Islamic Fest 2018 Idul Fitri

Hi, Maders! If you’re Muslim, how’s your Islamic Fest? I believe other religions can enjoy this moment too. We’re having long holiday and it’s time to gather with the whole family. My school gave me food parcel and some money. Thanks, Aska!

After fasting for a month, finally we met Idul Fitri in this year. I was absent for five days from fasting because of my period. It’s my destiny as a woman, so that’s fine. Actually my dad was absent for two days because he got diarrhea. My mom was full, not absent at all.

Born as a Muslim, I take Islam as my religion. Islam teaches me to be a better person. I realize I’m not perfect because I do unintentionally bad things everyday. Islam is peaceful and the best faith I’ve ever known.

In making friends, I don’t put religion as the main consideration. I can be friends with anyone, any religion. Faith is something personal and we can’t force someone to have the same perspective like us. Apart from religion, we’re just the same, we’re human waiting for death. As long as we live, we must do good things to other people, including other creatures.

My house has small garden around it. There are palm trees, aloevera, orchids, etc. I water my plants almost everyday because I know someday I’ll be buried in the ground. If I’m being nice with those plants, perhaps I won’t get any grave torture. Amin!

Every single thing about how to live well has been explained in the holy Al-Quran. Muslims read Quran with Arabian language in order to obtain clues of life and rewards from Allah, my God. Those rewards will be really useful for the After Life.

There are several lives we need to be in, such as our mother’s womb, earth, grave, judgment day, and heaven/hell. Now we’re living on earth, waiting death to be in the grave. Someday there will be judgment day and we must go to heaven or hell depending our behaviors as long as we live on earth.

In Islam, it is clear that this world is transitory. We need to wait for the After Life to be immortal, heaven/hell. In the end, we will meet God, our creator. Thus, the purpose of life is obvious. I’m no longer confused of why humans live in this world.

Islam doesn’t teach people to kill others. Terrorists? No! They do it by the name of Islam, wrong! Muslims ARE NOT ALLOWED to kill anyone. It’s okay to live together with people having various religions. I will not kill any of them. It’s very silly to be a terrorist. Thanks for reading, Maders!

Drum Set

Hey, Maders! Can you play drum? I’m crazy about drum right now. I’ve learned to play piano and violin and I think it’s not enough. I wanna try other instruments. Well, I can’t master all of them but at least I can play them a little bit.

The very first time I hit drum, I felt so clumsy. I had no idea about the rhythm and how to play it. A week ago, I played drum better with my friends, Dandy and his girlfriend. We were like having music band. I chose the nearest studio downtown. He agreed and we met up there.

The songs we played were Linkin Park – New Divide and The Chainsmokers – Closer. I uploaded the first song to my Instagram account because it seemed better than the second song. Dandy became the bassist, me as drummer, and his girlfriend recorded the video. Actually she’s a vocalist as well.

I don’t have drum set yet at home, but I can enjoy playing drum at school. The key is not to be shy to walk through the music room and had a permission. Yeah, I’m a confident person. Don’t take too much negative comments from people because this is your life, not theirs!

Compared with other music instruments, I haven’t found music sheet for playing drum. Once I asked my music teacher about this, she said the drum used rhythm to play. If it is piano, there are a lot of music sheets online. For violin, it’s almost the same with piano but you only play the melody.

Anyway, I’m writing this blog in the middle of my fasting. Three days more and I will meet Idul Fitri. Silaturahim! The best thing about it is the food. Hahaha. I can eat as much as I want. Well, Maders, that’s all for today. Thanks for reading! Bye!

Fastbreaking at Semesta School 2018

Heyho, Maders! Last night I was invited to fastbreaking at Semesta, a favorite school in Indonesia. I went there at 4.30 PM although Hilal said I could come at 5 PM. I had no idea if it was a formal occasion, so stupidly I wore sandals. Even I met my bachelor lecturers there. Sorry! My English lecturer asked me, “how’s your study?” It meant he was asking about the progress of my master degree. I said it went well and I wanted to look for a job vacancy at Unnes as lecturer. He said there would be. Woohooo!

I have several Turkish friends at Semesta. When we took a picture, I looked very short, the shortest actually. My sandals made me worse. I should have worn shoes.

I spent my time waiting for the fastbreaking by reading a book, The Young Elites written by Marie Lu. I met new people and talked a little bit. We were given a magazine and a welcoming charter. Super awesome!

A husband of my lecturer asked me impolitely to take his wife’s picture when she gave a speech. He said, “fotokke!” without the words “excuse me” or “thanks”. I don’t really know his wife because she didn’t teach me at my bachelor degree. Why didn’t the husband take pictures by himself? Why didn’t even say thanks after I got those pictures?

Now let’s talk about the food. I ate Turkish Kebab, satay, baso, soup, and other Turkish food that I forgot their difficult names. My Turkish friend explained the name but I could not memorize them. In short, the food tasted delicious. Heaven!

After that, I prayed at girls dormitory. Another stupidity was I faced the ‘not really correct’ kiblat. Silly! I should have asked first, not too confident. Hahaha. The praying room was wide and clean. Unfortunately they didn’t turn on the air conditioner. Just that!

Oh yes, I needed to wait for mom coming to Semesta because she had fastbreaking at d’cost with her friends. I drove the car and it was parked at Semesta. Firstly I was alone at the guest room of girls dorm before a few Turkish’s arrival. They brought their children. Handsome and beautiful OMG!

There were five kids, 2 boys and 3 girls. One of the boys was ten years old I guess and he had Clark Kent’s face. Superman is my favorite hero FYI. The girls had blonde hair and I called them ‘alive dolls’.

Hmm, anyway, will I get invited again next year? Hilal is about to graduate this year and I have another Turkish as close as her. Let it be a mystery. I would be really excited if they invite me.

Okay, Maders, see you! 

Regina's Veil Bouquet

Hello, Maders! This morning I ate sahoor at 4 A.M. because I woke up late. I was ironing clothes near midnight and I think it explains all. After praying subuh at mushola, I read a book till 6 A.M. Then, I went back to sleep with Mupi.

Suddenly, an unknown number called me on the phone. When I said, “hello?”, it died away. It happened twice. I checked my WhatsApp and a grab driver asked me, “is your house on V**** S****i?” Hearing this, skeptically I answered, “pardon me, I didn’t order any grab.”

Surprisingly the driver explained that I got a package, a birthday gift from Aprilla. Waaw it must be from Regina, my student. You know, I felt confused and happy at the same time. My birthday was a few days ago and I didn’t expect anything coming afterwards.

Finally, I met the driver and took my package in front of my house. With my messy appearance, I thanked the driver. I wore blue short pant above my knee and sleeveless T-shirt with wavy brown hair. Why did I mess up? Because I was sleeping when I found out about this birthday gift. Hahaha.

Thank you so much, Regina. You’ve given me beautiful veil bouquet and I REALLY LOVE IT! You weren’t supposed to do this. You’ve spent much money on me since my graduation. I won’t forget those memorable days.

By the way, Maders, Regina spent two whole days in making this bouquet. She was late sending this to me because of that. Ahh, I don’t even know how to make bouquet. It must be difficult. That’s adorable! I just can say thanks, thanks, and thanks.

That’s all, Maders. This morning was really lovely. Have a good day!