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Count Hedgecula
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Actually, nothing changed much during the hiatus; I simply get by through school, apprenticeship, and other tasks. There are however several things I consider important:
1). I come out to another pal, which is a male and surprisingly fully supportive. This will cover another blog, so I'm not going to fully cover it here
2). I attended the very first scientific seminar in my college which focused on homophobia
. Not only from the medical and psychological field, the seminar also include gay and transexual activists to share their experiences of being gay and Moslem (which, I have to admit, is pretty tough) and about LGBT movements in Indonesia. At first I was worried that some staffs and the radical Moslem students would boycott, but it turned out nice (albeit some of the audiences are clearly homophobic). Too bad I didn't have the chance to speak more privately to the activists; they had to leave early due to circumstances (I imagined private circumstances 
)
3). I started watching LGBT cinemas. Despite some failed experiments, the ones stored in my hard disk are nice and don't contain soap-operish scenes. I always though gay films would be like watching Brokeback Mountain---full of begging and stuff you would expect when watching cheesy love teen movies.
4). The most important thing: I learn to be independent of what people think, on every aspect. I learn how to be selfish when you really need to (like stopping doing people chores when mine's are not done yet). I learn how to withhold negative thoughts when I face seniors who are either a total whore or don't fulfill the criteria of professionalism. I also learn how to push people to achieve higher things without making an impression of an impatient, insensitive douche. There are more stuffs I learn, thanks to the variety I find in my study groups.
Well, perhaps that's all I can say about the exile. Now back to JUB. 
1). I come out to another pal, which is a male and surprisingly fully supportive. This will cover another blog, so I'm not going to fully cover it here
2). I attended the very first scientific seminar in my college which focused on homophobia
. Not only from the medical and psychological field, the seminar also include gay and transexual activists to share their experiences of being gay and Moslem (which, I have to admit, is pretty tough) and about LGBT movements in Indonesia. At first I was worried that some staffs and the radical Moslem students would boycott, but it turned out nice (albeit some of the audiences are clearly homophobic). Too bad I didn't have the chance to speak more privately to the activists; they had to leave early due to circumstances (I imagined private circumstances )3). I started watching LGBT cinemas. Despite some failed experiments, the ones stored in my hard disk are nice and don't contain soap-operish scenes. I always though gay films would be like watching Brokeback Mountain---full of begging and stuff you would expect when watching cheesy love teen movies.
4). The most important thing: I learn to be independent of what people think, on every aspect. I learn how to be selfish when you really need to (like stopping doing people chores when mine's are not done yet). I learn how to withhold negative thoughts when I face seniors who are either a total whore or don't fulfill the criteria of professionalism. I also learn how to push people to achieve higher things without making an impression of an impatient, insensitive douche. There are more stuffs I learn, thanks to the variety I find in my study groups.
Well, perhaps that's all I can say about the exile.
Now back to JUB.