There are some prompts this week that caught my attention as it’s been something that I ruminate about. The idea of “Somewhere else” and “Study”. Both of these concept are something I am currently thinking about quite a lot. But I am leaning more on the Study because again, it's closer to what I am currently doing, and dreaming is free haha.

Though to be fair, I find the question quite difficult to answer as I love learning and being a perpetual student, like my favorite character Flynn Carter, antisocial with 22 academic degrees and no real life experience. But Unlike Flynn, I get distracted a lot and still wanting to fit in, maybe a HUGE mistake and maybe I should just be antisocial but sadly, that was not the route I chose. Anyway, I’ll make the limitation myself that studying that for the next 2-3 years, I would definitely do Archeology. I want to explore ruins all over the world, digging and doing some excavation or observing the excavation fields. It’s not gonna be all cool like Indiana Jones style but from what I witnessed, it’s cool and I can see myself doing that.

My proper exposure to the world of archaeology was when I was in university. Since they are part of Humanities and Social Science faculty, I passed through their building many times. They also organized many inspiring talks and interesting exhibition. As I have a huge interest to the study of the past, seeing the physical remnants of the past was even more intriguing. I also knew a few of archaeology students and hearing them talked about the subject they were learning and their stories about pseudoarchaeology was fascinating too.

When I joined some of their initiatives and activities like going to temples all around Yogyakarta, Indoensia, I was even more immersed in those world. From there, I started reading and watching a lot of documentary about archaeology methods. Then, back when I was still in University, since we shared the same library, I took a great interest in archaeological books as well.

My main interest was ancient structures and civilization. As I studied these, sometimes I also had a chit-chat with some of the students that I knew. Then, when I was completely out of the university and its life, I started exploring ancient temples in Indonesia and made a series on them called “timeless architecture” that I post exclusively on Hive. With the knowledge I gather and the new information I received whenever I visited these place, I grew more and more interested to this world.

Another memorable experience for me was during my visit to some of these ruins, One time, I saw some on-going excavations and met a group of students going to see the excavated sites. They were all such a lucky students as they could examine these ruins carefully and even got to see the artifacts closer. But in a broader scope, I think that the perks of of going to these places is also about finding parts of the missing puzzle from the ancient civilization.

As an archaeology student, I definitely would love to get exclusive access to ruins, sites and even museum collections that aren't on displays. These are also interesting and I have been to some place where they haven't identified parts of them. I am sure it's tedious job but for me, they look pretty fun! working with stone and a non-chatty co-workers.

More on that, As more sites getting discovered, some theories and hypothesis have changed. For example, in Indonesia they are also currently excavating an area called Situs Liyangan which seemed to be a very big city with a complex social life and administration. If that place is as big as a metropolitan area, that could have been a place of an ancient capital. It has been about a year since I last heard about it and now that I am in Indochina, there are more interesting things to see and wanting to discover.

There are sites from the Khmer kingdom that were so marvelous and I am sure these place carries its own mystery too. And when I was in Laos, I got to read this book Ancient Angkor, that explains about Angkor Wat. Then, the other day I was reading about buildings and sites in Vatican.

But of course, I consider my knowledge is pretty limited as I don’t spend 100% of my time just stuck reading archaeology books. Though it would be nice, if I could just read, pack my bag, and see the sites right away after studying them. It would be nice if I study archaelogy like that :D.

This prompt also reminds me about my discussion with a person I met at hostel who has interesting questions about these temples in Thailand and Laos. In my opinion, the temples in both countries are pretty modern but they still caries the ancient principle of making a place of worship. I was also telling this guy that, " when a king falls in love in the past, to honor his love, they build building or compound for the lady". So these buildings aren't always a place of worship but could be anything even monks' chamber.

I could bore everyone with this so, that is my shortest attempt to answer this.

_{That is my answer to what the #weekend-engagement prompt by @galenkp .}

A short rant & book recommendation

Anyway, in another note and maybe universe, I do not dream of labor. I dream to study all the time on different subjects. casually going out checking these sites, flying all around the world from machu pichu to vatican and to Siem Reap whenever I please after finishing any literature study. I sort of do that independently these days but one thing for sure, doing these things on your own is hella expensive and I am not from a country with a strong passport, so going to places like Jerussalem and even Vatican are going to take time for me.

But yeah, if money was never an issue nor social life was necessary for university life, I definitely do not dream of labor, I’d just get as much as degree as I can. I can read books all my life, living inside a comfy library with AC. It’s definitely a good dream :D but who knows, right? Maybe with a little work here and there, I could achieve that ultimate dream.

This weekend, I am reading this book titled Fintech For Dummies. It has explanation about DApps and so many terms that I have been super exposed to but nice to read it as another refreshment for my brain. If you want to understand the world of Fintech and also use case and how to prepare a team for a successful project in Fintech, it's a recommended one.

	𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰.