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Digital Literasi

Cal Newport, profesor muda asal Georgetown University, dalam bukunya Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World mengatakan kemampuan fokus pada masa depan menjadi semakin langka di tengah maraknya notifikasi gawai yang adiktif. Semakin banyak aplikasi yang Anda unduh, maka semakin sulit pula untuk mengatasi adiksi terhadap pemakaian ponsel yang berlebihan.

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Hunting Kosmetik dan Skin Care Murah Meriah

Posting kali ini saya dedikasikan untuk karya anak bangsa, terutama yang berhubungan dengan tetek bengek perempuan (well you know).

Sekali waktu saya pergi ke sebuah toko kosmetik di Bandung, langsung aja pasti urang Bandung akrab dengan Toko Mahmud. Trust me it’s not kinda paid promote :p

Toko nya ini kayak di hypermart gitu loh, tiap brand punya mbak2 ambassador dan display nya sendiri. Then, saya muter-muter lah disitu sambil senggol2an sama pembeli laen saking ramenya padahal itu weekday. Banyak merk terkenal seperti Wardah, Maybelline, segala macam Mustika Ratu, Sari Ayu, Ponds, Make Over dll deh. Mulai dari brand yang biasa ada di hypermart sampe yang punya butik sendiri. daaaaan yang paling penting adalah harganya yang bisa sampe 20% DIBAWAH harga counter. Yang cukup menarik adalah merk “luar” yang tersedia disini cuma NYX. Kenapa ya? Apa karena NYX termasuk “murah” dibanding MAC, Naked, dan sejenisnya?hihihi gak tau ah….

Terus balik lagi,saya nanya-nanya harga disitu kayak sabun dewi sri varian buah-buahan cuma 60-an ribu, sementara di counter seingat saya 80-an ribu. Terus Make Over juga, eyelinernya dibawah harga counter 20ribuan. Oke nggak boleh kalap okeeee!!

Akhirnya perburuan berakhir. Saya cuma beli serangkaian produk Herborist rasa jeruk, sabun mandi, mist, lotion dan lulur bengkoang nya. Ya kan ceritanya mau perawatan sendiri, H-3 bulan loh, tapi kantong terbatas haha. Cuma abis 50 ribuan! teruusss selagi masih inget harganya nih, malam pas di kosan saya langsung cek-cek online shop di instagram, ternyata harganya 2x lipat meeennn. Saya langsung menasbihkan harus balik kesitu lagi tiap mau beli sabun hahaha.

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Fate by Orizuka

The main character of this story is 2 brothers from rich family, Jang Min Soo (older) and Jang Min Hwan (younger). They have an “angry extinguisher”, who is a daughter of their head maid. The story is about family, how they treat each other in the very complicated relationship of them. A little story about love successfully made it’s not too stiff and tense. The story which orizuka tell is complicated enough. It’s rich of secret which make us say “jjinjja?” along the reading. I think i should be very frustated if i am Jang Min Hwan. How come orizuka how come you’re so playful with his life?!  :’ This novel full of korean language. It has footnotes and dictionary like end of the book. It’s so helpful for me who can’t study languages easily. I think i should try read books like this in the future. I can’t say this is the best novel i’ve ever read. This novel can’t catch my attention fully and i read this about 3 days in my-nothing-to-do-day-but-reading-and-sleeping, which is not a good rate for me. This novel made me confused about time. I don’t know how long each scene takes time. Example: when girlfriend of Min Soo is going to Bali then another big secret revealed. After that, Min Hwan run back to Korean then Min Soo and the daughter of head maid are chasing him to Korean. After a taugh conversation they in a good condition at all. When this all over, suddenly Min Soo get a telphone from her girlfriend who is still in bali and have a conversation like they haven’t talked to each other so loonng! Oh my god! I don’t know how people hold up communicate with their girlfriend that so long. However i end this try-to-resume fate by orizuka in a scale. I have to say it’s just get 7 from me.

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Akhirnya dek Nanda jadi wanita sejati. Ditandai dengan kegalauan milih piring!! . Ni ya tante kasi tau, kemaren pas jalan2 nemu barang beginian. Bukan barang biasa, tapi inj pake murahh dan super sangatttt lucuu.. percaya gak percaya beli mug 2 biji, 1 dinner plate, 1 piring kecil, gelas Nahda 2 biji, pisau makan 2 bj cuma 125rb. Huftt 😥😥 Silakan deh cek toko sebelah, dijamiiinn murahh bgt ini. Tau darimana? Yee eke tiap beli apa2 ngecek online dulu kelesssss skrg 😉 . Terus kenapa milih motif ini? Rame amat. Kenapa? Karena gak sanggup pikir lagi 😂😂 "bang, ini lucu? Yang ini juga, tapi ini gak cocok sm rumah kita, yg ini not microwave safe, yg ini bunganya pasaran. Bang, mana yg bagus bang?" Dan @yusrizalmarwan pun menyerah nunggu diluar sama Nahda meninggalkan dek Nanda yg galau sendirian. Kezam 😓😓 . Tante nyerah kalo disuruh datang lagi harus tanggal muda! I'll come again next month! Tenang aja ring, kamu bakal punya banyak temen 🤗🤗 . #piringshabby #shabbyhomedecor #piringlucu #homesweethome #jelajahsurabaya

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cherrybam.com

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Proudly Indonesia

Belakangan saya banyak follow instagram online shop yang jual produk "luar", sephora lalala. Entahlah saya nggak pernah pake kosmetik macam-macam, cuma Parasol, bedak bayi dan tender care Oriflame. Muree kaann >,< Nah sayangnya saya cukup jarang liat os yang jual produk dalam negri ini dengan branding yang memikat. Os kan it's all about branding, and eye catching.

One day, saya kenalan sama brand kosmetik asli Indonesia, Make Over. Harganya sangat affordable, kualitas cukup baik (karena saya buka pecinta make up jadi merujuk ke blog reviewer aja) dan packaging gak kalah sama merk "luar".

Kemudian merk lokal lain yang jadi incaran saya adalah rangkaian treatment Dewi Sri Spa punya Martha Tilaar. Yang paling menarik adalah di kemasannya terdapat label NO PARABEN. As you know, paraben diduga pemicu kanker payudara karena bersifat seperti estrogen dan (this is it!) berakumulasi di dalam tubuh. Hemm saya nggak mau kuliah toksikologi sih, jadi silakan cari sendiri ya hehehe.

Btw, salah satu merk skin care "luar" yang sangat teerrrkenaaalll masih pake paraben walaupun punya image Go Green! Well, Go Green not just about 3R and involve in env campaign. Udah tau merk apa?udah tau? ya silakan cek skin care masing-masing ya.

Dan yang terakhir, skin care yang catch my eyes on you~~ itu Bali Ratih. Pasti udah pernah dengar kan. Yep, merk ini banyak kita jumpain di hypermart dan toko-toko kosmetik. Brandingnya emang kurang, gak se wah Wardah apalagi Martha Tilaar tadi. Tapi harganya sih gak beda jauh, selain Dewi Sri Spa ya.

Mungkin banyak orang bilang produk Indonesia nggak bagus, nggak level deeeehh... Tapi menurut saya justru produk Indonesia lebih baik, karena untuk skin care terutama, pasti dibuat khusus untuk kulit dan iklim Indonesia. Sedangkan merk luar? hemm entah untuk kulit seperti apa dan iklim seperti apa dia dibuat.

Contohnya aja untuk iklim tropis, menurut saya nggak perlu losion yang super creamy, justru perlu nya yang kandungan air tinggi, alias encer. Then, bahan baku. Menurut kalian, negara yang produksi skin care "luar" itu punya bahan baku sendiri? No, mostly mereka itu kalau bahan baku bisanya impor dari negara kita yang hobinya jual bahan mentah. Such an irony huh. Jadi cerdas lah dalam membeli barang, jangan karena mahal udah pasti bagus. Kalo sesuai mutu ya bolehlah. Kalo overpriced? Hemmm let's think twice.

So, with this posting "Proudly Indonesia" and wandering around Instagram while exhausted doing my thesis, somehow I have an idea. Based on this posting's title of course. You see?

So are you with me? :D

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You travel a lot, you see a lot. When you come home, you must be respect of what you have. If you don't, then you got nothing from it.

Myself

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Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained - Lao Tzu

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/l/laotzu118181.html#8PJQbvROymwVJTYS.99

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When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable - Clifton Fadiman

"Clifton Fadiman." BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2014. 23 September 2014. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/c/cliftonfad135172.html

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Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends - Maya Angelou

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mayaangelo139280.html

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Own only what you can always carry you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/aleksandrs405740.html

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Jangan bilang kau memahami laut, jika masih mengeluh karena badainya.

Dananjaya (via indonesiasastra)

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Pasangan bukan dibangun dengan harapan, tapi KESABARAN

Afuro Tanaka Movie

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She is a bride to be! Glowing and beautiful! Hahahahaha yeah so narsistic.. pardon my pimple, its the result of my final exam 😫 and the lady in the photo is my mother-in-law to be. Insya Allah 😊

Related on that, I’m officially graduated student of Environmental Engineering in Bandung Institute of Technology since January 2014.

So, i’ll tell a bit about engagement ceremony in Aceh tradition. My engagement was held on 1st June 2014, about 10 AM to 2 PM. Just one day after my arrival from Bandung. The groom family brought “hantaran”, which contains of some sweet food called dodol, meuseukat and so on and apparels for me. Then, the bride family filled back their “hantaran” with foods. This kind of “hantaran” might be different depend on the family. One of my cousin got a package of diamond jewelry *envy* hahaha.

Abouy the ceremony, it was begin from an offer from groom family to me (in this case) to be his wife, after my family accepted they discuss about some details of wedding ceremony. After that, the guests was serving food and beverages. Note that when this IMPORTANT thing happens, both us can’t show up. I in my bedroom, and him somewhere around my house ;p. Yup, its all about family.

Okay, but I feel a little bit lucky than him, because in the end of ceremony finally I could go out and met the whole family include his mother >

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Kualanamu International Airport

This is my second time depart from KNIA, North Sumatera, Indonesia, but this's maybe my third flight since I had a transit flight back on last year. So now, I've just realized that this airport has the worse security than other airports I have visited. Only my cabin luggages were scanned, once time. Even my baggage wasn't scanned at all. Well, it was shocked me because i've see small airport in my town, which is only providing small aircraft with about 20 to 50 passenger. Then, my mind just running everywhere and imagine about the crimes would happen, such as drugs traffic. Even the best security airport has a risk to crime like that.

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Thank youuuuuuu kadonyaaaa!!!!

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Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (via bookmania)