Thunder Attack of the Golden Monkey Warrior

Hello!

2009-07-10T10:52:00.003+07:00

Hello people of Earth!

Sorry for the lack of updates, as everybody can guess I've been busy with work stuff and I've always gotten home quite tired to blog.

Twitter's been a LOT of help though as that's the only way I could catch up with my readers and/or followers.

A lot has happened. Maybe I'll do my (in)famous catch up posts later!

Anyways I'll be leaving for Brisbane, Australia for AMUNC 2009. :D

SUPER excited!

Wish me a safe flight will you?

Anyways highlight of the 3 weeks I haven't blogged was me meeting up with my girls!
I LOVE THEM TO BITS! <3

Hapi. :)

2009-06-14T07:20:00.000+07:00

This is the second blog post of the day as there are simply a LOT of things I want to share...

My organizer's filled with possible blog entries that I wanted to post but I guess I couldn't.
Among those are celebrating Hasbi's birthday at his house, receiving that box of my mom's and beloved grandmother's old articles of clothings, trying them on with my sisters, and my last shopping spree of which I bought a Hapi out of all things! ;)

My sister Tamara donning the Hapi. :)
The boot's mine btw.

Anyways I've been pretty content with my job, despite missing school so much. My work is very interesting. I've got lots to learn and I hope this shows when I have to present my internship report in front of the DBS BOD and most of all the school faculty. :)

Interesting jobs call on interesting attire I must say. I really wanted to post ALL my work attires from the last two weeks but it was only recently that it dawned upon me that I could take pictures of myself in the ladies' bathroom before work hours LOL.

I got there WAY early. Like one-and-a-half hour early.
I got WAY too much time on my hands. :)

June 10, 2009

My mom's old skirt--one of the treasure troves in that box my aunt sent in.
It was a mini on her because she's taller but it was decent length for me though...
The bevel of the mirrors made the skirt longer than it is. It's actually just above the knees.

June 11, 2009

The skirt was my mom's and the top was actually my sister's.
They put together the outfit for me haha.
Love them to pieces! :)

That day I also went to a work colleague's grandma's funeral.
It was done in a Batak custom. Everybody was wearing black and raucuous music was playing on the background.
I stood out like a thumb due to my ALL white outfit. ;)

June 13, 2009

:)

Cakes and Tea.

2009-06-14T06:37:00.006+07:00

Today was surely one of the happiest days I've ever felt in the last two weeks.

The day started with me picking up Echie (an epithet for Jessica) at Kutek, where she had to go to an internet cafe to send in some report to her boss at Enriching-Life. And then we went to the campus library to read up on internship reports done by the school's alumni.
We literally pored our hearts and eyes out on those internship reports. Plus we could only read 6 reports a day damnit!

We were at loss for words because it seemed like no one had ever done a report on what we wanted to write on.
So there were no benchmarks.
I must say Echie was luckier because she did find this report that analyzed the revenue of this oil company, although Echie wanted to write about expenditures (quite the opposite).

But nobody had ever written about risk management!!!
And the ones who did were Management students (I'm an Accountancy and Finance major) and theirs were, I'm sorry to say, poorly made!

Anyways we were gonna grab a frozen yoghurt after, but the traffic jam was not so friendly to let us do so.
Instead we did some shopping and Echie walked out of the store with a pair of pretty, pretty wedges plus 2 stockings (grey and black), while I got a pair of knee-length black socks and a pair of black thigh-high stockings. :)

Afterwards, we went to The Harvest to satisfy our sweet tooths. ;)

Image courtesy of widianto.mukhodim.com

Echie had a strawberry cheesecake and I had a chocolate mousse.
We shared our blueberry tea. ;)

Being on campus, even for a short while made me realize just how much I miss school...

Not this part though.

Sitting upright on my bottom bed bunk, leaning on the wall, a Pokemon folding desk on my lap with a book propped open--in this case my Auditing book--with a stationery set ready at hand.

Hehe. It's quite uncanny for one to actually MISS school! But I do. And it was this that made up my mind to go and get a Masters degree scholarship before I decide to throw myself into the job market.
Plus it pays more when you're a graduate rather an undergrad I heard. All in all wish me luck in my studies! :)

View from my desk.

My desk. It was still morning so there were no paperworks on the desk yet.

What's in my drawer. ;)
Gotta have mouthwash and a mint candy!

Last Time We Went Out.

2009-06-13T21:38:00.003+07:00

This is long overdue as we went out right before my internship (right after mid-test).
But I miss campus so bad nowadays (and it's only been 2 weeks!!!) hehe.

We took pictures in the bathroom RIGHT after we got to PIM! :D1st frame: Nanda (with the headband), Ratih (*kiss*), me!

We headed straight to the foodcourt afterwards as we were RAVENOUS.
Nanda, the SKINNIest one, had the most food intake (3rd frame)

We went for ice cream at ColdStone.
And acted retarded.

The most retarded one as everyone can see, lol, is the one in yellow; Dewi.
In the last frame she got angry with her ice cream. Don't ask us why.
And the 1st frame... Well we're just speechless. ;) Hehe.

We met Dita, wearing the hijab, with her boyfriend.

I ran into an old friend Yuke! Love her, miss her! :)Let's go out agaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiinn!!! :D

Transfers. :)

2009-06-08T20:19:00.008+07:00

Hehe as you guys can see this is one of those catch up blog posts...

I transferred departments today, scroll down if you want to read the details why.
This may just be one of my happiest days. :)

I now realize that maybe corporate banking just ain't for me.
But as for risk management??? I LOVE it!!!
Plus I got an A for the subject at school haha! :D :D :D

1:28 PM 6/3/2009

I've been meaning to post for so long but all this internship thingy has really been getting in the way.

I'm actually pretty lucky as I get to go home (or rather was convinced to go home) at the appropriate time (5 PM) than some--if not all--of the people in the office.
One of them told me this morning that they were pretty fortunate to have gone home at 8 PM last night because usually they'd go home at 10-11PM.[!!!]
(*0*)

(*0*) is supposedly a shocked emoticon

I was at first a bit reluctant to go home at 5, as nobody had gone home yet, but my parents convinced me that:
1. I'm just an intern first of all
2. I don't get paid overtime
3. Who's gonna go home with me if I were late?!

Anyways, I don't think I'm very much suited to this company. Maybe it's the department—I really hope it is!—I don't know. But I've never been this shy and quiet around people before...

Heck my friends iDescribed me on facebook as being cheerful, funny, and extroverted! Shy and quiet just don't translate into Intan Alasdair!

I can't wait to get transferred soon! If I were to stay here for three more months I think I'll be scarred my whole life. LOL.

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Speaking of scarring experiences--if there is such a term btw--yesterday I had to suffer one! Well not really actually, as I didn't actually see the whole accident and stuff but it was still pretty scary...

So my driver, who's only been working for two weeks and totally SUCKED at driving btw, BAILED on me and my family. He just said he resigned, end of story, no reasons or explanations.
Well I say, "Good riddance!" We never liked him anyway.

But him leaving actually had a downside which is that it left my dad and I with no other means of transporting other than public transportation.
I went to his office yesterday which isn't very far from mine by bus. It was a 5 minute ride and costed the normal bus fare of Rp2.000--it shoulda been Rp1,500 as it's a very short distance lol!

From there we got on an ojek, kinda like a taxi but on mopeds, to the Tanah Abang station to board a train to Pondok Ranji.
And we did.
We boarded that train, an express and business class too at that, and before long we were already at Palmerah...when the train stopped.

People were confused as the train wasn't supposed to stop anywhere; it was supposed to take us straight to Pondok Ranji.

Not long after we stopped the train officers pushed through the crowd to try to get to the back of the train. My dad asked one of them as they shoved their way through about what was happening.

"A moped hit us," he said.

Image courtesy of Inilah.com

Image courtesy of suardi.files.wordpress.com

As soon as he said that people were reaching for their cellphones to call home. We could tell that was gonna take VERY long. And it did.

I thought to myself for a minute before realizing that I was disrespecting the dead, "Stupid mopeds and your rule breaking look where you have gotten yourselves into: DEATH! And now I have to go home late..."

We actually stopped two more times after that, and everytime we asked the officers who jostled through us to get to the back, it turned out that it was because of that accident.

Image courtesy of www.smh.com.au

Image courtesy of www.svcag.org

I imagined the conversation that was going on back there.

"Yo what's holding us up?!"
"Man, that guy's arm still stuck somewhere and it's clogging the wheel!"
"Oh man!"
"Hey there it is! Phew!"
"Whoa cool watch! Let's sell it and split the profit!"

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Anyways, today is both Hasbi's and Farrah's birthdaaaaaaayy!!! :D
Hooray!!!
\(^o^)/~~

Happy birthday my loves.

Today is a very special day, for the LORD SWT has chosen it for two of the most special people in my life and in my heart to be born on.
So let us rejoice in prayers and gratitude for the Almighty GOD for letting us celebrate it this year.
And may GOD SWT let us experience it again in the years to come.

You're one year older.
And I hope one year wiser.

You have yet to see the long road ahead of you and I wish you the best of luck.
Your journeys have just begun,
Farra with starting uni life,
and Hasbi with you last year of uni...

I will be there for you all the way always.
And GOD SWT will be there too. :)

Gotta get back to WOOOORRRKK!!!

:)

3:09 PM 6/3/2009

Catching Up & Little Baghdad.

2009-06-05T02:47:00.005+07:00

So as you guys know, I started working June 1... And today will mark a FULL week of me working at DBS Indonesia!!! Yay for me! ;)

I've had an internship before at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, which was FABULOUS btw, but the fatigue was nowhere near this one... And before at DTT I had to go home at 12AM!!! LOL.

Anyways I'll be posting some catch-up posts these few days to let the blog catch up to current events. This one I wrote in my office desktop after lunch lol.

June 1, 2009 13:26

Yesterday one of my dreams LITERALLY CAME TRUE!!!
*Yaaayy!!!*
This may be an insignificant event to some, and a bit stupid really, but VERY VERY important to me nevertheless... :)

So Hasbi took me out to dinner that day to Little Baghdad in Kemang. :)
And as soon as we got there, we ordered straight to the main course and I even asked for an additional Pita Bread to accompany my chicken curry! :)

Our Table.
My Chicken Curry and additional Pita Bread.
The drinks were Snow in Sahara (the white one) and Taste of Baghdad.

Hasbi ordered Shawarma.

We actually got there WAY early (around 16:30) so we slept it off in his car a bit before going in the restaurant.

Still daytime.
H = the grumpiest, cutest thing. :)

We sat outside, which was rather a mistake because dining inside seemed more appropriate for such romantic affairs. ;)
And if there was one thing I regretted, it was that I forgot to have the waiter light up the candle at our table![!!!!!!]

I thought that if a candle was lit, then that'd mean I'd had a candlelight dinner with H right???

LOL. :D :D :D

We're not as retarded in real life.
And don't mind that lopsided smile I had on (especially in the last pic).
And please excuse the sleepy eyes too.

Anyways earlier that day we went to PIM, only my favorite mall and also the BEST mall ever in Indonesia[!!!], albeit one we often go to on account of it being strategically located (read: close) to our houses lol. ;)

There Hasbi accompanied me in getting Farra a birthday present.
She actually shares the same birthday with Hasbi so you can tell that two of my major expeditures would probably be made in June. ;)

I got her a perfume.

H in front of Metro Department Store in PIM finishing off his ice cream.

I wore my long sleeves floral mini with a pair of amazing platforms and a pretty scarf and bag lol. Hasbi liked my dress and was happy with my heels because they made it easier for him to wrap his hand around my waist (not that there'd been any problem before lol). ;) But I actually forgot to take a decent outfit picture (as if there's ever been one before!!!) because I so badly want to show it off!!! LOL.

Anyways back to WORK!!! :D

Loves.

2009-05-30T12:24:00.006+07:00

Image is courtesy of Grand Hyatt Bali

No, I actually didn't go to Bali. It was finals after all. Anyways yesterday H did THE SWEETEST THING EVER!!![!!!!!!!!!!]

He was staying at a friend's place with his guy friends, but still he picked me up from school and even waited a long time as I had to return some books to the library and had a meeting with my AMUNC team concerning sponsorship problems!

He absolutely hated--and will continue to hate I guess--all of my meetings, but despite of him rumbling a little, he was the cutest thing!

Afterwards, he was supposed to accompany me get a manicure-pedicure at this salon, which he did.

The thing is boys weren't allowed in the salon!

So as soon as Hasbi and I stepped into the place, the receptionist ushered him out the door.

I was quite at loss of what to say as the salon was quite far and we had wasted quite a lot of time getting there. I felt so bad for him.
So I told him that the manicure-pedicure thing was canceled and that I was sorry.

But he insisted that I go in and have fun! He told me that he knew I had wanted to go for a long time. That he'd be waiting. And that I shouldn't worry about him being alone.

I had felt like I wanted to hug him then and there.

So I went in and got myself literally PAMPERED.
I had a massage, a body scrub, and of course the manicure and pedicure I had wanted.
It was already nighttime when I finished.

And Hasbi; he was in his car, his windows slightly open, sleeping. His PlayStation Portable was on the dashboard, its battery finished.

He kissed me on the cheek and it was the perfect ending for finals. :)

Epic Shi[r]t.

2009-05-28T07:13:00.008+07:00

*Opening tune similar to that of the 70s gameshows is heard*

*The host appears, a middle aged man, tanned, with swept-back hair in a horrible suit and ascot grinning widely*

*Camera zoomed in on the host, full body*

Host (in a somewhat perky tone, all the while grinning to the camera):
Hello! And welcome back to the Crappy Pic Show where you get to see a crappy pic taken by a crappy quality cellphone camera taken in quite a crappy mood!

*Host smiles*

*Taped audience laughing is heard*

*Picture is shown on screen*

*Taped audience laughing is played back* *Twice*

*Host is back on screen*

Host:
And it seems like there's been a a crappy editing too!!!

*Host winks* *Punchline drum sounds*

Host:
Well that's it for today!
See you next time on the Crappy Pic Show with me the Crappy Host!

*Host waves and gives a somewhat military salute with only two of his fingers to the camera*

*Closing tune*

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I was gonna post that on Tuesday but as I had finals the next day and so I didn't.

Anyways I got a call yesterday from DBS and they told me to come over either on Thursday (today) or on Friday to sign some paperwork before I start working June 1.

Eep![!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]

I told them I have finals on Friday but was free on Thursday (today), so I'm waiting for them to call when I should come over. :D :D :D

Spendings and Signs.

2009-05-23T17:23:00.006+07:00

4:35 PM 5/23/2009

Earlier this morning my mom raided my wallet for a monthly financial audit.

We were shocked. Literally SHOCKED!!!

I had spent both of my savings account to almost 1% of its original amount the beginning of the month. Literally.

Man, I am SO DEAD!!!

But looking back I did make a lot of purchases using the cards.

I used it on outfits, to buy cellphone credits, to buy books, to eat, to take out cash to put in my wallet, etc etc.

Man I am such a spender!!!

And looking back to my blog posts or my tweets or my fb status updates, I shoulda seen it coming.
It was so often that I tweeted/wrote that I splurged on this and that.
Why can't I hold myself back??!!!

*sigh*

I feel so bad for my parents.

What am I gonna do?

Today and yesterday alone I went crazy and had 4 major purchases.

This is really getting out of control.

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On a happier note, today after we (the family that is) had gone to UI so that I could borrow some books for finals, we went to Farra's cram school to pick her up.

We then performed salat at a nearby mosque where my dad's shoes were stolen so we went and bought him new ones at a nearby shopping center.
I had had a bad feeling about this--leaving the shoes unattended. But we prayed there times before and it was alright.
We were SO wrong.

It was just plain ridiculous that someone could perform such unseemly things at such a holy place.

Anyways, we went to Pondok Indah Mall afterwards to have lunch at Tokigawa Resto where the food ain't that good I'm telling you,

and then we went shopping.

This is when I lost control again.

Damn it.

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GOALS FOR SELF:

~~Be a better~~Be a GOOD financial planner

1. Save money
Put a minimum of Rp3.000,- in piggy bank EVERY day.

2. Restrain from spending more than Rp100.000,- a month
Not included transportation costs to and from Depok/Thamrin but includes everything else otherwise.

3. STICK TO GOALS
With the Name of THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE MOST MERCIFUL. Ya ALLAH please give me strength to not follow my lust or gluttony after pretty, shiny things. Amin yaa ROBBal aalamiin.

5:19 PM 5/23/2009

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5:24 PM 5/23/2009

Oh yea before I forgot. We (my mom, my sisters and I) found this sign at this gas station in BSD when we were on our way to the airport to pick up my dad on Thursday.

LOL.

Under the No Smoking sign were a list of cigarette prices.
And yes they sell cigarettes at the gas station.

Of all the irony.

5:25 PM 5/23/2009

Skirts! Lips!

2009-05-23T08:15:00.004+07:00

As soon as I saw this pic I knew what I'm going to make next!!! Susie's skirt!!! :)

Hehe.

I wonder how it will look in denim?

That aside, I've been toying with the idea of donning Barbie Lips lately...

Camilla Belle
Image courtesy of sugarscape.com

Shoes.

2009-05-22T10:36:00.003+07:00

So I have been eyeing shoes for work these few days. As well as pants.

Unfortunately the shoes that I want are incredibly expensive for my budget.
And so I decided to have them custom made.

After I pick up my sisters I'm gonna go to a shoemaker to have these babies done:

Giuseppe Zanotti Platform gladiator sandals

Giuseppe Zanotti Cutout rivet sandals

Balmain Crystal panel sandals

But I'm gonna have to make them all in chunky platform heels just because I wouldn't have it other wise. ;)

Gotta get going. Bye! :) :) :)

Images are courtesy of Net-a-Porter.com

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The shoemaker was out and I couldn't have the shoes done... But I brought home this very cute vintage-looking dress with gold flower buttons lol. ;)

So it was a HAPPY day! :)

Study Session.

2009-05-20T22:42:00.004+07:00

So nothing interesting today.

I was being lazy all around the house until about 9AM, then took a bath and went off to campus looking like this:

Completely unimaginative but was perfectly suited for the International Taxation study session I was gonna have with some friends at the library as well as for meeting my academic counselor to consult about my internship report.

I'm thinking of asking DBS if I could be put in risk management.
But I'm absolutely at lost how to put that without sounding so ungrateful.
Argh.

Frustating things aside. The sun was unbearably unfriendly today.
I was squinting the whole day and now I can't help but wonder whether I've gotten tanner *NO!!!* from being exposed to the sunlight.
Shoot.
Just what is it with South East Asians and their preference to lighter skin complexion???!!
On top of that the shirt made a me have a bit of a tummy there but who cares.

I'm off to sleep.

Hats, Scarves, Rings, and Interviews.

2009-05-19T19:31:00.004+07:00

So I had this interview earlier this morning with Mr. Aries of HR Department DBS and Mrs. Ariani of IBG. My stomach is lurching, turning, and all twisted inside. I am excited and nervous at the same time but mostly scared. Terrified. Cowering in fear. Petrified. Shaken. Panic-stricken. Aghast...

They're gonna call me later (I do hope I get a call pls!!!) but in the meantime it keeps me wondering how I'm gonna do my report, what I'm going to write, and whether it's gonna be accepted for someone taking an Accounting and Finance major. I mean it's CORPORATE BANKING!!! Account management! I don't know what I'll be doing!!! They tried to give me a big picture and behind all that nodding and smiling, I'm all muddled and confused inside! Yet on the other hand I keep sorting out my clothes in my head thinking of all the possibilities of clothing attires that I can mix and match for work.[!!!]

Anyways I want hats. Floppy hats and Trilbies. And rings too. Big, catch-everybody's-attention rings. I actually found 2 rings I liked--I forgot whether I've told you guys about this before in my previous post(s)--during Ladies' Day Citos bazaar last week but decided not to buy them. You can imagine the regret I felt (and feel) afterwards... :( And fringe tubular scarves, too--I might make an online purchase sometime this week I think.

I want to post pics but I'm too jittery right now to do so. :(
Wish me luck. :( :( :(

Sexy Stuff.

2009-05-17T10:38:00.006+07:00

Enough said.

I want a boyfriend who'd wear my name on his shirts!!!

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Anyways, this I wore on Friday. It was a pretty lazy day, despite me having 3 classes that day, and it called for a lazy outfit too. But, it wasn't my outfit I want to focus on! It was H's.

H looked gorgeous that day!

And though it doesn't show in the pic (damn you crappy cellphone photos!)--what with that mean face and crappy quality pic--the shirt was actually this checkered crisscross pattern of purple (of course), red, blue, and white.

It was absolute hearts from the moment I saw him that day! :)

Another funny thing was that he was actually driving behind my car that morning and he kept flashing his lights at me and honking. But I ignored him and was all like, "Just who is that idiot of a driver!?" LOL.

Now this one I wore on Thursday.

I have literally TONS (well not really but a lot anyways) of skorts and this was one of them.

Skorts and culotte shorts are the best thing to put on when you want to get lazy but not sloppy. :)

And though I wear them a lot, it was always a pleasure (for me at least) to hear people exclaim, "Whoa that's actually shorts??!!!"
LOL.

Anyways yesterday Nanda, Ratih, Dewi and I went for a bit of girlish fun at Pondok Indah Mall.
I'll post the pics later as soon as Nanda's uploaded them lol.
(My phone was dead and so I couldn't take crappy cellphone pics for you guys LOL.)

As today was a lazy day--I ate breakfast before taking a bath LOL, nothing could get lazier than that--I now present you a crappy picture of me right after waking up.

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Yes and you get a free crappy pose to go along with the pic as well!!! :)

P.s. Yes I know the pic's blurred.

Hating and Swingin'.

2009-05-16T06:36:00.004+07:00

I posted a 1996 Cool Shavin' Ken Commercial in Hasbi's facebook account.
And after a minute or two of browsing around Barbie Collectors' Channel, I was gonna post a vid of the 1990 Barbie Children Summit or something, which I thought cool.

BUT seemingly someone beat me to it.

Not that she *yes I'm hating* posted the vid I was gonna post... But suddenly she posted lots of Barbie vids which I knew immediately she got the idea from reading Hasbi's wall.

Damn it.

Anyways I want Francie's hair!
So I can be swingin' too!!! ;)

Australian Winterwear.

2009-05-15T14:01:00.011+07:00

This July I'm gonna go to Australia to attend AMUNC 2009 hosted by the University of Queensland.

It's gonna be winter there so I'm preparing winter clothings for the occasion.

The thing is I don't really know what type of clothes they do wear in Australia. And though I've searched the net and asked some friends, I'm still not satisfied.

But what I do know is that they're pretty casual down under and that the weather there isn't really very cold. I've read up on the net that winter there is like spring in London. If spring in London is like Autumn in NY, then I really shouldn't dress very heavily.

These are some inspirations, although I doubt very much that I'll be able to dress like them... ;)

Stylist, Celestine Cooney, Yohji Yamamoto fashion show, May 2008

Jane Keltner, Gloria Baume, Taylor Tomasi of Teen Vogue, March 2008

Carine Roitfeld, Christian Dior fashion show, February 2008

Julia Frakes (left) and "Givenchy bow headband lady" (right), Paris Fashion Week, April 2009

Now these are looks that I know I can't pull off... (Not like I can pull off the previous three though LOL.)
But I'd love to fantasize... :P

Models Sasha Pivovarova and Vlada Roslyakova, Chanel show, April 2009

The amazing and effortless Kate Lanphear, Paris Fashion Week, April 2009

The images are from the JAK & JIL blog.
The first three are actually from their old blog, and you should actually hear me squeak "Eep!" when I found the pics posted on the front page. :)

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3:32 PM, May 15th, 2009

Of all the coincidence, I just read on Garance Doré:

Girls in Australia, they take on autumn with a philosophy. It never really does get cold anyway. In the boutiques, sweaters mix it up with swimsuits and sandals. They pick out a few warmer pieces from a winter wardrobe but wear them with bare legs and caramel skin.

It’s like it’s make-believe winter, just for fun or something.

I love this interseasonal mix but it totally drives me crazy: I’m so jealous! And here I am, thinking I would come back and find springtime!

Pfff…. Take me back to my Australian autumn!

Fainting and Seizures.

2009-05-12T20:00:00.005+07:00

Fainting and seizures. That was exactly what had happened today.

When I was still in elementary school, I had a friend Rahmi who was prone to fainting during gym class or flag ceremonies. Then I had wondered what it must have felt like to just black out like that. Little did I know that I would experience it later in life, notably today.

I was at my dad's office, getting my blood tested, and though I was--and am--VERY much afraid of needles, it was a regular thing.

And so I went in the lab, doing the usual my shutting-my-eyes-tight-while-having-my-blood-taken thing, and then got out of there as fast as my feet could take me.

The thing is I was feeling mighty nauseous, my vision was blurry and I was getting lightheaded.
My mom gave me some mineral water to drink and we sat down as I wasn't feeling so well.

And then everything went BLACK.

I imagine being electrocuted must feel very similar to the fit I was having as I could feel the electric surge running through my body. My whole body went "dead" and I seemingly have no strength for movement. I could hear voices but could only make out smudges of colors and abstract shapes around me as I stirred into consciousness. They put me in a wheelchair and I was steered to one of the rooms in the clinic.

They set me up with oxygen, as I couldn't breathe properly. I could hear the nurse/doctor talking to my mom asking questions "Has this ever happened before?" to which my mom said no.

They then checked my heart and not long after took my blood AGAIN[!!!] and checked my tension. After that they told me to take a rest while waiting for the results to come out.

I had low blood pressure, that much I knew and that was also the result. In addition my glucose level was low.

We figured it was because I had been going home so late at night these days, usually 8:30 PM, and when I did get to the house I didn't immediately rest or take a break from all the feverish activities I was doing. Hence me collapsing and having a spell.

But after resting and getting something to eat I felt a whole lot better. I was even able to drive home! :)

In addition to that I went to Senayan City, one of Jakarta's major malls, and even picked up both of my sisters at their schools.

I guess I had been tiring myself out lately, and it looks like tonight I have to do so again as I have to study for tomorrow's International Taxation quiz plus I have to finish two assignments (International Taxation and Auditing 202) that are due tomorrow... Damn it. :(

Chocolates & Avocados.

2009-05-12T19:09:00.007+07:00

This was the time my sister, Tamara and I ate dessert for lunch! LOL.

It was a total of 3 avocados, a whole lot of condensed milk, and 3 3-in-1 Milo sachets.

Yum! :D :D :D

Being Huggable.

2009-05-12T18:11:00.003+07:00

5:45 PM 5/12/2009

Today I'll be doing a series of blog posts to let the blog catch up to current events.

The first post is on last Thursday's outfit, of which Hasbi said I was very huggable in indeed.

That sounded like a poor pick-up line coming out of his mouth but I wonder whether that was true for all guys--that girls look huggable on some type of outfits more than others--and whether one's huggability by a guy is universally shared by all.

I know the latter was rather unlikely.

But Hasbi explained of the former that there were outfits that I wore that made him want to hug me more than others. This didn't mean that while I was wearing other less huggable outfits, he wouldn't want to hug me, but certain outfits do kindle a certain longing for him to hug me.

In short, certain outfits act like "hug-stimulants" that when worn (by the wearer) and seen (by the observer), they would incite the observant's hugging desire to the wearer.

I didn't know, and still don't frankly, what was so special about what I wore as I though it made me look very full up top (more than usual) and even fatter. But Hasbi gave me a hug that day so maybe I should wear it more lol.

I asked him in what outfits did I look more huggable than others and the events when my outfit inspired him to hug me.

He said it was on those days when I put in more efforts in my outfits, which is rare, and I realized that more often than not I look very un-huggable indeed. :'( :p

6:07 PM 5/12/2009

Lips.

2009-05-10T12:39:00.007+07:00

I've been wanting to post my outfit for last Thursday. But I never seem to have the chance to.

Anyhow, my lipstick/lipgloss is running out and now I haven't been wearing it to campus and am just saving it for when I go out.

I've looked everywhere in Jakarta's major malls whether they have my lipstick/lipgloss--yes it has that dual quality of being both a lipstick and lipgloss at the same time without being too shiny or glossy like you've eaten something oily.

But alas they don't have it. :'(

It's a Japanese brand, Couleur Inc., and I can only buy it when I go to Singapore during vacations.

But for now I'm just content trying to find its replacement, at least something that has the same bright orangey-red color/tinge to it.

Love their lips! :)

Alexis Bledel

Dita Von Teese
From Style.com

Batik Shirts and Bangles. :)

2009-05-08T07:04:00.009+07:00

Hey! I'm back now! :)

I've been meaning to post this for some time now but what with schoolwork and presentations and getting an internship and all, it's been quite hard to do so.

Anyways, like I said in Colon Parenthesis. :), I went to Jogja last week and bought home quite a LOT of stuffs.

One of which is this Batik blouse.

I had fallen in LOVE with it as soon as I laid eyes on it.
And without hesitating I immediately bought it.

The salmon-colored dragon-like details on the front that extend to the back and arms, the lavender zigzag vertical patterns as well as the blue flowers...
I absolutely love it!

The only thing is it made me look old, at least in my opinion.
And my mom actually agreed!

We both concurred that it made me look 20-something.

And I'm 18!!!

But it didn't make me love the blouse less though hehe.
It's just that you won't see me wear it often. ;)

On top of the batik blouses and dresses, I also bought home accessories, among which were Batik bangles and scarves.
I totally went crazy for the accessories and literally SPLURGED.

I mean who can help it? They were so cute...

And so the other day I wore my new Batik bangles and necklaces to campus.
See the pattern on the bangles?
Simply adorable. :)

I really like wearing loose shirts like this gray buttoned-down shirt on the pic.
The thing is it's quite hard to find shirts that'll come out as loose when I wear them as I'm full up top.
This really contradicts my lower part of body as it's real skinny.

I read in magazines that I have what you call an apple-shaped body, or even a cone-shaped body.
And I agree.
My shoulder blades are wider than my hips.
And I wear size L shirts with size 26 pants!

Anyways, gotta get to school. I'm already late as it is. :)

P.s. Yes that's the new hair. Not so Katy Perry-ish anymore now that the styling's wore off lol.

HAPPINESS!

2009-05-03T19:27:00.005+07:00

Yes HAPPINESS!!! Eep!*

From left to right, top row to bottom row: Oscar de la Renta sleeveless coat, Christian Lacoix dress, See by Chloé dress, and Moschino Cheap and Chic dress, all from Net-a-Porter; Marni flower necklace, from Net-a-Porter, Valentino wedges from Luisa via Roma, Christian Louboutin petal clutch bag, Fendi rose clutch, and Matthew Williamson print bag, all from Net-a-Porter; Etro top, from Browns, Luella top from Net-a-Porter, House of Holland vest from Browns, and See by Chloé skirt from Net-a-Porter; Missoni dress and Moschino dress, both from Net-a-Porter, Marni strapless dress from Browns, and Maje strapless dress from Net-a-Porter.
Collage assembled by the people of Hapsical.
© Hapsical 2009, All Rights Reserved.

I read on Hapsical that:

"One of the big trends for spring/summer 2009 is floral prints, particularly big, bold, bright prints, often in acid colours."

YAAAYY!!!

And I'm absolutely loving the SS09 Valentino bags!!! :D

*Eep sounds like a choked little shriek of excitement btw. :)

New Do? [Well Not Really.]

2009-05-03T17:50:00.002+07:00

5:42 PM 5/3/2009

Hey!

Just got back from the salon.

I cut my hair and now it looks kinda Katy Perry-ish, if Katy Perry can be used as an adjective .

But then again that was how my hair had ALWAYS looked.
(Well it was pretty close. Prior to the recent wavy-ism my hair had adopted that is.)

:)

Oh well.

I'll post the pics later!

5:44 PM 5/3/2009

Colon Parenthesis. :)

2009-05-03T14:05:00.011+07:00

Of course this is from my favorite webcomic Count Your Sheep.

I've been getting lazy lately and I've got nothing interesting to post. The last exciting thing I did was when I went to INACRAFT 2009 and bought a new pair of wedges, and then to Jogja where I bought home about 15 batik silk scarves--I think--and also about 5 batik blouses and dresses (can't wait to wear them!!!). The real thing is I'm too lazy to take pictures of them... Or even to post the event in the blog lol.

Schoolwork's been crazy lately. Not only am I OVERLOADED with the assignments, but there's this thing about whether I should graduate normally (4 years) or whether I should graduate early (3.5 years), trying to do a cost and benefit analysis of both and finding out that I wouldn't be worse off or better off taking one or the other.

So now I'm finding a place for me to have an internship for the final assignment.

And it's CRAAAZY hard!

I almost missed Aikido yesterday because I was deeply engrossed in reading Wicked by Gregory Maguire. But after attending the class, I almost wished I had just read Wicked instead of attending the lesson.

Aikido yesterday was SUCKY because of Hakim Sensei. And the fact that Cici (my closest friend at the dojo) wasn't there made it even worse. Man! I really looked forward for today's lesson with Jamal Sensei but there was no class today... :(

And then my-not-really-ex-boyfriend got mad because I didn't pick up any of his calls for the whole day and after we made up that night, I got mad because of something that he said.

But at the end of the day, I think this strip best summarizes how I feel:

So, colon parenthesis everybody!!! :)

Absolute Hearts! ;)

2009-04-30T14:30:00.006+07:00

I'm actually in the middle of a class right now LOL, using the class computer to post an entry.

It's been so long. And I've been so busy with school stuffs.

Anyways I'm gonna post one of my favorite pics because it incorporates all the things that I love into one very beautiful picture! :D

1. Floral patterns, especially on skirts
2. Grey stockings
3. Bracelets
4. Scarves
5. Pink, Salmon, Peach
7. And stuff because the assistant professor standing behind my back lol. :D

Times.

2009-04-26T13:03:00.004+07:00

Got nothing important to post really. As always lol. But I thought I'd just share with you guys stuff that I find funny and/or interesting.

This is from Wiki's Lessons In Life. A really cool webcomic. Just my kind of humor.

Gratitude.

2009-04-25T05:48:00.010+07:00

Alhamdulillahirobbil alamiin. :)

My sister Farra got accepted into UGM's Faculty of Dentistry!!! :D

We checked it on the website riiiiiiiight after I posted my last entry! YAY we're EXCITED!!!

SUPER HAPPY! :D

We're gonna have a dentist in the house!!![!!!!!!!!!] :D :D :D *can't stop smiling* ;)

Ventures. :)

2009-04-25T04:56:00.005+07:00

6:20 PM 4/24/2009

A friend of mine Yosu joked, "Who died that you're wearing all black the last few days?!"

This Friday.

Now Yosu's taking it a biiiiiiiit far as it's only been two days. But him saying that made me realize that without realizing it (when I put the clothes on), it's been two days in a row now that I've been wearing an all-black outfit. :)

Now I've made you all confused.

My friend Nining said, upon seeing me today at campus, that I look slimmer. And I told her it's all that black. That it possessed a "slimming effect" on people.

But then I realized that yesterday, even though I wore all black like today, I looked far than slim.

This Thursday.

I looked fat, even.

And so my theory that black has a slimming effect failed to prove itself.

After studying yesterday's circumstances again, three things can be inferred:

Loose flowing tops, even though it's black, are not complemented with loose flowing jackets
One should make sure that one has pants that are the appropriate length to pair with one's flats. I think mine weren't and could be 1-2 cm longer
When one's picture is taken while one's carrying quite a big bag, make sure that one's hand(s) do(es) not look dead. I made that mistake a few times as you can see. Not promising I won't make the same mistakes though lol

But let's not think of them as mistakes...let's just say they're ventures. Fashion ventures.
Me taking a crack at looking good lol.
:D :D :D

7:08 PM 4/24/2009

4:48 AM 4/25/2009

P.s. Despite all that, the things that I do like from Thursday's outfits were the patterns on the top and on the jacket...

I couldn't help it they were floral!!! :)

Plus they really do look good (separately), which made pairing them both seemed like a good idea at the time lol.

4:53 AM 4/25/2009

SELAMAT HARI KARTINI! :D

2009-04-21T06:04:00.007+07:00

The above sentence means literally HAPPY KARTINI'S DAY!!! :D

Today all Indonesians celebrate the birthday of our beloved Ibu Kartini, a national heroine most famous for her letters (later compiled into a very famous book Door Duistermis tox Licht--Dutch for After the Dark Came the Light), in which she expressed her views generally on the social condition at the time and specifically on women rights (especially Javanese).

Links to check out:

1. Stichting Kartini
2. Pejuang Kemajuan Wanita, an article
3. Kartini on Guratan Pena

Glasses and Scarves. :D

2009-04-20T14:55:00.007+07:00

Yesterday's day out with the ex captured by a camera phone but failed because it's blurred plus I was having a total bad hair day.

The ex.

LOL. Although I do think that I look rather ravishing in my new glasses, apparently my camera phone doesn't agree that much LOL. I look okay though in my opinion. :D

[click to enlarge]

Anyways, I found my mom's scarf!!! :D

It doesn't really look it in the pic but it's a Sulawesi Batik print (Bugis) in a rich purple color with complementary fuchsia, silver, green, and orange patterns.
The red mini dress was also Batik and I'm definitely packing them both to Australia for AMUNC.

LOVE! :D

Lemony. :'(

2009-04-20T13:28:00.011+07:00

6:03 AM 4/19/2009

I have a runny nose that is triggered whenever I get into contact with water. When I went to take a wudhu, my nose began to run; after I washed my face in the bathroom sink, my nose ran again; after I took a bath, there it ran again. And it took such a long time before it stopped!

A usual ritual in my house is for the family to recite the Qur'an, tilawatil Qur'an, after the Maghrib salat/contact prayer.
So there I was yesterday, in the musholla with my runny nose, messing up my reading because of my inability to breathe properly.

When you read Arabic, there are certain length and tones and ways of articulating the letters, words and sentences. And because of that runny nose I wasn't able to inhale and/or exhale properly, which of course affects my recital of the holy verses.

I had a box of tissue on my left and every now and so often, in the middle of an ayat, or when I've finished one, I would blow my nose hard in order to get rid of all that mucus, although unsuccessfully I must tell you. This was okay when it was my turn to deliver the verses, but when it was others', I don't think one could hear what the other recited. Proper execution of the verses, in terms of how they are read and pronounced/stated was crucial in delivering the verses and its meaning correctly, and I was afraid that my blowing and sneezing prohibited the feedback that came in perfecting the delivery.

Yeah so I messed that up.

But apart from that my mom bought me new glasses!!!

Image courtesy of visadiaries.com

We went to the optician yesterday to pick out a new glasses for me as my old one has been stolen, and my older one, though as adorable and as stylish [yes it is still in style ;) and I don't think it will ever go out of] as it is, is old. Hehe.

After a looooooooooooong, time of trying out glasses--there really were about 50 or so [no kidding!] glasses on the counter that I've tried on and all looked good on me [I swear you they ALL look GOOD on me! ;) Seriously though]--my choice came down to two pairs.

One was by Cartier and the other was Levi's.

I fell in LOVE with both of them, although my heart swayed more in to the Cartier's, the shape was unique, though both was rectangular, and both looked mighty GOOD on me.

But my mom was having second thoughts. And so we reasoned. And as moms are ALWAYS right, I went home with the Levi's instead and was incredibly HAPPY about it.

Whenever I caught a glimpse of myself reflected in mirrors, glass doors or in car windows and etc, I'd unconsciously smile feeling good about my appearance lol. This was really rather unwise as it was other people who worried that something bizzarre had happened up there in the attic. ;)

But having that new glasses reminded me terribly of my old glasses. It was Armani Next and had the brightest lime green rim and handles you've ever seen that it looked almost yellow at times.

I have never seen anybody wearing that glasses EVER in my life and I had thought that if not in the whole world, then in all of Indonesia I must have been the ONLY one who possessed that pair of glasses.

I cried in my room thinking of old Lemony [named after a favorite author]. And the fact that my room was the color lime green didn't help either and only pushed me into a deeper depression.

I had never found out where it went, where I lost it, and when.

It all remained a mistery.

A real ugly picture of me with Vada and Rora while wearing old Lemony.
I actually wanted to post another pic that was more appropriate (read: in which I look good) but this was the easiest to access (read: can be saved from Rora's friendster photos). :(

Lemony please come back to me I miss you.

And if there is anybody who's seen that glasses [its case was white and had a matching--lime green--lense cleaning cloth in it] I am willing to pay you a significant amount of money.

Please just give me back my Lemony. :'(

6:42 AM 4/19/2009

Teenage Angst.

2009-04-17T12:04:00.006+07:00

10:08 PM 4/16/2009

Today was an unexpectedly horrible day.

Pretty ironic too as the day had started pretty nicely indeed and I had thought that it was just gonna be full of laughs and silliness and having fun with friends.., but turned out that I was wrong.

I won't go into details here else I'd succumb to my "teenage angst" mode lol. But the thing is: it SUCKS fighting with your best friend[!].

I was in a bad mood all day and night and just simply couldn't concentrate on anything else besides the fight.
On top of that, almost everybody got a share of my mood. My not-really-ex-boyfriend, acquintances, associates and classmates, and even innocent passerbys!
I was making quite a show mind you.

As soon as I got home I called the "best friend" and gave her a piece of my mind only to find out that it was all for naught.
Good thing I have Rora--my bestest and oldest friend in university that was closer to being on top of it all my personal psychiatrist/psychologist/psychoanalyst--was available to listen to all my problems, gave feedback, and even some fabulous suggestions to take care of the situation.

It had seemed as if some of the knives that were sticking out of my chest were pulled out and though bleeding, the blood was coagulating and the wounds were slowly closing. But still it ruined my mood for the rest of the day.

I had looked forward to Aikido practice to vent off a bit of my anger but found it VERY HARD to concentrate and ended up messing up all the moves and maneuvers and to top it off, Sensei Hakim was being VERY ANNOYING indeed.
I hated him very much today.

Today was a BAD DAY.

I wish tomorrow would be better.

The only good thing about today was that Matt didn't get eliminated from II. And even that I couldn't enjoy because of that lack of concentration.

I hate today very much indeed.
And I'm not exactly looking forward to tomorrow either for fear of running into the "best friend."
And Saturday's even WORSE!
We have 3 CLASSES TOGETHER.

I'm gonna throw up.

10:26 PM 4/16/2009

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7:43 AM 4/18/2009

We made up yesterday.

“Late at night, when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you...

2009-04-16T03:06:00.013+07:00

...oh PSAK 55, both the 1999 and the 2006 revision!!!"

Yes I sound deranged, but at this point deranged is a pretty good word to describe the state I'm in LOL.

I started working on the assignment at about 2:30 AM, and now it's 4:20 so I'm pretty beat by now. But hey! At least I'm finished! ;)

But one thing to be sure, that I am never gonna follow anyways LOL, is that working and browsing don't actually complement each other very well. :D :D :D
That is of course a very well-known common fact.

But I just couldn't help myself and ended up browsing for Iekeline (read: Ee-kel-een-ah) Stange instead haha!
It's just amazing how she manages to look so...surreal.
Maybe it's that hard-to-pronounce name and the CRAZY cheekbones and the pale complexion but most of all it's her style.
Absolutely ♥. :D

Pictures courtesy of Teen Vogue and JakandJil.com

The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit.

2009-04-15T07:24:00.006+07:00

-Raymond Chandler (American writer and author of detective fiction, 1888-1959)

LOL. I'm on a blogroll. Seems kinda ironic because some days ago I didn't have anything to say in my blog, or even to the people around me.

It's crazy how the power of the mind works. And how motivated you are to do something when you're happy.

Anywaaaaaaaayys, I'm not a swimsuit person myself....
No, that's wrong.
Well I do wear swimsuits when I swim, or rather wetsuits, because I don't want to get tanned.
*Btw I've been meaning to post about being tan and its connection to the Indonesian "standard" of beauty.*

Photo by Michael L. Baird of bairdphotos.com

But I've been having my eye on these babies!!!

They're available on Bleubird, this vintage shop, but there are three constraints. The first is as I've said, I wouldn't want to get tanned. Second, they're quite expensive when converted into Indonesian rupiahs. And thiiird, they're vintage.

Vintage as defined by Wikipedia:

Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g. "vintage clothing store." It can also be used as an adjective: "This dress is vintage.

The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

The definition alone made me a bit squeamish.
Remember that this is a bathing suit, people.

Suspicions.

2009-04-15T03:37:00.001+07:00

10:07 PM 4/14/2009

I had suspected
that soon I'd give in
to the temptation
his alluring charm
I'm reaching for the phone

10:08 PM 4/14/2009

Unfinished.

2009-04-14T21:17:00.001+07:00

8:18 PM 4/14/2009

My heart is never on a deficit
when it comes to you
yet you are so determined
in stuffing
your design upon my face
impugning me
letting me take a mental beating
thrashing even
still I put up with you
concealing the fracture
slowly splintering in my chest
because my sorry is not enough
for you to drop it
and let it go
because you wouldn't understand
how it hurts
to be accused
and then indicted
that I was in fact
the accuser

8:28 PM 4/14/2009

Disturbed, Confused #5

2009-04-14T21:16:00.002+07:00

8:15 PM 4/14/2009

Putting down the phone
I wondered
whether I did
the right thing or not

But then I remembered
that it'd never matter
I would never be right
in your presence

8:16 PM 4/14/2009

Disturbed, Confused #4

2009-04-14T21:16:00.001+07:00

8:11 PM 4/14/2009

I heard a tap
a knocking on my heart-door
I opened
and let you in
and closed it in tight
and now you've supposedly gone
but you haven't at all
the door that was supposed to be left open
was not even half closed
it remained as tight as before
yet you went in and out
without my noticing
whether you have left
or not

8:15 PM 4/14/2009

Disturbed, Confused #3

2009-04-14T21:15:00.002+07:00

8:09 PM 4/14/2009

And in reality
we are bringing ourselves down
with our little dispute
one by one
waging war with the other
never wanting to lose
while in fact getting closer
to defeat itself

8:11 PM 4/14/2009

Disturbed, Confused #2

2009-04-14T21:15:00.001+07:00

8:00 PM 4/14/2009

It was just yesterday
the feelings still engraved on my mind
on my slowly shattering heart
your hand on mine
your embrace
I can still feel it
I can still feel you

Raising my hand in front of my face
and what I see is a reflection of yours
our fingers intertwined

You feel so close
in fact so far
distanced
as if on two different islands
separated by an ocean
of volcanic emission
and the lava rocks never cool

I long to reach you
but can't
we ourselves make that impossible
with all the little fights
we get into
but never get out of
only buried
laid to rest
and then awakens
a more ferocious beast than before

I am tired
Aren't you?

8:09 PM 4/14/2009

Disturbed, Confused #1

2009-04-14T21:12:00.001+07:00

7:54 PM 4/14/2009

Cornered and confused,
accused and at fault
But I'm not
Really I'm not

But it's no use, is it?
You wouldn't listen to me anyways
You would always win
like you intended, like you wanted, like you planned
it in your mind

And I'd retreat to my corner,
like a terrified animal
whose tail is between
its hind legs
whimpering,

burying deep my feelings
only to have it resurface
in some other day
or event
or the next time we meet again

8:00 PM 4/14/2009

The Most Ancient Secret of Womankind.

2009-04-12T22:36:00.003+07:00

LOL.

I can totally relate to this. I mean, we ladies want to be understood but we hate being straightforward.

Instead of giving it to Katie, Laurie should give it to all the men in the world. :)

This is from my favorite webcomic, Count Your Sheep by Adrian Ramos.

Crazy for...

2009-04-12T21:30:00.009+07:00

(Photo: Hannah Whitaker/New York Magazine)

I'm not a scarves person myself but lately I've been considering wearing one to "lighten up" an otherwise plain look LOL. :D

Hi-top sneakers.

Kanye West wearing a Black/Pink Nike Air Yeezy on Keri Hilson's music video Knock You Down

Kanye West for Louis Vuitton

People are hating but I actually LOVE the shoes! :D
And I love Kanye too!
Which makes it like hitting two birds with one stone...wait. That doesn't seem very logical...
;)

I'm also in love with Mad Foot!

And Gola!

Being "BOLD."

2009-04-12T21:14:00.004+07:00

LOL. I just find these well... Let's just say they put a SMILE on my face. :D

But hey! Who am I to judge right? :D

Electricity Outage at the Dojo.

2009-04-10T06:53:00.008+07:00

Earth Hour-Lights Out

No this is not an entry about Earth Hour. I just find the above pic appropriate hehe.

Last night's Aikido class was kindaa canceled LOL.

Because yesterday was the General Election for the legislative seats, I had previously thought that there wouldn't be any practice.
To confirm whether or not there would be a class, therefore I contacted my sensei and turned out that the class still commenced as usual.

So I went to practice in good spirits but when I got there, the dojo was literally pitch dark. The only light that came were from the headlights of my car and the dim streetlights.
I pulled over, still not entering the dojo grounds, weighing the odds of attending class or not. I was imagining a lot of horrible and unseemly things that could happen to a girl in the dark.

Still contemplating the chances, I strained my eyes to see further and found out that I could make out car shapes in the dark. That meant that there were actually students [or thieves] in the dojo.

I had made up my mind.
I was going in.

When I got there, the dojo's security guards were busy huddling over the power box in the wall. Turned out that the electricity's out, and the switch thingy that was supposed to turn it back on was busted.

I clutched my cell tightly; before I got out of the car I had dialed 112, the equivalent of 911, and my thumb was ready to press the call dial if anything bad were to happen. I went upstairs to the class and found out that my friends and senseis were there; the mattresses were laid out and the guys were putting on their robes and knotting their belts, which can get a bit tricky.

We sat down in the seiza position, meditating, it went on for an hour aaaandd NOTHING HAPPENED.

And so class was rescheduled today at 8AM. :D

YAY!

Smiles.

2009-04-09T05:25:00.012+07:00

Me in one of my new outfits yesterday before going to school.
[click to enlarge]

YAAAYY!!! The last few days have been GOOD! MORE than good in fact.

First of all my sister Farra got accepted into Industrial Engineering ITB.

Second, my mom, Farra and I literally SPLURGED last Tuesday and brought home more than 30 fashion items haha.
About 10 of the things I can't wear though, because they were for Tamara... But still that'd mean that I have about 20 NEW CLOTHES!!! :D :D :D

Barefoot hehe.

My "pants"

And then yesterday, Wednesday to be exact, I bought myself a grey legging and jumpsuit, and my mom bought me this FANTABULOUS new pair of SHOES!!!
LOL.

I am ONE HAPPY GIRL. :)

P.s. The two last pics got a green hue from my bedroom wall. LOL. Btw the wall's actually lime green, not just green or even chartreuse. It doesn't show in the pics.

Lemons.

2009-04-07T08:16:00.002+07:00

Hooraayyy!!! My shirt's almost finished!!!
I only have to do the back now... :D :D :D

After this my mom and I are gonna go buy some dye to give the shirt COLOR hehe.
And no I'm not gonna tie-dye it.

Super EXCITED! :)

I'm thinking of a Lemony Yellow color right now...

Anywaaaaaaaaaaaayys, right after that we're going SHOE SHOPPING!!!
*We didn't go yesterday :'(*

Yay!

P.s. What is WRONG with the internet connection!
Damn you TelkomSpeedy!

Shred Your Shirts Until Your Hands Bleed.

2009-04-06T08:18:00.003+07:00

Guess what I'm doing?!!!

Yes my hand hurts from so much pulling and stretching of the fabric-my dad's old shirt mind you.

But it's actually very stress-relieving![!!!]
Haha.

I've still got a long way to go... And I still have to do the back of the shirt.
So GOOO MEE!!!
Lol.

Anyways, I've always loved DIY. Right now I've got this shirts project which involves a lot of cutting, shredding, dyeing and stuffs. Another ongoing project is on accessories; headbands, necklaces and bracelets.

Super EXCITED!!! :D

My latest inspiration comes from deedoubleyou on Etsy for her fabulous Josephine head wraps. :D

Can't wait to finish this project so I can start another one!!! :D

Fashion Is All About Eventually Becoming Naked

2009-04-06T07:11:00.006+07:00

I don't actually know who said the quote that is the title of this post lol. But yeah so I'm feeling better now. I still look like a monster though. :'(

Anywaaaaaaaaayys we're going SHOE SHOPPING todaaay!!! Yay! :D :D :D

That aside, on account of AMUNC (Asia-Pacific Model of United Nations Council), which I'm gonna attend this July in Australia, I've been looking for jackets and coats and such![!!!]

I've still got lots from my days in the States, I know, but I'm a girl! I can't help it! If I could, I'd want to be able to shop for every occasion!

But then again there is this little thing called a budget constraint hehehe...

Anyways here's a list of jackets, bomber jackets to be exact (which I've always loved), that I like but probably won't be able to buy (myself, I mean).

The cheapest one is $195.65 and it's this fabulous DKNY Silk Bomber Jacket.

Here are the rest:

Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti
Cropped Cotton Jacket

Rick Owens
Metallic Finish Bomber

Mulberry
Leather Bomber Jacket

Doma
Washed-Leather Bomber Jacket

And don't you just LOVE it if you can go to the gym wearing these?!

Adidas by Stella McCartneyAdidas by Stella McCartney

And of course this one!!!

Doma

Leather and Knit Jacket

Don't you just LOVE Doma today?
Doma is also the name for a group of Argentinian street artists. Check them out! ;)

Fats.

2009-04-04T15:00:00.002+07:00

I've been crying.
And I still am.

I think this is my lowest point.
I've never felt so ugly in my life.

Every girl must have felt ugly
even just for once in their lifetime.
If you haven't most probably you will later.
Like what I go through now.

I can't even stand to look myself in the mirror.
I am disgusted.
Embarassed.

I'm not the kind that you call beautiful.
I was always just cute.
Never pretty enough.

And cute in guy lingo means that some think you're attractive
while most think you're not.

I just got home from my dermatologist,
for what I imagined was the weekly facial,
but this time it was different.

"Those aren't pimples in your face," the doctor said.
"Those are fats."
"Fats?!" I exclaimed.
"Yes, fats."
"Just do what you have to remove them, doc," I said firmly.
And now I'm thinking whether I would regret the choice
for the rest of my life.

I literally look like a monster;
as if a thousand needles have punctured my face,
leaving them red and bleeding holes,
and I'm afraid they would never close.

I'm ugly enough as it is.
Please stop.

The process was like hell.
And now I look like hell too.
I am so afraid the scars would still remain,
leaving me ugly for the rest of my life.

And I don't think even Hasbi,
or any potential future lovers,
current admirers,
would overlook the ugly me
even if it's just temporary.

I cut aikido class today.
Something that I actually enjoy very much.
All because I was ashamed of this face,
apart from being scared that the scars will open again
from aikido maneuvers and being thrown on the mattress,
leaving me a bleeding and wounded beast.

I am just plain scared.

Cutting classes and severing relations.

2009-04-02T11:06:00.010+07:00

I didn't mean to cut class today. I was gonna attend it but man FEUI (my campus) is CRAZY!

You know why? Because yesterday was the last day of the mid-term exams.
And now campus life's started again as USUAL!!![???]
Unbelievable?! Yes, I know.

Anyways here's how it happened, after salat I went back to sleep. I had planned to wake up at 6AM or maybe 6:30...but instead I woke up at 7:12 hehe.

School started at 8 and no matter what I tried to do, I would never get to school on time.
And so I contented myself with playing tetris on my phone and then making necklaces haha.

I was gonna meet up with my ex today, something I shouldn't have done I know but I just can't help it. But because I didn't go to school today, so I didn't.
I know I have to sort it out, my feelings I mean, and interacting with him would only hinder me from achieving a clear state of mind.

Anyways, I really want to go shopping today! And since I'm free, I begged my mom to go with me on a shopping spree. But she declined.

I was gonna go to my orthodontist to change the rubber in my braces, but I just got word that her husband (my orthodontist's husband) just died. Innalillahi wa innailaihi rojiun. And so now the doctor trip's cancelled.

At any rate, I want paaaaaants!!! Well, rather shorts... And guess what?! I just found some of my old--actually my mom's old acid washed jeans haha! Hooray!!!

BTW, I start Aikido today!!! Can't WAIT!!! :D

P.s. I just found out that the EarthHour link didn't work on my last entry... So sorry...
You could click here to go the site though. :)

Just Plain Sad.

2009-03-30T16:40:00.001+07:00

Solaria.

Kwetiauw Ayam Goreng.
Cant get you off my mind now.
--
Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

Dam Breakout and Earth Hour.

2009-03-28T06:26:00.012+07:00

Man, my back is still hurting and my feet too! I was stuck in a 2-and-a-half hour traffic (from 4:30PM to 7PM or so last night) due to the dam breakout yesterday.

Anyways the Situ Gintung dam, which was 76 years old by the way, broke out yesterday, causing the death of approximately 60 people with 10 still M.I.A.

People have been calling non-stop to the house, asking whether my family's okay because our house isn't really that far/quite close to the area. In fact, my Eyang Putri, my grandmama (from my father's side), had just called to ask whether we're okay.

Now my mom and my sisters and I are gathering clothes to give to the victims of the breakout. :'( Will you give them some too?

Last night's traffic jam captured by my camera phone.

The president and the vice president were there yesterday, it was mainly due to this that the traffic was so jammed yesterday. Not to mention the news media were also there along with political parties' and NGOs' trucks and cars bringing food and clothes and setting up shelter. And then there were also people crowding the site and insolent, obstinate moped-drivers blocking the road. So you could imagine how frustating it was to be in the middle of the traffic.

The thing is I didn't suspect that there was a dam breakout the morning it happened. I remember passing by Pasar Jumat, and seeing people hoisting up a refrigerator inside which was this heavy wet sack. I had thought that the sack and fridge contained a dead, mutilated body perhaps, seeing that was the trend in Indonesia's criminal activities. But as it was mid-term I couldn't pull up and ask what was going on. It was only after my mom texted me what had happened did I realize what that was all about.

Anyhow, don't forget to turn off the lights tonight, March 28 at 8.30PM.
Remember you can VOTE EARTH by switching off your lights for an hour - EARTH HOUR. :D
Click the pic below to find out more how you can show your support. :D

Intan's Relationship Chronicle.

2009-03-27T09:52:00.007+07:00

2.0

1.5

1.0

The Stupidest Thing.

2009-03-27T09:35:00.004+07:00

Haha. The Business Risk Management mid-term is today.

I had thought it was at 8:30 AM. Buuuuuuutt, it turned out that it will start at 1:30 PM!!!

Yes, I am MESSED UP.

Haha. The thing is, my friend Echie and I were already at campus since 8AM.

Okay WE are MESSED UP.

Haha anyways so now we're BROWSING. And not studying at ALL hahahaha. :D

The KISS. :-*

2009-03-26T08:04:00.005+07:00

Hehe I'm back again, doing one of those blogrolls.

It's mid-term and Business Risk Management is tomorrow.

I was reading the materials last night when I got bored and went to sleep.
And then I had this crazy dream.

I couldn't really remember what exactly happened but this is the main idea...

So I was in Building A, now called the Nathanael Iskandar building, and I was looking at the SPA bulletin board. It said that the organization was gonna hold a free, medical check up visit to a lot of these doctors or something I couldn't quite remember.

After that, a bunch of management students were sitting in front of the bulletin board asked me when I approached whether they could get the free check up also. I said yes, seeing that it didn't actually say that only accounting students could participate. [Note: SPA is an accounting students organization]

And among those guys sitting in front of the board was this guy whom I've had a crush on a long time ago haha. ;)

Anywaaaayss, so we went on the visit.

I got separated from the group because I strayed into this bakery-coffee shop and had a real good time looking at richly colorful buildings in the area, which doesn't exist in real life mind you.

So I went round and round for some time, enjoying myself and even bumped into Ahmad Albar, the frontman of the legendary Indonesian rock band God Bless, no not the LL Cool J album.

At last I found where the others were but I had to cross this little moat or something--there was no bridge--and I was afraid that I was gonna fall into it. Across the moat, the land was squishy and muddy either so I was afraid I was gonna slip and fall if I jump.
[This is a dream people, I know that the Ahmad Albar and the moat don't make sense.]

The "good thing" was that there was this pillar that we could actually use to propel us for the jump. But I was too scared as the moat was pretty wide. Anyhow, people were encouraging me from the other side--imagine sports movies when it was the last minute of the game and the audience were doing the slow clap for the main lead(s).

And then the guy that I told you before, the one I had a crush on, reached out his hand to me, and told me to hold his hand.

"Jump," he said encouragingly with the CUTEST smile ever on his face. I was melting hehe.

And so I jumped and he caught me with his arms around my hips!
And then with the slightest gesture he kissed my cheek haha!

I woke up smiling. Heck I'm still smiling now! ;)
I remembered having those almost-waking-up-but-still-kinda-asleep moments thinking to myself, "Did he really kiss me?!!! DID HE REALLY?!!"

Hehe yes he did. :-*

Specs. :-*

2009-03-26T06:53:00.005+07:00

I wear glasses. And after my favorite pair of glasses, half-frame and shocking lime green, went missing/got stolen Idk, I decided to wear contact lenses.

After wearing ordinary clear ones, I went crazy for about three months and wore purple contact lenses, which--as oddly as it may sound--suited me[!] Shocking, I know.

Now I'm wearing light brown, which people said made me look like a bule, the Bahasa Indonesia equivalent of gringa.

But lately wearing contact lenses bore me. It took too much time and I started to wear my old glasses, a silver square one with snakeskin for the handles.

The things is, one of those little plastic thingies that was supposed to hold up your nose went missing. And now I want a new one. Like the one in the pic posted above. :D

Don't you think it looks absolutely cute?

Well if you don't, I still do anyways. ;) Hehe.

Anne Hathaway's Long Bob Is Simply LOVE! :D

2009-03-22T15:57:00.004+07:00

I've been meaning to post this for some time now. :D

Last time I posted that I was gonna have the "Oh Min Ji" hair, but then I realized that the curls were too intricate and it'd have to wait some time for my hair to grow out appropriately for the style to work.

I've been using this shampoo that was supposed to make your hair grow fast and pretty, but still it'd take time.

Anywaaaaaaaaayyss, my hair's long enough for the Anne Hathaway Long Bob!!! Haha I made that name up. I love love LOVE it! As soon as I saw it I googled it and printed the pic haha jk.

The only question is really, when will I have time to go to the salon? ;)

Chiiyaaaatt!!! martial arts whooshing sounds

2009-03-22T14:29:00.005+07:00

Hehe. So an Aikido dojo recently opened not far from my house. And I'm interested in joining in!

I would actually love to join a Pencak Silat school of martial arts instead--in fact I've wanted to join one since I was in elementary school, but it's too far away. :'(

I'm starting April 1st!!!

SUPER EXCITED!!! :D

Luxurious Lunch! ; d

2009-03-22T13:37:00.011+07:00

Yeaayy!!!
I LOVE Saturdays and Sundays!!!
But why these particular days, you might ask!? It's because of the FOOD, people!!!

So today my mom and dad cooked:

1. Nasi merah, or red rice in English.

Nasi merah is a variant of the regular rice. It's high in fiber yet low in carbs. So it's good for you who wish to go on a low-carb diet. :)

2. Sayur Asem

A traditional Indonesian vegetable soup, with a slight sour yet sweet taste. Its ingredients include groundnuts, melinjo (Latin name: gnetum gnemon), belimbing wuluh (Latin name: Averrhoa bilimbi), labu siam (Latin name: sechium edule, chayote/christophine in English), yardlong beans, tamarinds, and corns.

3. And then Pepes Ayam Madu.

This one is a weird one. Normally people have either a Pepes Ayam,

which is chicken marinated with ground spices, seasonings, lemon basils, tomatoes, and chilis, wrapped in banana leaves and then grilled, or an Ayam Madu,

which is Baked Chicken with Honey.

So you combine the two and basically what you get is amazing!!! ;)

I was gonna post pics but the food was so enticing that I dug in at once haha. :D
Bon apetit! : d

Oh shi[r]t! And purple tights too...

2009-03-21T18:19:00.005+07:00

Love her shirt! :D
I think I'm gonna make myself one...
The only thing is I can't... Because it's MID-TERM!!! :(
And then I really like her jacket (see below). I think I saw one in N.y.L.a. the other day... Oh man why do I have to have mid terms!!! Or any kind of exams actually. ;)

Plus I like the purple tights/stockings... And I know there's one for Rp30,000 at ITC Depok!
Man, speaking of Depok I just remembered mid-term again... :'(

Washed Denim, Shredded Shirt and Floral Patterns.

2009-03-21T18:02:00.004+07:00

I think everybody knows by now my obsession with floral patterns.

I want ur skirt Madeleine M!!!

And then there is another recent obsession with light, washed denim.

Gimme gimme gimme!

Simply <3

And yet another one with shredded shirt... Can anybody tell me how to shred a shirt properly?

I tried googling it... to no avail...

The perfectly shredded shirt. <3

Heartbreak VII

2009-03-20T07:54:00.002+07:00

My Song, His Song. Never Again Will It Be Our Song.

2009-03-20T07:22:00.009+07:00

Kiseki - GReeeeN

GReeeeN - KISEKI

Ashita kyou yori mo suki ni nareru
I'll be loving you more tomorrow than today
Afureru omoi ga tomaranai
These overflowing thoughts won't stop
Ima mo konna ni suki deiru no ni kotoba ni dekinai
Even though I love you so much until now, I can't put it into words
Kimi no kureta hibi ga tsumikasanari
The days you gave me pile up
Sugisatta hibi futari aruita kiseki
The miracle of the days that passed that we walked together
Bokura no deai ga moshi guuzen naraba unmei naraba
Our first meeting might be coincidence or fate
Kimi ni meguriaeta sore ga kiseki
But to meet you again and again, that's a miracle
Futari yori sotte aruite eien no ai wo katachi ni shite
As we walked side by side, an everlasting love took shape
Itsumademo kimi no yoko de waratteitakute
I want to be laughing by your side forever
Arigatou ya ah
Thank you
Aishiteru ja mada
I love you
Tarinai kedo semete iwasete shiawase desu to
It may not be enough but at least let me say that I'm happy

Itsumo kimi no migi no tenohira wo tada boku no hidari tenohira ga
Your right palm was always covered just by my left palm
Sotto tsutsundeku sore dake de
Even with just that
Tada ai wo kanjiteita
I could feel love
Hibi no naka de chiisa na shiawase
In those days, we found small happiness and piled them up
Mitsuke kasane yukkuri aruita kiseki
The miracle we slowly walked
Bokura no deai wa ooki na sekai de
Our meeting in this large world
Chiisa na dekigoto meguriaeta sore ga kiseki
That small event, meeting again, that is a miracle
Umaku ikanai hibi datte
There are days that I can't go on
Futari de ireba hare datte
If we are together, the weather clears
Tsuyogari ya sabishisa mo wasurerareru kara
Pretending to be strong and being lonely can't be forgotten
Boku wa kimi de lala
Because of you
Boku de ireru lala
I can be here
Dakara itsumo soba ni ite yo itoshii kimi e
So always stay with me, to you, my beloved

Futari fuzake atta kaerimichi
In the home town where we played together
Sore demo taisetsu na bokura no hibi
Even that is our treasured days
Omoi yo todoketo tsutaeta toki ni
The times when we told and expressed our thoughts
Hajimete miseta hyoujou no kimi
Was the first time you showed that facial expression
Sukoshi aida ga aite kimi wa unazuite
You opened up a bit with a nod
Bokura no kokoro mitasareteku ai de
The love that made me show you my heart
Bokura mada tabi no tochuu de mata korekara saki mo nanjuunen
We're still in the middle of a journey, again, from now on, even before, in tens of years
Tsudzuite ikeru you na mirai e
We continue towards the future

Tatoeba hora ashita wo miushinaisou ni bokura natta toshite mo
For example, look, even if we seem to lose sight of tomorrow...

Futari yori sotte aruite eien no ai wo katachi ni shite
As we walked side by side, an everlasting love took shape
Itsumademo kimi no yoko de waratteitakute
I want to be laughing by your side forever
Arigatou ya ah
Thank you
Aishiteru ja mada
I love you
Tarinai kedo semete iwasete shiawase desu to
It may not be enough but at least let me say that I'm happy

Umaku ikanai hibi datte
There are days that I can't go on
Futari de ireba hare datte
If we are together, the weather clears
Yorokobi ya kanashimi mo subete wakeaeru
We'll share everything even happiness and sadness
Kimi ga irukara ikiteikeru kara
Because you're here, because you're living on

Dakara itsumo soba ni ite yo itoshii kimi e
So always stay by my side, to you, my beloved

Saigo no ichibyou made
Until the last second

Ashita kyou yori egao ni nareru kimi ga iru dake de
More than today, tomorrow you will be here with a greater smile
Sou omoeru kara nanjuunen nanhyakunen nanzennen doki wo koeyou
Just with that, because I think that even if tens, hundreds, or thousands of years pass
Kimi wo aishiteru
I love you

Another fight, another break up.

2009-03-20T06:16:00.001+07:00

5:07 AM 3/20/2009

I woke up probably at 4 this morning.
I didn't want to sleep but I wasn't keen on getting up either.
And so I just laid there on my bed with my eyes closed.

My mind kept playing over and over again the scenes that Hasbi described to me on his text messages. I felt horrible, like I'm some sort of mean monster. But then the self-justification started kicking in. That he wasn't all that good either.

Why didn't he tell me that he was gonna have a class presentation? Why did he tell me that his class finished at 4 while it really finished at 5? When I called him, if the class presentation was indeed sudden as he said it was, why didn't he tell me that he couldn't make it at 4 because he has that presentation? Why did he insist on making me come to "sit in" his class, never telling me that he actually wanted me to watch him do the presentation, but made it seem like it would be just easier to get to my car?

Why didn't he tell me what he was gonna do when we went to FH to give Dila back her car? Why didn't he tell me he was gonna park Dila's car, instead of making me do rounds around the parking lot on mine? Why didn't he tell me how he was gonna give Dila back her keys? I had no idea what he was gonna do so I was just following him around in my car.

When we got in the car, didn't he get it that I couldn't drive while holding hands or being hugged or stuff like that!? And I just hate it how he compared me and the way that I drive to himself. Go drive yourself home if you don't like it. Why didn't he get it that we've gotten out of campus at 5-something PM so we're gonna arrive at his house about an hour or so later, and what time would I get home? Didn't he get it that I would have to drive home alone and in the dark too?

He knew how dark the road to my house is! He knew it but he wouldn't understand it. I believe I have every right to be pissed because of his disorganization and lack of information-sharing I had to go home late when I could be enjoying myself at home, doing my homework early so I wouldn't be rushed and sneaking in classes doing my homework, I could watch the American Idol results show in peace, etc etc. He knew that I have SPM today, and that the homework was always a burden! He knew that every week I couldn't finish my hw on time because of how much problems imposed by the homework. I hated it I hated it I hated it and I hated him especially for this.

And before I knew it, we broke up again without having even gotten back together. Dammit.

6:11 AM 3/20/2009

Matt Giraud :D

2009-03-19T06:22:00.004+07:00

What really got me hooked on Matt Giraud:

Matt Giraud - Human Nature.mp3 - Matt Giraud

Last night's performance:

Floral Skirts and Pocket Watches.

2009-03-17T10:08:00.005+07:00

I want the skirt!
Must go to Senen. Must convince Echie to go after Mid-Term!

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They had lots of pocket watches in Singapore. And they were cheap too. I knew I shoulda bought it!

Grandpa's Love. The Best Hao Shaowen (Bo Bo Ho) Movie Ever

2009-03-17T07:14:00.007+07:00

Have you ever cried when watching a movie? What was the first movie that you cried to? Mine was the 1994 movie Grandpa's Love (Zu Sun Qing). I watched it on TV when I was in elementary school or so, I forgot what grade.

I cried my eyes out when I watched the movie and even woke my mom up by my crying hehe.

The movie starred Hao Shaowen, otherwise known as Bo Bo Ho, a very famous child actor at the time in Shaolin movies as the comic relief. The other leads were Jimmy Lin as Hao Shaowen's older brother and Lang Xiong as the grandpa.

Plot Synopsis:
Jiang Xing Jian (Jimmy) and his 4 year old brother Xing Kang (Hao Shao Wen), whose parents died in a plane crash, lived with their grandpa, who’s the chairman of a big company. Grandpa expected the 17 year old Ah Jian to be a good example for Ah Kang, but whenever Ah Kang got into trouble, grandpa would blame Ah Jian. This made Ah Jian felt that grandpa seems to favour his younger brother more and doesn't try to understand his feelings.

Soon, it's grandpa's birthday and Ah Jian was preparing to go out and buy a gift for him but Ah Kang, seeing his brother leaving with his bicycle, pester him to bring him along. Ah Jian refused but Ah Kang made a nuisance of himself and wouldn't stop crying unless he agrees to bring him. Ah Jian had no choice but to agree.

While Ah Jian was looking around at all the gifts, Ah Kang followed a group of children who ran past and later got lost. Ah Jian came out and found Ah Kang missing, made a frantic search. When he was at a total despair, Ah Kang finally found him and it was a touching reunion.

After getting the gift, they had to rush home before grandpa does. Ah Jian with Ah Kang on their bicycle held on a moving vehicle so that it'll be faster to reach home. However, grandpa's car was just behind them and had caught sight of them. Grandpa was fuming mad with Ah Jian for endangering he and his brother. But Ah Kang told grandpa that brother had specially got him a gift, till then did he cool down.

Advised by their uncle, grandpa decided to give Ah Jian another chance, and offered to bring him to Hong Kong for a business trip. Ah Jian was very happy about the friendship offered by grandpa. One day, however, Ah Jian found a video that had their parents but Ah Kang suddenly burst into the room. He tried to stop his little brother from watching the tape but he snatched the remote control from Ah Jian and accidentally erased the video tape that had their parents’ clips. Ah Jian went to all the video shops to find a way to recover the clips but it was impossible. He then went to a pub and got himself drunk.

When Grandpa saw him returning home drunk, he was very upset, and as a punishment to Ah Jian, he went on to Hong Kong on his own. Feeling both depressed and a sense of desperation. Ah Jian went to climb a tree which is just above the waterfall to relieve his frustrations, but to his surprise, Ah Kang followed him there. Ah Kang suddenly fell and encountered a snake. Fearing for his little brother’s safety, he tried to climb back to the bank to reach his brother but one of his hands slipped and he plunged down.....
Synopsis courtesy of Jimmy Lin Fans' Zone

Crayon Shin-Chan!

2009-03-17T06:49:00.002+07:00

LOL. This doll is so cute and it actually records and plays sounds. :)

Hasbi told me I look like him. :'( I don't, right? Hehe. ;)

Chaaaaaaaaaarrm bracelet! :)

2009-03-17T06:37:00.003+07:00

5:54 AM 3/17/2009

Hehe charm bracelets! What girl doesn't like them?

Anyways I, along with my mom and my sisters, made charm bracelets last night! Eight of them!!! I was gonna post the pictures but I'm not exactly a genius at photography... Hehe. I keep getting a shadow over the bracelets that I was gonna take pictures of.

2 of the bracelets I made for myself, and 2 other for each of my sisters! The rest we're gonna sell. And at a very affordable price too! ;) If you go to the mall and ask for a charm bracelet, the shopkeeper would probably propose some incredulous prices; hundreds of thousands of rupiahs!!! Even when you go to Citos for the Ladies' Day bazaar and ask for a charm bracelet they would probably price it at about 200-300 thousand rupiahs for one.

My charm bracelets have the same, if not better quality, than that sold at Citos and whatnots, but at less than half the price!!! :D :D :D

I am excited! Can't wait to bring them to school!!! ;)

6:02 AM 3/17/2009

Gold Lion! :)

2009-03-16T05:57:00.008+07:00

People keep posting these personality tests thingy on facebook. And so I got curious and tried some of them. So I tried this site, DOUBUTSU URANAI.

DOUBUTSU URANAI uses the date of birth, based on the Four Pillars of Destiny, that breaks down the human characteristics into 12 different kinds of animals. I found this one pretty accurate.

I actually put in my name 4 times! And it all came out Gold Lion. :D

GOLD LION

You are Gold Lion, who is rather serious and polite type of person.
You value personal relationships.
You suppress yourself and act to be a sociable person.
But you are really a person who doesn't like to loose to anyone.
You dislike emotional atmosphere and vague attitude.
You want to make everything clear-cut.
You like to stay in your own little world.
If you get in a situation where there are lots of people you can not express yourself and act as a perfect person.
You are not very subjective sort of person, unlike ordinary women, but unfortunately you lack soft and gentle atmosphere.
You tend to be too bold.
You cannot help but stretch your hand to those who are in need.
You are very kind person who helps the weak.
You are also weak on compliments, and will work enthusiastically after someone has given a compliment.
You will go about your duty steadily and loyally, and not get in a rush to achieve the objective.
You have perseverance, and will work effortlessly until you reach your objective.
Something that you have worked steadily for a long, long time, will turn out to be an asset to the world.
You are careful and rational, and therefore place value to steady life.
After getting married, you will be a devoted mother and a wife, but you are really a very dependent person, and prefer to keep your own little world.

LION
Characteristics and Personality

1. Lions love special treatment and praise.
2. Lions say things like "Awesome!" and "Definitely!"
3. Lions don't complain and are hard on others
4. Lions are perfectionists
5. Lions are not good with numbers
6. Lions' mortal enemies are lack of sleep and an empty stomach
7. Lions own expensive things
8. Lions love silly puns
9. Lions are actually spoiled kids
10. Lions are outwardly impressive; but their rooms are a shambles

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P.s. LOL. Hasbi's animal was sheep. No wonder we get into fights a lot.

Headbands ; ]

2009-03-15T22:11:00.003+07:00

Not everybody can wear headbands. I'm one of those people. I don't know what's exactly wrong but in my opinion, my hair just doesn't "support" the wearing of the headbands LOL. But still, LOVE LOVE LOVE Milla Jovovich's headband shown above.

Emma Roberts' is also quite simple and classy and quite wearable to most, if not all, occassions. :D

And then there's Mischa who quite helped popularize the headband. :)

I'm not wearing pants. But that's okay.

2009-03-15T21:36:00.006+07:00

LOL. So here are 3 celebrities that seems to disregard pants as a daily necessity to cover up their ladythingies.

Numero uno!
We have Lady Gaga. This one comes as no surprise. When have you ever seen Lady Gaga wearing pants really? LOL.

Image courtesy of E!News

Numero dos!
The second spot goes to Shanae Grimes of the series 90210.
Not only is the shirt too short, but she needs to learn that plaid and floral stocking nets and those boots just don't work.

Image courtesy of E!News

Numero tres!
Yes Lisa Rinna's looking fabolous at 46 but this mini-minidress looks more like a shirt than a dress.

Image courtesy of E!News

Unfortunately Rinna's not the only one whose super short minidress/skirt doesn't work.
There's Gwyneth,

This one looks more like a blazer on top of a lingerie piece, doesn't it?

Audrina,

Speechless.

Pamela Anderson,

Ckck Pamela...

and everybody's favorite, Leighton Meester.

This just shows that super mini-minidress/skirt just doesn't work! Even on Blair Waldorf it's not very flattering. :D

I want it I want it I want it.

2009-03-15T02:09:00.003+07:00

I want this Fred Flare headband!!! Love love LOVE it!

There are also these other two dappled feather headbands but nothing beats this one!!! :D

I want it I want it I want it.

Go

2009-03-15T02:05:00.000+07:00

1:57 AM 3/15/2009

Please move on please
Please just stay away
It's not that I don't want you
or us
But I'm too scared
of being loved
and hurt by the one I love
I am ungenerous
always taking never giving
You will never be happy with me
So go
seek your happiness elsewhere

2:05 AM 3/15/2009

Awkward II

2009-03-15T01:51:00.002+07:00

1:45 AM 3/15/2009

You held my hand
You can't do that anymore

You got mad because I didn't call
to tell you where I was
and who I was with
But you can't do that anymore
You just can't

I'm not yours anymore
or the other way around

So there will be no obligations
no rights or privileges

You can't do that anymore
I'm sorry

1:47 AM 3/15/2009

Awkward I

2009-03-15T01:51:00.001+07:00

1:38 AM 3/15/2009

I can't sleep
thinking of tomorrow

Do we really have to meet?
Do I really have to see you?

This is awkward
I am awkward
when I'm around you

That never used to be the case
I know

But things are different now
I just don't know how to put it

Our relationship
I just don't know where we are

I don't know what we are
to each other now

Tomorrow's going to be awkward
I can tell
I don't know what to do anymore

1:45 AM 3/15/2009

Heartbreak VI

2009-03-13T11:26:00.002+07:00

Heartbreak V

2009-03-13T11:08:00.001+07:00

10:50 AM 3/13/2009
We met
Held hands
I cried
He left
10:50 AM 3/13/2009

Ratih

2009-03-13T11:07:00.001+07:00

8:37 AM 3/13/2009
Thank you GOD for Ratih
for letting her bring smiles into my life
for letting her be honest with me
for letting her be a good listener to all my troubles
for letting her be my best friend

Thank you GOD for Ratih
Help me do the same for her
8:38 AM 3/13/2009

Heartbreak IV

2009-03-13T11:06:00.002+07:00

8:34 AM 3/13/2009
One day I prayed
like no other servant of GOD has prayed
When the others prayed
they asked HIM to give them the best
but I asked for GOD to turn him
into the best

I was vain and I was wrong
So I now reap what I sow
8:36 AM 3/13/2009

Heartbreak III

2009-03-13T11:06:00.001+07:00

8:33 AM 3/13/2009
You were the first
I hoped for you to be the last
I'm sorry GOD I was vain
I didn't ask YOU right
But now I get it
So come what may
I won't do it again
8:34 AM 3/13/2009

Heartbreak II

2009-03-13T11:05:00.000+07:00

8:30 AM 3/13/2009
Did you cry when we broke up?
I want to know
Will you cry if there's no me?
Well you reap what you sow
8:32 AM 3/13/2009

Heartbreak I

2009-03-13T11:03:00.001+07:00

8:28 AM 3/13/2009
Thoughts of you still clutter my mind
I have to clean it up now
Put it in a box and put it away
You must put your cluttered thoughts
of me away too
Lock it up
And throw the key away
8:29 AM 3/13/2009

Prose

2009-03-13T11:01:00.001+07:00

8:13 AM 3/13/2009
It felt funny waking up today
finding myself not being his anymore.
He asked to meet this morning.
He has a morning class and so do I.
I said yes, though I don't know why.
I can't imagine what it would feel like,
seeing him in the streets or on campus corridors.
Passing him by in the cafeteria.
Should I smile? Should I wave?

We talked on the phone last night.
I felt awkward.
I didn't know how he felt.
Did he feel awkward too?

I deliberately went to school late today so that maybe it'd be too late to meet.
But there was no phone calls from him.
My heart sunk a little.
And I went to school wondering
what happened.

Today all the songs on the radio
and all the music videos on TV
played love songs,
songs of the broken hearted.
Maybe this is selective listening.
People hear what they want to hear.
And realization hits me in the face again,
again and again and again
that I'm not his anymore
nor is he mine.

But yesterday
after I cried my eyes out
and they were red and swollen and puffy,
my heart lifted a little,
though the world seems no better than it was,
the birds still sing and the sun still shines
and the world doesn't seem so bad.

I felt a little scared
of what may come
now that there's no us anymore.
But the world goes on still
as does my life
and as I'm writing this
he's maybe moving on little by little
or maybe even with giant steps.

I have to move on too.
8:27 AM 3/13/2009

Human Nature

2009-03-12T19:50:00.004+07:00

-Michael Jackson

Looking out
Across the nighttime
The city winks a sleepless eye

Hear her voice
Shake my window
Sweet seducing sighs

Get me out
'Into the nighttime
Four walls won't hold me tonight

If this town
Is just an apple
Then let me take a bite

If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way

Reaching out
To touch a stranger
Electric eyes are everywhere

See that girl
She knows I'm watching
She likes the way I stare

If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
I like lovin' this way
I like lovin' this way

Looking out
Across the morning
Where the city's heart begins to beat

Reaching out
I touch her shoulder
I'm dreaming of the street

If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way
Oooh

If they say
Why, why, tell 'em that it's human nature
Why, why, does he do me that way

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The song is stuck in my head after hearing the American Idol contestant Matt Giraud sing it yesterday.
And it seems appropriate for the occasion. :'(

I Care For You Though It's Not My Place

2009-03-12T02:33:00.002+07:00

2:26 AM 3/12/2009

Get mad all you want
Because I care for you
Though it may not be my place
Know that I care for you
But I know you know it too
I care for you
I care for you

We didn't work out, I know
There was never a we, I know
But I care for you
Let me care for you
Especially because I know
that I am better than her
in a thousand different ways
And especially because I know
that deep down you know it too

I care for you, I always do
And I don't care
Whether you care for me too
I care for you
I care for you
And that's enough reason for me
to care for you til eternity

I care for you
I care for you

2:32 AM 3/12/2009

Done while listening to Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat's Lucky. :"(

Doodling!!! :D

2009-03-12T02:11:00.003+07:00

Hehe. The two subjects that I don't find quite "enjoyable", PRU (Business Risk Management) and TAK (Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis).

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2:44 AM

I made this one the night that after Hasbi had the accident.

Hasbi's Car Accident.

2009-03-10T21:42:00.001+07:00

Hasbi just got an accident.

Post more later.

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March 12, 2009, 2:16 AM

UPDATE:

Hasbi's alright. And so is the guy his car hit.
His car on the other hand, is NOT okay.
Because of the sudden braking, a car collided into the back of his car.
Good thing it was Dida who crashed into him and not anyone else.
Dida was also lucky because the car behind her escaped colliding into the back of her JUST BARELY.
Another good thing is they've both got insurance.

I'm gonna post an entry later on about road and driving safety. This is a major issue I think in Jakarta, Depok, and actually in all of Indonesia. :)

Well gonna crash. ;)

2:22 AM

Nasi Kebuli and Pirated DVDs.

2009-03-09T09:57:00.003+07:00

The pic on the far left is Nasi Kebuli, nasi meaning rice

8:58 AM 3/9/2009

I just had breakfast. And it was Nasi Kebuli. It's been a long time since my mom and dad made that so it was nice. The only thing is I had planned to eat oatmeals (yes, just like a Quaker ;) ) for breakfast starting today because my bowel engagement is well, not so good.

My digestion has been messed up since my last year of high school (I only do the thingy about once a week or something). *Yes of course you can throw up.* So it's been well over 3 and a half years now.

I've tried EVERYTHING. Drinks and medicines and those chocolates and pills that were supposed to make you wanna go to the bathroom, they just don't work. Well actually the latter worked. But it was too painful. Ew.

Aaaaanywaaays, my family, except for Farra who's still sleeping and me of course, were watching James Bond downstairs. It was one of the many DVDs we bought at POINSquare yesterday hehe. And if you're an Indonesian then you must know what kind of DVDs I'm talking about.

I'm not proud in participating in such illegal actions that contribute to our low GDP but man[!] a genuine DVD nowadays (and actually for some years now) is SOOOOO expensive.

But someday when I make a lot of money [and when genuine DVDs are reasonably priced], I'll buy genuine ones.

9:06 AM 3/9/2009

P.s. We're having Parata for lunch!!! :D

TransJakarta: A Bus Rapid Transit System? Yea, right.

2009-03-09T09:51:00.006+07:00

8:23 AM 3/9/2009

Hehe. So I had promised to tell you about my "journey" home from Senen.

It was my first time there. So I didn't know like where to wait for the bus, or what time does the bus come, how many minutes apart is one bus from another. In short I knew nothing.

One thing I did know is that there is a Ciputat-Senen bus, the Patas AC 76, and it passed by my house.

I asked Echie whether she and Dania would wait for me until I was safely on my bus home before they themselves would go home. And they said that they weren't riding the train home so we could just wait for the bus together. They were riding the Senen-Depok bus to their rented rooms near campus.

So I was content.

And after we were all tired from picking out clothes from their piles (yes it's piled) and tossing and turning the piles of clothes like we would a salad and shouting prices that would sound so incredibly outrageous were we not in Senen, we decided to go home.

I obediently followed Dania and Echie, the masters of Pasar Senen as they had gone there many times before. We walked and crossed the streets to Atrium Senen which we only passed through by the way because the bus stop Echie and Dania were referring earlier was located in front of the Atrium.

We waited contently there.

There were a lot of people waiting for their buses there. And for a moment I was happy. But then an unhappy little thought began to meddle with my state of happiness. What if my bus doesn't pass through here?

I voiced my concern. And Echie took action by asking a nearby drinks stall. The seller confirmed my concern and said that I was waiting at the wrong place.

It was beginning to rain hard. And we were all tired. and the bus stop I was supposed to be waiting in was a little too far for my, as well as Dania and Echie's tastes. Also the fact that a girl walking alone in a place where muggers and pickpockets roam wasn't appealing either. So I weighed the chances whether I should just walk to the bus stop and wait there where I know my Patas AC 76 would pass by or just risk the chances and rode on a TransJakarta, now that a new route had been opened up to Lebak Bulus.

Echie and Dania immediately agreed to the latter idea.

"Yes! And we could both keep an eye on you while you were waiting for the bus from here!" they had said.

OK. Sounded good enough for me. And so I did.

And BOY did I make the wrong choice or what!

It took approximately a little over 4 and a half hours for me to get home! If I just took the other bus it would only take me probably 2 hours (worst case scenario) to get home!!!

And for the whole 4-and-a-half-hour journey I was standing up. In the bus and the bus stop. And I also had to transfer buses 4 TIMES!

Man. That sucked hard.

I don't even wanna go over the details again.

One thing I was grateful of was of the few friendly middle-aged man who cared for me in the bus like their own daughters, saved me from being squished alive in the bus, and giving their body parts for me to hold on to on the constantly lurching bus (damn you lady driver who I suspected just learned how to drive!)

The moral of the story is: Don't get on the TransJakarta if you wanna get home from Senen and you happen to live in Lebak Bulus or other areas in South Jakarta or in the South of Jakarta. And if you REALLY have to, don't get off at Grogol. The line at the bus stop is HELL I'm telling you. And you have to wait for more than 2 hours just for a TransJakarta to pass.

I'm shaking just now from remembering the experience.

Well I'm off to have breakfast! Ttul!

8:49 AM 3/9/2009

P.s. Go to http://rutebusway.com/ and I'll give you a free kiss for everyone who could determine all the places I transferred buses from Senen to Lebak Bulus hehe.

500.

2009-03-09T09:32:00.004+07:00

8:09 AM 3/9/2009

Hehe so I was SOOO pissed off today because I was supposed to go to Hasbi's house to celebrate the 500th day we've been together.

And because I have SO many homeworks, I decided to postpone it. I told him that when I called him last night.

I was so ready to write an entry about how I'm SO mad at him! He begged for me to come to his house today (last week I was gonna surprise him by just suddenly appearing on his doorsteps with a cake but my plan got found out) but when I postponed it, he didn't even care about the fact that the celebration was postponed!

That really got on my nerves.

And he didn't even realize how pissed I was because of his reaction. I really thought he wanted to celebrate it but why was his reaction so flat when I told him I couldn't come over to his house today.

"So when will we meet then?" I asked him. He's a management major, and I'm in accounting so we don't have classes together and thus makes it hard to meet.
"Well Tuesday we can meet up!" he said matter-of-factly.
"But my classes are full on Tuesday!" I insisted.
"We met up last Tuesday, didn't we?"

Man that pissed me off so bad.

I didn't mean when can we meet up like in campus and stuff. I meant like when are we gonna celebrate the 500 thingy!

Damn you ego!

Anywaaaays, I was just calculating the 500 thingy again this time on Excel. Aaaaaaaaaaaaandd it turns out that the 500th day is actually not on this date in February like I had thought before. It's actually on March 14 this weekend! Haha.

Suddenly all my angriness, all my irritation washed away.

I'm so sorry Pacaar. :( hehehe.

8:22 AM 3/9/2009

P.s. Pacar, the cupcake above is a hint.

The Voyage to Shop! a.k.a. Bargain hunting.

2009-03-09T09:28:00.004+07:00

7:43 AM 3/9/2009

Hehe I didn't even once touch the computer screen since last Thursday, and when on Friday I did turn on the computer, I turned it off again deciding that I would just cut class and not turn in my homework hehe.

So I got a lot of things on my mind that I want to share with you guys.

The first thing is of course about my little shopping trip with Dania and Echie, an epithet for Jessica. :D

All in all I spent about Rp25.000,- for 3 very cute skirts and a top!!!

That was a record ladies and gentlemen. The last time I splurged I spent about...well I spent hundreds of thousands of rupiahs. :'(

I'll post the pic later.

I didn't get the skirts I was looking for though, but the ones I got were just, if not more, as cute! So I'm very pleased with myself.

So at 1.30 PM we embarked on our shopping adventure on the economy train from Depok-Cawang and got off at Senen. That was my 1st time riding the economy train, and truth be told it wasn't as scary as I had thought. And then we got off and rode a bus to Pasar Senen. All in all the trasportation to the shopping place costs about Rp3.500,-

(I was dropped off at campus today so I won't add it to the COGS hehe.)

For that day, I had set myself to look as plain as possible, wearing only a plain white graphic shirt, a green cardigan, jeans, and the old reliable loafers. That day instead of dressing up to college I had to dress down hehe.

This is because the place is swarming with thieves and muggers, mind you. I left my GSM cellphone at home and only brought my CDMA one, putting it, as well as my wallet, in between of schoolbooks in my bag as to disguise its whereabouts. I put some money, Rp50.000,- and some change on my front pocket for easy access and I was done.

But still, I was noticeable, people were calling "Ijoo!!! Ijoo!!!"** and I thought "Dammit why did I have to wear such a noticeably bright color cardigan!"

Although the fact that I was "noticed" did help me in getting bargain prices (the seller reduced it by half! *YAY*) so hooray for my lady charms! Haha.

I still have another story about how I got home from Senen but I think it's gonna be another entry so ttul! :D hehe.

8:03 AM 3/9/2009

**Ijo, or rather hijau, is Bahasa Indonesia for green.

Procrastinating. Count Your Sheep.

2009-03-09T09:24:00.002+07:00

7:15 AM 3/9/2009

So this is one of my favorite strip from the webcomic Count Your Sheep.

How many of you can relate to this?

I once took a time management course. And for some time, I was ahead in my schedule for once!!! But then I said it was only for some time, then I went back to procrastinating.

Like last Friday, I cut class [partly] because I haven't done my Control Systems Management homework. Of course I really was sick at the time. But I could have emailed the hw to my professor or something. But I didn't. And I still haven't done it yet.

So now I have a LOT of hw to do.

1. Management Control Systems, due last Friday
2. International Taxation, due Wednesday
3. Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis - Revised, due Thursday

I'm doomed.

7:22 AM 3/9/2009

P.s. It's also currently my desktop wallpaper :)

New hair, new celebrity crush.

2009-03-04T22:35:00.006+07:00

10:08 PM 3/4/2009

I'm thinking of growing out my hair. :D

I'm gonna style it like Lee Si Young's on the Korean series Boys Over Flowers, an adaptation of the manga of the same name.

Hehe blurred. But still pretty. ;)

What do you think? Hehe.

10:11 PM 3/4/2009
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10:12 PM 3/4/2009

Btw the male lead on the series, Goo Joon Pyo, played by the Korean actor Lee Min Ho, is GORGEOUS!!!

I heart him hehe.

10:13 PM 3/4/2009
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10:22 PM 3/4/2009

Wow!!!

I just wiki-ed him! Lee Min Ho, I mean. And he's only older by 3 years!!!

10:23 PM 3/4/2009

Shopping is ALWAYS a pleasure. :D

2009-03-04T18:28:00.004+07:00

6:13 PM 3/4/2009

HWAAAHH!!!

I just got back from PIM!!! There was nothing good. :'(

In front of PIM 2.

Inside PIM 2.

So today Auditing II was canceled. Man that sucked. And I knew that when I was already halfway back from Citos to Depok! If I had known before I would have gone home already. :'(

Anywaaaaays, we, that is Nanda and I, wasted our time at PIM. We initially went to pick out Tio (Nanda's bf) a present, but we ended up picking out stuffs for ourselves hehe.

Soooo, now I'm so tired. What I wouldn't give for a nice massage hehehe. ;)

6:24 PM 3/4/2009

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6:33 PM 3/4/2009

LOL. Oh yea I just remembered. Before we, Nanda and I, went to PIM, we went to Citos, another mall and one of our favorite hang out places in South Jakarta.

It was LADIES' DAY!!!

They held this bazaar with a pretty economical price. :) Well most are very economical.

Unfortunately the stuffs they sold there today didn't quite appeal to me. So I went home empty handed.

I actually liked this dress but it was like SO overpriced that I didn't buy it, meanwhile Nanda went home with this real cute blue dress for Rp400.000,-

I am JEALOUS!!!

But tomorrow I'm going shopping again. This time with Echie and Dania hehe. YAY for SHOPPING!!! :D

I hope tomorrow I get to buy cute skirts! I like this cute skirt in Girlfriend magazine, and it was sold in N.y.L.a. but when I searched for it in PIM's N.y.L.a. they didn't have it anymore!!! I'll post the pic later. :'(

I'll post pics of me and Nanda shopping as soon as Nanda posted it on facebook hehe. :D

Once again YAY for SHOPPING!!! :D

6:41 PM 3/4/2009

Late Night Haiqua :)

2009-03-03T22:30:00.001+07:00

9:38 PM 3/3/2009

My head on your shoulder
Your head on top of mine
Stayed like that a long time
I was happy

9:38 PM 3/3/2009

Miss U Pacar! :D

2009-03-03T11:16:00.003+07:00

Me, and Hasbi @ A&W PIM 2.

Desperately in need to go on a date hehehe. :D

Pacar if ur reading this, take me out NOW!!!

Slumdog Millionaire: A New Favorite.

2009-03-02T22:21:00.005+07:00

10:09 PM 3/2/2009

Courtesy of imdb

WHOAAA!!!

I just finished watching Slumdog Millionaire!!!

It's a bit late I know for a review as I guess by now everybody's seen it but... GOD I'm SPEECHLESS!!! The movie was so absolutely astounding and amazing that it's left me at loss for words!!!

Anyways there were 3 most memorable moments in the movie in my opinion:

1. At the last few seconds of his life and Salim let out with his very last breath "GOD is Great..." Truly a wondrous end ever for a Muslim's life

Child Salim

2. When the child Jamal jumped into the puddle of human droppings, one hand held high holding Amitabh Bachan's pic as to not let it get dirty, only to meet his idol Amitabh and get his autograph :D

Courtesy of imdb

3. The dance ending. It's not Bollywood until you move it, move it! ;D

Courtesy of imdb

And most probably the fact that they're Muslims help, too LOL. :D

Cute child actors!!!

I WANT TO WATCH IT AGAAAAIINNN!!! \(^O^)/~~

10:23 PM 3/2/2009

Work It Baby!

2009-03-02T09:16:00.005+07:00

8:00 AM 3/2/2009
HELLOOOO WOOORRRLLLLDD!!!

So I woke up today at 6.30 AM, already determined and SO totally ready to go to the gym. I had estimated that we would go to the place at 7, probably arrive there 5 to 10 minutes later. We, that is my Mami and I, would then sign ourselves up, get a bite to eat and start working out at 8 when the place officially opens.

But...

my mom came up to me at about 7 and we started having that mother-daughter heart-to-heart session, which consisted of me nodding, uttering thoughtful comments, and mostly listening to my mom's worries and that lasted about more than half an hour!

So it was already 7.30 AM when we finished the rap session, and then the housekeeper came and my mom went downstairs to do some household things like every good homemaker does and MY PLAN IS RUUUUUUIIINNEEEEDDD!!!

Of course I could have just gone there myself, but no thank you. Me and sweaty guys at the gym don't mix well. If I have my mom with me, I have a shield to repel those guys away haha. And anyways I was worried that the personal trainer would be one of those sweaty guys. At least if my mom was there I wouldn't have to be confront him alone.

Anyways, no offence to all the sweaty guys who happen to be reading this. I mean you no harm, although you could use some deodorant and drop your pick up lines. Hehe.

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8:15 AM 3/2/2009
YAYAY! My mom promised me that we could go to the gym later! Only to sign up though. But we could officially start working out tomorrow! YAAAYY for mee!!!

Oh and by the way, my Panther's tires are like so badly scorched from burning rubber that the fibers are sticking out of them haha. Yes, and this is another job for SUPERMOM Emmy Kim and her sidekick Pak Rasyid the DRIVER!

Well, all's well that ends well! :D

8:19 AM 3/2/2009

Thunder Attack of the Golden Monkey Warrior

Hello!

Hapi. :)

Cakes and Tea.

Last Time We Went Out.

Transfers. :)

Catching Up & Little Baghdad.

Loves.

Epic Shi[r]t.

Spendings and Signs.

Skirts! Lips!

Shoes.

Study Session.

Hats, Scarves, Rings, and Interviews.

Sexy Stuff.

Hating and Swingin'.

Australian Winterwear.

Fainting and Seizures.

Chocolates & Avocados.

Being Huggable.

Lips.

Batik Shirts and Bangles. :)

HAPPINESS!

New Do? [Well Not Really.]

Colon Parenthesis. :)

Absolute Hearts! ;)

Times.

Gratitude.

Ventures. :)

SELAMAT HARI KARTINI! :D

Glasses and Scarves. :D

Lemony. :'(

Teenage Angst.

“Late at night, when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you...

The motion picture is like a picture of a lady in a half-piece bathing suit.

Suspicions.

Unfinished.

Disturbed, Confused #5

Disturbed, Confused #4

Disturbed, Confused #3

Disturbed, Confused #2

Disturbed, Confused #1

The Most Ancient Secret of Womankind.

Crazy for...

Being "BOLD."

Electricity Outage at the Dojo.

Smiles.

Lemons.

Shred Your Shirts Until Your Hands Bleed.

Fashion Is All About Eventually Becoming Naked

Fats.

Cutting classes and severing relations.

Just Plain Sad.

Dam Breakout and Earth Hour.

Intan's Relationship Chronicle.

The Stupidest Thing.

The KISS. :-*

Specs. :-*

Anne Hathaway's Long Bob Is Simply LOVE! :D

Chiiyaaaatt!!! *martial arts whooshing sounds*

Luxurious Lunch! ; d

Oh shi[r]t! And purple tights too...

Washed Denim, Shredded Shirt and Floral Patterns.

Heartbreak VII

My Song, His Song. Never Again Will It Be Our Song.

Another fight, another break up.

Matt Giraud :D

Floral Skirts and Pocket Watches.

Grandpa's Love. The Best Hao Shaowen (Bo Bo Ho) Movie Ever

Crayon Shin-Chan!

Chaaaaaaaaaarrm bracelet! :)

Gold Lion! :)

Headbands ; ]

I'm not wearing pants. But that's okay.

I want it I want it I want it.

Go

Awkward II

Awkward I

Heartbreak VI

Heartbreak V

Chiiyaaaatt!!! martial arts whooshing sounds