Standard of Happiness

We all love nice clothes, high end gadgets, great houses, cool cars, and fancy foods.

Yet, we need to remember that they should never be our standard of happiness...

Purple Level: Addict!

My addiction to purple color started few years ago when I went to college out of town away from my parents. My mom always bought me clothes and most of them were purple because she loved it.

Because my mom gave me lots of purple clothes, I start to buy matching accessories, like bag, watch, brooches, leggings, shoes, and even cell phones!

Other people thought I loved purple so much and they started to give me purple presents in my birthday. Sometimes they also give me some purple gifts when they went to another city/country.

Hehe. So there I am. :) 

Annoying Orange

I always love to make experiments in fashion. Many people say that hijab limits your fashion. I disagree. I think creativity is limitless and always able to be adjusted to any value.

This is my style. What's yours? :)

Remaining Silent

There is this quote:

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

— ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
(It is still questionable who has said this first. Some people say this quote belongs to Mark Twain, some say other various sources)

I just not quite agree with the quote. It is for the people who may not fully understand the situation, thus the don't know what they're talking about. However, keeping silent means that the doubt is still there anyway. 

Well. "Remaining silent simply allows one to avoid the fate of being thought a fool or stupid."(http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/17/remain-silent/)

Yes. Being silent doesn't change a thing. Okay, silence is better than talking foolish, I know. But speaking up your mind in a thoughtful way is waaayyy better than being silent, right? Especially when you are oppressed. Many tragedy happens not only because evil people do bad things, but also because good people just stay silent.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mimpi yang Aneh

Saya menyaksikan pemandangan yang indah dari lantai atas kantor saya. Dari jendela, saya menyaksikan pemandangan laut biru dan pasir putih yang indah. Bahkan, kantor saya punya kolam renang ala hotel mewah :')

Saya pun turun ke lantai 1. Ternyata sedang ada gelombang pasang. Ombak yang menyapu pantai cukup besar dan semakin lama semakin membesar.

Lalu saya berkumpul dengan para senior saya yang ternyata adalah wartawan dan politisi. Saya hendak merekam video ombak yang besar di saat yang bersamaan ketika para senior saya sedang membocorkan rahasia politik tentang pejabat yang melakukan korupsi.

Tiba-tiba ombak besar menerjang. Saya berlari menjauhi ombak, tapi ia terus mengejar. Saya hendak menyelamatkan diri dan bersembunyi di balik pohon.

Tiba-tiba ada sosok mirip Hitler yang mencari-cari saya. Pohon di sebelah saya bisa bicara, dan membocorkan persembunyian saya. Saya ditangkap, kemudian ditanyai. Karena ingin menyelamatkan diri, saya bilang padanya bahwa saya sudah merekam bukti tentang rahasia politik yang barusan dibocorkan senior saya. Kemudian saya dilepaskan dan saya diberikan privilege besar sebagai wartawan untuk menginvestigasi kasus korupsi tersebut.

Nah, kemudian saya mendengar alarm berbunyi. Ternyata mimpi. Halah... :'D

"Accounting is a socially constructed reality."

Too much working with numbers makes mr forget that accounting is essentially a social study. Many of the theory and framework of accounting, or auditing, or such, is not only based on number, but also on human behavior. That's how we get the internal control model, accounting system, and accounting standard. It all begins with the urgency coming from human interaction, particularly in economy.

So I guess, even though we work a lot with numbers, we should not forget about the social aspect and human behavior, right? :)

Blank Space and Optimism on Love

I actually enjoy Taylor Swift's Blank Space lyric, despite the dark and heart broken feeling of this song.

And, I prefer the happier part of the song.

Ain't it funny rumors fly

And I know you've heard about me

So hey, let's be friends

I'm dying to see how this one ends 

Grab your passport and my hands

I think the above lyric could show a little optimism about love. And I like how Taylor connects to the listener through her lyric.

This lyric also reminds me of how it also happened to me, once or twice. Well, people said "your reputation precedes you". We all had past time, right? And some people talked about us,which maybe had been heard by our significant-other-to-be. But that doesn't mean we can't build a future with someone new. I think the lyric above describes it well. It contains ... hope. ;)

Got a long list of ex-lovers 

They'll tell you I'm insane

But I got a blank space baby

And I'll write your name

The above lyric could mean that the girl is a player who has a cold heart. She likes to change love partner and just see her lovers as no more than a name list.

But it could also have another meaning.

It shows how heart break is just a phase of life and we need to move on. Don't exaggerate a broken heart. It will heal. You deserve happiness, and your heart will be ready for a new love. A "blank space" to write on.

As for me, I really hope that this time, it will be my last time to write a name, and it'll last forever ... :)