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Untitled (Pt. 2)

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:47:34 +0000

continuing from previous post.. I went back to my hometown for celebrating Lunar New Year with my family on 3rd week of Jan and the holiday is going to end soon. I will be back to Singapore tomorrow and will be back to work on Thursday. Mostly I spent my times with my family (of course) [...]

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Untitled (Pt. 1)

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:41:53 +0000

As always, without realization a year passed pretty fast. We are living in 2012 now and it’s near the end of January. In general, people will start to think about their new year resolution since December; some of my friends did it. One of them asked me, have I gave a thought about my new [...]

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Thought on learning language

Kartika Angkawijaya — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:15:57 +0000

Some of my friends told me that I’m too free by learning too many languages at once. I’ve been learning Japanese for about a year plus and recently I’m learning Korean. I simply like the happy face from the person I talk to when I speak in their language. It also easier to connect with [...]

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How to make other people happy

Kartika Angkawijaya — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:01:25 +0000

is by making yourself happy first. A good reading from Paulo Coelho’s blog. When I was a kid, I was taught that I should be selfless and give myself to help out others. The more you give yourself, the more respect you’ll get from others. Most of the times by doing this, we will burn [...]

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Tell your story

Kartika Angkawijaya — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:55:10 +0000

Regardless how awesome you are, share the joy with other about who you are and what you do! You never know that by sharing those, you may inspire someone. For your inspiration this weekend, I’d like to share a TED video by a National Geographic war photographer, James Nachtwey. Copyright © 2009 This feed is [...]

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What photography taught me #2

Kartika Angkawijaya — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:42:11 +0000

Here are some of the take away points for me: Master the basic Understand the rule Know your gear Have a picture in your mind Back to basic What are the basic for photography? Google it and you will find a lot of different answers. But for me, knowing the jargon is a must. At [...]

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Lesson of the week

Kartika Angkawijaya — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:45:07 +0000

One secret of personal growth Find a mentor. Whom you can fight and can be honest with you. Straight jab maybe painful, when people who cares about you doing it, it will be less painful somehow. Learn from them. Let the fights shape you. Copyright © 2009 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. [...]

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To be honest with ourselves

Kartika Angkawijaya — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:32:09 +0000

I remember clearly that on one fine day, while I was working on my website project, one of my flatmate entered my room and asked me, “How can you build a website?” Looking at her while my hands were typing some HTML code, and replied “Why not?” Let me share you my story. I’ve been [...]

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Remember why you are here

Kartika Angkawijaya — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:27:58 +0000

Recently I listened to a design talk, one of the speaker begins her presentation with a slide titled, “Remember why you are here”. And following that title, there is a sentence, “I started this field because I’m passionate about [blanks]“ This brought my memory back to a book I read in the past, a self [...]

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Daily inspiration, find one every day

Kartika Angkawijaya — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:00:52 +0000

Question to self: What is inspiration? What inspires you every day? What are the thing that you find inspiring? Do you think inspiration takes an important place in your life? I found this poster somewhere in the internet two days ago and it made my day. I hope it inspire you too. Happy weekend. Copyright [...]

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