Jasminian

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....

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...

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...