Just a Story - part 1

Ey,

never mind about what I want to write. 

*two hours later*

Okay, just listen to me. I don't know why I do really want to share ma little secret with you. So, please take your time and listen it carefully :) *whispering.

*Sigh. It was happening about 5 years ago. When I was on the 6th grade at elementary school. Yeah, a stupid lil girl (read: me, but I'm not that dumb girl you know) met ma first love at the first sign, haha just kidding =.=
If I remember that time, I think how ridiculous I was. It started when the first day of school after long holiday. I was late to go to school because of traffic jam. But I believed that I could arrive at school on time. And fortunately, I wasn't late.

Then suddenly my best friend (let's call her as L) came to me with her cute smile as always. She told me that there was a new student in our class. Oh okay. I curious why she was so excited that time just because that mysterious new student. She just said that the new student's look like Harry Potter. It didn't make sense to me, although it also made me curious. But I swore, I don't really care about it.

Welcome to the new school year

Holiday's almost over and replaced with a new school year.  I trust that the school break and holiday season was full of good times. When I hear the new school year, that thought is the all-new everything. New classes, new friends, new school, new teachers, new labs, new bags, new shoes and so on. Like a ritual every year into the new school year, I was busy looking for stationery, books envelop, prepare uniforms and other school purposes, which surely also curious about the new class later on, about who I am classmate with? Actually I wish that my classmate is my friends from 10-4 class, but what could I do, that's impossible, isn't it? I know it should not be a problem, right? I very much hope that it will be a happy and successful one for you and me :)

My Bornday

Allah my God, I know I'm not perfect, but I want to thank you for all I have, thank you for always loving me. Today, I woke up. I am healthy. I am alive. Thank you :)

May!

May  is coming! I know I'm late to post this, but it's not too late, right? I love this month, or it can be called my favorite month ever :) I think time grows faster and I still haven’t chased all of my wishes yet. Yeah, I have wishes, I have dreams… and I still want to believe that anything can happen in this world for an ordinary girl, haha that sentences remind me of Miley Cyrus’s song.

I think you also have wishes in your life. What wishes meaning? What is dream, anyway? Friends… I told you that I’m a dreamer. I dream big. I know there’s no one in this world that doesn’t have dreams, even if for the old one or for the young one. 

 Yup, dream is the half of life. If people say “All dreams are bullshit”, I think they don’t understand life. Why? Hey come on! Can you feel alive without a pitch of dream? Don’t throw that away. Dreams can give you strength, can make you stronger. Guys, you’re beautiful. You are talented. You are amazing. Never forget that!  Pick your head up, looking up. Just make a dream, and make it true. Trust me! If you can dream it, you can do it. It’s actually pretty amazing when you love your life :)

Friendship

Someone asked me,

"I'm wondering what other people think is a best friend. Can people have many best friends? because I don't know which friend of mine is my best friend."

And then I answered,

yea you can have tons of best friends i do. A best friend is a person you can trust, someone you can tell your secrets to and they can keep it a secret. Someone to cheer you up when you're sad and
someone that's always there for you

Thiss

Painful Things

1. Bringing back the feeling you've learned to forget
2. Reminiscing the good times
3. Trying to hide what you really feel
4. Loving someone who loves another
5. Having a commitment with someone that you know wouldn't last
6. Shielding your heart to love somebody
7. Loving a person too much
8. Right love at the wrong time
9. Taking risk of fall in love again
10. Accepting that it was never meant to be
11. Loving a friend who's avoiding you constantly without any reason
12. When a dear one suddenly stops responding you
13. A person whom you never forget in life, he forget you permanently
14. It's hard to love someone and not be loved in return.
15. To love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel
16. Say goodbye to someone that you won't to let go
17. Ask someone to stay if you know they really want to go
18. When a person whom you trust, hurts you.
19. When a person whom you hurt, still trusts you.

Whatever

Well. Lemme start from this. Saying you'll never fall in love is like saying you'll never smile. No matter how hard she tries someone will come along and make her fall for them. She knows that there are things that  she doesn't want to happen, but she has to accept. Things she doesn't want to know, but has to learn. Right? through this, you've grown up. There are a lot of people who call you by your name. But there's only 'one person' who can make it so damn special.

Day by day she thinks of him. Night by night she thinks of him. Sometimes she keeps her feelings to herself because it's hard for someone else to understand. Sometimes she smiles just to hide what she

Weird scary

It's scary to find someone that makes you happy. You start giving them all of your attention because they're what makes you forget everything bad that's going on your life. They're the first person you want to talk to in the morning and the last one before you sleep, just so you can start and end your day with a smile. It all sounds great  to have that someone, but it's scary to think about how easily they could just leave and take the happiness away too when they go.

"Well, sometimes love seems easy. Like... it's easy to love rain... and hawks. And it's easy to love wild plums...and the moon. But with people, seems like love's a hard thing to know. It gets all mixed up. I mean, you can love one person one way and another person in another way. But how do you know you love the right one in every way?"

Okay I don't understand about what's going on.

Beauty Pop

Jadi, aku lagi suka banget sama manga Beauty Pop nih. Itu loh, manga karangan Kiyoko Arai, mangaka yang jg pernah bikin manga Dr. Rin (yang animenya pernah ditayangin di SCTV dulu). Pertama kali aku baca manga ini adalah waktu SD, lewat majalah komik terbitan M & C yang bernama Cherry. Tapi karena aku cuma baca Cherry sampe nomor 5, dan gak pernah beli lagi, manga ini jadi terlupakan begitu saja. Apalagi sejak masuk SMA aku udah jarang baca & beli komik (malah bisa dibilang gak pernah).


Nah, sampe akhirnya di liburan ini aku ngerasa bosen banget. Mau baca novel, kok rasanya males ya *memandang novel Edensor yang baru dibaca beberapa halaman dan males dilanjutin lagi*, dan entah kenapa saya tiba-tiba pengen baca komik. Tapi, karena harga komik sekarang yang harganya betul-betul mencekik (17.500 untuk ukuran komik itu muahal ya! apalagi menghabiskan membaca satu komik gak
makan waktu ampe 30 menit, jadi rasanya sayang kalo harus ngeluarin duit buat beli komik). Makanya aku menempuh jalur gratis, yaitu baca manga online, hihi. Melihat list-list manga di sana, akhirnya aku milih buat baca Beauty Pop aja, berhubung dulu pernah baca dikit dan lumayan suka sama ceritanya.

Baca komik ini bikin aku gemes banget, gemes sama kisah cintanya sih, huehehe. Gemes karena kisah cintanya yang terlalu sedikit (kisah cintanya baru mencuat di akhir-akhir). Selain itu, yang aku suka dari manga ini adalah karakter utama ceweknya yang jauh dari tipikal karakter cewek di shoujo manga lainnya. Biasanya kan, tipikal tokoh utama dalam shoujo-manga (komik cewek), umumnya manis tapi diceritakan biasa-biasa aja, selalu bersemangat, atau bahkan pemalu. Di Beauty Pop ini, tokoh utamanya si Koshiba Kiri ini orangnya super cuek dan hampir tanpa ekspresi. Makanya kisah cinta dalam komik ini rasanya lambat dan bikin gemes haha.

Manga Shoujo (cerita cewek), comedy, dan school life ini berkisah tentang kompetisi menata rambut dan dunia “per-salonan” (ya sejenis itu lah!). Tokoh utamanya Kiri Koshiba, murid cewek kelas 1 C sekolah Ryokufu High School. Sekolah itu memiliki klub kecantikan bernama Scissors Project (SP) yang beranggotakan Shougo Narumi, Kei Minami, dan Ochiai Kazuhiko.

(kiri : Kiri-Ochi, kanan : Kiri-Narumi)

Beberapa karakter tokoh yg menarik di manga ini :

• Koshiba Kiri.

Mimik mukanya selalu lesu, tidak ceria, dan tidak pernah bermuka “blush” merah padam seperti tokoh cewek di manga shoujo pada umumnya. Jelas bukan cewek yg cute. Di mana pun dan kapanpun dia sempatkan untuk tidur.

Kiri yg suka menanggapi masalah dengan santai ini adalah anak dari penata rambut legendaris Koshiba Seiji, yg membuka salon kecil yg tidak terkenal. Ibu Kiri adalah artis dari Hollywood. Sewaktu kecil dia trauma karena tanpa sengaja menggunting telinga ibunya. Sayangnya Arai-sensei tidak menggambarkan sudut pandang perasaan Kiri terhadap cowok.

• Narumi Shougo

Anak pertama dari presiden Salon de Narumi yg menganggap Kiri sebagai rivalnya yg menyebalkan. Menganggap dirinya “genius” dan ingin selalu menjadi yg nomor 1. Sifatnya mudah marah dan selalu memanggil Kiri dengan “Puffy Head” (si rambut riap-riapan). Saya pun suka tokoh Narumi ini, meski Arai-sensei sering membuat mukanya hancur-hancuran dan berapi-api kalo lagi marah. Apalagi kalo ketemu Kiri. Hahaa… Tapi tak apalah :)

Narumi memiliki banyak penggemar cewek namun sama sekali dia tidak tertarik pada cewek-cewek itu karena dia alergi cewek. Di volum 1 diceritakan masa kecil Narumi waktu kelas 4 SD yg bertemu seorang gadis cantik saat kompetisi menata rambut junior. Ternyata gadis itu peserta kompetisi juga. Narumi langsung menyukainya, berupaya memamerkan kehebatannya.Tapi ternyata gadis itu-lah yg mengalahkan Narumi.Saat itu dia bersumpah balas dendam pada gadis peserta nomor 17 itu dan merebut bonekanya.

Di Volume 5 Narumi mengetahui bahwa Kiri-lah gadis cinta pertamanya yg dia cari (peserta nomor 17 itu). Tentu dia sangat tidak percaya. Di volum 8 perasaan suka Narumi pada Kiri akhirnya tumbuh. Narumi berencana ngasih boneka Rabbit-Bear sebagai rasa terimakasih pada Kiri yg peduli pada cidera di tangannya. Tapi Narumi malah ngasih boneka Rabbit Beer yg aneh dan ngeri (Narumi salah membedakan “Bear” dan “Beer”).

• Kazuhiko Ochiai.

Sahabat Narumi yg pekerjaannya sebagai perias (pe-make up) di klub SP. Ochiai adalah orang pertama yg pertama kali menyadari kehebatan guntingan Kiri. Dia selalu memberi ide cemerlang untuk kesuksesan SP.

Ciri khas sewaktu dia berpikir yakni meletakkan tangan di bawah dagu dan mengeluarkan data-data dari kepalanya. Ekspresi wajahnya kurang terlihat karena memakai kacamata. Dia lihai mengatur dan mengendalikan strategi, juga sering ngebujuk/ mempengaruhi Kiri supaya mau ikut SP. Di volum 4 diceritakan Ochiai bertingkah kikuk sebab dia mulai menyukai Kiri dan sengaja memotretnya. Hal ini menyebabkan Kanako, sahabat Kiri jadi cemburu.

• Kei Minami.

Kei merupakan tokoh di BP yg sering merasa lapar. Dia senang ngemil makanan apa saja dan tidur nyenyak. Tapi dia hebat dalam memperindah kuku (art-nail) sehingga model yg dirias SP tampak semakin cantik.

Kei digambarkan berwajah imut, berkarakter periang, selalu memakai topi dan tidak pernah memakai seragam di sekolah. Tapi menurutku dia cukup keren meski tinggi badannya hampir sama dengan tinggi badannya Kiri. Dari volum 1-10, Arai-sensei tidak menceritakan satupun tokoh cewek yg disukai Kei.

• Minamoto Iori.

Ahli aromateraphy dari Amerika yg senang merayu cewek-cewek di sekolah serta memikat mereka dengan menyemprotkan parfumnya. Di masa kecil Iori menyukai Emi Koshiba (Ibu-nya Kiri) yg padahal sudah punya suami. Sebenarnya aku bingung, Iori itu suka Kiri atau Ibu-nya Kiri sih? Iori sempat menolak permintaan Ochiai bergabung ke SP, namun setelah di”sogok” berupa foto-foto Ibu Kiri akhirnya secepat kilat dia megiyakan permintaan Ochiai. Dia memanggil Kiri dengan sebutan Kirity (Kiri-Chi), Kanako dengan sebutan Kanary, Narumi dengan sebutan Narusy (Naru-sui), dan Ochiai dengan sebutan Oosuchin hahaha

• Seki Kenichiro.

Tokoh ini muncul di volum 3 sebagai teman Niida yg berkompetisi melawan grub SP. Keahliannya adalah memijat.

• Billy Iketani.

Tokoh ini muncul pertama kali di volum 8, bertemu Kiri saat Kiri dan Ayahnya berada di Los Angeles menemui Ibu Kiri. Di volum ini Billy sebagai hairstylist-nya Julie, pemain film di Hollywood. Kemudian muncul lagi di sekolah Ryokufu High School menggantikan Narumi yg cidera tangan. Kehebatannya dalam menggunting rambut menarik perhatian semua murid di sekolah itu.

• Komatsu Taro.

Selalu sekelas dengan Kiri sejak kelas 3 SD. Memiliki toko yg semua barangnya harganya serba 88 yen. Komatsu sering diandalkan untuk urusan gosip.

• Aoyama Kanako.

Sahabat Kiri yg suka ngikutin Kiri kemana-mana. Kanako menyukai Ochiai, tapi yg bersangkutan gak menyadarinya. Di volum terakhir rambut Kanako menjadi pendek setelah dijadikan model dalam kompetisi. Aku sempat menduga Seki akan jadian sama Kanako karena dia pernah menenangkan/ menghibur Kanako yg sedih, dan mereka pernah datang bareng ke rumah Kiri (di volum 9). Ternyata benar, di volum 10 setelah sepuluh tahun kemudian Kanako diceritakan telah menikah dengan Seki… wah!

• Narumi Chisami.

Tokoh yg pertama kali muncul di volum 4. Adik perempuan Narumi yg sangat manis. Selalu melindungi kakaknya dari cewek! Awalnya Chisami mengira Kiri adalah laki-laki bernama Iori. Sangat terkejut begitu mengetahui Kiri adalah perempuan. Demi Kiri, dia sangat memohon kakaknya supaya meminjamkan gunting pada Kiri.

Chisami sangat memuja Kiri, bahkan memanggilnya dengan sebutan “Pangeran” (padahal Kiri kan cewek, hehee)… Aku kaget karena di akhir cerita di volum 10 Chisami malah berpasangan dengan Iori. Padahal di volum 7 diceritakan, seorang cowok bernama Makoto, teman masa kecil Chisami yg bertekad suatu hari nanti ingin menjadi pangeran-nya Chisami. “But someday, I will definitely become your prince”. Tapi kok cerita lanjutan tentang Makoto gak ada lagi…

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Pokoknya manga karya Arai-sensei yg ini keren deh! Artwork-nya bagus-bagus. Ceritanya hidup, mengalir lurus dan mudah dipahami (tidak ngawur). Tokoh-tokohnya suka digambar lucu. Sering membuat ketawaa