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  Becoming a Form Teacher at SIS Palembang this year has been one of the most unexpected, heart-warming, and profoundly meaningful chapters of my entire teaching journey. It was a step into the unknown. I walked into this school as a first time international school teacher. hmm of course nervous, excited, and constantly wondering: Would I fit in? Would I connect with the students? Would I even be able to do this well? Then I met Secondary 1B. They are just fifteen students, six wonderful girls and nine dynamic boys. But somehow, they manage to fill the room with enough personality, noise, colour, and glorious chaos to feel like thirty. They didn’t know it on that tentative first day, and certainly, I didn't either, but they were about to become one of the most significant and meaningful experiences of my life. The Dynamics of Our Little Cosmos Our classroom quickly evolved into its own unique cosmos, a space where every student held a distinct gravitational pull. The nine boys of ...

  If someone had told me that right after saying "I do," I would be living thousands of kilometers away from my husband, I probably wouldn’t have believed it. But as we all know, life moves in the most unexpected ways. For Khairu and me, our first week as a married couple was also our last week together for a long time. Right after our akad nikah (wedding solemnization), we had to go our separate ways for work. Khairu flew to Myanmar , and I stayed right here in Palembang . That's how our long-distance marriage began. The Reality Check: Tears and the First Farewell The moment he left, the reality hit me—hard. Being a wife who lives far away from her husband is not easy at all. The first week was the absolute hardest. It was filled with tears, a mind that couldn’t focus, and emotions that came rushing whenever I saw something that reminded me of our short but beautiful moments together. Everything felt overwhelming, as if my heart was still trying to understand how quickl...

Who would have thought that I would find my true love this quickly? It feels like just yesterday I wrote about how humans fall in love in three phases — and somehow, I’ve already reached the final one: true love. I still don’t know how to express it perfectly, but my heart is overflowing with gratitude. Allah has written this story for me in such a beautiful, unexpected way. What amazes me most is that my true love came from someone I’ve known since 2021. For years we never even met in person — not until he finally came to Palembang for the first time in June 2024. I even wrote about that moment in my story “One Fine Day” , our very first meeting in real life. I also wrote about how he proposed in “A Long-Distance Love, Written by Allah.” And now, here I am writing the next chapter: the journey leading up to our wedding day . So, enjoy the story. At first, everything felt sudden. We originally planned to get married in April 2026, but when we tried choosing a suitable date, nothing ...

  I got this book in a very special way — from my husband. He loves reading so much that buying books is basically his love language. One day, while we were busy preparing for our wedding, a package arrived at my house. Inside were three books he had ordered. Surprisingly, two of them were Jalan Nabi 3 . He smiled, took one for himself, and handed the other to me. At first, we started reading it together. But of course, his reading speed was like lightning, and mine… well, more like morning traffic. Soon enough, life got busy, and we ended up reading the same book in different places and different times. And Alhamdulillah — I finally finished it! So, let’s talk about the book. About the Book Title: Jalan Nabi 3 – Legasi Purna Sang Nabi Semesta Authors: Tim Jalan Nabi Editors: Mukhlisin Rabusin & Abdullah Farid Publisher: Mata Air Published: October 2025 Size: 14.8 x 21 cm Pages: 297 Originally written in Indonesian, Jalan Nabi 3 is a religious book focusing o...

  If you had told me I’d be driving through a dark forest, solving high-level riddles, hacking into secret files, and being emotionally tangled in a missing person case—all from my phone—I might’ve laughed. But An Elmwood Trail , created by Techyonic, has given me an experience that’s deeper and more human than I ever expected from a mobile game. It’s not just a game—it’s a full-blown narrative adventure where you live the role , not just play it. In this interactive mystery thriller, I stepped into the shoes of Adam Lane , a detective with a complicated life—balancing work, fatherhood, and a fragile relationship with my wife, Amanda Lane . Our teenage son, Jim Lane , is smart, independent, and a bit too brave for his age. While trying to solve the town’s biggest mystery—the disappearance of 18-year-old Zoey Leonard —I was also trying to hold my family together. The town of Riverstone, surrounded by the haunting Elmwood Forest , is a beautifully eerie place. It’s been three weeks s...

As my days at SMA IT Raudhatul Ulum come to an end, I find myself overwhelmed with gratitude, love, and—above all—deep sadness. Resigning from a place that has given me so much is not easy. But what makes it even harder is saying goodbye to a group of students who have left a permanent mark on my heart: XB AIS Class . This class wasn’t just a teaching assignment. It became a safe space, a little home inside the school walls. I still remember my first day with them. I didn’t know yet how close we would become, how they would end up becoming the most beautiful part of my journey in this school. These students—my students—taught me that love can be expressed in countless ways, even in a teacher-student relationship. Though I am older, and though I am supposed to be the one nurturing them, they were the ones who showed me love every day . Some of them encouraged me with kind words, always knowing the right thing to say when I looked tired or overwhelmed. Some gave me gifts—small, thou...

Dear Ayah, There’s something important I want to tell you. A man has proposed to me. He has come into my life with intention and clarity. After many moments of reflection and prayer, I believe this could be the beginning of the next chapter Allah has written for me — a journey I hope will lead me to a meaningful, God-centered marriage. Ayah, it’s been sixteen years since we’ve lived under the same roof. Sixteen years since things changed between you and Ibu, and since you became more of a distant presence than a daily part of my life. I was just a child when it happened — still trying to understand what "separation" really meant. And since then, I've grown up carrying questions, learning how to be okay with the silence, and choosing to move forward with whatever strength I could find. I became the eldest daughter of a family led by a single mother. From a young age, I’ve had to be strong — not because I always wanted to be, but because I had no choice. I’ve tried to b...

Every great story begins with something small—an encounter, a message, or even a shared screen. Ours began quietly too, not with fireworks, but with formulas and Zoom meetings. It was 2021, and I was enrolled in a Differential Equations class at Universitas Sriwijaya. Everything was held online due to the pandemic, and that’s when I first saw his name pop up—Khairu Agus Wijaya, a calm and focused student from Merauke, Papua, who was joining through the Merdeka Student Exchange Program (PMM). We weren’t the only ones with cameras on, and there were no breakout rooms, but there were small-group discussions that consisted of four people. But somehow, amidst the grid of faces and silence between lectures, we began to notice each other. Our first interaction wasn’t even in Indonesian—it was in Mandarin, a language we both happened to be learning. That small spark led us to chat more through the class WhatsApp group. We began exchanging ideas about assignments, encouraging each other before...