A Farewell For A Better Future

No one like farewell. Neither do I. That's what I thought when the day (Friday, January 24th) has come. Although that day was long awaited, still, I couldn't lie that I got mixed-feeling both in my heart and mind. That day become one of the most memorable day in my life. I felt sad and excited at the same time. Sad because I'm no longer able to work with bunch of weird (in a good way) co-workers who made each day of work felt colorful, full of laugh and random (not to mention crazy) behavior. Excited because there's another puzzle awaits me to be done, another challenge that needs to be accomplished ahead.

Still clear in my mind how I first entered Indika FM as an employee in December 17th, 2012. There's nothing I could do in my first day of work except smiling, shaking hands, asking what to do, and how it goes in the office. I think those are the standard of being a newbie, right? I also still remember my first meeting with the other co-workers there. How long we brainstorm in order to get fresh ideas for client. How often we debate to each other about our ideas. How hard we laugh to lame jokes. I still remember it.

Working in a mass media (radio, in particular) was like riding a rollercoaster. The first few months was a bit hard for me. To adapt and to adjust with how fast the regeneration in office got me a bit taken aback. The tight deadline and the never-ending-revision also got me a bit upset. But thankfully, day by day, I managed to overcome those obstacles and I could blend well because Indika FM was more like a college than an office. Thanks to its employees who keep the youth vibe alive. Thanks to them who able to make my life at work just like at home, my second home. It's extremely funny how we did so much mischievous things but we aren't afraid to look childish. We also did so much rebellious things till my boss called me to his workspace and blamed me a lot for not obeying what he said. We fought that day and we didn't talk to each other for 1 week. Hahaha. I won't forget that day. I've done so much silly things in Indika FM than I could do when was in high school, and still get paid. The perks of working in mass media. :p

1 year 1 month with too much unforgettable memories. Therefore, I would like to say:

- Thank you for the teamwork. I would never find other co-workers as funny, as cool, and as witty as you are (you know who you are)!

- Thank you for the knowledge. My broadcast skill have developed a lot..

- Thank you for the curhat and gossip session in canteen, and every corner in the office.

- Thank you for the naughty-to-horror-jokes. Each and every one of you are so humorous.

- Thank you for those free ticket concerts. I finally got to watch Girls Generation, Super Junior, 2PM, Beast, Infinite, and Sistar perform without even paying any single pennies! So delighted! :D

- Thank you for the rebel time. We might be a bit reckless but that's what make our life colorful, right?

- Thank you for giving me bunch of free goodies: so many cool merchandise!

- Thank you for the never ending snack session in the morning and evening time. I gained 3 kilos bcos of it.

- Thank you for the late nite chit chat at 711 and any other cafes.

- Thanks for the surprise and the farewell gift.

 

Now, let's pray for our own better future and who knows we might be able to work together again someday? That's why I don't want to say good bye. Instead, I will say, see you later folks!

The Journey

So, yes, finally the journey come to an end. I'm no longer uni student now and I've graduated as Bachelor of Communication. So relieved that I can fulfill my task and now I am so ready to enter the next phase of life. :)

Maybe I've told you a bit in my previous post that I read so many racism and representation e-books. Actually, my final assignment was about the representation of toddler in television advertisement. The research was about how toddler appeared in tv ad and it discussed from a to z. Umm, toddler and racism? I know maybe few of this post's reader will think "Do toddlers and racism connect? Do toddler suffering racism too? Not just adults?" So I gotta say yes. They do. And to be honest that's a miserable fact. How can a cute creature (angel in disguise to be exact) suffering cruel problem like that? But it happened. And it was showed globally through television. Okay, stop. I think that's enough. Actually this time I'm gonna tell you about what happened on my final defense. So, let's get it started!!

The final defense actually was going to be held on Tuesday, July 19th at 8 o'clock in the morning. Unfortunately the schedule moved to the next day because the 3 lecturers had another schedule on Tuesday. So the final defense rescheduled to Wednesday, July 20th at 10 o'clock in the morning. I knew the schedule about a week before the due date, thank God I still have plenty of time to study and also check re-check my final task. To be honest, my heart was beating so fast when I read the announcement. I can't control it and nervousness level went high. Up to the highest level I think. But I was very lucky at that time because my guardian angel, my mom, generously came to Semarang 1 day before d-day to support me in final defense. Lucky me!

Time rolled on and finally the final defense was only about 12 hours to go. The nervousness level went high again (fyi I finally managed to control the nervousness level 2 days after the announcement). I tried to distract it with praying and chatting with my mom but when I continued to study, my heart was beating fast again. Huftness ;p

So the day finally came. I woke up at 5 and did shubuh prayer. I took a bath and put clothes and some make up on. I also managed to iron my hair for the sake of appearance. Hahaha. At 8.30, Ison came home to pick me and my mother up (yes, I hadn't have any breakfast yet) and we arrived at 8.50 in campus. Oh well, here it comes the nervousness monster again! When I stepped my feet on the building, that feeling I had on the night before d-day came again. For sure, it never get bored to haunt me. Making me afraid and anxious.

I sat in front of lecturer's office room because the 2 lecturers and 1 examiner hadn't come yet. Lucky me I still had plenty of time to re-read my final assignment and thought about what answer would be the best for this and that questions. And lalalaa, one by one my lecturer came to campus and luckily I didn't have to wait any longer because the they were on time. At 10.05 I entered the assembly room. Surprisingly, I could walk lightly and enjoy because the silly nervousness monster suddenly gone! Alhamdulillahirobbilalamin I just thanked God for giving me too many luck at that time. So I began my presentation and it was only about 15 mins and continued with Q&A session that more like discussion I think. Hehehe. The questions were beyond my expectation and I could answer all the questions. I thought that the questions would be really complex and difficult. But it happened contrary. It was easy and smooth. Once again I have to say alhamdulillah because Allah SWT is so kind by showering me tons of luck! The final defense lasted for only 45 minutes and I walked out from assembly room with big smile on my face because lecturers told me that I'VE FINALLY GRADUATED. YES, I'M A BACHELOR OF COMMUNICATION. EDWINA NUROCTAVIANI S.I.KOM :)

More surprise to come, few of my friends already waited outside to support me. Yay! That day was definitely my lucky day. Oh yea, I didn't forget to call my mom, telling her that I've managed to do it successfully and she sounded so happy knowing that her eldest child will be back to her arm, lol. FYI, my mother was waiting in library because she promised to meet her old friend there. It's time to celebrate the day! And we won't forget to take some pics.. :)

So happy and sad at the same time. Happy because of the title behind my name, and sad because of the fact that sooner or later I will be leaving Semarang. I think I've fallen in love with Semarang. It feels so funny how I hate Semarang at the beginning and finally be in love at the end. I guess that famous quote is definitely true. Tak kenal maka tak sayang! LOLest.

Along with this post I want to say thank you to Mas Hedi and Mas TL for being a very nice adviser for me. I also want to thank Mas Adi for being a kind and helpful examiner on the day. You guys were awesome!! The best lecturers I've ever met! Rock on, Mas! \m/

I won't forget to thank my mother too for giving me unstoppable support. You're truly an angel in disguise for me. I can't thank you enough. Thanks for showering me too much love. :)

I also want to thank my brother and his camera, my friend Moci, Mba Sha, Dhifa, Ayu, and Rizka. You guys were too kind, spare some time among the tight schedule just for come and support me. Thank you.

Last but not least I want to say thank you to the best boyfriend in the world (for me), the one and only, Muhammad Ihsan. I love you I love you I love you :*

FYI, when I write about this post, I already sit in my room in Jakarta. I moved 3 weeks ago and currently applying to few companies. So, my activities now are sending email, printing documents, being interviewed, and so on. Hopefully I can be accepted sooner because too many dreams that I want to chase! I want to be student (again) right away and for that dream, I have to take few courses and those courses need money definitely. Hehehe. Well I think I'm gonna stop blabbering now and I'll write about my graduation party on my next post. Oh yea, I'll also write about my umroh trip. So, stay tune pals!

White Sunday

Here comes the day when time flies really fast, when everyone seems busy with their own business, when there's only pictures that could only make you imagine the memories. Perhaps time won't wait, so does the people. But the pictures could do more. Ah, enough blabbering. Let the pictures do the rest...

*Pictures taken on exhibition event during my KKN activities. Talking about the title, the word 'White' represents ours (me and my friends') color outfit on that day. How we managed to use white just for the sake of 'looking similar'. FYI, on that exhibition, 100 students from 6 different villages were gathered to show the potential point of each villages.  And surprisingly, our group won "The Best Stand". Yeay! Whereas the word 'Sunday' represents the day when these photos were taken.

Bold Line.

Don't wanna talk much. Just wanna share photos when i had a date with my girls. Happy New Year, dear gorgeous pals! Hope 2011 bring a large amount of blissfulness. :)

Hometown.

I'm at my hometown now! Yippiee! So happy yet unfortunately i'm not at holiday and i can't stay for longer time here (sigh). Call me lame, but spending a day full at home, surrounded by people you love the most, is really an unexplained pleasure (as i said at my twitter account before).

So, what's going on lately with you, pals? As you can see in my three previous photos, my cheeks look more chubby and i guess i've gained 2 kilos because i ate too much homemade-cooks. Yes, homemade-cooks really fulfill my appetite. One of a reason why i'm going home when there's no holiday in my calendar. Hihi. :)

Oh well, it's already holiday, isn't it? Too bad i can't feel the holiday atmosphere because i'm gonna stay at suburban place for approximately one month during the holiday. Me and some of students will make few programs in order to develop potential sides of the village. Wishing me tons of luck once again dear gorgeous readers! :)

Anyway, i've got a chance to meet my old fellas, Adis. We went for a lunch date and watched a movie. We watched Rapunzel for sure (yeah call me old-fashioned, but i have got no time to watched it before). Hihihi.

Well, it's time to say a temporary goodbye once again. I'm worried i can't catch you before new year. it's better to say Happy New Year now. So, Happy Mothers' Day, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to all of you dear fabulous readers in the entire universe. Wishing you a brightness along next year! :)

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Rumbling, Mumbling, Yet Keep Laughing

 Hi there adorable! Watcha doin? Hope you're doing fine like usual. Relieving much to get back here again. It's still because the cliche thing, internship. Sorry can't catch you more often lately. Sooo, i was doing self-talking to my heart and my brain lately. It happened often for sure. And yes,  my brain is currently overloaded. Too much things that i've been thinking about. The fact is, these past days, i've been in a roller coaster condition which makes my mood easily turns upside down. I lost my kind of desire towards lots section in my life including my social life. It's sad. But it's true. For example, i do miss having good times with my old bestfriends. But sadly, i'm so lazy to do the 'basabasi' part. And it's not happen just for one time but twice. Yes i realized i gotta fix and change it immediately. It's bad.

Another thing that makes it become even worse when a friend of mine said i was being such cocky person. Yeah somehow i feel he said that because he's just being honest to me by telling me the true fact, and i appreciate it as well. But at the end i think it was a bit gross. For God's sake, i currently don't need any judgements at that time especially from the one i call bestfriend. If he or she is a true friend of mine, he or she will support and give me bunch of advices.

Oh well perhaps i just need another temporary escape, another getaway, another funny moments just like these photos have shown to universe. It took when me and my girls went out for having ramen as a dinner and then continued with karaoke all nite long. And for you my a-bit-cruel-friend, no need to be worry, i no longer mad at you. :)

Last but not least, i'd like to ask an apology for any inappropiate both behavior and words in the past. Happy Eid Mubarak 1431 H for those who celebrate it. Let's purify our hearts and have a nice holiday to you all adorable readers out there!

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