Be Grateful With This Chance

After all these days searching for one, I finally got a work. I didn’t talk about self-employed jobs like owned a coffeeshop or blogging or online shop projects. I got a job that makes me go to office at 7 a.m and go home at 2 p.m everyday like everyone else. But wait. What kind of office that allows me to go home at 2 p.m?

If a school was an answer you guessed in mind, you’re right. Yeah, I applied a job in a school and fortunately one of ten schools I sent my application called me for further interview. The result was: I am back to edu world.

It has been three weeks. I am thankful and grateful being part of the family, the school. And it is fun. Well, this opinion probably uttered by every freshgrads who feels excited getting a job right after they obtained their undergraduate degree.

My daily routines changed and I love it. I usually do not really have something important to do. I just have chores at home, trying to get some netizen and buyers attention to my sash projects or just making myself busy with something people see as unimportant and trashy. However, my activity has doubled now. I have to adjust and manage my time for school and home. And also, I am still following some of pop cultures on the internet which literally consumes my time more than those two. Writing this post probably spent my time twice or three times longer than two hours in learning and teaching process at school, and also lessen my bedtime. LOL.

Although I do not teach those amazing kids everyday, I tried to respect those kind-hearted workmates to come whenever I have time to. Respect? What does that mean?

I am a newcomer to this institution. A newcomer should not treat his or her workmates or co-workers nonchalantly, right? Also, they treated me so well, and often made me feel so touched by their kindness and acceptance. They inspire me. So, I try my best to give then feedback in some ways. Frankly, to build a nice image to other people is a good thing but to build a good fellowship with others by communicating with them as much as we can is a gold thing. People being friends because they talk, right? Thus, I honestly do not want to waste this great opportunity which might lead me to a valuable experience in this life.

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Sweet Moments, A Day Every Year

For some people, birthday is a very unforgettable moment, moreover for youngsters. Sometimes we hope to have a great birthday event, surprises from loved ones, cakes, and also gifts and best wishes. All those nice, sweet, super-cute things will make our birthday is the greatest day ever.

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As the time flies, we have become older and wiser. We even probably forget about our own birthday as our daily routines steal our time and attention on priorities that need to think about. However, that does not mean we do not want our birthday as special as we were young. Deep in our heart, we want it to be as sweet as our pasts. But, after remembering how old we are now, we just shy to have it like so.

It happened to me, actually. I remember how sweet it was in my very young ages. My late mother used to bake me a blackforest cake I loved the most. She also decorated it with Barbie doll who looked like wearing Disney Princess dresses. Unfortunately, that did not happen for long.

Twelve years ago, Mom passed away in a nature disaster. Tsunami waves sent mother to where souls will gone back to their Creator. However, in October 2004 she had spent her time to bake a cake for me. I never knew it became the last time in my life eating her love-ingredients-handmade-cake.

As years pasts, my aunt replace Mom as cake baker for my birthday. Although her cake was not as amazing as mother’s, that was not a big deal. I was very happy at that time, until time flew and forced me to live alone out of hometown.

In my teen age, I began to think that would be nice if there was someone special wished me a happy birthday exactly at 12 a.m on the day. Someone special term in mind was a nice guy who would be there for me when I need him although he was not able to be literally by my side. For an X generation-influenced adolescent like me, a cyber mate who lived far away from me was fine as long as he replied my texts.

I felt my dream came true when he texts me a birthday wish, but it just happened on that year only. In the next years, I received many birthday wishes through my Facebook as my virtual and real world friends multiplies. My mindset about someone special became changed.

Someone special is a person, or a group in our circle who will be there for us as much as they can. And they do, because they do.

I lived with two housemates for three years. They were really kind, yet annoying. Forget about the annoying part, because when we remember sweet moments, we eliminated all the ugly things. We just need to remember our associates kindness that colors our adventurous life.

One midnight, I was going to sleep after scrolling up my Twitter timeline and typed some unnecessary trashes. I did not know what they had planned, they brought me a chocolate brownies with three lit candles on the top of it. Yeah, that might be hard to put twenty three candles on a not really a big cake, also it would spent more cash to do so. I was surprised by what they did, and I was touched by their kindness. I have never been treated as special as that time by a friend. I was grateful and thankful because there were two friends and more who treated me like a special one. That moment gave me a lesson to give them a nice feedback, something similar as they did to me. I always pray so someday I will have a chance to do so.

Now I am not a teenager anymore. I become older and wiser, over and over again. However, I realized I am not that wise. My definition of someone special changed again to a nice guy who will be there for me at any time. And I really want one, not just to give me a birthday wish, but also accompany me to live.

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