The Story of My Life
My name is Imelda Bajetha. I was born on September 15, 1996, in a small village in western region of South Sumatera. Speaking of my name, you must be thinking that my last name is kind of 'weird' or something you might never hear before. Well, I understand. It's not a common name you would find easily. I've always experienced questions about them who always asking about that. Well, it didn't have any particularly meaning. My father told me that he was giving me by taking it off of my grandparent's and making it an anagram. So, it might be weird but my father said he would make sure I remember that my family will never left me behind.
I have two siblings, more precisely two little brothers. Yup, I'm the oldest. The age gap of mine to the oldest one is 5 years apart, but to be honest I don't really remember about my memories about my brothers because I already left home since I was 10. Ever since I graduated from elementary school, I went to Java to continue my study.
I just lived on a small village. When I was a kid, at that time there were not many stores were opened, let alone a minimarket. We even only had a market once in a week, every monday. That was the only time we could buy equipments and tools we needed for the whole week. Even an electricity was only available when I entered the fourth year of my elementary school. Before then, we only use oil lamp to keep us clear at night.
As for education, at that time, we only had two elementary schools, one secondary school, and one high school that located a little far at the neighbor village. We didn't even have kindergarten, let alone a university. That's one reason why I already entered a primary school at the age of 5. For the other reason, my parents took me to school because I already could read words and letters. Since I was very young, I liked reading books as well as children's stories.
However, things get a lot better now. Now it's still just a village, but it's getting bigger and crowder. We may don't have banks, stations, malls, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes, or many tall buildings you can easily find in a town; but it's easier to find anything you need than you could find around two decades ago.
Time will tells. It changes every small things in this whole planet. All you need to do is be grateful for what you have in your life, you'll end up having more than you can imagine. Just pay attention to things that can make you good and happy.
“Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.”
—Oprah Winfrey
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