A Teacher and a Soon-To-Be-Bride... Who could've guess? (Not ME definitely!)

Wow.

Aku lupa banget kalau aku punya blog ini. Yang udah aku tulis dari SMA... dan sekarang aku udah umur 30 tahun!

Dan baru akan menikah dengan Gby!!

Yes, I'm actually getting married to my long-time boyfriend and it's going to happen this year!

Bahkan beberapa jam lalu aku video call via Zoom sama Gby untuk ngomongin beberapa persiapan yang udah urgent harus dipenuhi.

Rasanya lucu baca post merayakan ultah ke-17 Gby di sini, dan mengingat sebentar lagi juga akan September, dan Gby akan berusia 30 tahun. It's been 13 years since I wrote that post! Gilak! 

Sebenarnya lebih gilak lagi dan kaget juga Blogspot bisa bertahan selama ini sih, honestly.

I'm happy to found this blog, sambil geleng-geleng melihat ulah-ulahku dulu. Time does fly. Post terakhir aku ngomong soal Life Talk Asia... I have to update to you at least that I'm no longer working there. Sekarang aku jadi guru, School Counselor dan Christianity Teacher lebih tepatnya. Aneh banget ga sih?

Nggak?

Biasa aja?

Karena sebenarnya ini ANEH BANGET even for me!

Walaupun aku emang ga ada nulis cita-citaku sih selama nulis blog ini, tapi yang pasti aku ga pernah membayangkan akan jadi guru, that's for sure.

Gak membayangkan akan hadir di after party graduation mantan murid:

Ini waktu aku jadi Wali Kelas 3SD sekaligus guru Reading, Life Skills & Math (2018)

Ini acara after party Graduation mereka dari tingkat SD (2022)

Gak membayangkan ngajar agama Kristen (and doing it online due to the Pandemic):

Gak membayangkan juga akan jd konselor di Sekolah!

Walaupun ya setelah aku liat ke belakang, aku paling suka nulis tentang orang-orang di sekolah sih. So maybe the signs were there? 🙈

It's still pretty mindblowing for me though. So different from what I envisioned for myself. Termasuk nikah di usia 30 tahun. I thought it'd happen sooner. But it didn't and dang it, I'm TOTALLY fine with it!

The surprise proposal on February 13th

...and the Engagement at my house (July 2nd)

And soon I'll also have another mother who will give me her family name, karena begitulah adat Batak. I have the picture, but won't be posting now. Tunggu aja tanggal mainnya nanti ya, Marhori Dingding dulu akhir bulan ini. Siapa sangka coba akhirnya aku bakal menjalani nikah adat? Setelah bertahun lalu aku tulis makalah soal nikah adat di kelas Sosiologi (Yang sampe sekarang aku jg ga inget aku nulis apaan 🤣 biar keren aja aku mention pernah nulis makalahnya dulu.)

Literally NOTHING is going according to plan. But I'm loving every twist and turns. Although there are times when I hate the plot twists, but I still wouldn't want it any other way. After all, God had proved my judgements to be wrong a lot of times, so, why even complain and look back at all the bad times? 

Anyway, I still have my mantra at hand, that little prayer I always tell to myself:

Lord, help me to remember that nothing is going to happen today that You and I can't handle together