Dare to Shine, Am I?

This morning, I woke up and grinned, “Thanks God!”

Let me tell you the short version of my special story.

It happened, approximately 2 months ago, that I signed up for some kind of talent contest sponsored by Sunsilk. The contest aims to find a girl who has a talent in one of these areas: DJ, beauty stylish, MC or radio announcer (so, ladies and gentlemen, it is not a beauty contents. I am not going to be a model!)

I filled in the electronic form and woila,.. I sent it!

It was just for fun! Seriously! And three weeks ago, I was called by someone from Jakarta, who told me that I was selected to join the Radio Announcer workshop. Wow! I was flattered.

FYI, once upon a time, I had ever sent Gadis Sampul form, but it was a long time ago; when I was 15 something. I’d sent Gadis Sampul form twice. And now, my unfulfilled dream to be a model is gone, totally gone! I never expect to join that kind of contest anymore.

So,… long story short, I came to this workshop, met Dado Parus, one of the best Radio Announcer in Indonesia, and did the presentation. I had to pretend that I was a radio announcer at Hard Rock FM Jakarta. I didn’t prepare anything; I just presented.

Last week, I received an e-mail from Jakarta, telling me that I am the Radio Announcer workshop winner from Surabaya.

I was stunned.

There were so many things going on inside my head. “How could it be?” “Should I refuse this or should I join?” “If I join this and go to Jakarta for a week, how should I say that to my boss?” “Would they fire me?” “Would my colleagues think negatively?” “What would my parents and boyfriend think of this?”

Too many things crumbling inside my head.

I told my mom and Stefy about this. They were okay. My mom was more enthusiastic than Stefy. She told me to tell my boss about this, because some leaders would be proud and respect if their staff has an achievement.

Tell her, tell her not, tell her, tell her not, tell her, tell her not,
I did imaginary plucking
Tell Her
Yes, I went to my boss and told her.


This morning, I woke up and grinned, “Thanks God!”

Yes, the first line in this post represents my thanksgiving, to God and to my company. I thank God for giving me this precious opportunity, and of course to enable me to go to Jakarta. And for my company, D~NET, thank you for letting me go, and support me.

Thus, I am off to Jakarta this Sunday, and stay there for a week.



(to be continued)