Oviliani W

MD. Healthcare, books, thoughts.
Not your stereotypical nerd.
Gentle fighter. Quiet fire.
Jakarta | London | Chicago | BSB | Singapore

[Oviliani W @oviliani]

prepared to ace and was pleasantly surprised by how many words I did not know. so much still to learn!

https://t.co/fcnkkGbluK

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing:
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1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣
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2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.⁣
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3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.⁣
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4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.⁣
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5. Start as close to the end as possible.⁣
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6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.⁣
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7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.⁣
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8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.⁣

[Oviliani W @oviliani]

The background painting changed again. Is it the product of GANs? 😂

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Excellent course but I was super distracted by the contemplative robot at the back

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Done this with robot vacuum -- restarted it every time it turned the wrong way. Kinda worked kinda didn't. Thought myself crazy and then learnt it's actually a thing

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It comes from the feeling of losing control, victimized, manipulated and held against our will. When we lack the courage to set boundaries, what we can and cannot do or tolerate, we say yes (reluctantly) then use it as a license to feel righteous outrage and badmouth.

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This changed my worldview.

What protects from resentment is not mainly positive thinking, faith, gratefulness or abundance.

It's boundaries.

https://t.co/p3H86bWiFw

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Resentment, also its derivative self-righteousness and its manifestation gossiping, is created when we choose people-pleasing over setting boundaries.

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The Invisible Barrier Keeping Two Worlds Apart https://t.co/x0UWaLhTc2 via @YouTube

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@alianessa please come!! tapi akunya lagi di jkt hahaa ini kapann

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Sepotong Senja untuk Pacarku is technically a cerpen but it's all I want in a fiction

[Oviliani W @oviliani]

8 books to get to know me:

- Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and It's All Small Stuff
- Tuesdays with Morrie
- Art of War
- Tao Te Ching
- The Idiot Brain
- Think Again
- Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
- Sepotong Senja Untuk Pacarku

[Delasyahma Liauw 📚 @delasyahmareads]

8 books to get to know me:

-Dalih Pembunuhan Massal
-Musim Menjagal
-Kekerasan Budaya Pasca 1965
-Berkas Genosida Indonesia
-Teror Soeharto
-Propaganda dan Genosida di Indonesia
-Kejahatan Tanpa Hukuman
-Hari-Hari Terakhir Orde Baru

Kalau kamu?

[Oviliani W @oviliani]

make sense and practical

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

I'm 36. This is my honest advice for people in their 20s:

1. Make decisions your future self will thank you for, not resent you for.

2. Somebody you know and love is going to die within the next 10 years. It could even be you. So live accordingly.

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tying nicely to what this article illustrated

https://t.co/J9fPV6I48k

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the past 3 days have been a case in point of how unwalkable my home city is

[Zulfikar Akbar @zoelfick]

Kebayang di posisi Bu Andari ini andai tidak ada yang peka dan peduli.

Ini juga mungkin yg bikin Bu Andari tergerak nulis panjang lebar utk ngehargai petugas KRL yg ngebantu beliau.

Tabik untuk Pak Mustahillah.

[Oviliani W @oviliani]

@alianessa pls buble's entire christmas deluxe album + baby it's cold outside

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@zwolftenaugust @niniistriah seneng banget ketemu kaliaaann (obrolan yg bermartabat cuma 15 menit pertama 😄) have fun for the rest of your stay!!

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@alianessa technically krn kt last minute pesen tiket smntr tiket duduk abis duluan 😂