New Year

Made by me using my index finger and an I-pad

Happy New Year!!! Wishing you a Super Great 2013 (*^▽^*)

-new year, new spirit, new hope, new opportunity, new life-

Be better, guys ;D

Let's make some resolutions for 2013!

here are my resolutions :

1. Keep my room (bedroom) n e a t ~ [every Sunday I'll check my bedroom, kalo kelihatannya berantakan, akan kurapikan, tapi kalo udah rapi, aku hanya akan memandanginya sambil tersenyum bangga, ahahahaha  (╯¯ ▽¯)╯]
2. Sharing 'what i got this week' and 'my goal next week' with my fam every saturday.
3. Learn + write down everything about horse, horseback riding and stable management in my Pony Note

That's all my resolutions for 2013, what's yours?

Be a Tour Guide @Singapore - Day 1

I have a friend named Anis, he's as old as my sister, about 16yo. He lives in Semarang. He's a freelance designer, if you want to see his portofolio just visit his website or his tumblr. He and his lil sister are homeschooling, just like me and my brother. His family and my family are good  friends. We often discuss about education and our future.

Knowing that Singapore has a good education and my sister also study there, then he wanna study in Singapore too. That's why in 5 days, my sister and I become such a study tour guide for him to survey some design schools in Singapore.

Day H-1 : Wednesday, 21 November, 2012

19.00 ► Om Ilik and Tante Ririn (Kak Anis' parents) drove Kak Anis to my house in Salatiga,

so we can go to the Adisutjipto Airport in Yogyakarta together tomorrow morning. He have to stay one night in my house cos our flight will be depart at 07.25. It means that the gate will be close at 06.55 (30 minutes before the departure), at least we have to arrive at the airport at 6 o'clock, so we should leave home at 3 o'clock (a journey from Salatiga to Yogyakarta will take 'bout 3 hours), can you imagine if Kak Anis go to the Adisutjipto Airport from his house (Semarang)? It will take more hours cos from Yogya, Semarang is farther than Salatiga.

If you confuse why we choose Yogyakarta Airport even there's an airport in Semarang, the answer is simple: Cos it's an international airport where there is a direct flight to Singapore using A**A**A with low cost. Ahahaha

Day 1 : Thursday, 22 November, 2012

Today is a great day! We will go to Singapore by plane. Yeeaay!

02.00 ► we wake up early in the morning, it's sooooo cold here. It seems like the blanket is the most comfortable thing now, but I should fold it and take a bath (⌣_⌣..)

03.00 ► We've put all bags in the car. Everybody's already take a bath and drink hot chocolate :9 Yeay, we're ready to go to the airport! Bismillah.... We bring some bread so we can have a breakfast inside the car. My lil brother also bring some pillows so he can continue his sleep during the journey to Yogyakarta.

06.00 ► Alhamdulillah, we arrive on time. After we drop our baggage in the A**A**A counter, we pray Subuh in airport mosque and take a rest at D***** Doughnut. Oh ya, we didn't forget to check the number of bags that we carried and check all the important document. Usually children under 16 yo (like me -.-) will get YPTA letter that should be signed by his/her parent. YPTA is stands for Young Person Travel Alone. There will be 3 copy of this letter, one for the company data, one for stewardess inside the flight, and the last is for me.

06.30 ► It's time to me and Kak Anis to say goodbye to my parents and my lil brother. We should get in before the gate closed. "Assalamu'alaikum.. I'll miss ya all! " I see my parents and my lil brother waved goodbye from the outside. Kak Anis will be at Singapore for 5 days and I will be there for 1 month. I think the 'waved goodbye' doesn't mean sayonara, but it means "see you next month! I'm waiting for your amazing story 'bout your amazing experience in Singapore"

07.25 (GMT + 7) ► The flight arrived in time. We walk into the plane and find our seats number.

Not long after that, our meals which is ordered on the internet is coming! I'm so glad that my mom ordered a kids meal for me cos I'll get a 3D puzzle plane. Finally, my stomach bell is stopping now. That was a delicious meal, thanks mom! I also share some of my meal to Kak Anis, and so did he.

10.45 (GMT + 8) ► Finally, we arrived at Changi Airport, Singapore! It's my second time go to Singapore without my parents. I bought 2 handphones, one for my Indonesian number and one for my Singaporean number. Kak Anis wanna have a Singaporean number too for his i-phone, then we decided to go to the cellular counter inside the airport to buy a phone number.

12.30 ► we arrive at the apartment where Mbak Enes lives to drop our bags and take a rest for a while, just for a w h i l e . . . cos after this, a long journey will begin, eng ing eng! It starts with 2 pcs of bread for lunch, and then go in a hurry to meet Mbak Enes in Tanjong Pagar station, it's about 1 hour from the apartment which is located in Tampines (if we go by public transportation like mrt/train and bus).

14.00 ► bla bla bla we meet Mbak Enes in Tanjong Pagar station, we talk many things. Then we see the map inside the mrt station. We are going to go to FZD School of Design. After see and capture the map, we walk out of the station through exit B. We walk 'bout 500 m from the station to reach the school.

We had an appointment with an Indonesian people who works in FZD. She's from Surabaya. She told us everything about the school which is include the requirement, the cost, the education system, etc. We also look at the classes and the learning activities there.

15.00 ► I think 2 pcs of bread wasn't enough for us╰(￣^￣)╯, then we take a rest at a garden near the MRT station. Sitting, talking, stretching, straighten our legs, and eating some snacks.

Next destination is EXPO! There are electronic expo and clothes, hat, shoes, books, toys expo in this week. We are going to window shopping there! [kali-kali ada yg bagus + murah :-P]

16.30 ► We arrive at Expo. We feel like a car that runs out of fuel.. we need to refuel first before continuing the journey. So we decided to have a REAL lunch first before walking around in the huge and wide expo building.

18.30 ► For about 2 hours we walked around, looking for a good stuff with a good price. And the result is..... the three of us exit the expo building with a stack of brochures and 1 small plastic bag containing stylus pen. Ha-ha-ha-ha (/ ¯ ▽¯)/ we walked for 2 hours sampe kakinya gempor and just got 1 small stylus pen and a stack of brochures. Oh yeaah, that's what the real window shopping is.. Actually there are so many great stuffs there, but I think the price isn't great enough, maybe it because of the increase of currency exchange rate between Singapore Dollar and Rupiah..

19.15 ► Finally, we got home. We are very tired, especially in the legs, but that was an amazing experience!

We cook a corn soup and fried chicken for the dinner. After eat the dinner, we accompany Kak Anis to his apartment (he rented 1 room in that apartment for 5 days) in Pasir Ris. After that Mbak Enes and I go back home. At our apartment, we are massaging our tired feet and then go to bed to have a great dream. (• ˆ⌣ˆ •)

Good night everybody! Don't forget to read the second part of this story to see what we are doing in the second day in Singapore! :D Get ready for the next journey! Yipeee!

Doa di Balik Alamat E-mail

Waktu itu aku baru-baru saja pindah dari Depok ke Salatiga. Aku masih tinggal di rumah eyangku untuk sementara waktu. Tidak ada internet atau modem di rumah, kami sekeluarga pergi ke warnet untuk belajar membuat e-mail dengan orangtuaku sebagai gurunya. Aku belajar mengenal internet dan dunia maya di 1 bilik kecil warnet itu.

Data-data seperti nama, tempat tanggal lahir, dsb sudah selesai kuisi, tapi aku masih bingung, enaknya mau dikasih nama apa ya alamat e-mailku?

Karena aku bingung dan lama banget mikirnya, ibuku segera memberi usul nama alamat e-mail untukku, soalnya kalo kelamaan nanti mbayarnya tambah mahal ƪ(‾ε‾)ʃ 

"Kasih nama NOTULALIT aja, Mbak!" usul ibuku.

"Boleh juga, Bu. Lucu namanya, yaudah itu aja, notulalit itu apaan sih bu?" tanyaku penasaran.

"Itu do'a ibu. (ˆ⌣ˆ)v" jawab ibuku.

"Emang apa artinya?"

"Tulalit = lola (loading lama), kalo diajak ngomong agak ga nyambung. Biar kamu nggak tulalit, ibu kasih nama notulalit (Not Tulalit = nggak tulalit) aja ya."

"Berarti sekarang aku tulalit ya bu?" (sebenernya aku masih belom begitu mudeng artinya tulalit)

"ngg... agak (^3^)"

(karena masih polos aku manut aja deh :P)

Dan begitulah, akhirnya nama alamat emailku notulalit@yahoo.com

karena lama nggak kubuka, terbakarlah alamat e-mailku itu. Aku pun ke warnet lagi untuk membuat alamat e-mail yang baru, tetap dengan nama 'notulalit', berubah jadi notulalit@gmail.com \( ¯ ▽¯)/

Sekarang, aku tidak tulalit lo ~(˘▾˘~) #bangga

Aku bisa berbincang-bincang dengan lancar, presentasi di depan banyak orang, menceritakan pengalamanku, menangkap pelajaran dengan baik, sharing ilmu yang kupunya, dan banyak hal lagi

semuanya berkat latihan, kerja keras, dan tentunya, do'a ibu.

Jumping with Owen

this is the video when I was jumping with Owen, just to complete my story  (• ˆ⌣ˆ •) 

Happy Birthday Mom

Here's raising a toast to the sweetest, dearest, coolest, greatest, gaul-est, the most cheerful, and the most caring mother in the world. You rock our world mom, \(^o^)/ have an amazing and awesome birthday! Yuhuuuuu

The best part of being a child like me is having a mother like you ♥ wish u all the best

 love u,

ur cute daughter ;) LOL

Horseracing

September 1-2, 2012

Go.. go.. go..! Do ur best!

Prepare for the pony race :)

Check carefully. Make sure that everything is installed properly

Bajunya yg merah menyala melambangkan semangatnya yg membara

competition

Champion of the pony race, Rizky

The pony race

Their eyes were watching over the horses. They were curious who will be the champion.

The photographer :P

Photos by : me ;)
Taken with : Nikon D5100

My Holiday

The Mountain
(Photographed from a plane)

I spent my holiday in Singapore. My sister asked me to accompany her (she's studying in Singapore). Actually she was in a LONG holiday, her holiday was about for 2 months. But, she has a lot of activities there. She can't go home (to Indonesia) soon. So, I came to Singapore and spent my holiday there.

We were having fun all the day. Sometimes we felt that 24 hours a day is not enough to do all the activities that we should do in that day. Sometimes we got bored too and just eat, sleep, eat, sleep, watching movie, have a snack, etc XP

Besides sightseeing in Singapore, I also joined my sister's activities, like playing angklung (Indonesian traditional musical instrument), teaching Jarimatika (the counting method that using fingers), etc.

One day, in our spare time, we decided to go to the park. There, we rented a double bicycle and took a lot of picture :D I tried to make a Panning photo.

My busy day was ended when my mother asked my sister to go to Iran. There's a Moslem Woman Conference. My mom participate in that conference and allowed to bring one person to the conference.

In the end, I was  a l o n e  in Singapore.

I didn't know what should I do there. Wish there was a prince came and broke the silence (◦^ʃƪ^◦)

Finally, I make a list of my own activities in Singapore. Such as riding horse, walking around, photographing, riding horse again, walking around, photographing, riding horse, walking around, photographing, windowshopping, playing angklung, etc. (￣▽￣) hahaha

I joined angklung concert which was held at Tampines (near my residence) [padahal baru masuk groupnya, baru latian 2x pula]. Meskipun salah pake sendal, tapi konser tetap berjalan lancaaaaar :D jadi ceritanya, tante-tante angklung sedang membicarakan soal kostum, "untuk bagian sepatunya pake selop aja." dalam bayanganku yang dimaksud selop itu sandal bakpao karet. Kalo sandal bakpao, aku punya. Dengan yakin aku pake sandal bakpao ke konser angklung. Sesampainya di tempat konser, semua langsung kaget, masak mau pentas pake sandal bakpao. Ternyata yang dimaksud selop itu sandal/sepatu 'high heel' xD untung ada salah seorang tante yang bawa 2 sandal. Akhirnya aku dipinjami 1. Konser pun berjalan lancar╭(^▽^)╯

In the next day, early in the morning, I went to NEC (National Equestrian Center). I rode a horse accompanied by a coach, Mr. Dicky Mardiyanto. He is Indonesian people who works at Singapore. [dulu Pak Dicky pernah jadi pelatih di Arrowhead stable]

Pak Dicky

After rode the horse, I took a walk/sightseeing at Singapore and photographing the beautiful scenery.

[metode jalan-jalanku : bingung mau ke mana --> tanya referensi tempat yang bagus --> masuk kereta --> kira-kira ada tempat bagus, asal turun, tanya2 jalan :P --> having fun!]

Here are some photos when I was sightseeing in Singapore
(all photos were taken by me with Nikon D5100)

Om Roy, professional horse rider ;)

Pak Yana, the groom, ahli kepang kuda

Nanno, He is so pretty *o*

Lando

Pak Yana found a snake

National Equestrian Center

Koi Pond at  Chinese Garden

Chinese Garden

Zheng He (Ceng Ho)

Everything is red at  Chinese Garden

Chinese Garden's bridge

Turtle  and Fish Pond at Chinese Garden

Elan, Hachi, dan Belon

Lebaran tiba! Mbak enes pulang ke Indonesia :D aku dan seluruh saudaraku (include sepupu) bermain bersama dan jalan2 di kota salatiga. Pulangnya, kami mampir ke rumahku dulu (NB : rumahku jg di kota yg sama ^^), terlihat bapakku sedang kebingungan di halaman depan.

"Hachi hilang.." [wajah suram]

Waaaaaaa :o semua langsung shock

Kronologi kejadiannya : ada truk mau parkir di depan rmh, Hachi ketakutan karena suaranya bergemuruh. Saking ketakutannya dia bisa njebol atap kandangnya dan lari ke kamar bapakku. Masih juga ketakutan dengan suara truknya, Hachi pun lari lagi loncat jendela dan keluar lalu menghilang..

Aku, mbak enes, dan saudara2ku langsung berpencar mencari Hachi. Tidak ada yg menemukannya.

Akhirnya semua pasrah, diikhlaskan saja. 1 jam kemudian, ketika jam makan siang Hachi, ada seekor kucing putih berjalan masuk gerbang rumah... Hachi! Sepertinya dia mulai lapar dan mencari jalan pulang xD

Esoknya, ada 2 kucing kampung datang ke rmh. 1 jantan 1 betina. Kyknya Hachi naksir yg betina ;P waktu jalan2 sore, Hachi berpapasan sama kucing yg jantan. Mereka pun setengah berantem (cuma adu suara, terus Hachinya lebih tertarik berantem sama daun -____-).

Merasa menang, Hachi pun mendekati sang betina. Kami menamainya Belon karena motif rambutnya kembang telon (3warna). Setelah itu Hachi menunjukkan kejantanannya. Kalau berhasil, kemungkinan anaknya unik, Persia kembang telon :D

Elan : "mbak..! Mbak..! Momen bagus! Foto2!"

Ara : "apa to?" (Jalan ke depan ....... shock)

Enes : (segera memfoto)

Ara : "kok bisa gitu?"

Elan : "gatau, Hachi sendiri yg gitu.."

Enes : "Hachi kyk bule, seleranya yg kyk gitu.. wah nnt anaknya bagus no, unik!"

Jengjeng... inilah hasilnya :

Sorenya Belon tidur di atas kandang Hachi dengan beralas handuk.

Kami berencana memberi makan Belon.

"Ambil sisa nasi trs dicampur sisa ayam ato ikan aja lan."

Elan : "hah? Masak kucing makannya kyk gitu?"

"-____- emangnya semua kucing makannya kyk Hachi? kalo kamu kasih biscuit kucing malah bisa mencret ntar"

Ckckck, Elan Elan...

2 hari kemudian Belon berkelana lagi, entah kemana... semoga nnt mampir lagi ke sini ^^

Bersabar ala putri salju

Teman2 tahu dongeng putri salju (snow white) kan? Dikisahkan ada seorang gadis cantik yg baik hati (anggap aja juga sabar :p) tinggal bersama 7 kurcaci. Suatu hari dia makan apel yg diberikan oleh penyihir yg menyamar jd nenek tua. Hakdes, tiba2 dia tidak sadarkan diri (aku lupa, kyknya mati suri dia). Hingga suatu hari ada seorang pangeran yg menyelamatkannya. Mereka pun saling jatuh cinta --> menikah --> hidup bahagia :D

Sebenernya yg aku mau ceritain bukan putri salju di dongeng snow white, tapi putri salju di dunia nyata, yaitu KUE PUTRI SALJU :D

Teman2 tahu tidak kue berbentuk lucu (biasanya berbentuk bulan sabit) yg ditaburi gula putih halus? Hmm.. manis rasanya, empuk kuenya, pokoknya enak deh. Kue putri salju ini salah satu kue favoriteku. Aku suka banget kue ini. Kalo mau ngasih parsel lebaran ke aku jgn lupa ada kue putri saljunya ya :p *lebaranwish*

Kemaren, aku beli kue putri salju. Berhubung lebaran masih 10 hari lg jadi aku harus ngirit biar bisa makan kuenya pas lebaran.

Oh ya, aku punya permainan untuk makan kue ini, awalnya biar ngirit kuenya nggak cepet abis, tp ternyata bagus juga bwt ngelatih kesabaran ;) jadi aku buat aturan sendiri, misalnya waktu sahur aku cuma boleh makan 2 kue, waktu buka 2 kue lagi. Kalo sahurnya aku cuma makan 1 kue, buka aku boleh makan 4 kue. Kalo sahur aku nggak makan kuenya berarti waktu buka aku boleh makan 5 + gula kacang :p wekekeke...

Kadang aku masih tergoda kalo ibuku juga ikut makan kuenya. Soalnya kalo ibu yg makan 1 kue ludes dlm sekali lahap. Jadi ibuku makannya banyak. Apalagi untuk memakan 1 kue ibuku hanya butuh sepersekian detik, sedangkan aku biasanya makan sambil menikmati kuenya, aku jadi kalah cepat :o Krn nggak mau kalah, aku juga makan byk deh :p hehehe

Lain kali aku hrs lebih sabar lagi dan berusaha mengumpulkan uang untuk beli kue putri salju waktu lebaran. Kalau kue yg sekarang habis, aku bisa beli lagi buat dimakan pas lebaran :D

Selamat mencoba game sabar ala putri salju :D

Semoga game ini bisa membantu kita membiasakan diri untuk lebih besabar di bulan Ramadhan ini ^^

Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa :D

Mohon maaf lahir dan batin

Selamat hari lahir!

Happy birthday mbak enes! Semoga tambah baik, tambah cantik, alim, makin sholehah, makin slim :-P

Pokoknya wish u all the best lah ;D

Love u,

adekmu yg ter-cute :P

Masuk Sekolah

Senin, 16 Juli 2012

Hari ini hari pertama murid-murid TK-A bersekolah di School of Life Lebah Putih. Lapangan parkir di sana dipenuhi oleh kendaraan wali murid yang mengantar sekaligus menunggu anaknya. Ada, bahkan banyak, yang menangis tidak mau ditinggal, namun ada juga yang sudah bisa mandiri. Aku jadi teringat ketika pertama kali aku masuk sekolah...

Waktu itu ibu guru sedang menjelaskan cara membuat prakarya kepik dari kotak korek api jes.

Karena hari pertama di sekolah, ibuku menungguiku terus selama pelajaran. Menunggu di depan kelas dan terkadang melongok dari jendela untuk melihat aktivitasku.

Setelah selesai menjelaskan cara2nya, ibu guru menawarkan apakah ada yang mau bertanya? Dengan segera  aku mengangkat tanganku! Ibu guru mempersilahkanku bertanya. Ibuku terlihat sedang melongok dari jendela, penasaran apa yang akan kutanyakan...

Ara Kecil : "Bu..." (mengangkat tangan)

Bu Guru   : "Ya, Ara?"

Ara Kecil : "Tolong suruh ibuku pulang" (tampang datar)

Bu Guru   : (speechless)

kira-kira, gimana ekspresi ibuku waktu itu ya? XD

Panning

yesterday, I went to Pasir Ris Park with my best sister, Enes

we rented a double bicycle and we took a lot of pictures there :)

this is one of the photo that i took there, Om Le said that it's called panning

he taught me the easiest way to make this effect is to set it to shutter speed priority, then set it into a slow speed. For cycling you can start a slow speed of 1/30s. Focus on the object, then move the camera in the direction of the object's movement. For better panning photo, you can set into the bigger aperture, min F11 to F16, so you can get good sharpness :)

I'm still practicing to take a good photo ;)

please give a comment so i can learn to take better photos ^_^

it looks like my sister ride the bicycle very fast until the passenger behind her (me) disappear! :-P
but actually she just ride it slowly, hehehe...

my sister's friend commented on this photo: looks like you've just stolen that bicycle cos the speed is very fast, lol :D

Jumping di Arthayasa Stable

best crew ever

Jatuh dari kuda ketika lomba jumping di Arrowhead yang lalu tidak membuatku takut jumping, tapi aku jadi agak takut lomba jumping. 1 minggu setelah lomba di Arrowhead, aku dikabari guruku kalau minggu depan akan ada Menpora Cup di Arthayasa Stable, Depok, tapi perlombaannya hanya jumping, tidak ada dressage. Awalnya bimbang juga sih, mau ikut atau nggak, apalagi lombanya cuma jumping, nanti kalau gagal lagi gimana? Kalau ada dressagenya juga aku pasti ikut… hmm… ikut nggak ya? Keputusannya harus segera diambil karena kudanya harus segera berangkat ke tempat lomba bila jadi ikut.

Satu hari sebelum waktu keberangkatan aku masih bingung mau ikut apa nggak. Aku memutuskan ikut, tapi masih belum yakin. Untung ada guruku dan ortuku yang meyakinkanku untuk ikut. Akhirnya aku yakin untuk berangkat lomba.Targetnya bukan menang, tapi mencapai garis finish. Di lomba kemarin rasanya mencapai garis finish itu hal yang suliiiiit sekali.

Aku sampai di penginapan hari Kamis siang, lombanya diadakan hari Sabtu dan Minggu. Aku berangkat lewat jalur udara, sedangkan kudaku, Royal, lewat jalur darat. Kukira Royal sudah sampai di Arthayasa, ternyata belum. Sorenya, Pak Andre sudah datang, tapi Royal belum juga datang. Ada sedikit rasa khawatir kalau nanti kudanya stress atau kecapekan. Ternyata Royal dan Nala (kuda yang akan dipakai Pak Dicky) terjebak macet :O Jam 8 malam mereka baru sampai di stable. Mereka langsung diistirahatkan di kandang.

Keesokan paginya, aku pergi ke kandang untuk menengok Royal dan Nala. Alhamdulillah mereka semua baik2 saja. Mas Yudi, perawat kuda, memandikan mereka agar segar dan memberikan serbuk baru di kandangnya. Saking senangnya mereka berguling2 di serbuk baru. Kata Pak Andre, berguling2 itu ‘massage’ alaminya kuda, jadi mereka akan lebih rileks. Sesudah rileks dan berjalan2 sebentar, perlengkapan untuk Royal segera dipasangkan di punggungnya karena pagi ini aku akan latihan jumping untuk kompetisi besok.

Biasanya, ketika Royal memasuki wilayah baru, dia akan gerogi dan waspada, tapi di latihan kali ini dia kelihatan tenang sekali. Aku pun semakin yakin untuk perlombaan besok. Semoga besok aku bisa mencapai garis finish, amin ^_^

Malamnya aku deg2an. Meskipun deg2an, aku tetap bisa tidur dengan pulas :-P hehehe

Sabtu, hari pertama lomba. Aku makin deg2an ketika berjalan menuju arena lomba. Setelah walk course, aku segera pemanasan untuk jumping 30-50 cm dengan Royal. Tidak lama kemudian namaku dipanggil oleh steward, itu tandanya aku harus segera bersiap memasuki arena karena sebentar lagi giliranku maju. Setelah peserta sebelumku sudah selesai, aku segera masuk. Memberi hormat dan tersenyum, sang juri membalas senyumku, aaah rasanya sedikit lega setelah tersenyum. Setelah itu sang juri membunyikan lonceng, tanda bahwa sudah waktunya aku mulai jumping. Royal terlihat tenang, deg2anku sedikit berkurang. Palang 1, ok ;) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, clear semua, tapi di palang ke 9 aku menjatuhkan palangnya, mungkin karena kudanya kurang ku-contact atau aku terlalu deep mengambil tikungannya. Tidak apa-apa, permulaan yang bagus, kurang 1 palang lagi maka aku akan mencapai garis finish. Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Aku mencapai garis finish! Orangtuaku, groomer, dan guruku langsung menghampiriku dan memberikan selamat aku bisa mencapai garis finish. Terlihat ketegangan dan keringat dingin di wajah guruku. Groomnya royal pun juga ikut tegang. Bapakku yang membawa kamera tidak sempat memfotoku saking tegangnya. Ibuku yang membawa tablet berusaha merekam ketika aku jumping tadi, tapi setelah dilihat hanya ada rumput hijau dan tanah di videonya. Ternyata, ibuku merekam sambil tutup mata xD wahaha

Tak apalah aku belum mendapat crossette clear round karena aku menjatuhkan satu palang tadi. Yang penting, aku bisa mencapai garis finish.

Aku tidak bisa bersantai2 karena sehabis itu aku harus segera pemanasan lagi dengan Royal untuk lomba jumping 50-70 cm. Palang 1 – 8 oke, ketika palang ke 9 aku lebih mengontrol kudaku… dan clear! Royal tidak menyentuh palangnya, sampai garis finish, tidak ada palang yang jatuh. Aku pun mendapatkan crossette clear round jumping 50-70, wah, betapa senangnya aku :D congratz Royal!

Tomorrow, we must do our best!

Minggu, hari kedua lomba. Aku ikut lomba jumping 50-70 cm optimize time. Jadi pemenangnya ialah yang mencapai garis finish dalam waktu paling dekat dengan 79 detik. Jumlah total ada 13 palang. Di palang ke 11 aku melihat timer, masih 60 detik, aku sedikit memperlambat langkah kudaku. Aku tidak sadar bahwa jarak antara palang ke 11, 12, dan 13 lumayan panjang, akhirnya aku pun mencapai garis finish di detik ke 83. Meskipun belum mendapat medali, aku sudah senang karena target utamaku -> mencapai garis finish <- sudah tercapai :D Alhamdulillah…

Semoga di lomba mendatang aku dan Royal bisa lebih baik lagi. Aku harus memperbanyak jam terbangku untuk bisa menjadi yang terbaik ^_^

jaa, ini photo2 ketika aku lomba jumping:

Ara with Royal

Ara with Royal, Pak Dicky with Nala

jump!

Selesai lomba, aku menghampiri keluargaku dan menonton pertandingan jumping di kelas yang lain, lalu ibuku ngomong gini:

"weeesss, keren mbak, selamat, selamat! Bagus banget tadi kamu naiknya, kayak Princess, gagah. Tadi ibu juga liat yang naiknya juga bagus, kayak Prince, keren." [ sepertinya ada maksud tersirat dibalik kata-kata ibu itu -___- :-P ]

Horseback Riding Competition (2)

Day 2

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Hari ini juga deg2an sih, tapi nggak begitu nervous. Hawa dan semangat bertandingnya juga kurang begitu dapet. Mungkin karena tenaganya udah terkuras kemaren. Okay, today I'll join dressage elementary open and show jumping 50-70 clear round + jump off

This is my first time join elementary class ;) it's quite difficult because there's a part that the horse must do contra canter twice. The 1st canter's going well, but at the 2nd canter, the horse changed her canter into a normal canter xD hohoho. Even though there's an accident (wrong canter), Alhamdulillah, I still got the 1st place ^^ Oh thanks God :D

Berbeda dengan hari pertama, di hari kedua ini jumpingku lebih mulus dan kudanya nggak nolak lagi. But......... at the (I forget what's the pole order number) pole, I pulled the right rein not strong enough so the horse's going a little bit to the left but I was preparing to go straight to the next pole. So, I was thrown forward! Then I immediately embrace the horse's neck. The horse still running! I grasp and pull the rein to stop the horse but I loss my balance so that I fell down. My coach and my father soon came to me. They ask me how's my condition? I told them that I'm okay, I didn't realize that my thigh was bruised  xD then I rode my horse again. After riding for a while then I realize that my thigh and my bottom was bruised. I asked to come down from the horse and then my mother massage my leg. I feel much better then :)

Jaa, that's all my experience ^^

I still have to practice more, especially in the jumping

(L to R) Ara [me], Mr. Rahmad [the judge], Elan

Sam and I

Horseback Riding Competition (1)

Day 1

Sat, May 26, 2012

This morning I felt nervous coz I'll compete at Arrowhead Training Competition.

Today, My best partner, Owen (horse), and I will join dressage preliminary class and show jumping 50-70 accumulator. This is my third times join dressage competition and my first time join jumping competition :O

Btw, Oyen and Rya (my best friend) came to Arrowhead Horse Riding School to support me. I'll do my best!

First, I did dressage test well. I got the 1st place! How glad I'm :D

After rested for a while, I joined the show jumping competition. 1st pole, nice! 2nd pole, nice! 3rd pole, good! 4th pole, Ok! 5th pole, great! 6th pole..... O'o.. OMG, the horse didn't want to jump at the 6th pole! I tried again, she still didn't want to jump :o My coach give some instructions but I didn't hear it. May be because I was so nervous and too focus with the pole. Then I tried again, this is my last chance to jump or I'll be eliminated. I prayed and said basmalah... and then............ and then............... Owen still didn't want to jump -______- I was eliminated. 

My coach said, "Kamu udah bagus banget naiknya, santai, rapi, tapi jangan anggap jumping kayak dressage! Kamu tadi kurang punya greget! Mau ada sinar mantul atau apa kek pokoknya no excuse, kudanya harus jump sesuai perintahmu!" <-- guruku emang agak galak dan tegas, but actually he is nice and funny

Elan's coach said, "Kudanya tadi takut ra. Palangnya itu baru dicat, jadi kempling. Mataharinya pas mantul ke situ, jadi kudanya takut tiba2 silau gitu..."

Although I was eliminated but I was not lament becoz I have an amazing experience and I'll learned from my failure ;)

Intinya, This is an amazing day :D

See ya!

The Champion
(from L to R) Elan, Flo, Val, Marry, Me

Laurent and I pose with a horse

Elan did his work trot test right on the foot of the Merbabu Mountain

(From L to R) Rya, Me, Oyen

When I learned the jumping course design with Mr. Hasan

My Expression

S u w u n g = b o r e d 

so, I decided to take some pictures and edited it :-P

here is the result :D

innocent - angry - happy

Power Ranger Beraksi (/*o*)/

Habis berenang, aku sama Oyen leyeh2 di kamarku, mumpung nggak banyak orang, akhirnya aku bercerita tentang sesuatu yang sangat rahasia. Kalo udah baca post ini jangan bilang2 ke siapa-siapa ya! Soalnya ini sangat r a h a s i a . . . . 

jadi begini percakapan kami waktu itu:

Ara   : Yen, aku mau cerita sesuatu

Oyen : Apa, Ra?

Ara   : Tapi jangan bilang sapa-sapa ya, soalnya ini rahasia

Oyen : Oke deh, aku ga bilang sapa-sapa

Ara   : Janji?

Oyen : Janji. (Menggandengkan kelingking ala anak kecil)

Ara   : Jangan bilang sapa-sapa ya...

Oyen : Iyaaaa...

Ara   : Ah tapi nnt kalo km tau kamu bakal ngomong sama yang lainnya

Oyen : Nggak wes. Zip (sambil seolah2 menutup resleting di mulutnya)

Ara   : Aku jadi malu... :blush:

Oyen : [mulai penasaran] Apa lo raaaaaa :o

Ara   : Sebenernya...

Oyen : Sebenernya apa?

Ara   : Sebenernya aku ini power ranger lo #tampangdatar+serius

Oyen : Buahahahahahahahahaha (ketawa histeris) aku kira apaan xD --> langsung buat tweet -__-

Ara   : Aku ranger putih

Oyen : Berarti kita sesama ranger dong, aku ranger pink lo! Loh, bukannya dulu km ranger biru, mbak Enes ranger ungu?

Ara   : Iya, aku habis bleaching :-P

Habis itu, tertera di timeline kalo @laurentelvina bwt tweet:

1. Percakapan kita di atas
2. Pernyataan: aku ngefans @ara_moo *.*

Eh, ternyata ada yang nge-reply: aku juga xD

wkwk

NB: jane yang nulis tweet oyen nomer 2 itu Ranger Putih, kikiki ^^ jane Oyen ngefans ara, cuma dia malu mengungkapkannya, jadi aku bantu deh :-P

wkwk #PD

klik foto ini supaya lebih jelas ;)

My Activity

My holiday is full of exercises:

1. Tennis wf Oyen (lenganku njarem xD tanganku kapalen saking semangatnya main tenis)
2. Horse riding (there will be a training competition on 26 & 27 May lo! in Arrowhead horse riding school. So I must ride intensively. I ride 3-4 times a week)
3. Taiji (on 20 May, my brother and I will join taiji competition at Paragon, Solo. Wish us luck! I'll do my best)
4. Swimming and gym (just for fun :D with my friends, just for relaxation)

jaa, that's all my activity during this holiday, what about you?