Story Time On !!

 My Journey As A Big Dreamer

By : Salma Astami Putri

Never get bored of introducing myself, hi my name is Salma Astami Putri or to make it easy just call me Ami. Im a student from SMAN 3 Bandung, class X-3. In this today's blog, i want to write something that a bit oversharing. It's about my journey, i'll be writing about my past, my childhood. Let me know if my grammar is wrong or else. You can contact me on my insta @amistamii thank you !

I was born at the 19th of February 2008. I am the second child of 4 siblings. My big brother is one year older than me, he's also a student from SMAN 3 Bandung and he's a 11th grader student. Besides that, i also have a little sister that's 2 years younger than me and a little brother that is 10 years apart with me. My family is an educational type of family. My parents always give their best for supporting me and my siblings's education. 

Since i was a baby, i grow up together with my brother because our age gap is close. I always learning one year faster than a normally kids would, because im on the same pace as my older brother. While my brother can speak fluently at his 3rd years old, im a few step ahead at my one years old birthday i already can speak fluently like a toodlers.

My first school was a playground when I was 3 years old. The picture on the right is when i'm still 2 years old and i feel envy at my brother who already can go to school. In that pic, im still like around 1 or 2 years old, still a bald baby there. And on the left picture is when im already 3 years old and already go to school. Im super happy to go to school back then, i always wanting to stand out and become an outstanding kids. And you can see how much my hair has grown hehe.

I move from Semarang to Surabaya when im on my 4th years old. This pic is the first pic of me celebrating my birthday in the school. That time, I went to school at Al Azhar Surabaya from playground to kindergarten. I also celebrating my 4th and 5th birthday on that school, and im super happy. My favorite haircut was a dora style haircut with a short bangs on it at that time.

Me and my family moved to Semarang at my elementary school. In first grade I went to Hidayatullah Elementary School, but I moved to Al Azhar for my second grade. I join the scouting team on my school at the 3rd grade and i compete at many scouting contest with my teamates. But my time as a Semarang kid not so long, when i reach my 5th grade i move to Bandung at the second semester.

I move to SD Darul Hikam Bandung at the end of my second semester of 5th grade. As i come in, the school is already on the final test, so i have to fastly adaptate to it. And the hardest thing is that the curiculums of Semarang and Bandung schools is different. But i can survive as a high ranked student at that time as a new student. And i have a lot of friends there who wants to help me adaptating. The final year which is the 6th grade was super busy, my school always set up a try out test as a preparations for the National Final Test. I always got a perfect score, and from the 7 test, i always placed in the 10 highest ranked student. But then, covid comes, the National Final Test is being canceled. I was super dissapointed and sad, because im already prepared my best for the National Final Test. But then the test being replaced by the school final test. And in the end of my elementary school, at the graduation ceremony, i got the 2nd rank on my school, and it's really make me happy. But at the same time, i dont feel really satisfied. I put a high expectation from my parents for me being at the high rank on the school, but then the appreciation that i got was not that much as i wanted. So i keep silence but deep down there, i dissapointed. So that's how my day as a kids has done, and now im stepping into a pre teenage year as a junior highschool student.

My secondary time was goes by so fast. My 7th grade was online because of covid-19, and then the 8th grade is hybrid so it's not a fully school at that time. My first time enjoying my junior highschool time is when i'm on my 9th grade. Those day was really fun but at the same time was a pain. A lot of drama happens, and there's a lot of try out test. But then, same as my elementary school, i ended my secondary school with a good grades and i get into a high rank like i expected, but still the same as before, not satisfied with what i got.

PPDB era was the worst. My parents being so pushy to me to get to SMAN 3 Bandung. But that time, im being a stubborn child of them. I don't want to get into a school that they want, im on my defiant teenage phase. But as i think 5 until 10 step ahead, i realize that SMAN 3 Bandung was the school that right for me to chase my dream to become an international student later on.

And... this is me now. A teenage girl with a height of 163 and 16 years old who attends SMAN 3 Bandung, the best public school in Bandung. This school is hard, i admit it. There's a lot of homework and many other difficulties. But, i have to survive this to pursue my dream. I want to be an active person in the international comunities in the future, I want to work for WHO or UNICEF. And for that, i want to get into a scholarship to study abroad for my undergraduate program. This is the dreams of mine since i was an elementary student, and still the same until now. I always put a big effort to make it come true, i hope i can get what i dreamed of. 

There are quite a few obstacles that I have experienced during my life. Even though I still don't have much experience, I have learned a lot from other people's experiences too. I know what I want to achieve, so that I can be a useful person in the future. I hope we can all be successful people, never give up on your dreams! See you on another blog~