Sunday, September 11, 2011

Kembali Fitri dan Kembali ke Kampus

Assalamu'alaikum.. :D
Pertama tama,
Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin
Mohon Maaf Lahir dan Batin :)
Maaf telat yaa, ini karena kebiasaan gue yaitu prokrastinasi atau suka menunda-nunda, jadinya suka lama kalo ngeblog hehe. Beneran loh maafin gue kl ada salah kata di blog ini, ada kata2 kasar, pihak yg tersinggung atau ada info yang salah, maaf yaaa :') So, gue mau ceritain kisah libur lebaran gue nih, boleh ya boleh, hehe..

Alhamdulillah lebaran tahun 1432 H ini gw sekeluarga mudik lagi. Seperti biasa, kami mudik menggunakan mobil. Biasanya kami berangkat mudik setelah subuh, tapi kali ini beda, kami berangkat pada tanggal 26 Agustus pukul 00:00. Alasannya selain menghindari macet, juga menghindari panas matahari, perkiraannya Jakarta - Magelang itu 15 jam ya, jadi kira2 pas terik sudah sampai begitu loh. Oke, berangkatlah kami, tapi ternyata jalanan ramai juga kawan2, sesuatu banget yah ternyata orang2 berpikiran sama juga untuk berangkat pada malam hari. Dan, karena jalanan yang padat tiada hentinya, akhirnya Alhamdulillah kami tiba di Magelang pada hari yang sama pd jam 10 malam. Which means kami menempuh perjalanan selama 22 jam, sudah termasuk kira2 2 jam istirahat. Sesuatu banget yaa #virussyahrini. Padahal setiap mudik kita ga pernah selama ini perjalanannya, ini berati manusia di Jawa semakin banyak ya (-,-). Well apapun patut di syukuri, Alhamdulillah yang penting sampai dengan selamat.

Seperti biasa, karena orang tua dari ibu di Magelang, dan orangtua dr ayah di Jogja, jadi selama mudik kami sering pindah-pindah nginepnya, berapa hari di Jogja, berapa hari di Magelang. Nah, pasti pada tau kan, kegalauan umat muslim Indonesia perihal penetapan waktu lebaran 1432 H? Well, keputusan akhirnya lebaran di Indonesia di tetapkan pada tanggal 31 Agustus karena hilal yang belum 'officially' terlihat. Jadi, yang mengikuti pemerintah harus puasa satu hari lagi. Ya tentu banyak yang kecewa, dengan alasan sudah masak lah, sudah pulang lebih awal lah, dll. Kalo eyang-eyang gw, mereka menganut Muhammadiyah, jadi lebarannya duluan tanggal 30 hehe. Tapi sebenernya kami hanya mengikuti kakek nenek saja, kalau kami lebaran di Jakarta, pasti kami ikutan puasa sehari lagi hehe. Well kapanpun lebarannya, yang penting tidak ada dendam diantara kita yaa :')

Lalu akhirnya lebaran tiba. Kita semua kembali fitri. Dan perut kembali terisi #eh. Kami akhirnya lebaran di Magelang. Singkat saja, setelah ritual sungkem dsb. tentu saya tak jauh dari makan, apalagi ngemil karena kue lebaran banyak banget, tapi ajaibnya, I don't gain any weight, Alhamdulillah yah..

Ok, liburan dimulai, selain menghabiskan kue bersilaturahmi ke rumah budhe, pakdhe, mbah dan lain-lain, akhirnya kami (gw, bokap, adek, sepupu) berkunjung ke suatu pantai yang baru dibuka,  tidak terlalu jauh dari pantai Parang Tritis, namanya Pantai Kwaru. Karena masih baru, memang belum banyak apa-apa disana, tempat makan saja baru sedikit, tapi, sudah lumayan ramai loh. Nah, disana itu ada mainan motor2an haha kayak gini nih:

Me and my brother
Namanya apa ya, gw lupa hehe. Hari2 sebelumnya, adek gw udh pernah main duluan, dan harganya 25000/15 menit, tapi skrg pas lebaran jadi 30000/15 menit, bisa aja abangnya (-,-). Nah yang beda itu, Pantai Kwaru ini ditumbuhi pohon-pohon cemara, bukan cemara pohon natal, kalo kata bokap gw sih, cemara udang (entah namanya apa). Pohon2 ini memiliki batang yang ujung-ujungnya tumbuh melebar sehingga terlihat saling bersatuan dengan sesamanya yang di dekatnya (lihat foto). Orang2 yang mau ke pantai Kwaru, masuknya harus melewati pohon2 ini, sehingga ada jalan setapak di antara pohon2 ini, dan orang yang berjalan di bawahnya akan merasa seperti berjalan dalam goa pohon cemara. Nah, di sini, main motor2annya jadi ada treknya gitu di dalam "goa cemara", beda sama pantai2 lain yang mainnya di padang pasir luas. Lihat saja di foto gw di samping, seru juga loh! (apa gue aja yang norak ya hehe). Well, saya hanya mempromosikan pantai baru ini yg ga kalah bagusnya hehe.

Waktu cepat berlalu, akhirnya pada tanggal 3 September kami memutuskan untuk pulang ke Depok :'). Sebelumnya, turut berduka cita buat om Saipul Jamil dan keluarga atas kecelakan yg menimpa, innalillahi wainnailaihi raji'un, smg istrinya diterima di sisi Allah swt.
Hmm ajal memang tak terduga ya. Pagi hari kita senang2, sorenya bisa saja menangisi seseorang yg meninggal, atau malah ditangisi (hayoloh). Makanya jangan sekali-kali lupa sama Allah yaa ;)

Ok. Karena telah mendengar berita tersebut, kami jadi lebih berhati hati dalam perjalan, khususnya bokap gw yang nyetir. Kami pun berangkat tanggal 3 pukul 20.00. Perjalanan lambat banget, pertama karena jalanan padat, lalu, di daerah Magelang, banyak lampu merah yang detik lampu merahnya mencapai 100, tapi lampu hijaunya hanya 20 zzz (-,-). Dan ternyata kawan2, dari Cirebon sampai Cikampek itu macet bangeet, padat merayap, semua temen2 gw yg mudik, di twitter juga pada bilang gitu. Ini adalah perjalanan mudik terlama yg pernah kami lalui teman2. Akhirnya kami sampai di rumah tanggal 5 pukul 8 pagi, yang berarti kami menempuh dgn waktu 35 jam, termasuk dgn waktu istirahat dan makan kira2 5 jam, masyaallah.... Ini tandanya penduduk memang sudah sangat padat saudara2.. Tapi sekali lagi alhamdulillah karena kami sampai dengan selamat.

Tak lama setelah pulang gw msh ada acara kamaba (kegiatan awal mahasiswa baru), sesuatu banget yaah akhirnya liburan berakhir. Dan sekarang tanggal 11 September, hari ini akhirnya, para mahasiswa baru UI mendapatkan jaket almamaternya yaitu Jakun, hehe. FB pun telah menguning teman2, haha. Dan yak besok tanggal 12 adalah hari pertama kuliah, wish me luck!

Btw, sekarang 9/11 yah, gw seriing banget yg namanya ngeliat jam 9:11 di hape, lama2 serem juga, trus kemarin gw liat ada kupu2 hitam msk ke rumah, trus hari ini ada kucing hitam tidur di luar rumah, it's kinda freaking me out, but  I don't belive in myth. Alhamdulillah ga ada apa2 kok :)

Oh well, nampaknya gue blm bisa mengurangi kebacotan gue, post ini udah kayak novel, maaf ya semuaa, tapi doain gue buat jadi penulis novel hebat yaa kayak tante gw, J.K. Rowling, hehe, amin.

Song of the Day : Katy Perry - Fireworks
Karena ini lagu yg paling sering diputer selama perjalanan yang sangat lama tersebut, sesuatu banget yaah :')

Friday, August 19, 2011

Mahasiswa

Assalamu'alaikum :)

Apa kabar semua? Semoga baik yaa..

Okay, ini udah bener-bener lamaaaaaa banget gw ga ngeblog. Kalo di tanya, 'Emang ga ada pengalaman menarik?' Oh tentu adaa, banyaak. Dan gw juga selalu niat nge-post di blog kok, tapi entah kenapa selalu males atau ga sempet, ga selesai dan banyak yang hanya mengendap di draft, hehe. Mungkin nanti gw akan ngeblog event2 yg blm sempet gw posting kalo ada waktu (sok sibuk). Dan soal post blog yang satu ini, mungkin akan panjang, soalnya maklum udah setaun ga ngeblog hehe, jadi siapin ya matanya (?)

Nah, gw belum pernah cerita di blog soal ini, tapi saya Alhamdulillah telah diterima menjadi mahasiswa Universitas Indonesia di Fakultas Psikologi :). Waktu pengumuman SNMPTN tertulis kemarin, udah niat sih mau ngeblog tapi ga kesampaian lagi (-,-). Soal perjuangan masuk UI? Beeeh bisa jadi novel blog ini *lebay*. Intinya Alhamdulillah aja, yaa kalo ada waktu (lagi), mungkin akan di post deh flashback soal perjuangan anak galau lulus SMA hehe.

Terus, apa alasan mulai nge blog lagi?
 
Pertama-tama, gw sedang gak ada kerjaan hehe. Di jadwal yg padat kegiatan awal mahasiswa baru, hari ini akhirnya libur (emang hari minggu sih, tapi awalnya ada kegiatan mahasiswa baru yaitu latihan padus untuk wisuda UI angkatan 2007 yang akhirnya ditiadakan). Baru merasakan kalo satu hari libur itu sangat berarti *lebay* :'). Yang kedua, gw sedang sangat terinspirasi sama seorang kakak senior di F.Psi UI, untuk mulai menulis lagi, karena menurut pengalaman dia (yang dia tulis di blognya, ups kepo), jurusan gw itu sangat berkutat dengan menulis, baik itu essay, makalah, sampai karya ilmiah. Lalu, terinspirasi oleh senior itu, gw mulai latihan menulis lewat blog, soalnya gw sadar kalo gw udah ngadet banget kalo nulis, baru tersadar dari bingungnya gw saat ngerjain tugas essay yg dikasih waktu PSAF. Jadi, mulai sekarang gw mau lebih sering ngeblog, dan membuat blog gw lebih berguna (walaupun sedikit), jadi isinya gak cuma keluh kesah seorang pelajar, ehm mahasiswa hehe.

Status saya sekarang, seorang mahasiswa. Apasih mahasiswa itu? Apa bedanya sama siswa biasa? Jawaban: beda bangeeet mas brooo mba siis, hehe.

Saat SMA, kita hanya belajar sesuai dengan kurikulum yg dijalani. Istilahnya, udah dari sononya, terima aja mau berapa banyak pelajaran pun. Kalo di kuliah, kita bisa memilih mau ngambil mata kuliah apa, berapa SKS (Satuan Kredit Semester) di setiap semester, mau lulus berapa lama lagi, dan tergantung kuat apa engga :P. Lalu, di kuliah itu, kita benar2 dituntut untuk mandiri. Karena, di kampus (apalagi UI) itu gede banget (ya bayangin aja naik sepeda kuning keliling UI cukup bikin gempor hehe). Kalo gak mandiri, mungkin akan agak susah untuk survive di kampus (nakut2in). Gw sendiri sebenernya blm terlalu mandiri, cuma bisa mandi sendiri #eh. Maklum lah, rumah (orang tua) gw ganyampe 10 menit ke UI kalo naik motor, jd ya gak ngekos, pdhl pengen ngekos sih biar bisa latihan mandiri, tapi apadaya *ciyelah*.

Lalu bedanya lagi, kalo di sekolah kan setiap hari kita ketemu temen2 yang sama, istilahnya 4L: Lo Lagi Lo Lagi. Nah, kalo di kuliah beda-beda, karena mata kuliah yang diambil tiap orang beda2, udah gitu, kelasnya pun moving #ehserem. Maksudnya moving class, jd kita pindah-pindah ke kelas mata kuliah yg kita ambil, bukan dosennya yang ngedatengin kelas kita (kayak guru di sekolah). Untung waktu SMA, angkatan gw pas 2 tahun terakhir udah ada simulasi moving class gitu, jadi tiap pelajaran pindah kelas.

Jadi inget kelas saya saat masih sekolah, yang heboh itu waktu di kelas XI IPA 3. Tiap ada ulangan, khususnya ulangan Pkn, kita yang sekelas berkemungkinan masih keturunan orang barbar, sebelum bel bahkan udah stand by di pintu kelas sebelumnya, menyiapkan posisi start lari jarak pendek *lebay*. Lalu pas bel berbunyi, kita semua (biasanya perwakilan dari pasangan sebangku, termasuk gw) lari sangat rusuh, sampai2 kelas saya ini terkenal kerusuhannya sampai ke kelas2 lain. Jadi, kalau habis bel berbunyi, kelas2 lain yang ramai di koridor untuk moving class, sampe minggir mepet tembok ngasih trek lari khusus buat XI IPA 3 :') sungguh mengharukan *padahal sih takut ditubruk wakaka*.

Nah kan jadi melenceng, intinya itulah moving class, untung gw udah terbiasa, tapi di kuliah nanti, ga ada deh yang namanya lomba lari antar kelas gitu, yang ada malah (kata senior) perang saat mengisi isian rencana studi, berebut kelas mata kuliah untuk satu semester gitu hehe. Ok, trus di setiap kelas juga kita ga cuma ketemu sm anak seangkatan tp juga angkatan atas/bawah. Intinya, suasana kuliah itu beda sama sekolah, cara adaptasinya juga akan beda, tergantung masih-masing orang. Jadi, kalo dulu kemana-mana gandengan temen mulu, sekarang harus berani kalo sendiri :') Tapi bukan berarti gak punya temen, maksudnya kan bisa aja temen2 kita dapet kelas yang beda, mata kuliah yang beda, trus kegiatan yang kalian ikuti juga berbeda, karena ga mungkin banget apa yang kalian ambil sama persis. Yaah, yang penting gak terlalu bergantung lah :)

Masih banyak lagi sebenernya soal kehidupan kampus, tapi itu bakal dikasih tau kok di awal kegiatan kampus (berasa ngomong sama adek kelas). Soal ospek? Hmm beda-beda sih tiap fakultas, ga mau bocorin deh :P Jaman sekarang udah ga ada ya yg namanya perkeloncoan eh perkeroncongan eh perpeloncoan, atau apalah itu namanya, hehe jd gausah takut, nyantai aja, seru kook muahaha.

Ok deh, sampai ke penghujung acara (?), mungkin post ini agak beda sama post blog gw yg sebelum-sebelumnya yang penuh warna itu (litterally penuh warna), skrg males buat ngedit-ngedit gitu jadi yaa seadanya saja asal masih bisa di baca dan bermanfaat bagi nusa dan bangsa :') 

Song of The Day: LMFAO - Party Rock Anthem
Karena..... everyday i'm shuffelin' (?) #krik
XOXO

Sunday, July 17, 2011

David Archuleta Concert: He Finally Came to Indonesia :)

Hey guys!
I'm pretty excited writing this post, so I'm gonna write this in English if you don't mind.. :D
So, I just had another best day ever in my life. According to the title, I know you know what happened. Yes, I was attending David Archuleta concert in Jakarta. So here's my story..

I've been waiting for David to come to Indonesia since I was on the first grade in senior high school, which means it's been 3 years I'm waiting for David and finally my wish, no, our wish (Indonesians Archie fans) is granted.

To see a live concert, especially international artists, will cost a lot amount of money for a ticket. When I heard that David's going come here, I was very happy but I also very sad, thinking that I'm not gonna see him if the ticket was so highly priced. And then, I know that David was going to be in Pond's Teen Concert. Then I searched how can I get the ticket, and then I felt that my heart was stop beating. It's only cost 2 bottle of 100gr regular Pond's facial foam, or 3 bottle of 100gr regular Pond's for the PTC mania, which have access to be nearer to the stage. And I was like "kyaaaaa I'm so gonna see his concert no matter what! First row!"

So, I asked my friends if they want to go with me, and my friends, Bella and Sawi, which also like David want to see it too. To get the ticket, we have to exchange the strock of our purchase of  3 bottle of Ponds (because we want to be PTC mania) to the nearest radio station. And that would be Oz radio station which is in Kemang. And then that's it, first we only exchange the stroke for a voucher, and the other day we went there again to exchange the voucher to the real ticket! The concert was held on Saturday, 16th July 2011 at Lapangan D Senayan, Jakarta, from 15.00 until end. I know It's gonna end very late, so I planned to stay for a night in Bella's house and she said it's fine.

Before the day, I planned on giving David a gift. Me and Bella think that Batik clothes would be a nice gift, so we look for batik together, but then we encounter a problem. We don't know David's body size. Oh my, I never think about it. Me and Bella really had no clue about his size. And the size of Indonesians and Westerns are completely different, so it's hard to estimate his size. So we canceled this plan and decided to prepared a different gift on our own. On the day minus one, I prepared a little gift for David, which is two batik-animal-keychain which I bought in Jogja couple years ago (pst, I collect keychains, so that keychains were never used). I put them on a small blue box and wrap it with a ribbon. I also include a note, humble note for him. Ah David, my love is a lot bigger than this gift.
The next afternoon, my junior high school friend text me if i would go to David's concert the the next day. Knowing that she would go too, we decided to go together with a TransJakarta. Bella herself will go straight to Kuningan because it's faster from her house in Pamulang.

On The Day, I prepared my stuff for my sleepover at Bella's. Then, I have this strange  feeling that David would wear pink clothes, so, although i don't have pink clothes, i do have pink veil, and wore it with a purple-pink clothes that day. I promised my junior high school friend, Ella, to be on the SMK 57 Busway Shelter at 3pm. She was actually with my another junior highschool friend, Rista. We were waiting for the bus, and it was so late, we're like waiting for almost an hour. Then we arived at Kuningan and it started raining, heavily, but we managed to be at Lapangan D. We were a little wet. I met Bella there. Me and Bella have to exchange the PTC Mania ticket to a PTC mania paper bracelet. Ella and Rista actually going to meet Yuki, my JHS also SHS friend, but i didn't met her, because Ella, Rista and Yuki were on the regular. So we were separated.

The rain was not last for long, but it successfully make the ground very muddy and slippery, especially on he PTC mania section near the stage. But Me and Bella still survived and keep standing because it is very very effortful to walk without getting slipped. We managed to be on the second row, because the stage is very high, so if we're on the first row we have to have a girrafe neck to see what's on the stage.

We didn't see the show from the beginning because it's started at 15 pm. It was 17pm, the first performance we saw was boyband Smash. I don't remember the sequence of the performers, and the performers, because it was a really big show. But we saw the performance from Indonesian artists like Afgan, Kotak, The Changchuters, J-Rocks, and many more which i can't remember. And there's also my favorite band from Indonesia, Nidji! Aah it's been a while since the last I saw their concert. I'm proud of them because they're still shinning on the Indonesian music industry, you know, not like other artists who only have one two songs hits and then, pooff, gone. No mention. Ok, we're not gonna discuss about Nidji, I have my other love coming out. Maybe later i'm gonna post about my experience with Nidji hehe.
David, from my phone camera

There HE is. David. At midnight he finally show up. For the first time in my life, i saw him, the real him, wearing PINK. He is so cute i just want to hug him but still he's too far. I forgot how many song he sang, but it was a long concert and i guess it's about 10 songs which were songs from his first album "David Archuleta", his new album "The Other Side of Down", and some legend singers song.

I feel like dying. I sceam a lot.You know, he's charming as always. He was so energetic, he even jumped a lot when he was singing. At almost the end of the show, i threw my gift to the stage, and then there's this guy on the stage that picked the gifts from the fan. I really hope that David really took my gift and read my notes. Oh and i'm very dissapointed that i forgot to bring my digital camera, and i have to use my phone. Lots of my photo were blur. I only depend on Bella's digital camera, there was a lot of goog photos in Bella's cam. The photo above is like the best photo i had with no blur, so pity.

The show over at maybe at 1 or 2 in the morning. Me and Bella was very dirty because all the dirt were on the shoes and pants. We were so tired but we're so happy. I'm so sad i don't have the chance to be at David meet and greet, or see him at backstage, take photo of him. But seeing him this close, watch his sweats run over his face, i'm just so happy.

Oh i just don't know how to write my cheerfulness seeing David. Sorry for my bad, bad English. I just feel a lot easier to write my thought in English, because i'm too excited. I hope you understand what I write above, hehe.
To POND'S, thank you for helding this amazing show!
And for David, thank you for coming and please come again. We love you :)

Actually I want it to be all David Archie's song, but here's is the latest hits of him which title is also the title of his newest album. Check it out :)

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

My Sweet 17 :)

Hello guys :)

Before I start this post i want to say Happy New Year 2011!!
I hope you have great times this year :D

For me, my great time this year has begun. It is started with my birthday which is today :D
Today, I'm being grateful for everything  have: life, family, and my friends :)
I'm turning 17.
So what happened today?

Nope, no party.
Only a little celebration in the house.
Yes, with chocolate cake :9
And a surprise special little celebration from my friends.
Also, with chocolate cake
A little speech about my birthday in front of today's English class :P
Birthday treats for my class.
Birthday prank from my friends :P
Few awesome presents from my friends and family.
Hundreds birthday wish on Facebook thanks to Mr. Zuckerberg.
And the gift from God which is another chance to live :)

This is my best birthday ever.
I never asked for many present, I never asked for parties. I never asked to be the queen for a day. I just want to be still living and be happy.
I'm so thankful for my friends and family, and their sincere and loving heart.
Thank you guys, I appreciate and love you :)
Thank you Allah. Alhamdulillah.

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