Dare to Dream: Your Past is Not Your Future

"Too many of us are not living our dreams, because we are living our fears" 

~Firdaus Kasim (LPDP Awardee Batch #2)

I know... I know... It's been months since my last update...
In my defense, it's been very busy starting a new life in a foreign country and adapting to a student's lifestyle again after so many years. I will write about all of it someday in this blog, but for now I will just have a brief update on this blog.

In front of RMIT University's Multi-Faith Center

Thanks to my sponsor LPDP, now I'm officially able to study in a foreign country; one of the things that have been dreamed of by many people throughout the world. Coming from a simple family and raised in a small town, in the past, however, I didn't really have the courage to dream such a dream.

Yet, during my study in UI, I met a lecturer who studied in a university in London for his master degree. One day, in a consultation session, he told me a story of his life during his college day in UI.
Back then, he became a newspaper boy to pay for his tuition. Sometimes in rainy days, the newspapers got soaked he couldn't sell any papers. In the first couple months of his college days, he spent the nights in musholla (Islamic prayer room) since he couldn't afford to pay rent for any boarding house. I was very touched by this story back then. Lucky for him, eventually he met a kind man who offered him shelter in his house. In spite of this story, years later, he got a scholarship to continue his study in London where he got his British accent. This humble man's life story inspired me not to be afraid to chase your dream to study abroad and to see the world despite where you were coming from.  

And here I'm now following his steps in living as a student far away from home, in the world's most livable city, Melbourne.

Melbourne, World's Most Livable City

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Now, for those of you reading this blog right now to search for some information on LPDP scholarship, I will honestly tell you that reading the tips shared in this blog and asking questions through comments are useless if you don't act right now!
Not later, not tomorrow, but this very second!

So, do not waste anymore seconds. Start your journey in chasing your dreams to study abroad by following these steps:
Open a new tab, go to LPDP site, and start register NOW!
Don't worry if you haven't got the LoA or haven't written any study plan yet.
You can update all those details later!


p.s. Finally, I am happy to tell you that some of the people leaving their comments here have become fellow LPDP awardees themselves. Proficiat!