Why, indeed

It is super interesting to be asked “why I blog” at this ‘late’ stage of blogging because actually this blog is not my first blog. (If you are curious enough, you can go here to read what I wrote way back when.)

I started my first blog back when I was 17 – super young and a bit naive. When the question of “why I blog” popped up, I thought about why I started blogging for a while and found something very interesting.

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Pesta

Akhirnya minggu lalu saya ikutan Pemilu. 

 

Tanggal 9 April kemarin jadi hari yang cukup bersejarah untuk saya karena untuk pertama kalinya saya mengikuti Pemilu tingkat nasional.

 

Bila melihat kebelakang, pengalaman saya ikut Pemilu sangat minim. Waktu SD saya ingat pernah ikut beberapa pemilihan ketua kelas. SMP juga sama. Selepas SMP, saya tidak pernah lagi berpartisipasi dalam kegiatan Pemilu (termasuk kegiatan Pemilu kampus, tingkat kota, dan propinsi).

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Weekly Writing Challenge: Fifty

It feels like life begins there. In a middle-of-nowhere city.

It was her first time seeing snow; winter was October ’till May.

She was considered black – Conservatism? Racism?

For her, origin is such an ambiguous word.

 

She managed to create second, third, fourth family. She simply knows where she’s from.

 

 

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Super hard challenge! I hope I did OK.