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 year resolution? I asked them back, for personal or for office? And they replied of course the personal one. I smiled sheepishly and replied that […]
Category: attitude
anything that helps kartika angkawijaya during hard times, inspires or motivate her to go through those times
How well you know your friend?
(this conversation happened last night over the dinner between A and B who used to live together and C is A’s partner) A: What did you do on new year eve until made you lack of sleep? B: Yeah.. I slept at 3 in the morning, I tried to finish assemble my model C: What? A: What happened to you? Why you suddenly changed much since the time you lived with us? C: No.. please be the B that we […]
License to be sick
*cough cough I’m telling myself, Come on my body, show some energy! There are some works to be done. Come on my mind, concentrate a lil more! There are some plans to work on. *cough cough My heart said, Have you give yourself enough rest? Did you put too much stress on yourself? Have you eat healthily? Have you do some exercise? Even you did it, doesn’t mean that you can stay healthy all the time. I was puzzled.. You […]
Thought on learning language
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 them. I like to think that it’s a form of appreciation too.
How to make other people happy
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 ourselves out easily. When I was flying in air plane for the first time, the air attendant said, please put your oxygen mask first before […]
Tell your story
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.
What photography taught me #2
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 least we need to know what is ISO, aperture, shutter speed, etc. Rule, rule and rules If we dig deeper, we can find lots of […]
Lesson of the week
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.