Jogja Marathon 2018 and the Stories Behind

Assalamualaikum!

After all dramas, boredom, and disappointments before, Im so relieve I finally can have my short sweet escape in Yogyakarta. Having my own 'ME' time is one of my most precious time ever. But, to run and meet new people are even more interesting.

Thanks for this marathon that I could meet these new friends from BCA Makassar. All of us were half marathoners and finish strong! I was pleased that they invited me to go to Makassar for a run together with all Asia Runners there. Insha Allah yaa hehehee.. Though we only had a very short meeting (because they had a plane to catch), I knew they were very friendly and humble, and dedicated to run so much. Imagine how they flew far away from Makassar to Yogyakarta for this marathon. Super cool! Amazing!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

-The Power of Prayers-

Didnt know how much I prayed and asked Allah's kindness for helping and protecting  me to every race I had. But this race was the worst. I didnt expect more on myself, since I only did short run under 10K two times a week. I barely swim and did long run either. All along the race I just kept focusing on my pace, listened the playlists to distract my exhaustion, prayed over and over asking Allah's mercy to give me strength. I knew that Allah would help me as long as I believed in myself, be honest and kept fighting till the finish line.

And the power of my prayers answered rightaway. When I thought I couldnt run because the weather was very hot, it turned cloudy and colder. When I wanted to go to toilet, some villagers didnt mind to borrow theirs. When I was worried getting thirsty, water stations were always there somehow. And everytime I felt weak, those marshalls were clapping hands, yelling and gave a high five to me to run faster.

Half Marathon (21,1 km) at 2:54:09 with an average pace of 8:28 is totally not my best PB (2:38:37). Im quite satisfied that I could finish the race safely, without any fatal injuries (masha allah!!). Although these callouses hurts like hell since my 7K-19K run until today, but my knees were okay, my headache had gone shortly after, and I didnt feel any dehydration at all. Alhamdulillaaaah... 

-Some Funny Stories Left-

Kids, parents, even grandparents cheered the runners. Those villagers were very friendly and kind. And I just couldnt help to appreciate their kindness by borrowing their toilets. Seriously, I wanted to go to the toilet sooooo bad and but the marshalls told the toilets were still far away. Then what choice did I have, except asking the villagers to borrow theirs. And they didnt even ask me for a penny! Thank youuuu 😭😭😭😭😭

Another thing was when a very old grandma and grandpa sitting and cheering the runners together beside the street, a man who's running in front of me shaking hands (salim/cium tangan in bahasa) to them. And didnt know why, suddenly I just followed him as if I was their granddaughter!! People around who saw it were laughing so hard 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Overall, Im so happy for what I've done. Eventhough at first I was doubting this 'alone' vacation and a little scared of having a first time solo flight (you know how scared I am into heights!), but well... I was not literally alone actually. My brother was in Yogya, I have my runner's friends there, the hotel and its people were so nice (a four-star hotel which I definitely will stay again if I have a chance) and the becak man (abang becak) that the hotel offered to me was sooooo friendly and knew every single inch of this city (since he's born and raised here). I can say that this is an 'alone' but not lonely vacation. Bravo!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Wassalamualaikum.

Line Post 31/10/2015

Maturity is a choice. Men get old, but not all of them can be mature as they grow older.

Being strong -both phisically and mentally- is also a part of maturity. People have issues, but not all of them can really strong enough to face problems. So back again, being strong is a choice to be more mature, whether if you want or dont want to be.

Certainly no one wants to see you cry. Obviously they dont even care. Well, a few of best friends may care, but if you continue to mourn forever they'll think twice to take care of you. Showing depression to people wont help much to recover at all.

Im fragile, bruised easily. I think thats what people are in general. Even if its just pretending, I'd rather to stay strong. So what? As long as Im in control and behave normally. Because things will get better in time and I'll get used to be strong no matter how hard it is.

Yes its my choice, being strong. And  yes, sometimes I do immature things. But at least, by being strong everyday, I know where im heading to.

Ps: and Ive never been this happy all my life. Alhamdulillah 😊😊😊

Me, The Monsta of Animonster

Assalamualaikum!

Jadi ceritanya baru beli map kan. Nah supaya ga ngebosenin, covernya pengen dikasih gambar apalah gitu. Teringatlah kalau gw masih ada poster-poster anime. Begitu dibuka ternyata.. SET DAH BANYAK YE CUUUYY!

Setelah beberapa lama lihat sana-sini, bolak-balik poster dan majalah.. Akhirnya, semuanya gw rapihin, masukin lagi ke dalam lemari karena saking sayangnya. Jangan dipake deh, biarin map nya polos aja. Hahahahahaa

And the question is... WHERE DID I GET ALL THOSE POSTERS?

Maybe a few years ago you've heard about ANIMONSTER, majalah dengan tagline 'all about anime and manga in Indonesia'. Publishernya Megindo, sama dengan  Cinemagz. Kalau dulu banyak majalah ngasi poster, animonster berani ngasi ga cuma poster, tapi 4 postcard, notebook, kalung, gelang, pin, pendant dsb yg berhubungan dgn anime, dan beberapa item dlm satu edisi! Gila ga tuh.. 👍🏼

Dari tahun 2005 sampai 2009an (I guess), gw adalah salah satu org yg tergila-gila sama majalah ini and became one of their Monsta (how it called its readers). Nungguin edisi terbaru setiap bulannya tanpa terlewat satu edisipun. Dari jaman masih streples-an, lem majalahnya lepas, flip cover, one cover, ukurannya A4 mengecil ke A5, dua edisi spesial posterbook, pergi dari satu bunkasai ke bunkasai animonz lain, wah banyak deh pokoknya. Bahkan gw bela-belain ke tukang loak, nyari edisi lama majalah ini. The reason simply because I love anime-manga-Jpop-Jrock-Jcultures (even until now). Dan majalah ini provided all of them (walaupun 70% nya mostly of course anime-manga).

Hampir semua anime-manga-Jsongs-Jdorama gw tau. Contoh case nya adalah saat orang2 belum tau Naruto itu apa, gw ud punya komik volume 1 cetakan perdananya. Rurouni Kenshin, Hikaru no go, Fullmetal alchemist, Samurai champloo, Inuyasha, Getbackers, Honey and clover, Big wind up, Saiunkoku mononogatari, Chihayafuru, Death note, Detective conan, Detective kindaichi, Fruits basket, Fullmetal panic!, Gensomaden saiyuki, Gundam seed - destiny, La corda d'oro, 20th century boys, Monster, Nodame cantabile, Saint seiya, Gals, X clamp, Cardcaptor sakura, Hack//sign, Ghibli's movies, J-doramas, J-artists, J-songs, you name it, I know it!!!!

Didn't know why gw berhenti berlangganan setelah kuliah semester 3 an. I thought I had interests on other things and since then I've never heard about Animonster anymore. Where did it go? No idea. Recently, I googled and found out the magazine decided to stop publishing since 2014 due to many reasons. Tapi beneran, I feel sad everytime I pass rak majalah di toko buku. I always try to find animons, but it never there anymore 😥

One thing, animons really shaped me to be different from others. Bangga sekali bisa punya pengalaman sebagai Monsta. Saat org lain di masa remajanya bermain dengan hal yg ga jelas, nongkrong dimana-mana, menggalaukan pacarnya, berambisi untuk nilai sekolah, gw mah bodo amat. Asik aja berkutat dengan hobi cari tahu budaya Jepang. Koleksi barang-barang yg ga semua org punya, tahu sesuatu yang ga semua org tahu, belajar hal-hal yang ga semua org punya kesempatan itu. If I think about it.. Waah.. alhamdulillah Im so blessed. Mungkin satu-satunya yang gw sesalkan saat ini adalah gw belum punya kesempatan utk costplay. Dulu pernah sih, kepikiran utk costplay ala Misa Amane's Death Note. Ud beli baju dan pernak-perniknya pula, tapi keburu pake kerudung. Yasudahlah hahahahaha..

So it was a brief story of how I loved J-cultures, specifically on anime-manga. Hope you'll have an idea of how absurd I was back than

Thank you for reading my story!

Wassalamualaikum 😊

Line Post 26/10/2015

Running is absolutely like living a life. It takes a commitment to choose how to end the run. Finish it with the right path, a shortcut, or even not to. That's why I love to run.

In every marathon I joined, everybody was so exited, no one took a shortcut (were there any of them took it? I didn't know for sure). Either they chose 5K, 10K, half marathon, full marathon or even maratoonz, it was all about struggling to finish the race after they passed the start gate. They coped with obstacles while running like crams, dehydration, headache, stomachache, etc.

Its the moment of truth where commitment was on a stake. Would they hold on to the race? Still running though they're in so much pain, slowing up a little bit until the pain disappeared, walking and seeing people passed by, calling for a help, or just giving up to the situation.

See? Its so alike when facing problems in daily life. Do it in pain, slowing down, taking a rest, calling for a help, or giving up. According to me, none of those choices are wrong as long as I take the consequences with full of responsibility.

Line Post 23/10/2015

Assalamualaikum, readers!

Since last Friday, I tried to uninstall and install a new Line app while remembering the email and password I used to have on my previous Line account. You know.. the one I told on my first post, where I had wrote so many but accidentally I deleted the account. The good news is… YES, I could remember both the email and password. When I opened it, I jumped directly into my Line home page and then tadaaaaa!! My posts were still there! Alhamdulillaaaaahh!!!!!

I think I’ll start to move those posts into blog. All of them. Well, not now, but regularly every week (If I can), and give a special title “Line Post”. And now I want to present my first Line post. Enjoy! 

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Line post 23/10/2015

The very first post on my new account! Uyeey!!

When my best friend talked about Mr Bae Yong Jun last night, I remembered about Winter Sonata. I watched it loooong before people around me even had an idea of ‘Korean Hallyu’.

My opinion, he acted (almost) perfectly in this series, even better than when I watched Hotelier series. Yep, I was officially captivated by his charm, haha!

I love the opening song! It described sooo much about the whole story. And its been on my playlist for years 

I’m hoping to watch those 28 episodes and burst into tears again soon. Love it, love it, love it!!!! 

Winter Sonata - From The Beginning Until Now

Hola, Blogger!

Assalamualaikum.

Warm hugs and kisses, readers!!!

This is my premiere official post on Blogger, after a long long looong time ago. I'm super excited, finally I have my own page to say everything! Alhamdulillah 😄😄

Well.. I can simply best described as a talkative type and love to meet people in person. But sometimes I cant handle myself to write about things. I wrote a lot on Line app two or three years ago. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted my account and I couldn't get them back 😭😭
Then I tried to write stories on Instagram. But I knew it was inappropriate because Instagram is always more on pictures and explanations based on them. Last night, I remembered I had a WordPress account. Then I said to myself "why cant I use it?". And then when I googled my name, I found out I had a Blogger! Wooow...

So here I am, trying to write randomly on my post.

First thing first. I used "Dandelion" for this blog because I love dandelions (and clovers too) since I was in mid-school. So I decided to use it for the name of my blog in 2010. Surprisingly, my little niece also use 'Dandelion' (or Dandeliona) for her name (which is super good actually). But the thing is, this is a total coincidence. Seriously.
So Ava, if you see this post someday, please don't take it too personal, and don't get mad to Tante Ade. Because I created this blog long before you exist :)


The most interesting part is when I found out that actually I've had this account and WordPress since 2010 (see screenshot below). Eight years ago!! Where did I go these years? I have wasted my time write things everywhere but here. And look, the language I used was sooo formal. Boring! Shame on me 😣!

 

Oh yes, one more thing. Actually, I had uploaded some pictures and posts on Blogger. But for the sake of people (and me, for sure), I decided to remove them right away. So now, my blog will be safe for everyone and certainly for kids. I mean, your kids and mine! Hahaha...

I don't like making promises. But at least, I can say this wont be my last post. Hopefully, there will be many posts that can inspire people (crossing both fingers) and mostly, release my depression. Hahahahahahaa..

Bekasi, 18th March 2018
Sicerely,

adeanti
-who embraces so much love in the air-

Wassalamualaikum.