keepsake blog

I have always hated coffee when I was little. I'd say I don't understand people who drank coffee. But now that I've become older, I needed caffeine to keep me up and to fulfill the bitter-sweet of life therefore I have chosen to admire coffees.

It is probably the only other drink I like warm (I also like iced coffee) apart from hot chocolate.

And books, well, I have always loved books since a very young age. If we turn back time into 7 years ago when I was eight, you'd find me on a couch reading either encyclopedias or books. And whenever I ran out of books to read, I would read my brother's and then plead my father to go to a bookstore later at night.

Books have created a significant impact in my life, I believe. It had impacted on how I look at things, read things, think of people, think of things and had even made me sort of a grammarian. Books have given me plenty of experiences without me travelling a thousand miles away from home or time travel to The Middle Ages and it had made me greed of crafting words into books on my own.

You should try books sometimes if you haven't, and don't forget coffees.

Taken in Starbucks, Botani Square -Bogor on the morning of the 16th of December 2014 Book: Will Grayson by David Levithan & John Green

"I know it's over, and it never really began, but in my heart it was so real." -The Smiths

This is the speech I did yesterday in BPK Penabur Bogor. I really liked what I have written though. I really liked the way it's built. I guess it was just not good enough for the competition, and because I suddenly forgot a line at the 4th paragraph. It's stupid to think I could have won when I knew I wouldn't. There was never a second chance for me to have achieved their thoughts, but okay okay I get it, I have failed, and it's my fault. Good job on the competition by the way.

"Greetings your Excellencies sires, madams and distinguished guests. Today, I, Zahra Thania, a sophomore student of Al-Taqwa College am here to make a difference and to speak for this generation and the generation yet to come. 

I hereby stand not because I was elected to do this speech, but because I am here to detain environmental issues that have harmed the earth exceedingly well over the past few years. And to start off let me ask you:

It's not worth telling others how boring your life is. It's not worth complaining of how this is the best your life can come up with. So why am I here, trying to write about how the red cells in my blood wishes to stream away?

"Depression is quiet.

I feel like the worst part of parting with your friends is if you don't meet them again.