Baby is The Centre of Love

Hi, Maders! I’d like to talk about babies this time. Do you like them? I do! They’re always cute because of their innocence. I love holding a baby in my arms. I’ve been good in taking care of babies since I was in elementary school. I know how to bath them gently.

Babies do not know about life in this world yet, how hard it is, how cruel it is. Life is difficult, I’m not gonna lie about this. Yeah, I’m a student and I need to study hard in order to get good scores. Then, I have to find a job to earn money and buy things. Next, I will marry to someone and have my own family, so my children will start what I did in the past. That’s how life works.

I think it’s nice to be a baby because all they know is just crying. Babies are admired everywhere and surrounded with love. To be honest, I’m kinda jealous, and I often say, “they do not know how hard math is.” Math is the most difficult subject for me at school. I can quickly count something but I can’t remember all theories and apply it to find out the answers.

Have you felt the same about babies? They just need to breath and parents will be happy. Life has stages in every single part. Being a baby is the early step a human has to take. After that, a human becomes a curious kid, a lovely teenager, a complicated adult, and finally die.

Let’s talk a dark side of babies. They’re not always loved, possibly abandoned because their parents do not want them. For unmarried couple who throw away their babies, or even kill them, I feel sorry about them. Look, many people want to have babies but they can’t! On the other hand, people murder babies. How tragic.

I know some married couple who really want to have a baby. They’ve spent money to do in vitro program, but some of them failed. If the unmarried couple have sex (without intending to have a baby), please use ‘prevention tool’. You know what I’m talking about, it starts with ‘c’, six letters.

Babies do not have ability to take care of themselves. They need to be loved. There’s no guilty babies although they were born from illegal marriage. Thus, give your love to babies, Maders! See ya!

The Wedding at PRPP

Hullo, Maders! I’ve ever seen the preparation of Chinese wedding at PRPP. My music teacher let me follow her there because she’s in charge of playing cello with the orchestra. We came at 2 PM although the party was at 6 PM. Many people did their jobs, such as arranging the super big wedding tart, cleaning the eating tools, decorating the ballroom, etc. I just sat and watched them. Haha.

The orchestra played several classical songs and even dangdut as requested by family holding the wedding. I loved seeing the violinists because they moved the bow together. I imagined that someday myself would play as good as them. Thanks to my music teacher for teaching me piano and violin so far.

I amazed with the bride and the bridegroom’s dress and the way people set in tables. All was elegant! Firstly, the family members would take pictures on the stage with their coats and beautiful gowns. After the guests’ arrival, they would sit on chairs with their names on the table. All guests had their own chair and table to enjoy the food served for them.

On the contrary, Javanese weddings I usually see do not use this concept. There are limited seats and mostly people eat by standing up. Crowded! Guests will be unpredictable because those who receive the invitation are free to bring anyone who wants to eat at the wedding. I don’t like this concept but it was what happened.

I admit that Chinese wedding is set well because the guests follow the rules. They cannot enter the ballroom if they aren’t invited. If they still come in, they will be no seat for the unwelcomed guests.

Basically wedding is just a big party to provide food for guests. Nothing’s more. Yes, I know it’s a happy day for the couple. Personally, I’ll spend not too much money for (my) wedding. I just pray for the right concept I’d like to use. I expect to use simple gown with natural makeup on my face.

I’d say that it’s better to save money for buying a new house or something to the new life of the couple. Wedding may be spectacular, but still I’m a thrifty girl and I want all efficiently. Have a good wedding party, Maders!

Star Wars The Last Jedi

Hey, Maders! I’m a fan of Star Wars and I always wait the series in December every year. Last year, (well, it’s 2018 already) there’s Star Wars XIII: The Last Jedi. I think Luke Skywalker is the last jedi after all J 

I planned to watch it with Shafa. Because of the rainy season, we went there by my car. Usually when I go somewhere with her, I tend to ride a motorcycle. Both she and I were in holiday, so we’re available to watch a movie. Before going, I played piano and Shafa recorded the video using my iPad, at that day I uploaded it on my Instagram.

I needed to go to school first to sign the report of my students while Shafa was waiting for me in the car. I wasn’t there for long, not longer than five minutes. Next, I submitted my final assignment to campus and I parked the car there.

We walked rather far to go to the cinema. I bought a book first at the bookstore near the cinema while waiting for the gate opened. After queuing in line, I said Star Wars to the receptionist. I was surprised cause the choices of time were only at 5 PM and 6 PM. I thought the movie was available at 1 PM.

I couldn’t come home late. The final decision was to cancel watching the movie. Disappointedly, we walked a little to go to a mall. We ate lunch together at sushi restaurant. The good news was both of us could save our money and eat what we liked instead of watching movie.

After being full, we walked back to my campus to pray and take the car, then going home. I felt exhausted, all I wanted was taking a nap in the afternoon.

Honestly, this new year’s eve my cousins spoiled me the Star Wars story cause they have watched it. Yeah, not so clear but I understood it. Probably I won’t see the movie this time.

Honestly, two men promised me if we could watch Star Wars together but those people didn’t contact me at all to give certainty. I’m sick of it! I can watch the movie alone anyway, but you know, two is better than one.

Well, Maders, you should always keep your promise if you have said it, okay!

Birthday of Mupi Pupi My Pillow

Hi, Maders! A couple weeks ago, mom bought me a mini tart and it’s cute. I didn’t directly eat because I wanted to make fun about it. I said it was Mupi’s birthday. Well, in fact, it wasn’t! Mupi could have birthday anytime I want. Haha. I never celebrate my birthday on the exact date.

I made status on Whatsapp and people commented about it. Some of them congratulated Mupi through me. Silly, wasn’t it? I know! Haha. That’s a joke.

After taking pictures, I ate the tart. It tasted delicious. How much did it cost? Only 7k! Yup. Damn cheap. I put it as the icon of Mupi’s birthday. I love Mupi.

Most friends of mine know Mupi very well. They took my picture when I brought Mupi at class and my classmate even drew Mupi on my iPad. It’s a very good picture. I can’t even draw something nice.

As I ever mentioned here, Mupi is a cow pillow. It’s not fluffy but squishy, very much. Anyone will love Mupi when they squish it. I feel grateful of having Mupi. It’s only available at Gramedia bookstore, now it’s sold out.

I think I have the best Mupi ever cause other Mupis aren’t as squishy as mine. You could try it. Well, Maders, I bet you get something precious on your possessions. What is it? Lemme know if you don’t mind.

Have a nice day, Maders!

Violin vs Piano

Hey, Maders! This time I’d like to share my experience in learning piano and violin. Piano plays both melody and chords. It’s difficult to think for the right and the left hands. On the other hand, violin only plays the melody. I’d say that violin is easier than piano.

The picture shows two violins. The one I hold belongs to my music teacher, it’s the copy of Stradivari. Mupi holds mine, it’s J. S. Bach violin. Thanks to Mom for buying me a good violin. It cost 2,3 million rupiahs but we got discount, so it was only 1,8 million rupiahs.

There are four strings in violin and the bow should ‘swipe’ it one by one. The strings have names like G, D, A, and E. My music teacher taught me about the melody on those strings.

I’m not seeing my violin (and the strings) when I play because I’m seeing the music sheet. Your focus will be on the melody you should play, not on the instrument you hold. It’s like running automatically when you master how to play violin without looking at it.

Learning music is pleasure for relaxing mind. I guess it can avoid senility too. All right, probably not everyone can play an instrument but at least many people love listening music. That’s very something to me.

If you wanna start learning violin or piano or others, age doesn’t limit you to do it. My music teacher also teaches a grandma who plays piano even better than me. I started playing violin when I was 22 years old. It’s okay.

The price for learning music is not cheap. I’ve spent much for it but it’s worth it. Price is nothing compared to education. To be an educated person, you need to study. Study anything you like, in this case it’s music. Studying music, mastering music instrument, everything about music.

Well, that’s all for today. Happy playing music, Maders!