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It's Official

College Life February 20, 2008

The house is on the market now. We listed last weekend, sign contract nya hari Jum’at kemaren tanggal 15. Sebenernya mau di listingnya hari Senen nya, tapi ternyata harus pas sign contract nya, jadi as of today, Days On the Market nya udah 4 hari deh. We priced it at $178,000…I think it’s a fair price, the other houses in the neighborhoods who are 500 sq feet smaller priced their house around $165,000..so ours is definitely a good deal. We are not reaping any profit, in fact, we are losing money…but that’s fine with us, especially when you factor in the opportunity cost that we’ll be missing if we’re still here.

We decided to list with Lucy and Lacey, waktu hari apa tuh yah, gue sholat istkharah dan setelah itu semakin mantep sama mereka. Lagian yah, selling a house is a stressful thing, you want someone who is reliable to work with, someone who you can contact anytime of the day, someone who will responds to your every inquiries fast….and of course someone who is nice, who has a high standard of honesty and integrity.

Pas hari Jum’at, for sale sign nya di pasang. Sabtu nya kita masih beres beres, nge drop in barang di Goodwill, di Once upon a child, sore nya nge drop barang di storage. Minggu nya Oki pun masih nge cat trus kita ke rumah Manda untuk nge drop barang barang di storage nya. Hari Senin Lacey pasang listing sheet nya di depan rumah, gue lanjut beres beres dan foto foto rumah juga. Oki posting rumahnya di Zillow.com. Hari ini gue masih foto foto, tinggal laundry room aja yang belom di foto. Rumahnya udah ada di MLS. Hopefully we’ll get a showing soon..amiiin.

Tadi nya gue mikirnya the best scenario would be rumahnya laku sebelom melahirkan, tapi pindahan ke apartemennya setelah melahirkan. Sekarang gue berharapnya rumahnya laku cepet aja dehh, langsung pindahan ke apartemen juga nggak pa pa, I’m ready to move on!!. Baru nyadar dan ngerasain nih kalo jual rumah, especially at this time of day is really a stressful job!!

Wish us luck!!

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You know, I've always admired and envied people who are passionate about what they are doing. Not many people can wake up in the morning and feel excited about doing the things they have to do that day. I believe that finding passion equals to happiness, and those who have found their passion and continue working on it will have a fulfilling life.

Sayangnya memang banyak orang yang belum nemu passion nya di mana, some are just clueless dan akhirnya ngelakuin apa yang kayanya bakalan banyak demand nya di job market. Ada juga yang akhirnya memang jatuh cinta sama yang di kerjainnya dan akhirnya jadi passionate dengan kerjaannya. Tapi banyak juga yang stuck in a rut, benci sama kerjaannya tapi nggak tau harus gimana lagi. Ada lagi yang sebenernya tau passionnya di mana tapi nggak berani untuk keluar dari comfort zone nya dengan alasannya masing masing.

Some are lucky enough to have the calling, to know what is it exactly that they want to do in the future and to have the talent and the opportunity to follow through and showcase their abilities. Ada yang memang dari kecil hobi dan memang jago akan sesuatu seperti menggambar, atau main musik, olah raga dan lain sebagai nya.

Banyak juga yang ngerasa passionnya itu ada di satu bidang, fotografi misalnya. Padahal megang kamera juga jarang. To me, that's not passion. If you are passionate about something, you should have been doing it all along. Kalo memang suka fotografi ya berarti setiap hari udah nenteng kamera, foto foto sana sini. If you haven't been doing it, that means you are not passionate about it. Kalau memang belum ada kamera yang canggih ya beli aja dulu alternatif nya yang jauh lebih murah. Everybody has to start somewhere, just use whatever tool you have right now, and better things will be found along the way. Take lots of pictures, compile a portfolio, volunteer to help a photo shoot because when you are willing to go out and put together a solid work without any pay, you will get noticed and people will come calling you eventually.

Today is my birthday, and one of the things that I'm thankful is that I have finally found my passion. It is indeed satisfying to finally put my enthusiasm into action and find myself doing what I meant to be doing. It's a wonderful feeling to have that goal in my life and to know the step towards achieving it and believe that I can actually make those dreams come true... because I have a strong desire to be better and my passion is my greatest strength..=)

So Happy Birthday My Dear Self!!

Kisah Anwar-Khonik di Negeri Mimpi

Lessons Learned May 15, 2007

Kemaren saya baca berita ini di Gatra. Cerita tentang satu keluarga yang hijrah ke Amerika Serikat demi kehidupan yang lebih baik. Tapi kehidupan yang lebih baik itu ternyata tidak bertahan lama. Si bapak di ciduk petugas imigrasi, si ibu terpaksa bekerja untuk membayar uang jaminan dan meninggalkan dua anak nya (6 tahun dan satu lagi masih bayi) di rumah setiap hari. Suatu hari si adik jatuh dari gendongan kakaknya sampai gegar otak. Seperti si bapak, si ibu pun di giring ke penjara dengan tuduhan menelantarkan anak dan tuduhan tuduhan lainnya. Anak anak nya di ambil hak asuh nya oleh pemerintah.

Tragis.

I feel bad for them, I really do and I hope they can get out of this horrible situation as soon as possible.

But I just have to say that I don't like the sneaky way the father took to be granted a political asylum. Si bapak, atas saran lawyer nya, menjelek jelekan Indonesia dan mengarang cerita bahwa dia di buru oleh pemerintah Indonesia karena di anggap membelot. Padahal, keluarga nya di Indonesia tidak pernah terancam keselamatannya.

Di sini memang banyak orang Indonesia yang meminta suaka karena merasa tidak aman lagi tinggal di Indonesia, apalagi sejak kerusuhan yang pernah terjadi pada akhir tahun 90-an. It's fine if that's what they truly feel deep down. I mean..we can't blame people who want to live their life in a place where they feel secured, where no one is threatening them and their family. It's their right.

But it's just not right when they use political reason to request an asylum where the underlying reason why they want to live in that particular country in the first place is actually economic opportunity, no more no less. It sickens me to think that they come up with bad stories about Indonesia that are not true to make their chances as high as possible. They give the country a bad name, and they take up the asylum quota that can be allocated for refugees that desperately need protection, because those real refugees are being persecuted in their home country.

Words to live by

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