Smart People

I spent a quarter of October 2 (2nd day of Idul Fitri) by watching movies.

There's an interesting line in the cover page of Smart People DVD: 'Sometimes the smartest people have the most to learn.'

The movie elaborates on people who are smart in hard skills (academic), but not getting good grades in soft skills (interpersonal relationship). Ellen Page smoothly played a friendless-overachiever high school student… Brilliant! No wonder she was titled Best Actress in MTV Movie Awards 2008 for her 'fresh' act in Juno.


In real life, we are all smart people. Smart in certain things and less smart in something else. Since we are smart we would like to learn about that something else wouldn't we?

In these pictures you can see some of (young) Smart People in my workplace, the 'we-fight-poverty-with-passion-and-professionalism' office. Each one of them helps me to learn my something else in various ways; through conversation, a helping hand or simply by being there in the office and sending the message that… it's possible!








People in the pics: Ari Perdana, Daniel Suryadarma, Rima Prama Artha, Berly Martawardaya, Siwage Dharma Negara ... thank you all!!