This week is a long weekend. Friday is Hari Raya Nyepi for Hindu so the holiday is from Friday to Sunday. I decided to go along with my boyfriend and his family. There were 6 people in a car; me, my boyfriend, his parents, and his two sisters. We went to the mall nearby, spending time and money for buying some stuff on Saturday. That day was the last day for my boyfriend’s parents in Jogja, they live in Bali and wanted to spend their holiday here. They are not Hindu because actually they are not native Balinese.
In the afternoon, we had lunch and went to the mall. We spent more than 3 hours to go around and find something interesting to buy. We bought this and that, and finally we have spent much money, it was more than a million rupiahs! Realizing the time was over, we went to the airport in a hurry. We should check in at 6.30 p.m. and fortunately we were not late.
We were certainly sad to let them go back to Bali. The holiday was over. The plane took off at 8.20 p.m. but we left from the airport earlier because we had to turn the rent car back. We had dinner first at a restaurant. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy the food because it took long time to be served and the taste was not so delicious. But that was not a problem because we were happy of being together all day long.
They took me home at 9 p.m. and they turned the rent car back. I was so happy today to spend time with them. It seemed that I was with my own family. I love them all,,,
Minggu, 25 Maret 2012
My Pitiful Friend
It is a story of my friend, my pitiful friend. I will not say which friend of mine is on a pity. Here, I do not mean to insult anyone but if someone is offended, I would say really sorry.
I have a close friend and I have a pity on her. I admit that she talks more than other people, she is talkative and sometimes annoying. That is why my other friends in class stay away from her, even they mock her. She is really pitiful but I think she does not care about that.
I like to be together with her. Although she is talkative, she talks something important and useful. I learn so much from her. I become knowing anything because she tells me.
Once, I have ever stayed away from her as well. I defamed her with my other friends at class. But there was the time when I had to be with her. Soon I realized that she is a good friend. She gives me a lot of information that I do not know. Now, I become liking her and I promise not to defame her anymore.
Actually, she realizes that some friends always talk about her. But I believe that she is such a confident girl that never considers what other people say about her. I state once again that she is not that annoying. You can learn anything from her because she is global-minded.
So far, some of my friends at class still defame her. But I am in her side now. We are often together to share about my study that I do not understand because she is also smart and clever. I also like to spend time together with her, having lunch, chatting, or even joking.
I hope they will soon realize that she is a nice person. She is a good friend who always gives useful information for us. She has broad knowledge and she is able to help me in any case. I hope as well that she will be a successful person, so that they can regret of what they have done to her.
I have a close friend and I have a pity on her. I admit that she talks more than other people, she is talkative and sometimes annoying. That is why my other friends in class stay away from her, even they mock her. She is really pitiful but I think she does not care about that.
I like to be together with her. Although she is talkative, she talks something important and useful. I learn so much from her. I become knowing anything because she tells me.
Once, I have ever stayed away from her as well. I defamed her with my other friends at class. But there was the time when I had to be with her. Soon I realized that she is a good friend. She gives me a lot of information that I do not know. Now, I become liking her and I promise not to defame her anymore.
Actually, she realizes that some friends always talk about her. But I believe that she is such a confident girl that never considers what other people say about her. I state once again that she is not that annoying. You can learn anything from her because she is global-minded.
So far, some of my friends at class still defame her. But I am in her side now. We are often together to share about my study that I do not understand because she is also smart and clever. I also like to spend time together with her, having lunch, chatting, or even joking.
I hope they will soon realize that she is a nice person. She is a good friend who always gives useful information for us. She has broad knowledge and she is able to help me in any case. I hope as well that she will be a successful person, so that they can regret of what they have done to her.
An Afternoon Meeting
This is a meeting for preparing student service that is going to be held from July to August this year. It has been held for more than 3 times. Sometimes it is boring for me because actually all things that we talk about are almost the same thing. We are going to do the student service on July but we have to prepare anything from now. It is not easy to set it up all. Fortunately, the leader of the group is wise enough and good at being a leader. I guess he has experienced in becoming involved in some activities before.
Today the meeting is arranged at 2.30 in the afternoon. Honestly, I do not know all the members of the team because it is my second meeting while they have had more than 3 meetings and they are from the same department. There are even some of them who are in a relationship. It is no problem for me, I understand it.
So, what we discussed this afternoon was about the programs that we are going to carry out. Actually the meeting only took a short time, around 30 minutes but some people were late. We have decided that people who come late will get charge of 5000 rupiahs. This rule is fair, I think, since they will be motivated not to come late. Being disappointed that the meeting was held for only 30 minutes, I went home directly. I was so annoyed that some people were late and the meeting was not so conducive and ended within 30 minutes.
Talking about the place of the student service, it is going to be in a village in Selomartani, Sleman. Actually it is not a real village. The facilities and people there are quite modern. But we hope we can run this activity smoothly for we intend to improve and develop the village.
Today the meeting is arranged at 2.30 in the afternoon. Honestly, I do not know all the members of the team because it is my second meeting while they have had more than 3 meetings and they are from the same department. There are even some of them who are in a relationship. It is no problem for me, I understand it.
So, what we discussed this afternoon was about the programs that we are going to carry out. Actually the meeting only took a short time, around 30 minutes but some people were late. We have decided that people who come late will get charge of 5000 rupiahs. This rule is fair, I think, since they will be motivated not to come late. Being disappointed that the meeting was held for only 30 minutes, I went home directly. I was so annoyed that some people were late and the meeting was not so conducive and ended within 30 minutes.
Talking about the place of the student service, it is going to be in a village in Selomartani, Sleman. Actually it is not a real village. The facilities and people there are quite modern. But we hope we can run this activity smoothly for we intend to improve and develop the village.
Minggu, 18 Maret 2012
Love at the First Sight
When I stepped on my campus for the first time, I was amazed by the marching band performance in the ceremony for welcoming new students. It was so beautiful that everybody couldn’t turn around from it. I didn’t know why. It was I who was excessive or it was indeed amazing. Since that time, I intended to join this activity in campus; we called it UKM (Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa).
Few months later, I made it true by joining this activity. I registered and did the placement test. In marching band there are 3 sections, they are: percussion, color guard, and brass. Honestly, I wanted to be color guard player, the section which plays some equipments like flags, rifle, saber, and etc. And finally, I was accepted as the color guard. I was so happy and I promised to be serious. There were 8 students joining this activity who were my classmates. They were accepted in different section with me.
It ran well for about few months. But it was revealed that many students quit from this activity. I admitted that this kind of activity seized more time. It also needed endurance. I did not deny as well that this kind of activity made people exhausted and they had to sacrifice their time and energy. So, I think people who could join this activity are not common people. At last, my classmates also quit and there were only 2 students in my department who joined it, me and my friend, Mayang. We worked harder and harder to join the inauguration. A couple of months later, we were truly the members of Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada after being inaugurated. It was not easy to get it all because we had to do some efforts and it was so hard.
After being inaugurated, my really first performance was the celebration of Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada’s birthday, it was some time on April 2010 if I am not mistaken. Then, the management of my band decided to join the most important event in Jakarta. So, we had to prepare for about 8 months. It was so challenging and sometimes boring.............TO BE CONTINUED
Few months later, I made it true by joining this activity. I registered and did the placement test. In marching band there are 3 sections, they are: percussion, color guard, and brass. Honestly, I wanted to be color guard player, the section which plays some equipments like flags, rifle, saber, and etc. And finally, I was accepted as the color guard. I was so happy and I promised to be serious. There were 8 students joining this activity who were my classmates. They were accepted in different section with me.
It ran well for about few months. But it was revealed that many students quit from this activity. I admitted that this kind of activity seized more time. It also needed endurance. I did not deny as well that this kind of activity made people exhausted and they had to sacrifice their time and energy. So, I think people who could join this activity are not common people. At last, my classmates also quit and there were only 2 students in my department who joined it, me and my friend, Mayang. We worked harder and harder to join the inauguration. A couple of months later, we were truly the members of Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada after being inaugurated. It was not easy to get it all because we had to do some efforts and it was so hard.
After being inaugurated, my really first performance was the celebration of Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada’s birthday, it was some time on April 2010 if I am not mistaken. Then, the management of my band decided to join the most important event in Jakarta. So, we had to prepare for about 8 months. It was so challenging and sometimes boring.............TO BE CONTINUED
December 2010
Let me tell you about something.
It is something that was happened more than a year ago. I joined marching band competition in Jakarta, it is called Grand Prix Marching Band. It is held annually and some schools and universities in Indonesia usually join this competition. It is an important event for all marching bands in Indonesia.
I left for Jakarta a week before the day of the competition. We were all more than 90 people consisted of players and crews, in 3 buses. We had to be quarantined for few days in Jakarta. I could say that this quarantine was very severe because we actually have not reached the target. What target? So, in showing our performance, we had to prepare 12 minutes that consists of about 3 or 4 movements. We had 4 movements plus percussion feature. In performing it, we should also have a theme. We chose Tom and Jerry at that time. So, from movement 1 to movement 4 told about the story of the theme. We had the characters of Tom and Jerry, which were characterized by my friends, Dita and Santi.
Talking about the quarantine, we had it for about 3 days. We had to practice from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. We were accustomed to practicing for more than 12 hours in a day. All we did were just playing the 4 movements and drills. We did it over and over again. Of course we felt bored but we realized that we have not done it well that was why we always repeated the same thing every day.
The day came. We were totally ready for the 12-minute performance. I was so nervous and trembling when I entered the stage. It was held in Tenis Indoor, Istora Senayan Jakarta which was very big, wide, and cold. I couldn’t stop praying and when the music was played, I tried to forget my nervousness and perceive it. Finally, 12 minutes was nothing for me, I couldn’t say that 12 minutes was too long because it was happened quickly. I was so relieved after leaving the stage.
We had to wait for the announcement for about 3 hours. When it came, I had a seat with a special person in my band, he is my boyfriend. We couldn’t wait to know who the winners were. We were sure that we would be one of the winners because our coaches said that we performed well and optimally. Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada was called as the second place. YES, that was my band! We applaud and cheer happily. Finally, we were the winner. We were not disappointed because of being the second winner, we were proud of our selves. Without winning the second place, we were still the winner for ourselves.
It is something that was happened more than a year ago. I joined marching band competition in Jakarta, it is called Grand Prix Marching Band. It is held annually and some schools and universities in Indonesia usually join this competition. It is an important event for all marching bands in Indonesia.
I left for Jakarta a week before the day of the competition. We were all more than 90 people consisted of players and crews, in 3 buses. We had to be quarantined for few days in Jakarta. I could say that this quarantine was very severe because we actually have not reached the target. What target? So, in showing our performance, we had to prepare 12 minutes that consists of about 3 or 4 movements. We had 4 movements plus percussion feature. In performing it, we should also have a theme. We chose Tom and Jerry at that time. So, from movement 1 to movement 4 told about the story of the theme. We had the characters of Tom and Jerry, which were characterized by my friends, Dita and Santi.
Talking about the quarantine, we had it for about 3 days. We had to practice from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. We were accustomed to practicing for more than 12 hours in a day. All we did were just playing the 4 movements and drills. We did it over and over again. Of course we felt bored but we realized that we have not done it well that was why we always repeated the same thing every day.
The day came. We were totally ready for the 12-minute performance. I was so nervous and trembling when I entered the stage. It was held in Tenis Indoor, Istora Senayan Jakarta which was very big, wide, and cold. I couldn’t stop praying and when the music was played, I tried to forget my nervousness and perceive it. Finally, 12 minutes was nothing for me, I couldn’t say that 12 minutes was too long because it was happened quickly. I was so relieved after leaving the stage.
We had to wait for the announcement for about 3 hours. When it came, I had a seat with a special person in my band, he is my boyfriend. We couldn’t wait to know who the winners were. We were sure that we would be one of the winners because our coaches said that we performed well and optimally. Marching Band Universitas Gadjah Mada was called as the second place. YES, that was my band! We applaud and cheer happily. Finally, we were the winner. We were not disappointed because of being the second winner, we were proud of our selves. Without winning the second place, we were still the winner for ourselves.
December 2011
Let me tell you about another something.
It was just the same as what happened on December 2010. I joined marching band competition, again. As I said before that it was held annually and was one of the most important events for marching band enjoyers. As usual, we left for Jakarta a week before the day of the competition and we had to be quarantined for few days. Again, it was more severe than the last year because we were not serious and we have not yet reached the target that was determined. During the quarantine, we were woken up in the middle of the night to practice and have dress rehearsal. Our schedule of dress rehearsal was at 3 in the morning so we had to practice for a couple of hours before 3 a.m. In the first day of quarantine, we didn’t even sleep in a day but then we were given more time to take a rest.
The difference between last year and this year competition was that my boyfriend did not join the same band with me. He joined another band in Kalimantan called Marching Band Sangkakala. He wanted to experience new things so he went to Kalimantan 2 months before the competition. Actually, we had to prepare for this competition about 8 months. But for those who have been expert on it could prepare less than 8 months. My boyfriend has ever joined this competition 4 times so he only needed 2 months to prepare it all.
When the day came, we were busy preparing this and that. Our theme was reformation. I know that this theme seemed serious but we had message for people about it. Our performing schedule was at around 4 o’clock. As I did last year, I tried to forget my nervousness and start enjoying the music. Again, 12 minutes went quickly.
Another difference with the last year competition was that my mother and brother came to see me in Jakarta. I was so happy they could have time for me to support what I did. So, I sat with them waiting for the announcement. My boyfriend sat in another seat with his new friends. Unfortunately, we were not as luck as last year. We were in the fourth place this year. I realized that we did not perform optimally. We were quite disappointed but that was game, there must be the winner and the loser. I think that was going to be my last performance in Grand Prix Marching Band. I am going to continue my study seriously and reach my dreams to make them true.
It was just the same as what happened on December 2010. I joined marching band competition, again. As I said before that it was held annually and was one of the most important events for marching band enjoyers. As usual, we left for Jakarta a week before the day of the competition and we had to be quarantined for few days. Again, it was more severe than the last year because we were not serious and we have not yet reached the target that was determined. During the quarantine, we were woken up in the middle of the night to practice and have dress rehearsal. Our schedule of dress rehearsal was at 3 in the morning so we had to practice for a couple of hours before 3 a.m. In the first day of quarantine, we didn’t even sleep in a day but then we were given more time to take a rest.
The difference between last year and this year competition was that my boyfriend did not join the same band with me. He joined another band in Kalimantan called Marching Band Sangkakala. He wanted to experience new things so he went to Kalimantan 2 months before the competition. Actually, we had to prepare for this competition about 8 months. But for those who have been expert on it could prepare less than 8 months. My boyfriend has ever joined this competition 4 times so he only needed 2 months to prepare it all.
When the day came, we were busy preparing this and that. Our theme was reformation. I know that this theme seemed serious but we had message for people about it. Our performing schedule was at around 4 o’clock. As I did last year, I tried to forget my nervousness and start enjoying the music. Again, 12 minutes went quickly.
Another difference with the last year competition was that my mother and brother came to see me in Jakarta. I was so happy they could have time for me to support what I did. So, I sat with them waiting for the announcement. My boyfriend sat in another seat with his new friends. Unfortunately, we were not as luck as last year. We were in the fourth place this year. I realized that we did not perform optimally. We were quite disappointed but that was game, there must be the winner and the loser. I think that was going to be my last performance in Grand Prix Marching Band. I am going to continue my study seriously and reach my dreams to make them true.
Minggu, 11 Maret 2012
Friday in the Evening
We took her to the station, who was going to go home. Leaving for another city was sometimes hard for me and him.
We were really sad, that we tried hard to restrain our tears. Spending 5 days with her was the best time we have ever had.
We used to be together anytime & anywhere, that we couldn’t be apart. Living separately from her was like a sort of misery.
We really liked to eat the foods, which she always cooked for us. Tasting such these delicious foods was so delightful.
We used to love her; we really love her now; and we will always love her. Being together again is truly all what we want.
My mother…..
We were really sad, that we tried hard to restrain our tears. Spending 5 days with her was the best time we have ever had.
We used to be together anytime & anywhere, that we couldn’t be apart. Living separately from her was like a sort of misery.
We really liked to eat the foods, which she always cooked for us. Tasting such these delicious foods was so delightful.
We used to love her; we really love her now; and we will always love her. Being together again is truly all what we want.
My mother…..
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