Rejection is The Best Motivation

"Unfortunately, both reviewers have declined your submission, hence we
cannot publish your paper in ******. One author mentioned that around half
the references are not in English, making it difficult for the readership
of ****** to unravel the paper. Analysis is somewhat lacking. There are
many unsupported (by references) statements that generally detract from the
quality and academic integrity of this paper."
~ a love letter from an editor of a journal

The e-mail break my hope for being a contributor in an international journal. Absolutely I am very disappointed for receiving the email after I have waited for more than three months.

Yet, I think a good (future) researcher will not respond this response by being down and hopeless. I am sure that even a great researchers with considerable citations also experience this kind of things. 

I found that "rejection is the best motivation". I should learn from this experience. I should use the comments to make the paper be better. Then, someday, I must be one of the contributors of a journal with better index than the journal. Bismillah...Semangat...!!!

Please Be Grateful

Perhaps sometimes you think that you are the most miserable person in the world.
When everybody leaves you and you feel so lonely.
When you have not been successful with your love story and you feel so stupid.
When your mom and dad ask about your boyfriend and you just can answer with a bitter smile.
When you have so many things to do and to think...

You just need to see the world from the wider perspective.
Just look around and you'll find that the only thing you have to do is being grateful.

Bisa Jadi

"Mewujudkanmu benar-benar meguras perasaan" ~ Mas Gun #SuaraCerita

Sampai saat ini aku bahkan tak punya bayangan tentang siapa kamu, atau lebih tepatnya tidak berani membayangkan.

Aku tidak berani membayangkan sosokmu, aku hanya berani berharap siapapun kamu semoga kita kelak bisa bersama-sama membangun cinta, membangun syurga, dan menempuh perjalanan menuju cintaNya.

Aku benar-benar tak berani membayangkan siapa kamu, meski sebenarnya aku orang yang suka menduga-duga.

Iya, aku sering menduga-duga tentang kita.

Bisa jadi kita telah pernah berpapasan tapi hanya saling menatap, tanpa ada sapa sama sekali, karna mungkin kita memang belum saling kenal.

Atau bahkan bisa jadi kita sering berada di tempat yang sama. Kita hanya duduk di bangku yang berseberangan, asyik dengan pikiran masing-masing, dan lantas berlalu. Saat itu mungkin kita ingin saling menyapa, tapi sayangnya kita tidak tau caranya memulai.

Dan bisa jadi kita memang belum pernah bertemu. Mungkin kamu masih sedang memperbaiki diri, seperti yang aku juga sedang lakukan. Mungkin kamu sedang melangkah dalam perjalanan menjemputku. 
mungkin...

Tetaplah melangkah hingga setiap hari jarak di antara kita menjadi semakin dekat..