#PersibDay

Yesterday was a big day for us. we had a big football match celebrated all over Indonesia. Indonesia Super League was coming in to the final match, Persib versus Persipura. after having a lot of matches, the teams got in to final. The match was held in Palembang. there was a lot of critics about the venue because most citizen taught that a biggest national match should be held in our capital city, where is the most neutral places for each supporters. yet, the official insist to held it there and the match was really tense.

At first, the match was so-so, even though the supporters were really enthusiast. after halftime, the match were getting competitive. a lot of cards had been gave to each players. at the end of the first round, the Persipura defender get a red card and had to leave the match. in result, the competition were tighten.

afterwards additional round needed because the score was tied, 1-1. The players were getting emotional while they wanted to win the match but it was quiet hard for them to make a goal. once the goal made, the opposing team made another goal. The score was 2-2 until the time end. In the end, penalty match would be the determinant of the winner. the more goals they made, the bigger challenge for them to won the match. however, they were full spirited to get the trophy.

In penalty match, the team needs 2 different goals to won the match. every players will face the goal keeper of the opposing team and do the penalty kick. on tonight match, there were 5 players set to do the first kicks. konathe, ferdinand, toni, supardi, and jufriyanto as the kickers and I Made Wiryawan as the goal keeper from Persib, and in the opponent side there were boaz, robertino, pahabol, and alom, while dede sulaiman as the goal keeper. Unfortunately, alom didn't make it because the shoot was blocked, so that, Persib won the match with score 5-3 on penalty match. that was really tensing. everyone were posting on social media when there was a goal and made a comment of how anxious they were. some said they couldn't even breath. haha

This was celebrated by all the supporters, called bobotoh. they were promising a lot of things if Persib won in this season. Bandung's mayor made a promise to cut his hair into bald, because it's been more than 19 years since the last winning of Persib. furthermore, they made hash tags in most of social media called "kami rindu juara" and "persib juara". they also celebrated it by parade around bandung. some people even stopped their trip at some kiosk only to watch the match, watch them by live streaming, and some of them continue their trip while their friend gave them live reports.

The celebration was really emotionally touched since they missed the champion, they love the team, and they love the city. moreover after the new mayor, mr. Ridwan Kamil, civilize back the nationality, people showed their love to this homeland back and love him as well. people started the match by praying together, and mr. mayor asked the citizen to watch the match together in every neighborhood in bandung. they supported the team by heart. some people cried watching the winning moment, lots of echoes sounded in every corner of the city, shouts, happiness, and may be there were also some sadness from the opposing team supporters. that's why, the celebration was really thrilling. the citizen, and bobotoh off course, feels that Bandung is not only a place, but feelings.

ah, i miss my Bandung.

Thank you mr. mayor, thank you persib, for gave us back our love, our sense, our pride, and our togetherness. #nuhunkangemil #persibjuara #bandungjuara #lagisokinggrisceritanya

get up again!

Now, I am at my zero point.

Resilient. That is what a warrior needs.

Adapt. That is what a traveler should have.

Thrive. To live in this wild life.

Grow. It is a necessity of every human being.

Differentiate. Every stem cells have to do.

Learn. What a winner always try to do.

Win. Yes. You have to get it yourself in life.

Believe. Everything are on His own.

You and the stem cell

One day, a teacher said to me, “you’re still a stem cell. You are still looking for your life, looking for what you are going to be…”

In my heart, I whispered for sure, “no, you are wrong. You don’t know me. I know for sure what I am going to be. I know what I want to do”

Then I did what I was saying.

It’s been six months since I started. Yes, you were right. This wild life is unkindly let you grow up easily. Every single thing you want should be paid with your life. Time, energy, responsibility, and heart should be given. Yes, heart. Things came up by beating your heart up and down. Sometimes it let me relaxed and enjoyed every single thing, but sometimes it came rushed, unpredictable, and get you down.

Now I start to realize myself. I start to know that you were right, sir. I looked around and saw a lot of big things were around me. A lot of great people. A lot of things i can do. And people needs me in many ways. And again, life is about choices. Which way of life you choose will miroring yourself.

However, i found a lot of interesting way of life, yet life is chance and comes once.

bandung one day trip :)

Belajar banyak tentang bandung dari kawan baik yang ga salah saya pilih :) he is a good tour guide. He knows bandung very well and he has a good taste of humor. He made my friends happy and satisfied with our treat.

Ketika bandung dan seisinya sudah menjadi sesuatu yang biasa saja karena terlalu sering dikunjungi, ternyata masih banyak yang belum saya tahu tentang behind the stories nya. Selalu ada cara untuk menemukan keunikan diantaranya :)

Dan mempelajari seluk beluk kota ini selalu menjadi hal yang menarik, in many ways :)

sudah mulai lelah, tapi selalu bahagia

serunya menikmati budaya seni sunda, fun!

Tetap excited di tengah kemacetan kota bandung yg haft sekali, karena banyak hal yg bisa diceritakan dari setiap sudut kota ini

tari topeng, khas sunda dengan karakter angkuh, pemberani, pemarah ;)

Proses menjadi dewasa

A lot of things came into my life. Harus dipahami bahwa saya ada di fase transisi hidup, antara mahasiswa yang beranjak dewasa dan manusia dewasa yang sudah harus bisa berdikari. Saya sedang belajar untuk "tidak peduli". Bukan untuk menghindari masalah, tapi untuk memilah mana yang benar menjadi tantangan dan mana yang jadi hambatan.

Kadang, tak semua hal yang datang ke hidup kita harus mendapat perhatian penuh. Hidup kita bukan untuk membahagiakan setiap itu, hidup kita untuk mendekat padaNya. Kita tak akan pernah bisa membahagiakan semua orang, tapi kita bisa mencari jalan terbaik dalam menghadapi banyaknya multitasking yang harus dilakukan.

Seorang senior berkata, "semua tergantung sudut pandang. Kalau ini dianggap masalah, akan selamanya jadi masalah dan kamu akan selalu bingung kenapa masalah ini tak kunjung selesai. Coba kamu ubah sudut pandangnya menjadi hal yang positif, maka kamu akan menjalaninya dengan lebih mudah, ikhlas, dan insyaAllah barokah..." Ya. Masalah bisa sekejap jadi keseruan tersendiri jika dilihat dari sudut pandang yg berbeda.

Perbedaan dalam hidup adalah wajar dan akan selalu ada, tapi yang penting adalah memahami perbedaan itu dan memahami cara menghadapinya. Sekarang, saya hidup di kemajemukan cara berpikir manusia. Menemui berbagai jenis pola pikir, kepentingan, dan tujuan hidup, membuat saya harus belajar menjaga idealisme dalam toleransi. Sulit. Ini part yang tidak mudah.

Tidak jarang saya harus bersitegang dengan orang lain hanya karena hal kecil yang saya pikir tidak perlu dipermasalahkan. Kadang saya yang harus menahan emosi atas sikap dan perilaku orang lain. Tapi saya adalah orang yang ketika tidak suka akan sesuatu, saya tidak akan ragu untuk mengatakannya, dengan atau tanpa konflik setelahnya. Bukan karena saya emotionally detached, tapi saya mau jadi merdeka dalam berpendapat dan bersikap. Tapi saya juga harus diingatkan jika memang cara saya salah. Saya tidak selamanya benar.

Saya selalu teringat pada seorang guru luar biasa yang mengajarkan saya esensi sesungguhnya dari MERDEKA. Negeri ini harus benar2 merdeka, dan semua itu harus berawal dari jiwa2 yang hidup diatasnya. Merdekakan jiwamu, tanpa keluar dari norma dan aturan yang berlaku. Dan terkadang, menjadi merdeka harus melalui proses belajar menerima saat pendapat ditolak, saat ide tak diterima, saat sikap diabaikan, saat usaha tak dilirik, dan lainnya. Kita harus tetap tegak berdiri. Bukan memaksakan kehendak, tapi sadari bahwa yg ditolak adalah pendapatnya, idenya, sikapnya, bukan membenci individunya, menjelekkan orangnya, atau merendahkan diri. Itulah merdeka.

Biar orang menunjukkan sikap yang "menjajah", sikap kita tetap harus merdeka. Karena itu yang diperjuangkan oleh leluhur kita.

Inilah yang disebut proses pendewasaan, proses untuk mencapai ketenangan dalam menghadapi persoalan, berpikir jernih dalam tekanan, dan mengambil keputusan dengan bijaksana.