In today’s lesson, my sensei taught us a very interesting meaning behind a Kanji word. 辛い（つらい – tsu-ra-i）: hardship, mentally painful 泣く（なく – na-ku）: to cry 涙 （なみだ – na-mi-da）: tears And if we do these that word can give us a brand new meaning: For 辛（い） + (work hard or hang in there) = 幸（せ）read: しあわせ shi-a-wa-se. It means happiness and notice there is a small dash on top of it. For 泣（く）- 氵(mean: tears; lit. water) = 立（つ）read: たつ ta-tsu. It […]
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I’m back!
Celebrating my 300th post! Let’s have a question and answer with myself. Q: Where have you been? A: I’ve been busy with enjoying my life, real life, not the online one. Q: Are you saying that you’re not enjoying your life when you’re actively blogging in the past? A: No, I enjoyed my life that time too. But I have lots of disagreements with life (mostly disappointments) so to think it out loud, I blogged. Q: Hmm.. Can I say […]
2 things I learned from hiking Mt Fuji
I just came back from my Japan trip last week. There were 4 of us, 10 days in Japan mostly Tokyo area and Mt Fuji. Personally, this trip has a deep meaning not only because I’ve been longing to go to Japan but also this is my first time to use the language I’ve learned for the past 2 years. You can’t lie to nature Persevere, persevere and persevere Those two are connected to each other. This trip has more […]
Thoughts on Apple
On remembering Steve Jobs, I remember the first time I heard about his name was after I graduated. A lecturer in campus showed his commencement speech in Stanford. I already felt that his speech was inspiring, really. I couldn’t imagine how thy speech can influence me so deep in the future. On knowing my campus is part of Apple campus, I know that Apple stuff is pretty unaffordable in Indonesia. Unless you make a fair earning. Last time I visited […]
Win, lose or draw
Recent lesson: there is no winning (or losing) in relationship (with friends, someone you close with, or your partner) I have a friend whom tends to be late. She’s late to show for meet up, she’s going to work late (though she’s justify it by finishing work later, even it means to work overtime), she’s late to go for her classes, and many more. To my observation, she tends to keep it to the last minute then she will rush […]