When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging
seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and debts are high,
And you want
to smile but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest,
if you must... but don't quit.
Life is queer with its twists and
turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many times a failure turns
about,
When he might have won he had stuck it out,
Don't give out though
the peace seems slow,
You might succeed with another blow.
Often
the goal is nearer than it seems,
to faint ad faltering man...
Often the
struggler has given up
when he might have captured the victory's cup,
And
he learned too late, when night slipped down...
How close he was to the
folden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver
tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It
may be near when it seems far,
So stick to the fight when you are hardest
hit,
It is when things seem worst that you must not quit.
Yep, itu yang tertulis di halaman 19 buku National Orientation AFS.
Hari ini Idul Ftri.
Sejak insiden gw milih ke mesjid daripada band, hostmom gw jadi agak gimanaaa gitu. Tadi malem pas gw minta anterin ke mesjid buat solat Ied, dia bilang dia ga yakin bisa, soalnya dia udah bikin janji sama dokter gigi. Paniklah gw. Gw bener2 pengen ke masjid lah..
Untungnya, gw punya temen di sini. Gw nelpon Soz, dan (lagi2) dia kindly bersedia nganter dan jemput gw buat solat Ied. Gila gw terharu banget. Well, sejak dateng ke sini rasanya nangis jadi perkara mudah. Trus gw nelpon orangtua gw. Pas gw ngedenger suara mereka, ga tahan da gw pengen pulang! Selama ini Idul Fitri lewat begitu aja; gw ga pernah mengapresiasi kebersamaan sama keluarga pas Idul Fitri segitunya. Sekarang gw nyesel, berharap bisa balik ke masa lalu, biar gw bisa bareng2 keluarga gw pas hari besar..
Hari ini Idul Fitri.
Berharap bisa terbang pulang ke Indonesia sekarang ga ada gunanya, gw tau. Tapi gimanapun juga gw ga bisa ngerubah stereotype Idul Fitri di kepala gw : bareng2 keluarga besar, makan ketupat, kumpul2 sama sodara2, halal bihalal...
Hari ini Idul Fitri.
And I'm here all alone.
But one thing for sure : don't quit.

