A Place to call home
Assalamualaikum.
I have three homes:
1. Indonesia: Because its the only place that accepts me for who I am. Because it is where I'm welcomed with open arms. Because it's where I feel needed. Because its one place on earth I know i could make the biggest difference (Indonesia, I call it "Ladang Beramal"). Because of its warm, peaceful, simple, and happy people (not city folks). Because of its landscape and undiscovered beauty. Because of its huge potential to be a great nation. Because it's where, InshaAllah, I would lay my head to rest.
2. Australia: Because it is the land of opportunity (there are no kangaroos in U.S). Because its where I learn to stand on my own two feet. Because it taught me to speak and to speak out with pride. Because it taught me my rights.Because of its access to global culture and knowledge. Because of its cafe's,parks, and autumns. Because of its myriad of people from all over the world, many of them, a mirror image of myself.
3. Singapore: Because of elia, khai, zayed, and many more true friends that I'm very lucky to find. Because of its kopitiams and Void-Deck Weddings. Because of Glenn Ong and PCK. Because of its security and Educational System. Because it taught me discipline and how to listen. Because it taught me how to compete at such a young age. Because of elia.
Would there be a 4,5,6? I wish there is only 1. It would make things a lot simpler for me. It's difficult to chose just one of them.
God gave us the earth, we drew the lines, and fought over something that is not ours.
It's not like we can take it with us when we die.
I have three homes:
1. Indonesia: Because its the only place that accepts me for who I am. Because it is where I'm welcomed with open arms. Because it's where I feel needed. Because its one place on earth I know i could make the biggest difference (Indonesia, I call it "Ladang Beramal"). Because of its warm, peaceful, simple, and happy people (not city folks). Because of its landscape and undiscovered beauty. Because of its huge potential to be a great nation. Because it's where, InshaAllah, I would lay my head to rest.
2. Australia: Because it is the land of opportunity (there are no kangaroos in U.S). Because its where I learn to stand on my own two feet. Because it taught me to speak and to speak out with pride. Because it taught me my rights.Because of its access to global culture and knowledge. Because of its cafe's,parks, and autumns. Because of its myriad of people from all over the world, many of them, a mirror image of myself.
3. Singapore: Because of elia, khai, zayed, and many more true friends that I'm very lucky to find. Because of its kopitiams and Void-Deck Weddings. Because of Glenn Ong and PCK. Because of its security and Educational System. Because it taught me discipline and how to listen. Because it taught me how to compete at such a young age. Because of elia.
Would there be a 4,5,6? I wish there is only 1. It would make things a lot simpler for me. It's difficult to chose just one of them.
God gave us the earth, we drew the lines, and fought over something that is not ours.
It's not like we can take it with us when we die.
LOOOOOOOL I understand. I was born in Jakarta, and raised in Melbourne, so Indo and Oz are my two homes, but I worked for two and a half years in Singapore so I kind of feel that is a special place too...but definitely not because of Glenn Ong or Phua Chu Kang :P
Posted by
Nasya |
11:37 AM
aaaa....bersyukurlah punya 3 Home. gue...dari kecil juga pindah2...luv all places i've lived in. australia definetely feels like home now but, is it really home? ocen just asked me when we were jogging the other day "kapan rencana pulang ndri?" (maksudnya forgood). i wish i knew the answer to that, cen.
Posted by
indri |
11:19 PM