Since childhood I was very interested in learning languages so in fifth grade my mom enrolled me in an English language course for elementary and junior high school students. When I graduated from junior high school I was given the freedom to choose where I would go to senior high school and finally I decided to continue my education at an Islamic boarding school for girls. When I attended school here my English language skills were not particularly enhanced as the curriculum focused on Arabic. I also learned to socialize with people from other regions that had culture and customs very different from my own. Habits of living far from parents since senior high school is what helped me adapt quickly to the life I would need for. Living in a dorm taught me the meaning of a self-reliance, friendship and responsibility.
Living in a dormitory was a period of time in my life I will never forget. Although I lived away from my parents I was very happy because my parents and older brother often visited. In 2008 I graduated from senior high school and then I decided to pursue higher education at Antasari State Institute for Islamic Studies Banjarmasin in English education. Through my English skills were not strong when I entered, I was accepted, as if God somehow knew that this was my destiny. Many of my friends did not understand my decision to choose English language because in boarding school Arabic was the focus and the much more popular choice. I do not regret my decision though; my studies in English have changed my life and the way I look at the world.
I started studying but struggled to improve my skills in English. I really enjoyed my life during college until the day I found out my mother died. To this day, I have trouble accepting this fact. People whom I love very much leave me so fast before I have a chance to make them proud. Sometimes I feel that this is only a dream, but slowly over time I began to realize that death is part of life and I do not have the power to change the time and circumstances that have been passed. Since then I promised to myself and God that I should be able to make my parents and family proud. Although my mother has died I am sure she is always there watching me from heaven.
After the incident makes me very upset, I got up slowly and began to repair myself. Trying to rediscover what my goals and ideals are. I try to be independent and stand in my own feet, little by little began to learn to find my own income because I'm very aware that life is changing, nothing is certain. Each of which life will surely meet death, the wheel of life continues to spin, sometimes above, but one day we too can bounce far down. Success is not measured by how high you climb but by how high we are able to bounce back when we fall. I invest in myself, where there is a will there definitely is a way.
