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Happy Kartini Day to all Indonesian ladies wherever you are!

To those who are not familiar with Kartini, one of Indonesian's heroines, you can check out my post here: WW: Selamat Hari Kartini, Perempuan Indonesia.

Even in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, we can still celebrate her undying spirit for gender equality and women's rights. Staying at home and be productive, taking care of our kids, continuing our self- actualization and self-development programmes, doing things we love are only a few examples of this spirit. So, perempuan Indonesia, let's show to the world what we can contribute to the betterment of all!

Proudly representing Indonesia

Meanwhile, my senior diplomatic training is reaching an end. I am still in the middle of the final project and hopefully everything will be wrapped up this Friday.


We will welcome the holy month of Ramadhan and I am very blessed to be able to meet Ramadhan. I sincerely hope I can focus on making myself a better person. So is my family. This will be a great chance to repent and focus on our good deeds.




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WW: Selamat Hari Kartini, Perempuan Indonesia



Selamat Hari Kartini, Perempuan Indonesia!


Mari memaknai semangat Ibu #kartini untuk terus berjuang melawan keterkungkungan dan ketidaksetaraan. Semangat yang sama untuk terus membangun kemampuan diri dan mencoba memberikan yang terbaik untuk negeri.



By Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8615050



Raden Adjeng Kartini, or famously knows as Kartini, is one of Indonesia's heroines. She dedicated her life to bring better life to Indonesian girls and women during the colonial time, when girls and women could not go to school and didn't have a say on important things related to her life, including deciding her spouse. She is truly the pioneer for education fro girls and women as well as women's right in Indonesia. She opened a free school for Indonesian girls and women, which was considered taboo at that time. Although she passed a way at a relatively you age, after giving birth to her first child, her undying spirit continues to serve as a beacon for Indonesian women afterwards. 

representing Indonesia for the Third Committee of UN General Assembly

Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang, or in Dutch, Door Duisternir tot Licht, literally translated as Out of Dark Comes Light, is the book which collects Kartini's letters written in Dutch (rare privilege to Indonesian women at that time, especailly if you were not part of the royals)  to many officials and influential people, including  J.H. Abendanon who was one of the prominent figures in the Netherlands. She wrote many of her ideas and perspectives of the social life and condition in Indonesia during that time, particularly on women's life and rights. Freedom was an absolute luxury for Indonesian women at that time. Therefore, we owe a lot to Kartini and other Indonesian heroines who had sacrificed their lives for the betterment of us. 

Proudly be a modern Kartini!

Banyak dari kita yang melihat peringatan Kartini sebatas menjadi perempuan Indonesia yang berkebaya. Sah - sah saja memang namun aku yakin semangat Kartini adalah lebih dari itu. Aku sendiri selalu melihatnya sebagai semangat untuk terus maju, belajar, meningkatkan kemampuan diri dan berbuat yang terbaik untuk bangsa dan negara. Jangan pernah menyerah dan terus mendobrak segala keterbatasan yang seringkali berasal dari diri sendiri dan lingkungan yang tidak sehat. Kita kerap terjebak pada stigma bahwa perempuan hanya bisa melakukan A dan B, tapi tidak X, Y, Z. Padahal, once we have set our heart and our mind on it, kita pasti BISA!



Dengan cara kita masing - masing, mari kita teladani semangat Ibu R.A. Kartini ♥️♥️♥️. Aku pun terus mencoba mengaktualisasikan diri dengan mencoba melakukan berbagai hal yang bisa dan menyenangkan untuk dilakukan, dengan tetap menjaga kodrat sebagai perempuan. 

Try different aspect of life!

Tebar kebaikan, semangat untuk terus maju, tak letih belajar, dan kuatkan tekad bahwa kita BISA!


Bersama UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban ki Moon

With the UN Secretary - General now, Mr. Antonio Guterres

Selamat Hari Kartini, perempuan Indonesia di mana pun berada! 

And keep fighting!


Kopdar Daring Kumpulan Emak - Emak Blogger



Hi semuaaaa...


"Oke, aku absen dulu satu - satu yaaa..

"Iya mak, miknya memang masih dimute jadi ngga kedengaran suara lain.
"Itu siapa ya yang baru join ya?"

Mira Sahid, Makpon alias mak founder Kumpulan Emak - Emak Blogger (KEB) tengah sibuk mengecek komputernya sambil melihat siapa saja yang barusan bergabung di virtual meeting KEB pertama ini (eh, bener kaaan?). Malam itu, Rabu, 15 April 2020, akhirnya kami janjian untuk melakukan kopdar daring setelah sekian purnama tidak pernah bertemu muka, at least for me yaaa maks.
And you know what?
Keseruannya tuh seperti pas nungguin kunjungan or telpon sang patjar LOL.


Foto group saat sesi keduaaaa

Salah satu fenomena baru di tengah pandemik virus Korona alias COVID-19 adalah penggunaan teknologi informasi dan telekomunikasi yang makin mengemuka. Salah satu primadonanya adalah video conference. Sebenarnya teknologi ini sudah dipakai sejak lama, namun karena social and physical distancing diperlakukan sejak beberapa waktu yang lalu dan meeting lebih dari 2-3 orang dilarang, maka penggunaan teleconference meningkat hingga berkali - kali lipat. Mungkin at this point, satu platform yang lumayan sering dipakai adalah Zoom, Google Hangout or Google Meet.

So, back to our first online 'dating' with KEB.
In the beginning, we all had to wait until Makpon was done with her list. And by the time the attendance list as well as the introduction is done, everyone got super excited!
Beneran! Super excited! Ada yang jejeritan (tertahan) dan panggil nama beberapa peserta yang memang dikangeni, ada yang baru ketemu muka pertama kali meskupun sudah sering gabung di blogwalking or Instagram dan YouTube walking sebelumnya, bahkan ada yang brebes mili terharu di pojokan hehehe. Such a sweet expression of emotion! Banyak sebenarnya yang ingin ikutan dan sudah daftar juga, namun sepertinya proses approval memerlukan waktu dan dengan 50 anggota yang ikut, prosesnya pun cukup lama. Setelah selesai melepas kangen dan absen, ternyata waktu yang tersisa tidak banyaak hahaha. 

Mak Mira sempat sampaikan tujuan utama bersilahturahmi lewat kopdar daring ini dan bersama dengan Mak Injul, sempat pula sampaikan beberapa rencana KEB ke depan, seperti mengadakan beberapa online class dengan zoom. Selain itu, beberapa sesi live Instagram  juga telah dilakukan dengan mengangkat beberapa topik and we will do more of that. Sempat disinggung pula program KEB Peduli yang kail ini akan fokus untuk mengumpulkan dana dan donasi untuk anggota keluarga besar KEB yang terkena dampak langsung dari COVID-19 ini.

Belum sempat menyelesaikan diskusi, waktu gratis yang diberikan Zoom pun habis!
Oh noooo.
We were not done yet!
Terutama melepas kangen satu sama lain. 


Ini sesi pertamaaa...saat semua mikrofon ditutup dan menunggu dipersilahkan untuk perkenalan

And you know what happened?
Setelah hampir semua emak - emak blogger keren ini sedih karena pertemuan Zoomnya sudah selesai, akhirnya meeting kedua pun langsung dibuat lagi!
Judulnya langsung dan back - to - back hehehe!
Kontan banyak yang ikutan lagi walaupun tidak sebanyak yang di pertemuan awal.
Seneng bangeeet kan!

Di pertemuan yang kedua kali ini, semuanya berjalan lebih lancar dan kita punya waktu cukup panjang. Bahkan aku sempat 'ditodong' untuk share mengenai perkembangan penanganan COVID - 19 dari sisi pemerintah. Well, dengan senang hati, walaupun aku harus disclaimer that what I would inform was not official statements of the government, tapi beberapa perkembangan terakhir tentang penyebaran virus ini dan beberapa upaya penanganan yang dilakukan, terutama oleh Kemlu RI, aku sampaikan. Perkembangan penanganan virus ini di beberapa negara dan kota, khususnya New York City, juga aku share. Intinya sharing, saling berbagi informasi yang pastinya bukan hoaks dan imbauan untuk terus mematuhi anjuran pemerintah untuk memutus rantai penyebaran Corona yang masih berlangsung. 

Two simple things I keep reminding myself are try not to get infected (by staying at home, living a healthy life, washing hands frequently, boasting my immune system etc) and try not to infect others (by staying at home, as we might be carriers and endanger others).

Intinya semua yang telah disampaikan pemerintah selama ini. Usahakan untuk tidak tertular (dengan tetap di rumah, jaga kesehatan, sering cuci tangan dengan baik, menjaga sistem kekebalan tubuh dsb) serta usahakan untuk tidak menularkan orang lain (kita tidak pernah tau kalua ternyata kita adalah carrier dan membahayakan orang lain). Sesederhana itu...tapi tentu saja memang tidak mudah. 

Selain tips and tricks selama Corona, aku juga berharap kita semua terketuk hatinya untuk saling menebar kebaikan. Ada begitu banyak pihak yang terkena dampak Corona Virus dan mereka merasakan cobaan dan tantangan yang tidak mudah selama pandemik ini. Ada para pejuang kesehatan yang harus berjuang melawan virus ganas ini saat menolong para pasien, para pekerja harian lepas yang harus mencari sesuap nasi untuk keluarga mereka, maupun pegawai swasta yang terncam kehilangan pekerjaan dan penghasilan. Itu hanya beberapa contoh dari dampak luar biasa yang ditimbulkan oleh COVID-19. Sekiranya kita diberi kelapangan rezeki, mari bersama gotong royong kita membantu mereka yang membutuhkna, termasuk melalui KEB Peduli.



Makpon juga sempat berbagi mengenai hoaks dan bagaimana kita bisa mengecek serta mencegah penyebaran hoaks yang juga sama berbahayanya. Di jaman sekarang, rasanya gemeees ya sama mereka yang masih saja menyebar berita bohong dan ngga jelas.

Well, all in all, Kopdar daring ini begitu membahagiakaaan. 
Semoga obrolan hangat kita yang singkat ini ada manfaatnya dan kita semua bisa terus hidup sehat, selamat dari gangguan virus, dan berdoa semoga cobaan ini cepat berlalu.
Jadi....kapan kopdar daring berikutnya LOL?

Stay safe, happy and healthy, everyone...wherever you are.



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Almost there, Indah, almost there..

I keep saying that to myself whenever I feel a bit down about the pandemic and all its ramification. I know it's not that easy, but I know even more that we can go through it. My kids start asking when they can go out and meet their friends, teachers and families. They miss going out to the beach, parks, malls, and their favorite restaurants. 

Well, we are so used to going back to Lampung every 2 weeks to meet our parents but now we have to restrain ourselves from doing so. But again, we can wait. We have to wait!

Now we are getting more and more creative with our hobbies. The kids start playing  'build the castle' inside the house and doing some crafting and drawings, I'm back with my home cooking, photos and blogging, and my hubby starts his DIY projects. Well, it's good to have something we love during this Stay-at-Home session. And sometimes my hubby and I curled up for binge-watching our favorite movies, not necessarily the new ones. Well, the bottom line is, we are trying to stay positive and happy with what we have. That's the best choice we have at this moment indeed.

Let's craft 

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