Wednesday, December 17, 2014

A Promise

Well, as i said before, about my writing, which i submitted to a writing competition and bring me to be a winner. The theme was "Make a Better Change Together". If you're curious, well, here it is ...

SATU
by Meyriandini Suci Lestari



Satu. Empat huruf yang kita tahu maksud namun untuk arti, apa itu satu? Menjadi ke-satu biasanya selalu diartikan besar atau diagung-agungkan. Itu menurut kumpulan dari beberapa pemikiran dari beberapa orang yang menjadi stereotype. Tapi, apa benar kata “satu” selalu besar? Apa benar kata “satu” selalu benar? Kata siapa menjadi satu itu selalu baik? Kita lihat saja sekarang, Tuhan yang Maha Satu saja punya malaikat-malaikat yang menolong-Nya. Lalu, kembali lagi ke awal, apa itu satu?

Terlalu berat membicarakan permasalahan yang ada di Indonesia. Negara berkembang tentu saja mengalami banyak permasalahan. Jangankan sebuah negara, sebagai satu individu yang sedang berkembang saja permasalahan kecil bisa menjadi bibit penyakit, bukan? Sebagai ciptaan Tuhan yang memiliki rasa, cipta dan karya, akan lebih baik semua digunakan untuk kepentingan bersama. Jadi, tidak ada salahnya memperhatikan permasalahan tersebut. Toh selama kita bernafas, udara yang kita hirup juga milik Indonesia. Tanah yang kita pijak juga bumi Indonesia. 

Mengatasi permasalahan di indonesia sama saja seperti menguraikan benang kusut. Satu persatu dibenarkan bagaimana supaya menjadi lurus kembali. Bukan, saya bukan orang yang mengerti tentang politik dengan baik atau sejarawan yang paham tentang asal mula permasalahan ini terjadi. Saya juga bukan termasuk dalam kaum ulama atau cendikiawan yang ucapannya selalu benar dan di dengar. Tapi, perbaikan Indonesia ke arah yang lebih baik, orang buta saja yang tidak bisa melihat tahu bagaimana bisingnya suara di negara ini, bagaimana tidak sedapnya aroma di negara ini. Tidak butuh otak pintar dalam memecahkannya bukan? Lagi, dimana itu satu?

Banyak orang mengeluh mengapa Indonesia tidak bisa seperti negara lain. Bukankah itu sama saja dengan masuk kedalam lubang yang kita gali sendiri? Banyak hal yang bisa menjadikan negara ini lebih baik. Salah satunya adalah permasalahan transportasi. BBM naik, demo terjadi. Harga rokok naik? Damai sekali terasanya. Kendaraan yang lalu lalang itu memang punya majikan. Memang ada yang mengatas namakan. Tapi, kalau yang naik bukan keluarga si empunya saja? Masa tidak ada sedikit rasa memiliki? Kucing kampung yang kita rawat sejak kecil saja seringkali disebut sebagai “kucing saya”. 

Tidak akan bisa “satu” menyelesaikan masalah jika tidak bersatu. Disinilah apa arti dari satu. Tidak perlu diartikan dengan kata-kata, tapi sebagai makhluk yang diberikan pikiran, tentu kita tahu makna dari satu. Satu orang menyisihkan uang sehari lima ribu untuk perbaikan alat transportasi umum. Bisa hingga gossip kesekian mengenai kiamat tahun sekian baru mendapatkan mobil bis yang nyaman. Namun, jika setiap satu bergabung, setiap satu ditambah satu dan seterusnya menyisihkan, bukankah itulah makna dari satu yang diagungkan, dibesar-besarkan? Bayangkan berapa banyak keuntungan yang akan terjadi jika sarana transportasi kita jadi lebih baik, lebih bagus, seperti negeri tetangga. Jadi tidak hanya rumput mereka saja yang hijau, kita pupuk rumput kita, lama-lama akan menjadi hijau juga, kan? Kemacetan tidak akan terjadi, semua orang nyaman menggunakan transportasi. Tidak harus mengeluarkan uang untuk membayar bahan bakar minyak yang naik 20%. Tapi, kalau itu hanyalah sebuah ide yang datang dari sel-sel otak saya, menjadikan rumput Indonesia sehijau negeri tetangga juga hanyalah sebuah ide.

Lalu, apa perlu saya seperti Cinta yang berlari dulu kehutan kemudian belok kepantai demi mendapatkan dukungan?

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

December's Light

Good day, busy people and welcome December ! I don't know whether i should be sad or happy in facing twenty fifteen just in few days ... Well, anyway, let's forget about that a while and we celebrate this December's light :)

R.A Kartini (Indonesian National Heroine), once said :

"Door Duisternis tot Licht (Out of Dark Comes Light)"

It is oh so so so true ! I've experienced it, anyway. Remember my old posts about the sadness and kind ? haha, i'm sooo ashamed if i reread it. Sorry for the pecimistic words, guys. I didn't mind to. But, as it said, Out of dark comes light. Well, let the story begins...

the teams :)
It was just a coincidence, i may say. It was saturday, if it's not mistaken, i was only spend my saturday night at home, and opened my twitter account. So, it was Dewi Lestari, who posted something about writing competition. The winner will get a chance to make an e-book with a help from her. It was very interesting for me, since Dewi Lestari is one of my forever and ever and ever and ever inspirations in my life. Supernova isn't first novel i read, but it is first novel i read it untill i finished it in two days, where that was amazing for me. It took me about a week to finish a novel or even month or even some years. So it was an achievement for a high school freshmen to finish a novel in two days, i wondered. The more i read that, the more curious i got. That is the first novel that i want to read over and over again. Well, i used to reread comic over and over again -_- haha, so that was like... OMG?! Back to the story, so i decided to join and send it. It was a last day to submit a story. 2 hours before 00.00, i submit my story. *p.s i will post my story here as well hehe ..

I really didn't think that i will get a chance to be one of finalists, until LOOP KEPO teams contacted me and said that i was one of the finalists. The rule is only one, you have to attend the LOOP schedule from December 11-14. I was undoubtedly said yes.. until the virus comes in. &*^%$ ?! I was just like oh my dear and kind God, what was happened? I resigned and said to the team that i couldn't make it because i was .. sick. :( . It was impossible to joined, moreover to be a winner. To be one of the finalists was already make myself proud of my writing. well, at least, i tried, i thought. Until the LOOP teams, which are soo soo soo soo soo sooo sooo soooo soooo sooo very kind-hearted :"" also Sinergi Muda teams which are so friendly, contacted me, again. So, they called me again that i could come to the judging time only and go back home for rest. 

 
 because hapiness as simple as taking a picture with these talented writers (le-ri : Bena, Dewi Lestari, Me, Raditya Dika)

It was Dewi Lestari, who became one of the judges. How in the world could i not be nervous ?! I felt like shaking and didn't remember about words to words i should tell, about my writing of course. haha, but it is not Dewi Lestari if she's not soo soo soo soo soo amazingly good and nice and kind and any other good things that i should say. She is sooo soo soo very friendly and nice and knew me so well that i was nervous hehe. So after judging time, the day after i heard my name was said loudly as one of the winners. 

forgive my expression -___- lol



 photo credit to: kak Gilang

Being one of the finalists, i already got a lot of lessons, new friends, and amount of money. It already felt like i was a winner when it was just a finalist. Thankyou so much Allah. :"""") Again, this experience will be one of best things that happened in my life, seriously. Again, Thank You so so so so so so so so so so so so much, Allah. Alhamdulillaah :D



More thing like a bonus is... BOYCE AVENUE !!! here is some picts i captured from the utter cool night that day .. It was like buy one get two free haha...

 
p.s. my nephew just sent me a video thru facebook and it said that i am an awesome person. Thankyou abang :*

Friday, November 14, 2014

We Thank and Give

Hello !

November (/nˈvɛmbər/ noh-vem-bər) is marked by the topaz birthstones which symbolizes friendship (cr : wikipedia.com). From the article I've read before about the friendship symbol, i welcome November with a lovely and friendly feeling, then.  It's been a while i didn't put the alphabets here hehe kind of miss and decided to tell some stories.. 

Well, thankfully, i have a job now. Well, not permanently job yet, but this makes me relieved that finally i am useful though in a very small thing. hehe, So, another thing that happened on this month was a sad story. I've heard a news, my former English course teacher was getting a heart attack. Not a metaphor, but real heart attack. The most shocking thing from that news was she was known as one of very healthy people in this shocking world. :"( I wish for her health, dear God. She was one of people i respect most after my grandma, parent, aunts and uncles. Though people who already see her probably said that she couldn't really called as a teacher (because of her reckless behavior -_- haha), she was one of my inspiration if someday i have a chance to be a teacher.. 



It puts good feeling when you give something or help someone who need that. It is really indescribable. As people already know that this month's hi-lite is a Thanksgiving. Well, it shouldn't just done in the U.S, we should do that as well though we are not in the U.S, in our own way. Giving a little help to the needy is also can be said as a way in doing Thanksgiving :) because giving is sharing, sharing is caring, and caring is a good thing :D Happy November, good people !!

Monday, July 7, 2014

WELCOME and UNWELCOME

Forgive me to not welcoming Ramadan as glorious as it used to be. Tonight is kind of special. It's Ramadan, which all the doors of sustenance will be opened as wide as possible for Muslim/at, and today's date is oh so cute seven plus seven equal to fourteen like the date of today. Anyway, WELCOME RAMADAN ! I have had pleasure to face Ramadan again this year and hope next years and years and years aaamiin.


As we get a chance to face and feel Ramadan, i always memorize it in my brain:

"Whoever does something good in Ramadan, Allah will multiplies it by 70" - Al-Tirmidhi

Beside, when we do fasting, it will give you tremendous effects, like one of examples is this time is really great to teach us to control ourselves from anger, bad lusts, bad thoughts and everything bad. So let us fill this month with lots of prayers and good deeds.


On the other hand, bad things also happen in this holy month. War between Israeli and Palestine. It really breaks my heart to hear about the news. Really. It is not about whether you are black or white, whether you are muslim or cristian, whether you are a proffesor or a chump, but it is about humanity. Why there should be a war while we can try to live peacefully ? :"""( My prayers always go to everyone who suffer from bad guy outside there. Especially for the kids. 


A kind of small war is also happened in here, Indonesia, related to presidential election. For whoever will get the chair, it really doesn't matter. We only need to pray it will be for the best, choose your choice without any harm and anger to another one. Why bother scream and try  hard to knockdown the opponent, people? oh please.. For everyone who read my post, please just sit and think for a while and find a way to help the victims in Palestine. Also, like i said before, let us fill this month with good deeds :D


Once again, MARHABAN YA RAMADAN :D/

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

(May)mories

It was kind of different from years before. This year, May becomes oh-not-so-special month for me. There were a lot things, specifically, bad things happened to me on May, while i always hope May will give me an energy or kinda gives signal and cooperates with the universe to make something at least one good thing happened. So far, untill in the middle of that month, my life was more like pathetic. I was (and still am) jobless, I failed on test, I wasn't choosed to accompany my sister to go Umraa, and many things happened. 


this sunflower is one of my happiness that happened in May. Really. I got it from ibu tukang tambal ban for free anyway :)

But still, we don't really know what the God's plans are, right? For the darkness  that surrounds us, there is always a little light. For the heavy rain that soaks us, there is always be rainbow after that. So i believed that there has to be good things instead. Like my birthday, for one of the examples. 

me, 6 years old, 17 years ago 

I can not believe that i really am growing up to the number that even Taylor Swift didn't want to say it out loud and make it to the limit, twenty-two. Well, it wasn't really bad thing tho. It was just unbelievable that time really ticks fast. Reaching 23, i even haven't imagined what it would be, yet now here i am. I am really happy for the overcoming greetings, surprises and gifts, really. It just realizing it that makes me bit sad. However, whatever i feel, whatever i think, whatever it will be, well Que Sera-Sera. It just motivates me to be better and always do the good things, do the nice things to other people even those may be rude, and always always always never feel that i am lack of anything. Well, Allah gives me everything, why bother keep thinking negative thought right? Well, saying and writing this is easier than applying it in a real life. As a human, at least i will try to enjoy the one and only live i have. Well said. :)


It was May 31th, the day before, it was kind of like an early party with my sister and cousin. We went to Dufan. On the day, i got a surprise cake from my family. It was all plain. Untill my friends came bringing another cake and surprise me while i was sleeping. After that, when i back home... I got a present all of sudden sent by post. As simple as that you may think. For me, getting surprises, prayers, cakes, like that was very very touched :") I really thanked to everyone who pray for me sincerely. I wish same prayers go to all of you as well. For the last day of the month i think i wouldnt and couldnt enjoy it, i was very very grateful, instead :) Alhamdulillaaah. 

really, thankyouu very very much everyone :)

p.s : here are some of photos of me, my sister and my cousin spent some times in amusement park. 
simple yet happiest thing i really love in amusement park is faced a merry-go-round

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

As Time Goes By...

As blue as the sky, as beautiful as the birth. As dark as the night, as gloom as the death. The number is not just a number, you know, it has already written by God. As the time goes by, people may just realize the meaning of the life (or not?)


Yesterday was a kind of sappy day (?). My friend's father has passed away, in a very young age, for the number of age for a father. On the other hand, my cousin gave a birth to a beautiful baby boy in the same time. That's it, a number is not just a number. I got a slap on my face that realize me, life is not eternal. Be grateful for the life we have, do everything that makes us happy. You Only Live Once. 

As the time goes by...


We will finally know who will be still stand for us, still do the silly things with us, who we should keep staying close or apart. People comes and goes. As the time goes by.. 



 p.s I VOTED for better Indonesia ! Show your finger, snap, and post :D/