Holiday was out of the picture, and work came immediately occupying that week. From time to time of running a business, I have a preference of handling customers personally. Meetings took places in informal situations such as their homes, offices, or at a small group agreed to gathered at a friend’s apartment. These relations eventually flourished…
As a regular person who also maintains a regular 9 to 5 job, I increasingly grow restless whenever I hear of ‘Industry 4.0’. The term itself is not new and has been going around for several years, however, my company has taken a new initiative focusing around industry 4.0. If you are not familiar with…
I had a not so smooth-start in 2019. It’s a story of a chronic pain, chronologically. It begins on December 2018 when I had a throbbing toothache for weeks. I decided to go to a dental clinic. The dentist I choose was the last doctor that performed my wisdom tooth extraction, months previously. My teeth…
Here we are in February, a month of fresh start and time to re-think of that resolution for the rest of the year. January came and went away. I still remember writing those resolutions with fire in my heart. And as February roll around, the familiar feeling of what-happen-to-my-resolution and what-the-hell-did-I-do-with-my-time are also crashing down….
Entering a political year can be discerning to certain circles in our life. Family, friends, even in your work place, things start to heading toward different directions. Most of the times, a crack in relationships appeared. Conflicts, and soon confronting can emerge. Contradict perspectives laid out in simple conversations in between office breaks, a family…
In September 2017, an unfortunate event had occurred. A mother was killed in her own home in Bandung, Indonesia. The only witness that morning was his own child, Abraham (not a real name). Abraham, is not the ordinary 16 year-old teenager, a children of Special needs (read.autism spectrum) that lives with his father. They lived…
This is a story about how human body remembers, about the power of women, compassion, and human collective action. Back in 2016, a 14-year-old girl (YY) was found dead in Bengkulu, Indonesia. YY was born to a poor family in Bengkulu province, Sumatra. She was a bright student, ranked in top 3 in her class….
Diving into “Homo Deus” by Yuval Noah Harari feels a bit like opening a door to a room you thought you knew, only to find it’s much larger and more complex than you ever imagined. Have you ever wondered why your lifelong friends suddenly change and into stuff that they never care about? or felt…
I have talked about being in the third life crisis a few months back, and just like ocean waves, it may hit you harder one day than the other. Currently, I’m in the self-improvement phase. You know, when you feel that you don’t have enough knowledge or skill compared to your peers. And as a…
