Nice Picture

Hello!

I just wanna show my friend's drawing.  :D  I got it when there was an art lesson. He said that's a picture of me. He gave it to me. I'm so flattered about it! :) The other friends said the picture is similar to me but the glasses is too big.  I also show it to my parents and they said "That's similar to you but it will be more similar if the chin of picture isn't too sharp."   I'm still wondering whether it's similar to me? Then, I compare the picture with some of my photos. When I found my Junior High School photo, I think this is me that's similar to picture! :D

Love it! ;)

I compare with these but not similar, I think! LOL

  

    

 

Not correct! :D TRY AGAIN  LOL

When I found it, this is it!! My parents agree that it's similar to picture. :)

I don't know the other persons except my parents and my friends said about the picture. Overall, I love the picture! Thank you so much Dillah (Muhammad  Saidillah) !!

17-ku

Satu bulan yang lalu, tepat pada tanggal  21  Agustus adalah suatu momen spesial bagiku. Seperti kebanyakan orang yang baru menginjak tahun ke 17 dalam  menghirup udara di bumi, aku juga merasakannya. Angka 17 tersebut memang terasa berbeda sehingga menjadi momen spesial.  Karena  dianggap special bagi sebagian orang (termasuk aku), tidak sedikit yang merayakan momen ini dengan teman-teman ataupun sanak saudara. Apakah kamu termasuk bagian ini saat bertemu 17-mu?

Merayakan momen 17 tahun alias sweet seventeen ini bukanlah suatu keharusan ataupun adat yang wajib dilaksanakan. Walaupun aku menganggap momen ini special, namun aku tidak termasuk golongan yang merayakannya. That’s no matter to celebrate or not, I think.

Sweet seventeen kendatinya adalah suatu titik permulaan di mana kita telah dipercaya menjadi seseorang yang benar-benar menuju dewasa secara de facto. Memasuki tahap dewasa berarti mulai meninggalkan masa anak-anak. Dewasa juga berarti telah mengerti hal-hal yang benar dan dapat dilakukan serta hal-hal yang salah, yang dilarang untuk dilakukan sehingga harus bisa bertanggung jawab atas apa yang dilakukan.

Berbagai bentuk cerita terjadi ketika seseorang menyambut momen ini. Ada yang biasa sampai luar biasa. Aku mengategorikan diriku mendapat cerita di antara sedang dan luar biasa.

Saat itu, 20 Agustus 2012, keluaraga kami sedang berada di Yogyakarta tepatnya di Imogiri.  Kami memiliki jadwal ke kota bersama keluarga besar  pagi itu. Tidak ada yang aneh sampai kami memutuskan kembali pulang ke Imogiri. Selesai makan siang di suatu rumah makan, kami yang terbagi dalam dua mobil antara keluarga Pak Lik (paman, red) dan keluargaku berpisah alias beda arah. Kami berencana mengunjungi rumah kerabat lama orang tua untuk silaturrahim sedangkan keluarga Pak Lik memilih untuk pulang.

Malam tiba, ketika kami  sampai di rumah, tiba-tiba Bu Lik (bibi, red) , menyuruh aku dan adik melewati pintu samping dengan alasan ada tamu di ruang utama supaya kami tidak mengganggu. Tiba-tiba lampu mati mendadak. (Sebenarnya, kalau mau iseng, aku bisa saja tetap menerobos di pintu utama hehe). Dengan mata penuh selidik mencari kebenaran (?), aku dan adik masuk. Terlihat bayangan dua lilin kecil menyala dari belakang tirai. Muncullah mereka  satu persatu sambil menyanyikan lagu Selamat Ulang Tahun dan membawa kue tart. :')

It was nice little surprised from my big family! I don’t know who has the idea. My cousin said this is an idea from my beloved brother but he doesn’t said so. Anyway, thanks for my brother, Wili; my cousins: Adi, Ayu, Win; my uncles: Pakde Tejo and Lik Kadi; my aunty, Lik Mi; and my grandparents: Mbah Warto; also for Om Wiwis, the great driver of Pak Lik’s family.  About my parents, they also surprised about it.

Selain kejutan kecil yang indah itu, aku juga mendapat ucapan dan doa dari keluarga dan teman-teman yang inti dari semuanya semoga aku menjadi insan yang lebih baik lagi (Amin). Aku juga menerima beberapa kado dari teman-teman saat masuk sekolah. How glad I am. Thanks all! :D

17-ku. Suatu hal yang termasuk ditunggu  ketika sudah mendapatkan 17-ku adalah aku sudah bisa memiliki Surat Izin Mengemudi. Ya, SIM! Adanya SIM yang bertengger manis dalam dompetku membuatku lebih tenang saat keluar rumah. Itu artinya tidak perlu lagi kucing-kucingan dengan polisi ketika ada razia. :D

17 tahun sebenarnya hanyalah sebuah simbol. Implementasinya ada pada diri kita masing-masing, apakah kita mampu menjadi seorang yang sudah dianggap siap untuk menjadi dewasa?

17 means be wiser to walk on future!

Cooking Debate

My heart beating gradually faster. I felt it this morning. It often happens when I confronting competitions. I'd prepared many things that be needed for this competition as well as I can. But, I always felt never well prepare on this competition. After attempting and praying, I surrender all of results to God. 

The competition would be begun soon. Committee prepared and checked implements. It was English debate competition. After being chosen random, our team that the members were Luthfie, Adelia (Dhea) and me be the first dual with team from another school.

Dhea, my junior class, was given time to prepare this competition is less then fifteen hours. Ready or not ready, she had to be ready. She succeed one of my friend that resigned from this competition because of something. I never imagined if I be Dhea. She was great. She wanted to succeed my friend. How great she is!

The competition went on. Our team lost. Our opponent team continued to next round to debate again. From participants who I watched, I know all of them were great cause they represented their school there. There were trained participants, talented participants, trained and talented participants and less of preparation participants. 

I know my weakness at that moment. I less of practising. (My debate practising with my dolls apparently it hadn't be maximal yet).It is about the common reason: less of time or actually difficult to manage time. After watching great debaters, I'm like getting recipe to be like them. These are ingredients of the recipe:

1. Understanding of English

2. Can speak English (though you'd been fluent yet)

3. Understanding motions

4. Having complete facts about the motions

5. Practise

6. Practise

7. Practise

8. Being confidence

The recipe has to be complete without less of one ingredients. If you less one of ingredients, consider you only have 1-4 ingredients so the food (performance) won't be delicious (maximal) on taste (result). Or the other probability. You only practise once time or few practising make your performance is awkward (not fluently).

In this case, there is exception for talented persons. Talented persons have the skill from themselves so that they can be great persons on their skills, whenever with or without practising. But, it is better for talented or not, we've to always attempt, practise, practise and practise in order to get maximal result. 

Practise makes perfect! 

June,25th 2012