Beach or Mountain?

Finally the korean drama I've been following these days has reached its final episode. I have posted before the short synopsis here. As expected, the story ended exactly as what I guessed from the first. They're finally getting married and live happily ever after. Yeay!! xD

Don't laugh, haha I know it's so cheesy. But I can't help to like it. x'D Especially the scenes when Choi Won proposed Ha Na. I like the way Choi Won asked Ha Na to get married, his words were so relax and free from any burden that used to be associated with marriage. It's not full of excessive promises nor too much poetic words which giving us headache when hearing it, but rather he's bringing it nicely by asking her to have fun and play with him forever.

This scene makes me remember a psychological test to see whether we're being serious when we're in relationship or not. So one day one of my friend tested me, I know he's trying to figure out what kind of girl I am, hahaha, but I didn't tell him that I know about the meaning of the test. So he asked me, if I were given a choice to choose between mountains and beaches which one that I prefer the most. Then I answered, I like beaches more. Then he got shocked by my answer, hahaa.... Then I explained to him, actually in reality I went to the mountains more frequent than I went to the beaches. I've hiked Papandayan mountain, having a trip to Bromo, Ijen Crater, Dieng Plateau, Ngarai Sianok, and a few more places above the sea level. While I only went to the beaches a few times. It's such a rare chance for me to explore the beauty of seashore, sandy beaches, and the blue water of the sea. So that's why if I have a chance, I would like to explore beaches more and enjoy the warm day with ice coconut drinks. :D

Oh such a paradise, ohohoo.... But actually, in that test if we choose beaches over the mountains, it means that we are a type of person who's not serious in a relationship. Otherwise, if we choose mountains, meaning we're ready to settle down.

Ridiculous isn't it? Hahaha.. :D

These days I've been posting about the topic of love & relationship, but please don't call me pathetic. :p  Actually I'm not in a rush to settle down nor jealous with people who have finally found the one. But I can't deny that I envy it, hahaa... *what's the bloody hell different* 

Anyway I've been thinking these days, I think it's fun to have a foreign spouse whose language is different from me. So I can practice everyday to talk differently, since I'm a bit bored and sick these days with my own country. Ooh my dear, my country is getting worse day by day. The currency rates is terrible compare to dollar, and now we're getting out of stock for beef. The butchers have stop selling beef everywhere, then the fuel price still high, fiuuhh so many things to concern. I've been thinking in moving to UK, South Korea, Singapore or any place that more stable to live in and to have fun of course. Who knows I may find the one there. *I wish* ;P

By the way, a few days ago I just attended my cousin's wedding. And it's very nice to meet other family members whom I haven't seen for a very long time. And the excited part was for the first time I got a proper make up done by a make up artist. Actually it's not the first time, I've got two times getting a make up by a make up artist when I was attended a wedding party as well, but this time is the nicest one that properly done. I really like the result. :)

Do you know what I like the most from wedding party? Beside the nice foods and drinks, I can see people wearing nice clothes. Women wear beautiful dresses and men wear nice suits, people look more decent in nice clothes. But I don't like the after effect when the euphoria ended. Suddenly you feel empty after a bunch of excitements. Just like when we hike a mountain, we'll get too much excitements when we finally reach the peak, but when we continue again the journey the excitements suddenly gone.

That's why I like beaches more than mountains. I like the atmosphere when we go to the beach, people are more relax and free of worries. People tend to enjoy the present time rather than worrying about the future or thinking about the past. To me, I want to have that kind of happiness which allowed me to just enjoy the present moment. So I can be more grateful and useful for others. La dolce de la vita. 

Beyond What The Eyes Can See

A week ago I just read a very touching article about a woman who has survived from a fire disaster. Almost 60 percent of her body burned severely, even she had to lose her fingers both right and left hand. But what I found incredible in this incident is that she doesn't give up and drown in misery. She continue her life, keeps on going through the difficult times, though her outer physical will never be the same anymore.

Finding the fact that she was a model, named Turia Pitt, made me adore her fighting spirit even more. But there's something more amazing that I read from the news, that made my heart melt into pieces.

Turia Pitt before the incident

She has someone who stayed beside her even her appearance has changed totally. Before she got into this incident, she has a boyfriend that she dated. From the story that she told in the video below, her boyfriend didn't left her since day 1 after she got burned. He accompanied her going through the difficult times and still stay beside her until now. I'm amazed in the fact that he didn't break up with her after the incident. When a man dated a model, he must be attracted with her outer physical, such as her beauty face, good shape of body, etc. And every single man in this world has a physical desire, which cannot be put aside, in need of a woman who can fulfill his needs. Moreover in the modern lifestyle nowadays, especially in western culture, where free lifestyle is happening, man needs a beautiful and healthy woman to be with him. But amazingly, he didn't leave her behind. Nor scared of seeing her outer appearance after being burned.

Here's the article that I read :

Australian ex-model Turia Pitt suffered burns to 65 percent of her body

The Australian ex-model Turia Pitt suffered burns to 65 percent of her body, lost her fingers and thumb on her right hand and spent five months in hospital after she was trapped by a grassfire in a 100 kilometre ultra-marathon in the Kimberley. Her boyfriend decided to quit his job to care for her recovery. Days ago, in an interview for CNN they asked him:

“Did you at any moment think about leaving her and hiring someone to take care of her and moving on with your life?”

His reply touched the world:

“I married her soul, her character, and she’s the only woman that will continue to fulfill my dreams.”

Source: Daily Mail
Picture: Richard Dobson

Turia Pitt with her boyfriend

Turia Pitt's telling her story at radio station

Turia with her boyfriend, have gone through the difficult times

She told her struggling story here :
http://fridaymagazine.ae/real-life/turia-pitt-i-was-healed-by-love-1.1363235

See as well her full story and documentary video here :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2996539/We-thought-gone-Family-feared-inspirational-burns-survivor-Turia-Pitt-DEAD-stopped-breathing-surgery-new-nose.html#v-3679234238001

News when the incident happened :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137279/Australian-ultramarathon-runners-scarred-life-2011-bushfire-evidence-race-organisers.html

And follow her facebook here to see her recent activities  :
https://www.facebook.com/turia.pitt


Somehow I rarely find this kind of amazing story in my own country. Beautiful story like this usually comes from overseas. Or maybe it's just me who are outdated from reading domestic news in my country. What I can easily find these days in my hometown are the news of celebrities getting divorced or a pious scholar got polygamy. It's not that I'm expecting that much of a beautiful romance story to hear, nor against polygamy, but I'm just wondering why it's very hard to find a good man like this. :D

How wonderful isn't it looking at their pictures together, despite the religion, good and bad, and other barriers that might be on the way. If I were to asked whether I can look at someone beyond what the eyes can see, big probability I'm not be able to do so like this man does. That's why I think it's very hard to find someone like this nowadays who can see beyond what the eyes can see and going through what the mind can accept.

But somehow I'm sure deep in each and everyone's heart, we want to be loved not because of our physical appearance, our family background, financial state, or our social status. Even myself, I want somewhat to be loved because of my soul, my heart, my personality, and who I really am. Not because of how pretty I am, how religious I become, or how successful my work is. But on the other hand, I'm not confident enough to say that I have a good soul, a good personality, or a good character that worth to be loved. I know how complicated myself is that people may finding it hard to understand.

So in order for people to understand us, somehow we have to be able to show that we are worth of love. And from what I learnt, it can only be obtained if we are able to fulfill people's expectations, for example people like to see someone who is well groomed, has achieved high education, has certain work in promising field or industry, well mannered, friendly, has wider knowledge, a good believer, etc etc. Somewhat we are expected to push our own limits to extent the possibility of being loved sincerely, as a reward of our struggling hardships. When we have finally checked all the criteria based on our standard and preferences, then there where our heart and soul may start to open and accept.

Though the theory said that love can go through any barriers, even time and space, but we cannot disregard the fact that unconditional love between strangers can only happened when the basic requirements has been passed through. Unless the love of a mother to her child, love still required a settled condition to grow well. and love itself could change as the time goes by doesn't it?

Anyway, knowing the story of Turia Pitt made me realize how lack of gratitude I am all this time. I forgot how to be thankful to Allah SWT who blessed me with so many good things more than I deserved... Thank you Yaa Allah, you still let me live until this moment and giving more than I ever asked, thank you for the perfect body You have given me while out there many people are lacked of.

I will do my best to be a better person that I could be.... So I am worth of love and sincerity like this person has showed us.

"Everyone dies, but not everyone lives".  - David Mesnard (master freediver)

Opposite Best Friend

Since last week, I got a very bad cough. And yesterday it kept me awake all night, I couldn't sleep well due to the cough. So I decided to wake up and do something else in the middle of the night.

When I woke up, I remembered I was curious about something, not so important but I kinda bit interested to find out. Recently I've been following another Korean romantic drama, and I really like the story and the actor who played it. The film brought me back to the times in my younger age when I had some romantic moments that made my heart fluttering and my stomach filled with a bunch of butterflies. The feeling when we're in love kinda thing that I had again when I was watching "The Time That I Loved You".

The story is about two best friends, a man and a woman, who have been together in a good friendship for 17 years but not yet realized nor admitted they have feelings for each other. It's kinda cheesy story, I know... ;D that over and over reproduced in a movie. But somehow watching it again doesn't feel that bad, it's quite nice to watch. Since it's a very light topic which people often easily find it as well in real life.

Actually, I'm one of a few who find it hard to believe that men and woman can be best friends. One of them must have a feeling for the other, or even both of them could have feelings for each other. How can a man and a woman just having a casual relationship without getting attracted for so long? Though I know maybe out there it could be possible, but I won't naively believe it since I never have a male best friend. Hahaa....

Back to the drama, when I really like the character in any movie that I watched, I will start googling about the real actor who played it. I want to know further how is the real character of the actor, is he really as charming as his character in the drama? Is he as nice and as handsome as it seems on screen? What kind of person he is actually? So from this I would like to decide whether I'm going to admire him further or just leave it be in the movie only. Hahaa, don't mock me for this.

So my curiosity ended up after I watched "Strong Heart" variety shows, episode 125 and 126 where the real actor, Lee Jin Wook, who played the drama showed his real character. I couldn't stop laughing all night when I watched this two episodes, it's really funny and silly to hear about the actor's life stories.

Strong Heart Ep.125

Strong Heart Ep.126

From this variety shows, rather than his real love stories it's more interested to hear about his friendship that has been occurred for 10 years with his best friend which is also an actor, Kim Ji Seok. Both of them are admirable and handsome, I really envy their friendship that could lasts for years and still close until now. They said they did everything together from shopping, travelling, eating, enlisting military, sharing schedule, even living together. People in the variety shows even misunderstood their close friendship, they thought both of them were gay, hahahaa.... But it's not true, they clarified it in the end. Lee Jin Wook said "I think aside from kissing we did everything" x'D *LOL*

Lee Jin Wook and Kim Ji Seok

Shopping together

From what I saw, they have opposite personality. Jin Wook oppa is more calm, stiff, persuasive, and serious. While Ji Seok oppa is wittier, funny, talkative, easy going, and cheerful. This might be an advantage for both of them, so they can complete each other as best friends. Oh how nice isn't it to have someone you can share everything with in your daily life. I envy you both oppa! :D

Okay, it's getting very late and I'm so sleepy. Time to sleep.... *yawn*

Last but not least, let me share this two soundtracks below from the drama. I really like it. It's very nice to hear, it brings back the good memories again. Especially when we're in love... :)

Kyuhyun (Super Junior) - The Time We Loved (우리가 사랑한 시간) 

Suzy (Miss A) - Why Am I Like This (왜 이럴까)