What an Amazing Grace!

I didn’t think that life was fair. King of Noon shone brightly on one side of the earth and left the other in miserable dark night. The wind blew from Aegean Sea and poured out raindrops in Tuscany, leaving Cyrene dried exhaustively. Others got rich families, beautiful faces, nice outfits, and I didn’t have them. My friends were bigger, stronger, and I stayed as a sprinkle of dust in the middle of the universe.

When I was 3 years old, I asked my mom why I couldn’t get my birthday celebrated in a party, just like my other friends. She told me that we were not rich enough to do that.

When I was 5 years old, I weighed only 20 kilos. My dad warned me not to play roughly with other bigger friends. Unless, he said, I wanted to be squeezed and crushed over like a tiny orange among stones.

I fought over a boy who mocked me at the school sand box. Well, nobody won. He grabbed my hair and I kicked his bottom. Oh, come on, we were just fifth graders.

See? I really thought that life was unfair.

Things only got worse. In junior high school, everybody called me ‘pedet’ – calf (the little baby of white cow). I knew I was not pretty, but at that moment, I realized, I was pale, ugly, skinny, and unattractive.

I rode a strange bicycle to senior high school. While everybody else got Avansa, Panther, Kuda, I got a mixture of federal bike and old junk. They named my old chap ‘Harley Davidson’ for its ridiculous body.

I wondered and pondered inside my heart;
Will I ever get higher education?
Will I go to the university?
Will I be able to travel away from my hometown?
Will I ever get any faithful real friends?
Will I become someone admirable and respected?
And the biggest question of all:
Am I worthy enough to be loved?
Are You there, God?
Yesterday, a pair of bright eyes asked me to write my life story.
So I searched for a pearl among sand grains in the beach.
I looked at the eve heaven, in case there’s a star left for me.
I wandered throughout the jungle of philosophy to find my precious ones.

Then I realized, I’ve got you, guys.
When I felt alone, I saw the angels surrounding me in this classroom.
When I felt needy, I remembered that you are my own sapphire and rubies.
Your laughter made me richer than anyone in the world.
Your smile showed me a spark of paradise.
Hearing your voices was the tolling bells of eternity.

I might not be taller,
But now I can walk tall with you by my side.
I might not be strong enough to climb a mountain,
But I know I can hold your hands when I fall down.
I might not ever go abroad,
But I am willing to stay like this for hundred years,
As long as I have you here with me.

I don’t know many things,
I don’t know much,
But I know how much I love you.

Yes, life is unfair.
I was not a holy person,
Yet God granted me with such a masterpiece.
He gave me you.
What an amazing grace!

Andrew's Biography

Born june, 10 1990 in bagan siapi – api (it’s a village near medan¬), south of Sumatra (Indonesia). My father’s name is Calves Candra, and my mother’s name is Permata Lianasati. My religion is Buddha and my zodiac is Gemini. My hobby is all sport especially basketball. When I was a child, I was live in medan (1992 – 2000). My address in medan is Jl.Krakatau ujung no.37, my house was very close to my elementary school in medan (Gajah Mada Elementary School). When I was third grade in elementary school, i started to attend some sport competition like soccer, badminton, and running. Then

I was graduated from :
• Santa Maria Regina Elementary School (2000 – 2002)
• Etika Dharma Junior High School (2002 – 2005)
• Petra 5 Senior High School (2005 – 2008)

Now, I’m studying in UPH (3dr semester). I also join sport UKM in UPH like Basketball, Table Tennis, and Modern Dance. When UPH made camp and festival program, I’m also join as the committee. I want to join UPH’s event organizer, but I never have an innovation for making program for UPH’s event. Moreover, in top of that, it’s was to many things in event organizer was related to music and I have no sense in music since I was a child. So I’m just can join sport UKM.

My Biography

My name is Fanny Jatmiko, I was born 19 years ago, and I am the youngest child from three children in the family. Both my siblings are males. When I was a baby, I was the child that both my parents were waiting for, because my father wanted a baby girl, he said that if he did not get a baby girl he would not stop making babies. Fortunately after my two older brothers, I was born as a girl.
When I was still in kindergarten and elementary school, I was a very shy girl, and really quiet, especially when I was in front of a lot of people or meeting new people, I was very shy, I had a very low self esteem and I often not believing what I am capable of. I often felt that I have nothing to be proud of. But when I was in Junior High School, I realized that it wasn’t a good habit and I cannot live alone like this in this world and I have to interact with my surroundings. Finally, I decided to try and kept trying to change my bad habits. One of the factors that helped me was the fact that for kindergarten to senior high school, I had always been in different schools, where I had to face a new environment each time I graduated. Those new environments forced me to adapt with it. These factors had helped me to change from a shy person to become stronger. Different schools had made me loyal to my friends. Changes inside me started when I was in Junior high. One other factor that had helped me change my habit was when I became a part of OSIS in Junior High. During that time I learned to work together as a team and interact with a lot of people. Through that organization I had learned a lot of things and that was when I learned to believe in myself that I can do things and be succeeded. I started to think that no one is born without a purpose and skills, everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, and we just have to realize what we are capable of and use them for good purpose. I felt that I started to learn lot of things about life during my Junior High School.
After I graduated Junior High School, I continued my Senior High School at Petra 1, and when I graduated I chose UPH as my next place to study. After going through with this life, I realized that we have to use our time in this life as full as possible, we have to do wonderful and useful things to others surround us. Because from my perspective, how long a person’s live is not how long they have lived in this world, but it is merely how many percent that they used their life to do good things for others and themselves. Because of that, I have a dream, to be useful and bring positive attitudes to others surround me. This time, I am still in the process to accomplish my mission.

Great Adventure of Mine

Nothing can be done if we don’t have the courage to make it to be done.
It was on a sunny day in the middle of our campus long holiday between the even and odd semester. Not so shocking for them who have been used in this kind of stuff, but when it comes to me, a boy with the name of Hendrik Pian, it will be kind of weird matter. That’s about joining UPH debate team. Shocking? Yes for me because I’ve never ever joined such kind of debating stuff more over participating in a national competition. Without any long-solid preparation we were pushed to compete in the national competition with all university in Indonesia. The exact date was in 17th July 2009, placed at Brawijaya University; our group was consisted of 3 debaters, 2 adjudicators and 1 official. The competitors were almost from the state universities because most of them used to call this PIMNAS as state university competition, so for the private universities, don’t be surprised if you might become the second prior in this event. Our team must be used with some verbal and nonverbal mocking that comes from one-two or even a bunch of people who see us as new beginner or even maybe they don’t like our university or what, I also don’t understand why because I think there were no uses or need to ask them. Three days pass through and finally we’ve succeed till the quarter final but unfortunately our step must be stopped at that level because we failed against UAD. Me and my partners were quite happy and be very thankful for every party that have been supporting us so far. We were very proud of our achieving. For that short story, the reason why I said in the beginning that there must be a first time for everything.
I was born in Kupang, NTT on 8th July 1991 at the government hospital, live happily ever after with two sisters’ and one brothers, where the two of them were born after me. After I graduated from my high school at kupang, I continued my study at Universitas Pelita Harapan, by taking management department at the business school, because in the future I would like to help others to manage some of their stuff especially in the area of finance or business. Like whats happening now in the world where everybody is competing in all lifes area, whether to make profit or not but in the end is to fulfill their scarcity.
I’ve decided to go out from Kupang, the place I’ve born and grew up to Surabaya, a place in Indonesia that is well known as one of the center of business in Indonesia. I’ve chosen this place because of its complexity and pluralism in many kinds of aspects, and I think it might be an advantage for us if we can take the lesson in order to help us live this life with a better way. Sola Deo Gratia

My parents always said “we were experience of degradation but believe in god, he will rise you again together with me”. This word inspires me most. Many people miss their young ages with unexciting moment. They don’t want to try something new in their live. Nevertheless, many people said there is no excitement in their live. This is my life story. When I was 10, it was the first happiest moment I had. I was entering the junior high. I have many friends. I prefer play to study. In my dictionary there is no words study on it unless it was very urgent task. I was a very naughty person. My teacher refers me as an impudent person. I often tease the other people. I like to tease other people in order to encourage them than to annoy them. I tried to make them laugh in order to make them happy. In senior high I made brand new friends and it’s a lot of it. My high school life is filled with excitement and night experience. I have lot of friends, whom drunker. Most of my time at night, I spend it with drunken friends of mine. People often say night person is a bad person. But, I don’t think such a thing. They are a lost people who want to forget the real world. In this time my parents say their “gold words” on me. This is the third of happiest moment of my life.
The degradation their said is the past. Now, you must rise again if you are a man. Many people wanted to run from their past and their reality of the world (cruel of the world). They want to find another pleasure to please their selves. The past experience of mine was exiting. So I won’t say my life is boring, I have no good memories, or I don’t have special moment, etc. in other word never give up on yourselves. Many people try to deny it by doing nothing to their life. They construct a barrier in their selves such as routine work, closed their relationship with other. They will never understand the people heart. They will think the right things but it won’t an effective things. Many things in this world are right. But most of them are not effective. Why do I say so? , Here is my example. Last time I met with sick people. We help the sick is the right think. But, they do nothing effective by calling an ambulance. They just take them to save place where people can looked them. In my experience when we met such a situation we must calm down a think what I must do. Never ever said please help me. Most of the people will just looking around and do nothing. This is one of my experiences from my night life. So do the effective things not the right things.

About My Self

Writing Skills
Joyce Hana S.W.
Business Management
01120080005

In the first, I want to introduce about myself, my name is Joyce Hana, I am 19 years old. I had took my academic from kinder garden until Senior High School in PETRA. Now, I’m on the third semester in UPH and I choose Business Management for my major. Why I choose this major because since I was a child, My Father is always persuade me to continue his job, although I have two other elder sisters, but they don’t like all about business. In the University, both of my sisters take a design major likes Design Communication Visual and Design Interior, It doesn’t connect with my father Company. My Father has a Oil Company. So, since I had already known about school program, my father persuade me to choose all about business likes Marketing, Accounting, Finance, etc.
Surely, I’m not feel it likes a force from my father, but I feel very enjoy with it. I make it likes a hobby. Since, I sit in elementary school. I likes to selling something example likes accessories, hand-made cover book, pins, pens, etc. and when I was on Junior High School and Senior High School, I’m often to join some competition likes stock competition, business competition, business plan competition, etc. And I have already got 10 achievements from that competition. I’m very proud with it, because I can make my father’s dream becoming true. And also I join many companies or corporation likes MLM, Product Selling, etc. I trust from that experience, I can be able to continue my father’s company as well as my father and other employee.
As soon as possible, I really want to finish my school, so when UPH has a holiday, I’m not take the holiday but I take a short semester to take a advance class. It gets many effects for the how long I can finish my school. Why I want to take a short semester because in other hand, I don’t like only theory to practice my capability but I want to practice in the real life. But my Father is often to advice me, I must finish my school in the first or take a full concentration in my school Activity. After it, I can be concentration in the business.
So Far, it’s only about my education on Business Major and for the future job. But definitely, I have another activities outside my education. Likes now, I’m a member in SYN Group Charity, in once a month, My group organization will held a social charity, it likes to gift ( based food or “SEMBAKO”, going to house to house of many children who didn’t have any parent (panti asuhan), going down to street, and have many others social program. I’m very enjoy and proud with this community, because we can learn to give other people or a poor people. Until now, I have been participate on 12 charity in 2 years. For me, It was a great activity.
That’s all about my short explanation of my Daily Activity or my School Activity. It’s true that until now I was being in UPH but I’m still counting day by day to finish my School as soon as possible. Sometimes, I feel so bored with my School Activity, I must wake up earlier, and spent a whole day in Campus. But in other hands, I must do it, because it ‘s very useful for my future. I must be passion maybe for 2 or 3 years again.

Sugiarto's Life Story

I was born on a cold midnight at Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Until now I still live in Surabaya. When I was 8 years old, I love to eat star fruits. One day I go to my grandparent house. They have a star fruit tree and their star fruit tree was full with rape fruit. I ask my grandfather if I can have some, and he say yes. So I start to climb the star fruit tree and pick some of them. But after I pick the star fruit I realized that I can’t climb down the tree. I sit at the tree crying and hoping that someone will realize that I can’t climb down the tree. After about 3 hours my father starts to look at me and he surprised that I was at the star fruit tree and can’t climb down the tree so he pick a stair and carry me down.

My name is Sugiarto Hans Winata. I was born at 14 of April 1990. I started school when 4 years old. I go to VITA kindergarten school. I started my elementary school at 6 years old. At the first grade I got the male perfect attendance awards. When I was at the 6th grade of elementary school, I followed the mechanic extracurricular. When I was graduated from elementary school I go to junior high school at Cita Hati Junior High school. When I was at junior high school that was for the first time I followed the basket ball extracurricular. After I graduated at the junior high school I go to Cita Hati senior high school I chose the social when I at the second grade of senior high school. And at the 3rd grade of senior high school I become the crew for the English competition. After graduated from the senior high school I went to UPH Surabaya until now.
I have 1 little sister and 1 little brother. My little sister is in the 3rd grade of junior high school and my little brother is in the 6th grade of elementary school. They’re very precious to me. When my little sister was in the 3rd grade of elementary school we used to fight each other because we want to use the television, which channel that we want to watch or even what game in play station that we want to play. I watched how my little brother born when he was still a baby he was very cute but after he grow up I think that he was annoying. Even sometimes we fight but I care about them.

From the story I gave, I conclude that the most important thing in life is family. Even sometimes your parents may hurt you but that are for the best for your life. They just want you to get the best.

Christella's autobiography

My name is Christella. I am the Best student of Management UPH Surabaya 2008, born in Jakarta, 25 December 1990. I moved to Medan, city that has so much delicious food in 1992, finished my education there and then in August 2008 moved to Surabaya, entered Management UPH Surabaya with 100% scholarship. In 2009 became the Best student of Management in UPH Surabaya with the cumulative GPA 3.7.
I was a kind of people who like wandering and have a high curiousity. In December 2004 I went to Meulaboh, west coastal of NAD. I had never been to that place and I heard that Meulaboh has a beautiful beach, so I decided to go there with one of my family who has a house there. On 25th December I celebrated my birthday with my cousin’s family at the beach. Suddenly, on 26th December morning I was shocked with my Uncle’s voice. He yelled at me and my cousin to get out of the house. I didn’t know what was happening but I felt dizzy. My uncle said that there was an earthquake, a very strong one. My uncle held me and my cousin. After the earthquake disappeared, some people asked us to run away but not tell us what had just happened. After running for 30 minutes, finally we knew what was happening. There was a strong flood that could catch everything. My cousin’s house was shattered because of that flood. So we stayed at evacuation camp for 1 week and lost contact with my family in Medan. All people in Medan think that I was dead but at 1st January night I came home by emergency plane. My mother, my brothers, all of my family, my friends, and all people that know me, even pastor cried when they saw me. After it happened, I just realized that so many people care about me and what I had just gone through is tsunami, one of the greatest disaster that swallow more than 170,000 lives. I am very lucky that God still give me one more chance to live.
What happened to me teach me how to live my life. Life is a gift from God to me, so I must respect my life and fulfill my life with useful things. I want to do my best for my life and for my mother.

My Life, My Adventure ; Sthevany

This is a true story of my life. Sthevany Khrismastry the name was given to me from my parents 8’Th December eighteen years ago. I am the third child from fourth siblings. My childhoods are so memorable. When I was a child I had a many experience. I’m a naughty little girl. Someday, my headmaster called my parents after I make a mistake because I strike my friend until his tooth out. That’s an accident that I never forget.

Although I’m naughty, in the other side I had a achievement that no one can replaced me. Since play group until senior high school I was a conductor. I am so happy because I have this talent.

The most wonderful time in my life is Christmas time that I’d like very much. We worship together and have dinner together. At the end of worship, we were all given the opportunity to give Christmas messages to their respective family members. Because of that for me Christmas is unforgettable moment.
Now, I’m so far from my parents but I’m not loss contact with them. And now I have a new job that’s a responsible to take a graduate in Surabaya. And I must work hard to achieve my dream. However, now my life is my adventure.

Sthevany Khrismastry
01120080054
Management
Pelita Harapan University

All About Me is a Man with the sweetest Black Skin ( Noulando)

Some people see life as challenge that they have to avoid, but not for a young boy who fond of smile very much like I. Do not mean to be hyperbolic but this is my point of view about life. I was born as Noulando Marco Roberto Kansil, they usually called me Oland. When you heard my name, I absolutely agree that your mind was thinking about a young boy, tall, white skins, and handsome. It was happened when my academic writings lecturer in UPH thought my name came from Venezuela. The truth is the owner is a young boy with 1,69 meters tall, sweet black skin, and clearly have no relation with white person or what they also called “bule”. Even my body is not ideal like superhero’s body shape. You can classify me into “thin group”. For you know, my name Noulando Marco Roberto Kansil is gift from my father whose very interested with soccer players, his hope is someday his son would become a soccer. Poor daddy, his lovely soccer name turned around from sport to art. Playing Volley ball is my favorite Hobby too. This young boy, who was born in North Sulawesi Ocean Army Hospital in Bitung on November 24th 1990 really attracted about anything of arts, and that’s why I joined Sanggar Tangkasi and got instruction from the President of Sanggar Tangkasi, Leonardo Aksel Galatang. This studio made me brave to show up in front of many people from stage to stage that one day placed me as the best actor in Teenager Festival and best actor nomination in Teenagers Festival of North Sulawesi, etc. Because of my parent and brother Axel guidance I could also participated active in school (OSIS, PELSIS, etc) and outside school organization. I became the once of OSIS crew in senior high school 2 Bitung as the vice chief of OSIS and off course the only one black people in that organization. One day my teacher pushed me to following Pemilihan Putra-Putri Bitung 2006 competition. Actually it was so hard for me but Praise Lord I could win as Putra Wisata Bitung in young ages. Learned from this situation I could socialize and knew the government officers. I guessed so far enough my introduction, and I have to avoid my narcissism show up again. Let us continue to the next topic.

Born as the first son in my family made me little spoiled and selfish yesterday, but praise Lord I am different today. My bad characteristic ended when my little brother born. He is Antonius Theogives D. Kansil. Unlucky Theo because he has darker skin than I. This happy family consists of my father who is a policeman, my mother as a teacher. Because of this background I and my brother was educated to not become like bad children. My Father’s name is Nixon Kansil, and Meinny Pulingkareng is my mother. They both really a matching couple that inspired we although there’s lot of problem we faced in family life. We were educated to keep smile even we heard mom was crying when dad was sick. Huge happiness also came when my second brother born, Kristo Y.B. Kansil. He was really the most attracting brother in this world. His eyes like my father’s, white skin, but not too pointed nose. It is really an amazing family. I can live, survive, and studying here today just because of they all. And they are there because of we have a great Jesus Christ.

Until the day I wrote this autobiography, I still thinking what is the most beautiful and the most greatness thing I have got in my life. Thinking for a while and then I realize that the most beautiful thing in my life is when I sat around my father, mother, brothers, and family in our house. We were massaging one to another with our small fingers. The greatness thing in my life when someday I can go back home with graduation uniform of UPH, with a bachelor degree title at the end of my name, and also with Job invitation in my hand, and of course in other of my hand I hold a sweet girl in black hair. We will standing in front of the house and look happiness tears from my parent and family when I am saying “I SUCCEED”. This is really a touchy imagination, and I hope it will be happen someday.

When I was sleeping in a beautiful afternoon with blow softly wind that touch my hand. Suddenly seventeen ringtone “selalu mengalah” awaked me up. I was so happy when I heard the voice from the other line that said I was received in UPH Surabaya as a college student and now I’m here as a student in management department 3rd semester. Although there are different cultures here but I believed that I could survive and I could adapted very well. Because I know that I am standing here today because of God’s plan. He leads me all the way. All I have to do is just Ora et Labora.


Noulando M.R Kansil
Management (Pelita Harapan University)
01120080047
Academic Writings Lecture

Chelly's Autobiography .... =D

My name is Chelly Liviani. I come from Makassar, South Sulawesi. I am a student of Universitas Pelita Harapan Surabaya and I got a scholarship program for college study at UPH Surabaya. For the sake of studying, I came wandering on the island of Java. Although initially very difficult to separate from home life, but over time I've felt used and enjoyed it.
Since childhood, I have never lived with my parents. They divorced and I was with my sister lived with my grandparents, parents of my mother. I have one sister, I am the youngest. We grew up and raised by grandparents. We are taught to be diligent child, independent, diligent in worship and became a brilliant student. Because of them I always get a winner from elementary school through high school. Although born into a broken-home, I remain grateful for not being a chaotic, displaced, or whatever what the call because of family problems. I grew up like other children in general. Well my school, my social good, and most importantly I believe it was all because of God's intervention.
Now my parents have their spouse and have children, which means I have stepbrothers and stepsisters. Both of them follow their partner religion, i.e. Muslims. Although my parents converted, but I'm still a Christian, because since childhood I grew up with Christian teachings and personally I just believe in Jesus. So many differences between me and my parents. We also very rarely met, so I'm used to living independently. But whatever happens they are still my parents. They remain the best.
Apart from family problems, I live a really happy. The family of my parents very loved me. They were very nice and very caring for me. I have friends who are good, a good boyfriend, and lectures that fluently. Overall I was very grateful, and one thing I believe, that all God's intervention.
I always learned to give thanks in all circumstances, whether it's better or worse. Life is choices. Want your life is useful or useless. Whatever you background, as long as want to attempt, we’ll be successful. my hopes, I want my parents proud to have a child like me. =)

My Life Story, It's Florence..

Let’s start with my name, it is Florence Widjaja. How do you think? Isn’t that pretty? You can call me Flo. Do you know what the mean of my name? It means a Flower from God or a city in Italy. I was born in Surabaya, August 13th 1990. I’m just the only child in my small family member. I have neither sister nor brother. Everyone always asked me, “Did you felt sad or maybe in loneliness?” or they thought that my parents always spoiled me. But, they were wrong. I didn’t felt sad or loneliness, even be spoiled, my parents always accompany and guidance me. I’m so proud and thankful to them. To be the only child in my family member is the hard part for me. I must be strong, be autonomous, be responsible and always make them proud of me. When I was a child, I just an ordinary child like the other children do. I never think what I must do next or think about my vision. But, my mother taught me how to be brave, she taught me how to make my own path, and taught me what I should do so I will ready to face the world. Such as send me to follow study tour, accompany my best friend went overseas, etc.
When I was a child and a teen, it could be in elementary or high school, I had a lot of problem, such as talked at the class, annoying each other, made my hand’s friend got burn with fire from the matches I played. I was so selfish too, fought with my classmate, stole money from my mother, because I wanted to buy some snack or fried food, which is not allowed for a child, because it can make child sick, or get shore throat. I didn’t do my homework, etc. Until, I don’t have any friend. It was made me sad and well frustrated. But, that made me get a motivation. I promised to myself to change. I learned from past. Although, it was so hard, I believe that people can change, and be a better human. Well, that’s all about my naughtiness when I was in childhood, how about if I tell you about my achievement too?
Here goes the story, when I was in elementary school; I made a scenario for drama at the school camp. Everyone loves that so much. My other achievement is right now, in university. I was a committee for the closing ceremony of UPH festival, then before the Festival I became a committee of Mr. Tung Desem Waringin’s camp called Superteen. It was a great camp I ever followed. Actually, Superteen is changing my life. Made me a brave person and more self confidence and don’t shy anymore.
So, that’s all about my story. I think that our life is so beautiful and colorful. Our life is like piano. The white one presents the happiness, the black one present the sadness. No matter what life says, if we do it with happiness and willingness, all of the problem can be over. But, above them sometimes we can see the sheet music, in which always take us to higher level and more beautiful sound, also more reward and applause await if we have reached it.

Aldo's Blessed Life

My name is Aldo Tedjo Baskoro, you can call me aldo. I was born in Surabaya on February 17th, 1988. I am the youngest son in my family. I have two older brother, my first brother is 27 years old and the second is 26 years old. My mother was a single parent since my father has died 5 years ago. Now I help my mother to work to full fill the economic of my family.
I spent most of my childhood in Surabaya, my elementary school was in petra 10. Then, I graduated from my junior high school in Gloria. My first senior high school was in Gloria and I had been transferred to dharma mulya on my first grade in senior high school. I transferred to dharma mulya highs school because I had been depressed of my father’s died. And now, i am on my third semester at Univesitas pelita harapan Surabaya, and I specialized at management study program.
There was an incident that I would never forget. When I got an appendix pain, I was needed to be injected. To be honest, I was extremely afraid of being injected. I remembered the night before the operation; I prayed and hoped that my appendix could be taken because I was extremely frightened of being in an operation. Miraculously, the next morning, I didn’t feel any pain. When the doctor did a check-up on me, my appendix was unbelievably removed itself. That was a short-but-unforgettable story about my life.
After graduated from university, I have a big dream. That is to continue my father’s fabric which closed after my father’s death. I will make one thing different from each other. The new innovation. With that, I can give the best to my family. Because in the last my life was too bad. I was very naughty, I was smoker, but now I am very happy, because God helps I. I feel like born again in this world. I can leave my bad habit. God make me realize that the bad habit never give good impact in the next time.

The Greatest Lesson from My Parents - by Veryco

The story began when I was child, maybe when I was 7 years old. In my pass, I had a very dark brown skin color, because I like to play outside. In that time, I couldn’t ride the bicycle well. Because of my naughtiness, I didn’t care about my capability and my parent advices. One day, I was riding bicycle as usual with my friends. And we played catch with each other. We rode very fast, and I still didn’t care to my capability of my cycling. My mom always told me not to ride bicycle carelessly, but I always ignored her. Suddenly, I lost my balance of my cycle, and I fell down into the gutters. The gutters were very black that my skin became darker. My mom was actually there and saw me, but she didn’t help me because she didn’t recognize me in that dirty appearance. Fortunately, one of my friends called my mom “Maaam…, your son fell down from his bicycle and there he is!” He then pointed at those gutters where I was in. Without thinking of anything, my mom then ran to those gutters and rescued me. After rescuing me, she slapped my bottom because she was too embarrassed to her neighbors. Finally, before I was allowed to enter my house, she squirted me in front of my house and all of my neighbors were looking at me. Since then, I promised myself not to ride bicycle fast anymore.
Before we go further, I would like to introduce myself first. Hi, my name is Veryco Andrean. Veryco came from the word “Very Cool”, and my parent abbreviates that to be Veryco. Isn’t that cool huh?? My parents wished me to be a cool person in the future. And as my parents wishes, now I became a cool guy like what they want me to. I was born 18 years ago in Surabaya. My parents never told me about the place where I was born. And I don’t care about that, because I do care with my future, not my pass. I was born on 29th of December 1990. I am the first child from the two of my parents’ child. I have one little brother, he’s still study in the 4th grade of elementary school. I’m so happy to be the first child in my family, so that I can get a lot of new things first. And I can lead my brother to be like what I wish to, I wish him to be a good child like me. Nothing interesting about my life, but my life is so unpredictable. I passed a lot of interesting experiences out of my mind. I don’t know how should I tell my story, but one of my greatest story had been written above. That’s the one that I couldn’t forget until now.
From that day, I learned many important lessons from my every experience. And by the time I grew up, I started to take care of my appearance, behavior and attitude in front of public. Like what my mom said, I have to be a person like what she hopes me to. And I proof that, now I became a very cool person like what she wished me to.
From every experience that I have passed, I would like to tell you the most precious lesson for your life, especially in your family. Remember, parents are the most precious thing in your life. Every word that came from them, are the best choice for us. We have our own life, and we must decide which one is the best. Parents give us some path to walk, but we have to choose which one is the best, because the one who undergo your life is yourself.

Stephanie's Biography

My mom told me something about my childhood. 19 years ago, after I was born, I was placed in the baby room. In that baby room, I was not alone because there are a lot of other babies in that room too. And my mom placed in the other room that far from the baby room. One day, I don’t know why, I was crying so hard and make another babies cried too. Because all the babies were crying so it makes one baby room so noisy and disarray. And it made the nurses so panic. My mom, who placed in the other room, can hear that noise so my mom asked the nurse, “What happen with the babies? Why all the babies are crying?” And the nurse said, “We don’t know why, but your baby was crying so loud and it makes the other baby awake and began to cry too.”

From that story, I realized that since I was a baby, I was already being very noisy and talkative. And it happened until now. My friends around me always said that I am a talkative and friendly girl. Therefore, I can enliven the atmosphere. But it also does not always happen, because I seem to have two personalities. I can be talkative but in the other time I can be very quiet. I can be open to the other but also I can be very close to the other too. Sanguine is a jaunty, like the crowds and parties and extrovert temperament. While melancholic is an introvert temperament that likes to be alone and very affected by emotions. Because of that definition, I can say that I’m a sanguine-melancholic person.

19 years ago, precisely on May 24th 1990, I was born at early morning at 8 o’clock. I was born in Surabaya. And I have two brothers. Since I was born until now, I live with my family. Because I have two older brothers and I don’t have any brother or sister after me, which made me a little tomboy kid. Together with the time goes by, that personality began decrease. But I’m still easy to get along with anyone.

Now, I’m an university student in UPH. And now, I’m at the third semester. It means, I have been through my first year being the university student, unconscious that time goes by so quickly. I still remember how I was being the new student and learn how to live become a university student because university is different from high school. But now I can run it well. And I had many friends and it comes along from many different places.

There is something that will not be forgotten for me in my life. This year, I became a committee of two events held by UPH. Those are UPH Student Camp and UPH Festival 2009. Previously, when I was in the senior high school, I haven’t become a committee of any events. So, those events are my first and second experience for me. And thanks God that I can pass it through very well and the events are successful. And I have learned many things from those events, one of that is learning how to join an organization.

In my whole life, I learned how to be a tough girl. My family was not a rich family but we are always fulfilled. We have a business, food business. We sell some food at our café in Loop. I work there too, because I help my parents. That circumstance made me not become a lazy girl or spoiled girl. Because I have to learn and working too. And I always praise to the Lord, that I was born in this happy family with the great parents and brothers.

Albert’s Autobiography

Do you know goat? It’s an animal that eat grass and usually breaded by human. People usually used their meat to make food and skin to make handkerchief. Something unique in this animal is the beard under it mouth.

One day in Petra 2 Junior High School, two boys came in to counseling room. Their name were Albert and Andreas, they were friend since 1st grade. Inside the counseling room they met a teacher named Rudy. Then that teacher compared Albert and Andreas. And when the discussion reached our face, the teacher said “Andreas, how old are you?” Andreas answered, “I am 2 years older than Albert. So, this year I’m 17 years old.” Rudy asked again to both of us, “Andreas is 17 years old, Albert is 15 years old. For Andreas, has beard in that age is normal. But, Albert already has it in his age.” That comment make Andreas laugh and said, “He’s like a goat, because already have it today.” Since that day, my entire friend called me “Kambing”. Because Andreas always call me with that name.

My real full name is Albert Soegiharto, but my friend usually calls me Albert. I was born in Surabaya on August 19th 1990. With my nickname “Kambing”, I became popular among my entire friend. And that nickname was used till today when I’m studied in UPH because 4 of my friends are studied here too. So they influenced other to call me by that name.

Sometimes we are get upset because people always calls us whatever they like. But just think to be positive. Don’t think that calls as a mockery, just smile and let it flow. Because the called we get can make us get to be closer to our friend.

Dandy's Autobiography

What part which can broke a friendship? My answer is "money". At least, I had an experience of broken friendship to for money, read my story, don't let this happen on you.
Okay, let's start with me, my complete name Dandy Sudjono Widjojo, you can call me Dandy, if you joke me with the meaning of my name, I don't really care on it. I was born in 1991, I have two siblings, and both of them are female. I born and grew up in Balikpapan, until I took my under-graduates program at Pelita Harapan University in Surabaya. In academic, I am just an average students, or maybe a little higher. Let's go on.
When I was in lower secondary school, about grade 7 or 8, I had friends form my neighbor, I often played with them, it's about 2-3 times a week, sometimes I went to their house, or they went in my dad's shop, it's like a shop but a house in than me, sorry to said this, but I need to said that they are a poor family.
Although we had lots difference, but, it didn't became a problems, yet. We played anything, bicycle, fireworks, rent a play-station, skateboard, and kite. I can never forget when the street in front of our house half closed for road works, a crowd street became a playground. We played football and anything. I had two bicycles that time, and my friends have no one. So, I always lent it when we played bicycle, until they wanted to buy my bicycle. I asked my dad for the price and if he agreed with that, my dad said OK for the price IDR 1,150,000 it is not an expensive for the bike like that, but, it must be too expensive for them, and I just realized that too late. I talked with their parents, and we make a deal for credit payment, IDR 100,000 every month (my mum laugh at it). We still played together, until they didn't paid at the due date, my mom pursed me, to collect the payment, my mum taught me to be responsible about the money. I pursued them, and they paid the first payment, after that, the relation became cold. I moved to my new house. Even my family always went home from the shop about 1700 every workday. I don't play with them anymore, and it causes the relationship between us cold. My mom keep angry for my responsible, and I am afraid to ask them the next payment, but I also angry with them, I thought they wanted to forget about the bicycle payment. When we meet in the street, we didn't say anything. Month to months, year to years. We never catch up anymore, and now, my dad bought their house, which never their own house, for the business expansion, a property we said. I never see them anymore.
Since high school, I was so obsessed with computer, I had planned to study computer for my collage and I always find out more about computer, I bought computers magazine, even I didn't understand what I read, but, my obsession drove me, even my Mom find me computer wallpaper for my room. I had found the best IT University in the world, that was MIT, I dreamed to study there. When peoples ask me, what major I planed to study, nothing can stop me to said "I'll study IT", but, when I pray to God, I didn't ask for God choose me a university to study IT, but, I asked God to choose the best major for me. In my last year in high school, something made me realized that I'm not strong enough in mathematic, and I heard that job vacancy for IT had already full. So I choose finance for my another option and I got my admission in UKP for finance, but I also admitted in Binus for IT, until UPH' team came, they promoted about UPH, and the brand of UPH made me believe to study here, at UPH Surabaya. Minus all of UPHS weaknesses, I love liberal arts in here, especially when it studied about God.
So for my closing part, I want to tell you that money is not everything, but, almost everything needs money. I am not a greedy man, or a man that money oriented, but nowadays, I realized the important and dangerous of money. Maybe for the haves, it sounds ridiculous, but for who have not, it can be as important as friends, human lives, family, or even God. Be wise with money otherwise it will control you.
Life do changes, and we should adapt on it fast, but keep the good value in life, don't leave it for friendship or even love, for anything else, ask God for help.

The Autobiography of Aria P

Autobiography The Strong Leader
By Aria Pramudito 01120080084


You known that every year there was a big event in Surabaya?. An event for high school on the east Java. This event was the detection of competition. In the detection of competition there was competition of the game. Did you know who was the champion? Champion was a senior high school Surabaya 16. Why the school was able to champion? Many people say that this victory thanks to a good cooperation. Azrul Ananda, as the organizer said that he saw a team with strong leaders.
Did you know who that leader? The leader was named Aria Pramudito, he who leads the team to become compact and powerful. He was in his honor by the members and also has a unique strategy for dealing with opponents. Aria Pramudito was born in Surabaya, 17 June 1990. He was the first child of the couple and Ida Bambang Abhimanyu Kurniati Arief. Since childhood Aria pramudito living in Surabaya. He had graduated from elementary school margorejo 1, junior high school 12, 16 senior high school and now he studied at the University of Pelita Harapan Surabaya.
As a child she loved to play video games, when there was an announcement he was interested in the race and joined the participants. Friends who he chose was a friend of his play games, so he has to understand the personality of his friend. At first it was hard to form a team with a different character, but we have the same goal which is to be champion.
When the competition began many teams who underestimate our strength. But we do not give up, teams from 16 high schools continue to practice and watch who the next opponent. Our team always practiced when the competition was over. Aria is one of the most frequently reminded to carry out a strategy that we set up so that we can win. Finally, with our hard work and solidarity of our team managed to become champion. This victory could be achieved if we unite and try to realize the common goal of a champion.

The Autobiography of Nico A.

Name : Nico Anggriawan
NPM : 01120080026
Department : Management

My name is Nico, I come from Pagatan (a village which located deep inside south Kalimantan) but I have moved to Surabaya since I was in junior high school about 7 years ago. At the first time I was schooling in Petra 2 Junior High School, in that time I have no friends and society very hard to build because I couldn’t understand java languages. But after 1 years passed, I have so many friends there. Many people know me as innocent and quiet person. Because, I can’t communicate flexible if I don’t know them well, actually I was not too innocent and quiet. Until now I have studying at UPH Surabaya in management majors. I chose business school faculty because my aspire is to be entrepreneurs.
When the first time people look at me. They always ask how tall are you, boy. What do you usually eat? Are your parents also as tall as you? These three questions always been asked to me. 190 cm maybe because that’s height over the Asian boy normally, and I still 18 years old now. Is it true that tall people were good in all things? Many people ask me how I can have a high body, because they think it’s nice to have high body. In fact, have a high body also have many difficulties and deficiency. Every tall man has high weight compared to the other, that make me tired faster than the other when we have any activity. It’s a reality that not everyone knows about my weakness reversed all the strong points that I have.
Every people has weakness reversed strong points that they have, nobody’s perfect in this world. So we need friends to teach us to be a better person, and help us reach our goals. All the strong point is a gift from God, and every strong point has a weakness as a consequence. So, you must grateful with your talents, use them to help the others, and develop yourself more and more together with the others.

The Autobiography of Nurfani R.

Name : NURFANI R.
NPM : 01120080072
Management B / UPH Surabaya 2009
Academic writing assignment : autobiography


Reading comics. Cat. Mother. Window shopping. Painting. Chatting .watching television. forgetful. careless. Lazy. Friends. Sambel balado. Milk. Future. Dreaming. Yogyakarta. Bali.

Maybe that’s some word which can describe all about me. Just call me Fani. I was born at August 10th, 1990 and grown in Denpasar – Bali. Really loves my family and my cats. Live with my grandfather since my grandmother passed away, have one sister (I call her the room destroyer).
FAMILY
Let me to introduce my family too:
My Mother : please call her a hero, a woman who always has a stock of energy. She’s also being the one who cares about me, the most. She really love shopping, window shopping (and all about shop), and workaholic too.
My father : thin, tall and have a dense mustache. Funny father, he has lots of joke which will make you laugh. He’s hobby is cleaning our house, swab, sweep and other things about cleaning a house.
My sister : call her monster or destroyer. She’s fat, black and her hair is like Medusa. She’s still a junior high school student, in one of a private school in Denpasar. But, I know she has so many talents, such as paskibraka, leader in OSIS and she’s good in playing guitar. Little bit, I’m proud of her.
My grandfather (who lives with me) : really often to forget something, like paint, cats (so much) .his important hobbies is chess, but he played by himself. ?.
That’s my family who lived together with me. That’s true if we seen they have different character, but that’s the reason my house always have a rainbow in every part of day...
They are so loveable.


HOBBIES
Paint, painter and the other things about drawing is so familiar with me. It’s because since I was a kid, my grandfather presents me with that tools and we come together to visited a museum or painting exhibition. My grandfather is a painter. He came from Payakumbuh, Minangkabau Sumatra Barat.
Before I was a kinder garden student, my mother is so diligently join me in to painting competitions for children. Every week I must go to Mall, government offices, or other place where held a painting competition. Till twelve years old. Because of my hobby, I can meet and great with Indonesian President and I get many experience ,friend because that hobby, not only to fulfill my time but also can earned my own money. I also can choose a favorite school in my province because of this hobby. So thankful to God

Love your life with everything you have...

Grow Up

Is spiritual growth necessary for human life?? Are moral values important? Those questions are essential for my life and many problems in my life involve whose question. When I was at the twelfth grade of senior high, I faced a big problem to make a decision. The decisions were whether to abandon moral values by cheating in UNAS or to keep moral values by doing UNAS honestly. Finally, I made my promise to God and did the UNAS honestly. What about the result? The result was fantastic; I passed UNAS with good marks. With this process, I grew up spiritually, be more mature and get myself right here at UPH.
My name is Gunanto Suhartono. I was born on a warm, sunny day in April 3rd 1990 in Surabaya, East Java. I live with my parents, Bambang and Po lee giok; my big brother, Gunawan; and my little sister Meliana in a home on Jl. Raya 24 Kejapanan Gempol. I live happily with my family and I love them very much. My whole family is Christian, so I used to go to the church every Sunday since I was child. I have black hair and brown eyes just like Asian people. My hobbies are playing drum, swimming, and playing basketball.
I started my kindergarten in Petra 12 Kindergarten at Sidoarjo when I was 4 years old. While I was there, I participated a singing contest for children. Unfortunately I lost, but I had a wonderful experience there.
Then I went to Petra 12 Elementary School which is also in Sidoarjo. At the Elementary, my mom always told me to study hard. As the result, I won many awards there, such as the First, second, or third rank in the class. My greatest achievement when I was at Elementary School is I got the Second Rank of Mathematic Competition for Sidoarjo Region.
After that I continued my study at Petra 4 Junior High School. While I was there, I became a naughty boy. I cheated, lied, and many other else. I thought life is my own and it is free to do anything without any goals. Time after time when I at the last year of junior high, because of my friends, I realized that I must grow up to be mature and must set a goal for my life. Finally, I got baptized in the church and I grew more, emotionally, socially, intellectually, and especially spiritually after that. My life was changed; I had a goal, value and a purpose in my life. Then I graduated from Junior High school with the fifth rank among all the students.
For my Senior High, I entered Petra 4 Senior High School. Many of my friends moved to another school, but I still enjoyed my Senior High. I began my ministry, became a drummer in my church and being a light through my moral values. At the eleventh grade, I chose science program, because I believed that I will easily enter university if I was from science program. At the twelfth grade, just like I mentioned before, thanks to God I passed the UNAS and got the first rank among all science program students. I graduated from Senior High in 2008 and I continued my study to Universitas Pelita Harapan Surabaya with Gold Scholarship until right now. I am really enjoyed studying at UPH because it teaches a holistic education. This education consists of true knowledge, faith in God, and Godly Character. It makes me more grow up and I am still in the process to become a whole man now.
Life means to me is to glorify God. Before I know that, I just live without purpose and without any order. A life without a purpose is just like a wasting time. People often live whatever they like and ignore about moral values. It will cause emptiness in our heart, just like I had before. With that condition, you cannot be growing up in spirituality and other aspects. If you don’t have a purpose in your life, hurry search for it and be growing up! For me, my purpose is to glorify God with everything in my life. Because of that, I am now enjoying the result that God gave me.

Gunanto Suhartono
Management International
01120080034

Richard Wardhana - An Autobiography

“Being a little bit different is better than being a little bit better,” that’s how I think. I got this quotation from one of the Marketing Gurus in the world, Mr. Hermawan Kartajaya. So here I am, trying to do the best I can to be different from the others, not just the better person compared to the others.
I was born on a sunny day in August in Surabaya. I still live in Surabaya, Indonesia, and I am a college student at UPH Surabaya, one of the newest universities in Surabaya. I live with my parents and two younger sisters. When I was in my mother’s womb, my mom used to consume kopyor (a coconut that has developed differently and tastes extremely tasty), and she always convinces me that was the reason why my skin tone is relatively brighter than my friends. My sisters are lovely and I know that they would love me back, but of course, like all brothers and sisters, we fight like cats and dogs. Nevertheless, I love them much.
My name is Richard Wardhana a.k.a Xenorath. Xenorath is my cyber-name, I’ve been using that name since 2003. I started school when I was six-years-old. I went to kindergarten through sixth grade at Petra 13. Then I attended Petra 5 Junior Excellent School for three years. After that, I went to St. Louis 1 Senior High School. I won my first competition when I was in the twelfth grade. From that competition, I won a scholarship in Universitas Ciputra for 2 years. However, for several reasons, I ignored it and chose to roll to Universitas Pelita Harapan Surabaya. So here I am, pursuing knowledge and personal growth at Universitas Pelita Harapan.
As a teenager, most people would love to hang out with their friends, their lover, etc. Unlike me, I spent most of my time playing games at home. If most people would love to read a romance or comedy book, I would be more than just happy to read an art-of-war-kind book, or books that mainly discussing about sayings of wisdom. I know that it’s not a natural thing for teenager like me, but still, that’s me. For sometimes when I was in the tenth grade, I’d love to write poems. However, for God-only-knows-why, I stopped writing some poems. But when I have the time to, I’d love to try writing one again though.
There are two things in this life that I’ve been pursuing for couple of years. And those two things are wisdom and virtue. I do believe that there are too many people in the world who is genius, smart, and have a kind heart. That’s why I choose to overcome them all by trying to be wise and virtuous. Because I know that being wise is better than being genius, and being virtuous is better than being kind. However, the farther I walked down the path of wisdom and virtue, the longer the path it seems. So, I guess being wise and virtuous is really something.
Of course I have a couple of historical figure in terms of wisdom and virtuous. King Solomon, son of King David is my favorite figure in wisdom. As for my favorite figure in virtuous, I prefer Liu Bei, the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Shu from the Legend of the Three Kingdoms. And now I’m trying to reflect their wisdom and virtue throughout my life. Though I know for sure that it could be one of the hardest things in my life, I’m still going to do it.
As I said in the beginning, I was born here in Surabaya and I've lived here my whole life. I would like to see more of the world but unfortunately, I don't have any money to leave Indonesia to go anywhere right now. I hope you have enjoyed reading my life story as much as I have enjoyed writing it for you. Try to get as much as you can out of school; you're only there for twelve years and when you graduate, the university life will be waiting for you, and trust me, it’s not that nice.

Work Hard and Successful

Some people born in rich family and get all facilities instantly while some other born in poor family and get no facilities at all. But the important things that determine their success in the future is how they struggle and also work hard however the situation is.
I grew in a family that was not so rich. I have two brothers. My parents opened a bag store in “Pasar Turi”. They worked together. They worked very hard to fulfill and support all of our needs. Something that I could learn from my parent is, for them, education is the most important thing for their children. It was proved that, although the situation at that time is so difficult, my parents worked very hard to send us to one of the best school in Surabaya which almost all of its students were come from rich family.
It was no problem when I was at kindergarten but it got little bit hard for me to study in that school when I was at elementary school, especially to make a friend. We were come from different family background. They got all facilities they wanted. Every time there was a school break, they always talked about playstation games. I just could hear without knew anything about playstation games, even I never touched a playstation at that time. I felt that I was not supposed to study there, but my parents always told me,”maybe we are poor now, but if we always work hard, pray, and save the money, it is not impossible that we could be rich.” Because of that I studied very hard and as a result, as I was at elementary school, I was always the best ten students in class.
As I was getting older, I also entered one of the best junior high school in Surabaya. The situation had changed at that time. My family was little bit richer than before. Since I was at elementary school until I graduated from my elementary, I was picked up to school and sent home by man that his job was especially to pick up someone and send him or her home. But, when I was at junior high school I started to drive a car to school. My parents started to run a new system for me and also my brothers by gave us some amount of money every month, so that we could learn to manage our money. I started to go hang out with my friends. I started to spend a lot of money. I could not control my expenses and because of those things, my grade was getting down. My parents did not know about all of that because I just told them that I had private course until night. It was a terrible time in my life.
Suddenly it changed. When I entered high school, I started to think about my future. I could not live like the one that I did. I was running out of money. Every time I got money, I always spent it. If I kept living like this, I would not be a successful person like my parents. Then I started to think how to make money myself. At the second year of high school, I started to sell clothes to my friends, but it doesn’t work at all. Maybe that was my first time tried to work. I wore clothes that more beautiful than the one that I sold. My father told me that if I wanted to sell something, I was not supposed to wear something that more beautiful than the one that I sold. Even though I failed, my parents gave appreciation and always encouraged me. I did not give up after the failure. After few months later, I tried to sell top up voucher and beautiful phone number and it worked. Then I started to make a little money myself and began to save my money in bank.

Now I’m a year two university student. I do not sell top up voucher anymore but I still and will always be a hard worker. Beside engage in my activities as a student, I also work in my parent store. Sometimes, if there is a job vacancy that the requirements are suitable to me, I try to propose it, like I did on summer holiday as a freelance coach at adam khoo learning technologies group. I believe that one day I will become like my parents that build their kingdom from zero to become like this now by being a really hard worker.

Herman Chen (01120080038)

My Zero-to-Hero Life
done by Eldwen Budi

18 years ago, on the 27th of December 1990, there was a huge baby born into life. Well, it was me, Eldwen Budi Harjono. Though I was rather difficult to be pulled out from my mother’s womb, she did her best to give birth to me.
I was raised in a very happy family as an infant, however I used to be an absolutely naughty and crybaby kid. That time, I remembered that my mom did really hard to bring me to school because I was in fact scared and nervous of school life. As a consequence, I always took a poo before entering my class.
By the time, I grew up as a recalcitrant boy until one day that I think it was a sentence from God to me. Somehow, I would never forget that time when I was suddenly alienated from my seatmates because of my naughtiness. Honestly, it was rather harsh, but actually effective for me. Since then, I’ve changed my attitude and behavior from a naughty boy to a friendly and polite boy. Those teachers at school who used to hate me started to praise me well. From that moment, I realized that being a good boy would be more beneficial than being a bad boy.
It was not only that, God suddenly sent his magnificent power so that my talent which I had been searching for was found. That day, my music teacher said my singing skill was outstanding that she sent me to participate in a singing competition. Miraculously, I won the first place in that singing competition in which I could not believe (considering it was my first experience).
During my junior high school time, I stopped singing for a while due to my puberty. Actually, it was a bit disappointing for me because it blocked my way to continue developing my gifted talent as a singer. In high school, however, I tried to start singing again and it was a brilliant beginning because I won the competition after that annoying break. Besides singing, I also liked cooking. It was a great pleasure to cook my own food and then ate it myself. To be honest with you, eating my own-cooked food will taste much more delicious than buying it outside.
There was something that I forgot to tell you. I have been a very fat boy who always eats anywhere and anytime. Now, I am trying to reduce my fat by going on a diet. It was quite successful that I lost my 28 pounds in 2 years diet-time and it made me extremely happy. I hope this will continue gradually until I can become a well-postured boy.
In a nutshell, the lesson that could be learnt from my story is: Honestly, it is much better and luckier to be a good boy than a bad boy. One thing that should be remembered, God has changed my destiny, so I should thank HIM more by doing my best in order to give the feedback for what HE has done for me. Thank you, my dearest God.


--FIN--

AUTOBIOGRAPHY-Nehemia

AUTO BIOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT

What makes a boy different from a man?
It’s about some things which difference it.
But what makes it different can’t be just happen, but takes you to choose it.

Starting from my background, I am Nehemia Rhemayuwardi Antadinata, just shorten it into Nehe, or Mia, or everything you like. It is a very rare and strange name. But finally, I learn to like it and proud it. What happen before, I was not like it.
I was born in a small family, with very brilliance father and mother and an elder brother whom I always said that they are the best among the average people.
But sadly, I’m a rather bit different from them. I’m not as brilliant as they are.
When I was a child, I thought that I am an ordinary person, I thought that I able to catch up with my brother achievement. But when I entered the stage of a teenage, I realize that I am started to change.
When I was in senior high, I couldn’t follow their path into science class. But that one is the one which makes me change.
I remember well what happened past 5 years ago. I was a spoil one, immature but thought that I had been mature enough in my ages, I learn to be perfect one, and try anything by myself, and even I must try it many times. I was trying to learn something in this life without any help and my arrogance that I expected could do it alone.
Until I was graduated from senior high, I couldn’t let that habits go. Until someday, I realize that I must given up what I called it my pride and my best. I tried to listen to people, to open myself to others, to control my emotional and to implement my action with a new standard and way of life that my father taught me; through Christ.
I was thought that everything I was done in 5 years is a nothingness and very empty. In other ways, I challenged to choose what my purpose to life becomes.
Although I am now better, I am still nothing without graces from God these days. I am still filling this life, and I need guidance.
The sweetest part in my life is my childhood that I never realize that actually it would become something that I must let go to grow become someone adult. Sometimes, I learn too, if I must sacrifice my statement of comfort to achieve a better level of maturity.

Sometimes, we think this life is hard, sometimes we think this life is easy. But sometimes we can’t be a super one, but never said that you can’t be different.
A Man and a boy, is about experience long. But what makes them can be different is what they’ve decide in their life. And what path they took in, the good or the counter one.
Finally, I am Nehemia, that’s a best name suited me and I just 19, this is not the end, but this is just the beginning.

Written by,
Nehemia R.A.
UPH Management International Class

IT'S JOYCE LIFE

Life is nothing when you just go through it. But when you try to appreciate and be grateful of what you have, it will be something worthy.
Start from my background, I was the youngest in my family. I have one brother and two sisters. When I was a child, I didn’t have close relationship with either my brother or sisters. I thought it because our distances in age are far enough that I realized it’s totally wrong now. I used to be a sensitive little girl and often have a quarrel with them. I even ever thought that I hate them. In the other side, I love my father and mother. Those two different conditions make me always want to be the best among my brother and sisters to make my parents proud of me.
There is not much thing I can tell about my childhood. I was an ordinary girl who has a little group of friends. I was an average student in the class; I avoided doing any big mistakes because I didn’t want to make my parents worried about me. My daily activities at that time are going to school and courses. There were many courses I attended every day which are private lesson, English course, Mandarin course, Piano lesson, Viola lesson, and drawing lesson. Honestly, I forced to learn all of that and it makes me really bored of my life. I felt like a robot which just done it all without thinking what is all about.
When I was in junior high school, I was started to evaluate myself. I tried to perform better in class and it works, my school grades are improved. And I was a little bit proud of myself although it never been enough for my parent because they expected the best. At that time, I met two people who are being my best friends now. There were a lot of moments I’ve pass with them. We grew together, trust and hold each other and that makes our friendship stronger and stronger until present.
In senior high school, there were a lot of changes happened in my life. Even though I was a Christian since I was born but I just began my real relationship with God when I was 16. God had made big changes in my life. As I got close with God, my relationship with my brother and sisters were going well, even I could say that we were close now. I could share with them about my secret, my problems, and anything. My school mark also turns out to be good. At the second and third year in senior high, I always got the first champion. My opinion about life also changed, I started to realize that my life is worthy. Not all people have life, that’s why we have to be thankful if we have one. With God, I could do anything better and I have proved it.
Now, I took business subject in UPH, what a dream come true. I believe when I put my life and also my future in God’s hand, it will be marvelous. Although I’m better that before, I still learn to be better and better. I never regret everything that happened before in my life, it will always become a good lesson for me. My life now is more valuable than before because I can appreciate and accept myself as what I am. At last, the most important think is what I’m now is nothing without God’s guidance.



Joyce Margono
01120080018

MY LIFE MY STORY_Evy A.R.

My life, My Story…

Money can’t buy everything… but should we give up on it when our hope must face to face with money?
I came from the ordinary family in little village in Magetan. When I was child, everything seems fine. It was nice when I went to the kindergarten. Honestly, that place was not good. It placed near with what people said “Pabik Gula” place where sugar made. For me, that place bit frightened and so noised. Then I went to elementary school. I remembered that I have Indonesian language competition and I won it. Everything was so marvelous and my family supported me a lot. I loved every day I opened my eyes. New days, meant new experienced.
Then I went to junior high school, it was the time my brother went to university. My parent never complaint or seem have difficulty to paid the tuition fee for us. There, I met new friends came from so many different placed where I never had experienced before when I was on my elementary school. That was unforgettable moment. Just maybe all of you did so. On that time, I learned bit about business. After school I would went to my parent’s shop to help them.
I graduated from my junior high school with good achievement. Then I went to the senior high school near on that placed. I was seventeen when I first time thought about university. That was my first semester on my third grade in senior high school. I loved studied at senior high school, I loved studied Biology and several times I followed Biology Olympiad. Many people supported me to take Biology major when I went to university. I wanted be a doctor, but my parent said it was hard for them paid the tuition fee. I hoped God gave me miracle. And what could I did just study harder and gave the best. Several times I won Biology contest, it grown my faith and my confidence to study Biology more.
It was four months before UAN was held. I tried to apply in some university, and two weeks later I got letter confirmed that I accepted in one of the university with the lowest tuition fee. How I told to my parents how happy I was on that time? But when I met my parent, I just told them while I saw their face seems not as happy as me. They said they got financial difficulty. I knew they have financial problem but I never expected that it would be this worse that they couldn’t sent me to university. But what could possibly I said? I just tried to understand their position. Many times I wanted to blame them. I got envied of my brother. Why he could went to university while I not. It was hurt me a lot and it was not easy to accept that. But I tried to understand.
On that night, I opened my diary it was on year 2007 when I wrote that I wanted to get scholarship that I possibly went to university with free charge.

This was what I’ve written in my diary
Home, 12 / 10 /2007; 21:17
Dear God,
Lord, today I’m on my holiday. Thank you so much for your help in my mid test. Even my score not the best in the class but I believe, integrity need to keep in my heart, right? Lord, today my brother spends his holiday at home. I need to decide what major I want to take in university. I really don’t know Lord. Lord, today is amazing. Our shop goes so well that we can earn much money than before. Thanks for Your blessing ^^. Lord, Sally, Carolina, Jimmy, Lia, and most of my friend want to school at Petra. Honestly, I also want to school at Surabaya too. That I can together with them. But it will cost a lot. Lord, please give me scholarship and good score for graduate.
Home, 12 / 02 /2008; 21:52
Dear God,
Today I got info that UPH offer scholarship. I hope I can got 100% scholarship because I need it so much. But, what I know there is no Biology major. And if I want to take management, what I want is in IBM class. Ma Chung has it, but it’s too expensive for me. I don’t know Lord, I really confuse. To be a student at UPH, what I heard need TOEFL 500 for minimum. Can I? Do You have any better idea Lord? I really don’t know what I should do. It’s ok for me taking management but I need take IBM class. It will really awesome if I can get double degree…. Wow…. Even it’s hard to believe but I will take my faith on You. Your words never change.
Home, 19 / 04 /2008; 18:45
Dear God,
Lord, I want to say thank you so much. I accepted as ones of the student at UPH with 100% scholarship. I know it is miracle for me. Lord, three days more I will have national examination. It is very important for me. Lord, I know I have do a lot of mistakes to my brothers, my parent, grandma, my friends, and You. I know I have spent so many time did useless things. But now, please forgive me Lord, give me a chance that I can graduate this year. I know it is not because of my ability, my strength, but it because of You.
Surabaya, 20 / 08 /2008; 17:00
Dear God,
Lord, this is my second day in UPH festival 01. Yesterday my parent came here. And surprisingly, I can study in international class. Oh Jesus, it is really make me so happy. Thank you so much. I know its miracle. But I know I must be humble. I can be conceited. But, thank you for this thing. It is very meaningful to me. It’s amazing.
I really felt hopeless on that time. I just got stuck with my hope and money I couldn’t paid for. Then took my prayer on that night, hoped God would gave me miracle. Maybe for some people they not truly knew about struggling on money. But I experienced on that. Then on the next Sunday, I went to the church with my family, at the end of it, the priest announced that UPH offered scholarship. What could I said? I saw my parents face, they looked so enthusiast as I did. After I got all of those requirements, I sent my form to UPH, every night we sat down together and start to prayed for the scholarship. Honestly, it was not effortless for us to take our faith on it because I knew so many students out there also applied for it. But since my parent encouraged me to believed totally on God, I started to surrender on him. Two months after I sent my form, I’ve informed that I accepted in UPH. And it was exactly three days before national examination.
For my family, that would be memorable moment that showed how big Lord cares us. Maybe for some of people they don’t really feel grateful about their wealthy because they never face financial problems. Maybe you can imagine how is my feeling when most of my friends start to talk about their university and their facility they will get while I struggle on my financial problem. I can’t blame my parent because I can’t take Biology major as I wished. But I believed what God has given to me is the best. The struggling doesn’t end on that. So many things made me cried and felt so uncomfortable when it was my first time went to UPH. I feel unconfident when looking on my friend. They’re so beautiful, they can buy as much make up stuff as they want, while I need to save my money and use it just for buying a new cloth. How can I be like them? I came from not too rich family. I jealous when my friend can went to the mall and shopping regularly. It just likes rare time for me to do that. It is happening until now. As I know my parent have difficulty in financial, I try to being thrift. It feels so uncomfortable when my friends start to tell their vacation in Singapore or went outside while I just sat in my parent’s shop to help them. For a while I start to grip. Sometimes I ask God why I born not in the rich family? That I would have so many clothes like my friend, could go vacation with whole of family, and could go shopping in all the time I want, can have up to date gadget and all the things they have. Most of them do that. But then I realized, when God gave me opportunity to study it mean He care of me. For that time, I try to accept my condition either my family. So that until now, even I just have so little money in my pocket, that will never make me grumble anymore. At least, I can eat every day. I try to always grateful with everything I have now.
I also want that at the future I can take my master degree in US surely with scholarship. Being a manager in multinational company will so challenging for me. It requires so much faith and effort to make it happen. But God has given me this UPH scholarship, He also will give me what I want in the future. So that I try my best and let God do the rest. Life will never be easy even we have so much money. What makes life better is the acceptance about ourselves and being gratefully with all things God give to us.


Evy Anggraeni R.