City’s Glitter

I always thought city’s glitter was a beautiful thing. When I saw them from a balcony in the high buildings, I thought how human could create this amazing beauty.

As of now, well…

Fishing for Likes

One of the things I hate is posts in social media—like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram— that’s fishing for likes. Yeah, I think they treat that dumb thumb icon like some sort of currency; like it’s a holy thing that can make their positions way above of us.

I am actually already despise this kind of practice for a considerably amount of time. I got a realization—epiphany, if you will— that this like doesn’t give me anything. I think it’s…

Is Being Moody a Disorder?

When I was a kid, I always thought that being moody is a disorder. Why wouldn’t it? You’re getting mood swings so quickly without any particular reasons. It creeped me out.

I imagined that being moody means that person maybe at least had two personalities, and that was unhealthy and creepy at the same time. I also aligned it with the fact that people kept themselves away from moody ones. If moody wasn’t a disorder, then what was it?

A Good Way to Relax

I remembered those time when last year, almost every day rain was falling at Bandung. When I had the chance, usually I read books in the living room for hours. Reading while sometimes seeing the rain fell gave me a relaxing feeling. Somehow I didn’t want that moment to end.

Spending a Fortune

As if isn’t obvious enough, this is a picture I took in a department store not far from my house spending their fortunes to buy things they need.

So?

Translating a Manifesto. Can I Do That?

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When I read the prompt today, I had to think very hard. “What was there to tell about translation?” Apparently, it took me about an hour researching what to tell.

I remembered that famous manifesto—or essay, call is as you will—made by Mark Zuckerberg. I still think I can’t translate it quite right.

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Reading an essay consists of 5,735 words is exhausting me. It requires a lot of energy to read and translate what he really means. It’s like reading a science journal, when you have to dissect every part of the essay then interpret it using your own words.

All right, here are the main points I got from reading his essay:

A Juicy Fruit

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This is Arumanis Mango, one of the tastiest and juiciest fruit at Indonesia, I reckon. Hell, even the taste isn’t lesser to Durian, the fruit I talked about several days ago.

Unlawful Possessing

In my whole life, I just know now the other means of squatting. After searching Google for a while, it seems that squatters often decorated the building they squat. In my opinion, squatting is wrong.

Calmness

It seems peaceful,
serene,
and calm.

But it also seems,
beautiful,
surreal,
and perilous.

You Don’t Have to Get Older

I agree with the statement above, but maybe only partially. Do you know a quote that says…?

You don’t play because you get older. You get older because you don’t play.