First Debut Novel: Nyanyian Hujan

Maybe when you read the title of this posting, there are some big question marks in your head. First debut novel? Nyanyian Hujan? What does it mean? Okay, let me tell you because I just want to promote a novel that I wrote for months from the beginning, progress, until now. Hihihi :p

At that time, my Creative Writing lecture begged us to write a novel which contains our own story, at least 100 print pages. How luckily I am! I already made a story for many pages before my lecture begged us. You know what's the reason? Well, to be honest, I really wanted to make a book (novel) at the first time. On its progress, I had some troubles for making the story. For example, laziness, writer’s block, and time problem. But, I even always try as well as I could to finish the novel on time.

60% I wrote the draft on my smartphone. I used Documents to Go because I thought that it was easier to use. I could write the draft while I was sitting, walking, talking, etc. 40 % I finished it with my laptop. I needed a long time to make a revision. And finally, I already finished my first debut novel with title Nyanyian Hujan.

I’m going to give you its synopsis. Nyanyian Hujan talks about love, family, and friendship. The main character named Vesta. She is a beautiful girl who likes vanilla ice cream. She has a brother named Revin. One day, Revin’s going abroad for working with Om Dave, his beloved uncle. Because of they didn’t want to leave Vesta alone in Jakarta just with Bi Sum, Revin asked Kenneth to stay at their house and protect his little sister.

In fact, there are so many unexpected things between Vesta and Kenneth. Until one day, Vesta met Dio who really fun and great in art. Kenneth didn’t really like Dio and he asked Vesta to stay away from that bad-guy. Vesta just felt so confused. She would be wondering about anything in Kenneth's head. What happened with Kenneth? Is he jealous, huh? After that, Vesta should deal with the shocking news about herself. It changed her life for 180 degrees. Vesta got her another life in the different position of herself.

Yeah, that's the synopsis and I will spread a good news for all of you. You can have this novel and read the story till the end. I sell my novel with self-publishing and you can get it, just CLICK HERE :) Oh yes, just for information. I uploaded the document on Feb 8th 2012 to www.nulisbuku.com. They are a self-publisher who will help us to publish our dreams. Then, the proofread of my novel arrived in my hand. How glad I am when I saw my novel has been published on www.nulisbuku.com. Thanks for all of youuuu! Especially for Jesus Christ :)

From now on, I will promote my novel almost in everyday. Pals, just contact me for further information about my novel and I will so glad to answer.

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥
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Hindari Bosan, Hubungan Aman

Cewek: Sayang, aku mau ngomong, deh sama kamu.

Cowok: Kenapa, Yang? Mukamu serius banget.

Cewek: Hmm... besok kan hari jadi kita yang ketiga. Rasanya aku seneng banget bisa ngelewatin lamanya waktu barengan sama kamu.

Cowok: Aku juga ngerasain hal yang sama kayak yang kamu rasain kok.

Cewek:  Tapi... aku ngerasa ada sesuatu yang datar-datar aja sama hubungan kita akhir-akhir ini. Hubungan kita yang dulu rasanya beda sama kita yang sekarang.

Cowok: Maksud kamu, Yang? Aku nggak ngerti, deh.

Cewek: Sayang, aku bosen banget sama hubungan kita yang flat kayak gini...

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Dalam berpacaran, mungkin sering terlintas di dalam benak kita sebuah percakapan klasik atas dasar sebuah keterbukaan satu sama lain. Ya, sama seperti dialog di atas. Kita berani mengeluarkan unek-unek kita kepada pasangan agar mereka mau mendengar, memahami, dan mengerti keberadaan kita. Satu hal yang mungkin pernah kita alami. Bosan. Ya... bosan! Bosan dengan dia yang berubah, bosan dengan hubungan yang gitu-gitu aja, bosan dengan rutinitas yang nggak ada seru-serunya, pokoknya... bosan sama pasangan kita sendiri. Di bawah ini, ada beberapa tips untuk mengatasi si penghancur mood!

1. Kenali pasangan kita dengan baik

Sebelum memulai suatu hubungan, pastinya ada tahap pendekatan di mana kita berada dalam suatu fase atau tahap awal. Di sini, kita mencoba untuk mengenal calon pasangan kita lebih baik. Apakah dia itu penyayang, posesif, cemburuan, cuek, dan sebagainya. Bila kita bisa mengenal calon pasangan kita dengan seutuhnya, sudah pasti kita bisa mengendalikan sikap dan hati kita apabila di suatu hari nanti terjadi sesuatu yang tidak-tidak, bahkan di saat kejenuhan sedang melanda.

2. Komunikasi sifatnya penting!

Komunikasi yang terjalin secara apik pastinya akan memudahkan suatu hubungan agar dapat bertahan lama. Kita harus menjaga keharmonisan dalam hubungan, hindari pertengkaran, dan stay sweet! Untuk mengurangi kebosanan tersebut, komunikasi bisa menjadi salah satu alternatif untuk meningkatkan rasa senang pada pasangan kita. Mungkin, kita bisa saling melempar kata-kata gombal untuk menyenangkan pasangan kita, bercanda lewat telepon atau melakukan video-call untuk mengobati rasa rindu saat menjalani Long Distance Relationship (LDR). Temukan inovasi baru yang positif dalam menjalin suatu dan jadilah pasangan yang menyenangkan.

3. Membagi waktu dan mengatur intensitas pertemuan.

Tentu, kesibukkan sehari-hari kadang menguras pikiran, tenaga, dan waktu kita. Terlalu banyak yang harus kita pikirkan sehingga berbagai rintangan masalah waktu pun kerap muncul. Kita pun dituntut untuk bisa membagi waktu sedemikian mungkin. Itulah sisi baiknya. Ketika kita disibukkan oleh banyak hal, kita pun bisa terhindar dari kebosanan akan pasangan kita karena pekerjaan kita akan mengalihkan kejenuhan tersebut. Nyatanya, secara otomatis kita juga sudah mengatur intensitas pertemuan dengan pasangan kita. Jangan maunya bertemu setiap waktu. Biarkan rasa rindu meliputi diri kita sehingga hal tersebut bisa menimbulkan kecintaan yang takkan pernah pudar pada pasangan kita.

4. Lakukan hal-hal baru yang mengejutkan!

SURPRISSEEEE! Berikan hal-hal menyenangkan yang bisa membangkitkan mood dalam berpacaran. Berikan pasangan kita sesuatu yang disukainya. Mulai dari kejutan bunga mawar di depan pintu, kado istimewa di hari jadi, sampai kehadiran orang tersayang dalam momen-momen manis. Dijamin deh kalau hal ini bisa mengusir rasa bosan sehingga hubungan kita akan aman-aman saja.

5. Pacar bukanlah segalanya!

Biarpun begitu, kita juga harus mau membagikan rasa cinta kita kepada orang-orang di sekitar karena cinta itu sifatnya universal. Masih banyak lho orang di luar sana yang membutuhkan kasih sayang kita. Ada orang tua, saudara, keluarga, teman, guru, tetangga, hewan peliharaan, dan lain-lain sebab pacar bukanlah segalanya! Ayo pertahankan hubungan kita agar tetap menyenangkan sekaligus membahagiakan seperti sedia kala dan usir segala kejenuhan yang menghalangi!

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥
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Cinta, Hanya Bumbu Manis Antara Kamu dan Aku

Ketika kita mulai berpikir soal cinta, pasti ada banyak cerita yang terselip di dalam lipatan-lipatan memori. Mulai dari kisah-kisah berbau suka dan tawa bahagia, sampai gumpalan cerita duka penuh perihnya kesedihan. Membayangkannya sekadar di dalam kepala saja sudah dipenuhi perang kegalauan.

Ketika kita mulai angkat bicara soal cinta, ada saja kata-kata manis yang terlontar dari sudut bibir. Entah berapa banyak kata cinta yang diucapkan dalam setiap detiknya. Satu hal yang pasti, kata cinta membawa makna dan arti tersendiri bagi yang mengucapkan, tentunya juga bagi orang yang dituju. Terlebih lagi, kekuatannya yang memabukkan senantiasa menghiasi kedua sisi hati yang bertautan.

Ketika kita mulai bertemu cinta, kita berusaha menyapanya dengan lembut. Tidak peduli seberapa dekat jarak antara kita dengan cinta, tidak peduli seberapa besar ukuran cinta yang baru tumbh, lebih tidak peduli lagi akan harga sebuah cinta. Bila bertemu dengan cinta, adeemmm…

Suatu ketika kita mulai menyentuh cinta dalam sebuah linimasa. Menyentuhnya saja membuat bulu kuduk merinding, ngeri! Tangan-tangan tak berdosa mulai gemetar akan panah asmara yang kian menancap. Menghujam tanpa henti seperti tak kehabisan amunisi sama sekali. Hati pun dikobari api-api mengangumkan yang entah dari mana datangnya. Dua kata untuk cinta, kamu manis…

Kita pun menjejakkan kaki lebih jauh ketika kita mulai merasakan cinta. Aku… kamu… dalam satu hati yang tak bisa dideskripsikan. Apa yang sedang kita cari dalam arti kata cinta? Menyentuhnya saja membuat sekujur badan bergetar, bagaimana kalau kita merasakan cinta? Manis, pahit, asam, asin, dan tawar… semua bersatu padu dalam curahan cinta…

Lalu… kalau cinta, kenapa harus ada sakit hati? Bukankah lebih baik sakit gigi daripada sakit hati?

 

Cinta itu bagaikan daun-daun yang berguguran di kala musim semi. Mudah patah, mudah rontok, mudah jatuh. Cinta itu bagaikan permen karet. Dikunyah habis sampai tak terasa lagi manisnya, lalu dibuang sia-sia di antara tumpukkan karang di tepi pantai. Cinta itu bagaikan semut merah. Kecil, menggigit, dan menyakitkan. Bila dibunuh, ia akan lenyap begitu saja.

Kita pun mulai terombang-ambing dalam lautan ombak cinta. Putus asa adalah hambatan terbesar menuju racun dunia. Apa saja bisa kita lakukan ketika dilanda rasa keputusasaan. Menangis di bawah shower agat terkesan dramatis, menaikki tower listrik agar masuk berita-berita di televisi, kabur dari rumah agar bisa mendapat perhatian lebih dari orang-orang sekitar, atau bahkan… bunuh diri. Entah untuk apa.

Memang, suatu saat kita dihadapkan pada kenyataan untuk mencegah cinta agar tidak pergi. Sekuat tenaga kita memohon dan berharap agar cinta yang telah tersusun rapi bisa tetap tinggal di sebelah jantung hati. Kita pun mulai pasrah akan keadaan diri, pasrah akan kemauan orang lain, pasrah diperbudak cinta yang memberi rasa sakit dan sesak di dada.

Pada akhirnya, kita mulai melepas cinta. Sakit hati itu terus-menerus mendekam diri kita seperti berada di balik jeruji. Kita mulai tak peka akan hadirnya mereka sang penyemangat jiwa. Ketika rasa sakit di hati mulai merajalela dan menjalar hingga ke ubun-ubun, kita tidak dapat berpikir sehat. Jalan sesat adalah proses dalam pencapaian tujuan utama. Padahal, rasa sakit itu hanyalah bumbu-bumbu penyedap dalam urusan cinta. Kalau tidak ada bumbu-bumbu itu, bagaimana kamu merasakan cintamu yang tawar dan biasa-biasa saja?

Kemungkinannya ada banyak. Mungkin, kita belum terbiasa menjalin sebuah ikatan yang disebut dengan pacaran. Mungkin, kita belum mengenal arti cinta sebenarnya. Kita selalu menganggap bahwa cinta adalah permainan semu dalam permainan nyata. Mungkin, kita belum siap untuk mencintai orang lain dengan sepenuh hati. Terakhir, mungkin kita belum cukup umur…

Di akhir suatu garis batas, kelak kita akan mengetahui apa itu arti cinta. Kita mampu berpikir bijak akan adanya sebuah konsekuensi. Sakit hati akibat cinta hanyalah pemanis setiap cerita  yangterkesan datar. Mereka hanyalah ujian, cobaan, atau bahkan angina lewat. Pada intinya, jika kita sudah siap menjalin cinta, kita harus siap merajut sakit hati. Kalau kita belum siap merajut sakit hati, itu artinya kamu belum berkenalan dengan cinta. Simpel, kan?

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥
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The Price of Happiness

There are so many clouds in my head and I just wondering if I could buy some happiness, put it in a jar, keep it safely, and at least I would calm down myself. If you ask me the reason, I would answer that I might feel so free in a peaceful because I already have a piece of happiness that I bought. But, here they are the questions that might need to be answered.

 

1. How about the price of a piece of happiness?

2. Where I could buy them?

3. How would it be if that was so real? Not just a daydream.

4. Would it be last forever?

Then, I just erase those clouds in my head, throw away all the vague things that always disturb my real life, and realize that I'm just dreaming out loud. To be honest, sometimes I just feel that my life is more than sucks. HAHA! I just can't control my emotional feelings, let this happen, ruins everything, after that I'm gonna dying. Silly. I feel like I'm so childish in time.

Yeah, I'd rather pretend to be happy in front of the other people even I really know that I keep a sadness in my heart in every single day. I just don't want the others know about myself. But, in fact, I just can't hide those feelings anymore. I don't even care if the others see my ugly face in madness. I don't care if the others know that something has already happened to me.

So, if I had enough money, I would buy some happiness so there will be no-more-cry. If that happiness was at the store, I would choose the best one and I would feel so much glad. If I knew where the real happiness, maybe I should delete this post and forget about the words that I wrote. Anyway, Happy Valentine's Day for everyone who's reading this posting. Love you, guys! Thanks for keep reading or just blogwalking :*

PS: I still in my own way to find something's precious in my life.

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥ 
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Lemme Have Some Writings for WARNA

Hi, there!
It’s been so long after the latest posting, right? It seems that I have no more leisure time to write some postings and post it to my Blogger. However, I love to check this blogger anytime, anywhere. Just calm down, I adore my blog so much because I always explode my idea about this universe to you all.

Well, just for sharing. This is the last week of my holiday after UAS Semester 1. I haven’t known my score and IP yet. Moreover, I always talk to God and I pray… I hope I will get the best score and IP for my first result in college-life. Anyway, sometimes I have nothing to do in my leisure time. I just hang out with my family, friends, browsing, listening to the music, and of course writing anything in my mind. I just get bored with all the things. I want something new!

Oh yeah, yesterday was a super exhausted day! Oh, gosh! After I had a holy mass at church, I went to Komsos Room to finish the magazine. But, before that, I should interview two church activists about their activities.  After that, I wrote some articles that really took a long long timeeee (from 11 am – 7 pm)… I was getting tired because I sat for many hours in front of the laptop and my little notes, made some articles, built good words, did revision of those articles… Whooaaa… I really felt that I’m a journalist! HAHA!

You know, so many people said that if you have some talents or abilities, you should use them well. What’s the reason? Okay, first… you might explore your abilities because I know for sure that it will be so useful for the future. Your abilities and your passion will show how good your work. Then, when you have them, you will help the others to make anything so easier. After that, if you don’t use your abilities even you know that you can do it, it just feels like so empty and useless. At least, you won’t get anything as your best result.

So, for this time I always try to explore something that I really like, writing. More practice in writing will make anything perfect as I expect. And for yesterday, I proved this with making 4-5 articles for magazine. I wanted to cry for imagining how tired I am. But, I would never regret because there’s no something useless in this world. God will respect my efforts and my works.

Beside that, I was so happy because I could work closely in a team, Komsos Warna yeaaahh! I could work with some great people in there. And for yesterday, we just tried to finish our magazine with Pak Stevie (the most serious person who has a good work in writing), Mas Sugi as a great man who always design the magazine (the look of our magazines is depend on him. Good work!), Pak Willy (he loves to give advice and he has a responsible for this magazine), Om Robert (gosh, this man is so funny! He is so tricky and he made me blushing because of his jokes! HAHA!), Pak Paul (editor in chief of Warna), Madol (partner in crime), and many more. I’m the only girl there. Hihihihi :p

To be honest, I can't hardly wait to see the newest edition of Warna that will be published on the next week, Saturday, Februari 18th 2012. I wanna see my face with Yosef Guevara as the cover. Hope I can have a sweetest smile when I'm looking at the cover. Hihihihi ♥

Back to topic, after all of my works have done, I went to McD and sitting around. Enjoyed the Wi-Fi connection, downloaded some applications and games for my Android while I was eating my Ice cream cone and French fries regular. The sky was getting so dark and suddenly it was getting rain… beautiful night! Then, I was wondering that there’s someone who loves me (and of course I love him back. Just read is as boyfriend ♥) who sitting beside me, come with me, and spend the night with beautiful rain outside there. Okay, it just a daydream. Nevertheless, I hope and I wish and I pray to make it comes true. Amen ♥

Then at 9 pm, I went home with daddy who picked me up there. What I thought at that time was I just wanted to hit the bed and sleep. I just wanna say thanks a lot for your blessing, Jesus Christ. You’re so amazing and I know that I’m nothing without You. I might have a good experience to explore my ability, so it will very useful for me, others, future, and You. See you on the next posting, pals!

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥
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Viva Ultimagz!

WOHOOOO!

I'm so glad to hear that this magazine finally has re-born! Awesome!

This magazine named Ultimagz, published by Multimedia Nusantara University. This is the first edition of this year after a long looongggg vacuum. I'm also happy to know that still there's some college students who put their attention to make a wake-up-call of this magazine. And for this red cover, we took "Jas Merah: Jangan Sekali-kali Melupakan Sejarah" as our theme. Beside that, there's a lot of good information that you can read there. Feeling so curious? :p

Well, hope it can be a BIG BANG for us, not only for those who make this magazine and explode some ideas, but for all the college-students and lecturer in UMN. Finally, after all the pros and cons that we had in making this magazine, however it's DONE! The other awesome news is you can get this magazine, pals! Seriously! Just pay Rp5.000,00 for getting Ultimagz! Contact @ultimagz for further information. Grab it fast :))

Much love,

Sintia Astarina ♥♥
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