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Instagram and Me: A love-hate story

  I've been in a love-hate relationship with Instagram for these past two years. I'll delete the app for  a week or t wo , then reinstall it .   The reason is always the same,   I feel like sometimes I can't control the way I use it. I can waste my time scrolling through  my  feeds   for hours, but at the same time,   I  got  easy access to beneficial information. At times ,  getting a glimpse of other people's lives through the app makes me   feel a kind of uneasiness ( anxiety or even jealousy), a lthough   I am well aware that we   can't   really judge someone's life through their Instagram posts. It can even be the complete opposite of how they actually live their life. But still... The worst thing is that it then drives me to do things just so that I can show them to the world through stories or posts. And as far as I am concerned, this has  to stop . So I did the only  way I  know how by  muting every story  and post of an individual account that I follow.

Journaly: My Recent Discovery

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I've just discovered this amazing website several days ago. I've watched Robin's (the guy behind this website) videos on youtube once in a while because I love how he is so passionate about learning languages. In a video of him explaining about a book club, he mentioned this website. Being curious, I signed myself up without any second thought. And I like every part of this website. The idea of you writing about almost anything and having people comment on your post, or giving you feedback on the languages that you are learning is pretty amazing. Those blue highlights are the feedback that we got from other people. Me trying to write in Korean. Took me more than 10 minutes. And about the notification, they'll send you an email a day. It is like the summary of what you did on that day, ranging from your post, the feedback you got, the comments, and all. I noticed that if you don't have any activity for that day, they won't send you an email. What's more on th

This Is Where I Leave You: A Review

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  When I first read the title and the back of this book, I knew this won't be a lovey-dovey romance book. Yet the point of view in the story intrigued me so much I decided to buy one. The story revolved around Judd Foxman, who one day caught his wife sleeping with his own boss. He then decided to leave his wife along with the house and that left him homeless. The story started to get more intense when the news of his father's death came to him. His father's last wish was for everyone to stay together for a week as a family. And this is one of the things that I like in the story. The winding road to get acquainted with the family. I have to admit that to me this book is more about Judd's family rather than his marriage. The way Judd was trying to communicate with his family during his dad's funeral is a story worth reading. Judd's relationship with his family is full of flaws. Yet it is the heart of the story. Each event in the story makes me reflect back on ho

Pido, Kehangatan di Bukit Timur Laut

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Jika ada di Alor, carilah Kecamatan Alor Timur Laut. Dan kemudian berkunjunglah ke Pido. Pido bukan tempat gemerlap penuh lampu Bukan pula tempat ramai orang datang silih berganti Juga bukan tempat ala perkotaan yang serba ada Tapi kebukanannya itu yang membuat saya jatuh cinta Masih ingat betul ketika saya pertama kali menginjakkan kaki ditempat ini, Bahagia... Hanya karena sambutan hangat dua perempuan muda, juga mi rebus dengan sambal ketam dan tak lupa segelas kopi manis Dinginnya menusuk tulang, tidak heran karena memang keberadaannya yang ada di ketinggian. Banyak yang bilang malas ke Pido karena jauh, jalanan nya pun setengah mati. Tapi saya bilang, bukankah puncak harus diawali dengan pendakian yang tidak mudah? Salam hangat dari Pido,

Beras

Hari ke-49 Minggu, 11 Oktober 2015 Ini adalah salah satu hari yang bersejarah selama kehidupan saya di Desa Pido. Di hari inilah saya kehabisan beras. Awalnya masih santai karena sa pikir di Sofi dorang ada jual beras. Sa pergi ke Sofi untuk beli beras daan Voilaa! Beras habis. Saya pindah ke Nenek Bibi* tanya ada beras atau tidak daaan ternyata tidak ada juga. Mulailah panik. Mau makan apa jadi? Beras tidak ada, di kios semua habis. Akhirnya sa masih inga kalau kemaren habis dikasih ubi sekarung sama Mama Sofi. Maka sejak saat itu sa putuskan bahwa beras bukanlah segala-galanya. Karena Tuhanlah Yang Maha Segala-galanya. Salam beras, *Nenek bibi adalah tetangga di rumah penempatan saya. Bibi biasa menjadi panggilan untuk wanita dewasa muslim

Ngedit Foto

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Lagi pengen cerita tentang sesuatu yang bikin kaget dan ternganga (apalaaaaah?). Kejadiannya berawal dari waktu minta file foto waktu nggembel di Singapura sama Malaysia akhir Mei 2014. Yang bikin ketawa ketawa sendiri adalah salah satu foto yang diambil diacara nggembel waktu itu. ini fotonya... date taken : 29-05-2014 Foto nya emang biasa sih. ngga bagus bagus amat. Tapi ada yang bikin spesial. Pas liat foto itu langsung aja inget sama sebuah file foto yang diedit kira kira tahun 2012. dua tahun lebih awal dari foto yang pertama. ini dia foto nya ... date created : 24-08-2012 Dulu foto itu dibikin waktu lagi selo aja gitu, ngedit ngedit foto trus pake background tempat tempat yang pengen didatengin. Waktu itu potonya di crop pake Photoshop trus background nya diedit pake corel. Setelah jadi di print trus ditempelin di tembok kamar hahahahahaha  Alay mungkin ya? Tapi kok jadinya saya nya malah tambah percaya kalo that's how things happened. Dari mimpi, dari

Ayam nya Korea

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Salah satu hal positif dari menjadi bagian dari Korean wave adalah munculnya keinginan untuk menjajal makanan Korea. Seriusan deh, coba nanya temen sekitar yang doyan ngikutin -atau setidaknya pernah ngliat- korea korea an (entah drama, musik, reality show, fashion, teknologi, atau apa aja lah), pasti mereka pengen nyobain makanan Korea. Konsekuensi positif dari banyaknya minat orang buat nyobain makanan korea adalah banyak muncul restoran restoran korea. Konsekuensi negatifnya adalah dompet jebol ciiiin karena menu makanan korea mahaaaal. Sekali dua kali boleh laaaah, tapi tapi tapi tapi menu makanan korea kan segudaaaaang. Bakalan butuh lebih dari sekali dua kali buat bisa nyobain makanan -yang kalo liat di drama sama reality show sumpah keliatan enak banget- itu. Keterpepetan ini lah yang membuat ide 'kenapa ngga bikin sendiri' muncul. Gayung pun bersambut... ada temen yang temennya bisa dititipin buat beli gochujang. Langsung deeeh nitip satu. Kan gochujang itu kayak ma