*** Thoughts 5/6: “Have you ever wished somebody told you about this earlier?” Because I wished. This thought of wish (since it couldn’t be named as a regret — yet) has been rushing through my mind lately. Oh, how I wished somebody would tell me, this is what it feels like. For…

What is love? What does it mean to love and to be loved by someone else? How do you define love in a relationship? What are you crave in it? What are your expectations? Does readiness to fall in love equal falling out of love? Does that also equal being…

It’s been more than half a year since my last writing. A hiatus I didn’t plan at all. A lot of things happen within just half a year: I completed my thesis, graduated from college — thankfully & finally, graduated from my first corporate internship, and got a job. Things…

“Kamu tau gak apa yang semua orang punya, tapi gak bisa?” “Apa?” “Kemampuan mendengar.” “Kemampuan mendengar?” “Kemampuan mendengar. Mendengar, menyimak, mengambil intisari percakapan, sambil mencoba menuangkan rasa empatimu ke lawan bicaramu dalam percakapan tersebut.” Jujur aja, pertama dengar teman saya ngomong itu, saya cuma diam. Saya diam untuk berpikir, “Apa…

or the joy I realize has been taken for granted… because of this pandemic. — I found an essay wrote by Adam Grant, a psychologist and author of “Think Again”, in The New Yorker the other day. He wrote about one particular thing that we’ve missed on this pandemic: a collective effervescence. Collective effervescence is a concept by Emile Durkheim in 1912 that essentially is…

Yep, you read them right. Sitcoms aren’t all about laughing. (Even though some of them have a fake laughing sound effect, I know). Unnecessary disclaimer: I know my profile says, “I turn my contemplation into writing, sometimes”, but this one is that other time where I didn’t turn them into…

What comes first to your mind when you hear the word “kindness”? Is it a warm feeling surrounding your heart? Or is it something that makes you smile every time you think of it? It’s a confusing question, I know, because it could be something so much more than that…

Just when I thought I already had enough life lessons, through those many things that have done or happened to me, God decided to give me more. He decided to give me more in a way that I never expected ever happen to me. …

Admit it, we all are. Akhirnya saya menulis kembali, setelah hampir dua bulan dari pos pertama saya di bulan Maret lalu. Siang bolong hari ini saya tiba-tiba terpikir pada sebuah pertanyaan: “Kenapa sih, saya, dan mungkin juga banyak orang di luar sana, lebih terfokus dan memusingkan hal-hal negatif daripada hal-hal…