Mari olahraga

Postingan kali ini adalah postingan non-PhD, cape juga mengkritik diri sendiri haha… Kali ini temanya adalah hidup sehat dan bebas stress. Yahuuuuu…. Mari mari…

Akibat stress terpendam yang dilampiaskan dengan makan enak di Jepang tanpa kontrol, alhasil gw meng-super gendut dalam 5,5 tahun terakhir ini. Bayangkan, gw naik 20 kilo dong hahahaha, seru beneerrr. Gapapa, menikmati hidup mumpung masih blum penyakitan *excuses excuses*. Sebenernya concern gw cuman satu, dua ding. Bukan gendut dan tidak seksi, tapi baju pada gak muat dan ngos2an pas jalanan mendaki dikit . Kalau saja gw adalah milyuner, bisa tinggal blanja baju dan mobil.. sayangnya bukan belum *optimisssss*.

Dengan niat gak niat, akhirnya gw mulai melirik olahraga. Secara kita mahasiswa miskin begitu, gak mampu ke gym atau ikut kelas khusus atau beli alat khusus, maka kriteria utama adalah terjangkau. Lalu, untuk mempertahankan motivasi, olahraga itu perlu menyenangkan, benar? Kemudian, effortnya cukup tapi tidak berlebihan. Alias, dekat dari rumah. Dengan tiga kriteria itu, sejauh ini ada tiga jenis olahraga yang udah pernah gw coba dan I looove them all. Apa aja coba?

What’s your bloodtype?

I was just skimming through Facebook updates of my friends when I found something that reminds me of one of those Japanese things that I’ve always wanted to know. It’s judging a person based on his/her bloodtype.

My father always said that this thing is especially true for me and my sisters (we share the same bloodtype). When he was upset or almost gave up on us, he would bring up this bloodtype personality thing and said there’s nothing he could to change us, it’s in our blood, he just had to live with that. As a product of seven years of Japanese education, he seemed to believe that very much. I think he secretly wished that none of his grandchildren would have our -me and my sisters’- bloodtype.. 

So, when I read the thread, I had a quick flashback of my father and the way he said the “it’s in your blood” thing, which btw, I miss very much. And then, to fulfill the need for some distraction during my productive paper-writing time today, I feel the urge to find out whether what my father said was true. That my personality happens to be written in my blood.

And what do you know, parents always know their children. My father was right, it’s in my blood!

Afternoon “galau”

I can’t believe I have so many plans for after graduation! Are they just some motivational reasons to graduate, or do I really want them?

Never know, unless you try, no?

Before that,

Never try, unless you graduate, ok?

Is it just me and my too-many-plans thing, or does other people also feel this way?

# Lab cubicle on 9.9.11; 18:09. am having those moments. God, will I ever graduate?

Defeating self sabotage

I have been sitting in my desk for almost 6 hours. Of that six hours, I can tell you, I was very diligent in.. checking this.. that.. Browsing here.. there.. Doing A, B, C to X, Y, Z.. Working on my research? I did that! For roughly 45 minutes..

And I have one journal paper to write, one to revise, a seminar on Monday, and five-chapters-100-pages of dissertation with only 8 pages written, on my to-do-list.

So, why is it so hard to work?

“Defeating self-sabotage: getting your PhD finished” by Kearns & Gardiner is a must read for you, who happens to be like me: motivated in everything but PhD-related works. Or in their word: ABD syndrome -Anything But Dissertation- ..O’ow…