10 Things You Should Never Apologize For

Work to Live

My old laptop has quite few errors already but it’s still useful so I still keep it. And about a month ago, I bought a new laptop for myself. My intention is to make this laptop personal, there will be no job related files there. For job I will just use my old laptop that

Self Worth

How much do you think your worth? Do you think you’re better than others or do you think you’re less than others? Is it good to have that kind of thought? Isn’t that each human valuable in their own way?   I am a sensitive person. I tend to have low self-confidence. I used to

List of Scholarship For 2017 Intake

========================== #Postgraduate #Fellowship #Master Degree #Research #Post Doctoral #PhD #MBA 🇯🇵 *INPEX Scholarships for “`Indonesian Students“` in Japan, 2017* _Application Deadline_: 15 November, 2016 _Application link_: http://www.inpex-s.com/mwbhpwp/wp-content/uploads/Scholarship-application-form_2017.pdf _Scholarship link_: http://www.inpex-s.com/announce-of-scholarship/ 🇺🇸 *Arryman Fellowship for “`Indonesian Students“` in USA, 2017* _Application Deadline_: 31 December, 2016 _Application link_: http://applicant.isrsf.org/ _Scholarship link_: http://isrsf.org/guidelines-call-for-2017-arryman-fellows 🇹🇭 *Scholarships “`for ASEAN Students“`

Public Display of Affection

Well, it’s not a scene in drama, but the real life married couple who shows love for each other which convince me that true love does exist. So my reaction to public display of affection from married couple is “Aww, so sweet!” Love is in the air and it makes you feel the love also,

If It Feels Like You Need a New Life

Accepting Disappointment

I don’t know how long it’s been since I became independent, that I have now started to accept “disappointment, of someone not living up to my expectation” as something ordinary. And on the contrary, I too don’t really want to live up to someone else’s expectation. Disappointed, then disappointing, and back to being disappointed, it’s

Internet, Rumah Keduaku

Pemakaian internetku sebulan ini sudah sekitar 23 GB. Tentunya itu juga dibantu oleh waktu 1 minggu adanya wifi yang memadai di hotel tempat aku mengikuti pertemuan. Kita lihat ke depan berapa kuota internet yang kubutuhkan sebenarnya. Dulu sebelum ke Belanda, sebulan aku cukup dengan pemakaian internet sekitar 14 GB. Setelah merasakan betapa leluasanya wifi di

I Love Staying Abroad

18 August 2014, was the day I returned to Netherlands after finishing my field trip of data collection in Indonesia for my thesis. I felt really happy to go back to Netherlands since a month in Indonesia at that time felt kinda awkward for me. Maybe it’s a sign that I love staying abroad more

Belittling, A Bad Habit in Indonesia

We all are different. We appreciate different things. We have our own struggle, For something we consider important. Belittling somebody’s struggle just because you don’t think it’s important enough or think there are other things much more important is not quite right, isn’t it? But I guess this is the habit in Indonesia. Where everyone

The Search for Happiness

  According to World Happiness Report 2016, the ranking of the happiest countries during 2013-2015 of the countries I visited before is as follows: 7th Netherlands 12th Austria 16th Germany 18th Belgium 23rd UK 27th Czech Republic 32nd France 37th Spain 50th Italy 53rd Japan 79th Indonesia 91st Hungary 94th Portugal and the Top 3

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