if it were easy, everyone would do it

accepting people as they are

"They weren't perfect but they don't need any improvement. Nobody is perfect. Not even Mom and Dad. But that's okay."

this day, the next, a hundred years from now ... it's a heartbeat.

"This day, the next, a hundred years from now ... it's a heartbeat." - Loki

bring me the night

i'm ready!

Whoa, I am feeling amused that I finally decided to write after reading my own writing!

I don't remember when was the last time I read a book happily. I've just realized that e-book has stolen the fun of reading books on my bed, I personally not a big fan of reading on gadgets. It hurts my eyes. I prefer reading the book-form books. But I still need e-books to read on my laptop tho or it will be too messy and stuffy to have those thick books (medical books) piling on my tiny desk, while I will usually need many many sources as my study companion, and it means that I will need to scatter those heavy books around me. Isn't it much more practical by just putting a laptop on my desk? Hehe.

I was reading on my own writing that I wrote about China's independence day holiday in 2009. Oh how I miss those time when we will have a one-week holiday which we long for after boring lectures for months (oops!). For right now I am still on my endless holiday mode that I dislike. I know I will regret it very soon, haha, because I will end it in just a week. Yay, I finally landed a real job! I really don't know should I glad because I will definitely miss the time when I don't need to worry about going to work on time, working the whole day, performing the best, having tired body and mind after long working hours, still having to think what I should get for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then doing dishes, clothes and keeping my room clean afterward. Living alone again.. Welcome back 'hidup anak kost'? Or not?

But I bet it will feel so much greater than being jobless. It's always better to do something than nothing, right?

Life starts when you leave your comfort zone they say.. I hope it's true!

-meLLe-

한복

What are those characters in the title? If you think they are Korean characters.. Yes, you are right! You probably have seen them a zillion times because they look so familiar and they are everywhere when you watch your favorite k-dramas. Umm OK, but then what do they mean or how to read 'em?

The characters shown above are read hanbok :)

i really don't know why the floral pattern on the shiny garment doesn't look tacky at all.. it is still a gorgeous hanbok ~

I got really interested in hanbok. I hope that one day I could own ones, hehe. What makes me really into hanbok are the gorgeous patterns on the fabric and the various choices of the color, they are looking cute and playful yet very classy and artistic. 

As an Indonesian, I'd like to introduce you all the traditional clothing of Indonesia called kebaya. I'm proud of kebaya but to be honest I'm not a big fan of the garment, it's kinda itchy when you wear it.. So, if I am to wear one of the two traditional clothes, I think I'll choose hanbok over kebaya. 

-meLLe-

precious life

Few days ago I heard a news about a guy found dead on his apartment. There was also a fuss going on that he actually committed suicide because he failed on his study. 

Somehow I feel that his situation resembles the dark times of our lives. We have our ups and downs. When we are in our downs, we may feel that we’re in the hardest position, no one has ever been in this lowest point, no one could ever understand us, they just couldn’t do anything to help (we are in a grumpy mood, aren't we?). But then hearing the story of this guy made me realize how weak we are and how arrogant & selfish we are. We don't accept "failure", we can't accept it. Instead of facing it, we would have wanted to just runaway from the reality, so did I. We should know that we shouldn’t. Don't even think to end our journey in this world so soon just because of a failure, it won't solve the problem plus only adding more problems (do you not think of your beloved ones who are left behind?). Our life is too precious to be defeated only by a small problem (and another point to add : you don't know where you are going once you're not with us anymore, do you?).

How to act upon any obstacles in our lives is all about our choices. We may choose to face it with our chins up or we may choose to runaway from it. It is okay to take a detour, 'cause in the end of the day we’ll find that we’re back on the right tract realising that we have failed this time but we won't let our weakness take control of us. That’s the right attitude! It's pretty impossible to always be on top all the way, we must have had our hard times. We should keep trying no matter what full stop. A failure was a history, so while we are living in the present, let's do something to change the future!

I personally should apply this for myself, as I was really hit by the schocking news. A failure is not the end of the world. I said it to myself as well. No matter how big the problem I have, shall I tell my problem that I have a bigger God.

  

Have a blessed day! :)

-meLLe-