A Story of Friendship which Goes through Twists and Turns but Managed to Stick Together in The End.

Written by: Aurelya Salsa Maudyna

 The Photos is from: Google

 

One day, there are five best friends who want to stay together even after high school graduation. This five best friends are, Shafa, Mou, Ais, Ube, and Poni. This desire may be very common among teenagers, as well as these five soulmates. They always say things like, we have to stay together, we have to keep in contact with each other. There is no news or just interesting things from this story but this is just a wish that ends in happiness from these friends. This happy feelings can be felt by everyone who read this story.

 

These beautiful best friends always spend the day together, such as eating, staying at the house of one of their friends, studying, playing with other friends, they go to the spa to beautify their faces together, doing exercises to make their body slimmer, doing assignments given by the teachers, and even meeting their handsome boyfriends even though their boyfriends are students from different school. Boyfriends come and go, but not those relationship between these beautiful best friends. They pass the days full of joy and fun.They even do embarrassing things. For example, one day at the prom night one of the girls slipped off on the red carpet and she flushed crimson with embarrassment. Until graduation day arrived, where they graduated and continued their life goals. At first, they were still together, kept in touch with each other, and even often played together. But as time goes on, the relationship between Shafa, Mou, Ais, Ube, and Poni  is stretched. 

 

One day, after many years they decided to meet again. In the end they meet, and share stories about what they went through during their separation. After their first meeting, after several years apart, Shafa, Mou, Ais, Ube, and Poni decide to keep in touch like when they were in high school. Now, they've been through a lot of things together, they realize that their high school friends will never be forgotten. These five soulmate, still the same when together as in high school, do embarrassing things

 

In the end of the day,  people will return to things that make them feels comfortable, whether to old friends, or family, because no matter how much we meet with many people out there, the things that make us comfortable will never change. Shafa, Mou, Ais, Ube, and Poni prove that no matter how far they go, in the end they will return to someone who makes them comfortable, because they all consider this friendship like family.

 

 

From an Idol to a Musical Actor, Exo's Chanyeol never fails to surprise you with his never-ending charms!

Written By: Adha Tasya K.N.

 Poster for ‘A Song of Meisa’ from : instagram.com/Interpark.official

    

    Even though he is currently carrying out a military mandatory service in the 9th Infantry division of the Korean Army, Chanyeol continues to show his talents and charms, now, as a musical actor. He seized the public's attention by taking the main character of the musical drama 'A song of Meisa' for his very first debut. He was cast for the role along with other celebrities such as Infinite's L (Kim Myungsoo), BAP's Dahyun, and Moon Yongseok. 

    'A song of Meisa' was produced to commemorate the 30th anniversary of joining the United Nations. It is about a little orphan boy named Laman who found inspiration and guidance from a man who himself had lost a part of him during the war. This man became the boy's Meisa (Meisa means Star in Korean). This musical drama has been shown publicly starting from October 14 untill November 27. Both online and offline shows are available for local and overseas audiences. You can purchase the tickets worth KRW 49500 or around Rp.590.000/each on the Interpark's website. On the first day of sales, 'A song of Meisa' topped the list of musical broadcasts in Korea. Crazily, tickets for the offline performance on November 27 (which is also Chanyeol's birthday) sold out in only 30 seconds!.

    With his outstanding acting and singing, Chanyeol reaps a lot of praise not only from Exo's fans but citizens in general. As some non-fans shared via Twitter;

"..in musicals, being an idol could be seen as a disadvantage, but #CHANYEOL was assigned the perfect role & he was able to make his being an idol as a strength. He's one-casted for his 1st musical, but w/ this much ability, I'm looking forward to what the future holds for him."

"It was #CHANYEOL's 1st musical so I wondered how it would go but he exceeded my expectations. Even though he is a rapper, he sings well & is good at dancing, this is why I think he got the role of Laman."

    Chanyeol himself is a South Korean rapper, singer, song writer, producer, composer, actor, and model. He debuted as a member of K-Pop boy band, Exo in April 4, 2012 and later registered as a producer with Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) under the pen name 'Loey' in 2017. He worked as a lyricist, composer, and arranger of songs. So far, Chanyeol has 39 enteries as a Lyricist registered in KOMCA.

Having a Hobby in Fashion, Mother of Two Starts a Clothing Business

Written By: Danies Alya N

Starting as a mere fad, Yuni Azizah decides to open her personal business in 2016 that is still in line with her hobby, the clothing business. Shedoes not expect that her hobby will bring her to the business world. The idea for her clothing business, Wan Yusa Syar'i, comes from her desire to create unique new designs of Muslim clothing.

Yuni admitted that her passion for trading comes from her childhood experience, which often helps her mother sell food. Although the fields are different, she feels the advantages she got from years ago in order to run her own business now. Talking about the constraint of her clothing business, the most prominent constraint is when the orders soar, but the tailors cannot handle it. She said that the constraint does not dominate her business because she enjoys everything about her business. After being well-known for the Muslim fashion business, Yuni tries to accept orders in any form of clothing, such as kebaya, shirts, formal dresses for weddings.

In her business journey to be called quite successful, Yuni admits that she never feels tired and bored. She really enjoys the whole process, both good and bad experiences that she goes through. The tips for doing business without feeling bored, she only answered that she is happy. “I am happy doing this business since fashion is my hobby,” she added. Wan Yusa Syar’i is like her own children, she raises it wholeheartedly. The most memorable thing for her during 5 years in this business is when her customers give satisfactory feedback on the results of their clothes. She feels happy and relieved at the same time because her work is appreciated.

Talking about business or everything in real life, there is no impossibility when we are happy to do it. “If we do something with pleasure, the tiredness will disappear,” she said.

The great hope from a father who failed in his past for his daughter

 

The great hope from a father who failed in his past for his daughter

By : Anna Rizka Ilmi Primasti Salsabila

Ali Jatmiko, who works as an employee at a textile factory in Karanganyar after his bad experiences happened to him.

 

Sometimes, Ali has trouble closing his eyes every time he remembers his past. "I feel disappointed and want to scream, but it won't change everything". Ali Jatmiko, he told his daughter, Paramita, on an exhausting afternoon.

Ali Jatmiko, who turned 57 years old this year, has been through a lot of bitter experiences. He never complains at all because he realizes that he should be broadminded about his past. Talking about a bitter experience, this 57-year-old man bites his fingers remembering several things that have been ripping his heart until now.

Starting in 1984, several bad experiences came to him. He once applied for a state-owned company, GARUDA INDONESIA, for the position of the cabin crew.

"I can do the first test well, so I am sure I can pass the test." Ali Jatmiko said. With a feeling of fear and curiosity running high, he looks at the announcement board. Sure enough!  After a week, the first result is released. He is successful with his first test.

"Under the test results, an announcement is also written, the second test will be held one month after Eid. because the day of Eid was coming so I returned home, Slawi, Tegal."

Unlucky, good fortune is not on his side. The second test day comes. Ali's parents don’t have money for Ali's departure to Central Jakarta. The cost of Rp 7.000,00 to take the bus is heavy for Ali's parents. Ali does have many siblings and his family's economic condition is not good. "My mother could only give about Rp 5.000,00. That's enough money to take the train, so I went straight to the station". It’s like rubbing salt into the wound. Bad luck comes to him again. Train tickets are sold out and tickets for the next day are still available. There’s no choice, he has to buy the ticket and hopes that a follow-up test will be allowed.

No wonder, when he arrives at the test location in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, Ali is clearly rejected because he is late for the second test. There is nothing he can do, the rules are rules. The fate of that day is indeed bad for him.

A year has passed, the wound in his heart slowly healed. Unfortunately, in the following year, there was one more painful incident for Ali. At that time, 1985, he applied to the Indonesian Pos Academy, but a bad person had betrayed him by not delivering his acceptance letter to him.

“Of course  I was disappointed, I didn’t expect that he could betray me. But there's no point in being disappointed. It's already happened and no matter how loud I scream, it won't come back. God must have a more beautiful plan. It can be through my daughter.”

Ali always encourages himself with those words. Now he only works as an employee at a textile factory in Karanganyar. He accepted it graciously. His daughter is his hope and dream. He struggles with everything he can do to make his daughter have a bright future and he believes that his daughter’s bright future is a more beautiful plan from God for his family.

Life's journey may be difficult, but effort doesn't betray the result!: a story of young programmer

Written By: Alfina Novi S P

Vocational High School graduates are always underestimated by many people and companies, because of their views that are fixated by the degrees obtained when we successfully graduated in college. But is that really it? In fact, many Vocational High School graduates can be successful and pursue their occupations successfully even at a fairly young age without having to obtain a degree or a high education, as many people seek; and Pandu is one of them

Pandu, a young man born in 2001, is the first child of Nurul Huda and Nuria Kumalasari. Both of his parents are also just high school graduates who now work as employees and laborers with minimum income. Many people believe that being the oldest child is difficult. Yes, it is true. One day, he will have to take the family's burden and replace his elderly father. And the man who was born in Tulang Bawang; Pandu, was the one who experienced it firsthand. After his father, he was expected to be the family's leader. Is that hard for him? Of course, Pandu gets tired at some point. But that didn't deter him from continuing to assist his parents in making a life. So, what did he go through?

Pandu is a young programmer who just has vocational school programming expertise, but he has able to show the world that vocational graduates are deserved to be humbled. Do you know what a programmer does? This technology is certainly acquainted to us as a millennial generation in the era 4.0, which is already all modern and sophisticated. A programmer is a person who works with a programming language to construct a system. Thus, programmers aren't distant from coding and programming. Of course, it is difficult for someone to grasp it right away. It needs a specific talent to be able to master it.

Pandu has been interested in computers since he was in kindergarten. He said that his father taught him how to use a computer when he was a child, and that he has been proficient with computers since the Windows XP era. He got interested in producing his own animations and games while still in elementary school. He also ever had an intention where he used the Flash application to make stickman animations. It is unquestionably difficult to pursue its passion. His father's terrible financial situation at the time prompted him to buy a secondhand laptop because his computer was too old and damaged, and he desperately needed a laptop while in high school. He learned coding and the basics of programming using that secondhand laptop.

After graduating from vocational school, he certainly wants to continue his education to a higher level. But fate says otherwise. . However, fate has other ways. He did not pass the test. Pandu was actually forced and urged by others around him to try to register only civil servants, but he maintains his position since he feels programming is his future. He chose to become a programmer because he saw programming as a lucrative vocation with excellent technologies. Programmers, he believes, will be required in the future. As a result, he didn’t give up. He wants to learn independently by moving to Lampung, leaving his home, away from his parents. While unemployed, he spent his time learning the realm of self-taught programming.

Once, he came upon an Instagram ad for a Bogor boot camp program with a fee that could be tweeted. Eventually, despite his parents' opposition to his own choice, he attempted to register and pursue the selection process to enter the boot camp. Fortunately, luck was on his side this time, and he was declared a pass on the exam, allowing him to enroll in the boot camp program. He went alone from Lampung to Bogor. As usual, he did everything alone, without anyone's help. He made numerous connections in Bogor and learned a lot from them. But of course his life at boot camp did not go as smoothly as anyone can expect. He must always save money so that he sometimes eats just once a day and never goes anywhere to refresh his mind even though he feels so stressed out. But that's where his real life journey began. After graduating from the boot camp, he got his first job in Jakarta.

He was accepted into a fairly large company in Jakarta, precisely in the Sudirman area with a fairly standard salary for programmers in the Jakarta area. He had to walk miles to go to his boarding house, which was far away. That, however, did not make him tired. Unfortunately, he only stayed at the company for three months since he felt the technology used at the company did not develop. Furthermore, his work place is less than ideal, forcing him to resign and seek another job. After a few months unemployed, he was finally accepted again in a company in Jakarta that was not too big, but this time with a greater income than before. However, a huge pay did not necessarily make him feel comfortable at work. He only lasted three months there, too, because he thought one of the employees was kind of toxic and very disturbing to him. He made the decision to come out once more.

The pandemic has started. It was evidently tough to get work at the time. He had been unemployed for about a year and was almost desperate, unsure if he would be able to find another job in Jakarta anytime soon. He opted to return to his homeland, Solo, because he no longer felt comfortable and enjoyable in Jakarta. In Solo, he began to show hope again. He began looking for new jobs on the internet. Following that, he decided to apply to a few companies in Yogyakarta on his own. He didn't want to go back to Jakarta, which he thought was run-down and populated by people who were quite individualistic. Thankfully, after so much waiting patiently, it ultimately yielded good results. He was hired at a company in Yogyakarta with a salary that was not as high as his previous companies, but he felt very comfortable there. He gained a lot of knowledge there, and his extremely kind coworkers/employees made him feel more comfortable. After migrating and leaving Jakarta, he claimed that his life had almost no pressure. He had been employed by this corporation up until now.

The suggestion is to not give up if what you want is truly your desire, because, according to him, learning is difficult at first, but after you grasp and are used to it, it will be effortless. Despite the fact that his life's journey has been complex, stressful, and full of obstacles, he will never forget that hard work pays off. "Don't let someone let you down, stand on what you believe" says Pandu Cahyo Pangestu, a quote that will always be a guidance and a way of life for him forever.