Category: Personal Reflection
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There Goes Another Year
If you’re on Facebook, and you habitually post something on your timeline every day, after a few years you will end up with a collection of daily happenings in your life. And Facebook makes sure that you notice that. Every day they picked a selection of events from the past…
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The Broken Award Trophy
The Friday night award dinner was over. It was time for dancing and fun. We wore Batik, long sleeved dress shirts in Batik patterns which in Indonesia enjoys the same status as a suit. We found it awkward to hit the floor in our Batik, so we decided to go…
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Looking Out
I often think about what it will feel like not having to spend a big chunk of the day working. Or even going to school. I remember when I was in elementary school, I discovered how funny the education system was. I was sitting in my classroom, wondering aimlessly while…
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I Need To Remind Myself That I Can Go The Distance
This is a copy of a thesis I wrote for my undergraduate degree. When for most people writing a thesis takes only one semester, it took me three. But I was pleased with the result, and the examination board gave me an A for it.
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Things That I Learned Today
I spent a few hours this afternoon blog hopping. I wish I could report that as a result from the said activity, I had become significantly more knowledgeable, if not smarter, or if not wiser. Have I? Well, the information contained in the blogs may not be sufficiently retained in…
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Better Reason Not To Complain
This afternoon I spent nearly two hours in traffic to go to a place where I was only needed for an hour. Now I am on my way home, and again caught in traffic. I’m estimating that I will need more than an hour to get home. All in all…
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Self Evaluation
I took a psychological evaluation test today. The management of my company plans to promote me, and I think it is just appropriate that I took the test, just like other job applicants. I didn’t have to, really, I just want to know whether I am a fit for the…
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Better When Surrounded by People
I finally got to spend some time alone. By my definition, “alone” means sitting by myself in a public place. It’s funny how I am more productive in a setting like that. It can be in an empty desk in the middle of other people at my office, in a…
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