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High School: Initial Thoughts

I haven't been blogging for like 2 months. And I apologise for that (even though I'm not quite sure whether I have any loyal readers out there). But anyway, let me update you about my current situation. So I graduated from middle school or junior high school or whatever (which is a good thing) and I graduated with relatively great grades (which is a very good). I then applied for the best high school in Yogyakarta (in terms of passing grade) and I eventually made it. I am incredibly grateful for that series of very fortunate events. But I can't help but feel a bit nervous and scared of what's to come. Now I don't know how big of a fish I am. But what I know is that I chose to be in the big pond and I currently am in the big pond. Not only that, but I'm also in this pond with loads of other fishes. None of them seems to be friendly. There are threats that I might not perform well or that I might look like a complete idiot just because I chose to be among the ge

Fear & The National Finals

Fear. That thrilling sensation triggered by your brain that goes down your spine and from there, it swarms every centimetre cubic and square of your flesh and skin. That unsettling feeling translated into a consistently rapid heartbeat. It's one of those set of letters that you definitely don't want engraved in your mind. It's that thing that you don't want infecting your thoughts and ideas. It is the very embodiment of "not good". And those words above are probably an exaggeration. But let's be honest, some of it is definitely true and worth nodding your head towards. Whilst I am writing this blog, I am feeling fear. It has little to do with the blogpost itself. But it has everything to do with the Junior High School's national finals that is to be conducted on Monday, nationwide throughout the whole Indonesian archipelago. And you might wonder, what's so frightening about an exam? I mean, towards a certain extent, and to some people, it is sl

Creating Contents and Getting it Out

Whether it's writing, typing, or making videos, getting stories out there into the public is a form of content creating. The stories in the form of words that you write or type and the videos that you film and produce will be seen by people and therefore your content would serve it's purpose. It could be an entertaining story, or something that has educational value, or anything. Content creating is very fun and it could "force" you to keep pushing your boundaries until you find new ones. Personally, I am a big fan of content creating. Youtube videos, blog writings, news, all that sort of stuff. I think it's one of the easiest ways of sharing positivity to other people around the world (although there are definitely pricks out there who uses this opportunity to spread negativity and fear). As long as you're contents are intended to affect people positively, content creating and content sharing would have so many benefits not only to the creator, but also to

Control (The Absence of it)

It doesn't sound like much. But you'll eventually realise how important control is when you don't have it. When your actions don't affect the situation in any way at all. It's as if the trajectory and the speed of a rock you throw has nothing to do with how you throw it. I don't need to have a PhD to tell you that a condition of such is absolutely inconvenient. The implications of not being able to have control can prove disastrous. For example it could spark this thing called "learned helplessness". "What the bloody hell is that?" you might ask. Well, I find it hard to explain but I am fairy certain that you will find what you seek here . It's basically this condition where you allegedly thought that you don't have control over the current situation that you begin to doubt the things you have in mind aimed on trying take control or utilise the situation, therefore you don't bother to do it. In some cases, it's true that you

A Few Thoughts on Instagram (and Instagrammers)

Instagram is an absolutely free and highly-diverse platform. You can literally post anything there from something geeky like a lightsabre to something as relatable as a quote. Some people post completely random shit. But a considerable amount of others post pictures that could show-off their photography tekkers. Nah, I'm just kidding. I mean some others post moments that are captured as pictures so the whole wide world could acknowledge it, and therefore generating more of these interactions. Some people do this for pure fun and joy. But some others do this to take pride over their "photographic tekkers" (yup, this is where my sentence from before should've ended up in the first place). I mean it's not like I'm against it. Some people do have impressive photographic vision and camera knowledge. Those people do deserve to be praised and I could almost say they have the right to be cocky if it weren't for the fact that being cocky is one of the truest sig