Ms. Zunie and me circa 2018 (left corner up) A how-to book, but not an ordinary 'how-to' book, in this book you will not find a list of "scientific research based easy steps to be a successful entrepreneur overnight, or how to win a million followers in 5 minutes, or a fail-proof business start ups … Continue reading How I did my PhD & raised six boys by DR Wan Zumusni Wan Mustapha
Books
Peace
Change will never walk side by side with Easy. To change is hard, even dangerous. I read somewhere: change your habit 1% daily, and at the end of the year you have changed 360%. Since we are walking at the last quarter of 2020, I want to see how I have changed from the commencement … Continue reading Peace
The List
What is the thing that you wish to do when you have "time" to do it? I have a long list for my 'one day I'll do that and nothing will stop me once I start!' such as, baking, cooking a complicated, foreign meal, learning Italian, play the Piano, write breakthrough research in the field … Continue reading The List
Art
I read this in the beginning of Feb 2016 There was a time, when I considered art and creativity are attributes for few. Those are the chosen one, people who are blessed with this artistic talent, they need not to do a thing for art, they are simply different humankind, they are not in the … Continue reading Art
Thinking
A definition of "challenging book" Some books are actually hard to digest, no matter how hard you try to stick to keep reading it, because reading a difficult book makes you...or me... feel somewhat different from other common human fellow. In the time of uncertainties, I choose the book THINKING, FAST AND SLOW by DANIEL … Continue reading Thinking
Community
The books and the window At a time not too long ago, I was brooding about my teaching job. I felt I was not properly valued. Because of that cranky feeling, I had made a decision, I would only teach one more semester; and even then because the teaching schedule has been made, I have … Continue reading Community
Masalah
My darling will definitely need this thing! Tidak ada orang yang menyukai masalah lebih daripada mahasiswa S2 dan S3 yang sedang menulis thesis dan disertasi. Jika kamu atau orang terdekat kamu atau orang yang ngga jelas jarak dekat jauhnya ke kamu saat ini sedang menulis thesis atau disertasi, ada hal hal yang pantang ditanyakan kepada … Continue reading Masalah
Resensi buku “Orang Orang Biasa” dari Andrea Hirata
Private Collection of ririn.koko.home.blog Apakah kamu termasuk kaum yang percaya bahwa uang tidak bisa membeli kebahagiaan? Atau.. kamu adalah loyalis teori kapitalis; bahwa semua masalah kehidupan akan selesai jika kamu menguasai kapital yang besar? Atau kamu merasa kamu adalah kaum BPJS (Budget Pas-pasan, Jiwa Sosialita)? Atau kamu merasa tiga golongan di atas sama sekali tidak … Continue reading Resensi buku “Orang Orang Biasa” dari Andrea Hirata
Resensi buku “All the light we cannot see” by Anthony Doerr
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body” -Joseph Addison- In the dream the Goddess of the Earth told him she’d made the Sea of Flames as a gift for her lover, the God of the Sea, and was sending the jewel to him through the river. But when the river dried … Continue reading Resensi buku “All the light we cannot see” by Anthony Doerr
All the light we cannot see – Anthony Doerr
https://wordpress.com/block-editor/post/ririnkoko.home.blog/176 Salah satu kebiasaan saya yang sulit dikategorikan baik atau buruk adalah membeli buku baru disaat masih ada beberapa buku (yang juga baru dan belum dibaca) yang masih berplastik tersusun di rak. Terasa sangat "rakus" gitu ya, belum selesai baca buku yang satu, udah beli buku yang lain. Jadi ujung ujungnya buku baru yang belum … Continue reading All the light we cannot see – Anthony Doerr
