Watching die Mannschaft

Embun Bening Diniari Sastrodinomo
2 min readNov 19, 2023
U-17 die Mannschaft on Final Group Match of U17WC2023 at Jakarta International Stadium.

The Junior High School Embun would not believe me when I say that we are going to watch die Mannschaft’s match one day, because she has just discovered the big love, passion and interest for die Mannschaft.

The Senior high School Embun would not believe me when I say that we are going to watch die Mannschaft’s match one day, because she worked so hard, trying to get to her dream university to learn and explore more about German Studies.

The college days Embun would not believe me when I say that we are going to watch die Mannschaft’s match one day, because she tried her best to finish her studies on time. She wrote a thesis about die Mannschaft’s pluralism through online media perspectives. Little did she know, she landed a job in an online media platform years later.

The Embun (employee’s version) would not believe me when I say that we are going to watch die Mannschaft’s match one day, because she just (well, sometimes) has too much on her plate and on her mind. Juggling between jobs, priorities, the urgency to save money for the future (you know, emergency fund, wedding fund lol and so on and so on). She also tries her best to chase her dream(s). Did I mention Embun always has a lot of dreams and aims to reach that so she can always do more for her surroundings?

But yesterday, Embun managed to watch die Mannschaft in her hometown. Not the senior team, not in Allianz Arena, but die Mannschaft still her first love in the football world that drove her to learn something unpopular, strange, challenging (language learning is NO JOKE, let alone learning German! Hahaha) — but still heartwarming and give her goosebumps.

She met her first love. She met one of the reasons she keeps going against any rocks raining on her way, against any underestimated opinion about her, against any impossibilities in her world.

And she is so damn sure that she is doing just fine, starting from little, receh things that give her superpowers to do everything she wants to.

Well, let’s go! :)

(Picture header belongs to Embun as the writer)

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Embun Bening Diniari Sastrodinomo

She loves and hates things wholeheartedly, has many many many random thoughts, and sometimes speaks her mind out loud.