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Pic Source: Coniglio Notifikasi WhatsApp muncul di HP saya. Ternyata, adik perempuan dari ibu saya mengirim pesan. Pesannya tentang dia yang minta dikirimkan foto-foto anaknya (sepupu -sepupu saya) yang mungkin masih saya simpan, karena sebagian besar foto di galerinya terhapus saat ia bersih-bersih storage HP dan memindahkan file-filenya ke PC. Dikiranya folder kosong yang dia hapus itu, tapi ternyata itu folder semacam DCIM, yang berisi foto-foto jepretan kamera HP-nya. Saya memang punya koleksi foto mereka, si sepupu-sepupu yang usianya masih 2 tahun dan 5 tahun itu. Tapi tetap saja, saya tidak menyimpan foto mereka sebanyak yang dia (pernah) punya. Jadilah, selain saya kirimkan foto-foto yang dijepret dari kamera saya sendiri, saya juga mencarinya di folder WhatsApp, karena saya ingat pernah dikirimi foto-foto mereka melalui itu. Akhirnya ketemu. Lumayan banyak. Totalnya sekitar 50an. Beres. Lalu saya berpikir tentang hal lain. Tentang "What I can give you depend...

Pic Source: Shin Kwang Ho   Honestly I just don't understand the concept. Some people have kind of privilege to do wrong, to say wrong. Including to say wrong statements about us, totally wrong ones. But the funny thing is that we do not have any right to say it is wrong. We must not correct them, even for telling those statements they made were incorrect. It is sternly prohibited, by a particular law we officially believe. A law that runs in our veins, brought by blood from generations to generations. Again, it is prohibited. We cannot criticize this law or you will be burnt in hell. And we cannot also criticize 'these zealots', because, I don't know. We just can't. Or if you insist, everyone would call you a rebel. An obstinate, insubordinate rebel. Everyone will hate you. Your friends. Your families. And in the end you will hate yourself. Fact dies, you fell, and nobody cares about you. So what's the point of right and wrong? What's th...

Is it only me? It feels weird. Sometimes I don't feel lonely though I was obviously alone. My mind was full of thoughts clouded over, unbearably loud, I could feel philosophers' soul in my bones. But at some other times I feel so lonely though I was among millions people around. Just like now. A bunch of them are there, around me. But I just don't know what to do, even what to think about. All things exist are people and this cacophony. This world is messy. And I think I could not stand another day. Sometimes it feels empty inside and all people around me say I need to throw my headphones away and  come closer to God, our only God. But perhaps I feel too disappointed by things in my whole life till I don't know what else I should do. You know what I mean, right? What and who disappoint me. After all, no one can explain to me why this world's so messy. Or is it me who's messy? No one can decide. And the most hellish of all is that no one thinks...

  Hello there! Selamat datang di postingan tentang cara jitu belajar bahasa Inggris otodidak ini. ^^ Sebelum melanjutkan membaca tulisan ini, ada satu syarat yang harus teman-teman penuhi: kuatkan niat untuk menguasai bahasa Inggris. Kenapa? Karena belajar bahasa asing itu butuh tekad baja dan energi ekstra. Jika kalian patah semangat di tengah jalan, merasa sia-sia dan tidak akan berhasil, kalian akan dengan mudahnya menyerah. Nah, salah satu cara menangkal putus asa adalah dengan mengingat kembali apa motivasi untuk belajar bahasa Inggris. Agar bisa berbincang dengan turis asing kah? Untuk mencapai skor tinggi di TOEFL atau IELTS? Ingin melamar beasiswa? Ingin studi ke luar negeri? Ingin jalan-jalan keliling dunia? Apa pun itu, ingat, tidak ada yang mustahil. Everything is possible , dan semua itu butuh niat, perjuangan, ketekunan (istiqamah), dan do’a. :D Mempelajari suatu bahasa ibaratkan perang, yang mana kecil kemungkinan akan berhasil hanya dengan angkat ...

Hi there! Selamat datang di postingan tentang referensi dan rekomendasi website sumber belajar Bahasa Inggris. :) Sebelumnya, jika kalian belum membaca tips jitu untuk belajar Bahasa Inggris di postingan saya sebelumnya, silakan klik  DI SINI. Tenang, beberapa poin antimainstream kok. Wkwk. Tapi kalau sudah, kuy langsung cek link-link di list berikut! :) 1. Listening a. Podcast:   BBC - The English We Speak Podcastenglish.com Englishclass101.com British Council - Learning English Podcast (VOA) Voice of America Podcast Culips b. YouTube Channel English with Lucy   Learn English with Papa Teach Me   ETJ English   English SingSing   Real English with Real Teachers   Guruku Mr. D   TED-Ed   BBC Stories   Love English with Leila & Sabrah   mmmEnglish   Rachel's English   ____________________________________ 2. Reading a. News The Jakarta Post ABC News CNN Internat...