Racism

Racism... Discrimination... Happened the most in my lovely hometown, Pontianak...

WTF are those racist people thinking about?? I wonder if they're well-educated... I just read some articles about how FPI destroyed the dragon which is used for Chinese New Year closing festival (it is known as cap-go-meh festival as well) this morning... This festival is a part of the program "Visit Kalbar 2010" - the purpose of this program is to attract tourist both from Indonesia n other countries to visit West Kalimantan... 

read this article as well: http://andreasharsono.blogspot.com/2008/07/panasnya-pontianak-panasnya-politik.html and this one: http://andreasharsono.blogspot.com/2008/02/bagaimana-meliput-pontianak.html

The world knows that this country is rich of its ethnics... "Indonesia has around 300 ethnic groups, each with cultural differences developed over centuries, and influenced by Indian, Arabic, Chinese, Malay, and European sources" (quoted from Wikipedia). Oh well, Chinese is a minor community in this country, but it doesn't mean that Chinese people are not Indonesian... 

Bhineka Tunggal Ika is the motto of this country, means: unity in diversity... We all learned this since we were in primary school... So, people who can not appreciate the diversity are not deserved to live in this country... (FPI - why don't you build your own country??)

We couldn't choose in which ethnic we were born... We're all human, living in the same country, speaking the same language, so why should we discriminate each other?? Well, this could be one of the reasons why Indonesia is never been advanced: racism - where the majority thinks they rule the country... 

I feel sorry for those racist people, who destroyed something for the name of a religion (there is no such religion that teaches its followers to destroy others - at the end, we're all praying for the same God but in different ways) for being so shallow-minded... 

Indo, please be one of the peaceful countries on earth... Please... Please...

-Jezz

(...wondering, is there any peaceful country on earth...???)

Blackberry Addict

I am wondering, is there any other topic people could talk about besides Blackberry?? There were some people asking me whether i am using one or not... I just simply answered them, "No, i don't think i need it"...
Okay, i admit that this gadget is handy, when we could get online everywhere we are... But, is it necessary to have one nowadays?? Just because of the trend?? To be honest, i'm sick of people talking bout their Blackberry in their conversations... 
I get online almost 24/7 (except when i'm driving or out with my friends or if the electricity is dropped)... I could say i spend more time talking to friends via internet (during weekdays & weekend - if i am just staying at home)... So, when i'm going out, it means i need to meet people and talk to them directly, not by texts/messengers... I could also use my iPod to get online when it's really needed... Well, that's the reason why i don't think i need a Blackberry for now... 


By the way, i'm having a long weekend this week, which is a really good thing for me...
I went out with Ir and Tn yesterday... and today? just staying at home doing random things... 
for example:

Hahahaha... a simple thing that could make me happy... =D 
Alright, i'm going to continue watching series... 
Happy weekend everyone!!!! ^^


-Jezz

rejections

Do you believe that you have to stay away from the ones you love just to reach your dreams??
It happened to me... once? twice? i didn't really count it... the only thing i know is: i want to be myself... i want to be free to do whatever i love to do... i could say that in this situation i have to choose whether i'm gonna be selfish by choosing to fight for my dreams or staying with the people i love and "bend" my dreams... 
Difficult choices, huh?? YES, they are... 
I read through Jo's latest post before and i do love it... what she typed there is the thoughts i have on mind for years... i guess, everyone knows how difficult it is to do something you don't like to do... 
Can you imagine how does it feel like when the things you requested are all rejected only because of different point of views and you're at the weak position?? i went through it... or i should say, i grew from it... 
Simple example, when i was 12 (or around that age) i asked for piano course... it was rejected and they sent me to chinese language course instead of piano course... alright, it was around 10 years ago... but now, i'm having my own piano and i speak chinese pretty well... 
rejections are not nice... THEY ARE NOT!! but, the thing i do realize that there're reasons behind those rejections... there're things i could learn from that...i.e: a rejection helps me to keep my focus on what i'm doing...
one more thing i want to share:
"things that you want aren't always the things you need... and the things you hate could be the things you would need someday..."


-Jezz

Trust

there are things that i NEED to know but i REFUSE to know... 

facts aren't always good/smooth as i want it to be... it isn't me who doesn't care... it isn't me who doesn't want to face the facts... sometimes, i still prefer not to know what's really happening around me so i wouldn't have so many things to think/care about...

i do trust people who are trustworthy... i do respect people who are respectable...

if they are doing something bad behind my back, i would still prefer not to know it... if only i got to know it, i would only choose to keep silent...

people might think this is stupid... ya... TRUST... is an invaluable thing i could get from people around me... each person could only give me 1 trust he/she had... if i lost it once, then there would be no more... so if it's me, i would prove the people who're trusting me that i'm trustworthy for them...

"it takes years to build trust and it just needs few seconds to destroy it..."

-Jezz

i have a dream

"i have a dream... a song to sing... to help me cope with anything... if you see the wonder of a fairytale, you can take the future even if you fail... i believe in angels, something good in everything i see... i believe in angels, when i know the time is right for me... i'll cross the stream, i have a dream..."

when i was a kid, i remember there are some people told me to set my dream as high as i could... well, dreaming is easy, super easy... the difficult part is: how to make my dreams come true...

as the time passed by, i found there are things that need to be clarified... things about myself... what do i want?? what do i need?? what do i have to do, learn and change to reach what i've been dreaming about?? 

my dream isn't far away from my hand... i just need to step out the circle - which is called as my comfort zone - to reach it (and it's never been easy)... be brave, jess! if you think you're able to reach your dream, it's right... thinking that you're unable to reach it is also right... because they're both right, it's better for you to think positively - that you're able... so, again... be brave!

the song i typed above reminds me that failure isn't something that could stop me dreaming... there are good things i could learn from failures so i wouldn't fall into the same hole twice... failures are only postponed successes... at the end, it's all up to me, whether i'm gonna keep trying to reach them or not...

remember, there is no free stuff on earth... we need to pay for the fuel of the car we're driving... 

your car goes whenever your eyes're looking at... so, keep the focus!!

-Jezz

Red Strap

A month has passed... n we're now in the 2nd month of 2010....

I'm so grateful that i could reach my 1st target easily... and here it is:

My new baby... XD

Thought of getting a Nikon before, but ending up buying Canon... 

I remember that night, when i brought this camera home... Mom asked me what i bought... I just smiled... I was scared to let her know that I've spent that much $$$$ for something without telling her... Well, ya... But, at the end, i told her bout this... n i bought this with my own $$$$, not asking from parents... XD

Anw, I'm on my progress to reach my 2nd target this year... where i would be so busy sketching this and that... Wish me luck, everyone!!!

-Jezz