Dina Writes

Hey, happy to see you all again! I come back with some great news to share. Read carefully.. this is a story about how He has been so kind to me and sure, for you as well.😊 Have you ever been in a situation which makes you wanna give up and stop fighting? I faced this situation months ago in late 2023. I could say it was the toughest moment in my life (again) after a while. My family encountered a financial difficulties and I needed to support my family as soon as possible. I had no idea where to go to look for a job that is close enough from home, so I can still take care of my mom and take online uni classes at the same time. At that moment, I was totally lost because I couldn't see a way since the major I'm in right now is not my cup of tea.. so I had no experiences or portfolios to prove my abilities. And shame on myself who didn't have a pro IT close friend to be asked for. But nothing is impossible for God. As I took an internship in a bank (October 2023), I met my v...

Birds were flying low and puddles from last night's rain were still there as I took a stroll around the town square. That was unusual for me to take a morning walk at 6 AM, especially if it was drizzling. My old me would prefer to have an evening walk instead, thus I could watch Miss Sun goes to sleep and send her a little good bye.  Surprisingly, guys.. I went to have a walk in a such rainy windy weather anyway. Ah , or if I.. really put a thought on it.. was it just me who don't want to break the healthy habit I've been struggling to build up? Yes , I've been struggling to be a morning person for these past three months. Although the initiation wasn't coming from myself neither, I had to wake up early from Monday-Friday to catch up the office hour for my internship. But hey see, I'm doing a pretty good now! It raised up new question to me, "How is a habit formed?" According to Practical Psychology, habits are routines and things that we do on a regu...

Do you like the life that you live today? Of course, the answer is gonna be different for each person. Ah, it reminds me of an interesting conversation I had with this person days ago. He is a 35 years old man, smart, broadminded with warm personality. You won't find any boredom along the conversations, but only find yourself immersed in all potentials that he has. Yet at the moment, he is not on his so happy state. That's becoming my number one reason to create this post, to start another conversation inside my head, "What reasons do stop a person (with such great potentials) from becoming his/her best version?"  While I was wondering for the answer, I was listening to Podcast from Thirty Days of Lunch ft. Sabda (CEO Zenius) - Learn/Unlearn/Relearn . Sabda shared how he found out that mindset is a fundamental concept which determines students accomplishment at school. To me this is applicable to another part of life as well as education.  People's action is the r...

Hello, everyone! Merry Christmas! 🎄🥳 The moment I wrote this thing down is already a day after Christmas. I have a lot of stories which I'm excited to share with you. This story will show you how God's love never leaves our life! Alright, so this Christmas is the first Christmas without my mom as she is unable to go anywhere but staying on her bed. On the Christmas Eve (24th of December), it was a rainy afternoon and I felt a little bit lazy to attend the worship. I needed to have a cold shower, prepared myself, went everything all alone. It suddenly felt too much for me to do. Therefore, I talked to my mum and threw a joke on her, "Mom, it's rainy. Let's just skip the worship tonight, can I?" in a whimper tone. Then she stared at me and simply replied, "Don't lose your joy, dear.. You should be happy as you can go to church tonight when I can't even do that". Well, it hits me hahaha, because why should I complaint because it was raining? ☔...

Hai, semuanyaa.. apa kabar? Aku harap kabar kalian baik-baik saja ya, sehat selalu dan senantiasa diberkati Tuhan! Di dalam hidup ini.. apakah kalian pernah berpikir bahwa hidup kalian bisa berputar 180 derajat hanya dalam satu hari? Hal itu terjadi kepadaku pada 19 Oktober 2023. Di pagi hari aku masih mengisi hariku dengan canda tawa dari mama, kami mempunyai obrolan hangat yang panjang tentang firman Tuhan. Kami masih pergi untuk berkeliling kota di sore hari dan itu adalah waktu berkualitas yang sama berharganya seperti hari-hari kemarin yang kami lakukan. Namun, bagaimana bisa tawa dan senyum itu begitu cepat berubah menjadi tangis di malam hari? Mamaku terkena serangan strok. Masih tersimpan di kepalaku bagaimana mama dilarikan ke IGD pada malam hari, usai tubuhnya yang tiba-tiba mengalami kelumpuhan di sebelah kiri. Mama menangis dan meringis karena sekujur tubuhnya yang terasa begitu sakit. Pemeriksaan demi pemeriksaan dilakukan, hingga akhirnya kami sekeluarga mendapatkan hasil...

Aku dan mama memiliki hubungan yang sangat dekat, kami sering sekali bertukar pikiran tentang apa yang ada di kepala maupun apa yang dirasakan di dalam hati. Meskipun kedekatan tersebut tidak membebaskan kami daripada perbedaan pendapat, namun bukankah itu adalah bagian dari sebuah hubungan? 😄 Di antara semua diskusi yang kami lakukan, tidak lepas daripada cerita tentang kedua orang tua mamaku. Secara pribadi kakek adalah orang yang sangat kukagumi. Kepribadiannya yang penuh warna, bijak, serta berjiwa petualang membuatnya selalu memiliki cerita yang siap dibagikan pada cucu-cucunya. Lain halnya dengan nenek yang sangat ayu  serta lebih banyak diam dalam kesehariannya. Aku bisa menghitung menggunakan jari tanganku seberapa sering kami bercakap-cakap dulu, sangat jarang sekali. Namun, mamaku justru mengagumi sikap nenek yang satu itu, yang katanya selalu bisa menenangkan kakek ketika emosinya lepas dan juga memiliki kesabaran yang tak ada habisnya.  Singkatnya nenek tidak pern...

Halo, semuanya! Pemandangan siang hari ini sangat cerah bila kulihat dari balik jendela kamarku, membawa nuansa yang tepat untuk berbagi sebuah pemikiran di blog pribadi ini. Ditemani oleh Roxie, ikan cupang hitam merah kesayanganku, serta Hiroshi, kucing domestik jantan paling perhatian yang sekarang sedang tertidur di tepi kasur tidurku. 🐈🐟 Kemarin aku mendengarkan sebuah podcast dari Thirty Days of Lunch yang membawa Mbak Dee Lestari ke dalam obrolan mereka dengan topik ide . Untuk diriku yang lebih menyukai obrolan berbobot tanpa basa-basi, durasi podcast sepanjang 1 jam lebih itu ternyata membuahkan banyak insight! Mitos tentang konten panjang nan membosankan langsung tertepis begitu mendengar episode podcast tersebut. Lantas apa yang aku dapatkan dari perbincangan mereka itu? Satu yang paling aku ingat di dalam pikiran adalah istilah panci presto. Sebagai seorang penulis blog (ya, tentu saja aku berbicara tentang blog ini) aku sering mengalami writer's block , yang tidak ku...