Friends and Careers

Hello readers! This time I’ll tell you about my friends and my careers from childhood until early adulthood, so this is a really really long story. I write this because I just want to keep this story still alive in my memory, and I suggest you better don’t read it if you don’t really want to know :D

Childhood

I started school since I was five years old, at that time I started my education at As-Syifa Kindergarten, I went there with my close friend at that time, her name is Zahra, I don't remember since when I knew her, maybe since in place of recitation of Qur'an because it's my first place in studying, and from there I also knew my another childhood friend, her name is Aulia, but she wasn't in the same Kindergarten with me and Zahra. Although, our parents were close and their family also very kind to me.

Besides that, I also had playmates around my house, their name are Divi and Wilda, I met them like everyday and played everyday. Three of us had known to each other since we were three years old, so no wonder if we were so close. And if we had got along all day long, we will also eat together or even take a bath together.

I went to Kindergarten just for one year, after graduated from there, my parents and Zahra's parents chose the same elementary school, that is Petukangan Utara 09 Pagi Jakarta Elementary School, and my friend named Aulia also went to school there.

A few years later, the relationship between my mom and Zahra's mother become not good, and so does the realtionship between me and Zahra. She also changed school because she and her parents had to move house. I didn't know what the reason was, but what made Zahra's mother avoided my mom was because my mom couldn't lend her money at that time. And after they moved, I haven't met Zahra again until now.

Since me and my parents moved our house when I was still in grade four elementary school, my relationship with Divi and Wilda become not as close as it should be, I sometimes miss them until now, but not long after I moved, Wilda and her family also moved their house. And until now, Divi and her family still stay in the same house, her family is the only one who has their own house between me and Wilda. And since Wilda and her family moved their house, I've never met her again until now.

I had new friends around my new house, but my relationship with them not as close as my relationship with Divi and Wilda because the amount of my new friends were quite a lot so I was less willing to get along with them. I indeed prefered alone with myself than played with all of them.

I stayed there not too long, only a few years, me and my family moved our house again, but not too far with the previous one. In here, I also got new friends, but it didn't last long since one of my new friends here moved her house. And now, I really have no friends at all, I often just spend my holiday or weekend in my room doing my homeworks, watching movies, making artworks, reading books, or playing games all alone.

I don't really like my elementary school period, but from there, I found two of my best friend, their name are Salsa and Ulfa. My relationship with them while still in elementary school wasn’t really close, but precisely after graduated, three of us become closer. Me and Salsa were lucky because we went to the same junior high school, however three of us still came together in school holiday. But since graduated from elementaty school, my relationship with Aulia become not as close as before because we seldom to meet to each other again.

Adolescene

I studied at 267 Jakarta Junior High School. I didn't really like the situation at the beginning of the school because at that time I didn't like to be around by strangers. The new prospective students from my elementary school were quite a lot, but only two of them who stayed in the same class with me, and neither of them stayed in the same class with me in elementary school so I didn't really knew them. And although me and Salsa were in the same junior high school, but two of us never stayed in the same class until we graduated.

And one day, Divi moved to the same junior high school with me, we never were in the same class and our relationship wasn't like what it should be, maybe we just didn't know how to be close after a long time we hadn't talked to each other. But I wish we're still best friends until now.

After graduated, I prefered to choose vocational high school than senior high school although my GPA was high enough at that time. I chose vocational high school so that I can be more flexible to determine whether I will go to college or start to work after graduated because I didn't think that my parents could send me to college at that time.

I studied at 6 Jakarta Vocational High School majoring Accountancy because my height was just too cute for majoring Hotel Management or Office Administration. Actually now I regret it because I think Multimedia or Animation are more suitable with me. But it's okay, if it's meant to be, it will be isn't it?

This time, in vocational high school I just had one friend that went to the same junior high school with me, but she was majoring multimedia and we never been in the same class while in junior high school though, so I had no familiar friends at all in my class.

Do you know what? To become the only child in a family is kind of a burden for me because I'm the only one their hope to change the family economy become much better. Although I always pretend that I don't care about it, but I actually really care. I just don't want them to put much hope on me which might cause disappointment for them later. Because I will really feel disappointed if I let everyone disappointed about my ability. It feels like it hurts me more than it hurts everyone else.

After graduated, I just stayed in my room doing things that I usually do in holiday or weekend, such as watching movies, making artworks, reading books, or playing games all alone. I was about to start working at that time but my mom said that she want me to just stayed at home while waiting for the college class in September.

Early Adulthood

Now I'm studying at Polytechnic LP3I Jakarta which is not too far from my vocational high school. I was about to take a test for SBMPTN or STAN, I also had already bought these Wangsit books and STAN preparation. But just like what I said, if it's meant to be, it will be. Than just a day was enough to change my mind to chose where I belonged to.

Do you wonder why? Because since I had visited that college, I've learned that university is academic education which same as senior high school. So they wouldn't teach us to ready to work and perhaps that's why alumnus from either university or senior high school are quite hard to adapt in a working world. While either Polytechnic or vocational high school teach us to ready to work so they will ease us to adapt in a working world.

Other than that, Polytechnics of LP3I will give us job guarantee and their system makes us have work experience before graduated, so I think they are the right place for me to get a job properly.

At this time, I majoring Office Administration because it's the only one major that suitable with me, since I felt that Accountancy isn't the right major for me. And in here, I just have two friends that went to the same vocational high school with me but it doesn't matter anymore because I've become more sociable now, and absolutely would be glad to have new friends.

And finally, the story is over, now I wonder how many people who stay to keep reading until here :D. Thank you so much whoever you are, and sure you can leave your opinion, suggestion, request or even question whatever they are because I’ll really appreciate it! ;)

Author,

Nurul May Apriyani