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Is blogging useless?

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:50:13 +0000

One day one of my friend asked me during lunch time, what would I think about blogging. Well I have a blog and I like to blog. The reason is I can share my thought and with hope to inspire others. How did I start to blog? It started when I was on my final [...]

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Capturing the best picture

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:00:15 +0000

As a refresher in between some personal development post I usually I write, I would like to share a story. Some weeks ago, I went to a short hike with group of friends. There were 6 of us, three girls and three boys. Almost all of us bring camera, from pocket camera to digital SLR [...]

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That plan is perfect, but..

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:00:14 +0000

Do you like to make a plan? Or do you prefer to have someone plan for you? Not about your life, it’s about what happened in daily life, like going on a trip, throwing a party, or organizing event? The first time I entered my university life, I was fascinated with the seniors who arrange [...]

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When resisting is not working

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:49:53 +0000

What do I mean by resisting? Alright, according to online dictionary Merriam-Webster, resist means: intransitive verb : to exert force in opposition transitive verb 1 : to exert oneself so as to counteract or defeat 2 : to withstand the force or effect of My version, to resist [...]

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What is your style?

Kartika Angkawijaya — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:58:40 +0000

Lately, I’ve been into discussion with a friend about my blog. He recommended a blog to me to read the week before. The blog is written by Singaporean girl which is mainly describing her daily activities. Her language is light and simple; some of the story are funny and some are quite provoking but it [...]

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On one step closer to our dream

Kartika Angkawijaya — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:25:02 +0000

Below is the dialogue excerpt between Ria Torres and Dr. Cal Lightman from one of the “Lie to Me” episodes I watched, Lightman (L): Look, what do you wanna be when you grow up? Torres (T): I am grown-up. (L): Terrific. what are you? (T): I’m–i’m a– (L): You’re on your way to becoming one of the [...]

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Lessons from life

Kartika Angkawijaya — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:26:55 +0000

I feared being alone until I learned to like myself. I feared failure until I realized that I only fail when I don’t try. I feared success until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself. I feared people’s opinions until I learned that people would have opinions about [...]

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On setting a limit

Kartika Angkawijaya — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:27:12 +0000

I like one of the sport shoe commercial tag line, “Nothing is impossible. Impossible is nothing”. The tag line has been few years back though, I’m sure you know or ever heard about it. First of all, the story I wrote is for sharing purpose which inspired by my own situations. I’m motivated by the [...]

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12 Common Qualities in Positive Thinkers

Kartika Angkawijaya — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:16:14 +0000

12 Common Qualities in Positive Thinkers taken from Think Positive Thoughts

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On shortening words

Kartika Angkawijaya — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:05:15 +0000

In my personal experience, writing in nice proper form also helps me to sort things out from my head. Like a brief pause. A pause to question myself. Do I really need to type this to my friend? Will the information be useful for them? Or we can say also a way to evaluate our thinking. Because when we’re such in a hurry, or maybe when some emotions are involved, we may say unnecessary things too..

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