BL 57 Graduation Party : A Bittersweet Farewell

Hi, guys!!!!!
Sorry it's been a while since I posted my last post. Sorry, it happened because of the thing I wanna write now. Yes, my graduation party!! ^^

Well, let me tell you first that the MY GRADUATION PARTY WAS INCREDIBLE <3 <3

Uh, okay. Let's get started :D

After learning and spending our time in Bintang Laut Junior High School for 3 years, and we passed the exam of course, We - all of Bintang Laut '57 students - were finally GRADUATED. YEAYYY!!! That was bittersweet anyway, because we've experienced a lot of things we won't forget of course - the good and bad. Everything, every laughs, every jokes, anger, cries, advices, and everything. I'm sure I will always remember them. I'm gonna miss them of course, but we got to.

The Graduation Party was held on June 10th, 2015 at my own school. We had to wear kebaya for the girls, and boys - they had to wear shirts. And I think it was the first time for our school to held graduation party like this.



It opened with an opening procession. There were traditional dance, and we had to sing Indonesia Raya, our mars, and at that time, we were announced that WE'RE ALL GRADUATED. YEAAAAYYYYYY!!!

But that was not the thing anyway, the important things was HOW WAS OUR National Exam GRADE?
WAS IT GOOD, WAS IT BAD?

And after that, every single student were called and we had to go on the stage to get like medals, and of course, the certificate of our graduation. In the certificate called SHUN (Surat Hasil Ujian Nasional), there was our grade there. My heart beat so hard when my turn to go on the stage came. I kept praying for the best result, I crossed my finger, and I was freaking out. I was afraid.

The time came, and I got the medal and the certificate. After receiving them, I went back to my seat. My and my friends - I think all of us felt the same. We were afraid to open and see the certificate. But whatever I felt, I got to open it.

Oh yea, I forgot to tell you that the result of National Exam determines which school we will go. And, of course, if we got a bad result, I don't know what school I should go.

Back to the story.

My hands shook, my heart beat louder and louder. I was so afraid about my result.

But then...

I screamed. I passed National Exam with the result I never expected.

God, thank you. I will never thank You enough. I never asked to get this much, but because of Your plan to me, I did it. Thank you, God. Thank you. I don't know what would I do without You, and thank You so much for answering our prayers. I'm so thankful, and I feel so blessed.

After that, there were announcemenst for those who got good grade on National Exam. And only 10 people were called.


Although I never thought that I could be one of them, the MC said my name.
I was surprised, and I was so grateful, and I am.
I got back to the stage with other incredible people, and it such a blast.




I was so relieved. And it made me enjoy the graduation party even more.

After announcing the National Exam result, there was like a video diary of us 9th graders. To be honest, the video diary was so touching, and beautiful, and incredible, and I almost cried. The video also showed us about our routine in class, the situation when we did the National Exam, our photographs, our memories, togetherness, laughters, and yes it really made me sad. There was also a part when me and my ex OSIS friends talked about OSIS. It made me sad knowing that we will be separated soon, the video diary was very touching, and I wish I could share it on the blog sooner! ^^

The video diary session ended, and there were some performing arts. It started with a band (which my little borther played for). They sang Terlatih Patah Hati, that was kinda weird you know remembering the theme of the song doesn't even fit in for the event itself. But we all sang together, enjoyed their perform so well.

And after that, it was our performance - Gerak dan Lagu team. We worked hard this month to practice our dancing and lypsinc - I know right - skills. You know, we were not all a pretty good dancer. So, we had to work hard, harder and harder day by day. Though we didn't practice everyday, honestly it was tiring. But the practice or exercise itself was fun. We worked together as a team. When first time we practiced and exercised, I didn't know the name of some of my friends, but yes, because of our togetherness this month, I know them more. Cik Mei was the one who taught us, and I'm not sure what would we do without her cause lots of us was not so good at dancing, but she knew what was a good move, a good style for us probies lol. And I knew we got good time, and when the time came, we were ready, but still - we were nervous.

Bila tua nanti kita tlah hidup masing-masing,
Ingatlah hari ini :')

We prayed first before we performed. And we high-fived, saying we should give the best.
The ballet came first as the opening. Then, it was our turn. The songs for our performance were Graduation (Vitamin C), Ingatlah Hari Ini (Project Pop), and Arti Sahabat (Nidji). After practicing for a long time, day by day, time by time, we finally did our best. I could see the audiences screamed and clapped and sang along happily. What we did after all this time was finally WORTH IT in the end. It happend because we danced, we sang, and we smiled as the team. Thank you Gerak dan Lagu pals! You guys ruled!!

After my performance, there were other performances too like Fashion Show, BL Dance, Band, and for the finale we had GLOWING PARTY!

Glowing Party was actually a party with 2 DJs - who were our friends. We got a stick which can glow in the dark. And the music on, the party on, we danced, we sang, we jumped, we screamed. IT WAS THE BEST  TIME EVER. The lightning, the music, the people, it was perfect. It was like throwing all problems and exams and feelings and everything away. It was a best time to having fun.

Are you gonna stay the night?

Thank you for the amazing glowing party, BL 57!! <3

And, unfortunately, the party had to be over. A lot of farewell songs were played that time, and seeing my friends for maybe last time, uh it was so sad. We also had to meet our teachers, and said thank you to them. It was very emotional, I said to myself, "Hold on, don't cry, don't cry." Luckily, I could make it.

The graduation party was over. We had to go, it was still emotional for us. I got souvenirs, one from school it was like a mini plant, and one from my class. Like a frame of our class. I
Same, it's still sad remembering that I won't be together with them soon. Me and my friends, we took our pictures together. Unfortunately, there was no picture of all of 9H. But, I'm gonna meet them for some weeks, I think I still had a chance to take pictures together with them.


Personally I wanna say thank you to all people who help me through it. My teachers and staffs - thank you for all the lessons, advices, patience, and everything. Thank you to my incredible friends for all things either good or bad, thank you for these past 3 years. Thank you for my parents, my family, fellows, and everyone for praying and supporting for us, thank you for such incredible things you did.

It's been amazing 3 years, and it's sad knowing that we're no longer be together. Too many memories I made there in Bintang Laut, too many things happened here, too many incredible people I found here, and it's too hard to let it all go.

But this is life. Nothing lasts forever my friends. Two things we should choose : stay at the same place or move forward. This is a decision we should choose. In every decision we chose, we have to sacrifice things we don't expect - which is exactly leaving this school, memories, and people here.

I wish all of us a very good luck. And promise me if you meet me someday in the future - either in our friends' wedding or in a coffee shop - always tell me that you still remember me. Don't forget me, never, same as I'll always remember you.

And tell me, that you will never erase the memories we've written here - in our heart.

Cause usually the thing which makes us smile and sad at the same time is the memory we've made.

Make sure that you'll always smile and laugh and cry whenever you remember those things.

I have to admit that it such a bittersweet farewell. Thank you for past 3 years, love you guys, love you BL 57! Gonna miss you :')  <3