Once Upon A Dream

            Once Upon A Dream, An awkward yet clumsy girl dreamed of having a celebration in a Garden,...

            Long story short, on her seventeen birthday she has a favor and she asked her bigger sister who happen to have an outstanding talent, especially when it comes to decorating, you can call her the Decor Guru. she and her friends made   Papertree Decor 

           With the help from Papertree's team and their acquaintances, they planned and arranged a celebration in a Garden to celebrate my birthday.

           When it comes to birthday, one significant and probably one of the most important thing to be done is picking a theme. 

        Firstly, i had this crazy idea of having a birthday in a museumsetting or theme with art works and other artsy things, but then afteri brought that idea to my family members, their reation was not reallygood. so then i decided to change it. indeed, thiugh it was reallystrange, but i really think it would be great and quirky to have amuseum birthday theme, though it will need lots of art works tosupport the idea. 

        Then I searched and asked for other's suggestion for a birthdaytheme. they really helped me to know what I really wanted. then itcame to me, when i was little I, I really wanted to have a wedding ina garden, surrounded with the nature, plus I also have obsession withbushes backdrop, that I always wanted to take a pict in front of bushes. Right from then, i have decided to have a floral birthday theme, but floral theme is just too common besides, so, I was wondering if I could find a more specific yet interesting theme. 

In the mean time of searching for the right theme, a spontaneous thought came to me, why didn't I have a garden party? in a real garden, instead of having it in a room with gardeny-decorations?         The next thing I did was telling my sister about the garden party,and she agreed and told me it would be great!

        One of the advantages i had with my sister who happen to havePapertree Decor was that I didn't really have to prepare so manythings, as she already have preferences for the dress, birthday cake,bands, dj, dessert corner, and other things to be worried about.        The uncommon that my sister suggest me is that the birthday is goingto be a little bit different than other birthday parties. I agreed tothat idea.

        Little that I know, My sister was planing something different and unexpectedly she changed the candle ceremony like it used to be, that the candles who usually being asked a question, or forced to do something silly, this time, she changed the rule, or I can say, she flipped the roles! that the candles are the ones who have the chance to ask a question or to give a task to the birthday girl, so it's more like a truth or dare game. I didn't know anything until the evening before the celebration, right then i was feeling kinda shock. 

        The Candle ceremony turned out to be unforgettable to me, but at the same time it was both precious yet embarassing for me. But I am glad it turned out that way :)

+/- for having a garden party :

Plus :

• you got the perfect ambience with all the real grass and tress surrounding all around  

• I personally think that the photo turns out better or more alive.  

•  plus it is not too common to have an outdoor celebration.

Minus :

• I have to admit that sadly, that having a birthday in a garden or other outdoor area will be super hot and have a posibility to sweat a lot.

Special thanks to  : 

Soothing

  

my kind of stress reliever.

  I think that everybody have their own remedies or sort of stress reliever to over calm their hectic days. living the busy Life as a senior student, kinda gave me the feeling like carrying all the weight of the world-well this sounded unreal (but in defense, i do have this neck ache for about a week)
             But, it seems i am not the only one who's struggling with the exams and uni preparation cause i have a lot of friends experiencing and living the hectic situation-hellweeks or maybe months. 
             Enough with complaints and procrastinating to get to the topic, 



So here are my remedies : 

1. Sleep
        Surely, sleep will always and definitely be on top of my list!
These days, whenever i have free time i would spend at least 2 hours of sleep.
as for me it is very necessary to save up some energy or just an excuse to rest.
Even if I have crazy schedule for the next day, I would still take a nap cause I just found it a lot more helpful, plus it makes me happy :) 

2. Listening to soothing music
        I bet everybody has their own type of music that longing for their true soul, that make yourself feel connected and just feel comfortable hearing them, as well as everybody else does, i also have my list of my favorite melodies -> what is this (maybe i am just too tired) I found my self energized after i listen to my playlist of my favorite song, most of them are soothing music, i prefer accoustic than anything else, but recently i found JunCurryAhn who is a violinist, what makes me like him is because he make covers  of songs that are popular, or daily songs we hear, on the radio, from the movies, and other well known sources. plus he is a korean who apparently stays in the US, Oh! the thing that make me fall for his  music is also his videos, while other artists usually just entertain us by the music itself, He provide us with both music and the video as he tend to make interesting MVs, by the way it was shot and the angles that made the message or the idea of the music delivered to us perfectly. So, you better check on him guys! 

3. By typing on this laptop and writing this post instead of doing what i should be doing right now- but apparently i really have to go back studying right now as i don't have that much time 
so, so long my friends, see you on the next posts

+ wish me luck for my mid term tests

By the way, check this song my friend Karina (Bar) told me about this song few months ago that always make me fall all over again every time i listen to it: Lemonade by Jeremy Passion
(P.s. IT IS REALLY GOOD)

XOXO, L+/-FE

Why Do I Dance? Part 1

Hi guys! I’m back! In this post I would like to tell you about something that I enjoy, which is dancing. I’m not a pro though, I can’t even really make a choreography once I hear the music playing, also I learn slowly, indeed, I’m not a pro dancer, but above all that, more importantly there is something about it that make me excited and thrilled at the same time, especially when I learn something new.

            Firstly, I could not remember the first time I started dancing, but I am pretty sure it was when I was a toddler hehe. ( or even a baby ), okay! Let’s move to the real stuff. When I was in the third grade, my sister(Vanessa)’s friend invited my sister to her Ballet Graduation Ceremony, it is basically a graduation for the ballerina after they graduated from a level, they also perform dances there. Because she didn’t want to go by herself so she asked my mother and me to come with her (later I realized that she wanted to tell my mom that she wanted join the ballet class) So, We went to the graduation and watched the ballerinas danced, my first thought was Woah, cool! But they were doing a lot of spinning (pirruetes) and they made me feel dizzy. So when my mom asked me how was the performance and what about joining the ballet course? then I told her I felt dizzy and nope, I do not want to take ballet! Oh, for some reason that I already forgot (cos I have a memory like a goldfish) my sister did not take ballet course either, but I think she was already in the jazz class, or after attending the graduation then she joined the jazz class (LOL I am confused right now)
            As Time goes by, I didn’t precisely remember what has gotten into me that made me want to take the ballet class. On the late March when I was in grade 5, I remembered My Sister and I were laying on our bed and we found some ballet page on facebook and we were actually interested so Vanessa sent a direct message to them to ask if we can do trial. Days after, we received a reply, by the way  forgot what the reply was but I am pretty sure they told us to come to MDA GUNUNG SAHARI at 4 pm on Wednesday. Confused me asked my sister like what are we suppose to do in the trial? What if I messed it? And she told me that we just have to follow the teacher’s instructions, but deep down I was still worried. So, we went there, I remembered Mas Feri opened the door for us and asked may I help you? And my sister said she wanted to see Ms. Widyana and he was like “Ooh, Ms. Nana ?” back then we did not know Ms. Widyana nickname is Ms, nana, but fortunately we said yes, Ms, Nana. Then, He ask us to follow him upstairs, and we did, then we entered the class.
            I remembered seeing girls in colorful leotards and ballet shoes their hair were tied up in a ponytail. When we entered the room, the class has already begin, and we went to the back of the room and try to copy the teacher’s move, and I remember I really sucked that day, as I have zero knowledge about ballet, literally I do not even know what point is. ( by the way point is a position when you point your legs …, and also a very basic yet mostly used in every syllabus) I remembered Ms, Nana greeted us nicely and she was really kind through the whole trial (until now she is still kind and caring) and then after the trial we decided to join the ballet class.
            I was happy to get my first ever canvas ballet shoes, leotard, and stockings, and I started taking ballet class ever since. We joined the level-3 Beijing and we wore black leotards. I was amazed and excited every Wednesday and Saturday as our Ballet classes are on those days.
            Funny story! The day after I attended my-very-first-real-Ballet-class, I was sick for a whole day like I got a fever and felt super tired because apparently I just got a stretching class. And until now “stretching class” still worries me, and also my other friends it’s like every time my teacher said “Ok, now it’s stretching class” we would still do “whaaaaaaaat?” in a horrified tone. But I personally find stretching class very useful as we are (forced) doing movements that will improve our flexibility, but the aftermath is always painful, but I guess it’s worth the pain.
            I have struggled and learned a lot of stuff from Ballet. i am glad that I am in the right place and in a good hand right now, I’m grateful that Ms. Nana is my teacher as she is very caring and not too strict or grumpy but still delivering all the materials well while teaching us patiently.
            That’s how I joined ballet :) Long story short, i am enjoying Ballet until now :)    

 For those of you who wanted to know more about Marlupi Dance Academy Gunung Sahari (MDA Gunsa) you can see their profile bellow!
MDA Gunsa Blog 

MDA Gunsa Facebook

XOXO, L+/-FE

Colors of The Rainbow

 Hello again! 

It has been a week since I wrote my last post

As usual, I have been busy with school.

With non-stop-every-single-day-of-the-week-full-of-tests-and-school-work (except for tomorrow)

Let me tell you my schedule this week :

(I know it’s going to be boring and not fun, but yeaaaaa that’s pretty much my life now, huhu, so sad )

Monday – History (+presentation)

Tuesday – Bio

Wednesday – Chem and Bio (+ bio assignment)

Thursday – Civic and Physics

Friyay – free!

Do you want to know how do I feel now?

Well, I felt run out of energy, especially on Wednesday L

Ever since I went to high school, the schedule has been hectic every single week.

When I was in JHS, the frequency of hectic week is usually :

A week full of tests (or just 3/4 tests) then free for 2 weeks after

When I started the high school life, the frequency of hectic week is getting worse

Its like week 1-hectic, week 2- busy , free, and repeat.

Anddd when it comes to grade 12, it is just crayyyy

+ additional classes after school from Moday to Thursday(about 1 and a half hours)

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Wait, no, I’m not just going to complaint about my busy schedule.

Instead, I want to tell you about what makes me survive through this hectic life.

The thought of not being alone.

            I have 35 other friends that went through all the problems a.k.a tests and other things related to tests. Not only having people with the same situation around me, but they are also very helpful.

            St. Ursula students are known for their quality of friendship, the strong bond, that keep them together.

            I totally agree with that idea, as I guess we are surviving from the same situation, and we are girls, which make us more ‘kepo’ in a good way- we care about our friends, so at the same time we’re supporting and helping each other as well.

            I am honestly relief and grateful to have this kind of bond with my friends, especially my class mates, and also the other students in my grade J

            Here are some reasons fro being grateful of my class :   

A positive mind is always a good way to start the day!

Don’t worry about forgetting about the school schedule

As Intan will always remind us what should we prepare fro the following day

(big thanks to intan)

Funny 'jayus' stories from Pak Agus could also brought up our mood!

i recommend you to read this!

be careful guys!

                                         

What keep our class alive is probably the silly jokes and ‘ngelantur dari pelajaran’ _{(especially when my friend trying to impersonate my teachers)} which usually brought our class into a bomb of laughter

I have a hectic schedule,but beyond that, I am still thankful for having supporting and caring friends around me 

Xoxo, L+/-FE

New Chapter

Hi Peeps!

Life has been busy but i decided to write again.

why do i decide to write again?

+ ini jadi tugas sekolah

+ that's all

no i was just kidding, i'm glad that Pak Agus gave us this opportunity to make our own blog, 

and rate us with our blog posts and other related this to blog (expert things) which kinda forces us to write (HEHE)

but, yeah, I personally think that this is a good way to make me keep up with my blog, 

which is a nice thing, so first I'm glad that this task is given 

(instead of studying the whole IT things from the book)

why didn't i write these days?

- as i told you before, life has been crazily hectic.

I'm in grade 12 now, so I have a lot of things to take care of,

a lot of decision to make,

and also a lot of effort to make,

to pursue my dreams 

- realizing my limited ability to write

yeaaa, I kinda suck at writing,

but at least I'm still trying :)

it's just like something that i like but not really good at it

but I still doing it, what ever make me happy laaa

the fact that I'm an over thinker, who happen to have thoughts about various things, from educational to unimportant matters, and I do think that it is more efficient to speak my mind through writing a blog rather than saying it, or explaining it to others, or keeping it by myself.

what did I do when I had problems or thoughts?

just to clear my feelings, i usually find it easier to overcome it by writing it all down, 

i often just wrote the thoughts on my phone's notes, 

actually I kinda wanted to make a really nice letter but again, 

I just find it efficient to wrote those down in my phone ( so i could get it of it, anytime i feel like doing it), and what i did was, when i got through the "baper" stage, when i have overcame it, 

I could evaluate my self, similarly to giving advices to my self. 

Most of the time keep reminding my sef that : life goes on, i would not stop because the problems i had, no matter how big it is, no matter how hard it will be, but I keep reminding my self that these too will pass.

then i remind my self that i should focusing on my future, not my past, not about the things i had done, or the things i wish i did, instead, i should think about so, now, what's next?

don't be a dead fish, be dori

just keep swimming, don't just go with the flow, 

hold yourself when you feels things ain't right, 

buts just keep swimming,

remember, 

only dead fish go with the flow.

hold yourself when you feels things ain't right, 

buts just keep swimming,

remember, 

only dead fish go with the flow.

xoxo, OCN

see you on next posts!