Story of My Life

4 months old Me

      Everyone always has their own stories of life, things that happened in their life. Newborn or a baby comes out to this world purely clean. That is where the journey of life will start. On 31^st of March 1996, the day I was born, is one of the greatest moment of my life because that was when I finally could breathe the world’s air and feel the warm feeling from both of my parents’ arms. I was lucky because my mom went through caesar operation to deliver me and she was told that there was no amniotic fluid left in her  womb, so it was only me and blood left. They got me out at the 10^th month of my mother’s pregnancy. Thank God I was born healthy, but sadly I had to admit in the hospital for a week, because my body was yellow and  I got some of the amniotic fluids inside my lungs. That is the reason why I have got an asthma until now. I was such a chubby baby back then. My mom told me I could sit on my own when I was only 5 months old. I also had ever  won a crawling competition which made me received my first ever throphy in my life. Haha!

 

     
      3 years old Gisella was a giggly happy toddler. I lived in Jember that time. I learnt how to read at 3, and joined a kindergarten. I did not do well that time because I rarely attended it. My parents used to go to Malang a lot to visit my maternal grandma. That made me absent a lot, so my dad decided that I should quit. At the age of 5, I started the primary. The normal age was 6 or 7, but I insisted to start earlier because I had nothing else to do. Being the youngest in class was not so bad for me, because I could get a long both with the friends and the subjects. I had always been in the first 3rd rank, either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd.

      In 2006, I moved to Malang because my dad had to take his master degree. I went to Saint Mary II for my secondary. I hated English so much that time, I always failed in it. It was so hard to try to know what was the best for my self. I felt like I was not good at anything. Haha! 3 years later, secondary was over and I got accepted in almost the best high school in Malang, St. Albertus Catholic Senior High School ( Dempo ). Since I found science kind of hard, being one of the science student there was a bit difficult for me. I had to struggle hard that time. However, the good thing is that I made it and passed right on the 3rd year. I was still the youngest. During the high school, I was learning how to learn and discover new things, more like finding where my passion was in. I still was not able to find it until I found this one thing.

 
      There was this social network called Facebook which was so popular. I was kind of outdated but then I decided to make an account there and be more "Up to Date". I met a lot of friends from around the world through it. I got fed up because I did not know how to talk to them as my English was horrible. However, I found it a bit interesting and challenging so I started to learn English more, and I started to like it. I could not believe how it happened as I hated it in the secondary. That was when I finally realized that my passion was actually in languages. I learnt all by myself instead of taking any courses. As the time flies, I could speak fluently. I watched a lot of English movies, I listened to English songs, and those online friends of mine taught me some. It is hard to cope with the distance when you are really close to someone. I have always wanted to meet my friends who are miles away from me. Also, I have learnt that in learning something, you have to understand it instead of memorizing it, because once you understand it, it will be automatically memorized and stored in your brain. I love languages a lot. Therefore, I want to learn as much as I can. So far, I have ever learnt Farsi, Spanish, Italian, Hindi, Polish, Japanese, and some Arabic. I know at least few words of them, although I am not fluent enough, and I will still keep learning more.

My Passport Page's Goals ;D

     Now that I  knew I love learning languages, I took English as my major in the university. I can speak English almost well now. I know how to differentiate the formal and the slangs but I want to master it more. English is everything nowadays because no matter how much you want to avoid it, you will always have to face it. If you want to get a proper job with a good pay, you have to learn it since it is the universal language. What I want to do when I grow up later also has something to do with English and the languages. Working abroad, living abroad, and travelling around the world have been my dreams until now. No matter how hard it would be, I will work hard and use my passion as proper as possible to reach it. My journey of life is still pretty long. I have so much ahead of me and I am working on it with my best and my passion.