I'm learning to not envy others, It's supposedly not difficult. I can still wear my pants that I bought 5 years ago I can laugh most of the time
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Neil
Some years ago, I was lucky enough invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.On my second or third night there, … Continue reading Neil
Womanhood
May we always remember that being a woman is hard.Just because of our biological destiny, we have been asked to provide everything for the world; we have to nurture, to cure and in most places we have a lot to endure. May we always remember that being a woman is hard. Some of us may … Continue reading Womanhood
Lire en Fête
21 April kemarin dirayakan sebagai Hari Kartini, dan dari sejak zaman Saya masih mendengar lagi 'choose' dari Color me bad dengan kaset yang diputar di tape kecil merek Sony; Saya sudah merasa ketidaksesuaian yang amat sangat antara tata cara perayaan Hari Kartini dengan ide besar dari Ibu R.A. Kartini sendiri. Ibu R.A. Kartini sangat suka … Continue reading Lire en Fête
Selena
In a new interview with Good Morning America, the superstar spoke about her decision to step away form social media, and the internet itself, for 4 and a half years and what it's done for her mental health. “It has changed my life completely,” she said. “I am happier, I am more present, I connect … Continue reading Selena
Education
“We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.― Charles Louis de Secondat Baron de Montesquieu I am not speaking for all communities, but, there's this common myth amongst my parent and her friends, that kids in … Continue reading Education
Successful
Just recently, I saw a short interview of a gymnast coach. There's a line from her that I would etched forever in my memory. She said the line was from coach John Wooden that she adore greatly. Success is peace of mind in knowing you did your bestJohn wooden I repeat that line again and … Continue reading Successful
Maya
Still I RiseBY MAYA ANGELOUYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.Does my sassiness upset you?Why are you beset with gloom?’Cause I walk like I've got oil wellsPumping in my living room.Just like moons and like suns,With the certainty of … Continue reading Maya
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
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