Birthdays.

Wassup, baby F?! :D

Whoa. I've really been growing. :O

A lot of Indonesians think that this number of age, seventeen, is very crucial for them. I'm an Indonesian, but I don't even get it. I don't get it, why on earth being seventeen is THAT special?? Is it because the driving license we can get or what? I mean, what are birthdays after all? Here today, gone tomorrow..

Being a seventeen-year old girl, or let me say it 'being an adult' does freak the hell out of me. Like, we can no longer do what WE want to do, we do what OUR BOSS wants us to do. Even when we do something in our own ways, we would be dead if we screwed up. So it's more like, if we can't do the orders, it will be considered as ourselves commit suicide.

But anyways, I had so much fun on my 17th birthday, I must say. :D

So, I just had my seventeenth birthday on the last December 14th. And here they are again. Giving me another best birthday surprise. Another birthday with the same amazing people. Couldn't get any happier. Haha :)

Loving those birthday hats they created!! :'D

I've survived for 16 years. I shall survive longer. Yeah. I, got to.

This extremely happy of your face is what you called: "priceless". :')

Laughing and crying at the same time is another definition of: "priceless". :)

Yes. I, literally, cried.

AND SINCE, I haven't thanked them properly, well, here it is..

"Adinda Puspa Negari...

Eka Kresno Dianti...

Fadillah Kurniawati...

Jihan Nur Sakinah...

Rahmadhona Febriani...

...Jangan ketawa dulu. Gw mau ngomong seriusan. Wkwkwkw.

Gw, yang kalian biasa panggil Fia ini, truly, sincerely, genuinely, deeply, thank you SO much. Terima kasih banyak udah nyempet-nyempetin buatin kerajinan tangan itu. Terharu parah ngebayangin lu pada dengan telatennya nyetak foto2 aib gw, mintain foto2 ke temen2 kalian, gunting2in fotonya beserta kertas2 warnanya, trus ditempelin satu2. Udah gitu bikin topi2 ulangtahun dari koran. Sumpah, otak lu pada gua rasa udah beneran konslet ye.

Terimakasih banyak udah luangin waktu malem-malem ngasih surprise yang sangat konyol itu. Apalagi Dinda, yang masih UAS saat itu. Dan Jihan yang sampe keilangan motor unexpectedly. Gak kebayang aja habis ngakak2 bareng, betulan ngakak2 ampe nangis, eh pas pulang ada tragedi. Then it's true that "no matter how bad or good a situation is, it will change."

DAN, yang paling penting, THANK YOU for being there for me even at my worst times. For constantly being the highlight of my day. For making me believe that true friends DO exist. For being the best of friends anyone could ever have. For every thing. Gah, I can never thank you guys enough.

We've been through A LOT, together. Like, seriously. Our friendship has always been the best present of mine. I wouldn't trade anything in this world for this friendship.

I love you girls with all my butt. I would say 'my heart', but my butt is bigger. :P"

There's something I would say but I forgot to. For whoever that came on December 22nd, I don't feel like saying this 'birthday party', so I will just say a Thank-You party. Iya. Each one of you udah berperan banyak dalam kehidupan gw sampe 17 tahun ini. Yang mana, pastinya bikin gw jadi pribadi yang lebih baik. I mean it. And I thank you for that, SO much. Hope y'all enjoyed the night. :)

Han, wish you were there with us. :(

Last but not least.. Terimakasih banyak untuk hadiahnya dan pelajaran2 hidupnya itu, sobatku, abang-abanganku, Muhammad Fahlevi Pradana. :D

PS.: Bingung mau ngasih kado ulangtahun apa? Just make your beloved ones feel special on their very special birthday! Make 'em feel loved. Trust me, it works. LOL. No but seriously. 'Cause I did. I felt happy, like, beyond happy. Those 2 nights are really nights to remember. I felt blessed. And thankfully, I still am. :)

What's so good about horse?

What's SO good about horse??

Well, okay. Um, so first of all, I love horses. SO much.

AND, since I'm a Sagittarian, which has the symbol of a creature: half human, half horse, and is an archer. I don't know exactly what does this archer mean. Whatevs.

I know many people think how stinks this creature but here I can tell you the thought about horses that MIGHT change your thought about it:

"Strong, beautiful, and adorable. But all they could do was graze all day in a fenced yard. People ride them, make them pull heavy lodges, sometimes even whip them. They are also placed in steeled shoes with a burning flame. Training them. Made them do what they wanted you to do. That's a horse life, I guess. It's a horse's destiny. They are strong but helpless. Maybe too kind-hearted. Too understanding. Too compassionate and loyal. All they wish is to serve people and give us, humans, what we need and what we want."

I mean, come on, look at the pics below. Isn't she a beaut?! :)

Or maybe, is anyone here kind enough to buy me a horse or a phony, maybe? No? Okay. The dolls would be accepted too, fyi. bahahaha joking. :P

BY THE WAY, it's always been my dream to build a horse camp for kids. So, can I get an amen to that??? :D

Blue Jeans & Pollie say bye bye!! :D

Bonding at Concerts. Why not? ;)

So I went to this concert. My all-time-favorite boyband. Yes. W E S T L I F E. Though they had to stop the show for 30 mins because of the over-crowding, I still had SO much fun. You guys should know how absolutely amazing Westlife is. Their voices stay the same like for all times. Listening to their songs then suddenly remembering those beautiful childhood memories, is one of the best self-remedies. EVER. Mayn, I kinda grew up with their music. I must be lying if I told you I was not THAT excited for attending the concert. Haha :D

Speaking about the over-crowding, gue, sebagai salah satu penonton berkewarganegaraan Indonesia yang berada di kelas festival malem itu, ngerasa ‘malu’ sama tim Westlife Gravity Tour. I mean, how could I not?! Pas over-crowding itu berlangsung, gak sedikit penonton yang (sayangnya) berkewarganegaraan Indonesia juga malah nge-BOO-in pas disuruh step back & keep calm sama promotor konser itu. Sadar gak sih, dengan sikap stubborn kayak gitu, kita nunjukkin ke orang luar kalo kita tuh gak solid sama promotor konser itu, yang notabennya berkewarganegaraan Indonesia juga? Which means, kita sesama orang Indonesia aja gak kompak?? Apa kata dunia?? Kind of.....embarrassing, wasn’t it? :(

Itu point pertama. Point kedua, gw mau ngebahas tentang ke-solid-an antar sesama orang Indonesia juga nih. Gausah jauh-jauh, gw ambil contoh dari event yang sama juga.

Jadi gini; opening band buat Westlife Gravity Tour kemaren itu adalah sebuah boyband dari Indonesia. Ya, Negara kita. Mau gimanapun juga tetep aja mereka itu sodara sebangsa kita. Yang bikin gw miris adalah, gak sedikit penonton yang nge-BOO-in opening band itu. I was like, “people? Seriously? Can’t you just please stop BOO-ing at them?! At least until Westlife and its team gone???” Yak, lagi dan lagi keliatan deh kurang solidnya orang Indonesia.

Gw yakin, banyak di antara kita yang get irritated oleh opening acts sebuah konser. Jujur, gw pun sering begitu. Tapi, mau segimanapun jeleknya opening acts sebuah konser, PLEASE, control yourself, don’t expect them to be as great as ‘the actual performers’ you desire to watch. Coba deh posisikan diri lo jadi salah satu bagian dari opening act itu. Bukannya mereka udah cukup dapet tekanan atas tuntutan buat tampil bagus sebelum sebuah band yang (basically) 100 times better dari mereka? Terus, kenapa lo masih mau gitu nambahin pressure mereka dengan kata-kata “BOO” yang lo lemparin ke mereka, yang seakan-akan nyuruh mereka turun dari panggung saat itu juga. WHAT IF, ternyata kata2 lo itu, mereka masukin hati atau pikirin terus-terusan? Enough with the hate. At least, they’ve had the guts to do something big and you guys don’t.

So, what I’m trying to say here is:

wouldn’t it be wonderful to show the world that we Indonesians stand as one? J

P.S: SUBJECTIVE GLASSES IS CRUEL. ;)

JALANAN

hah. sebenernya gw udah lama banget pingin ngepost beginian tapi apadaya tangan tak sampai. btw, gw dapet inspirasi buat ngeposting beginian dari kejadian nyata nih. bener-bener dari apa yang pernah gw liat dengan mata kepala sendiri.

jadi gini, semenjak SMA, pulang-pergi sekolah gw sering banget naik kendaraan umum. entah itu angkot, ojek, bahkan jalan kaki. capek sih pasti jangan ditanya, apalagi nyita waktunya. tapi ada 1 hal yg selalu bikin gw semangat jalan kaki atau ngejar angkot setiap kali gw inget kata-kata ini: "Fi, liat tuh anak-anak kecil yg masih subuh aja udah ngamen buat beli sarapan. Lah elu udah makan enak di rumah, tinggal pergi sekolah aja males. Gak malu?"

emang sih, kalo naik kendaraan pribadi lebih ngirit ongkos dan gak bikin capek, tapi nih ya kalo dipikir-pikir, banyak keuntungannya juga lho ke sekolah naik kendaraan umum! dengan begitu kita sama aja udah ngebantu ngurangin polusi udara yg nowadays udah semakin ngeri ini, (secara gak langsung) bikin kita jadi lebih rajin bangun pagi karena kalo ga berangkat pagi bisa-bisa telat soalnya kan kita bukan naik kendaraan pribadi yg bisa directly ke tujuan, (secara gak langsung juga) kita sama aja itung-itung olahraga ringan kan jalan kaki?! hoho. udah gitu, di sepanjang perjalanan, lo pasti sering nemuin (maaf) pengemis deh, dan gw yakin kita semua masih punya rasa manusiawi & itu mendorong kita buat bersedekah&bersyukur.. terus ini nih yg paling penting: kita jadi bisa lebih ngerti sama kehidupan jalanan. sisi kehidupan yg gapernah terbayangkan sama gw pribadi. selanjutnya gw mau ceritain beberapa pengalaman menarik yg gw dapetin dari jalanan nih! :D

1. gw pernah naik sebuah angkot yg sepanjang perjalanan mainin lagunya westlife! behhh abang angkat, you rock! *i still can remember how i sang the songs fluently all way long that morning :D*
2. gw ketemu sama beberapa pengamen yg beraneka macam. mulai dari yg anak kecil cuma main kecrekan doang, terus abang2 preman anak punk yg seremnya udah kayak ondel-ondel, dan 2 tipe pengamen ini nih yg patut bgt jadi panutan & patut dikasih apresiasi yg layak: a). pengamen kreatif yg alat musiknya dari barang2 bekas but they still play it well! b). for ONCE in my life, pertama kalinya gw liat pengamen main biola! hands down parah.
3. jadi tau pengalaman-pengalaman orang tentang tindak kriminal di jalanan yg gw denger dari ibu-ibu rumpi di angkot. hahahahaha
4. pernah liat homeless man yg lagi baca buku. touchy parrrah. :'D

dan maaasih banyak lagi sebetulnya, cuman 4 poin itu aja yg paling ngena di gw ._.

OYA! a friend of mine said this nih: "orang sukses biasanya yg rajin bangun subuh, Fi." mehehehe amen to that ajalah.

JADI, MASIH MALU BUAT NAIK KENDARAAN UMUM NIH? ;)

RAMADHAN

Assalammu’alaikum warohmatullahi wabarokatuh.

AK-HIR-NYAH ketemu lagi sama ramadhan tahun ini. Alhamdu?lillahhh. Anyway, gw sempet baca twitnya siapaaa gitu begini: “daripada meminta maaf, lebih baik kita memaafkan. Jika semua orang melakukan ini, maka keadaan akan lebih bijaksana.” I AM ABSOLUTELY IN A LINE WITH WHOEVER-WHO-TWEETED-IT’s OPINION! Hahaha.

Bayangin deh, kalo lo dimaafin sama orang-orang yg udah lo jahatin tanpa lo minta maaf duluan ke mereka? Indah banget gak sih? Nah makanya, bukankah lebih mulia derajat orang yg memaafkan tanpa diminta maafnya? :)

So let’s forgive everyone for everything, won’t we?! :D Dengan begitu kan puasa kita bakal lebih afdol, tanpa beban.. betul? Betulin aje udeh wkwkwk.

OH IYA! Sebelum gw lupa dan mumpung sempet blogging, I wanna share something nih.. tentang makruh-nya puasa. Di twitter gw menemukan (gak sedikit) orang-orang yg ngeluh tentang betapa laper/hausnya doi, betapa berat kegiatan mereka pas puasa, betapa panasnya matahari sampe bikin mereka uring-uringan pas puasa, daaan semacemnya. Jadi gini, dulu, kata guru agama gw, keluhan-keluhan sepele semacem begitu tuh ternyata bisa ngurangin pahala puasa kita lho. Nyesek gak? Without you realize, semakin tinggi frekuensi kita ngeluh karena puasa (atau karena apapun), semakin capek juga batin kita. Jadi, kalo pas waktu luang, daripada ngeluh2 di twitter (while just a few who might care), mending tidur! Udah enak, dapet pahala pula! Aighttt?! ;D

Well, then, gw harap banyak yg baca post gw yg ini dan gw lebih berharap lagi banyak yg bisa mengamalkan amal-amal kecil tapi powerful ini! :D amin.. amin.. SELAMAT MENJALANKAN IBADAH PUASA 1426H, SEMUANYA! SEMOGA KITA SEMUA BISA MERAIH HARI KEMENANGAN NANTI YA! AMIN YA ROBBAL ‘ALAMIN..

Wassalamu’alaikum!