Category: thoughts

  • on being a woman

    on being a woman

    on being a daughter In my believe, being a daughter is considered a great blessing and a source of immense joy and reward for parents. This belief is based on the teachings of the Quran and the Hadith, which encourage parents to cherish and respect their daughters. لِّلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَٰثٗا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ In the Quran, Allah says: “To Allah…

  • why I was on and then quitting dating apps

    why I was on and then quitting dating apps

    Coming from someone who is quite decent like me, learning that I was on dating apps must be a bit shocking to you, even to some of my friends. There was this experience when one of my guy friends sent my profile to our mutuals. At the time, I have already opened up to anyone…

  • Investing in Bearish Market

    Investing in Bearish Market

    Disclaimer: I used the available market data during Bearish Market in 2019. However, these techniques can be applied to other market condition as well. The tutorials referred were mostly performed using MS Excel. COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected since the end of 2019, has knocked out capital markets around the world, including in Indonesia. Also…

  • to grow old or to grow up

    to grow old or to grow up

    Dear readers, Months ago, a friend of mine asked me if she wanted to introduce me to one of her single male friends. Actually I was a bit reluctant, but I tried to accept her good intentions by just agreeing to her polite requests. The person she was introducing was her classmate during her freshman…

  • on making peace with emotion

    on making peace with emotion

    These past weeks, I have been sad. Maybe you already realized this-so-not cool emotion since I wrote about my grand father, however I could not even help but admit I was very shaken up. That is maybe the reason why I talked a lot. I talk a lot on my Twitter and Plurk and write…

  • how do you keep your friendship?

    True friends stab you in the front, Oscar Wilde A good quote, isn’t it? No, I solemnly swear not to talk about Oscar Wilde nor the true friends who stab me. pfft… :p I only put the quote since I like how that moment is being quoted. Recently I read a book by Ruth Ozeki.…

  • how healthy you are

    Todays I am getting more aware about days I passed with my family. I am trying not to bother my parents more and be blessed to what I have. I keep communication to my younger brother who is studying far from home. You know, people should be grateful for everything while they can do. I…

  • Anxiety among the natural imbalance

    It was when most people enjoyed their rest, thousands of people living in around Cikeas and Cileungsi River have to save their belongings one by one due to the sudden flood. It was about 11.00 pm, and the height of water becoming higher time by time very faster. On the other sides, in the higher…

  • The dangerous circumstances of Jakartan’s transportation

    As the most populated city, Jakarta becomes the targeted city of transportation development. Thousands of people commuter to and from Jakarta every day. The central city development which was started in Soeharto’s era has created large urbanization. The larger urbanization then becomes problems year to year. Then, while the government has only limited sources to…