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Diary of D #3: Being a Christian is...

Fascinating No, really.  I am Christian. Not my name, of course, but my faith. However, it's also notable that the faith/religion is deep rooted in Hebrew Judaism rather than appearing out of nowhere. I mean, wasn't Jesus Christ a man from Israel? As an Indonesian who gets to be a Christian, it's been sorta strange. After all, Indonesia itself has plenty of indigenous faith native to the territory. But those beliefs would just be classified as paganism, wouldn't they? Filtered through the lens of Westernism, such as European or American approach (or both!), the experience of the Christians vary from one place to another. For  this  Christian, however, it really is peculiar. Knowing Indonesian relations with Israel, and Palestine, plus an awareness of how much of my life is dictated by this admittedly foreign yet not exactly  pagan  faith while at the same time something more native to my homeland should just be labeled as plain archaic belief...yeah....

Diary of D #2: Welp

Nobody's gonna know Oh, they're gonna know. How will they know? 'cuz I'm gonna tell them! So, I failed the job test that I had told you readers about in the first entry of Diary of D. Well, it's not that I failed, but it felt like that. So sad... anyway . I'm currently writing this from my mobile phone, that's why it feels sort of weird. It's alright, I guess. I think life has been very patchy and rocky and welpy for me. Optimism is very much needed to sustain my sanity. I'd like to believe that things will get better like what Agnez Mo had said multiple eons ago in her Indomaret album that's still not available anywhere else, not even digitally like girl wyd, but I don't know. Now, I currently feel dejected. But, I will rise again. Just you wait, world, I'm coming to get my bright future! Yas! 😊

Diary of D #1: Hi!

I'm back Good evening everyone! It's currently eleven p.m. here in Jakarta, Indonesia, and I've just finished my test. What test you may ask? Well, a job test of course! So here's my situation: I had graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science back in September of 2020, went back to East Jakarta from Medan, have been living with my parents since then and...voila! Nothing else! Imagine my frustration. Too intense. Anyway, I've been seeking and applying for various jobs since March (maybe April) of 2021. It's been no use so far, and I think I know why, because my experience is minuscule. I mean, I pretty much had no other activities during college because all I knew about was studying nonstop. So, that's what I did. Until I didn't. I need to tell you how infuriating it was to be unable to contact my lecturer as I was making my final paper. It was so bad, definitely don't want to experience it again. My lecturer wasn't a bad person b...