Hello, I am Fikri Rasyid

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Hospital Playlist

Hospital Playlist

I’m not really into medical-themed drama but this K-drama on Netflix really get me hooked. What i like about it: It doesn’t create unnecessary suspense or plot twistThe main characters are really just bunch of kind humans with their flaws. Watching the shows doesn’t...

Doing begins by believing

Doing begins by believing

I just realize this recently: I tend to do something if I think it is possible. If i don’t think it is possible, i’ll keep a backlog of it but i’ll probably won’t do it anytime soon. Just keeping it in the horizon - not sure when i’ll do it. A very clear example for...

New Macbook Powered by M1 Chip

New Macbook Powered by M1 Chip

I can safely say that I lean toward the fanboy side given the amount of Apple product that I use, but i was VERY skeptical about this new line of macbooks with Apple-built processor dubbed with M1 chip. However when the reviews came out with M1 performs better even...

Upgrading Graphic Card for Gaming PC

Upgrading Graphic Card for Gaming PC

I recently updated graphic card of my gaming PC which i built five years ago-ish. The PC was built with “i want it to run any game” goal in mind but it seems like the spec is out of date it wasn’t capable to run two games i want to play recently: Horizon Zero Dawn and...

Five stages of house

Five stages of house

It takes sometime to understand that many things in life won’t arrive as you wish it at once. They come in stages instead. For example, your first job won’t be your dream job. It is most likely requires couple of job-change until you land on that dream job of yours....

Reliable Partner

Reliable Partner

A really important factor that one has to seriously consider when picking up partner: how reliable your partner is. Yes this girl might be really pretty, or this boy might be wealthy, and you love him/her like crazy, but the real question, in my opinion, is how...

Personal Vlog

Personal Vlog

Circa 2017, me and my wife decided to vlog. We vlogged for a year and then we stopped because we became way too aware of what we should put on the vlog and what we should omit. It was no longer fun. The decision of where we go and what to do were somewhat affected by...

Home Ownership Realization

Home Ownership Realization

I recently noticed that a is similar to software. We usually think that once the house is being hand over to you, it is finally done. The reality is far from that. Once the house is being hand over to you, they journey of the house actually continues: It’ll need...

EPL & Unpredictability

EPL & Unpredictability

Couple of weeks and matches have passed and i can say that EPL is so fascinating. You just don’t know what happened next or who’ll win. Liverpool which is last year’s champions are surrounded by injury; Manchester City their closest rival seems to lost their way;...

iPad in 2020

iPad in 2020

I recently got myself an iPad Pro and these are the consideration and experienced i’ve gathered so far. Why I think i’ve come to the point where i should separate my needs on different devices. I used to think that i won’t need an iPad: i already use Macbook Pro and...

Thoughts

Stuffs that crossed my mind
Daily Streak

Daily Streak

Life moments and goals come in form of highlights. Graduating college, wedding, loosing weight, you called it. The interesting thing is these highlights are almost always culmination of effort; tons of things happening in span of times and at the peak of it certain...

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Being Comfortable Making Less Money

Being Comfortable Making Less Money

Aziz Ansari isn’t really my preference for comedy but this one bit about Frank Ocean on how he managed to work on projects he like really hit home. I’ve been working up to the point where my wife keep suggesting me to take some time off. Heck, even co-worker told me...

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A Reason for Mechanical Watch

A Reason for Mechanical Watch

I know that some people enjoy mechanical watch but i never one of them. I’ve been using Apple Watch 2 for years and so far it feels sufficient for me. I like tech and my frame of thinking is if my watch can do more than just telling time, why should i settle with a...

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House Feature Bucket List

House Feature Bucket List

These are list of “house feature” that I couldn’t afford now but hopefully can afford sometimes in the future. Room with in-room toilet / bath room I used to think that room with in-room toilet is a nice thing to have but not that necessary. However this pandemic...

Hospital Playlist

Hospital Playlist

I’m not really into medical-themed drama but this K-drama on Netflix really get me hooked. What i like about it: It doesn’t create unnecessary suspense or plot twistThe main characters are really just bunch of kind humans with their flaws. Watching the shows doesn’t...

Doing begins by believing

Doing begins by believing

I just realize this recently: I tend to do something if I think it is possible. If i don’t think it is possible, i’ll keep a backlog of it but i’ll probably won’t do it anytime soon. Just keeping it in the horizon - not sure when i’ll do it. A very clear example for...

New Macbook Powered by M1 Chip

New Macbook Powered by M1 Chip

I can safely say that I lean toward the fanboy side given the amount of Apple product that I use, but i was VERY skeptical about this new line of macbooks with Apple-built processor dubbed with M1 chip. However when the reviews came out with M1 performs better even...

Upgrading Graphic Card for Gaming PC

Upgrading Graphic Card for Gaming PC

I recently updated graphic card of my gaming PC which i built five years ago-ish. The PC was built with “i want it to run any game” goal in mind but it seems like the spec is out of date it wasn’t capable to run two games i want to play recently: Horizon Zero Dawn and...

Five stages of house

Five stages of house

It takes sometime to understand that many things in life won’t arrive as you wish it at once. They come in stages instead. For example, your first job won’t be your dream job. It is most likely requires couple of job-change until you land on that dream job of yours....

Reliable Partner

Reliable Partner

A really important factor that one has to seriously consider when picking up partner: how reliable your partner is. Yes this girl might be really pretty, or this boy might be wealthy, and you love him/her like crazy, but the real question, in my opinion, is how...

Personal Vlog

Personal Vlog

Circa 2017, me and my wife decided to vlog. We vlogged for a year and then we stopped because we became way too aware of what we should put on the vlog and what we should omit. It was no longer fun. The decision of where we go and what to do were somewhat affected by...

Home Ownership Realization

Home Ownership Realization

I recently noticed that a is similar to software. We usually think that once the house is being hand over to you, it is finally done. The reality is far from that. Once the house is being hand over to you, they journey of the house actually continues: It’ll need...