Gibberish Writings

Every new year's eve is definitely an absolute joy. You get to hang out with friends and family, get a barbecue goin', light some fireworks, it's always about fun and doing fun things. Although let's be honest, it's a lot more than that. I mean trust me I don't like deadlines and seriousness especially when it has to interrupt the fun that's currently commencing. But I guess it's fair to say that the fun itself, unaccompanied by some deep reflections would bring no meaning to the new year celebration itself. In other words, it's a waste of bloody time. Precious time. I always ask myself a question every new year's eve. Well, at least I always try to ask myself a question every new year's eve. The question in question is "Without the noise, without the hustle and bustle, what kind of things would I think of tonight?" Well it's probably not exactly like that but my point is that I always try to reflect over the last 364 days (

They say that if you want something really bad you gotta work really hard. That notion has always been planted in me since I was little. Whether it's by my parents, teachers, idk you name it. They say that an accomplishment is always about the hard work. And so when there's a test coming up at school my classmates always study real hard. Almost too hard if I'm honest. Pile of books, late nights, those kinda stuff. I just happen to be one of those people who don't actually put in that much effort but I seem to appear somewhere at the middle-high rank. Well, okay, you might argue that's because of luckiness or because I might be talented or whatever. But to be honest, I don't think so. http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/9Tz/o9a/9Tzo9anXc.jpeg You see, compared to my other friends, you can say that I'm like one of the laziest. And lazy people are almost certainly born with a major disadvantage if it weren't for the fact that they seem to figure out

As you guys know, or might not know (in that case I would gladly tell you), we live in this planet called Earth. Thing is, we don't live here alone, or with just a few family members, neighbours, or other people who are physically and mentally close to us. We live here with a lot of people. 7 billion in that respect. And because we have more human from time to time inhabiting this Earth, competition grows within us. And with competition, comes ignorance. We feel the need to care less about the people who don't matter to us directly. Individualism. Most of us are overshadowed by the notion that if we give room to care about somebody else (who is in need of care) then we would have less room for ourselves and therefore we might lose this so called "competition" because our contenders might not think about other people. So then the "logical" move would be to not let that happen because of course we want to win the competition. But to be honest, I don

In this post I will complain about something... Because I am sort of good at it HAHA. (Okay, that capitalised laugh is a lame) Okay, so have you ever argued with people who always thinks that they're always right without even giving the slightest assumption that the opposition maybe, just maybe, is in fact the right side? Those people deserve high-fives. In the face. With a chair. Twice. From Hulk. HAHA (I'm sure you've heard that joke before) (lame). But anyway, what I'm trying to say is that these people are really slowing down the advancement of the human race in a way. Why? Because I guess two of the things that a 21st century human must have is respect and an open-mind. If you don't have even one of these then by all means I have the right to call you an "utter prick" or a "douche" the Americans might say. These people tend to think that no matter what, they're always right. And that is indeed stupid. You're lucky if this pers

Today is the August 17 yeayy! It marks 70 years of Indonesia's independence and it is indeed a day to celebrate. Today is obviously a national holiday but students and civil workers are required to attend the flag ceremony in their respective work places. The ceremony usually lasts for like a little less than an hour. It's not necessarily a fun thing to do but when you consider the historical vibe that's going on around then it's really something you'd do without having anything in return. Oh, and I definitely have to tell you about the ongoing tradition we have when it's nearing this exact day. Usually each and every neighbourhoods would sort of host various "competitions". I wouldn't really call them competitions because they're too not serious to be considered so but technically they're still a competition so, yeah. I don't really know how to explain or give examples about the competitions we have because if you're somebody not

Bloggers are amazing people. Because blogging is like really really really hard. To have something to write everyday and actually write it so that you can eventually post it is insanely hard. That's why I really do appreciate all the daily bloggers out there. They are indeed a prime example.  The weird thing is that most people think it's so easy. I mean at first it is because when you just had the thought to make a blog you're mind is literally filled with tons of idea and you feel an irresistible urge to post it online. But after that phase, you literally have nothing. Nothing. Well to be honest you actually do still have one thing you still have a choice. Whether you want to continue making something and push yourself so that you can continue finding new limits, or whether you want to just leave that sudden urge to make a blog just a sudden urge to make a blog. I say that as if I know a lot though hahaha. Well the thing is that I don't. But I know these things fr

I only have a few friends. I mean at my school there's about 320 people in my year alone and I do know most of them. But I wouldn't say that I have a lot of friends. I have a lot of acquaintance, yes. But not a lot of friends. And the very reason for this is trust. I'm just that kind of guy who doesn't like to be disappointed by the people that I trust. Especially if I trust them a lot. And my preventive action to that is sort of qualifying the people that I know so I'm sure I'm being friends with the people that I can actually trust. In Indonesia, having a a few friends is not really good in the social point of view. In fact if I were to say so myself, being an introvert or showing too many acts of introversion is like a social crime. My teacher once called me arrogant and selfish because I don't have a lot of friends. And that same exact teacher would probably still say the same now. The thing is that those people don't understand how it feels to b

Have you ever met people who just don't like to settle problems? If there's a problem they just want to prove that they're the best compared to the other party. And the thing is they don't really care if they're right or wrong. I mean even if you are the right side at a certain matter then you still don't have the right to actually punch someone in the face or shove them off your way. Let alone if you're wrong. Especially if you're wrong. And the fact that these anarchists don't think just annoys me like hell. I have encountered an anarchist before. And they all lack intelligence if not simply brainless. So I've had a certain problem with this anarchist. Let's just call him "Rodney" cause that name seems appropriate. So once upon a time this Rodney guy appeared in my life and tried to make some mess in it which he accomplished doing. I tried to talk with this guy. Figure out what he wants and maybe find a solution to our case. But

So a few days ago I went to watch a movie with my lads. I watched in the XXI Cinema (read: Twenty One Cinema) in a nearby mall. So I went there early to get the tickets (I don't usually do that). I knew that by the time I got there the cinema (let alone ticket counters) aren't even open yet and I plan to queue in front of the cinema entrance with the FEW early queuers. I got there at around 10.30 and I was mistaken. The few early queuers aren't few at all. There are LOADS of them. But anyway I decided to join the queue anyway because I needed to get the tickets whatsoever. Besides, I wouldn't expect to experience such a long delay. http://www.21cineplex.com/data/gallery/pictures/141836677474355_1000x667.jpg I expected the cinema to open at 11. But it opened somewhere on 11.15 which is already a let down. But the biggest let down that day was when the cinema actually opened. So here's the situation. The cinema entrance and the ticket counters are a few metr

So I actually got the True Colors album quite a while ago. And I have listened to it several times. It simply is awesome. I'm not like a really really super committed EDM fanboy. But the kind of music that Anton Zaslavski makes is simply different. I know that EDM is a actually a large music genre and there are a lot of sub-genres in it but that's about what I know. My knowledge isn't really that deep when it comes to EDM and I don't know what EDM sub-genre that Zedd specialises in. But I can definitely tell that it's different. When I say "different", I'm not only talking about the tunes and the beats and the drops or whatever. I'm also talking about the lyrics. Every song that Zedd makes always tells a story and I find that awesome. It's not like AronChupa's Albatraos that tells about a mouse named Lorry and suddenly it had something to do with the word "albatraos" which I thought was a name of a bird but in the end turned out

What comes to your mind when you hear someone say "trust issues"? "Oh, it's that disorder thingy that people in relationships and marriages have." Well, true. Sort of. But I like to think that not only people that are in relationships can experience this. Absolutely everyone can. I have. Or, still. When somebody you trust a lot lies to you, that could spark trust issues. And once you have it, it is incredibly uncomfortable. You always have this haunting trauma feeling whenever you interact with people. Whenever they assure you of something or simply give a statement that they will do something or promise you they'll keep your secret, it feels heavy to trust. A lot heavier than normal. It's torturing in some ways if i have to say so myself. Because not  everyone has intentions to do bad things to you and not being able to trust those genuinely good people is just not right. I haven't found a solution myself to this problem. Sometimes it simply fades

So Indonesia is country full of cultural and moral values. And one of the cultural values that we have and need to respect no matter what is that we have to show ultimate respect to people who are older than us. So then it's a bit hard to actually win an argument with somebody older than you even though you're right. Especially if that somebody is a really old somebody who came from the 70s or 80s. I mean the cultural value itself isn't necessarily bad. If anything, it's actually good and it makes a lot of sense. But on the actual field, the elders tend to think they're always right just because they've lived longer and experienced a lot more in life. Well some elders aren't like that I have to admit. Some of them are really open-minded and for that very reason I feel incredibly grateful. But those who think that the road they venture are the best, they suck. A lot. And to change this tradition would take a great deal of time. And by a great deal

So around this week, every single junior high school in Indonesia are having their finals. Although not at the exact same time, but yeah. In my school, the finals will be held from last Friday to next Thursday with an exception of Sunday because it's obviously a holiday (Saturday's not a holiday in Indonesia. Sad. I know). Anyway because there's only going to be one exam subject for tomorrow when every other day except for tomorrow's got two and tomorrow's subject happens to be English, I thought that instead of properly studying I'd write a blogpost tonight. So I guess I'll tell you what has been happening since the first day of finals. So at the first day, the subjects were Bahasa Indonesia and Islamic Studies. Bahasa Indonesia has been always relatively easy to complete. I'm sure the majority of students completed it in around 30-45 minutes when the rules say you basically have to pass at least 1 hour and 50 minutes to be able to submit your work an

So 2 days ago, my Science teacher ordered me to make a film. It was some sort of documentary about our studying process in the classroom or something like that. I was appointed as co-director/cameraman/screen writer (or something like that). I actually had no camera but my brother has this quite decent late model DSLR Camera which I could borrow. The thing is, I almost have no idea about setting up a DSLR camera. So of course, one of my most trustworthy solutions was YouTube. After I few videos, I eventually stumbled upon the DigitalRev channel. It was a really entertaining-informative photography channel. It was presented by this guy called Kai Wong.  Now I don't wanna be racist or whatever but the only way I could describe him is that he looks Chinese but he speaks really really good English with a quite distinctive British accent. So in terms of communication, accent, fluency or whatever, absolutely no problem with this channel. http://cdn-static.digitalrev.com/1.9.16.6/

This post is gonna involve the word "Australia" a lot. So for my fellow Indonesians out there not liking that, feel free to navigate away from this post. Vielen dank (I learnt a little German recently. Long story.) Anyway, so as you all might or might not know, I lived in Australia for more or less 6 years since I was 1-2 years old or so up until I was 7 (I guess). Before I went to Australia, I believe I've already known Bahasa Indonesia. Probably barely, but yea, whatever. So when since me and my family moved to Australia I guess I picked up English quite quickly. And I got into the culture, the habits, the mindset, etcetera. Long story short, me and my family eventually had to go back to Indonesia. When I got back to Indonesia, I literally forgot Bahasa Indonesia. And it took me like at least 3 months to remember the basics (or maybe re-learn it). What I'm tryin' to say is that there is this period of time where English was actually my only language. And be

This video taught me a lot of things. To never give up, always be grateful, to chase my passions, to not let what people think overcome me, and many many more. Casey is an awesome human being and his life is as awesome as he is. He wasn't rich, he ran away from home when he was 15, he had a baby early in his life, his life wasn't exactly that good at all (at the beginning at least). But now he's a filmmaker, youtuber, content creator and his life is awesome. So yeah... If you think you're life is shit then look at this guy and what he had become. Never give up lads. Just never. Like NEVER.

So before I even started this blog, I use to write journals. Not exactly everyday but yeah I do write them often. But recently I started focusing on this blog and started to forget about my journal. This night, right before I wrote this, I stumbled upon it (long story). So I decided to share it to you. What I'm gonna share with you right now is a Journal I made at December 4 2015. The title was "change". It was inspired by a Ted Talk delivered by Jules Evans entitled "How philosophy can save your life". So Today is the fourth day of the first semester's finals. It was Science and Sports Education today. Science is a big deal. And guess what? I'm rather pessimistic about my results on it. I definitely messed up a lot of answers. So, hey.. What the hell should I do? I'm basically fucked you know. But then I accidentally got to this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwYvFlNGns (it was a long story). It told me about how powerful philosophy was.

Since I was like 10 years old up until now there's probably no day in my life where I haven't listened to music. I think I'm the kind of guy who likes all sorts of music. From classic, acoustic, rock, to EDM, pop, rap, whatever. If I think it's good I'll listen to those stuff. But that's not what I want to talk about in this post. I want to answer a question. What kind of music defines me? That is one of the hardest questions of life, man. I mean, seriously. How am I suppose to pick one kind when I like to listen to like all of them? Well you know what I'll try to answer it anyway so let's see how it goes. First of all, to me, music is a media to tell stories. Music is a way of sharing. So with that being said, I think I'll definitely rule out EDM. I only like EDM because it gives you the fun and the hype and the sort of "togetherness" when you're amongst your friends jumping to it. But it's kinda hard to tell stories with i

Okay so before we even start, I want you guys to know that yes I use the word "learnt" instead of "learned" and both are grammatically correct so don't you dare point that out as a typing mistake haha. The next thing that I want to address is that yes I only lived in Australia for 6 years since I was around 1-7 y/o and some of you might think that's enough to be qualified as "growing up" in a certain country but I'm sure some of you think otherwise. I don't really care but for me, I would definitely say that I did grew up there because it contributed a lot to my ways of thinking and perceiving, etc. First off, after I was born in Indonesia and I had only lived for about 1 year, my parents decided to go to Australia to study. We flew to Perth via Bali (because there was no straight flight from Yogyakarta to Perth (up until now I think)). We stayed in a small apartment in a place called Carlisle or somethin. And I pretty much spent like m

I have experienced that one time in my life where I thought that I just have no use in this world and I might as well kill myself. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's thought of that. I was experiencing depression back then. I felt as if I'm carrying too much of a burden for someone my age and it is utterly unbearable. I've had a mental illness. The interesting thing is that I never told it to anyone. Not even my parents. I'm afraid that people wouldn't take me seriously. I'm afraid that they'll say I'm just weak or overreacting or whatever. Nobody actually knew I was depressed. That's just one example. Can you imagine all the people out there having the same or even worse conditions than me and they're afraid to share it to anyone whatsoever because they're scared that they'll be stigmatized and then society would pull away from them? I mean, they're lucky if in the end they could resolve it on their own like me. What i

Elementary is a wonderful crime-drama TV Series on CBS starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. The series is about Sherlock Holmes (J. L. Miller) who fell into heroine-addiction and in the end was entrusted with a sober-companion named Joan Watson (Lucy Liu). This TV series is out every week (unlike BBC's Sherlock) which is one of the upsides. But that's not the only thing that I love about Elementary. I feel that Elementary is much simpler than BBC's Sherlock. I mean, let's admit that J. L. Miller isn't as perfect looking as Benedict Cumberbatch and that would obviously make the girls who would look into this series think twice. But trust me, there is a certain magnet in Elementary. And in fact, J. L. Miller plays Sherlock Holmes quite nicely. The coldness, the emotions, everything seems nice. And just to let you know, I'm also a fan of BBC's Sherlock. But the amount of patience I have to put to wait for Season 4 is just not that worth it compared to El

The title may seem like nothing. But seriously, this video is an inspiration. I'm not really gonna talk about the video itself because if I do then I'll spoil the surprise. But what I have to tell you is that this video changed me in many ways. It taught me to face whatever shit situation I have in front of me. And just to let you know, I do face a lot of shit situations. This video taught me that the impossible is possible. That the word "impossible" itself is a word made by desperate people lacking in persistence and determination. If there's still a possibility, no matter how slight it is, then it's possible. You just have to believe. I mean believing isn't easy. In fact it's really hard. That's where persistence and determination comes in. So if you guys are havin' problems, big ones, and you think that desperation is starting to creep in, never give up. Only then you can reach your dreams, your goals, the thing that you're born to do

If you look at this video with your eyes normally and process it with your brain normally too, then you'll pretty much see this video as a simple vlog made black and white, muted, and with music added to fill the background. But if you try to feel this video then you'll understand that this vlog is a piece of art representing happiness, love, joy, fun, and other great feelings. Will Darbyshire made it happen. Will is  pretty much a newcomer on YouTube. His channel was made a year and a bit ago. I knew him from Jack and Finn Harries' Rickshaw Run where they did this crazy adventure trying to cross India from one end to another with rickshaws (or tuck-tucks or whatever). It's really cool you better check it out ( JacksGAP - Rickshaw Run ). Anyway I like Will's videos because.. emm.. I don't know. I just like his taste and his personality (which hard to explain). Just watch it and (hopefully) you'll get what I mean. In this "38. Sunday" video (W

His name is Harry Baker and he's a poet. An amazing one. I really find him different to other poets out there because of his speaking pace and the selection of words and... I don't know he's just amazing. In this video he presented 3 of his poems. The first one was called "59". It's a story about a boy called 59 who loves a girl called 60 but his love to her didn't really end in a happy fashion. The second one was, technically, the best poem in the world at that time. It's called "paper people". It tells about this imaginary paper world where things are quite similar to the real one. The good stuff, and the bad. I find this poem really really awesome because of how it tells about the truth in a very unique, weird, and exciting way. The third one is called "The Sunshine Kid". It's a story about the Sunshine Kid who was supposed to shine bright but he was shadowed by the "Shadow People" and he couldn't really s

So as you might or might not know I am a big fan of the 4 time consecutive Formula 1 Drivers World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, who's currently racing for Scuderia Ferrari. And to be honest, I'm really looking forward to this race because Ferrari said that they will be installing a new aero update on Seb's car (not sure about Kimi's). It sure as hell didn't look bad when Seb qualified for P3. But after the race, well Sebastian did finish 3rd which is still a good result. The thing is that he finished 45 seconds after the race leader, Nico Rosberg. The start was relitvely good one for Seb. Not only that but Lewis on P2 got massive wheel spins going off the line so before even braking for turn 1 he was already in front of him. This whole thing went well up until the latter period of Seb and Lewis' 2nd stint. Lewis decided to box for a fresh set of prime tyres. Everyone expected Ferrari to react by boxing Seb a lap after. But this didn't happen to be t

What do you like to do? A simple question indeed. "For such a simple question there are an endless amount of answers." says Connor. There are an endless amount of answers indeed. In this video Connor talks about one thing he likes to do; take photos. He tells that he takes photos with his iPhone because of the convenience and the simplicity. In the video he excepts the fact that he's not the best photographer but man his Instagram's filled with amazing (or "dope" as most American's would say) photos ( @connorfranta ). If I were to be asked this question, I honestly don't know how to answer. I mean I like to take photos myself, I like to play football, play guitar, listen to music, watch YouTube videos, and many many more. But the thing is that none of those things I like have really reached a level where I could be proud of them. And when I haven't felt proud about something I do, I feel reluctant on telling it to people. But if there i

Hey, Guys. I thought I'll share another speech script today. I used this script when I was competing in a competition held by a Senior High in Bantul, Yogyakarta Special Area. I got 1st in that competition so I think this one is pretty good. And I also wanna say that in this speech script I slipped in a little personal story of mine. So it's gonna be a little hard if you're going to copy it haha... So here you go. I’ve always felt that I’m different compared to most people. At least compared to most students in my school. On break time, they like to gather in groups and gossip about someone or chat about the current trends. I prefer not to. If I necessarily have to get involved in a group chat outside my class, I always try not to do the unnecessary. Not to talk too much. Some people say that I’m shy and weird. Some even say I’m arrogant and antisocial. The truth is, I’m an “introvert”. So ladies and gentlemen, the honourable judges, and my fellow competitors, this morn

John Green's Paper Towns is awesome! I know there's been a loot of people criticizing this book on the internet and saying that it's similar to Looking for Alaska but for me it actually is awesome. This book tells a story about a guy named Quentin Jacobsen who was childhood friends with a girl named Margo Roth Spiegelman. One day Margo mysteriously vanished from the face of the Earth but she left what might seem to be clues for Q. So then Q decided to chase her and find out who Margo really was. For me, the good part about this book is that it has touches of mystery solving stuff goin' on and I like mystery solving clues kinda stuff. And another thing is that it's filled with philosophy and metaphor kinda stuff. I mean honestly I didn't anticipate this but I also like metaphor philosophy stuff so hell yeaa. One of the downsides that I felt is at the beginning, when you don't really know what's goin' on you get kinda confused and a little bored (

This is actually a quite old video uploaded by Troye. But still I think it's magnificent. To be honest this video gave me a lot of drive in my life. The message in this video is really deep (to me at least). It's about, as the title would've already addressed, becoming you. Becoming that original, genuine person inside you no matter what the consequences are, no matter what people say. And I guess that's exactly what everyone should be doing. Instead of trying to copy or even be someone else for various purposes, they should just look inside and embrace. Not only that, this video is also a great piece of art. It's got like this artsy sort of style and it's really really interesting. I really urge you to watch it and I hope you can also find that little bit of composure in your life and yourself...

First of all, I am a Madridista. But when it comes to things like this I really wanna look at the picture objectively without being biased to Real Madrid. So here's what I think about the match. Real Madrid played horribly for a semi-final stage against a team that some say should have been defeated by Monaco in the quarter-finals (no offence to Juventinis but that's true). The passing was not all that good in midfield. In fact if anything, I think Real Madrid are being really really sloppy with their possession. One of the things that played badly for Real Madrid in this match is Ramos' position. I know Ancelotti played him in the midfield and I know it has been successful for a couple of matches before but this time it really just isn't right. I think having Ramos in midfield could be really good when it "works out" but in this match I don't think it did. Sergio Ramos isn't really that guy in midfield with the vision and the passes if you get what

So today I feel like sharing some shots that I took on The Grand Palace and The Emerald Buddha at Bangkok. This place is like a paradise for photographers and is definitely on the list when you're travelling to Bangkok. One of the highlights of this place is The Emerald Buddha itself which is stored in this gold temple. However you are not allowed to take any photographs or video of it. So here ya go.

I have to say, this video is incredible. For you guys who haven't watched this video and aren't subscribed to JacksGAP then you really should. I've actually watched this video in like a few weeks ago but I just had the feeling to share it now. And not only share the video, I also want to share my fear with you. I'm afraid of not being able to make my parents happy and proud of me in the future. My parents always wanted me to be someone successful. I don't know about countries in other parts of the world. But here in Indonesia, you need excellent grades to be able to get better job opportunities and possibly the job you favour. Whereas, I don't really like school. At least not my kind of school right now. You see, even though I was born in Indonesia, I basically lived my life in Australia until the age of 7. When I got back to Indonesia my parents put me in a private (non-governmental) kindergarten. It was nice there. There are lots of similarities compared

So, hey guys! Today I thought that it's probably a good idea to share one of my speech scripts. This speech was made originally by me and was presented in the Sebelas Maret University for a speech competition held by SMU's English Student Association. On that occasion I got 3rd place and I was really happy about the script that I made. Anyway, I also want to say that the reason I shared this is because I wanted to help you guys who are trying to make a speech script. I don't want you guys to just copy this text, paste in Microsoft Word or something and print it because even though I wouldn't know, it's really easy for the judges (if you're going to participate in an English speech competition) to figure out whether the speech you're delivering is taken from the internet or not. I want you guys to be inspired and at least give you a little idea about what an ideal speech script looks like. However if you are still struggling then feel free to send me an e-ma