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Umur blogku yang ini jauh lebih "tua" dari pada umur akun Twitter. Tapi tentu aku lebih banyak ngebacot di sana ketimbang di sini, wkwkwk. Alasannya lebih ke persoalan teknis aja: Twitter lebih praktis. Tapi tau gak, kenapa aku masih mau bertahan di sini? Pertama, kebalikannya dari Twitter: blog memungkinkan untuk aku menulis panjang--sepanjang apapun semauku. Tulisan panjang itu jelas tidak terinterupsi oleh batas karakter sehingga harus dipenggal menjadi beberapa bagian. Pengalaman membaca kadang keganggu karena hal begini. Untuk perkara piranti menulis, walau Blogger sudah menyediakan fitur aplikasi  mobile, hampir seluruh postingan di blog ini aku tulis dengan PC. Aplikasi Blogger tuh sama sekali gak asyik. Dan bagiku, aktivitas blogging sejati tuh ya pakai PC bukan pakai hape, hahahahah. *APADEH* Nah, beberapa waktu yang lalu tuh aku pernah sengaja kirim feed back  ke tim Blogger. Sebagai blogger lawas, ceritanya aku protes kenapa Blogger tuh gak upscale  dengan meny...

Grabbed from here. There were times when you want to post something to your blog but you didn’t know what to write. Zzz. So here I am, typing some words at fifteen to eleven PM alone, in front of a turned-off television (it is only on when the kids are “on”, btw). For me, life begins after ten PM. What am I gonna talk about? Hm. Oh well, I was wondering (or planning?) if someday I write a book. A book that, maybe not even exist in any section in book stores nor that interesting so people will buy it. But I want to. Really want to do it because…it has been my dream for ages, gosh. A book that I am gonna considered it as a gift for myself. It will picture almost everything draws in my life. It might be a reminder, a note, a memorable story, a poem from my journey, …a form of self-love. I have been in love with writings (and also blogging) for almost a decade ago. Been dreaming write my own book too since in college. But the thought of making this happen ...

Malam ini (21 April 2018) sengaja pengen posting di blog bukan dalam rangka hari Kartini. Karena sebetulnya aku gak sadar kalo hari ini adalah 21 April. Waktu liat timeline Instagram dan Facebook banjir soal Hari Kartini, akhirnya baru ngeh, deh. Yang mau kutulis ini juga gak bernada feminisme, sih. Because in some point, celebrating Kartini’s day and correlating it with feminism is overrated. Jadi, ya, cuma sekadar cerita ajalah, ya. I don’t think the beauty standard society gives us are obvious. I thought it was until I realized beauty standard has double sided perspectives. Maybe you are think the same way that beautiful is “normally” looks like someone who has fair skin, long hair and legs, symmetric nose and lips, curvy and huge boobs, and slender body. But, no. In a world where beauty is something eye candy, we will never ever get there—by all means—just with ourselves alone. And society will always have a way to repress and insult our confidence. You ...

I had nothing in my mind about sexual harassment at the workplace, until one day while I was working and had a job conversation with a designer guy at his desk, this man passed through. He gave me that look, to my lower part, and said passionately: nice butt. I was so angry and gave him a silent treatment--which was hell for him because he had to do some tasks with me. Don't get me wrong. It wasn't easy for me to speak up--even though it's possible. It's always possible, but it was hard. He asked for an apology at last. And little did I know he did it too to some women colleagues back then. He also spanked one of them. I bet he had to face our HRD if he did it to me. On another occasion, when I already moved to my new office , I used to join a team to participate in a national exhibition. Later on, I resigned due to my fragile second pregnancy. And this middle-aged man (who were a member of the team I've mentioned above), suddenly messaged me. At first...

Sejak pertama ngeblog, saya udah suka banget sama persoalan cari desain theme atau template. Blog dengan template yang cantik dan neat buat saya bikin betah baca dan blogwalking . Masalahnya kan susah ya cari template cakep tapi gratis, HAHAHAHA. Kalo googling dengan keyword " free blogger template" biasanya yang muncul itu desainnya standar banget. Too flat . Plain . Gak caem babar blas. Saya dulu sempet juga ganti template yang desainnya terlalu crowd . Sementara sekarang lebih prefer yang neat , minimalis dan maksimal dua kolom saja. Saya yakin para blogger juga kerap bosenan sama tampilan blognya. Nah, tempo hari pas lagi pengen "ganti baju" alias cari template baru, saya hunting lagi. Tentu lewat jalur googling dan juga cari yang free. *tetep* Beberapa kali unduh sejumlah desain yang menurut saya bagus, eh pas dicobain kok yo gak pas. Masalah utamanya menurut saya adalah desain template -nya gak sesuai dengan konten blog...

The broken watch There’s saying “there's always the first time for everything”. So I have had my first accident about a month ago. A very first time because I was riding alone, as usual, go to the campus. Someone cut my way ahead, at a very fast speed. In a blink of an eye, suddenly I fell down. I can’t remember the single things how could that happened. Or like, did I bump into another vehicle toward me? All I can remember is: after I try to get up (actually I only sat down because I couldn’t move my body, it was hurt all over), I saw my motorcycle had been standing up straight about ten meters away—with my flat shoes too. Wow. Did I fly away?   Some people considered to stop by and helped me. Thanks to everyone out there. Then I could see some wounds in my toe and my shoulder (from my tore cloth). A deep-red wounds. Later, I found out that I fell down to my right side because all the wounds are along the right arm and leg. At that time, I was puzzled by the fact I had my...

Orang mah foto buku masih mulus, ini udah kriwil, pembatas buku lecek pulak.   Apa yang saya tulis ini mungkin ada unsur bocoran isi buku Intelegensi Embun Pagi (IEP). Tapi saya tidak sepenuhnya mau mengulas isi IEP apalagi membuat review panjang Supernova. Monggo dibaca sendiri saja (sambil menikmati ekstasenya). Yang mau saya ungkap di sini adalah beberapa keriaan yang saya alami selama membaca IEP (which is less than 48 hours--baca buku apa semedi, Buuuu?). Emang keriaan macem apa, sih? Pada Supernova, saya paling menikmati plot cerita yang dibuat jenaka. Makanya paling suka sama Petir. Di IEP, ada beberapa plot jenaka yang--well--lumayan jadi gak tegang karena nungguin klimaks dan endingnya. Selain itu, di IEP semua figur hadir (oh, gak SEMUANYA juga, sih). Macem reuni gitu ya, Kaaak? *lirik judes ke Gio dan Zarah* Karena semua hadir, rasanya mudah sekali untuk komparasi karakter mereka satu persatu. Lalu memilih satu di antaranya untuk dijadikan #teamsiapagitu. Iya...

"Don't treat your child as they are children of all time."

  (Picture from here ) My family had a plan to move to Jogja this year. My husband and I are trying (quite hard--LOL) to find a house to rent. Since his letter of acceptance is out, we're still haven't find the house yet--the house we desire most. Whereas, we just need a small house with a proper kitchen, a garage, fence (for the sake of toddler's security), and... not too expensive. Nor too cheap. We have some budgets that maybe not be as high as other families do. Somehow we optimist we can find a proper home we've been dreaming of. Since the properties rate in this small city is approach as expensive as Jakarta, we understand how much to put our standard. I have to say, Jogja is changing a lot. Some areas have become more populous. Hundreds of motorcycles are everywhere. Traffic jam makes you insane. I never find our self out of the parking lot until we visited campus last year. Thus, you can find hotels and apartments on every single main street. Compare t...

(picture from here ) My current favorite thing is bedtime with the kids (hellaw all the sleepy heads out there!). I love being on the bed with a clean and neat sheet, and of course laying-laughing with them. Yes, the bed should be clean and the sheet should be neat--with a little pull here and there.  I feel so peacefully that way. But this (sleeping with two kids beside me) won't happen if my husband is at home. Our bedtime formerly is separated and take much time longer because we have to wait for him arrived home (having his dinner and take a bath). If lucky, he could join us and have a little time together. Without their father, I can manage the bedtime earlier. But first, I have to make sure my daughter's homework has finished and ask her to brush her teeth quickly. Then make the bed and get some bottles of milk for the boy. So the bedtime is still around thirty past eight, or at nine on the weekend. When two kids sleeping aside, it takes some time to ...

Aplikasi edit foto di android saya Lanjut bahas soal social media photography, ya. Setelah kemarin soal proses fotonya, sekarang bahas aplikasi fotografinya. Karena saya pakai android, jadi aplikasi yang mau saya bahas adalah aplikasi yang available di play store android. Yuk, cus. We start from the paid and free app. Saya hanya punya dua aplikasi berbayar, Rhonna Design dan A Beutiful Mess. Sementara yang free, banyaaak hahaha... Saya kadang download buat trial dulu. Kalo ga suka, uninstall. Yang saya cari adalah aplikasi foto yang bisa edit dengan hasil yang stunning. Makanya saya suka ngoprekin applikasinya satu-satu. Ada aplikasi yang keliatannya standar-cenderung-cemen, tapi setelah dioprek, dia punya stiker unyu-unyu =))) So, don't judge an application from it's front look *halah* Aplikasi edit foto sering saya pakai buat oprek foto pribadi atau untuk jualan. Dari ngecrop, edit shading, sampe adding text. Semua yang saya upload di Instgram atau Facebook adal...