Rabu, 31 Desember 2014

This time of the year

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

So here we are, again, in the end of another year.

2014 was pretty much something for me. There are a lot of big things happened, in the world, in my country, in my life, all around me; so much plot twist and drama and stuff.

For me, 2014 is about:
1. World Cup Brazil of course!
2. The Election!

I've made enough posts about the World Cup, so I wanna write a little about the election. I didn't write much, if not none, about the president election. It was a very sensitive topic and there are already too many people commenting about the election. They mostly are biased of course. Some people even fight just because of supporting different candidates.

Why was it so special?
After the reformation, there have been 3 elections where the president is directly chosen by the people. On 2004 and 2009 most people were rooting for SBY. They loved him. Some other people were rooting for the other candidates, and some were fanatics too. But nobody was fighting over their favorite candidates! Well, maybe some people, but not so many.

But the election this year was... crazy! Crazy, man! For the first time, people were really rooting for one of the candidates, and they do believe in their favorite. And unlike the elections before, this year we only had two candidates, and both have soooo many, soooo fanatic supporters, or maybe I could say... fans.
Those candidates were like rock stars. And people keep on fighting. Even after one candidate was chosen as the new president, the other candidate's fans are still fighting to change the election result, and still trying so hard to find any weakness from the new government. That is sick man!

But somehow, I'm kinda proud of it. I'm proud of us, Indonesians. This year, I saw Indonesian people are more concern about politics. Of course there are still pragmatist and pessimistic people. But at least more people care about the future of this country.

So, let's see. I wish the new government could do better in 2015.

But what about me myself? What happened to me in 2014?

What were my goals in the beginning of this year? Here's what I posted back then.


http://astaripahlevisdiary.blogspot.com/2013/12/happy-new-year-this-year-goals-and-late.html


First, am I 48 kg? Nope. I'm a bit heavier than that. But I'm still 163cm, and I'm fit, I guess... so I got that going for me, which is nice. On 2014 I tried some sport. Nothing new. I played futsal again but stopped again. I tried some exercise at home, tried some diet and stuff, but always end up bored and get back to laziness and gluttony. Oh my...
Yeah, I'll fix it next year.

How many languages do I speak now? Ugh.. Yeah besides Indonesia and English, of course. My Italian is so much improved, you know. I could say... 3 levels better. On the other side, I forgot sooo... much about my Spanish. I could say, now it is worse. Portuguese, French, German? Still no improvement.

So maybe I took the wrong method of learning. I was too ambitious, trying to learn five languages at the same time. And also, I really need friends to practice. We can't learn languages without practice. So far, I can't say I speak those languages. Even Spanish. Two weeks ago my friends and I went to a Spanish restaurant in south Jakarta, which the owner is Spanish, and I got a chance to talk to him, but I needed time to understand what the chef said.

Did I visit Japan or Greece? Nope. But I'll visit Greece on May 2015. Yeah I forgot to mention Greece on my goals.

Did I produce any masterpiece? Nope. Publish my first novel? Nope. Earn 500% more money? Nope.
Am I at least better than last year? Have I done better this year?

Well, I can say I've done better. I improved my Italian, started to learn Greek and Japanese, ready to travel to Greece next year, not produce any masterpiece, but I made pretty much satisfying sketches, it is something, you know. I haven't publish my first novel, but I already finished writing one. Uhm, well, almost. I didn't earn 500% more money, but I did earn more money, I produce more than last year, so it is also something, isn't it?

And about that spending time with special ones. I think, on 2014, I spent so much time with the people I love: my family, my new friends and old friends, and my special one. I spent time with my mom, dad, sister, and brother as much as I could. We really had fun this year. We didn't do anything special, just being together and enjoy our time. I also spent pretty much time with my cousins. Usually after office hour we hang out at a cafe near my house.

I spent more time with my closest friends, my best friends, my new interesting friends, even old friends that I've never seen or talk to for years.

For the special one part... that is another thing.

In the beginning of the year, I planned to spend enough time with the one who was my special one. But we broke up instead, very early of the year. So I thought, "Ah well, I'm not good at this relationship shit, I'm done with this. No relationship ever again!"

I thought at least it would need a long time for me to finally have another relationship. But... I met someone. And I think I really like my new relationship. Our relationship might not be ideal, but I really enjoy it. We have the same way of thinking, mostly. No drama, no complicated thingy, no jealousy, no fight. Well, there were no jealousy either with my last ex. And I'm not sure if no fight is a good sign, but I just enjoy a relationship like I'm having now. And we spent enough time for our standard. So again, we got that going for us, which is nice.

So I might be failing to reach my goals, but overall, yeah, I could say 2014 was better than 2013. And I wish 2015 would be so much better. Since I haven't really reach my goals, my goals for 2015 are still pretty much the same.