Anna Punya Cerita

a new plot of life

2012-02-19T10:12:00.000+07:00

Happy Sunday, folks.

Tomorrow, i will facing another first life experience. I will start a new plot of life called work. It's my first real job, since graduation last year. I already sent many letters, emails to many office around Jakarta and almost took some jobs. But this overthinking-and-definitely not a risk taker personality made me pass them all. Until one day, i got a call from AF (my current office, i might say) and offer me a job. The whole process was very smooth, from the first interview till the medical check up.

To be frank, work wasn't my first plan for this year. I want to continue my master first, but this jobless thing force me to prove that i can work too. So, i let God decided and He amazingly give me this job right in time, to teach me how to save money, to live life as an adult, to prove that i could take responsibility and the most of all, to thank Him. Here i am now, stepping outside my comfort zone, from parent's little girl to an office staff who has to work from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm. Phewww. Please pray for me, cause never in my life i have this sort of tight schedule. My body and soul will positively drain. But worry not, i already plan some stuff to cheer me up. So, happy working dear me!

*backsound : Working Song from Enchanted, Walt Disney.

valentine's day 2012

2012-02-14T12:58:00.000+07:00

they say love is unspeakable.

you feel love. uniquely.

cause love has different language to each of us.

Hubba Hubba : an attempt to make a happy monday

2012-02-13T15:22:00.001+07:00

Earlier today i browse through itunes and found out one free application named HUBBA HUBBA. The name and appearance attracted me, so i installed it on my ipod. Now, i just gave it a try and just 3 words people, i love it! Hubba Hubba is an application to add some cute stuffs on your pictures. They seperated it to GUYS and DOLLS stuffs. They have hats, mustaches, ties and glasses for GUYS. While for DOLLS they have hats, glasses, earings (and other jewelry), and cute ties. Uber cute!

me and brother. we could name our own pictures. hehehe.

how the slide show look like.

Do install it on your own gadget. At least this application made my Monday great. I spent today mostly on internet, did some series downloaded i miss last week while listening to One Direction and Foster the People. I also watched the Grammy Awards this morning. Jennifer Hudson sang 'I will always love you' emotionally, so sad. Goodbye Whitney Houston. Anyway, have a great Hubba Hubba afternoon people and happy welcoming Valentine's Day tomorrow :)

5 things I should shout 'Thank God It's Friday'

2012-02-10T20:40:00.001+07:00

These things made me so thankful today :

1. Have a red velvet cake by Union as my breakfast. Heaven is surely made by it (minus the nuts). Hehehe.
2. Only spent an hour to finish a psychotest. Wish me luck!
3. Tried out a famous 4Fingers with Inggrid. And also first visit to Epicentrum Walk.

4. My college best friend, Fetri, had her birthday today. Happy birthday to her.
5. We had fun on Ocean Park then took an early dinner together on Nanny's Barn. With the birthday girl of course.

the birthday girl

In conclusion, today is a well spent Friday. Thanks God :)

sure i wanna read these books,

2012-02-04T16:28:00.002+07:00

if i had a bookshelf like this one. Please please please..

5 good things about Saturday

2012-02-04T16:26:00.001+07:00

Yes, of course Saturday is everybody's favorite day in a week, but these 5 things made this Saturday good to me.

1. Have brunch with family. Tried a new restaurant is our to-do list every Saturday.
2. Manicure and pedicure. Since i found out that manicure and pedicure price are so reasonable (i could pay it, no need to ask money from mom) and also had a relaxing effect, i managed my time to have it both every 2 weeks. So, pretty nails everytime.
3. Watch a lastest episode of The Big Bang Theory. It's funny, as always.
4. Instagram-ing some pictures. Do check mine here.
5. Gonna have some massage soon. Time to recharge my energy.

So, i'm leaving now. Hope you all have a good Saturday too. xoxo

dinner was on me

2012-01-26T17:09:00.001+07:00

Call me moody if it comes to cooking. One day i'll be the enthusiastic cook but the next day i wont do a thing in the kitchen and let mom do herself. Yeah, that kind of moody. But 2 days ago, when i was shopping with mom, i crossed the meat section, saw some minced beef and suddenly thinking about spaghetti bolognese. So, i straightly grab the other ingredients, such as champignon mushrooms, tomato sauce and the spaghetti itself. The rest were available in mom's kitchen. It took half an hour to prepare the things, before another hour to cook the sauce. One key, according to the recipe, to make a perfect bolognese sauce is to cook it as long as possible
(more less 2 hours! if you can wait that long. hahaha) in a low heat. Perfecto bolognese sauce!

some of the ingredients

boiled spaghetti

my spaghetti bolognese

I'm trying to write the recipe in English, but i find it a bit hard, so just google it if you want. Hehehe. All you'll find will be an easy recipe, trust me, just like one i had home. It even could make mom said the sauce smells really good. Brother said it was a tasty one. Too bad dad wasn't at home, so did my other brother. So, i'll cook it again someday and i hope i can cook the other also. Hehehe. So, have a nice dinner everyone!

maddy i-tunes

2012-01-23T14:21:00.000+07:00

itunes 10.5

Dan seriusan, lama-lama bergaul dengan sensivitas i-tunes yang sangat tinggi bisa membuat saya "gila". Awalnya bermula dari niatan saya meminta iphone kepada si papah sebagai kado ulang tahun. Kalo tidak berhasil, saya sudah meniatkan untuk membelinya dengan uang sendiri (plus ditambah papah karena uangnya belum cukup. hehehe). Tidak tanggung-tanggung saya menunggu demi mendapatkan iphone 4s yang dijual di operator gsm ternama, kurang lebih bulan depan. Jadi deh saya dan pacar rajin browse, mulai dari harga, fitur dan warna soft jacket-nya. Kerajinan memang, tapi untuk sesuatu yang dinanti kan apa salahnya.

Tapi akhirnya sebuah video yutub mengubah dunia ini. Bahwa ketika iphone jatuh dari ketinggian >1meter, kerusakan layarnya bisa amat parah. Ngeri, boss! Belum lagi harganya muahal ya. Hahaha, niat membeli pun berkurang. Untungnya lagi, pacar saya pintar dalam mengakali napsu belanja saya. Dia, dengan pintarnya, berhasil membuat blackberry terlihat lebih berharga dan pintar (dan murah dalam pemakaian) dibanding iphone. Untuk masalah instagram, sebuah aplikasi yang membuat saya ketagihan akhir-akhir ini (dan alasan kuat saya untuk membeli iphone), bisa dia akali dengan mengijinkan saya membeli sejumlah aplikasi lainnya dan juga sejumlah games agar niatan beli iphone saya mereda karena memiliki ipod saja saya sudah cukup puas. Hayoo, kurang pintar apa lagi si boss satu ini. Hihihi.

Pacar pun akhirnya berbaik hati mengupgrade iOS ipod touch saya, menjadi iOS 5.1. Hasilnya? Luar biasa kosong! Saya histeris, tentu saja, tapi saya tahu si pacar akan sigap mengatasi histeria saya dengan pelan-pelan men-jailbreak ipod dan mengisinya dengan sejumlah aplikasi. Tapi tetap kosong dibandingkan dengan penuhnya ipod saya kala sebelum di-upgrade. Nasi sudah jadi bubur, maka sekarang mari kita taburi dengan abon aplikasi yang banyak. Meskipun awalnya kesusahan dalam hal sinkronisasi, akhirnya itunes yang telah di-upgrade membantu saya dalam mengisi kembali ipod yang kosong ini. Akhirnya, sekarang ipod 'agak' berisi, meskipun belum montok seperti pemiliknya. Hehehe. So, sekarang saatnya bermain, kembali mengedit foto dan mengisi lagu. List lagu ipod nihil, saudara-saudari. Pacar haruslah bertanggung jawab karena telah menghilangkan semua playlist dan lagu dan video dan podcast saya. HIHIHIHIHI *giggling all the way*

ps : i'm not saying i wont buy an iphone or maybe ipad but for now, i will enjoy my ipod to the fullest.

facebook and its timeline

2012-01-16T14:52:00.002+07:00

The story started yesterday. I usually open my blackberry after i woke up in the morning. Err, sometimes i even checked it first before i pray. Okay, many times, please forgive me, dear God. But something happened. The site wasn't open, easily like ever, i tried to put my email and password there, and it said that the email and password didn't belong to me. O ow, someone has playing with me. Unlucky me, i have several things to do yesterday, like went to church, went to relative house, went to another relative house, ended in book store then home. So, i just checked it again in the evening after dinner. As the facebook said, someone has changed my password at Saturday night around 10pm. It didn't say who is she/he and i have no idea. But worry not, i have a new password here, and i did install it again in my blackberry, so, i'm in facebook again!

I also changed my timeline, since this year. Pardon me, but i feel a bit awkward to reply others' birthday greeting through this timeline. So, i haven't reply any of them. Thanks for the greeting anyway! I like the new timeline, honestly. Bigger pictures, a cover (aside the profile picture), chronological things in our whole life since birthday until the present time. My favorite part,of course. the cover. I always imagine this blog will look like this. It has a customize cover with my favorite font and pictures. Let's wishing someone will come and rescue me-and this blog- from ordinary look. Hihihi. Do make your timeline, pal because it's cool (though boyfriend taught it's not. huff).

finally 22

2012-01-02T13:44:00.000+07:00

Last Thursday was my 22th birthday. I made a BBM status " I will always (shop at) FOREVER 21". Perfectly wrong in grammar but it just a joke for myself. I will be 22, unlike the yellow big store in Grand Indonesia named Forever 21. Hehehe. Btw, i don't really like to shop there these 2 years. In years before was better, but lately, i don't know how, but they lost their young taste. It's like an FO in Bandung, or i can say, Secrets FO in Bandung is better than F21.

Sooo, hows the celebration?
I went with family to City Extra Restaurant, to have some seafood. It was a nice lunch, because i haven't eat since last night. Just 4 of us there, my first brother is still in Jakarta. Ah ya, i didn't get any presents from my family like last year. Well, if they gave me a chance to choose my present, i'll directly ask for an iphone. But later, i'm thinking about vacation. They'll take the same amount of money, right? But worry not dear me, i will pick the best later. Hehehe.

Then, we shopped with mom in Manado Town Square and stopped by to sip a Thai Tea. But sadly, they run out of it. Huhuhu, one bad thing happened in my birthday. Parents were going home, so i waited patiently for my boyfriend to come and we had dinner afterward. Blame the retentless rain, my friends came late. I've already finished the dinner before they come. A cute friend gave me cupcakes. They are too cute to be eaten. But today, i'll finish them. Hahaha. I also got 2 other presents from my friend, a singing eeyore and an owl necklace. It's a nice thing to have people who remembered your favorite thing. Not to ask them to give you such a thing, but to remember you. I feel like i'm living in someone's life by that memories. I'm getting older, and sometime i'm afraid that i will running out time and won't be here for a long time. Then, birthday is my time to rethink about it. But knowing that these people will always be there for me, remember me the way i want to be remembered, it's a bliss. It really is.

Happy birthday dear me. Happy new year people. Have a joyous year ahead. xoxo.

another story about birthday : it was very first birthday with less pictures. my blackberry is off due to all the greetings (i'm thankful, i really am) and i didn't bring the extra batteries. my ipod wasn't good enough to take an indoor pictures. brother and boyfriend, and friends bb run out of batteries also. rain outside. and i forgot to bring extra polaroid film. so, i only had a few, but that day was a happy one. i'll keep it in mind :)

When I'm holding a frappucino in this very morning

2011-12-21T04:01:00.000+07:00

I love greentea frappucino, as you all know. But too bad, my hometown, Manado doesn't have any Starbucks. So, I'd like to sip it before take off. Yes, i'm in airport now and the plane is about to depart soon. I arrived at 3.30 am and nothing has been opened by the time. I was waiting for another hour to find this coffee store is finally open.

While every other consumer ordered latte of coffee, I ordered a cold frappucino as breakfast. Hahaha. I'll be fine guys, no need to worry. Not it's time to call mom and boyfriend, yeyy, I'll have lunch in home soon. So, happy holiday for me and for you too :)

Sent from my iPod

sum of 2011 : December

2011-12-20T07:45:00.002+07:00

Ah, last post. I finally made it. Hihihi.

I was thinking about Christmas all the time. I bought a small look-alike Christmas tree to put in my buffet. I put Christmas songs in ipod and listening to it all the time. My favorite for this year is Celine Dion's song, The Magic. It was my favorite Christmas song back then in high school. I don't really like mellow songs to celebrate such a happy moment like Christmas, although i enjoy Buble's album. I love Christmas! Some new dresses and tops are in my luggage now, ready to go. So, wait for me, home.

Boyfriend was here 2 weeks ago, for 4 days. He had a conference and put me in. Hehehe. Finally i have a chance to see my idol, Mrs. Mira Lesmana. Too bad, they don't have Nicholas Saputra with her. I also join creativity and entrepreneuship seminar by Mr. Sandiaga Uno, and my former chairman of foundation, Mr. Ciputra. Thanks to boyfriend, i'm thinking to start a bussiness, but haven't decided the product. Hehe. We also had our late anniversary celebration and watched Arthur Christmas. The movie was great and funny. A good start to glow our Christmas spirit, cause actually i never believed on Santa Claus. Blame the scary Zwarte Piet or Black Pete in Chirstmas celebration back then in Manado. I was scared :(

my Christmas tree.

One of the Christmas tree in my home.

Anyway, yesterday was a hectic day. I went to 4 different places to take 4 differents important stuffs. Brother joined me and we had lunch together in Kitchenette and bought a jacket for him, as his Christmas gift. Then, i had a dinner with high school friends. We had a nice chit-chat and did some window shopping. Some of this and some of that happened to us this year and I'm hoping for our best. Dealing with these hard days is not an easy thing to do. Some resolution has to be listed for New Year. Get a job or back to college are my top of list. Hehehe. But for now, let's packing for tomorrow, yes, i'm coming home tomorrow. Super excited!

That's all the summary of 2011. Is it really a bore year? Hahaha, as i look back and read my own posts, i dispose my previous statement and proudly say it is a happy year, like all the years in my life. I have a perfect family, brother back to college, dad's 50th birthday, parents are still together in their 22 marriage life, graduation day, holidays, health, enough food and clothes, and i'm still with the same boyfriend. Hihihi. A happy year indeed.

And the last but not least, i'm wishing you all,

M e r r y C h r i s t m a s

a n d

H a p p y N e w Y e a r 2 0 1 2

ps : enjoy your holiday
pss : don't forget to list the resolution for 2012. hehehe.

sum of 2011 : November

2011-12-20T06:35:00.001+07:00

I'm coming close to the end of summary. Hehehe.

So much fun happened this month. I started it on plane. Hahaha. The next day after graduation, me, mom, dad and little brother flew to Kuala Lumpur. We all were zombies. We all were tired and sleepy. We left the messy room and straightly went to airport on 5 am. We spent 3 days in KL before depart again to Penang. I love KL's airport. We all just found out that KL had 2 airports. It really a heart break for me, as the tour guide. Yeah, i booked two tickets back home from 2 different airlines in different airports. Huff. Lucky us, we catched both of them on time, although we didn't have a chance to have lunch during that rush hour.

On 11.11.11, one of our relatives was married in Bandung. So, me-dad-brother went to Bandung for 3 days. I love travelling with family, eventhough we have nothing special to do. I slept over at friends' crib, while dad and brother slept in hotel. After holy matrimony, me-brother-my friends went to Trans Studio, Bandung. It was my first visit, but i was once went to the same Trans Studio in Makassar. Some of the games are exactly like the ones in Makassar. But, it all worth to visit. We had so much fun there, especially for me and brother. We tried almost all the game, i screamed the most on Vertigo. Hahaha. Dare yourself to have a try, friends.

A few days after dad went back home, mom was coming to town. Mom stayed in my crib for two days before she flew back to Penang with my aunt. We had a chaos dawn before their departure time. I will always remember that story but i won't reveal here. Hehehe. When mom came back to town, we didn't have so much intimate mother-daughter time. Mom was occupied with relatives issues during the visit. But few hours before her departure time, we went together with brother. She managed to make us happy, as always. I love my mom. (Thanks for the bag, mom. Hihihi)

I also celebrated my first anniversary with boyfriend, through phone, sadly. Hahaha. I went church myself to pray, and boyfriend sent me a video. See his funny picture, this one is too cute.

sum of 2011 : October

2011-12-18T20:51:00.001+07:00

October was really a "heart break" month. My beloved ones aka my favorite men had their birthday this month. Name it, both of my brothers and also boyfriend (and his brother). My brother and boyfriend's share the same date. What a coincidence. Hehehe. I managed time to gave boyfriend a surprise because his birthday was coming first. I ordered a birthday cake with his face on top. Another presents were coming with me from Jakarta. I knew he was so surprise with my presents, especially with the cake. Hahaha. His mom took the rest of the cake home, left him nothing. Her mom was also impressed with the cake. We spent that day together, prayed and had dinner. Happy birthday, dear!

Few days after boyfriend's birthday, i flew back to Jakarta to celebrate my first brother's birthday. We had lunch together in Pulau Dua Restaurant and also a food test for my graduation party. I haven't chose the restaurant by the moment and accidentally fell in love with it. The location is perfect, have a big parking lot, and the food was okay. So, i booked it and one graduation problem is done. I also picked my kebaya, a week before the graduation and finally it fits me. Ah, i gained weights for the last few months and i have to be fitted in it. Hahaha. Thank God, the kebaya didn't kill me. Hihihi.

October 30, 2011! Graduation day! Hooray! Parents and little brother was here. Little brother also celebrated his birthday few days before my graduation. So happy. We took a photographs together. Brothers look happy to see me finally graduate. I hope they will have more spirit to finish their study path. I love my family and i love my October! As i'm writing this post, i already hand all the photographs. Yeay! :))

love!

sum of 2011 : August - September

2011-12-18T19:08:00.000+07:00

In the mid of August, i flew back again to Manado. I stayed for almost 2 months. I was contemplating to work in Manado, but unlucky me mom didn't allow me. So, i gotta come back to Jakarta, either to work or to take master degree. But, mom didn't hide her grateful feeling that i'm home. I was treated pretty well, oh well, i was spoiled by her. Hahaha.

One of good news, i had a lot of dates with boyfriend, too. We already found our favorite Thai Ice Tea (Latte). Hooray! I also started cooking some menus. Mom helped me a lot. I had posted almost all the menus. You may scroll down on September posts to see it. And the big thing was my first teeth surgery. I had 3 surgery for my right wisdom tooth. I couldn't eat rice for a couple of weeks. I have to eat carefully and less chatty. It didn't look like me at all. I am a chatty person and i eat a lot especially when i'm in home. Hahaha. But, i didn't lose any kg after all. Huff.

I spent my whole September at home and it was a bliss. Really.

sum of 2011 : June-July

2011-12-18T18:47:00.001+07:00

me and my supervisor/dean

THESIS! This word happened to appear in my mind when i was recalling past things in June and July. I tried my best to make a best one before deadline. One big mistake happened on June, me and supervisor had a different point of view on my thesis. I changed it about 3 times, before i asked her personally what she want me to do. Once i give her the last one, she said yes, and i can register my name on thesis defense.

On mid of July, i have my thesis defense. I was so nervous, mom and boyfriend were calling all the time to calm me down. My friends also supported me, as i did support them. I took a rest one day before the thesis defense day. I prayed hard, and believe that i'd already worked hard too. So, let God do the rest. On the next day, mom and brother came to town. Mom hugged me so tight at the moment she arrived at my crib. Hehehe. After mom came back to Manado, i continued my revision and the end of July, the judisium was held. I was officially a Bachelor of Psychology. Thanks God!

sum of 2011 : May

2011-12-18T15:00:00.002+07:00

Highlight of May was daddy's 50th birthday celebration. I flew back to Manado two days before dad's birthday. I stayed there for a week and went back to Jakarta after celebrating my best friend, Angel's 22th birthday, a week after dad's. Me and boyfriend made an opportunist deal when he flew back to Manado. He agreed to bring dad's birthday present and as a replacement, i have to bring his books. FYI, he always brought lots of books and those are heavy, like seriously. But it was our deal so we have to take care the stuffs we brought along with us. At first, dad looked sure that i put his present in my big luggage, but when i pulled out boyfriend's big yet heavy stuffs, he looked confused and gave me the hey-where-is-my-presents-and-what-is-it-in-the-big-bag look. Hahaha. I took dad's present so did the cake 2 hours before the celebration. SURPRISE! He loved it to bits. I already discussed with mom about the presents, months before the birthday. Mom and brothers collected all the photos and scanned it for me. Boyfriend accompanied me to make an order in Bandung and also bring it to Manado. Angel also prepared dad's big cake. Thanks to everyone!

For Angel's birthday, i went with her and boyfriend to ate lunch together. We went to her temple afterward. It was my first visit. Hahaha. I know, we have been friends since junior high school. She had visited my church several times but i haven't manage time to go to her temple. It was a nice visit as you could see from the pictures below.

sum of 2011 : April

2011-12-18T13:06:00.001+07:00

April was uber fun!

Got my last subject, did a great interview with her and straightly went back to Jakarta. The next week, boyfriend came to town. We spent 2 full weeks together. SO HAPPY! AND FUN AS WELL! We watched Disney on Ice together, though frankly the show was kinda bored. We also celebrated our monthly anniversary together. We went to Bandung, arranging surprise for Dad's upcoming birthday. Even one day, we went to Bandung back and forth. Super tired but happy. Ah ya, we also discovered new eating places, new favorite duck in Bandung and pasta in Jakarta. We both love pancake, yes! So, Pancious is our savior. Hehehe. At last, we spent Easter together. Hey boyfriend, thank you for coming!

sum of 2011 : March

2011-12-18T12:57:00.002+07:00

Sorry for the pause, let's continue the summary. Hehehe.

Most of the days on March i spent in Jakarta, made some verbatim and continued my thesis. Sometimes i lost my spirit, and i took a day off. Not just one day but some days in a week. I thanked boyfriend for giving me his recorder, the best ever. It helped me, a lot! Parents were celebrating their wedding anniversary. As their presents, i sent a bouquet and an anniversary cake to the celebration. Mom's birthday was coming on the next week. An leopard scraf was my present for her. I knew she loved it so much, so comfort and stylish but i used it most of the time. Hahaha. On March, 30, after i finished my fourth verbatim, i flew back to Medan to find my last subject.

Few hours before departure time, i went to Grand Indonesia with a friend. Okay, it was a suicidal thing because i might happen to be late on the airport and miss the flight. Hahaha, but i took the chance. I went there and bought my lomo film. After that, i moved upstairs and saw an queue for Magnum Cafe, so why not give a try? It was my first visit and i could say it's enough. I'm a fan of ice cream, but i can't eat a lot of them in one time. The menus are great, the decoration and service also. Magnum cafe still opens until now. Go there, and enjoy the great ice cream. Thanks God, i didn't miss the plane. Hohoho. Don't tell dad, okay? :D

Conclusion : i spent this month with thesis thing. a whole month to be exact.

sum of 2011 : February

2011-12-14T14:25:00.001+07:00

I stayed in Medan for a month and already finished 4 interviewed at the time. I lived with grandma and some relatives there. It wasn't that hard to adjust living with grandma. I eat and sleep regularly hehe. Dad and brother came to visit me. We went to dad's homeland, Balige and mom's homeland, Samosir. We also did some city tour ourselves to some tourism spots in Medan, such as, Istana Maimun, Tjong A Fie mansion, Merdeka Walk and Tip Top Restaurant.

Pardon me, for not posting such an interesting post about the spots i mentioned above. So, let me give you some pictures. I visited them all in one day with brother. Most of the pictures were taken by him. Istana Maimun is a sultan house. It was a huge building in the middle of the city and has a strong Moslem influence. While Tjong A Fie mansion was a Chinese mayor house. It also a big building with many rooms and windows. A nice relative accompany us in Merdeka Walk and we walked along the street and ended the day with a nice ice cream in fancy old restaurant, Tip Top. If you have time to visit Medan, you should visit the spots. At least you know that not only Bataknese people lived there. Hehehe. Enjoy Medan!

Istana Maimun.

Tjong A Fie Mansion.

Merdeka Walk and Tip Top Restaurant.

The rest of the month, i was doing my research. It drives me crazy.

wednesday check-in

2011-12-14T11:28:00.001+07:00

Obsessing over : holiday next week, packing stuffs and hand all the photographs on time.

Working on : correcting some posts and thinking how to make a February summary. I'm recalling the past events and suddenly browsing some tumblrs.

Thinking about : tomorrow --another work interview. gotta check carefully the address and company profile. tonight --pack some dresses and shoes for Christmas and New Year. now --contemplating to ask or not to ask brother to accompany me to watch circus. my brain is fully occupied by the moment.

Anticipating : won't hand the canvas next week. hwuahhh.

Listening to : news on tv and Buble's Christmas songs together. hihihi.

Drinking : mineral water. just finished lunch.

Wishing : i'll rock the interview tomorrow, brother will be fine in town and i'll be home with the canvas. Godbless!

sum of 2011 : January

2011-12-13T14:42:00.001+07:00

Let's begin from the first month, January.

I spent my New Year Eve in Manado. On 4th of January, boyfriend's parents celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on his family homeland, Lembean, North Sulawesi. I was there with some friends. Unfortunately, we had a car accident on our way there. It's not only pay and the problem will finish itself but also we had to disscuss with the driver, who is a native one. Not an easy thing, but thanks to boyfriend's dad, he finished it for us. Felt so sorry to boyfriend and his family, we ruin the night.

As usual, i also attended some New Year celebration in Manado, every weekend. Not because we have so many relatives here, but my parents joined some Bataknese gathering and they all had their own NY celebration. Instead of coming back to Jakarta for the next semester, i went to Medan and start my research there. But i went to Jakarta first, to meet my supervisor and to made some letters. My lastest cousin was born few days before i went to Medan. Baby-sitting was one thing i learn later in Medan. Hehe.

My high school made a golden reunion on January too. I met some friends, juniors, seniors, and teachers there. The party was held in Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta. As a top for the month, boyfriend gave me an early Valentine gift, an instax camera. I love it to bits. I had a fun January :)

an idea : sum of 2011

2011-12-13T14:01:00.001+07:00

Holla. I have nothing particular to do, so why not blogging? hehe. I realized that i have less posts this year, comparing to last year's. Thesis ruin it, and so my laziness. So, i'm gonna pour this blog with a summary from every month of 2011. Yeah, i knew life is kinda boring this year, especially after graduation. Still jobless and have less friends whose still jobless too makes me sad. Thank God, last week boyfriend came to town. We spent days together, i even joined his conference. He made me happy although there was one problem happened but let we forget it, right boyfriend?

Last weekend also, one of my best friends in college married to her high school sweetheart. Congratulation to Yolannia and Kevin. I was there, with boyfriend, but we didn't attend the holy matrimony because we have to catch up his plane to Manado. I promise to come on their reception next year, hope i can make it. 2 of my college friends have married after graduation. Next year, at least 2 of them will marry too. Wishing them all many many happiness and cuteness children. Hihihi.

Anyway, have a lovely Tuesday people. Enjoy our last days of 2011.

I still love you, tv mureh!

2011-12-03T21:28:00.000+07:00

*tv mureh : tv murah.

Salah satu bagian penting dari keseharian kita manusia modern adalah televisi (tv). Siapa sekarang yang bisa hidup tanpa tv? Saya ga bakalan ancungin tangan. Saya pecinta tv. Jujur. Saya gemar tidur-tiduran sambil nonton tv. Saya gemar makan sambil nonton tv. Bahkan saya senang ditonton tv (sambil ketiduran) hehehe. Tapi pernah ada 4 bulan dalam hidup ini, saya berhasil tanpa tv!

Waktu pindah kuliah ke Jakarta, orangtua saya membekali kamar kos saya dengan amat sederhana. Lemari saya hanya lemari anak kecil, yap, dengan tinggi hanya sedada saya. Kaca hanya 1 yakni kaca wastafel. Bahkan piring hanya dikasih teman. Walah jadi malu. Bukannya orangtua tidak mampu membelikan saya apa-apa, tapi mama saya masih bingung apa yang harus dibelikan untuk kamar kos yang kecil. Disamping mama terlalu sedih dan syok (serius!) melepas anak sulungnya pergi merantau. Itu masa sedih untuk mama, saya pun demikian. Tapi ketika adik hendak merantau, keadaan sudah berbeda. Mama sudah lebih mantap membeli ini-itu untuk adik dan kamar pertamanya pun lebih mantap dari saya.
Akhirnya, selama 4 bulan perkuliahan (pertengahan Agustus - pertengahan Desember) saya resmi tanpa tv dan tanpa ac, saudara-saudari. Bisa bayangkan bagaimana itu? Saya berusaha bertahan, dan untungnya tetangga samping kamar, sahabat saya, Arlene (cium Arlene) punya tv gede. Jadi deh pada malam-malam tertentu saya ikutan nonton di kamarnya, kalau tidak ya mari bengong di kamar, yukkk. Hihihi.

Berhubung papa saya beli rumah pada semester 2, jadilah saya dapat tv bekas. Ukuran 11" yang konon digunakan oleh ombul (baca: om bule) pemilik rumah. Saya pun naik tingkat pindah ke kamar ber-ac karena kebetulan ada yang kosong. Semua mungkin kuasa ip bagus saya didengar oleh Tuhan dan papamama. Hihihi. Jadilah saya dapat jackpot, tv dan ac pada waktu yang sama. Meskipun tv ini tidak memiliki remote, saya tetap menerimanya dengan senang hati :)

Hingga akhirnya kondisi tanpa remote itu menyiksa saya dan mengharuskan saya berburu remote. Amat disayangkan merk tv saya memalukan, EIKI, entah merk dari mana itu. Sehingga pemburuan remote saya agak panjang, karena tidak ada remote multiple yang mutlak menuliskan merk EIKI pada list merk-nya. Huhuhu. Akhirnya saya menemukan toko di mangga dua square yang menjual remote-nya. Haleluyah!

Setelah 2 tahun pake remote, tiba-tiba dia ngadat. Saya kembali ke mangdu beli remote, tetap ngadat. Saya sadar, connector tv dan remote sudah mati. Kemampuan tv mureh pun berkurang drastis, saya harus berdiri tiap hendak mengganti chanel. 2 remote multiple pun menganggur. Kalau ada yang butuh, hubungi saya saja. Hehe. Sekarang tv mureh kembali beraksi. Tidak ada gambar! Ohmaigat! Bagaimana nasib saya tanpa tv?

Saya masih jobless sejati dan perlu hiburan dalam kamar. Tv ada sohib setia saya. Dari bangun hingga tidur dia tak pernah berhenti menyenangkan telinga dan mata saya (berhubung gambar di tv mureh tidak pernah mulus bak gambar HD di lcd, saya lebih memilih mendengar tv daripada menontonnya hehehe). Bagaimana ini? Saya sudah memelintir kabel-kabelnya. Sudah copot pasang dan berdoa namun siaran tv mureh tak kunjung muncul. Huhuhu. Saya sadar mungkin inilah saat saya melepaskan dia pergi.

Besok saya hendak mencoba cara terakhir, dengan membeli antena internal baru. Jika memang tv mureh tidak rusak, pasti saya bisa menonton kembali. Namun jika tidak, mulai besok hingga saya dapat kerja, saya tidak menonton tv. Hwuahhh! Saya harap itu tidak lama lagi. Tv mureh sudah jadi bagian dalam kisah kuliah saya. Mulai dari keluarga, teman-teman dan pacar saya pernah menikmatinya. Tv mureh juga menemani saya tidur, mandi, makan, setiap hari. Ah tv mureh, jangan dulu rusak donggg. Saya tak punya cukup keberanian meminta penggantimu sama babeh. Apalagi mau naik tingkat beli lcd. Hehehe, bisa digeret nanti.

Tapi jika waktumu sudah tiba, saya rasa saya bisa rela tv mureh. Setidaknya hidupmu sudah berjasa dalam hidup saya. Kamu juga memberi pelajaran, bahwa saya tidak bisa memiliki apapun dalam waktu bersamaan. Mungkin kata-kata ini lebih dalam saya maknai sendiri. Tapi tv mureh mengajari saya apa itu artinya memiliki sesuatu yang penting dalam keseharian yang tanpanya hidup kita tak lengkap. Kamar ini tak akan lengkap tanpa tv mureh. Kisahku pun tak akan lengkap tanpa tv mureh. Tv mureh, I still love you!

favorite month of the year has come

2011-12-01T19:40:00.001+07:00

Finally December came today. The best month yet the most favorite month for all people i guess, especially Christian ones. Children also love this month, for a long holiday and presents. Yayy! So do i. I really love December. Christmas and birthday will come and lotsa presents are waiting for me. But this year is kinda different actually. Since i'm still jobless, be at home for Christmas and New Year is enough for me. Huhuhu. You know, i felt a bit sad and shame to ask more although i knew mom and dad will always love having me at home. So, Christmas at home i guess then ask for some presents. Hihihi. I'll keep the presents as secrets for me until i get it, okay? *fingers crossed :P

Today i got one photograph from my graduation. I took 2 places to take photos, one for canvas and family photograph, while the other is taken in JCC-graduation place. A friend bought me a voucher, and i only had one chance to take photo with 2 other persons. I chose brothers over parents that time, because my dad was already mad because i still took photos while some of our relatives has come to the restaurant to celebrate my graduation. So we decided to take a casual style and it was really a quick shot. Like this one.

we planned this style ourselves in the queue. cheers!

The rest of them will come after December 20th i guess. Can't wait to see the canvas. It will be another good reason for me to bring it home, right? Hehe. Anyway i prepared myself to hear a news today. But they don't call me until now, so i'll call them tomorrow. Please pray for me, guys. I'm hoping to get my first job this time close, but if it doesn't happen, let's try to take master next year. Ah, may God bless my plan, and your plan as well. So, welcome December, bring us your magic for the rest 30 days. Godbless!

first year

2011-11-27T12:38:00.002+07:00

Ta-daa, the day has come. Today is my first anniversary with Dave. Too bad he's not here and we can't celebrate it together, but thanks God today is Sunday which means we both can go to the church and pray, personally to God. We should ask Him to always protect us, give us more happiness and bless the relationship. Due to this long distance, we can't blow the candle (i love blow-candle thing, can't wait for my birthday hehe), eat the same anniversary cake or eat out in somewhere together, so we decided to give something to each other. I'm basically give him things he likes. Yeah, i'm not a surprise girl. I even told him what will i give him a week before i send it. Hihihi. I told him not to give me any gifts because he'd given me a lot already. Besides, my birthday, Christmas, and New Year will coming soon, so i'll make him broke. Hahaha. No, he had already known what i want, and i know it takes longer time for him to bring it to my hand, so let's keep waiting.

Anyway, he gave me this video this morning. I love that cartoon, most of my BBM friends -and i- used it as their display picture. Dave told me that he had 30 pictures of it, thats why he edited and send to my email. I love it. Thank you dearest boyfriend. Happy anniversary for us and can't wait to cuddle you real soon :))

What did Sour Sally change?

2011-11-18T13:33:00.001+07:00

I felt so tired today that i haven't sleep well for the last 3 nights. For the record, I only slept an hour last night. We, me-mom-cousins-aunt, have to wake up on 3am and catch the first flight to them (minus me, I'm left in the city huhu) at 5am. One chaos dawn has driven us crazy, really! We arrived at 4.30am and have to run along the way and immigration station. Anyway their going to Penang (international flight) and it's a big no to arrive less than an hour before departure. Aahh!

Well now, here I am at Sour Sally, a froyo (frozen yogurt) store in one shopping mall. Some things has to be done tonight so here I am, preparing them. Listening to their music, watching people and did some picture-edit-process. Surprisingly I've been for an hour with older people. They are 2 couples, grandpas and grandmas. I did some observation (like the old days hehe) and fund out that they looked enjoy their froyo. Like a lot. Well, I remember the first time I tried SS I don't really like it because its sour flavor. Err, it took some time to me until I could enjoy it. I don't really know what older people want to taste on their old days cause my only grandma won't eat this kind of things. Hahaha. But these people seem enjoy it and they finished it. Great grandpa and grandma!

Then now where's the adult? Don't they need to consume yogurt too, since we don't have time to eat fruit? Cause I did it, I have a stomachade and don't really think that fruits are the solution but yogurt is. One cup will make me do 'my things' faster than before hahaha. Food nowadays made us difficult to maintain our health. But thanks to SS and friends, we coulf do our things plus get a healthy stomach hehe. So, i'm thinking to change my frappucino habit to a healthy one, froyo habit from today and ended like this older people who had their little date on froyo store. Hihihi.

currently

2011-11-10T13:15:00.000+07:00

- online on brother's crib, waiting for him to buy me some burgers from Burger King. i also am waiting for my dad to come from the airport. dad has just landed about an hour ago.

- i watched 3 eps of HIMYM. i missed those 3 eps due to lack of internet connection in my crib, graduation thingy and holiday. now i'm back and stick with Barney again hihihi. Btw, the last scene from ep9 is kinda cute for me, although it's not a proper thing to do between friends (Barney and Robin). but i love seeing them together.

- i already packed my bag and ready to go to Bandung for this weekend. a relative will marry tomorrow, on a perfect date, 11.11.11, so me, dad and brother will attend the holy matrimony. we will go at 3pm by travel bus. one big plan is me and brother will have fun in Trans Studio, may God bless the wheater so we can make it come true. i'll sleep in my best friends' crib while dad and brother in hotel. huhuhu, poor big daughter.

- anyway, i'm not feel good today. i guess my body still need some recovery, and brother's ac didn't help me at all. maybe some sleep in cab will make me better. ah, with some burgers too. hahaha. short escape is about to begin, and i'm excited! yippie!

Sigh

2011-11-06T16:35:00.000+07:00

Hey, happy November. I've just finished my late lunch alone and still have to sit here until brother finish his gym. So, I'd like to tell you some highlight for this week :

- I was graduated from Tarumanagara University, exactly last Sunday. Mom, dad and little brother were here. We took a family photograph together, attended the convocation and had a fine dinner with my relatives and friends.

- the next day, me, mom, dad and little brother went to Kuala Lumpur and Penang. We just came home yesterday and now they're on the plane to back home. I miss them already :(

- I decide to work, at least for a year before I take my master. I realize that I have nothing to be proud as a bachelor now, so let's find a job. Surprisingly, a friend texted me this morning and voilà, I have a psychotest at her office tomorrow.

- I love New Girl series. Hihihi, nothing serious, I just love seeing Zooey on screen.

- some new books from Border really made me happy. I bought some things in vacation, nothing (too) expensive, only books and earphone. I need them and they treated me well so far hihihi.

- The last but not least, I'm still in love with instagram and Smurf village. They make me happy. Hihihi.

Sent from my iPod

Union Bakery

2011-10-28T08:11:00.000+07:00

Yesterday, i went out with a lovely friend, Desi. Graduation is coming for several days and we're no longer college girl. So, as a farewell to college life, we decided to have a fancy lunch together. We went to Plaza Senayan, and had lunch in Union Bakery. It was our first visit to that restaurant. I don't really like the ambience, full of smokers (hoek) and it has a glass ceiling. Hot indeed, we did feel uncomfortable with that situation. But, the food came to save us. They are great, and have average prices. I once read on someone's twitter (she's an Indonesian artist), Union Bakery's red velvet is the best in town. So, i'm looking over the menus, but surprisingly it doesn't there. Huff. I straightly chose another menu, Bourbon Pork Ribs, and fortunately its good. When we almost stepped outside the door, i finally saw it. The famous RED VELVET, but it's not a cupcake. I thought that the red velvet will come in cupcake looks, but it's not. It's a red velvet layer cake. So, i'll save it for take away. And now, i've finished it and forget to take its picture, but the taste is really good. Yup, i could say, it was the best red velvet in Jakarta. I want moreeee :)

converse, again

2011-10-19T11:16:00.001+07:00

Converse was my shoes in high school.
Basically i am lazy girl who hate to wear sporty shoes. It takes time to bind it. Flats do faster and more cute. But society told me that Converse was on. At least you should have one pair of them to wear at Saturday in school. My high school was kinda strict with the shoes rules. You have to wear black shoes from Monday to Friday then free shoes in Saturday. I also have a college boyfriend in my last grade in high school. He was wearing Converse everytime we met after school. So, i put it in mind, in time you enter college life, you'll wear Converse until you graduate.

Converse was my shoes in college.
I moved to Jakarta and brought along one pair of Converse. But, living in Jakarta, gave you many many option of things. Many restaurants is in here, many malls, many bookstores, and many shoes stores. No doubt my heart goes to flats again. I still bought 3 more Converse these years, but ended up by giving them all to friends and (hiks) throw them. I was thinking not to wear more Converse. It was a symbolize of teen life, a rebel time of our life and now, i'm facing life as an adult. Being a fresh graduate with no recent job gave me more time to rethink about many things, choosing best shoes is one of them. No more sneakers, but high heels.

Converse is my newest sandals.
Sandals should be feminim in my opinion. I collect some sandals and wear it any time i don't have to wear shoes. At least i have to bring one sandal when i go back to hometown. It's easy to wear, comfort, fit in jeans also, and have various type and colors. You have no reason to refuse sandals. And now, Converse sandal came to rescue me. They made a very comfort sandal, with their own touch. It looks like sandal, but it was Converse. See? I love this sandal to bits, my feet loves it too. I hope, Converse will produce new type of sandal more, i'll grab them all :))

first week in Jakarta (through instagram)

2011-10-19T09:31:00.002+07:00

Heyhoo. I'm back to the city, to prepare some things in terms of my graduation by the end of this month. I arrived safely exactly a week ago and already tired now. For the first two nights here, i didn't sleep at my crib, i haven't clean it yet cause i have to accompany my sister in hospital. She had an appendix surgery on Monday and had no company, so there i was. Slept over at the hospital for two days in a row, with an unhealthy condition is bad, guys. Huff. But still, the next day, i have to fit my kebaya and make sure mom's is ready too. Mine is not ready yet, i'll pick it up tomorrow i guess if i have company.

On Saturday i went to campus with a friend to attend jobfair. My faculty held that event and one of the reason why i come back to Jakarta is to find suitable job for me. One big company has already interviewed me, i had pass two others already but still waiting for the best one. Being a jobseeker is not my thing, to be honest i'd like to take master next year. Meanwhile i have to find a job to keep me in this psychological test and stuff. So good luck for me and you.

I also went out with Arlene. We talked about everything, yet the main topic was her recent relationship. I'm so happy to see her smiles all over the talk. We ended that day by watching Smurf and having ramen as our late lunch. It was also a late celebration of her birthday, a month ago. I wasn't in town on the time. One last thing, i'm glad because Arlene also loves Peach Sus that i chose for her. It was my favorite cake in Starbucks by the way. Have i told you that i so miss Green Tea Frappucino back in Manado? Finally i had tasted it again with my girl.

And yesterday, my brother turned 19 years old. Happy birthday to him. We went to Pulau Dua Restaurant for lunch. Too bad it was located nearby MPR - DPR building and there was an demonstration by the time. We couldn't pick taxi easily so we asked the police to help us. Fortunately, we didn't face a long crowd in our way home. I straightly called mom and tell her to watch news, in case me and brother was shown up in that demonstration. Hahaha.

his mie ulang tahun / birthday noodle

So, that was my week.Yes, it's kinda strange to start a week in Wednesday hahaha. I won't use that term of course, it just one of my case in this city. All of the pictures were taken with my ipod and have been edited in instagram application. It was my last addiction lately, to capture pictures, edit it and post it. Too bad i have to find wifi connection everytime i'd like to upload some photos, but no big deal for these days. Hihihi. If you have instagram account, do follow mine (annavaganza), in time i can online, i'll follow you back. Have a great day! xoxo

happy birthday dear:)

2011-10-11T22:28:00.000+07:00

I'm blessed to have a very humble boyfriend, who always accept all my silly habits. I like to make personal nicknames to most of things in the world, especially for things which happen in my daily life. So, no wonder i have million nicknames for boyfriend, since the first time we've become friends. Hahaha, it was a year ago. Time flies, right, Xiao Po?

Then, few days ago was his birthday. I won't tell you the number, to make him comfortable (giggling all the way.hihihi), but let me give you some of the photos on that special day. Last year i gave him a picture, later i put it on BBM's display picture. Just a picture, but i knew he loves it to the bits. A simple photo of me, holding a doll, an eeyore, and a paper "Happy Birthday, nduttt". Yup, that time i call him Ndut. But this year is kinda bit different. I was here, so i can greet him myself, so here i am went to his crib. I brought him a cake, with his face on the top of it. To make it complete, i also gave him a card and some presents. It was a relieving moment so far, more than my own birthday. We ended it with a fancy dinner and pray together.

Happy birthday dearest one. Thanks for being real, warm, and big-hearted. Love you!

Mari Memasak

2011-09-30T16:32:00.000+07:00

Oleh karena tangan saya bisa keriting bercerita tentang masa-memasak dalam bahasa Inggris, maka post ini akan dalam bahasa Indonesia. Yeyy! Jadi ceritanya sudah 4 hari terakhir saya masak. Ga semua menu buat orang rumah sih karena mama saya masih harus turun tahta memasak sayur dan tentu saja selalu tak pernah lupa memasak nasi. Tapi cukup banyak menu saya, karena porsi makan 4 orang menjadi menu utama. Ciyeee *mendadak salting. hihihi.

Menu 3 hari yang lalu, seperti di foto adalah muntahu, sedangkan menu 2 hari kemaren (kelamaan ngepost, maap!) adalah udang goreng telur asin. Biasa, penyakit sok kambuh, disamping lagi ngidam berat sama telur asin. Baru masak muntahu dengan tingkat kesulitan sebiasa, udah langsung mau ribet total dengan menu berat. Hahaha, namanya juga manusia ya, kapan bisanya juga kalo ga belajar, so, mari kita membuat. Gimana hasilnya? Sukses dong, ini fotonya.

Tapi eh tapi, bukan maksud hati pelit bagi-bagi resep, melainkan karena saya malas ngetik resep, jadi saya akan berbagi kesalahan-kesalahan yang saya perbuat sebagai pemula dan juga tips bagi yang hendak membuat udang goreng telur asin seperti saya. Ehm, terutama yang kemampuan memasaknya minim hehehe. Yuk!

1. Periksa baik-baik telur asin yang anda beli.
Serius, ini penting sekali agar tidak mengalami nasib buruk seperti yang baru sadar telah membeli telur asin mentah dan masak sekaligus di saat udang sudah dibumbui. TEPOK JIDAT LEBAR-LEBAR! Ini benar-benar kejadian yang perlu ditertawakan, oleh sebab itu telitilah. Akhirnya saya merebus kembali telur-telur asin, karena yang digunakan adalah telur asin yang sudah masak. Bodohnya lagi, jumlah telur asin mentah yang saya beli lebih sedikit daripada yang masak. Huff!
2. Pilih jenis udang yang baik.
Ehm, saya tidak ingin menyalahkan si papah yang salah membeli udang, tapi udang yang beliau beli udah tuir alias ga fresh lagi. Huhuhu. Jadilah udang saya berbau amis dan tidak memiliki ekor. Udang kecil yang dibekukan di kawasan terkebelakang. Hwuahh.
3. Pelajari teknik memberi asam yang pas kepada segala jenis calon lauk, terutama seafood.
Penting untuk tahu apakah udah cukup asam atau belum. Setidaknya ini nasehat dari mamah saya.

Akhirnya besoknya saya mulai bandel mencoba masak Tom Yam, tidak dengan segala rempah-rempah melainkan dengan bumbu instant buatan si Asian ... Dan rasanya saudara-saudari, amat pedas. Saya tidak punya ayam segar kala ini, tentu saja di kulkas mama, dan akhirnya mencemplungkan beberapa potong tuna di dalamnya. Ikan tuna-nya terasa segar dengan kuah tom yam, tapi saya bahkan tidak kuat dengan pedesnya. Akhir kata, ikan tuna ludes, kuah tom yam berakhir di sink mamah. Huff.

Menu terakhir paling mudah dari semua menu yang saya coba, grilled salmon. Tak perlu kerja berat untuk membuat salmon layak makan. Menurut pacar saya yang hobi masak, cukup berikan olive oil, salt and pepper. Diamkan dan panggang di atas panci datar. Udah deh, jadi, salmon yang menyenangkan hati. Besok-besok saya masak lagi, atau mungkin minggu depan, tapi mari kita usaha lebih demi keberhasilan di masa depan *lebay! hehehe. Mari memasak!

how to make a better monday?

2011-09-26T17:58:00.001+07:00

We are all hate Monday. Agree? I guess in my opinion is because we had fun in Sunday and we don't want Monday end it. As for me, i went to church with my family, friends or even myself, felt overwhelmed after the sermon and have a nice lunch or movie afterward. Sunday is always a relaxing day for me. But yesterday was a bad Sunday for me. But still, i have to wake up this morning and greet Monday, hey Moanday!

After i woke up at 9 am this morning, i prayed to God, to give my strength to face this day. And i got an insight to do something productive today, then i cooked. Yes, i cooked. A simple menu, but i'm so glad i made it, with less mistakes. Brother and mother said it tasteful, i thought it so. Then i felt i already made my day. No one will make me feel the way i don't, and when i feel success with this Mun Tahu (Mun Tofu), i knew i was so overwhelmed. I really am beyond happiness. Tomorrow i will try new menus, i know mom will always give me space, alone, to explore my self, and my cooking skills. I know that my parents will always support me, and the ones who love me will never really leave me. All i have to do is to serve them "my best food", myself.

the taste is really nice. nyumm.

I cried over the post. I'm not a good cook but i'm trying to cook. I'm not going to win MasterChef but i will make The Master smiles at me. You will smile at me too, dear.

I will share you the recipe, but tomorrow after one more menu. Hehe. So, keep an eye!

IKEA stuffs upcoming

2011-09-22T19:43:00.000+07:00

No, no, we aren't waiting for the real IKEA stuffs to come, but mom has decided to make some stuffs according to IKEA's. My home has been renovating for the last 3 months. Yep, one of the reason why i came back here is to help mom redecorate home. And thanks God, we've already celebrated it for 3 times with some relatives and neighbours. Our home is bigger than before now, i have my own bedroom (i used to share bedroom with brothers during my years here), new bathroom (to me, of course hihihi), a new garden, and so on.

Today, mom asked me to browse on our pictures in Singapore last year. I wanted to post this for almost a year ago, pardon me. Hehehe. We visited IKEA Singapore and pretty amazed with that store. Yeah, especially for us, me and mom whose interesting on stuffs like that. So, we wont waste time, mom took some pictures there and today i looked it agan and why don't i post it now? I bet you'll love IKEA too.

one of the dream : walking closet!

my dream kitchen :))

one nice children room

andddd, me!

sakit gigi

2011-09-17T13:01:00.000+07:00

Sayang sekali saya harus membayar hutang nulis saya dengan cerita mengenai sakit gigi. Sepele mungkin tapi nyatanya ini mengganggu saya dan cukup membuat saya desperado. Saya sudah berada di rumah (baca: Manado) selama hampir 1 bulan dan baru mengalami sakit gigi selama seminggu terakhir namun sudah cukup membuat saya senewen. Gimana tidak?

1. Dokter yang sudah saya sepakati bersama orangtua ternyata mendadak akan cuti 2 minggu. Memakai jasa dokter pengganti tentulah bukan opsi yang tepat untuk gigi saya. Untungnya dokter saya yang lucu tidak punya dokter pengganti.

2. Operasi hanya dapat dilakukan pukul 8 malam, ketika semua pasien sudah pulang. Yak, operasi akan berlangsung lama.

3. Suntikan bius yang cukup banyak namun tidak membuat rasa sakit itu hilang juga membuat saya senewen. Saya hanya bisa mengerang kesakitan :(

4. Setelah selesai operasi hari pertama, si dokter pun berkata, "Bisa tolong besok foto panoramic tidak? Saya ingin mengecek apa sudah bersih". Ok, dan saya setelah semalaman tak bisa tidur (efek pasca operasi) ternyata hasilnya masih ada mahkota gigi yang tertinggal. SAYA MAU PINGSAN!

5. Kembali ke dokter dan langsung operasi lagi. Bekas yang belum kering kembali dibuka dan yak, tak ada bius yang mampu mengatasi rasa sakit itu. Saya pun terisak-isak hingga operasi harus dihentikan.

6. Setelah tenang saya kembali melanjutkan pembedahan dan akhirnya sisa gigi itupun keluar. Saya lega bukan kepalang, tapi diikuti dengan sakit luar biasa juga.

7. Kondisi ini cukup membuat heboh mama saya yang takut saya kekurangan darah dan tenaga. Sebelum operasi saya hanya makan sedikit bubur.

8. Ah ya, kondisi hanya makan bubur dan tidak boleh makan makanan keras-panas-pedas juga membuat senewen.

9. Tapi moga-moga bikin kurus juga sih. Cihuy!

Sekarang saya udah merasa mendingan. Masih nyut-nyut sih tapi saya udah berhasil makan ayam goreng tadi. Yeyy! Tentu saja dengan menyuir-nyuiran terlebih dulu hehehe. Sekarang saya mau mandi, mau kontrol lagi sama dokter. Satu wisdom tooth saya sudah lengser dari tahta, yang satu lagi, nanti aja kali ya. Sakitnya oh sungguh luar biasa sih. Hehehe.

Zen Garden-nya mamah

2011-08-22T09:19:00.000+07:00

Judulnya mungkin agak kurang familiar, tapi setelah saya balik ke Manado, inilah benda yang terus menerus mengusik hidup saya *lebay. Yap, Zen Garden dari game Plant vs Zombie. Semua bermula ketika pacar mengajari saya main game ini sekitar bulan April yang lalu. Ternyata game ini sudah ada di iPod kala itu, tapi tidak tahu bagaimana permainannya dan fakta bahwa i'm not a gamer. Akhirnya ketika kunjungan singkat di Manado meninggalkan kesan mendalam bagi adik bungsu yang kemudian mengisi laptop ini dengan si game. Alhasil tak hanya dia yang berhasil menyelesaikan adventure-nya tetapi juga ibunda alias mamah sebanyak 5 kali! Tak hanya itu, mamah juga menanam plant, dan mengurusinya tiap hari. Laptop pun nyala dari pagi hingga malam hari mamah mau tidur.

Yasudah, akhirnya saya penasaran apa yang membuat mamah betah duduk manis di depan laptop. Ternyata game ini bisa mengurusi garden-nya sendiri, hanya perlu kita mengawasi untuk memenuhi kebutuhannya seperti fertilize the plant, play music, menyiramnya ataupun memberi coklat kepada siput. Apakah siput itu? Siput merupakan hewan pengumpul tiap koin yang dihasilkan tanaman. Koin-koin tersebut dapat digunakan kembali oleh si mamah untuk memberi makanan, pupuk atau air bagi tanaman. Jadi haruslah terus mengecek kondisi dari plant-plant tadi. Huff, cukup jelas bukan penjelasan saya?

Lihat yang saya lingkarin biru? Itu adalah siput yang tak lain antek-antek mamah dalam mengumpulkan koin-koin. Uang mamah saya kurang lebih sudah banyakkkk sekali mengingat sayangnya mamah kepada garden-nya ini. Saya yang tidak tahu apa-apa kemarin berusaha membantu mamah dengan mengurusi garden ini. Oow, saya pun melakukan kesalahan fatal, yakni memberikan coklat kepada semua plant! Padahal coklat tersebut tidak bisa dibeli dengan uang dan hanya bisa didapatkan lewat adventure. Benar-benar kesalahan yang bikin mama agak-agak senewen. Kenapa? Karena siputnya mandek saudara-saudara, tidak mau jalan tanpa dikasih coklat. Tidak jalannya siput juga membuat mamah harus stand by mengumpulkan koin dan harus lebih lama depan laptop menyelesaikan adventure agar bisa dapat coklat. Fyuhh, saya ikutan capek juga. Hahaha.

Tapi, tenanglah, pagi ini lewat beberapa kemenangan adventure mamah berhasil mendapatkan 3 coklat sebagai makanan siput hari ini. Saya pun selamat dari tugas mengurusi Zen Garden mamah. Saya sih senang-senang saja mamah saja jago main laptop, tapi seandainya uang dari garden bisa ditukar jadi uang beneran mah saya lebih senang lagi. Hihihi. Mari main puzzle Plant vs Zombie lagi! :)

Polly by UP shoes

2011-08-02T23:12:00.000+07:00

This box came to my crib a week after thesis defense.

the cute UP bird

the box

hello, Polly shoes!

This shoes basically wasn't my need cause i still have lots of shoes (i bet boyfriend will give me his thumbs for this statement. hihihi). But one day, i browsed on UP shoes by Diana Rikasari and found out this store sells wedges. Some of them got my attention but I ended on ordering Polly. It came after 10 days of waiting, they promised it wont be more than 14 days. Mom was in my crib when its arrived. She liked Polly, cute as she said. I wore it for the first time on judicium and it changed my whole look cause i was 9cms taller. Hahaha. One funny story on that day. I met some friends afterward to watch Harry Potter and they all commented on my new wedges. I'm much taller. Hihihi. You're so cute, Polly. As the designer post on the web, Polly loves cupcake too, just like me!

red velvet cupcake by minilovebites

2011-08-02T22:28:00.000+07:00

This post was left on my draft for a month and it's about delicious cupcakes by minilovebites. I got their address from some accounts in twitter and it led me order 2 kind of cupcakes at the moment, Purple Choco and Red Velvet. With no doubt, my heart goes to the Red Velvets. Not as good as people may expect maybe, like cupcakes from abroad, but at least this cupcake was the best on town (in my opinion, do mind it, people). The color was good, the icing was great. I once posted a post about thing i hate in cupcake which is the icing part. But, minilovebites solved my problem, it wont let you lips full butter from the icing, or whatever it is. Don't forget their packaging too, it is a nice one. Ah ya, minilovebites served non-preservative cupcakes, so you'll have to finish it on 2 days after you got it home. Definitely will order the Red Velvet again. Hihihi.

done

2011-08-02T21:46:00.002+07:00

We Are The Champion by Queen as backsound.

me and my thesis

me and my supervisor

me, supervisor and one judge.

Hahaha, i don't know how to reveal it with a good grammar, pardon my poor English skill, but all i wanna say is i'm official a Bachelor of Psychology. Yeah, it sounds better than Sarjana Psikologi in Indonesia. But it doesn't make me less happy. Cihuy! It also tells why i abandoned this blog for a month! A month without any single post. But now, i'm back, with some posts for tonight, which means i'm still alive, people. Hahaha. I gained weight, yeah same old stories, but don't you miss me grumble about it? *peace! I have managed time with a friend to start gym this Thursday. I hope i can make it, without any excuse. God, please guide me. Hihihi.

Anddd, my judicium was done last Friday. I got an A on my thesis defense. Super double happiness! One lecture has asking me to journalize my thesis. Maybe i'll do it, but let me ask my supervisor first. Anyway, with or without that journal, i'm beyond happiness with this new degree. I've done my best for these 4 years and i hope years ahead will treat me well. To be honest i don't have exact plan of what am i going to do after graduation. I pray for my future, but for now, i only want to go home. Maybe i'll take a master degree, or work. We'll see. Don't afraid bloggie, i'll spill the beans later. I just wanna share my happiness now. Lalalala :)

Maicih oh Maicih

2011-08-02T20:58:00.001+07:00

Yak kisah bermulai dari saya masih kecil. Kesenangan anak lain mungkin cake coklat, chokichoki (Sitohang! haha), wafer coklat, bahkan segala jenis ciki, ada Chitato, Cheetoz, JetZ, dll dll, tapi saya nasi. Saya terlahir dengan lidah asli Siahaan, seperti ayah saya yang bertubuh agak tambun dan tidak doyan ngemil. Sebaliknya, kedua adik saya cenderung mengikuti lidah keluarga mama, senengnya makan manis-manis, coklat, permen, dan gula pasir. Saya sama papa yang balik kompak teriak kalo kita itu butuh makan nasi di siang hari, bukannya bergembira bersama mama dan adik-adik yang asyik melahap roti tawar plus mentega dan meses. Oh no, itu bukan porsi saya. Nasi dan lauk + lauk + lauk adalah pelibur lara hati ini. Hihihi.

Meski demikian saya betah makan krepek. Krauk krauk krauk. Makannya bunyi dan nikmat. Maka kenalnya saya dengan Pringles, Kusuka, dan krepek pisang. Yang terakhir disebutkan adalah kesukaan saya. Merk favorit saya adalah YenYen. Familiar? Tentu, secara itu kerepek yang paling terkenal sebagai oleh-oleh dari kota kelahiran saya, Bandar Lampung. Sang pacar pun turut merasakan kegilaan saya makan kerepek pisang ini. Sebungkus sehari sih yang paling record hingga akhirnya dia giat mencari orang yang menjual kerepek pisang ini. Tedenggg. Kalau pada mau saya mau save nomor teleponnya loh. Murmer dan asli dari Lampung! Hehehe.

Sekarang ini, posisi kerepek pisang di hati saya mulai digeser oleh kerupuk setan dan teman-temannya. Bermula dari plesir ke kota kembang alias Bandung yang gila kuliner, berakhirlah saya membawa cemilan2 ~~rendah lemak~~ yang krauk krauk itu ke ibukota. Hitungan jam ludes. Lidah saya gemar sekali sama yang pedas-pedas. Kerupuk setan sendiri sempat populer sebelum akhirnya porsi makin sedikit dan makin tidak pedas (tipikal produsen indo). Dan tadaaaa, tiba-tiba Maicih datang.

Berbekal banyak varian model keripik Maicih pun mulai mendominasi pasar. Eh sebelumnya saya agak bingung dengan kerepek dan keripik (tentu saja saya tau kerupuk yang bagaimana. yang unyil ato kerupuk warteg kan ya? bukan emping kan? *tepok jidat). Yah pokoknya Maicih ini disebut keripik. Ada 3 varian, ada keripik pedas-level pedas 3, 5, dan 10, terus ada gurilem-bentuk agak panjang namun berasa kacang (langsung saya keluarkan dari list karena benar-benar tidak bisa saya makan karena mengandung kacang) dan seblak-semacam kerupuk pedas.

Metode jualannya pun unik, yakni via twitter. Dengan mem-follow account mereka, @infomaicih, kita akan dapat keterangan di mana saja mereka gentayangan-istilah mereka jualan. Biasaya mereka jualan di mobil, atau stand mall. Hebatnya tidak hanya di Bandung saja mereka jualan. Minggu lalu ketika hendak berburu Maicih di Bandung, timeline mereka bahkan sudah ada di Balikpapan! Awalnya saya cenderung meremehkan promosi seperti ini, apakah memang selaku itu hingga terlihat seperti kejar-kejaran sama pembeli. Eh, ternyata ketika saya datang, keripik level 10 sudah ludes terbeli T.T Ketika disusul ke tempat berikutnya, ternyata tidak ada keripik. Yak, dalam sehari itu, saya sudah dipermainkan oleh Maicih di 3 tempat berbeda! Maicih oh Maicih.

seblak dan gurilem @infomaicih. maap keripiknya lupa difoto, keburu abis. hehe.

makaroni, keripik singkong level 10, basreng @maicih. packaging lebih aman.

Eh tapi ya kawan-kawan yang budiman, melengkapi post yang panjang ini, pada akhir perjalanan saya di Bandung, teman mengenalkan saya kepada Maicih lain, yakni @maicih. Secara follower memang lebih sedikit dari yang pertama, tapi tak kalah laku juga dipasarkan. Tempatnya pun tidak perlu kejar-kejaran dengan para jenderal-istilah distributor Maicih. Dan yang paling penting ada nomor BPOM-nya alias ini aman dikonsumsi. Pedasnya pun tidak segila yang pertama. Bahkan level 10-nya tidak bikin orang nangis. Sedikit cerita saya saja hampir nangis untuk level 5, bagaimana level 10 ya? Saya pingsan tampaknya. Seperti halnya @infomaicih, @maicih juga punya varian, seperti macaroni, basreng-bakso ikan, dan juga keripik singkong Maicih dengan berbagai level.

Yah, tapi semuanya kembali ke teman-teman, masih sayang lambung ato tidak. Saya sih lebih memilih Maicih kedua, lebih aman, dan bungkusnya lebih ciamik. Saya pun tidak perlu bersin-bersin karena secara nyata bumbu yang digunakan @maicih jauh lebih sedikit. Yang pasti sekarang saya mau menghabiskan basreng saya dulu ya. Hidup Maicih!

Info selengkapnya plus jasa delivery ada di sini.

Oh, God

2011-08-02T19:45:00.002+07:00

God doesn't have Blackberry or an iPhone, but He's my favorite contact.

He doesn't have Facebook, but He's my best friend.

He doesn't have Twitter, but i follow Him.

He doesn't have internet, but i'm connected to Him.

Thanks God for being my very-very-very important friend, father, saviour, lover, and healer (at the same time)!

I love You.

7 things about you

2011-06-27T15:12:00.004+07:00

Since i have nothing important to post (yeah, thesis owned my life lately) and today is my 7 months anniversary with boyfriend, i guess a post about him could be nice. Once again, i couldn't celebrate this anniversary with him. I was asking him to go to Jakarta last night, well, we'll see if it's gonna happen. Hehehe. Now i'll list 7 things in my room. Those are special, because they remind me of boyfriend. Some of them is his gift for me or even his own stuffs that he gave me and the others are my own stuff, but he took part of it.

1. Cars 2 tumbler

He bought me this tumbler when we went to Disney on Ice. I didn't really like Cars, in fact i haven't watch it. But, i have no idea what to buy cause the whole characters weren't my favorite. I like Simba from Lion King, but the souvenirs are bad. So, i chose this tumbler, an expensive one, Rp 100K. I really didn't mind if we bought nothing from that show, cause it was our first date in Jakarta. Hihihi. I want more!

2. Instax Mini

It was his Valentine gift for me, and the funny thing is, this camera came long long way before the valentine day itself. Hahaha. It came on early Februari, while i prepared myself to do my first research. I love this camera so much! I always restock its film in case it happen to capture many sweet moments in one time.

3. A bracelet

This lovely bracelet is his birthday gift for me. My unromantic boyfriend gave me one day before my birthday. I forgot his reason, but the way he gave it was so romantic (my own opinion, so don't ask me the detail. hahaha). I love my last birthday, boyfriend prepared it so well and i could say i feel like a lady in that night. Hehe. Thank you, boyfriend.

4. Eeyore(s)

Hahaha. I'm blushing as i remember the first time he gave me an eeyore. No no, he started with two eeyores, not one for the very first time. Until now, he have given me 4 eeyores. Am i right boyfriend? I never get bored on having a new one, but too bad, my bed isn't big enough to put them all. This sleeping eeyore was his last eeyore for me, as our anniversary gift, 3 or 4 months ago. Hehehe.

5. His jacket and shirts.

I love wearing people i love' stuffs. When i miss mom, i wear her shirt. And so i do when i miss dad and brother, or even friends. Especially when i feel alone, i'll wear their stuffs randomly hehehe. That's why i asked boyfriend to give me some of this shirts. Ah, i didn't ask him to give me this Brazil jacket. But, he gave me personally cause he won't wear it. Yup, see the color. Hahaha, i could't imagine how he'll look on this jacket. Hahaha.

6. Philips earphone

I'm a picky one on earphone or headset thingy. My small ears could't easily fit to most earphone. Thats why i like headset better. But, boyfriend lend this Philips earphone for me and frankly it's fit in my ears. So, i put it on my ipod and they become great friends till now :)

7. GFF

Hahaha, maybe you'll think i'm weird to put my own card in this post. But, the fact is, boyfriend is a man behind this card. I never applied for GFF (Garuda Frequent Flyer) before. Since i moved to Jakarta, i found myself love to travel a lot. And it won't be a problem for me to travel by train, car or bus, and plane. Every year i fly to Manado, beside some others travel destination. To fly with Garuda Indonesia for me is just one of the option, not a must. But then, boyfriend persuaded me to apply, while he apply for himself too. Now, we both owned our GFF and have no travel program around this time soon. Hahaha.

* i used tilt shift from lemeleme cam to capture them all.

Sentosa

2011-06-16T13:57:00.001+07:00

Setelah pagi ini kembali dibangunkan demi membaca pesan pembimbing di facebook, saya kembali tidak punya kerjaan. Laptop dimatiin tanggung, akhirnya pasang HD dan buka2 folder tua hingga nyampe ke folder Spore. Folder setahun lalu berisi foto2 pas liburan di negeri singa sama mama dan Daling, si adek kecil. Mau masukin facebook tapi dah banyak teman2 pake fotonya, ga bisa gombal2 pula, jadilah kita bergombal di blog sendiri. Yukkk.

Melihat tanggal perjalanan, 23 Juni 2010, udah mau hampir setahun ternyata. Wah, jadi ingat setahun lalu, saya sudah mulai disibukkan dengan pengumpulan proposal awal skripsi dan belum selesai hingga sekarang. Eits, bukan saya malas, tapi memang prosedur skripsi di fakultas saya berlangsung dalam 2 semester, lama dan melelahkan, tentu saja. Meski demikian saya berhadap bisa cepat lulus, doakan saya dapat kabar buat sidang pada hari-hari ini ya. Saya teganggg.

Eh, tapi inti post ini sih bukan tentang skripsi, tentu saja, melainkan liburan di Singapore. Berhubung lokasi Singapore yang kecil, kegiatan entertainment mayoritas berada pada pulau kecil ini, Sentosa Island. Ada beragam hiburan di sini, seperti Universal Studio, Images of Singapore, Merlion Statue, Song of the Sea, ah, banyak, nanti saya cari brosurnya lagi deh buat lebih lengkap hehe. Yang pasti banyak hiburan ada di tempat ini dan mudahnya semua gampang dijangkau serta dijamin tidak akan tersesat meskipun luas. Yah, capek kaki sih iya, karena ada yang di ketinggian dan ada yang di tepi pantai. Singapore mengolah Sentosa sebagai pulau liburan bagi orang atau keluarga yang ingin menikmati hari liburnya. Menyenangkan itu kata tepat bagi Sentosa.

Liburan saya tahun lalu mengunjungi 3 spot yang berada di Sentosa, ada Universal Studio, Images of Singapore dan Song of the Sea. Ketiganya saya kunjungi dalam sehari! Melelahkan namun menyenangkan. Post kali ini memuat foto mengenai Universal Studio Singapore (USS). Saya pengen kembali ke sana. Pernah saya dan pacar membahas tentang USS dan menurutnya saya kurang menjelajah. Yah, ada cerita di balik itu semua sehingga saya tidak bisa leluasa berjalan2. Jadinya sekarang saya jadi pengen menjelajah USS lagi deh. Banyak spot bagus buat foto2 di sana, hahaha, dan juga toko souvenirnya beragam. Favorit saya, emm, Madagascar!

pintu masuk yang penuh antrian orang

bola universal yang laris dijadikan foto profile facebook

topi di toko souvenir

pintu masuk ke Jurassic Park

areal Mesir

pesawatnya Madagascar nyangkut di pohon

rumah Shrek, tebak aja di mana dia mandi lumpurnya

salah satu stand minuman

areal Hollywood

Di dalam USS ada sejumlah areal. Yang dimaksud areal lebih kepada bagian-bagian dalam USS. Kalau pernah ke DuFan, lebih ke areal Asia, America, dll, begitu pula USS. Uniknya setiap areal memiliki permainan yang berbeda, restoran yang berbeda, bahkan toko souvenir yang berbeda. Ada arealnya Hollywood (plus Marilyn Monroe dan Woody Woodpecker), areal Madagascar, areal Shrek (ada film 4D), ada Jurrasic Park, Egypt, ada areal yang futuristik plus Hollywood. Di antara areal itu ada banyakkkk sekali spot foto loh. Ah, saya ingin kembali ke sana untuk foto2 malah. Hihihi. USS benar2 hiburan, khususnya bagi kita yang bingung sudah bosan ke DuFan. Permainan USS tidak menantang, waktu itu roller coasternya masih rusak sehingga saya tidak mencoba, tapi pada dasarnya seru dan agak menantanglah hihihi. Mengingat mama saya teriak2 ketika di daerah mummy, kabarnya pacar saya juga loh. Hahaha. Ah, saya jadi beneran ingin ke USS lagi. Ayuk mama, kelar sidang kita ke Singapore lagi yukk :)

first steak

2011-06-15T10:31:00.002+07:00

I was in hometown a month ago and only visited boyfriend's crib twice. Hahaha, seriously. And to make it worse, i visited him with tears, oh so lame. We had problems at the moment, arguing our own opinions, no one win i guess, cause at the end, we took quite a long self-meditation to rethink about everything. Yah, it's not that easy to build a strong and health relationship with someone. You have to make him/her be your priority, not all the time of course, but in things that can lead you to a (big) fight. Things that they forbid you to do cause they hate it and maybe it annoys you sometime cause you think it was a normal thing. Then, you ought to control you ego, do your best to prove your love, so you wont fight with them. Ah, i learnt it later as a commitment.

Anyway, boyfriend cook me a steak after i finished my long cry. It wasn't his first cook for me. He loves cooking, anyway, whilst i love eating. Hahaha, we both are. It was a big steak for me, we ate it together of course. I love the brocoli -cause we both like brocoli and the fries part. My favorite! Isn't it sweet when your boyfriend cook you something? Well, for me, it was one of the sweetest things he did on our relationship. You know the most annoying thing lately? He reveals all my bad habits during his visit in Jakarta. Argh! Wait for my 'sweet' revenge, boyfriend! Prepare yourself. Hohoho.

Bon Appetit!

i'm free (for a while)

2011-06-10T17:58:00.000+07:00

Yeyy! I've just collected my thesis, a full version. It relieves me, it really is. Now i have many leisure time, doing nothing special until i get the result. Hopefully next week, so i can register my name and do some last revision. Uhh, so scary and happy at the same time. I passed the most epic days in my life. I spent more than 15 hours a day in front of my laptop, i bet Goldy (i named my laptop, like its color, gold) hate me as much as i hate her. I abused her to the max, so did my body. I only sleep for 3-5 hours a day. My body is craving for some massage and long sleep. Too bad i couldn't have a good massage this time soon, but for some hair spa, i'll do it. Yeyy. I also handed many films and sitcoms, so i have something to do (beside sleep of course) while waiting for the result. Thanks God!

Anyway, i tried to post from ipod yesterday. Too bad it didn't appear here, but most of the topic i've mentioned above. Yeah, thesis is it. I'll back tomorrow with more posts, if i wake up. Hahaha. I'll share you about things that made my days lately. I bet you've already know what it is after you saw the picture above :)

Messy room, messy me

2011-06-09T18:50:00.000+07:00

I've been up all night for these days, blame thesis. But no worries, when I started to bored, I picked this stuff and played along with some apps I added days before in the library (please don't tell Bapak Kumis that I was stealing his wifi connection hehe). Anyway some photos do amaze me and made me dream of having a real iPhone. Uhuk Uhuk (big grin). I'll post more photos, pardon my silliness hihihi. Ah ya, I'm using LemeCam 2 exposure. Isn't cool? It's ubercool for me!

hey June

2011-06-02T11:02:00.000+07:00

Sorry to say June, but i hate you already. You makes me under pressure, lonely, and cry a lot. Brother are about to moving, sadly said (deep breath), tomorrow. I still have to fight for my thesis, due date next Monday. A long fighting with boyfriend, and i still don't know how can i name this kind of life. I'm exhausted. Last weekend, i spent more than 24 hours to do some revision, while the world were watching Champion League final match, congrats to Barcelona. Unlucky me, that sort of big effort i ever did means nothing significant to my thesis. I have to read read and read more theories, journals, text books, then find more related theories so i could analyse it. I'm tired, body and mind.

I lost myself lately. I became a moody, messy girl. Yap, it tells a lot why i had a long fighting with boyfriend. I just know, it's senseless, what we're fighting for, but for the sake of my self-esteem, i'll let him go. (another deep and long breath). Sometimes i think i have to quit, quit from my ordinary life. I gotta stop to pleased everybody. I'm not a kind of superhero, wondergirl, the best sister and daughter ever. I'm only human. I could cry, i could failed, i could angry to God and blame Him. I knew He'll catch me when i hit that bottom crash, not yet fortunately, but i know i will someday. Thanks God for what have You done to me. You are great.

(sigh). I'm in brother's crib now, helping him to pack his stuff. He gave me a lamp and some cotton, he's not using it anymore. I miss him already. I miss babeh, mama and little brother too. I miss my Dape Bear. I miss me. I miss..

stres.

2011-05-11T18:14:00.001+07:00

Ehem. Seharusnya saya menyelesaikan bab 4 paling lambat malam ini, tapi apa daya badan saya perlu istirahat sejenak. Jadi deh, nyolok modem, connect, dan voila saya browse sana sini. (dimohon tidak menyampaikan berita ini kepada pacar, nanti dia mencak-mencak). Tiba-tiba nemu gambar lagi. Akhir-akhir ini saya malas membaca, apalagi postingan blog orang yang curhat bersesi-sesi. Ini dua gambar lucu, kok bisa-bisanya dia nebak tingkat stres saya.

Lihat kedua gambar berikut.

Katanya bila makin cepat bergeraknya, makin stres lah anda.

Trus saya?

Ehem. Di tengah-tengah revisi 60 lembar bab 4 skripsi, kelaparan, kamar yang berantakan dan koper yang belum rapi melihat gambar kedua berputar dengan cepat.

Positif stres. ARGH!

Bagaimana dengan kamu?

where children sleep

2011-05-08T16:31:00.001+07:00

Phom Phen, Cambodia

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

5th Ave, NY

Katmandu, Nepal

Palastinian Refugee Camp in Hebron

Rome, Italy

Senegal

Tokyo, Japan

from James Mollison’s book Where Children Sleep

p.s : i know, i supposed to make my thesis revision, but i can't help posting this stuff. found it in someone's tumblr and it touched me. yes, i miss my bed too.

A Tribute To Sigmund Freud

2011-05-07T20:28:00.001+07:00

I so gonna miss this kind of event.

Seriusan! Saya bakalan kangen acara pensi kampus macam ini. Tak hanya punya Psikologi (fakultas saya sendiri) bahkan lebih-lebih kangen sama pensi anak desain. Asli keren! Mulai dari pensi pertama tahun 2008, 2009 (saya tak datang karena di kampus seberang), 2010 (menerjang macet Jakarta demi pensi, saya ingat betul malam itu menikmati pensi hingga akhir acara) dan 2011 pun tiba. Saya bahkan terharu melihat pensi kali ini. Saya merasa perlu datang ke pensi kali ini. Bukan karena pengisi acaranya, meskipun salah satunya adalah favorit saya yang malah tidak saya tonton, tapi saya merasa ini semacam pre-perpisahan. Saya memang belum lulus tapi saya berusaha agar bisa lulus tahun ini. Jika saya lulus, maka ini adalah pensi terakhir yang bisa saya tonton. Saya tak mau melewatkannya.

Tema tahun ini pun cukup unik karena dipilih pada tanggal lahirnya Bapak Psikologi Modern, Sigmund Freud. Freud sendiri nama pertama yang saya hapal semenjak saya berkuliah. Masalahnya memang nama ini amat penting bagi dunia psikologi. Sejumlah teorinya bahkan menjadi dasar pada salah satu aliran psikologi, dan juga yang paling populer serta banyak dipakai orang, Psikoanalisis. Saya tidak ingin menjelaskan teori beliau secara detail, meskipun itu cukup menarik, karena saya di sini bukan seorang penulis biografi Freud. Hahaha. Tema mengenai Freud menurut saya tepat dipilih sebagai tema pensi tahun ini. Lengkap dengan banner kartun Freud yang menyambut di depan pintu dan di depan lift. Menarik! Saya bangga dengan pensi Psikologi Universitas Tarumanagara tahun ini :)

Happy 5!

2011-04-28T23:04:00.000+07:00

You know what is the worst thing of being in a LDR? For me, the worst thing is you can't always have your boy or girlfriend beside you in every situation. Name it birthday ( thank God I was born on a holiday. Hehe), graduation, saturday night (ouch) and anniversary.

As for me and boyfriend, our 5 months anniversary, yesterday, was the second anniversary we had together. The three others we celebrate it in a different place and different city. So, when boyfriend was in town yesterday, we won't waste time. We celebrated it together. Started with my most favorite burger in town, Burger King. And we watched Gnomeo and Juliet. A movie which I had waited for so long. I've once watched it myself in my laptop, but never finished it. There are just 10 people in the theater. Yeah, the film wasn't a new release one. Then we ended it with a fancy dinner at Bakerzin.

Yesterday was a nice celebratory for our monthly anniversary. I'm looking forward on another celebration, though I knew it won't happen any sooner. But for what I had yesterday, I thanked God that boyfriend were here. I'm beyond happiness. Happy Five for us, boyfriend ♥♡
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Disney On Ice

2011-04-26T14:26:00.000+07:00

Hi there!
It was my picture in Disney On Ice - World Tour 2011 in Istora Senayan last week. I was there with boyfriend. The show was a kinda bit boring to me. Hehehe. Not to mention that I feel old being there as an adult among all the kids, their babysitters and mommies. In fact, I was yawning for several times, so does boyfriend. The characters weren't my favorite, that's why I don't feel the urge to collect any of it. But boyfriend insisted me to buy one of them, so I chose a CARS bottle. Boyfriend used it the most. Hehehe.

Anyway, I was glad to watch the show, especially boyfriend was there with me. We had fun these days and Disney On Ice started my days with him around. I'm looking forward to watch another show. I knew, Disney will give their best performance for us. So, hurry up, Disney On Ice, I'll wait for you! :)
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In the train

2011-04-21T10:42:00.001+07:00

Boyfriend and I are heading to Bandung by train. It is my first time and I'm excited especially because boyfriend is my company. Anddd, I'm holding my itouch again. I hope this post will success. Thanks to wifi connection.

Fancy dinner with daddy

2011-04-17T08:58:00.001+07:00

Daddy was here several days ago to visit me and brother. We had such a difficult time back so dad decided to help and there he was. Thanks to my big yet funny daddy. Some problems are solved :)

Having daddy in town also means having fancy lunch or dinner. Yeyy! Me and brother took him to restaurants and had two night with great dinner in a row. We're (terribly) full if daddy's here. I also got my netbook bag, the one I've always want. Hehehe.

See how happy I am if daddy in town? I captured it by instax so you could see my big smile :D

Lomo is a must

2011-03-30T08:21:00.001+07:00

A quick visit to Lomography Indonesia, or I might say "Lomonesia" yesterday. It was my second visit and it's still as good as before. So, I only captured their corner, full of lomos. Most of them are Diana series and Fish Eye series. I still have no crush on FE but I fell for one Diana or LC A+ (crossing finger I could buy them someday). Anyway, the reason why I went there was to pick my lomo's result. Still, some are good, and the rest are blur and dark. But, I won't give up. After positive, negatif and slide film, now I'd like to attempt a redscale film. I hope the result will be better than any results before. Hihihi. Can't wait to use it! I'm excited!

Wagyu for Weekend

2011-03-27T18:49:00.001+07:00

Just tried another good quality steak on town by Holycow Steak Hotel. Me and brother spent an hour by taxi before we reached it at 12 P.M and have to wait for another 6 guests before we finally entered the restaurant. So full and surprisingly most of them were grandpa and grandma. So cute! Me and brother shared our table with 3 other couples. Most of us ordering the same kind of steak, WAGYU.

choose your own wagyu.

200 gram wagyu rib-eye with mushroom sauce

Honestly, i'm not a fan of steak. I even hate some menus with beef as their main ingredients, like meatballs. But this Holycow Steak was a nice one. A big portion for me, but not for brother. I should ordered burger instead of steak actually, cause i felt goddamn full after eating this huge steak. Ah ya, another happy thing about this restaurant, they're so much into socmed, like twitter and facebook. You just have to follow then mention them on your status. See what i got, classic tiramisu for one mention on my twitter status. Tasted good!

next season please

2011-03-27T17:40:00.003+07:00

I'm not a big fan of American sitcoms, but i did fall for some of them. Named it Friends (everyone's favorite i bet), Full House (cutie Olsen twins and their handsome uncle, hehehe), Family Ties, Desperate Housewives, Castle, Cosby Show (reminds me of boyfriend), Bewitched, Gilmore Girls (tho i'm not a big fan of it), Glee, Two and a Half Men (just watched today), Big Bang Story (tho i didn't understand it due to Sheldon's words and English subtitle, blame them, hehehe) and my recent favorite one, How I Met Your Mother.

I finished their sixth season a couple of week ago, after i handed them from a friend. Then, finally i cried for Barney Stinson on Of Course episode. That scene never happened in my entire love life and i hope won't happen. So touchy moment. You have to finish their whole seasons. It's a great sitcom, although many scene seem unreal (okay, i know sometimes i took these things too serious - relationship, marriage, and friendship- and Barney ruined it the most). But i bet you'll like, a lot. So, enjoy!

ps: hurry up season 7!

Laid back Saturday

2011-03-19T22:48:00.002+07:00

Well, I'd like to tweet about how I spent my Saturday actually then I realized that I need more than 140-character to tell about it. Then I open my email and now I'm going to put it on my blog. Thanks to the smartphone :p

And yeah, today turned out as a very laid back day. I did some things of course. Or didn't I? Mm, I read a novel today. It's been ages I didn't read a novel. Too lazy just to open the plastic. But then i finished 2 chapters. Yeyy! I also arranged my wardrobe. Hey, it's my first for this year. Way too lazy to arrange them in color ( while back then I even loved to arrange them every week). Then, I cleaned my bathroom. Great movement! I'm thinking of cleaning the jelly toy in the wall now. Maybe tomorrow after church. Finally I decided to watch movie, Gnomeo and Juliet is. Unlucky me, the film was stucked in the middle. Huhuhu. Changed it to Back-up Plan and gonna admit that I didn't like it at all. Yeah except the baby twin scene with their daddy. Cuteeee :)

See? Laid back Saturday, and I'm loving it. I don't know why I am too lazy today. But, hey, boyfriend sent me an eeyore today. Sleeping-in-pillow-eeyore wearing his pyjama. Cute! Maybe I'm under his spell, and all he wants is me sleeping next to him and hug him. Hahaha. That's what I do now actually. So, thank you for the laid back day, eeyore. Time to say good night to boyfriend then I'll hit you again. Ciao fellas!

Kasih Ibu

2011-03-18T00:42:00.001+07:00

Kasih ibu, kepada beta.
Tak terhingga sepanjang masa.
Hanya memberi tak harap kembali.
Bagai sang surya, menyinari dunia.

-Cipt : S.M. Moehtar-

Lagu ini sangat simpel, tapi memiliki makna yang sangat dalam. Salah satu subyek penelitian saya menyanyikan lagu ini kepada saya. Dan sepanjang pengamatan saya, beberapa kali dia bahkan mendoakan saya dan keluarga. Saya tiba-tiba merasa bersyukur dapat bertemu para ibu yang hebat. Yang berusaha semua yang bisa mereka usahakan agar hidup anak-anaknya tetap seperti layaknya anak dari keluarga yang lengkap. Mereka bekerja, mereka menangis, mereka mengajar, mereka memarahi, mereka meyemangati, mereka selalu ada, dan senantiasa membuktikan kasih ibu itu selalu ada, sepanjang jalan, hanya memberi tanpa mengharap kembali.
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2011-03-16T08:02:00.001+07:00

Nothing special for this month. Thesis, brother's college stuff, thesis (again), sleep, eat, take a bath and back to thesis (again and again). See, nothing special, until I handed my last verbatim and start doing chapter 4 afterward. Please kindly wish me your luckiest luck, friends.

Yesterday I had a lunch with my old friends from high school. We went to the same university actually, with different major. One of us will graduate this April, congrats to her! While me is about to graduate on October. Another wish me luck. Yeah, mostly we were talking about life after graduation. I already have some plans, although I've never discussed it with parents.

Anyway, parents will have their 22nd anniversary this Friday. Too bad me and brother couldn't join the celebrate. But all of our pray are theirs also our life, love and devotion. God bless my parents, God bless us all :)

friends and instax

2011-03-06T19:00:00.001+07:00

me, desipus and arlene

I guess you all know that i own an instax camera (from this blog of course). Boyfriend gave it as his valentine's gift while mine, err, still in my room, waiting to be packed and sent. Hahaha. Please don't tell boyfriend, or he'll mad (a bit) on me. He'd already known what i'm going to give and i'm sure he won't be as surprise as i am when i received his gift. I love this instax camera to bits and i promised to use it wisely since the film's price is quite expensive.

Sooo, i was thinking to use it with my college besties, Desi and Arlene. We arranged time (actually it was a super quick arrangement between us, ever) to have lunch and do some chit-chat. College stuff (read: thesis) is the main topic because it is killing us slowly. Then we ended sleptover at Desi's crib. I'm happy and missing them way too much cause we used to hang out and do our things together. We also had a tradition, a simple one. We have to treat our friends as a celebration of our birthday. Lucky Arlene, cause me and Desi had birthday on Christmas holiday, so she had 2 free lunch. Hahahaha.

I'd already bought two more instax film. One of them are mickey's frame. Can't wait to use it. I'm super excited to the next photos. I'm hoping there will be a picture of boyfriend and me there, before i finish the whole film. Finger crossed, it'll happen soon.

selamat tinggal Februari

2011-02-28T18:28:00.004+07:00

Saya disadarkan bahwa tidak ada post bulan ini, yah, jika post valentine itu dihitung maka saya hanya punya 1 postingan saja. Sekarang sudah tiba di akhir bulan Februari, besok sudah Maret. Waktu benar-benar berjalan amat cepat! Saya pun akhirnya berpikir-pikir tentang bulan ini, apa saja yang sudah terjadi, apa saja yang sudah saya lakukan dan seberapa jauh harapan saya di bulan ini tercapai. Hasilnya ya tidak ada alias jauh dari harapan. Huff.

Terima kasih untuk twitter, yang selalu siap menampung unek-unek dan harapan saya. Serta mengingatkan saya apa yang sebelumnya telah saya niatkan untuk dilakukan. Wawancara yang saya lakukan sudah cukup banyak, terima kasih untuk subyek-subyek yang bersedia berpartisipasi dalam skripsi saya. Bahkan lebih hebat lagi, sejauh ini saya tidak budek. Yah, faktanya saya baru bergerak mengerjakan verbatim subyek kedua saya dan perjalanan saya masih panjang. saya juga berjalan-jalan dengan papa dan adek saya selama di Medan. Syukurlah mereka menyemangati saya selama seminggu di sana. Saya senang! Ah, dan Valentine saya rasa cukuplah. Saya ditolak 2 subyek di malam valentine dan adek saya bersama dengan pacar saya main WE hingga larut. Yah yah. Untuk masalah turun berat badan, hmm, saya no comment. Itu proses, yah, setidaknya saya masih optimis garis timbangan itu akan bergeser ke kiri hingga tiba saatnya saya pakai toga. AMIN!

Demikianlah refleksi saya serta pembelaan sejumlah wish awal Februari saya. Besok akan ada wish baru untuk bulan Maret, jauuuuhhh lebih sederhana daripada bulan ini. Cukuplah dengan menyelasaikan verbatim dan memperbaiki mood selalu. Terima kasih Februari, selamat datang Maret.

long-distance valentine

2011-02-14T18:02:00.002+07:00

meet us, me and Dape Bear.

he's as big as teddy bear, his twin.

but his heart is bigger than any (bears') heart i know.

i made mistakes to him, got him mad on me, made him worry,

cried for me (oops) but he still loves me (that's why i love him).

happy valentine, Dape Bear :)

sanctuary

2011-02-11T15:53:00.003+07:00

I wish i don't ramble again about my thesis. Yeah, it doesn't run too smooth and i realized it. Sometimes i even think that i screw it and the best thing i could do is turn off my laptop and put it on its bag, or i'll watch some serials (i'm back to Friends -again? yes!- and HIMYM). I miss my sanctuary. Sometimes i feel like i couldn't make any progress if i don't do it there.

Things i miss about my sanctuary :

1. Sleep all day with my own bedcover

2. Hit eeyores, hold them tight. Oh, i miss them.

3. Turn off the lamp while sleeping and all day. Hihihi.

4. Eat my meals in bed.

5. Err, while having a call with sweetest boyfriend :)

6. Stay up late with tv's on but all i listening to is boyfriend.

7. Messing up my bedroom. It's true. Huff.

8. Picking and matching my shoes, bags and clothes.

9. Or even arranging them. Tiring but fun!

10. Ahh, i miss my sanctuary.

ps : my sanctuary is my room in Jakarta. I spend the last 3 years on that room. Many stories happened there. Not too special actually, but i knew i could finish my thesis faster if i do it there. I just know it.
(backsound : Home-Michael Buble)

sunny day on a lake

2011-02-11T15:52:00.003+07:00

Despite of my homesickness, or i could say room-sickness, i still have fun with family here. Brother and daddy are also in town, so we went to dad's homeland with our relatives. A tiring trip indeed and i got a stomach ache all the night. Missing little brother and mom to be with us, joining the trip. Anyway, i love seeing Lake Toba. I feel close to mom's homeland, though we didn't have a chance to visit it. But, taking a picture with the lake itself makes me happy, err, i still miss mom anyway. Hehe.

instax for valentine

2011-01-28T16:56:00.003+07:00

Once boyfriend asked me "Do we have to do something to celebrate Valentine's Day this year? It's our first Valentine." He made me think for a couple of second before i answered YES, but what we are going to do? We're miles apart and won't celebrate it together. I'll be somewhere in Medan, maybe, doing my research, while he'll stay in Manado. But his idea to make this Valentine special was a great idea, and we decided to exchange gifts to each other.

Surprisingly, his gift came today. Yup, way too long to Valentine's Day itself, and i'm still not ready with my gift. To be honest, i haven't find it but i know what to give. Hahaha. do wait patiently for my gift, boyfriend. I suppose it'll come to you after Valentine :D Anyway, i love love love this instax camera. I owned Diana Mini lomo (i love it also) but always had a thing on polaroid photos. Thanks to boyfriend, now i have my first instax camera and it is his Valentine gift to me. Hihiy!

Then, i tried to use this camera myself. Boyfriend was watching me through webcam and laughing at me all the time. I didn't know how to use it, but to be frank it was so easy. And ta-daaaaa, here i am in a corner of my messy room (do.no.zoom.this.photo.please) and smiled to you. Happy (early) Valentine's day, folks!

an attempt to 'see' you

2011-01-24T15:39:00.001+07:00

Okay, let say us cheesy but having a webcam with him really really makes me happy. I miss him in many ways. Then one night after i came back to the city, i was charging my itouch and found out that my internet connection was still on. We tried our ym and were thrilled that we could webcam-ing. Hahaha, bad words and bad grammar. We kept on doing this thing everytime we're not busy doing something. In fact, some problems happened and i just can't make it any better but he supports me. My friends also heard my stories and suggest some things to do. While brother teases me but i knew he prays for me too. Just a little braveness to admit that i'm the one who must be blamed on. While in the other hand, i also had a good time with him without thinking that problem. Seeing his face, laughing together (the best part of webcam) and telling our daily activities were my mood booster and lullaby these days.

Crossing finger the internet connection will still on until i leave the city next week and also i don't have to pay for it. Hahaha. I managed money to buy a modem actually so i could still 'see' him while i'm away. Another pray was i could find the right simcard which can support the internet connection well. Oh, well, this time i pray harder for connection that i've never done before. Having a good internet connection was important nowadays. I realize it, people. Maybe you did long before me. Hehehe.

dufan in lomo

2011-01-20T12:14:00.005+07:00

Last post from home i guess. Just got lomo's lastest result from ASA 200. I once bought lomo's positive and negative roll. Unfortunately i couldn't develop it here, in Manado. So, i'll bring them along with me again to Jakarta. I hope it'll be great, cause most of the photo were captured in Manado during this holiday season. *crossing finger.

I put almost all the photos in my facebook and left some here in this post. My photos in Dufan with Angel last December. I had a good time with her and even impulsively went to Bandung and had a night there with Herlin (my best friend who lived in Bandung). The next day we rushed to travel, to find seats and straightly go to Jakarta. Hahaha. Another crazy times with besties. I miss it.

Anyway, please don't say that i gained weight in these pictures above. Cause yes, i do. I promised myself to manage a good diet this year. Please kindly wish me to get back my "perfect" weight. Psstt, boyfriend also promised me to do the same thing. So, wish him get his too. Hehehe.

birthday dinner

2011-01-17T14:02:00.001+07:00

birthday dinner with my beloved ones. boyfriend, bestfriend and brother. we went to one cafe in town with city and beach as the view. to be honest, i want to spend the night just with him. but, the situation made us 4 together in one table. indonesia-malaysia were playing in final AFF at the moment. we watched nothing but just hearing the noise from another guests while blowing candles and eating my blueberry cheesecake as my birthday cake. thanks for them. i suppose this will be one of the best birthday night in my life. i'm blessed.

randomness

2011-01-17T13:24:00.003+07:00

Happy Monday.

I planned to send an email to my dean again this morning but ended up with seeing photos that boyfriend gave me last weekend. I love his pictures and to be honest i tend to see those pictures again and again. If only i could put all our pictures in handphone, i will put them all hehehe. Anyway, i'm going back to Jakarta on Friday after spending a month in Manado. I had great times here, especially with him. We met, we talked, we cuddle (thank God i have a big boyfriend. haha!), we watched movie, we cook and eat together, we fought. Ah, the latter was an annoying one. Can i blame pms? hahaha.. I realized that we are a new couple, and we're about to begin our (real) long distance relationship. I have no idea when will i meet him again and sometime when i think about it i got mad. Not because i don't trust him or trust my self. Maybe the fact that i won't meet him in quite long time and the distance between us are killing me.

That's why i feel so random these days. I lost my appetite. Another thing that annoyed him. I'm sorry. But this childish side in me who always want to get what her wants is shown up now. Life has treaten me so well the last 30 days. Christmas, our first real date, birthday, New Year, his parents' anniversary, family gathering, yeah all good days. I. just. want. more. But now i felt a bit lost. I do plan my future but somehow i feel confused. Thesis, which suppose to be the first thing in my mind doesn't attract me. Family, my supporters, i know they love me, but they dissapointed me lately. Maybe it's better for me to fly back to Jakarta. I'll get back my me-time, rethink about things i should do. Sort of self-relief thing. Unfortunately, after i get my self relief, i can't fly back to Manado, but have to start my research. Huhuhu. I'd like to come to Manado anytime soon. How i wish Jakarta-Manado is like Jakarta-Bandung, so i'll be home every weekend after research. sigh.

See, how random me today. Sorry for this random post. Please crossing your fingers and pray for my better mood. I really want to have good days before leaving this town, and i won't let this bad mood ruins it. Huff. Hey, mood booster, where are you?

bold.

2011-01-08T09:09:00.000+07:00

Was blogwalking and found these stuff. Do bold yours.

BOLD WHAT YOU LIKE:

1) Striped. > underwears and shirts hehe
2) Winter vacation. > daddy, can i have it this year?
3) Minty breath.
4) Warm hands. > I got it in him cause mine is cold. huhu
5) Sublime.
6) Proving people wrong.
7) Sketching.
8) Steel drums.
9) Tampons.
10) The Sims 2. > Yeah, although i haven't play The Sims again for years. hehe
11) Kissing. > :*
12) Backpacks. > I'll like to try it sometime.
13) Cloudy weather. > let's sleep!
14) Picking out presents for people. > And vice versa of course. Hahaha.
15) Kevin Flamme.
16) Boys. > I'm a girl.
17) Old movies. > cartoons especially.
18) Reminiscing. > the good and the bad. the happy and the sad.
19) Mario Party.
20) Orange juice.
21) Interesting people.
22) Late-night texting. > Now late-night calling :)
23) Cool teachers. > and lectures.
24) Levi jeans. > they fit in me.

25) The city bus.
26) Cardigans. > i wear it to campus
27) Sneezing.
28) Drinking cold water.
29) Finding money in my pockets. > i love it. hahaha.
30) Making connections.
31) Books. > good books for sure.
32) Bolding surveys.
33) A clean bedroom.
34) Collages.
35) Meeting people.
36) Comfortable positions. > who doesn’t?

37) Headphones.
38) Marathons.
39) Packing to go somewhere. > rempong and excited at the same time. Ihiyy!
40) Mascara.
41) Daydreaming. > like now.
42) Possibilities.
43) Ramen.
44) Notepads. > i am dependent with memopad on blackberry.
45) Burt’s Bees.
46) Babysitting. > come to mama :)
47) Actually getting homework done. > yapp, of course.
48) Feeling good about myself. > It's the best feeling in the world!
49) Complimenting people.
50) Post Secret.
51) Confiding in people.
52) Themed things. > i did to my wardrobe.
53) T shirts.
54) Gentlemen. > especially with Broery's voice. hahaha.
55) Singing harmonies.
56) Being surprised. > as much as i hate it, i guess. hehehe.
57) New clothes. > err, i haven't shop this year. haha.
58) Target.
59) Long eyelashes. > can i exchange mine with brother's?
60) Bright Eyes. > *wink wink
61) Naps. > hooammzz.
62) Nicely-dressed boys. > with a nice hair cut.
63) Barack Obama.
64) Tweezed eyebrows.
65) Inside jokes. > it's a bit embarrasing but i do love my own joke and often laughing about it again alone. hahaha.
66) Eye-contact.
67) Acronyms.
68) Thinking.
69) Animals.
70) Collecting turtles.
71) Understanding. > no doubt!

72) Friendship bracelets.
73) Meaningful items. > for being so meaningful
74) Simon & Garfunkel.
75) Silly pictures. > hahaha, i do like it.
76) Raspberries.
77) Not going to school. > err, i like it (sometimes). hehe.
78) Star Trek.
79) Reading blogs. > of course.
80) Showering away problems. > hush hush.
81) Worn-in shoes.
82) Paranormal televison shows.
83) Facebook chat.
84) Baked ziti.
85) Visiting my elementary school.
86) Soft blankets. > And warm ones too, since I chill easily..
87) Big words.
88) Staying up late. > for good reasons.
89) Second chances. > Who doesn't want this?
90) Piggy-back rides.
91) Saying words over and over until they sound really strange.
92) Surrealism.
93) The feeling of relief after going pee. > hihihi, can i bold it twice?
94) Home videos. > but i also like theater.
95) Unusual names. > I was born to create them. Hahaha.
96) Diving boards.
97) Smilies. > :) :) :)
98) Cats.
99) Feeling better. > And feeling best afterward.
100) Considerate people

things that make me happy

2011-01-06T11:23:00.001+07:00

I could list thousand things that make me happy. Really. But now, i'm gonna list things that makes me terribly happy lately.

1. Smelling mom's cook. She's the best chef in the world. The best mom also.

2. Found a new simcard since the old one disappointed us. Well, i'm still using the old one actually.

3. Chatting via bbm with my brother. I'm so glad he finally bought blackberry. Hehehe.

4. Seeing my dad and mom on church, sitting with brothers and enjoy the service.

5. Eating food which i've been craving about since ever i left this town.

6. Err, have i told you that i become a fan of black forest now? yes, i do now. hahaha.

7. Internet connection in my house is getting faster. Woohoo!

8. Playing ipod with brother.

9. Sharing stories with my best friend.

10. Listing these happy things in my blog :)

I know i'll have many happy things in 2011. But to be honest, i can always find things that make me happy or even terribly happy. Good life is sorrounding me.

welcome to 2011

2011-01-01T00:37:00.002+07:00

Happy New Year 2011

I felt so blessed. I have my spirit full tank now. I'm gonna enjoy 2011 as much as i did in 2010. Although i'm gonna facing many many tough days and struggle while pursuing my own happiness (read: bachelor degree). No worries, cause i'll be fine. I just know that. I love my life and everything within. So, 2011, impress me more.
God Bless you all :)

akhirnya 21

2011-01-01T00:23:00.001+07:00

Heihooo, akhirnya saya punya kesempatan untuk online via laptop. Berarti post kali ini akan disertai cerita yang cukup panjang, plus beberapa foto. Yup, post kali ini tentang ulang tahun saya yang ke-21 tahun kemarin. Saya genap berusia 21 tahun kemarin, 29 Desember. Detail banget ya? Kali2 ada yang tiba2 kepikiran pengen ngasih kado ya mana akan saya tolak. Hahahaa.. Saya senang sehari kemaren, meskipun agak sedikit merasakan aroma konspirasi dari sang pacar dan sahabat saya. Tapi akhirnya malam kemarin ditutup dengan hal2 manis dan bahkan berlanjut hingga hari ini.

Emm, perihal kado, tidak banyak sama sekali. Bukan suatu tradisi di keluarga saya untuk merayakan ulang tahun. Yah, termasuk perayaan memberikan kado. Kadang suka iri deh lihat keluarga yang hobi ngumpul dan tukaran kado sama keluarganya karena itu bukan tradisi di keluarga saya. Saya pribadi kurang begitu menyukai kejutan. Anehnya saya suka bersikap spontan (baca:impulsif) untuk banyak hal seperti berbelanja atau berjalan2. Hal itu salah dan saya tahu itu, tapi untuk bersikap lebih bijaksana dan asertif juga akan lebih baik.

Harapan saya pribadi untuk usia 21 tahun ini juga tidak muluk-muluk. Menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik adalah hal mutlak, ditambah kesehatan dan kekuatan untuk bisa menjadi pribadi yang lebih baik itu. Mungkin bagi sebagian orang lebih baik membuat list, saya juga sih sebenarnya, tapi entah kenapa saya terlalu mencintai usia 20 tahun saya dan berharap dia bisa bertahan lebih lama. Jadinya saya menjalani usia saya kali ini dengan semangat usia 20 tahun saya. Masih hangat semangatnya, masih cukup kuat usaha untuk menjalani hidup dan masih cukup banyak cinta serta kebahagiaan untuk sekitar. Hidup saya bahagia. Saya puas dengan fakta itu.

Semoga usia ini membawa banyak keberuntungan bagi saya, baik dalam kehidupan pribadi saya, juga dalam aspek2 lainnya. Saya, seperti biasa, tidak mendapat banyak hadiah ketika ulang tahun. Yah, meskipun tahun lalu hadiah saya cukup banyak sih. Hehehe. Tapi tahun ini, saya ditemani oleh orang2 penting dalam hidup saya. Keluarga, sahabat dan pacar. Bahkan makan malam pun rame2, meskipun di hati kecil pengen berdua pacar sih. Oops, tapi gapapa, untuk yang udah terjadi kemaren udah lebih dari cukup untuk menemani saya di usia 21 ini. Saya senang. Puas. Bahagia. Terima kasih 21 tahun kehidupan ini. Masih banyak tahun2 penuh kejutan dan kebahagiaan lainnya. Saya yakin itu.

2010-12-27T07:34:00.001+07:00

How i miss blogging via laptop. Putting and editing pictures, editing posts, and giggling all the time remembering stories from the pictures. Ah ya, Merry Christmas dear friends. I hope you had a very great time with your beloved ones, family-friends-lover. Mine was full with good food and great family. Thank God.

*i'm praying for a great New Year Eve too.

as far as i can remember

2010-12-17T22:07:00.000+07:00

Hello. I'm quite surprise that my internet connection is still on, although i haven't pay it. Not that i didn't have money, but i feel like using modem is a best way for me now. I'm not a internet freak, i use internet just for blog (cause i forgot how to post via blackberry, huhu) and to find some sources for college stuffs. So, maybe it'll be my last post from laptop this year and i'm gonna put pictures here. Hihihi..

Well, related to the title, i was blogwalking on my own blog these hours. Yeah, i spent hours reading my own blog, reminiscing some stories, laughing, feel the urge to delete some posts, mad on it, and a bit teary at last. But, i'm glad, i have you, bloggie, although lately you didn't have my whole attention. But don't worry, i'm still here, pouring you with my feeling, thoughts, daily stuffs, just like now.

I'll be home for Chirstmas, like last year. Last Christmas, as far as i can remember was in Medan. Yup, me and the whole family from daddy's side were in Medan, celebrating my grandma's 75th birthday. Then, 2 days after Christmas, we (minus dad) flew back to Manado and celebrated New Year and my birthday of course in Manado. I brought lomo with me, spent birthday with my friends and family. A happy celebration, as i remember. Ah ya, me and mom were cheated to brother. We opened his facebook and found out his girlfriend while he was playing outside. Hahaha. Yeah, it was all last year stories. Now, i'm facing another great holiday. Christmas, birthday, and New Year with beloved ones, and i won't ask for more.

ps : dear Santa, although i said beloved ones is more than enough for me, but i do hope you'll send me a true love. a big one santa, cause i heard many bad news about heavy rain in hometown. okay, thank you. *kiss kiss!

in days count

2010-12-16T05:47:00.003+07:00

1. I'll finish my final exam regardless the marks. Hehehe. I felt bad this semester.

2. I'll check all mother's request as 'checked'.

3. I'm gonna eat waffle and ice cream from Pancious. I've been craving for it since I got my ticket home.

4. Me and brother will find little brother's request. I knew I couldn't find it myself.

5. I'm gonna drink quickly everytime I go to mall. Hehehe..

6. I'll find my second birthday gift for my self. I also have to tell Epenk to bring the first one. I-am-indeed-beyond-excited!

7. Should manage time to pack. Huff, clumsy me.

8. I'll meet him and spend times together. Woohoo!

9. I'll be 21yo. A bit scary but I know I'm gonna enjoy my day. Hihihi.

cookies stories

2010-12-06T16:19:00.003+07:00

Happy dawn everyone. Yup, this dawn I'm writing a new post, trying to use my blackberry again. To be frank, i dislike writing in blackberry. Unfortunately, due to this holiday season are coming in weeks and the lack connection in Manado is await, posting via blackberry is the only good solution. So, we'll see if its work like last year.

Anyway, I'm having my first final exams in hours count. 6chapters about counseling and psychotherapy. Oh, please kill me because there are still lots of therapy to be read. And I'm a bit hungry. Huhuhu.. I wish I had some breads in my room, but I have none. But, lucky me, I found some snacks, like this chocolate chips. Yeyy! Give me a toast! I'm munching on it while writing this post actually. Hihi.. I can't resist its good smell. Hmm, heavenlyyy. I like FA though I'm not a big fan of chocolate and chips. You should try yourself and will fall for it.

Ah ya, yesterday I also browsed some kind of stuffs I'd like to have for my upcoming birthday. Ice cream cake was one of the top list. I'd like to blow a candle on it, but the main problem is how can I bring it in 3,5hours flight? Huhu.. My D said that I shouldn't bring it to Manado but eat it in Jakarta. I'm into pieces T.T Then I turned to Harvest cake, but he refused again. Huhu.. I'd like to blow a candle this year. But I have no favorite cake in hometown, that's why I listed cake I like in Jakarta to be brought home. Huff, maybe I should ask him to find me a tasteful cake, cheese cake will be better to be my birthday cake. Hehe, sorry for my endless wishes dear boyfriend. Did I just say boyfriend? Yup, one of my birthday wish has just fulfilled a week ago. I'll spend my birthday with someone and I love that fact. Hehe.. I wish I could write posts about him later. I promise you, bloggie. No need to worry, you'll have tons of sweet memories.

Happy Monday!

Zangrandi Ice Cream

2010-11-29T23:28:00.000+07:00

If you ever tried Ragusa Ice Cream in Jakarta, i bet you'll love Zangrandi Ice Cream too. You can try it if you go to Surabaya first. Hehehe.. I went to Surabaya 2 weeks ago, but unfortunately i couldn't manage time to post about the only place i excited to go in Surabaya, beside Tunjungan Plaza as well. Thank God i went there with my high school friends. Good ice creams, good place, good chat, good friends, that's all you need to have a great weekend :)

meet my ice cream : Copabanana

ps : i wish i could share you more pictures about Surabaya, but unfortunately i didn't bring my camera along with me, neither D SLR or lomo. So, i only took some pictures by blackberry and you knew how bad it was. yeah, like pictures above.

pps : Surabaya was as hot as i recalled. Err, maybe hotter. But i love their new airport. Somewhat similar with Changi, in my opinion :p

wishes list

2010-11-29T23:05:00.000+07:00

Ignore the title please, because in fact i won't ramble in here about my wishes. One month prior to my birthday actually and surprisingly i don't come with (lots) wishes this year. Maybe just one wish, a silly one. I only wish i could have 2010 again, or maybe longer than it should be. I just love this year and a bit worry about next year. Hahaha.. Silly wish right? Will someone surprise me with this gift? No one can, for sure.

Anyway, i lied to you if i said i have nothing on wish list. Maybe each day i woke up, i've already have a wish. A simple one, i wish i could have lunch in some places (i'm all about good food *pardon me hehe) or i wish i won't be late to campus. Just a little wish everyday. But it'll be different if you list your wishes for your upcoming birthday. I did it months ago. Some wishes were on my lists, some were checked, yet some are about to be fulfilled. Another silly list about things i need to have or at least i thought maybe i'll need it someday. Actually i could make a new list, butttt, somehow i just need the time could walk slower then i'll have more time to rethink about things i like. Though i know, in the end i want nothing but Hermione's pendulum to travel through times. Hahaha..

My friend, Desi, was here for hours ago and teased me about many things today and vice versa. Suddenly she asked what i want for my birthday. Okay, she's really a good friend. Hahaha.. She told me that once i pointed 'a thing' in one shop to her and said that i want that thing. I recalled it for minutes before i got what 'thing' and automatically i said yes, i still need it. Though it wasn't on my list anymore. Hehe.. Ah, maybe i should write down again those things and remind my friends that they still have one month to prepare their gifts. Hahaha.. I love listing stuffs i like as much as i'm happy having those stuffs again and again. Sorry for my ramble post tonight, bloggie. But don't you think that time flies so fast this year? Cause i do.

a picture of diana

2010-11-22T22:19:00.001+07:00

Just found this picture from tumblr. My own Diana is on my right, next to my old wallet. I'm about to finish the current roll as soon as possible. A bit curious on how good this ASA 200 roll could develop images. Fingers cross they'll be good images, so i could still use the roll. Now it's way too hard to find the old one. Huff.. Diana Mini oh Diana Mini. Me love you!

photo hunting 1 - Monas

2010-11-15T09:59:00.002+07:00

Hallo bloggie.

Saya super-duper kangen. Beneran deh. Kayaknya kebanyakan kegiatan di kampus maupun luar kampus sampai tak sempat (banyakan sih karena malas) update blog. Hey, kali ini saya khusus online untuk kamu loh. Yah, sebelum saya menghilang kembali seminggu ini, ada tugas kenegaraan yang perlu diemban (mulai lebay), saya update-update dikit lah ya.

Kemarin saya dan anak2 kampus yang menamai diri Club Photography Psychology UNTAR pergi ke Monas rame2. Ceritanya sih photo hunting gitu. Ngumpul deh di kampus jam 7, oh Tuhan, susahnya bangun pagi setelah malamnya begadang2 tak jelas, tapi kita semua kekumpul kok. Dikit sih, 12 orang aja. Katanya yang lain pada ga bisa, yowess, masih ada hunting berikutnya. Hehehe.. Naik busway sama2 deh, then next stop Halte Monumen Nasional di depan mata. Monas, kami datang!

Lagi panas banget lagi. Iya tahu, matahari pagi memang bagus, tapi ini panas. Panas gerah karena abis ujan sebelum itu. Yah, alamat kita semua cranky deh dan nyerah ga mau naik ke atas. Panas plus ngantrinya bak ular melilit2 gitu. Bagi2 tiket deh ke pengunjung lain, moga2 mereka ga kasih ke pengunjung lainnya lagi karena malas ngantri. Padahal harganya lumayan loh, dari masuk hingga ke atas bisa Rp10K perorang. Berhubung saya pernah naik tahun lalu, saya sih ga gitu penasaran. Teman2 yang belum naik juga tampangnya biasa2 aja, jadilah kita banyakan poto2 di luarnya aja, plus di dalam museumnya. Adem loh museumnya, saya betah lama2 di situ. Ada banyak diorama juga, mini2 sih, ga kayak ukuran asli. Bolehlah kecuali lagunya kayak lagu dangdut gitu yang mengiringi. Hahaha.. Imajinasi saya tampak berlebihan ini. Hahaha..

Trus, emm, ah, teman kita datang bawa sepeda. Poto2 lagi deh dengan sepeda. Okei, saya jujur ga tau naik sepeda dan hampir jatuh karena sok2an naik sampai akhirnya ditolong sama sang empunya. Yeyy, tak jadi jatoh gratis di pelataran Monas deh. Hehehe.. Kita lanjut akhirnya naik taksi ke Sarinah, makan di GM rame2, trus balik naik busway lagi ke kampus. Sumpah, kemaren itu asli panas ga ketolongan. Akhirnya kita pisah di Circle K deh. Sungguh sayang saya tidak menemukan magnum di sana. Padahal saya ngidam dari Monas sanking panasnya tu Monas. Fyuhh..

Langsung deh pada rencana ke lokasi2 baru. Ada yang mau ke Bogor (saya mau!), ada yang mau ke Kota (err, saya rada2 mau hehe), ada yang mau ke Karimun (okei, ini lebay untuk kategori pemula, bung! hahaha). Saya sih mau2 aja kemana2 buat poto2, daripada kamera cuma kepake poto2 muka saya sendiri gitu. Lomo aja hampir abis roll-nya kemaren. Sengaja sih, supaya bisa ganti roll baru, penasaran hasil dari ASA 200 lebih tepatnya. Kait2 jari semoga dia nongol. Aminnn.. Mari kita photo hunting lagi kawan2 :)

Tegal

2010-11-06T13:34:00.000+07:00

Judulnya aneh ya? Saya bahkan tidak tahu judul apa yang bagus untuk post ini, tapi judul di atas benar2 menggambarkan apa yang hendak saya tuliskan sekarang. mungkin lebih tepat jika judulnya ada Wisata Kuliner di Tegal. Tegal, sebuah kota di Jawa Tengah menjadi tempat liburan (sekaligus kerja) saya dan beberapa teman minggu lalu. 5 hari di kota itu membuat kami menjadi petualang kuliner dan menambah berat badan. Haizzz, efek paling menyebalkan sehabis liburan.

Kota Tegal sesungguhnya tertata dengan baik. ada 1 hal yang paling menonjol di tempat ini adalah banyaknya gambar/iklan Teh Poci dan Teh Tong Tji. Hampir setiap warung makan ataupun toko memakai gambar kedua teh ini. bahkan jika anda memesan teh poci, anda akan disuguhkan poci tanah liat ukuran kecil, cangkir kecil, bisa dari tanah liat ataupun keramik yang berisi gula batu putih. Teh sendiri merupakan komoditi utama dari daerah Jawa Tengah, khususnya Tegal.

Sebagai pecinta makanan pedas, saya awalnya cenderung pesimis mengenai kuliner di Tegal. Apalagi setelah bertanya pada teman saya yang anak Tegal, dia amat sangat tidak bisa memakan makanan pedas. Nah loh, bagaimana nasib saya? Sejam sebelum berangkat baru saya ingat bahwa saya tidak membeli sambel botol sebagai penyelamat citarasa. Namun ternyata, saya menemukan sambel yang gila2an di Tegal, bahkan dari makan malam pertama saya di sana. Menyenangkan! Perjalanan saya dan teman2 pun lancar karena kami semua adalah pecinta pedas. Sambel, mari silahkan datang.

soto tauco - sauto di daerah Talang.

olahan swike (kodok goreng).

sajian teh poci di sate Wendy's

nasi lengko. isinya hanya nasi, kerupuk, tahu, ketimun dan saus kacang.

benar2 bukan selera saya.

nasi gombyang, seperti nasi rawon di lidah saya.

menu sate dan gule kambing Wendy's. sate kambing terenak menurut saya.

sajian bebek goreng Haji Slamet

rombongan lengkap.

Guci, Tegal

Baturraden, Purwokerto

Sepertinya saya masih akan mengunjungi kota Tegal di tahun ini. Semoga kali ini ada hidangan kuliner lain saya bisa saya cicipi. Meskipun sepertinya hampir tiap olahan khas kota ini sudah saya rasakan, bahkan hingga ke tempat wisata andalannya, Permandian Air Panas Guci dan Pantai Alam Indah. Hanya saja kota Tegal agak panas karena dekat dengan pantai dan juga tempat-tempat makanan khas yang terkenal tidak cukup terjamin kebersihannya. Untungnya saya dan teman2 tidak ada yang sakit sehabis dari sana. Saya mungkin sedikit lelah saja. Tapi pengalaman 5 hari di Tegal benar2 menyenangkan hati saya.

Inyong mau ke Tegal lagiiii...

letter for beloved ones

2010-10-30T08:48:00.002+07:00

Dear God,

Thanks to Your guideness for me in October.

Dear Dad,

Thank you, you've come back again to the city.

Dear mother,

I adore you.

Dear brother,

Thank you for making me cry these days. I'll support you all the way.

Dear baby brother,

Thank you for your sillyness. I miss you.

Dear close friends,

Thank you. I couldn't ask for more. Be healthy, be nice, be yourselves.

Dear eeyore and gloria,

You both aren't the sweetest ones, but we love you and will take care of you.

Dear homeland, Medan,

Please help me to appreciate you more.

Dear rain,

I've never thought that I could loathe you this much lately. Sorry.

Dear latte,

I wish I could have you today.

Dear D (or whatever name I gave you),

Thank you for the lurve-thing. Me likey a lot :)

The last,

Dear October,

Thank you. You are wondeful!

Ragunan

2010-10-28T13:00:00.000+07:00

Saya bukan pencinta binatang dan saya tahu bahwa adek saya lebih mencintai binatang dibandingkan saya. Sehingga ketika ide "mengunjungi Ragunan itu menyenangkan" dia kemukakan minggu lalu, saya hanya bisa pasrah untuk menemaninya. Jadilah minggu lalu kami ke Ragunan berdua. Itu sepertinya pengalaman pertama saya, karena saya tidak mengingat dengan jelas kebun binatang itu. Saya tahu saya pernah ke Taman Safari, tapi ke Ragunan, saya sangat lupa.

Areal Ragunan amat luas, hari yang amat panas, pengunjung yang amat ramai. Tiga hal yang membuat saya tidak menikmati perjalanan di Ragunan. Namun apa yang ada di sana sih cukup lengkap. Khususnya untuk Primata, sampai ada lokasinya sendiri. Lengkap dengan saudara2nya. Hahaha. Pesan saya sih, jangan mengunjungi Ragunan di hari Sabtu atau Minggu, rame banget!

Singapore in lomo

2010-10-22T20:45:00.002+07:00

I've developed lomo's recent roll and got the result. Err, it's better in my opinion, among all rolls, but unlucky me it went worse in my picture. When i came to capture things (buildings, brigde, mall), the results were great, but when brother or friend took my picture with lomo, it was blurred. Sad me. Anyway, for these good pictures in Singapore (i remembered that almost all film on that roll were taken there), i share these pictures. Enjoy Singapore with my lomo.

Places : Merlion statue and nearby, Chinatown, and USS.