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Take A Breath

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"Never explain yourself to anyone. Because the person who likes you doesn't need it and the person who dislikes you won't believe it."

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When people talk behind your back, when they tell wrong stories about you to other people, sometimes all you need to do is doing nothing.

While doing nothing, you will see that there are people who won't fall for the rumor and stand up for you.

While doing nothing, you will see that some people will try to seek the truth behind the rumor and ask you directly for an answer.

While doing nothing, you will also see that some other people are actually enjoying the false story about you in silence. They don't even care if the rumor about you is right or wrong. They are just happy to have another gossip to talk about and to laugh to.

And while doing nothing, you will also see that certain people are busy fueling the rumor. The more people who fall into their lies the bigger smile they have on their faces.

By doing 'nothing'... You let other people show you their true color, their true faces, so that you will know who's worth your time and who's not.

Just let the time reveal the truth for you. Because God never sleeps and truth will always find a way to denote itself.

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I'm not telling you to stay silent when someone harass you. You have to stand on your ground and never let anyone to push you down.

But, you need to remember that you can't make everyone love you. Being disliked by other people is not a big deal, especially if they dislike you for no reason.

Just focus on giving your love, attention and forgiveness to those who deserve it and don't forget to always be a better person every day. Just like the saying "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind". ;))

It's Us!

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Seeing news lately kinda makes me scared.

Let's say corruptions, murders, racism, rapes, and stuffs. They keep coming like flood, unstoppable.

It seems like there are more and more people who lose their humanity. They're drowned in their greediness, in their lust, in their hatred, in their selfishness.

It seems like the only thing that they see is "me". There's no "us" anymore, that's why they do not care if other people have to struggle because of their acts, they do not care if they harm other people as long as they're satisfied.

Those are really irritating.

We should remember that every single one of us is human. None of use deserves to be trampled. None of us has a right to make other people suffer.

Despite our differences, we are human after all.

We share this planet to live together.

We don't have any other option but making this planet, this world, to be a better place to live in, to be a safer place to live in.

The only things that we need are listening more, understanding more, and compassion.

And the only ones who have to do it first are us.

It's not only me, nor you, nor them.

It's us.

To Every Parent:

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I hope you never forget..

that your children are humans too.
They can think. They can feel.
They’re not properties. They’re not robots.

that the way your children grow up depends on how you raise and treat them.
On how much affection, how much love, and how much concern that you give to them.

that in their every act, there’s always a reason.
And sometimes, the reason may be you.

that right now, maybe they miss your warm hug.
Your loving caress, and your presence.

that, sometimes, they don’t need anything but your support and faith.
Your hands to raise them up.
Your shoulder to rely on.
Your smile to strengthen them.

that it will make them happy to hear you say “I am proud of you” when they reach their dreams..
or
“Everything will be OK” when they fail at something.

that sometimes, they just need you to listen.
Not with your ears, but with your hearts.

Simple Thing that I Forgot..

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I often became skeptical to any religions, yes Islam too, because I usually thought too much and too far about the theoretical aspects of religions. It seemed like the only things that mattered to me were those theoretical aspects of religions, such as: What is God? Do religions have the same 'God' according to the history and their holy scripts? What makes religions often against each other radically? Is scientific religion necessary? And the list of questions went on and became more and more complicated. Those questions, which encouraged me to discuss and read more and more books, surely helped me to develop my knowledge, but somehow, those discussions and theoretical books also made my heart empty and cold.

The more I concerned about the theoretical things about religions, the more I felt empty. But, thanks to the video that I posted above, I finally realized that I forgot something important about religions. I forgot to put my attention more into "this thing". Something simple.

This video made me realized that the most important thing about religion is not as complicated as I thought. The essence of religion is to be the light for our lives, to lead us to be a better person who cares about others, who respects others, who brings peace to others, who'll live hand in hand with others, who'll help others that need help, who spreads love and peace. In short, it leads us to be a better person for ourselves and for people around us.

I feel so stupid. I mean, there's nothing wrong with discussing or reading books about religions. We need to do that so that we do know what we believe in and do not have faith just because we're born under our parents' faiths. But, in my case, I spent almost all of my time to satisfy my mind not my soul. I sought answers of those theoretical questions about religions like crazy, but I forgot to see and adjust the essences of religion into my life.

In other words, this video helps me to warm up my cold heart and ignorant mind. It always be a great reminder for me that the most important thing that we should do as a religious is not about having an extensive knowledge about our religions, but it's about adjusting the essences of our religions to our life, so that we can be a better human being and be the light for other people.

PS:

*I know, it's an Islamic song, but I tried to make this article as general as I could. So, although, we may believe in different faiths, I hope you can still sense the essence of this article.. :)

The Story of Kyle

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So I just found a really touching story on Tumblr and I really wanna share it with you guys. It seems real but I don't now whether it's an actual event or just a fiction. But, in spite of it, it has a really great message, and I want you to get that message too. I also can't give a credit to the person who wrote it, I can't find the main source. All I can say is it's not my writing, I just copied it from Tumblr.

And.. Here we go! Happy reading! :)

The Story of Kyle

One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd.”

I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up, and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes.

My heart went out to him. So I jogged over to him, and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives.” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!” There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.

I helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before, but we talked all the way home, and I carried his books.

He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes.

We hung out all weekend, and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, “Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!” He just laughed and handed me half the books.

Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, we began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going for business on a football scholarship.

Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn’t me having to get up there and speak.

On graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him! Boy, sometimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech, so I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be great!” He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. “Thanks,” he said.

As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach — but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story.” I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. “Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.”

I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize its depth.

Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture, you can change a person’s life.

Morgana and My PoV on Villain Characters

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Lately, I feel so tired with what the Merlin BBC's writers did towards Morgana character. I mean.. OK. She's villain. But why can't they show Morgana's feeling as a 'human'. She already got so much pain, but yet, the show only shows her as an evil with no heart.

Let's call a memory when Morgana was a really brave, strong, and skilled young woman who always stands for justice even if she has to stand against the King. A person who's really care about other people and would sacrifice her own life for other people who need help.

As a king's ward, she grew up alongside with the King's hatred towards magic. She had seen how King Uther had no mercy towards people who have magic even if it's just a kid. Under his power, King Uther would sentence people who have magic to death without any hesitation. No wonder, in her mind, magic was something terrifying and something dangerous.

But one day, she realized that she has magic. She got so many prophetic dreams which saved Arthur's life several times. She felt terrified alone. She asked Gaius' help, but the only Gaius gave to her was medicine to make her sleep properly. Gaius tended to ignore the fact that Morgana has the gift. She also trusted Merlin but Merlin never reveals the fact that he also has magic. He chose to keep his magic secret and let Morgana felt lonely because she thought she's the only one in the castle who has magic and has to suffer alone to protect herself from Uther's hatred towards magic. Because of this, she made some mistakes. She trusted Morgause, Mordred, and Alvarr as the ones who can accept her with her magic as her allies and began to against the King for their rights in order to be able to live just like normal people. In the end of her 'kindness' story, she got the fact that Merlin, the one who she trusted to; the one who she's willing to sacrifice her life in order to save his village, tried to poison her. Tried to kill her. As the time goes by, Morgana chose to against Camelot openly. She nearly killed several times and when she's near to death, Aithusa, a baby dragon, saved her life.

In an untold time, Morgana and Aithusa got locked under a pit for 2 YEARS because they have magic by someone who hasn't been revealed yet. For 2 years, the only things that they both had were darkness and each other. Seeing the fact that Aithusa can't speak, it's a possible thing if they were tortured when they locked under the pit too.

Just imagine Morgana's PoV.

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We live in a circumstance where people fear us and keep hating us just because something that we born with. Something that is the part of us. Something that we can't choose. Our fate. But those people do not care about that. They still see us as a 'monster'. They haunt us. They torture us. They want to kill us. The ones who we think will stand on our side, betray us. We feel alone and only have fear as a friend.

But then, there are some fellow 'monsters' who openly accept us for who we are. We never felt alone anymore because we finally have people to rely on, people who'll lend their shoulder to us whenever we need, people who give us love while the other only give us hatred and ignorance. We feel so attached to them and want them to be 'free' too. We want us to live in freedom without any fear anymore. We're willing to do anything in order to make it happen. Although it means we have to against our so-called old 'friends' who let us felt alone and afraid.

In the process, we lost those fellow 'monsters', only one left. We both are tortured by people for a really long time. We can't see anything but the dark. Our fellow monster is so traumatized that can't talk. We gain strength by ourselves. We can't believe other people anymore because the pain that they've given to us is too much. The pain makes us blind to see light because it only gives us darkness.

But one day, the another fellow friend appears in front of us with a smile on his face. We feel so happy that he's still alive. We look back to our master plan and will try to make it happen once again in, together. But in the end, the another fellow friend also betrays us, tries to kill us, and chooses to stand by our old friends' side. So, here we go. Alone again. There's only our beloved fellow friend who cannot speak and is in a really terrible condition because of the previous torture. We have to be stronger for each other and do anything to make a better place for us.

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See how much pain she has? I think showing Morgana as a 100% evil is not a good thing for me. It's more interesting if they can show us Morgana's complicated side. At least, show us how painful it is for her to live as a person she is now. But no, they only show us, the audiences, her evilness, her smirk, her cruel and brutal plans. That's all. It makes most of the audiences hate her and forget that she feels pain too inside. People keep hating on her and wish her death.

Oh, it's what every villain deserves to get, duh! Death. Fair enough, right? They're evil. *sarcasm*

I personally never like the idea if human villains should be shown 100% evil, ~~unless they're crazy~~. You know, some of those villains maybe just wanna defend themselves or at least stand for something that they believe is right because they already got hurt constantly and deeply by being the victims of discrimination or something else. Even the villains who do cruel things just for their own satisfactions and greediness are the victims of misleading guidance by the society.

But yeah, society will never be blamed over this. Society is innocence. They just can't be satisfied. *sarcasm*

So, I think writers should not forget this humane part of their villains. If they wanna create a human villain, no matter what, their human villain is still a human, and human has a heart to feel although a little. Show that humane side to the audience, I think it will be more interesting and realistic.

No one in this world is 100% angelic nor 100% devilish.

Farewell!

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So, today's the last day of our preparation class.

Actually, I'm not sure whether I'm ready or not for the real test on December or maybe January. I still have so much 'homework' to do in order to get the score that I need. Wish me luck..

Then, I actually wanna say thank you to my classmates and our teacher. I had such great times with you guys in class and I've learned a LOT from this class.

I'm sorry, especially to my teacher, for being a trouble or disturbance sometimes.

I often came late, I'm a slow learner, I couldn't express what I wanna say clearly, and in the previous meetings I couldn't even focus on the class because of some problems. (My bad..)

I hope you can forgive me for my stupidity, nervousness, and awkwardness..

And the last thing that I wanna say is.. (Oh, I hate this part. I personally never like to say goodbye to anyone, especially if I have to say it directly. But, yeah, I have to do it.)

Good bye my friends, good bye our teacher.. May you all succeed in every way that you take after this class is over..

And the most important thing, may we succeed in our 'real' test, or.. at least, 'survive' from that.

Haha. Just kidding.

The 'survive' part maybe just for me, because the test seems like the scariest thing I've ever known after lizard. *what the hell am I talking about!?*

OK, then.. Sayounara, minna-san.

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Don't forget to always find your happiness in every situation. God bless you.. :D

Stay Strong, Brie..

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Parents should be the ones who lead us in life. The ones who guide and remind us when we choose the wrong path. The ones who give us loads of affection and love. The ones who always be by our sides when the whole world leaves us. The ones who will smile widely when they see us succeed in life and the ones who will lend their shoulders when we fail.

This video just hurts me a lot inside.

I never thought before that a parent could be that evil. I mean, look at her eyes. They're full of pain and trauma. See how she still brings some guns with her everywhere. See how insecure she is. And those pains were caused by her own FATHER. A figure that should be the one who protects her, the one who should stand for her safety and sake.

I just wanna say to everyone who wanna be a parent, and especially to you Steven, Brie's 'father, please treat your children with love and affection. Remember, as parents, you are the only figures that your children have to shelter to. Imagine how painful it is for them if the only figures that they have to rely on, betray them and even hurt them deeply. When you hurt them, they may survive at the moment but the pains that they felt will remain forever and even can be worse as the time goes by.

I can't imagine how hard she's tried this far to move on and get rid from her trauma. But I can tell that she's such a strong woman. One of the strongest women I've ever known. She deserves a better life after all that she's been through in her life.

To Brie: Stay strong, keep looking ahead, and don't ever look back anymore if it only hurts you. You're a really steadfast woman.

We Meet, We Part..

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There's 'meeting', there's 'parting'. It's just like 2 sides of coin.

I always look forward to every new 'meeting' in my life, and I really enjoy it.

But,

I'm never used to the 'parting' part. I dislike the feeling when I have to realize that there's no timeless meeting but there IS timeless parting.

I never like this feeling. I'm never used to it because it just reminds me to something that I never ever want to remember anymore.

Dear Friends..

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Whenever, wherever..

There are always some people

who just come to you when they need something.

who act really friendly then leave you when they finally get something that they want from you.

who smile in front of you and stab you in the back.

who treat you so badly..

But,

no matter how bad they treat you,
do not ever let them bring you down..

Because..

There are also people

who feel the pain when you’re crying.

who will always be there to make you stronger.

who really love you unconditionally.

who always smile back at you, sincerely.

Smile.

And keep your head up..

**Just an old post on my Tumblr. I think I should post it on my blog too since I haven't posted anything lately. Hehe. :)

Whops, Gummy Smile!!

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You know, most of the people think that gummy smile is ugly and gross. Some people also call the person who has a gummy smile as a horse-face. Some other people also say that boys hate gummy smile, so it will be hard for a girl who has gummy smile to find a boyfriend.

Actually, I have a gummy smile. At first, I felt like I lost my confidence whenever I smiled, because my gum’s showing (not like the others). I lost my confidence to smile widely because I was too afraid if my gum showing.

But then, I realized that I was wrong. As long as I smile sincerely and also happily, it doesn’t matter if my gum’s showing. I do not fake a smile anyway… :P

It’s difficult to find a lover just because I have a gummy smile?? Ahaha. It even doesn’t bother me at all. I do not want a man who does not love me for who I really am to be my lover, though. So, if most of the men out there do not like my gummy smile, it’s just not a problem for me. I will never go for the plastic surgery only to get men’s attention. Never, ever!

So, for those who have gummy smiles, just be confident in yourself and don’t give a damn for those depressing points of view about gummy smile. There are still a lot of people out there who respect you for who you really are, not for your look and appearance.

Smile widely and be grateful. :))

Interesting Place Called Courage Zone

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What do you think about comfort zone?

I think it's a place or situation where we never find any risks. A place or situation where we feel comfortable the most.

Good, huh?

But be careful. It also can be a trap.

I, personally, think... when I feel so comfortable that I won't start a new 'adventure' in my courage zone, then, I'm in a trouble.

Why? Because it means I go nowhere. I'm not developing. I just stuck on the same situation for a long time, and it means I'm wasting my time.

I prefer to leave my comfort zone for a while and start to meet new people, new situation, etc, if I think my comfort zone becomes too comfortable for me.

My lecturer once said when we decide to start a journey in our courage zone and we are able to survive in that courage zone, sooner or later, that courage zone will be a new part of our comfort zone, and it means a good thing, because our comfort zone is growing bigger and bigger.

I really keep what my lecturer said in mind. I've started several new journeys in my courage zone since I was in my second year. It wasn't easy at first, but in the end, I got so many advantages. I got lots of new friends, lots of new experiences, lots of lessons, and I also succeeded to decrease my fear over new things little by little.

And now, I feel so excited because, after my graduation, I'll start a new journey again in my courage zone.
Wish me luck, guys! ;)

So... Don't be afraid to start a new journey in our courage zone. Who knows what lies ahead in our courage zone. Maybe it will surprise us, won't it? :)

Which One!?

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Yesterday, my English teacher gave me a question. Just a simple question though, but it was hard for me to answer it properly.

The question was.. "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?".

I didn't really know, at that time, whether I'm an optimist or a pessimist.

In the deepest of my heart, I know that I have a lot of worries about anything, but still I'm also a risk taker. I'm afraid of some things, but still, I usually motivate myself to face anything in front of me no matter what the consequences, as long as I believe in myself.

"Am I an optimist?" But I worry about so many things.
"Am I a pessimist?" But I have a courage to face what lies in front of me with my tiny confidence. (Haha. Yeah, I'm still learning how to develop my confidence.. >_<)

I had no Idea..

I wanted to answer that I'm a challenger because I feel excited about something new or challenging and I just want to focus on my goal, not on the consequences nor the achievements afterward. But "Challenger" was not an option. I had to choose. Pessimist or optimist.

Then, the time's up. I had to answer that question. God!

Finally, I answered, "I'm not really sure whether I'm an optimist or a pessimist. But, maybe I'm a little bit closer to an optimist..."

Yeah.. I bravely, not really that brave actually :P , said that I am closer to an optimist because I thought a challenger was similar to an optimist.

In my opinion, a challenger is a person who know the risk of doing something, but still have a courage to do it because this person believe in himself or herself, and do the best to reach the goal.

And an optimist... I think my previous description about an optimist is wrong.

An optimist is not someone who has no fear about anything at all. It's someone who has a fear or worry about something but still be able to see a possible chance to realize it and also has courage to make it happen.

So yeah.. I think a challenger and an optimist are quite similar.

I hope, I didn't give a wrong answer. :D

"Never Forget"

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10th September, 2012. I woke up earlier and turned on my computer after I did my prayer.

I saw the words that had been said repeatedly.

They said, "Never Forget" as a reminder to the 911 tragedy...

"Never forget" .. I repeated it silently.

There's a little bit agony in my heart whenever I saw it on my computer screen.

At that time, so many people dead, so many tears dropped, so much fear left behind.

Too much pain..
that will never be erased completely although the time goes by.

For those who lost the one they love..
the pain will always remain the same whenever they look back, no matter how many years have passed.

For the Muslims who doesn't have any intervention in the tragedy..
every scorn, hatred, and discrimination that they get feel like another incision of pain.

And again, I saw "Never forget"..

What kind of thing do people never want to forget?

I hope, the thing people never want to forget is the spirit of their beloved one who passed away when the tragedy occurred.

Not about the pain.

Not about the fear.

Not about the hatred.

Just the compassion and love for the beloved one who, now, has a peaceful and better place beside God's throne..

Cheating?

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I think, people like to get a simpler way for everything in their lives. There's nothing wrong with it. As long as, the simpler way that the people use is an appropriate way.

What really disturbs me is when some people like to cheat in order to solve their problem. Some people may think that cheating is not a big matter. But I don't think so...

Lying

Corruptions

Frauds

Are just some things which are associated with cheating. And those things are really horrible behaviors.

That's why, cheating is something that I can't compromise to. It's really unfair when there are some people who struggle to reach their goals, but in the same time, some others just cheat to reach their goals.

But yeah, maybe it's not life if it's fair..

Lifelong Quest

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Essentially, people have a same goal in life.

To be happy.

No one wants to live in pain and emptiness. That's why, it's a nonsense if someone says she/he doesn't want to be happy.

But, people also have different versions of happiness.

Some people think that happiness is..
when they own so much money that can't be discharged.

Some, also may think that happiness is..

when they have unlimited power that can make the rest of the world kneeling in front of them.

Some others maybe just find that..
spending a relaxed time by reading a book with a cup of tea is happiness.

The others may find that..
happiness is being modest and close to God.

And the rest may find that..
hearing the birds chirping without the sound of bullet's whir is happiness.

We are free to have our own versions of happiness. But we have to make sure first, whether the version of happiness that we have is the real happiness or just a cupidity.

And, no matter how hard our wish of happiness is, we don't have any rights to harm others in order to make our own happiness comes true.