Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Soon To Be A Bachelor. Bismillah

Kalo otak lagi mandek gini nih suka tergiur untuk curhat-curhat gak jelas di blog sendiri. Kalau ada yang nanya kerjaan saya sekarang apa, saya klarifikasi ya: Saya sedang skripsian. Sebenarnya skripsi saya sudah selesai. Cuman yah, masih ada ini itu, kurang ini kurang itu. Belum acc final memang, tapi sudah disuruh sidang sama dosen pembimbing pendamping. Jadi sambil ngerapihin ini itu, sambil ngumpulin syarat administrasi sidang yang ribetnya cukup buat saya melengos dua detik.

Proses skripsian ini kalau dibilang lama nggak, cepat juga nggak. Rasa ingin santai-santai sedikit pastinya ada. Saya tuh ya, dikit-dikit ke kasur, dikit-dikit tarik selimut, dikit-dikit ngebuntel, lalu tidur. He he he. Namun Mama dan Papa saya ambisiusnya bukan main. Setiap hari nanya lewat chat WhatsApp, "Skripsi udah sampe mana?" "Bab 4 nya udah?" "Bab 5 udah?" Di situlah saya bener-bener bosen sebosen-bosennya bosen (woelah lebay amat) karena ditanyain tentang skripsi terus dan di lain sisi sebenernya memang merasa harus bertanggung jawab buat mereka. Emang akhir-akhir ini saya ngerasa banyak ngecewain orang tua terutama Mama. *Tetiba mellow*

Saya seharusnya sudah lulus beberapa bulan lebih cepat dari ini. Tapi karena waktu awal tahun 2016 lagi magang, sedangkan teman-teman banyak yang sudah sidang proposal. Padahal, sebelumnya sudah pernah magang untuk kebutuhan mata kuliah Job Training, tapi ini beda lagi. Saya waktu itu sok ide untuk magang lagi hanya untuk "iseng". Waktu selesai magang itu saya benar-benar langsung urus daftar sidang proposal bulan April dengan niatan tidak mau punya kegiatan apa-apa dulu selain kelarin kuliah. Karena, selama magang itu saya sering banget bolak-balik Jakarta-Jatinangor yang capeknya bikin mau angkat tangan aja. Nyatanya? Nunggu dipanggil sidangnya aja 2 bulan, coy! Selama 2 bulan saya menunggu ketidakpastian dan.. saya gak ada kerjaan apa-apa yang padahal saya bisa ngisi 2 bulan itu dengan sesuatu yang lebih ada benefitnya daripada hanya menunggu. Akhirnya bulan Juni baru sidang proposal. *tepok tangan*. Ya sudah tak apalah. Yang penting alhamdulillah, bersyukur lulus sidang proposal, yang padahal topik sidang proposal saya itu tidak jadi dipakai alias harus diganti karena suatu hal :)

Hiyah.. tiba-tiba jadi ngomongin proses masa-masa skripsian gini. Memang cukup complicated proses perskripsian saya. Tapi seneng sih, bersyukur banget bisa sampe sini. Benar-benar gak bisa berhenti bersyukur. Semoga minggu depan sudah acc final dengan kedua pembimbing dan langsung daftar sidang akhir. Dan yang pastinya, mudah-mudahan dapat keberuntungan diuji oleh dosen-dosen yang kalem haha amiiiiin. Pokoknya mudah-mudahan sidang nanti dilancarkan, mulus tanpa hambatan. Bismillah. Cukuplah curhat-curhatnya. Tunggu yang sabar, ya, untuk postingan selanjutnya: postingan dengan foto saya sedang pegang balon di tangan kanan, menggendong bayi, eh bunga di tangan kiri, dan berselempang sash bertuliskan "Yunita Werdiningrum, S.I.Kom" secepatnya bulan ini. Amin Ya Allah. Tidak bermaksud takabur, tapi tidak ada salahnya kan bersikap optimis.

Doakan saya, ya! *beralih buka file skripsi*

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Everybody Has Gotten A Flaw, Except Me

Do you think the title sounds selfish? It does and it represents all of us. Why do I say so? Because I will always be with me. You will always think you're right. She will always wanna be self-centered. He sees himself as the most perfect guy. We are obsessed over ourselves.

This could be more like a confidence. Isn't a confidence good for us? It is. We do have to be confident to overcome our own fear. When we've done overcoming them, good things will then follow. Our every single move becomes to take form. The things is, we like to seek other human beings' flaws to be discussed, that are not even necessary and affect our lives. I used not to care of it but as the time passes by I realize something: people tend to look for anything that makes them feel superior. We will look at anybody else as if we were perfect. As if we had got no flaw. Besides, when we talk about others, we unconsciously find out that 'nobody is perfect', the statement we've heard for centuries. But why do people keep on doing it? As I said, people love it to be superior, or they do it because they want to increase their self-esteem.

I've actually got sick of hearing people giving off their sharpest-but-not-so-important comments to other people. I don't mean that I'm clean. I'm not, but I've been aware that talking about others' flaws won't make it to an end. I've seen that the beauty of human beings is actually the flaw that can be their powers to live up to their dreams. I've seen that the human beings who got flaws are the normal ones. I've got flaws and I'm grateful for it. All the people around me are not perfect therefore I don't deserve to talk about their deficiencies that actually have nothing to do with my life. It's hard sometimes, I know. It's also our responsibility to upgrade ourselves as a person. Who doesn't want to go forward anyway? But aren't there so many other ways to lift up ourselves outside of talking about something unimportant coming from someone else's weakness? Or is it just the natural law of being humans to see each of ourselves flawless?

I wondered those questions for a million of nights before sleep, and I finally believe that our ego is controllable. The option is already in front of us: we want to control it or not.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

A Little Secret

All people, from all generations have the same basic want, called happiness. It's too basic that we sometimes don't understand its form. Funny mankind, aren't we? Hmm well.. Regardless of silly things we do to seek happiness, I found today unexpectedly pleasant.
  • I had nice porridge for breakfast this morning with my friend
  • Today is my first time having a guidance for my mini thesis
  • Despite the fact that my friends and I are currently busy with our own researches, we still could steal time to sit together at the canteen, laughing at our stupid jokes
  • Eating ramen with some friends and it tasted so good
  • It's my last visit to my old boarding house to say a good-bye to Ibu Kostan
  • I saw Ermin (Ibu Kostan's daughter) wearing one of the T-shirts I had given her
  • I got a helping hand from a stranger while I was carrying my heavy items. I declined at first, bcs I felt sorry that I sort of bothered her. But she still forced me to let her help me. Then, I just could thank her
  • I don't know why but I optimistically will be graduating as a Bachelor of Communications in just under 5 months
All of those are felt by me in just ONE DAY! How delightful it is when simple little things have successfully made you happy and more vibrant. See? No need to try hard to be happy. This I can tell.. Everything's just a state of mind. :)

Monday, June 13, 2016

To: M

Your silence speaks pain
You feel tired trying not to look so
It is all reflected from your eyes
You are more than a wonder woman

Please.. wait for me until the day I've done my best comes
To make you proud
To make you tranquil
To entertain you

I may be nothing today if there hadn't been you
Your powerful support has brought me here
And you do it sincerely
You are more than an angel

It's time for me to pay back
Even it's not a penny
It's just what I do
And everything I do, is for you, M.

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

This Is My Mantra

For those who have ever felt let down by the one you've trusted for years
For those who have been lied for such a very long time (even since you were still innocent toddlers)
or
For those who find that so many scrubby people around try to criticize you without stopping only to make you lose your positive energy

I convince that you've ever wished for somebody else's life, because you thought yours was the most lousy one. I know. It's natural for every single person. But on second thought, your life is not that bad. How can I be so sure? Yes people. I've also been in those shoes. You wanna know my mantra? Here's my mantra.

If you want and need to cry, cry. Don't hold it. If you need someone to lean on, just go do it. A person was created to be able to heal another person. Do anything that makes you feel better. When you think you're done, now, get over it. Don't make any excuse. Just get over it. Try to forgive the one who has destructed your should-have-been-awesome days. Forgive him/her no matter how severe you've been hurt. Forgive him/her because of you. Because you love yourself. You won't live your whole life with the feelings of sadness, disappointment, anger, and hatred, will you? So, get over it.

You've got to try anything new, anything different. Get yourself always busy. Find some activities. Be a part of committees, join a nonprofit board, make some new friends. Try to exercise two or three times per week. Show your own pet to the children in your housing and play with them. You've got to put your earphones on while in the train or bus, turn the music on shuffle and hope it's goin' play Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Rod Stewart. You've got to read Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger, or any other classic books at night until you fall asleep. You've got to wake up on Sunday morning to clean and tidy your bedroom including rearranging your bookshelves. You've got to get curious about everything. Get to know what caused the sinkholes in Mississippi. Get to know what's behind the drop of oil prices today. Keep your mind having something to think about.


You've got to give yourself time to look at the world out there. Try not to ever pass a day without reading news. Either you read on newspapers or you just install some news applications on your smartphone, it's up to you. Reading news makes you see how the world is so very messed up. You have no idea how it actually feels in Syria, Africa, France, Arab, and so on. Thousands of people die everyday in inappropriate circumstances while you are here, safe enough, with no hunger or threats. You won't want to claim your life as the most lousy one by now.

You've got to try to change your hairstyle and ask your close friends for their opinions. Will you look good with bangs? You've got to go to a cafe in a cold evening and order a cup of hot mint tea. Always be there on your best friend's birthday and other important events. You've got to feel other people's happiness by congratulating your senior for her graduation, your friend's sister's marriage or your friend's newborn baby.

You've always got to do something that makes you forget the bad things ever happened to you. You've only got to love yourself.

xx,
Y

Friday, June 12, 2015

T'was A Wrap for Nirwana!

Bagi anak-anak muda Bandung mungkin kemarin sering dengar Nirwana #JelajahSurgaIndonesia di social media. Ini merupakan acara mengenai traveling talk show & exhibiton yang diadakan oleh kelas Humas D Fikom Unpad 2012 sebagai tugas akhir mata kuliah PR Event. Seneng banget! Acaranya akhirnya selesai dengan lancar. Pengunjungnya ternyata melebihi batas ekspektasi. Semuanya on time. Goalsnya juga dapet. Alhamduuuu.

Talkshow
Inilah acara utama dari Nirwana. Tema acara talkshow ini sengaja dibuat nggak cuma ngomongin seputar traveling di Indonesia atau sekadar jalan-jalan aja, tetapi traveling yang memberikan moral & value ketika kita pulang lagi ke rumah. Maka disini gue terpikirkan akan permasalahan-permasalahan di daerah-daerah terpencil di Indonesia yang mungkin nggak terjamah oleh kita yang ada di kota. Karena permasalahan di pelosok-pelosok Indonesia nggak jauh-jauh dari pendidikan dan ekonomi yang nggak merata, atau permasalahan lingkungan yang nggak abis-abis, kebetulan banget (dan alhamdulillah) gue punya link dari kakak gue sendiri ke Komunitas 1000 Guru dan Gerakan Seasoldier. Sampelah Nirwana mengundang kakak gue sendiri sebagai perwakilan 1000 Guru dan Seasoldier, Medina Kamil (terkenal sebagai host Jejak Petualang), Kabid Kepariwisataan Disparbud, dan ketua ASITA sebagai keynote speakers.
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Selain talk show & exhibition, juga ada open casting dari Inspira TV untuk acara traveling program sebagai host di venue langsung, Loops Station Bandung. Semua peserta bisa dapat kesempatan untuk ikutan casting sebelum acara talkshow dimulai.

Alhamdulillah banyak yang dipelajarin, dari mulai bikin ide untuk konsep talk show, topik, materi, Term of Reference (TOR) yang selalu berubah-ubah sehubungan dengan konsep keseluruhan acara yang sering ganti dikarenakan banyak hal, bahkan banyak disuruh revisi sama mentor PR Event, nyari moderator, nyari pembicara sana sini, banyak ngerasain yang namanya "nggak enak hati", belajar sportif sama teman sendiri, dan yang lebih pentingnya lagi adalah.. DANUS! Danus yang gue dan teman-teman lakukan kemarin adalah jualan kue, yoghurt, minuman, sampe buka jasa cuci mobil/motor dengan ngedatengin kosan orang yang mau dicuci mobil/motornya! Haha! Apapun danusnya, yang penting halal! (Maklumin aja. Demi nilai A, anak Humas D mah bakal bela-belain ngapain apa).

Ya lumayan lah. Yang penting nilainya A. :P

One of the publicities we got!
Nirwana Photo Booth
Nirwana Exhibition
Media Kamil on Stage
Dinni (who's actually my sister lol!) on stage with Medina Kamil
Girls behind Nirwana
Presentation by Disparbud
The Casting Spot
Saman Performance
The Complete Team
"It's A Wrap!"

Cheers,
Y

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Facts About Me

Remembering back when people played writing 20 facts about themselves on Instagram, I also got tagged by Nataya, Mauddy, and Rachel, but I didn't make it. I am thinking of writing the 20 facts about me too on Instagram right now but I think it's too late haha. So I'm just gonna write them down here.

 So here we go!

  1. As a newborn baby, I was named Yunita Widianingrum. But when my mom found another person whose last name was the same with mine, she immediately changed my last name into Werdiningrum. (She told me, "Mama gak mau yang pasaran").
  2. I do love animals! Particularly furry animals. In my family, we barely ever live a moment without having a pet. Mulai dari ikan, kura-kura, kucing (Ini yang paling banyak dan selalu ada sih. Sampe dibagi-bagi ke tetangga), burung beo, burung merpati, hamster, kelinci, kuskus pernah hidup di rumah gw yang nyaris berubah jadi kebun binatang.
  3. I read a lot. I read anything and I almost never leave a bookstore without buying at least one book.
  4. Unlike my sister and brother, I'm the only child who never went to a private school. Well, I went to SDN Cipinang Melayu 03 Jakarta, SMPN 199 Jakarta, SMAN 48 Jakarta, and now I'm studying at Universitas Padjadjaran majoring in Public Relations (FYI, I'm graduating very soon).
  5. Funny that I know old songs way better than today's hits songs.
  6. I hate pessimistic people. I can't understand their lives.
  7. My hair straightener or also known as "catokan" has been my savior.
  8. Durian is the worst fruit ever it tastes like a spoiled mango.
  9. I secretly listen to and memorize every single word people are saying carefully.
  10. If I were given a chance to pick one language I can be fluent in by now, that would be Spanish.
  11. I always wake up very early in the morning on my own so that I barely ever set up an alarm to wake me up.
  12. The last time I wore contact lens was in May 2012, at my high school graduation and I'm pretty proud of it. Lol!
  13. I'm obsessed with lipsticks. My first attraction everytime I get into a makeup store is to try on lipsticks :P
  14. I love and believe that each person I meet is unique. That could be the reason why I love meeting new people, making new friends.
  15. Spending time with my closest people always makes me feel good, or even better.
  16. I have always been interested in the history of anything.
  17. "A dreamer" describes me best.
  18. When I like a song, I can play that song a hundred times in a row till I get bored with it XD
  19. I've ALWAYS wished that Indomie were healthy 'cause I'd like to eat it everyday!
  20. I'm quite over-thinking. I can't stop thinking of something that haunts me all day long or I can't even fall asleep at night because of thinking of it too much.

Yeeeee cheers!
Yunita