9 Penyebab Writer’s Block, Kenali dan Hindari

Mendung writer's block
Mendung writer’s block. Illustration by Brahm.

We can get the writer’s block, I think because we: (1) Are inconsistent (often change the idea, without even single finished story). (2) Have the others activity beyond the writing (it easily turns the goal off). (3) Pending the work too long. (4) Have a problem in confident (like feel that don’t have any talent). (5) Surrender to the underestimation by folks (people sometime doesn’t consider writer as a real job). (6) High-voltage of ego (so we become vulnerable with any sharp critic). (7) Low level of healthiness. (8) Wrong location to write (sometime it makes bad mood). (9) Personal problem (motivational things, include).

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Ride on Pekalen’s Pounding River

To the rafting start location

It seems like we have been planning this since centuries. Whirled by the works, we decided to go to Probolinggo to chill out our heads with Pekalen River‘s pounding water. It’s a rafting, Dude! The team, made of 14 persons, went from Surabaya at 6 o’clock in the morning. We reached up Probolinggo about four hours later. The receptionist at Songa Rafting’s basecamp then gave us a welcome smile.

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Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

Adorn Your Garden with These Monkeys

At first glance, what did you see in picture beside? A line of monkeys, maybe. But these are not real monkeys. These are sort of plants from Sumatra, which has a body texture like monkey’s fur. That’s why we call it Monkey Fur (or Bulu Monyet in Indonesian). Actually, it’s more like orangutan.

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