Nickelback - Far Away

Ugh.. how i miss this song Nickelback - Far Away, 2005 This time, This place Misused, Mistakes Too long, Too late Who was I to make you wait Just one chance Just one breath Just in case there's just one left' Cause you know, That I love you I have loved you all along And I miss you Been far away for far too long I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go Stop breathing if I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask Last chance for one last dance 'Cause with you, I'd withstand All of hell to hold your hand I'd give it all I'd give for us

Give anything but I won't give up 'Cause you know, So far away Been far away for far too long But you know I wanted you to stay ' Cause I needed to hear you say That I love you I have loved you all along And I forgive you For being away for far too long So keep breathing' Cause I'm not leaving you anymore

Believe it Hold on to me and, never let me go

And here's the clip to freshen up some memories...

Homesick

Hix2.. Why in such a sudden i feel so homesick, ppl?

I miss those times when uli, baby, and i went crazy, doing silly things, make fun of stuffs, singing crazy made-up song, laughing hysterically for IDIOTIC reasons, untill mom actually got to yell at us to cut it out. I miss u siss..

I miss mom's spaghetti.. I remember it well, everytime i was sick, i asked mom to make spaghetti for dinner. And at that very afternoon, she went down to town to shop for some ingredients.

I miss my piano!!! I miss those times when i used to play it.. Christofori, how are you? I miss attending piano courses. Monday & Thursday, 4-to-5 pm, with Mr. Ubay - great teacher.

I miss my dad when he gave me extra money everytime i asked him, "pa minta duit jajan dong :p.."

I miss that old computer in my home. Where i played nothing other than The Sims and pokemon saphire.

I miss those days when i can play DanceDanceRevolution all day long...

I miss sitting all day, being lazy, on that old couch, where i did nothing but watching cable tv all day long...

I miss my complete collections of detective conan, dragon ball, "lima sekawan" (five), little house series, St. Claire, and lots more.. Are they still there? Or did mom already throw them away?

I miss perfect10 98.7fm, power98, class95, symphony92!! Why isn't there any english radio stations here huh?

I miss "bak-kut-teh", "mie pok", "sup ikan", "gong-gong", "rejeki", "teh obeng", and those other local dishes..

I miss those chinesse people who speak hokkian... And I miss that malay dialect.. Weird, i used to hate it XD LOL!!

I miss Turi Beach n Resort!

I miss... Those memories...

And i miss lots of other things i can't tell here that they could eventually bring tears to my eyes..

I miss my family!! can't believe I could ever miss u guys this bad~

o my god, i almost burst into tears right now

Lethal Week

I just got back from campus and i'm so fucking tired right now. Today was a very tiring day. I haven't sleep yet since last night... (hmm... does "went to bed at 4 and got up at 4.30am" count as a sleep?). This is because last night i was working on 6-sets-of-laboratory-pre-assignments thingy and it took DAYS to finish. I actually had been working on it from saturday, but i often got stuck, so it really took a lot of time and i was doing it all sunday night long. Really really STRESSFUL..

And today i got a class at 7.30 am (it's suppossed to be at 7am). Yep, 7 fucking A.M. We have 7 am class in here ppl. And it's extremely torturing... 7 AM CLASS KILLS ME..When i finally came to the class, my lecturer, Mr. Monang - for the thousandth times in this semester - didn't show up. And i felt a little bit thankful for that, because i could still do some of my unfinished lab-assignments (by term "doing" actually means "last desperate attempt to finish your work by COPYING other's assignment" :p) - for the deadline is 9 am. So i QUICKLY finished those assignments. Geez what a rush..

The pressure didn't stop there people. I actually had a midtest held at 9 am. And my preparation WERE NOT ENOUGH. Believe me, i only got the chance to study for the test last night. I studied as hard as i could that night. I did a quick review on lectures notes and handouts. I tried so hard to keep stay up all night. And i did. I somehow managed to stay up (very very sleepy) till 4 am. It was SO HARD, i was so tired, sleepy, big yawns everytime, i wanted to go to sleep so bad :(

The 9 a.m test was S-U-C-K. I think i only got 2 answers right out of 4 questions. For god sake, i didn't have any idea about question number 3 & 4. I was thinking, "What the hell is this?"... So being in such a desperate situation and EXTREMELY TIRED, i couldn't think of any good answer, i finally decided to make up some (smart) answers :p. Better than to left those spaces blank i think. Anyway, i actually answered almost every question. Although i'm pretty sure my made-up answers for number 3 & 4 are totally wrong. :(

And HELL didn't stop there. I got ANOTHER midtest *yes, another..* at 1 p.m folks for goodness sake. And this was even worse. I didn't study for the test at all. What should i do? Being in such a panic, thank God i met my friends who were about to have this same test as i did. They sure helped me a lot. Thanks ppl. I studied for the test in less than 45 minutes. Haha the test was actually our homework last week. YIPPEY!! I just discussed it with my friends moments before the tests, so i surely still remembered the answers well enough. And we were allowed to open our books and notes! Huff.. What a relief.

But one hour of non-stop handwriting was such a PAIN!!! My left hand is still a little bit stiff right now :(

After the test i went home. And now i'm feeling so exhausted. I haven't sleep yet, really really tired. It's like you break into pieces guys. There's no passion at all shown on my face right now. I look like shit when i'm so tired like this. My eyes are so tired. They haven't took a rest at all. I'm so worry that my dark circles are getting worse. My left hand is still in pain because i had been writing things all day long :(. Whish i could use my right hand for writing...I could really use a reflexology therapy right now.

This isn't over yet guys, more tortures are coming this week. Today was just the beginning. Starting from tomorrow night, i'll be working on 4-days stream of goddamn laboratory reports: One of the most PAINFUL & TIRING work i've ever face in college life.. *yea rite..such a drama queen Hahaha.. I think i'll just deal with it. I can handle it. I'll rock it. There's nothing else i can do but to face it. Besides,

IT'S FOR THE SAKE OF BETTER FUTURE

what's your accent?

Yesterday i was browsing some videos on youtube. And i came across this cute video:

Haha, she's sweet isn't she? Typically american girl next door. But this isn't about the content of the video i want to share with you. It's the accent. American accent.

And you know what? Me and my sister have been talking in english like this, with THICK AMERICAN ACCENT and naturaly cool SLANG phrases, since i couldn't remember when. yea rite..

And maybe you would ask us how we "learned" it? Hmhm.. Nope, we didn't learn it from a course, we've never been to the US, nor studied in expensive International School (our parents couldn't afford something like that, and i think schools like that are only intended for rich people only, who would pay anything just to get their average kid into that not-that-great school actually), or even took a conversation class (and you expect to be fluent in English by attending a conversation class in a pathetic country like Indonesia? LOL!! get real!!) WE DON'T TAKE ENGLISH CLASS. We DON'T do courses, We just don't. Private courses are for those who need studying aid badly. Our parent's said we didn't need any. And they are so right. We're pretty smart actually. Duh!

Probably what have caused us to talk in such a COOL american-english like this is because of many influences we got from wonderful american pop cultures. Watching american TV shows, listening to radio (yea'a, living near singapore pays off you know??), songs, and maybe because we used to listen to lots of people having conversation in English since we were just little kids.. Geez, now i feel thankful for my actually not-that-bad past.

really? is it that cool? what's so great about being able to speak in english anyway? nothing special~

Yep, that's true for some of you, and for people who live in advance countries who have english as their main language. But i've been thinking, i sometimes actually feel a little bit pitty for my friends here who doesn't speak English at all. Or having a very little english fluency, that they actually go to private courses, and ended up with no significant improvement. Or can only speak in english in such a pathetic indonesian-english way. *haha what's an "indonesian-english" anyway?? hmm.. you know :p Moreover, i sometimes feel a little bit sorry for some people who speak english in a poor, thick indonesian intonation and lame accent.. :p Haha, kidding.. actually that's good for them. At least they've tried.. Chill! I don't mean to brag about anything here, just to write down my story today in English. And if you can understand this post clearly, good for you ;) You're good at english, or even way better than me :) What am i anyway?

Shit happens baby..

Was browsing my music library in my toshi-baby.. And i was a little bit shocked by the fact that I actually have so many mp3s n stuffs. Geez, i didn't even know i have these songs. A bunch of em. Maybe it waste half of my computer's memory..

Never mind.. I think i'll keep them. :p Hahaha.. So i effortlessly tried to organized them. Sorting albums, titles, singers, made some new folders, and stuffs. BORING. Man, what a lame work..

Eventually I came across Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway. And I was excited! Hey i love this! It's like i found something i haven't seen for years. Yeah, this album means a lot to me. One of my favorite albums. I remember i used to listen to this album everyday all day long when i was a high school student. Great times..

Then I played it.. Track by track...

Breakaway, Since U Been Gone, Behind These Hazel Eyes...

I did that sing-a-long thing.. Hella!! I still remember the lyrics!! Every song, line by line, perfectly, with no mistakes, and grammatically correct!! Yeah, i'm good at memorizing song lyrics.. Lectures note?? Ummm..

(continues squeaking lipsync, my style, yeah...)

And then the song changed, to the 4th single on that album, Because of You.. This song..

This song.. Was it some kind of flashback memory thingy strike me?

I remember those times, when i feel sad and lonely where i used to listen to this song (*teenage shitty problem, hah!). I remember exactly how i used to sing this song a little bit emotionally. Actually, i sang it in sort of hysterical way, sometimes a little bit dramatizing, screaming pathetically along with the high notes at the end of the last octave-raised chorus.. Almost crying (eww dude, what's the fucking problem?? me? almost crying?? get over it!!)

...

Shit.. i can't believe im telling you guys this, but i must confess, those days were sucks!! Yep.. there were this period in my life: where times were totally hard, everything was shit. And you felt like you were the unluckiest person in the world. You didn't know what's really happening on you. You just weren't sure what the reason was. And in every moment you were like being desperate. Problems countered. But you don't know exactly what those "problems" were. Felt like want to cry, although you didn't sure what were the causes. Being sad all the time. Faking a smile, tried to look tough. And the saddest part of all is you were like having nobody to talk to. Alone. Felt like your parents didn't even care, and no friends can't understand you. Your home were like hell. School were worse. You prayed to God for His help, but just didn't get the answer. Alone, completely lonely.

Man.. What an ear-irritating teenage drama

Now i'm remembering those time. Thinking over it. Did that really happen to me? Or am i just making up stories? Was it really that hard? Did i ever cry for real? Geez, how pathetic i was..

...

Anyway, i gotta tell you, i'm done with those hard times. I just eventually got over it. I realized that, actually my problems were normal. Yeah... there are this close friends of mine who share their stories. And from their stories, i somehow noted some similarities of my (past) problems with things their desperately dealt with too. And they made me realize some things: It turned out to be that my problems were normal for a teenager like me in that age. It was just a typically teenage problem. And now i'm feeling glad because it was a COMPLETELY NORMAL thing. And as i grew older, being more mature, i then realized that it was normal for a teenager having some kind of INSECURITIES at their time. Everybody surely will face their bad times. And facing it in a teenage period is a hard one. Yeah, for real.

Things are different now. Really-really different. Time can change everything. Yeah, you'll find more about life as you grow older *somebody slap me on my face please, cause i talk like shit right now.

...

Ulitmately, for teenagers, just dealt with your problems. No matter how hard your problems are, just get over it. Keep on rocking your life, there's a lot of things await for you in this wide world. Don't ever think about doing crazy things such as running-away, drugs, or worse: suicide. Ok, you can think of doing it, but don't even try to commit it ^^.

You're stronger than you seem. You're though. You're smarter than you think

Ok, I admit that this posting is totally pointless. From music-library-browsing thing, to kelly clarkson, then teenage-problem, to encouraging wise words from me. And I can believe I wrote down those shits.

Bitch Inside

Looking back at my recent posts. I just realize how pretty bitchy i am (was, i hope). Saying rude things, fierce cynical look, and so on.. And you would never know how i regret those stupid things i've done. I'm so sorry. Really really sorry. I just couldn't help it. I just said it. Keluar aja gitu dari mulut gue. Gatel aja pingin ngejatuhin orang. I tought it was COOL. But after that i was feeling extremely MENJIJIKAN.. And now i'm asking to myself why did i ever do those thing? Being a BITCH and a JERK at the same time, both a BRILLIANT one.. Sick... Now i see myself as one of the MEAN GIRLS. More over, i think i'm REGINA GEORGE, the MEAN, THE BITCHIEST one!! *omg i'm so SICK!!! can't believe i'm depicting myself as a mean GIRL! seriously, i want to vomit right now.. Sniffs... anyway, i'm working hard to stop this bad habbit! Seriously i gotta stop. NOW. I know it's hard to stop a habbit. But i'll try to commit it. I swear. If THE PLASTIC could finally turned into sweet girl next door in the end, why can't i be a good person too? Man how i'm sick of being "the evil one", i don't want people to think of me as a mean person. And i'm gonna change people's point of view on me! And i hope that happens soon. I knew there's kind of ANGEL deep inside my soul, i just haven't found a way to unleash it. *give me a vomit bag please.. i want to puke!! Fictional Regina George is cool. Real one sucks!

Destructive Comment

I've been thinking about myself lately *cuihh..

Somedays ago i found this article, it was titled "20 mistakes a manager shouldn't do" or something like that. Trus gue baca point no.4...

4. Oftenlly give destructive comment Giving the employees too many harsh critiques. Oftenly destructive, unimportant, and sometimes it has no point other than to make other people mentally down...

Wooow... Another "ouch!!" for me. Jujur, [dulu, belom lama ini ding :p] gue sering banget ngeluarin komentar2 buat temen2, family, or siapa aja, yang sebenernya ga penting dan ga perlu gue keluarin. Contoh:

"Eww! What's with the outfit?"

(with my face expression depicting that's-totally-disgusting look)

"Bisa cepetan ga? Gue ga punya banyak waktu sama kalian nih~"

(usually with a satirical sneer)

"Oh, jadi ini kerjaan lu? Hmm.. lemme see..."

(dengan nada meremehkan)

...

Maybe some people think those comment are "moderate enough" or even "cool". Tapi ga jarang juga yang sampe sakit hati. Guys, I'm so sorry!!!

...O my god, I was such a jerk!...

I don't know if my other friends think those comment are "moderate", or even "cool", i don't even care. But seriously, gue ngerasa nyesel banget sesaat abis ngeluarin komen2 yang ga penting itu (i mean it). Beneran ga bisa dikontrol banget ya mulut gue?

Well, jujur aja, i said those things for reason. Mungkin karena emang tuh objek bikin gatel, guenya gatel pengen ngomentarin, momennya pas aja, ato emang gue lagi in bad mood mungkin?

But just after i said those rude words. I felt terribly guilty. Shit! Coba gue diem aja!

Thankfully, sekarang gue udah lumayan bisa mikir apa yang mo diomongin dulu. Bisa nyaring apa yang mau dikeluarin. Istilah anak elektro "Low Pass Filter" *what the?

Thanks to "one day of enlightenment" (vomitting)

Guys, jangan di contoh ya? I don't want anybody become (the old, bad, sarcastic) me...

Wanna know the real you?

Somewhat a sequel from yesterday's post (",)?

(Masih makan siang)

Her: Lu ga suka orang seperti apa pete?

Me: [thinking for a while...] hmm... gue ga suka orang yang: egois, mau menang sendiri, pura-pura baik, sok penting

Her: Nah, itu elu!

Ouch! Bener-bener ngena banget. And I was like breaking into pieces. Langsung down ngedenger statement terakhir. Just after that, gue langsung mikir-mikir lagi. Astaga, ternyata gue selama ini orang yang seperti itu ya?

Guys, ternyata teori ini ada benernya juga. Kalo kalian mo tau kalian orang yang seperti apa, ask yourself orang seperti apa yang lu ga suka.

That's the real you deep inside. You just don't notice it yet.

Me Vs Cynicism

Friends, kemaren gue makan siang bareng one of my close friend in college, Ilma... And i did learn something... Check this out..

Gue: "Ma, apa sih yang ga lo suka dari gue?" Ilma: [bingung bentar. Kenape nih si peter tiba2 ngomong beginian. Tapi ga nyampe berapa detik langsung ngomong:] "BANYAK PIT!!" Gue: [agak down denger jawaban itu. menyesal telah bertanya. Tapi tetep pingin lanjut] "Haaa.. apaan ma?" Ilma: "Banyak! Gue tuh ga suka lu waktu lagi 'over' " Gue: "Over? over apaan?"

[gue juga lupa "over" apaan. tapi intinya kalo ga salah kayak gini]

Ilma: "Lu tuh kalo lagi ga suka sama seseorang keliatan banget tau!!" Gue: [air muka bingung, bibir + alis dikerutkan, belaga mikir] "Maksudnya?" Ilma: "Dari ekspresi muka lu pit. SINETRON ABIS." Gue: "Hhh.. sinetron? Kayak gini?"

[i gave her that typically i-don't-like-you look i often mimic from trashy Indonesian sinetron]

*mukanya kira-kira kayak stepmom-nya cinderella gini deh. Sebenernya jauh lebih pas kalo ngambil contoh dari sinetron.. contohnya "tangisan anak tiri", dll*

Ilma: "HAHAHA!! IYA! IYA! Tuh kayak gitu!!!" Gue: "..." Ilma: " Dari gesture tubuh lu juga keliatan banget! Apalagi nada bicara lu. SINIS ABIS!!!" Gue: [meresapi sebentar kata-katanya] "Abis gimana dong ma? Kan gue mungkin emang rada sebel sama tuh orang..." "Mo pura-pura baik juga.. gue ga jago..." Ilma: "Ya jangan pura-pura baik juga!!! KELIATAN BANGET BOONGNYA!!! Lu tu ga banget memaksakan senyum! hhh" Gue: "yaah.. gue kan berusaha sebagus mungkin faking it.." Ilma: "Ya ga usah maksa piiit.. Biasa aja."

Yah itulah intinya teman-teman... Dari conversation itu, gue jadi lebih mikir, ternyata kalo gue lagi ga suka sama orang keliatan banget ya?

Gue juga mikir, penggunaan kata-kata gue juga sering banget terlalu frontal buat seseorang. Kadang bisa nyakitin hati banget. Ternyata lidah lebih tajem dari pisau..

Dan itu ga hanya nyakitin satu orang saja. Mungkin aja orang lain disekitar gue yang ada saat itu juga bakal mikir, "Heee?? Apa-apaan sih si peter ini? Ga banget.."

Astaghfirullah...

[i mean it]

...

God what have I done??

Sebegitu menyebalkankah gue? Sumpah.. Gue serasa tersentuh abis ngobrol bareng Ilma tadi. It was like God's way of saying, "You see, pete? That's how annoying you are now. Change it."

Ok. Mulai sekarang gue akan berusaha bersikap baik; ramah (not the fake one); dan kalo lagi sebel sama orang, I'll try to act 'biasa-biasa' aja. Play it cool ;) I promise!

Sebel sama seseorang mungkin emang ga bisa kita hindari. But no matter how annoying that person is, just play it cool. If that person goes annoying even more, consult with your friends. They'll always help.

A song for you, 'being in love'-ers...

Sometimes I walk a little faster in the school hallway just to get next to you

Somedays I spend a little extra time in the morning just to impress you

Guess you don’t notice

Guess you don’t need this

Sad you’re not seeing what you’re missing

On the outside shying away

On the inside dying to say...

...

from: Hannah Montana, Rockstar

Guys (and galz),, remember those times when you had a crush on someone? Gue yakin kita semua pasti pernah ngalamin yang namanya naksir. Hihi.. Ah, coba kalian inget-inget lagi masa-masa itu. Waktu lu nemu seseorang di sekolah/kampus yang ga lu kenal sebelumnya, trus lu ngeliat tuh orang. And suddenly your heart just melted.. Ahh GUE NAKSIR DIA.. Kya!! Kyaa!! Seperti dipanah cupid gitu...

Pernah ga? Pernah dong pastinya...

I bet everyone pernah ngalamin hal seperti ini, even for the nerds and weirdos :p

Lanjut..

And started just after that, you just couldn’t stop thinking about her.. Couldn't get her out of your head..

Pikiran lu mulai aneh-aneh, you suddenly started to imagining things..

Tiap kali lu ga sengaja ketemu dia di kampus, dunia ini serasa indaaah... aah.. trus lu berharap dia ngelirik lu.. (dan lu ngerasa dia ngelirik lu gitu, padahal kenal aja kagak :p)

Lu pingin tau namanya siapa..

Lu penasaran dia anak mana..

Lu jadi salting di depan dia.. ga berani nyapa, kalo mo nyapa, lu perlu ngeden dulu saking groginya.. Trus akhirnya ga berani nyapa karena takut dikira sok kenal..

You hoped that you’ll be seeing her again soon in school.. Berharap bisa sering ketemu..

Lu pingin tau kegiatan dia sehari-hari apa.. Seperti apa temen-temennya..

Bahkan mungkin lu bela2in nyari nomer hpnya, nyari friendsternya (trus ga berani view profilenya, ntar ketauan.. yaah, haha..) ym-nya, ato segala bentuk ajang social networking yang ada saat ini..

Mungkin lu pernah sampe ke tahap tepe2 juga? Sms dia? Ngasih gift? Try to impress her. Try to make her notice you?

Yaah, namanya orang lagi naksir berat. Apapun akan dilakukan, I guess..

...

Trus apa hubungannya sama lirik lagu diatas?? *apa yaa? gue juga ga tau.. yeeah :p

Lagu hannah montana diatas secara garis besar mo cerita beginian..

*Kenapa harus Hannah Montana??? teen pop banget sih lo pit!!! Hahaha, kalo emang suka honnoh montono so what?? :p i like her anyway.. although i don't know why i have to put her album cover here... -.-??

Dia (Hannah) naksir cowo' di sekolahnya. Trus pingin cowo' itu notice si hannah: kalo ketemu cowo itu di lorong sekolah, jalannya dicepetin, biar bisa jalan di deketnya gitu.. Trus klo tiap pagi dandan agak cantik biar si cowo'nya notice dia gitu.. Trus di verse 2 nya hannah berhayal seandainya hapenya bunyi, berharap itu sms dari cowo' itu, ngajak dia kencan..

Tapi sayangnya si cowo'nya ga terlalu notice dia.. Awww... kasian..

Pokoknya intinya dia pingin banget bilang ke cowok itu kalo dia (miley cyrus itu) yang sebenarnya adalah hannah montana (a rockstar..) suka cowok di sekolahnya itu, tapi ga berani..

Yah, typically tentang teenage love problem banget lah lagu ini.. Tentang naksir seseorang, perasaan suka yang dipendam, and stuffs like that.. Coba dengerin lagunya deh, nyari dimana gituu.. minta ke gue kalo ga punya..

Buat kalian yang lagi baca, trus lagi naksir seseorang..tapi ga kenal orang itu, pingin lebih deket ama dia, pingin bilang suka tapi ga berani.. Yah, gue recommend dengerin lagu2 macem gini deh.. Dengerin lagu yang setema sama perasaan kita saat ini tuh enjoyable banget loh!! Feelnya dapet aja gitu. Coba aja lu dengerin sambil nyanyi ampe histeris2 emosional sendiri gitu.. Asik ajah!! :p

Lu pasang lagu yang sama seharian sampe budeg pun kayaknya ga bosen2..

Yep, music is the best for every situations buat gue.. Pasti selalu ada lagu yang setema sama perasaaan kita..

Hahaha... buat kalian yang lagi punya crush sama seseorang.. good luck yah!! ;) Terserah lu mau give it a try, ato dipendam aja dalem hati sampe perasaan itu hilang sendiri,ato sampe ketemu gebetan baru.. :p

Too bad for the takens, ga bisa seenaknya crush2 sana sini...

Old school yearbook!

This is a fun website: http://www.yearbookyourself.com/. This website recently became popular among my college friends last month. Well, i just got a chance to write it down here. In this site, you'll be able to see what would you look like if you graduated from high school over the past five decades, that is from 1950's to year 2000. Check out some of mine:

1958

1964

1968

1972

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1988

1992

1994

1996

Koq sekarang gue ngerasa cakepan ya? Haha.. why don't u try to make your own foto jadul, then show them to me!

Multicultural me...

It's a 5 days late greetings:

Guys, met lebaran. Di momen yang penuh kasih ini, gue ingin minta maaf dan memaafkan.

That's all.

Forgive me if i've ever been rude, annoying, mean, being a bitch, the devil, or being any evil in any shapes and forms.. my bad ;)

Meskipun gue officially tidak merayakan lebaran (coz i'm not a muslim tho), somehow gue ngerasa lebaran itu udah jadi bagian dari kebudayaan orang indonesia. As u know, indonesia adalah negara perpenduduk muslim terbesar, wajar lah kalo lebaran udah jadi ritual tahunan masyarakat kita (yang anehnya di Arab sono tidak dirayakan sehebat disini).

Besides, many close people i live with are moslems. My best friends, many of them are moslems. My mother's family: cousins, aunts, uncles. They're all moslems.

It's just that spending almost everyday with them makes me get used to with what so called "moslem culture" (like jilbab, sunnah, wudhu, sholat, puasa, jumatan, and the [oftenly irrelevant, coincidentall] use of expressions such as "Astaghfirullah", "Alhamdulillah", "Assalamualaikum", and lots other which some of them claimed as "religion attribute" rather than "middle east culture"). Anyway, i'm not gonna discuss this further.

I just want to share with you guys that for me being a non-moslem, living with this big moslem culture in Indonesia is such a great thing. We'll learn what so called "toleransi", "hormat-menghormati", "bhinneka tunggal ika", or what so ever those ppkn things.

It's a multicultural world we live in. And i'm happy i can taste all of those great culture. East meet west..

Haha, yep, i think i have tasted every culture:

• american (got these mostly from TV haha, cool vocabs and slang phrases)
• chinesse culture (sd-smp gue di batam yang banyak cinanya, and gue jadi bisa dikit2 bahasa hokkian yea rite),
• african-american (yo shorty, wassup? damn ye got ma bitch ya'll kno wad im sayin'? haha, whatever)
• Dari agama: yah, yang tadi itu. Besides, di Indonesia agamanya ada 5. Cool huh?

and lots culture influences from indonesia's heritage itself:

• Batak (it's in my blood, duh!) Well, i don't know exactly all A-to-Z from batak people, but i sure know some things :) Bangga jadi orang batak! haha
• Jawa (hmm... apa ya? sodara gue ada sih yang jawa, temen gue juga banyak yang jewes. It's just like for me, kebudayaan jawa is strongly connected to many aspect of many indonesian people, such as: masakan jawa, nama-nama orang indonesia juga kebanyakan ke"jawa-jawa"an meskipun bukan orang jawa. Contoh: budi hartono, sulastri, mimin, maman, momon, dsb)
• Padang (Hmm.. mungkin karena nantulang gue banyak yang padang, n temen2 juga banyak yang padang kali ya? Jadinya rada2 tau deh kultur orang padang. And moreover, masakan padang!! It's like a trademark of Indonesian's cuisine haha)
• Hmm.. apalagi ya?? Yah banyaklah, kayaknya gue tau hampir semua ciri khas semua suku di indonesia. Mmm.. bugis people, bahasa belitong, bahasa melayu, masakan menado, madura, tari bali, nyinden2an, manortor, haha banyak lah.. Bhinneka Tunggal Ika! yea rite...

yah, multikultural banget hidup kita ini ya? beda-beda, jadi asik.. Kalo sama semua, apalagi kalo dominan semua.. ngg... kayaknya monoton deh. ga asik ah.. Hoho

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