My Life as a Researcher

Routinity (Monday- Friday)

05.00 Wake up in the morning, morning pray, read devotional guide, read some journals

06.30 Sleep again

07.30 Wake up again, eat toast and drink coffee

08.00 Take shower, dress up, put some make up on, walk to office

09.30 At office, read newspaper, check email, check fb msg

10.00 Start doing research or program assisting while listening to music from Youtube

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-18.00 Work work work

19.00-21.00 Yoga or gym

21.30 Arrive home, eat some fruits, write or read some more books or journals, call mom

23.00 Sleep with TV and light on

This is mostly what I am currently doing at least until April next year.

A Moral Degradation in Jakarta

Going to gym has effectively taken out my stress tonight. I think I made an excellent choice by registering myself as a member in Fitness First (despite its expensive price). Some hours before, I was having a stress-out attack again after checking some kos-kosan around my office. It is freaking me out even just to imagine living in an only 2x2 meter square room. In fact, my claustrophobia would eventually prevent me trying the option of living in the smaller place just to save more money. I am more convince now that I can spend some more money on accommodation, but please just don’t make me feel depress.

Thank God with my present salary, I can afford for a decent accommodation while still could manage to save some amount of money (not to mention I am about to leave this country in some few months). But how about those people whose salary is just not that much? How will they save the money if they rent a room in the area where I live at present? I don’t think they can save money if they do so. And if they want to live thrifty they have to stay in the place that out of normal standard.

Since everyone is doing the same thing in Jakarta (live in a very small space just to save more penny), they don’t think it’s a problem anymore. But I DO!

What about those rich people? Those who live in a very big modern place, whose toilet even bigger than the normal living room? They don’t care! Why should they? They never experiencing that way of life previously. Plus usually since early age they went to the international school where most of their friends are fairly same wealthy as them. Surely they grow up without having the sense of empathy. But I was thinking, how can you sleep tight at night while knowing that just few meters from you there are MANY people who can’t even afford to have small piece of place which make them don’t have any alternative but to live under the bridge with the open air. How can so many people in Indonesia do not have empathy at all? How can they be so ignorant?

I think this is the main problem happens to this country. Too many ignorant people (or so called greedy). That’s why here in Jakarta, you can easily find the phenomenon where those extremely rich people live side by side with those poor people whose main income comes from collecting garbage. It’s a moral degradation toward modern society. 

Olivia

Dreams and Hopes

When you know exactly what you want, and you strive hard for it, it will certainly come to you.

I still believe in the power of dreams and hopes.
You are what you think you are.
You will eventually become your vision of yourself.
Some people call it "The Law of Attraction"
Just like one of Paolo Coelho famous quotes “When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.”

Even if it doesn't come straight away, just keep trying, coz you'll never know when the door is just one step away. You just need to keep positive about your dreams, coz when you do, you are just half way through it.

And if it does not happen, look at around you. God might have planned the better way for you to reach your long term vision. Open your eyes! And remember to keep praying because God will answer you just in three ways: yes, yes but not now or I have a better plan for you.

Even if you failed many times, don’t give up! You need to get failed sometimes just to keep yourself humble. Failure will make you remember how hard it is to get all the things that you have right now. That way you’ll learn how to appreciate your life.


Just be patient, stay still, and stay strong!




Olivia