This is my very first journal. It's not easy to work and live from illustrations in Indonesia ( i live in Bandung City, Indonesia). When i was a teen, once my mom very angry with me because i went to  a manga illustration course. She thought that illustrations couldn't make a living and no use at all. And Guess what, after i graduated from college, i got my first job as a freelance illustrator for children's book illustration. The elder think that to work as an architect/ doctor /bussinessman/ etc is more prestigious and pass down that thought to their children. I have went throught that experience, well life is just once in a lifet