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It Feels Like Christmas - Part 1

It feels like Christmas Just like Christmas It feels like Christmas with you...

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It's Christmas again. It's that time of the year again, and I couldn't find a good reason not to visit my family. It's not that I didn't love them, in fact, I loved them more than any other humans on the planet. They put up with me when I walked into their life and they loved me through all the obstacles I brought them despite myself. No one else had even showed me love the way my parents had and I was totally thankful. The problem was not a lack of love, it was the whole Christmas thing. The parties, the traditions, and all the memories that came with it... including the bad ones. No, Christmas was definitely not my favorite holiday and probably never would be.

The airport was crowded and I had to admit I was not a fan of that either, but I still managed to make my way to the counter before finding a seat. Waiting was the worst, and I closed my eyes, almost falling asleep a few times but waking up every time my head would fall. I was extremely tired because of the last few weeks at work and I just wanted to lay down in my bed, blankets over my head, and sleep for a month. The beds at my parents' were comfortable, of course, but they were not my bed and that was their only but still very big flaw.

I blinked a few times, forcing myself to open my eyes, and turned my head to look at the large window. It was barely possible to see anything except snowflakes falling and I started nibbling my bottom lip. I was normally not scared of flying but in these conditions, it was slightly stressful. I gripped the sleeves of my hoodie hard and twisted the fabric. Was that a good excuse to leave and just go back home? To spend the holidays at home, watching action movies on my couch and napping in-between?

I was still lost in my thought when a message from the airline company echoed in the large room.

"Due to the bad weather, all flights will be delayed. More information will be provided later."

Something inside of me seemed to light suddeenly like a switch was flick, as I thought of the possibility to just go back home. It seemed like I was blessed for no reason, like someone had heard my prayers and that I was going to get what I wanted this year without much effort.

I watched everyone get up and rush to the counters to talk to employes and at that moment, I was so happy I was not working there. I remained sitting without moving at all as everyone was panicking around me and closed my eyes again. I thought about how excited my mom had sounded when I told her that this year, I would spend Christmas with them and somethin stirred in my stomach. It was guilt. Of course, I had to go. It was the first time in the past 5 years that I would spend Christmas with them. I hated it, that much was true, but I could make an effort, right? It was only a few days... right? Suffering a few days to make my parents happy seemed like a very tiny sacrifice and after a while, I sighed and my eyes fluttered open.

I inhaled deeply to gather some courage and finally go get my stuff back. When I got out of the airport, it was late and although I should be hungry, I was actually slightly nauseous. I felt my heart jump in my chest and walked quickly to the closest cab, opening the door and bringing my luggage with me.

"Wow, I'm so lucky." I let out with a chuckle before I noticed someone sitting next to me. "Oh, I-I'm s-so sorry!"

The man next to me looked young, maybe a few years younger than me, and he seemed as surprised as I was. I could see part of his brown hair under his beanie and when his blue eyes met mine, I held my breath.

"Sorry miss, but he was here before you-"

"No, no of course, I'm really sorry." I grabbed the handle of the door but stopped immediately when I felt the young man's hand over mine. It was warm despite the cold weather and I turned around to face him, blinking a few times.

"Where are you going?"

My mom taught me not to share that kind of information with anyone but I just licked my lips and raised a shoulder. "Closest hotel, I guess."

His lips curled slightly and he nodded once. "Me too. We can share the cab if you want."

I didn't want to get back in the cold with my stuff and try to find a new cab. I just wanted to get in bed and sleep after a drink or two, perhaps. I let my eyes roam on his face before I pressed my lips together. A cab ride wouldn't kill me. In fact, there was probably a hotel nearby and we would just split the bill and party without ever seeing each other again.

"Thank you, that's very sweet of you." I agreed, my lips curling into a smile.

"Christmas spirit!" he chuckled and shrugged. "It's the most wonderful time of the year!"

"I guess." I replied softly. I thought the exact opposite but what was the point of telling him? Besides, I knew it would bring many questions that I didn't want to answer.

The ride was silent but I noticed him glancing at me from time to time and every time, I couldn't help my heart from skipping a beat. We reached the hotel and paid the driver before bringing our stuff in the hall of the hotel slowly. He seemed tired too but when we reached the counter, I leaned against it without sending him a second glance.

"I'd like a room, one night, please."

"For two?" the woman in front of me asked, raising her eyebrows.

"No." I chuckled tiredly. "One for me, alone."

I paid and ended up in the elevator with a key. I yawned as the doors were closing but the guy from earlier stopped them to join me and once again, I felt nervous.

"I had already booked a room before leaving the airport." he explained when I sent him an awkward smile. "Your flight was delayed too?"

"Yea."

He nodded and I started biting my bottom lip, holding the handle of my luggage even harder., so hard that my fingers turned white. I didn't know why but he was making me nervous, and when the door opened again, I rolled my bag behind me until I heard his voice again.

"Hey." he let out, making me turn around. "I'm gonna go to the bar on the first floor, to get a drink. If you want to join me, you're welcome."

I looked at him for a few seconds, debating if it was a good idea or not and if I should actually go, until I noticed the doors close again between us, making me jump slightly.

"Uhm, okay."

I spent too long just looking at the closed doors, motionless and alone on the hall of the 6th floor. I didn't know this man but somehow, he made a short impact on my night and when I took my shoes off and sat on my bed, he sitll hadn't left my mind. I was not the type to talk to strangers let alone befriend them, but somehow, i felt lonely in this stupid hotel room. I got up quickly, leaving my bag there, and walked to the bathroom to look at myself in the mirror. I had left my coat on the bed along with my boots next to the door and what I was looking at was horrible. My make up was almost all gone, leaving small traces of black under my eyes, and my hair was a mess. I looked at my reflection and sighed. It was a miracle someone had invited me for a drink. Perhaps, he was desperate or very lonely himself.

I just wanted to take off my jeans and put on sweatpants but instead, I closed my eyes and shook my head. The truth was, a drink would be very appreciated. I grabbed my wallet, my phone and my key before walking out of my room and taking the elevator again. I felt my heart beat harder the whole ride and when the 'ding' was heard, telling me I was on the main floor, I swallowed hard.

It was mostly the kind of person who carried their friends through decades. I wasn't good at making new friends or even opening up. Going to meet a strange at a hotel bar was very out of character for me but somehow, it was thrilling.

As soon as I walked in I noticed him but instead to talk to him, I walked to the bar and asked for a shot and a drink, if only to ease my nerves. Everything stressed me. from spending the evening, drinking with a stranger, to going back to see my parents for Christmas, and it was not easy to handle. I grabbed the shot and swallowed it quickly before giving my room number to the barman and taking a long sip of my 'sex on the beach'. It took about a minute and a half until the man in the cab sat next to me and I licked my lips before turning to him.

"Niall Horan." he just said, extending his hand.

I grabbed it and shook it slightly with a small smile. "Mimi. Armstrong."

"Thank you for accepting my invitation, Mimi." he just said as his lips curled. "I would have paid for your drink, you should have let me."

I raised my nose up and shook my head a bit. "Na, it's cool, I'm not here because you invited me." I joked, making him chuckle. "I just needed a drink. Cheers?"

He clinked his glass of what looked like rum and coke against mine and I laughed a bit.

"So, Mimi Armstrong, where were you going?" he asked as I was swallowing what was left of my glass. He made a sign to the bartender and pointed my drink before pointing himself and I felt my heart skip a beat when I realized he was putting my drink on his bill. When was the last time something like that had happened to me?

"It's the holidays, of course I'm going in my family." I let out, not really mentioning that I normally never spend Christmas with my family. "What about you?"

He twisted his glass in his hands and chuckled sadly. "I'm going back home. My mom is probably already there. I invited her for the holidays. I just hope I can get there in time. I don't want her to spend a lonely Christmas, that's why I invited her in first place."

"Where are you from?"

"Ireland, and you?" he asked, raising his eyebrows.

I turned to Niall and blinked a few times. I should have guessed from his accent that he was Irish but for some reason, I didn't. His blue eyes roamed on my face and I suddenly felt self-conscious. Why did he even invite me here for a drink? It was ridiculous to be lonely to the point of inviting a random stranger like me to drink for the evening.

"Oh, here and there." I admitted with a shrug. "I don't really know."

"Wait." he frowned, tilting his head slightly. "You don't know where you're from?

I stared at him for a few second again until the bartender put an other drink in front of me. I grabbed it and sipped half of it quickly from the straw, not really sure I wanted to answer sincerely his question. After all, I didn't know him, and I was not the type to open up anyway.

"I'm from everywhere and nowhere, it doesn't matter."

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katdragongalbeauty-blog · 5 years

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Vibrant colors just relax me!!! I get lost in bright beautiful colors. #vacay #influenster #space #iflscience #iflc #vibrant #planet #purple💜 (at Orange County, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcK1KQJWDx/?igshid=pkf85bcd525b

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authorzuke · 6 years

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Great time today at the 16th International Festival of Language & Culture New York USA. It was Culture from all over the world. #international #festival #language #culture #newyork #usa #today #world #people #music #arts #cultural #newyork #queens #usa #iflc #events (at Queens College)

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beritasumbarcom · 5 years

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Acep, Duta Gemari Baca yang Prestasinya Mendunia

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Jakarta,BeritaSumbar.com,-Dompet Dhuafa Pendidikan (DD Pendidikan) menaruh perhatian serius pada literasi. Melalui berbagai cara dan sarana, DD Pendidikan terus berperan meningkatkan kemampuan membaca dan menulis masyarakat tersebut. Salah satu cara yang populer dilakukan oleh DD Pendidikan adalah mengangkat anak-anak muda berprestasi menjadi Duta Gemari Baca.

Tahun ini Duta Gemari Baca akan memasuki Batch 5 dan sudah melibatkan 70 pemuda di dalamnya. Seluruh Duta Gemari Baca tersebut memiliki prestasinya masing-masing yang layak mendapatkan apresiasi.

Prestasi terkini yang diraih oleh Duta Gemari Baca adalah berhasil mewakili Indonesia di ajang Asia Pasific Week 2019, yang berlangsung selama lima hari di Seoul, Korea Selatan. Acep Lukman Nul Hakim, nama lengkap duta tersebut. Ia didapuk sebagai Duta Gemari Baca pada Batch 4 tahun lalu.

Pada ajang yang diikuti oleh 130 peserta dari 25 negara tersebut, Acep berhasil membawa pulang medali sebagai 1st Runner Up Kategori Kelompok Projek Terbaik dengan tema SDGs No. 12 (Responsible & Production Consumption) berjudul “Rode Made by Wasted Plastic”. Program Asia Pasific Youth Week 2019 sendiri merupakan sebuah acara yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan keberagaman dan perdamaian, serta membangun generasi muda untuk berjejaring secara global. Program ini juga memiliki tujuan untuk meningkatkan kompetensi pemuda dan melatih jiwa kepemimpinan. Tahun ini Asia Pasific Youth Week mengusung tema “Leading the Generation Unlimited to Preparing 2030”.

“Saya sangat bersyukur bisa mewakili Indonesia. Perjuangan dan rasa lelah terbayar lunas dengan berjuta pengalaman yang didapatkan selama di Korea kemarin,” papar mahasiswa UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta ini. Sebelum ajang Asia Pasific Youth Week ini, Acep tercatat pernah menjadi delegasi di beberapa kegiatan lain yang mayoritas berlevel internasional. Beberapa kegiatan tersebut di antaranya KKN International AIESEC Global Volunteer di Bursa, Turki dan International Program Conference di Malaysia, Singapura dan Thailand.

Selain di luar negeri, Acep juga pernah mengikuti kegiatan internasional yang dilaksanakan di Indonesia, seperti, YSEALI Theory U Camp di Jakarta, dan International Youth Leadership Camp (IYLC) di Bogor. Acep pun pernah juga mencatatkan dirinya menjadi delegasi di ajang Indonesia Future Leader Conference (IFLC) di Makassar.

Di samping karena keaktifannya di berbagai ajang baik dalam dan luar negeri, faktor lain yang membuat Acep terpilih menjadi Duta Gemari Baca adalah karena kegemarannya menulis. Ia pernah meraih Awardee Student Achievement Award (SAA) 2016-2018 untuk Kategori International Participant, National and International Volunteer and Writer.

Kegemarannya menulis diseriusi Acep dalam bentuk buku. Ia telah menerbitkan sebuah buku berjudul A Simple Guide of Laboratory Use, juga menjadi salah satu penulis dalam buku antologi berjudul Prisma Pemikiran, Tadabbur Al-Qur’an & Kebangsaan. Tidak hanya pandai menulis text book, Acep juga piawai menulis puisi. Kepiawaiannya menjadi pujangga ini dibuktikannya dengan meraih Juara 1 Lomba Puisi dalam ajang Gerakan Islam Cinta yang diadakan di Jakarta.

Bagi Acep, menjadi Duta Gemari Baca memberinya berbagai pengalaman yang tidak ia dapatkan di tempat lain. Tidak hanya tentang literasi, di sini ia juga bisa berjejaring dengan anak-anak muda yang berasal dari berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Selain itu ia juga mendapatkan kesempatan untuk berinteraksi langsung dengan anak-anak di sekolah dalam rangka meningkatkan minat baca anak-anak Indonesia. Semangat selalu untuk berbagi inspirasi ya, Cep! Semoga akan lahir Acep-Acep berikutnya yang cinta literasi dan terus berprestasi.(red)

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A MUST WATCH Annette #Lantos of @LantosFndn #IFLC USA 2017 https://t.co/Peu2RV9mXp

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#Breaking: Talented students from 18 countries (55 singers and 66 dancers), from all over the world, will perform in the #IFLCRomania show

Fatih Goktas Festivalul Internațional de Limbă și Cultură (IFLC) dă startul evenimentelor sale începând cu Bucureștiul. Elevi talentați din 18 țări (55 de cântăreți și 66 de dansatori), din toate colțurile lumii, vor performa în cadrul spectacolului IFLC România. Vă invităm să fiți gazde primitoare și să-i întâmpinăm pe oaspeții noștri cu brațele deschise, în cadrul evenimentului online. Vă…

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Pasar Modal Kuat, Ekonomi Indonesia Akan Bertumbuh

Membaiknya kinerja Emiten dan Pasar Modal, akan mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional. Pertumbuhan perekonomian nasional, dapat dilihat dari pertumbuhan penggalangan dana jangka panjang di pasar modal, yang mencapai 20% atau sebesar Rp700 triliun pada tahun 2016 yang lalu.

Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa pasar modal berperan besar dalam penyediaan modal untuk pengembangan bisnis dan investasi, termasuk untuk pembangunan infrastruktur, layanan publik, sekaligus meningkatkan penyerapan tenaga kerja dan penyediaan lapangan kerja.

Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan (IHSG) di BEI, berhasil mencapai titik tertinggi sepanjang sejarah. Yakni, mencapai angka 6.000-an.

“Di saat pertumbuhan ekonomi nasional ada di 5%-an, sudah tentu IHSG yang masuk ke rekor baru itu, menjadi penyokong cukup baik bagi perekonomian nasional,” kata Ketua Penyelenggara Top Capital Market 2017, M. Lutfi Handayani dalam keterangan tertulisnya di Jakarta, Senin (13/11).

Ia mengatakan, tujuan penyelenggaraan Top Capital Market 2017 ini adalah membangun kepercayaan masyarakat dan citra positif emiten maupun pelaku pasar modal di Indonesia.

“Untuk mendorong peningkatan kinerja dan layanan emiten dan pelaku pasar modal. Maka, ketika pasar modal kuat, ekonomi Indonesia hebat,” kata dia.

Sejumlah Perusahaan Publik dan Manajer Investasi di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI), Jakarta, yang berkinerja tinggi dan memiliki prospek bisnis yang baik, mendapatkan penghargaan Top Capital Market 2017. Acara puncak penghargaan tersebut berlangsung dalam Gala Dinner TOP Capital Market 2017 di Balai Kartini, Jakarta, baru-baru ini.

“Dewan Juri Top Capital Market 2017 sudah tentu mengharapkan agar kontribusi pasar modal ke perekonomian bangsa kita, semakin naik di tahun 2017 ini dan seterusnya,” katanya.

Penghargaan itu diberikan oleh Majalah BusinessNews Indonesia, yang bekerja sama dengan Asia Business Research Center (ABRC) dan sejumlah lembaga/ asosiasi bisnis dan pasar modal. Diantara lembaga tersebut adalah InfoVesta, IFLC (Investment and Financial Learning Center), Melani K Harriman & Asoociate, KNKG (Komite Nasional Kebijakan Governance), IICG (The Indonesian Institute for Corporate Governance), SDP (PT Sinergi Daya Prima/ Konsultan GCG), dan SGL Management (Konsultan Manajemen dan Bisnis).

Ada beberapa kategori penghargaan yang diberikan, yang terbagi dalam beberapa kategori, yang diberikan kepada para pemenang.

Ketua Dewan Juri Top Capital Market 2017, Erry Firmansyah, menjelaskan, penghargaan tersebut merupakan Top of Form Bottom of Form penghargaan tertinggi yang diberikan kepada emiten dan pelaku pasar modal yang dinilai memiliki kinerja yang tinggi, dan memiliki reputasi perusahaan yang baik.

“Tujuan penyelenggaraan kegiatan Top Capital Market 2017 ini adalah membangun kepercayaan masyarakat dan citra positif emiten maupun pelaku pasar modal di Indonesia. Juga, untuk mendorong peningkatan kinerja dan layanan emiten dan pelaku pasar modal,” kata Erry menambahkan.

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