My Being Editor in Chief

Got nothin to do at the office.

So me and team decided to take some pics.

Meet us, the Power Rangers!! Lol.

Just Nod Your Head

Three years ago.


"Here, I brought this for you."

"What, are you kidding me? I'm still 19 yo!"

"I know you can do this."





Two years ago.


"Have you learnt enough?"

"I guess so."

"Not yet, My child, here is more. Take this."

"WHAT?? Are you sure?"

"Of course."




A year ago.


"Hey, I have another present for you."

"What??"

"Here take this, this will suit you good."

"Seriously?? I'm still 21 yo! You have a very good sense of humor!"

"Just take this. Trust Me, you can."



These days lately


"Hey this is My plan."

"No way! I have mine. I wil say yes to You, after I get this this and this."

*chuckling* "That's not how it works. I want you to have this, this then this."

"WHAT??"



Last night.

"Another surprise for you!"

"Don't you think it's enough? The family thingy, the career prospect, some new true friends You gave me, and now this?"

*began to cry "What did I do?? What makes You think that I deserve all of these??"

"You just deserve it. Now just nod your head, kneel down, and say yes.Nod your head and move on. Don't worry, everything is gonna be just fine. This is not about your plan, it's about Mine."


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So then I nodded my head and said yes.
And there was peacefulness inside of me.
Who am I that You are mindful of me?

Henry Needs...

Type your name into Google with the word needs in quotes. For example: "(your name here) needs". Write the first 10 results in a note.


1. Henry needs another month to recover (EXACTLY ahahaha..)


2. Henry needs a drink (surely! soon!)


3. Henry needs a new pair of shoes (okay, the oxford Zara shoes or the chukka suede shoes that I've been neglecting, pardon me!)


4. Henry needs a haircut (this is not me actually, but my Mum's wishlist haha)


5. Henry needs a wee (well everybody does! haha)


6. Henry needs to seize his second chance (Wakwaaaww!!)


7. Henry needs a hug (likeee pleasseee???)


8. Henry needs Scott to be great (ok who's Scott?)


9. Henry needs a raise (OK Boss read this will ya LOL AMEN to this!)


10. Henry needs new recipe (oh I don't cook this is a mistake!)

Hey You

(I'm not copying Larasati's note, but yeah this is inspired by hers)

These are my letters for some friends.

Which one are you?
Happy guessing.


Hey you,

I noticed that you kicked me out from your life, slowly but sure.
No matter how often you deny it, trust me I can sense it.
But yeah, making friends is really a natural selection.
Alikes attract alikes.
And from where I'm standing right now, I can see that I attract and got attracted to a better group of people.
Happy go lucky then.


Hey you,

How are you?
I know you're in big trouble right now.
I know you won't admit it. Just like you did so many times.
I think that's your expertise, denying.
I just want you to know, I've said that I am totally tired and sick of you.
But hey, I'm still here. I am all ears and wide opened.
No matter what.
You're the one who told me that I am such a good friend for you.
Why don't you try to be one for me then?


Hey you,

I feel so grateful knowing you.
We have so much in common.
I am so excited and proud to run with you.


Hey you,

You are just perfect.
Well, almost perfect.
Too bad, this is not the perfect timing.
I have to wait.


Hey you,

I know sometimes you feel very lonely.
I know you think you are not that worthy. But hey, this is me telling you, that you're not.
You're a great fighter.
You have such potentials.


Hey you,

I look up to you that much you know.


Hey you,

Umm I gotta go now.

9 Lessons For A Rockstar

These past few days I’ve been taught some good lessons.
How to be a rock star.
A different kind of rock star.


You don’t have to get it, you just have to read it.



The first of all, I have to stay Humble.
A lot of my mirrors slap me really hard on this issue.
I need to learn to see beyond the façade.
I have to stop putting people in boxes, the I-Like box and the I-Dislike box.
Who am I to say that I am better than anyone else?
Everything I have in me, is given. Given by grace. Given because of grace.
Yes I did afford it. Yes I did earn it. Yes I did put my own effort to have it.
But yes I am given the grace to achieve it.
I might not have to like everyone, but I have to love everyone.



The second of all, I have to Add Value. I have to Give Influence.
The good one. In other words, I have to set an example.
I have to be the first one to start.



Let’s continue to the third lesson, I have to master the art of Acceptance.
I have this thought that everyone has to meet my expectation.
My requirement.
My criteria.
Do you read it? The word ‘My’ is somehow dangerous.
I am not perfect enough to push people to be what I want, to meet My standard.



Then this leads me to the fourth lesson.
Grace and Forgiveness.
This is the stage where I have to expand, stretch-out my capacity.
My heart.
When people don’t meet my expectation, I have to forgive them.
I should manage not to get bitter.
I should be able to give people some space to make mistakes. After all, life is about learning process, right?
It’s school time all the time. What’s the point of learning if you’re afraid to make mistake?
The lesser you make mistake is the better you are, but that doesn’t mean that making mistake is avoidable.



The fifth lesson, I have to be Honest.
Making mistakes is ok. But that doesn’t stop there. I have to be honest.
Honest to whom? To me. And to others.
My journey will never be perfect.
There will be times when I possibly gonna fail.
But I can’t stop my journey. I can’t quit just like that.
I have to be able to admit my mistakes. To admit that I have something that needs to be fixed.
To go for a help. To ask for a help. To cry out and admit, yes I am hurt.



The sixth of all, Responsibility.
I have to be able to be responsible on handling and managing any consequences I have from the decisions I made.



That leads me to the seventh lesson, Willing to Upgrade.
We can only make the right decision when we have the right information.
And how to get the right information?
By asking. By learning. By counseling.
The people I influence can only learn as far as my willingness to continually and consistently upgrading my knowledge.



The eight lesson, is Being Tough.
When I fail, do I just stop.
When I got stumbled, do I have to cry and complain?
No. I have to be tough.
I have to learn how to fall, it hurts, and I still also have to hear people mocking me, slapping my face.
Yet I have to fight to rise again. It’s hard, but it’s possible to do.



The last one, is Sacrifice.
I am here right now because a person has sacrificed His life to me.
This is the hardest part of all.
As human, we all have the tendency to be selfish.
Selfishness just feels so good. Feels so right.
But it is NOT right.
Selflessness is better.
I have to be able to put others above Me.
I have to be able to say less of Me, and say more of Us, or We, or You, or even just Them.
Because when I do that, actually what I am saying is, it is not ME, but it is YOU.
It is about YOU who lives in ME. So let me work for YOU to reach THEM.



Well, being a Rock Star is not just a matter of saying, “Yes I want.”
But there’s something bigger beyond it.
It’s about answering this question, “How much do you willing to change after you say ‘Yes, I want’”.
“How much do you willing to be shaped after you say ‘Yes, I want’”.
“How much do you willing to learn after you say ‘Yes, I want’”.



Do you REALLY want it? Or do you JUST want it?
Because just saying Yes is not an achievement.
It’s a start. A start of a new journey.



We’re all a Rock Star.





“God doesn’t just promote us. He qualifies us for promotion.” – Myles Munroe.





Ps: Thanks for all my Rockin’ teachers, wuffyall!

My 25 Random Things

(Well I doubt I could resist to stop at number 25, because you know, once I wrote something, it’s hard for me to stop.) LOL.


1. I used to have an imaginary friend, named Zachary Cedric, who looks like me only the more mature version with tux and bowtie. He was always there to knock my head off if I did stupid things.

2. I appreciate time very much. I HATE to go with people who can not deal with punctuality.

3. I have always been the kind of person who never goes beyond the safety line. I never want to do something which has no clear view in the future.

4. I feel proud being a Manadonese, especially the big family stuff aspect.

5. When I walk, I look straight forward to the front, because I don’t feel the necessity to look around. And that makes people label me “cocky”. LOL.

6. Writing is my passion. Period.

7. The first girl I dated in a classic-romantic kinda way dinner was 6 years older than me. Well that was actually a set up from my friends for my 20th birthday.

8. I dunno why but when it comes to relationship, there are a lot of people who come to me and tell me their problems.

9. For me, my appearance is important.

10. I am a very strict and stubborn people. If I said A, it means A, and as long as I know that my opinion is right I’m not gonna change it to B. Please people do understand this, because they said the way I deliver my point scares them. How could a lovely person like me scare people??

11. I have two nicknames, my friends from academic world (from junior high school until college) call me Nuno. While the other friends who come from outside of the academic world simply call me Henry or Gerson.

12. I am really full of consideration before I decide something important (shopping doesn’t count, I usually became very impulsive haha), so that people find me “coward”. But once I decided something, there is nothing that could stop me from doing it.

13. I never really care about what people say about me, it is who matters what minds for me, not who minds what matters to me. For example, if I know that you are not really good about fashion and you criticize my look, I will say I don’t care. I appreciate your opinion, but sorry you’re just not the expert. I only hear to people who are the experts of their areas.

14. I am a straightforward and idealistic person. If I don’t like, I will say it, and show that I don’t like it. And if you can’t deal with it, I will see you as invisible.

15. I love to watch tv series, some that I am watching right now are, Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, Dirty Sexy Money, Brothers & Sisters, and Criminal Minds. Oh and of course Heroes!!

16. I love to listen to song with great lyrics, and watch movies with great scripts. Well what do you expect, I am a writer.

17. I have a passion for the young generation, to share some positive things to them, to prevent them from doing stupid things that I did.

18. I am not afraid to come up to older and wiser people and tell my problems and ask for their advices.

19. I would like to have my own magazine and my own clothing line.

20. I really underestimate people who don’t know what they want.

21. I love to be around my closest friends. I’d like to have new friends, but I’m not a very mingle person. I am more the anti social person.

22. I eat anything. And I eat a lot. That makes me curios why after all these years I still have this thin posture.

23. I love to wear fake glasses, because since I was in the elementary school, I’ve wanted to wear glasses because I thought it could make me look smart.

24. I have a big hope for Indonesian and especially for Jakarta. I just hate people who live here but don’t have the hope to see a greater future of this country. It’s ok to complain, but after you complain, do something about it! Complaining doesn’t bring this nation anywhere.

25. I would like to have my master degree major in media study or perhaps fashion management. I haven’t decided yet. But London would be great.

What?? It's 25 already?? *sigh*