My friend said a very interesting statement yesterday, “Although someone has interest on doing some kind of work, doesn’t necessarily means he is the right person to do it. Sometimes you need to go beyond normal, to give more than what you are required to do.” The conversation was happened during our lunch time, and we were discussing about work (well sadly yeah, sometimes we discuss about work even during our lunch time). Her statement made me think about some […]
Category: attitude
anything that helps kartika angkawijaya during hard times, inspires or motivate her to go through those times
When resisting is not working
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 <he resisted temptation> 2 : to withstand the force or effect of <material that resists heat> My version, to resist is not to acknowledge something which is usually associated with bad things. You can name activities like gambling, stealing, or using drugs. I don’t such experience […]
Accomplishment
Open my eyes, I turn myself over Blink, I realize that today is still Friday Look around and I saw my luggage around the corner Thought that today is my flight day The sky is still dark Not even a dog bark Turn on the wireless modem And, turn on the comp Read friends’ blogs Could not deny of being jealous For them who find their happiness But told myself that I have my own as they have theirs Somehow, […]
5 self asking question which help to motivate ourselves
In my previous post, I listed how to tackle bad mood. One of them is recognizing the cause of it (writing my thought down). So, below is a short list of questions which help me to find out the cause. 1. Do I expect too much? 2. Do I enjoy what I’m doing? 3. Do I need it or do I want it? 4. Do I worry about the outcome? 5. Have I really done anything to achieve it?
10 things to lift your mood up
We surely have our ups and downs. We feel that we can conquer the world when we’re in a good mood. But, when we’re out of it, we felt that how unfair the world to us, we become grumpy, we do nasty things, we fight with other, or you just name it. So, I’d like to share some which works fo me when I had my downs: 1. Sleep Most of the time, I read from an article that lack […]
5 possible reasons for you to start blogging
If you ever consider to own a blog and you put it aside afterward then you might like this. The reasons I like to blog are: 1. I like to take notes. I found that taking note helps me to remember the lessons I just learn. Before blogging platforms were popular (or even before the Internet was a hit), I wrote quite a lot from daily activities to fiction. (yes, I even believe that I may be a writer one […]
My quotes collection from films
(or TV series, or books, or world leader) Admiral Adama: In your opinion, off the record, what was Garner’s flaw? Major Lee Adama: He was used to working with machines. Command is about people. (Battlestar Galactica-RDM) “All man’s troubles come from not knowing. how to sit still in one room.” (Pascal, 1670) +”and when to sit still” (Ajahn Brahm) “It’s going to be legen.. wait for it.. dary! ” (Barney-HIMYM) “Life is always about the journey, never be the destination. […]
Learning my lesson – keeping my ego at the bay
Lately, I was so stressed, I didn’t know what made me stress and I was quite desperate to find out what made me stress. Is it my work load? Work has been busy as always, writing code, designing system, debugging and testing, you name it. But I believe that I’m still coping it. Is it my schedule? I schedule myself to exercise on even days, Tue-Thurs-Sat. It was just started for the last three weeks. Is the schedule too rush […]