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Going to the Campus - 大学へ来ます (2018年10月10日)

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(English)  Every day around 8 AM, I leave the boarding house and order GrabBike to go to the campus. Sometimes, I walk too to the campus. Walking to the campus takes around 15 minutes, while taking GrabBike to the campus takes around 3-4 minutes. And because of that, I prefer ordering GrabBike .             Every day, starting from 7-9 AM, the street gets crowded, full of people. There are also a lot of cars and motorbikes, and big trucks not to mention. And aside from the street, the campus’ gate also gets crowded. Since it is crowded, there are also some suspicious people. So, I always be cautious when I walk through the crowd.           On the way to the campus, people will always check some new messages, or listen to the music. But as for me, I do not do anything. If I get into an accident, it will be troublesome. Hence, I prefer to chat with myself while on the way to the campus.          Class finishes around 4 PM, which means the time for students to return (s

Torico: Sushi, Noodle & Rice - Cihampelas Walk, Bandung

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l-r: Crunchy Salmon Mayo; Fish Katsu D - Picture: ZenFone 3 Max (feat. VSCO) First, I was craving for potatoes. But, after seeing the visual display of a few dish in this restaurant located in Cihampelas Walk, Bandung named Torico, I decided to try the dish there—and not to mention, my craveness for potatoes had changed into Japanese dish. #waitho For the menu, I only ordered two dish and each of them will be discussed below—from my point of view. Fish Katsu D (Steam Rice, Dori Fish, Mini Salad, & Lemon Tea) IDR 23K This dish is a special promo for celebrating The Independence Day of Indonesia called "Paket Kemerdekaan", and this promo only applies until August 31, 2018. My first impression about this dish is the taste will be as good as the presentation does. The katsu s are crispy on the outside, and the fish is soft on the inside. The fish is easily melted on my tongue after biting it for the first time, and makes me wanted to eat the fish more and more.

Make Me "Your Summer Playlist"

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To be honest, if someone asks me with that question, I will be absolutely confused. “Which songs that will make it for my summer playlist?” For me, since the summer vibe is a moment where you, my dear readers, have to release some positive energies from yourselves, a summer playlist must contain songs with positive energies too. Aside from songs with positive energies, summer vibe will feel less if it is not coupled with a little bit of love spices. Am I right? :) So, I tried to choose songs that will make it for my summer playlist. When I was deciding which songs for the playlist, my head started spinning like hell because for me, most songs in my laptop (and Spotify ) are satisfying to be heard. In addition, I have to rank them–which is the song that are too satisfying to be heard. But, since there are a lot of songs, I decided to leave it as it is and here is the final result. Hope you, my dear readers, like it :). SUMMER PLAYLIST (SHANE VER.) 打上花火 – DAOKO x 米津 玄師 Sh

I Need Answers (Immediately)

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My dear readers, do you know what one question that needs to be asked? Why God creates humans and what are His goals? I am sure that you can find those answers in a Bible. But to be honest, answers in a Bible are not enough for me. And more importantly, why did God create me? What are His goals for my future? Well, the answer is simple, “I do not know!” From far as I know, I am just an ordinary yet useless girl who is living in this cruel and competitive world. First, I was born in a well-financed family, I grow up as a normal person, I can get educations until being a public university student, and I also can travel around the world. My life can be said as a perfect life. But, why He chose these paths for me? Simple, “I do not know!” However, everything I have and live are not balanced with what I am actually doing in real life. When I was a high school student, my classmates labelled me as an introvert since I always stayed silence in class and never talked to anyon

Ant-Man's Return | Ant-Man and The Wasp (2018)

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!!!WARNING!!! !!!SPOILER ALERT!!! In the last three months, Avengers: Infinity War was released and everyone seemed having a roller coaster back then. But, it was not just that. The MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) fans were wondering where is Ant-Man. Why he did not play in Avengers: Infinity War ? Well, the answers are in this sequel of Ant-Man called Ant-Man and The Wasp which is directed by Peyton Reed. Setting in the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War , as being captured by the FBI, Scott Lang ( Paul Rudd ) grapples with the consequences of his choice as both a Super Hero and a father. But, everything changes when he takes a bath and sees a vision of a woman playing hide and seek with a girl–which are Hope ( Evangeline Lily ) and her mother ( Michelle Pfeiffer ). After he tells everything to Dr. Hank Pym ( MichaelDouglas ), Scott is finally confronted by them with an urgent new mission. Since that, Scott must once again put on the suit and fight alongsi

Jatinangor's Lifestyle

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I do not know if you guys say that this is a ‘transition period’… But, you know what? Screw it! After graduating from high school and got accepted in a university–which is Padjadjaran University (as I already mentioned in my blog)–I had to leave home, family, friends, and my luxurious life. Instead of being sad due to far away from hometown, I was so happy back then that I finally live alone for (temporarily) four years to study and no parent around to scold me when I am playing games/watching anime s on my laptop. And to be honest, this experience is not very new to me since I already did the homestay at a host family’s place–which is a village that located in the border of Central Java and Special Region of Yogyakarta–for a week. And the place that I am staying right now is Jatinangor, which is a small village but looks like a suburb and has a pretty lively nightlife. Yes, like in my hometown Tangerang, Jatinangor also has cafés/restaurants–but not as much as in my home

College's Most Meritorious Worker

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One day, a friend of mine said this to me, “Being a shidouin is an honour thing to do.” W-wait a minute What is shidouin , Shane? What does a shidouin do, Shane? Why being a shidouin is an honour thing to do, Shane? Okay, I will tell you everything I know, my dear readers. Based on jisho.org , 指導員 (read: shidouin ) means instructor; advisor; adviser. Like a teacher or a lecturer, a shidouin also teaches a certain subject, but he/she also gives a certain training/seminar to his/her students. In my place, Japanese Literature major, Padjadjaran University, shidouin s teach how to write hiragana and katakana beautifully–since the lecturers in my place are really hate when seeing bad hand-writings–how to do aisatsu in front of senpai s, and more to the freshmen. They also introduce them to some popular Japan cultures and sing a Japanese children song together. Fun fact, these shidouin s are the 2 nd and 3 rd year senpai s. I remembered when I was a

Trait(s) ~ What Makes You...

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Talking about my best trait(s), to be honest, I do not feel like I have one of them... My daily lives are always filled with laziness–and I really enjoy my lazy life :3. Watching anime s/movies (which is already mentioned in my last blog ), listening to music, social media-ing (is this even a word?), eating lots of snack, and other stuffs. Though those activities are not useful enough, I really enjoy it. Thus, my dad will get really mad at me while I am doing one of these. “How can your life be so useless? Do some useful thing, like studying!” “Find an intern job, please, so that you will get more money for savings.” *show me a post by his friend in Facebook or Instagram * “Look at my son’s friend! He won a science competition and go to the USA while you are here doing nothing.” or “Look at my daughter’s friend! She started her own snack business while you are here doing nothing.” Well… I would love to… But, can money be harvested from just doing these lazy activ

I Admire Who

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When I get questioned, "A person whom you admire?" I will automatically be puzzled. In this world, there are a lot of people that I admire―few of them are becoming my inspiration. Friends, actors/actress, singers, youtubers , etc.―except parents. Why? There are a million reasons that I do not like about them, especially the way they educate their own child. Here is why. Every parents surely long for their child to reach their own dreams that is running smoothly without a single obstacle in front of them, including my parents. I am fully aware that if I succeed reaching my own dream, it means that I also succeed making my parents proud. But, as everyone know, a trip to our own destination is very complex. Which means a few of them will reach the top safely, while the others fall down or die in the middle of the trip. It all started when I already enrolled in elementary school. That time I was imposed by my dad to study every day every night (except on