A soulmate is a concept that I've always been confused about, I always thought it was impossible that one person is made for another person. The whole thing just felt like a fantasy, an imagination. Altho this point of view on soulmates or relationships is very understandable for my younger self si…
Suatu hari aku lagi santai aja, scrolling instagram. Tiba-tiba muncul satu post yang bertuliskan “Let’s contribute together: Women Choice Open Recruitment” dan pas banget aku masuk ke dalam kriteria umurnya. Soalnya biasanya aku enggak pernah bisa ikut kegiatan organisasi seperti ini karena batas u…
Im so scared that Im missing out, I just see everyone seems to be having much more fun and they’re living a better life than me. I just feel like everyone knows how to have fun and to make that happiness in them last, whereas on the other hand Im just constantly having an existential crisis, I can’…
Menjadi orang yang empatis itu ada enak dan enggak enaknya. Menurutku empati itu satu hal yang indah, dimana kita bisa mengerti situasi orang lain dan menkompensasikan situasi mereka. Aku senang menjadi orang berempati, yang salah adalah menjadi orang yang berempati dengan harapan orang akan beremp…
Just a few days ago I was having a full-blown existential crisis, I absolutely had no idea who am I and why am I even living and breathing on this planet. A sense of purpose was just not in me at that moment. The world has its way with timing, the next day after my existential crisis I had to make…
Margaret Atwood once said “You’re never going to kill storytelling because it's built in the human plan. We come with it.” I think almost every aspect of human life is a performance, the way we speak, the way we walk, and even our salad dressing choices are puzzles to this great performance of life…
I have no idea what Im doing. To me now everything just feels too much, it's a struggle for me to arrange words that would resemble this feeling. I could say Im having an existential crisis because this feels so much more intense compared to a mental breakdown. An existential crisis, by definition,…
“Don’t you think maybe they are the same thing, love, and attention?” This is one of the most beautifully written lines from the movie Lady Bird. The first time I saw the movie, I was left in tears. This movie was a big moment of realization for me. It made me question, what is love? How do you exp…
I was just sitting in front of my laptop, listening to Taylor Swift’s graduation speech on NYU’s youtube live streaming. First of all super proud of her as a fan, to see her have an honorary doctorate degree. I found her speech very interesting, well seem to find everything she does interesting. Th…
Yesterday I was just watching the live streaming of Harry Styles at Coachella, and I just thought to myself “Wow, Im really obsessed with Harry Styles”. And it got me thinking of the other things that I love, and the things that my friends love. Everyone has their own favorite things, I have one, a…
Conversations with Friends is a novel that follows the life of the narrator/main character named Frances. Frances is 21, and she lives with her ex highschool sweetheart Bobbi, but despite the break up they continue to be best friends in college. They encounter a married couple who are in their mid…
Throughout my lifetime I have encountered so many women of color that are extremely insecure about their natural skin tone. And I was always confused why people especially adults would always praise me for my light skin. I have realized that I have beauty privilege because I have features that are…