Staying Productive as a Writer with WFH Job
Back on the time management topic, here’s it. Now without 3-hr a day commuting, you might think I’d have 3-hr extra to write. Wrong.
Back on the time management topic, here’s it. Now without 3-hr a day commuting, you might think I’d have 3-hr extra to write. Wrong.
Aku tergelitik untuk menuliskan pengalaman saat membaca informasi dari Satu Persen. Yang diminta adalah membagikan tips untuk berbahagia dengan caraku sendiri. Bahagia? Aku termenung membacanya. Dalam kondisi dunia kaya gini, pandemi, banyak bisnis mati suri dan orang kehilangan pekerjaan, masih pantaskah mengejar rasa bahagia? Untungnya, aku segera sadar. Kebahagiaan adalah …
I’m in the middle of Kafka on the Shore by Mr Haruki Murakami and had finished Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Mr Salman Rushdie. Both have surrealism (or magical realism, I suppose) elements in their stories and I’d like to give my two cents. I know that …
Yesterday my colleagues and I discussed something about the Wuhan outbreak. It was inevitable that the victims, alive or dead, were becoming numbers on a spreadsheet or news items. Somebody quoted, “It’s said that a human’s death is a tragedy. But collective demise is statistics.” True, this was an honest …
Done is better than perfect.At first, this idea appalled me. How come done is better than perfect? Are we settling for mediocrity now? Is it the trend? But having subconsciously following this mantra for more than 2 years yet, I found the grace and beauty in it. It is not …
I finished reading 1984 by George Orwell, A Beginner’s Guide of Reality by Jim Baggott, and halfway through Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. I find the underlying common theme of the three books is about the existence of absolute reality or the lack thereof. The Orwellian universe in a state …
I’m writing this to pour over my thought process and inner dialogue of voices in my head to reason with my grief. Please be patient. And if you’re a grieving pet owner over the loss of your pet, deep condolences for you. Hope this piece of my rambling can soothe …
Cerpen ini saya tulis pada akhir Desember 2018, hampir setahun lalu. Beberapa minggu lalu, saya sempat membacanya kembali saat sedang menelisik dokumen-dokumen usang yang terkubur di hard drive, siapa tahu ada yang bisa didaur ulang. Dan saya temukan kembali cerpen ini. Karena Vipi baru saja dipanggil Bapa di Surga, saya …
Menulis itu mirip dengan product management. Sama-sama bermula dari kondisi yang tidak ideal, dilanjutkan dengan plot atau storytelling perjalanan user menggunakan aplikasi, dan bermuara pada peluncuran buku atau produk sebagai hasil akhir.
[catatan refleksi seorang awam di hari Jumat Agung] Sebelum tablo visualisasi dimulai, komentator menyampaikan agar umat mematikan handphone dan semua alat komunikasi lainnya. Umat dilarang mengambil gambar atau video ketika visualisasi berlangsung. Ini mungkin menamparmuJika engkau lebih terbiasa mengabdikan diri demi kontenBukan demi kebenaranWaktumu habis untuk mengabadikan momenPadahal peristiwa yang …