Why did I write?

To be honest, I wrote since I’m on 7th grade (now i’m on 11th grade) and back then I decided to write because I read too many fanfiction and thought that I should make one by myself. My first story? Don’t ask me about that. It’s too embarrassing for me. I wrote it in Indonesian with slang words and cliche plot story. I’ve already deleted it, btw.

From writing fanfiction, then I decided to write some serious stuff. I wrote some mystery story and short story that ended abruptly (some didn’t even have an ending). But from it, my grammar seemed to improve and I used more rare plot story. I also wrote many novels till now.

And then here I am now, writing this
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But then I think again, above is the answer of why I literally started to write. But why I’m still writing stories till now?

Why I’m not getting bored of it?

When I think about it, I wrote stories because it can make me be someone else for a little time. I could make a world that I could call my own, where happy ever after is a must.

Also, some of my friends who read my stories sometimes asked “What will happen next?”

I just shrugged and smiled. Because I, myself still didn’t know what will happen next. I, myself sometimes get surprised with where my story will go. And that’s the magic of writing, sometimes you get surprised with the story that you wrote by yourself and it’s fun.

You wouldn’t understand this feeling if you didn’t write by yourself.
But I can tell you the example. It’s the same feeling when you’re out of money and you surprisingly find $5 in your own back pocket. It’s like a surprise from you to you (?)

And that’s what my stories always do to me.

Maybe many people thought that writing is a skill that everyone in this whole world have. It’s not a special talent or a gift. I’m not disagreeing with that, because I also think that way for countless of times. But I’m not going to stop to write just because of that.

I do what I like to do. I do what I love to do.

And I love writing.

Jo-koh-wee!

Guess what?

Bet you already knew.

You can see it from the title of this post.

JO-KOH-WEE WON AHAY UHUY!

Percayalah, aku tau kok kalo gambar diatas gak ada hubungannya sama jokowi menang........... Cuma buat nyindir kalian yang jomblo aja HAHAHAHAHHHHAHHAH! (gak ngaca)


Anyway, from my prespective, I really am happy because Pak Wee won and has been declared as Indonesia's new president. But on the other side, I keep doubting on Pak Wee's leadership. I just think that he needs to be firmer. I said this without any kind of proof, though. It's just from my own observation. But Pak Wee being a president is safer for us because we knew that he will not do anything extreme and will respect all kinds of people. It made me relieved. Because if Pak Wo is the one that's choosen, I would have freaked out. I just can't imagine how many scandal he will make for Indonesia for the next 5 years. But fortunately, it's not happening, at least until 2019.

And for Pak Wo, you're a massive coward.
I could rant about Pak Wo for about one page long but he's not worth it.
I just wanted to lend the way my friend described Pak Wo with just one word, hey Pak Wo, you're "nggilani".

 And I also feel guilty for Sby. Nobody was giving him enough attention. He has already been the president of Indonesia for literally 10 years. And we must thank him. Well, I thank him. (Athough he did practically nothing in these past 10 years.....)

The main thing is, God always bless Indonesia!


And also I just changed the name of my blog because I think the old one doesn't match my blog really well. My blog is just ramblings in general. So, I've decided to change it.

So... Adios!

JElim.

Nerd?

Nah, kidding. I am a nerd.

Well, I declared myself a nerd according to a definition of Nerd that I found on the internet;

nerd\noun \ˈnərd\

1.)    a person who behaves awkwardly around other people and usually has unstylish clothes, hair, etc.

I am awkward. Especially around people. New people. Old people that I knew and I accidently meet. Old people, literally. Well, maybe except my close friends, oh you know, they’re people too.

I also has unstylish clothes. My clothes in generally are T-shirts, jeans, shorts and.... T-shirts?

And my hair. Don’t get me start with it. It’s so thick and frizzy and messy.

Well, according to that definition of nerd, I gladly accept that I am one.

Then.... I found another thing about Nerd at Wikipedia that made me stupefied for a moment. I’ll copy all of it, but you just need to read the bold words.

Some interests and activities that are likely to be described as nerdy are:

-          Intellectual, academic, or technical hobbies, activities, and pursuits, especially topics related to science, mathematics, engineering, linguistics, history and technology. (See below)

-          Hobbies, games, and activities that are described as obsessive and "immature", such as trading cards, comic books, fantasy and science fiction novels, television programs and films, role-playing games, tabletop games, and video games. (See below)

-          Interest in the fine arts, non-mainstream music such as classical, techno, or folk music, hobbies (i.e., collecting), or other "obscure" interests.

-          Heavy obsession with a topic that would otherwise be mainstream (such as a popular TV show or a sport).

And after reading that, I kinda mad. At Wikipedia. Well, Wikipedia is still my life savior. It helped me with many assignment and homework and such, but come on! I still am mad at Wikipedia.

Wikipedia clearly stated that reading comic books, fantasy and science fiction novels are immature. Come one, book lovers, bibliophile or whatever it’s called, do you agree with that?? That reading fantasy and science fiction novels are immature? I, Jennifer Elim in the name of Divergent series lovers, Harry Pottah lovers and many more, bravely and couragely stated that we are not immature. *bah*

Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little bit. Or a lot. But that’s not my point. Just because we read fantasy and science fiction, doesn't mean we're immature. It had many factors. Many people despise us, nerds, because they think that we don’t have a life. We just read and read and read. But they just don’t know that we choose to read books because we choose to have many lives. We choose to travel a lot, travel to new places, travel through time. And we can do all of that by reading a stack of paper with words on it. Books.

But if reading books make me a nerd and even maee me immature, I once again stated, that I gladly accept it, because of my love for those stupid stacks of paper that makes me laugh, cry and stay up all night everyday. Because of my love for books.

JElim