Throughout my childhood, I was often that kid with my nose in a book. I always loved reading books, especially a book which has a picture on it. I always asked my mom to buy me BOBO kids magazine when she came home after going to Tanah Abang with my aunt or hospital after she did a medical check up. That was such a good memory I can remember.
Since I was a kid, I have read lots of children and teen books. My favorite books are Harry Potter and Lord of The Rings. Reading those books reminded me how powerful children and teen books can be when they are written and executed well. When I was in the seventh grade, I started thinking about who actually wrote the books I loved so much. So I began looking for who's the authors, and the idea of becoming just like my favorite authors came into my head. It was ever since then that I have planned on pursuing a dream of becoming an author.
As I remember, I started writing when I was in high school. Back when I began writing, I showed my first story to my friends, and they responded pretty enthusiastically (I don’t know if it’s true feelings or not, when I think about it now). But at that time I was so happy. Encouraged, I began writing some stories for classmates and put a few characters on it. I loved that they loved my writing.
After writing some stories, I thought of finding a topic and putting it on my personal blog. “I need to find it! I only have one life, and I don't know why I would waste the one I have doing something I hate. I’ll only write something I like.” I thought. At that time, Korean Pop caught my attention. I spent my leisure time listening to Korean songs. “Got it! I’ll write about K-Pop!”.
One of my classmates recommended a personal blog. In that blog, I read an article about Korean Pop written by kak Ron. It leaves a big impact on me. Thus, I started reading all of the articles there (here's the website KaosKakibau by Ron, if you're curious and want to try read one of his stories😀). I really enjoyed reading every time he posted an article on his personal blog back then until now, especially about EXO (I'm a huge fan of them). I sometimes laugh out loud. His style of writing is really great and entertaining. I love the way he expresses his feelings on his personal blog. That makes me want to express my feelings through writing like him. Because of it, I feel writing is one of the ways that enables people to have freedom of expression. I believe it’s a way of helping people to understand the other. I may not have the means to help people, but it is one way of reaching out and comforting people in various situations. That’s the reason why I try to write something every time I have free time, and have an idea to share, of course.
Back to 2020😎 I don’t end up writing all about K-Pop on this blog, only a few times. But I end up writing the things I like here, such as my travel stories, review book, movie, or song (if you’ve been following my blog for a little while, you know those tend to be my favorites). This year I tried to make a story, even though it hasn’t finished yet, because I have been dreaming of publishing a book one day. I hope people will enjoy my work. I am still practicing to draw characters or animation and improve it as good as I can. I’m still working hard to pursue my dream to be an author or illustrator. I love to come up with ideas and want to put them down on paper. I’ll embrace every passion of mine and work to upgrade myself next year.
I won’t end this story without saying thank you to everyone who helps me through this year. I couldn't have asked for better people in my life. I thank my family because they’re always supporting me (even though sometimes I didn’t listen well to them, sorry). And my friends! Especially Tomi and Bagus, you guys are such a light! Thank you for brightening my view when all I could see was darkness. Your positivity (and negativity haha peace!) have made my unbearable time a little bit better. Thank you for not squashing my dreams, but rather encouraging them. My Kanhum squad also! I think I can say that I’m lucky enough to find all of you guys and spending good and bad times together during college life until now haha! Thank you and I love you guys! Thank you for all my friends who I can't mention it here. People come and go, but thank you for always stay with me, no matter what happens to me, to you, to us.
Everything that happened this year due to the pandemic made me realize many things. I realized that things don’t always turn out the way I planned. I’ve learned that there are many things that go wrong and we don’t have to always fix it or get put back together the way they were before, I can get through bad times as long as I try to face them bravely. I’ve also learned that staying healthy and sane is something to be grateful for, especially this year. I’ve learned a lot this year!
The last but not least, I wish everyone (and myself) a ton of success on whichever path we decide to take next year. I’m grateful for every experience I got this year. Even though it’s a difficult year for all of us. Let's hope for a better year next year. May the sorrows be changed by joys and all our plans succeed. I hope the pandemic will fade, so let’s welcome 2021 warmly.
P.S. : Since there are many things that I can’t do in 2020 to reach my goals, (I’ll write it again here as my goals in 2021 haha
Prioritize healthy and my own happiness👑
Relax! I need to control my emotion~
Exercise and take walk
Read more books, upgrade myself
Earn a lot of money and eat good foods!
Buy new laptop or i-Pad💻and practice more to draw something. Buy a new shoes and handbag also.
Study English, get language certification, then apply for graduate school
Traveling to South East Asia countries
Watch summer Olympics in Tokyo! Corona, please go away!
Europe trip, maybe? can I?😄 and many more in the future :)
Xoxo
Deb:)
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