk rajin nge-blog lagi. Mungkin kelihatannya lucu, baru dua bulan absen dari kegiatan menulis di blog, ujug-ujug dateng dengan semangat berkobar dan yang lebih aneh lagi, saya mencoba menggunakan bahasa Indonesia yang baik dan benar diselingi bumbu bahasa Inggris. Everybody's noticing at all?

Yeah, hardly trying I to make this blog upgraded into the next step. Not to mention what I've already done was just nothing. But hey don't be satisfy enough with what you've got, be like Apple that has never stop making them sophisticated gadgets (damn I'm drooling for their brand new iTouch).

Well anyway....it is what it is :) my new style of writing was born. Then soon I'll be getting some spices to touch my blog up. See you soon with a lot of catch ups.

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Senior Graduation

As I already put on the previous post in a little inset about graduation and senior all night party. Here it was, the longest night I've ever had in my high school career.

It was the tenth of this month (June), ten o'clock in the morning when we, the Seniors, had a practice for our graduation. Yeah, that is our final year in our public school career and school as the home for us to gain any knowledge, formulas and also "drama", celebrated our final moment with having such a wonderful graduation. That was pretty much what our principal told us three weeks prior to the Seniors to encourage us to get so much things and works done.

Walking on the stage, rehearse the march in and out, and the ceremony itself were pretty much pictured what we've been doing in the Allen Park Municipal Building to prepare us for the a beginning of a new journey that will start in about seven hours. The rehearsal went for two hours, with the whole practice from the beginning of ceremony until the end of it. Thank God, the video presentation about our four years journey (mine was a year) kept us entertained in the end of the rehearsal.

Five o'clock in the afternoon, my exchangee friends came from Ohio to attend my graduation yet they coming earlier to hang out a little bit at my house and went to the place where the graduation held. Pronto, I was changed in another form of me. Yeah I was covered by white shirt + black tie and black pants, a requirement if you willing to be graduated. Then I was packed my cap and gown in my drawstring bag. All my bag is packed, I'm ready to walk on the stage. Woohoo.

Those blue and gold sets of cap and gown colored every corner of the building when our name be called to fetch our "fake" folder of diplomas. My family and I were split, they were going to the front of the building while I went for my crowd and clique at the back (side actually) of the building. Oh the ceremony went very delicious and way very legit with three speeches from the valedictorian, which is a who get the highest cumulative grades on four years. Then there was salutatorian, which is the second highest GPA holders among other graduates. Those were Justis Cummins and Alicia Sevon. There was another speech also from our class president, Chelsea von Pagels. The rest of the speeches from these guys were hell boring.

Every touching speech always said our greatest-hearted buddy who already left us in this harsh world to face the Owner of this Universe. He is James Bartle, if you wanna know who he was, simply click over here. I always remember him with his great smile in front me every school day on MP2 until the unexpected Sunday night which just used up our days in grief and deep tears afterward. He was supposed to celebrate this breath-taking moment with us, ya he was supposed to.

Speeches done and the time for walking on the stage, it's not a problem if you're not a model, singer, actor, or anything that appertain to act-staging professions. Diploma on right hand, the other pair shook with our principal's and superintendent's. Almost half an hour ended with diploma handing and with little speech from Mr. Scott, our principal, the tassel that hung on our cap could be officially moved to the left side. How relieve!

As we marched out from the building, crowd bursts into laughter, tears, excitements, smiles and even something that you think it never showed until this 'moment'. Flashes showering among us and I don't know for how many yotabytes used up for pictured this event.

John Tamas lifted me up :o

At last, I thanked Annapolis High School for the hospitality for this entire year, or even less. This place witnessed my journey from being a timid lonely student, to be at least stand out among the crowd for little message so-called 'peace' within warm company from teachers, beloved friends and everybody that I couldn't really mention one by one. Though it never crossed my mind at all, I should say. Farewell, we finally made it :)

La Beau Family with the brand new Grad

My exchangee buddies

Justis, I and Chelsea vP lifted me up as well

Annapolis should proud having us this year :p

Duh-rama

We are the bosses

Hey, I just found myself really obliged to update my drama thingy (I mean, not "drama") goes, so you'll stop thinking that the drama would last forever. Seriously, it was from a month ago approximately, way before my graduation party was held. As I posted here that I was performed the play two days in a row (5/14-15). So umm.. after couple days of another "drama" with our director and set people against the actors, we stayed cool and try to build a better relationship between each other in order to make the play a real success.

I know my part wasn't that long, probably just 15 minutes or so upon stage, but people said I was a good actor actually. I was really flattered and glad because they still appreciate my deeds thought it wasn't that big. Then, after second day performance (5/15) we went Applebees to celebrate our play. It's gonna be sad, because the Seniors actors and crew would be leaving Annapolis HS including me and hopefully they (Seniors) can still help the play in the future. For me, I just wish.

LOL

In regards to the Seniors that would leaving the Annapolis Drama Club, the officer made the cast party to for us, seniors. Actually that was a lot of fun, not to mention in the end we ended up having a little fight between two actors, but actually we had fun with improvisations, ate bunch of foods (Jessica made me and Kortnie tanned sandwiches, because we're the only two colored participants. LOL). I always had a good time with my drama club. I wish I can pack them in my suitcases and bring 'em home so they can still talk and play with me.

Those are need to be packed on my suitcase

*Tonight is my graduation. This is just overwhelmingly awesome because it would be followed by Senior All Night Party, though I know it would be our last event ever. Hey no goodbyes allow whatsoever!*