Editing Listianingsih's posting in her Blog about review for interviewing a waria.

He is Beautiful

  Gone to Bali for the last two weeks for an important agenda, Mas Dalih, our creative writing lecturer, sent his friends Mbak Abmi to substitute for him. She had come as a guest speaker before. As I mentioned in my previous post, one Monday she played the movie Bag It which we had to review. Last week, she brought a guest, a beautiful guest with long hair, a pointed nose, and a proportional body. She sat in a back row. She might appear as a woman, but something unusual about her. I kept wondering if she was actually a “he”. To our surprise, Mbak Abmi mentioned that she was a waria.

  Her introduction began with her name, Olivia Sonya Aresta which ushered us into her world. A nocturnal world whose residents are notoriously known as waria or transvestite. Born in Klaten, she is now living in Yogya, her home since her vocational education. However, her jobs outnumbered her homes. She did odd-jobs like being a volunteer for PKBI (Persatuan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia), a seller of online shop and rather specialized jobs such as a bridal make-up artist.

  She has to struggle in finding her identity because her family, especially her mother, cannot accept her as a waria. She also got mockery from her friends because she is girly. This condition made her to decide for going out from her hometown to get free and searched the place which could accept her just the way she is.

  She went to some places such as Yogyakarta, Solo, Bandung, Jakarta, and Bali several times. But somehow, she feels that Yogya is the pleasant place for her and also the atmosphere is different from others. In Yogya, she found many lessons such as she is more confidence with herself especially when she was a volunteer. She wants to help people and also prove that the identity as a waria has the real contribution to the world by doing useful things.

  There is no doubt again if I said “he is beautiful”. Although she is a marginal but she still keeps beauty inside. Thank you for your inspiration Mbak Sonya.

                    

Art Curatorial : Kim Yeeseul's Painting

It is Kim Yeeseul' painting when she was 16 years. It is her dream car whose color is pink. She wanna have a car like a car which she has painted. Although it's just a car but She also added a background to make she feel like she really drive the car. The background is a sunny-blue weather which can make it like in the real life. 

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Life Lesson

Life is not easy like what we think before. Especially when we cannot distinguish which one the best friends, which one the enemy in our life. Sometimes someone that we think our best friendss actually they are not our best friends. And someone that we think not our best friends actually they are truly our best friend. 

It makes us not really believe with someone. Like happened with one of my friends. She is my best friend since we were at Junior High School. Now, she is a student in one of university at my hometown. Suddenly she called me and told what happen with her. She has best friends and their friendship has existed since they were at Senior High School.  She believes with them and she thinks they are really best friends. How about them? do they think the same with she think?? No, because in the fact they are not really her best friends. Why?? because they trap her and distort the fact. And now she got problem at her campus because of her friends. 

I cannot imagine that there are people like them which is existed in the world. Do they think my friend's feel because of their behave?? aaaaaaa, life is difficult. It is one of precious lesson for us. 

Just believe my best friend "Allah is always with us and will help us". Everything is well, must be patient and the truth is always win.. ♥☺ 

"New Experiance"

There was something different in Creative Writing Class last week on May 13, 2013. We have a guest named Mbak Sonya. When we heard her name, we must think she is absolutely a woman and there is no something false. Actually she is "different". She is a waria ( a man who changes his appearance into completely woman, but his gender still as a man). We made a conversation with her and asked some questions and it can be new experience for me.

She is from Klaten. She is a volunteer of PKBI (Persatuan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia). She joined to PKBI on 2006 when the earthquake happen in Yogya. She was really confident because she could do everything although she is a waria. Many people give positive apreciate with her. Although their admission to her not directly but she can know from their behave to her. Unfortunately, although other people can appreciate, respect and accept her like who she is now but her family still cannot do like other people do. Her problem with her family still unresolved.

Before joining to PKBI, she ever got stressed because she has not accepted yet if she is a waria, "why i was not born as a woman, she said." But after joining PKBI and she get much explanation, she grateful about her condition. 

She is a freelancer. It's the way that she does for surviving. She prefers to have relation and interact with the public rather than waria. I'm so proud to meet her because i can know something that i don't know before. 

Do not judge someone else from their appearance. Give respect, appreciate to every single person that we meet. 

A Film Review: Bag It. (2010)

Director   : Suzan Beraza

Producer : Michelle Hill

Author     : Michelle Curry Wright

Stars         : Jeb Berrier, Jared Blumenfeld and Martin Bourque

This movie tells about try going a day without plastics.  A powerful and simple movie that can change the way we look at everyday objects. Plastics are everywhere and can give bad impacts in our lives. It starts about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its effect on our waterways, oceans, and even own bodies. This film is also completed with the explanation from environmental scientists. 

It is recommended for us so that we can know how the way to have a healthy life. This is one way for us to get it. Starts to reduce in using it. Making a treat for it: REUSE and RECYCLE. It also helps us in understanding the use of plastics. It can help us to have a better life. 

The Steps in Doing the Interview

- Prepare yourself with questions especially the "WHY-S"

- Look for more 5W+1H as you do the interview

- Find the best time, place, and means to do your interview(s)

- Dress accordingly

- Show gratitude

- Introduce yourself and be honest about who you are

- Ask if the answer should be confidential trust, respect your sources

- Let them talk (Do not cut mid way)

- Do not misquote