Medusa

Have you ever heard of Medusa?
She is one of the three Gorgon sister, and is the only mortal among them. Meaning, she can die, while the other two are immortals.
Medusa was a very beautiful maiden, whose beauty made even the goddess jealous.

Medusa once had charms; to gain her love. A rival crowd of envious lovers strove.  They, who have seen her, own, they ne'er did trace more moving features in a sweeter face.  Yet above all, her length of hair, they own. In golden ringlets wav'd, and graceful shone. 
– Ovid, Metamorphoses

Her beauty caught the eye of Poseidon, who desired her and proceeded to ravage her in Athena's shrine. The goddess then sought vengeance by transforming Medusa into a hideous creature.

Each wavy lock of her beautiful hair was changed into a venomous snake;
her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes turned into blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the onlooker;
whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge.

Not to mention that anyone who gazed at her directly would be turned into stone.

There are many version of Medusa's story. I like this version the most because it portrays Medusa as someone who's innocent. She's the victim here! Seriously, Greek Gods, stop raping all the beautiful women. Ck

Jesie S.
Medan, Fri, 3 March 2017

Quote on Eid al-Fitr

I saw these lines yesterday when I was browsing about Eid al-Fitr. Too bad, I cannot find the author or writer or where these lines are originated from.

Let's write all the mistakes down in the sand
And let the wind of forgiveness erase it away
Happy Idul Fitri, Minal 'Aidin wal-Faizin 

I would like to share this with you. You know, in a Eid al-Fitr (Idul Fitri - Indonesian way to refer to Eid al-Fitr) celebratory spirit.
Let's just ignore the grammatical errors because I do that a lot too. I will just write some lines in regards to the content of those lines.

Dear author of those lines,
When you write down mistakes on the sand,
it is the water job to erase them away
(or sea water if what you mean by sand is the one at the beach).
Sincerely, the wind.

Wait for it.... YES! There's a reply!

Dear the stupid wind above,
It's not writing on the sand, it's called writing IN the sand.
Furthermore, the sand there does not necessarily mean wet sand.
It's obvious wind can blow away dry sand.
Sincerely, the kinda bitchy and most certainly clever wind.

Is it a good laugh for you? It certainly is, for me. LOL.

Well, me with my not-so-professional grammar, have no idea which one is the correct one. Is it 'writing in the sand' or 'writing on the sand'? I try to google it and I think 'writing in the sand' is the correct one....(still not so sure) because there is a book (Writing in the Sand: Jesus & the Soul of the Gospels by Thomas Moore) and a song (Writing in the Sand by Theocracy) with that title.

Hmm. I'll use 'writing in the sand' instead of 'writing on the sand'. I mean, it is not possible to write on the sand, right? When you try to write with sand as your 'paper', it'll need to sink in to form a word. If it doesn't sink, in this case, a hard (?) sand, then there won't be a word formed....UNLESS you use marker or paint or whatever that you use to write something. Well, then I guess 'writing on the sand' works just fine too.

Jesie S.

Medan, Fri, 17 July 2015.

Meeting People

Here's what M said about me.

When people just meet new people, they're not very excited, they will have moderate mood.
You, on the other hand, is like, KYAAAA I WANNA BE FRIENDS WITH ANYONE mood.

I was...like..uhhh....okay....

Hmm..I thought meeting new people, meeting new friends, is supposed to be exciting stuffs. Something to be happy about. 

I love meeting people! No matter old or new, known or unknown. Although maybe this quote does not really apply to me. I mean, why would anyone feel difficult to introduce themselves to me? Haha. But then again, every time I introduce myself to someone, it is indeed kinda difficult. Of course, it is a different matter if you are introduced by your friend or someone you know before to someone new. Try to introduce yourself to someone who is a complete stranger. There's a thrill in it. (Well, at least it is thrilling for me).

Jesie S.
Medan, Tue, 12 May 2015.

Focus on Where You Are Going

STOP LOOKING AT THE WALL AND FOCUS ON WHERE YOU ARE GOING!!!

This is the quote I got from an email I received on 5th of February 2015 (which I read just now) from Robert Kiyosaki (well, that's the name and the signature I got in that email, but the email address itself is customerservice@richdad.com). I got this email because I signup in his website, www.richdad.com.

Oh. Do you know Robert Kiyosaki? If you don't know, this is him. (This picture is from google images). If you want to know more about him, google him or find him in wikipedia. He's that famous.

To put it simply, he is a very rich guy. This is the most simple and most understandable explanation I can give you, people.

Anyway, about the quote. I am that kind of person. I look at the wall, in this case obstacles of what I want, more than necessary. I tend to think too much, thus causing me to walk on the same place.

I think this is a very motivational quote. At least for me, I am very motivated to change my way of thinking. It will be hard, I admit. But changing to a better person is never easy. (I wonder why changing to a worst person is easy though).

I will look at what I want, at my plan, more than what might obstruct my way. In the worst case scenario, when my way is obstructed, when the obstacle is too hard to overcome, I, at least, have tried. Instead of thinking too much about failure and do nothing to step forward, at least trying and fail is much better.

No, wait. If I didn't try and didn't fail, just stay on my place, it won't hurt. There won't be such thing as failure because I didn't try at all. Hmm....comfort zone seems very....cozy.

So, which one will you choose?
1. Stay there and just dream of what you want?
2. Step forward and either
     a. Success, get what you want
     or
     b. Fail, feel hurt so much and get stronger to try again.

I used to choose no.1, now I wanna choose no.2. What about you?

Jesie S.
Medan, Wed, 9 February 2015.