List: my two cents | Curated by valentina citra

Nov 10, 2024

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my two centsderived from the floating thoughts in my head, taking the form of an essay. a lot of times it is just nonsense. sometimes, it makes sense. written in ina/eng
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a year in Jakartaa note to the culture-shocks
Nov 10, 2024
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Nov 10, 2024
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on keep trying new things despite everything“To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.”
― Roy T. Bennett
Aug 18, 2024
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Aug 18, 2024
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the hard to love meThis morning, Jakarta’s sky is as dull as usual. I hoped I wouldn’t develop any respiratory diseases
Jun 16, 2024
Jun 16, 2024
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on living aloneis it freedom or loneliness?
Apr 14, 2024
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Apr 14, 2024
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how you doin’?on living in the new city, well-being, and being more far from home
Mar 23, 2024
Mar 23, 2024
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escaping home to look for a homeabout a life-long journey
Jan 27, 2024
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Jan 27, 2024
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long story short, I survivedon welcoming 26 and saying goodbye to 25
Jan 3, 2024
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Jan 3, 2024
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treat me like I’m fragile(occasionally. with care, consistently)
Jan 1, 2024
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Jan 1, 2024
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room #1 is now emptybut I got a new home
Nov 30, 2023
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Nov 30, 2023
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a time when I sedate myself“I prescribed you a medicine. Take this medicine only when the symptoms appear.”
Nov 18, 2023
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Nov 18, 2023
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which one is home?a confusion that started with one question
Nov 6, 2023
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Nov 6, 2023
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it is what it isabout a concerned friend, the new city, and a canon event
Oct 12, 2023
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Oct 12, 2023
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exploiting the heartbreakwhat I did to face the heartbreak
Oct 16, 2023
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Oct 16, 2023
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there’s something lovely and lively about transjakarta at the weekendLet’s face it: TransJakarta is far from perfect.
Sep 24, 2023
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Sep 24, 2023
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searching in all the wrong placesI’m bound to random talk with my friends. Sometimes the lame jokes fill. So that the talk about mundane things or existential crisis does…
Sep 19, 2023
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Sep 19, 2023
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a month in Jakartait’s been…a month??!!
Sep 14, 2023
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Sep 14, 2023
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and hello, Jakarta“I’ll never go to Jakarta for work,” I said that, back then
Aug 9, 2023
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Aug 9, 2023
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see you later, SemarangI never thought I was going to say this, this fast
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023
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I’m still my mother’s daughter“Aku tetap anaknya Mama, kan?”
Jul 12, 2023
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Jul 12, 2023
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my two cents

derived from the floating thoughts in my head, taking the form of an essay. a lot of times it is just nonsense. sometimes, it makes sense. written in ina/eng

a year in Jakarta

a note to the culture-shocks

on keep trying new things despite everything

“To learn something new, you need to try new things and not be afraid to be wrong.” ― Roy T. Bennett

the hard to love me

This morning, Jakarta’s sky is as dull as usual. I hoped I wouldn’t develop any respiratory diseases

on living alone

is it freedom or loneliness?

how you doin’?

on living in the new city, well-being, and being more far from home

escaping home to look for a home

about a life-long journey

long story short, I survived

on welcoming 26 and saying goodbye to 25

treat me like I’m fragile

(occasionally. with care, consistently)

room #1 is now empty

but I got a new home

a time when I sedate myself

“I prescribed you a medicine. Take this medicine only when the symptoms appear.”

which one is home?

a confusion that started with one question

it is what it is

about a concerned friend, the new city, and a canon event

exploiting the heartbreak

what I did to face the heartbreak

there’s something lovely and lively about transjakarta at the weekend

Let’s face it: TransJakarta is far from perfect.

searching in all the wrong places

I’m bound to random talk with my friends. Sometimes the lame jokes fill. So that the talk about mundane things or existential crisis does…

a month in Jakarta

it’s been…a month??!!

and hello, Jakarta

“I’ll never go to Jakarta for work,” I said that, back then

see you later, Semarang

I never thought I was going to say this, this fast

I’m still my mother’s daughter

“Aku tetap anaknya Mama, kan?”

valentina citra