Hadi Wibawa is a chemical engineering student who has been studying at the Imperial College London in London. Hailing from Medan, Indonesia, Hadi has not returned to his hometown for the last three years due to his studies. In addition, he has also shed a staggering 20kg (45 pounds) off his weight, making him barely recognisable if compared to his previous image. When the homesick feeling started to kick in after being away from home for so long, Hadi decided to go back to surprise his parents and siblings and to see if his family members are still able to recognise him with the new skinnier look.

He flew back secretly and asked one of his brothers to pick him up from the airport.  Then the elder brother arranged a family gathering at a restaurant without letting them know about Hadi's return. While four of them sat on a table together, Hadi sat on a table next to them. His mother then started looking at Hadi suspiciously and she kept telling her husband and sons that the guy really looks like Hadi but Hadi's dad immediately denied it. When his dad went out for a while, Hadi move over and hugged both his mom and elder brother and they were delighted to see him! Then he went  back to his seat to prank his dad when he returned to the table.

Hadi's dad was pretty sceptical at first but in the end he realised that the stranger who was sitting at a table beside them was Hadi all along! Overall, it was indeed a successful surprise and they had an amazing lunch together. What do you think about Hadi's epic surprise plan? Let me know in the comment box below and do enjoy the video below if you have not already watched it. Till then, au revoir!

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Obliviously, more than half of my holidays have just passed by. like. that. Well, on the bright side, I still have about two weeks before fourth year starts. Since I have all the time in the world (on a temporary basis), I decided to embark on a journey to discover the world of Pinterest. I know, I am a little bit outdated, but just bear with me. Prior to this, I do not really understand what is so interesting

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"Scars To Your Beautiful" is yet again another amazing piece of song created by Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara for her debut studio album "Know-It-All". It was released on as her third single from the same album. Written by Cara herself along with Warren Felder, Coleridge Tillman and Andrew Wansel, Alessia states that this song talks about body image. While it is mainly targeting on fellow women, she thinks that men can relate to this song as well.

"I wanted to do this kind of video for a very long time. Since we had this song — and since we knew it was going to be a single — I had this vision of many different cinematic shots of different kinds of people. I wanted all kinds of people — young, old, whatever their situation, whether it's visible scars, non-visible scars — just a bunch of different women, and there are some men in there as well because it can reach out to guys too. But I wanted real shots of real people telling their stories, and showing the story through little vignettes." -Alessia Cara in Cosmopolitan interview.

The music video for this song features cancer survivors, transgenders, racial minorities and others who open out about their insecurities and flaws. In my opinion, this is a great song where it urges people to embrace themselves and more importantly, to accept themselves as who they are and love themselves. What do you think of "Scars To Your Beautiful"? Let me know in the comment box below and watch the music video below. Till then, au revoir!


Scars To Your Beautiful lyrics

She just wants to be, beautiful
She goes, unnoticed she knows, no limits
She craves, attention she praises, an image
She prays to be, sculpted by the sculptor
Oh, she don't see, the light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain, and cut her woes away
Cause covergirls don't cry, after their face is made

But there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving
You know, "covergirls eat nothing"
She says "beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything"
"What's a little bit of hunger?"
"I could go a little while longer", she fades away
She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface
Ah oh, ah ah oh,
So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within

There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

No better you than the you that you are
(No better you than the you that you are)
No better life than the life we're living
(No better life than the life we're living)
No better time for your shine, you're a star
(No better time for your shine, you're a star)
Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautifu-u-u-ul

There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful
Woah-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-, oh-oh-oh-oh
And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change it's heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful

Recently there has been a craze about Pokémon Go all over the world (well mostly). As you can notice, people tend to wander around and stare at their mobile phones more frequently than they used to be, it is all because of this childhood game that has been created by a company called Niantic. Also, Pokémon Go is available in both iOS and Android for free! While that might be one of the reason the app has become so popular, the real deal that attracts so many players could be the fact that they are now able to catch the pokemons in real life (sort of)! They pop up on players' mobile phones alongside real world objects. (The app uses the phone's GPS and camera to turn real life surroundings into playing ground). Having said that, the downside of the game is that it really drains the battery life of the phones. Anyway that's another story.

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Joseph Schooling, 21, beat his idol Michael Phelps in the 100-meter butterfly event at Rio 2016 on Saturday 13 August 2016. In tandem, he also won Singapore's first-ever Olympic gold medal! Prior to this, he was just another Singaporean schoolboy like others. It was back in 2008 when he first met his hero, the Olympic gold medalist at a training camp when the US Olympic swim team visited Singapore and asked for a photo with him. Who would ever thought that eight years later he managed to beat Phelps, along with Chad le Clos, and Laszlo Cseh, not to mention secure a gold medal for his country. In addition, the Asian champion also set a new Olympic record of 50.39 seconds at the 100-meter butterfly event.

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Hail from Singapore, Schooling moved to the US for an extensive training at a young age of 14 and went to Colles School in Jacksonville in Florida. After that, he further his studies at the University of Texas where he also met his girlfriend Casey Shomaker, who is also a student from the same university. According to Schooling, "It feels great, it kinds of feels surreal right now, it's crazy... I really can't describe how this moment feels. All the adrenaline is running through my veins right now. It's a dream come true...I'm really honoured and privileged to swim alongside some of these great names, people who changed the face of our sport... I can't really tell you how grateful I am to have this change to swim in an Olympic final and to represent our country."

Congratulations Joseph Schooling! Hats off to you! What do you think of Schooling's success in 2016 Olympic? Let me know in the comments below. Till then, au revoir!

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I have always find difficulties to upload tall pictures in my blogpost, particularly fantastic infographics that I have found while I was surfing the internet. No matter what I did, I was never satisfied with the end results of the pictures that appeared in the post. They will be either too narrow, automatically resized down, or the pictures will come up blurry. Of course I was aware that I could simply choose the default sizes available for the post: small (200px), medium (320px), large (400px), x-large (640px) and original (full size with the cap of 1600px). However, being a perfectionist, I wanted a more customised size of the pictures that I wanted to upload so that it would fit the size of the blogpost perfectly. Then, I tried various methods and did numerous research through Google to find the available solution, but to no avail.

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Today marks the end of my third year experience in medical school as the results were released this morning sharp at 9 o'clock. Having said that, I passed the year end exam and my not-so-impressive overall results manage to stay above the threshold mark. I have to say that the night before the result release date is probably the longest night I have ever endured in my life. Aside from being all too nervous and anxious about my result, I literally could not sleep at all. Throughout the whole night, I found myself waking up for several times (actually every hour) and each time when I closed my eyes and tried to sleep, I would dream of myself looking at the pass list without my name on it!