Having Fun Staying at Home – Bye Corona!

Hello readers, it’s me again!

It is June of 2020 and I am now writing my first post on my blog. It’s been a year already and I know I keep saying this in my every post that I miss writing so bad! So today, why not start it all again? ;)

How are you doing in 2020? I do hope that you are okay and be healthy mentally and physically because healthiness is all that matters now. 2020 is such a surprising year, isn’t it? I remember what I wished for in new year’s eve last December and how I expected a big change in this year but 2020 turns out to be a year when we all need to stop and break, I supposed.

I have been staying at home for working and not going anywhere since April. It has been two months now and gotta tell you that it’s so boring! I’m living by myself in a kost, so I don’t have anyone really to talk every day. I spend my money in internet mostly because it’s the only source of entertainment I have. How I miss going out, without mask and hand sanitizer of course. Despite of how bored I am, there are many people out there who still need to work at the office and even many of them lost their job so I’m feeling so grateful with my condition now.

When boredom attacks, it feels like there is nothing to do, literally. I could lying on my bed and scrolling Instagram for hours. I feel my mind is so full of social media stuffs which in fact has given me bigger insecurities. There are too much problems shared on my twitter page, too much viral news, and also too many online shop to visit hahaha. I know how bad social media has affected my mind so I try so hard to limit my social media activity and try to do other things instead. Please let me share the activities for my me-time which you could also try in your house.

• .       Watching More Inspirational Youtube Channel

There are so many videos in Youtube you can watch, but have you ever think to search inspirational talks or motivational videos?  I have been watching Lana Blakely youtube channel and now I have practiced for minimalism life because of her videos. Whenever I feel the need to exercise, Chloe Ting certainly has lists of videos on how to build up my body. I also starts to check and listen to Ted talks videos. They usually create videos with duration only 10 – 15 minutes about science or history with nice animation and it might give you new ideas and also becomes a new source of knowledge. I know that living in our houses might have limited our interactions with friends and colleagues and we may feel be less motivated, I obviously have been in that feeling too. Nonetheless, being inspired and motivated actually can come from your own thoughts and using smartphone or whatever gadget you have to seek for them is a basic we need to keep in mind.  

• .       Try Dart!

Well this is actually the activity I always wanted to try since I was in college. So, I bought a dart set online and now it has been a month for practicing it. It is a lot of fun! I suppose that this idea of buying dartboard might not interest you at all. Well, what I’m trying to say is that you may keep some games in your house that might light up your mood. It might be lego, rubic, monopoly, and many else. I’m sure that some of you might have thought about THAT Playstation 5, ahahah, but it’s okay though. As long as the game keeps you stay at home, and make you stay away from Covid 19, and you get the fun part of it, then no worries! 

•  Journaling, Doodling, Drawing

I dare you to visit Amazon online now, and start searching for a nice journal book and buy it right away! I can guarantee there will be no regret because a lot of memories will be kept safely and forever be documented started from now on. I think there is a beautiful part of journalling, it is a way to let it out emotion and feeling on a paper and that feeling or emotion suddenly will freeze and stay forever. When you read it again in the future, you will travel again to the past and realizing those feeling and emotion again.  I do hope you know what I mean, haha. Your journal does not need to be pretty with colorful pens or with nice sketch. Try to create your own journal, make it as if you are the only person who could only read it! You may also write down the plans or bucket list of the things you want to do after the pandemic is over. Also, try to add some doodles and drawings. Be creative as possible!

• Listening to Podcast

I’ve been listening to Podcast for a lot of time now, mostly listening to local Indonesian ones. I remember back then when I was a kid, I used to put my headset on and wait for my favorite anchor to start a radio. Listening to Podcast is much likely the same thing, only it is more fun because we could catch up our favorite anchor at any time. It also covers a lot of topics such as comedy, film, politics, economics, or even business and sports. When I feel like I’m not in the mood while working, I can open Spotify and search for BKR Brother, Podkesmas, or Makna Talks and listen to their stories. I was quite sceptical about listening to Podcast at the first time, I thought, “what’s the interesting thing for listening to people chatting to each other?”. But now, I’m addicted to it! You should try too! Oh, I wish we can share our Podcast list :D

• Reading Books, definitely

During pandemic or not, reading books might have been your daily basis, but not for me, haha. I target myself to read one book per month, how sad it is right :p. I know that reading books should be an essential activity as long as we live so I try to read more books now. The last time I remember was I have spent 8 books and I finally found an author that inspires in so many ways, Yuval Noah Harari with his book title, Homo Deus. I’ve never been so eager before to really digging science and searching for knowledge from books. I thought that it was quite late for me to begin reading books but better late than never right? I know that some of you might not like this idea,  but please just try for one book and finish it! It can be a novel, a magazine, a comic, or even the bible! Never judge a book by its cover though, you might be surprised :D

That’s it, my 5 activities that I try to keep during this pandemic. These activities surely have distracted me from my phone and have given me good changes. I know that we have our own hard times during this pandemic, but I would like to suggest you to keep that positivity inside youself alive and please consume as many as inspirational and motivational ideas as you could. If you have your own ideas about what activity should be done at home, please share and comment.

Stay sane, every one!

Ps. I think blogging again will be my 6th activity! >,<

BALI, See You Soon

Hello readers!

It's almost a year since I stop writing. Honestly, there was so many chances to write again, but myself held it for no reason. Probably you're gonna be sick to know that I miss writing in every post, but I do, a lot.

Many good things happen for this past year, I am feeling grateful to get through it. There was not any significant hard time, except lately I have been thinking a lot about my job. Let's not talk about it and talk about fun things instead: my holiday to one of the paradises on earth!

                             

For 22 years old, that is my first time to enjoy Denpasar. The experience was so great! The weather, the people, the road, the view, the sand, the hotel, all of it were fantastic. No wonder that people always want to spend their holiday in this city.

I went with my old friend, Indri, along with her colleagues and my boyfriend. I spent 5 days meanwhile my boyfriend left early in the third day. I visited several places such as Uluwatu temple, The Monkey Forest, La Brisa beach, Tanah Lot, Kanto Lampo Waterfall, and several clubs. We stayed in 3 different hotels, one of the best was Holiday Resort Benoa. It was pretty far from the city but the room was great. Thanks for Indri who set it up our nights for free :D

My favorite is the Kecak dancing show in Uluwatu temple. I could not stop watching the dazzling fire show with the beautiful clear sky and ocean view.  It was a dancing telling a story about Rahwana, the bad guy, who fell in love with Dewi Sinta who is Rama's wife. It was interesting that the show told the story of the Rahwana's love by adding fire play and some jokes in it. Though it was a little bit raining, I still remember the unforgettable sunset and the breeze up there. I wish I can explore the traditionalism more for the next visit.

I met some of my friends from colleague that I missed the most and it was a very good time indeed to have nostalgia and it is always good to know how your friends doing with their lives. Visiting Bali in a week is not gonna be enough tho. Bali is a very big island that I swear it was kind of pain in the ass actually to go every where with a motorbike. The sky can change that you need to prepare rain coat and umbrella. Nonetheless, if you are truly a traveler, I suppose riding a motorbike would not be a problem. Besides, it is kind of romantic to travel Bali with motorbike together with your loved one :p 

Bali is incredible indeed. I wish it would not be my last time to be there. I am still eager to check out the zoo, the dolphins, the mountain, and I missed to have dinner at the beach this time. The atmosphere is the same as Bintan, unless for the temperature since Bintan is always hotter.

Anyway, I am thinking to be active again in my blog this year. Today, I uninstall Instagram on my phone and hoping that I can diminish my addiction living in that world. So, why not blogging instead, right? Just like the old times :D

See you again!

Review Samsung Galaxy A6+ – Setelah Pemakaian Satu Bulan!

Halo semuanya! Apa kabar? Long time no see yah. As what the title says, kali ini aku ingin review handphone Samsung Galaxy A6+ yang rame dipromosi di media akhir-akhir ini. First of all, tujuannya dibuat post ini adalah karena aku ingin share pengalaman setelah menggunakan smartphone ini. Untuk sebelumnya, aku ngga pernah beli handphone, I mean the handphones that I used were gifts, so last month I decided to buy one. The previous one was Xiaomi, it was good, up until I thought I need to buy new one since my Xiaomi Redmi 3 was no longer capable to handle the apps that I need regularly. Jadi intinya, aku tau rasanya kebingungan mau beli handphone merk apa dan yang seperti apa dan ingin berbagi aja pengalaman setelah menggunakan Samsung Galaxy A6+, kali aja ada diantara kalian yang ingin tau dan berminat beli kan? Hihi.

So, mulai aja dari bentuk handphonenya dulu. Kalau kalian pernah lihat review unboxing Samsung Galaxy A6+ di Youtube, handphonenya ya sama persis seperti itu bentuknya. Displaynya 6”” (15.24 cm) dengan layar amoled. Jadi kalau layar amoled itu yang aku perhatiin, jika di dalam ruangan layarnya ini ga bakal cerah – cerah banget. For me, karena sudah terbiasa dengan layar yang agak cerah, jadi kadang aku harus set autobrightessnya untuk lebih cerah sedikit lagi dengan standar penglihatan aku. Nonetheless, kalau outdoor, layarnya cerah banget dan karena ini amoled jadi kita ga perlu nutupin layarnya dengan tangan biar kelihatan hahaha. Coba perhatiin dua gambar dibawah, untuk yang sebelah kiri kondisi layar di outdoor, untuk sebelah kanan kondisi layar indoor. 

Handphone ini berbahan metal, tapi kalau dibandingkan Xiaomi Redmi 3 lebih berat handphone Xiaomi Redmi 3 dibanding Samsung, jadi awalnya aku kira ini plastik biasa handphonenya karena metalnya itu ringan banget dengan ukuran handphone selebar itu. By the way, tidak disediakan untuk pelindung handphonenya yah, beda kalau beli Samsung seperti S9 atau S8. Sampai sekarang juga aku masih belum beli kok casing khusus A6+ beserta temper glassnya, katanya sih mungkin setelah 2 bulanan baru ada kali produsen yang jualin casing handphone ini di pasaran. Ohya, keunggulan yang lain adalah handphone ini layar penuh, jadi ngga ada tombol sama sekali, kecuali tombol untuk set volume dan turn off di bagian sisi kiri dan kanan handphone. Dilengkapi dengan finger print juga di bagian belakang handphone dan posisinya cukup nyaman juga buat cek fingerprint kita. Selain fingerprint juga ada face recognition yah. For the color I choose black because it’s so elegant and nice and classy.

Okay kita lanjut ke softwarenya langsung aja. By the way handphone ini memiliki RAM 4GB dan memori internal 32 GB yah. Kalau ada online shop yang jual memori internal 64 GB itu patut dipertanyakan karena Samsung resminya aja emang ngeluarin yang 32 GB doang, sama seperti Samsung Galaxy A6 juga. Looking at the qualifications, I think you don’t need to doubt the performance because it’s pretty quick to open and reopen one and more apps. Handphonenya sudah diinstall dengan Bixby dan OK Google and kece banget. Up until now, Bixby belum terlalu berguna sih di aku, tapi aku pernah coba dan memang itu ngebantu banget buat translate bahasa asing dan juga search for similar things yang kita belum pernah lihat sebelumnya. Buat OK Google, aku pernah coba untuk search menggunakan pemindai suara dengan kualitas suara berbeda-beda dari suara bisik-bisik dengan volume kecil sampai aku gunain juga di supermarket yang rame dan tetap bisa berfungsi dengan baik dan listen to my voice clearly. Buat gamers, this smartphone is pretty cool with its Game Launcher. It will keep your phone in a good performance while you’re playing it for hours. Game besar seperti PUBG dan The Sims juga ga bakal terlalu ngebuang battery handphone karena Game launcher ini somehow bisa menghemat penggunaan batterynya. Ada juga Samsung Max, dimana apps ini bisa kontrol pemakaian data internet.

                                                                                                      

Next ke bagian batterynya dengan kapasitas 3500mAh. Kemarin sempat aku jalan-jalan ke museum dan paket internet aku nyalain seharian, handphonenya juga nonstop untuk foto-foto, recording, balas chat, buka Instagram, dan baterainya awet dari jam 09.00 pagi sampai jam 09.00 malem. Yah lumayan sih hemat baterai juga ternyata untuk smartphone ini. Tapi kalau dibuat untuk main game dan nonton Youtube seharian mungkin ga terlalu lama ya awetnya. 

Untuk entertainment lain, kalau kalian suka dengerin musik, you can use the headset to gain more clear sound. Karena speakernya tidak terlalu kenceng dan bass, lebih bagus speaker Xiaomi Redmi 3. Anyyway, handphone ini asik juga buat nonton video dan record video. Karena handphone ini bisa membuat suara yang di record itu jernih dan gambarnya juga bagus, stay steady walaupun tangan kalian shaking megang handphonenya. Kalau mau nonton film dengan HOOQ bisa pakai headset dan set Dolby Atmos untuk suaranya, and enjoy the infinity display!

Last but not least, the camera is cool! Untuk selfie kamera ini bener-bener okay dan bisa nangkap jerawat dan bintik-bintik hitam di muka. Dan juga warna dari kameranya ga terlalu pink atau terlalu orange, jadi benar-benar menangkap gambar sesuai realnya. Kalau mau dibandingin kamera depannya mungkin bisa dibandingkan dengan kamera pocket Canon atau Fujifilm yah, karena emang sebagus itu. Untuk kamera belakangnya juga okay, dilengkapi juga efek bokeh untuk Samsung Galaxy A6+ ini, tapi ofcourse ga secanggih Iphone (see the last picture below). Ada kelemahan yang ga aku suka dari kamera handphone ini yaitu susah banget untuk menangkap gambar dalam keadaan lowlight. Somehow kayanya kalau di dalem ruangan yang kurang pencahayaan kamera ini akan bekerja keras untuk mencerahkan ruangan sekitar dan gambarnya turns out to be ugly, jadi pecah-pecah gitu (third pict below). Dan make sure kalau foto dengan kamera belakang tangannya jangan goyang, karena kamera ini gampang banget shoot dengan hasil blur. Atau mungkin aku aja kali ya yang kurang bisa gunain kamera Samsung. Tapi emang bener, kalau dibanding dengan kamera Xiaomi, kamera Samsung lebih lambat dalam menangkap gambar dan jadi gampang blur gitu.

Ini hasilnya foto dan bikin video pakai Samsung Galaxy A6+. Lumayan keren kan? Wkwk

So I guess that’s all for the review. Sorry kalau banyaknya negbandingin dengan Xiaomi Redmi 3 karena aku cuma review handphone yang pernah aku pakai aja hehe. Overall, handphone ini memuaskan banget dimulai dari performancenya hingga harganya juga haha. Ohya aku belinya di Bukalapak yah, jadi harganya bisa lebih murah dibanding beli di toko resminya, selisih 200rbuan sih, wkwk. Buat kamu yang ingin beli handphone baru dengan budget 5jutaan, kamu bisa pertimbangin untuk beli handphone yang satu ini, because it’s worth the hype! See you!

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The Beginning

Hello again, everybody! I miss you!

How’s life? I hope everything’s okay with you. It’s Easter time, so happy long weekend everyone!

Oh my god, I miss talking about life. Continuing the previous post, this post I name ‘The Beginning’, as it is the real beginning for my life to be a real independent woman. Guess what? I got a job! Yeay! I am working in an international logistics company based in Jakarta and living my own life here. Yup, Jakarta, never thought that I’d meet you this soon. And for god’s sake, you’re never be easy, J-town.

Before 2017 ended, I wasted three months working as a Front Officer in a sophisticated hotel in Bintan, five star actually. It was amazing place. I met several incredible people who taught me to be tough and to have fun. Working in hospitality gave me learning to be friendly and understand people more. Then I found a passion there in myself that I like to help strangers. Talking and sharing with strangers are my favorite parts. Unfortunately, the contract just lasted for three months only and I moved on. I’d never forget the beautiful beach, the smell of wooden floor in that hotel, and of course, the most delicious birthday chocolate cake. Thank you, The Sanchaya!

Few days after, I flew to Yogyakarta to set up my graduation ceremony. I was so thank ful that I was surrounded with my family, my bestfriends, and my lover. I took my family to Prambanan temple and Gembira Loka zoo and that was soooo fun. Then my parents and my sister flew back to Tanjungpinang and went on working the usual daily life.

After the graduation, I had the time when I was so frustrated. Jobless. Yup. I woke up at the morning and opened up my laptop to register myself in several big companies’ websites where I put my hope in one of the vacancies there, from the startup companies up until civil servants’ vacancy. I was always there in every job fair. Such a job seeker indeed. I got several interviews and several failures at the same time. Yeah, it was not easy.

Though, the most conflicted moment I had was the time when I thought, ‘What I’m going to do? Where I’m going to be?’ Some of my friends had the plans already about where to find a job. Some of them decided to continue education for a better future. I was thinking about taking master degree but I knew it was not the right time. So, searching for job was the way out.  I asked for my parents to let me live in Yogyakarta in two months in purpose to find a job. I thought it was a checkmate to know nothing to do and nowhere to go except hoping for a clue. Everything was grey. I didn’t have a dream job that I should have pursued so I had no ambition at all about a particular job. I took random job that I guessed fit my profile, huft. I was all confused and stressed out about future. Up until one day, I got a call and got offered to the job I’m taking now.

So, life has been better since then. I got a clue of a future I’m going to chase and I really hope I’m on the right track. I meet wonderful new friends here that I’d like to share with you.

For you who are still in the process of searching for the clue of your future, good luck! Never stop hoping and trying until you find back your purpose in life. Happy searching!

And hey, strangers, if you live at Jakarta, let me know. I’m a rebel explorer and need to find companions J

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