I just finish reading the woman tabloid, Wanita Indonesia. There is one message from the reader that catch my attention. I’ll type the message’s content with the title ‘Mimpi Cinta Laura‘ – Cinta Laura’s dream:

Hai WI, Cinta Laura pengin Go International seperti Agnes Monica? Cinta Laura ambisi banget pengin jadi aktris Hollywood. Memang gampang ya jadi aktris di Hollywood? Tinggal pergi ke Amerika, jadi deh aktris Hollywood. Hehe.. jadi aktris di Hollywood itu ngak gampang karena persaingan di sana ketat banget, girl. Sadar ngak sih Cinta Laura, kemampuan akting dan menyanyinya pas-pasan. Artis instan kemaren sore, baru dapat 1 penghargaan aja sudah sok mau Go International.

Translation:

Cinta Laura wanna go international like Agnes Monica? Cinta Laura is so ambitious to be a Hollywood actress. Like it is so easy to be an actress in Hollywood? Just go to USA and there you go, the Hollywood actress. Hehe.. To be an actress in Hollywood isn’t easy because the competition is very tight over there, girl. Does Cinta Laura realize that her acting and singing skill is just so-so/pass? A new instant artist who received 1 awards only, has been so eager to go international.

Nowadays, I don’t follow Indonesian artists’ news anymore. But I know that Cinta Laura, 15 years old, is a new actress on the board. She is a mixture of Indonesia and Germany, stayed overseas for quite sometimes, hence her Indonesia language is a bit western-ish (the way she pronounces the words). I saw her acting in local drama (Cinderella) before and I have to admit that her acting is just so-so, typical new comer.

Picture of Cinta Laura, taken from kapanlagi.com

Come back to the reader’s message, I am so disagree with the thinking. So what is Cinta Laura is a new comer with an average acting skill? Does that means she can’t have a big dream? In this case, to be a Hollywood actress. Does that means she can’t improve her acting and singing skill?

This is the problem that most of the people has, that they can do this only and they cannot do that. Therefore, they limit themselves to reach out. They limit their dream. Hello? If you don’t push yourselves, how do you know where is your limit? There is no harm to keep trying and pushing yourselves to do the best. Set a goal, work hard to reach it, believe in yourself, and you will eventually get it. Go get yourselves a DVD of Secrets movie. Spend 2 hours to watch and digest the message.

Gosh. Now I know why Indonesia is so under-developed and few steps behind other countries. Because there is people like the-writer-of-Cinta-Laura’s-dream whom doesn’t dare to dream big and limit themselves. They even laugh at other people’s dream. Bah, they will be forever in their tiny square box.