The Autobiography of Lisa W

It is likely the lyrics of one Britney Spears’ song; I am not a girl, not yet a woman.
Hi, my name is Lisa. I was born in Mataram on April 9th, 1990 which made me nineteen going to twenty years old now. Although I was born in Mataram, I spent most of my childhood in Surabaya. My mom and my dad had been divorced and my mom became a single parent, since I was 4 years old. I have one older sister and one little brother. The judge decided that three of us were under protection of my mom. My older sister had been married and has had one little son, while my little brother is now studying in the high school. The situation was not easy at all because I lived in the broken home family, but nevertheless, I never been regret of what happened in my family. I was being very proud of my mom instead.
When I was in the third grade of my elementary school, my family and I moved to Malang city and stayed there for about three years. After I graduated from my elementary school in Malang, we all came back to Surabaya. And after that, I had completed my junior high school; Kalam Kudus Junior High School, also I continued to study at the Kalam Kudus Senior High School.
Now, it supposes to be my last year as a teenager. I realized that it is quite difficult to classify myself as a girl or more as a woman. For me, personally, nineteen could be a critical age group. Because physically, I am a woman, but deep inside of me, there is still girl’s spirits. Those spirits are drive me and pursues me to only having fun without thinking about the future, or could be said those spirits are immature-person’s spirits.
Since I’m in my third semester at Universitas Pelita Harapan Surabaya, then there will be five-semester left for me to accomplish my education. I took the Business School faculty and specialized in the management study program. Honestly, until this moment, I haven’t decided yet whether what I would be or what I’m going to do after I finish my education in the University, and perhaps I’m still on my effort to reach the self-actualization. But for sure, I will and I must to find it because I believed that the arrangements or preparations are required in order to achieve our goal.
Last but not least, I knew that in my searchings of self-actualization, there would be so many struggles and problems; it would not be easy to handle at all. But actually those problems are needed for us to always get better and better. The only way for us to be successful in this life is “Ora et Labora” which means that we must to work and try our best but we also must not forget to pray.