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Letter to a younger me

Dear younger me, Hi me/you, how are you? You may not have met me yet, but let me tell you that I have (met you). Because in fact I am/was you. You may be wondering how your life will turn out to be like when you grow up. Because yes, I can still remember clearly, that at the age of 12 you were wondering how much time it will take for you to get to the age of 18. And here I am today 25. Yes 25, and no, trust me you won’t feel old, because... I don’t haha! Writing to you, in the hopes that… I don’t know, at some point this could feel pointless since you’re not actually there anymore, but I just wanted to make you sure, that you are going to be okay, you are going to be great, you are going to survive, regardless what you are going through. You know Yasmin, being young, innocent, and carefree with a gazillion of ideas, dreams and your optimistic drive to opportunities, I love that about you. Don’t you ever stop and don’t you ever let it go. Let’s start at the age of eleven. You’r
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Skin journey: How I cured my skin. I went French!

Dear readers, Ever since I moved to the UK I realize that my makeup consumption has increased quite drastically. Trust me I did wear makeup, but just as simple as setting powder and some BB cream if I am in the mood. Heavy make-up special occasions only. But this past year I have been using makeup pretty much everyday. BB cream, sometimes foundation, concealer, not to forget I also use a primer underneath, you name it. My skin type is basically sensitive and acne-prone. So if any product does not work on my skin, just wait a few days and zits will start to come. I knew that. I was just stubborn. You see like many of you, I see makeup as fun. Who doesn't like looking 'better' right? But from the accumulation of makeup I have worn over the past few months, I have successfully grown and harvested myself an amount of zits and oh the bonus, acne scars! It sounds disgusting, I know. Apologies. For all of you having had acne, yes, yes. It is frustrating! It is painful and c
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Living with Braces and Retainers (Wire/Hawley vs Clear/Essix)

How much of you has gotten braces and retainers? Yep some of us have been through it all. May it be for health reasons or for the sake to get that perfect smile. Whether you're still wearing it, going through the retainer phase, let's agree that those years are just about discipline! The discipline of actually cleaning your teeth in a way you kind of never did before (not saying that you never clean your teeth before, omg that would just sound bad, why am I even writing this? lol never mind, ignore the voice in my head babbling. So, I meant cleaning in a good way, seriously!), you get used of more that just one tool to clean your teeth, that mental preparation of facing the facts that some of your teeth must be taken out, monthly visits to the dentist (my dentist is a living witness of me growing up), wearing retainers everyday, cleaning them, put it in the case and try not to lose it honestly. So well, I am going to share you bits of my story. I had had braces for 6 years
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12 Hours to 2017

Dear reader, I suppose 2016 for me, is one of those years that I will cherish forever. The hard work from previous years finally paid off. And yes, every bits of hard work will pay off at the end. I'm still a believer in that to this day. So here's a quick timeline and some of the highlights of my year: January: -Finished an interior design project for girls' bedroom. -Got a new clients for interior design projects as a freelance designer. - Got the honor and opportunity to be a presenter for a classical recital at a concert hall, before a crowd of around 700, presenting the event in Dutch . -Went on historical tour around Surabaya with my Dutch class students, being mesmerized with Surabaya's colonial buildings and its history. -Applied to UCL. February: -Finished custom chairs I designed for a family member and sent them to their town. -Finished an interior design for an education institution. -Back on upper brace. - Got accepted at UCL.
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Seconds to 2016 (Super expired post). 2015 Recap.

This post was written in 2015 and I have put it in my draft for as long as I could. Oh well, better late than never. So here it goes: 'So another year has passed and in just in a few seconds, well no, hours, we'll be entering 2016. As for this year has been a great year. There has been ups and downs like usual. 2015 for me personally is like a teacher and has taught me to look from more and different perspectives. Well you see, there are things in life that you don't learn in school or from other people, however you learn it by your experience. Either you learn it the easy or the hard way. I don't do this very much, but I'm about to open up what my 2015 was like. Patience had to be my word for 2015. I had dreamed since forever to get a masters degree in abroad especially Europe. So January 2015 I focused heavily on taking a TOEFL IBT and I took it twice. The score was good enough for an application for some universities, unfortunately not good enough for the un
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Depression and the Bridge to Happiness

The scary word, the scary person, the scary situation that everybody's trying to run away from. Yet today, thank God, here I am, healthy, still alive and perfectly sane to confess, yes, I had had a depression! Or I thought I had. For those reading this post and not depressed, I am cheering for you and I hope you will never ever get into that dark hole, but I am trying to give you somewhat of a description of what it's like (at least to me) and I hope one day you could save or help one. And oh you the depressed, I am also cheering for you, I hope you find that light as soon as you can. However by reading my post I can't promise you to help you get out of your depression, but I am here with you and if there is only one sentence that I could tell you a gazillion times, endlessly; you are not alone, you are NOT alone ! And I would just sit there with you and tell you that again and again. There is always that feeling of shame and self pity whenever a person comes out of depr
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Wait, it's been 5 years?

To this day I can't believe that I'm still religiously writing this blog lol. Oh, by the way this is just going to be something random. To be honest, I started this blog just to have fun, I wanna learn how to blog, as you know... I'm pretty much, always curious about how things work. And somewhat I enjoy writing, not necessarily anything poetry, just work my fingers above the keyboard really. So, I just scrolled to my oldest post and it was in 2010! Like, what? Has it been five years already? Even I'm amazed. So I guess I've turned this blog into a reviewing blog slash personal diary. As random as it sounds, to be honest I'd like to thank my younger self. Regardless whether anyone reads it. I used to write diaries when I was a preteen-teenager (I wonder where those diaries are now? Hmm... I think they're in the attic, and probably will be rediscovered years from now, I hope I won't faint of embarrassment rereading them, lol), not everyday , but just on
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