DJMAX Technika: Pop Mixing Selection 1

When I play Technika, I mostly play in Pop Mixing mode which lets me freely choose songs I want to play in each stage. And well, there are so many songs you can choose in Pop Mixing, either the ones that are already available or the ones that should be bought from Maxpoint Shop. Furthermore, I can choose the difficulty of the songs by myself. When playing in Club Mixing mode or Crew Race mode, the difficulty (level) of the songs played depends on the disc set itself or someone who registered the course.

And talking about the songs themselves, there are some themes that I can fetch from each songs. Let me give an example: when playing "Heartbeat Part 2", I feel like I'm listening to one of my favorite childhood songs. The song is kind of cute, funny, and kiddie. I don't know if you guys think what I think, but I personally can say that "Heartbeat Part 2" has a cute, kiddie-theme.

I thought about the songs which have similar theme, so I decided to make my own selections for Pop Mixing mode. This is like making a Crew Race course, since we're not able to create our own custom Club Mixing set. But I hope someday there would be an allowance to create custom Club Mixing set. I think it would be fun to let people play the sets we created.

So here are some pop mixing selections I created, based on its theme:

The Epic Story

Is it a tragedy? Or just a dramatic sad-ending romantic story? This epic-theme set boasts dramatic viola melody in "Oblivion", hasty movement of violin in "Propose, Wolf, Flower Part 2" which represents the tension of the tragedy, and powerful arrangement of "Colours of Sorrow".

Preferred level:

• Oblivion [MX - 8]
• Propose, Wolf, Flower Part 2 [HD - 7]
• Colours of Sorrow [MX - 8]

Classical Insanity 

We can find some classical music on DJMAX. This set offers you favorite classical pieces such as Tchaikovsky's romantic waltz "Swan Lake", Saint-Saëns' mysterious "Danse Macabre", and Franz Liszt "La Campanella". And of course, the songs will give you a surprising insanity!

Preferred level:

• Black Swan [HD - 8]
• La Campanella [HD - 7]
• D2 [NM - 8]

Mafia House 

Are you in a pursuit of precious gems? Are you in runaway of police? These songs will make you feel like you're a mafia boss!

Preferred level:

• Enemy Storm [HD - 6]
• The Guilty [MX - 7]
• Showdown [HD - 7]

Last Friday Night 

Do you remember how wonderful it was at the club on last Friday night? You don't need to wait until the next Friday to feel the HEAT of the club, since you can feel the BEAT of the club here in DJMAX. Let's start from "The Rain Maker" that will give you a deep ambiance of Epic Trance. Then you can continue dancing to the melody of "Airwave". And at last, feel the heat and the speed of "Right Back" while giving your best moves on the dance floor.

Preferred level:

• The Rain Maker [HD - 6]
• Airwave [HD - 9]
• Right Back [HD - 7]

Life is about learning

When I log in to my DJMAX Technika account, I rarely check the DJ board. But one day, I checked it and saw a post from a friend of me. She complained her skill of DJMAX Technika. She said that she couldn't play well that she kept failing. She also stated that she often felt nervous whenever she saw someone who played better than her, or at least someone who had higher DJ level than her. She even said she kind of gave up playing DJMAX. 

So I replied her this: 

"Stop saying such things. There's no need to be sad. It doesn't matter whether you play it worse than someone or not, but the important thing is, that you've learnt something. Everytime you play Technika, that's the moment you practice your skill. When you play new songs, even though you fail but at least you learn new patterns of the song. The more you play, the more things you can learn and the better your skill will be. 

Have you ever wondered how the Big-5 ranks started the game? I bet you already know that they, of course, would not play it as well as today. They even started from the very beginning, the easiest level, the easiest song. Sometimes they failed, but they didn't give up. They kept trying their best until you can see them today. They already peak the Big-5 ranks, right? 

Don't feel nervous when you see someone who plays better than you or someone who has higher DJ level than you. Say that your DJ level is level 15 and you see someone whose DJ level is 19. Don't you think that he or she has ever been in the same level like yours? They will never reach level 19 without reaching level 15. Don't be afraid when someone looks down at you. Keep being humble and trying your best. Ignore them who look down at you. Play with no hesitation and be sportive. Failing doesn't mean that you're a loser. And I think that's how you should be as a professional DJMAX Technika player, regardless of your DJ level. 

So don't be sad. Chin up." 

Life is about learning something. Have you ever wondered how you operate the computer? Today, you operate it without any difficulties. Then look back at the time where you really did not know anything about how to operate the computer. You weren't used with the menus, keyboard, mouse, and programs. But you learnt how to operate the computer, even though you made some mistakes. You also learnt from mistakes you had done before. And now, you can operate it well. It's because you have learnt how to operate it. 

All you need to do is learning. Keep learning new things. That's how you understand the life.

Housework Dice

So it was the last day of my visit in Kuala Lumpur. I went to Central Market with my family to buy souvenirs for my relatives and friends. Apart from my family, I walked alone through the corridors of eye-catching shops. I finally stopped at a Chinese shop selling Chinese stuffs and souvenirs.

While looking for souvenirs for my friends, I saw a display full of stuffs. There were also dices with Chinese characters on each sides. I found it unique and asked the shopkeeper about it since my Mandarin is not good (I'm so sad). Then the shopkeeper explained that the dice is purposed to decide housework should be done by each family members.

买菜 [read: mai cai], means buy veggies (grocery shopping)

The dice is called "housework dice" (家务骰子). Well, I think this is such a fun way for a family to decide what should be done by each family members. Sometimes a member refuses the housework he or she is asked to do, and sometimes it seems unfair when a member can be so free meanwhile the other members have to do the housework. So the dice will decide what to do, and it's exciting somehow.

There are six things on the dice:

• Cooking (especially rice)
• Buying veggies (grocery shopping)
• Mopping the floor
• Washing dishes
• Washing clothes
• Doing nothing, which means "relax"

The housework may be vary, but overall the housework on the dice will not be far from the common housework I've explained above. A family can roll the dice weekly, or probably monthly depending on the family rule.

I sometimes roll the dice, just for fun. I'm not ready yet to do it with my family member since the consequences are (actually) not as easy as it looks. I may get "洗衣" (read: xi yi, means washing clothes) or "洗碗" (read: xi wan, means washing dishes) and it's simple thing to do. But since I'm busy with my assignments and classes, so I do not have much time to do even such simple things.

擦地 [read: ca ti, means mopping the floor]

I just rolled again and I got "擦地" (means, mopping the floor). Oh, I hate it!

New Music on My Blog

Well I've found out that my blog seems so boring without something new. I didn't want to either change the layout or change the background and theme of my blog. So I thought about something that would make another new touch to this old blog. So umh... umh... umh.... *impersonating Sunny's aegyo way of thinking* nah, I got it! Let's apply a music!

Now, you can see at the bottom of my blog, there's a small music player bar. If you wonder why there's only one song playing on my blog, well I've made a playlist for a song indeed *hahaha*

Sop why did I choose "Paradiso"?

Paradiso is a smooth guitar-based instrumental song, taken from the original soundtrack of Korean drama titled "Full House". I recommend you to listen to this song on a sunny afternoon, especially when you enjoy sundown moment at the seashore. It's so romantic!

So I really hope you enjoy music on my blog :]

Merlion Congratulated Me On My Birthday

So, lemme see how long I've been away, eh? Hahaha, I've been away for weeks, I guess. And yeah, now I come up with the stories of my birthday vacation. Vacation? Yup, my parents had actually planned a visit to Singapore before my holiday. As the result, I celebrated my birthday in Singapore, and that was very very great!

So I took a flight to Singapore on May 27th in a very early morning. The plane landed at Changi Airport about an hour and half later. When a lady officer checked my passport, she asked me how old I am. She also gave me hint of my birthday that I laughed and admitted visiting Singapore to celebrate my birthday.  She congratulated me before I left.

And I continued the trip with my tour group. We went to Merlion park to take pictures there. It was cloudy so the day wasn't as hot as if it's sunny. It wasn't my first visit to Merlion park, but still Merlion excited me. It was Sunday and I have to admit it I didn't really enjoy taking pictures there at the day because there were so many people there, I mean, too many people there! It was very very crowded that little children might be lost. But fortunately I could still take some pictures there.

What I regret the most is, that I couldn't visit Marina Bay Sands. I wish I could have swum in the gorgeous rooftop infinity swimming pool :[ but yeah, at least I've visited Merlion. Some believe that a person is not visiting Singapore yet if he doesn't visit Merlion. So I think visiting Merlion when you go to Singapore is a must *LOL*

The last two pictures show photos of me with the view of Singapore CBD as the background. Compared with other pictures above, I prefer the last two pictures to the others. I don't know, it's probably because of the pose (?)

Okay, so I continued the tour, and the next destination was Chinatown. Yeehaw! Chinatown! Well, I felt like home. There were so many Chinese ornaments in red, here and there. I smelled joss-sticks burnt, deep fried snacks, and good-smell perfumes from perfumeries. I didn't buy a lot of things there, but I bought a T-shirt and some keyholders. I had to be aware of pickpockets since the streets were crowded. There are so many stalls and shops selling unique stuffs and gifts, from T-shirts to keyholders, from perfumes to cheongsam. Visiting Chinatown is a must, and certainly, visiting The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple is a must, too!

So, when did I celebrate my birthday? Okay, let's skip several hours until 10p.m, Singapore time. I arrived at the hotel and I took a rest for a while. I shared a room with my father's student whom I consider him as a big brother. Someone knocked the door and it was my father's student named Icha. She invited us to go out and have fun with her friends (the tour group consisted of my family, my father's workmates, and my father's students from EduTech department). So, my seniors and I went out and I told them that tomorrow would be my birthday (May 28th), so they cheered for me and we counted the time while walking around the city.

Our destination that night was Mustafa Center. My phone rang, alarming my birthday. My seniors congratulated me and we sang while walking to Mustafa Center. Some people looked at us but we didn't care. I was so happy and it was the fist time I celebrated my birthday outside. A senior recorded a video of me saying something about my birthday and my wishes, and I'm too shy to upload it (hehe).

We finally ended up chatting and having some snacks at pedestrian cafe nearby Mustafa Center. I bought a can of Pringles, my favorite snack, and some chocolate bars and drinks. We chatted about a lot of things and we also took some pictures.

I got ten dollar from Ka Angga :]

We were celebrating my birthday :]

from left to right: Ka Fanny, Ka Icha, me, Ka Angga

We went back to hotel at 1p.m, and when I arrived at the hotel, I checked my Twitter. So many tweets for me from my friends, congratulating me on my birthday. Wow, thank you so much! That birthday is so memorable and I cannot forget it. Once more, thank you for y'all! :D

I'm a person, too

I've been here for about eighteen years, and things have changed a lot, here and there. As I see the differences, I often feel something like going to go on a different way. It might not affect me, or it might hurt. So many people I've met, many people I know. Nobody's the same. Someone can change unpredictably, so can I. Sometimes when people change, there's such a feeling that makes me not able to accept the changes.

I sometimes cannot accept the changes. Therefore I walk away. The more people change and my feeling cannot accept it, the farther I walk away. And sometimes I feel lonely. Yes, I sometimes feel lonely. I'm a complicated person. Many people find it hard to understand me deeper. Some have given up, the rest are still trying to understand me deeper. I do not intend to be selfish, but I hate being left alone, being kept waiting for a long time, and being neglected. Someone treats me such way and I'll be disappointed. There I walk away and I do not want to say a thing to that person. In conclusion, I hate being disappointed anyway.

I sometimes smile and laugh, just to blur the hint of loneliness and sadness in me. But I'm a person, too. I eventually feel sad, angry, frustated, lonely, and I try so hard to do something that can cheer me up and help myself get up from the downheartedness. Smiling rarely works on cheering me up, since the loneliness and sadness perish my smile away soon like a wood burnt. But I always try not to let myself get too downhearted, as I've promised myself and some closest-friends before. I might cry, feel sad, be mad, be frustated, or protest since I'm a person. Yeah, because I'm a person, too. But I do believe, one day I'll wake up in the morning, see day as a new page of my life, feel my energy burnt, and think to myself that the happiness is in the air.

[sighs]

My Reasons To Idolize Tiffany Hwang

When my jiejie (Chinese for elder sister) showed me SNSD's "Hoot" music video for the first time, my eyes tried to capture Choi Sooyoung whom I did not know the name at that time. Then, I started asking my jiejie about her. I searched information about her on internet and started to idolize her. I did not know much about SNSD at that time, so when people talked about SNSD, the only thing I knew are, first, Choi Sooyoung; second, Hoot; third, there are nine members whom I (at that time) didn't know the names except Sooyoung.

She is tall, pretty, and amazing. Or yeah she's the tallest among the other members that I, at the first time, couldn't believe Taeyeon as the leader is even shorter than her. So, people talked all about SNSD and I kept mentioning Choi Sooyoung, Choi Sooyoung, and Choi Sooyoung.

As time went by, I got more information about that nine-member girlband. The group consists of Taeyeon as the leader, so-called dancing-queen Hyeoyeon, Sunny, Tiffany, Yuri, YoonA, Seohyun, Jessica (whom my jiejie was so obsessed to look like her), and definitely, Choi Sooyoung. I copied some songs from my jiejie's cell-phone and listened to them for days. Being aware that I only got singles from my jiejie's cell-phone, I decided to find full albums and EPs. Now, I have several albums on my iTunes which I sometimes play to accompany me working. And one day, a friend recommended me a song sung by Taeyeon titled "If". I listened to the song and there, I thought that the other members probably had solo performances, too. So I searched for other members' solo performances and I found one by Tiffany titled "Ring".

I listened to Tiffany's "Ring" and I started to love it. The song is so beautiful and romantic, arranged in wonderful arrangement. I still love the song. I often listen to it and set my music player to repeat one-song only, so I will not listen to anything but Tiffany's "Ring". As the result, "Ring" is ranked as the first on Most-Played song on my iTunes.

Then I thought myself,

""Ring" is amazing. I think Tiffany must be amazing, too,"

So I looked for information about Tiffany and a blog provided a comprehensive biography of her. I read the articles about her thoroughly and I started to like her. But reading her biography was not enough for me so I read more and more about her, and I thought I'd idolize her soon.

Yes! I idolize her now!

I have reasons why I idolize her. It's not because she's beautiful (hey, she's beautiful indeed and it doesn't need to be questioned), it's because some things that she has.

Tiffany starred MTV SNSD Special on 5th episode and I found out that she came to South Korea from United States on 2004 by herself to pursue her dream. She's amazing. She went to Korea by herself and she worked so hard to give the best. The way she worked so hard is admirable. She tried to persuade her father to let her go pursue her dream since her father didn't want her to be a singer at first, and she did it. She practices hard on dancing and singing, and she always tries her best, even though she is not the leader. She always tries to improve herself. She sometimes finds difficulty in pronouncing some Korean vocabularies, but she doesn't give up easily. I think she must have made great improvement for herself.

Her personality is also the reason to love her. I see her smile. Yes, she always smiles. And yeah, again, I watched the 5th episode of MTV SNSD Special. Tiffany said that all she would do when she was feeling sad is smiling, because she thought that smiling is the best thing to do. She also said that she doesn't like crying in front of people because it's embarrassing. I don't need much time to say that she's a friendly person, even though I haven't met her face-to-face. And she's a strong person. She sometimes feels lonely, sad, or angry, but she won't let things get her too downhearted and finally she will overcome it.

 

So, about her voice? Ah, I don't need to explain more about it. She's bright, even brighter than jewels, and she has sweet amazing voice. It's probably hard to listen to Tiffany's voice in particular when she performs with the group, but she has several solo performances in which she sings a song by herself. "Ring", "Because It's You", and "I'm Alone" are my favorite Tiffany's solo performances. You might want to listen to those songs so you will hear her voice more clearly. 

So, yeah, I think that's all I can explain about her. I actually still have a lot of things to show how I adore her, not only as an idol, but also, umh... well, she's like a sister for me. I can say that SNSD must be very thankful to have her. And I thank God for knowing her. Why? Because she somehow motivates me. It may sound weird since I haven't met her in real life, but there's a way she can indirectly teach me a lot of things in this life.

누나,구마워요 :)

Sunny Has Changed

Setelah lama tidak nge-post hal-hal yang berbau KPop, saya sekarang malah mau ngomentarin penampilan Sunny SNSD. Bukan mau ngomentarin penampilan di panggung, tapi maksud saya adalah appearance-nya. Dan tenang aja, bukan komentar yang buruk dari saya. Malah saya ngeliat perubahan-perubahan yang terjadi sama Sunny sebagai metamorfosis yang menakjubkan! *wow*

Awalnya sih ngeliat Sunny itu sebagai sosok yang imut, aegyo sih istilahnya. Apalagi liat penampilannya di MV "Oh!", Sunny keliatan cute dan enerjik. Kalau dibilang kayak anak-anak sih... nggak juga, tapi memang dia keliatannya ya, aegyo! Bahkan di album Korea saya, beberapa foto Sunny waktu rambutnya belum di-dye jadi blond, dia masih keliatan aegyo.

Setelah Sunny nge-dye rambutnya jadi blond, saya juga masih ngeliat image dia yang aegyo. Dan beruntungnya namanya Sunny karena yang saya sering liat (atau mungkin naturally) ekspresi wajahnya itu sering senyum (murah senyum), jadi cocok sama namanya.

Atau kalau mau liat lebih jelas sih nonton MV "Visual Dream". Disana Sunny banyak dapet vocal part dan yang jelas lebih keliatan aegyo-ness nya *hahaha*

Tapi waktu SNSD meluncurkan album "The Boys" dan saya liat MV-nya, penampilan Sunny banyak berubah. She had her hair cut and she looks different on the MV! Saya malah awalnya hampir gak ngenalin Sunny (her smile is the key). Dengan potongan rambut pendek dan outfit yang menurut saya nggak terlalu seksi, buat saya image Sunny berubah dari seorang Sunny yang aegyo jadi seorang Sunny yang feminin, bahkan glamorous! Saya coba cari foto-fotonya di nate dan dapet beberapa foto terbarunya. And somehow, she still looks cute! Jadi, image Sunny sekarang gak cuman cute, tapi juga feminin, dan glamorous (menurut saya). 

Oh ya, dengan tatanan rambutnya yang pendek, Sunny juga bisa looks sporty! Dari beberapa gambar yang saya dapet, Sunny keliatan sporty. Terutama kalau dia udah pakai jaket dan hoodie yang nutupin rambutnya.

That's all. That's how Sunny impresses me with her looks, and her smile. 


pics got from nate

Lonely

Dalam hidup saya, udah biasa banget mengalami fase rame dan kesepian. Hanya saja ketika fase rame, saya terlalu gembira dan kadang sampe lupa diri. Happiness is an oblivion. Dan ketika saya masuk ke fase kesepian, well I can't even move on or step up.

Lantas apa yang bikin saya ngerasa sepi? I don't really have many friends. Mungkin sebatas kenal dan nggak nyampe teman deket, baru sampai level friend atau acquaintance (kalau menurut relationship level di The Sims 3), tapi sebenarnya yang saya butuhkan itu sahabat. Jujur, kalau ditanya senang berteman atau tidak, saya bisa bilang biasa-biasa aja. And even I'm not in really into making friends. Saya orangnya cenderung tertutup, walaupun terkadang blak-blakan. Saya kurang bisa beradaptasi dengan lingkungan dan suasana baru tanpa ada minimal seorang yang jadi pegangan atau patokan. My weakness. Banyak orang bilang saya ini dingin dan sinis, atau mungkin mereka belum kenal saya? Entahlah, yang jelas kalau dibilang sebatas tau atau kenal sih banyak orang yang saya tau. Tapi jadi teman baik atau sahabat? Hanya belasan, mungkin? Kenapa nggak bisa sampe puluhan? Karena saya sering merasa kecewa. Terkadang saya butuh seseorang, lebih tepatnya sahabat ketika saya lagi ngerasa downhearted. Saya tau bahwa nggak bisa setiap orang selalu ada buat saya, tapi setidaknya minimal peduli kan bisa. I feel neglected. On this old earth with approximately six billions people, yang peduli sama saya mungkin sedikit. Mungkin satu banding seribu atau satu banding seratus ribu. That's sad. I feel lonely when everybody are cheered.

Banyak faktor termasuk perbedaan yang bikin saya juga ngerasa kesepian. Mungkin berbeda kesukaan bikin saya jadi nggak cocok buat berteman dengan seseorang. Entahlah, pikiran saya memang pendek atau saya memang idiot. Tapi dari kesukaan itu, munculah preferensi seseorang dalam berteman. Mungkin saya bisa bilang lebih senang berteman dengan si A daripada si B, tapi bisa aja si A lebih senang berteman dengan si C daripada dengan saya. Itu adalah kenyataan yang bikin saya kecewa sebenernya. Saya nggak bisa maksa si A buat harus terus berteman dengan saya. Saya mungkin anggap dia sahabat, tapi mungkin dia anggap saya sebatas teman main atau semacamnya. Perlahan saya mulai berfikir kenapa harus ada yang seperti itu? Saya juga lemah, nggak bisa bangkit dari keterpurukan yang melanda. Saya jadi bertanya sama Tuhan, kenapa sih kok Tuhan nggak adil. Saya bener-bener kesepian, dan saya ngerasa nggak ada orang yang mau peduli. Maka saya coba buat bangkit sendiri, tapi rasanya tetep sakit.

Saya nggak tahu harus berkata apa lagi, karena yang ada dalam pikiran saya ya, rasa sakit. 

A Spirit of Saving

Sepertinya bulan ini saya punya banyak pengeluaran uang. Saya jadi sering withdraw dari rekening tabungan saya karena saya rasa saya ini lagi banyak ingin beli ini itu (or at least, DJMAX Technika and out-for-dinner are good reasons). Sekuat-kuatnya nahan godaan supaya nggak beli ini itu, tetep aja berujung di boks ATM. Mungkin saya harus dikurung di rumah selama sebulan supaya nggak jajan ini itu atau main kesana sini terus.

Soal nabung-menabung, sebenernya saya udah nggak asing lagi sama budaya itu. Saya malah dari dulu emang udah dibiasakan nabung buat beli sesuatu yang saya pengen. Cuman entah kenapa semakin dewasa, semangatnya tambah menurun. Mungkin bukan semangat yang menurun, tapi godaan yang tambah edan. Saya suka bangga sendiri kalau di awal bulan saya ngeliat total uang yang ada di rekening saya bertambah seratus atau dua ratus ribu gara-gara berhasil nabung sebesar itu bulan kemarinnya. Rasanya itu kayak Katy Perry yang dari dadanya meletus fireworks warna-warni (eh?). Kenapa sampai sebangga itu? (padahal dipikir-pikir lebih bangga lagi kalau uang bulanan itu nggak dipakai selama sebulan, walhasil bulan depan totalnya jadi dobel)

Nabung sebesar seratus ribu atau dua ratus ribu mungkin kedengerannya gampang. Tapi pada prakteknya, gak segampang yang dikira. Ketika kita udah bisa mengontrol emosi dari barang-barang bagus atau maen game, bahkan makan diluar, masih ada cobaan tak terduga seperti bayaran buku, uang kas, dan biaya-biaya surprise lainnya. Biaya ini lah yang disadari ato nggak, perlahan tapi pasti bisa juga menguras rekening kita. Ya setidaknya kalau bayar uang kas itu masih biasa, tapi urusan bayar buku atau biaya-biaya yang besarnya diatas 20 rebu, nah itu lumayan lah bisa menguras rekening. Apalagi kalau bertubi-tubi, that's very... very wow!

Mengingat urusan nabung juga, dulu saya ini rajin nabung. Malah lebih rajin daripada sekarang. Walopun dulu cuman bisa nabung seratus dua ratus, serebu, dan bersyukur banget kalo dapet seratus rebu, tapi tetep saya tabungin. Saya dulu jajan pakai uang yang emang dikasih buat jajan, sementara duit buat nabung itu bisa dikasih dari orangtua, angbao, ato nggak kembalian sisa jajan itu. Dan karena rajin nabung itulah keinginan saya nggak tanggung-tanggung. Waktu saya kelas satu SD, saya bisa beli bola basket sendiri pake uang hasil tabungan saya. Yang edannya lagi, semakin besar keinginan saya tambah sinting (dan syukurnya sempat terrealisasi). Saya pernah nabung buat beli chandelier yang digantung di ruang tamu (sebelum rumah saya pindah), dan juga sempet ingin beli grandfather clock. Nggak cuma itu, saya juga ingin beli piano dan biola. Mungkin keinginan anak SD untuk punya piano atau biola masih bisa ditoleransi, tapi gimana dengan chandelier dan grandfather clock? Bersyukurlah orangtua saya rupanya ngedukung keinginan saya ini, dan akhirnya bisa terrealisasi. Rasanya bangga banget punya chandelier yang dibeli dengan hasil nabung sendiri. Dan tentang grandfather clock, sebenarnya belum terrealisasi. Tapi sebagai gantinya, dibelikanlah jam dinding dengan bandul sebagai pengganti kehadiran jam besar di rumah. Tapi setidaknya, keinginan-keinginan yang edan waktu saya masih kecil udah terrealisasi.

Lantas gimana dengan sekarang? Yang saya rasa harus saya lakukan adalah semakin memantapkan semangat nabung dan lebih menutup mata dan telinga dari godaan-godaan yang bikin dompet semakin tipis. Keinginan boleh ada, tapi keinginan itu harus direalisasikan dengan beberapa pengorbanan, salah satunya ya menabung. Semoga akhir bulan ini saya masih punya seratus ribu tambahan di rekening.

Go, go, semangat!