"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."

-Will Smith

Candle Philoshopy

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

-Eleanor Rooselvelt

Back when I was on the junior high, we always held a flag ceremony every Monday. At the end of the flag ceremony, it was a custom to have a teacher who delivered a speech. The topic of the speech could be anything. For me, one of the most memorable speech was delivered by my physics teacher. The topic of her speech was about "Life Is A Process."

Yes, dude.. Life is a process. Being alive means we will never stop learning. Even in our daily activity, there's always things to learn. People say "life is a roller coaster", well.. I am pretty  agree. Analogize as a roller coaster, life also has ups and downs, sometimes it moves faster and in other time it gets slower. But the thing is we have to determine our own track. The track which leads us to our life vision.

To be wise, life is not only about the happy moments, but also the sad ones, (maybe) some disappointments & regrets, rough ways, and also darkness. This process is the one that makes our life 'more alive'.  Of course, these things are not something easy to pass. Oftentimes, the dark  moments keep us down and lose hope. That is why we have to find our light.

The light might be come from other people, but the stronger light comes from within ourselves. To see the light gives us hope and encouragement. It is the one that motivate you and help you to keep trying. 

Have you ever heard about the Candle Philoshophy?

Well.. I describe a candle as a cylindrical stick of wax that is burnt to produce light. In this modern age, people rarely use candle as the main source of light. But when the power outage, everything back to the traditional ways, such as lighten up the candles to be able to see in the darkness.

If you take a better look on the candle, you'll realize that to produce the light and illuminate the dark space, a candle has to be burnt first. Being burnt means the wax will be melt and the candle will be smaller until finally extinguished. This is the fundamental thing about the philoshophy of candle; sacrifice itself to light up the surrounding darkness.

Some well-known public personage like Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi are the perfect examples. For me, they are such an inspiration. If everyone can live this way (with the candle philoshopy) than the earth will be called 'heaven'..

In my opinion, there is only one possible reason why there are some people who sacrifice themselves for others. It is because of the genuine love. Perhaps for you it sounds naive. Perhaps I am a dreamer to say these things. But the people who make a better world are the ones who live their dream. The dream of a better world. People who become a candle in the middle of the darkness, people who make life worth living for the desperate people surround them.

In life, probably I am only a tiny candle who produce the dim light or perhaps you potentially be a great candle who light up the room. Well.. Everyone have their own portion. Now, we just have to play our own role and be the first version of ourselves. You are born as a candle. You are destined to produce the light. Do not ever give up on a problem, for the light is always brighter than the darkness.

Hug & Kiss,

Delicia

12 Random Facts About Me

BONJOUR !

Ça fait longtemps que je n'ecrirs pas mon blog which means 'It's been a long time I'm not writting my blog'
and I do miss blogging. It's only two weeks, but it feels like a month.

In living my daily, I find so many interesting things occured every single day and everytime I thought "I'm gonna post this on my blog." But since it's been two weeks, there are already plenty of things I want to share with you, guys. Now that I'm writing this post, bunch of things passing by my mind and I gotta decide which one to share. That's unnerve...

Finally, I come with this idea that I want you to know better about me. Well, internet possibly connects everyone arround the world. It is out of my control to determine who read my blog because everybody who accesses internet can also find my blog. The true phenomenon happens in the real world is perhaps 'I do not know you and you do not know me.' Maybe we never even met and are separated by distance. 

To read a blog but have no idea about the writer is somehow itchy. So, I figured out that by sharing some things (facts) about myself will probably make you know me better.

Here are 12 random facts about me (that likley you do not know):

1. RED is my favourite color
I fell in love with this color since I am inside my mother's womb. Well, that's hyperbolic :p
In my opinion, red is a color that shows courage, enthusiasm, sacrifice, hard work, strong intention & determination, and is outstanding. For me, that's how life is suppose to be.

2. I am a 'gym rat'
Yep! When people first know me, they mostly said "Wow, I do not think you do the fitness thing." Well, I might seem like a feminim-fragile-girl, but I always embed to myself that "Being a girl, I have to be strong & tough." Because for me, strong is the new beautiful.

3. I only spend 2 years at high school
This is one of a huge step in my life. Many people thought that high school is the most enjoyable time. But I have no regret in attending the accelerated class. It was possibly be the hardest couple years in my life, but it transformed me to be a better & mature person who know the true meaning of hard work and determination.

4. I am addicted to chocolate
Chocolate is a part of my life. What I mean with chocolate is the dark and bitter one above 60% of cocoa. This might be unusual, but I do not really like the sweet chocolate like milk chocolate, white chocolate, and many more. It's just too sweet for me and overall I do not think it's a 'chocolate'.

5. I spend 4 years learning French
If you notice, there're one or two of my post written in France. I learned France at CCF (Centre Culturel Français) Salemba who is now changed its name into IFI (Institut Français Indonésie) if I'm not wrong. It started when I was in the 2nd grade of junior high until I graduate high school. I intend to continue my coures at IFI Bandung (at Purnawarman street), but I still couldn't find the right class..

6. I care too much about healthy life
Joining the gym completely change my life style. Healthy is an investment. You won't see the benefit in an instant time, but living a healthy life is a process that brings you all the goodness. There is a quote which I read at the gym. It said "People only suffer two things in life: the pain of the dicipline or the pain of regret & dissapointment."

7. Putri Budaya ITB 2012
I don't mean to be haughty.. In brief, 'Pemilihan Putra Putri Budaya' is a contest held on Pasar Seni Budaya (PSB). The participants should represent one of a cultural organization at ITB (unit kebudayaan ITB). At that moment, I represent Unit Budaya Lampung (Ubala). And I was chosen as Putri Budaya 2012.

8. Watching movie is one of my favourite thing
When I am boring, wathing movie is one of the things I will do. My favourite genre is fantasy. Those kind of film makes me fly away from my daily (boring) life. Harry Potter is one of a kind. I read all the books and watch every movie. My second best genre for me is sience fiction.

9. I love teddy bear
I love every single part of teddy bear. It has accompanied me since I was a little girl. There was a time that my parents and everyone at the house thought I was lost when I was actually taking a walk with my lovely brown teddy. LOL

10. Knitting
 Recently, I found an interesting activity to keep me busy on the holiday. Yep! It is knitting (with two sticks and balls of yarn). Everytime I do it, somehow I feel like a granny. But anyway, I've made three scarf with my own hands and I am pretty proud of them :D

11. I hate rain
Unlike many other girls who like rain (I assume). To be honest, I don't like raining. Ask me why? Well.. I just don't like raining! I hate the lightning and thunder and everything become so miserable..

12. Star gazing
Another random thing I do is to go out of my room and starring at the sky in the balcony. I can feel the cool wind in my skin. Everytime I look at the sky, so many things happen in my mind. The diamond stars hanging in the vast dark sky is so beautiful. They are the witness of everything happend on earth. The sky is full of mystery. 

Well...... Welcome to my life, guys! :)


Hugs & Kisses,



Delicia

In A Rush

HOLA!

It's been a few days not posting anything here. I kinda miss blogging to be honest. But as a responsible student on the exam weeks, I surely have to focus myself with this-exams-things. Being on this exam period is exhausted. It takes all of the time I have and also my entire energy just to do them well. But overall, there's nothing to be complain about. Instead, I should be thankful because this whole thing forces me to learn and to be more mature.

Just remember the diamond. When it is found in the mine, diamond is usually attached with the host rock. To get the beautiful diamond which we wear as a jewelry, it has to pass the crushing process, cutting process, and it also has to be polished. The entire process is certainly not easy and irritating for the raw diamond. But by seeing the sparkle and the clarity of the diamond, it feels like those painful and hard processes is worthy.

Yes, we all are the diamonds-in-process. It might be hard, even sometimes it might feel too difficult to handle, but remember that this entire processes is for your own goodness. And by passing process by process, you are now getting closer to the final point; being the true diamond :)

Happy exam weeks and final project deadline, people! :D

Host stone of diamond

The diamond gems

Hugs & Kisses,



Delicia