My First Cover

     It is my desire since a long time ago to publish my own video cover. But ,I haven't enough confidence at that time :(

Though, I always delighted to see people did cover and hit many viewers. I've always wondered how excited it would be to have such appreciations on your YouTube account. .


Today, finally I pull myself together attempting to make an original cover from my favorite singer ever, Adele. I love her voice, she has unique and powerful voice. So, I decided to make cover of her song.

This is my cover, my first one. I hope you guys like it :D

PS: pardon my messy room and my not so good hair :p

Kita Adalah Apa yang Kita Percayai

Hello everybody! Been a long time! Hari ini aku menulis sebuah perenungan singkat tentang iman. Please keep on reading! :D

Banyak orang saat ini tidak benar-benar 'tahu' apa yang sedang mereka kerjakan. Mungkin terdengar konyol, namun pada kenyataanya apa yang kita lakukan mungkin hanya didasarkan pada kebiasaan sehari-hari ,atau hanya sekedar rutinitas belaka. Seseorang bisa saja melakukan begitu banyak kegiatan dan program, namun tidak benar-benar mempunyai dasar dan pengertian tentang apa yang mereka lakukan. Sebagai contoh, seseorang yang beragama mungkin dapat rutin beribadah dan melakukan kegiatan amal, namun ketika ditanya mengenai tujuan mereka melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan  tersebut, mereka hanya bisa menjawab karena ini merupakan bagian dari agama, tanpa dapat menjelaskan mengapa mereka sendiri memegang agama mereka dan beribadah terhadapnya.

     That's why kita membutuhkan IMAN untuk hidup, agar kita mempunyai dasar dalam segala hal yang kita lakukan. Iman, dalam pengertian singkatnya adalah sebuah kerangka tujuan dalam hidup yang kita percayai, kita pegang, sebagai dasar dalam melakukan segala sesuatu. Tanpa iman, seseorang hanya akan menjadi pengikut, menjadi seorang yang tidak benar-benar 'hidup'.  Iman tidak hanya berbicara mengenai agama, namun sebuah kepercayaan yang didasarkan pada kebenaran tertinggi. Dan iman yang sejati bukan ada dengan sendirinya, namun harus dicari dan didapatkan. Dan untuk dapat mendapatkan iman, kita harus berani mempertanyakan segala sesuatu.

Iman bukanlah sebuah pencapaian, namun sebuah proses, di mana untuk mendapatkannya, kita harus siap memulai sebuah perjalanan panjang, yang di antaranya mencakup keraguan dan pertanyaan. Pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu perlu untuk dapat menyingkapkan kebenaran, karena rasa ingin tahu adalah permulaan iman. :)

We are what we believe, siapa kita dan seperti apa kita di mata orang lain akan nampak dari apa yang kita percayai/ imani. Sebagian besar aktivitas maupun pikiran yang kita pikirkan akan menjelaskan kepada siapa dan apa yang kita percayai. Dan tanpa sebuah kepercayaan kita tidak akan memiliki arah dan tujuan hidup. 

Di dunia yang semakin maju teknologinya ini, sangat susah untuk berdiam diri dan merenung tentang hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan iman dan kepercayaan. Kita disibukkan dengan berbagai macam pekerjaan, maupun fasilitas-fasilitas teknologi sehari-hari seperti HP, facebook dan lain-lain, sehingga pada akhirnya kita hanya akan ikut arus saja tanpa sempat merenungkan sungguh-sungguh tujuan kita hidup di dunia ini. Karena itu seringkali ketika problem hidup mulai menghimpit, kita seperti kehilangan arah dan pegangan. Tidak sedikit mereka yang putus asa mengakhiri hidupnya dengan bunuh diri ,dan sebagainya.

Sebagian besar dari kita mungkin sudah mempercayai Tuhan dan rutin setiap minggu ke gereja atau melakukan kegiatan keagamaan yang lain. Namun hal tersebut tidaklah cukup untuk mengetahui sebenarnya kita melakukan segala sesuatu itu untuk siapa dan apa tujuannya.

We are What We Believe

Been a while since the last time I write a blog. :D :D
Yeah finally after a long time, I came back to write a brief reflection. Please keep on reading: D

 
      It is important to know what we believe for everything we do.  
Many people today do not really know what they're doing. What they do may only be based on the box of everyday culture, or just merely routine. Not everyone knows what the purpose and basis of what they're doing exactly. 

      We are what we believe. Who we are in others sight will appear from what we believe. Most of the activities and thoughts we think about will explain to whom and what we believe. That's why without any belief, we would never get a direction into a purpose driven life.

     In the world that filled with advanced technology, it is very difficult to sit back and reflect on our basic beliefs. We are busy with various jobs, as well with the technology facilities everyday such as mobile phone, Facebook, Twitter, etc, so that eventually we will just go with the flow without having had time to contemplate about the meaning of life. Most of us probably believe in God and regularly going every week to church and doing other religious activities. But it is not enough to depict exactly what we truly believe.
  
      As a comparison, let us look at the people who regularly perform religious activities in obedience, and he who conducts charitable activities. We see them as a religious person and devout, but when we asked them about their basic purpose for doing it, they can not necessarily explain the purpose of what they do. They will say, because it is the demands of religion, or it has become their identity in the public eye. The answers are very shallow and unfulfilled for our spiritual souls which is continuously searching for purpose and the correct answer of the highest goal of a human life.

the power of RELATIONSHIP

Hi.. been a month since I have written my blog :) This time, I want to share about something I have learned which is meaning a lot for me. So.. hope you enjoy reading! :D

I learn a lot about relationship lately, how it could affect people to be joyful or in opposite destruct people's mind, soul, or even their spirit. Relationship does have power for human! We can see in regular life the consequence from unhealthy relationship people have in their life: Most people couldn't easily forgive and keep others mistakes in their whole life >__<  Their relationship poison them.

Okay, let's we talk about it deeper, I believe we were made for love just like fish was made for water. We get love from our relationship, so if we lack of love or being rejected by others, we could get depress, feeling insecure and having low self esteem, we even could get sick! We need love like we need life!

Graduation Photo shoot

GRADUATION'S PHOTO SHOOT

WOoo, today is a very special day because today is my Graduation's photo shoot!!! A Lot of preparation with a little bit chaos, funny moments, and of course the make up testing !! I love this moment :D

Here's the preview of the preparation's moments I took before the photo shoot:

Make up time

Here I'm using a double tape on my lids to open up my eyes more. I took two pieces of them in each eye so my eyes will look even bigger and nicer.
I used blue as a basic color, which is a cold tone,because I used a broken white dress for photo shoot.

First step, before applying an eye shadow, I use a concealer over my lid to make the color longer lasting. Then, I apply a white grey as a basic color on lids until my outer crease. It will give the brighter look effect.
Next, I continued with a pale light blue right on the upper crease , layering with a metallic blue to make a smokey effect. Create your own as your wish to. As you can see, I made my own using metallic blue color with a dramatic wings on upper crease.
For the last color I pick a black one to contour my eyes and bring more depth in my eyes.

the earlier look :)

I finish it with a very black liquid eye liner along my upper line and give it more dramatic in the outer corner of my eyes. I also used a black eye liner on my lower line, over my blue eye's pencil.

Hi EVERYONE!!!

This is me :)

hi there!!! 
I've been waiting for this moment when i finally write my own blog! 

I'm really excited to start this thing!! it's been a hundred years, since i started creating this blog, but I ended up with my perfection- ego until I didn't write anything in it. 
But now, today, I'm starting to write my blog, and think about make it
continually. :D  

First of all I want to introduce my self: My name is Meiliani Alim, you can call me Meili (it means pretty in Chinese :p). I am an Indonesian and very proud of my nation. Believe me Indonesia is a very beautiful country with many kind of race, religion, culture, food, and beautiful architecture within it. 
And for you who is non-Indonesian, I hope you would list Indonesia as a country you would desire to visit :)

I am a thinker but in the other side an extrovert person as well. I love to share things I've experienced in my life because I realize it will give a meaning into my life when i do share to others. 
Now, I'm learning architecture (fresh graduated in couple days ago), and looking forward for a settle job while doing all things I love. I have a huge interest in culture, people, and the way they live with. So, if you have the same interest, we could share things and chat about it. I also love Performing arts and everything about it: make up, drama, dance, singing. It's like I'm in the other world when I performed up on the stage! :D

I will like to share everything I've experienced in my life at my blog, about my journey, my thoughts, my opinion about the world now, and in the same way about architecture. I will share my hobbies or great things I discover as well, also girl's stuff, you know like make up tips, healthy tips, dress and fashion. All the things girls will love. :D <3 <3 So I would like you to join me do all stuff :)


And... yeah, that's just a bit about me! In the end, I'd like to see you visit my blog and drop a comment, feedback or something like that. :) good luck for you guys.. See u later :)

Another introduction picture :)

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