About Me

Hello, this is Karima. The full name is Karima Taushia Ahmad. I have three siblings, all are older than me. The oldest is Irfan, and now he works in Jakarta as an engineer for a company, which means I don't get to see him that often anymore (good thing? sad thing?). The second oldest is Shafira, who has just graduated as a bachelor of psychology. The third oldest, who is four years ahead of me, is Sakina. She also studies psychology in one university in Depok, which means I also don't get to see her everyday. I used to share my problem in school with her anytime I need to, so it's kind of weird to realize that I can't do it anymore. I have one mom and one dad, obviously. My mom's name is Kunti Qona'ah and my dad's name is Ahmad Tri Hanuranto. Now you know, I got my last name from my father. Back to my family, I'm so glad and thankful that there doesn't seem to be any barrier between us. Cliche as it sounds, we love each other, although we don't let it shown every time.

All my life, I've been living in Cibiru, Komplek Panyileukan G4/1. I call it home. Although still located in Bandung City, it's veeeeery far from the heart of it. From home, it's nearer to go to Sumedang than to school. Countless time I have asked my parents for us to move to the 'citier' part of Bandung. And countless time they have rejected my idea. They say it's good for me to have home far from school. They say it's training my ability to be patient. Patient in enduring long hours of being in Angkot on the way home, patient in enduring backache because I can't do anything but sit on the car ride. They say I will be thankful as I get older. So basically, my idea to move got totally knocked down, and I still live in Komplek Panyileukan until now.

As I have mentioned, my current school is far from home, and you might wonder, 'Why not choose school near home?' It's because my parents hate that idea. They hate the idea of not doing something better, simply just because it is harder. They come from Solo, Jawa Tengah. They leave their hometown to search their own life, to make better of their life. And I supposed I got the spirit from them. I am now enrolled in 3 Bandung Senior High School, which I might add is the best school in Bandung and I'm so proud that I can get in this school. Last three years I was in 5 Bandung Junior High, and six years before that I was in Karangpawulang Elementary.

For my leisure time (which I don't have as much as I did in last holiday, thanks to endless assignments from school), I like to do anything I like. I allow myself to finally breathe and relax. Most of my leisure time I spend on my hobby. My hobby, mainstream enough, is reading. My favorite author is Haruki Murakami. He plays his words so nicely that I got drown in his stories easily. If I have to attach every great quotes from his book, there would be no end of it. Basically, I like any book which describes the people and the things in it as more than what can be seen by the eyes. I'm a fan for poetical things, you can say. Thankfully, my parents approve this hobby of mine (unlike the time they didn't approve of my idea to move). Because if they don't, my money won't see me for more than a week. You see, books are expensive, especially the book that is high quality and comes straight from abroad. I imagine some authors would be angry at me because sometimes, if I get reaaally curious about one particular book but at the same time it's reaaally expensive, I download the ebook ilegally from internet. I know it is bad, and I try to force myself to stop doing it.

I've never had any sport as my hobby, though I did take taekwondo lesson back in elementary, I knew that I didn't enjoy kicking a living person. I play guitar sometimes, but since I do it only once in a while, I've never been a guitar prodigy. I took lessons too, but due to school business, I don't do it as often. In the other hand, I really enjoy listening to music.

That's all I can write for now, because I'm starting to run out of ideas of what to write. See you in the next post!