I would stated I am quite competitive, my dad raised me that way by pushing to always be on top and never praise even when I did. I joined many competitions when I was kids, cause I couldn’t just ask if I wanted something, mom taught me to earn it. But you know, I'm too... Continue Reading →

I went to my hometown a few months ago, right after spending the whole time in Uluwatu. And this was the first sentence mom said while seeing me, “Oh my God, what happened to your skin? Now you are darker than Dwika - my lil brother?”. Followed by the whole family and basically everyone who... Continue Reading →

A friend bought me a book titled ‘The Courage to be Disliked’ by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. I read a few first chapters, one of the topics was ‘Why People Can Change’, and suddenly I recalled the conversation I had in one late night call.  “You believe that people can change, and you are... Continue Reading →

Have you ever wanted something so bad, you tried everything you can but keep on failing. Sometimes it seems so close but still unreachable? Many said, it causes you to try too hard, not at the right time, or the more you want it the more you push it away. Another nice way to see... Continue Reading →

I am so stressed lately, I feel like too much cloud in my mind. The only cause I could draw is work-stress, but well I am always on for work-stress. Then I realized, I lost my routine, four months in Bali, I woke up and directly jumped to work. While it took me 2 hours... Continue Reading →

My friend goes on dates too much, so here I am. Back to the boring hobby of mine, writing. Sit on the back seat in Crate, seeing many people from different origins, tempted to write mine. So, Indonesia is a multicultural country, we have more than thousand of etnic and local languages. Mine is Java,... Continue Reading →

My mom is my very best friend, I can talk to her about anything including the ‘boys’. She gave me several dating advice. I didn’t consider it before, but being single for more than 4 years might be a sign for me to start listening. It is very general, so it might also work for... Continue Reading →

[Disclaimer] This article might consist of a lot of verses I copy-paste from religious scripture. Not trying to lecture you for sure, you can change the term ‘God’ to whatever you believe, even while that means yourself, lol. And no doubt that I am not wise, no good, not religious, just a writer who tends... Continue Reading →

Well, while life keeps bringing you the same scenario, I do believe that it means you have not passed the test yet. There’s something you need to work on, to be a better person. Therefore it is pretty important that instead of keeping on running, we need to stop and try to understand. The feeling... Continue Reading →