HANZKY

thank you for everything, for being beautiful inside out, for the millions things you gave me, for instilling in me value, making sure i knew right from wrong. thank you for sacrificing your self for me, for every tears you shed to save me, for putting me before your desires. thank you for your patience, for your devotion, for showing me to be strong, for fighting your way through each struggle, i know no one in this world could do the things you've done and survived the life you've lived, thank you for trusting me with your thoughts, disappointments and dreams, for being an unselfish woman in this selfish world..for your sensitivity to people's needs. Mama, you are loved by so many people whose lives you have touched..especially me. May god grant you peace, prosperity and never ending happiness!! I LOVE YOU!!

You know, I've always admired and envied people who are passionate about what they are doing. Not many people can wake up in the morning and feel excited about doing the things they have to do that day. I believe that finding passion equals to happiness, and those who have found their passion and continue working on it will have a fulfilling life.

Sayangnya memang banyak orang yang belum nemu passion nya di mana, some are just clueless dan akhirnya ngelakuin apa yang kayanya bakalan banyak demand nya di job market. Ada juga yang akhirnya memang jatuh cinta sama yang di kerjainnya dan akhirnya jadi passionate dengan kerjaannya. Tapi banyak juga yang stuck in a rut, benci sama kerjaannya tapi nggak tau harus gimana lagi. Ada lagi yang sebenernya tau passionnya di mana tapi nggak berani untuk keluar dari comfort zone nya dengan alasannya masing masing.

Some are lucky enough to have the calling, to know what is it exactly that they want to do in the future and to have the talent and the opportunity to follow through and showcase their abilities. Ada yang memang dari kecil hobi dan memang jago akan sesuatu seperti menggambar, atau main musik, olah raga dan lain sebagai nya.

Banyak juga yang ngerasa passionnya itu ada di satu bidang, fotografi misalnya. Padahal megang kamera juga jarang. To me, that's not passion. If you are passionate about something, you should have been doing it all along. Kalo memang suka fotografi ya berarti setiap hari udah nenteng kamera, foto foto sana sini. If you haven't been doing it, that means you are not passionate about it. Kalau memang belum ada kamera yang canggih ya beli aja dulu alternatif nya yang jauh lebih murah. Everybody has to start somewhere, just use whatever tool you have right now, and better things will be found along the way. Take lots of pictures, compile a portfolio, volunteer to help a photo shoot because when you are willing to go out and put together a solid work without any pay, you will get noticed and people will come calling you eventually.

Today is my birthday, and one of the things that I'm thankful is that I have finally found my passion. It is indeed satisfying to finally put my enthusiasm into action and find myself doing what I meant to be doing. It's a wonderful feeling to have that goal in my life and to know the step towards achieving it and believe that I can actually make those dreams come true... because I have a strong desire to be better and my passion is my greatest strength..=)

So Happy Birthday My Dear Self!!

Kemaren saya baca berita ini di Gatra. Cerita tentang satu keluarga yang hijrah ke Amerika Serikat demi kehidupan yang lebih baik. Tapi kehidupan yang lebih baik itu ternyata tidak bertahan lama. Si bapak di ciduk petugas imigrasi, si ibu terpaksa bekerja untuk membayar uang jaminan dan meninggalkan dua anak nya (6 tahun dan satu lagi masih bayi) di rumah setiap hari. Suatu hari si adik jatuh dari gendongan kakaknya sampai gegar otak. Seperti si bapak, si ibu pun di giring ke penjara dengan tuduhan menelantarkan anak dan tuduhan tuduhan lainnya. Anak anak nya di ambil hak asuh nya oleh pemerintah.

Tragis.

I feel bad for them, I really do and I hope they can get out of this horrible situation as soon as possible.

But I just have to say that I don't like the sneaky way the father took to be granted a political asylum. Si bapak, atas saran lawyer nya, menjelek jelekan Indonesia dan mengarang cerita bahwa dia di buru oleh pemerintah Indonesia karena di anggap membelot. Padahal, keluarga nya di Indonesia tidak pernah terancam keselamatannya.

Di sini memang banyak orang Indonesia yang meminta suaka karena merasa tidak aman lagi tinggal di Indonesia, apalagi sejak kerusuhan yang pernah terjadi pada akhir tahun 90-an. It's fine if that's what they truly feel deep down. I mean..we can't blame people who want to live their life in a place where they feel secured, where no one is threatening them and their family. It's their right.

But it's just not right when they use political reason to request an asylum where the underlying reason why they want to live in that particular country in the first place is actually economic opportunity, no more no less. It sickens me to think that they come up with bad stories about Indonesia that are not true to make their chances as high as possible. They give the country a bad name, and they take up the asylum quota that can be allocated for refugees that desperately need protection, because those real refugees are being persecuted in their home country.

- the will to win is worthless if you don't have the will to prepare

- luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

- being beaten is often a temporary condition, GIVING UP is what makes it permanent.

- most people are generally nice. they are only mean when they feel threatened.

- every chance you get, is a chance you seize

- as long as you keep a person down, some part of you have to be down there to hold her down, that means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

- do not wait; the time will never be 'just right'. start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along --Napoleon Hill

- it's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not -- denis waitley

- don't deflect blame onto the system, the screwed up schooling you got, or the chances no one ever gave you. it makes you powerless and not in control of your destiny -- kimora lee simmons

- it was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moves us into action and discipline that enabled us to follow through -- zig ziglar