Blog Actually

Today is the last day of February Blogging 101 (it's March, 1st anyway) and for me, February this year was a perfect month for my blogs, especially my WordPress blog. Why?
First, I had holiday. Some of you may wonder how a medical student could write more than one post in a day. Well, I had a lot of free time.
Second, I joined Blogging 101. It was a great experience. I met many bloggers who posted interesting things, inspired me, and were very supportive. Before I joined Blogging 101, I only wrote posts for myself, I rarely commented on other bloggers, and I followed a few people. After Blogging 101, I started to get involved in the community and it was an amazing experience.
When I get involved in blogging community, I have new friends and read people's mind (whoa, I feel like Severus Snape performing Legilimency) without knowing them personally, even without knowing their names and faces. 
So, dear readers and fellow Blogging 101 participants, thank you for your support.

Weekly Doodle: Celebrate the Colours

Today's assignment from Blogging 101 is to try another blogging event. I found the Weekly Doodle event and the latest doodle theme is celebration.
What I remember about any celebration is colour. It's the yellow "janur" (coconut young leaf) in many Indonesian weddings or the red colour of Chinese new year. Since I'm not so good at creating a celebration image, I doodle colour.

I've just realised there is still a lot of white space. What should I do with the white space?

Foods that Make Me Weak (in a Good Way)

In one of her post, Shruti said that food is her weakness. I'm now inspired to write about some foods that make me weak, in a good way.
1. Durian
Many Indonesians like durian. Well, some Indonesians don't like it. Some people may think that the smell is bad, like rotten food. However, for those who like durian, it smells nice and amazing. The combination of the smell and sweet taste makes durian an incredible fruit.
2. Chocolate
Who doesn't like chocolate? I don't need to explain further about it.
3. Fried shrimp
For your information, I have eczema. The condition can occur if I experience mental stress or eat excessive shrimps. I really said excessive because if I only eat a few fried shrimps, I will be fine.

p.s. Since my internet connection is slow, I can't put images in this post. Maybe later.

A Book about Amazing Grandma

I found a post by Aggie. In that post, she wrote her New Year's resolution. Her 5th resolution in the list is read. I then recommended "Saga no Gabai Baachan" by Yoshichi Shimada. It's always the first book that comes to my mind every time someone asks for book suggestion.
The book is based on true story. It tells a story of Akihiro who lived with his grandmother, Grandma Osano, in Saga, Japan, after World War II. They live in poor condition but Grandma Osano Akihiro's grandma always know how to be happy and cheerful no matter what. I don't want to tell much about it because well, some people don't like spoiler.
A memorable quote from Grandma Osano in this book is, "There are two ways for poor people: gloomy poor and cheerful poor. We are cheerful poor people." The book I read is an Indonesian translation of the original Japanese version so if you read the English version, the words may be different.

p.s. I don't know Japanese. The book actual title is "Saga no Gabai Bāchan". My cousin, who can speak Japanese, told me that bāchan is read as baachan. 

Talking about Relationship

I join Blogging 101 and yesterday's task was to comment on at least four blogs I had never visited before and today's task is to write a post that builds on one of the comments I left yesterday. I actually commented on a lot of blogs but I forget some of them. Let's just talk.
I found this post by TJ. In that post he wrote a story about a girl who is .... I think it will be better if you read the post yourself so you can decide a proper adjective for that girl. You can also read my comment (yes, that lincahceria5).
I've said before that I'm not good at relationship advice so if a friend tells me about her (or his) relationship problem, I will just listen and respond a little. However, since it's just relationship, not marriage, my ultimate advice would be, "Tell them, then leave, end your relationship." I suggest my friend to tell because communication is important and it's better to let the other know what happens. I suggest them to leave because... Well, let's make it clear.
If your boyfriend or girlfriend makes you uncomfortable or ask you to do something against your principle, you should end the relationship before it's too late.
By the way, when I talk about my friend's relationship, it may be different to what you think. Watch this video by Jana first.
Many of us in Indonesia don't believe in sex before marriage, regardless of the religion. My friends' relationship mostly involve going out together, having meal together, or calling each other with "cheesy nickname". They don't have sex. They don't live together. They don't even kiss.

Whoa, I still don't believe that I finally write a relationship advice.