RiN's 夢 の 森

A place where the reality lies beneath the illusion

Kalau, tiba-tiba seorang anak dimarahi tanpa ada basis,

"Dasar ga punya otak! Percuma lo gua sekolahin sampe tinggi kalau kurang ajar sama orang tua! Dasar goblok, tolol, ga guna!"

Apa itu benar? Mungkin untuk sebagian besar orang yang tidak tahu akar masalah pasti akan berasumsi bahwa sang anak telah berlaku atau berkata kurang ajar pada orang tua, yang sebenarnya tidak boleh dilakukan dan hal ini berarti membenarkan kata-kata yang cukup kasar di atas. Tapi, apa hal itu sepenuhnya benar? Apakah menggunakan stereotip atas asumsi seperti itu selalu benar? Kenapa tidak pernah ada orang yang mau mendengarkan cerita dari sisi sang anak sendiri? Apakah orang tua di negara ini adalah seseorang yang selalu benar dan HARUS selalu didengarkan kata-katanya?

Seorang anak adalah makhluk hidup yang mempunyai kemampuan untuk belajar yang sangat luar biasa. Seorang anak bagaikan kertas putih polos yang bisa tertoreh tinta warna-warni di atasnya. Baik itu hal yang baik dan hal buruk, akan mulai terbentuk dari lingkungan yang paling dekat dari diri mereka, yakni orang tua dan teman-teman. Apakah kata-kata seperti itu bisa muncul karena pergaulan yang salah? Atau pendidikan di sekolah yang salah? Perlu diketahui, seorang anak juga punya kemampuan untuk membedakan yang baik dan yang salah. Hal inilah yang perlu ditekankan dalam kasus di atas sebelum orang bisa mengambil kesimpulan.

"Apakah aku harus menghormati seseorang yang menurutku tidak pantas untuk dihormati? Baik kata-kata maupun tindakannya tidak mencerminkan teladan yang benar bagi anaknya. Apakah semua perilakunya itu tetap memberikan dirinya hak untuk dihormati olehku? Aku punya prinsip untuk tidak menghormati orang yang menurutku tidak pantas dihormati."

Orang tua harusnya menjadi panutan dan contoh yang baik bagi anak-anaknya, bukan? Tapi tindakan semena-mena, kata-kata kasar, hinaan, cemoohan, merokok, memukuli orang lain, apakah itu hal yang patut ditiru oleh seorang anak? Meski orang tua sudah memenuhi kewajibannya untuk membayar biaya pendidikan, memberikan tempat untuk tinggal, dan memenuhi kebutuhan hidup tetap memberikannya alasan untuk dihormati? Tidak pernahkah sang orang tua berpikir bahwa sebenarnya sang anakpun tidak punya kesempatan untuk memilih di mana ia bisa lahir. Jikalau diberi kesempatan oleh Tuhan, seorang anak tentunya akan memilih lingkungan yang baik untuk lahir. Lingkungan di mana ia bisa memperoleh perlindungan, cinta kasih, pendidikan, dan semua kebutuhan-kebutuhannya yang lain.

Apabila orang tua hanya memenuhi kewajibannya, bukankah sang anakpun hanya perlu untuk memenuhi kebutuhannya untuk berperan sebagai "anak baik" dan keluarga yang baik? Apakah sang anak tetap harus dipaksa untuk mengkhianati hatinya sendiri dan berpura-pura menghormati orang tua tersebut? Apakah sang anak yang telah memenuhi perannya dan berusaha untuk menekan perasaan dalam dirinya masih harus dimaki, dicerca, ditertawai, atau bahkan dipukuli oleh sang orang tua ketika kehilangan kontrol diri sebentar saja? Salahkah bila sang anak memiliki keinginan untuk tidak kembali ke orang tuanya? Lagi-lagi, Apakah orang tua seperti itu masih punya hak untuk dihormati? Tidak bisakah orang tua tersebut berefleksi untuk menatap dirinya sendiri?

Mungkin sang anak pun perlu kembali berkaca diri. Mungkin kebanyakan orang akan berkata, "Bagaimanapun, dia tetap orang tuamu!" kepada sang anak. Akan tetapi, tetap tak bisa dipungkiri oleh sang anak, hatinya telah menolak untuk menghormati orang tua. Haruskah sang anak menjadi sosok munafik di tengah masyarakat yang berperilaku bertolak belakang dengan hati nuraninya? Haruskah sang anak terus mengalah dan mengkhianati prinsip dirinya sendiri untuk tetap diam atas perilaku orang tuanya tersebut?

Itulah sedikit refleksi diri yang ingin aku curahkan dalam blog ini. Baik untuk sang anak dan orang tua sendiri, semoga refleksi kecil ini dapat menjadi bahan acuan bagi anak maupun orang tua untuk menghadapi orang lain dan melihat masalah dalam sisi yang berbeda. Mungkin tidak akan pernah ada jawaban yang benar dalam konflik batin sang anak saat ini. Akan tetapi, semoga refleksi kecil ini memberikan pandangan yang baru kepada orang-orang lain di sekitarnya sebelum menarik kesimpulan atas perkataan mentah dari orang tua yang berkata seperti itu pada anaknya.

Ada hal lain yang ingin saya bagikan kepada anak dan orang tua dalam blog saya. Ini merupakan prinsip yang akan terjadi pada sebuah keluarga tentang pendidikan anak :

Jika anak hidup dalam suasana penuh kritik,
ia akan belajar untuk menyalahkan.

Jika anak hidup dalam permusuhan,
ia akan belajar untuk berkelahi.

Jika anak hidup dalam ketakutan,
ia akan belajar untuk gelisah.

Jika anak hidup dalam belas kasihan diri,
ia akan belajar untuk mudah memaafkan dirinya sendiri.

Jika anak hidup dalam ejekan,
ia akan belajar untuk merasa malu.

Jika anak hidup dalam kecemburuan,
ia akan belajar untuk iri hati.

Jika anak hidup dalam rasa malu,
ia akan belajar untuk merasa bersalah.

Jika anak hidup dalam semangat dan jiwa besar,
ia akan belajar untuk percaya diri.

Jika anak hidup dalam suasana saling menghargai orang lain,
ia akan belajar untuk setia dan sabar.

Jika anak hidupnya diterima apa adanya,
ia akan belajar untuk mencintai.

Jika anak hidup dalam suasana rukun,
ia akan belajar untuk mencintai dirinya sendiri.

Jika anak hidupnya dimengerti,
ia akan belajar bahwa sangat baik untuk mempunyai cita-cita.

Jika anak hidup dalam suasana adil,
ia akan belajar kemurahan hati.

Jika anak hidup dalam kejujuran dan sportivitas,
ia akan belajar tentang kebenaran dan keadilan.

Jika anak hidup dalam rasa aman,
ia akan belajar untuk percaya kepada dirinya dan kepada orang lain.

Jika anak hidup dalam suasana penuh persahabatan,
ia akan belajar bahwa dunia ini merupakan suatu tempat yang indah untuk hidup.

Do you feel that you could die because of boredom? Or you feel your life is pointless? Why couldn't I feel happy or satisfied? Or not having intention to do anything? Nowadays, most of people probably has thoughts like these. Life could be so meaningless if we don't know what we should do to fill our life. Especially for the teenagers who have plenty of time to fill their own life. Teenagers should life their life to the fullest in order not to feel regret in the future.

"Just like a blank canvas, life is meant to be painted"


A simple yet a perfect analogy to express our life. Life could be so fun, important, exciting, and meaningful for those people who "color" their life with every color they could find. They could even "paint" others' life after completing their own "picture". Just compare a totally white and blank canvas with a canvas with various color on it. Wouldn't a colorful canvas will attract more buyers?

Some people may think that it's okay to live a life without any passion and excitement like that. They are not a daredevil who brave enough to face a risk to enjoy the challenges ahead. But how could the other people fill their pointless, boring life? Actually, it is a very simple thing to do. Unfortunately, not everyone know the simple thing that could change their life. There are 5 simple things that could change your whole life :

1. Dream
Yes, a dream. It may sound stupid for some people. But in order to become a successful person, "Having a dream" has taken the 2nd place in the top 10 list factors of successful person. A dream will become an eternal motivation whenever you feel down. Having a dream will also become a goal point for you in the future. Imagine a world without people having a dream. I'm sure there will no be an aeroplane, telephone, dynamite, cars, etc. Dream may be really difficult to be achieved, that's why it's called a dream. Unfortunately, there are only a few people who have found their dream in their life. By having a dream, you will have a vision and a parameter to measure your own life. It's simple, though it's very important, isn't it?

2. Mindset
"Mindset? What is so important about mindset? It won't change the reality of my life" That was one of my friend's line. Do you also think the same? You know, brain is the main commander for whole of our actions. By changing the way we think or see things, it could change whole of our actions! When you also have pessimistic mindset ("it's impossible", "it's useless", etc.), you would easily give up things. Meanwhile, if you have optimistic mindset, you will try as best as you can and keep trying in order to get something, because you have "I believe it will success" mindset. Isn't it affect us much?


3. Will
Now, let's say you have a dream and wonderful mindset. There is still another thing that you should have. That's a will. We need a strong will to achieve our dream. As I've told you, reaching a dream may sound impossible. If you don't have the strong will, your dreams will easily crumble and vanish. On the other hand, if you've determined to achieve it and form it as your will, it will become the main source of energy for you to fill your life. You will become brave to take risk, be vocal, and try new things in order to achieve your dream, because it is your very own will. Imagine the satisfaction that you could have when you have fulfilled your dreams. That's strong will that could make a dream comes true.


4. Take Action
Of course, all of us know that take action is very important. It a cliche phrase, but it is affect your life greatly. Though it is a really simple thing to turn your plan into action, not everyone is able to do that. Most of them were only stuck until "dream" and "will" phase. Even if you have the strong will, if you don't have any intention to implement your plan, it's nothing but a mere dream within a dream. Sometimes we need to face hard things and difficulty in the process of reaching our dream. But, we have to remember that it's a natural process. Only a dream that hard to achieve will give immeasurable satisfaction for people who have tried to do their best in order to get it. Also, by changing your plans into action, it is an efficient way to kill your boring life, isn't it?


5. Love
Last but not least, it's love. By loving your surroundings and accept them the way they are, it will give you a positive thinking and motivation to help another people in need. You will care for the people and anything around you. You will try to communicate with other people, listen to others, and having partners that will help you to achieve your dream. Actually, loving is very simple, but it turns into hard things for some people. People who doesn't love anything won't feel happy and feels empty inside. Even if they have anything they need, their basic needs to love and to be loved is never been fulfilled.

It is very simple right? Only having these things is a single step for you to have an excellent life!

今夢の事を教えます。

小さい頃から 日本へ行くのは私の夢です。 "日本は面白い~" と思った。

始めはアニメとまんがから日本の事が好きになりました。

日本で勉強したいです。日本のぶんかや日本人と友達になりたいやいろいろな所へ行きたいやなどがあります。

先週先生から聞きました。若い時に、先生はつくば大学で勉強しました。先生 の 話 を 聞いた から、 "日本へぜったいに行く!! " と 言いました。 友達も同じ事を言いました。

でも、 やっぱりお金は一番の問題です。 日本へ行くために、 いっぱいお金が必要です。

日本はすごく高いですから。 今お金を集めたい!!!

そして、 友達 と一緒に日本へ行きます!!!

Well I'm sure some of you have heard the terms of "alter ego". You may hear it from your friend, film, internet, etc. But do you know what is alter ego? Maybe some of us think double personality and alter ego is the same, but it's not. So I will share some of my knowledge about alter ego.

This all started from my first session of self-hypnotized that I applied to myself. I never expected that I would meet the other side of myself whom I've never been aware of. Somehow, I could know that person is my alter ego. There are 2 types of people who have alter ego. First one is someone who is completely aware of the existence of the other part of themselves, and the second is the people who doesn't aware of the existence of their alter ego.

Most of the sites in internet define alter ego as : second self, a second personality or persona within a person, who is often oblivious to the persona's actions. This terms is first mentioned by Aristotle.

Usually, actors, actresses, performers, and authors have alter ego. It is caused by the demand to get themselves into a "new" character which is not their selves. Alter ego could go in and out as they please according to the situation in real life. Besides that an avatar or the character in game also could be considered as an alter ego. The main point is it lead us to a double life.

There are some factors why people have or created alter ego :

a. This is one way to escape for the real life. Some of us may have a dream that we can't reach or we might always live for others' expectations. It could create a pressure for people and finally make them create an alter ego to satisfy themselves.

b. This is a form of their imaginary personality. Some of the people may have an idol or ideal personality that they want to achieve. They unconciously try their best to fulfill their "ideal" self.

c. The role of their character. Some of actors, actresses, or authors may have gone into their own character too deep and unconciously let them to affect their life.

Alter ego could bring both advantage and disadvantage for someone in their life. Alter ego could change someone's personality so they could achieve their dream, please the people around them, get to work or school, etc. Most of the alter ego will help people to live their daily life. We can see the examples from most of the singers or performers. They often use a stage name in their career and they feel like they are somebody else that could do anything. Or, a woman who can lead a double life as a business woman and a mother in their life also considered has an alter ego.

On the other hand, people could have problems because of their alter ego.There's a theory, "Once a person creates an alter ego, they start dreaming about the same and living a life of their own with the alter ego." Besides that, if the alter is ego is more perfect than the core personality, it could create a low self-esteem towards individual. The alter ego could dominate their life and prevent someone to lead a normal life. We need to remember that alter ego is created as a way of escape not a solution from a problem in life.

Some confession from people who claimed that they have alter ego said that alter ego could disappear someday if we consider ourselves don't need the assistance of our alter ego. Usually, these people couldn't feel the presence of their alter ego, they could not communicate with their alter ego in their mind, and their alter ego never appears in their life to help them again. It could be a good sign that the person have accepted the reality and could face it by their own.

Here is an easy step to create an alter ego that I found in the internet :
1. Think about one or more things you wish to do with your life. Your alter ego will
have accomplished these things (e.g. your alter ego became a fashion designer)

2. Think of one above-and-beyond accomplishment for your alter ego character (e.g. your designs were featured in New York fashion week)

3. Make sure you and your character share the same interests (e.g. you like to play
guitar, so does your alter ego)

4. Give your character your personality

5. Paint a picture in your head of what you want your alter ego to look like, if this doesn't work try drawing your character.

6. Think of a name for your character. Your favorite name, or the meaning of something you value in another language.

7. Create a world for your alter ego. Include places and characters from shows you watch or books you've read.

8. Include characters based on your friends and family.

9. Create other characters that work with or are friends/family with your character.

10. Chronicle your character's every day life!

These are few things about alter ego. Hope this information could be useful for all of you.

Well, finally I've become a senior!!! LOL

Nahh, stupid mumble =='

This is the first time for me to update this blog for a looooong time.
I've been very busy this recent days. I can't even do all my daily activities well.
I also got sick few weeks ago, and i dunno what kind of illness i gotten myself into.

Okay, back to the main point, I am in XIIS1 right now!!!
Things that made me happy recently :
i. I am in a same class with so many friends of mine (although i got separated from some of my old friends T_T)
ii. My friend who is studying in China is having summer holiday in Indonesia! I haven't met her for a while ==a
iii. I could engage more to my hobby, and i even tried to self-hypnotized myself and i think it's working!!! I'm sending positive mindset to my mind!

on the other hand, there are also things that made me depressed :
a. My first English test was so messed up because i wrote wrong notes in my book
b. I only got a couple of months left to prepare EJU, TOEFL, etc.
c. The time limit for me to choose my major is getting near
d. My last assignment for my graduation is being rejected over and over!!
e. I'm getting worried about the scholarships!!!!!

Darnnnn! Geez i couldn't help myself for being stressed over small matters like this ~_~ Fortunately, i was lent an interesting book from my friend. It tells us about hypnotheraphy. I tried that, and i think it's working. I mean, i don't feel sleepy at school anymore!!!! *Hoorrrayy*

This is a brief way to self-hypnotize yourself (you may want to give a try) :
1. Command yourself to go into the "Beta" condition
2. Make yourself relax by taking deep breath, imagining good things, etc. (as long as it could make yourself feel relaxed and comfortable)
3. Test your critical area such as hands, eyes, legs, etc. to know whether you've gone completely to Beta condition or not (by trying to move it, if it can't be moved then congrats, you've done well!)
4. Begin the self-talk session
5. Give the closing session

Please have a try! You may have a problem that you can't solve, fixing your mindset is a good step to find a solution! I will probably post a new post about this self-hypnotize soon to give further information ^^

Ok,, i feel like i wanna scream rite now..
all of my stress started 3 days ago..
Because i was too busy with my school assignments and final test, i dun hav any time to find or read my favourite manga in certain mangasites. And i found that my favourite genre was removed from the sites!!!!! (well, one of my favourite genre is yaoi)

When i read the forum discussion, i found out that US policy and google who did this. HOW COME??? T_____T

Ok, that's the first thing.

Secondly, i could not di my math test at school today OTL
I was so pathetic.... I dunno why, but i never do anything well if it relates to math..
@#@*#(*$&(@$&(&

My score has already been in danger, and because of this stupid final test, i think it will drop even more!!!!!

*Stressed*

Ah geez.. i dunno how it could turn out like this myself but,,

somehow i have to join 4 competitions in a row next month???! *WTH?!*

Well, it was my own fault.. but, hey, please, how could i know it'd turn out like this?

i dun understand how come my school doesn't consider about my condition..

at first, i only planned to join P***A competition in certain public university.. and it's already taken most of my time to do all of those scientific research and scientific reports! i dun even hav a proper vacation to complete it! could u belive that? even though it was really rare 4 my school to giv vacation for their students..
*ifeellikeiwannacry*

ok,, it was the beginning of my endless suffering this last 2 months.. then,, here it comes, d 2nd competition.. i was chosen by my english debating coach to join the A**A english debating competition which is claimed as the most prestigious english competition in my country.. <<< and i agreed coz i still had time to prepare it..

the 3rd competition,, suddenly my name popped up on the school announcement board!!! my teacher chose me to join the economy national competition.. *WHAT??* but i couldn't say anything against it.. my name has already been written on d wall, so it's useless to protest now.. aaaaaaaaa i really want to scream.. i dunno whether i was happy or stress anymore. but, ofc i do feel proud at d same time..

and d last one.. last year (actually a few months ago) i was asked by the teacher of my schoolto take the preliminary test for ISDC in diknas.. i agreed. coz it has passed for quite a long time, i thought i was failed on d 2nd round. but again, suddenly a letter was given to me and they said i was chosen as my region's representative in ISDC!! i couldn't believe it myself.. i mean, i only started to debate a few months ago.. so how come i was chosen a my region's representative among many other students.. i also got 2 other teammates. when i met them today, i really got a mental breakdown.. i feel like i was a burden for both of them.. i think i should practice more 4 my english starting from now..

that's why i volunteered myself to join the debating competition on 1-3rd april.. i hope my body will last until the end of this april.. i couldn't get sick after being forced to involve with this so many competitions.. NOOOOOO