2016 was so far pretty amazeballs, and I mean it

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Sebelum tahun baru 2016 saya sempat coba ikut suatu competition, dan pada hari terakhir bulan desember 2015, saya menyelesaikan proses pendaftaran beasiswa ke suatu institusi di luar negeri. Lalu satu bulan kemudian saya mencoba mengapply sebagai delegasi dari Indonesia untuk mengikuti konferensi yang diikuti perwakilan 20 orang dari 20 negara di dunia, disusul coba ikut beberapa contest essay, paper, dan lain-lain yang bahkan saya sendiri tidak menyadari saya sudah melakukan itu semua
Sebenarnya intinya ada pada bukan saya mengikuti apa saja dan bukan hasil akhirnya yang saya cari. Yang saya sadari sekarang  adalah saya menikmati setiap prosesnya, i know i know...sounds so bullshit, but it's true. Saya bersyukur sekali, sepanjang proses dua bulan ini saya berkesempatan berkenalan dengan banyak orang dari berkonsultasi dengan delegasi sebelumnya, bahkan sempat merasakan keribetannya saja saya bersyukur, merasakan bagaimana pusingnya mengerjakan essay sendiri dengan deadline hitungan menit di negara orang, bikin paper sampai dini hari, mengonsep initiatives program untuk Indonesia yang saya sendiri sedikit ragu saya sanggup merealisasikannya atau tidak, ditambah tangung jawab di acara lain, daaan sebagainya
Ada yang saya gagal untuk lolos, tidak apa-apa sih, saya memang menyadari ada beberapa kekurangan saya dan balik lagi ke bukan hanya hasil akhir yang saya cari.
Ibaratnya, walaupun misal saya akhirnya gagal, dengan saya mencoba saya dapat banyak hal seperti  data-data baru, pengalaman baru, link baru, yang saya tidak akan dapat kalau saya bahkan tidak mencoba. Perkara result saya yakin, pada akhirnya nanti, hasil tidak akan mengkhianati kerja keras panjang
Alhamdulillah, beberapa waktu yang lalu, saya mendapat panggilan bahwa saya menang di kompetisi yang saya ikuti pertengahan tahun kemarin, Alhamdulillahnya lagi disusul kemudian baru-baru ini saya memenangkan kompetisi yang saya ikuti bulan februari kemarin dan mendapat kesempatan untuk ikut one big asia pasific conference di Australia  yang dihadiri bnyk influential people without costing me any money, all will be fully funded by the sponsors from Australia and Indonesia, now I'm looking forward for other great journeys ahead.
All of that wouldn't happen if I didn't even have the gut to try 
Jadi buat kalian yang juga sedang berproses juga,
Jangan berpikiran sempit dalam melakukan dan memandang sesuatu
Tetaplah rendah hati dan ikhlas
karena ujian keikhlasan akan hadir saat kalian sedang melakukan hal-hal hebat sementara orang lain tidak tahu
Semangat!

jewels of wisdom

Weekly Fave illustrator: Rebekka Seale

I think the title 'weekly fave illustrator' doesnt sound quite right remembering that im not that "weekly" consequent on posting this. Haha
SO. after I hop onto this....hop onto that....i found this illustrator with her gorgeous arts....
REBEKKA SEALE From East Nashville, Tennessee

This REALLY is my fave art of all time. For more peaceful, water color based arts of hers, go buy her arts on her etsy shop :-)

xoxo, erina

2013 gadget wishlist

In the early 2013 I made a list of gear that i adore that i hadn't been purchase yet. Since my house been robbed in the end of 2012 (Sad story) i lost a lot of my gadget like my phone, laptop,camera, etc. So i shoulda start all over again, buy new gadgets. Not 100% a wishlist cause I already bought some of the stuffs i mentioned above, about 2 months ago, so i cheated a little here. And here is the detail of my gadget wishlist

1. Samsung Ultrabook
    I forgot what type is it, but it's a ultrabook kind of laptop. What I love about it is that the screen is wide and  it has light weight. I already owned it since a month ago, and been liking it since then
2. Blackberry Davis
This is my current cellphone. I used Samsung phone before but it was broken, old and stuffs...so I had a plan to start using Blackberry this year so couple months ago i purchased it. Not the best phone with lot of apps etc but it's kinda helpful for me to keep in touch with my friends since it has a lot of chat apps so i think it's enough
3. Cute portable speaker
I fall in love with this cute speaker. (So random, i know) But It will be very match with my iPod 4. And by the way speaking ipod, i already saw iPod 5 in emax and it. was. like. Kick. in the. Ass. Shyt so awesome..............
4. iPad mini/ Samsung galaxy tab
Well, I stuck between iPad mini or Samsung tab. or Both? Haha! I don't know I'm not a fan of tablet stuff at first but to know the apps, hm, instagram, path, pinterest, bunch of photoediting...why oh why
5. A good pocket camera
I don't know what is the best/good pocket cam type that available in the market. I just need a good, simple, digital camera that i can carry anywhere. any thoughts?
6. Canon EOS 60D
I had some friends that suggested me to use this camera. Well yes I think it would be great to start using this one. Because it's high quality with reachable price, and also practice and professional at the same time
7. Canon ef 35mm f/2
I think this lens works pretty great in indoor/outdoor photo :D
8. Wacoom Bamboo Pen tool
This is a gadget that make you possibly to add your handwriting to photos. And the result looks WAY more natural than if you use brush effect like on photoshop. It also very very good for digital drawing. But it's hard to find this wacoom in my city&country :( So far the only way i can buy it is from ebay/amazon. eee-_-


So that were all my gadget wishlist for this year, Guess I should start saving up my money haha
Have a good day, xoxo erina

Red lovely

Found some cute and lovely stuffs while went across some websites and blogs, aaaand turn out want the most of them, like...SO BADLY

Can't resist this bow tie collar-polka dress

I do adore ugglebo clogs especially this one...

Niiiice nails (No specific source, sorry)

scallops print umbrella such a-too cute-rain protection:|

OMG thisss float couture dress!

(immediately put some of those to my february wish list haha) xoxo, erina