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These two days I have been spending my time at a preschool to conduct experiment. Yesterday I broke my record doing experiment on 10 kids non-stop!
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I've been browsing about Advent Calendar on pinterest. I have not really made Advent Calendar, but I love to make Advent resolutions. This year my new year resolutions were not really written black and white. Even though every day I make some 'small' resolutions, I feel that Advent is a golden chance to really get rid of my bad habits and struggle harder against the grain.
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I think one good thing about 2014 is I exercise more =P As the preparation to walk the Way of St James, my friends and I walked with 5kg load for 5km once a month. I also tried to run regularly. Well, I haven't run again since September, but I finally managed to go climbing on Sundays =) Last Sunday my boyfriend asked to try an inclined 6a route. He helped me along the way by pulling the rope tighter because I am not that strong yet. However, I really enjoyed that particular route because I felt like doing acrobatic.Hahaha. I must twist my body a lot. I'm also very short (152cm), so even if my boyfriend can reach a tile by extending his hand, I need to move my body higher through other way before I can reach the same tile. Hahaha
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I think it's very important to have one or two hobbies, to know what we like and what we dislike. I recently meet a few university students who are still confused in choosing what they want to major in. It also seems that many high school graduates that I know choose a major in what they like or what they are good at in high school only, without knowing what kind of work they'd actually like to do. At the end, when they realize that in university there are much more people who do better than them in the subjects that they are good at, when things get very tough and the nature of the project/future work are not the types of work that they'd like to do, they do not enjoy university life anymore.
I guess, if I could suggest to high school graduates on what to choose for their major, I think it's good to see what kind of jobs we'd like to have (we may not get it though!). Are you people-oriented? Or do you want to work in labs? Or are you like my boyfriend who likes animals a lot (and like to eat them a lot too)? Do you enjoy reading or do you prefer project works? --> I still have bias about reading. I don't really like the fact that some universities do not push the students to read basic theories in their field now. Or..encourage 'holistic' education that makes students have a lot of co-curricular activities that they do not have time to read cultural books (like me!)
Anyway, out of topic a bit, reading is a choice. =)
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Yesterday as I took a taxi to the preschool, the taxi driver talked a lot about Indonesian politics (the new president was appointed two months ago). I felt embarrassed because I didn't know about the recent controversial appointment of Prasetyo as attorney-general. Question: so attorney-general shouldn't be appointed from political party?
The recent increase of fuel price has also caused some protests. When I was in high school, I was one of those who were against it. I really don't know how the people with lower income can survive with the rise of price of necessities. I guess we really need to cut the subsidy, but I hope the system is ready soon to make sure that those who urgently need the assistance gets one.
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After two months, I just managed to write about the first three days of the Way of St James.
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Some thoughts after a conversation with my friend about life and children.
This week quick takes is hosted here!
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