Love is Cinto

... bahagia itu sederhana. Sesederhana kita mampu bernafas tanpa alat bantu. Bahagia itu sungguh sederhana bukan? Sesederhana makan disaat lapar. Tidur di saat ngantuk. Lihat lampu bandara Soekarno-Hatta dari langit Jakarta, setelah sekian bulan merindu di negeri sakura. Bahagia itu memang sederhana. Sesederhana makan nasi setelah seminggu cuma makan bagle. Pergi ke kota saat KKN di desa. Ketemu bantal dan selimut di lokasi KKN setelah malam sebelumnya tidur tanpa keduanya. Dapet secoret tandatangan DPS dengan tulisan "ACC siap diuji" di sampul depan skripsi. Ngeliat nilai KKN keluar dan bisa daftar ujian skripsi. Terbangun dengan panca indera yang Alhamdulillah normal. Bisa ketemu disaat kangen. Masih mau bilang bahagia itu susah? Bahagia itu hanya butuh dua, get what you need (NOT what you greed) dan grateful. alias SYUKUR :) Syukur itu mencukupkan. sedangkan manusia bahagia jika merasa cukup. Jadi, syukur itu membahag...

banyak hal yang terlewat. tapi sudahlah. tak perlu berfokus pada masa lalu, itu pelajaran tapi bukan jalan. saat ini, detik kau menghirup nafas ini lah yang menentukan. ingat! waktu terus berdetak. tak kan menunggumu tuk bersiap. kawanku yang budiman. satu hal yang perlu kau camkan. "rumput tetangga memang terlihat lebih hijau", selalu. nampaknya  "rumput" mu tak pernah seindah mereka bukan? mungkinkah karena kau belum mengucap syukur? kawan, ingatlah selalu satu hal. senantiasa syukuri berkah dan cobaan dari Tuhan. nikmati setiap jengkal renyah tawa dan canda, begitu pula deritanya hargai setiap tinta yang menari silih berganti miliki seutuhnya setiap detik waktumu ,  ciptakan momenmu. ingat, waktu tak menunggu waktu terus berlalu dan tak kan merangkak kembali. jadi, masih inginkah kau berdiam mengagumi rumput tetangga? dan membiarkan momenmu terlewat percuma? dan dari setiap bulir kejadian mungkin Tuhan ing...

Dear my fellow readers , Malam ini aku mau cerita tentang kisahku dan Akuntansi .  Bagaimana awalnya kami bertemu, mengenal, dan jatuh hati. Seriously, I'm so in love with accounting sampai detik ini. Memang sih hubungan kami juga melalui pasang surut. Biasalah, namanya juga perasaan, ga bisa stabil di titik yang sama kan? Ada kalanya passion ini segede king kong, tapi ada kalanya juga cuman segede biji bunga matahari. Hehehe Passion is like the moon. If it doesn't become big, it would become smaller. - Sampul buku tulis SD dengan sedikit revisi Anyways, pertemuan pertama kami terjadi sekitar tahun 2006 saat aku masih duduk di bangku kursi kelas X (SMA kelas 1) semester akhir. Waktu itu ada pengumuman seleksi untuk mengikuti lomba mata pelajaran tingkat Kabupaten. Karena semua siswa boleh ikut, maka aku pun memutuskan untuk melalui proses seleksi intra-sekolah tersebut. Pikirku, kenapa tidak dicoba saja buat pemanasan? Sekalian persiapan untuk tahun depan kala...

I made this draft over a year ago to cheering my team, TRIANGEL, in a marketing research competition held by Nielsen. I should tell you the meaning behind our name despite of tiny typo behind it. Hahaha. Our team name supposed to be TRIANGLE meaning that we consisted of 3 angels whose name are Cindhi Cintokowati, Etni Marliana, and Nafis Fairuzka. I proudly say that we are best friends! :) Another way, it meant that marketing research comprised of 3 important actions which taking triangle shape . In one evening just right after finishing my Japanese lesson, the 3 of us met in a cafe nearby Faculty of Engineering UNY. I couldn't recall the name of the cafe though :3 Firstly, we all agreed to join this competition yet not telling anyone including other Gejest members. FYI, Gejest is our (sort of) genk's name. Don't worry, I'm going to write another post to tell you more about it. Then, when the typo incident happened? It was funny actually. My dear friend...

Today was the longest day ever during the USIPP program, unnecessary to be unpleasant one. We need to get to the bus station by 7.00 this morning, otherwise we wouldn't be able to meet an amazig woman, Maria Chrin. Google her and you might find a bunch of articles about her impressive achievements so far. We were lucky to get a chance to know her in person. I personally admire her since I read her brief biography on our program book, especially after I found out that she has economic background. After had lunch with her, also her husband and Mrs. Judy, I like her more. With such high achievements, she maintains to stay humble and warm toward others. We discussed more about George Washington’s letter to Hebrew Congregration in Newport, Rhode Island. I had read it from USIPP materials uploaded on facebook, yet I didn’t realize how important the letter was. Honestly, I didn’t really understand nor pay much attention to it before. However, Judy brought up the issue and emphasized th...

Philadelphia is a historical city, less than 2 hours drive from Bethlehem, PA. The first impression once I got there was it’s busier than our previous visited cities, more offices building, and more tourists cause I saw tourism bus often passed by. Before we leaving for Philadelphia, we went to the City Hall of Bethlehem and met a councilman called Mr. Will. He is originally come from Bethlehem and grew up in Bethlehem too. He was in his early 20s when elected to become a council man. Before elaborating further on our discussion, my fellows in Indonesia or country other than US might not sure what this council men do, who are they, etc. So let me explain based on my best knowledge. The City Hall is a public services office which has similar function as Regional Government Office in Indonesia. The offices consist of the Council Men which functioned as “house of representative in the city level” or in Indonesia we call it DPRD tingkat Kota Madya, Mayor who lead the city (Wali Kota), and...

Have you ever heard a Germany community live in US with no electricity? Yap! They are Amish. They live in a group which settled in several states in the US. If I were asked to describe how they live, simplicity will be my best answer. They refuse to go along with modernization and choose to preserve their culture and religious beliefs in a unique way. Why unique? They refuse to use modern devices in daily life Yup, they don’t use TV, computer which of course including internet. No phone. They don’t even drive cars or any “modern” vehicle. Interestingly, some of them consider riding a car, plane, or such as acceptable to travel in distance as long as they are just the passengers. Well, that depends on how strict or conservative someone is. Another thing to pointed out is that they use some modern tools to make their handy-craft when it is not possible to do it manually. However, it is for business purpose only and the electricity generated by themselves. Yes, they have their ...

We arrived at Detroit Airport at around 4 pm after experienced  some delay because of the storm. However, Alhamdulilllah we arrived  safely. Kharis, a person who work for SouthEast Asean Study Center in University of Michigan, picked us up and drove us to Courtyard where we stay nearby the north campuss. University of Michigan is a public university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We had a campuss tour guided by Kate. She is the head of SouthEast Asean Study Center who had been staying in Indonesia and became a lecturer in UGM from 2002 to 2004. Thus, she is really good at speaking Bahasa Indonesia. University of Michigan has a huge campuss with some classic-style libraries. Basically, their student diverse from many different races. They also have a pretty big number of Moslem students and they even have a student association for Moslems. Later on, I will elaborate our refreshing discussion with them. Ann Arbor itself is simply lovable. It’s a relatively small and peace...