Prasidina 11 April & The Fact About Farewell

Minggu malam kemarin, diadain Prasidina di RCC pukul 19.00 - 23.00. Prasidina itu acara perpisahan kelas 3 yang juga dihadiri oleh orang tua, guru, dan beberapa orang Yayasan juga diramaikan oleh paduan suara (though Duri's choir is much more amusing, kata Siska paduan suaranya diiringi sama Sax, Piano, Trompet.. such a wow). It's like a tradition. There's always a Prasidina every year in Cendana.

Susunan acaranya? Kata sambutan, Paduan suara, pidato, paduan suara, pidato, paduan suara, akustik, pengumuman siswa berprestasi akademis & non-akademis, paduan suara, pidato, paduan suara.. aku bener udah ga ingat brapa kali pidato dan paduan suara, so I'm just writing it dramatically. Pretty boring huh? Except if you're one of those smart and lucky students going up on the stage to get some achievements from the school.

1. instead of paying attention to the preacher,

we took pictures on our seats

2. sampe orang blakang-blakang pun sadar kamera

But the last part, was kinda entertaining. In fact, I find it exciting rather than... sad. Setelah salam-salaman sama guru, us students get to hug each other, wishing for luck, bid farewell... and yeah most of them cried. I feel a bit bad laughing loudly in those sorrowful crowd, but I didn't feel the smallest will to cry. No, it's not like I'm heartless and I'd totally be happy leaving than to stay here in this school with the same faces I've seen for 12 years of education. Maybe, it's because I'm ready to face this way before they did.

What?

All of my best friends went to Java. Well, one went to Duri, but mostly Java. 1 in Solo, 2 in Jogja, 1 in Jakarta (and I don't really know if she's still there or not). I'm really used to farewell, and although I miss them.. A LOT.. there's no more point of crying over their departure anymore. Being apart is only a test. A test whether or not our friendship has a strong bond. Whether or not we are worth to be called as "true friends".

In fact, I still contact my friends. Every once in a while. We're still sharing, we're still on the track with each other.

Though crying in farewells are a common thing. But truth is, some people cried because they weren't ready to face it, so fast and sudden. Overall people cried in farewell cause they were surprised. It's the whole High School thing they didn't want to end. They don't really cry cause they won't be seeing each other anymore. Cause fact is, they could still keep in touch with each other. Like DUH that's what I've been doing with my closest friends. Being apart isn't so hard after all when there are social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc. Guess that's what technologies are for.

Hahaha.. It's funny that I actually wrote these stuff when last night I cried also. Not at the farewell, AFTER the farewell. I don't know, I'm still not too ready to leave my loved one here. But I know I have to face it.

After all it's just a test. Whether or not we have the same strong feeling.

True friends don't come easily, so is true love.