Category: Life

  • Nobody Defines You!

    One of my mood booster and way to find inspiration is through youtube, and this video just pop up on the right side of recommended ones. What interest me is the title and the thumbnail of the video, "How Do YOU Define Yourself" by Lizzie Velasquez, and the thumbnail shown a very thin woman who looks like an alien **well that's my first impression when looking at the picture thumbnail**and that image is totally changed after watching this video. 

    I can't imagine myself on her position back then, being different, bullied, posted on youtube with the label "The world's ugliest woman". But what inspires me that she never give up although she was facing many hard and tough things in her life because of the syndrome that she has, and she even made and turned those bad things into motivation in her life.

    "Just use their negativity to light your fire and keep going in life"

    That's just so right, but easy to say and hard to do. Most of the time in every things that we do, there'll always be people who support and also hate us. Sometimes hearing bad comments can demotivate and stop us from what we do. That is the defining moment, DON'T STOP, just keep on going, because the best way to get back to those people who made fun of us, underestimated and mock us is to make ourself better and show them that they are wrong with our goals, success and accomplishments.

    What Lizzie said in that video is so right, what define us is NOT our physical appearance or syndrome or whatever it is that even we can't change that, instead embrace it because it's surely the gift that god given to us. Where we come from, background, friend is also NOT the thing that define us. It is our goals, success and accomplishments are the one that define us.

    To achieve the goal, the formula is simple: just simply write all the goals and targets and work hard to achieve that. Of course it will not be an instant, maybe take years in process, but those process and the results of our success are really the things that define us. 

    "Your life is in your hand"
    Absolutely right! Let's work our ass off and get ready for whatever happened in front of us! 

    It's me who define myself with what I am doing and achieving, not anybody or anything else.
    Thanks Lizzie for reminding it 🙂

  • Beratnya Mengikhlaskan

    Ceritanya Sabtu kemarin waktu mau antri beli tiket nonton The Secret Life of Walter Mitty tiba-tiba di depan mba2 ticket nya bingung, loh kok dompet saya ga ada.. ah ketinggalan paling ya mikirnya, karena emang bawa tas yang beda dan feeling saya si dompet itu ada di tas yang satunya.

    OK, hari berganti lupa lah akan itu dompet sampai ketika besoknya waktu mau ambil uang beli sesuatu di warung, lha kok di tas yang ini juga ga ada? Mulai deg-degan… Bongkar semua ruangan kamar, angkat segala benda kali-kali nyelip, periksa kolong lemari dan tempat tidur masih ga ada juga 🙁

    Inget-inget lagi siapa tau ada di HQ, langsung tancap gas ke kantor, bongkar juga semua ruangan dan tempat-tempat biasa menggeletakkan dompetnya, well… ga nemu juga. Olrait, nampak si dompet lenyap (>_<)

    Mulai lah membayangkan dan flashback kegiatan seharian Jumat hingga sabtu nya, kemarin ngapain aja, pake ngeluarin dompet atau engga, masih ada atau engga dompetnya waktu itu. Coba juga langsung kontak tempat-tempat yang dituju, baik didatengin langsung dan tanya security dan customer service nya, hingga mang parkirnya, siapa tau aja jatuh dan ditemukan itu dompetnya. Astagfirullah… ada-ada aja…

    Sebenernya sih dompetnya udah lama, lecet-lecetnya juga udah banyak, isinya uang juga ga sampe seratus ribu **emang ga suka bawa uang banyak2 sih**. Mostly isinya adalah nota dan bon yang belum disortir, ha ha.. trus juga kartu-kartu identitas, kartu nama, KTP, SIM, kartu member-member gitu dan ATM serta kartu kredit. Trus juga ada benda-benda sentimental  dan pernak-pernik lainnya seperti unforgettable birthday greeting, foto bareng mama papa yang sengaja disimpen biar bisa dilihat sewaktu-waktu kalo kangen, casing simcard buat switch dari iPad ke modem GSM, memory card cadangan buat BB, kartu nama dan kartu donor darah PMI yang sudah dikoleksi beserta capnya sejak 2004.

    Well, secara nominal si ga akan banyak itu isi dompetnya, tapi isi dan memorinya yang lebih berharga. Mungkin sama kayak kalo hardisk eksternal atau leptop yang sudah digunakan bertahun-tahun serta dipake macem-macem, kalo tiba-tiba dia rusak atau hilang sebenernya nilai data yang ada di dalemnya lebih berharga daripada bendanya itu sendiri.

    Plus kebayang aja ribetnya kalau harus ngurus-ngurus setiap kartu dan dokumen yang hilang misalnya: KTP, SIM, kartu ATM dan kartu kredit, itu ada beberapa tempat yang kudu dikunjungi, lengkap dengan surat-surat hilang dan administrasi lainnya, belum lagi keluar biaya administrasi segala rupa. Fuuuh… inhale exhale dulu…

    "Ikhlaskan saja ya… kalau emang masih rezekinya, insyaAllah akan kembali lagi, dan mudah-mudahan mendapatkan ganti dengan yang jauh lebih baik" itu kalimat yang senantiasa dibisikkan dalam hati, dipikirkan dan dingiang-ngiangkan selalu.. mencoba untuk mengikhlaskan…

    Ikhlas itu nampak mudah untuk diucapkan dan diniatkan namun rada berat pada implementasinya ya, ha ha. "Time will heal", "you will got better", "you won't get something new unless you let go the one you have" dan masih banyak lagi sebenernya quote-quote yang terdengar biijak dan bener sih… tapi… tapi… tapi… tetap berat implementasinya.

    Ya, semoga dengan mencurahkan pikiran dan perasaan dalam tulisan ini bisa meringankan bebannya sedikit, serta bisa move on untuk follow up aja serta melakukan semua hal yang dibutuhkan dalam mengantisipasi kejadian ini. Ambil pelajaran berharganya saja, sebelumnya suka ga perhatian sama benda-benda, semoga kemudian bisa lebih diurusin dan diperhatiin lagi.

    Iseng-iseng googling eh malah nemu tips-tips ini : How to Let Things Go dan 40 Ways to Let Go and Feel Less Pain. Yaaa walaupun engga dalam konteks let go sesuatu yang berat-berat kayak di article itu, tapi beberapa tips nya bisa dipakai lah ya. Atau ada saran bagaimana tips dan caranya agar bisa lebih ikhlas? siapa tau bisa dipraktekkan langsung nih 🙂

    Entah kenapa juga perasaan ini menandakan kayaknya si dompet itu masih berada di sekitar saya, tapi entah di mana adanya. Semoga itu perasaan merupakan sixth sense yang benar adanya ya, ha ha ha…

    Ya semoga apapun yang terjadi, percaya saja pasti ada sesuatu yang baik dibaliknya yang memang sudah dirancang oleh Allah SWT. #masihmencobauntukikhlas #semogaberhasil #mohondoanyaya #amin

  • Re-BORN

    YOOOOOOOW….

    Almost two years since I wrote my last post in my blog….
    how I miss to write here again….
    sorry my blog that neglect u…

    It’s been ups and down in my life in this two years…
    finding my passion, working on my final project…
    distracted with dancing which become one of my PASSION right now…
    graduated from my lovely ITB…
    getting experience from a multinational company….
    and trying to start up a business…

    so many life changing experience which shaped my skills, knowledge and also transform my character…
    I learn more about life, maturity, relationship, trust, moreover about LOVE….
    feels so GREAT that I can developed myself up to this point… and will always be more…

    That’s what happened before….
    NOW… in this moment, September 21st, 2010, the same date as I born 24 years ago…
    I’d like to make up with u my blog… now, for sure gonna start writing and sharing with you to keep track of my life, to be one of my memories later on… (^_^)

    Inspired by what my friend Tina share in link before :



    It’s really true… that when I was a kid… really cheerful, GEMUK *how I really want this*, hardworking, never ever giving up, taking high risk, caring and LOVING…
    Therefore, let’s transform my positive feeling and attitude just like when I was a kid….
    start by the appearance…. (^_^)

    kid Ivan and NOW ivan (^_^)

    because I LOVE MY LIVE (^_^)

  • Live Life to The Fullest

    YOOOOOOOW…..

    Whatever happened in my life…
    I LOVE MY LIFE…. (^_^)

    Let’s do the best and enjoy the life to the fullest…

    SEMANGAAAAAAAT!!!!!