Thank God It's Me!

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When we fall down and feel like there's no exit way, we are underestimating ourselves.

When we cry and feel like no one beside us, we forget that God always beside us.

When we are too busy not satisfied with our life, we just need to take a look outside for a while.

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Thank God It's Me is my translation on how we should be grateful on life we have.

Who we are?
A college graduate? A student? A worker in a company? A job-seeker? An activist? Or even politician.
Whatever it is, in fact, we do not have to face a tragedy like what happen in Palestine or Iraq.
We do not have to face the war everyday. I wrote, everyday. We are not in a starve-state condition like what the refugees experience.
We even have chance to go to the university.
We are lucky enough.

There's a world outside of my front door, said Fall Out Boy. And that's why I write this.

Now take a look at the upper world.
People who live there--first-world countries in this case--can do such a mesmerizing invention. In technology, science, humanitarian action, or else. Because they do work hard to invent, at least in my opinion. Struggle for more and more.
There is no perfection for everything, but there is indeed a better way for everything.


A self-centered mind will create a mind that's in prison. Been there before.
A status quo, stagnancy. Take us nowhere.


So two things, care for more and struggle for more.
And Thank God It's Me!

Warm hug from Indonesia.

Note:
This writing inspired by several photographs of Dean Shu about Ethiopia.
I knew him from an interview several months ago for an event in his university which unfortunately I can not attend, later.

As Young As It Should Be

Helloo I'm back again! This time with an authentic character of youth: SPIRIT.

On Saturday, November 24th 2012 I went to an event named ActioNation #ApaIdemu #AyoBergerak. It is an event hold by Pertamina Pertamax to gather bright young people and their ideas for a better Indonesia. This event hold jointly in cooperation with several communities in Solo at Rumah Dinas Wakil Walikota Solo.

The purpose of holding this event is to stimulate young people to think and do something for a better Indonesia. By how? By create a positive environment through this event and reshape youth mindset. So at the event, I met two young and experienced honorable teacher, they are Mas Imam Subchan (@imamsubchan) and Mas Lemi (@mfalemi). Mas Imam is a sociopreneur and one of the founder of Akademi Berbagi Solo (@akbersolo), while Mas Lemi is a doctor and has strong passion in social issues. I prefer to call them "teacher", rather than "speaker". Because teacher is also educate and inspire, not just talk in front of the audience. :D And they did that: educate and inspire.

I wrote earlier : reshape youth mindset. As Mas Imam said at the event:

"How many of us twitpic a traffic accident before we help the victim? Or even just leave them?

How many of us tweet that they're alone in saturday night?

How many of us complain on something on twitter that doesn't work well even if it's such a bad weather, for example?

How many of us move our ass-off from bed in the morning and do something?

How many of us still make our bed up when we wake up?

How many of us check our day's schedule instead of check the timeline in the morning?"

Contemplate, ask those things to ourselves. Did we do that? Are we deserve to do that?

So reshape our mindset is the most important thing right now that we should and must do. Without a positive mindset and manner, everything is impossible. Even the easiest one.

Mas Lemi, from the very first time I saw him, I knew that he is passionate on what he do. People just can see it. :) He's a dedicated doctor and a good public speaker. He's now managing a foundation concern to kidney's health. In his busy time, he still have time to share with youth about his passion and knowledge. And he is very kind, FYI. :) You guys should meet him someday.

So from the meeting, I got points to emphasized:

1. Youth should be loaded with full of SPIRIT

2. Youth should do something IMPORTANT for themselves and for others in surrounding

3. Youth should be BENEFICIAL for others

4. Youth should be a SPARK

5. Youth should be HAPPY!

Yay! 

Warm regards from Solo, Indonesia.

Bonne Anniversaire!

Happy birthday to you. :)

Yesterday was August 7th 2012 and that means the 23rd birthday of my boy. Yeaaayy!

May all the best things come to you.

Be wiser, be a man.

I just wanna share some pics and say huge thanks to Aryo, Deary, Noval, Abi, Dinda, Nanda, Vani, Oki, Oki kecil, the contributors in the video of Wahyu Agus Kurniawan 23rd bithday. Bunch of thanks, guys. :))))

Yesterday was one of my happiest moment. Seriously this is not a lips service, haha.. That was some kind of feeling when you can do something to make other people happy with what you do.

The birthday is not only about the video we made, (yes, WE, because you guys are the contributors), but also it was about sharing the moment we have no matter how far we are. Far in terms of distance.

We got technology. :D Yay! Sooo happy we can enjoy the benefit.

Although I did major mistake regarding the video (I should converted the video format first before combine them all, later I knew it from Farah and Ikhsan. --" OMG thanks guys), but the birthday boy already got your message.

Your birthday messages, your birthday wishes.

That was the MOMENT. And that was priceless.

I also want to say thanks to Mamonk, Ajeng, Aya, Dito, Kotek. I'll text ya later. :p

Soo, really hope you like it hey you birthday boy. :D

Happy birthday.

Bonne anniversaire said people in Paris.

Why Write?

My last writing on "A Bit Reactivation" means a bit. Really a bit. Because after that, I didn't even memorize that I have a blog to maintain. --" So from now on, I'll try to write my experience, and forgive me if there are any grammar mistakes. :D

So, my supervisor for my thesis deeply encourage all of his students to keep writing. Because as he told me, the man who can change the world is the man who writes. When he said that, automatically I dig my memory and found two names, Plato and Socrates. The Philosophers. Plato was a student of Socrates, and two of them, in my opinion were the symbol of intelligentsia. Along with Aristotle, who surprisingly was the student of Plato, they helped to lay a Western philosophy and science (en.wikipedia/wiki/Plato). And I agreed my supervisor that the man who writes are one kind of a man who can change the world. Despite the fact that this world also need, what I call "actioners", the man who put their belief in action more than just on a piece of paper.

What I'm trying to say is: it is really good if we can do action, it's a must! And it will be better when we can mix actions and words so the impact will be greater than if we just do one of them. One is good, but two is better.

We learn from books. We should thank the authors because they are smart and have willingness to share their knowledge.

That is one thing I learn. We have the knowledge so we have responsibility to share it. Through writing.

Catch ya soon!