Cerita Sita

Pernah mencoba es campur? Tampilan es campur memang bisa menerbitkan air liur. Walau dari tampilannya terlihat acak-acakan (karena banyak bahan dicampur jadi satu) tapi di akhir rasanya menyegarkan. Maybe that is how my feeling has been going on these past few weeks. Seperti es campur, so many things mixed up my feeling at the same time, one ingredient that has the biggest role is the "es", not "es campur" but "es tiga" alias PhD study. If you remembered, last year I wrote that one of my dream would be to continue my study for PhD, not this year, but I keep it as my wish list. But somehow this dream gave me a bit of a jolt. There is a possibility that I might be able to do a PhD although it is far from final. But the idea came so soon and unexpected, I had to admit I was a bit terrified. I was terrified and doubt myself at the same time although at first I was so confident and eager to continue my study. I thought, if something comes all g...

Source: The Economist In memoriam: Margaret Thatcher - April 8, 2013 Watch your thoughts for they become words. Watch your words for they become actions. Watch your actions for they become habits. Watch your habits for they become your character. And watch your character for it becomes your destiny. What we think, we become. My father always said that... and I think I am fine

Ahem. Ingat postingan ekeu tentang mimpi bikin taman? Sepertinya mimpi tinggallah mimpi hahaha *ketawa miris* karena ternyata biayanya aduhai sungguh tidak masuk di kantong celana kita yang udah hampir bolong ini. Udah tau bolong, masih maksa pengen bikin kolam ikan pakai sidewalk dari kayu pulak. Macam apa pulak kau. Anyway, setelah nego nego nego sama teman aka desainer taman tersayang, Bessy, kita akhirnya memangkas habis biaya bikin taman dari 25 juta (pingsan abis!) menjadi 4 juta saja. Kita fokus ke hal yang kita butuhkan yaitu merumputkan halaman yang botak dan merapihkan kontur tanahnya yang begajulan supaya anak-anak bisa main.Bahkan keinginan buat menaburkan batu alor di sekeliling rumah harus ditelan bulat-bulat dulu karena ternyata menurut Bessy ga bisa langsung ditabur begitu aja, harus ada pipa dibawahnya (see? Now I am learning something!) Bessy sih setuju aja waktu kita bilang implementasi pembuatan tamannya kayanya bakal banyak tahapannya (walau mungkin dalam hati...