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Why was I MIA?

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Hi, there. It's been a while since I wrote something here. And to be honest, I wanted to post so many things that'd been bugging me out ever since Ramadan started. I already started a few writings but then finals came and last but not least, Eid Mubarak Al-Fitr. So, instead of posting them up here, they ended up in my draft folder.  On July 8th 2016, my brother got a call from my aunt in Majalengka. Tante yang gue panggil Mamah ini minta bantuan buat jagain anaknya yang udah dirawat di salah satu rumah sakit swasta di Cirebon semenjak habis sholat Eid . Karena Mas Dian harus revisi skripsi, secara otomatis dia gak bisa ikut.   Singkat cerita,   keesokan harinya gue berangkat ke Cirebon berdua sama Ibuk. Meskipun gitu, Mas Dian janji buat nyusul ke Cirebon segera setelah urusan skripsinya selesai. Sesampainya di rumah sakit, Suci (yang sering gue panggil Uci atau Uschi), terkapar lemah di atas kasur . To those who don't know, s he was a great athlete. Sebagai...

Book Review: Eleanor & Park

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Title: Eleanor & Park Author: Rainbow Rowell Rainbow Rowell has made me, yet again, emotional with her work. This beautiful love story between an Asian guy named Park and a red-haired girl named Eleanor touches me in unimaginable way possible. Rowell made me cry (again). I would like to say that the story revolves around Eleanor who's described as a fat girl with a lot of freckles on her face whose family is a bit messed up ever since her mother married another man. The author also describes a very detailed situation at her new place. Even so, this novel wouldn't had happened if she didn't meet Park whose mother is a Korean. Not like Eleanor, Park grows up in a stable neighborhood. The only bad thing about his family is that his father expects so much from him meanwhile Park isn't exactly willing to do what his father wants. He rather spends his time reading comics than go to the karate (or judo, I can't remember) with his brother. In t...