Excited for Christmas!

Hiiii!
This girl is super excited to welcoming the christmas!
Ps. I don't celebrate christmas hahaha

Yes, I'm not christian but my dad is.
I don't know why, I always love christmas.
I love the spirit of all people to prepare for christmas.
They buy presents, decorations, christmas tree, foods etc.
I love watching all of those exciting faces.
I love watching people go to church on 25th morning.
Shortly, I love christmas and all the preparation of it.

Someday, I really want to feel the atmosphere of christmas at Europe.
It will be different with snow covered the street.
And,  I hope I can visits that country with the my loves (Parent, Siblings, Best Friends and You).

Now playing - All I want for christmas is you.

See u on the next post.
-xoxo-

Do you like you?

Hi! This post is dedicated to my self development.
This recent days, I'm lack of confidence. I don't know why.
Smile, fluently in english or any other foreign language and always friendly are the most important things for my job.
All of you can guess easily what's my job.
Yes, correct. 100 for you!
I'm a hotelier. Work in the hotel.
I'm happy with my job. This is my passion and this industry is very relevant with my major in college.
But, sometimes, I always underestimate myself.
I always think the negative one. Normally, that condition is very ridiculous for my brain. You must be know the result, I can't act properly and turn to negative one.
One day, I scrolled my pinterest and found a super powerful quotes!
The quotes said : "Confidence is not "they will like me" but confidence is feel good even they don't!"
All of the time, we always think if all people around us must like us. When there are some people who don't like us, we think much about it and feel so worthless. We lack our confidence because some people don't like us. What a shame. We waste our time thinking of them and forget we still have many people who like us. And confidence means you must deal with some of your haters. I know it's very impossible to make everyone like us. They have different taste, opinion, thought, decision etc, very hard to make all the difference becomes one. Still, if you get the decision after dealing with many difference, the decision isnt the best and there is no guarantee that all of them will agree with the decision. They just outvoted.
And, other quotes that save my self development is "Never pay attention what others think about you. Pay attention to what you think about you. Do you like you?"
That quote really punch me on the face. After all of though situation in college and work life, I think I am not really like myself. I always underestimate them even they can do more but I always think I can't. How ridiculous.
So now, I think to a different way. I pay more attention to myself. I careless what others people think about me, I careless to think more if they like me or not. I always ask myself when I doubt them, "Mel, do you really like you? They can't like you if you don't appreciate yourself!"
So, here I now, in these 2 days, I tried to applied those quotes to my daily life. The result is fantastic! Melisa is become worryless, careless, not thinking too much, more appreciate myself, more nice to myself and struggling to be the best without try to get anyone's recognition. Because, sky is doesn't tell if it's high, all people will know. Same like me, I don't to talk with speaker if I already do something better day by day. People will know with their own eyes.

So, any quotes that help you more improve day by day? Feel free to share in comment box. See u on the next post!

Home

Hi! Long time no post.
This time I want to share my thought about home.
Home?
Everybody has home that waiting for them to come back. Yes! Everybody has home even beggar that sleep on the street every night still has home.
So, what is home? Is it just a building with lil garden or fancy fence?

Here some definition about home that I found on Pinterest :

Home (n) The residence of an individual or family. A place of refuge. The place or person you want to return to over and over. when ever I'm with you, I'm home.

So, based on above definition about home, all of us know if home isn't just a building. Home can be place or person that we want to return. A place can be you secret garden or city that you love or coffee shop. A person can be your lover, your parent, your best friend or whoever that meant so much in your life.
Sometime a building that you lived in so long isn't your home. Sometime the person that being in relationship with you in a long time isn't your home. Sometime, people that hate you or live in miles away is your home. Because every people has different opinion about their own home.

For me, home is jogja, my parent, my dogs, my siblings and my bestfriends. Whenever I see all of them, I feel safe like I already arrived at home. But, I still looking for another home. Home to settle down for the rest of my life. Home that become my first choice when I'm in problem, when life give me shit, I know, I must back to that 'home'. Until now, I'm still looking for that home. Sometimes I feel like hiraeth. You know what is hiraeth?

Hiraeth (n) A homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia; the yearning; the grief for the lost places of your past.

I ever had 'home' when in college. But, that 'home' is broke and leave me when there is a heavy rain, thunderstorm and tornado. So, I tried hard to forgot that home. I am not sure if I'm successful to forget if I ever lived in that home for some months.

I'm still on adventure to looking for that home. To looking for someone that when I see him on the eyes, I know I will said "Thank's God, finally I'm home."

So, what's home for you? Tell me in comment box! :)

Something new?

Hello, long time no blog post haha
Finally I am graduated from my beloved university lho! So, I am officially Melisa Sanchiagoh, S. Par! YAY!!

Now, I am in Bali. Try new environment and looking for some new experience. I don't mind to compare Bali and Yogya. But, after 1 month live in this island, Yogya still win. That city still has a special place on my heart. Every corner of Yogya is romantic, like Anies Baswedan said. People who never live in Yogya will never know. hehe

I am home sick. alot. Crying after my mom back to Lampung and crying after my boyfriend back to Bandung. But, everytime I cry and homesick, I always said to myself "this is what you want. you just try to make urself feel usual with new environment. Maybe Bali different from Yogya, but Bali has something special that makes you want to work here" And that words work.

But, I am still not believed! I am not a student anymore. After almost 4 years study and now I must wake up and face the real world. No lecturer who assist me if I confused on something new. No sleep and eat whenever I want. I am still make myself usual with this new routine.

So, my advice for every people who just graduated, try something new! Move out from your old environment and try new environment. It will make ur knowledge about culture wider. I am not in mood to write a long post, so, good bye! See u in another post :)

City of food, Bandung.

Some people said if Bandung is city of flower but I think, Bandung is city of food. Udah 3 kali ke Bandung dan alhasil pulangnya selalu getting weight. Omg, street food is a kind of heaven for me and I can find it easily in Bandung, contohnya Cibadak Street yang banyak banget pedagang makanan pas malam hari. Ya, tentunya makanan yang haram ya :p
30 Maret 2015, from Tugu Station by Night Lodaya, here we go Bandung!
I went to Bandung for some bussiness and..................holiday! yay! I stayed at Almaya's boarding house (terima kasih Almaya kamarnya sudah mau saya acak-acak selama 2 malam :p) and we went around Bandung with Vincent by public transportation or Angkot in bahasa.
Let pictures tell you more how I enjoyed my vacation to Bandung.

You know this, right? Burger King! My fav burger all the time!

Bunga....bungaaa.... at PVJ.

Soto kuah susu at Cibadak St. OMG! so delicious!

Caution : mengandung bahan makanan yang haram :p. Taste so nice.

Hi pretty rabbit :3

Potato twist at Floating Market, Lembang. 15k/piece. Enak banget! Kriuk kriuk-nya unforgettable banget :))

Mie godog at Floating Market, Lembang. Forget about the price, around 15K or 20k. Enak banget! Apalagi makannya anget2 :3

Breathtaking scenery at Floating Market, Lembang.

With my personal tour guide.

Floating Market.

My personal tour guide too :p

Shameless wefie.

Fried banana with cheese and chocolate. 15K/portion. Delicious :p

Cakwe at Floating Market. 10K/portion. Just so so. 4 out of 10.

Siap memberi makan kelici at floating market, Lembang. Entrance fee 20K/ppl.

Eat eat all the carrots, rabbits!

The most famous kue cubit at Green tea holic, Bandung with all toppings. My fav is nutella, cheese and oreo topping.

So, follow me to Bandung.

Curhatan Anak Kost

Post-an kali ini tentang review kehidupan Melisa selama 4 tahun terakhir sebagai anak kost di Yogyakarta, mulai dari senang, sedih, jatuh cinta, patah hati, uang kiriman habis dan lain-lain. Post ini didedikasikan untuk perjuangan Melisa yang telah berhasil menyelesaikan studi S1-nya. Yuk dibaca!

Dulu awal-awal keterima di Yogya, I can't imagine how I can live alone without my family around me. Ya iyalah, abis sampe SMA, semua kegiatan masih tergantung sama mama. I can't wash my clothes, I can't cook, I can't................aaaa pokoknya dulu merasa semua ga bisa dilakukan sendiri. Tapi, perasaan 'ga bisa' itu dikalahkan sama tekad untuk kuliah di kampus terbaik se Indonesia ini. So, August 2011, I'm officially menjadi anak rantau.
Perjalanan dimulai dengan packing semua pakaian dari Lampung. Kalian tau apa? GW HAMPIR PACKING 1 KAMAR! Ya, I can't pack my own thing, karena setiap lagi packing, gw merasa membutuhkan semua barang dan semua-mua nya harus dipacking! Urusan packing selesai pada saat mama turun tangan. Thanks for give me a super mom, God. Ke Yogya pertama kali, gw dianter sama mama, papa, akong, epen dan hansen. 1 mobil hampir penuh karena barang gw :/
Sampe di Yogya, mama dan lain-lain sempet nemenin sekitar 1 mingguan, tapi pas mulai PPSMB (ospek), mereka pada pulang lagi ke Lampung. Syndrome kesepian dimulai deh.... Oke gw jujur, gw nangis di kamar asrama di malam pertama gw officially sendirian. Gw nangis karena sebentar lagi harus berjuang sendiri. Tapiiii, gw merasa keputusan kuliah di kota ini ga pernah salah, karena semua cobaan, air mata dan masalah yang terjadi 4 tahun terakhir berhasil membentuk Melisa yang sekarang. Yang sudah bisa mandiri :)

While in college, banyak banget kejadian yang bikin senyum-senyum sendiri pas lagi dikenang, kayak for the first time suka sama laki-laki dari 1 organisasi, tapi ga berani bilang dan cuman bisa sms-an. Even sampe sekarang dia ga tau gw pernah suka sama dia dan gw ga pernah bilang. Setiap kisah cinta pasti ada yang ga tersampaikan kan? :))
Btw, gw punya pacar pertama kali pas kuliah lho! dan punya mantan pertama kali juga pas kuliah :/
galau pertama kali sampe berbulan-bulan juga pas kuliah.
Oh iya, pernah juga suka sama cowo, ya seperti biasa, gw ga nunjukkin dan bilang ke dia kalo suka, cuman bbm-an biasa. Sempet heran soalnya beberapa hari si dia rajin bbm, gila pas itu gw bener-bener jadi GEER abis. Eh tau-taunya dia cuman minta bantuan gw buat pdkt ke cewe yang gw kenal. Another shit on college, guys :)) Setelah lama disiksa cinta, akhirnya di penghujung tahun kuliah, ada laki-laki yang bisa bikin gw bebas jadi diri gw sendiri pas di depan dia and he's my best friend! Sooo, Jason Mraz's song ; Lucky I'm In Love With My Best Friend jadi backsong kita berdua. And, until this day, I'm still in relationship with him <3

Selain urusan cinta, urusan uang juga terkadang menjadi masalah anak kost. Merasa jadi pejabat kaya kalo abis nerima transferan dan merasa jadi gembel kalo akhir bulan. Hiks. Miris :( Tiap kali uang bulanan abis sebelum waktunya, selalu bingung gimana minta ke orang tua lagi tapi terkadang ada harapan di hati kecil untuk gantian bilang ke mama papa seperti ini "Ma, Pa, uangnya udah ditransfer ya, kalo kurang bilang lagi aja, nanti ditransfer lagi." Yes, someday I will say like that. :))

Dan yang paling parah jadi anak kost itu, GETTING FAT! OMG OMG! Dulu tubuhku tidak begini *lirik perut, pipi dan paha*. Oke, jadi anak kost beda sama anak rumahan, kerjaan kita? Makan. Tidur. Bangun Pipis. Tidur Lagi. Mandi. Makan. Tidur. Gak ada mama yang biasa omelin suruh bergerak dan jangan kebanyakan tidur -___-" Jadi ya begini, begitu liburan dan balik ke kampung, timbangan bergerak ke kanan! Mencoba ikut zumba tapi males di tengah jalan, mau rajin berenang, ga ada temenT---T nasibbbb! Buat kalian yang baru mau mulai kuliah, mending langsung daftar jadi member fitness atau sekalian ikutan UKM Renang. Jangan sampai menjadi seperti saya :((

Jadi anak kost juga terkadang serba salah, belanja banyak dikit dibilang hedon, hemat ga kemana-mana dibilang pelit. Pulang malem dikit disangka anak ga bener, di kosan aja ga keluar disangka ga punya temen. Abis kuliah langsung pulang dikatain mahasiswa Kupu-Kupu, nongkrong dulu di kampus abis kuliah dikatain anak sok gaul. Abis putus punya pacar lagi dikatain murahan, ga punya pacar sendiri aja dikatain jomblo akut ga laku-laku. SERBA SALAH GUYS! Selama 4 tahun, I tried to careless on what others think. And it works. Intinya, biarin aja banyak yang omong, toh setiap tindakan kita, baik bener atau salah, pasti ada aja cemooh dari sekitar. Kuliah itu gerbang menuju kedewasaan diri, dimana kita belajar mandiri, mengatur hidup kita, berpikir tentang masa depan dan bahagia, kalo kuliah dihabisin dengan ngikutin apa kata orang, you will lose yourself. Be yourself. Focus on your goals, you're not 12 anymore. Beda lho pola pikir kita dari SD, SMP, SMA dan kuliah. Jangan sampe diomongin sedikit sama orang malah panas kayak zaman SMA. Okay, buat temen-temen yang baru mulai kuliah, Semangat yah! Manage yourself well and you can manage your future successfully.

Btw ini ada bonus foto zaman gw masih awal-awal kuliah :p

With Yola and Dipa at Umbul Ponggok, Klaten.

Vacation to Semarang with Dome and Grea.

As LO at Jogja Travel Mart.

Vacation to Kalibiru, Kulon Progo.

Cheers with Iqbal.

With Ganih, Ike and Iir.

Pardon my face. With Ike.

Vincent's birthday surprise.

At Bali! With Lugas, Iir, Ganih and Vincent.

At Malang, with Ganih, Iir and Vincent.

Ivy's birthday surprise. Temen-temen KKN tersayang!

Table Manner at Grand Tjokro. With the gengs.

On our way to Bukian village for community service :)

Black Is A New White

Hi, long time no see!
I am so busy prepare all of my grand paper's examination but me already submit the form and waiting for the date of my examination.
Now my days only lying down at lovely bed, cooking some delicious food, eat like pig and have a quality time with my boyfie.
By the way, my current mood is missing someone. He is Beibei, my lovely dog. He is black and adorable. When the last time back to Lampung, he jumped to me and said 'wuff wuff wuff..' Aaah beibei, why you gonna be so cute? :3
Before going back to Jogja, I adopted a puppy again, he is black too. Why I always choose a black one? Cause I love black. Black is elegant and luxurious. I think black is a new white.
Here are pictures of Beibei, my lovely black dog!

Beibei! Big, black and love to sleep.

Beibei....when he was a puppy. Adorable, right?

He loves sleep so much <3

Sleep tight my baby boo <3

He loves rolling too. rolling all the time!

OVERCUTE!

Memories

I remember the statement "Memories Stay". Yes, all of our memories stay forever in our brain, start from you born, you collected the memories. Memories when you can walk for the first time, when you fall asleep and your dad pick you up to bedroom, first day in school, first friend, first gadget, first boyfriend/girlfriend, first kiss etc. Memories are divided into two categories, sad memories and happy memories. I hate when sad memories pass through my mind. Am so happy until laugh when happy memories come appear.

All memories can share to our friend by story telling and pictures. We take a picture to save the memories which we want to remember. Here all my memories when community service which I want remember forever :

My loves! They are so adorable. My best friend, room-mate, eat-mate, perfect holiday-mate. Loveee!

Student at SDN 1 Bukian, aaa miss you so much, kiddos :(

Nisa's and Laras's pillow. Our friend when sleep at night.

The man behind red drum is our icon of community service, Catur Heris Harjono and he was our sub unit leader. He is so funny :p

Our kind of sunset at Bali. Perfect when you have a good sunset with bestfriends beside you <3

One of our programs, Pendampingan Kepala Keluarga Kurang Mampu. The woman who wears floral shirt teach me so many lessons, such as survive in this cruel world, love each other in family and she also take me to her rice field.

A big family of SDN 1 Bukian, there are me, Ari, Ray, Paschal, Arida and Catur which teach them for 2 months. Sometime they are naughty but they also lovable <3

2 months in Bali is not enough (yeah, I will not say it when firstly arrive but in the end, I want to repeat this community service again). I enjoy every single moment with them, especially with Kezia, Annisa, Laras, Sakti, Catur and Stevanus. This is one of my memories I want to remember. How about you? :)

Happy Birthday!

Today, I made a birthday surprise for my best friend since high school, Feby Lestari. We (me, Vera and Almaya) made it successfully. We hide at Feby's room and tadaaaa HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEBY! Let pictures tell you more.

The birthday cake. It tastes so delicious.

With Almaya while waiting for Feby

At Bangi Kopitiam, Feby's treat!

Just us (dont ever comment about my tanned skin -___-)

Decision.

Making a decision is really hard. 

I am a kind of person who will think hundred times to get one decision. But at least I must make one.

This week I facing a situation and must make a decision, to choose one of two choices. I choose one and never regret it. I can't tell you what decision I made but I'm here to tell you, 

Being a person in this crazy world is a choice, being who you are right now is a choice too, choose what school or university you want, choose a boyfriend or girlfriend, choose what kind a job that fit in you, etc are other choices in this world.

We familiarize ourself with choices. But, why takes so long for me to make one? Maybe the problem is in me -__-''

I got some quotes about choice when surfing in internet, here you are,

“You don't buy all the clothes in the market. You choose slowly and carefully, asking the prices for each before buying. The same way you choose your friends, by looking into their lives carefully, before taking any as a companion, then dropping those that are not relevant.” - Michael Bassey Johnson.

“To choose not to choose is still a choice for which you alone are responsible.”  - Gary Cox

“The choice to make good choices is the best choice you can choose. Fail to make that choice and on most choices you will lose.”  - Ryan Lilly

Don't afraid to choose something. Choose it before it chosen you. :)