Saved by the Quotes

"Life is 10 percent what happens to you, and 90 percent how you react to it.", I read that quote when I was 14. I remember reading it on Brainy Quote (yea right I used to spend my 'spare' time scrolling deep into that website), copy the text and paste it on the sticky notes. That is how I remember I was 14, I'm obsessed with sticky notes once I found it exist in Windows 8, and I was on 8th grade. So yea, I was 14.

That time I understand the meaning of that quote; we need to manage the way we react to things positively, instead of blaming things that already happened to us. Am I suddenly follow and apply that quote for the rest of my life? Of course not. I am not Millie Bobby Brown who already have super mature attitude in her 14. I mean have you seen her MTV Awards acceptance speech? I love you, Millie!

Anyway, I just googled it again, the quote was form Charles R. Swindoll, an author (found the full quote on the Good Read this time). He was talking about how our attitude affecting anything in our life, how what we really experience in our life is not what life has given to us but how we process to accept it. It's a simple basic communication picture; there is a stimulus, so there is a response. Sometimes we tend to forget that response is not made of a single formula. There are many factors that can affect the result of the stimulus given.

My Acne Story: About #YourBeautyRules Campaign

Hello, dear friends.

Kali ini mau nulis topik yang agak beda, kayaknya di twitter pun hampir nggak pernah ngomongin soal ini. It's not private, but it's a thing that somehow I'm not comfortable to to talk about, skin condition.

So everyone would've known (if you're my real life friends, hi) that I have acne-prone skin. It started from the day people pointed out that I would be rich if I'd mine the oils from my face. You know, junior high school (lame) jokes. I didn't mind that, actually, the oily face.

But I think the drama inside my theatre of mind started when I begin to realize that the acne-time has come, kelas delapan seingatku. So long story short, I can't remember precisely but I guess I've been friends with acnes since 2009, it's 2018 now and I'm still trying to cope with it, you do the math :)

At some points of my (teenage) life, jerawat ini pernah jadi perkara banget. Bikin insecure, bikin ngga pede, macem-macem lah. We all have that one time, I suppose. Ada beberapa pemikiran yang kemudian berubah, we'll get to that later.

Strolling Around : Desa Malaka, Lombok. A Prequel.

This story should've been posted first, dan udah kelamaan banget menunggu dilengkapi di dalam draf. Finally it's here :)

Experiencing a new culture is challenging yet thrilling.

And it's months away from the time I'm staying in Lombok Utara, and once again that wasn't a vacay so we're not actually 'chill' there. Tapi karena salah satu program kerja kami berkaitan dengan branding pariwisata, jadi lah tim program ini eksplorasi potensi alam dan budaya di sekitar Desa Malaka, Pemenang, Lombok Utara, and now I'm sharing it with you!

So first thing first!

How do we get there?

Ada dua opsi yang bisa digunakan jika kamu berangkat dari Solo seperti kami, menuju ke Lombok. Pertama jalur udara, dari Bandara Adi Sumarmo di Boyolali (SOC) pesawat take off pukul 06.00 WIB dan tiba di Bandara Lombok Praya International (LOP) di Praya pada pukul 08.15 WITA (1h15m). One of early morning flight advantage was we've got to see a breathtaking view of East Java & Bali from above! But when I'm writing this, the only direct flight from Solo to Praya that available is a night flight (21.30 WIB), begitu pula dari Praya ke Solo. I am not sure if this schedule shift is due to the changing weather conditions or any thing, but if you live around Central Java, Yogyakarta or East Java, you can fly from Surabaya because they have so many direct flight to Lombok in a day (8 flights, the last time i checked!).

Morning flight is a bliss

Look! We're almost landing!

There is another option that part of our team tried; a road trip! Dari Solo kamu bisa menaiki kereta tujuan Banyuwangi sekitar pukul 08.00 WIB dan sampai pada pukul 21.00 WIB malamnya. Setelah itu paginya menyeberang ke Bali (Pelabuhan Ketapang - Pelabuhan Gilimanuk), and you can travel across Bali by car / minibus until Padangbai port, then hop into a ferry boat to Lembar port of Lombok. If you're open to this option, make sure you're body is in a very fit condition because it will be a quite long trip to get there.

Oiya, sesampainya di bandara, kalau kamu belum punya tujuan utama, make sure you grab a free copy of The Lombok Guide. The Lombok guide ini adalah bi-weekly magazine yang isinya news terutama yang terkait culture & tourism, places to go di Lombok, informasi akomodasi sampe peta dan rute perjalanan pesawat! #LocalMovementPride

Untuk sampai ke Kabupaten Lombok Utara, kami menaiki bis Damri yang tersedia di area Bandara. Bis ini berangkat beberapa jam sekali menuju ke beberapa tujuan, make sure you ask the information center first for the schedule & buy the ticket. Dari Praya (Lombok Tengah), bis ini akan melewati ibu kota Mataram, kecamatan Ampenan hingga pemberhentian pertama di Senggigi (Lombok Barat). Untuk bisa sampai ke tujuan kami (Desa Malaka), kami terlebih dulu menyampaikan ke kondektur bis sebelum naik, jadi setelah berhenti di Senggigi, bis melanjutkan perjalanan ke arah Bangsal, yang akan melewati Desa Malaka. Dari Praya ke Sengigi, biaya tiketnya seharaga Rp 35.000, jika perjalanan nya dilanjutkan, kamu perlu menambahkan Rp 35.000 lagi. Perjalanan dari Praya menuju Desa Malaka kurang lebih memakan waktu 2 jam. Opsi lain, kamu juga bisa menyewa mobil yang memungkinkan untuk perjalanan yang lebih santai tapi mungkin juga akan lebih pricey. Oiya, kalau melakukan perjalanan darat dari Bali, angkutan umum yang tersedia umumnya hanya sampai ke Sengigi, so you can continue the trip by riding Damri bus or a taxi.

Now off to the highlited places:

Desa Malaka
Desa Malaka ini merupakan pintu gerbang Kabupaten Lombok Utara. Kalau ke Lombok dan main ke sekitar Senggigi, sebetulnya sudah dekat sekali untuk sampai ke Desa Malaka. Kalau di daerah Senggigi lebih banyak turis yang seliweran di sekitar kafe-kafe di pinggir jalan sampai ke resort yang ada private beach nya, memasuki Desa Malaka, tepatnya di dusun Klui, mulai terasa lebih tenang dan sepi. Masih ada satu-dua resort dan hotel di kanan kiri jalan, tapi lebih banyak yang bertema etnik.
Desa Malaka is a real large village, I can say! Kalau kamu berencana pergi ke 3 Gili dan melewati Senggigi, pasti bakalan ngelewatin landmark Desa Malaka, deh. Di sini banyak turis yang berhenti buat turun ke bukit liat sunset or just enjoying the breeze. Pst landmark ini dibangun bersama-sama teman KKN Universitas Sebelas Maret tahun 2016 lalu, lho. You can spot it quick down here.

Di Desa Malaka ada 12 dusun yang terletak di area perbukitan dan pesisir pantai.My first impression when I arrived there; this place is clearly how I imagine an island-life is. Kami sampai sekitar pukul 12 siang, yang ada di kepala waktu itu OST. film Moana - How Far I'll Go.. Because all I can see is limitless blue sky with a full of sun shine and white fat clouds meets the clear sparkling blue sea. Dan setiap kali kamu jalan di pinggir pantai di pagi hari, bakal ada nelayan yang menepi pulang dari menangkap ikan di laut dan banyak kapal-kapal kecil yang berlayar di sekitar situ. Malaka sendiri berdiri di kelilingi kebun kelapa yang luas banget, ijo di mana-mana berdampingan sama biru laut. Uniknya di desa ini warga nya banyak memelihara burung dara, dan ada adat di mana warga antar dusun saling melepaskan burung dara ini ke udara rame-rame, can you imagine that festive play in the air?! Sayangnya sewaktu di sana kami belum sempat menyaksikan. Well, maybe next time...

Here are some picture to complete your visualization. These photographs below are taken by my talented photographer fellas; Tiki, Asta and Aghniya :)

Pantai Nipah dari atas bukit Nipah. Bukit ini letaknya di belakangnya landmark Desa Malaka.

Can you spot one of the Gili there?

Mereka bilang, Malaka Desa Seribu Kelapa.

Yang ini diambil dari atas bukit Malaka. I've shared the story on my instagram dan cerita behind the scene nya di sini.

Pantai Pandanan

Rata-rata di sepanjang Desa Malaka, ada daerah landai yang luas kayak gini sebelum pasir pantai 

Di siang hari, nggak jarang ada warga yang memancing ikan nggak jauh dari pantai, kalau sore banyak juga yang latihan surfing di sini.

And that is what we got to see most of the time, setiap ke kecamatan untuk membeli keperluan rumah tangga maupun program kerja. Nggak semua pantai dekat dengan pemukiman, sih. Di Malaka kamu bisa beach hopping dari ujung desa (Klui) ke ujung lainnya (Teluk Nare), dengan pemandangan yang beda-beda sambil minum air kelapa muda atau makan ikan bakar! The only thing that make me sad here adalah harga bahan kebutuhan pokok di pasaran lebih mahal dari pada di Jawa (apalagi di Solo), apalagi di Desa Malaka udah jarang banget ada angkutan umum yang lewat jalan utama, sementara kalau mau naik ojek ke pasar di kecamatan juga nggak murah. Jadi kebutuhan yang nggak bisa di dapat di kebun, ina-ina (ibu-ibu) di sana memilih beli bahan masakan di tukang sayur atau di warung. A note to be thankful for everything we have in the place we live.

Pas awal-awal datang, banyak ibu-ibu warga ngasih tips "kalo pagi ke pantai, bantu nelayan menepikan kapal, siapa tahu dapat ikan" hahaha. They're so generous, kami sering dikasih hasil tanaman di kebun mereka, buat tambahan lauk di posko. Di sini kami jadi tahu daun kelor bisa dimasak jadi macam-macam olahan masakan kayak sayur bening dan ada yang diolah bersama parutan kelapa juga.  Warga di desa Malaka nggak asing juga sama wisatawan yang mau tinggal di area pemukiman warga, ada warga yang memperbolehkan rumahnya disewa untuk ditempati, whether you're a local or foreign tourist, they will be open if anyone wants to blend and experience everyday life as the locals.

Di pagi hari, temen-temen yang lewat rumah warga suka diundang mampir untuk ngopi di beruga. Beruga ini semacam saung / gazebo yang ada di setiap rumah di Lombok. Beruga adalah tempat tuan rumah menyambut tamu, bercengkrama dengan tetangga, rapat pengurus dusun, juga tempat mengaji anak-anak selepas shalat magrib. You can see what it's look like on our lens recap. Video ini adalah salah satu output program KKN kami. Selain pantai-pantai dan kebudayaan di Desa Malaka, kami juga sempat merekam lanskap Lombok Utara dari Gili Trawangan, dan mengunjungi teman-teman KKN UNS yang ada di Desa Gumantar, Kecamatan Kayangan. Di Gumantar, kesenian Presean masih rutin dipentaskan loh. Sure you want to check that on your Lombok trip bucket list!

If you can't play this video, please head to our Youtube channel.

Pst lebih seru kalo nonton via desktop loh!

Di tautan Youtube di atas, kamu juga bisa lihat rekap singkat dari program-program yang kami lakukan di sana. Be sure to come by :)

Di Malaka, warga berbicara dengan bahasa Sasak, apalagi anak-anak yang belum sekolah. So it's a great opportunity to learn new language here, dan justru belajar bahasa Sasak kami dapatkan kebanyakan dari anak-anak di sekolah dan lingkungan tempat kami tinggal. All hail buat teman-teman se-tim ku yang prodinya Pendidikan dan Psikologi, they're really could get along and handle the languange differences very well!

"Bukan begitu kak", kata Kartini yang ngajarin aku main karet tapi ga bisa-bisa. This one is taken by my friend Satrio.

If you read my latest post, aku cerita kalau di daerah Lombok Timur temperatur terasa lebih panas dibandingkan di Desa Malaka. Mungkin pengaruh letaknya Lombok Utara yang berbukit-bukit, juga memasuki wilayah gunung, iklim nya lebih sejuk. Meskipun gitu, karena tinggal di sana bulan Januari - Februari, di Malaka sering hujan, kadang di pantai langitnya jadi kelabu, but we still go anyway, spot the glommy sky on our pictures above? Tapi sekalinya langit cerah, the happiness is doubled! So if you're a fan of sun-chasing game, you might get the best time to enjoy sunrise & sunset in the middle of the year, pas lagi musim kemarau bulan Juni - September gini..

It's in the middle of the day and it's cloudy, but who can stand the pretty scenery?
Well, even if we know that we have to bare with our dirty laundry :')

And this is what you get at the end of the day when the sun is out. We really are craving for this, every single day. Selain karena bikin tadabur alam, sinar matahai sore membantu mengeringkan cucian kami yang nggak kering-kering kala mendung dan hujan berhari-hari hahaha.

That "what are we doing now?" pose.

Near or far from the sea, sun set is the moment to be grateful for.

Dan malamnya, karena polusi cahaya masih sedikit, bintang-bintang keliatan banget kayak adegan Sherina - Sadam kabur ke Bosscha di Petualangan Sherina. And that was the perfect time to bring our guitar out and sit right by the ocean singing together, while watch the sparkling Gili Trawangan which is really contrast with the night situation in Malaka; quiet and peaceful.

Quick Fact:

Malaka deket banget sama 3 Gili!

You must have heard of 3 Gilis (Gili Islands) before! Gili Trawangan, Gili Air dan Gili Meno ini ada di seberang Desa Malaka.  Biasanya, wisatawan akan diantar ke Bangsal, yaitu pelabuhan untuk penyebrangan ke 3 Gili. Kapal ini beroperasi setiap beberapa jam sekali dan serunya rame-rame bareng warga lokal yang bekerja di 3 Gili, so you can get to know them. Biaya tiketnya Rp 15.000 untuk setiap penumpang. Satu kapal ini bisa mengangkut sekitar 40 penumpang sekali jalan. Kalau kamu suka  kenalan sama orang baru, do hop to the front of the boat! Selain lihat view paling depan, kamu bisa berbagi cerita sama warga lokal yang bolak balik di pulau itu. We've tried this when we go back to Malaka from Trawangan.

Asik ga tuh bisa duduk paling depan?! But make sure safety come first ya!
Yang terpenting, diizinin sama awak kapal nya buat ikut duduk di depan.

Di sini kami menyeberang kira-kira pukul 12.00 WITA menuju Bangsal. So hot yet so bright!

But if you stay in Malaka and want to jump to one of those island, kamu bisa banget menyeberang dari Pantai Pandanan yang letaknya ada di seberang kantor desa Malaka. Caranya, berkenalan dengan nelayan / pemilik kapal setempat, tapi nggak asal naik, ya... Selain kamu perlu janjian dulu kapan akan berangkat, ada jumlah minimum penumpangnya juga. Opsi ini bisa kamu pilih kalau kamu berombongan dan sulit untuk menemukan kendaraan ke Bangsal, just like us. Setelah program berakhir, kami sejumlah 20 orang menyebrang ke Gili Trawangan dan biaya nya sesuai perjanjian antara penyewa dan pemiliki kapal, rombongan kami dikenakan biaya Rp 25.000 per orangnya.

We're the captain ourselves!

Kurang lega gimana tuh kursinya kalo satu kapal dipake sendiri.

Bukan girl band meskipun atasan nya sama semua.

Selain awak kapal, ada warga yang ikut ke laut untuk memancing ikan dan pindah ke kapal lain di tengah jalan.
Karena si sini banyak nelayan yang satu dusun, satu sama lain saling kenal, seru ya!

Di sini kami berangkat dari Pantai Pandanan menuju Gili Trawangan pukul 16.00 WITA,
kira-kira waktu sore inilah waktu terakhir kapal diperbolehkan menyeberang ke sana.

What do we do in Gili Trawangan? In less than a day? From dawn to noon?

Here's how to enjoy if you only got little time and have no money like us hahaha we're students, we don't expect so much of having fun with high budget. But island life is meant to be enjoyed and not to be rushed! Hal pertama yang kami lakukan saat sampai adalah nyari rumah kepala dusun di Gili Trawangan, untuk berkenalan sekaligus berpamitan karena lusa akan pulang ke Jawa. And it was hilarious because we have to walk so far and deep in the island to find the house and the sun begin to set.. The silver lining is, kami jadi tau macem-macem tempat, ngelewatin berbagai kafe, warung makan, resort yang ada di bagian dalam pulau, nggak cuma di pinggir pantai aja. You should try to walk / ride a bike near the residental areas! Oiya, untuk wisatawan muslim, di Gili Trawangan masjid yang paling dekat dengan bagian luar pulau mudah dijangkau, besar dan nyaman banget, this is proving why Lombok won some category in World Halal Tourism Awards, last year. It's the island of 1000 mosques, remember?

Malamnya di Gili Trawangan, kamu bisa makan di sekitar Pasar Seni, dan jalan di sepanjang pantai, deh. Cuma kadang untuk beneran ke pinggir pantai kamu harus pesan makanan karena area pantai merupakan area resort / kafe di situ. Lucky us, we found a tiny space near the beach yang sudah tutup malam itu, dan diperbolehkan duduk-duduk terus dipinjemin gitar, lagi! Kebanyakan pegawai di sana adalah warga dari Lombok, Sumba, atau sekitarnya, kalau diajakin kenalan mereka akan sangat welcome. Taught us that island life is a simple life where kindness is free :) If you like full-of-music ambiences, there are lots of cafes that opens until the dawn as well.

Karena kami akan menyeberang di siang hari, esok paginya kami cepat-cepat ke persewaan sepeda dan cycling around menikmati pantai-pantai yang terbuka. Kalau nggak kesiangan, jalanan nggak penuh sama pejalan kaki dan umumnya resto pinggir pantai belum buka, jadi bisa berenang di pantai deh. But if you have more time or stay longer, there are more to discover, misalnya naik delman keliling pulau? Just make sure to bring your Lombok Guide copy, and my note is don't forget to sip on Gili Gelato.

This one was Asta's cone, punya aku dah abis keburu leleh shay :)))

Anyway, pernah dengar tentang Nyongkolan di Lombok? Pecel di Desa Malaka kayak apa sih? Enakan mana sama Nasi Campur yang fenomenal itu? Atau pengen lebih tau apa arti Beruga di mata kami?

Pengen banget semua ditulis di sini but it will be too long hehe. No worries we already did it in diffferent platform! Head for more to my issuu page, di situ aku udah post official booklet Untuk Malaka yang merupakan produksi KKN kami kemarin. Di dalamnya ada karya tulisan dan karya foto dari teman-teman saya, untuk kalian semua. Thank you to our friend Gilang Amy who have been there helping us with the layout haha

Selamat membaca!

Klik di sini untuk baca booklet nya, ya!

xx,

Avi.

Wake Up, and Drive Again

Have you ever feel like you're lost in mind, but you're going nowhere?

Well lately I am feeling that way. I feel like I think too much, but those things are not going to drive me anywhere. At some point, I know I have to start the search again.

Anyway, I am entering my (supposed to be) last semester in college this month. Wow. I can't count how many times I started a post talking about how time flies super fast and how I keep myself blown away by that fact.

It also happened just a few days ago when I realize less than 2 weeks my Kuliah Kerja Nyata (campus social project) is finished and I just got to be ready to hang out with thesis, Thesis, brada, no more papers. Senior year alarm's getting real.

On the proccess of myself realizing that any clock's ticking as fast as The Rabbit's, I stop for a while. Have you read my latest post before this one? Well that's part of this thing, too. Looking back at my journal kind of reminds me of how myself used to have a full fuel to go on anything that I've been through. Pernah nggak sih, ngerasa santai ngelakuin sesuatu, tapi kosong aja di depan. No lights, but you feel okay. No direction, but you believe there shall be some new ways.

Mungkin, karena aku tipikal manusia yang somehow stick with plans, jadi kepikiran selama ini hal apa aja sih yang mengantar aku ke pintu-pintu opportunity? Hal apa aja sih yang bikin aku excited on doing things? It's not that I can't cope with improvisation, but seeing my other self directing from the front is feel a lot more soothing.

I have been looking, but end up lost again.

Sampai ketika Kuliah Kerja Nyata ini berjalan, dan aku bertemu dengan banyak sekali hal baru. New team mates, whole new place with new people, adjusting on new habits. So many new things. Which is good, for my brain need to be refreshed by surprises. And I already washed the tought about 'my driver', sampai akhirnya tiba saat program pemutaran film anak di salah satu sekolah dasar.

Ada salah satu anak yang berani bercerita ke depan, and we gave him a mini notebook. Sewaktu pemutaran sudah selesai, dia tinggal di ruang menonton dan asyik mencoret-coret notebook  barunya. I asked him what he's doing, turned out, he draws a graffiti. His name is Arya.

"Arya, kamu suka menggambar?", Arya senyum malu-malu, sambil menutupi notebooknya.

"Arya suka bikin apa?"
"Graffitti."

FYI, program Kuliah Kerja Nyata ini dilakukan di desa-desa berkembang di seluruh Indonesia. Lokasi program ku di Desa Malaka, Kabupaten Lombok Utara. Sepanjang pesisir, sisi kanan kiri jalan dihiasi pantai dan pohon kelapa, ada beberapa pos pengisian bahan bakar eceran dan warung nasi. Yang jelas, tembok dengan graffitti bukanlah salah satu hal yang sering kami lihat di sepanjang jalan utama. I wonder where this kid see one.

"Arya lihat graffitti di mana?"

"Saya lihat waktu jalan-jalan di sana itu."

"Di Mataram?"

"Bukan, di Mentigi sana."

Mentigi merupakan salah satu dusun di Desa Malaka, yang berjarak cukup jauh dari lokasi program kami. Mungkin Arya melihatnya saat sedang main, atau tanpa sengaja melewati gambar graffitti tersebut. But the most important part was when I asked him what he want to do when he grew up...

"Cita-cita saya jadi pelukis kak."

And drawing graffitti is his training. Seeing one graffitti inspires him to achieve that. How if he see graffitti walls all over Yogyakarta, let's say?

I think again, in the next few weeks I might be home already.

What I am going to do, with myself? Furthermore, with my life. After finishing things that I just have to finished, then what?

I remember having this fuel to drive me when I was in high school, dreaming of being this, dreaming of doing that. I can easily pictured myself in near future. Or when I really want to be part of something, I strive, and I did. I can Imagine those stuffs. I always found my 'why' to find my 'way'. Why lately everything has been really blurry?

I think I missed my graffitti walls somehow. Like Arya, I need one dream to pursue. So I can easily picture myself living that dream.

When I have days off, my mom always said that I sleep too much. Maybe she was right. I need to get up, looking for some new reasons to stay awake, and dream again.

Don't you think dream was such thing in that keeps your heart alive?

While you reading this, I might have not found it again just yet, but I know what is the fuel for my next drive.

xx.

Av.

Why I love Journaling

Coming back with New Year spirit!

Been hanging out a lot around Instagram and seeing people sharing New Year energies are quite energizing me as well.

Eventually, dragging back yourself to what you've been doing past years will make you realize something that might have been missing. In my case, why I love journaling and how it helps me go through life, before.

Tiga bulan terakhir semester kemarin sangat padat dan dihiasi dengan ke kampus buat kuliah, ke lapangan buat eksekusi tugas, ke kantor (I am managed to do a freelance job as copywriter somehow), dan diam berhari-hari di rumah ketika temperatur tubuh naik jadi 39˚C.

Having many activities have always been in my dictionary, what haven't been listed is how to keep not only my activity balanced, but my body balanced as well. So my #notetoself to start a new year is to keep myself in balance, what I do and how I am doing it.

Kemarin, aku menemukan jurnal yang aku pakai untuk mencatat semua kegiatan selama tahun 2014. I think 2014 was one of my busiest year. I was starting my 2nd semester, sedang senang-senangnya punya banyak aktivitas di kampus. Kegiatan di kampus mulai intens dan semua notes tentang kegiatan, juga keperluan kuliah ada di satu jurnal itu. That's kind of saver when I forgot to bring my loose leaf in class.

Sewaktu baca-baca lagi catatan yang aku tulis di dalam jurnal itu, sempat amazed sendiri, "how I managed to do all of these stuffs together in a time?". Aku suka membuat monthly calendar di dalam jurnal dan mencatat kegiatan yang akan aku lakukan selama bulan tersebut, and there are months where I seemed never laid. Ikutan jadi panitia OSPEK, aktif di dua UKM kampus yang lagi banyak big project, sampai ngerjain project film bareng temen-temen, Seingatku, dengan kegiatan yang padat itu, aku jarang sakit. Well I feel stressed in some points but reading my journal back is kind of reminding me that I was once super organized.

Journaling make me tend to details, pengingat hal-hal penting yang mungkin bisa kelupaan. I even wrote my note in a question mode supaya inget kalo poin itu harus ditanyakan. Believe me my journaling style is not even readable 😂, sama sekali nggak rapi. But there's no one rule in journaling, some people make it really tidy, some people draw their notes, some people not even have a journal instead they record things that is important. We can do journaling in so many other ways!

Tahun 2015 lalu, aku jadi peserta di salah satu konferensi mahasiswa, in every end of the day, our moderator ask us to do a journaling. Kami diminta mencatat apa yang telah kami pelajari hari itu, for those who wanted to, can share it in front of the forum of 200 delegates. I'd like to keep it for myself but it's good to listen to other people's journal, kita jadi tau hal-hal penting yang jadi highlight of the day itu berbeda-beda bagi setiap orang, sekalipun kita melewati kegiatan yang sama.

Journaling can always be fun. Aku suka mencatat dengan tinta warna-warni atau bikin tanda tanggal dengan bentuk yang berbeda-beda. Jurnal juga nggak selalu berisi hal-hal yang berkaitan dengan aktivitas kita, it's good to have some separated journal for different notes, misalnya jurnal resep, jurnal untuk lettering, jurnal untuk menulis ide, jurnal untuk menggambar, and many more. Even so, I have tried to divide my journal based on my activites back in 2015, tapi seringkali malah nggak terbawa karena lupa, so I like to keep it all in one book.

I tried to see what is the different thing that I might have done in my 2016 journal, I lost the deets in some parts of my activities. Kenapa akhirnya banyak hal jadi missed, rasanya. Ternyata journaling membantu aku jadi 'timeline police' buat diriku sendiri, funny, it's kind of way to help myself jadi lebih disiplin. Tanpa disadari, having a personalized journal juga bikin aku gampang memahami sesuatu karena directly ditulis saat meeting. I also spill every  ideas in my mind by making doodles or decorating my journal.

Have you experience the same thing? Found thee good side of yourself in an old journal? Guess this year I will journaling more journey, then.

Oh and happy new year!

xx,

Avi

The Intern Journal : How It Starts

3rd weekend being home after internship yeay!

Sadly, I came back with a whole new spirit but still happened to be the latest person to arrived in some classes. Surely have to work on that thing!

Di beberapa post sebelumnya, aku bilang bakalan nulis tentang internship thing. So this post will be about how I get there. #longpostalert

Aku termasuk anak yang picky, well I am sure my friends are, too. Ketika mulai memilih dan apply for internship, banyak banget pertimbangan yang dipikirin. Setiap hari sejak akhir semester lima, yang diomongin nggak jauh-jauh dari 'mau magang jadi apa' dan 'pengen magang di mana'. Setiap bulan nya, at least I applied to more 3-4 different companies. Sometimes I got a reply, most of times I didn't get any.

Ada satu tempat di mana aku  pengen magang, dan setiap bulan nya, aku selalu kirim lamaran dan resume dengan template yang sama, ke Gogirl! Magazine. There are many reasons why I want to have an internship there, kayak aku pengen tau gimana sebenernya creative industry operates,but one thing for sure is I am one of a tribe, I've been inspired by this magazine. What I meant by inspired is not that I make it my bible, or being fanatic, I really am open for other source too. Tapi aku ngerasa konten dari majalah ini relate banget sama aku, the thing that I get is that 'sense of belonging', padahal aku 'cuma' reader aja. And knowing there's an opportunity to spend a few months there just make me keep going. I want to a part of that source-of-inspirations too. But after I applied and applied, still I never got a reply.

Aku mulai baca-baca artikel tentang kenapa lamaran kita kadang nggak dibalas sama bagian HR di perusahaan-perusahaan. Ada banyak banget kemungkinan, kayak banyaknya applicant yang bikin email kita nggak terbaca, atau posisi yang kita pengenin udah banyak banget dilamar sama orang lain. At some point, aku akhirnya ngerasa "Maybe I wasn't belong there". So I stop sending email to Gogirl! Magazine.

And there I was, giving up on the thing I really wanted. The pressure is actually came in again when eventually most of my friends have settled on their internship thing. Degdegan dong, udah semakin akhir semester 6 dan belum juga dapat tempat magang yang pasti. I actually have an interview call from another place but at some points the acceptance got cancelled for they considering to not take an intern at that time. See? Banyak banget kemungkinan yang bisa terjadi di tengah jalan.

Sampai akhirnya ada satu waktu, dipertengahan bulan Juni, Mba Nina Moran, CEO Gogirl! Magazine, post a picture on instagram, saying Gogirl! is open a lot of opportunities open for several positions. Kebetulan dua posisi yang aku pengen, disebutkan juga, Copywriter & Reporter. I left a comment there, asking if those positions are available for interns. She said, "buat intern yang butuh banyak itu copywriter & desain grafis. untuk posisi lain dicoba aja kali ya.", that is enough to recharge me.

The next morning, I applied again. I don't know what drives me tapi akhirnya aku nggak pake lagi template lamaran kayak yang sebelumnya. Instead, I tell about myself a lot more, just like sending a letter to a friend. And later on that day, I got a reply telling that Gogirl! will call for an interview the next day. Aku inget, saat itu lagi take video wawancara narasumber untuk keperluan tugas film dokumenter. Kesenengan banget bacanya sampai temen-temen ikut kegirangan juga. Padahal baru dikabarin kalo bakalan di interview aja.

The story doesn't stop there, ternyata ada beberapa step tes yang harus dilaluin buat bisa internship di Gogirl!. The time is running, makin jiper ngeliat temen-temen ngelakuin preparation buat magang, makin jiper karena waktu nunggu test result adalah libur lebaran yang lumayan lama. Then here comes the higher tides, people surround me starts to tell me to turn around. It's a not safe beach for swim, they say. Sempet mikir, "should I have back ups?", beberapa temen constantly checking on me if I already got an internship place. Kepikiran banget sama omongan-omongan yang nyemangatin sekaligus kasih saran buat apply ke tempat lain aja, and yes I did it too, apply ke tempat lain lagi. Simply to feel safer.

In my parents sight, I am way too idealist. But I think who else will believe me if it's not myself? Long story short, I finally got an internship position as a Copywriter at Gogirl! Magazine. The feeling when I came to the office for the first time; nervous yet proud.

My lunch buddies, bunch of Gogirl! interns.
Thing that I saw in each of these girls is they really good at what they're doing.
Kenapa sih mereka bisa 'that good'? The key is there, they're loving what they do.

Buat anak-anak jurusan Advertising, saat-saat paling nyeremin adalah pitching ke klien. Suatu hari aku diminta buat assist Marketing Team untuk present ide ke klien. Feel lucky karena bisa liat prosesnya langsung, tapi degdegan kalo tiba-tiba diminta present ide dan jadi gagu. Dan hari itu, aku pergi ke tempat klien barengan sama Mba Nina. She prepared the materials well to be presented in front of our clients; making the mock ups. checking the presentations. Kebetulan tempat meeting kedua lumayan jauh, di jalan, aku tanya-tanya tentang working in a print media, ke Mba Nina. Apparently she said, "susah kan, masuk Gogirl!?", and the stories flows. And the thing she said that needs to be underlined is, "To keep up with this kinda industry life, kita harus siap buat terus adjust. Sekarang kita dituntut buat doing nearly anything, bisa ini, bisa itu. If you don't the persistency, yaudah, segitu aja. Dan satu lagi, yang paling penting, kamu harus suka sama apa yang kamu kerjain. Kalo engga, ya ngga ada yang drive you to stay."

Aku inget, salah satu Editor's Letter di Gogirl! edisi ulang tahun yang ke 10, Mba Anita Moran nulis kalo proses adalah her greatest lesson for life. She adds, "To get to one place, you have to get through the road. Semakin jauh, semakin melelahkan, tapi semakin 'nggak biasa' pemandangan yang akan kita lihat nantinya. And on your journey, just remember to persist longer and stronger." And I am keeping that in mind. You can achieve anything you want for life if you have that persistence shield in yourself. And sometimes I thought kalo ungkapan "do what you love" itu buat nyemangatin diri kita aja. But no, love did gave you that spirit to keep going. I think that's the reason why I keep applying, why I believe in myself, because that magazine have been with me since then, because the writings, the designs, have shaped me to become who I am today. Like, Gogirl! already taught me that kind of things even before I became an intern there. It starts from the love, kesukaan ku sama majalah ini.

And I think this is no more a blog post, but a letter, to Gogirl! Crew.

Some of Gogirl! Crew yang dipaksa-paksa foto bersama :p

Feel lucky to swim in that kinda sea.

xx,

Avi.

Thrift Shop Hacks : After Senen

Hey there it's actually still a post about Strolling Around : Jakarta.

The stories continues to my thrift shop hunt with my friend Asta Pramesti. Actually I have told that me and Asta have that thing with second stuff here in our strolls in Semarang last year. Tapi tiap kali kita thrift shopping, pasti ada aja orang di sekitar kita yang heran sama kesukaan kita yang satu ini. Beyond words, there is an unexplained excitement tiap kali liat thrift galore hahaha

We actually heard a lot about thrift shop myths. Banyak banget pendapat yang bilang kalo belanja di thrift shop itu nggak safety karena barang nya  udah downgrading, atau bahkan sampe tanya "Emang nggak takut kena penyakit kulit, kalau pake barang bekas orang lain?". Inget kan, beberapa waktu lalu juga sempet ada desas-desus kalau barang bekas impor dilarang diperjualbelikan di Indonesia. We were so shock back then, because, why? Thrift shop cycle in another country still went super well. Melbourne dan Tokyo deh, these ex-harbour cities have a great thrift shops kalo baca-baca di site nya travel bloggers.

But after a year, ternyata masih banyak juga thrift shop yang bisa kita datengin buat hunting barang secondhand, terutama pakaian. Nah, during our internship time, ada satu tempat yang udah ada on the top of our list to satisfy that hobby. Yash! Pasar Senen. Kesenengan banget pas masuk Senen, pokoknya. But before we grumbling about our (cool) findings there, we want to share our thought about why people should consider buying things from thrift shops:

1) Good News for Earth

We do think that by applying 3R (Reduce, Recycle, Reuse). It's more complicated than plastic bag dilema ngga sih? Proses clothing supaya beneran jadi cloth takes a lot of nature's effort too.

2) Good News for Us

Tau dong pasti yah kalo harga barang-barang di thrift shop itu lebih miring daripada barang di toko. For you who likes to do mix-matching, thrift shopping is a hack to have a crossover trends from the oldest to the newest.

Nah, biar kekhawatiran yang banyak muncul itu nggak kejadian, aku sama Asta biasanya ngelakuin beberapa hacks yang mungkin bisa kamu terapin kalo pengen nyobain thrift shopping:

1) First timer, dateng kalo bisa sama temen yang udah pernah belanja secondhand stuff. Supaya tau barang yang dicari ada di mana, dan nggak keliatan bingung. Because the trader know if we 're confused, salah-salah bisa kena harga tertinggi even if we think it's already cheap.
2) Asal nya barang-barang di thrift shop kan beda-beda, ada yang dropship, ada yang personal, pelan-pelan aja milihnya. Liat barang yang kamu mau beli masing bener-bener well, atau emang kamu amazed by the cuts or the price aja. But sometimes hal kayak gitu bisa jadi alesan buat bargain the price, misalnya ada kancing yang warna nya beda atau terlepas, atau ada sablon yang nggak pada tempatnya.
3) Clean is the must. We both never judge that barang thrift shop itu nggak bersih, tapi kadang mungkin karena disimpen kelamaan, ada noda kuning yang biasanya paling susah dicuci, biasanya di kemeja bahan katun yang paling keliatan. Make sure kalo udah kebeli tu barang, cuci bersih dulu baru dipake, yah. Biar keliatan baru rapih.
4) Bring your bargainer friend! Aku anaknya agak awkward kalo nawar-nawar, lucky me I got Asta on my back. Skill nawar ini biasanya dipake buat barang yang menurut kita agak pricey, like parka / denim jacket. Kalo udah murah banget, you can consider to buy it directly sih. Liat juga kondisi thrift shop yang kamu datengin, intinya jangan nguntungin diri sendiri but do think about the trader too.
5) Choose wisely. If you think you don't really need it, then go find for other thing. Emang sih, ga nahan banget barang lucu dengan harga terjangkau (dibandingkan barang baru). But if you'll stay in tropical country, why buy a furry coat? Investment? Bisa jadi consideration sih. But again, this is a hacks so shop wisely.

Nah kemarin di Senen aku dan Asta ngabisin 2 jam buat muter-muter. Which is kurang yah buat Senen yang banyak banget orang dagang barang second :')
But here are some items that we found!

Denim Jacket (with patches on it!)
Price offered : IDR 125k
Price after bargain : IDR 85K
Quality : 90% well, jahitannya kuat dan warna nya nggak shabby sama sekali.
Lack : Ada noda kuning di kerah yang ngga ilang pas di laundry, I think it needs more special treatment.

Actually this is not my love at first sight clothes pas jalan ke Senen kemarin. Ada yellow parachute jacket yang aku suka banget but eventually I ended up leaving that for some reason. Abis itu aku dan Asta nemu lapak yang barangnya denim jacket semua. And I fell for this one. Denim warna ini menurut aku bisa dipake di bright colors karena kebetulan aku nggak terlalu punya banyak pakaian dengan warna basic. And besides I am crazy over patches dan ini satu-satunya denim jacket yang ada patches nya so this is so far one of my best thrift shop found!

Nah, here's the deets. Warna jaket denim ini agak washed but like I said, nggak shabby.
Sebenernya baby pink hem (hem ternyata Dutch version of shirt loh!), yang aku pakai di dalam jaket juga dapet di Senen kemarin. So that's the second finding!

Baby Pink Shirt (UNIQLO short sleeve clothes)
Price offered : IDR 35K
Price after bargain : IDR 20K
Quality : 90% well, bahannya adem dan tebel. And the color is so Japanese street style tone :')
Lack : So far nggak ada sih, tapi karena agak kaku, jadi setelah dipake gampang lecek.

Kebetulan aku dan Asta masing-masing beli 2 item di tempat yang sama, dan baju ini tandeman dari boyfriend shirt nya Asta. Lucu aja awalnya si pedagang bilang harga pas banget meskipun si Asta nawarnya udah kayak sama-sama dagang. Di kios William Collection's ini awalnya aku cuma lewat, and somehow di Senen tu banyak cara berdagang yang lucu. Si abang penjaga toko pake pantun yang lol abis but we left karena awalnya ngga nemu yang kita suka. And after we go back, and pick 2 clothes, we met the boss yang eyel-eyelan harganya nggak bisa dikurangin. But after a minute of silent there's a song and he suddenly -randomly- asked who's the singer, the song was Counting Stars. I answered, "One Republic, kan ya?" and he accept our offer! Yeay thank you so much abang bos William Collection's.

Forest Green Boyfriend Shirt (worn as outer)
Price offered : IDR 65k
Price after bargain : IDR 50K
Quality : 90% well. Warna nya nggak shabby, warna ijo tuh rawan banget jadi shabby apalagi bahan nya tebal (mirip American Drill but I am not sure hehe).
Lack : Nothing much. Lack ini personal sih and since it's Asta's pick aku nggak terlalu liat ada kekurangan.

Dilema is one thing that usually came up during thrift shopping. Waktu ke Senen kemarin nemu jaket denim dengan warna Olive Green dengan harga IDR 50K pas, nggak boleh ditawar. But, that jacket was too shabby jadi keliatan kayak over washed a.k.a buluk. So, Asta memutuskan buat nggak beli dan akhirnya nemu denim yang doi banget, dan boyfriend shirt yang bahannya tebel gini. Meskipun pas pulang kebayang-bayang juga tuh jaket denim olive hahaha.

Denim Jacket #2
Price offered : IDR 125K
Price after bargain : IDR 85K
Quality : 90% well. Jahitannya kuat, jenis denim lebih berat daripada foto denim pertama.
Lack : Pocket button sebelah kiri atas ternyata udah bukan yang asli hahaha we missed checkin' this.

I am saying this one a lot more 'country' than mine soalnya warna nya lebih muda. The thing is nyari jaket denim buat Asta kemarin agak susah karena nyari yang ada kantong dalem dan cut nya sesuai yang dia pengen, which is not too short, for she likes the oversized one. Anyway meskipun nawar, better kalau temen yang dateng sama kamu juga mau beli barang yang sama. Kita dapet harga segitu karena pake embel-embel "kan, kita ambilnya dua pak...". Oiya, kadang ada hal yang bikin kita mikir banget misalnya kayak kantong dalem jaket ini yang kena jahitan kantong luar, jadi sempit buat masukin barang. Do ask the trader kalo ada hack yang bisa dipake buat ngakalin kekurangan itu, ya!

Despite all of the clothes we've got, the feeling of accomplishing thrift shopping mission di iconic place nya seconhand stuff is a feeling we can't barely tell!

We hope you'd try thrift shopping too, if you haven't :)

xx

Avi

P.S. All picture captured by Asta Pramesti

Visiting Judy in Zootopia

Akhirnya gelisah menulis lagi.

Pernah baca, mungkin di kutipan-kutipan yang lewat di lini masa, "broken hearted people wrote the best love song". At this point, I am not broken hearted and this is ain't a love song. Similarity lies on the writing, gelisah-gelisah itu, sampai penawarnya, yang bikin kamu pengen nulis lagi.

Anyway, couple weeks ago I watched Zootopia for the first time. Here I am not gonna mumble about finding any Disney's easter eggs because that is John Negroni's duty.

It's about the feeling of renewing yourself all over again. Well, aku orang yang percaya kalau cerita-cerita dalam film itu adalah slice of life. Kadang kita nemuin kesamaan-kesamaan yang bikin mikir "this is so me". You know right, when it come to Disney's movie, it will lands to a spirit of making your dreams come true. Tapi beyond that, ketika lagi ada di some low points of our life, ada hal-hal lain yang lebih touching dibandingkan merealisasikan mimpi itu sendiri. Dan di Zootopia, aku menemukan nilai itu.

Believe me I told everyone I met after I watched the movie, "you should watch it, recharging banget!". The positivity of Judy Hopps is hitting me all the way around. Kalau udah liat film nya pasti ngerti deh, karakter Judy yang unbreakable dan always seek for the truth emang kuat banget dimunculkan dalam adegan dan dialog nya. And I don't know why but I think since I am no longer called 'a kid', dalam film-film sejenis gini jadi banyak nemuin makna lain yang pengen ditunjukin di film nya. Like when I watched Minnions in the movie theater last year, justru hal yang bikin ketawa itu how the filmmakers potrait England citizen by the way the acts, terus gimana Inside Out simply representing the journey of growing up is containing so many emotional mixed up. And what I see in Judy is, how she support herself.

Kebayang nggak, a cute little bunny who already believe that her dream is came true, have to facae the bitter reality and facing (too) many prejudice, not only from the team mate, team leader, and even her parents at home. This is dragging me back to a couple months ago, waktu itu lagi fed up banget dengan banyaknya tugas kuliah, kerja tim yang ngga balance, target-target yang nggak tercapai sesuai dengan ekspektasi, dan lain-lainnya. One of my team mates ask, "do you still have a spirit to continue it?", at that time, I was confused. I have to finish the thing that I have started, by keep doing my responsibility, but it feels like no space for me to share about that tiring-responsibility to anyone.

Then she ask again, "did your circle, from outside of this team, support you?". I think again, a lot of my closest friends said I am to tired, other people told me to stop, even that time I have a partner and he think somehow what I did is not good for me.

Until then, she said, "do you ever consider yourself as your own support system?". Pernah nggak sih, kepikiran kalau di dalam diri kita itu ada penyemangat, that is our inner voice. Pernah nggak sih, mematahkan argumen orang lain karena kita sangat yakin sama diri kita sendiri? Or simply, have you ever compliment yourself for things you have reached the whole time?

Judy, her parents didn't believe that she can be a cop. Chief Bogo, her team leader, underestimated her because he think a bunny was not a worth member. She's fighting the prejudice. Judy just keep going and prove them wrong. Dalam film Zootopia, ada tagline menarik, "Zootopia : where everyone can be anything". Judy keep that in her mind. Judy support herself to think that she is on the right track. Okay, we know how Judy reach her dream of being the first bunny cop. Tapi film ini bilang, nggak cukup loh, merealisasikan mimpi aja. so many things bigger are awaits, and reality is somehow sucks. Instead, film ini ngomongin gimana Judy prove herself, even she have reached her dream, karena kita nggak pernah tau kan, kalau apa yang kita liat sebagai mimpi itu juga se-ideal itu di mata orang lain?

Well unfortunately we live in a shared-world, right? You live under too many stereotypes of a zillion eyes. And somehow you will get tired and those so-called-support system won't save your broken heart. But remember, Judy taught us, to win that inner voice inside.

Hopefully I will keep this note to myself,

xx

Avi

#2015besttwelve

Happy new year, people! 2015 went real fast , don't you think?

Speaking of the last year, just before Christmas holiday, I asked couple of friends, "How was 2015?" some of the answers are about feeling guilty of not doing something, or regret doing several things, telling me anything they haven't accomplished, bad events happened in last 6 months.

Then I asked again, "Anything make you happy maybe? Or anything remarkable for you?" then there are so many happy answers, "Finally I made a great movies with my classmates", "I knew myself better this year", "Got into so many opportunities in the last few months".

If you asked to yourself, what is the thing that comes up to your mind when someone say, "2015"? What is your answer? What's the picture you'd like to chose in your mind?

Few weeks before 2015 ends #2015bestnine trend was on. It's fun to do that, the feeling when you're waiting the website finally chose your best 9 picture of your 2015 posts on Instagram. I think to myself then, why not I choose them myself? Not nine. How about twelve? I'd chose one each month in a year.

I choose one picture each month on my instagram feed (avirosas).
The tone here isn't blend well, but I can tell I picked each of them with some reasons.
These pictures representing a story of one year of my early 20 life.

Everytime I say "2015" to myself, it's hard to not reconnect it to the year before, 2014. I took so many chances that I couldn't handle perfectly after. I was on that comfort zone of "Do it later" puffy couch. Sometimes I'm that on-fire girl and sometimes I play lazy-Grizzly style.

Twenty Fifteen : To be Bold

Hi people.

Maybe it's kinda late but I'm wishing you guys a very happy new year.

I actually want to post something about 2014 recap by the end of the year but so many things had happened and I just could sit down and write, today.

And I'm changing my topic. It's a bit cliché to talk about resolution I know, but I admit it's important for me to have targets and goals. I don't know if this would lead you to that topic but I was thinking about it on my way home yesterday night.

It was around 10.40 PM, I was going through a dark streets. That night was my first time passing that route all by myself driving a motorcycle. I've been keeping myself off of that route cause I'm scared of darkness and everything that might emerged from it. Yea it's silly that I have a paranoid issue with ghost lol but I'm more scared of people that might have bad intentions on streets, go back to the fact that I am a girl alone on the dark streets in a late night. Did I told you on the either side of the road is all paddy field?

Eatery Review : The Escape Lesson

Hi.

This is the first time of me reviewing an eatery...

Couple weeks ago, one of my friend suddenly have an idea, how if we escape life a little while; quick trip to Jogja. Since we're facing final exam, we said yes. Our brain needs refresh click. And after spent 2 hours of doing girls-knotty-thingy and 1 hour on the road, we finally step our feet in the capital city of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. It's about 2pm when we got there and we're all starving to death. After those "up-to-you" battle, finally we decided to stop by Kongkalikong. Here's a quick review.

Kongkalikong (Dine & Coffee House)

Located at Jl Taman Siswa No 17, Yogyakarta, DIY

Exterior hint: Old-fashioned house

Interior theme: Vintage (♥♥♥)

Cosiness Rate: ✔✔✔

Serving Rate: ✔✔✔

Price Range: I lost my notes but I think it's IDR 3K - 56K

This is our table view.
Number 5's food haven't arrived yet, and I had to choose between starving-as-hell-yet-capture-complete-dishes or take-pictures-now-eat-asap-not-caring-about-our-friend-tummy.
Yea we are mean girls -only when we're starving.

Awaken

First thing first, I thank Gogirl! magazine for bringing RI (Republik Indonesia) issue for their May edition.

I remember when my dad asked me if the major i choose is under social and political science faculty. He said, "Don't be too political." It's not that my dad dislikes political things, I guess media just constructed his mind too much. Ya kno, many kinds of media are more often proclaim bad news than a good one. But studying media as the main object 'forced' me to more concern about both good and bad substances, including political issues. And the more I care, the more I feel like my brain's lack of political knowledge. Lucky me, I surrounded by knowledgeable environment. They bring this issue in a chitchat so I feel it less onerous.

It's not that I'm getting more political now, believe me I'm the girl who never sit on front-row seat in politics class. But I do care about the real situation. I used to think it's because next July will be my first time voting for President Election, so may be all teens at my age feel the same way. Until I had some convo before the Legislative Election  last April. One of them was this,

Me: Don't forget to use your vote tomorrow, guys!

Le friend(s): Not interesting... We don't even know which one is better than another

Me: But at least you'd use it in a proper way

Le friend: I bet you're one of those Executive Board Student kiddos.

2014 : 1st Quarter

Wello.

Been leaving this page for months. It's not about I'm busy surviving my boat moving around deathly triangle of college -cause everyone in college are doing the same. I guess  it's a kind of peer pressure for me being surrounded by great writers, or I'm just afraid that no one likes my post. Slap me now with "who cares anyway you can post anything" mantra.

The deathly triangle