Wednesday 7 September 2016

Birthday Project: "Hey guys, what do you say about me?"


DISCLAIMER: I don't really like birthdays.


And I stopped remembering how old I am after I turned seventeen. I don't know. Perhaps because I realize that it never means anything (unless when I reached 21―hey world, now I'm legal for almost everything! Wooo hooo!). Or maybe it's because I never got the chance to experience the over-exaggerated "sweet seventeen" thing everyone else seems to be very excited about. Why, you ask? Simple. My parents could not afford any kind of festivities. And I am fine with it. A little bit sad, of course, and envious to others who celebrated their 'turning seventeen' with grand parties. But skipping it didn't kill me, so yeah. I'm okay.


Alasan saya tidak suka ulang tahun bermacam-macam. Lebih sering karena tidak terlalu peduli soal itu, tapi pernah juga gara-gara I felt so damn emo about it, serta sempat juga akibat merasa dimanfaatkan oleh orang-orang yang suka mengatasnamakan pertemanan. Silakan bilang saya ini terlalu serius atau apa, tapi rasa yang saya alami saat itu nyata. It felt real and I didn't like it, and it made me kind of having two left feet when facing my own birthday.

Tapi tahun ini saya akan mencoba menghadapi hari kelahiran saya dengan cara yang tidak sama seperti tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Gimana? Bikin Birthday Project ala-ala, seperti yang bulan Juni silam dilakukan teman saya, Ikhyar (eh, kita dihitungnya sudah temenan kan ya?)Dipikir-pikir, nggak ada yang istimewa juga sih sebenarnya dengan ulang tahun kali ini. Angkanya juga nggak cakep, tampang saya juga masih begini-begini aja, nggak mendadak bangun-bangun jadi mirip Kitagawa Keiko. I just want to do something new, and hopefully this project will make me more positive about myself, because I for damn sure suffer a pretty chronic low self-esteem syndrome.


I am going to meet people in every weekend, have a long chat with them, and before we part, I will ask for ① their first impression of me (in case it's their first time of meeting me) and ② what part of me which they like.
Iya, gitu doang.

This may look very simple and mundane thing for you, but for me, it's huge. I'm a bit of socially-awkward person and I'm never really good at making friends because... surprise, surprise: I don't really know what to do when you're someone's friend. So I guess, I just want to know which part of me that leaves a (good) impression to other people when I sit with them and have a talk. It can be anything. Any trivial matter is alright. Later, when I feel bad about myself and get discouraged and begin to think that I'm worthless... their positive feedback will help keeping me from giving up. From doing something stupid and unnecessary. True, whether to give up or chin up is completely my decision. And yet, knowing someone else has something nice to say about you still brings a sense of happiness. At least to me.


So, I'm doing this.


Ulang tahun saya terjadi di pertengahan bulan Desember nanti. Targetnya sih, hingga hari itu tiba, saya bisa ketemu dan ngobrol dengan total 22 orang berbeda, yang cukup baik hati untuk bersedia saya ajak kontribusi dalam birthday project egois ini. Haha. Anyone wants to help me accomplish this birthday project? I'll be very glad to meet you!

z. d. imama

12 comments:

  1. Yaah aku lagi di Solo, jadi gak bisa ikutan. Kita ngobrol online aja gimana, Mbak? (malah nawar, duh maafkan saya). I mean, I think it would be nice to just talk. I will still tell you my first impression and what I like about you.

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    1. Well, it's different if we do it in real life, I know.

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    2. TIKAA :D
      Ih seneng ih akhirnya dapet komentar dari kamuuu...
      Makanya sini main ke Jakarta biar bisa ngobrol langsung :)))
      (terus malah nyuruh-nyuruh pergi jauh)

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  2. I reeeeeeaally want to participate on this project too, but not in the next few weeks i guess? 8))
    Anyhow, this is an interesting project! You should make another post about this social experiment(?) on this blog too!


    PS: can you make Salted Choco Truffles for me when me meet up?
    another PS: sorry for bad english :p

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    1. Of course you can participate! The project's deadline is mid-December anyway, so even if you can only meet me in early December or last November, it will still be okay :D

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  3. Proyeknya menarik. Rasanya ingin ikut berpartisipasi. Tp piye :D smoga sukses yo

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    1. Om kalau sebelum pertengahan Desember ada acara main-main ke Jakarta bilang sajaaa :D Nanti kan bisa disempatkan bertemu, dan jadi bisa partisipasi untuk proyek sepele ini hihihi... Iya Om, makasih, semoga kuota 22 orang bisa terpenuhi. Deg-degan nih kalau ternyata nggak ada yang mau saya ajakin ngobrol?????

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    1. HUWAAAAA... makasih Kak! Yuk ketemuan yuuuk X"D
      Aku e-mail aja ya untuk minta kontak yang lebih detail :"))

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    2. Boleeeeeh~

      Email ada di bio IG aku. *modus biar dipolow*

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  5. semoga projectnya berhasil ya :) dan dipublish ya ceritanya di blog ini.. looking forward utk membacanya :)

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  6. You should do another project this year! And maybe I can take a part of it😅

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