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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Story of the Day (Tuesday, 31 January, 2023)

It's the end of January 2023, I haven't done anything significant this January but there really isn't anything for me to regret. It's realy not me if I just keep quiet but I really don't have any plans for 2023, it's really confusing actually.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023 at 23:25 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

I will see what I will do next February, I don't know if next February will be the same as this January or not. I don't have any hope and I don't have any plans, at least I'm still alive because my existence is very important for the world. I know it, I really know it.

A new friend, a new best friend, a new girlfriend, a new lover. We are only separated by distance, we are quite far apart in age but the age difference is not a problem for me. I love her and she loves me, we'll meet someday. Our relationship will be long, I know it.

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (31/01/2023)

The photo in this article was first published on my Instagram on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023.

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Monday, January 30, 2023

Story of the Day (Monday, 30 January, 2023)

Lately I've seen a lot of WhatsApp statuses or Instagram stories of my college friends about airplane or airport. You know, I miss flying and I miss the atmosphere of the airport. I hope I can fly again later (definitely to Java Island).

This photo was taken on Monday, 30 January, 2023 at 16:13 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my boarding house.

This photo was taken on Monday, 30 January, 2023 at 16:13 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my boarding house.

This photo was taken on Monday, 30 January, 2023 at 16:13 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my boarding house.

If I'm already in Java I will meet all my internet friends and especially my best friends. It's one of my dreams to meet all my internet friends. I'll realize this dream, for sure. I think, we have to meet many kinds of people so we can adapt well with others.

I slept only 5 hours today, from 7am to 12am, at least I slept well so I feel energized when I wake up. I mopped the floor of my room in my boarding house, it was dirty. I don't like dirtiness, I like to be hygiene.

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (30/01/2023)

The photos in this article were first published on my Instagram on Sunday, 30 January, 2023.

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Sunday, January 29, 2023

Story of the Day (Sunday, 29 January, 2023)

Ah, yesterday and today went really well. I didn't have any problems yesterday and today. My best friend Yara was really really kind to me we've only been friends for about 1 week but she and I are already best friends. I also miss Clara too, she's one of my best friends, I haven't chatted with her for over a week, I have asked her about her condition today and she's fine. She says she is busy with her job now, I appreciate that.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 29 January, 2023 at 17:29 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my grandma's backyard.

Yara lives in Jakarta and Clara lives in Yogyakarta. Yara doesn't have a girlfriend now and Clara has a girlfriend (her name is Javi and she lives in Semarang, Central Java). Me and them both have an age difference of 8 years, they were both born in 1997 while I was in 2005. Sometimes I like to flirt them, I love them both, they both are my closest best friends until now. We are part of LGBT community.

There is one of my friends from Medan, North Sumatra who will come to Manado on 31 January, his name is Boydo, he is my college friend from Faculty of Law of Sam Ratulangi University. I sometimes like to discuss with him about existing social issues via WhatsApp.

Boydo plans to live in the student dormitory of Sam Ratulangi University. He wants me to accompany him in campus on 31 January to take care about the requirements to stay in student dormitory, he is the first time here and also I am his closest friend here. I hope I can accompany him.

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (29/01/2023)

The photo in this article was first published on my Instagram on Sunday, 29 January, 2023.

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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Story of the Day (Friday, 27 January, 2023)

Almost all of Manado has been flooded today. However, thankfully my house in Dendengan Dalam was not flooded, only the main road was flooded. On some roads the flood was only knee deep but on other roads it was chest deep. 

This photo was taken on Friday, 27 January, 2023 at 18:05 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my grandma's backyard. I forgot the name of this plant.

It has been raining all day in Manado from 4:30am to 5pm. My mother didn't go to work today and of course my sister didn't go to her school because my mother was unable to go out. I have been at my grandmother's house in Dendengan Dalam since 2 days ago (25/01/2023). 

In quite a lot of places the electricity has been turned off, in Dendengan Dalam itself the electricity has been turned off since 5 or 6am and was turned on at 2pm. For me it doesn't matter if it rains all day but the problem is if there is no electricity. 

At 12pm my mother and I went to my boarding house in Ranomuut (just about 550 metres) to take the candles which I thought were still there. When I went into my room to get all the candles, all the candles had been eaten by mice. I was really annoyed but it's okay. 

My mother and I went to Indomaret to buy candles, 5 fried noodles, 2 cold coffees for us to drink and 1 big snack for us to eat at home. From Indomaret we went home to put the things we bought earlier and go again to buy some medicines like antibiotics. 

Because my mother's money was under IDR 10,000, my mother and I went again to the nearest ATM to take money. We went to the Office of Manado Mayor to get money at the ATM in the office but unfortunately the ATM is not working because the electricity in the office is out. 

From the Office of Manado Mayor we went again to the city center to the central bank to take money at the bank's ATM. Thankfully the bank has electricity and my mother can take enough money from the ATM and then buy some medicines at the nearest pharmacy, after that we went home. 

When I got home the electricity was already on, my sister said the electricity had been on since 2pm and I immediately took a shower because I had walked in chest-deep floods. It's been a long time since I walked in a flood, the last time was on 14 January, 2014. 

Ah, my house was not flooded earlier and the electricity is also on so I can take a shower, yokatta! I have to keep myself clean, my hair, my face, my genitals, all of my body.

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (27/01/2023)

The photo in this article was first published on my Instagram on Friday, 27 January, 2023.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Story of the Day (Tuesday, 24 January, 2023)

Hmm, there are quite a lot of my college friends who have asked me lately whether I will continue or not continue studying in Sam Ratulangi University, As I've said before, I won't continue my study there. I'm sick of that college even though I like the environment because it's leafy and because my mother graduated there in 1999 from the department of management of faculty of economics and business.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023 at 16:03 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my boarding house.

Many were sad that I didn't continue and of course many were happy that I didn't continue studying there anymore. I don't care with those who want me to not continue there, they think I will disturb their peace and comfort, haha. I just care about myself not them, I just care about those who love me not them. I will study again at another university that is better than Sam Ratulangi University.

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (24/01/2023)

The photo in this article was first published on my Instagram on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023.

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My Drawing "Lady Annerose"

The title of this drawing is "Lady Annerose", I drew this drawing on Saturday, 7 January, 2023. The character in my drawing is Annerose von Grünewald from anime "Legend of the Galactic Heroes" (銀河英雄伝説, Ginga Eiyū Densetsu) from 1988 to 1997. Annerose is one of my favorite anime characters.

This photo was taken on Saturday, 7 January, 2023 at 02:48 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was first published on my Instagram on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Story of the Day (Sunday, 22 January, 2023)

I got a new best friend two days ago, she's a transwoman and a lesbian. Okay, long story short she is very good in French whereas I am still in basic. French is one of 24 languages ​​I'm currently learning.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 22 January, 2023 at 07:43 with Samsung Galaxy A10s in my boarding house.

But it's good, I can practice my French with her. One thing that might make learning French difficult is the pronunciation, this is a common issue but if you want to know you will know. Always practice okay!

Anyway, happy Chinese New Year "Year of the Rabbit". I have Chinese descent from my paternal grandmother (my mother told me so).

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (22/01/2023)

The photo in this article was first published on my Instagram on Sunday, 22 January, 2023.

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Friday, January 20, 2023

My Update for January 2023

Hi, this is me for 2023. I have changed my hairstyle since 30 December, 2022. I'm still thinking what I want to do further. You know, I don't know what to do now since I don't continue my college at Sam Ratulangi University. One of the main reasons is because the lecture process is still online (except for semester 4, 6 and 8) and also because I don't have money to pay my college tuition, it's IDR 3,000,000.

Currently I don't have any job I just staying alive. I haven't made ID card yet (my mother told me that we'll we make my ID card together later and I'm tired of waiting) and my mother hasn't taken my high school diploma (she still has a debt to my high school, my tuition fee, IDR 500,000 which she has not paid yet).

This photo was taken on Friday, 20 January, 2023 at 09:56 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Friday, 20 January, 2023 at 09:57 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Friday, 20 January, 2023 at 09:57 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Friday, 20 January, 2023 at 10:01 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

Actually I have no plan for 2023. What's matter for me is that I'm still alive. I'm just still on my old plan from last year: leave this fucking city and the this province too, leave my family and go so far I can, stay survive in a new place and looking for a job out there. 

How is my relationship with my family now? It's pretty unclear actually for me because I want to leave them but because I'm still here so I'm just taking advantage from my mother. I'm still very dependent on her for my life actually, my food, my cleanliness and my internet credit. What am I doing at her house? Just washing dishes and cooking rice. Sometimes I have done it but she still doesn't appreciate it.

My mother's relationship with my grandmother is very not good. Actually this is an old problem in my family, my mother has hated my grandmother since she was little but things have really gotten worse since my grandfather passed away on 25 March, 2022. Sometimes there are incidents that make my mother and grandmother in trouble, I actually don't really care about it, it's not my business.

Now I still live in my boarding house in Ranomuut Sub-district, Paal Dua District. This is  my grandma's business. Actually I'm very grateful to be able to live here for free and far enough but not too far from my mother, I have privacy here and I still commute from here to home every day to get food, still the same since December 2021. I won't live here forever, this is just temporary.

I know that I can be better out there, I hope this is just the matter of time. What I'm doing now is survival, that's what I'm doing now. You know, I haven't received monthly money from my mother, the last time my mother gave it was November 2022. My money now is IDR 105.000 or $6,93 dollars (20/01/2023's rate).

~ Sofia the Dancing Star (20/01/2023)

The photos in this article were first published on my Instagram on Friday, 20 January, 2023.

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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Rano Wangun Swimming Pool

Rano Wangun Swimming Pool of KONI (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia; Indonesian National Sports Committe) of Province of North Sulawesi that located in KONI Complex, North Sario Sub-district, Sario District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:32 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:37 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:38 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:38 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

The tribune is very old and neglected, full of moss and vines. Even though this is a swimming pool owned by the provincial government, it is rarely maintained. I don't know if the water in this pool is always cleaned regularly like a week or a month. The jump platform is full of vines too. 

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:39 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:40 with Samsung Galaxy A10s. 

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:40 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

To enter this swimming pool for free, you need to climb a 1 meter and a half wall behind the Gedung Pramuka (Scout Building) that located next to this pool. That's why I can take all of these photos. I don't want to buy ticket to enter this pool. 

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:40 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December 2022 at 14:41 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:41 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:41 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:42 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:43 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:43 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

These photos were first published on my Instagram on Sunday, 8 January, 2023.

Trinity Pier in Malalayang Beach of Manado at Night

Trinity Pier in Malalayang Beach at night, Malalayang Dua Sub-district, Malalayang District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was very windy at that time and a little bit rainy. 

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:03 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:03 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:02 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

The first photo was first published on my Instagram on Monday, 9 January, 2023.

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

Gedung Pramuka (Scout Building) of Manado

Gedung Pramuka (Scout Building) at KONI (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia; Indonesian National Sports Committee) Complex, North Sario Sub-district, Sario District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:16 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:16 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:16 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This building serves as office of Scout City Council of Manado City and Scout Provincial Council of Province of North Sulawesi.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:11 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:09 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:09 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This building was inaugurated on 11 August, 1976 by the Minister of the Interior Amir Machmud.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:15 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:15 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2023 at 14:15 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

These photos were first published on my Instagram on Saturday, 7 January, 2023.

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Friday, January 6, 2023

Photos of Pingkan Matindas Statue by Sofia Rina

Pingkan Matindas Statue at KONI (Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia; Indonesian National Sports Committee) Complex, North Sario Sub-district, Sario District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Behind the statue there is building in the form of a traditional house with two stairs on the right and left. With an area of ​​about 3 hectares, this building functions as a cultural center in North Sulawesi. The name of this building is Pingkan Matindas Building, a facility for art and culture activists in Manado and its surroundings.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:19 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:20 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:20 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Sunday, 4 December, 2022 at 14:20 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

The Pingkan Matindas Building was built on the initiative of the Government of Manado City to support the developing arts activities in this seaside city.

The manager should clean this statue, it hasn't been cleaned for a long time.

The photos in this article were first published on my Instagram on Thursday, 5 January, 2023.

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Boboca Monument at Night

Boboca Monument at night, Malalayang Dua Sub-district, Malalayang District, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

It's very far from the city centre and it's very near the Manado city border with Kalasey Satu Sub-district, Pineleng District in Regency of Minahasa.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:05 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:06 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:06 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:06 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:07 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:07 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:07 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:08 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:09 with Samsung Galaxy A10s. 

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:09 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:09 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2023 at 02:11 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

This photo was taken on Tuesday, 3 January, 2022 at 02:11 with Samsung Galaxy A10s.

It was very windy at that time and a little bit rainy.

These photos were first published on my Instagram account on Wednesday,  4 January, 2023.

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