Lama dah tak tulis blog...

It has been such a long time since I wrote in this blog. Well, I just feel lazy to write and there is nothing interesting to write either.
Anyway, today is the 15th day of Ramadhan and Alhamdulillah, I manage to go through this fasting season quite successfully. I am grateful that I'm still alive to be given another chance to live this month of rahmat. Hopefully, I will still have the strength and is still alive for another 15 days of his month.
It was in this month that I was born 24 years ago, where I happened to share the same month of birth with my mother. InsyaAllah, this coming 25th Ramadhan I will turn 24 and thus Ramadhan has become a very significant month for me.
There were also other significant events that happened during Ramadhan but I guess they were just too personal to be shared here. I can just say that those events had made me a better person, in the sense that I became more matured especially in making choices and decisions. Although those experiences were sometimes too painful to be remembered, but I was just thankful that I had learned something from them.
A bittersweet of life, I would say. That is how I perceive my life right now. Living it to the fullest regardless of any challenges that I have to face.
Talking about challenges, there is one that is about to come. Just last Monday, I was already informed by my tutor the school that I'm going to go for practicum next year. Frankly speaking, I'm just too excited and at the same time too worried about this "PRACTICUM" thing. I'm excited that finally, after 5 and a half years of studying, I'm going to apply all the theories that I've learned in a real life situation. However, the thing is that I'm worried if I am unable to deliver what I'm supposed to teach effectively to the students. To make thing worse, I'm just too worried about what kind of students I'll be facing and how would they perceive me as their teacher. What if I teach the wrong thing to them? This is really a big question for me to answer and to think about. Imagine what damage I would bring to them if I were to teach the wrong thing to them. I can only pray hard and hope that I'll survive and nothing of such matter happen. Ya Allah... Bantulah hamba-Mu yang lemah ini....
What else? Well, I guess this is enough for now. Hopefully, I'll be a little bit "Rajin" to write in this blog again.

Love as one of the themes in the novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda'

The theme of love is universal and can be included in any story. In 'The Prisoner of Zenda', I think that the theme of love is presented in many ways. It includes the love to one's country, the love for friends, and also the love among the lovers.

The characters in the story like Colonel and () represents the theme of love towards their country. This is because they are willing to trouble themselves in order to serve the King and protect the country from falling into the villains' hands.

For the main character, Rasendyll, he reflects the theme of love for friends as he is willing to help Colonel and the King. He is grateful towards the kindness of his friends that he repays them by replacing the King place during the coronation ceremony in the Kingdom of Zenda.

As for the love among the lovers, I think, it is best displayed by the characters of Rasendyll and Princess Flavia. They love each other very much and thus, Rasendyll is willing to sacrifice himself to help Princess Flavia. However, they do not end up in marriage as Princess Flavia has a duty for her country. For me, her decision of not continuing her relationship with Rudolf shows her love towards her country and this again emphasizes the theme of this novel.

Overall, I think, the theme of love in this novel is very relevant and helps to make this story more interesting.