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The things you can't quite remember, and the things you can never forget. There can be beauty in getting lost. Sometimes we have to get lost to find each other. And sometimes we find each other, only to get lost all over again. You can't always control it, the thing that's going to set you adrift. And as you stand there on the front porch, staring at the life you're about to leave behind, you have to accept it's gone, it's lost, just like you. All you can do now is stand very still, breathe in the moment, and try to be open to wherever the wind's going to take you next.

Meredith Grey (Grey’s Anatomy Season 11 Episode 1)

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Do you know what is the lonely people really need? It's just someone who they can talk to and someone who ask them out for a cup of coffee or a simple refreshing time."

Conversation between two girls that I heard on the bus

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Writing Challenge Week 25: The Most Treasure Item

Well, after being delayed for more than two months I think, finally this is our last writing challenge’s theme, The Most Treasure Item. After 25 writing’s theme, I have to admit this is the most difficult  theme ever. Actually, until now, I have no idea what am I gonna write. But, let me try to think and write it first. Wish me luck.

Okay, I think I have some treasure items in my life. Hmmm, I think about all my The Corrs’s cassette collection from their first album until their last album. I had to go around Jakarta to find all those cassettes, but I remembered I found The Corrs’s first album in the old music store in Cinere. I forgot the  name of the record store, but I found it behind The Cranberries’ album, Bury The Hachet. That was one of the happiest moment in my life. I never expect to found The Corrs’s first album seven years after it was released in 1995.

And then, I think about my “black box”. This box is the place where I put all my memories and experiences from the past like all photos from all trips that I ever took, gifts and birthday cards from my best friend and my friends, tickets and bracelets from some gigs that I ever came, movie tickets, plane tickets, souvenirs from my good friends, and even the bills from some important events or trips so I can remember all things that ever happened. I love the feeling when I opened this box like months or years later and see all the experiences that I had been through. Sometimes, it makes me feel so grateful for everything.

But then I realize, something that I can say as the most treasure item for me is my cell phone. Well, maybe for so many people, cell phone is just.. a cell phone. If its gone or broke, you can survive and buy another one. But somehow, my cell phone always become the last place that I can run too when I start to feel alone. The place where I can listening to all my favorite musics every time and everywhere, watching my favorite TV series when I feel bored, playing some games to relieve stress,  taking picture to memorize some unforgettable moments, and find something interesting in Instagram or twitter. But, the most important thing from my cell phone is help me to connect to my best friend and all my friends everyday and everywhere. I remember when I feel so alone on my birthday this year, my cell phone help me to connect and talk with my best friend whole day (thank you so much to my best friend). So, even my cell phone is just a standard android phone and I think the cheapest ones, but the functions already help me a lot. So, yes, my cell phone is one of the most treasured item for me.

As I posted this last writing, it means this 25 Writing Challenge finally over. Yeaaay and congratulations to me and my best friend who already success to finish this challenge. And also thank you to my best friend who already and always push me, encourage me, and become my partner in this challenge. Can’t wait to see what our third challenge will be.

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The Most Thoughtful Birthday Present Ever

This is the birthday present from my best friend. She gave me the unexpected gift which actually something that I really need right now. Well, I remember I ever told her for so many times that I really need this thing, but i never never never cross in my mind that she will gave me this present. So, I want to say.. THANK YOU.. THANK YOU.. THANK YOU SO MUCH to my awesome best friend and SO SORRY for being not behave and gave inappropriate response at first. Honestly, I’m still shocked until now. I cried, speechless, and my hand can’t stop shaking when I found it inside the box. Once again, thank you so much to my best friend and I promise I will use it wisely and nicely. :))

She also gave me the most beautiful and thoughtful birthday card that I ever got in my life. I know she spent whole night until morning to make this beautiful birthday card and the result is sooooo awesome and beautiful. This card has 12 pictures from all cities around the world and it paint with black color. My best friend said if I can guess all the cities without googling it, she will gave me an extra gift. Well, I think I have to try it. :)) She also wrote me a beautiful prays and words. It is definitely a perfect birthday card ever. Once again, from the bottom of my heart, I want to say Thank You So Much my best friend for everything that you gave and done to me. I'm so lucky to have you as my best friend in my life. :))

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Writing Challenge (Week 24): Strangers

Actually, I already met some interesting strangers lately. One of them is a woman that I met in the bus. In my daily life, I take a bus with the number 510 to go to my office. Okay, I can tell you that the bus is one of the cruelest public transportation that I ever take. Why? The main thing is  there is no tolerance, sympathy, or empathy in almost passengers heart. Almost regular bus in my country doesn’t have special seats for certain people who really need it. So, sometimes there’s an very old woman or an eight-months pregnant woman or a woman who take her baby has to stand on the bus and try to hold on to the stake while almost man who got their seat pretend to sleep and didn’t care about anything. Yes, I’m sure it will hard for you to find a gentle man in that bus who willing to give their seat to those person who really need it.

When I almost give up to find a little bit great thing from this bus, suddenly I saw this very kind and generous woman. I usually met her if I took the bus in 5.25 am in the morning or 5.50 pm in the evening. I think her age is around 20. She usually accompanied by her colleague who already old enough, Mr. Benny. I think I ever heard Mr. Benny called her Dini. So maybe, that’s her name. One day, I took the same bus with Dini and Mr. Benny when on my way home. At the same time, I saw a very old woman, I think her age is about 80 years old, in the bus. As usually, all man around her doesn’t want to give their seat. Then, Dini willing to give her seat to the old woman. The old woman look so confused about the direction that she wants to go. Dini asked about her destination and the old woman said she wants to go to Pamulang. So, Dini said to the old woman that she has to go to Lebak Bulus first, then she can took another public transportation with  the number D15 to go to Pamulang.

When our bus finally arrive on Lebak Bulus, Dini told to the old woman that she has to take another public transportation from here, but the old woman still looks so confused. Then, Dini said, “Come on mam, don’t be afraid, I will show you  the car to Pamulang. So, you’re not got a wrong direction.” At that time, I’m so amazed. I know her destination is still far away from Lebak Bulus, but she willing to get off from the bus just for accompany that old woman to get a right public transportation. Actually, it is not the first time. Before this, I already saw her helped an old woman to cross the street and helped an old man to carry his heavy bag.

I learned so many things about life from her that we should help each other and take care other because God never leave us and always taking care of us too. :)

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Writing Challenge (Week 23): Something I Want

First, I think I have to apologize to my best friend, as my partner in this challenge, for already postponed the writings for almost a month. Honestly, until now, I’m still clueless about what am I gonna write for the last three writing’s theme, but I think I’m gonna try. So, wish me luck.

Something I want.. Actually, I don’t know exactly what I really want. Maybe it is not a thing or any kind of stuff. I think all I want for right now is my “loneliness feeling” that I always felt for the last ten months finally going away. When I get this kind of feeling, I turned to be some kind of dementor or medusa who bring the negative vibes to all people around me. I keep my silence and try to avoid any conversation with anyone because there’s a lot of things going on in my mind. At this moment, my mind keep telling me that I’m not good enough for everyone around me, I feel like I always left behind, and nobody loves me. Sometimes I feel like I think they will be fine without me, no one needs me, and I’m an easy person to forget. Yes, it is some kind of dangerous feeling that I always felt. I’ve become the worst version of me. I think my best friend really knows when I got this feeling. She often become the person who has to deal with my stupid behavior. She keeps convinced me that I’m not alone and she always told me that everyone loves me. Actually, it really helps.. a lot. So, I have to apologize and say thank you to my best friend for always so patient and help me to throw away this feeling.

Actually, I don’t know when the first time I got this kind of feeling, but one of the hardest moment that I have to face alone is when my mother got surgery. Almost a year ago, my mother got hysterectomy procedure in her surgery because the myoma (some kind of tumor) in her uterus are getting bigger. So, the doctor decided to remove her uterus and all surrounding structures. That surgery took for almost five hours and that was the longest and the most tortured moments that I ever faced. I feel so falling apart at that moment because my mother is one of the most important person in my life and she had a major surgery at that time. All I need in that moment is just someone who hold my hand. But then I realize, I have to face this hard time alone. My father sometimes leaves the waiting room and my brother looks so serious watching movie from the TV, while I only sit in the corner of the waiting room, try to hold my tears, and my hand can't stop shaking. I think that was the first moment that I feel so lonely. And what I feel in that moment almost exactly what I feel in my “loneliness feeling” lately.

Until now, sometimes I have to struggling with this kind of loneliness feeling, but I feel so grateful that I have my best friend and all people around me who try to prove that I’m not that lonely and always bring a happiness in my life. I don’t know what I have to do without them.

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Writing Challenge (Week 22): Try Something New

Three more themes to go and it’s getting harder. Okay, our writing theme for this week is Try Something New. Actually, for the last two weeks, I learn how to ride a motorcycle every weekend. Well, along with the price of petroleum and the cost of public transportation that already risen up in my country, I have to find a way to save my money. I think learning how to ride a motorcycle is one of solution. At least, I can save almost a quarter from the cost that I spent everyday for public transportation.

For practice, my brother lend me his old motorcycle and he taught me how to ride it. He thinks if I can ride a bicycle so it’s easy for me to ride the motorcycle. When the first time I ride it, I never thought that motorcycle is so heavy. Well, suddenly I’m so amazed with people who ride motorcycle and brave enough to take another two passengers in the back. I don’t know how they could hold the weight. Okay, back to me, my brother said old motorcycle usually use the real metal in almost parts, not like the parts in modern motorcycle right now. That's why the old motorcycle more heavy than the modern ones. With that weight, you need an extra power to keep the balance when you ride it. Beside that, my brother’s motorcycle is a manual type of motorcycle so I have to learn how to change the gears too.

At first, it’s a little bit hard for me to keep the balance so I have to use my feet while I try to move the motorcycle with the first gear. My brother push me to keep my feet on the pedal so I can learn to change the gears, but sometime its hard for me to keep the balance. Once, I ever fall from the motorcycle, but my brother said “if you never fall from motorcycle, it means you never learn it well”. Fiuuhh.. I think my brother already teach me with military way. Okay, after my second practice, I think I already could ride the motorcycle a little bit well, but I'm not ready enough to carry a passenger or ride in a crowded road. Well, it is because almost motorcyclists in my country are so reckless and irresponsible in the road. So, to prevent any further accident, maybe I try to keep learning how to ride it. Wish me luck..!! :D

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Writing Challenge (Week 21): 21 Things I Want In A Lover

21 Things I Want In A Lover... So far, this is the most difficult writing’s theme in this challenge. Actually, this theme should be our first writing theme in this challenge, but we decide to dice it again because we are definitely clueless about it. But, we realize, sooner or later we have to face this theme. Well, honestly, I’m still clueless about what am I gonna write, but my best friend encourage me to finish this writing. Okay, let me try:

The first and the most important thing is do you believe in God? Do you follow God's orders? And will you always remind me to follow God's orders?

Will you love and treat my parents especially my mother like the way you love and treat your own parents with all of your respect?

Are you mature enough to define about relationship and not afraid to have something called commitment?

Do you have an ability to control yourself especially your mouth and your hand when you are in anger?

Will you give me your last slice of pizza? Okay, I meant do you have an ability to reduce your ego?

Are you a funny person and will you make me laugh all the time and bring back my mood when I become the worst version of me?

Do you think patience has no limit?

“Time is one of the most important thing in your life. Giving your time means giving a portion of your life that you can never take it back”. Do you appreciate the time and will you give me your little portion of your life just for a simple talk?

Do you appreciate your health enough with no smoking or never drink the alcohol things?

Are you always think positive and always look for a bright side when something bad happened and never give up to chase your dreams?

Are you gentle enough to help an old woman, a pregnant woman, or a blind man to cross the road or give your seat at the bus or train?

Are you a humble and simple person and always be grateful for everything that you have right now?

Will you trust me to share everything in your thoughts and always being honest?

Can you keep every promise that you give?

Will you appreciate my anti-mainstream music taste?

Do you have a skill to play at least one music instruments?

Are you an animal lover?

Do you have a skill in martial arts?

Do you like to read?

Do you have a little bit skill in cooking or baking things?

Last one, will you accompany me to watch slasher movie or thriller movie and brave enough to watch those movies?

Okay, finally, that’s it.

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Writing Challenge (Week 20): Favorite Place

Honestly, I don’t know how can I define about my favorite place. For me, the best place is a place where you can feel so comfort being who you are, laugh and cry at the same time, being alone without feeling lonely, hiding from reality, refreshing your mind, and the place which become the last place that you will run to.

So far, my favorite place is my bedroom. It just a small room in my house. Actually, this room is my brother’s bedroom, but since my brother get married, this room become mind. This room painted with soft violet color and actually, this color isn’t my favorite color. Well, when my house got a renovation, me and my mom always argued about the color of the wall in my bedroom. I want my bedroom painted with grey or white, but my mother insist to painted my bedroom with a girlie color to show that room is a girl’s room. So, I gave up and she choose a soft violet color. But, as the time goes by, this color start give me a calm and warm feeling.

When you open my bedroom door, you will find a two stages bed, a cabinet where I put all my clothes, a desk that I used to do my work, and a four stages bookshelf that I used to put all my cds collection, books, merchandises, puzzles, and some gifts that I ever got from my best friends. On the west of my bedroom, there are two windows. Unfortunately, the view is just a high wall which separated my house and my neighbor house. But, in the morning, this wall reflect the sunlight so the sunlight could enter my bedroom. Sometimes, on the weekend, I usually laying on the floor near my window and put my face into the sunlight. Actually, it is a great and simple meditation for me. Sometimes, my mom take a nap in my bedroom too.

Despite all the mess that my bedroom has, for me, this is the only save and comfort place in my house. The only place that I could hide from everything that happens outside my room. Sometimes, when your home is not like a home anymore, all you can do is just hide and pretend everything’s gonna be just fine and my room gives a space for me to hide and refresh my mind.

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Writing Challenge (Week 19): Fictional Me

Okay, after being postponed for two weeks due to our busy time and internet connection, finally we could continue our challenge. Fictional me.. this is one of the most difficult writing’s theme ever. Actually, I have no idea what am I gonna write about fictional me, but my best friend gave me some clues to write this challenge so thank you to her. Okay, let me try this.

She will have the same name like me, Elsa. I love my name that my mother gave to me. Well, maybe you’ll become an enemy for so many children who already watched Frozen because I’m definitely not look a like Princess Elsa in that movie. Okay, back to my fictional me. Yes, her name is Elsa. She is the second from three siblings and she has a perfect family. She has an awesome, kind, loyal, and responsible father who really loves his wive and all his children. Her father is an ex-musician and now he opened a music instrument shop. Her mother is a painter and a great chef. She also has a brother who works as a music promoter and a little sister who still study at the one of prestigious university in their country and also a writer.

Elsa works as the owner of music and coffee shop. She really likes music and her music store is one of the biggest music store in the city which is the branch of Amoeba Music Store in US. You can find the CD and vinyl from any musician that you think only one from ten people who knows about it. In her huge music store, there’s a coffee shop and this shop is so famous with its delicious latte and bread. Every weekend, some musicians will perform in her music store so the customer can enjoy their coffee while listening to great music from different musician. Sometime, she also perform on the stage with her best friends and play some music with folk-pop genre on the weekend. She usually played drum and sometime she played piano or electric guitar. Elsa and her best friends always meet on the weekend at her coffee shop and perform. Elsa also has a passion in sport thing. She hold a black belt in taekwondo and always follow marathon that was held in her country.

Elsa also has a boyfriend who works as a cardiology surgeon. He also a musician and an expert in guitar acoustic thing. Sometimes, Elsa and her boyfriend write a song together and doing some CD and DVD hunting. He is a patient, care, loyal, honest, and responsible man that she ever got. Their favorite thing is watching concert together. They have a plan to attend all music festival in every country, include Glastonbury, Coachella, T-In The Park, Sasquatch, and many more.

Okay, that’s my fictional me. Great family, good health, good friends, awesome job, and awesome boyfriend, well, I think everyone always want this kind of life. When you have life like this, how can you ask for more?! Me.. At least, I have one from those things and I should be grateful for that because I'm sure there are so many people out there who doesn't have at least one great thing in their life, but their still grateful for every breath that he/she take. Yes.. wise man always said, "every breath is second chance".

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Writing Challenge (Week 18): Something I Wish I'm Good At..

Actually, I always wish that I'm good at so many things, but these are the two main things..

First, I wish I’m good at playing some music instruments. Yes, I always wish that I could play a guitar, piano, or drum. Music already become a part of my daily life from the moment I wake up in the morning until I fall asleep. Sometimes, when I listened to the rhythm of the song, I feel like “I wish I could play the guitar part or piano part in this song" and it always crossed in my mind. If you asking why until now I still can't play those instrument. Well, maybe I have a little motivation to try and learn this kind of music instrument. Okay, maybe the main problem is I don't have any music instrument. Honestly, I almost buy an electric guitar when I was in high school. But when I told to my mother, she told me that I should considered it again and allocated my money for something more useful. Actually, that was a wise advice from my mother and I think my family already saw the there's no soul of musician in me. Hahaha. Beside that, why the hell music courses are too expensive in here. So, I'm still try to find a person who want to teach me for free. Well, I know I'm not a musician and I never have the skills to be a musician, but playing a music instrument is like one of my passion and I'm sure someday I could make my passion come true.

Second, I wish I’m good at driving a car and motorcycle. Yuupp, I think this is become my resolution for next year. Actually, I already learn to drive motorcycle lately. My brother borrowed me his old motorcycle and teach me with patiently every time he came home. Actually, drive a motorcycle is not that hard, but I still think that I need more practice for the sake of my self and all people's safety on the road. :D I also wish that I have a skill to drive a car. If I have a car someday, I think I'm just gonna use it for two things: First, I’m gonna use it to take my mom to wherever she wants to go. My mother is already old enough to take public transportation and I’m a little bit worry if she take a public transportation. Second, I will use that car to take my best friend or my friend going road trip or hunt some record store. :)) I think if I have a car, I will use it as a karaoke room. Me and my best friend almost have same music taste and we will desperate enough to find a karaoke place that has a song from our music taste. So, it will be fun if we could sing together while going road trip. :D Maybe for now, I can’t afford to buy a car so i think I will try to find an affordable drive course first. Well, wish me luck..

We can't say it is too late to try something that we wish we're good at, right..? So, as long as we breath, we still have a chance to try and don't give up..!!

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Writing Challenge (Week 17): Pet

Finally, after 17 weeks, I think this theme is the easiest theme rather than before. If I have to talk about pet, so it is not far from cat. Yes, me and my mother are a cat lovers. Sometimes we talk to our cats like a crazy people and my mom always treat our cats like her own son and daughter. Unfortunately, my father really really hate cat. He always prepare a bowl of very hot water to shoo a cat from him. Sometimes, he used a big broom or his feet to throw out the cats. So it’s a little bit hard for us to keep the cats inside our house. But, fortunately, my cats just looks happy even they have to sleep outside as long as we filled their bowl with Whiskas.

Okay.. me and my mom decide to have a cat since I was a kid. If I count it, I think our cats that we have right now are the 10th descendant from the first cat that we ever have. Unfortunately, we don’t make a family tree for our cats. Now, me and my mom have six local type cats. Two officially adopted cats, Two almost adopted cat, and two cats.. I don’t know what are they status. A freelance adopted cats maybe. I think that cats just see our house as a free restaurant. They just come to eat then they dissappeared. What a disrespectful cat..!!

Okay, the first cat named Itenk. Weird name, right? My mom give him that named and I don’t know from where she got it. At first, I want to named him Ryan. I took that name from my favorite actor, Ryan Reynolds. Cool name for a cat, right? But, Itenk getting ugly when he's bigger so I considered again about that name and finally, my mom has her own name version, Itenk. Until now, Itenk become his officially name. He is a mixed black-brown-grey-yellow local cat and he is so naughty. He act like a dog. When he is hungry, he will chase and bite our legs. He always used his claws when we played so I have to prepare for so many scars after I played with him. I don't know why he act like that. Well, maybe he become sensitive because he almost crushed by a car when he was a kid. Until now, he has abnormal bones in his legs.

The second one is Putih. Well, we named her Putih because her fur color is white (putih). I almost named her Blake. But, Putih is too cute to have name Blake. Her act always makes me and my mother laugh. She has a soft fur so we always love to caress her and played with her. She also a beauty queen for all cats around my house. When the breed season are coming, she always took some handsome cats to our house. Sometimes, some of them are Persian cat. I don’t know where she get them. All I know, Putih is more success than her owner in love relationship. Now, she just gave birth two cute kittens. My mom looks so excited every time she saw that kittens. We still considered to adopt them or not. We also haven’t find a name for that two kittens. So far, my mother called them The Dalmatians because they fur color are white with some black spots like their mother.

Two another cats is the disrespectful cat like I said before. We give their name Si Manis and Si Bawel. Well, Si Manis has a sweet and beautiful face actually. She known as a beauty queen and a play girl before Putih exist in this cat world and ruled every handsome cats around my house. But, now she’s getting old and her tittle already took by Putih. Manis is also an irresponsible mom. Every time she gave birth, she just left her kids somewhere and find another boys. Si Bawel are a very fussy cat. He also meowing every time. He just can't shut his mouth up. Sometimes me and my mom are so pissed to him because he keeps meowing if he gets hungry.

Okay.. those are my cats. Sometimes, my cat become one the best entertainer for me. They could decrease my stress every time I come home from work. So.. that’s it.

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Writing Challenge (Week 16): Favorite Movie

Honestly, it's hard for me to choose one movie from so many that I really really like. So, I think I’m gonna choose 3 movies that I considered as one the best movie I’ve ever watched. Okay, let’s see...

1. Pay It Forward (Directed by Mimi Leder)

One of the best movie ever. I think this movie is the only drama movie that I really love. The story is about Trevor McKenney (Haley Joel Osment) who live with his mother who become alcoholic after her divorce with her abusive husband. One day, Trevor got an assignment from his social studies teacher, Mr. Eugene Simonet (Kevin Spacey). The assignment is think of something to change the world to be a better place and put it into action. After thinking and looking around his environment, Trevor has an awesome idea: When someone does you a big favor, don’t pay it back, but pay it forward to three new people. Imagine.. if you give a favor to someone, ask that person to not paying it back to you, but paying it back to three new people. Then, those three people will paying it to another nine new people and that nine people will pay it to another 27 people, etc. And yes, the world will be a better place. Trevor try to prove his idea. He helped his neighbors, a homeless woman, and even his teacher. And finally, his efforts has a huge effect to his town. Well, actually I hate the ending. Trevor died because he was stabbed by his friends. But, the way all people appreciated his efforts with came to his funeral always give me a chills. Since the first time I saw this movie, I feel so amazed with the story. Honestly, I don’t like drama movie. But, this movie has a good messages to every people who watched it. I never get bored everytime I saw this movie over and over again.

2. Life Before Her Eyes (Directed by Vadim Perelman)

Imagine you are in this situation, what will you do..: You are in the toilet school with one of your best friend. Suddenly, you heard the gunshot and all people are scream. Less than a minute, that sound is getting closer and closer and you can’t hide anymore. Then, someone with a big shotgun open the toilet door and you realize that now, you are face to face with the shooter. The shooter said he just want to shot one person which means between you and your close friend. So, what will you do..? Okay, in this movie, Diana McFee (Evan Rachel Wood) tried to imagine if she was the person who still alive, not her close friend, Maureen (Eva Amurri). She found out that her life isn’t better than before. She used drugs and being abused with her boyfriend. In her imagination, she saw that her friend’s life much worthy that hers. Back to the toilet school when the shooter asked them the person that he's gonna shot. Maureen offered herself first, but Diana told the shooter to shoot her and yes, the shooter shot her and she died. This is one of a great movie ever. If I was Diana, maybe I will do the same way. I was ready to get that bullet for my close friend. Not just because my life isn’t worthy, but I never ready to lose the person that I really care the most.

3. Five (Directed by Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Alicia Keys, Penelope Spheeris, Patty Jenkins, and Jeanne Trippelhorn)

This movie is about the awareness of breast cancer. It is include five short stories about five person who struggle and never give up to fight their cancer. This movie also gave us some informations about breast cancer and warned us that 8 from 10 woman under 30 y.o get diagnonized with breast cancer. So we should pay attention to our health because early detection could save us from this cancer.

Actually, I have another awesome movie in my list, like Cloverfield, The Happening, Inglourious Basterds, The Proposal, and Saw 1-7. And yes, I never get bored to watch this movie over and over again.

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Writing Challenge (Week 15): 12 Things I Choose.. Over..

Finally, I could finished my writing challenge for last week. Well, last week was a week of grief for me. My grandfather just passed away last week. He is an incredible, funny, and awesome person. I already missed him so much. We usually meet and share our story everyday. So, when he was gone, it was like.. there’s something missing in my daily life. Rest In Peace my awesome grandpops. May God give the best place for you in heaven. Aamiin.

Okay.. back to the challenge. Honestly, I had a difficult time when I tried to make this writing’s theme. God, I never expected that it is gonna be so hard. I think me and my best friend agree that this theme is one of the hardest theme ever. I just considered that 12 is a lot..! But, let me try first.

12 things I choose... over...

I  choose sunny day over rainy day. (Well, I hate rain and everything that happens in the aftermath)

I  choose Pringles over other potato chips brand.

I  choose puzzle over other kind of toys. (Okay, maybe I am too childish)

I  choose keep silence over showing my anger. (Actually, it isn’t good for your health. Trust me..)

I  choose taking picture over being pictured.

I  choose thriller and slasher movie over drama movie. (Except, drama comedy movie)

(Finally, I’m in a half way. But, what else... what else.. what else...)

I choose watching concert over watching movie in cinema. (Of course..!!)

I choose sneakers over high heels. :D

I choose latte and americano over other kind of coffee.

I choose Burger King over all fast-food restaurant. (Well, maybe because there isn't In and Out in Indonesia)

I choose downloading over buying. (Okay.. I’m already clueless and this is definitely NOT a good example)

I choose waiting over awaited.

Finally.. that’s it... It’s doneeee...!!!

I'm so sorry to my best friend for the late writing challenge’s post. :)

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Writing Challenge (Week 14): Favorite Shop

Writing's theme for this week is Favorite Shop. Okay, I have two favorite shops. I always spend my ‘mental health day’ in these shops. If one day I disappeared, well.. you can find me in one of this shop. :) The first one is music store called Duta Suara. This music store has so many branch, but one of my favorite is in Plaza Senayan. For me, it is really really hard to find a music store in Jakarta that can fulfill my anti-mainstream music taste. From almost music stores that I already visited, most of them didn’t know about the album that I tried to find, even they asked me to spell the name of the band or singer who has the album. But, this music store is a quite awesome. At least, they know some band or singer that I can say.. not too famous in Indonesia. Well, I could find Kodaline and Haim’s cd in this music store and for me, that’s amazing. They also has some old CD from certain singers. I found Sara Bareilles’s first and second album in this store. This music store also has a quiet awesome vinyl collections, like Lana Del Rey, Scars on 45, and Of Monster and Men. Well, this music store isn’t as big as Amoeba Music Store in US, but I think I could spend whole day in Duta Suara.

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The second shop is Toys City. Well, I’m sure everybody knows about this famous store and I think you can find it in every mall. This store also known as the heaven for every kids because you can find every kind of toys in here. Actually, this store isn’t just a heaven for the kids, but also for me too. My favorite Toys City is the one in Pondok Indah Mall 1. This store is the reason why I addicted to puzzle until today. Okay.. one day, I tried to find a birthday present for my cousin’s daughter in this store. Not far from baby toys section, there’s 3 racks of 3D puzzle. At first, I just saw that puzzle as complicated toys and I wondered is there a people who wants to buy this toys for their kids. Then, I got that karma and I feel like I think it’s a great toys to kill my ‘bored moments’. A week later, I come again to that store and buy two 3D puzzles and I found it as an awesome toys. It teach you to be a patient and conscientious person. Since then, I’m addicted to every kind of puzzle. :)

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Writing Challenge (Week 13): Parents

To my best friend and my partner in this challenge.. "We Already In a Half Way..!!" :D Yeeayy to us..!! But still 12 writing themes more and maybe it's getting harder and harder, but we can do it..!! :)

Okay.. Parents.. It looks like a simple writing theme, but somehow it is hard for me to explain. I don’t know where I should begin this writing, but let me try first.

My parents has been together for almost 32 years. Despite so many things that happened in my family, I have to admit that they are a really really good parents. I am so lucky to have them in my life. Even they didn’t taught me directly, but I learn so many things about life and family from what I saw and what I heard from what happened between them and in our family.

My mother.. she is the most amazing, the most patient, the most caring, the most honest, the strongest, and the most talented person I have known and always be the one and only. She is a beautiful person inside and outside. For me, I think she is an angel. She has a magnificent ability to keep her anger. She also has an unlimited patience. For people around her, she is known as the best adviser, consultant, and mediator. People and neighbors always look after her if there’s a problem. Any problems.. even a simple problem like why their kids doesn’t want to eat, what makes her stove keep clean (seriously..!), how to grow a jasmine, and financial things. Yes.. she is a great chamberlain. She has a really good skill in organize the money, not like her daughter.. which is me :( Every kids, babies, and toddlers always like her. I don’t know, but it’s like my mother has something that makes all kids always run to her and hug her. Well, I think no body hates her. She is a really really good person. Okay, sometimes she is a little bit grumpy, but it’s a normal thing if I see the fact that she struggle with so many things that happened in our family. I think this is the thing that makes her stronger day by day. She rarely cries, but when I saw her cried, the world was like just.. falling apart. She taught me a lot about life. She push me to keep my anger and always remind me that patience has no limit. She also told me to be a good person and always to be a better person because you don’t know when the world is gonna end. I always keep her advices in my mind, but I don’t know if I already made it. Am I good person..? I’m not sure about that, but I will try to be what my mother wants me to be.

My father.. all I can say is he’s a responsible and caring person. But, he is also a very selfish person, a little bit cold, and sometimes he becomes a mysterious person. I think he is an expert in hidden something. Well yes, that’s him and he is my father.

Okay, that’s my parents. Well yes, my mother and my father are like a different side of the world. But yes, every people is unique. The only thing that I can do is appreciate each other.

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Writing Challenge (Week 12): My Dream Wedding

Wedding.. Hmmm.. Honestly, I’m still figuring out who will become my groom on my wedding. :) Maybe that’s why it still far from my imagination. But, let me try to describe about my dream wedding ceremony.

Actually, my parents already told me that maybe I will use the Javanese wedding tradition. Well, my grandfather has a strict tradition rules for all his granddaughters. But honestly, I like a simple wedding ceremony with a combination between modern and traditional style. Maybe, I will use our wedding tradition for the procession before ceremony and modern style for the reception.

About the place, honestly, I don’t like indoor wedding ceremony. I don’t know why, but I always feel it is too crowded. I wish I could held my wedding ceremony in a garden and in the evening so the weather not too hot. I got this idea from my friend’s wedding. She held it in a beautiful garden with so many flowers and beautiful tents in the evening. There’s no wedding stage. There’s just a simple park bench decorated with flowers and an arch. So the bride and the groom can walk around and greeting people who attend the wedding. Not just sit on the wedding stage, waiting people who queuing to come on stage, and watching people eat all day. That’s must be bored. And I think I’m just gonna invite not more than 50-75 people and the people will be the most important people in my life, like my best friends and my mother’s family.

Based on our wedding tradition, there's a traditional wedding dress for the bride and the groom. But, honestly, because I want to make the wedding as simple as possible, so I just want to wear a simple white long dress or gown for the wedding. And about the bridesmaids, I think I already have it..!!! I have an awesome best friends in the whole world. I wish they want to be my bridesmaids. About the food. There must be a pizza and takoyaki booth on my wedding. Or maybe a matcha ice cream for my best friend. :)

I want Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Tristan Prettyman, Lana Del Rey, Banks, or Joshua Radin as my wedding singers. Or maybe, Haim, The Colourist, Bastille, NoNoNO, Ellie Goulding, and Kodaline if there’s after party. Hahahaha.. Okay, now my wedding looks like Coachella.. But, the important thing is no Bruno Mars’s song called Marry You. Noooo.. I have enough listened to that song in every wedding ceremony. If there's someone sing that song on my wedding, I will throw that person with a stove.

Okay... That’s it. I wish I could find the groom as soon as possible and plan my wedding. Aamiin.