Life is Fragile. Cherish Every Moment.

My daughter and IAt the office, I usually have an early dinner with my colleagues. We talk about everything: work, family, and whatever else comes up.One afternoon, a colleague mentioned that his eldest son visited him in Jakarta. His wife, he said, always cried whenever their son returned to Balikpapan....

How Kendrick Lamar Taught Me About Storytelling

 Being a writer doesn’t feel complete without learning from Kendrick Lamar.I first got into Kendrick’s music when I heard that DAMN. (2017) became the first hip-hop album to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. That’s a huge award in the world of journalism, literature, and music—especially since...