Career, Marriage and Me

“Somewhere there must be someone who'll love me and show me a world that I never knew

He'll ask for my hand  and I'll say "I do" .Oh, wouldn't it be finer than fine.

If that perfectly perfect love were mine.”

Cinderella III – A Twist in Time

            Every woman has their own opinion about happiness. Some of them think that marriage becomes the door of happiness but I think that career is the most important thing of all. How come?

            Marriage is a dream of many women all around the world. They want to have a beautiful marriage with lots of flower in the party, pretty gown, and of course with perfectly charming prince. Who is he? A handsome rich smart kind man. I absolutely believe that many women want to have a couple like that. After marriage, they will be a good wife with a good husband, they will have some childreen and be a good mother and finally they live happily ever after.

            Unfortunately, I don’t think so. I always think that I don’t need to marry at least until twenty seven. It is not  because I don’t want to be a good wife or don’t want to have some children or be a good mother. It is because of me. I am the one and only child for my mom and my dad. I come from usual family. My dad was betrayed by his family. He was left alone, just with me and my mom. My dad always says to me that I have to be a success woman. I have to improve our life. I have to show to my family that how special I am. I want my family come back again.

            I have came so far to be like this, to be here, in Universitas Padjadjaran. My dad has to debt to finance my education. Until now, he still has debt. It is because I decided to don’t marry until twenty seven. I will go to campus well, I will has a good mark, I will graduate as soon as possible, I will continue my education to abroad, I will be a success woman, be an ambassadress of Republic Indonesia for U.S.A.  and of course be a good daughter for my parents. It also makes my mind far away from earlier marriage.

            I prefer my career to marriage. Career is my happiness. I have to build it well since now. I don’t want to lose my opportunity. I don’t want feel regret in my life. I will be a good wife and a good mother after my dreams come true. What an ambitious girl! Yes, it’s me.

            I do this because I want to extremely thank to my dad and my mom, who has brought me up, sent me to school and always pray for my kindness and success. In fact, I wouldn’t be able to replace what they have done for me. No matter if I don’t marry ever last, the most important is the happiness of my mom and dad. I believe to Allah, there will be a charming prince comes to me and be mine. Forever..

Water : Friend or Enemy for Us?

Water is very essential for us. Water is our basic need. Even our bodies are composed from water. Our bodies also need water. It has many functions for our bodies. For example; water is needed for our metabolism, water also help the process of cells for changing when it has damaged, and many others. When we feel thirsty, we drink some water. We also consume some water which is contained in food when we have breakfast, lunch or dinner. Where ever we go, we can easily enough to find water in our beloved country, Indonesia. Of course, it is very hard to find it when we are in a desert, isn’t it?

            Living things (including us, as human being) are built from water. They need water to survive. They use water to drink, to eat and other basic needs which use water. For example; human being consume water at least two litres per day. Need of water is an absolute for all living creatures. Water existence is truly needed. In spite of needing water, we consume only a little of it. I live in Cirebon, where pure water doesn’t matter.

            I wrote this article when I remembered one moment, when I was in a bus from Bandung to Jatinangor. I saw from inside, it was flooding in every where-when the bus got a traffic jam because the flood. I remembered that it was in Gede Bage. The height of water reached approximately fifty metres. It caused many vehicles could not move, including the bus with me inside. Immediately my brain thought about Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, which almost always flood stricken when the rainy season is coming. There were two reasons which is causing of that flood. They were local flood that overflowed Ciliwung river and the consigment flood from Bogor area. (This Information was taken from Kompas, a daily newspaper.) What do you think about that? A capital city of Indonesia almost always get flood stricken in every year? What the world will say?

            By reading a little description from me above, we realize that water can be a friend or enemy for us. The important thing is we have to take care of our environment where we live in or else. We will get warnings if we don’t take care our environment.

            Let’s save our water for our selves in the future, not only for us, but also for all our next generation.