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Lesson learned from One Piece

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:17:47 +0000

Sound very silly, but the recent inspiration I get is from a comic titled “One Piece“. 1. Never let go your dream People may laugh at you because your dream sounds impossible, but it’s up to you to believe your dream or you want to give it up. 2. You will not be alone in [...]

by Kartika Angkawijaya
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Learn something, learn more

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 08 May 2012 02:14:23 +0000

There is a saying, never too old to learn anything, and I think, it sinks well in my personality. Even though I’m not in school or actively studying as full time student anymore, I’m still learning new things every now and then. It leads from my curiosity on certain things. I will spend time to [...]

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Month of achievements

Kartika Angkawijaya — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:59:17 +0000

April is ending or you can say that let’s welcome May instead. Yup, it’s been a busy month for me. However, I need to celebrate 2 big accomplishments. One, I completed 2 full day guitar course. I never, officially, learn how to play musical instruments before. Despite I’m so skeptical that I’ll be able to play just [...]

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We are who we are

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:48:44 +0000

Lacus to Kira: you are kind because you are, not because you are a coordinator. (Gundam Seed) There are situations when we did good things, we were scolded by others. Saying that we should not be that kind. (for whatever reason, maybe to bad people?) However deep in our heart, we feel that’s the right [...]

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Why we wanted to become others?

Kartika Angkawijaya — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:57:04 +0000

Wolf: “Asemu, do you want to be x-rounder that bad?” Asemu: “yes, otherwise I can’t surpass my dad.” Don’t you ever jealous with someone who has special talent, which you don’t have? Usually it happens when we need to go through a long journey to get what we want while the other party doesn’t really [...]

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Growing a relationship

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:17:55 +0000

I want to be the person who when I look back, I can tell myself “oh yeah, I did that in the past.” There was an issue has been bugging me for months recently. It will be easier if I can say it out loud to the person I’m having the issue with when it’s [...]

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Kids perspective vs ours

Kartika Angkawijaya — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:52:34 +0000

I had Gunbro in my iPhone game folder. Since it’s been sometime I haven’t played it, I wanted to continue my progress. But I was surprised that my money was halved of it used to be, my grenades was zeroed, but I noticed that my level is increased. Well, since I’m partnering with a friend, [...]

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Learning guitar

Kartika Angkawijaya — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:13:26 +0000

Start doing something, or else be content with your status quo I just recently started my guitar class. And as a guitar novice, I have to go through all the hardships of learning guitar, i.e. pain at my finger tips, inflexibility of my wrists, stress to get the right tempo, etc. I’m not musical genius [...]

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Playing in RPG called life

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:02:21 +0000

I wrote several times about playing RPG in the past, because I feel that there are similar traits between those two: You have attributes, i.e. intelligence, agility, strength, etc. You have missions to accomplish. Each of the mission you solved will contribute to your experience. When you reach certain level of experience, your level will [...]

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Managing others expectation, managing ours

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:33:48 +0000

Managing other’s expectation is hard, but don’t you think that managing our own expectation is harder? I found that it’s harder to manage my own expectation. One of my benchmark is I have to do more or give more than what is set for other people. For example, if someone can swim for 10 laps, [...]

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