Gifted Seventieth

Oktober 16, 2012

Gifted Seventieth

"Nobody would understand till they experience it themselves."

Photos are taken from Padmanaba

I was tired of running here and there, seeing the same, exactly the same people speaking unfriendly. And just like another sweated afternoon, the time passed slowly while mocking me who couldn't stop looking at my watch, wishing its hands would run faster and take me to the end of the day just as soon as possible. Well, I guess everyone had the same thought as mine. Geshhh, not everyone. I mean most of them. Or maybe just a little part of us.

The center field

A couple afternoons came monotonically. And laughing became such a precious thing those few days. Sleeping too. 'Mbathang' too *lol just skip that word*. But we enjoyed the togetherness, how we spoke and shared everything in mind, how we did all the tasks that were given unstoppably, how we helped each other with exactly one reason, 'We Are Family', in the name of love.

The hall

It was the last day of all. We've fought and did our best, and the fate would be determined that afternoon. As usual, it was a little scary but we are knights with strong beliefs of winning the war. We gathered at the center field to have an opening ceremony and took the punishment given as a consequence of being late. Then... Ahh, no, I couldn't know how it should be written. All I ever remember is that I stood in the hall with the others making a big circle of 220+ people in one layer only. We got suprised when our seniors welcomed us as Padmanaba 70 :) Then we sang our song of pride "Hymne Padmanaba". But when we started to reach the lyrics that says "Hai putra-putri Padmanaba, berjuang untuk nusa bangsa" we stopped for a while and the tears of happiness suddenly ran down our cheeks. I screamed shamelessly then sat down on the floor, hugging a friend beside me, whoever she was (at that time I only knew her name). A looked around and realized, many of them were doing the same thing. Hey, we really meant it.

Our green center field

At night we had a great, extremely great moment with our new family. We performed the drama we had prepared (I was chosen to play the role of an arrogant Balinesse girl), danced, and sang together at the center field. Such an amazing moment I've never had before. Then, we also slept at school of course :) The girls slept in the hall, while the boys slept in their own classes.

Kolam Teratai

Another day came, now with a new tone since we were ready to make a new history. We gathered at the center field with our school identity uniform that wasn't allowed to be worn before we get our title, 'Padmanaba 70'. September 1st, 2012, that foggy morning, we started the closing ceremony of MOS-PPLB 2012 at six o'clock then quequed in one line, stating our promises for Padmanaba while touching Indonesian and Padmanaba flags. Our 'sadyapaka' (sadyapaka means keepers, they are seniors who take care and make sure that we are in a good mood and condition :) I do love sadyapaka X-D and X-1, thank you for everything! <3), especially the class coordinator of each class gave us ties, 'muts' (a kind of cap) and its Padmanaba pin. Thanks God, we were formally stated as Padmanaba 70.

Our new family :)

Nothing is useless, if you fight with a great spirit and just try to stay on the right way. Not only our sadyapaka who tried so hard to teach us about it, but all members of our new family. Some people think I made this story myself? Or we were overreacting? That was only an ordinary moment everybody has ever experienced, so what made us cry crazily? As I said before that nobody would EVER understand till they experience it themselves :) The extraordinary one would never sounds great when it is only written in a piece of paper nor being imagined. After all, it was only a little part of our story. There're so many things that were skipped. I bet you'd just do the same thing if you experienced it yourself. Wants to know? Be a part of our family, Padmanaba!