What it means by "DREAM BIG"

It's been months since I became Pengajar Muda in Gerakan Indonesia Mengajar. I have seen a lot and learn no less than that. Being a teacher, I always tell my students to Dream Big, and to put their dream as high as the sky or even higher. I always tell them to fill the empty blue sky with their rainbow of dreams which in the future will elevate the prosperity of the nation. But, in the end, they always come up with a big question mark.

What is the meaning of DREAM BIG?

You may come up with a very cliche answer, like dream big is to dream something very big, like becoming a president or any cool job you can ever imagine. Yeah, most of us might answer that. But, I ask them back when they answer like that, "What would you do when you already reach your dream?" They might end up in silent, not knowing what to answer. We can dream of becoming a president, then what would we do when we already become a president? We can dream of becoming a minister or professor, then what? That's the end of it? Then, we're not dreaming big.

Dreaming big is not about how big the job/profession that you dream of, it is about how big the thing that you do as that profession.

You might think that being a farmer is a very small dream. Yeah, everybody could dream that. But, it's the same as being a president, easy to dream. Then how about being a farmer that has thousand hectares of land and employs thousands of workers, participating in eradicating unemployment. Small? Not at all. It is a big dream rather than a small nothing dream like becoming a president. If you want to become a president, then explain what would you do once you reach that place. And the things that you will do must big and influencing to other people. Never dream of something which could only beneficial to yourself. That is what I mean by "Dream Big".

I let them write all of their big dreams and surprisingly I saw some extraordinarily big dreams.

I want to become a president who bring this country to prosperity. I want to become a teacher who makes my students go into college. I want to become a minister who combat poverty. I want to become a mechanics who invent the fastest car in the world. And many more.

These are the big dreams of the small kids. So, why can't we dream more than them. We, adults, shouldn't be stopped on what profession we would like to have after this. Start thinking what are we gonna do and dream big! This world is the manifestation of the dreams of the people from the past. Let us shape this world with our big dreams which create a better world for every one.

Dream Big,

Wirapati

What is inside Rapid Growth

I was disconnected to the outside world for a while due to my training camp of Indonesia Mengajar. About this movement called Indonesia Mengajar, I will spare some other time since I currently have limited time, and it needs a more extensive and intensive writing for that issue. Now, I am come up with an economic issue which I barely touched during this training camp.

I heard that our growth are expanding in a stable manner as targeted of around 6%. I would like to say that it was quite a good performance considering that we hardly reach that point and maintain it in a stable manner. However, another news that passed on me said that Singapore which suffered quite a major crisis recently has overshoot its growth into 13%. It is sure quite amazing if we look back on 2008/2009 where Singapore has minus growth (approximately -13%, if I'm not mistaken since I have limited access to information right now to confirm this number) due to Global Financial Crisis. With this fact, it might be looked like that Indonesia is performing relatively slow compared to Singapore's great performance.

But, let me correct it a little. It is true that our performance is slower than Singapore but you should view it in a different manner. If we reflect on the previous crisis which occurred in the past, we could see the pattern where economic growth (proxied by the growth of Real GDP) overshoots at two moments. First is during the completion of recovery process, a regime shifting from bust to boom condition) and sccond is during the last minutes into the crisis.

How do this matter in this issue?

If we look on the positive side, we will acquire two point of view. Both are appropriate for Indonesia's stability so that we are not that encouraged to strive for a more rapid growth with aim to exceed Singapore's rapid growth.

First, there is no surprise that Singapore has that rapid growth. They were under recession for some time ago which is indicated by its relatively slow growth. The economy was unstable and performing slower than Indonesia. However, that was merely because it was under recession, not because Indonesia is performing better than Singapore. Like I have said before, the loop happens when an economy reach a turning point of regime switching. It is natural for Singapore to has that high growth.

Second, an excessive growth bears the potential of causing an overheating economy which will end up in crisis like during 1980's Oil Boom, 1997/1998's Asian Financial Crisis and 2008 Global Financial Crisis. The more excessive the overheating process occurred, the deeper the economic crisis might happen in the end. It is explained as a pro-cyclical behavior which has been studied by countries recently. If we aim to achieve growth which higher than Singapore's, we might reach the overheating condition. It will lead us to another economic crisis if we do not march carefully in this point.

Therefore, it is necessary for us to maintain the growth in this stable manner rather than to boost it excessively. We must not make Singapore's growth as our criteria of good performance. We should be thankful that our economy has reach this point and maintain it well. Let us just maintain the stability and grow our economy gradually. It is to avoid more detrimental crises in the future.

Wirapati

A False Paradigm of Monetary Policy

This is the result of my discussion with my boss, Mr. Gandjar Mustika, and a quick-reading of Stiglitz's book entitled "A New Paradigm of Monetary Policy".

We have acknowledged very well that there are three goals of Central Banks, especially our Bank Indonesia (BI), as monetary authority: Price Stability, Exchange Rate Stability and Banking Surveillance. These are our so-called classic paradigm for monetary policy. It exists merely for currency stabilization, neither less nor more. Therefore, monetary authorities often forget about the whole economic system since they focused more on the currency. They are too preoccupied by a single leaf and forget to see the whole forest.

In fact, monetary policy plays big role in economies. They can create major changes on the system just by imposing any single monetary policy. A monetary policy can affect economic growth, deciding the whether government's goal can be achieved or not. However, it seems that monetary authorities often take monetary policy easy since the existence of the false paradigm discussed above.

Do you remember Phillips Curve? It is a curve which explains about the relationship between unemployment and inflation, and in the expansion, explains about the relationship between economic growth and inflation. It should be a somewhat useful tools on deciding what kind of monetary policy should be implemented. However, classic paradigm considers that reducing unemployment is not the task for central banks, another false paradigm of monetary policy.

In addition, we always thought that monetary authority should not think about the poverty eradication, let it be government's mind. It was during my undergrad thesis that I realize that people are too rigid on the classic paradigm. When I was writing about the "Pro-poor Monetary Policy", I always heard people commenting about my work said that there is no way monetary policy can be directed to alleviate poverty or that the relationship is way too far to be implemented.

I guess that is wrong.

The truth is the poor is affected by the monetary policy. The easiest examples is how the poor would suffer if the inflation jumps more than their increase in income. However, this price stabilization is still the classic paradigm. But, it is true, isn't it, that monetary policy do affect the poor? How can we said that monetary policy cannot reduce poverty. It can! In fact, it is a powerful tools that can combat poverty and unemployment in quick re-active and pro-active manner, because contrary to the rigid fiscal policy, monetary policy is way more flexible to change in different times.

I am not going to talk about pro-poor monetary policy here. It is only just a little example. Why do I say little? Because, all of it is just a small fragment of the whole economy. The new paradigm of monetary policy is the paradigm that the monetary policy should consider the whole economy on its decision. Price, currency and banking is only just leaves in the forest. Why are we reducing central banks' role to a very small task when they have great potentials of affecting the whole economy?

Central bankers should not be pre-occupied by the false pillars of central banks task. There are more than that which we should explore more. Monetary policy does have a multi-dimensional features. Moreover, it is a modern, flexible mechanism which bears the potential of controlling and creating an environment conducive for economic targets, i.e. poverty eradication.

More research on monetary policy dimensional impact should be researched even more. We must not consider it as an easy and closed tool. We must expand it and use it to improve our economy even more.

Economists! Think outside the box!!

Wirapati

August Rush

This is Ramadhan, the month where people can put their mind at ease, since this is a blessed month. This month people put their mind on how they can celebrate Idl Fitr, what outfits they should buy for the D-Day, arranging fasting break together with friends and any other wonderful things they plan for the glorious month.

Yet, I am here now with my obligation. The research I'm working on "should be" finished on the last of September. And now what? Due to some circumstances, this deadline has been advanced to this Friday, August 20, 2010. Yes, it has been advanced for 1,5 month. Significant, eh?

Due to this *I don't know whether it's a* good news or bad news, I have to forget the rest of wonderful things in Ramadhan and put the most of my mind on it. How great my life can be? All of this happiness I can enjoy in Ramadhan should be postpone for some time. I cannot put my mind at ease at all.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK AT FIRST.

But, now that I think of it. This is my obligation. I may be just a merely research assistant. I may not receive that great appreciation due to this *I don't know actually*. But, responsibility is a responsibility. It is easier to just run from it and finally I can put my body to rest, but no! I don't want it. Though small the responsibility is, but running from it can't put my mind at ease. If I keep on complaining on it, keep on avoiding it, it will become bad habit in the future, where *hopefully* I hold a greater responsibility, may be the fate of this nation lies on my obligation someday. Therefore, I choose not to run, but to put my best on this obligation.

Moreover, it is okay with not enjoying the happiness of Ramadhan, very okay. I remember about millions people out there, who live in extreme poverty, that cannot enjoy buying new outfits for Idl Fitr, fasting break with their companions and family, celebrating the day of glory with delicious food and the warmth of family, and so on. My condition is better than them, way way waaaaay better. They can't choose their condition, while I can still decide what I want to do. They can just accept their fate, while I may have slight chance to decide mine. Therefore, I must not complain, not at all. Most of them are not complaining,

SO, WHY MUST I?

I must be thankful because of my condition. And that makes me my obligation to fulfill my task, gain some fortune from it, and help them to enjoy this glorious month like we use to. But, first, I must finish this research by the end of this week. No complaining. Imagine how happy I can be when all of this burden is finished.

Thus, I hereby announce this month as:

AUGUST RUSH

Dream On!

Bagus Arya Wirapati

Be A Possible Man

"Anything is Possible..."

That is what this picture I got from Google's Search Engine tells us. Yeah, I agree. I always believe that everything is possible in this universe. Impossible is the most impossible word, because there are always possibility in everything, even the slightest one.

This time, I want to invite you to become A POSSIBLE MAN, or WOMAN of course, in case some of you urge it to be diversified. But, no, I'm not going to entice you to become a extra-optimistic person, nor the reverse. No, It is not about optimism, nor pessimism. It is all about reversing all impossibility into possibility, simply because everything is possible.

Everything is possible, either good things or bad things are possible. Everybody has dreams or goals. Why do they have those dreams? Because they think that those dreams are possible. Therefore they are eager to achieve that. However, sometimes people missed one thing. The risk are also possible at the same time. You cannot just take the chances into account, you must also consider the risk as possible even though the possibility is very small.

For example, a new technology has been invented for the safest airplane ever invented. All of the risk has been mitigated so that the chance of an accident to occur has been reduced to 0.01% or even smaller. Then, one day, the plane had an accident, a fatal one that no one survived the calamity. Can you completely blame only the technology?

Everything is possible in this universe. And you cannot blame the chance. Only considering the positive side means that you are still an impossible man, in terms of the negative impact or risk and vice versa if you only consider the negative side.

That is why, I said that I am not talking about optimism here. I am talking about considering every possibilities that we may face. It is good to always think that everything good is possible, like dreams and goals, but never forget the risk. By being a possible man, I hope that you can be a risk taker when it comes to your dreams and goals, but without being lulled by the optimism and forget to mitigate the risk and plan for the alternatives.

Be a possible man! Therefore, you can always reach your dreams,

Dream On!

Wirapati

Walking in My Wirepath

Wirepath? What is that? You might come up with that question at the first moment you read this posting. Yeah, you will not find the meaning of this word in every dictionary you find, because this word, probably, is my self-made word. I say probably because I don't know whether there are others who already come up with this idea before me, but you can believe in me that I come up with this idea myself two or three years before this posting.

This word is a name which I usually use for my avatar name in internet forums. Why do I come up with this name? Just change 'a' (fourth letter) and 'i' (last letter) from my last name, Wirapati, into 'e' and 'h', and VOILA you'll have WIREPATH.

However, this posting is not to explain about that. Because, inside the name of Wirepath, I put some of my imagination and philosophy so that I choose this name as mu alias. There is a meaning behind this name and that is what I'm about to explain.

Wirepath came from two words, Wire and Path, which the first word describes a long and thin object which usually used to transmit electrical message, while the second word describes an object which we can tread on to reach a certain place from our current position. Therefore, I should say that this Wirepath means a thin path which connects me to a certain goal.

Yes, it is a thin, precisely very thin path that I can tread on. I have risk of falling down from this path which means that I failed. However, no matter how thin it is, a wire transmit electrical wave. Therefore, my Wirepath can transmit me to my dream. This path connect me to my goal, my dream, and I am currently walking on this path with beliefs that I could reach that dream. I have no doubt even though it is very thin, because I acknowledge it very well, if I don't even try to cross this thin bridge to my dream, I would never arrive to my dream.

That is the philosophy behind my name. Once again I would like to say, that I am not a person which can achieve anything easily. My path would be very hard ahead, and I won't even once underestimate it. That is why I overestimate the risk in my path, to impose prudential and tenacious behavior during my struggle, so that I am not going to fall from my thin path. Imbalance, it is, but I am not going to leave this path. I am gonna march to my greatest goal in my life, the place that I dreamed of.

That is why I will keep on walking on my Wirepath,

Wirapati a.k.a Wirepath

An Albatross

Among all of the birds in the world, what is your favorite bird?

Lots of people will answer eagle or any other mighty birds. But, I come up with a different answer and it might be such a rare answer since this bird might don't have what it takes to become such a favorite bird.

My favorite bird is an Albatross. Though they are not in the same class with an eagle, they are often addressed as Sea Eagle, because they live near the sea. They have the widest wings among all of the birds ever exist and fly awkwardly by going upside down as if they are unstable during the flight.

Well, not as mighty as an eagle, are they? Then how come I favor this bird very much? It is simply because they have a very deep philosophy inside them, and they reflect myself so much in many ways.

Do you know that unlike any other birds, Albatross cannot fly simply just stomping their claws on the ground? Albatrosses have a unique way of taking off. Instead of a hard stomping on the surface below them, they run (not really running, it's like small jumps as if they are running) over the surface to find the perfect stance for taking off and then put all of their efforts to fly. Yes, they are not able to fly easily like any other birds. They need more efforts to fly, and they even have to jump from a cliff, falling in the open air for sometimes and hover while flapping their wings to capture the wind and then fly to the open sky.

That is just like me. If the other birds represent the other people, I am just an albatross. I cannot easily fly simply by doing my best on something. Just like an albatross, to fly, I need to run until I am able to take off, that is because I am not that extraordinary. I am just a regular person, which has to put my efforts more than anybody else to reach approximately the same with them. It might be not enough to put my best on something, I must exceed my best efforts to surpass everybody else, to become number one.

That is why I adore this bird so much. They are trying their best to fly, so why don't I? Just like I said, they have the widest wings over all birds, but they will never acknowledge that if they did not even try flying. That is why, I always try my best to fly, to see how broad my wings, to see how far I can reach, and how limitless I must surpass.

Albatross will be my favorite bird forever. I never adore someone who is genius from the beginning, simply because they were born genius. I adore those who achieve genius, through hard works and passions. They try to surpass their disadvantages and limitations to achieve the unlimited because they overcome every hardness they face in the process. That is more inspiring, isn't it. It shows you how you must not give up on fate and condition, fight it and achieve your goal regardless of your inability. We should learn from an albatross in this case.

Everything in this world is not that simple. You cannot fly easily by stomping your feet on the ground and flap your arms. Never give up on it, if you really want to fly. Be an Albatross and show the world how strong you are to reach the top.

Dream On!

Wirapati

Responsibility over Priority

Today's a great day. Been a while I haven't met my "Little Fellas" from my High School life and probably it's the first reunion for over a year. Glad they does not change at all. They are still my beloved Little Fellas from the past.

However, that is not what I'm about to tell now. I'll save the story for them later. There is one interesting thing that I remember today in my reunion today. In our reunion today at my friend's house, there was a man who wanted to study about acceleration program student came for interviewing us. There is a very interesting question he gave which reminds me of my important value of life.

What value did your parents mainly build inside yourselves?

This is an easy, yet deep question. Right after he threw that question, spontaneously I remember one thing that has always been my principle, right from the beginning. It is Responsibility.

Yes, my father keeps on telling me up until today, that I must always be responsible on what I do and to whoever whom I responsible to. I have a different point of view about being responsible and that was what determines my every action up until now and will always be in the future.

You might remember that in every organization or institution recruitment interview, you are going to be asked: What is your priorities in life? While people might answer their priorities from the highest to the lowest, I emerge with different answer.

I believe in responsibility over than priority. I do have any priorities for my responsibilities. I am responsible for every responsibility regardless on how important they are.

That has always been my answer even for my recent job recruitment interview. In simple, developed from Stephen Covey's, I do not prioritize responsibility, I put my responsibility on my priorities.

This is what always keep me standing in my every hard time during my acceleration program back in high school. It kept me strong and provided me with endless motivations, to be responsible to my parents who provide me with every facilities so that I can go to school and study.

Also, this is what kept me strong when I was on deadline during my undergrad thesis back in my college life. I am doing my research seriously, putting all of my efforts to finish my undergrad thesis and graduates in seven semesters, just like what my parents' expectations. Even though I was very busy with my organization, I did not just leave this responsibility with my parents, nor to my organization. That is why, whenever I found two importances intersect in the process, I was doing my best to fulfill both of them without even considering about the priorities, merely because I am responsible for both of them.

If we do it wrong, we might overheat ourselves. That is why we must measure our capacity on how much responsibility we can take. But, once you hold the responsibility, never turn down it for other responsibility. Because, responsibility is something that we must accomplish, regardless on how important they are.

Never forget on your responsibility, because that reflects your honor as a human.

Dream on!

Wirapati

Loser, again...

Telah banyak sekali kucoba taklukkan. Untuk menjadi yang terbaik, untuk menjadi yang terhebat. Tetapi, belum sekalipun aku berhasil mencapai puncak. Belum pernah aku mengecap nikmatnya kemenangan, memperoleh posisi teratas dan melambungkan tanganku tinggi-tinggi untuk menunjukkan kebahagiaanku.

Ya, lagi-lagi aku kalah...

Dengan penuh kepercayaan diri, aku mengirimkan paperku, yang kukerjakan dengan segala kreativitas yang aku miliki, dengan segala usaha yang bisa kuberikan. Aku merasa percaya diri, bahwa ini adalah masterpiece-ku. Aku berusaha menyajikan sesuatu yang baru, sesuatu yang orisinil. Tetapi, apa daya, aku tidak bisa menembus dinding tebal World Bank Essay Competition. Aku tidak berhasil memperoleh hak untuk bersaing memperebutkan posisi puncak dalam lomba itu bersama para Delapan Besar dunia.

Aku tidak kecewa sama sekali. Karena ternyata walau tidak menjadi finalis, tetapi aku tetap berhasil mencapai posisi 20 besar dunia. Aku berhasil menjadi 1% dalam pertandingan ini, menjadi 20 besar dari 2009 peserta dari 150 negara. Bukan sesuatu yang paling dibanggakan, tetapi aku bangga karena satu hal.

Aku bangga karena aku bisa memaparkan original idea-ku. Sebuah konsep yang kubangun secara susah payah, dengan bantuan Ayahku. Aku bahagia karena ide yang berasal dari diriku sendiri ini, diakui sebagai 20 besar dunia. Baru beberapa hari ini aku menulis posting tentang idolaku, John Nash, yang bersikukuh mencari original idea, dan tiba-tiba aku memperoleh kabar bahagia ini.

Aku selangkah lebih dekat dengan pahlawanku.

Aku akan berusaha lebih banyak lagi. Tahun depan aku akan mengikutinya lagi, dan akan kuraih kemenangan tahun depan. Aku akan terus mengembangkan original idea-ku, sampai suatu hari nanti, aku berhasil membuat ideku mengenai pengentasan kemiskinan diakui oleh dunia. Mimpiku sangat sederhana, tetapi sulit dicapai. Aku masih seorang pecundang, dan akan tetap menjadi pecundang sampai aku berhasil membuktikan diriku. Terkadang tidak terlalu buruk menjadi pecundang, karena kita bisa bebas mengekspresikan ide kita tanpa beban sebuah gelar, dan dapat terus belajar dari kekalahan kita. Tentunya, aku juga ingin menjadi pemenang, tetapi mungkin belum saatnya.

Maybe, Someday I'll win..

Wirapati

John F. Nash: Our Own Original Idea

Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself. It is the only way I will ever matter. -John Forbes Nash, A Beautiful Mind-

Kali ini aku ingin berbicara mengenai orang-orang selain ayahku yang menjadi inspirasi utama dalam hidupku. Orang-orang inilah yang kujadikan pandangan hidup, kuambil bagian dari mereka yang baik dan kuevaluasi yang buruk.

Waktu sudah berjalan sekitar 10 tahun semenjak aku mengenal seorang jenius yang merupakan pemenang Nobel untuk bidang ekonomi yang bernama John Nash. Kisah tentang hidupnya telah dibukukan dan difilmkan dengan judul yang sama, yaitu A Beautiful Mind. Keduanya mengisahkan tentang Nash yang berusaha untuk mengalahkan ilusi dalam dirinya sendiri akibat penyakit kejiawaan yang bernama Schyzophrenic, yang membuat dirinya berhalusinasi dan tidak dapat membedakan mana kenyataan dan mana ilusi. Film ini ditutup dengan mengharukan dengan sebuah pidato inspirasional Nash saat dirinya memenangkan Nobel bidang ekonomi.

Terlepas dari semua itu, sebenarnya ada hal lain yang membuatku menjadikannya inspirasi.Bukan sekedar karena keteguhannya dalam menghadapi schyzophrenic, atau pencapaiannya dalam penghargaan Nobel. Aku menjadikannya inspirasiku karena kegigihannya untuk menemukan ide orisinilnya sendiri. Aku tidak pernah tahu seperti apa perjuangannya sesungguhnya karena hanya mengetahuinya dari buku dan film. Tetapi, setidaknya aku percaya bahwa kenyataannya tidak sejauh itu.

Pada masa mudahnya, Nash sempat dilecehkan oleh teman-temannya karena perkembangannya yang lambat dalam menyelesaikan disertasi. Sementara teman-temannya sudah menyelesaikan tugasnya masing-masing, Nash masih belum membuatnya sama sekali. Jika ditanya oleh teman-teman maupun profesornya, Nash selalu menjawab bahwa dia sedang mencari ide orisinilnya sendiri. Dia tidak mau seperti teman-temannya yang hanya mengembangkan atau mereplikasi penelitian-penelitian terdahulu. Memang sangat sulit dan penuh perjuangan, tetapi akhirnya Nash berhasil membuktikan bahwa penelitiannya mengenai Cooperative Game Theory, yang merupakan sanggahan terhadap teori individualis Adam Smith. Teorinya inilah yang pada akhirnya membuatnya berbagi penghargaan Nobel bidang ekonomi dengan John Harsanyi dan Reinhard Selten.

Aku sangat menyukai pribadinya yang terus mengejar ide orisinilnya. Aku selalu percaya bahwa dalam menyampaikan sebuah ide, aku harus berpegang teguh kepada dua buah prinsip dasar: Minat dan Orisinalitas. Aku adalah tipe orang yang tidak begitu menyukai replikasi terhadap model-model terdahulu, dan lebih memilih untuk membuat modelku sendiri dalam setiap penelitianku. Hal ini disebabkan karena aku ingin menguak lebih banyak misteri dibandingkan para pendahuluku. Aku ingin mendapatkan sesuatu yang belum pernah dipikirkan orang lain, tetapi aku pernah memikirkannya. Aku ingin menjadi yang pertama, karena orang akan mengingat para first mover. Tetapi lebih dari itu, aku selalu merasa puas saat bisa menyampaikan gagasanku yang orisinil dan diakui orang lain, sebab itu menunjukkan seberapa jauh pola pikirku telah berkembang, dan aku percaya bahwa tidak ada batas pada pikiran manusia untuk berimajinasi dan bermimpi.

Nash telah menunjukkanku hal ini, betapa mengembangkan sebuah pemikiran dan gagasan yang orisinil adalah sesuatu yang sangat penting dalam hidup, sesuatu yang membuat kita diakui, dan sesuatu yang memberikan makna dalam hidup kita. Karena itulah, pada saat aku menulis skripsi, aku tetap teguh untuk memajukan topik skripsiku yang dianggap absurd bahkan oleh Prof. Ali Wardhana yang merupakan rekan kerja dari orang yang menjadi inspirasiku yang lain, yaitu Prof. Widjojo Nitisastro (mungkin akan kuceritakan pada bahasan berikutnya). Tidak hanya beliau, banyak orang yang mentertawakan gagasanku ini. Tetapi, aku tetap menulis skripsiku ini dengan bermodalkan keyakinan saja. Pada akhirnya, aku berhasil lulus dengan menggunakan skripsiku yang dianggap absurd ini. Memang aku belum menjadi John Nash yang disertasinya sangat diakui bahkan memberikan penghargaan Nobel padanya, tetapi aku akan mengembangkannya lagi di masa depan saat aku sudah menguasai lebih banyak ilmu lagi.

Nash juga telah membuatku ingin mengejar Princeton University sebagai tujuan universitasku di masa depan. Aku ingin bersekolah di universitas yang pernah menelurkan pahlawanku ini. Aku ingin mendapatkan ilmu yang sama, belajar dari lingkungan yang sama, serta mengejar tujuan yang sama dengannya. Dengan segala persamaan itu, aku akan membuktikan bahwa aku bisa melampauinya suatu hari nanti, dengan gagasan orisinilku sendiri. Salah satu impian besarku dalam hidup ini adalah mengembangkan teori untuk mengentaskan kemiskinan yang diakui oleh masyarakat dunia, teori orisinilku sendiri.

Perhaps it is good to have a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart.

Quoted from John F. Nash

Wirapati