Orang yang sudah sukses memiliki kemungkinan hancur ketika memilih sesuatu yang salah, meskipun begitu ia harus kuat menanggung resiko dan berusaha lagi. Orang yang selalu melakukan kebenaran pun memiliki kemungkinan diberikan kesulitan.

Rules?! hmm one of a thing.

What are rules?  how does it work? where can we find rules?

why do I love rules?

so, in the status quo right now, the rules are easy to be made, hard to be implemented (*just my subjective opinion*).

one of the reason, the most important one, rules make life easier. it guided us, helping to make a decision since everything needs to be based on the rules that exist. (*again, my subjective opinion*).

*a piece of my random thought.

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I've seen many people willing to sacrifice and struggle for doing the thing based on the standard that they have set, which is most of them willing to put their best effort on it. The determination of doing the best is not a common thing. But I've met a lot of awesome people. And Currently, I've seen the spirit of doing the same on myself.

At first, the idea of doing the best still confused me. Is it doing the best or being the best?

After things that happened to me in the past 2 years, I realized that being the best isn't the right purpose. But let's back to the topic, Why am I willing to do the best. In this chance, I'll talk about my academic section of life.

I personally believe and keep reminding myself that the reasons behind this are to make my parents less worried about me, God and my religion, and of course for the sake of my own happiness.

Talking about the first reason, making my parents feel less worried about me, my future. Slowly taking the burden they have by showing that I'm doing well and they don't have to worried about the future. How am I going to survive in life, where the competition is tight. Even if my best effort won't always give a good result, they believe that the efforts won't be wasted. Somehow, it helped you, and for sure, it will happen at the right time. But before moving to the next reason, let me tell you why this reason came first in my mind. It is because where the whole idea of this writing came off.

The second reason is that God and my religion told me that all of the things I did will be paid later. Whether is it the bad or good deed. That's why I think that it's better to do the good deed and do it with the best effort. The result won't matter because God has guaranteed that for us.

The last but not least, for the sake of my own happiness. I'm sure everyone deserves to be happy, so do I. In the past, I believe that every aspect of my life should be the best. But I have changed it. Right now, I already put on my mind that I need to do the best, make my best effort in every aspect of life. From that, I'm motivated to be a better person every day by learning from my failure and learning throughout the processes.

Well done, I've done this writing, maybe this isn't a good one but I'm relieved that I've delivered this.

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Do you know what is solar eclipse ? Solar eclipse is a type of eclipse that occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon blocks the Sun. When it happen, the sky will be dark and when it near the end, the sky will be brighter. Solar eclipse can be occur in anytime, no matter if it is night or morning. This time, it will be occur in some of regions in Indonesia, Such as Palembang, Belitung, Bangka, Balikpapan, Sampit, Palangkaraya, Luwuk, Palu, Poso, and Halmahera. This phenomenon brings opinions and reactions from some communities in indonesia. Common people and moslem have a different side of opinion about this phenomenon.
For common people, solar eclipse is an extraordinary phenomenon. They are ready to welcome this by their own way. Some of them might have prepared themself by preparing sunglasses and camera to capture this moment. Although this phenomenon only happen in Indonesia and some regions of Micronesia, it will not only be seen by Indonesian. Foreigners are also ready to watch this amazing phenomenon. These foreigners are not just some ordinary people, most of them are researchers, scientists, and reporters from all over the world. For example, in Balikpapan, there are 10 reporters from Japan, 11 reporters from China, and 13 Europeans researchers who are ready to monitor how the eclipse occurs this time. They are planning to do some researches. For example, proving Einstein's theory of relativity.
For moslem, solar eclipse is not only an amazing space phenomenon. It is a warning for them, means they need to get closer to The Creator, Allah swt. It is mentioned in hadith Bukhari which was narrated by Aisha.

“In the life-time of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) the sun eclipsed, so he led the people in prayer, and stood up and performed a long Qiyam, then bowed for a long while. He stood up again and performed a long Qiyam but this time the period of standing was shorter than the first. He bowed again for a long time but shorter than the first one, then he prostrated and prolonged the prostration. He did the same in the second Raka as he did in the first and then finished the prayer; by then the sun (eclipse) had cleared. He delivered the Khutba (sermon) and after praising and glorifying Allah he said, "The sun and the moon are two signs against the signs of Allah; they do not eclipse on the death or life of anyone. So when you see the eclipse, remember Allah and say Takbir, pray and give Sadaqa." The Prophet then said, "O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! There is none who has more ghaira (self-respect) than Allah as He has forbidden that His slaves, male or female commit adultery (illegal sexual intercourse). O followers of Muhammad! By Allah! If you knew that which I know you would laugh little and weep much.”

According to the hadith, Moslems are ready to welcome this big event by doing a prayer in congregation. The prayer is called as Sholat Kusuf, it is recommended to all of moslems. Besides Sholat Kusuf, there are more things moslem could do during the eclipse, such as say Takbir and give Sadaqa. From doing that, moslems are expecting forgiveness and hoping to get closer to The Creator.
The happening of solar eclipse this time cause various reactions from some communities in Indonesia. Some people think this phenomenon as an amazing space phenomenon that only happen once in a lifetime. But for some other people, this phenomenon is not only a phenomenon, it is a sign for them to get closer to The Creator, Allah swt.


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