Last Christmas I went to Bali with two girlfriends. I’ve known them from my grad school days in the UK. During that one year period, they were two of my closest friends – N and P. While P is Indonesian and I got to meet her regularly, N is Russian – she’s still living the UK, and I haven’t met her since I left – five years ago. We still keep in touch though, and finally, she decided to visit Indonesia.
5 years seemed like 5 days to us. We instantly bonded again, conversations were flowing flawlessly. We shared good laugh, stories, and of course, great adventure in the island of Gods.
After exchanging stories about each other’s lives, how life has treated us the past 5 years, things that have happened and has not happened (yet), on our fourth/final day in Bali, we finally decided to agree on one simple life purpose.
That is, to be happy.
Meeting N again after 5 years was like a dream to me and P. It’s amazing how she is from a very different culture in a far far away country yet our minds are very much alike. Thank you N and P for a truly inspiring yet crazy short getaway. I hope I won’t need to wait another 5 years for us to be reunited again 🙂
Anyway – After I drove her to the airport as she was going to her next destination, I heard this song on the radio. Surprise, Surprise, it’s a British singer’s – Jess Glynne. Though she was not around 5 years ago during our time in the UK, I hereby declared this song as our official anthem for this trip.
Here’s my favorite part of the song:
I learned to wave goodbye
How not to see my life
Through someone else’s eyes
It’s not an easy road
But now I’m not alone
So I, I won’t be so hard on myself no more
And of course, the reff:
Don’t be so hard on yourself, no
Learn to forgive, learn to let go
Everyone trips, everyone falls
So don’t be so hard on yourself, no
As I am writing this for self-reminder, I want you to also keep this in mind: Don’t be so hard on yourself – you deserve to be happy. Cheers!
Christa Bercerita 
Indeed Ta, don’t be so hard on yourself and don’t forget to having fun! hehehehhehee
Pastinyaa fiiit jadi kapan kita ktemu? Hihi
ahhh aku balik dari Bali, kamu dateng hu hu hu
Selisipan gituu yah huhuu untung masi ktemu di Jakarta 😉
Ahhhh happy bacanya, pasti seru ketemu temen lagi, seperjuangan pula
Iya yayang, pas hari terakhir aku dan P (yg org Indonesia) bilang rasanya kayak mimpi hehehe.. Seneng 🙂
That’s really true mba. Don’t be so hard on yourself. There was a friend of mine who said the similar words. We have to enjoy our life since we only live once. Semoga persahabatannya langgeng terus ya mba 😉
Betul.. Kata abg skrg kan #YOLO yah Wien, hehehe. Kalau diambil sisi positifnya, YOLO itu bener bgt 🙂 amiin, thank you Wien 🙂
Sama-sama mba Christa. Iya kalau kata ABG jama sekarang YOLO, haha.. Kita masih ABG juga kog mba *maksa* 😀
Masih donggg hehehehe
Menohok bagian “learn to forgive, learn to let go” masih PR besar hehe. Thanks for very inspiring story Chris 🙂
Ur welcome Deny, semangat!! Hehe akupun masih PR supaya “not to see my life from someone else’s eyes” alias jgn peduli omongan orang ketika ditanya “kapan kawin” dan sejuta pertanyaan lainnya.. Hihihi
I love it when relationships last long. I have one myself. We met during her stay in Denmark back in 2009. I’m visiting Italy in August, so it will be great if we can meet up 🙂
Ah, isn’t it nice? 🙂 hope you’ll be able to see your friend in August!
Lagunya menohok banget iniiiii Christa. But yes, ini jadi reminder juga buat aku. Thanks for sharing Christa 🙂
Tapi lagunya enak kan Nggi, upbeat gitu seruu bikin semangat hehehe 🙂 ur welcome 🙂
bener banget… cuma ya kadang kita mesti naruh garis juga ya jangan sampe akhirnya jadi terlena dan gak memotivasi diri juga. nanti jadi gak berkembang ya gak sih. hehe
Nah iya betul ini, jangan too hard on ur self tapi jgn too soft juga hehehe
Thanks for this inspiring post Mbak :)). Suka deh dengan lirik lagunya, benar banget sih. Kalau kata anak-anak kekinian zaman sekarang: jangan lupa bahagia :hehe. Jika saya boleh menambahkan, jangan lupa bahagia dengan keadaan diri sendiri, sih. Di lagu itu juga dibilang “how not to see my life from someone else’s eyes”, kan :hehe. Kadang kita terlalu suka membandingkan… jadi berat sendiri, deh :p.
Sama sama 🙂 iya liriknya bagus dan iramanya bikin semangat yah!
Betul bgt, itu makanya kalimat favorit aku, jgn peduli kata org lain misalnya ditanya kapan kawin dan juga jgn banding2in diri sendiri hehehe.. Saking banding2in jd lupa sama prestasi diri sendiri, akhirnya patah semangat.. Padahal kalo dilihat2 kan sebenernya kita harus pd sama prestasi diri sendiri kaan.. Abis kalo kita nggak muji diri sendiri, siapa lagi Gar? :))))))))
Waktu pasti terasa cepat berlalu ya Chi kalo lagi ngumpul dan happy 🙂
Iya gak berasa padahal udh 4 hari bersama 🙂
I just love your last quote, Christa 🙂 Thank you for reminding 🙂
Ur welcome 🙂
I love this song mbak Christaa
Me too hehehe 😀
Walau ngga dengar lagunya, liriknya sudah bagus…senang, ya ngumpul2 lagi apalagi jauh sekali temannya…:)
Iyaa liriknya encouraging skali ya hehehe 🙂
Senang bangat yach kalau ketemu teman lama.
Liriknya keren yach walaupun nga familiar ama lagunya. Ada saatnya kita lembek dengan diri sendiri dan ada saatnya hrs keras dan ambisius. Kadang batas itu susah dipahami hehehe.. apaan sich bahasa gue.
Iyaa seneng 🙂 betul, hehehe emang musti disesuaikan dengan kondisi, kalau terlalu lembek juga gak bagus 🙂
Ahh. Christa. Happy New Year.
You really have great friends. No distance and culure would make you apart.
And really love reading: just to be happy. Simple, powerful yet need strenght to achieve it.
Hopefully, you can achieve it. Cheers.
Hopefully you too, Ryan! Happy new year! Cheers 🙂