Dear neighbor, I have no idea how hard it is for you to be you... Your new baby is just born on last December..his eldest sister is only 2 years young. You just move in to this neighborhood a year ago, with a husband and a small tiny girl, you rarely get out of that … Continue reading Neighbor
Personal
Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally.Kamand Kojouri For some reason, the lesson of "not taking everything personally" seems one of the hardest lesson I learn. I used to think that I'm not good enough, I am not smart … Continue reading Personal
Fail
Self talk
So this is me talk to my self and I: I heard that you're finally come to a point where you're have paid 75% of your total debt. 25% to go! yeeaaayyy! Congrats!!.. you've managed crawling out from a deep debt, the end of the tunnel is clearly seen now, the light is really bright. … Continue reading Self talk
Wants
I don't want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn't mean anything? What then?Neil Gaiman, Coraline I started to see the obvious danger when we want everything all at once, we shall be too … Continue reading Wants
Conversation
A friend called up today and asked for the rate of a make up artist, the average price of wedding kebaya (traditional Indonesian wedding dress) and so on, in short she asked me how much a standard wedding party cost. I then remind her that in Bataknese custom, there's no such thing as "a standard … Continue reading Conversation
Neruda
500
500 stories! I am amazed by me! ❤️ By putting my personal experience into a written narratives, I could read and re-read my own stories. I am starting to found my self as a very unique and pleasant personality, and I like this feeling of liking my self, it's weird, but also interesting. I used … Continue reading 500
Scars
A colleague called in tears, and she told me her stories, I was taken aback and my mind flew to a time where I was at her position, being abused verbally, emotionally and physically by a husband. There was a lot of tears over that phone call; hers and mine. The phone call ended abruptly … Continue reading Scars
Tranquility
Our life depends on the kind of thoughts we nurture. If our thoughts are peaceful, calm, meek, and kind, then that is what our life is like. If our attention is turned to the circumstances in which we live, we are drawn into a whirlpool of thoughts and can have neither peace nor tranquility.Elder Thaddeus … Continue reading Tranquility