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  • A Big Break During the Eid Week

    Hi, people! I’m taking a break from the blogging world during the Eid week because I’m spending it at my grannie’s place, where a fast internet connection is a fancy thing I can’t afford. Well not really, but still…

    I’ll be back to (not-so-)regular blogging around next week. You can still follow my Twitter and Instagram account (@darlaoct) to catch up with me.

    See you next week and Eid mubarak, y’all!

    PS. My Twitter account is on private. You can request to follow and mention me so I can accept you.

  • Sunday (and a Few Thoughts on Being M.I.A.)

    honeybees

    It was a perfect Sunday. I got to see my girls in the morning, had brunch together, had a photobooth sesh, and talked about a lot of things. Velentina and I are student teaching in the same school, whilst Lianisya and Diana are student teaching in another school, so there were a lot of things to catch up with.

    And as if that was not amazing enough, in the afternoon, I got to see my boy too. We had a small pizza together and went to play PIU game. He went to Cirebon yesterday, so we only got to spend a brief time on Saturday night. Thus, today we made it up by spending the whole afternoon together.

    I’m currently trying to catch up with my blog readers. I’ve been missing every now and then since months ago. Let’s just say that I’m finally facing blogger’s block once again. I don’t quite know what to write, partly because my life has been kinda boring lately. It has been the same routine over and over again: wake up, dress up, go to school, teach a class or two, go to see my boy/tutor a student/go to a meeting, go home, and fall asleep.

    But I’ve never gone too far from here. I’m still available on Twitter, though. Oh and Instagram too. So, if you miss me (as if!), you can follow my Twitter or my Instagram.

    I still love you guys!

  • Daradise

    “I’m soooooooooo changeable.”
    – Jim Moriarty

    I finally changed this blog’s domain once again, from putdar.net to daradise.com. Daradise is a derivation from Dara (my name) and the word ‘paradise’. Lame, I know. But somehow I like it.

    With the changing of the domain, I’m also thinking about changing some other things: blog’s name, layout, and language. I’ve been thinking about the language I’m using for months, actually. I started this blog in Bahasa Indonesia, but then I used English up until now. I have international readers and followers because of that. However, I think if I go back to using Bahasa Indonesia in my posts (with some code switching between Bahasa and English), perhaps this blog will get more readers from my own country. And… I don’t know, perhaps I could finally be as famous as those Indonesian bloggers?

    I know, I know. Being famous was not actually my goal when I started blogging. But having a lot of readers and followers is every blogger’s dream, right? So, now I’m torn between two choices: keep blogging in English or go on in Bahasa Indonesia.

    What do you think?

  • Welcome to my blog!

    Me, greeting you with under-eye bags

    When I logged in to my Blogger dashboard this morning, I was kinda shocked to see that I’ve gained so many new followers, thanks to the blog hop I co-hosted yesterday. The blog hop is a good idea to find new amazing blogs as well as get found by others. (I really suggest you to join as a co-host in the next blog hop link ups). I haven’t visited each one of my new followers, but I surely will do that as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can always drop a comment or two to introduce yourself and your blog.

    Thank you for following me! XOXO