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Disamperin aliran di Korea

Salah satu pengalaman yang gw dapatkan selama trip sebulan lamanya di Korea selama musim gugur ini adalah disamperin cult atau aliran tertentu. Jadi memang di Korea itu seperti jadi surga buat aliran-aliran agama baru tumbuh, mungkin udah pada pernah juga nonton dokumenter salah satu aliran gereja di Korea yang lumayan terkenal sesatnya. Gw gak tau kenapa pastinya banyak aliran-aliran baru atau aliran sesat muncul di Korea, ada beberapa hipotesis tapi ya masih hasil pemikiran gw aja. Dari jaman dulu sampe sekarang kayak masih gak berubah aja. Sebagai catatan, dulu salah satu aliran sesat sempat masuk ke lingkungan kampus tempat gw pertukaran pelajar di Korea. Di situ mereka emang nargetin mahasiswa asing. Modusnya adalah sebagai mahasiswa asing kita diajak volunteer, ada kelas bahasa, ada kunjungan ke panti jompo, dll. Nanti selama kegiatan itu kita akan pakai atribut tertentu, dan mengucapkan yel-yel terselubung yang dianggap bagian dari dokumentasi saja. Hasil dokumentasi berupa foto...

Isolation Diary: long story short, I call it a chance to wipe out bad luck

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Arrival night The official sprayed a whole disinfectant on us. We need to spin around so the alcohol gets to all parts. My jilbab felt wet but as long as I don't touch it I don't feel it that much.  We waited for a long time at the front gate. We needed to wait until the observation was for the previous person and then we can go in.  In the observation area.  The doctor checks my blood pressure. It's low. ' don't you feel dizzy '. I was on a diet. No pain no gain. ' do you have any symptoms? A headache? '. Is headache a symptom? Cause I feel it every day. Working life strained my neck and squeezed my brain too much. I can't differentiate that headache from covid headache. Don't ask me about headaches, please. He shows us the room. The room was pretty okay. But for a perfect stay, it needs some work. So we cleaned what we can. Toss the smelly pillow into a smelly cupboard and forget those things for the next 10 days. Put our clean linen. Make arra...

How to get a new phone without buying

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What's up, blog. It's me again, always, and forever me.  This year, as I mentioned before, is my no-buy year. Means I can't buy unnecessary things that are outside my allowed-to-buy list (which just cover essentials basically). But you know, as a human being in this modern world that is exposed to thousands of marketing every day, I got so many temptations along the way.  For example. Recently just for fun, I plan my dream trips. So I researched all the places I want to visit, the transportation, food I want to eat even the accommodation, and many more. It helps me a lot in giving consolation in the mid of uncertainty of when we can travel around comfortably again. I explored google maps, look at the street view of my destination, and plan the things I want to do.  Then it comes down to think about what should I pack for that dream trip. So I list what I want to bring, and then of course go into a hole of wanting-to-buy-something-for-the-trip-so-my-trip-feels-better. I lo...