Normal Life
01 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
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Hi, people! It’s been a long time since the last time I shared my stories. Keep reading, friends, I’ve got a story to be share, about my life, of course. You may have been bored about the stories of a girl who likes a boy, and never have the guts to speak out the feeling, even though (some) girls will never talk first at this kind of situation, maybe not because of being shy and all, maybe it is just the nature of a girl to”wait” for the time to come. I, of course, will talk around that topic.
This guy, a normal one. The first time I met him was when we were just stepped in to the campus where we are studying right now. No feelings, just normal friend. A year passed, well in that year we met each other normally, talk normally, yeah that’s how normal friends, right? Just about two months ago, when I was asked to be a part of a committee and actually we were on the same field, still normal. I don’t know when was the exact time my feeling has changed, I don’t know if I made up this feelings or it just came out like that and I don’t know if it is just for a moment or …, I don’t know. What I know is that I like to see him, love to talk with him, and feel safe when I’m beside him. The committee thing has over, I won’t meet him in a short time, if none of us tried to or the destiny meant for us to meet each other.
I do some effort, maybe he already knew how I felt about him or maybe he didn’t know at all, well something inside my heart said that it doesn’t matter. I love and enjoy this moment a lot, had a crush on a boy, a nice one, indeed. But sometimes I think of something, it has been 19 years. I’m not that desperately wanted to have that kind of relationship, but normally there’s a feeling when you want that kind of relationship for the first time, right? God may have the answer of who’s the boy of my first love, but do I really have to make some efforts? I’ve asked this question to my friends and my self, too. Their answer, of course related to the nature of a girl, that we are not meant “to chase”, but “being chased”. So, I just sit very nicely and “the one” will come to me? Now, I am disgusted with my self talking about all of this, hahaha… Wait, what about my answer? I want this moment to be over soon, he actually like me back and we are meant to be together (as if!) :p
It is the last year of my teenage years, I hope this is the best year I had, my family in a good condition, my academic get better and better, and everything run smoothly. Did you know today is April Mop? Well, my story is a true life story, I didn’t made up, trust me even if today is 1st April 
. I had some #aprilwish, too:
1. No Sleep Late
2. Use money wisely
3. Study harder to get an A for studio
4. Always be happy for whatever happened in my life.
Anyway that’s all for now, did you know that there are some posts in my draft that have been saved for a long time and will never be published? And did you know that there are some books that have stayed in my cupboards for a long time and never get read until the holiday come? What I mean is that there are still other things to think about and to be done. Hey boy, my life is not just about you, but I let this empty space in my heart to be occupied by you 
Keep in touch!
Oka Kartikasari
1st April 2011
Bandung
Hey!
18 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
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Hello, there! It’s been a long time, eh?! My last post was 6 months ago. Yeah, I found one blog which is very interesting and you can visit the blog: http://okakartika.tumblr.com/. Why tumblr? Sometimes, I just want to write something, a short one, which came across my mind and I want to tell it to every one. Twitter is way too fast to be read and to be forgotten and wordpress is too formal, so I made tumblr. Ha ha. WordPress, tumblr, twitter, Facebook, and etc. they are the same thing, and I’m using them all. Why? I have many answer for that, but I won’t explain it, now.
Kind of miss me? Well, I missed writing in the old way blog, reasons? Can’t tell. Ha ha. Suddenly, I’m becoming very I-won’t-tell-anything-to-anyone person. You know, actually I’m not that open to people, I do have things I won’t share with other. I haven’t change, I’ve been writing diary since junior high school, sharing my stories to something who never complain, because I’m telling about unimportant things, most of the time. And now, I move to what you are reading right now, a blog.
Well, that’s all for now, maybe I will write more in this blog. Something more unpredictable. Curious? Always keep in touch
Oka Kartikasari
Thursday, 18 November 2010
@Sangkuriang S-9, Bandung
Spinning Round and Around
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Almost one year being a college student and it’s unbelievable to know that it is harder than I’d ever thought of. Even though it’s just the first year of my college and I haven’t studied anything about the program I’ll be studying more intensely, I feel that it’s much harder than the high school. How come?! Well, I didn’t blame anyone who can survive really easily study in their first year and got 4, 00 or A for the index (Indeks Prestasi) in the end of the year. I didn’t say that I got better marks in HS, but it’s like more effort I have to put on to survive. I’m not the best student of all the classes, not even the one who always taught my friends for the calculus, physics or chemistry exam. My position is in the middle, I think.
The first time I sat on the chair in the classroom of 3 floor buildings, I saw new people, new subject: CALCULUS. I love mathematics so much, I even had thought of study math for the whole of my life, haha, just kidding. Even though, it’s much harder but I still like it, well no problem. What make me really surprising is PHYSICS and CHEMISTRY. I always got, well, below what I had expected. But, now I had more thinking about it, that I don’t know anything. I love answering those questions paper when I can do them all, but if I can’t do it, I tend to stopped and even hopeless. Sometimes, when I do good on the paper, my friends would asked me to teach them, I would loved to, but there’s a time I don’t understand anything, and they would say that I’m such a greed person who doesn’t want to share my knowledge. That always make burden in my head, but whatever.
My first semester wasn’t too bad, having new good friends and good marks (for me it’s quite good). I sometimes felt that I could make friends easily (hahaha), from the facts that on the second semester of my college study; I play with new friends of the other classes and even hanging out with them. Of course, there are some efforts to do that, like making jokes around like stupid, but I like doing thatJ. So, having new friends means having more time to play, hanging out and watching movies, and lessens my study time. I’m quite stress and freaking out when I got “E” for my first middle term exam of physics paper. But later on I realize that it wasn’t a big deal at all, I had new friends, and they are the place where I share my burdens and stories. For example, when I finished my A++ level (I’m not joking) physics paper with my stressful face; my friends are waiting in front of the door with the same expression asked me to go for karaoke or watching movies, release all the burdens.
Spinning round and around, yeah, that is how I am when I study for this 1 year. I could describe my self as; deadline worker, disorder and hedonic person, really bad, huh?! Beside that, I had good side; hard worker (deadline ), friendly, and so on (people could judge better than me). I could be the most stressful and hopeless person, but I think I was the happiest person in my first year. That was last year, I still have to face those awaiting years of more stressful and happier years in my life. And like people always saying, “Life is like wheel, sometimes you are at the top, sometimes you are at the below”. But I still believe in, “Berakit-rakit kita ke hulu, berenang-renang ke tepian, bersakit-sakit dahulu, bersenang-senang kemudian”. I love my life. Thank you for reading and keep in touch with my next stories and sharings.
Oka Kartikasari
Saturday, 5th June 2010
@Grows.Net, Bekasi
Observing Gasibu – The Signage
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Hello! Okay, I was just finishing the observation and now I sit in front of my laptop writing about what I’ve got today. It was actually the work given to my group for the Presentation and Communication Technique subject. Anyway, last week we already observed together and we had our part of work, which I did it today individually. What I see here is, a big market where you can find everything. Don’t believe me? Well, I can show you with the video I took, even it is not a very good video. Sorry, I think there are some error when I’m trying to upload the video. Don’t worry I still got some pictures. Before that, I want to explain what is Gasibu and where it is. For Bandung people, they must have known it. Gasibu is situated exactly in front of Gedung Sate, Bandung. If you want to see the right position just see the map. I didn’t know exactly what it was, but what I know that Gasibu is a football field or we can say an open field use for many purposes. What makes it different is when you came there on Sunday, like I did, you will see… a market.
- Side of Gasibu
My observation part is signage, so I took more picture about signage. How’s the signage in this place? Let’s see…
- Okay, No Stopping 400m ?
- No Corruption
Hmmm… Maybe because it is Sunday, the signage almost invisible. I should see if it working on weekdays. Beside the signage I took some picture of street sign…
- Diponegoro Street
- Sentot Alibasyah Street
Okay, that’s it. You should come over to Gasibu, it is crowded and noisy. But, it is fun! Food, clothes, shoes and many things sold here. And one thing most important, it’s cheap! You can even bargain for the most cheapest price you ever pay. So, I just need your wishes that this work will be done nicely and got the best mark! Keep in touch
- They even sell rabbit!
Oka Kartikasari
Sunday, 7th March 2010
@Sangkuriang S-9, Bandung
Ice Chocolate Praline
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HI, EVERYBODY!
It’s indeed already 2010, yeah! Okay, I’m already back with my daily routine of going-campus-study-physics-chemistry-calculus-and-etc. thing. After a very long holiday of Christmas, New Years , Middle-Term and Studium Generale. Yes! Studium Generale, I came back to Magelang, especially my High School, Taruna Nusantara Senior High School after almost 6 months of my graduation. Anyway, Studium Generale is one of the yearly program of IKASTARA (Ikatan Alumni SMA Taruna Nusantara) to give the vision for the student of Taruna Nusantara Senior High School continuing for the higher education. I was quite missing my school, frankly, even though it’s been only 6 months, but still I can’t believe that I was studying at that school, doing the daily activities and all. So many beautiful memories left behind and one of them is Ice Chocolate Praline.
I didn’t say that there was a menu of ice chocolate praline in the dining room of my high school, or even a canteen that serve ice chocolate praline. It’s Ice Chocolate Praline of Oh La La Cafe. I didn’t remember when was the first time I drank it and even liked it. I only remember that when I was studying in TN (Taruna Nusantara High School), there was a holiday, and I went to my home in Bekasi. I always use airplane to go back to Bekasi, which means I must go to the Adi Sucipto International Airport at Jogjakarta. And while waiting for the plane boarding, I think of buying a drink, and there was this Oh La La Cafe which served one of my favorite drink, Ice Chocolate Praline. So, it became a tradition for my self that every time I went to Jogjakarta and going back to Bekasi, I will buy that Ice Chocolate Praline.
Why I liked it? Because it was the only better drink at the airport, NO! Not that, I loved it, J’aime beaucoup l’Ice Chocolate Praline d’Oh La La Cafe. The price is Rp 19,500,-. It’s sweet because of the milk chocolate, it’s delicious with the chocolate pasta on it, it’s cold with the crushed ice cube and it’s crunchy with the sugar-coated nuts which is called praline. Every time I drink it, I can’t believe that there’s this delicious drink! The sweetness and coolness of it won’t go away easily until I’m at the airplane! 24th January 2010 was the last time I drank it, and I hope I could taste it sooner or later. I got the picture of this drink in the internet, maybe you could see how delicious it is:
Okay, you won’t feel how delicious it is until you taste it by yourself. I recommended for all of you who love any kind of chocolate drink like I do. But I couldn’t guaranteed that it would be the best drink ever, it’s one of my favorite and best drink I ever drank and anyway, people’s taste are different from one another. I’m happy to share it with all of you and hoping you like it. Thank you for reading, and always keep in touch.
Oka Kartikasari
Thursday, 4th February 2010
@Sangkuriang S-9, Bandung
“Happy New Year 2010!”
31 Dec 2009 1 Comment
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Oka Kartika
Wishes You All,
Happy New Year 2010!
May this New Year bring newly found
prosperity, love, happiness and delight in life!
Always Keep In Touch
The Resolution Of 2010
31 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment
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Hi! Today, as I wrote this blog right now, is really the very last day of the year 2009. Well, I think I had wrote in my previous blog, about the year 2009, I’m kind of like it. So as to make my life in the year 2010 better and worth, I would like to make a resolution that always being made every year. When I looked at the Wikipedia I found the meaning of New Year’s resolution : A New Year’s resolution is a commitment that an individual makes to a project or the reforming of a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally interpreted as advantageous. The page also shows some favorite resolutions which is actually a really normal and usual things to become a New Year’s resolution. That doesn’t mean that I have the unusual and great resolutions for the next year, I mean, people has differences and similarities, right?
Okay, let’s get started then! For you, whoever is reading this blog, each time you finish reading one of my resolution, before lead to another resolution, wish me so the resolution would come true. My 2010 resolutions:
- Being A Vegetarian (Semi) : Well, I’m not fully vegetarian next year. I’m in the process of being a vegetarian, specifically I will stop eating chicken. But, I still eat seafood, because I can’t easily get away from my favorite food (read: seafood). Maybe I need 4 or 5 years to become fully vegetarian.
- Learning French and Guitar : I have been learning French since when I was in Junior High School and continued in college for last 3 months, and it will continue until I become an expert! What I mean is until I can speak fluently. Why guitar? Because there is one guitar lying at home and none had ever play with it. Also, I can’t play any musical instrument, even though I had practiced piano when I was in elementary school, but never play again for about 10 years. I think guitar is cool and I can bring it everywhere.
- Improve My Grades : Yeah! This one is really need a hard work, now I knew that my classmates are really smart and it’s a challenge for me to be the best between the best. And I will make a better time management for my study time.
- Improve My Self : It is actually covered many things that has to be improved, I could write hundred of them! But what I really want to improve is managing time and being a good personality.
Actually, I had many resolutions for the year 2010, but what I really focusing on is what I had wrote above. Simple, but need efforts to make what I wrote come true. Well, now I am counting the time to come, it’s about 4 hours from now. Hope the year 2010 will be better in every aspects of my life, my family and the whole world than the year 2009. Also, hope my resolutions and your resolutions would come true. Thank you for reading my blog along 2009 and keep in touch with me for 2010. See you next year!
Oka Kartikasari
Thursday, 31st December 2009
@Grows.Net, Bekasi
What If?
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What if? A question that could flashed into your mind, whenever you’re heading to solve a problem in a situation. What if I couldn’t do well in the exam? what if I lost my wallet? what if he didn’t like me at all? And so many what ifs that come to your mind, sometimes you think it so hard, but sometimes also, it’s just come into your head unexpectedly. The “what if?” question that always come into my mind is “What if I would never see the people I love again?”. Why did I asked this question? As I said, it just come across my mind and now, it always hanging around my head. I know the reasons of why the question comes out, I had seen so many people had lost their lives, so many people had lost their family and so many natural disasters had happened. Okay, before I moved on, when I wrote this I was inspired by some movies too, and the last one I watched, 2012. I don’t wanna talk about the year 2012, I just wanna asked, What if one day I couldn’t see the people I love at the very last second of our meeting? Anyway, that was all about people’s life and God is the one who control it, not us.
I had this whole idea of “what if” was not because of the above reasons only, it was all because of the people I love and the people who love me, my elder brother for protecting me against any harm that comes to me, my little brother for inspiring my life, my dad for spending his life time working to raise the family, and my mother for her whole’s life she had dedicated to the family. And the problem is that I hadn’t make them proud of me, since I am a very ordinary girl, to become a star in academic I need to study very hard, to become a star in sport I need to practice very hard and to be famous I must step to a very long and hard way. You should have understand what was I’m saying, as a person to achieve something I need to do everything with an extra effort. Am I out of topic? Sorry. So, after all, I haven’t do anything worth for the people I love. And that should not be happened, what if…
You know, I couldn’t believe I wrote this topic in my blog. I also couldn’t believe I could think of such thing I said before. You may asked your self deep inside your heart, what if all the unexpected things happened in your life, in a sudden, I’m sure you will be in a state of shock, but what if you can realize it before? Maybe you will be calmer than before, maybe this part is an exception for people who can handle such condition. Well, now what should we do? I think, you can just live your life as usual, achieve your greatest dream, reach your life’s aim, and don’t forget to always thanked to God for the blessings for you until today. Well, everything come back to its creator, anyway. That’s all I had shared with you this time. See you next time
Oka Kartikasari
Saturday, 5th December 2009
@Sangkuriang S-9, Bandung
“5 Best Moment In Life” which lead me to another best moment.
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Okay, the old title before this one is very surprising to me. I don’t believe it, maybe you too. But, nothing is impossible nowadays. Maybe you didn’t understand what was I writing? What is it mean? Why am I so cute? Okay, the last question is just a joke, even though I am cute. So, what I am going to share is that I AM IN MAGAZINE!!!. That line need a real stress and huge expressions. Just imagine, you are a really ordinary person, doing ordinary thing in each and every ordinary day, love to write very ordinary chart of such an ordinary things and suddenly you are in a Magazine! I am sure you are extraordinarily very happy and surprise to know that fact, like what happen to me when at the very first time I looked at my picture on a magazine. I scream like an idiot inside my class, I knew it from one of my friend, she asked me, “Oka, is this you in a magazine?”, and I said confusingly, “Let me see, hmm…. YEAH THIS IS ME! I AM IN MAGAZINE!”. Then the whole class just became so not relax with my scream and I stop screaming. Still didn’t believe me I am in magazine? Look at the picture then,
Look at page 49 Gogir!Indonesia September 2009
It shows you what I wrote and ... My Photo!
So? you believe it or not, I don’t care. After all I have tell you the truth. So the magazine is GoGirl! Indonesia, September 2009 edition, in post anything page, where you can post anything, for example me, posting the chart of 5 Best Moment in Life. I am so happy to know that I had made something , post it to one of a magazine, accepted and even it is published! A real surprise to me, you know. Once, had a dream of becoming a journalist or an author of a book, but when I started it with great amount of optimism, it ended up unfinished, that’s why I made a blog, so that I could write something in my mind. Okay, before I continue, you should know something, I had quite 1 month left this blog, because I am studying hard right now. Yeah, HARD. Okay, let me just tell you the chart of 5 Best Moment in Life (English Version), which I wrote it in ascending order:
1. “Accidentally” hearing someone say something good about you. It’s no wonder the best, and it almost true if someone telling good about you, means they want to tell to other of how good you are and you don’t even knew that.
2. Laughing till your stomach hurts. Why? Because I love to laugh, I like to be happy. So, if I laugh, I don’t like it to be just the half part of what you called happiness. Okay, hurting my stomach for laughing at something funny is a usual thing for me, so don’t worry.
3. Finding some money in some old pants. Well, this is a luck. At the moment when you had no money, and suddenly you put your hand inside your pocket and you found some quite amounts of money. What a luck!
4. Watching Sunset. It’s too common, isn’t it? But, I would say frankly, I am in love with sunset at the first time I saw it. Sunset is soft, cool and romantic. It touches you with its soft light, cooling down your mind after a hectic day, and it’s romantic. When was the last time I saw sunset? I don’t remember.
5. Hearing someone telling you “I Love You”. Okay for this one, this can come from anyone around you, your parent, brother, sister, friends, or even someone you would never thought of. I just realized these days that those three words “I Love You” isn’t usually used in front of me, and I would keep that the moment someone telling me those three words would be my best moment.
That’s all what I wrote and I am quite proud of my self, even though it’s a luck like I said. Why did I wrote “5 Best Moment in Life” lead me to another best moment? Yeah, that best moment is being valued by others. WOW! I couldn’t believe I said those line. Hah! Anyway, beside that extra best moment, I also get famous for awhile around my friends. Thank you for reading it. Always keep in touch.
Oka Kartikasari
Saturday, 21st November 2009
@Sangkuriang S-9, Bandung
