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I know, you have your own opinion about everything. About your clothes, music, food, and sometimes, politic. And in this kind of time, all of us kinda feel the unwanted heat that came from social media with their hoax news, or your relatives with their super racist point of view!

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Trump inauguration is is just some hour away. Its very stressful event and now its heating up in United States of America especially for women in USA. I'm not America citizen, and i know whatever Trump do in his administration is not gonna affect me directly. But i can't help feeling little bit insult with everything Trump said about women (and his daughter, what a psycho!).

For some people, working in the office is not always necessary to make money. Some people might see it as place to share their passion with people who had same interest, some people want to achieve some goals in their career life, or they want to gain their links and social life before they make their own business. Some people, just want to fill their free time with cool people (I've been changing job 4 times in this life, and you'll be surprise how many people do that). For me, in this age, money and links is my main reason! Haha

As millennials, i don't have any argument against his point of view. I admit it, this generation are the product of spoiled parenting and misconduct of technology usage. Our parents, the baby boomer, thinks what they've been through a lot in their live and doesn't want their children to have same experience as they are. And when they busy not teaching their kids basic social human being, they also drown their kids in technology that just arise in early 90s. From classic Nintendo games to complicated XBox adventure. From Nokia 3310 that able to send text from alphanumeric keypad to iPhone 7 qwerty touch screen that can take millions of useless selfie with high def.

We've been taught so much to love ourselves more, to be proud with every little things that we have. Which is good, but also bad for competition. We were taught to live happily but not to work ambitiously. Our movie is all about to achieve great happiness in our personal life before anything. We were unconsciously designed to be quitter instead of fighter. Don't like the boss, just quit, million of company accept undergraduate employee. Don't like salary, just be an asshole in the company. Even if we like what we have, the pressure from parents and other significant others are hard to avoid. And sometimes, since the pressure come really strong, its absorb to your skin and became depression.

And if all of that not already hard enough to live with. We also facing the reality that some of us is easily master this whole situation. Becoming what so called, Youtube star, Insta Celeb, travel blogger, food blogger, DJ. And that's people are own the game and money in today society!

Then how? How millennials that still believe in making career to corporation, could be productive in a work space without get distracted by their own phone? To be honest, i don't know. Because i also still struggling with that problem. But, i know some way to make you, millennials worker, be still function in baby boomer corporate world without throwing away your millennials free spirit!

1. You Can Focus on What You Love
Working on your passion can be turn out great but also can turn out as crazy obsession. So, that's why work on something different from your main passion is healthy. But dont throw you passion away. Try to develop it, little by little, do your passion in your own time but with full forces. Me, personally writing is always my passion. Share the story with my point of view, thankfully i can entertain or inspire others from that. And luckily, i am able to do my passion as professional job for 4 years. Until, last year, i have to say goodbye forever to Corporate Media, dying print media. Then? What i do it now? Being sad unemployed person, or i take other job opportunity? No, i still writing, on my own time, and with my own command. And now when i go to work, i know i will finish my job as soon (and flawlessly) as possible so i can gather all the material i want to write in my own blog. Sometimes i help my friends to write in their magazine as contributor too. Since i got the time and no agenda, i feel more independent.


2. Times to Make New Best Friend
You job sucks but at least you make a great allies. Talk to your friends, or a guy from different division with you. Make a great allies. Share your problem. You might not solve the problem, but at least you can be each others. Make sure you make a perfect allies, so you can be each other back up when it needed. Because baby, there is a lot office back stabber (i will write about that in the next post)!

3. Learn to Commit
For baby boomer, its easy to obey the rules. For us, the millennials, while even our parents never yelled at us, obey to something simple can be pain in the ass. But, don't quit. Try the rules. Set your alarm earlier, dress more proper, listen more. And if that's feels so hard, treat yourself with a gift. If i had one week full without being late, i always let myself eat something fancy or buy something impulsive. Like shoes or books. Is not how much you want to be part of the office. But look at this just like a games that you should accomplished in finish line. Get more and more extra credit so you can have better level.

4. More Confident
Being in corporate office, sometimes mean to look the same. That's why almost big corporation (in Indonesia) have uniform. That's normal if you hate it! Since you always been told to be proud with who you are, now you asked to act just like others. But, again, hate doesn't equal with quit. Be a guy or girls that have strong personality. Be funny. Be quirky. Be as emo/loner as you want. Have strong personality that hard to forget. With strong personality, you might also develop new opportunity. Maybe new position, who knows?

5. Able to Learn Something New
This might seems classic reason but its true. Expertise in something you love to do sounds awesome, but able to know your capability in other aspect of life its beautiful too. Often people who only do what he passionate to do, like photography or architecture, doesn't know how administration works or how the banks work. And then, they always need to assist at every aspect in his or her life to make those kind decision.

6. More For Family and Friends
Since you not living in your passion, you can share your day and life with the loved ones. With the important one. And play your passion as an hobby or free time. And my friends,that what people called stable life!

7. You Can Redefine Success
Since you out of the "passion job", now you can redefine what is happy for you. What is success for you? Able to work on time and get everything done flawlessly. And then maybe you can also growth your career inside the company. Well, why not?

This band stole Jakarta's hippiest kids attention since they announce their schedule to perform in Singapore next April. And, fortunately, last December i already got a chance to watch "A Head Full of Dream Tour" in Australia. In Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, me and my very well bestfriend forever and ever (are you happy April?) are able to experience the best concert of the year! And, with all the memory, everything that i have experience at the concert, i feel wasted if i dont share it to you. The People that about to experience "A Head Full of Dream". You about to watch some spectacular show, the sound that as clear as you hear in your headset (even clearer), the lighting as beautiful as aurora, the song as nostalgic as you expected, the Band as energetic, playful, and strong as you imagine. And here some of my notes that might helps you enjoy your A Head Full of Dream more:

Recently i read about Indonesia - Australia relation that, once again, gone bad! Without any intention to took a part of this problem i want to tell you why Australia is not that bad. I mean, i will always believe this country should run in Pancasila Ideology (not by race or religion) and no one should making fun of it, but i just want to say, one of Australia's city is so goddamn cool, i actually want to move to there, someday. I don't know if this post can cool the tension. But let me try, so, here we go.

If you ask me, i will always have numbers of reason hate Jakarta. Its tiring, polluted, poor clean water, fake people, poor public transportation, and go on and on and on.
Even though i hate Jakarta to the core-est of my heart, i always want to go back to this shitty city every time i fly abroad. For example, i will always choose Jakarta a thousand time rather than living for a week in Singapore. No i don't hate Singapore. I just prefer Jakarta.
I dont know, maybe because i never living overseas for so long so its almost never across my mind that i will left Jakarta for good. Until, last December, i got a chance to experience Melbourne. I never visit Australia, and i never expect anything in Melbourne except get amazed by Coldplay (yeah, i watch The Head Full of Dream there, i will make another post to talk about it).
Then, after 7 hour flight from Bali, i finally arrive a Tullamarine Airport. It just okay, the airport quit simple not "too much" like Changi (again, i love Singapore, but sometimes, it just little too much in there). After long (and non-sense) immigration check (and after they took my dendeng away!) i directly in love to this city. Like this city were made for me. Exactly, people like me! Me, the ultimate pedestrian, public transport enthusiast, love living under the sun but hate to get sweat. Here is more reason why i believe that God create me to live in Melbourne.



1. The Best Public Transportation
I always feel owning (and regularly using) a car in the city (unless you are an Uber) it just plain wrong (ok focus Gita, lets not go there). So, thats why i really rely on public transportation. And Melbourne pleased me with their Free Tram Zone, Fast Bus, Easy Train. I will keep my MyKi until today because i am strongly believe that i will use it again in the near time.



2. The Historic Building
I love buildings just like i love my man, the older are better. And this city entirely made by beautiful functional historic building. I know Europe has more exotic historic building (You dont know how much i want to visit Catacombs, Paris) (yeah, i love creepy building) but Melbourne has fully functional old building. Its not yet being turning into museum, but also not being used by super hippies youngster gather and like each other Instagram. It just old building with shopping center inside, or restaurant, or apartment.

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3. Best Coffee
I am not drink coffee, but i trust people who loves coffee than alcohol. And many people claimed that Melbourne has the best coffee. So, simply to say, Melbourne has the best vibe! (wait what? what kind of logic is that?) Well, any way, i love place that surround by coffee enthusiast.




4. Art is Everywhere
You can find it in the wall, in the street with their guitar, so lovely.



5. Super Nice People
This city makes me have faith in humanity again.They help us to get our group photo, they help us when we are lost, they super nice to us. I dont know if it because we are obviously looks like tourist, but i love their sense of helpful. Even their city already well maintain, but that doesn't make them stuck up. Very humble, very homey, very lovely, please adopt me Melbourne!




6. Perfect Weather All The Time
Australia have their weather opposite any other western country. Winter in January till July and Summer in August till December. From all the sources i read over the internet, their winter is not that cold. Its only turn into more humid. Meanwhile, their summer, is not hot at all. Its only mean their sun stay longer. Like 14 hours a day. What a perfect weather!

First of all, welcome 2017.

in our entire Melbourne trip we used Mindy's Uber Credit Card and share the fare when we arrive at home, smart right?