Sneak Peek : Kyoto Day 2

"Keep true to the dreams of thy youth"

-Friedrich von Schiller

My summer holiday had officially ended. I may say that my heart even had no more space for another happiness every time I recall the things that I did back in my summer days. Yes, I did enjoy my journeys so much even though the heat of summer still sticks like one thing which I won't forget. And of course, I thank God for this fantastic summer holiday :)

Finally now I'm back to that daily life as a college student. The second week of Fall Term, and I enjoy these college days so much. I miss  these kind of days and I feel alive again, like peculiarly and literally. I just realized that I enjoy sitting in the class, listening to what the lecturer explains, taking notes, participating in group discussion, and so on. Even now I think that studying in the class is also an art! Yes, the art of student's daily life. When drowsiness strikes me in the middle of the lecture, I will do so many things that can keep me awake during the class. Then, I regard that action as the art of surviving! Or may be you have another interpretation about the correlation of art and student life. 

And yes, I really really love my life as a student. I think to be a college student is the best thing which I can feel so far. Daring to take the risks, starting to think more about the future, staying up late for assignments, etc. Then I always whisper to my soul, saying a promise that someday I will reward myself a bright future filled with unforgettable lessons and moments, after this long long journey that I've been through. Oh God, I think that sweet and faithful promise is the most romantic thing that I can do for myself. And absolutely I still want to continue this journey and I don't want to pass the finish line yet.

Ahaha I think I blabber to much about my student life until I forget to show you the sneak peek photo which is the highlight of this post. Anyway, I still don't know when I will be able to update this blog again and load its page with Kyoto day 2 photos because so many to do list for this month. But I will try my best because this blog is also one of my priorities right now. Yosh!

So, till the next post and enjoy your life because you're fantastic in every way ! 

xx,

Shabrina

Keeping Myself Alive

This post is gonna be different than my usual posts about my fine days here in Japan. After thinking for several minutes, finally I decided to soak what I've been feeling here, in my blog. 

This month, I've been passing so many incredible phases in my life. July, it's the month when I finally managed to learn so many things about myself. I thank God for this super amazing seventh month of the year that will soon be fade away from my sight, but the lessons will surely remain in my heart. 

Eventually, I knew myself. I became to know the real side of me through the lessons that God let me to learn. It's the very first time in my life to really realize that struggling will be the only way I have to keep myself alive since I have no other weapons. I kept on convincing myself that everything's gonna be okay and I had to stop underestimating myself. Yeah, the girl in this body was doubting about herself. I had never been such pessimistic and optimistic at almost the same time in my life. I felt sorrow, but I just didn't want it to stick forever so I tried so hard to cheer myself up. I challenged myself to not to cry. I challenged myself to flatter the works that I did when no body notices them. I was trying as if I could die if I wasn't, until finally I gave up and realized that nothing wrong with all the things I did. 

My mom, she is the best gift that God ever gave me. She always there, and her love will always be real. When I was suffering from self identity crisis, she was always there, stayed up late just to wait me on-line so that she could hear all of my grief. Oh God, she's beyond everything great that I've ever imagine. 

God...Hug her with Your blessing, load her with Your grace, please :)

In this life, we can't choose who we will have to deal with. Yeah, indeed. But we can definitely choose how to deal with them. I will always be the one that struggle for the things that I'm wanting, the one that always be honest to everything that I do, the one that always have a good attitude and faith in herself! I'm gonna enjoy all of this process, no matter how hard the hindrances that I'm going to meet along my journey because I'm sure that the beautiful scenery will always follow me even though sometimes it may turn unclear due to the bad weather haha :D

I think I'm going to enjoy the time when I get lost with myself finding the answers to my doubts, with a map grasped in my hand so that I will not lose my destination and keep myself alive in blissfulness.

Yosh! xx

Photo was taken at Meji Jingu Shrine, Harajuku. May, 20th 2013 (Spring).

Welcoming June and Early Birthday Presents

Hi Everybody! :) Today is Sunday and not like usually, I stay at the dorm all day long today because lots of housework need to be accomplished as soon as possible. Oh, and how about you? Are you going out today? :)

Still can't believe it's June already! Yesterday was exactly my second month since left for my homeland, Indonesia! How time flies... yes, I've been saying it hundred times, period.

Anyway, how's your June resolutions? Have you made one? ;)
I've made some though they're not really big things but I made them in order to improve my daily-life-surviving-skill. Yeah, I know it's complicated! haha.

So, here we go my June resolutions list:

• Study more and manage to accomplish my Japanese essay (there is an essay contest held by my uni for foreign students)
• Clean my dorm room more often (yeah by the time I'm writing this post, my room condition is kinda censor-able, I swear)
• Wash my clothes twice a week (at least before they're getting as high as mount Fuji!)
• Write my daily expenditure before I go to sleep (yes, this is the most important thing, people! I often forgot to do this and it resulted on a slight crisis at the end of the month. So bad, I know -_-)
• Blogging in a regular period
• Not to be a moody one, be more thankful to God and live happier!

Well,  six points for this sixth month, wish me succeed to accomplish all of them, yosh..

Basically, I'm a structurally working person which means I always draw an outline before I start doing a project. So just like you see my resolutions above, they're gonna guide me to pass my June so that I wish I won't walk outside the path that I made. But it doesn't mean that I can't deal with spontaneity. I love something spontaneous, but still, dealing with structure always manage to make me feel secured ;)

Talking about June, this is just a day before my birthday! Gosh, today is my last day as a "teenager" since tomorrow there won't be "teen" anymore in my age. Yes people, I'm turning TWENTY! <3

Although tomorrow is my birthday, but I already received some birthday presents! haha... I bet there is nothing like "too early to be happy" right? 

As you can see from my facebook page, I already posted this photos below around 2 weeks ago. Yeah, my cute Maru-chan (exchange student from Taiwan) gave me this as a super early birthday present after our day out to Ikebukuro! Too cute to resist, isn't it? A cute "S-shaped" Kitty Charm! 

But fortunately, that sweet thing hasn't finished yet. As you can see the picture below, that cute thing hanging on my door handle was another cute thing that Maru-chan gave me last Friday night when I just got back from my uni. I found it around 9 p.m. Guess the shape, guys...

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No, it's not a chicken. That's the one who lives in a pineapple under the sea, Sponge Bob Square Pants! hahahaha >.< That cute pink balloon flower is too cute! 

Not to mention how talented she is for making me such lovely and complicated work! She said she made this for an hour and a half.. and I just can't imagine if I have to make one, perhaps I can't accomplish it even for a lifetime xP

She also wrote me a letter, it's so sweet and sincere till I can't stand my tears falling down slowly.. :) but... there is a funny story behind this early birthday present.

Maru-chan thought that my birthday party was gonna be held on that Friday night, so that's why she was so excited making the balloon as soon as she reached dorm after uni :)) Yeah, but above all I can't thank her enough for being such a nice friend for me (y). Yeah, you know I'm feeling like I'm the luckiest one.

This one below is another early birthday present I received from En-chan (exchange student from China). Isn't it uber cute?! 

That key charm above was stealthily bought at Ikebukuro too when we went there together :) Thank you very much En-Chan!! love you much <3 

Haha, what a blessed Friday night! I got two early birthday presents from my beloved girls.

And the last is a self-birthday-present ! Yeah, after 2 months of waiting finally I  got my Japanese phone! I bought it yesterday at Yodobashi Camera near Yokohama Station with my mentor, Osawa Chie. I decided to buy this pre-paid phone by softbank. It only costs 3,000,- yen/ 2 months. Though it only can be used for messaging and calling, but I think this type suits me best. The reason is because I feel reluctant to spend too much money every month for a cellphone service, since one of my goals in Japan is to travel a lot! (y)

Perhaps you're wondering why I have to wait for 2 months to have a cellphone. Yeah, the time I arrived here I was 19 and regarded as an underage society or in Japanese we say miseinen. There were kinda some issues related an underage cellphone contract for foreigners because their parents aren't in Japan. Knowing about that, the head of Office of International Affairs in my uni helped me to tackle it. He filled in my cell phone contract permission sheet so that I was allowed to buy a cellphone! Woohoo! <3

Actually if I buy the phone tomorrow, that permission sheet isn't necessary since I'm already regarded as an adult. But because I thought yesterday was the right time, so I had no other options but to buy it hehe.

I really thank God for all the days that I've passed here. I was far from my beloved people in my homeland but God allowed me to meet new people, gain a lot of helps from them and everything always turns to be a good thing to remember :) I can't describe how happy I am

for this life.

Well people, see you on the next post. Wishing you a happy Sunday! xx

Oops, I almost forget to tell you that my senior and I are joining a video contest about "peace" as the main issue. We made a video entitled "Peace Through Kindness". So please, please kindly check out our work through this link, and don't be hesitate to leave your comments and likes! 

ciao!

Keep The Distance Off

To me, one of the best helpings is not to burden anybody. I mean, when you can do something by your own effort, why you should bother anybody else for irrational thingies that only please you? 

Okay, perhaps you're now wondering why do I write such kind of thing in the beginning instead of giving salutation. Well, that's been my thought since sometimes ago and I haven't got the chance to share it with others. That thing always pops up in my mind when I feel bothered by somebody else who can easily ask (or even commanding) other people to do something just for the sake of him/her without even thinking other's feeling. Yeah, helping each other is good, it's a noble deed as long as the related ones are happy with what they're doing but sometimes the fact isn't as peaceful as that. 

I hope you guys aren't such kind of people. You know, people like that are the ones that I always keep the distance off or to be brief, they're the people that I dislike the most. I bet you're feel bothered too when you meet one like that. So the lesson is, don't be somebody that other people feel reluctant to meet to. Until now, I'm trying to be a better one to anybody and in anything. Every morning when I wake up, I always wish that today I will do the things better than I did before and always hang a bunch of hopes just to cherish myself. So yeah, from that 'morning ritual' I named my blog after! hehe.

Well, seems like my assignments are waiting for their turn to be accomplished so see you on the next posts! ^^