What do you get when you’ve been a good, obedient daughter for the whole twenty-five years of your life?
You get slapped in the face, that’s what. That’s exactly what happened to me last Friday, when I refused to listen to another long and mundane advices (i.e: rules and obligation as a grand-daughter) from my grand [...]
Have you ever noticed that Indonesians have the habit of being slow when it comes to the importance of others?
Take the girls at the supermarket check-out counters, for example. They beep every single item of my purchase in such a slow pace, it almost drives me nuts. If I had to do it myself, it [...]
“You should get more work experiences while you’re still young.”
Well, I don’t feel young. The more I put more thought into working for someone else - again - the older and more incapable I feel of my life. Another stupid job-hunting process. Another stupid psycho-test to go through. Another stupid replaceable position filled with mindless [...]
I was at my dad’s office for a design training the whole day today - mine and his are closely linked since the company where he works produces poly-cellonium which is used medicine packaging and I work in a pharmaceutical company, who produces the medicine.
I hadn’t been there for ages, and the last time I [...]
After almost 24 years of living, I finally understood what my dad was all about - not thoroughly, but more like meeting him halfway in the emotional journey. I’m not entirely sure how I managed to come face to face with this realization - perhaps it had something to do with the way my parents [...]
