#forkat

Bismillah, 6 Januari 2021.

Berawal dari Ekspresi 2020, lalu melakukan kegiatan-kegiatan berbasis online karena kendala pandemi. Ambil hikmahnya setiap kejadian. Belajar dari pengalaman-pengalaman kegiatan online. Evaluasi yang tiada henti. 

Lalu, tibalah 2021. Kami selaku pengurus forum angkatan, merencanakan kegiatan bulan-bulan kedepannya. Mencanangkan juga ingin mengadakan acara offline seangkatan, semoga Allah meridhai. Aamiin.

Pagi itu, bertempat di Depok, kurleb 16 orang berkumpul. Awal bertemu, tidak saling mengenal wajah. Otomatis kami semua berkenalan. Terutama akhwat, yang kalau rapat selalu off camera jadi gak tau muka-mukanya, wkwk.

Pak ketua, Sayyid namanya, beliau bilang: “Manusia boleh merencanakan, tetapi, ingatlah Allah yang berkehendak mewujudkannya.” MaasyaaAllah... Sebenernya banyak yang beliau sampaikan, tapii karena jarak antar ruang ikhwan dan akhwat jauh dan tidak keras dalam berbicaranya, hanya itu yang kuingat.

Bismillahi tawakkaltu ‘alaAllah...

Kat Graham Week → Day 6 & 7: Why I Love Kat/Ode To Kat

I decided to put the final two days of Kat Graham Week together because my response for these fall under the same category. I love Kat Graham because she loves us all. Each and every one of the members of the Army, Brigade, and Pack. It's one thing for a celeb to say that they love their fans, but for them to actively make an effort to show it is something entirely different, and Kat does exactly that. Actually, Kat goes above and beyond to make it known to us that she cares, loves, and appreciates us and how much we support her. Whether that be through a Twitter follow or reply,a meet and greet, a tumblr follow or post like; she actively does whatever she can to reach out to us and make us feel like we're apart of something.

And that's just something I admire, love, and respect about her so much. Because she honestly doesn't have to, she's a busy woman with a million things going on at one time it seems, but she makes such an effort to make us apart of her journey in anyway that she can that I can't help but love this about her.

So my ode to Kat is a thank you letter of some sorts. I've had the pleasure of meeting Kat Graham twice. The first time, she reached out to me and said that we should hang out at the Grove (those are where the pictures are from) and the second time I went down to see her perform at Universal Studios. Both times that I met her were beyond amazing. Kat is such a beautiful person inside and out that it's hard to believe someone like her even exists. 

For those who don't know (and I'm sure many don't), I run the KatGrahamLA Twitter account. Kat and I had been trying to put a get together for so long and when we finally met at the Grove, she genuinely seemed happy to meet me. To be honest, she seemed to be fangirling about meeting me just like I was fangirling about meeting her.

What I love about Kat is that she makes the effort to get to know her fans as much as possible and to make it clear that you aren't just a fan to her, but you're her friend as well. During dinner she was asking about my life and friends (who I brought along), what we liked, and basically wanted to get to know us. It didn't feel like I was sitting there talking to "Kat Graham the Celebrity", it felt like I was sitting there talking to "Kat Graham the person", the person that everyone who knows her on a more personal level gets the chance to see. That's just something that I'll cherish for forever.  And what was even more amazing is that when we again, she actually remembered some of what we had mentioned to her and asked us about it. The second time we got to meet, we went out after her performance for dinner and she had her boyfriend (now fiance),  manager, choreographers, photographer, dancers, and a some other people there with us. But that didn't deter her from wanting me and my friend to come along, that entire dinner was great. It felt like we were in Kat's circle of friends the way we were chatting and laughing with not only her but everyone else that she knew as well. 

Basically, I just wanted to say thank you, Kat. Thank you for loving not only me, but all of us. For showing us that we matter, for being so accessible to all of us and doing whatever you can to make us feel like we're apart of something special as you become this amazing star that we all know that you are. This isn't even half of what I wanted to say to express my gratitude and love for you, but I figured I'd give it a shot anyways.

I love you Kat and thank you again for everything.

Plant a kiss, on your lips, Ease the pain you feel with morphine drips

Give you love, give you me Tell you everything we're meant to be

Hold you close, hold you tight Keep you warm from winds that blow at night

Take a ride, bring you home Take you to the places you want to go

Laugh with you, hear you sing Whisper in your ear all the little things

Bathe with you, in the rain, Look into your eyes and breathe your name

Slowly wake, see your smile, In the morning as we lay there for a while

Walk with you, grab your hand, Tell you all I want is to be your man 

So, I am blogsitting for Katlyn (theturnofapage) while she is away, and I thought it would be nice if she had some lovely messages to come back to!

Just go here, and start the message with "Dear Kat," or "Dear Katlyn,"