Novels

Hi, everyone. Good morning. Now it's 10.30 am and I'm using my mom's laptop to post this post.. I know now that it was my laptop which got disturbance, cuz when I use my mom's, the options to change font appear again. But unfortunately my mom didn't permit me to insert my flashdisc into her laptop cuz she's afraid my flashdisc get viruses.

What am I going to share today?? Owya, sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was soo annoyed with my laptop. It is often error! huft.. But I've asked my mom to buy me a new one for my college, and she agreed. Thank God..!

School yesterday was fine. Nothing special happened. Just came to the class, sat and listened to my teachers, then went home. what a boring day. Today I'll go to the bookstore to buy some books. I need to buy some new schoolbooks, since now it's the second semester. Well, I do have some already from my sister, but I still have to buy new ones cuz not all my sister's old books are complete. In addition, I want to buy novels that I've been wanting to buy. They are Edgar and Ellen the series. Those novels are from the children story part shelf actually, but I think Edgar and Ellen's stories are not suitable for children cuz they teach a lots of delinquency and cheating.

But for me, those stories are very useful to reduce my stress due to their funny and light stories. I can laugh everytime I feel depresed [execissve] and those novels make me addicted to buy and follow the series. Hahaha. Owya beside Edgar and Ellen, I love The Flood Family, too. It's a serial novel, too. It's about a witch family which on the run from a very bad King in Transylvania. But the stories are not as that simple. On their run, they face many diffuclt and confusing and funny events. And sometimes they overcome their problem with reckless way. Of course it's kinda fictive and imagination story.. And it has lack of knowledge, but it's very good to make you stay sane after you deal with your cruel life.

I was reading Four Past Midnight novel before. It's mystery novel and I like mystery. It has 4 part of story. Each part tells different story, and the novel is very thick. I borrowed it from my friend, actually. But it looks like she never touches that novel so she doesn't mind if I keep it for a long time. The novel's author is Stephen King and the novel's style of languange is a little heavy for me so I'm lazy to read it sometimes. But when I really want to read it, I'll read it carefully with my dictionary beside me. It's in English of course, but my English skill is still limited.. Lol.. :D

The stories generally tell about strange life-treathing events. The first part is about a plane which got through into a mysterius circle on the air and after that all the awake passangers and crews on the plane dissapeared and the rests who stayed on the aeroplane are only those who fell asleep. The plane then landed somewhere and suddenly the world felt so quiet. No people, no sounds, no life, the world was hollow.. The survivors had to break the mysterious conondrum and get out of that spooky world alive.. And there were weird monsters ball which ate the world. Every place those monsters touched would be vanished and turn into a hollow, including the things above or inside the place. So the survivors had to fight against the time and the mosnters.

I've finished reading that first part and I think it was a cool and breath-taking story.. 4 thumbs up!!

So, what is your favorit novel?? What kind of story do u like?? Me, personally like mystery or thriller story as my serious reading, but sometimes I read comedy novels, too, like Edgar and Ellen or The Flood Family as my entertaining reading.. :D

Back to School

I'm really sorry for not posting for 6 days.. It's not because I'm lazy, but I just couldn't get the right mood to post on the blog. Apparently my blog gets an error again cuz the options to change font and upload photos dont appear, whereas I really want to upload a photo and use cute font.

But, it doesn't matter now. I feel I really need to post and share all the things that have happened since I was back to school cause If I dont, I'm afraid I can be crazy! Okay, I've been back to school for 3 days. The first school day I wasn't present cuz I woke up very late and I knew I would just embarrase my self if I kept going. :)

I really have to share this. From now on until the national exam is completed, we only learn 6 subjects. math, physics, biology, chemistry, bahasa indonesia, and english. What a good news! And the school is over earlier, too. Every Tuesday and Thursday school is over at 12.00 PM and the rest days the school is over at 02.00 pm. Thank God cause I need to sleep for a moment after schooling sometimes.
But the bad news is, there are two subject that get hour of lesson extention. We got 4 hours of lesson for each subjects before, but now, for physic and math, we will learn for 5 hours in a week! I dont mind about math, because I like math and our math teacher makes us feel not saturated studying it. she really can turn math into something fun. But about physics.. Hmm.. I was better doing physics than math in the second grade, but looks like the situation is reversed now. I like math more than physics. :D Beside the materials for the 3rd grade are very very difficult and complicated, I think [I'm soo sorry..] our physics teacher cant succesfully create a pleasurable atmosphere for learning and teaching activity. Since in my opinion, teachers should pay more attention to the learning situation in order to make the students stay calm and focused. Specially whe the students learn exact subjects, students need more concentration but in the other hand, it will be better if the teachers dont burden the students too much. :D

And now about national exam or uan, uan will be held one moth earlier than usual. It will be held on 22-26 March this year. I'm so worried about it. I fear that I dont pass. I cant imagine how will I answer the physics or biology or chemistry's questions. Haaaaaaah!! It drives me insane..!!
Not to mention about college, huft.. It's very hard to balance ur brain so it can work very hard for two different needs. One is for the uan, and second is for the university test. University test will be nothing if we dont pass the uan. but if we dont prepare ourselves for the university test, it'll be very hard to us to go to nice college. I plan to take international relation at Padjajaran University, and my second choice is law, specially constitutional law. I hope I can be there.. :D

Nevertheless, this "super trying and hard working time" will not tremble me. I know it's been a phase that all students have to pass to get to their future. Everyone feels, have felt, and will feel this phase. and many of them succeed. Owya, in the university test, I will take social track, not sains track since my major choice is related to social rather than to sains.

Now I have to do my homework, so I gotta go. Byeeeee!!


with love, aulia

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010..

Hai,, This is the first day of 2010.. Wow, times has passed so fast. How old I will be this year?? 18?? Owh,, I'm getting older.. :D

Well, Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you had a wonderful New Year Eve last night. Not like me, spending the last seconds of 2009 just by watching Spiderman 3 and Ghost Rider.. and with my mom sleeping beside me! What a boring New Year Eve..

Hmm.. What usually people do to welcome the new year?? Making a new year resolution?? I used to make it, too but I dont think I'm gonna make one this year.
I do have some goals this year, and they will be only: 1. pass the national exams with good scores 2. pass the Padjajaran University test and go to International Relation department there..
They are just simple goals, aren't they?? Yeah, but the effort to reach them, isn't simple at all. *giggles*


Guys, once again I say Happy New Year 2010. The world is getting older so we have to be wiser in dealing any matters now. About politics, education, and specially environment.. And I wish you guys being able to get up to your dreams. Amin..

Sang Pemimpi/ The Dreamer

Today me and my lil bro went to the cinema and watched Sang Pemimpi. In English, Sang Pemimpi means "The Dreamer". I know that words sound like a dissaproval but on the contrary, it's not a dissaproval.

I have to admit that this movie teaches a lots of things. About friendship, loyalty, effort and struggle to reach dreams, but the most important is.. this movie shows me that we can still be a champion even we live in a poor corner of a developing island like Belitung.

The story tells about two bestfriends, named Arai and Ikal. Well, they are cousins, actually. but their close relationship makes them look like a couple of bestie. They lived in Belitung, one of developing islands in Indonesia. I say it is a developing islands cuz the fact says that islands are not rich yet. It's people mostly still live in poverty though there is a giant lead mining firm there, PN Timah.
This movie also be evidence for the truth that Indonesian people cant enjoy their own riches. Indonesia has a lots of natural resources but in fact it's civilians still become labors or "slaves" of their own treasures.

Back to the point. Arai and Ikal had a dream to go to Paris and explore Europe. They were brave to hang their dream very high. They were not trembled about their poor condition. They studied very hard, worked very hard, and they encouraged each other. Specially Arai. He had been an orphan for so many years but he didn't lose his spirit. When Ikal felt a little desperate Arai was always behind him and said that everything's gonna be okay.
They were just poor kids. Arai was poor kid since he was an orphan and the last line of his family descendant. And Ikal was poor kid since his father was fired from his job and his family's financial condition got worse.

Compared to my condition, I'm a very lucky kid. Yeah, why not? My mom can pay for my school. I dont have to go to the harbor to help loading or unloading the fish, or to the traditional market to help bringing people's goods. And I dont have to walk for miles just to get to my school.
I'm a little ashamed of myself. I'm livin in a very supporting condition, with my parents supporting me, with almost complete facilities, but why I still get bad scores sometimes??? I cant be underestimated as a student, but I'm not a super clever student, either.

This movie.. succesfully tore my heart. I couldn't hold my tears. Lol.

Back to Arai and Ikal. They had passed many obstacles and challenges. They had said goodbye to their parents and they wandered to Jakarta by themselves. They were willing to live far from their family to reach their dream. And at the end, they really made it. They proved that with determination and prayers, a dream could be achieved. And it inspires me so much. It's like.. the movie was trying to cheer me, "Look! U have the same dream with Arai and Ikal! You can go to Paris, too! Come on, dont give up!"

I've told you that I wanna be a diplomat and work in Europe, haven't I?? And Paris is a city that I like the most, besides Barcelona. *smile*
I've been keeping this dream since I was in the third grade of junior highs and it never changes until now. I'm sure that I've found my real aim in my life. And now I know where I should be heading.
I surely realize that the pathway to my dream wont be flawless and smooth. Of course they'll be so many obstacles that ask more patience. But I'm ready for it. Or maybe, I was born for it. *smile*.


Guys, u really need to watch this movie. If you those who are afraid of making a high dream [where actually u like ur dream], u really need a help. and this movie can help. it will show you there are still many people who feel the same like you do. And it can burn your spirit!


*with love, aulia-

Regret/ Love

Good morning, everyone. *smile*. On this occasion, I'm going to share my wonderful experience. You must always hear a quotation, "regret always comes late", musn't you? Of course regret comes late. If it doesn't, then people won't make mistake. Yeah, I'm going to talk about regret.

The hugest regret hole in my heart just happened these days. I dont know if I can say it bluntly here cuz I'm afraid some people will 'recognize' the characters, so I'll just make it straight.
Okay some weeks or months ago, (dont know for sure) was supposed to be the happiest time to me. Well, at least, if I had been aware earlier and had relized that the flying butterfly inside my stomach was a sign that I was falling in love, I wouldn't have got an irritating regret now. He was very kind to me, and we were very close. My friends also started to say that we were nice couple. I felt a little shy inside my heart but I always tried to ignore and deny it. It was like.. a matter of prestige. My postition made me cant expect another thing.[ huft.. I wish I could tell more about this story, but if I did, I would just screw up everything].

Then everything changed. "Something" made my relationship with him just.. hmm, faded away. but I didnt feel hurt at all at that time. not at all. at least not until...

Some days ago, I got a bad news. A really bad news that almost ruins my world. *lebay*. My friend told me that he was close with a girl and they almost dated. Suddenly that feeling came. A feeling that was hard to describe, depict, or define. Reflectly I held my chest and I felt my heart beated faster. What is it? What's happening to me? Then I realized that it was a pain..

The pain then transformed. Transformed into something that lasts until now. Regret. Sometimes I like to laugh at myself. What a foolish I am. Moreover after I know that he 'liked' me, too. But that was my fault for pushing the feeling away. And now I promise that I will never look back to my past and I will move on. I just have to be more honest to myself. And the result is, I can now accept the truth no matter how smarting it is!

So, what can we take from my story?? Hmm maybe it's more like an personal experience. I'm sure that some of you ever experienced this, too. What did you feel? And what did you do? Were you like me, just let everything flow by itself?? Or you chose to chase your love?? Everybody has different way of overcoming ther problems. But sometimes there are a particular problems that can be avoided since the beginning. This is one of them. "Regret".

My Dreams

Hi, in this post I'd like to share about my dream. Many people say that my dream is a little too much. But I think the backwards. It's just a simple my dream.

I wanna be a diplomat. Yeeahh. I really wanna be. I speak English well, good at speech, and can learn new languanges well. I want to sit one day in one of the "The Embassy Of Republic Indonesia" building. I dont ask certain country but I'd be more grateful if I can work in Europe. I like this job not because I "like" this job. But it's more because I believe I can be very useful and I can work all out in this field. I like subjects related to country like citizenship.. and history.. and law..

I know my capability but it doesn't make me too confident. I remember that one renowned psychologist in Indonesia ever said once, "no matter how good you are in one field, if you dont have good attitude, it'll be a boomerang to urself", so I musnt be arrogant or bigheaded just because of my superiority cuz I still have many things to fix. All my capabilities will be futile if I cant be a better person.
My father also ever said, "All you have to do is.. study hard, pray, and read Al Quran. If you read Al Qur'an, Insya Allah, all things u ask will be granted.." What father said to me really made me calm and made me believe that there's always a way for people to achieve their dream.

Hmm.. Everytime I hear advices or sermonts.. I alway feel like it's Allah trying to talk to me. Trying to tell me how and what I should do if I wanna pursue my dream. My parents, my teachers, and that physicologist are only mediators. I dont believe in coincidence, actually. But small coincidence of course sometimes happens. But how can those advices come in the right times?? They are like.. clues.. to lead me to my dream..

What will I do if I'm a real diplomat?? The first thing that crosses in my mind is just to take care of all Indonesian people's business there. You know that sometimes Embassy's officials like to make diffucult situation?? lol. :D

Started since this post is published, I'll try as hard as I can to be a better person. I cant guarantee that I can be a super nice and kind person, but God always sees the effort, not the reslut, right???



So, how about you?? what is your dream?? Tell me about it???

MOVIES

Hai.. Good morning everyone. Right now I'm waiting for my friend, Novi. We're planning to go to cinema, we're going to watch AVATAR!!! I heard that it's a cool movie. We promised to meet at Jambu Dua at 10.30 am but she just called me and she said that she had just finished taking a bath! Ow my god.. So, better than doing nothing, I decided to post something.

Hmm. I like watching movies so much. I think most of people like watching movies. Movies are the best thingy to relax our mind. My favorite genres are action, war, horror-thriller, but sometimes I like romantic comedy. The best movie so far I think is.. Saving Private Ryan. Yeah, I think it's one of the greatest movie that has ever been made. The 20 minutes opening scene shakes my stomach! And that movie could manage to spread the WW II atmosphere.

Hey. I gotta go. Novie has already arrived. I'll carry on later!

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I'm back! I just got home after going to cinema with Novi.. And I think Avatar movie is.. awsome! splendid! remarkable! wonderful! I cant give more compliments.. :D Sam Worthington is so handsome and he played his role very well. I like the part when Na'vi people fly with Ikran. I wish I could have one. lol. But in spite of all the great things in Pandora, if I were Jake, I would come back to my real life. My real life as human. By the way, Neytiri was awesome, too. She was a brave and strong woman. I like the way she groan everytime she feels a danger. Or when she was about to archery.. :D that was cool.

Hmm.. I'm soo tired. I wanna take a nap for a while. My head is a little dizzy and it's raining outside. perfect time to sleep.