A Little Flashback for 2013

• 1:What did you do in 2013 that you’d never done before?
• I live on my own
• 2:Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
• I did not  :( and I will. 
• 3:Did anyone close to you give birth?
• My friend's sister did.
• 4:Did anyone close to you die?
• Thank God, no. 
• 5:What countries did you visit?
• Australia, Singapore, Indonesia
• 6:What would you like to have in 2014 that you lacked in 2013
• I would like to have the flipping will and motivation to do things
• 7:What dates from 2013 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
• Feb 8: the first day in Australia, Aug 8 to 18: my first musical experience as a performer, Aug 22: mid year ball and the man I met after that, Winter break: meeting my best friends and Summer break: meeting my chums
• 8:What was your biggest achievement of the year?
• Surviving a year of living alone, a year in uni and performing in a musical
• 9:What was your biggest failure?
• Not getting the marks I wanted 
• 10:Did you suffer illness or injury?
• I fell from my bike
• 11:What was the best thing you bought?
• This year? tickets to home
• 12:Whose behaviour merited celebration?
• What?
• 13:Whose behaviour made you appalled?
• That guy who broke my heart
• 14:Where did most of your money go?
• food and tickets to home
• 15:What did you get really, really, really excited about?
• Anything about the musical, coming home, meeting family and friends
• 16:What song will always remind you of 2013?
• Any Macklemore songs will do
• 17:Compared to this time last year, are you: (a) happier or sadder? (b) thinner or fatter? (c) richer or poorer?
• a) sadder than usual but happier too at times b) thinner until mid year then fatter c) relative
• 18:What do you wish you’d done more of?
• Studying. 
• 19:What do you wish you’d done less of?
• Doing nonsense, watching youtube videos
• 20:How did you spend Christmas?
• Spent it with my family back home. 
• 21:Did you fall in love in 2013?
• I did not
• 22:What was your favourite TV program?
• Bones, the classic American version of Whose Line Is It
• 23:Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
• Definitely 
• 24:What was the best book you read?
• I re-read Titanium, that. 
• 25:What was your greatest musical discovery?
• Justin Timberlake's new album tbh
• 26:What did you want and get?
• New friends, chance to go home
• 27:What did you want and not get?
• Great grades, a job
• 28:What was your favourite film of this year?
• Iron Man 3, Thor The Dark World
• 29:What one thing made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
• CATS The Musical!
• 30:How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2013?
• Wear all things you see first
• 31:What kept you sane?
• My best friends and my chums, TV shows
• 32:Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
• Benedict Cumberbatch, David Tennant, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Macklemore
• 33:What political issue stirred you the most?
• The Indonesian political situation
• 34:Who did you miss?
• All my friends and my family
• 35:Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2013.
• You can and able. Don't hang around people who don't value your effort or trust. 
• 36:Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
• "When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory too. Look! A new day has begun..."

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What (Best) Friends Are For

To be honest, all along this year I was a wreck. Call me whatever but I just had what you people call a heartbreak for the first time. Almost everyday of this year my heart is very heavy and I could feel it weighing down in my chest. It doesn't matter how hard I sing and dance or how loud I laugh with my friends, I could feel it holding my chest down.

I'm home now and I just spent almost one whole day with my loveliest chummies. I have not seen them in a almost a year and I was literally dreading to meet them this holiday.

See, I'm not that good of a friend, I suppose. I really am not good at all the catching up with friends thing. Not that I don't like them or anything, I love my friends but sometimes I leave things that I do in the middle of things happening around me, I really don't know how to explain it. I'm just not good at that.

That, and me being an introvert, I don't really share things with my friends that I'm not close to. My two chums might be the only friends that know almost every little detail about me. Also, they're the only two friends that can tell how I would react to things. And this holiday, is the ultimate of them all.

Remember how I said I was fighting to heal myself from eternal heartbreak? That one day I spent with them heal it in an instant. A proof that best friends (or any shoulder to lean on) will heal you from heart break and to love them is like the best thing ever.

A day before we meet, one of my chummy texted me. She told me that she'd been talking to a guy that broke her heart. I told her in an instant that I did too. We literally were going through the same flipping thing!

The next day, we arrived at our best camp a.k.a my chum's house. The first thing that came out of her mouth? "Why is xxx keep liking your pictures on Instagram? What is wrong with him?" At that second, I know that I'm home.

We spent the whole day talking, telling stories, making up metaphors about wind, and every five minutes I wanted to borrow knives or scissors (jokez guys). Each and every minute, I feel my weight is being lift up and the hole in my heart is slowly but surely closing itself. I laugh again, this time for real.

By the end of the day, I feel like everything has gone and my life is up for a new start.
And, I thank God for this two loveliest chummies that has been in my life since I was 4 years old.

Whether it's 3cm or 3000km apart, they are and will always be right there. They never treat me any differently or even left me out of anything in each other's lives. You will always be my healer. I hope we will always grow old together and support each other. I love you guys!

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Resolusi Tahun Baru

Sebentar lagi udah Natal dan beberapa hari setelah itu datanglah tahun baru. Sesuai dengan norma-normanya orang Indonesia, kalo tahun baru datanglah semua resolusi resolusi tahun baru bertebaran di social media. Entah Facebook, Twitter atau si socmed satu yang cuman diisi orang Indonesia, Path, pasti ada aja orang yang mempublikasi resolusi taun baru mereka. 

Kalau diperhatiin agak seksama dikiit, sebenernya resolusi taun baru orang-orang tuh ya itu-itu aja gak jauh-jauh. Gak pandang umur, dari yang udah kuliah sampe yang anak SD kebelet gaul (ya lagian masa anak SD udah pake socmed?) “wish”nya ya pasti sekitar ini-ini aja

Mohon diingat, karna gue cewek jadi ini resolusi yang umum untuk cewek yah. Kayaknya sih cowok-cowok resolusinya segaris lah sama ini. Bagus juga sih, semaking banyak yang mengharapkan hal yang sama berarti semakin banyak jiwa-jiwa yang akan bersatu di tahun yang akan datang (eitss)

1. Tambah Sukses

Mau dikomentarin apa juga ujung-ujungnya balik lagi kan, siapa sih yang gamau tambah sukses? Gue juga mau kalo ini mah. Intinya, semoga kita semua bisa sukses di tahun yang baru. Amin...

2. Dapet Jodoh

Kenapa semua orang ngebet pacaran? Pertanyaan kaya gini selalu seliweran setiap berapa bulan sekali. Apalagi kalo bulan itu lagi keseringan buka twitter. Hadeuh. Ya udah lah situ mau punya pacar, ngetweet pengen punya pacar atau nggak betah single juga gabakal bikin orang tertarik kan? Apalagi kalo ngetweetnya berkali-kali dalam sebulan. Orang yang baca gerah juga kali. Bukannya keliatan menarik malah desperate. 

Lagian kalo emang belom siap punya pacar nggak perlu lah ngoyo sendiri (jawanya keluar). Nggak perlu lah nyari sampe ngebet banget gitu kalo emang mentally belom siap untuk berbagi sama orang lain. Mendingan introspeksi diri dulu daripada nyakitin orang lain dan diri sendiri kan?

Tapi kalo emang udah siap lahir batin untuk dipertemukan dengan jodoh yang kau mau, semoga jodohnya datang tepat waktu dan langgeng selalu. Amin

3. Makin Kurus

Ini nih wish yang paling bikin gue gedeg nggak karuan. Orang kita terobsesi untuk kurus. Masalahnya, obsesi untuk sehat lebih kecil daripada obsesi untuk kurus. Gue nggak ada masalah sama sekali dengan orang kurus (ataupun nggak kurus, suka-suka orangnya lah yang penting dia happy). Tapiii, karena obsesi kurus > obsesi sehat jadinya mereka kurus dengan cara yang nggak sehat. 

Temen-temen gue banyak yang diet terus kurus. Trus balik makan lagi, terus beratnya balik lagi ke “gendut” (padahal nggak gendut sama sekali). Trus ngeluh. Padahal kalo diliat lagi kan udah jelas banget. Situ kurus karena gak makan, kalo kurusnya karna ga makan begitu makan lagi ya langsung balik lah beratnya.

Jadi, seharusnya resolusinya lebih baik menjadi semakin sehat ya kita semua di 2014. Amin.. (bukan cuma asal semakin kurus)

Sekianlah keluh kesah gue tentang resolusi tahun baru paling standardnya orang Indonesia raya merdeka merdeka. Jangan kira gue sok-sok-an atau ngeselin dulu gara-gara baca ini, wish nomer satu sama dua resolusi gue juga kok hahaha.

Resolusi tahun baru lo apa?

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Frankie's Guide To Get Things Done

Whello blovers!

I'm on my summer holiday right now. Thankfully, I'm pass that point where you can't go to sleep and stay awake every night and day thinking about your result. My result is soo average this semester. Honestly, I'm disappointed with myself but at the same time felt grateful.

This semester is absolute fuckery for me. Everything got harder. Macroeconomics is still a blur for me until today, ICL (an intro to law module) is overwhelming, I mean I like writing but not that kind of writing... And as my defence mechanism, I left everything to the last flipping minute and hope for the best. Thank God, I still pass everything.

I mean, everyone who goes to my uni kind of know that it is harddd to get the top band but it is not impossible (in my faculty, at least). So, I believe I could've done better but it was in the past so I'm giving myself a chance to move on, for the better hopefully.

And now, while I reflect to myself and making this as my goal for next year, I'll share tips to hopefully improve things and shizzles for school and uni:

1. Do not study anywhere in your room. Why? You might have the seclusion and the comfort but all these are traps! I've been doing this for a year and it didn't work. It's mostly because I know I have all things to entertain myself in my room. Entertainment vs. study? Well, unconsciously, you will end up choosing entertainment.

2. Go away from your dorm/house to study. Library is a good place. Some of the reason is/are: no access to food (the first thing I look for), no access to talk to people (because everyone else is doing the same thing), everyone else is doing the same thing so you're not out of place. And you know that little box cubicle thing? Those things are miracle worker for me! I know it sounds weird but it is. It restrict my view and my space so it makes me more efficient ;)

3. Eat before you do things. Do not do things while eating or having snack. I mean, I love to eat. I eat all the time if the circumstances is helping me to do it. It's a distraction, that's all there is to it.

4. Making plans is good, actually sticking to them is better. I love love love to plan out my day from waking up to going back to sleep. But, the chance of me actually doing the things I wrote is very very slim. This needs to change, tbh.

5. Your social media network can wait. Hell, nobody talks to you on social media. Just kidding! In all seriousness though, they can wait. You don't have to refresh Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and your email every 5 minutes. If you don't check it every 5 minutes, it will still be there so don't worry!

6. Other things like the show that you're trying to finish can wait too!

7. Get away from phone and put it on silent. It doesn't matter if you miss phone calls. It's not like you pick them up ever anyway. (I'm not mean guys! I have this weird phobia of picking up phone calls because of a thing I can't tell you :P)

8. Actually start doing shit!

So, there you go everyone (including myself). Do all steps, read and write every word like it's the best thing that came out of you ever! Don't forget to comment below and share your tips to get things done :)

happy holidays

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Halloween, Jamie Oliver Jamie's Italian, and more!

Warning: there will be lots of picture in this post

It's the FINAL EXAM PERIOD or most commonly known as biggest freak out period of the year or getting little to no sleep or too much sleep there is no in between.

And that is my excuse for not posting since almost a month ago, but I'm back in my precious procrastination time so I can dwell in this den and write a wee bit!

So October was Halloween! What did I do for Halloween, you say? Nothing! :)

Why? Because I never celebrated Halloween and I really don't see the significance of it for me...no offence on all the people who celebrate Halloween, though.

I did, however, become a zombie for one day! (I guess, this was my attempt to appreciate a tradition?). The college/hall that I live in now have annual musical and this year I helped for backstage hands. We're doing Reefer Madness musical and there are zombies in the plot so us as backstage hands thought it would be great to be a part of the walking dead troops with fake blood (that is made from chocolate and golden syrup, yum!) and makeup :)

Excuse my camwhoreness but do I look pretty dead yet?

Then, the weekend before exam week, we went to Jamie Oliver's restaurant, Jamie's Italian. The town that I live in is having a soft opening and one of my best friend here works there. She invited us to come down and indulge in what I call, beautiful food. Just appreciate that...

It was pretty amazing indeed. I really like the ambience of the place because it looks formal from the outside, but actually it's really laid-back inside. Also, the portion size is playing mind tricks with people if you're not aware of it. 

Jamie Oliver is pretty famous for his healthy recipes. His restaurant is obviously promoting the same thing. One mind trick they used is the proportion size vs. the plate size. If you have ever dined in Jamie's Italian, you probably know that the plate is humongous. It's not just big, it's huge. However, the lay the food flat so it looks like you're eating a lot because your plate is so big but the portion of the food itself is small to medium. So, you still think you're eating a lot and you're full.

Then a few days before the exams, the APO (Academic Program Officers) in my hall dropped a study-survival kit. Look at that! All 550 students get that pack! It's really cute :3

And one of my best friends also bought us cakes from Dobinsons bakery (best thing in town) and I got a chocolate cheesecake that is just so beautiful and so delicious!

Then, I have my exams two days in a row (and one of them is Saturday! Major bummer). After my exam on Saturday, I bought a bubble tea, chocolate milk tea from Chatime and walk home because the weather was gorgeous. It reminded me a lot of my high school time when I would do the same thing after a long/hard day...

And what better way to end the story with a picture of a park (or a forrest, like seriously it's just full of rows and rows of huge-tall trees) with the sun ready to set in and a red blob of ray of sunshine :)

That's all there is for now guys :) I would love to know what you guys did for Halloween and also what is you favourite guilty pleasure drink, food or dessert? Let me know in the comments below!

Good luck! Have a great week and wish me luck for exams!

xx

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General Update on being a Teenager

I've been contemplating on whether or not I should write this down. But... Since this blog is basically about my life and stuff, I think it's quite appropriate.

I've been feeling really tired and demotivated lately. I haven't cooked in a while hence the unhealthy eating, I haven't been doing my laundry, my studying is a bit all over the place, I'm not feeling well and so on and so forth. Basically, I don't feel like doing anything. 

Which is wrong, of course. I can't help it, those dark days are storming past me these past few days. 

I've been cocooning myself in my room but I'm not doing anything important. I've been watching a lot of TV shows (like season 3-10 of Friends) just to pass time even though I know I need to do things. My laundry is just sitting in the wardrobe (the clean ones) and under the bed (the dirty ones). I've been sleeping in crazy hours and not feeling well. And (maybe) because of this, every time I ride my bike on the main street, I'm always scared I'm going to fall over or a car/bus/truck will hit me. On top of all that, I became annoyed by every little thing that I see or hear.

Not cool, so not cool.

You might think that I'm homesick. I don't think so hahaha. This is a very weird feeling. It's not that I'm unhappy because I feel all right, not extremely happy or sad. I'm just tired for no reason. It might be because everything is so monotone after a crazy 3/4 of the year where I have non-stop rehearsal. But when I think about it again, it is not monotone at all. I have events to go to, backstage hands to do for my hall's musical coming up, crazy assignments coming along. 

Anywaaay, I realise that all of this is happening and I am trying to get on top of things now. I really hope that I can get back to a healthy routine which consist me doing something other than sitting on my desk glued to this laptop. 

Please leave any advice in the comments below on how to combat tired/annoyed feeling and what you do to stay on top of everyday things in life! Your help would be so appreciated :)

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Last (Productive) Week of September

Guess from the title, I was somewhat productive last week! *lazy happy dance*

It all started when I had an assignment to finish so I cram everything to the last few days because I'm a stupid and lazy b***h. Okay, no I am not. I just hate the subject so I prolong the actual start of the assignment until I panicked and I couldn't really think. I'm not proud of myself. So not proud of myself. But you guys understand that moments right?

I did still have time to take a picture of how my table looks like around 16 hours prior to the submission time. This is how I work: in a mess. Oh wait that's what I am! But... I'm really glad that I got to finished it and actually got to sleep that day. So, one assignment done many more to go! Hoozah!

Then on the weekend, my friend called me to go with her to Society of Cakeyness here in my hall. I was always wanted to go but last semester until August I always have rehearsals on Saturday all day long. I got to go and we made Choux Pastry Swan and look how cool they were! The one that my friend and I made is the one at the very front of the formation. It was pretty and tasty too :) I feel like making the choux pastry for profiteroles with Nutella filling now...

And on Sunday, I went to the Malaysian High Commission because they are having an open house event. It's a part of tourism promotion, celebration of centenary and Floriade (I guess...) called Windows To The World. It was great because I got to eat some of the tasty foods they sell (but to be completely and utterly honest to you guys, Indonesian food is still the best food ever!) and some of them were really nice. I also watched a little bit of this traditional dance down here, anyone know what this is called? :)

And I'm hoping I can go to Festival Indonesia in two weeks because I want food. 

And, thaaat is how I spent my last weekend of September 2013! Seriously, don't you feel it all went by so quickly? It's October now! How crazy is that??

Please don't forget to comment, share and follow my blog and all of my social media :) Have a lovely week welcoming October everyone!

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Sleeping Habit

One thing I seriously need to change is my sleeping habit. And I have a few reasons to support this campaign:

1. It is not healthy for me.

I am a person who love sleeping. I can sleep for 12 hours a day (once I slept for 14 hours). I just love sleeping, especially sleeping late and wake up really really late (like noon to early afternoon-ish). I know it's not a good thing, it's a bad habit, it's bad for my health. I need to stop doing it. 

2. I wake up tired.

Yes. Believe it or not, sleeping late and waking up late will make you tired when you wake up. You can argue that you sleep for 8 hours or 12 hours but that really does not matter. You will wake up tired and it still feels like you only slept for a few hours instead of that 12 hours. I do every time. (which would be everyday on break like this)

3. It changes my biological clock

It feels so good, yet so bad. You won't get things done except if you force yourself, which is really hard, not gonna lie. It then may sucks you into the complicated feeling of I-hate-myself-why-am-I-so-lazy combined with it-feels-so-good-to-sleep and I-love-my-bed

4. My neighbour is having romantic time at ridiculous hours.

"OMG Sis, it's so not a big deal stop exaggerating it!"OH NO. NU UH. You have no idea, no idea at all what I went through (except if you did go through the same thing). It is really annoying and you're tired, cranky and trying to get some sleep at 3 in the morning. I put my earphones in, I knocked on the wall (wall is pretty thin) and walked around the corridor. I DID THINGS okay. (I'm not being mean, I'm just annoyed, so so annoyed)

THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO MY NEIGHBOUR

So there you go, there are a few reasons why I need to change my biological clock. I hope I'll succeed. But tell me guys, what keeps you from sleeping early? Rave in the comments below about your sleeping habit so I can feel somewhat-normal :)

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Rainy Days Routine

Is spring supposed to be full or rain? (genuine question from someone who has never lived in 4 seasons area)

It has been raining for almost three hours. Yep, rain decided to pour down today on Monday. Monday, where I already scheduled all things and errands to run. Not Sunday, where I just laze around my room. So here I am, sitting on my desk because all my plans got cancelled (by myself).

I need to go to campus to sort things out (and hopefully start studying-ish-you-know). Gracefully woke up before my alarm but can't be f****d and went back to sleep. I woke up at 11 and the sky looks miserably grey. So I think to myself, "Oh well, let's go at 1p.m. today and hopefully the sun is up by then."

I waited, and now is 3p.m. and it's raining. I actually can go and walk alone but it's not safe to walk alone. I do have a bike but when it's raining, would you really want to go on your bike?

And here I am feeling bad because I've been putting off important things (like vacuuming my room) for far too long. Not proud of myself, of course.

Anyway, on to brighter things in life... I actually like rain. It's chilly and it's perfect for snuggling, cuddling (not that I'm doing any of those), or just lazying around. I'm doing the last one while listening to acoustic music and feeling like going back to sleep...seriously I'm just showing you people how lazy I really am now.

Alright, I'm going to stop and hope and pray that it won't rain tomorrow so I can actually do things and be productive.

Don't forget to let me know in the comments below: What you like to do on rainy days?

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Congratulations Meita!

I'm so so proud of my girl, Meita, for having her photo featured on the most recent lomography.com newsletter!

LOOK! It's her (on the right) and Saffron back in high school on Neon Day! The photo is featured on lomography.com newsletter about "Back To School With The Diana"!

I am one proud proud friend :D

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xx

Break For Now

Heyhey! I'm back for a shorty short time :D

I'm on my spring break now, which might seem like such a big thing, but it's not... The sun was out for a week before the holiday and when the holiday starts the sky turns grey once again.

It's raining now, which is weird because the last time it rained was 2 to 3 weeks ago?

Kelvin filter look alright in this pic hey? :P

Anyway, floormates are starting to turn off the heaters in the hallway and bathrooms now (and posting signs like the above). It's been alright but sometimes it's just really cold like it's still winter.. or maybe that's just because I came from 30-degrees-countries (that's how my friends call it).

Mid semesters are coming in a week or so and I have two on the first day back! (surprise, surprise) And also an assignment in the first week back. Not looking forward to them but I have to start doing things now. Enough of me sleeping around until noon everyday for a week (it is called a 'break' for a reason ;)

So, I wish you guys a great time transiting from summer to fall or winter to spring or sunny to rainy wherever you are!

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Lomolife

I feel like I haven't posted my pictures in a while and here we go!

P.S. My film was somewhat jammed and my camera was being a bit fussy so if you hate light leaks, excuse moi..

This might be taken in one of few trips home I took on my gap semester. If you don't already know, I love clouds, sky and plane combination

 I went on a trip to Sydney with my friends who kindly let me stayed at her house and took my friend and I around. This is the Quay/City/CBD area. Boats and The Bridge.

...and the famous Sydney Opera House 

We also went to The Blue Mountains to see Three Sisters (along with Solitary Mountains and went on the rides which was a lot of fun!) 

Lastly,  The Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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Isu-Isu #1

Maaf, post kali ini ditulis dalam bahasa Indonesia (semiformal -> tidak formal sama sekali)

Sedang marak di negara tercinta isu-isu tentang tes keperawanan sebelum masuk sekolah. Dari link ini: www.jurnalperempuan.org diceritakan bahwa seorang gadis mengikuti tes keperawanan sebelum masuk ke sekolah militer. Tes tersebut dipraktekkan oleh seorang yang kemungkinan bukan dokter atau tenaga ahli. Lebih parah lagi, metode tes keperawanan yang dilakukan sangat sangat minim; hanya dengan memasukkan dua jari ke area privat wanita untuk mengecek apakah selaput dara sang siswi masih utuh.

Sebagai seorang perempuan, jujur, saya merasa direndahkan. Walaupun saya hanya membaca berita tersebut, saya merasa sangat sedih dan marah.

Hal pertama yang harus diketahui seluruh umat manusia adalah: selaput dara bukan parameter keperawanan wanita. Faktanya, tidak semua perempuan dilahirkan dengan selaput dara. Jadi, yang mempermasalahkan selaput dara pada wanita bisa dibilang tidak pernah belajar biologi. Ini mempertegas argumen bahwa selaput dara bukan parameter keperawanan seseorang.

Selaput dara juga bukan hanya satu jenis. Beberapa jenis selaput dara mempunyai lubang sejak awal. Hanya karena selaput dara seseorang memiliki lubang, bukan berarti dia sudah tidak perawan. Dan lagi, rusaknya selaput dara sangat mungkin disebabkan oleh hal-hal lain yang tidak ada hubungannya dengan aktifitas seksual. Jadi, sekali lagi selaput dara bukan hal yang perlu dipermasalahkan dan dihubungkan dengan keperawanan.

Terlepas dari itu semua, kenapa institusi harus mengucilkan wanita-wanita yang "tidak punya selaput dara"? Kenapa keperawanan harus dijadikan faktor penentu kesuksesan wanita? Apakah kemampuan otak sudah tidak penting lagi? Apa jadinya kalau ada perempuan yang secara paksa direnggut kesuciannya saat masih muda. Apakah itu salah sang perempuan? Bukan. Apakah hanya karena hal tersebut dia tidak layak lagi berusaha mengembalikan hidupnya dan merubah nasibnya menjadi lebih baik?

Kalau memang hukum tes keperawanan secara paksa akan ditegakkan, kenapa tes tersebut hanya berlaku untuk wanita? Kenapa laki-laki yang sudah tidak perawan tidak dikategorikan sebagai "yang tercela"?

Bisa dibayangkan betapa malunya para wanita yang harus merelakan diri untuk dicek "keperawanannya". Betapa berat beban sosial yang harus dihadapi jika orang lain tau bahwa hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa dia sudah tidak perawan padahal kenyataannya dia masih suci. Apalagi dihadapkan dengan orang-orang zaman sekarang yang mudah termakan isu-isu dan gosip.

Kenapa harus menghambat pendidikan dari orang-orang yang pantas dengan tes-tes yang tidak penting? Bukankah anak-anak muda berilmu cemerlang dan berakhlak baik lebih krusial untuk perkembangan negara?

Life Soundtrack

The instructions:
1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool... and a lot of the songs fit with the setting

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*disclaimer: I own a lot of Oasis okay, deal with it*

Opening Credits: The Blackest Lily - Corinne Bailey Rae
- "Colour my heart" sounds like an appropriate goal in life...

Waking Up: I Swear - All4One
- wat lolol

First Day At School: All Around The World - Oasis
- somewhat appropriate?

Falling In Love: The Freedom Song - Jason Mraz
- well okay then

Fight Song: I Found A Boy - Adele
- ha......ha..... what kind of fight is this

Breaking Up: Thistle & Weeds - Mumford and Sons
- harsh. just. harsh.

Prom night/Life's ok: Stay Young - Oasis
- yea gurl get it gurl

Mental Breakdown: Some Might Say - Oasis
- "Some might say we will find a better day" fits well

Driving: Bicycle Race - Mamas Gun
- well i only own a bicycle so yea

Flashback: The Masterplan - Oasis
- "please brother let it be" yea good song eh

Getting back together: No Surprises - Radiohead
- a sign that it is not a good idea perhaps?

Wedding: Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You - George Benson
- this is what i always wanted

Birth of Child: Help Me - Chris Brown
- something that I would scream during delivery

Final Battle: Rock n Roll Star - Oasis
- "You're all in my hands tonight" i'm definitely the winner here duh

Funeral Song: Supersonic - Oasis
- leaving good message to the world because i can

End credits : If It Hadn't Been For Love - Adele
- my purpose of life

I Will Go Down With This Ship

Hey guys! I'm doing a challenge from ultimateblogchallenge and I will be posting everyday of the month so I hope you guys will be enjoying everything with me (X)

Do you follow any TV shows, movies, or artists religiously?

I can honestly say that I do. I do follow TV series, musician and youtubers and have the constant craving got know everything about it every time.

And I have come to the realisation that it is NOT healthy.

Sure, you will have some positive impact from doing so. For instance, you have more "social points" for knowing cool stuff that goes on the media. But learning from the hard way, I now know some of the negative impact too.

You will have the addiction to check constantly on them.
Read that sentence one more time. Do you realise how creepy that is? You are basically turning yourself into a stalker. You are turning into a creeper.

They will not know you.
Even if they reply to your comments and tweets or they favorited your tweets, they are not going to be your friend. You probably talk online but offline you are just some stranger that they never know.

You will have less time to do anything else more useful.
If it is an artist, I bet you will watch every single movie and works that they are featured in, listen to every single song, watch all the performances and the interviews. If it is a youtuber, you will watch all of their videos, even the ones you have watch for a thousand times.

You will watch every single episode from all seasons. On top of that, you will check up on all the social media. That will take about 10 hours of your day (plus 8 hours of sleep, 2 hours of showers, you only have 4 hours left?)

Your feels would be largely affected by all the fandoms, ships, the OTPs and the fan-fiction.
If you have NO IDEA on any of the words above, please leave. It is not too late. You still have hopes.

You will forget reality.
You will just forget. I do.

The list goes on...and I am sure you know it.

So, which TV shows or artist, musician, or youtuber you fangirl on? Which fandoms do you belong to? Who is your number 1 OTP?

Let's all dive in the comment section below! 

5 Activities To Do for Summer and/or Winter Holidays

Hey guys! I'm doing a challenge from ultimateblogchallenge and I will be posting everyday of the month so I hope you guys will be enjoying everything with me (X)

Hello again!

As we all know, now is the summer break for everyone in the northern hemisphere. However, all our southern hemisphere friends are enjoying their winter holidays right now. Therefore, I come up with 5 activities that can be enjoyed by both of you who live in the southern or northern hemisphere.

1. Go to the mountains

Hiking would be a great activity to enjoy in the summer. It will be really nice to have a change of scenery every once in a while. One way to relax yourself is to go see, enjoy and mix with nature. Also, you get to exercise, talk about having fun and be healthy at the same time :)

In winter, you can go to the mountain for the same purpose but it's a different kind of scenery. You get to enjoy the coldness, the snow and go skiing! You still can still enjoy the nature, go outside and do something even if it's cold.

2. Go volunteer

Rather than spending your 3 months summer holiday doing nothing important, try volunteering! There are loads of different institutes that offers volunteering services to areas in your country or in other countries in need.

You can experience new foreign cultures, do loads of things for a good cause, open your mind and get away from the coldness in winter times.

3. Working a.k.a. saving up money for future happiness

Now, you might think that it is absolute bogus to work when everyone else is enjoying their time in the sun and/or cozying at home by the fire. Before all that, imagine what it would be like to have money by winter and spring break without working too hard on the start of school year. You want that, don't you?

You don't have to work non-stop on ridiculous hours but a little bit of working here and there will not hurt. As long as you can divide your time between work and having fun, you will still live a balance and fun holiday mode life. Other tip: try working on something that interests you!

4. Learn something new 

Take up something that you have always been wanting to learn from a long time. Make your childhood dreams come true! Whether it is knitting, gardening, cooking, learning new languages, or even learning a new unrelated school subjects because you are interested - You choose! Not only it takes up time but the result will help you a lot in life.

or if you are just lazy and you do not want to move...EVER. You can always do this one:

5. Sit at home and surf the internet until you are bored and decided to do something

(hopefully one of these suggestions!)

These are just a couple of things you can do! Do share other ideas down in the comment and share your plan for the remaining holiday time :)