Life For Now (26th Dec 2013)

5 more days and it's bye bye 2013 and welcome 2014

Moments like this is when I miss being home. If I am at home right now, we would be having so much fun, spending time with the family and close friends. 

Do you know how it feels when everything is squeezing from side to side? Sucks right.. but what to do, it's just the way things are so I have no other choice but to suck it up. Exam is on 2nd Jan, next week and I have a lot to study yet I don't really feel the drive anymore. Hmm. I need to step up but yet..............

Here I am making this blog post. Just needed the space to rant out. Will continue studying in a bit. Hehe

Being away from home, not being able to celebrate Christmas with the family has made me realize how precious a family is. Of course, being here, having friends do help with the homesickness and etc but they can never replace the family that I have back home; church family and real family. So much love :)

What I want to say, treasure your family. Love them no matter what baggage they come with. I miss my mom and dad. The thing about being at home that I do dislike sometimes, is how certain family members tend to baby me. I sorta needed to make peace with the fact that no matter how big I'm gonna be, I'll always be the tiny little baby in their eyes. Sometimes it does make me feel restless, like I just wish they can give me space and ....... Not that they don't, it's just that they're too protective that I can't seem to discover things on my own. But hey it isn't so bad actually. :)

You know what, I truly believe that I needed to be thankful, everyday, for the little things. Simple stuff like being able to further study (not everyone can afford that), able to live life freely (imagine the old days when girls can't really do things freely, kinda sad), able to enjoy food (imagine the sick people who can't eat properly) , being loved for who I am (imagine if everyone has this, how less heartless this world will be), having the ability to accept myself for who I am (it's okay to not be perfect..) , my parents are healthy, I have a nanny who loves me a lot, like I'm her real daughter..( my mom is the queen of my heart but I am blessed to have someone who loves me like I'm her baby) :)

You see, life isn't so complicated, messy when you're being grateful.

Granted, life sucks and it can be really mean..

But it's not the end of the world.

I'm blessed

Things are not perfect the way I wish they are

But I am loved, I am alive

 (no not alive as in just going through the motion but alive as in feeling that way)

Life isn't all goody goody but I'm learning and trying to have fun along the way. 

Not everyone is blessed enough to have that or have the ability to see hoe much blessing they have. 

For everything I have and everything good I was given the chance to be a part of, THANK YOU GOD :)

And if you're reading this and you feel a bit lost, hurt or whatsoever bad feelings, I hope you'll find peace. Somehow. But most important is, I hope you find love. I mean, not just romantic kinda love but the love that accepts you no matter what it is that you have done, did or going to do in the future. The kinda love that fills all the empty holes in your life and your heart. That is Christ's love. I'm just saying based on my life experience. I know I am young but I do have moments in life when everything is falling apart and I was breaking into pieces and that love, was the one that saved me. For that I am grateful. Forever. 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

HOHOHO!!!

It's Christmas season. Season of giving, loving and appreciating your loved ones.

Here I am, almost 1 a.m. in the morning and I'm right here, writing this blog post. LOL. Final exam is next week so it's not exactly a holiday for me, honestly. Still, I want to take the time to be thankful to God, first and foremost for His unconditional love and the privilege that I have been blessed with that I can call Him Abba Father, to experience His love and overflowing blessings that come from that. I see His love every single day and I'm grateful. I'm also thankful for the family I have, parents who love me for who I am. A daddy who I know will take a bullet for me and mommy whose gentleness and kindness have brought me to who I am today. Not to mention my nanny who has loved me ever since I was born, who took care of me when mom was out of town when I got sick. Thankful for a sister and a brother who love me just as I am, yes, the crazy and pigheaded me sometimes. :) Thankful also to the friends, toddlers in church's children ministry and extended families. So much love.

Speaking of that, I'm thankful to someone who puts up with me a lot. Who showed me so much patience and strength and self-control. Who gives me kindness and gentleness when he was supposed to blow off at me. For being all ears when I needed to vent. For being there. For the effort of being there (simply), that's a lot. For putting up with my ranting (which happened a lot) even when I ranted like a firing squad (fire away,fire away....). You are not obligated to listen and prolly you would wanna walk away a lot of times before but somehow you stayed so thank you. Maybe to others it wasn't much but that truly means a lot. So thank you. You prolly won't be reading this anyway. Just for the record. My record. :) I need to remember this. I need to remember you.

Do You Know How It Feels Like....

Do you know how it feels like when you've done your work and turned out that work you were given, wasn't even gonna be used. Then, you're given new tasks. Well, I guess, that is life. I got annoyed, slightly but what can I do. When you're asked to do something and it's your job and responsibility to get it done, no matter how small that tasks are, you have no choice but to get it done properly, in my opinion at least.

I understand that it's so hard to remain positive when life hits you from every angle that is possible but hey, you have 2 choices when stuff like this happen. 

(A) be mad, complain and refuse to do any of the work given

(B) suck it up, get the anger out the right way. Then get back to work

Because this is life.

IT SUCKS.

NOTHING IS PERFECT.

YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT IT

But still, there's so much more to life that just another bad day or a few annoying monkeys trying to make your life miserable.

Ans the most important thing is, be happy. 

Happiness is simple.

Surround yourself with a bunch of loving people.

Family, friends or just someone.

Love mends the broken heart and melt the hardest heart too. 

Or

In my case, happiness can be simply.. eating ice-cream. Haha.

Hugs

❤❤❤❤❤

Cheery Becca

Food Hunt: Dim Sum (jogja)

Food is one of the best things about being alive.

Sometimes, I get cranky easily when I'm hungry. I get hangry sometimes.
Having food in my system makes me feel better when I just had a bad day.

The meaning of hangry HAHA

You know what they say, HUNGRY and ANGRY are never good combination. So if you're in my companinion and I'm in a bad mood, you know what to do. 

hehe

I talk about food a lot so the people around me probably think I think about food all the time but actually I don't.. Haha.. I mean I do have a life, okay..

Just gonna make a blog post bout dim sum eating post that I've tried in Jogja, in case you're a dim sum lover like me. BTW, the restaurant is in Amplaz, XO actually.

Here's the shot!

 So yeah we spent around Rp 250k hehe. :)

But it was worth it lah.
I ate like crazy. Haha. So much fun. :)

More food hunting in the future. :)

Cheery Becca

Starbucks, I'm an addict

So you love Starbucks coffee and you wonder if coming to Jogja will stop you from having your dose of Starbucks coffee?

Haha. Chill lah.

There's the one and only Starbucks coffee at Plaza Ambarrukmo (shortform: Amplaz)

Where we hang out here, sadly, to do assignments of course (free wi-fi bah)

Hostel's free wifi sucks.

#LifeofaDentalStudent

Well at least the Starbucks waiter is cute. Haha.

Yeap. My Starbucks thumbler. on top of my notes. haha

Got it here for ~ 105k rupiah so it's around RM30 depending on the currency exchange.

Oh, if you use your own Starbucks tumbler u get 3k rupiah off.

 This is how it's like in the cafe, more of less like the cafes I've been before. 

Not bad I guess. At least there is a Starbucks cafe in town. 

I think the coffee tastes pretty much the same with the ones back in Malaysia.

Hye I'm Britney, trying to hide my face but tak jadi. 

Haha, Britney don't be mad alright. :)

Gonna get back to do my assignment. 

I have responsi next week and it's gonna be long. *cry*

Till then, toodles!

Cheery Becca

Thoughts, I just Have To Let It Out

I wish that life will be easy.

But life will never be simple

I wish that everyone can just be nice to each other.

There will always be one or two monkeys that I find annoying

I wish people can just be kind without being so calculative.

It's a cruel world we're living in

I wish money is easy to earn.

Just have to work your ass off (unless you're filthy rich)

I wish I can graduate fast or on time.

Depending on God, system here is terrible

I wish I wish....

I don't always get what I wish for

And for always, I believe that no matter how bad a person is or can be, there's maybe a small peice of goodness in him or her.

So, I'm gonna hold on to that small piece of goodness and try my best to accept things the way they are. :)

Well, Pandi is in a bad mood. I wonder what ticked him off today. He's dulan (means pissed, new word of the day). Haha 

Kinda make me feel like I had a bad day too.

Hey, I stood under the rain with a borrowed umbrella (Thanks Nicole!!) waiting for my food to be delivered, okay. 

And I waited for 1 and a half hour.

So I had a bad day. :(

But the food was nice, that is something to be thankful of. 

Cheery Becca

A Vent Spot, Why Everyone Needs One

I guess I'm the type who when I am not happy at something that I need to work at,I tend to vent about it for like 15 minutes and be mad for like 10 minutes, cool off and get back to work and reward myself with ice creams later on.

Yes, I know it sounds really silly sometimes but venting does keep me sane. I have no idea what I would do without my venting spots. I think these people got used to me being cranky at times. (Give me a break, I'm a human. I succumb to my own emotions sometimes)

Something like,

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The expression of the guy probably is how Pandi looks like everytime I rant at him.
Funny.

But girls are like that I think, at least in my personal opinion. If I'm not happy with something I'm gonna vent at my rant spot and get over it.
I don't wanna blow off on people and at the wrong place.
Have to keep my cool but sometimes I do lose it, you know.
*patience dissipated*
But do be careful. Vent at people you can trust.
Sometimes when you vent a someone and that person took it way too serious that he or she tries to fix things up for you, that is so not cool. I wouldn't want that. Because sometimes it's not a big deal, prolly because I was having a really bad mood that time. That's why I get cranky. But once I'm over it, I'm over it.

Still, I have to remind myself.
That a bad day is just a bad day.
 Plus, no matter how hard life can be, it isn't the end of the world.
 Especially now, when things are hard. Have to semangat and get the job done well.
Fighting! :)

Feeling sleepy but I have CCN meeting at 4 later and I need to read my subjects for coming finals.
#LifeofaDentalStudent

Trying my best not to complain.
:)

Toodles.

Cheery Becca

Ballroom Hunting For CCN

Tersasar sedikit sebentar. Am supposed to be doing sosiology's HW but here I am, writing this post. Yeap. :D 

Anyway, back to the story. Last Friday after kuliah agama Ya Xin and I together with Mun went around Malioboro area for ballroom hunting for Chinese Cultural Night. As 1st year students, all Chinese students have to do something. I'm only half Chinese actually (from maternal, by right I'm a Malaysian polmas mixed. Polmas is like a minor race in Indonesia so you probably never heard of that before which is fine. NVM) but I still have to do. One of my tasks is to find ballrooms for the gala event. Luckily Ya Xin and I are doing this together. :) 

I think the highlight bout this small hang out is the FOOD.

Guess what I found? A nice shop selling Malaysian food, people. That truly made my day.

*dasar anak perantauan yang missing home*

The name of the restaurant is Kedai 3 Nyonya somewhere in Malioboro, opposite Phoenix Hotel.

Food is nice but a bit pricey for Jogja standard, honestly.

Mun, waiting for food. *hungry*

Ok. Food is late so I decided to suck the spoon.

*another food monster like me*

Yayys! Finally food is here! Whew, this restaurant actually has a variety of mags available for you to read. Kinda cool. :)

Rojak buah. Very refreshing. :) Nice nice!

Kerabu ayam. Not for people who don't eat spicy food like me but I ate it anyway, gulping down 3 glasses of drinks too. Haha

Ok. Not food related but I just love this old classic music player like the one P.Ramlee used last time. So sweet! :) Love the deco of this restaurant.

Moving on.

You know what I hate about this ballroom hunting?

The walking, the my-time-to-do-my-assignments-time got burned, the waiting for the sales person to come and brief us..... bla bla bla

But I guess, not everything is bad... Of course not

We went to Santika Hotel the other day just to check out the ballrooms. Guess what..

while we were waiting at the lobby...

They gave us FREE SNACKS! Who doesn't like free food anyway?

I am so loving the hospitality in Indonesia, especially this hotel. Super nice!!!

Giving you a closer look,

Ginger tea and some sort of cake. I love the tea, not too sweet not too bitter. It tastes just nice. Cake was okay-okay only. :)

Overall, it was a pretty good outing. Best part was always the one when food is involved. Haha. 

Okay, gonna do my work already and study my subjects. 

Till next time, toodles!

Cheery Becca

Life Here In Jogja

Well, I have not been updating my blog for a very long time now. Haha. 

Anyway, I think life has been slowing down a bit. Thank God for that! I have just finished my whole practical session for Microbiology (we call that praktikum here) and it was crazy!! Doing lab report is no fun. When you have so many to write... and you look at the empty papers .... *crieeess* But it is not the end of the world. So happy I pulled through. I survived! Oh yeaaahh! Thank God for that!

So far, life is good. Nevermind the business, lacked of sleep. Have to buckle up and be brave. I am having responsi in just a few weeks time. Responsi is like a big exam for lab practicals and it's long and tough and thinking bout it makes me wanna... huhuhu

 I had inhal session a couple of days before and it was okay. I never wanna inhal anymore. Very troublesome okay..and it isn't free.. No.. I will study my hardest and try my best not to inhal for next lab practicals. BTW, for every Indonesian university, you will have pretest for every lab session and if you fail your pretest, you are considered as inhal. Worst part bout this inhal thingy, is if you inhal more than 3 times, your marks for that particular subject will not come out even if you sit for the exams. Don't ask me why, it's just the way the system is here, sadly. But I think this only applies to dentistry students in UGM. 

Well, we had a celebration last couple of weeks ago for Diwali. Have to say I had fun. :)

Me , right before the dinner.

From left: Larda, me and Jia Yik (so pretty my friends)

 Me again, dengan Mr.dragon somewhere outside the balloroom. haha

Dasar anak kedokteran gigi. Pegang gigi segala. Hihi.

My roomie si cantik gila yang sangat awesome (she's a babe)

Made a new friend too, Susan (my indonesian friend) and me :) 

I know I kinda look awkward here, my posture I mean. Haha. *ignore please*

I love that sandals. They're so pretty! Got them from Centro.

I love the glittering beads. ❤❤❤

That's all for today. I have to rush my laporan already. :) 

Cheery Becca