Life..

Is it true that human lives just to die? Some are lucky; they can live up to 100 years. But most people only have 70 years to live. So what is exactly the purpose of life?

What will happen after we die?

Different religions have different opinion on that. Some say life continues after death. Some says we will be born as a new body, either as another human or animals, depending on our behavior while we are living.

The truth is I am so scared of this uncertainty. I take my life too granted. I love my family; I cannot live without them. But I know one day that farewell is inevitable.

 

hidup.

Bukan dunia yang kejam, tetapi manusia yang tinggal di dalamnya
Mereka mengusik ketenangan demi kepuasan diri
Penyesalan lah yang akan menghampiri
Jika bukan kita yang memulai, siapa lagi yang bisa memperbaikinya
Kita hanya hidup sebentar
Nikmati sebelum menyesal
Berbuat baiklah kepada sekitar
Jangan lah menyimpan dendam dan kesal
Dunia ini milik kita bersama
Mari kita jaga bersama-sama

Sequoia National Park, March 23-24 2017

Hello..
I am back from the dead 👻

Just an FYI, I am going to start posting my travelling experiences on this blog too. I was about to post about my Japan, Europe and Hawaii Trip but they were too long, so I'll start with this weekend getaway first.

Well.... this past weekend, I had a weekend getaway with three of my friends to Sequoia National Park. It was an impulse decision, so we did not really prepare for the trip.

We left LA at around 5am on Saturday and arrived at Sequoia around 10:30ish am. We booked one room at WUKSACHI LODGE inside the Park. Good thing, they let us checked in around that time. I believe their usual check in time is around 2? But not really sure. All I know is their check out time is 11am. The lodge was okay. We got the building that is far from the parking lot. Initially, we got the first floor room. They said it has the best view. Yet, the snow covered half of the second floor window. So I was wondering how first floor view is the best view (?)
We got moved to second floor due to first floor was not ready. The cleaning crew did not clean the whole first floor. We asked them to give us a new room, so they gave us a room on the second floor.

It was still snowing at Sequoia. I did not expect that much of a snow in the end of March, so most of the places were closed.
Our Original Plan was to go to Moro Rock. However, it was closed during winter season. So, I guess I have to come back in the summer.

Look at how thick the snow was

 

 

The places that were open : the snow play, General Sherman Tree, Big Tree, Museum and Tunnel Rock. We ended up playing in the snow, since there was no other thing we could do. Most of the hiking trail were buried in the snow. However, none of us wore water proof pants, soooo.. yeah

 


We also did not prepare foods. The restaurant closed at around 8 or 9 pm, so we had to stick with our instant noodle. It was really foggy, so we thought we would not see any stars at night. Yet, we were surprised when we went out around 9:30pm

 

You can see a lot of stars from the parking lot

 

 

We stayed outside for about an hour. It was freezing cold. I could not feel my fingers due to taking so many pictures of the beautiful night sky without wearing gloves.

The next day we bought a cold sandwich from the store and just sitting around in the snow until around 12pm and decided to go home.

Lesson learned from this trip:
1. Make sure you pack the right clothes. Waterproof pants for playing in the snow
2. Pack a lot of food that does not need microwave
3. Bring gloves
4. Bring hot coco and comfie chair for stargazing
                                     

 

 

Move on..

Have you ever feel useless and unwanted?
If yes, you are not alone. Me too. I have.

Sometimes, you just have to let go of that feeling because you are precious in God's eyes,
Other humans may never notice your existence, but God always there.
Just never give up and move on...

Those people who do not appreciate you are not worth your time. They do not have to be in your life. They are just a toxic that you have to take out before they start to end your life miserably.
There are still plenty of people who can appreciate you out there :)

"jika orang kasar padamu, mereka menunjukkan siapa mereka bukan mendefinisikan siapa kamu"

HAVE FAITH!

a little update

I didn't realize that I haven't post anything in this blog for over a year.
So many things happened in the past year- I am sure.

re reading my last post from this blog, there was this quote: "There is always something to be thankful for"

It is just a good reminder for people (or me) to always grateful in every situation.

:)
For now, I am happy and thankful for what I have.

Lesson learned

Jadi hari ini, gw belajar bahwa setiap orang di dunia ini harus bisa bersyukur. Kadang kita terlalu sering untuk mengeluh di saat kita mendapatkan kesulitan dalam hidup. Tetapi, yang harus kita lakukan adalah bersyukur. Bersyukur bahwa kita masih bisa hidup dan masih bisa merasa kecewa, while there are others yang sudah terbaring tidak berdaya di ranjang, atau there are other people who are in much greater pain than us. Terkadang kita suka lupa untuk melihat kebawah, karena kita terlalu sering mendongakkan kepala kita ke atas. Kita merasa kalah dan terus kekurangan jika kita hanya melihat ke atas. Dan merasa selalu kekurangan itu membuat kita ga akan pernah bahagia; selalu kurang puas itu yang bakal ngebuat kita jadi orang yang sangat teramat egois. Setelah kita jadi egois, kita bakal punya tendency to blame others on our mistakes, karna menyalahkan orang itu lebih gampang dari pada mengakui kesalahan kita sendiri. Maka dari itu, kita harus mengurangi rasa jealous dan just be grateful with what we have. That is what I learnt today from the mass. Hopefully it inspires all of you too.

-There is always something to be thankful for-

life..

"there is no such thing as a perfect life. As you live, unexpected accidents occur and irreversible mistakes are made. However, every time we fail and get hurt in life, we find ourselves always change for the better by learning from other's pain. So even though we may make mistakes and fail again, we will continue to grow and learn"

That quote I got from one of the korean drama that I just watched. there are a lot of lessons that I get from this drama one of them is: things could be seen in different perspective. it may have a good positive side, and also a bad negative side. it all depends from the person point of view. to have a happy life, people should have see things in positive way.
(4/9/14)
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and to add this old post, I have learned a similar life lesson from a completely different movie today:

Pernah ga sih kalian ngerasain kalo hidup kalian itu ga perfect. Kadang hidup itu ga berjalan seperti yang kalian harapkan. Lately itu yang gw rasain. Gw ngerasa semua life plans yang gw punya ga pernah bisa terwujud. Tapi hari ini gw ga sengaja nonton film the sisterhood of the travelling pants dan ada quotes bagus yang bisa di ambil dari film itu: "Being happy is not having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it’s about stringing together all the little things like wearing these pants or getting to a new level of Dragon’s Lair- making those counts for more than the bad stuff. Maybe we just get through it… and that’s all we can ask for.” And jeder aja gw merasa ngena gitu pas denger anak kecil bisa ngomong kayak gitu. Terkadang kita terlalu bingung dan gatau harus gimana menjalani hidup ini biar bisa perfect, di tambah lagi kadang kita terlalu ngedengerin komentar-komentar orang-orang sekitar kita dan itu selalu ngebuat kita ga pernah bahagia, selalu ada yang kurang. Ngedengerin perkataan orang tanpa ada pendirian sendiri itu ga bagus. Orang-orang bisa gampang men-judge kita tanpa mereka ketahui apa yang kita bener-bener alamin. Maka jika komentar-komentar itu bukan kritik atau nasihat yang membangun, mendingan kita ngejalanin aja hidup dengan cara kita sendiri dan jangan gubris komentar orang lain. Yang bisa bikin hidup ini perfect dan bahagia adalah diri kita sendiri. Konsep perfect dan bahagia sendiri itu menurut gw ada di dalam pikiran kita sendiri. Jadi kalo kita merasa hidup kita udah cukup bahagia, ya kita akan merasa bahagia.
(8/10/16)