J.K. Rowling said that in her Harvard commencement speech. She said that she was racking her head what should she share in a commencement speech. So she thought that what she wished to know when she was at the same age with the graduates. Her words made me think, what are the think I want to tell my younger self? Or maybe what would my future self would tell the present me. (I’m sure that Luffy wouldn’t want to hear […]
Category: personal
describing a glimpse of kartika angkawijaya daily activity, some events which intrigue her thinker side trying to find out the answers for them
Random notes from last week
Don’t you feel amazed when you started to tidy up some of your stuffs and as you look through it, you started to think, why it seems I was wiser yesterday? 1. I took out some pages from my agenda, it’s been half a year in 2017 but I still kept all the planner pages from beginning. It makes my planner thinner now. In one of the page I wrote few lines which I heard from a Japanese movie, Honnoji […]
Being considerate in public places
There are times when I miss to be in Japan because of their manner (besides the manga and anime culture). First, the peace while riding a train. Today the young chap in front of me listening to a music with his speaker phone and do a muted lip sync with occasion of air fist and patting his chest. I ran this scenario inside my head: A. Bro, can you play BIGBANG song? B. Bro, can't you afford earphone? C. What […]
Mid year reflection
I did it..!! And the rest are history.. below was my day KM 22: I thought I signed up for 21km run? KM 21: the finish line is not here yet? KM 16: oh.. my.. it’s so hot. Legs are giving up, then heard someone called my name.. extra boost of power to the finish line! KM 15: yay.. 6 more to go.. but at this rate seem to exceed 21km. Should I go to toilet here or at the […]
Perfect or working solution?
“I’m not aiming for a perfect solution but I’d rather have a working solution” is what my colleague told me based on his past experience, when I was discussing about project I’m leading. In my personal life context, I have to say that being a perfectionist (to some extent), I usually did a thorough research and compared different approach or products. But I also realize that often I called it off because I can’t accept available options, whether they are […]
Do you remember why you started something?
I went to another art class yesterday and this time is about learning watercoloring. And in the classroom there is a quote which was teacher Nat‘s work, Remember why you started It was beautifully written and decorated with her floral watercolor around it. I immediately withdrawn to it.
Awareness (continue)
In my swimming class, my coaches always asked what did I do and how did I do it or how I feel after some drills. They will still tell me if I couldn’t tell them maybe because I wasn’t aware or preoccupied with other things while doing it. They always emphasize that we need to be aware about what we do and remember the feel of it. When we remember it, we are conscious and as we practice more, the […]
May Favorite Actor: Hiroshi Tamaki
First blog post in May after series of miss in April is about Hiroshi Tamaki (玉木宏) or Tamakin. I was having dorama-rathon “Career” end of April while waiting to start my new role in a new place. It’s been awhile I haven’t been watching his drama. However, when I looked at his drama/movie list, I realised that I watched his work for quite many. It somehow reminds me 2 things although you were doing quite well in different areas or things, people around you probably […]