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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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