July 2011
23 posts
My Current Life Goal, Defined.
LAW SCHOOL
Law school is one of the breeding grounds for the common lawyer, the single most hated parasite in human history.
An institution where starry eyed idealists have their dreams of upholding justice and benefiting humanity heartlessly destroyed while incurring more debt than a third world country. These poor souls, after three years of brutal Socratic torture and exposure to the cruel...
After Thousands of Years, Human Race Still Haven't...
Vicky: So, uh, tell me..Why won't your father publish his poems?
Juan Antonio: Well, because he hates the world, and that's his way of getting back at them.. to create beautiful works and then...to deny them to the public...
Vicky: My God. Well, what makes him so angry toward the human race?
Juan Antonio: Because after thousands of years of civilization, they still haven't learned to love.
What Are You Going to Do With That?
The essay below is adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May.
The question my title poses, of course, is the one that is classically aimed at humanities majors. What practical value could there possibly be in studying literature or art or philosophy? So you must be wondering why I’m bothering to raise it here, at Stanford, this renowned citadel of...
Quotes Are Nothing But Inspiration For The...
“The future is no place to place your better days.”—Dave Matthews
“Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”—Aristotle
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
“The greatest mistake in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.”
“You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must...
A Selection of Hilarious Indonesian Campaign...
Credits to my good friend Alfonsus Ditto :)
Good Girl Gone Bad
(You are welcome to laugh at the ‘kenajongan’ of the title of this post)
One of the many things I realize has changed about myself throughout the years (but especially in the past year) is that I have slowly turned more and more evil (LOL. for a lack of a better word and for the purpose of emphasizing the extreme character change). As a joke, I did say to myself, “Marsha, you...
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Premature Work-Life Balance Concerns Sabotaging...
Facebook’s chief operating officer has raised a work-life balance issue that could apply equally to women lawyers.
Sheryl Sandberg spoke about three reasons women aren’t making it into top leadership positions, the Careerist blog reports.
The three reasons:
1) Women literally don’t take a seat at the conference table. Too often they sit on the sidelines and feel they don’t deserve to be in a...
Funny Birthday Messages
I’m saving these funny quotes here for my personal entertainment (and perhaps, yours).
1. Happy Birthday, you hot piece of ass (Aida..appropriately inappropriate)
2. HAOPOOOOOOYY BIRTTHHHDAYYYY MY VICTORIASECRET ANGELL………. SEE U ON DA DANCE FLOOOR!!!!! (Bimo ‘Ms. J Alexander’ Ganzar)
3. Ka, Selamat Ulang Tahun…Unyuuuuuuu (Believe it or not, my dad...
Class of 2010
Funny/memorable quotes from my YEARBOOK:
GUESS WHO? 1. “I will never forget the day you appointed me to be GOD. We have to hang out when you visit Duke next year”
2. “You, you sexy Sugana cane, smexy Indonesia, you turn me on” (UNCALLED FOR..)
3. “I am gay for you”
4. “Dear Marsha, you iz a BAMF. Make lots of hawt babies..DO IT!”
5. “EEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!”
6....
Art, Design, Aesthetics
When looking at ‘over-simplified’ works of art such as a painting with nothing but a splash of red paint placed upon an empty canvas, how should we determine it’s level of quality? I mean, even a two-year old kid could do that, right?
(images of these ‘over-simplified’ works I encountered at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC are provided at the bottom of this post)
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“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend...”
Rise and Fall
Back in high school, I was extremely obsessed with a certain top University located in the East Coast of the United States that I would constantly dream about its beautiful gothic architecture and stunning location with teary eyes. I worked hard throughout my years in high school to get in…but I got waitlisted and eventually rejected during my senior year.
Fortunately, I reached my...
Brain Drain OR Brain GAIN?
It is a common belief within communities of ‘nationalistic’ individuals that returning to your home country after obtaining knowledge from abroad is a moral obligation. Even in one of my favorite fiction novels, The Inheritance of Lost, one of the protagonists’ uncle was thought of as a hero for returning to India with his Law degree from Cambridge University, that he eventually...
“Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face—and there...”
– Sheryl Sandberg (Chief Operating Officer of Facebook)
Infinite Happiness
(Review from my BRO Birger Hennings: “Damn Marsha, you’re full of shit!” Hahaha)
The consequence of being happy is the feeling of disappointment caused by the realization that happiness does not last forever.
So the question is: Is it possible to always be happy?
I can easily conclude that one of the ultimate sources of unhappiness is the presence of strong desires in our...
Indonesian > English. Why?
Ternyata Bahasa Indonesia jauh LEBIH SIMPLE dibanding Bahasa Inggris. Ini dia buktinya…:
In English: “Would you care to validate your previous statement?” In Indonesian: “SUMPE LO?!
In English: “Sorry, I think you miscalculated your own capabilities to handle the task at hand.” In Indonesian: “Nenek lu kiper!
In English: “Would you care to elaborate on that statement?” In Indonesian: “MAKSUD...
List of Books You Must Read Before You Die
2000
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
Saturday – Ian McEwan
On Beauty – Zadie Smith
Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
The Sea – John Banville
The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
The Master – Colm Tóibín
Vanishing Point – David Markson
The Lambs of London – Peter Ackroyd
Dining on Stones – Iain Sinclair
Cloud Atlas – David...
Indonesian Vs American Education
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED BY THE JAKARTA POST ON MAY 14th.
Link: http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/05/14/indonesian-vs-us-education-systems.html
(PS: I wrote this before I realized that Vanderbilt is more academically suited for me than Emory)
As a student who has attended three different high schools with European, American, and Indonesian curriculums, I...
Aspirations
Ever played The Sims 2? Remember how you had the option to pick your character’s ‘aspiration’ before you start building the houses and all that jazz?
In reality, what should be one’s aspiration? Is it family? Love? Career? Popularity?
Life is difficult because sometimes you have to have priorities and make choices. You can’t have everything, as Chuck Bass said to Blair Waldorf....
ABOUT ME
Mi nombre es Marsha Sugana and I am currently a third-year undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University, United States, studying Finance & Public Policy.
I am originally from Jakarta, Indonesia and moved to the United States in 2007.
Contact Me:
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Twitter: twitter.com/marshasugana
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ABOUT THIS BLOG
I particularly enjoy writing about Indonesia and how women can (and should) rule the world.
Mucho amor,
Marsha
