Ukuran Bahagia

            Tayangan di televisi itu membuatku berpikir, lalu kalau aku menjadi dia apa aku akan merasa bahagia? Pikirku setelah menyaksikan tayangan seseorang memenangkan uang sebesar 1 miliyar rupiah dari sebuah acara di televisi.

            Apa aku akan bahagia jika aku memiliki 1 miliar rupiah? Lalu, apakah kebahagiaan dapat diukur dengan uang? Banyak orang mengatakan bukan, uang bukan sumber kebahagiaan, justru uang akan membuat kita tidak puas dan akhirnya menjadi serakah. Banyak orang berkata keluarga adalah kebahagiaan mereka, apakah keluarga dapat dijadikan ukuran kebahagiaan? Lalu, bagaimana dengan mereka yang berada dalam keluarga yang "broken home" atau tidak utuh lagi? Sebagian orang juga mengatakan kebahagiaan mereka berdasarkan barang, jika mereka memiliki barang bermerk maka mereka akan merasa bahagia.

            Saat merasa senang, kita tertawa. Saat merasa sedih, kita menangis. Namun ada juga, tangisan kebahagiaan, menangis karena terharu, terlalu bahagia. Mengapa tangisan yang biasanya melambangkan kesedihan justru dapat juga menjadi reaksi orang karena terlalu bahagia? Menurutku, hal tersebut disebabkan karena realsi orang terhadap suatu kejadian berbeda-beda. Lalu aku kembali berpikir, mungkin persepsi atau ukuran bahagia setiap orang juga berbeda-beda. Misalkan saja seorang anak mendapat nilai 99 dalam ulangan matematika yang dapat dikerjakannya dengan mudah membuatnya merasa sedih, karena merasa tidak puas akan pencapaiannya yang seharusnya dapat menjadi sempurna yaitu nilai 100, sedangkan ada seorang anak yang mendapat nilai 76 dalam ulangan matematika yang dianggapnya sulit namun ia merasa bahagia dan bersyukur karena nilai tersebut pas sekali kkm, sehingga ia tidak perlu remedial. Tentu jika dilihat dari segi nilai, nilai 99 jauh lebih tinggi dibanding nilai 76, lalu mengapa anak yang mendapat nilai 99 bersedih, tetapi anak yang mendapat 76 bersyukur dan berbahagia? Dari contoh diatas dapat dilihat bahwa persepsi bahagia setiap orang seperti kepribadian dan sikap tiap-tiap orang adalah berbeda-beda.

            Oleh karena itu, janganlah kita membuat tolak ukur kebahagiaan untuk semua orang atau menyama-nyamakan kebahagiaan kita dengan orang lain, karena seperti setiap orang memiliki kepribadian yang berbeda-beda, begitu juga dengan persepsi kebahagiaan setiap orang juga berbeda-beda. 

            Untuk itu, temukanlah hal-hal yang membuat kita bahagia dengan cara-cara kita sendiri, karena kebahagiaan adalah perasaan yang kita rasakan, dan bukan yang orang lain rasakan.

Let's be happy!

Happy birthday Ariel Latasha

Ariel Latasha is turning seventeen

         Tasha is one of my best friend that I can always count on. We used to be in the same class, from grade 10 and grade 11. Actually, I have known her since grade 7 since we were in the same class, but we didn't really hang with each other those days. I remember that i went to her house with some of my friends to work on our bio project, and i remember I met her younger brother, Aubert. He was really cute and adorable.

         Then, when we were on grade 10, in MINIONS X-6, I was again meet Tasha as my classmate. Then we started to become bestie, I don't really know why, but it is a huge possibility it was because of the K-drama fever! Hahaha as we both tend to watch a lot of Korean dramas. Just so you know, Tasha is really good with storytelling, especially when it comes to k-drama with twisted plot. I recall she would draw some stick men and women then made a family tree or drawing lines to connect them, as she started to story tell it is amazing that she could remember all the plot and the characteristic of the actors.

         In grade 10, I also become bestie with Dibonthy(Dianti) hehehehe, maybe I should do one for Dibo too!

         So, Dibon, me, Tasha, and Rosa(Jogjaaaa) we sort of made a name which was the parts of or names that we gather

DIanti NAOmi taSHA ROSa

DINAOSHAROS

Ain't it kinda sound like dinosaur?

our signature DINAOSHAROS pose

         In grade 11, I was again, in the same class with Tasha! Then the sleepover rituals begin at Tasha's, usually we made a plan to hang in MKG as it is near Tasha's house. But mostly, i ended having unplanned sleepover at her's

        

 



Things we usually   do :

        While in class, ofc we studied and pay attention to the teacher, discussing about the materials, doing our hws. OR NAAAH!

Yea most of the time we daydream and designing our future,

Started with what would you like to do when u grow up? What things would you like to have? What kind of guy would you like? What if we were able to meet So Ji Sub? Or when will we do pampering day?-> Tasha always brought this up but we ended up having none, at least hitherto, but we should someday, totally should!

        Some of the times, the classic me and Tasha thing is that I will start to annoy her and she will just stare at me with her poker face and I started to laugh or annoy her again, but usually I ended up breaking her things, the last think i ruined was her pencil case's zipper(LOL, sosorry sha) however, she could be dummy too sometimes hahaha

I am super grateful to have a bestie like Tasha, here's to more stupid yet memorable times to come!

         Cos it is really time to reach our dream, enough with the planning!

Happpppppppppppppppppy belated birthday shaaa/ tigress!

Thank you for the superb dinner!

Wishing you all the very best in life!

Semoga nanti dapet suami CEO!

Tapi sebelumnya semoga keterima di uni yang diidamidamkan dan jurusan yang paling Top!

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 :)    

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XOXO, L+/-FE