The Witty Wordsmith

Books have been in my life long before I even knew how to tie my shoes. They were my comfort zone, my imaginary playground, my ticket out of reality. For a while, reading self-help books made me feel like the main character in a coming-of-age movie—scribbling notes, underlining sentences like I was deciphering the human condition, one “life hack” …

Books have been in my life long before I even knew how to tie my shoes. They were my comfort zone, my imaginary playground, my ticket out of reality. For a while, reading self-help books made me feel…

Despite J.K. Rowling controversies in the last 10 years, this will always be one of the best speech I have ever heard. Text as delivered.  President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the …

UPDATE ON TTC 2024 Hello semua, sudah lama nggak update terkait dengan program hamil. Di tahun 2024, apakah aku dan suami masih program hamil alias trying to conceive? And the answer is yes. Saat ini…

Lately I’ve been spiraling into the black hole that is TikTok again—this time obsessing over the NYC Cute Couples videos. You know the ones: a random guy with a mic stops couples on the street and as…

Aku mulai menulis sejak kelas 6 SD di awal tahun 2000an, pernah dengar tukeran diary? That's what I did with my friend back then. Apa sih isinya diary anak kelas enam SD? Mostly ngegosip, cinta m…

The buzzing sound of my alarm clock marks the start of yet another day in the corporate jungle. Like many others, I’m a typical 6-to-6 office person (9 to 5? In Jakarta? Please. That’s a fantasy rese…

My Dearest Little Ones, Before anything else, I need you to know this: we’re truly sorry we haven’t met you yet. I’m writing this just two days after turning 31. It's quiet today—one of those sof…

Setelah menikah selama kurang lebih 4 tahun, pertanyaan umum yang seringkali ditanyakan selain sudah punya anak adalah sudah beli rumah atau belum.  Well , ini  actually   borderline privacy but we a…