Things You Don’t (Really) Need

July 2, 2017 by Prisanti Leave a comment

I want to buy a new pair of double tip marker and spend a lot on a rounded corner craft cutter.
I want to have a Wacom to trace all my handwriting because I’m tired of using a mouse.
I want to get a Pantone book so I don’t need to argue with my fabric Vendor anymore.
I want to eat at an all-you-can-eat meat buffet and take 2 scoops of Italian gelato.
I want to walk in a flower pattern shoes and grab a handful of sample sale shirts in my favorite clothing store.
I want to take return tickets to Taipei and have all the street food and milk tea in a night market.

I want many things.
Things that I don’t really need.
But feeling content doesn’t involve new things.
Feeling enough doesn’t need many things.
And today, among other days, I think I don’t need any more than I already have.

Tree Hugger

June 12, 2017 by Prisanti Leave a comment

After a month of failed interviews and disheartening news, Ramadhan is finally here. It’s great to have a new routine to run to. I tried my hand on writing, but nothing comes out. It’s weird also that when I don’t have any intention on writing, I just blurted out 2000+ of words yesterday. I’ve been trying to be productive this past month, but still trying to get more grasp on anything else. Scrapping things each day, wanting to know what’s wrong.

It’s becoming harder to write about my own life each days, as I became more reluctant to share current information to anyone else. One day, I’ve been reading about argument about being extrovert, introvert and this new terminology called ambivert. I’ve been cynical to this, I can’t agree on the idea of people called themselves an introvert at sometimes and called extrovert on another time. There’s a big difference between not wanting to meet people or having their energy drained when meeting people. But then again, labeling a person in one thing is not entirely a nice thing to do.

On and all, here’s to another Monday and another week. Let’s try to have a really meaningful time for ourselves each day.

Spring Fling

April 21, 2017 by Prisanti Leave a comment

It’s almost the end of April and everyone on the other timeline seem to enjoy Sakura blossoms on the other side of the world. It feels good to see people enjoying their vacation rather than bickering about the political situation. So here’s a recap of things I found the previous month.

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Beauty and The Beast is indeed one of my favorite Disney movies of all time. Back in the VHS era, it was one of the only three movies I had on the rack. I’m sure my mother picked it up randomly but the movie left a great impression to me. While Aladdin is still my favorite Disney movie because of its sense of adventure (and complex understanding of human’s greed), Beauty and The Beast is the close second. One of the reasons why I love it so much, is I envy Beast’s library.

I remember most of the songs present in the movie, especially Be Our Guest and Something There. When the live version movie came last month, I immediately watch it on its premiere date (and once more after that).

Beast’s library is the only place that matters

For those of you who skips the entire 20^th century and never watch the original 1991 cartoon version, Beauty and The Beast is the first animated movie to be nominated for The Best Picture at Academy Awards. It is also the first animated movie which receives Golden Globe’s Best Picture for Musical and Comedy back in 1992. It’s /that/ good.

Spring Breeze

March 4, 2017 by Prisanti Leave a comment

Though I’m not celebrating Spring, we should agree that March is a sign of warmer weather. Indonesia is poured by heavy rain since the beginning of the year and the political heat hasn’t worn off ever since. But as March is the closing month of the first quarter of 2017, I want to make sure that I don’t let the year goes by too fast. Since I haven’t posted any random list for this year, here’s a few exciting things I’ve found so far.

(image from here)

Project Style gives us a gift in a shape of collaboration from Disney and few of our local brands. The brands include some of my favorites, like Kandura, Limawatch, and shopatvelvet. The results are interesting, look at those watches!

The Year of Hustle

February 1, 2017 by Prisanti 3 Comments

Di awal tahun 2016 yang lalu, saya menetapkan beberapa harapan sebagai pengingat untuk bisa terus belajar dan berkembang. Walaupun banyak yang lagi-lagi tidak sesuai harapan, tapi banyak juga yang akhirnya terwujud. It’s easy to indentify a failure, but it’s always surprising to see how one achieves goals.

Tahun kemarin saya belajar banyak soal kesungguhan dalam menjalankan sesuatu dan akhirnya benar-benar paham bahwa yang namanya berkah itu berbanding lurus dengan usaha yang dikeluarkan. Bahwa hal-hal yang sebenarnya kita cita-citakan dari dulu tapi selalu tertunda, sebenarnya bisa dikerjakan kalau kita punya niat yang kuat.

Kalau disuruh menetapkan tema untuk tahun 2017 ini, saya mungkin bakal memilih kata Hustle.

Tahun ini saya akan mencapai umur 30. Buat saya sendiri sih nggak berarti apa-apa, tapi ada sebagian orang yang menganggap going 30 adalah sesuatu yang sakral. Banyak yang menganggap itu batas umur untuk “menjadi tua”, sehingga banyak sekali artikel yang beredar dengan judul Things To Do Before 30, Things to buy before 30, atau Trip Before 30. Lagi-lagi saya nggak mengerti urgensi tersebut :)) Tapi saya setuju kita harus memanfaatkan waktu sebaiknya, kalau memang ada hal-hal yang bisa kita wujudkan secepatnya kenapa harus menunggu sampai kita mencapai umur-umur tertentu? Belum tentu kita masih punya resources untuk mewujudkan cita-cita seperti dana ataupun berkah kesehatan. Jadi kalau saya harus menulis judul artikel clickbait untuk merencanakan 2017, mungkin judulnya adalah Things To Make Before 30.