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Friday, February 26, 2016

Surprise to Cherish

Beberapa hari lalu, saya melihat quote ini. Quote yang menginspirasi awal saya belajar videografi, membuat video, dan turut jadi semacam pegangan hidup saat mengarungi ombak kehidupan.*hoek*

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Februari 2016.
Seru dan senang rasanya kembali bikin surprise video project.
Salah satu sahabat dekat saya kembali merayakan hari spesialnya. Sempat mikir mau kasih apa nih ya yang berguna dan berkesan. Yang selama ini bisanya bikin video. Ga bisa prakarya, bermusik, maupun beli yang wow wow mewah mepetsawah. Di sisi lain, tantangannya juga banyak karena Beliau bukan teman yang berasal dari lingkaran pergaulan yang sama dan terjamah oleh saya selama ini. Bermodalkan keinginan untuk berbuat sesuatu dan membahagiakan teman, perjalanan pun dimulai...

.Tepat 14 hari sebelum hari-H.
Diawali dengan percakapan iseng tuk nanya Kakaknya apa ada rencana surprise..
Ditengahi dengan malah jadi diajak ke market museum..
Diakhiri dengan keputusan tuk piki-piki dulu.

.3 hari berselang.
Belum ada kabar yang masuk. Kontak kembali coba dilakukan. Diskusi pun mulai setuju untuk bikin video. Dari sekian jenis konsep video surprise yang saya pernah buat-tahu-dan-share, terpilih ide untuk bikin video sambung lagu + greetings. Konsep yang memang masih terbilang feasibel bila mengingat tersisa 10 hari untuk produksi.
Tapi, lagi-lagi karena terbentur dengan batas-batas kebebasan bergaul dan keinginan berkarya terbaik tanpa merisihkan, ide dan diskusi pun dilakukan hanya dengan 1 orang, yaitu Sang Kakak. Ingin bisa kumpulkan jumlah orang sesuai umurnya tuk memeriahkan video ini. Bersama-berganti berekspresi dalam dubsmash, tuk kemudian diakhiri dengan greetings. Sebuah project video yang ambisius untuk deadline 10 hari. Masih mungkin tapi tidak mudah.

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.H-10.
Minggu pagi tiba dibuka dengan kemajuan signifikan. Kakak memilih lagu untuk di-lipsync-kan, yaitu:"Rent - Seasons of Love". Nice Pick! Shooting pun sudah akan dimulai malam nanti untuk bagian keluarga. Sedangkan, untuk teman2nya akan coba dikontak dan dikoordinasikan oleh Si Kakak penolong ini. Karena selama ini hanya diskusi via WA, kami pun setuju untuk serah terima kamera dan lirik di sore jelang malam nanti.




Siang berganti sore.
Sang Kakak mengusulkan perubahan agar cukup dari family saja, karena akan sulit untuk koordinir teman2nya. 23 orang pun menurun jadi 10an orang, yang mana berarti perlu perubahan konsep.
5 menit berselang, dubsmash lalu juga diusulkan untuk hilang karena ga semua orang tahu lagunya.
4 menit berlalu, datang usulan lain untuk ga usah bikin video dan kasih kado langsung aja.
9 menit stlhnya, ide pun berubah untuk ga usah pakai orang tapi video ilustrasi.

Di titik itulah, mulai berkecamuk logika hati ini dengan sebuah prisip ideolisme tinggi akan ego perfeksionisme. Bahasa sederhananya: Bingung.

Pukul 18:38 akhirnya kami sepakat untuk go on dengan video sedapatnya. Sebuah keputusan telah diambil yang mungkin jadi salah satu awal tumbuhnya sejarah baru kebahagiaan belasan orang di 10 hari kemudian. Small miracles :)

Malam pun tiba, karena saya tidak dapat bantu shoot, kamera dan secarik kertas lirik berpindah tangan. Tutorial penggunaan kamera pun berlangsung 6 lantai di bawah 'korban' berada, hihihi.

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.H-8 & H-7.
Hari ini kabarnya Kakaknya sudah akan selesai shoot. Tapi, karena ternyata baru sempat dari 1 rumah, kami pun sepakat untuk memundurkan serah terima kamera jadi Kamis nanti.

Sementara itu, karena sudah kudung terlanjur kalau pun nanti video ini dapat merisihkan Si Ultah, biarlah kerisihan itu berbalas dengan senyum kebahagiaan dan kenangan yang berumur panjang.. Jadi, Saya pun usul ke Kakaknya untuk buat 2 versi, yakni versi keluarga dan versi keluarga+teman.
Dimana yang temannya biar saya yang SKSD berkenalan dan meminta tolong untuk ikut. Risiko untuk dimarahin dan buat risih pun membesar. Tapi, ini bukan pertama kalinya saya terlibat dalam project serupa. Meski kemudian diomelin dan disesalin, biarlah 1 orang yang menanggungnya dibandingkan banyak orang yang harus menanggung penyesalan karena tidak bisa ikut berkontribusi.
Kembali ke quote di atas, semakin banyak orang yang bisa kita bantu untuk berbuat baik, pasti hasilnya akan semakin baik :)

Saya lantas kontak teman-teman dekatnya, dengan target 1 PIC per komunitas & cukup 1-2 komunitas saja. Akhirnya, gayung pun bersambut. 2 komunitas kawanan setuju tuk join, dengan skenario yang coba disusun serapih mungkin agar mereka tahu ini bukanlah hadiah dari 1 orang, tapi dari keluarga dan teman2nya (which is true), dan peran saya hanya sebatas ebagai editor, bukan inisiator maupun pengisi video. Suatu janji yang harus saya pegang dan komit kepada mereka dan juga kepada Yang Ultah.

Optimisme akan sebuah karya yang bagus pun kembali menyeruak ke permukaan. Yeaaaay :D

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.H-6 - H-5.
Hari Kamis & Jumat. Saatnya mengambil kamera dan mulai edit.
Namun, ternyata sang Kakak masih sibuk dan belum sempat ke rumah 1 lagi. Bahkan dirinya dan mamanya juga belum masuk ke video. Kabar gembira datang di sore hari kalau Kakak akan ke rumah 1 lagi malam ini, karena mulai besok sudah sibuk dengan acara kawinan keluarga. Tapi karena 1-2 hal, video kakak dan mamanya belum bisa ter-rekam. Kamera pun diambil besok malamnya.

.H-4.
Weekend pun tiba. Saatnya untuk mulai mengedit.
Pas kamera dibuka, ternyata ada video dari 5 orang.
Bagian awal video pun sepakat akan diisi dengan foto-foto masa kecil Si Ultah. Karena Sang Kakak sedang sibuk dengan acara keluarga, saya pun akhirnya memakai metode lama.. Thanks to Zuckerberg! *mata lalu melotot tercengang melihat kiprah muda si ultah*

Hari ini jugalah deadline untuk teman-temannya untuk submit video ke saya.
17:30 saya coba tanya PIC komunitas 1, kabarnya baru 2 video terkumpul *jeng jeng jeng*.
Puji Tuhan, dengan kepemimpinan luar biasa, Sang PIC pun berhasil menambah video dalam waktu 5.5 jam. Akhirnya jam 11 malam, 7 video baru berhasil masuk ke komputer ini. yeaaaaayy..
*meski portrait semua* :)))

Tapi, sayangnya, di saat bersamaan, komunitas 1 lagi konfirm bahwa tidak ada video dari mereka karena lagi pada sibuk & rencana tidak jalan. 

Di hari ini juga saya mendapat kabar buruk. Bahwasanya Si Ultah melihat di hp kakaknya ada notification message dari saya. Tapi, untung dia tidak baca messagenya apa. Meski kemudian dia jadi kesal karena saya tidak bisa jawab itu untuk apa, jadi mungkin dia suudzone (bukan friendzone) saya nanya macam2. Agar rencana dan kerja keras teman2 serta keluarganya tidak jadi sia-sia, saya pun akhirnya ngaku kalau saya menanyakan ada rencana surprise / ga & bisa bantu apa (which is true), dan janji tapi untuk tidak ikut surprisenya...

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.H-3.
Hari Minggu. Saatnya untuk selesaikan draft pertama video, at least storyboard.
Pas dicoba edit, ternyata lip-syncnya tidak sinkron semua, hihihi... Dan video dari komunitas 1 pun ternyata greetings saja. Jadi, positiiiipp.. konsep video pun berorientasi sepenuhnya pada greetings dgn backsound lagu Season of Love.

Sembari menunggu video dari Kakak, proses edit pun berlanjut sampai malam. Dan, akhirnya diperoleh masih ada kekosongan sekitar 1.5 menit. TIDAAAAAKKKK!

Seolah tersumpal awan kinton, langsung coba kontak2 lagi temannya yang belum kirim. Kebetulan, teman baiknya Si Ultah dari Komunitas 1 pun belum kirim karena tidak bisa dihubungi hingga H-3 itu. Tapi, untungnya di malam itu, kami beroleh kabar kalau dia siap shooting malamnya sama temannya 1 lagi, yang mana juga teman baik si Ultah. Tapi ga jadi juga sih malam itu. Huahahahhahaa...

.H-2.
Hari Senin. 1 hari lagi nih bro sis untuk finalisasi!!!
Sepulang lembur kantor, langsung kembali merapikan hasil editan, sembari mengabari teman baik si Ultah dan kakaknya untuk kirim. Mereka setuju untuk kirim malam / besoknya. Komunitas 2 pun coba saya tawari sekali lagi lewat PIC yang berbeda apabila mereka ingin join / tidak untuk greetings rame2, karena ada kekosongan slot 1 menit yang masih bingung mau diisi apa. Kalau diisi foto2, akan aneh dan jadi turun gitu flownya. Plus, uda keabisan foto yang bagus (dan benar).

.H-1.
Hari terakhir!
Hari di mana video harus jadi karena rencana akan diserahkan besoknya, sedangkan besoknya ga bisa ikutan surprise. Jadi... Akhirnya cepat2 pulang dari kantor. Sampai rumah 20:30, video harus sudah diantar sekitar pk 23. Tangan Tuhan pun bekerja. Dua teman baiknya sudah mengirimkan videonya di siang hari -- yang mana saya download di kantor klien :P

Kemudian, akhirnya dapat video dari kakaknya setelah 3x reminder hari itu karena kelupaan terus. huhuhu, maapkan saya, Kakak Si Ultah. Tapiii... ternyata dikirim dalam format WA dan jadi tercompress. Ternyata filenya 35mb, kakaknya sedang perjalanan pulang dari kampus (ga ada wifi), dan ga tau cara kirim file besar. Kakaknya pun jadi minta untuk ga usah ada video aja dari dia. Tapi, tapi, tapi kan...
Terlalu disayangkan, kalau akhirnya ga ada. #cowoPrinsipil #RanggaWannabe

Berpacu dengan waktu, akhirnya dr WA dikirim dan dengan file size yang tercompress 1/10-nya itu, hasilnya masih bisa diandalkan (idup ipon!). Ditambah dengan foto2 kakak + Si Ultah yang dikirim via WA, bagian Kakak pun selesai. YEAAAAY!!

Total semua slot terisi, bahkan ada menit2 kelebihan, untung juga ga jadi ada video dari komunitas 2. hahahaha.. Sebagian yang kurang penting jadi terpaksa dicut. Edit sana sini, sambil makan sesuap sesuap. Akhirnya render pun dimulai jam set 11 malam. Pergi mandi, jam 22:50 pas selesai. Burn ke CD & USB. Jalan dari rumah jam 11an, paket pun terkirim dengan aman di tempat tinggal kakak. Satpam pun menyambut karena kakak sudah tak tahan kantuk, hihihihi...

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. UHUUY!


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.Hari-H.
Di hari-h tiba saatnya surprise dan sesuai janji saya pun tidak bisa hadir di sana. Tapi, mendengar kabar dari kakaknya dan teman2PIC yang ikut menonton, saya pun mendapatkan kabar kalau Si Ultah berbahagia. Dilihat dari snapchat si Ultah pun dia ada snap beberapa. Senang melihatnya :')

Meski jauh dari sempurna, meski banyak cobaan dan rintangan, meski banyak risiko & duka yang harus ditempuh, kerja keras keluarga dan teman-temannya pun bisa tersalurkan dengan sempurna. Terima kasih sekali lagi sudah berpartisipasi :)


SELAMAT ULANG TAHUN!



Thursday, September 6, 2012

What Means The Most?

The other day when someone asked me
"Are you living your dream?"
I didn't know what to say,
I honestly had to think.
I try to be so many places at the same time
Every day a million things cluttering up my mind.
Another feather falling off my wings
I climb so high it gets hard to breathe
Forget to remember, what I really need.
” (Colbie Caillat - What Means The Most)
One of The Biggest questions in everyone’s mind. An ignition wick of my return to blog writing. Long time no blogging, no video making, and nothing to express. Well, the latter was not entirely true :P
Pekan yang sangat menarik, a bit of roller-coaster in my life. I tried to be in so many places at the same time with a million things in my mind. Exactly correct what the lyrics said about. And, it's quite frustrating, turning me a bit acrimonious. Works, friendship, family all matters to me.
However, what means the most actually is finding the excitement of doing any things. Cliche? Yes, indeed. It'd be very good if we can do things that we really enjoy to do, really love not to stop doing it, like my hobbies on finding good theme songs for videos, editing them, surprising & cherishing them. 
Nevertheless, life is full of surprises and will never always be full of GOOD GOOD DAYS. As such, how do we try to at least make those bad moments a bit exciting? Realizing it or not, sometimes the simple things that could mean the most to us. It doesn't matter anymore whether we win or lose. Sometimes we just can't help the way we feel. That might be the reason why people in this world need religion and God + people surrounding us that we care and believe. It's true that at the end, it's ourselves that determine our own happiness. Some people might be very self-independent, some might have to depend on others to be happy. It's life adventure to try figuring out those simple things :)

"He lays me on the couch and says how has your day been?
Tell me your problems, I'll help you solve them

Come on, let's talk about it, he sits next to me and smiles

Listens to all of my words, relaxes all of my nerves

Like breathing,
let it go, shout it out

Take deeps breathes and real slow, calm down

Close my eyes, soft spoke, ease my mind, take control

From my body please work your psychology
" (India Arie - Therapy)

Recently, I found out this inspiring quotes:
People are often unreasonable and self centered, forgive them anyway…
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives, be kind anyway…
If you're honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway…
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway…
The good you do today, might be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway…
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway…” (Mother Theresa)

Such A mood-booster to recall on what really means the most in my life. I found back some life excitement when I made wedding video for my college friends, Moli - Akom Wedding Trailer. As its OST, life became "Brighter Than The Sun" at the moment! Maybe, this is the same case as what my lil brother thought of taking job as social worker with only small amount of salary that has been stressing out my Mom recently. Sometimes, we might only need to be more simple-minded, stop over-thinking, release guilty feelings, let go off our trauma and just do what we love.
 
"Happy is the heart that still feels pain
Darkness drains and light will come again 
Swing open up your chest and let it in  
Just let the love, love, love begin.
Everybody, everybody wants to love
Everybody, everybody wants to be loved" (Inggrid Michaelson - Everybody)

Not an easy task to do. Those are just words, indeed. Yet, why not we try to be used to have those kinds of perspectives :)
Long way to go ahead. The 2nd phase of my project (work) will start next week, still lots of scenes for another surprise video need to be taken (gotta be invisible for this video :] ), left brain to be optimized to develop concept for my best friend's prewed video, and my brother seems willing to postpone his daring plan. 

Bit by bit try to rejuvenate my self-confidence and self-independence, not to let my ego disrupt others, be someone friends can always count on thou not the vice versa, better to stand out than to fit in, so hopefully....

"The next time that someone asks me
"are you living your dream?"
I guess I'll know what to say
I won't even have to think."  (Colbie Caillat - What Means The Most)


NB: this blog is also a compendium of song lyrics that I got recently from wedding videos (Axioo).

Friday, February 3, 2012

VPR - Occupy Bandung Pt. 2: Tribute to Running Man

Hello!

First video for February! :) actually this video should be aired on January, yet due to the other video project, I had to postpone it a week... and, now it's ready!!!! Yihaaaa....

After its trailer on November, then the 1st part on January 1 2012, and now..... Yes, it's the second part of "Occupy Bandung" video: Tribute to Running Man!

Would say the editing was quite complicated this time since we took a lot of long-period scenes and used only 1 camera, thus it's quite boring. Couple of sound and picture effects played an important role here.

Story Behind the Video

Now, Time for the story. As the first part, this video also was taken on our trip to Bandung for Uchi-Ber wedding. We did "Night at Campus" on Friday night, the day before the wedding. Inspired by current top Korean reality show - Running Man (RM), We went there on midnight (around 11-12 PM) and played 3 games - 2 played before on RM, i.e.: Chicken Fight (yet, the MC, Dannu, always mentioned it as: Chicken Dance :))), Camera Zone, and Green Spot (popular game during our childhood).

What games are they???!!! Check the video! hahaha, Chicken Fight is the hardest to explain, thus I just recorded Running Man episode 1 and put it into video, huahahaha... Camera Zone is another creative game and it's quite fun to play and watch :) Green Spot? it has not been played before in Running Man, yet we just wanna play it! However, things happened and we got scolded by the Security right at the moment we stopped practicing and ready to play...HUAHAHAHAHA, thanks to Dannu who took the initiative to shoot Security's face and answer the question of our batch! Yes, we re class of 2007!!!! We're going to graduate a week after!!! -___-"
The Famous Security!

Afterwards, we went to "Gerbang Belakang" while still searching for other places to play. Yet, another thing happened. We walked through the center of campus and found out that couple of students were still in campus that late night. For what? It's Ospek!!!!! Swasta Night, I guessed. As the seniors, without any hesitation we just went passing them. I and Kico even took couple of pictures and videos. Yet, suddenly the seniors of them (he's actually 2006 -__-) came to me and Kico. After some talks, he asked us to delete the recordings & pictures since they didn't want this occasion go public. :|

If only Riko (the strongest in ITB history), Ben (the oldest in ITB history) and Dannu (the darkest in ITB history) were not separated too far from me & Kico and then met this bunch of kids, guess what would happen?!

Hahaha, at the end... No doubt, it was one of the greatest fun night I ever had! As Ipang said in his "Sahabat Kecil" song: Kesempatan seperti ini tidak akan bisa dibeli, hope you all really enjoy this video!!! :)

No winner is too... Bad!
Not the first one touching the finish line is.... Worse!!
Yet, to live without these friends & fun... is the Worst!!!
 :]

The mighty power of friendship is the moral story... :)
Okay I am getting mellow now! *headdown* LOOOL

Anyway, Final Word: Love your communities, family and friends! ENJOY!!!




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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Friendships Last Much Longer Than Life Lets Us

Roller-Coaster Week ! 

Nothing's more decent to describe what took place on my last 7 days. Sadness, Mournful, Intense, Laughs, Joys, Memories, and tears assembled my heart pulse up & down. Opening this week by losing my best friend, Dipo, my pilgrimage was continued by an tense and hectic time on work. Nevertheless, as birds always singing after the storm, happy ending then just came on the scene to incur my smile at the end.

I have the greatest friends I could ask for!
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world!

Saturday, November 5 2011, I had my 26th birthday!!! YEAH 3X!
Thanks God for being healthy in my birthday after 5 years of having health problems (2007, 2009, 2010 - stomach ulcer & 2008 - broken wrist). Maybe I was just feeling too nervous to welcome this day to come :p

It does always feel good when friends start crowd into our days, no? ;) Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life and thanks to a benevolent arrangement that delivered us from the anguish of loneliness! To all birthday calls, walls, tweets, live greetings and the most legendary one: BIRTHDAY VIDEO (!), I would like to take a bow and thank all of you!!! It's such an honor to have you all :D

Birthday video form people we love... something that I always think as the best birthday present we could get. It's much more important, lovely, and memorable than physical gifts (IMO). And, to know that some people willing to make that for us, it is a.... BLISSFUL BLESS!

EPIC Star-Wars introduction, HANDSOME & COOL slideshows (STELLAR "BELAH TENGAH", isnt it! -__-"), CREATIVE 5 words/5 greetings ('5', isnt it? hahaha, just my guess), and SWEET dubbing marathon with FRIENDLY soundtrack! My credit goes to....
  1. Mirza "Mie" Harun. Thank you to take a role as director, editor, uploader, and (maybe) coordinator as well for 2 times in a row! This year's video is more ROCKIN! Long Live Buku Angkatan!!! (you just reminded me what I wrote on that book, haha) Love all parts of the video! thank you, thank you, thank you! Off The Hook, Bro!
  2. 'Silet' Riko. Bau, ko! hahahaha, thanks ya! where should we flush this weekend ;) Looks great Ko to do dubbing video! Let's make it laaah! *yyy-th invitation*
  3. 'Silent' Nurul. Wooow! the ballerina is in the house!!! What a turn at the end! hahaha... Thanks ya! Let's have another impulsive event!
  4. 'Ninja' Atiek (*kasih nama sendiri*). Pilla a' Pila a'.. *brings flashlight* :)) Thank you for being the light to guide me :] | The nurse costume is not bad anyway *auuuum* *raawwl*
  5. 'Professor' Batari. Thank youuuu, Gtalk mate! Ameeen for all wishes (thou last one seems also like 'curhat' :p).. Don't study too much, you just miscounted your greetings. it's not 6!!!! Or, did it mean 26? Grrrrrr.. hihi, Thanks ya, MoCheek!
  6. 'Duo' AkoMoli. November couple! Thanks ya! @Akom, next time please count correctly - 4, 3, 2 not 4, 2, 1 :P Wish you all the best as well for your both grandeur plan :]
  7. 'Nigachinese' Ranco. Ahiiy, xie xie, Niga! huahahahaha.. Great effort to find someone writing words-I-dont-even-know-what-it-is, learning the pronunciation-I-dont-even-know-how-to-spell-it-properly, and singing full of soul til blinking your puppy eyed dogs many times (no need actually, no more effect now, hahaha). Thanks n enjoy your study & forbidden love ther!
  8. 'K-Freak' Boteh. iiiih, K-freak!!! huahahahha, where's my running man!!! Nice background anyway booh! And, of course, Awesome wishes! AMEEEEENNNNN!!!! Ji hyo man se, ji hyo man se, ji hyo man se!!! 
  9. 'Sr Assistant VP' Rahmat. Thanks, Gay! I forgive you for a while this time. Stop bullying and cheating on me!!! "Gw update juga lo"
  10. 'Not-Cute Panda' Rifqi. 1st, Thanks for EMPHASIZING my age & face picture | 2nd, thanks for the guitar play some humming and your wife's hand-count | 3rd, please give me the PAAANNNDAA!!!!
    NB: not a bad idea to play guitar every time we have singing section in the video, since you always came as the ending n played such a solo significant part!!!!! (refer to Bin-Dz wed video) - 'halalkan segala cara'!
  11. 'Where's the cam' Aldut Nadya (thou Don't understand the nickname). nice job, couple, to enlarge your eyes! Seems like mine is not much different with Nadya :P Thanks yaa! Get married soon...
  12. 'DJ' Ben. Golden wishes! Thanks for bringing along your same-age friends into this video!!! l4m N4L y4cH! I think I know where you got this idea, hahaha (stil have the recording anyway :p || should we publish? huahahaha) Thanks for your sharing and caring :]
  13. 'XXX' Abid. Thanks, bro! Good luck for the wedding :) *close the door slowly*
  14. 'Pegelbos' Kico. Pegeeeel, Bosss? Hahaha, Thanks Coooo!!! Thanks for the birthday call too on Saturday late night! Let's plan the Anyer trip :D
  15. 'Ontime' Dannu. 1st wish - no | 2nd wish - YES! | 3rd wish - Where? | 4th wish - AMEN | 5th - Okay, Boss!  =] Nice boyband punch ending!!! Thankxx, Blexx...
Thank you all! Friends forever Enemies Never. Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget. "You can always count on me like 1, 2, 3... I'll be there".  Will always remember this video :)




I always believe that "What we do to our fellows is what we do to our own selves and God". Hence, all happening this week alarmed me of good deeds, indeed. Despite of different life orientation & perspective we hold, I think: The more we ignored our fellows, the more apathetic we are, the more abandoned we will be; and vice versa. At the end of our life, people will remember more of what we do for and with them, not what we do for ourselves. Let's Live highly to share and care for and with others | much worth it :]

All of these experiences made me really grateful and realized how beautiful life is. I just remembered what my Pastor told this morning: 
"There's a story (parable) of animals and human beings. When Cow asked for grasses, God gave them wide pastureland; When Lion asked for meat, God directly provided the fresh flesh; When Eagle asked for food, God immediately offered fish; When fish asked for food, God straightly supplied worms, and so on so forth.

Then, human started to get jealous. He asked God to ease their ways in finding food (happiness). But, God didn't easily give it to us. He wants us to keep looking and trying our best during our time here, in this world. That's why God creates us to be able to stand up and look to the sky comfortably while most of animals can't stand up and move their head simply to look above (always look down). They re destined to look to the earth, while we re fated to glance at the sky - heaven - our final destination where eternal live will be found.
"

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Happy Ied Al-Adha (for my Moslem friends)! 
Happy Sunday (for my Christian friends)!
Rest in Peace for Dipo & Romo Wi!
Happy days ahead and GBU all :]