Dear Someone that always Inspires Me~

I just read my favorite book. The book that changed me into a better person. I once show off to my teacher and my online friends since it inspires me so much. It might a little bit weird for you who is not familiar to read book. However, thanks for this book who gives me different perspective about life and love. The book called Independent 24.

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"The teachers refused continue teaching him because he doesn't follow the standard of learning. If I were him, I would not respect the teachers at all. However, he said differently."

I still remember when the first I read the book. It was when I'm quite depressed about thesis of my bachelor degree. That day, I underestimated me whether I can do it or not. It's terrifying, really. Facing fierce lecturer to accept my thesis almost everyday, I lost my nerve. I almost gave up. Then, I read one chapter that explains about a student and two teachers. The teachers refused continue teaching him because he doesn't follow the standard of learning. If I were him, I would not respect the teachers at all. However, he said differently. He kept respect the teachers and showed that it's not student's fault or teachers' but it just different methods to learn. There's no right or wrong in learning as long as we have same purpose as an achievement. That day, I gained confidence as much as I can. I don't care how many times I got rejection from my lecturer but I'm sure the lecturer will accept my efforts as long as I showed him strong determination to graduate soon. Then, I'd been accepted after one month striving hard to get lecture's approval. I was so grateful that day, my hardwork was paid off.

"By his writing, I can feel how terrible his life was just to pursue his dreams and wanted to make his parents proud."

You think it's ending? No, it's only beginning. I had to extend one semester more because one of my supervisor is perfectionist and the progression of my thesis became late. I felt so sorry that day to my parents, I felt I wasted their money so much. So, I took the rest of my money that I got from my scholarship to help my parents paid my college's tuition fee. That day I felt so stupid and useless. Thanks to my mom who always listened my problems and gave me some solutions. Whenever I felt down, I always read my favorite book. That day, I opened a chapter that told me about his trainee life. By his writing, I can feel how terrible his life was just to pursue his dreams and wanted to make his parents proud. Living in different countries and far away from home, always press himself to practice practice and practice more until he got injuries, and his strong willingness to achieve his goals. It's a long long story that it's hard to describe in this blog. The most important thing I've got was never give up! With a great effort I collected my courage to face that perfectionist lecture. I stayed in library longer just searching a suitable book or journals, kept in touch to my college friends to exchange knowledge, and don't forget to hang out with my bestfriend and family (It really helped me to relieve my insecurities). Since I have much time, I'm bored so I decided to take a part-time job. At first, my mom didn't agree to my decision, but I took it anyway so I could feel more valuable to the others while I'm dealing with my own thesis. That day, I'm blessed being a teacher even until now~

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"I thought  the happiness would stay longer but the fact not."

Did I get my bachelor degree? Yeapp I did it! That time, I'm very proud I could see my parents' smiles. Also my bestfriends! All my bestfriends were home and celebrated my graduation. Woww, it's so cool. Next time, my turn to make you happy my girls (Never hesitate to contact me if the day comes). I thought  the happiness would stay longer but the fact not. I've got depression again when my dad really insisted me to be a teacher in school, but I didn't want to because I'm gonna achieve my crazy dream first. I thought I would get support from my big family, but they asked me to give up and just marry someone. Getting many rejection from job that I really want made me frustrated. Again, I've got my mom by my side and also many new online friends around Indonesia and some around the world since I joined volunteer and kept learning new language. Since then, I felt there were many people still needed me and also my students that I've been taught! I even established my own English course. Thanks for my mom who always supports me. Love you~

"He explained that it's easy to like someone but it's not easy to make commitment to one person. Saying "I love you" means you have responsibility to the girl."

Time passed by, I almost forgot my feeling in real life. Having someone special in my life? Nahh. My parents wants me to look for someone by myself but I have no intention to get engaged to someone. I felt I was bad at relationship! Lmao! Whenever I like somebody, it always gives me pain rather than happiness. Until I realize, I have soft-hearted made of glass, people who I let in my life have important role to me such as family, bestfriends and also my crushes. The bad side of this heart is when I like someone I'd never let him know but when he's with his choice, it made me more depressed and I'll easily ill. Now I'm strong enough since I read Independent 24 again. That book magically can heal me. He explained that it's easy to like someone but it's not easy to make commitment to one person. Saying "I love you" means you have responsibility to the girl. Since then, I think to have interest in someone is wasting my time and it's not good for my health. I'll only give my everything to Mr.Right. The one who takes the responsibility from my parents eye to eye. Then striving hard together and facing up and down life. That's it! That's love! Just skip playing drama, ain't have time and not cool!

You might wondering who the writer of this book is. The writer maybe a little bit strange for you, his name is 张艺兴 a.k.a Lay. He's one of the reason I'm getting strong only reading his book. Thank you for your motivation! And this is my massage for him

张艺兴宝贝
你好艺兴哥哥！ 希望你快乐 照顾你的身体
今天我开心 知道你之后我有多新朋友
我想对你说 感谢你的一切 表演 歌手 跳舞 冬季 个性
喜欢你的一切 艺兴哥哥牛掰 牛掰
我们一起走~ 当你的粉丝是我的世界最幸福的事
永远支持你！ 期待你的三胎！
兴兴 加油！ 努力努力再努力!

你的贝壳
P.S: 对不起 我会写一点中文
2018年8月31日

Uhm, sorry. No translation for now.

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Sweet Birthday Message 2013 from Yixing

Berbahagialah bagi kalian yang udah ngefans Yixing a.k.a Lay EXO di tahun 2013. Ternyata foto profilnya dulu di Weibo sebelum gambar negara Cina, dia pasang foto profil dengan tulisan Xingmi. Omg, so sweet banget. Sayang, tulisan dibawah Xingmi aku enggak bisa baca, karena enggak familiar dengan hurufnya. Aku kira dia bakal kecewa karena pas jaman-jamannya masih ada Kris dan Luhan, Lay seperti bayangan mereka. Dan kulihat di fanpage, pas tahun 2013, dia yang paling sedikit followers-nya. Kukira dia akan mengungkapan rasa kecewanya di pesan ulang tahunnya, tapi malah sebaliknya. Dia sangat bersyukur dengan apa yang dia punya saat itu. Bahkan dia mengajarkan banyak hal tentang uang dan memberikan alasan kenapa dia tidak menerima hadiah dari fansnya semata-mata ia tidak ingin memberatkan fansnya. Aku harap dengan kalian membaca ini, kalian bisa menggunakan uang atau uang jajan kalian dengan baik tanpa harus mengorbankan apapun. Jangan dipaksakan jika kalian mau beli album banyak atau nonton konser tapi harus mengorbankan kesenangan kalian sendiri dan memaksa kalian bekerja lebih keras hanya untuk mendapatkan uang lebih banyak. Karena kita hidup bukan untuk bias seorang, tetapi lebih utama adalah membahagiakan orang tua. Begitulah inti dari surat ini. Untuk lebih jelasnya, check it out aja guys!

 

 

 

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Hujan Gandum / Orang yang memilih jalan yang jarang diambil akan selalu mendapatkan kesulitan

Ada 7 bagian masa kecilnya Lay Zhang:

1. Kata Pengantar / Awal mula hati itu berdiri
2. Awal Musim Semi / Kelahiran
3. Gerimis di Musim Semi / Apa yang aku cintai hari ini adalah sesuatu yang aku tidak sukai saat masih kanak-kanak
4. Bangkitnya Serangga / Sebuah pisau lipat dan telapak kaki yang sakit
5. Ekuinoks di Musim Semi / Menemukan jati diri ku sendiri
6. Cerah dan Jelas / Seperti sebuah balon yang melayang di udara
7. Hujan Gandum / Orang yang memilih jalan yang jarang diambil akan selalu mendapatkan kesulitan

Yang ingin membaca buku Independent 24 full bahasa inggris bisa klik disini ya. Dan yang ingin ke chapter selanjutnya bisa klik dibawah ini:

1. Masa -masa Trainee di Korea
2. Masa-masa Lay Zhang bersama EXO

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Awal Musim Salju / 12 bintang di luar angkasa

Berikut ada 14 bagian masa-masa Lay Zhang bersama EXO:

1. Panas yang Hebat / Pertama kalinya aku diatas panggung
2. Akhir dari Panas / Api
3. Embun Putih / Untuk kalian yang mencintaiku
4. Ekuinoks di Musim Gugur / Hal-hal yang aku pertahankan di dalam hatiku
5. Awal Musim Gugur / Semakin ku berjalan jauh semakin hebat tekanannya
6. Embun yang Dingin / Lautan Cinta
7. Embun Beku pun Turun / Diri ini diluar lingkup pekerjaanku
8. Awal Musim Salju /  12 bintang di luar angkasa
9. Salju yang Ringan / Melodi di dalam hatiku
10. Musim Salju yang Hebat / Melakukan persiapan secukupnya, menunggu perubahan
11. Titik Balik Matahari di Musim Dingin / Penantian
12. Agak Dingin / Menemukan Poin diriku sendiri
13. Sangat Dingin / Tasku
14. Epilog

Yang ingin membaca buku Independent 24 full bahasa inggris bisa klik disini ya. Dan yang ingin ke chapter selanjutnya bisa klik dibawah ini:

1. Masa kecil Lay Zhang
2. Masa-masa trainee di Korea

 

 

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Embun Putih / Untuk kalian yang menicntaiku

Berikut ada 14 bagian masa-masa Lay Zhang bersama EXO:

1. Panas yang Hebat / Pertama kalinya aku diatas panggung
2. Akhir dari Panas / Api
3. Embun Putih / Untuk kalian yang mencintaiku
4. Ekuinoks di Musim Gugur / Hal-hal yang aku pertahankan di dalam hatiku
5. Awal Musim Gugur / Semakin ku berjalan jauh semakin hebat tekanannya
6. Embun yang Dingin / Lautan Cinta
7. Embun Beku pun Turun / Diri ini diluar lingkup pekerjaanku
8. Awal Musim Salju /  12 bintang di luar angkasa
9. Salju yang Ringan / Melodi di dalam hatiku
10. Musim Salju yang Hebat / Melakukan persiapan secukupnya, menunggu perubahan
11. Titik Balik Matahari di Musim Dingin / Penantian
12. Agak Dingin / Menemukan Poin diriku sendiri
13. Sangat Dingin / Tasku
14. Epilog

Yang ingin membaca buku Independent 24 full bahasa inggris bisa klik disini ya. Dan yang ingin ke chapter selanjutnya bisa klik dibawah ini:

1. Masa kecil Lay Zhang
2. Masa-masa trainee di Korea

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Panas yang Hebat / Pertama kalinya aku diatas panggung

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Berikut ada 14 bagian masa-masa Lay Zhang bersama EXO:

1. Panas yang Hebat / Pertama kalinya aku diatas panggung
2. Akhir dari Panas / Api
3. Embun Putih / Untuk kalian yang mencintaiku
4. Ekuinoks di Musim Gugur / Hal-hal yang aku pertahankan di dalam hatiku
5. Awal Musim Gugur / Semakin ku berjalan jauh semakin hebat tekanannya
6. Embun yang Dingin / Lautan Cinta
7. Embun Beku pun Turun / Diri ini diluar lingkup pekerjaanku
8. Awal Musim Salju /  12 bintang di luar angkasa
9. Salju yang Ringan / Melodi di dalam hatiku
10. Musim Salju yang Hebat / Melakukan persiapan secukupnya, menunggu perubahan
11. Titik Balik Matahari di Musim Dingin / Penantian
12. Agak Dingin / Menemukan Poin diriku sendiri
13. Sangat Dingin / Tasku
14. Epilog

Yang ingin membaca buku Independent 24 full bahasa inggris bisa klik disini ya. Dan yang ingin ke chapter selanjutnya bisa klik dibawah ini:

1. Masa kecil Lay Zhang
2. Masa-masa trainee di Korea

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Independent 24 (Lay Zhang autobiography) Bahasa Indonesia

Hi guys, kali ini aku akan translate SELURUH bagian dari buku autobiograhy-nya Lay EXO a.k.a Zhang Yixing yang berjudul 而立·24 atau Independent 24. Supaya kalian enjoy membacanya, aku akan buat 3 bagian yaitu:

1. Masa kecil Lay Zhang
2. Masa-masa Trainee di Korea
3. Masa Lay Zhang bersama EXO

Aku sangat suka buku ini, kalau lagi nge-down banget, suka iseng baca buku ini. Soalnya buku ini memberikan motivasi dan juga rasa sayang (mulai alay) antara fans dan Yixing wkwk. Buku ini recommend banget buat kalian yang pengen kepoin Yixing kayak gimana sifat aslinya dia sih lewat tulisan dia. Fyi, ini buku ditulis saat dia berumur 24 tahun dan berisi tentang kehidupan dia dan perjuangan dia dari bocah sampai debut EXO (please jangan baper kalau dia mention Luhan dan Kris yaaa). Maafkan fansmu yang lebay ini @/Lay_Zhang, setiap kali baca buku ini selalu terharu, menyentuh dan bawaannya pengen nangis (padahal Yixing suka bingung kalau liat cewek nangis wkwk). Aku kurang tau ya perbedaan kata China asli di buku ini dan English translation yang aku dapatkan dari China X'backs yang baik hati mau translate isi buku ini huhu. You're the real HERO! Tapi yang pasti, di English translationnya ini, pilihan kata-katanya sangat menyentuh hati dan aku berusaha translate ke Bahasa Indonesia senatural mungkin supaya mudah dipahami dan sama-sama menyentuh hati juga. Aku hanya translate beberapa bagian yang menurutku menyentuh aja. Sisanya kalian bisa baca full disini (Independent 24 Eng Ver.). Oke langsung aja deh ya, check it out guys!

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The Beginning of My Journey at LBI UI

Hello guys, it's been a long time I haven't write something. As usual, after I graduated I'm dealing to work and practicing IELTS (International English Language Testing System). Since I was lazy sometimes and there's no friend I can talk to, I decided to take IELTS course at LBI UI Salemba. Thanks to my bestfriend who recommended this place, I'm grateful can meet amazing teachers who also UI lecturers and new friends. In this blog, I want to share my experience and opinion about this amazing place to study. just check it out, guys!

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1. First test IELTS

This test measured your score in IELTS and that score will used whether you're in IELTS 1,2, or 3. The low score will be in IELTS 1, and vice versa. The test divided to only Reading and Writing. When I did the test, I felt confident because it's easier than my IELTS practice. I did it on time (which is rare to me lol) because the topic is familiar to me and the vocabularies were easily understood. Next a few weeks, I was told that I got IELTS 3. Oh wow, at first I thought there's something wrong in evaluating my score, but the committee said that my writing is good and my reading score was 6.5. That day I was happy and also afraid. The highest class which means two swords for me. The good thing was my hard work was paid off, but the bad thing was I'd meet many smart people who like competing each other.

2. Entry test IELTS
That was my first time I went to the class. There were around 20 people joined the class. I could feel the pressure of this class. Moreover, there was entry test which determined how many scores you get in the first class. Everyone was busy with their worlds and so was I. I was frustrated with this test (reading, listening, writing, and speaking) because it's more difficult than I expected, especially the listening *sigh*.  That's okay, it's only beginning. I could make it up next test.


3. Meeting fabulous teachers
The result of my test was shameful and it's not shocking tho. That's why I came there: to learn how to get 7 in IELTS. The class is quiet because we didn't know each other. Thanks god, I already knew one after we did Entry test. There were two teachers: one taught us speaking and listening, and the other was reading and writing. My first impression when I met the teachers were how generous they were. They listened to us well, gave some information and recommendations about scholarships and international universities. They treated us equal (fyi: there's only me who wears veil in the class that day). It was my first time having a different atmosphere in the class. Time passed by, I knew that they were UI lectures and graduated from University of Glasgow and University in the US, plus they got it from LPDP (Indonesian Scholarship). I was delighted everytime they talked about their experiences in the UK and US. The most important thing was they encouraged us and never looked down to us. I felt the students were treated equal whether they're smart or not.


4. Generous friends
This class really had amazing people with a great occupation. It needs 2 months or so to make us blend each other. However, I already got some new close friends and we like helping each other. Later I knew that there were one friend who is not only genius but also generous. It's rare to meet people like that in these days. He gave us his knowledge about IELTS. He never hesitated to help our struggle whenever we asked. Wow, he's so mature. After we had chit chat, I knew that he had already scholarship and next year he's gonna study at Japan. (Again, wow!) I was so inspired by him.


5. Mid-test and Final test
In the mid-test, my score improved. Thanks to the teachers and friends who helped me. Although, I still need more practice, it gave me motivation. For final test, it will be held on next Saturday. I hope the score won't make me disappointed.


After I did final test, I will get certificate. Of course, it's different from IELTS test. If you wanna join the IELTS test, you can visit LBI UI to further information. For you who wanna join the class, you have to pay 1.700.000 rupiah. Since, Salemba UI is far away from my house, I took the class only Saturday in the morning until afternoon. Some people told me why I took English course again meanwhile I already graduated. I replied I wanted to fight what I wanna reach. Whether I get it or not, at least I strive. If you need further information, you can click this. Happy learning!

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