It just came out of the blue. There was this person who left me a message on FB inbox. I knew how it felt when you inbox someone whom you adore when your heart is beating hard to wait for the response. This person is lucky because as I used to experience, I don't wanna let him down.
In this writing I would like to quote the his message and how I response to it. he expressed how he was inspired I was for him. I just can say "aaaaaaamiiiin" hehe.
His message:
Assalamualaikum bg maaf sebelumnya bang chatnya pake bahasa indo aja bg ( GapBahRis ) aku bang hehehe sudah sekian lama berteman ama abang baru bisa inbox abang kenalin bg aku riky anak uin juga bg,aku anak fekon,aku anak murid Mr.Sakti waktu PB dulu bang Bang sumpah aku makin iri liat prestasi abang selama ini,kuliah diluar negeri,suatu kebanggaan bg bagi kami adik tingkat abang. bang salam kenal ya sebelumnya. bang aku boleh minta sesuatu,ajarin aku bang cara menjadi mahasiswa yang sukses seperti abang,pengen banget rasanya nginjak luar negeri sambil ngendong buku cuman itu aja bang,please bang kasi resep kiat2 menjadi mahasiswa seperti abang ya tengkiu bang sebelumnya udah denger curhatan aku bang :).
My Response:
Waalaikmsalam Riki, salam kenal kembali ya..
Alhamdulillah Riki bisa termotivasi dan sedikit terinspirasi karena abg.
hmm,, gimana ya.. abg juga belum merasa sangat baik Riki, terutama untuk prestasi semasa kuliah, buktinya abg baru bisa lulus setelah 5,5 tahun, hehe. Masih jauh dari kata sukses.
Namun begitu mungkin ada beberapa hal yang bisa abg bagi. Mudah2 an bisa membantu.
1. Kuliah dengan sepenuh hati. Terutama didalam kelas, kita harus enjoy. menikamati semua hal yang diberikan oleh dosen, selalu respek dosen, hargai mereka walaupun terkadang kita tidak suka dengan mereka. Namun, selalau berprasangka baik aja, mungkin mereka lelah, hehe. Perhatikan dosen menerangkan, siapkan pertanyaan (walau sekedar basa-basi) agar mereka merasa dihargai dan bisa ingat dengan kita. Kalo kita gag setuju, sampaikan dengan baik dan sopan, pasti mereka bisa terima. nilai A insylh udh ditangan.
2. Walau sibuk dan fokus dengan tugas kuliah, sisihkan waktu untuk "have fun" dengan teman2. Ngobrol lah dengan teman2 yang juga punya ambisi tinggi dan visi ke depan yang bagus. atau apabila tidak ada, kitalah yang memotivasi mereka. Jadilah pribadi yang menyenangkan, kata orang, "be the person you want to meet". jadilah (sperti) orang yang ingin anda temui.
3. Aktiflah diluar kelas. gabung dengan masyarakat, jangan terhanyut dengan mereka, tp jadilah pembeda. kalo ada yang tidak lurus, ya diluruskan apa adanya. Peka dengan keadaaan masyarakat akan membuat kita menjadi pribadi yang kritis.
4. Belajar bahasa Inggris intensif. Ini penting kalo mau keluar negri, di kursus bahasa inggris kita akan menemukan partner berbahsa Inggris, dan punya guru untuk ditanyai apa saja, kalo gurunya cewek bisa ditanya dia single apa gag (canda). Abg mulai kursus bahasa Inggris sejak SMP lho..
5. join dengan komunitas bahasa Inggris (bukan kursus). Misalnya yang ada dikampus atau diluar kampus. Misalnya lagi ada sebuah komunitas bahsa inggris di yang anmanya ENglish Zone di jalan melur Panam kalo gag salah.
6. Ikut kompetisi/ Lomba apapun itu, misalnya menulis, debat, pidato dsb, baik yang berhubungan dengan bahsa Inggris ataupun tidak. kalo dulu abg suka Ikut debat bahasa Inggris.
7. Gaul dengan senior dan dosen. Misalnya kalo ada kegiatan, kita bantu2 dosen atau senior, misalnya jadi MC, tim sibuk, tukang antar undangan dan lain2, jangan pikirin uang atau tenaga atau waktu yang habis, tapi bayangkan koneksi yang akan kita dapatkan.
Mungkin segitu dulu ya ki.. mudah2an bermanfaat,, Nanti abg jelaskan bagaimana dapat beasiswa ke luar negri, tapi kerjain yang diatas dulu hehe"
I hope this piece is useful,
Mt. Plesant, Michigan.
Dec 26, 2014
"Life" in My Eyes
Life is always full of unpredictable and surprising events. It usually ends up drawing happy, angry, or even extremely sad moments. Despite the fact that "Life is never easy", however, everything happens for a reason; it allows us to learn, find its meaning, and take the lessons from it. In the journey of my life, I found some memories that I don't merely want to throw away. Rather, I want to share and preserve them: keep them alive. Here I am, eager to tell you my stories.. a piece of too sweet to forget....
Friday, December 26, 2014
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Facing Critical Situation
It felt like "another day in US" when my roommate, Keshab, offered me to join him to Walmart ( a shopping center) together with another friend of ours. After we did shopping, the rain poured quite hard. We run to car with our stuffs and was ready to go home. I wasn't quite sure what really happened when I felt a hard hit in the body of the car. I was shocked that there was a car that hit our car. in the moment of silent, I was trying to get back my life and thinking what was happening as my body is thrown a bit to the end of the seat. I watched from the rare window that there was this lady who got out of the car and checked the condition of her car, to me the car was obviously damaged from what I have seen, the right front lamp of her car was damaged badly. I was so sure that she would get really mad at Keshab, judging from her gesture. But what happened afterward really changed my assumption: she asked how we are. she asked, "are you okay?" repeatedly. Keshab, who thought that there wasn't something wrong with his car said that everyone in his car is secured and so was his car.
What I was trying to reflect in this short writing is that what I always experience in my country, the people are very difficult to say sorry, or merely admit their mistakes when driving. They like to argue and blame the other driver as the causes of the accident. Sadly, they even want to stand their arguments no matter how. The disputed people are eager to escalate the situation either verbally or physically, how sad. of course, I don't wanna judge all people in my country equally in this situation.
So, when facing such unexpected situation, especially accident in the road, it is highly expected that both parties should see the problem in the name of humanity. We can discuss about anything happen calmly after making sure that there are not injured people in the crash. May this experience teach me how to behave in many critical situation.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan,
Dec 24, 2014.
What I was trying to reflect in this short writing is that what I always experience in my country, the people are very difficult to say sorry, or merely admit their mistakes when driving. They like to argue and blame the other driver as the causes of the accident. Sadly, they even want to stand their arguments no matter how. The disputed people are eager to escalate the situation either verbally or physically, how sad. of course, I don't wanna judge all people in my country equally in this situation.
So, when facing such unexpected situation, especially accident in the road, it is highly expected that both parties should see the problem in the name of humanity. We can discuss about anything happen calmly after making sure that there are not injured people in the crash. May this experience teach me how to behave in many critical situation.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan,
Dec 24, 2014.
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