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Moving Out to a New Home! (Virtually) 😃

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Here's today's announcement. Alhamdulillah, after working earnestly for months, I finally can announce that I have a website!  kellytelly.com kellytelly.com kellytelly.com So what's up in this website? Aside from being a one-stop center for my portfolio & activities, I have opened my very own online shop! kellytelly.com/shop kellytelly.com/shop kellytelly.com/shop So far, it is full with my preloved books, which brings me to the next announcement; Preloved Books Sale is coming again to you! With even wider range of genres & even more affordable price, this shop as all the books you need. Only click & buy in one browser & one website. A new book would be on sale every day, so keep your eyes out 👀 Susbscribe so that you would be the 1st person to know about new posts & products 👍🏽 For starter, I think this is a good product to lead with. With that being said, stay tuned for more products to come 😏 I'm excited with all the results that come so far, ...

Should We Let People Commit Suicide?

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billboard.com Chester Bennington had left the world with a great impact. Now the whole world is talking about suicide and depression. Now that we are thinking about it, I have a question to ask. Should we let people commit suicide? I mean, why not? When a fully grown adult, decide to end his own life, why shouldn't we let it? Of course, there will be consequences, but surely he has thought thoroughly about it. He must has prepared his family and surroundings for the upcoming scenarios. Furthermore, it is his life. He knows what's best for him, like every other grown adults knows what's best for them and their lives. And he made decisions based on what is the best for him. So why can't we respect that? Why we can't just accept it? Who are we to judge what he is doing? More importantly, why we don't facilitate it and support it, like every other actions that he had did before? You would probably answer like this: "Because it is just wro...

He Knows

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We need to know and obey God, since He created us. So, in order to obey to God, we must fulfill His commands and avoid his prohibition. You know, when you come to a place, there's gotta be 'do's and 'don't's right? So which one is easier? Obviously it depends on people. But we all can relate to that, doing something that is being told is easier than NOT doing something that is prohibited. This is because of, at least, 2 reasons; 1. You like it. You simply just like it. Like, genuinely like it. It just comes from your heart. 2. It is forbidden. "The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become." - Mark Twain Forbidden things do have their own charms, making themselves desirable. This is why we all can relate to that. As we live this life, we will always, constantly, being tempted to leave our obligations and commit prohibitions. The temptations may vary. But  we all have been there, coming to a poin...

Why 'Shape of You' is So Popular?

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Maybe it is quite late, but it is still worth to think about it. I am quite confused, that no one seems to criticize this song. The lyrics are in simple English, with obvious hints about sleeping with girls. (I don't know if  'obvious hint' is a legit word since it contradicts with each other, but it is probably the best way to put it) Almost everyone (a.k.a every teens and adults) understands what this song means and refers to to. But why it is still playing in the radios, while people singing around freely, even in front of kids? It may be understandable if it is Despacito, where maybe the whole world knows the song but very few know what it means (hint: it's the same issue we are talking here). But, like I said, the lyrics are in totally simple English. I also believe people who enjoy this song can understand English, like you now, reading this post in simple English. We all know there are a lot of people who are against sexualization in every form. But w...

"Am I Beautiful?"

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Back in the old days, when we think about a beautiful girl, we will think about a girl with a fair skin, a blond hair and a slim body. Thankfully, now there are countless efforts of celebrating every women and acknowledging that all women are beautiful. Now, a dark-skinned, plus-sized-body girl with curly hair is also being called beautiful. That's great. One thing though. In this modern day, how do women actually show they are beautiful? By stripping almost all of their clothes and pose in front of the camera. Unfortunately that is what happening around the world now. You gotta show that you are beautiful, so you will get validation. Back then, the same dark-skinned, plus-sized-body girl with curly hair wouldn't do this because they were convinced that they are not beautiful. So, why bother? Only girls with fair skin, blond hair and slim bodies would do this. And of course they would be called beautiful. Today the definition of beauty has broaden. But the way ...

Story of X, Y and Z

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123rf.com This happened in front of me. A guy (X) met another guy (Y). Y told X about a medicine that he took, which he claimed to be very effective. X believed him and bought the medicine from him. Then X met another guy (Z). X told Z about the medicine. Then Z told X the very opposite thing from Y. The medicine was not effective and dangerous. The 'effectiveness' that Y felt was actually temporary. Y advised X not to take the medicine. And Z don't want to tell Y about it because Y was doing business with the medicine, so he don't want Y to be offended. I need to remind you here that X, Y and Z are very close friends. So... what should X do? Which one is correct? Believe it or not, this is what happen in our daily life. People all around us keep telling contradicting things. It is hard to do what is right when you don't know the truth. Like most of the people, you maybe also wonder, what will X do? But for me, I wonder more, what kind of attitud...

Money is Man-made

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123rf.com To figure out why people want money so bad, we need to figure out why it was invented in the first place. Because, obviously, money is man-made. We do not need to know such crazy and complicated history of economy, to understand that before money was invented, we trade things to get things. We give out things to get things that we want. Before money was invented, this is economy. But, as we know, trading things with things can be vague, especially if we want to make sure that we get the same value that we traded. Thus, money was invented. And things became way easier. With money, we still trade things with things. But now it is more accurate, easy and ensure the equality of the value. So, since money is the new way to ease us to get things, humans become greedy and selfish. Logically, the more money we have, the more things that we could buy. So we started to pursue more and more money. This is how we greed ourselves with money. So, every time you feel ...

Be Smart or Be Gone

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123rf.com Surviving in this world is tough. Do we need to be the good guy, or the bad guy? You see, good or bad is something that is within our hearts. No matter how people see you, there is no way for people to decide if you're good or bad. Only you know it by yourself. Even if you commit hundreds of wrongdoings, people can only  assume you are bad. Not decide. And this also works vice versa. If you do hundreds of good things, people will, of course, assume that you are good. But nonetheless, it is only an assumption. So, back to our question, how to survive in this world, let alone being successful? By being good or being bad? Try to think about this. Every time we see a show/movie/etc, villains are always being portrayed as the smart ones. Yeah sure, the good guy will win at the end, but still the villains will look super smart and cool while the good guys are being submissive. The villains' minds are always thinking of plans. While the good guy only plans...