“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.
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