What Youngster Should Try

When you are still young. You can try so many things. You are still on fire. You feel like you can do everything. Yes you should do everything you want while you still have that energy. Don't stop in one point if you have not try something else. You never know if you have not try. Don’t let anybody control you. Follow your heart. Make the most of your time. Try everything, decide which one you like the most and focus on it. Make your living out of your passion. It will somewhere lead you to a better place. Do it!

Oh and try this summer song as well... ;)

Olivia

A Counter to Soul Searching Impeachment

As usual, the classic reason why I have not update my blog for some time is because I have been busy. Busy traveling around the world (again) and busy moving to Australia (again).

2014 has been an amazing year so far. I started my second day of 2014 in a new full time job. Despite under a medical treatment, I took side job as a field researcher and later on was offered another research job from different institution with almost similar task. Apparently I accepted all the jobs. During one of my busiest month due to the jobs, the grant for a project which I proposed to US Department of State was approved. Thus I was officially having one full time job, two part time jobs and one social project at that time. I was literally super busy that even on Saturday and Sunday I had to work and chasing deadlines. I did not have social life, really!

One day during my sleepless night (not because working too hard but I just have sleeping disorder), I had a thought about my age and what I want to achieve in the world. Getting all the money, fame and recognition by many people is not everything I want. I can work on my computer day and night doing reports, research, and writing. But having a good career at this stage of age it is not things which make me happy. The world is big and I am still young. There are many things I can explore, I can experience, I can taste! As a youngster, my biggest asset is TIME! I don't wanna loss the fun because I was just too busy chasing ambitions. I wanna be free and do stupid things. Not because I am stupid but because I deserve to get the most fun of my young age.

Having that thought in mind, I then decided to go to some student programs in Europe. Pay attention that I did not go on backpack to Europe. I brought suitcase indeed. And as you can guess I went party a lot, I drunk, I flirted, I kissed random guys, I danced in the rain at mid night and mention all silly things which I would never do back home. The truth is I am not always a good girl. And I don't cover it. Of course I learned things during my trip to Europe. I learn to appreciate two basic daily stuffs which I often ignore: food and fashion! Voila, what a combination. Now I dress up better and start to experience some cooking receipts.

Few days after my 3 weeks trip in Europe, I then moved to Australia for study. Soul searching? I don't think so. I know exactly what I want to do in my life and I know what kind of job that I want to work on for the rest of my life. Ultimately it leads to one thing: big contribution to Indonesian society. When I travel a lot and try many things does not mean that I am having disorientation. I just have that constant need of moving as well as constant need to learn new skills. It is just me. I just like it.


Anyway, I’ll continue this post later. I got a class soon. Ah.. it is really good to be a student again.


Cheers mate!

Olivia