BOBO, Harry Potter and Me!

I’d love reading book since I can read (I was about 2 or 3 years old). I’d also love going to my Elementary School library just for borrowing fairy-tale books, Indonesian legend books, Enid Blyton’s novel, etc. I just loved to. I don’t know whether present kids reading books I read or not. I think present children tend to watch TV more than read books. They don’t even know how interesting Indonesian legend’s story! I really like legend and fables due to so much fantasy inside the story n_n. Besides, I like foreign book like Enid Blyton’s novel, his novels are mostly talk about children adventurers and it was so much fun reading it! I had never depend on someone since I child (excluding for taking bath, FYI was always asked my housemaid to accompany and waiting for me when I was taking shower because I was afraid of ghost :P). I could go to library alone just for picking and bringing home the books I want. I think the librarian knew me so well, hehe.. I even oftenly made a new borrowing card because it already full sometimes :P. Indeed, I love books so much.

When visiting a relative’s house at Eid Mubarak on my 2^nd year of Elementary school, I found Bobo Magazine (Magazine for Kids) there, I was fall in love with that magazine and didn’t want to go home. My mother told me that she would subscribe it for me so that I allowed her guidance to go home. Since that moment, I subscribed Bobo magazine and really love to read it. For me, it was so fun and much of knowledge in it.

Cover of Bobo Magazine

Even though I had subscribed Regular Bobo Magazine, sometime I also bought Bobo special edition. One of the editions I’d bought was Bobo SMART. This edition revealed in full English. It was also impact me so much so that I become a big fans of Most World Phenomenon which is Harry Potter. Well, it happened on my 6^th grade when I was reading an interview article in Bobo SMART. I don’t really remember who was the interviewee but the only I know is the interviewee liked a book titled “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”. She showed the cover of the book in the magazine. I was so curious of that book. The cover looked so nice, much fantasy, adventures, and really made me more interest. Then, I went to Gramedia Book Store to buy it and became Harry Potter’s fan. I have known Harry Potter Novel since I was in the 6^th grade of Elementary School. I liked this book bunches and always had in deep passion to open every next pages.

I recommended this book to my best friend who can speak English fluently since she had ever been lived in Aussie or London (I forgot). She is really smart in English and of course in others subjects too. She wondered about what I recommended to her and then she bought it. She needed only about a day to finish the book whether I needed more days (about 3-5) to read it. She is a genius one I think, till now she is studying in one of Australia University. She became a big fans of Harry Potter and we bought every it’s new released. Then, Harry Potter’s series became more popular since that time and I think this was one of the reasons why the book price also higher anually. Harry Potter became my best friend and he lived in my heart, accompanied me growing up!

Knowing the news that Harry Potter would made into a movie, it made me so much curious at the time. Daniel Radcliffe was chosen to be a Leading Actor in Harry Potter movie.

Cute Daniel Radcliffe at 12 years old :)

As a teenager, I adored him so much because of his beauty. He was really cute and played a good role as Harry Potter. I was become a “Daniel Radcliffe” freak. Fyi, I have ever sent a letter to London (not mail but a real handwriting letter) just only to tell him that I am his big fan, of course I wrote it in my limited English, hahaha… (FYI, I also have written a letter to Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor, -but had no reply- LOL). After sending it, I wished I got a reply back for soon. I prayed everyday to get a reply and then, after about 3 months passed, I got a letter, written letter from London sent to my home address! I was so surprised and I told everybody about it. But, unfortunately After opened it, I got only a big photo of Daniel Radcliffe with his autograph. Well, this might not sent by Daniel himself, It might be sent by the management, I thought. That’s OK. Hihihi…

Daniel Radcliffe's photo and autograph sent from London!

Then, Harry Potter’s movies accompanied me in every Holidays due to the release time were properly set during holidays. Harry Potter was growing up with me and with all of children at the time. When he was a teenager, I was also a teenager and the story was about teenager’s life. He grew up more with more mysterious secrets and the story become darker. He became an adult and experienced love story and so did I. actually I have no idea why on earth JK Rowling is really good at making such stories, it kited every edition and you couldn’t guess what would happen in the end!

And now, Harry Potter was no more live. It had been ended after the BIG success of the two last movies. I thanked so much to BOBO magazine for the information of Harry Potter and also JK Rowling, the author for creating such adorable fantasy! ^_^