hyori's writing

New Environment is Awesome

2009-08-29T07:21:00.000-07:00

Adaptate is all we have to do when we enter a new environment. Well, it seems to be easy to said. At the first time we feel that ‘it’s gonna be okay’ and there’s nothing to be worried. But when time has passed, we think that we’re alone. None understand us. People with all of their behaviour, traditions, and many local languages, make we feel like an outsider. Even they didn’t mean to. So, what we have to do?

Firstly, we have to enjoy the situation. Enjoy, a word that give us such a big impact. An Indonesian magician has a word “Be careful with your own mind” Really, a personal feeling can affect our mind and act. Even if we have strongly struggle to avoid stressness, and we pretend to be happy all days, it’s not gonna work effective. Because our mind is silently fluenting us already. Just relax naturally and enjoy the situation.

Second, try to get closer with the people near us. Say hello to the new neighbours or classmates. Meet new people and introduce ourself to others will make a friendship. Maybe some think that friendship can be called ‘friendship’ after a long period. When happiness and sadness by turns come. But at least, it’ll decrease our stress level and build our confident.

Third, helping others is useful. By helping our friends, believe it or not, happiness will automatically approach towards us. Beside that, we’re not living alone,right?

That’s just a pieces of tips which can help us to adaptate with the new environment. The next is up toyou. Hope this will be useful.

Face of Haramayn

2009-08-19T18:07:00.000-07:00

I took this photograph during 2009 July 03 until July 10. Hope you’ll like it~

Madinah Al Munawarah

Makkah Al Mukarramah

Mina

Jabal Rahmah

Ramadhan is coming, it must be really great for people who spent their Ramadhan there ^_^

It’s Not A Pure Talent

2009-01-25T02:43:00.000-08:00

Writing, some people maybe seldom do that. Even someone said “I don’t have any writing talent”. Actually writing, or the other skill, most importantly is practising. Even you have a very great skill. It’s nothing if you never practice it.

Within or without our consciousness, writing is one of many important part of our life. Moreover in this modern era. We are demanded so that we able to convey our opinion clearly no matter if it’s orally or written opinion.

As it’s mentioned above, practising is really important. It’s make us to try our best for convey our opinion. And one more.. it can improve our writing ability. So, some tips below maybe can help you do that :

1. Make a plan for your writing. You have to know what will you write well. It’ll become very tiring if your ideas just stuck in your head.

2. Pay more attention to your writing and be concentrate. Sometimes, a little annoyance can blow our concept out.

3. Make a note that contain your sequence of the ideas. It help you to maintain what the essential point of your writing.

4. Don’t stuck on in the middle. Don’t stop writing if you lack of idea. You should have a try to finish it. Because if it happened once, there will be the second and so on.

Writing is about practising. And the next, one thing can help you is your reading materials. They help you a lot when you’re writing.
See? Writing is not that complicated.

8 Things About Me

2009-01-10T02:21:00.000-08:00

Actually, this poat is a homework from Adnan. Truthfully, I seldom post personal things here, but that’s okay. Maybe with this post you can know me closer.

8 Things About Me :
1. Someone who is interested with foreign language, and try to study them.
I often meet people who don’t like any language. Foreign and even their own. I don’t know why I have different thinking about language with them, but that’s fine. Now I’m studying Indonesian, English, Korean, and Chinese.

2. Someone who like to write.
I like writing, but these days I’m busy due to the school assignments and others.
3. Someone who interested with East’s Herb and Medicine.
I used to learnt accupresure, and I’m interested with East’s Herbal. However as mentioned above, I’m lack of time. Hope I can learn more next. ^_^

4. Someone who loves music.
Loves music. I love K-Pop mostly. My fav is BoA and DBSK.

5. Someone who like to stay at home.
I never bored in vacation, even I spend it in home whole week. It’s because of I can do things that I can’t do when it’s not holiday. Simple?

6. An Introvert.
It’s not a sin if I wrote like that, isn’t it? Well, you have to understand that being an extrovert or introvert is not a choice, it’s about character.

7. Have 4 blogs.
Each blog has different category. One in Indonesian, two in English, and another in Korean.

8. My name means..
10. You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous.
You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things.
Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.
You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic “Type A” personality.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.
You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row.
You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace.
People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

You are a very lucky person. Things just always seem to go your way.
And because you're so lucky, you don't really have a lot of worries. You just hope for the best in life.
You're sometimes a little guilty of being greedy. Spread your luck around a little to people who need it.

So, I think that’s enough. Anybody want to drop your comment?! ^^

Not A Yearned-For Aurora

2008-12-28T06:42:00.000-08:00

Sometimes we ask “Why somebody like him?” or “Why does she never understand me?” when we have some conflicts or feel uncomfortable with people around you, whether we conscious or not, we think about those questions.

When it comes, remember one thing that often we forget. Everybody have different types. In this world there’s nobody that exactly same as to another. Even if they’re identically twin.

Maybe psychologist divide human to many types. We must not uderstand it at all. The most important thing is respect each other. We become a useful person when we different from others. Fill the empty spot and complement each other.

Deeply think.. actually we and people around us have similarities to the rainbow in the sky. When rain has gone and sun shining above the bright cloud, sky change clearer. You will see a rainbow, light that emit seven colours. And you know then, it won’t be the same if we miss a colour there. If it happened, it’ll never be called “rainbow” anymore.

Rainbow isn’t a yearned-for Aurora, that only can be seen in the earth poles, we know. But because of that reason we can see the rainbow often and admire it more. Life isn’t just for reaching our dreams, but also be acquainted with our environment. Difference is a normal thing, don’t make it seems to be a tricky problem, because difference can unite us together.

Opening The Window Of Our World

2008-09-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

Reading. Everybody know this activity. We do it in our daily life. But, have we knew what’s the point of reading? Have we really read?

Maybe you know a person who always says that he read four or five books (with those hundreds pages) last night. But that’s not the prominent of the purpose. Finding what we need is the most important. It doesn’t mean reading is stressing in comprehension, and it always, but get what we seek from reading.

A smart reader can find it easily. If he look for some datas, the accurate data will be find. If he has to realize the text, he’ll understand it well. And, a smart reader is the critical one. After he read, he has his own opinion about many new things. Then, ideally, he can make the people around him—and himself—think deeper and become open-minded person. He does that because he can take a lot of moral and material value from what he has read.

Stress Isn’t A Problem Anymore

2008-06-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

No one can deny this. Along with our life, we must be have bunch of problems. So it’s not an astonish situation if once your pal told that he’s stress. Because you might be like that in the future.

Stress, can be triggered by some reasons. The first, stress appear because of internal factor. For example we feel exhausted while we have a pile up of tasks and works. Or, stress can be triggered by our mind. If we consider something is really difficult, stress will quickly perch on. But on the contrary, if we consider it as a challenge, stress will bring us to a better way.

Next, is external stress trigger, or we can call it the environment. High living cost, poverty, harshness, even noise also transportation problem can cause stress. Nevertheless, even the environment definitely not give us support at all, if we confident, stress will covered easily.

Other of the stress factor is gender and age. Maturer and the higher level of education that human have, it’s easier to control their mind and easy to manage the stress. While from gender’s side, women is proved to a wiser human than men. It’s supported by brain research. Women’s brain are more flexible, so they can do multiple jobs at the same time, while men do it one by one.

So, if you get stress, you should start to manage your stress.

Stress management :

1. know yourself; like physical sign and situation that can drive you stress.
2. aware and accept the stress, then seek an idea to solve it.
3. positive thinking.
4. don’t see anything as a burden, punishment, or a badluck.
5. relax.
6. talk to yourself, or discuss with your friend.

Gambang Suling in Stockholm

2008-05-19T08:56:00.000-07:00

A song that is played by Gamelan Jawa

Bawang Merah and Bawang Putih Drama (A Javanese Story)

2008-05-19T04:49:00.000-07:00

The story takes place in a simple village household. The head of this family has two wives, and each wife has their own daughter. Bawang Merah and her mother are jealous of the attention the father gives Bawang Putih and her mother. When the father dies, Bawang Merah and her mother take charge of the household and bully Bawang Putih into servitude. Bawang Putih’s mother stands up for her daughter but she soon dies prematurely. With her real mother and father dead, the gentle and obedient Bawang Putih is left alone to be tortured by her cruel stepmother and half-sister.

BM : Hey you! Prepare me warm water for a bath… My skin is must get warm temperature to be soft.
BP : OK, my sister. I’ll do it (She boils a pail of water, then pour it into the bathub).
BM : Faster!
BP : Be more patient… (she finishes it, and get out of the bathroom).
BM : Can you do all of things quickly? You are not adroit at all (get in into the bathroom).
BP : My goodness… why is she always hate me?
BM : (roaming) Ouch!! (out from the bathroom and throw down the door).
BP : (surprised) What happened?
BM : Hey! Where did you place your head, huh?
BP : Am I did something wrong?
BM : Yes, actually all that you have done is wrong!
BP : I’m sorry…(bow)
BM : Now you tring to burn my skin!
BP : No..! That’s not.
BM : You are jealous don’t you?
BP : I’m not. I just didn’t realize the water is that hot. Are you okay? (she looks at Bawang Merah’s hand)
BM : Don’t touch it! (avoid)
BP : That’s okay. I’ll see it, it will not hurt you… (reach for BM’s hand)
BM : I said don’t touch me! Impudent kid! (BM slaps BP’s face)
BP : Sis… (she is trying to control her mind) I want to save you. But you slapped me?
BM : Enough! Cause of your doing, I’m tired. Go wash my clothes in the river! If you dare to make me dissapointed one more time, I’ll tell all of your fault to mom.
BP : Please, don’t do that…
BM : Then, go now!
BP : She is quite hate me. God, can you make my sister like me a bit?

Bawang Putih goes to the river. Washing her sister’s clothes. Suddenly, there’s a fish approach to her. The fish is able to speak, and tells her that it is her mother who has came back to comfort her. Bawang is was overjoyed to be able to speak with her mother again, and secretly visits the pond whenever she can.
One day Bawang Merah sees Bawang Putih sneaking off and secretly follows her to the pond, where she witnesses Bawang Putih talking to the fish. After Bawang Putih leaves, Bawang Merah lures the fish to the surface of the pond and catches it. Bawang Merah kill the fish, cook it and feed it to Bawang Putih without telling her where it came from.

BM : You seems very ravenous… Is it delicious?
BP : Yes, very delicious. Thank you for cook me a meal.
BM : You know what kind of fish you have eaten?
BP : Tough I don’t know, It’s very good because you cooked it for me. So, what kind of fish ?
BM : You have to promise first.
BP : For what?
BM : For not get mad with me.
BP : I’m very happy because of you, my sis… I think I’m a little difficult to get angry with you today.
BM : Truthfully, I knew you have a friend near the river. That fish… I thought your friendship will be forever if you eat it.
BP : Sis, what?
BM : I fried it. But it will become your blood and bones, right?
BP : I can’t believe this… So you kill it?
BM : Yep.
BP : Why? It is my only one friend, it’s my mother…
BM : Your mother? How come?
BP : She came back again to see me. She listened to my stories and entertained me.
BM : I never know that things…
BP : Mother… you has passed for the second time… I can’t believe it.
BM : I’m sorry… (pretend she don’t know anything)
BP : Mother… I’m just happy to saw you again, but you quickly left me alone again…(she cried)
BM : I’m sorry… (big grin). I want to express my deepest condolences.

Bawang Putih gathers the fish bones and bury them in a small grave underneath a tree. When she visits the grave the next day, she is surprised to see that a beautiful swing has appeared from one of the tree's branches. When she sits in the swing and sings an old lullaby, it magically swings back and forth. she continues to visit the magic swing whenever she can. One day, while she was is on the magic swing, a Prince who is hunting nearby hears her song. The Prince is overjoyed and asks Bawang Putih to marry him. She agrees.

BM : Now you’re the princess.
BP : I’m sorry. I know you admire the prince.
BM : Never mind. I’m happy too because both of you will get married.
BP : Thanks, I’ll miss you if I live in the castle.
BM : I’ll be miss you more .
BP : Therefore, would you and mother live with me?
BM : In the castle? But… We can’t be allowed by.
BP : My sis… Everybody want to live happily with their family. Why I can’t do that too?
BM : The King won’t be like it. Beside that… I’m sure that I have been being so bad to you.
BP : You’re still my sister.
BM : I’m too contemptible to accept your kindness.
BP : Don’t be like that…I just want to spend my days with both of my family… And forget all that past
BM : You completely forgive me?
BP : You are forgiven.
BM : Thanks my lovely sis! (crying)
Then, they live happily ever after in the castle.

Nature’s Eastern Harmony

2008-04-01T08:36:00.000-07:00

The more I heard it, I can feel it. Now I’m conscious enough. The distinctive nature of every Eastern musical instrument is manifested more in how it produces sound than in the sound it produces. No matter how beautiful or peaceful the music from Western culture’s musical instruments can sometimes be, one cannot escape fact that these instruments have an aggressive character.

The Western instrument which seems to be most intimate with its human performer is the guitar. In both its timbre and its role it is different from instruments of soloist recitals. At countless campfires and parties and social gatherings its congenial strains serve to bring all together ia a communal spirit. It also shows great intimacy with its master, cradled as in his lap while he is playing it.

But even the guitar, in comparison with Korean komunko, cannot completely shed the character of confrontation. The guitar is grasped at its neck, and set up in the lap; the komunko, on the other hand, is not grasped or clutched anywhere, and is in a fully reclining position. In the performer, left hand pressing the chord and right hand working the bow, we see a mother stroking sleeping baby, or one straightening the cover of sleeping lover.

There’s another. In action, all musical instruments either stand erect by themselves or are propped up with something. As a rule, they produce sound when they are erect, and fall into silence when they are resting back in recline.

Komunko exception to this rule that activity happens in an erect position. Some of ‘gamelan’, Javanese orchestra does it too. I nearly have been playing them for two years. Usually I played ‘saron penerus’. It is bars of metal that it will be stroke according to the song’s partiture. Don’t you ever think that’s enough. Your left hand have to work out too. It is used to stem the echo sound that otomatically will be hear after you hit the bar. This instrument is very special. While the others get into silence, it must fill the empty note.

Now I’m being trusted to perform with ‘kendang’. Traditional drum that it’s has two heads. Truthfully, people still with this opinion. The players of kendang is men. Then how come a girl age 16 sit and play it? I’m happy being one of women or girls who can play that drum. Even though after played ‘kendang’, palm of my hands will change into blue and swollen. It’s also callused ( Are my palms very thin? ). But plays with it, we seem like going to hug it. Showing love and affection between performer and instrument.

The way kendang cooperate with instruments while perform songs is distinctive. The type of songs influence notes, and order of notes row either. This drum lead all of them, control the tempo. Being an upbeat or ballad melody. Of course, the other must hear and feel the organic sound from ‘kendang’. So they can follow the tempo.

See? Each of Javenese orchestra has their own way to perform. Even they play the same song. It’s manifested though we are different, we walk along together. Helping each other in our life, bring out peaceness and calmness.

It’s comes from my father when he heard me being trusted to play ‘kendang’. “You should happy to get it. One day, if you are going abroad, and you’re asked to show our country’s culture and elegance, kendang is the first thing that popped out from people’s head.” Yes, I think that’s true.

So, it’s important to know deeper the place where you from. Include its culture. I don’t mean all of you must play traditional music instrument, but we have to love them and keep it alive.

There are summer and winter. There are Eastern and Western. Both different and unique, but they’re nothing if we can’t live together

Language Is Important Too!

2008-03-20T07:48:00.000-07:00

I have read “Accelerated Learning For The 21st Century” by Colin Rose and Malcolm J. Nicholl. I found one fascinating fact there. It said, many research reveal that children who had taught foreign language could break a complex problem also sensitive woth various of cultures.

I think that’s true. Every human has three basic intelligence. Reading, writing, and counting. From this statement, we can see how important the role of language in our daily life. Even the civilization of nations is considered by its language. If we add some foreign language ability, that’s gonna be awesome. We got them. Both language ability plus uderstanding difference culture between countries.

I’m very happy because of “2nd language” concept has been replaced by “3rd language” concept. It’ll help us how to interact with foreigners. Well, sometimes several person get into confusing moment with free translation ( include me—I’m sorry if my sentences is so messy ). But we knew that. There’s a will, there’s a way.
Hope we can share and give more respect each other.

There Are TWO In This World…

2008-03-20T07:46:00.000-07:00

Last week ( actually I’ve posted it on wooneehyori.blogspot.com in Indonesian 2 hours after the event ). I saw a tiny seminar about television details in Indonesia. Someone asked, “What will you do to change the orientation of production houses in order to create programs that have quality, not only to get money?”

We can’t answer that. And there’s no answer for a question like that. With reference to answer, I want to show you. Truthfully, there are two kind of arts. Whatever it is. Theatre, art of painting, music, and literature.

First, educational art. Useful, give a lot of lesson for who enjoys it. Even we can saw some of those get recognition from the expert. Next is, the art which is normally develop in our environment. Popular art. Maybe will be better if directly give you an example. Do you know ‘teenlit’? This what I call ‘pop’. In the bookstore, most of teenagers like to keep seeing novel shelf. Novel which has colourful cover and mostly is foreign-titled. You must be knew that! But do you know “Orang-Orang Bloomingtoon” (People of Bloomington) by Budhi Dharma? A book is received award?

Two kind of art can’t be mixed, we can’t eliminate the restrict too. Why? I don’t know. Because it doesn’t happen only in Indonesia. Other countries too. Maybe a lot of people said that literature is confusing, complex, odd or something like that. But as a teenager, I want to persuade all of you guys, to enjoy literature. You’ll get much lesson from it.

Herbs Better?

2008-03-11T01:13:00.000-07:00

If you sick, you must be go to doctor. The first impression of doctor is white coat, stethoscope, chemical element’s smell, and medicine. I’m sure that opinion is usual for us. But behind that, it will be better if you know who has healed you and what implied in your pills.

A lot of modern urban people think that West therapy is better. But today the number of people who choose herbs has increased. Maybe you asked, why this can be. In my opinion, people bored of device of health in modern therapy like CT Scan and some scary needles in surgery room.

So it normal if you looking for other method in health treatment. One of them is herbs. I believe every country in this world has their own herbs. But usually it identical with Chinese Medicine. Actually, if you see the Chinese doctor, and aks their help, they’ll not only give you medicine or like that. Also they give encouragement. You need to remember that all they use is natural elements.

Otomatically, you feel happier to drink it and filled up to be health. Now, do you think modern therapy is still better than herbs? It’s up to you.

Be Wiser Please!

2008-03-01T06:14:00.000-08:00

Have you been heard the news about noisy rowdy football supporters? OK. Directly to the point. If you have entrusted the game on referee’s hands, it shouldn’t be like this. Though there’s any problem, you’ll never jump to the soccer field and roughly attack the referee ( if you’re an educated person and wise human ). Also this is getting stranger. Supporters broke the studio, salon, houses of civil and everything that they met around the stadium.

Beside that, even this is an old news, but I’m still want to inform you about Indonesian supporter in Asian Cup two years ago. Remember? Medias said that the supporters was calm and there’s no anarchist act. Maybe yes for some parties, let alone when Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono watched it. But in determined party of Indonesia, actually when they faced South Korea, the news become a tale for me.
My friends watched along there. She said some Korean was going out of the stadium because they were thrown with empty bottles of soft drink. It doesn’t means I don’t love my country, but don’t you feel embarrased?

I’m sorry to say this but football supporters have to being taught. Not only in Indonesian but whole of us. If we don’t accept the referee, solve the problem in the court. The problem also isn’t personal. But it followed by logical reason.