Sometime ago I had this conversation with different friends about how we would answer about what do we want to do in the future when we were kids. Some of us would laugh and named some professions, like doctor or engineer. (I don’t know why to become actor or painter or musician is not in the list) My answer was I want to be an engineer. I didn’t know that I’m becoming one now. Well, I’m a web developer to […]
Category: attitude
anything that helps kartika angkawijaya during hard times, inspires or motivate her to go through those times
5 lessons from “The Smurf”
1. You are not defined with you are born with But it’s how you want Smurf born and name like their personality, but although you are the clumsy smurf, you still can be the hero 2. Do your job well Every smurf has a role like their names, and they specialized in it. 3. Do your job happily When smurf are working, they will sing, they enjoy what they do wholeheartedly 4. Make mistake, acknowledge it, forgive and move on […]
Is there any problems?
I used to hear people told me that A problem is not a problem until you acknowledge that it is called a problem Update on 20-09-2011: And most importantly, we call it a problem because there is a way to solve it. So, if you can’t find a solution yet, don’t call it a problem
On anger and forgiveness
When someone do something accidentally or make mistake that leads to disturb you to reach your destination, will you be angry to the person? We are, normally. A well mannered person maybe still be able to control themselves. A “saint” maybe can instantly forgive the mistake. Adding some salt to the wound, sometimes the mistake or accident is made by people who is closed to you because of your close friend. When these kind of situations happen, how would you […]
On trying
One of my bosses told me that he hate the word “try”. According to him, it means that you’re not serious enough of doing something that you’re going to do. For example, I’ll try to see what I can do to solve the problem. In other words, it means that you know somewhere deep inside your heart, the problem is not solvable. Another boss told me slightly different view on it. He said, don’t afraid to try. Be wilder or […]
Finding inspiration
Few weeks ago I read a blog post wrote by one famous blogger I followed, he mentioned about what would you do when you are supposedly posting something yet you can’t or you are simply experiencing writers’ block. Some of the tips like ask a guest blogger, dig out your past draft post or revisit some old topics then link it with the new post maybe write it with perspective. Truth to be told, I tried those, yet the inspiration […]
Learn to humble
Regardless how bad something happened to you recently, pay attention to it, learn from it, and move on. This post is inspired by a friend’s story and how he learned from his recent experience. He’s participated in a photo competition recently, one of our friends praised him for the photo he submitted. He is quite proud of it too. On the exhibition day, he came with his girlfriend to find out whether his photo made to the selection.
Give your best and improve from it
That is one of my photography friend yet mentor post a status in facebook photography group sometime ago. He holds a basic course for couple of times therefore mostly his students put the photo to the group and asked him to give comment and critique. I was learning from their photos as well, looking at the picture and reading the people’s comment. The posts were quite long, but scrolling through was quite fun. Until my friend posted that advice. I like that advice yet […]