Tough Times Do Not Last. Tough People Do.

At the end of each day, good or bad, be thankful. If we never had bad days then the good days wouldn't stand out.

- Jonathan Cook

Sometimes my life doesn't go the way I want it to be. Sometimes it goes rough and messy. So bad that I feel like crying in my room alone while listening to sad emo songs. My heart falls into pieces. I breathe but I don't feel alive. But that's life.

In this life I've learned, that having a bad day is normal. That those tough times won't last forever. That even if we make a mistake and things go wrong, life still goes on. Even if we can't make it right this time, we've learned something. And I know with every mistakes I make, I get one step closer to the great person I want to be.

I know we all have heard 'life goes on!' so many times in our life before that sometimes it loses its meaning. But if George Carlin could write those lines after his wife died, why do we spend our whole day crying in our room when we gain 1 kg or we only get B in our final exam? Remember what Jonathan Cook once said, "tough times do not last. Tough people do." So be tough! I hope we can all keep that in mind.

PS : I know it's late but happy Ramadhan Month to all of the moslems in this world! May each moment of this holy month is filled with God's blessings. Amin!

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What can you do when your good isn't good enough?

When all that you touch tumbles down?

'Cause my best intentions keep making a mess of things

I just wanna fix it somehow

But how many times will it take?

Oh, how many times will it take for me?

To get it right

- Get It Right (Glee's Original Song) -

A wise man once said 'I love walking in the rain, cause then no-one knows I'm crying.' But there's this poor girl who is too afraid to walk in the rain cause she's scared her body will get sick. The pain in her heart is already too much to be taken care of. So she has a different way.

Whenever I get sad, I love to turn on a music in my room. I turn it out so loud so that no-one will hear me and know I'm crying. I lock the door so no one will be able to open it and just pretend that I didn't hear they knocked on my door, cause, well, I said I turn the music so loud, right?

I know everyone has their own way to achieve their happiness. Everyone has their own highs and lows. I try and try to see the world in a different way, many different ways. From every perspective you see the world, you'll find some new positive points right? So does some negative points. But sometimes, at the end of the day, all of those negative things just come haunting me and make me feel even more vulnerable. And it's happening right now.

I know there'll be a rainbow after the rain. I hope the sky will get brighter soon so the rain will stop pouring and the rainbow will finally arrive.

The Dean of Decorator

Don't forget to check out my first ever guest post at Susanne's blog, Kegle99, here. Hope you like it :)

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A few months ago, I bought a book about interior decoration. On the first chapter, I found a quote by someone named Billy Baldwin. It was this

And I suddenly felt in love with that. I mean, it’s totally true right? So I was curious, who is this Billy Baldwin? Then I googled ‘Billy Baldwin’ and all I found is about an actor whose name is just the same.

But then, a couple days ago, I was trying to find some interior design quotes, and I found many lovely quotes that were from the same person, Mr. Billy Baldwin. Obviously, he’s well known in interior design industry. I got even more curious and I googled ‘Billy Baldwin interior designer’, then finally, I found some infos about him.

Billy Baldwin (1903-1984) was a very famous American interior designer/decorator in 20th century. He was at once a classicist and a modernist. He is the man who gave us the slipper chair and brass bookcase.

His style is elegant, simple, and practical. This style became defined as American style. Every spaces he decorated were both beautiful and comfortable. He once said ‘Interior Design is the art of arranging beautiful things, comfortably’. He designed his rooms a long time ago, but they’re still loved. I think we can conclude that his designs are timeless.

He believed that a room should have a personal connection with the owner, that’s why he liked to keep some old furnitures of the owner . He didn’t decorate a room with some furnitures just because those furnitures are beautiful, but because his clients and him do love it. He said ‘Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.’ And also ‘Stick to the things you really love. An honest room is always up to date.’

I’ve mentioned some of the lovely quotes from Mr. Baldwin, now let me tell you a quote about him. This is from Adam Lewis, the author of ‘Billy Baldwin : The Great American Decorator”. And it’s...

‘Billy Baldwin did for decorating what Chanel did for fashion.’

ps : I really need an inspiration to finish my work right now. Hope it will come to me soon!

Blessings

There is a memory in my heart today

That passing years cannot take away

An empty space no one can fill

I love you still and always will

The tears in my eyes, I can wipe away

But the ache in my heart still always stay

- Achmad Bakrie -

I was supposed to bring a biography book of a famous Indonesian person last Wednesday. But then I forgot to bring one. Silly me. Thank God there are some biography books in my school's library so I borrowed one. The book that I borrowed is about Achmad Bakrie. I haven't heard about him before. Turns out, he is the father of that famous Afrizal Bakrie. What surprised me is the fact that Achmad Bakrie loved to write some poems, and I think his poems are beautiful.

So anyway, this week has been one gloomy-no spirit-feels like crying week. But even in the most difficult times of your life, you can still find some good things. Here are some positive things from my week so far :
1. I've been trying to forgive myself better than before. I think you wont be able to live happily if you still think about yourself as a girl-who-has-too-many-faults.
2. It shows me that us, students in 8 shs, are a real family. We support each other, we console each other, we try to make each other smile, because we are one. Together, better, stronger!
3. I have the best of best friends anyone can ever ask for. On Tuesday, since it was a holiday, I went to PIM with two of them, which are Nadea and Nisa. We talked and they made me feel better and happier. After that, Nadea and I went to watch No Strings Attached and Nisa watched another movie with her bf. Wanna know my opinion about the movie? Here it is : Ashton Kutcher is so handsome and hot and cute and Natalie Portman makes me jealous. Hahaha
4. I've been trying to ignore some negative thoughts that people said. I think my life is complicated enough to even care about those things. I want to bring some positive energy to everyone.
5. I feel blessed because I am still alive and surrounded by so many lovely people. Including my blog friends :)

The Book of Tomorrow

Have you ever read a book, that by the time you finished it, you feel like there's a part of you that has changed? That you finally realized this was the right book for you? Well I have. I just finished it this morning. This book titled The Book of Tomorrow.

"I think that most people go into bookshops and have no idea what they want to buy. Somehow, the books sit there, almost magically willing people to pick them up. The right person for the right book. It’s as though they already know whose life they need to be a part of, how they can make a difference, how they can teach a lesson, put a smile on a face at just the right time."

This book is about an almost-17 years old girl named Tamara who was used to get everything she ever wanted since his dad was a very successful man. But then her dad died and she had to lose everything. Her mother and she moved to her uncle's house, Arthur in the country. Her uncle's wife, Rosaleen, was a very odd woman who at the end, you'll know that she'd been hiding so many secrets.

Tamara was very bored. She didn't have any friends there. But then she found this book, a locked and old book, from the traveling library. She couldn't open it, until she met Sister Ignatius, a friendly 70 years old nun, who could unlock the key. And what she found on that book, was a diary of 'Tamara of Tomorrow'. The book told her some things that will happen on the day after she read it. And there her world changed.

Not to spoil the ending but that part was very unpredictable. She finally found out the truth about herself and her family. And she finally realized, that she was actually a lucky girl.

"All families have their secrets, most people would never know them, but they know there are spaces, there are gaps where the answers should be, where someone should have sat, where someone used to be."

This is a highly recommended book about how tomorrow can change today. So now, can you please go to a bookstore near you, take this book, then bring to the cashier and pay it? ;)

I am not afraid of storms...

...for I am learning how to sail my ship.

FYI :
1. That is the quote of Louisa May Alcott.
2. I am afraid of storms in life even tho I am learning how to live.
3. I miss the time when the only storms I have in my life are the facts that my toys are broken or that my parents won't let me eat KFC twice in a day.
4. However, I still enjoy my life now. ;)
5. I took the photos with my phone at Sunda Kelapa. Click the image to see the larger one.

Mental Attack Towards Human (MATH)

Mathematics is a difficult thing

I never understood what was the missing link
And by the time I calculated the correct solution
The question had escaped me and so did the conclusion

- Little Boots-

Couldn't agree more. I had math exam today, and it was... as usual, difficult. Anyway I'm a little bit relax now because all of the science and math studies exams are over. Well tomorrow and the day after it are still sumatif days, though, and I still have 4 more tests, which are Economy, Geography, English, and Bahasa Indonesia. But I don't really have the spirit to study right now, so lazy to even get up of my bed. But I should probably study now, or at least try to, so good bye people! Wish me luck please!! ;)

Dream! Then Believe!

Who will I be
It's up to me
All the never ending possibilities
That I can see
There's nothing that I can't do
Who will I be
Yes I believe
I get to make the future what I want to be
If I can make up any one and know the choice is up to me
Who will I be

-Who Will I Be (Camp Rock OST)-

And I believe that someday, I can be an architect or an interior designer. A good and success one. That is what I want Mom, Dad. I don't wanna be a doctor. Even back then, when I was a child, while every other kids in this world wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to be a fashion designer.

No no, I didn't draw that. I found that here on deviantArt, as usual.

When I was in Junior high, I wanted to be a designer, but I couldn't really decide between fashion designer, graphic designer, or interior designer. But now, I've made my decision. I want to be an interior designer and an architect at the same time. I want to be someone who creates things, so people can still remember me when I die. I'm not saying that being a doctor isn't as good as being an architect. But most people in my school -maybe even in this world- want to be a doctor and people started to think that doctor is the only job deserved to be dreamed of (well, kinda). What's the point of dreaming if someone else made up that dream for you? Where's the beauty of dreaming if you should have the same dream with everyone else?

Anyway, today is not really productive actually. I need to study harder tomorrow. Once again, wish me luck for the final exam people! Byee!