ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tania Luna - Surprisologist
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences.

Why you should listen

Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.

When Luna was invited to take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as connected to her upbringing -- in which a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, a thrown-out toy or a mis-delivered pizza was magical -- because it gave her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises. 

More profile about the speaker
Tania Luna | Speaker | TED.com
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Tania Luna: How a penny made me feel like a millionaire

Tania Luna: Bagaimana satu sen menyebabkan saya berasa seperti seorang jutawan

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Semasa kecil, Tania Luna meninggalkan kampungnya setelah kejadian Chernobyl di Ukraine dan menerima perlindungan di A.S. Pada suatu hari, di atas lantai di sebuah rumah perlindungan di New York yang didiaminya dan ahli keluarganya, dia terjumpa satu sen. Dia tidak pernah berasa dirinya begitu kaya. Sebuah renungan terhadap pahit manis zaman kanak-kanak -- dan bagaimana ia boleh diingati.
- Surprisologist
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences. Full bio

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I'm fivelima yearstahun oldtua, and I am very proudbangga.
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Saya berumur 8 tahun
dan saya sangat bangga.
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My fatherbapa has just builtdibina the bestterbaik outhouseouthouse
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Ayah saya telah
membina rumah luar terbaik
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in our little villagekampung in UkraineUkraine.
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di kampung kami
di Ukraine.
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InsideDi dalam, it's a smellybau, gapingternganga holelubang in the groundtanah,
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Di dalam, tanah berbau
dan lubang merekah,
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but outsidedi luar, it's pearlyMutiara whiteputih formicaformica
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tapi di luar,
ia berfomika putih
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and it literallysecara literal gleamsgleams in the sunmatahari.
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dan ia berkilat
di bawah sinaran matahari.
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This makesmembuat me feel so proudbangga, so importantpenting,
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Ini membuat saya berasa
sangat bangga dan penting
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that I appointmelantik myselfsaya sendiri the leaderKetua of my little groupkumpulan of friendskawan-kawan
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sehingga saya melantik diri sendiri sebagai ketua
dalam kalangan kawan-kawan saya
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and I devisemerangka missionsMisi for us.
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dan saya memikirkan
misi-misi untuk kami.
00:43
So we prowldalam mencari mangsanya from houserumah to houserumah
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Kami merayau-rayau
dari rumah ke rumah
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looking for flieslalat capturedditangkap in spiderlabah-labah websJaringan yang terpisah
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mencari lalat yang tertangkap
di sarang labah-labah
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and we setditetapkan them freepercuma.
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dan kami membebaskannya.
00:51
FourEmpat yearstahun earlierlebih awal, when I was one,
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4 tahun lalu,
semasa saya berusia 1 tahun,
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after the ChernobylChernobyl accidentkemalangan,
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setelah kejadian Chernobly,
air hujan berwarna hitam,
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the rainhujan camedatang down blackhitam,
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setelah kejadian Chernobly,
air hujan berwarna hitam,
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and my sister'skakak hairrambut felljatuh out in clumpsrumpun,
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rambut adik saya
gugur secara bergumpal,
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and I spentdibelanjakan ninesembilan monthsbulan in the hospitalhospital.
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saya berada di hospital
selama 9 bulan.
01:02
There were no visitorspelawat alloweddibenarkan,
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Tiada pelawat dibenarkan,
01:03
so my motheribu bribeddisogok a hospitalhospital workerpekerja.
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jadi mak saya merasuah
seorang pekerja hospital.
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She acquireddiperolehi a nurse'sjururawat uniformpakaian seragam,
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Dia dapat uniform jururawat,
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and she snucksnuck in everysetiap night to sitduduk by my sidesebelah.
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dia menyelinap masuk setiap malam
dan duduk di sisi saya.
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FiveLima yearstahun laterkemudian, an unexpectedtidak dijangka silverperak lininglapisan.
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5 tahun kemudian,
sesuatu yang tidak terjangka berlaku.
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ThanksTerima kasih to ChernobylChernobyl, we get asylumsuaka in the U.S.
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Sebab kejadian Chernobyl,
kami diberikan perlindungan di A.S.
01:22
I am sixenam yearstahun oldtua, and I don't crymenangis when we leavecuti home
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Saya berumur 6 tahun, saya tak menangis
semasa kami meninggalkan kampung
01:26
and we come to AmericaAmerica,
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untuk datang ke Amerika,
01:27
because I expectmenjangkakan it to be a placetempat filleddiisi with rarejarang berlaku
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kerana saya menjangkakannya
sebuah tempat yang dipenuhi
01:31
and wonderfulindah things like bananaspisang and chocolatecoklat
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benda yang jarang ditemui
seperti pisang, coklat,
01:35
and BazookaBazooka bubblegelembung gumgusi,
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dan gam kunyah Bazooka,
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BazookaBazooka bubblegelembung gumgusi with the little cartoonkartun wrapperswrappers insidedalam,
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gam kunyah Bazooka yang ada
pembalut kartun di dalam,
01:41
BazookaBazooka that we'dkami akan get oncesekali a yeartahun in UkraineUkraine
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Bazooka yang kami dapat
sekali setahun di Ukraine
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and we'dkami akan have to chewChew one piecesekeping for an entirekeseluruhannya weekminggu.
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dan kami mengunyah
sekeping selama seminggu.
01:49
So the first day we get to NewBaru YorkYork,
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Pada hari pertama kami
di New York,
01:50
my grandmothernenek and I find a pennysen
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nenek saya dan saya
terjumpa satu sen
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in the floorlantai of the homelessTiada tempat tinggal sheltertempat perlindungan that my family'skeluarga stayingtinggal in.
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di atas lantai di sebuah rumah
perlindungan yang keluarga saya diami.
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Only, we don't know that it's a homelessTiada tempat tinggal sheltertempat perlindungan.
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Kami tidak tahu ia untuk
orang yang tidak berumah.
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We think that it's a hotelhotel, a hotelhotel with lots of ratstikus.
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Kami ingat ia sebuah hotel,
hotel yang dipenuhi tikus.
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So we find this pennysen kindjenis of fossilizedfosil in the floorlantai,
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Satu sen ini seperti
telah memfosil di lantai,
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and we think that a very wealthykaya man mustmestilah have left it there
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kami ingat seseorang yang kaya
telah meninggalkannya di situ
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because regularbiasa people don't just losekehilangan moneywang.
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kerana orang biasa tidak akan
kehilangan wang begitu saja.
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And I holdmemegang this pennysen in the palmsawit of my handtangan,
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Saya meletakkan satu sen ini
di tapak tangan saya.
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and it's stickymelekit and rustyberkarat,
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Ia melekit dan berkarat,
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but it feelsterasa like I'm holdingmemegang a fortunenasib.
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tapi saya berasa sangat kaya.
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I decidemembuat keputusan that I'm going to get my very ownsendiri piecesekeping
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Saya putuskan bahawa
saya akan mendapatkan
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of BazookaBazooka bubblegelembung gumgusi.
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gam kunyah Bazooka
untuk diri sendiri.
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And in that momentmomen, I feel like a millionairejutawan.
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Pada saat itu,
saya berasa seperti seorang jutawan.
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About a yeartahun laterkemudian, I get to feel that way again
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Kira-kira setahun kemudian,
saya mempunyai perasaan yang sama
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when we find a bagbeg fullpenuh of stuffeddisumbat animalshaiwan in the trashsampah,
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apabila kami terjumpa sebuah beg yang dipenuhi
patung haiwan di dalam tong sampah.
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and suddenlytiba-tiba I have more toysmainan
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Tiba-tiba,
saya mempunyai mainan
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than I've ever had in my wholekeseluruhan life.
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yang paling banyak
sepanjang hidup saya.
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And again, I get that feelingperasaan when we get a knockkalah
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Saya mempunyai perasaan
yang sama lagi apabila
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on the doorpintu of our apartmentpangsapuri in BrooklynBrooklyn,
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pintu rumah kami
di Brooklyn diketuk,
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and my sisterkakak and I find a deliverymandeliveryman
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adik saya dan saya
nampak seorang penghantar
02:44
with a boxkotak of pizzapizza that we didn't orderperintah.
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bersama sekotak piza
yang kami tidak pesan.
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So we take the pizzapizza, our very first pizzapizza,
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Kami menerima piza itu,
piza kami yang pertama.
02:49
and we devourmemakan slicehirisan after slicehirisan
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Kami membaham kepingan piza
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as the deliverymandeliveryman standsberdiri there and staresrenungan at us from the doorwaymuka pintu.
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sementara penghantar itu berdiri
dan merenung kami di muka pintu.
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And he tellsmemberitahu us to paybayar, but we don't speakbercakap EnglishInggeris.
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Dia meminta bayaran,
tapi kami tidak pandai berbahasa Inggeris.
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My motheribu comesdatang out, and he asksbertanya her for moneywang,
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Mak saya keluar,
penghantar itu meminta bayaran daripadanya,
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but she doesn't have enoughcukup.
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tapi mak saya tidak
mempunyai wang yang cukup.
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She walksberjalan kaki 50 blocksblok to and from work everysetiap day
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Setiap hari, dia pergi dan balik ke tempat kerja
melalui 50 blok bangunan
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just to avoidelakkan spendingperbelanjaan moneywang on busbas faretambang.
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hanya untuk menjimatkan
tambang bas.
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Then our neighborjiran popsmeletup her headkepala in,
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Kemudian,
jiran kami datang.
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and she turnsbertukar redmerah with ragekemarahan when she realizesmenyedari
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Dia marah
apabila dia sedar bahawa
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that those immigrantspendatang from downstairsbawah
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pendatang di tingkat bawah
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have somehowentah bagaimana gottenmendapat theirmereka handstangan on her pizzapizza.
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telah menerima pizanya.
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Everyone'sSemua orang upsetkecewa.
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Semua orang marah.
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But the pizzapizza is deliciouslazat.
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Tapi,
piza itu sedap.
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It doesn't hitmemukul me untilsehingga yearstahun laterkemudian just how little we had.
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Selepas beberapa tahun barulah saya sedar
bahawa kami sangat miskin.
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On our 10 yeartahun anniversaryulang tahun of beingmenjadi in the U.S.,
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Pada ulang tahun
ke-10 kami di A.S.,
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we decidedmemutuskan to celebratemeraikan by reservinguntuk meneruskan a roombilik
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kami mahu meraikannya
dengan menempah sebuah bilik
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at the hotelhotel that we first stayedtinggal in when we got to the U.S.
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di hotel yang kami diami
semasa kami baru tiba di A.S.
03:38
The man at the frontdepan deskmeja laughsketawa, and he sayskata,
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Lelaki di meja depan ketawa,
katanya,
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"You can't reserverizab a roombilik here. This is a homelessTiada tempat tinggal sheltertempat perlindungan."
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"Ini tempat perlindungan
untuk orang yang tidak berumah."
03:43
And we were shockedterkejut.
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Kami terkejut.
03:45
My husbandsuami BrianBrian was alsojuga homelessTiada tempat tinggal as a kidkanak-kanak.
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Suami saya, Brian, juga tidak berumah
semasa dia masih kecil.
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His familykeluarga losthilang everything, and at ageumur 11,
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Keluarganya kehilangan semuanya.
Pada usia 11,
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he had to livehidup in motelsMotel with his dadayah,
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dia terpaksa tinggal di motel
bersama ayahnya,
03:55
motelsMotel that would roundpusingan up all of theirmereka foodmakanan
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motel yang tidak akan
memberikan makanan
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and keep it hostagetebusan untilsehingga they were ablemampu to paybayar the billbil.
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sehingga mereka mampu
membayar bil.
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And one time, when he finallyakhirnya got his boxkotak
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Pada suatu hari,
apabila dia mendapat
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of FrostedFrosted FlakesSerpih back, it was crawlingmerangkak with roachesLipas.
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Frosted Flakes,
ia dikelilingi lipas.
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But he did have one thing.
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Tapi,
dia mempunyai sesuatu.
04:10
He had this shoeboxCompressor that he carrieddibawa with him everywheredi mana-mana
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Dia mempunyai kotak kasut
yang sentiasa dibawanya
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containingmengandungi ninesembilan comickomik booksbuku,
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yang mengandungi
9 buah komik:
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two G.I. JoesJoes painteddicat to look like Spider-ManSpider-Man
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2 G.I. Joes yang dilukis
seperti Spider Man
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and fivelima GobotsGobots. And this was his treasureharta karun.
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dan 5 Gobots.
Ia bernilai bagi dia.
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This was his ownsendiri assemblyperhimpunan of heroeswira
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Itu merupakan
koleksi hero
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that keptdisimpan him from drugsdadah and gangskumpulan
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yang menjauhkannya
daripada dadah dan geng
04:26
and from givingmemberi up on his dreamsimpian.
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dan tidak berputus asa
terhadap impian.
04:29
I'm going to tell you about one more
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Saya akan menceritakan
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formerlyyang sebelum ini homelessTiada tempat tinggal memberahli of our familykeluarga.
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seorang lagi ahli keluarga kami
yang dahulunya tidak berumah.
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This is ScarlettScarlett.
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Ini Scarlet.
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OnceSekali uponatas a time, ScarletScarlet was used as baitumpan in doganjing fightspergaduhan.
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Dulu, Scarlet digunakan sebagai
umpan dalam pertarungan anjing.
04:37
She was tiedterikat up and throwndibuang into the ringcincin
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Scarlet diikat dan dibuang
ke tempat pertarungan
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for other dogsanjing to attackserang so they'dmereka akan get more aggressiveagresif before the fightberjuang.
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untuk diserang anjing-anjing lain agar anjing-anjing ini menjadi lebih agresif sebelum pertarungan.
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And now, these dayshari, she eatsMakan organicorganik foodmakanan
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Sekarang,
Scarlet makan makanan organik
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and she sleepstidur on an orthopedicOrtopedik bedkatil with her namenama on it,
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dan tidur di katil ortopedik
yang tertera namanya.
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but when we pourtuangkan waterair for her in her bowlmangkuk,
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Apabila kami menuang air
ke dalam mangkuknya,
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she still lookskelihatan up and she wagswags her tailekor in gratitudeterima kasih.
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Scarlet akan melihat ke atas dan menggoyang-goyangkan ekornya sebagai tanda berterima kasih.
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SometimesKadang-kadang BrianBrian and I walkjalan throughmelalui the parktaman with ScarlettScarlett,
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Kadangkala, Brian dan saya berjalan-jalan
di taman bersama Scarlet.
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and she rollsgulung throughmelalui the grassrumput,
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Scarlet bergolek-golek
di atas rumput
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and we just look at her
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dan kami melihatnya.
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and then we look at eachsetiap other
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Kemudian,
kami saling memandang
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and we feel gratitudeterima kasih.
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dan kami berasa bersyukur.
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We forgetlupa about all of our newbaru middle-classkelas pertengahan frustrationsidealistik
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Kami melupakan semuanya tentang
kekecewaan baru kelas pertengahan
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and disappointmentsmengikut,
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dan kehampaan,
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and we feel like millionairesjutawan.
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kami berasa seperti jutawan.
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
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(ApplauseTepukan)
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(Tepukan)
Translated by PF Ng
Reviewed by Muhammad Fathi Rayyan

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tania Luna - Surprisologist
Tania Luna co-founded Surprise Industries, a company devoted to designing surprise experiences.

Why you should listen

Tania Luna has an unusual title: she calls herself a “surprisologist.” The co-founder and CEO of Surprise Industries, Luna thinks deeply about how to delight, and how to help individuals and teams thrive in uncertain circumstances and develop the bonds needed to get through them.

When Luna was invited to take part in TED’s Worldwide Talent Search in 2012, she expected to give a talk about surprise and the importance of not being attached to outcomes. However, she was inspired to tell a more personal story -- one many of her closest friends didn’t know -- about her Ukrainian family getting asylum in the United States when she was 6-yeard-old and arriving in New York with virtually nothing. She sees her work as connected to her upbringing -- in which a piece of Bazooka bubble gum, a thrown-out toy or a mis-delivered pizza was magical -- because it gave her an appreciation for the joy of little surprises. 

More profile about the speaker
Tania Luna | Speaker | TED.com

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