going-ons

Dear Bloggie,

noooo i haven't forget you.

I've got lotsssss to post with lotsssss of pictures. but transfering pictures induces procrastination so..... got to be content with this post first.

Stuff:

- looking forward to watch Narnia! (great storyline, ubercute guy, and written by a much respected author. how can you not watch it?)

anyways it reminds me of watching Prince Caspian years ago. i was like: what? the next Narnia movie will be out by 2010? that's like waiting forever!

and now it's here! haha. and it doesn't seem to take long either.

- note books! ok i've got gazillion note books which i am writing in right now. it kind of confuses me. haha. but i do want another note book. i will never get tired of note books and diaries and note pads and journals. gosh.

- have loads of books to finish this holiday! :D artemis fowl, good wives, charles dickens (how, am i ever gonna finish this book?), life of pi (don't you just love rereading), rules of the road, sherlock holmes ( i know, i know. i've been reading this since months ago.), etc.

- have you ever felt embarassed reading your old blogposts? to be truthful, i do. sometimes.

so,

byebye!

The Mirror

I did something i haven't done in months today.

Which is staring at the mirror for 15 minutes.

i wonder what have gotten into me. haha

i used to do that a lot but not anymore, since i always rush to school. and then it seems that i've lost that habit.

maybe i just suddenly felt self-conscious today.

oh well.

Harriet the Spy

image from here

Harriet the Spy is a work of art.

The story is really really really simple that you would find it superbly-boring if the author doesn't have Louise Fitzhugh's touch.

The depth of his characters are amazing.

You just feel like you could relate to every single character.

and Louise Fitzhugh doesn't need to describe every single thing the characters feel. He uses actions instead and it's not something usual.

I don't have the book with me so i can't quote but...

believe me.

It's something you gotta read before you're too old for it.

And i think lots of 15 year old would think it's boring... but idk. i just like it.

and Harriet's hillarious too.

and until the end of the book i'm still wondering what 'Finks!' means.

and i'm sooo envying her for her cake and milk routine. yumyumyum

by the way, it's a motion picture since long time ago, starred by Michelle Trachtenberg.

and Jennifer Stone is playing the second Harriet the Spy movie.

just for your information.

for story review, refer to goodreads.

Under the Bridges

Starbucks - Singapore

Guess where this Starbucks is.

It's under this bridge where the path leads you to Merlion Park.

idk i guess most of you have seen it.

Creativity isn't it?

But what the tourists doesn't realize is that it's really Indonesia's idea.

Indonesians may not build Starbucks under bridges - but we build houses and call it home.

homeworks are not great friends with pillows

You know that familiar situation of feeling extremely sleepy in the middle of doing an important assignment (which you have to hand in tomorrow)?

and sometimes you just wanna leave everything and hug your pillow.

and it feels like your whole body and mind and feeling is shouting at you, telling you to JUST go to sleep.

and there you are, left alone with sleepiness and dilemma.

well i just realized that chocolate chip cookies are amazingly helpful on those kind of situations.

Old Diaries.

My 7th and 8th grade diaries :D

(i wrote those scribbles on the first picture a year after i finished that diary.)

so, yes. they're the reallest written prove of how embarrassing i was.

and seventh gradeeeee, when everyone thinks crushes and love lives are what breathing is for, definitely doesn't make a very readable diary. it's just too embarrassing.

so seventh grade was 3 years ago. wow. we used to have sooo many friendship diaries lying around. and we used to LOVE passing notes around and not paying any smallest attention to the teacher in class (that is until the teacher found out a way to stop us which is taking the note and reading it out loud).

those moments are... crazy.

but that's growing up. crazy.

my teacher once said that blogs are a new form of diaries.

and he said that girls used to lock their diaries and hide it under their pillows (i do that actually), and now they put everything on the internet in their blogs.

well he's half wrong.

i mean, diaries are diaries. they're supposed to be doodly. papery. scribbly. real. and do you really think i will PUT EVERY PRIVATE THING up on my blog?

have i ever even put my picture here?

and blogs?

they're fun.

but they're just blogs.

a place to put pictures and thoughts and essays and everydays, but they're blogs. you type. there are fonts. people read it.

so, no. blogs are not a new fancy technological form of diaries. at least in the world of girls they're not.

and for guys, idk. i've never been one.

It's such a grey day today. it's currently raining hard. there is always something magical about gloomy days. and isn't the rain making such a harmonious sound? - (unless you're in a car of course.)

i don't blog that much these days. and even when i do, i'm just making some really dull paragraphs.

i have to admit i'm in the middle of such a barren condition, facing the least of inspiration and creativity.

or plainly, i'm too lazy to do anything creative and worthwhile these last days. i'm all homework and writing this, writing that, sleeping, watching tv, jumping around, getting inspiration and the next day forgetting all about it.

and school is coming near.

i don't usually hate school.

i am even in high spirit for this biology virus test.

but..... well.... i don't know what's killing all my fire and enthusiasm.

i think it's the rain.

seriously. i was quite enthusiastic this morning and after i go on and on about rains and gloomy days, here i am. feeling grey and rainy and gloomy.

well nevermind :D

i still like gloomy days.

at least it's not blazing hot.

this morning was blazing hot.

and it ends up raining.

isn't it amazing how random it is?

i hope i could get my positive mood back. it's really helping me doing all these homeworks. but then, i should never rely on moods.

to end this gloomy post,

here it is,

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

a series of gigantic, gleaming, toothy smile.

:)

The Milky Way and Me.

we were discussing about the universe and such on geography class today.

stuff like the big bang theory, galaxies, stars, etc.

to be truthful i'm almost asleep during the class.

but it's startling, really, to realize we're nothing much more than dust compared to the suns, to the stars, to galaxies.

and, wow.

wow.

how could God loves us so much?

isn't it really easy for Him to pretend He forgot we even exist?

come on. most of the time we don't realize about the dust and bacterias and viruses around us right? they're just too small. too minor.

and Jesus even gave His life for these dust-like creatures? when most of the time they don't even appreciate it?

wow.

there's just too much wow going on my head.

and then the whole day i just keep on counting my blessings.

When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want?

Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?

- Max Lucado

so true :)

I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time- waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God- it changes me.

- C.S. Lewis

Garrulous

New English Word of the Day:

Garrulous

adjective/ˈgær.əl.əs/ˈger-/

having the habit of talking a lot, especially about things which are not important

(or in other word - talkative)

Most girls are garrulous when they're with their friends, don't you think so? Most guys are not really garrulous. They're extremely noisy but they don't talk about the same thing over and over and over and go over details and over again. Girls do that. And when they are finally moving on to another topic, they'll likely go back to that topic some time in the future. It sounds really boring, but, i don't know. I don't feel bored doing that. haha.

anyways, besides garrulous and talkative and chatty and being all mouths, there's another nice word for describing someone who talks a lot: loquacious.

i like that word.

so... if you're describing someone chatty next time, don't use talkative. use garrulous and loquacious. you'll sound intelligent.

Definition of word from Cambridge.

PROCASTINATING.

Any idea on how to stop procastinating?

I procastinate a lotttt and i'm tired of it. It's like, God has given me really big chances that i constantly screw up just because of my undying habit of procastinating.

I'm wasting a lot of precious time!

help, please?

A Quote :D

I've got some school stuff going on and my head is like swirling all over the place.

Sooooo here is a good quote from the Twilight Children book thingy:

When at last she could gasp for air, she said, "And what was awful, what was really awful, was that when i got to his house finally, finally, after all that time, there weren't any Barbies. Not even one. He'd lied to me. He didn't really have any toys at all."

- Cassandra, when telling Torey about her abduction.

yesss you wouldn't get it if you haven't read the book.

a bit of imagination.

some random fact on my childhood:

i had this imaginary friend that made me fell from this kiddy train in timezone.

(she told me it's funner to ride in the second story of the train and when i tried to get out of the first story the train moved)

i knew the word 'fork' from an imaginary airplane that landed in my house. (the airplane people told me that 'poci teh' --which are really teapots-- are called fork in english)

i talked to this telephone toy and talk english with this 'Kevin' guy. it's really just some worthless babbling.

these actually leads me to recent thoughts that maybe, just maybe, i have the slightest hint of autism. (or at least used to) (crazy thought. i know.)

but i read in that Twilight Children book that most kids have imaginary friend(s) and they usually live in their own imaginary world. they usually grow out of it. some brings it to adolescence and even adulthood, but that doesn't mean they have autism.

so, yeah. just some silly thought then.

A Grateful Day :)

on the 326th page of this book, i came into the conclusion that my childhood was heaven.

i don't have elective mutism.

my parents listened to my chattering (even though they said the only time I'd stop is when i sleep)

my mom used to take me shopping with her and bore me a lot.

my mom used to eat empek-empek and all the other nice stuff with me when it's our time alone.

i have great friends (i think i have more friends on early primary than i do now)

i used to have fun playing Cinderella and the Evil Stepsisters with my kindergarten friends.

i am never abducted by my dad.

i don't have genetical problems that cause me unable to speak.

my parents love me.

my parents doesn't use me for their own good.

i don't have siblings that die because of eating too much sugared laudanum.

i could go on and on.

and now i'm caught in my childhood nostalgia. it was a lot of fun being a child.

the point is, i am so much luckier than a lot of children.

and whatever problem i am encountering right now,

they're just not worth the complaining.

I have God and He is way bigger than my problems.

so, well, smile :D

start wearing I Love Mondays t-shirt.

be grateful that even though your school walls are just thin wood boards painted white, at least you could exchange secret knocking codes with the class beside your class.

stop sulking about how the Indonesian government is unfair.

stop complaining about the place you are put in.

start making the place around you better.

if you could complain and see the bad side of something, why can't you turn it better?

start with a grateful attitude.

positive acts are contagious you know.

Knitted Bow

Happy Friday the 13th! :D

Hope it brings joy and love and lots of luck to everyone.

anyway, i saw 13:13 on the clock today.

a lovely complimentary tea jelly from SerbaFood.

my current love:

knitted bow.

(and i didn't know such thing exist until Anna posted about it)

image from topherco

image from Yokoo

image from dolly knits

Image from Love Notes and Polaroids

I'm trying to make one :D

Birthdays.

Happy belated birthday to Bobby Fernando!

please publish a book based on your blog. it's gonna be interesting. haha

(and if you do, you owe me a signed version)

i'm always late at saying happy birthdays *sigh*.

anyways, talking of birthdays, my birthday is right one month away!

i wanna do something different.

you know... stop making it just another passing year.

well first thing i want to do before i'm 15:

-write an article (or story or whatever) and get it published on a magazine.

it would really be my dream come true.

Why translators should get high wages.

I badly badly badly wanna do a blogpost. but i kinda lost the picture i wanna put here. so, yeah. you do have to live with my random musings until i find the picture. or upload other pictures from the camera.

I bought a baby-sitters club book. in FRENCH language. and, no. i dont even understand what the title means.

it's, a bit for motivational needs.

more like trying to prove my theory that reading a french story book with a dictionary would be a very good way to learn french the fun way. it would end up like i'm translating the whole book.

it doesn't really work though. the only thing i've figured is the first word.

oh well. gotta try harder some way or another.

by the way, do you know that it's highly frustrating trying to a good book in shelves of books titled in a language you don't at all understand?

Invisible.

I've discovered my superpower.

Invisibility.

i've always wanted to read minds, but, hey, being invisible would be pretty cool right?

haha right i'm being extra positive.

i used to hate being so invisible.

and looking so stinking smart.

and guess how many thousand people told me i look like some extra boring nerd from mars?

there are probably some parts of me i haven't embrace that well,

but this is an improvement!

i actually laugh and thought of superpowers when somebody asks my name and the next day say "Hey! i've never seen you before!"

well, good bye self pity!

June is the new February?

Is it just me... or is this month more Lovey Dovey than Februaries?

My twitter timeline is full of people in love!

and facebook..... do i even have to start? facebook is the pool of LOVE quotes and groups and stuff.

and me?

i'm always in love.

can't you tell?

Random Stuff I heard on World Cup.

"Dukung Jepang karna ada Tsubasa ya?"

"Aduuuh itu kalo tadi gol inggris bisa menang loh! Mentalnya keangkat soalnya.."-my brother.
3 detik kemudian...
"Eh eh tadi itu kalo gol inggris bisa menang loh. Soalnya pasti ngangkat mentalnya tim inggris."-my friend on the phone.
(And they can't hear each other!)

Etcetcetc

Nevermind.

I couldnt remember the last time i posted a post.

well nevermind. there's not much ppl reading my blog anyway.

hmmm all i wanna say is,

I ACTUALLY WATCH WORLD CUP! and i didnt fell asleep! wow!

i watched the english vs. german match, and as we all know German won and 'Wasit Goblog' is an immediate Trending Topic. (it's like an inside joke for Indonesians.haha)

second,

me and my classmates went to Dufan two weeks ago (yesss this is kind of like a farewell event). and we actually meet Ruben Onsu and Indra Bekti! they're shooting for Ceriwis and i'm babbling: wiiih kita masuk tv! (we're on tv!)

all i could think of was: I HAVE TO PUT THIS ON MY BLOG!

but well, i'm too lazy because i didnt watch the Ceriwis show anyway.

i wanted to, but i never had time on saturday mornings.

That is, until my friend texted me this morning that the Ceriwis show is on tv again and it's the Dufan edition.

and yesss i could see myself on tv. (it was such a proud.)

i'll post a picture of our class and Panda (the host of Termehek2 remember?) someday as a prove.

haha.

well this must be quite an annoying post. i realize myself that i'm being a complete NORAK person because of the Dufan thingy.

and if you're not Indonesian, i dont think you'll get it either.

nevermind.

:)

i'm happy enough just to write it here.

We are Andy's toys!

Just got back from watching Toy Story 3.

Shortly:

I do not recommend those who have high blood sugar and diabetic problems to watch this movie. it's too sweet.

and, this is the long review version:

Pixar made up for it's Wall-e failure (at least for me) through this movie. The animation is amazing. even Barbie's movement is so.... Barbie. And Andy, well, only Pixar could create a cute animation 17 year old guy. ooooh not mentioning the amazingly creepy monkey doll.

the story line is perfectly structured.

it's funny without being cheesy.

the mean toys get on your nerve.

the misunderstandings isn't all drama-ish and annoying.

and remember that Buzz is in love with Jessie?

well the in love part isn't the pathetic-wall-e-type.

and the toys, their good values doesn't make them sound like angelic saints.

it's creative.

out of the box without being the sort of going-back-in-time weird.

it's the kind of movie that is very likeable without having a thrilling G.I Joe storyline. Or a Titanic drama. and i laugh harder watching Pink Panther. But Toy Story is something.

so... Pixar, congrats!

you've amused me once again.

have i mention i cry and laugh at once at the movie ending? it's really loud and my friend beside me is doing the same and we're like laughing at ourselves and crying at the same time. and i can't stop crying even when the bloopers ended. amazing. haven't cried over a movie that loud since Bridge to Terabithia.

and i've just notice all good disney movies are a collaboration with Pixars. (okay i still have a thing against Wall-E but, well, i can't like every movie right?)

How to stay POSITIVE :)

Found this video on Run With Scissors.

Tell me this little girl doesn't make your day and i wouldn't believe you.

Jadi inget.

Waktu itu aku sekeluarga lagi makan diluar.

Moodnya kita semua kayak lagi ga enak. Terus setelah pesen makanannya dan nunggu beberapa saat, pelayannya keluar terus bilang:

"Permisi Pak, ini adalah tahu yang sangat enak, dan ini brokoli yang juga sangat enak."

Kita semua langsung liat-liatan terus ketawa.

It's funny how sometimes strangers could lit up the mood.

30 Day Journal Challenge

So this is a 30 Day Journal Challenge hosted by Janel from Run With Scissors. It starts on Monday (which is two days ago) and i completely forgot about it until today, thanks to Gracie.

We're supposed to journal a topic that Janel choose everyday. 'Journal' means you could express your thought by doing anything you want with the page. Draw, write, sketch, doodle, make random lines, etc etc etc.

Well, now that i've missed 2 days, I've got to make 3 journal entries today.

hmmmmmhmmmm.

2 Hours.

If you have 3 minutes to spare today, please watch this. It could change your life.

Giveaway.

Joining PhieGarage's Giveaway.

Fingers crossed :)

OMG.

Something interesting i learn in french class today.

The french expression for 'OMG' is 'Mon Dieu'.

It means 'My God'.

But since calling God's name in vain is not right,

i think i'm gonna stick with 'oh my GOSH!' instead :)

Optimis.

It seems like i'm the only person thinking staring at the sky is funner than staring at the tv with all those football players running back and forth.

not that my cable tv allows me to watch the world cup thingy anyway.

sucks for my brothers.

anyways,

3 weeks ago i'm interning (if there's such word) di UPH.

orang-orangnya lagi taruhan who's winning on World Cup terus mreka tanya aku dukung siapa.

i'm like: Indonesia.

him: waduh dia sih kalo main bola ga mungkin menang. Indonesia ga ikut Piala Dunia aja gak tau. (talking to another person)

me: itu namanya Optimis.

i'm still thinking.... do i sound that dumb?

iyalah aku tau indonesia ga masuk Piala Dunia. it was supposed to be a joke (that ended up sounding stupid)

*sigh*

People who cuss a lot sounds like they are out of witty remark.

Formspring.

this is my formspring:

http://www.formspring.me/krssazaziah

ask something.

anyone.

Comfort Food

I never can make a list of favourite food but these are the things i've been craving the most this holiday.

1. Aryaduta's Chocolate Chip Muffin.

It's always best if you re-microwave it. it's crunchy on the outside and soft, buttery on the inside. It has a good warm buttery taste and nice melting chocolate chip. YUM.

2. Tart Susu.

This is my favourite jajanan pasar. The contrast taste is why it's so good. The crust is crumbly, salty, and dry. And the filling is rich with a sweet cream-like paste.

3. Waffles.

Do i need to explain?

4. Pancakes.

They're my favourite since i first try one.

Yeah, they're all.... Pastries? To eat over teas?

no idea what's the right label.

but they're all comfort food for me.

so you see, that's how my abs and thighs get blubbery.

Today.

1. I swim until my legs hurt. (if you are anywhere in imperial aryaduta country club and you see a girl swimming like boiled shrimp, that must be me).

2. Have a chicken kebab lunch.

3. Walk back home with my brother and all we talk about are fatamorganas, deserts, and whether we should stop on someone's house to ask for a drink.(it was a loooong walk but it was kinda fun not riding the bus)

It's all so tiring but at least now i have an excuse to eat more chocolate chip muffins.

Yarns and Stitches.

image from www.craftjuice.com

I love knitting.
yes. knitting is a form of art grandmothers do in their rocking chair (at least that's what they tell us in movies).
my grandma used to knit. (guess how many balls of yarn she gave me when i told her i learn knitting.)

i'm interested in knitting since as long as i remember but most of my friends are like: oh, i would be too lazy to do that. it's boring for me. you have enough patience to finish that?

idk. i'm enchanted.

it's amazing how you could turn a ball of yarn into a piece of art

people who knit looks peaceful. that's what my friend said. it's true anyway. knitting is a way of pouring your emotion and have it formed into something.

and it's funny how knitting attracts so many strangers. so many people.

i met strangers asking me what i'm knitting.

i met new friends that way.

i'm still a noob. beginner. but that won't be for too long.

Dreams, Drools, and Deadlines.

a lot of figuring myself today.
i found out that i'm this sort of person who dreams and dreams and dreams and never do anything to achieve that dream.
plainly because dreaming on is easier than getting into your feet and get things done.
and when i am working on it, it's just too easy to stop and just dream some more.

by the age of 11 i manage to dream of being one of the youngest author competing with Sri Izzati.
and by the age of 14 i manage to complete not even one chapter of my dream book.
and yes, by the age of 14 i am still dreaming of writing books. dreaming of the someday when i'll visit gramedia and smile to somebody, anybody who happen to pick my book and take it to the cashier.
it's hard but i've come to this realization that i'll just keep on dreaming of this writing-a-book thingy when i'm 87 years old, not even knowing how to make a novel's rough draft.

and i got kinda scared.
i've got myself trapped in this sweet thing called dream and even though i've tried to wake up a couple of times, i'm not trying hard enough.
i just let soft callings of dream get into my ears and dream some more.

for my whole life time.
all i've been dreaming is to write a book.
to get a short story published.
my sweetest yet dangerous dream, they never let go of me.

it surprises me though, that i'm the kind of person that needs DEADLINE.
not that i'm the kind of precise person that hands in everything on the deadline, but even when i'm late turning in for the deadline, at least i'm there.
at least i've made something and stop myself being such a dreaming fool drooling over something i could always get.

i'll make a writing schedule and deadline.
just have to get up and make a step.

I'm never a party person, more of a food person. But then, most parties have good food.

Fancy Hat

Found this on Jetstar Magazine's International Adventures collumn.

Bali, Indonesia

One of Asia's best holiday islands is Indonesia's Bali. It has sun, sea, surf and mountains all rolled into one, with a rich cultural heritage to boot.

Survival tip for tourists:

Don't wear the pointy, woven hats they sell at the market. They're not really hats, they're rice steamers.

- Kelly Marciano, Jetstar Magazine Interview.

i was like o.o

remembering years ago i almost cried because my parents don't let me by those rice-steamers-that-looks-like-fancy-farmer-hats in Bali.

source: www.shop.waroeng.nl

rice steamers. right.

Redeeming Love

On page 181 of this book.

so far i'm amazed and my comment is:

this is one of a few quality historical-romance that doesn't make you get that romancey lovey dovey feeling but instead teach you about love.

i DID keep on asking: God, could i marry someone like that guy from the book?

and all the same He keeps reminding me that this book is not written to show you what an ideal husband is like, but rather set an example of how a man could live a commitment filled Love, not always a feeling-full romance.

Holiday To Do List

Things to achieve for this uber-long holiday:

1. Learn basic knitting. - done!

2. Learn the very very very basic of french. (At least know how to introduce myself in french)

3. Make 1000 Paper Cranes.

4. Write a book.

5. Learn new knitting stitches.

Nobody's Boy

I want this book.

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”- Mahatma Gandhi.
This is something we christians must learn.

Strange is innovation and creativity that is not yet widely accept. - Unknown

Spreading Much Love

The sweetest blog:
http://muchlove-anna.blogspot.com

her blog made me wanna draw hearts and put them randomly. everywhere.
she made me wanna spread some love. even on mondays. and tuesdays.
she inspires me.
anyways,
have you spread some love today?

they teach you how to love.

Dogs are the craziest.
You hate them.
You get mad at them.
You get bored with them.
They can sense it. and they can be really mad at you too.
But 10 minutes later they'll come back to you wagging their tails.

They know how to trick you. They know how to quickly take dirty foods and yucky tissues without you knowing. They know you don't like it but they do it anyway.
They are naughty.
But sometimes all they do is put their paw on yours and lick your cheeks.
Sometimes they seems insensitive, jerking you everywhere on evening walks when you're on your worst mood.
But they know they love you anyway.
They love you even though you care for them only for the sake of responsibility.
They love you even when you don't have any treats.

It's true: give your heart to a dog and he will give you his.

and please, don't ever believe in doggie movies before you have a dog. it's never a fairytale to have a dog. it's hard. exhausting. emotion quenching. but you ought to have one, even if it's only once in your life.
because somehow it teaches you how to love.

A piece of memory.

I am very melodramatic today that i think posting anything on my blog would be a great mistake.
Answer me:
which melodramatic person wouldn't get very melodramatic waktu hari ini hari trakir make seragam SMP?
yea talk about the extra long ninth grade holiday.
YES i'm happy with that too but, come oon this is like the last official school day i'm gonna spend with some of my friends.
I never know we can miss a person we've met this morning because we know one day we're gonna forget about missing them.
melodramatic virus is gnawing my soul (apaan sih)

i wanna post some photos but let me do that tomorrow.

Being Grandmotherish.

I'd like to take knitting/crocheting class this holiday.
i've always been curious about crocheting.
i know i sound somewhat grandmotherish. sometimes i even wonder what i'll do on my old years since i've been doing what my friends consider boring and old on the mere age of 14.
idk why having interest in knitting and crocheting and those kind of stuff sounds old. they're fun!
in fact, i think sometimes doing them could be a great aid when you're feeling moody.

In love all over again.

5 reasons to love Gamaliel and Audrey:

1. Aweesome voices <3

2. They're indonesian people.

3. They're not over 25 but still able to charm us.

4. They always have an "Indonesian Alert" in their vids.

5. Their bloopers will make you laugh out loud.

Someday i'll ask them to sing on my wedding.

Places of Inspiration

My places of inspiration:

-bookstores

-blogs.

Loving the Tension

Joining a giveaway for this from

http://muchlove-anna.blogspot.com/

she's got a cute store in etsy!

i know i've got a low chance of winning but nevermind :D

anyways who dont love the tension waiting for the winners list?

Rok Sepan

Hal yang lebih ga enak dari pada nyebrang jalan pake rok sepan adalah nyebrang jalan pake rok sepan dan dikira ibu2.

Randomizing my blog.

I am currently:

BOOKCRAVING.

My state of mind:

wanna scribble and just write!

My mind is wandering through:

Colours

I wanna:

kneel on hobbycraft's benang sulam part and just stare at all those colours.

taking this and that.

choosing this and that.

taking lots of pale pink.

gosh i love pale pink.

I have to:

Sleep.

So:

more randoms tomorrow.

Believe that randomizing is an expression of boredness, cari-perhatianness, or creativity. :)

Carnival.

Starting my new line of Friendship Bracelets:

Carnival.

idk these days i'm in love with norak-ish carnival colors :)

maybe it's an effect of that Moscow Circus thingy?

If i have money i would:

If I have MONEY i would:

• Buy my very first high heel.
• Buy all Keri Smith books.
• Buy Purpose Driven Life for everyone i meet today.

Answer to wandering minds.

This person-
is an answer to wandering minds.
This person-
is an answer to people who have trouble expressing themselves.
it's hard to not love her.

check her blog:
www.kerismith.com

one of my fave post:
http://www.kerismith.com/funstuff/guerilla.htm

This is not a book.

Found two AMAZING books:






I've take a peek inside when on TIMES bookstore.
it's.. well, it's a book.
full of blank pages and scribbles like:

This is a commitment.
do one thing on this list everyday for one month.
wear an article of clothing inside out.
read a book you don't think you will like.
sing on your way to school/work
etcetc


This book is for people who have stacks of journals in their house and most of them are only written halfway.
This book is for recovering perfectionists.
This book is for people who don't write journals because the journal itself is already too beautiful to write on.

I finish most of my journals until the end,
but the perfectionist side of me is shouting: I NEED THIS BOOK.
somebody, buy this for me!

Black Sequined Top Sky

Kalo langit yg diatas kalian saat ini se-cloudless disini,
matiin lampu kamar terus liat keluar deh.
the sky looks like a black sequined top.
kayak dikasih jewels.
sweet.

Earth Day

Things i'm going to do on EARTH DAY:
1. Sleep without the AC on. (hope i can survive!)

To Do List.

11.20-11.30 : Finish Gecko thingy.
11.30-11.50 : Start Hair Donation report.
11.50-12.20 : Do some project + watch TV.
12.20-12.40 : Finish Hair Donation report.
12.40-13.00 : eat.

I really have to start making schedules or else my days are gonna get spended uselessly. again. 5 days not doing anything quite usefull is enough.

What i've been doing these past holiday days:

Draw this thingy.

Make a GECKO report.

Play HOTEL CITY.

Make a Hair Donation report.

ETCETCETC

HI ANYONE WHO'S READING MY BLOG!

I'M UBER HYPER AND FREAKY AND BORED RIGHT NOW!

i don't usually say BORED since that just make you even more bored.

goshgoshgosh.

what is wrong with me?

100s booklist

Am reading a lot of '100 books you must read before you die' lists.

it made my stomach churning.

it made me remember my craving for book! i need to buy another book!

anyways,

this is my list:

(it's random. bukan diurutin berdasarkan yg paling bagus.)

4 YA Books to read before you die!

1. Artemis Fowl Series - Eoin Colfer

2. Hattie Big Sky - Kirby Larson

3. Matilda - Roald Dahl

4. The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

ok honestly, i could only go on to four. i couldn't remember which other great novels i've been reading. i tried to open my goodreads account (again), and it doesn't work (again)!

i think it'd be too hard to make lists to 100. so i'll settle with four first :)

but yes, out of the gazillion books i've been reading, those four are the stars.

so, what's on your list?

ps: oh and one more book: Charlotte's Web - EB White.

i forgot that one. :)

Tugas IPS

Akhirnya Tugas IPS selesai!

I can't believe it!

yay!

thanks to: dimasprasetyo.multiply.com

lengkap bangeeet ttg sgala macem benua

:D

lega

One of my fave songs of all time.

I love You.
I need You.

and though my world may fall,

I'll never let you go

my Saviour,

my closest friend.

I will worship you until the very end.

Jumping Jacks.

background song: Bottom of the Ocean - Miley Cyrus

just found out kalo Gamaliel and Audrey go to Dian Harapan and Universitas Multimedia Nusantara.

that's quite near and knowing that made me ALMOST do ten jumping jacks. (lebay) (tapi beneran)

and

urgh i forgot what i planned to post.

EEH by the way,

book review aku di post di blognya KEN TERATE loh

Ken Terate itu looh yg nulis buku Jurnal Jo

when i know she wanna post it in her blog, i ALMOST do 25 jumping jacks. (stop with the jumping jack thingy kris, seriously ==")

ahaha

ini linknya:

http://jurnaljo.multiply.com/journal/item/31/Review_Tentangku

quite a start riiight?

The new generation of Indonesia's entertainment people.

i am under the spell of Gamaliel and Audrey.

in case you didn't know...

Gamaliel sm Audrey tuh siblings yang terkenal karna ngepost singing videos di youtube. (somewhat justinbieber-ish)

you know what i do when i watch their videos?

stare. (dengan mulut kebuka dan tampang bego pastinya)

stare sambil ga lama kemudian senyum2 ngeliat gaya mereka yg lebay.

iya iya terserah kalo kalian pikir garing terkenal nyanyi gara2 youtube.

kalian aja belom liat.

nanti juga kalian cengo ngeliat Gamaliel's charming smile and Audrey's charismatic gaze.

nanti juga kalian treak2 di depan layar komputer, nyuruh mreka ikut american idol waktu ngedenger suara mereka.

One of my favs:

Lesson Learned Today:

Banyak kan orang-orang yang ngeluh soal entertainment indonesia yg bener2 low?

well, stop complaining, people

kalo emang malu sm entertainmentnya indonesia yg ngopi sono sini, why dont' you try to make it better?

Status: mau belajar biologi :)

Nowplaying: Fireflies - Owl City. (again)

aku aneh. sementara smua orang seneng UN udh mo slesai, aku malah dreading it. waktu tadi, abis les fisika, aku malah kyk ngrasa kehilangan gitu. karna itu trakir kalinya aku ngeles fisika.

hahaha

trus besok hari trakhir UN.

yeah go ahead.

pasti smua orang YEAY YIPPE BLABLABLA

not with me :(

i loved going home at ten oclock. kapan lagi pulang sePAGI itu?

i loved it when non-UN teachers dengan lebaynya mengasihani kita. dengan ga kasih pr lah, ulangan gampang lah.

i loved how my parents sangat mementingkan istirahat akhir2 ini.

i loved how i force myself to learn biologi yang sampe saat ini masih ada 80% yg aku ga afal.

i loved how i update my blog cepet2, karna kita supposed to ga ngapa2in selain belajar.

i loved how soal2nya ternyata ga deadly susah.

i loved how we must sit still dan nyari kerjaan waktu kita udah slesai ngerjain soal.

i loved how somehow semua nine graders kayak on the same penderitaan boat.

i loved how kita bisa santai bangeeeeeeeet bgitu slesai UN (biarpun ada guarantee bahwa tugas bakal numpukpukpukpukpukpuk) (lebay)

i loved how kita harus bangun pagi2 karna nyampe ke skolah harus jem 7. (skola kita kan masuk jem 8 aja masi bisa terlambat)

intinya...

aku jadi somehow sedih gitu.

hahahaha

terserah kalian mo bilang aku freaky nerdy dorky geeky aneh

TERSERAH.

i just love the UN moments.

and i'm sad besok hari trakhir bisa pulang jem sepuluh.

but anyways,

aku ga nunggu2 UN SMA.

dari dulu semua guru gushing: UN SMP mah masi gampang.

nanti kalo kalian SMA tuh baru SUSAH.

dikira dengan dibilangin gitu kita jadi pede?

jadi serem tau sama UN SMA

gimana sih

kenapa ga bilang semua UN pada dasarnya gampang?

OWL CITY!

i miss him so much!

i miss his voice!

i miss his FIREFLIES!

dan ternyata setelah CINTA sama fireflies sekian lama,

sampe sekarang ga bosen tuh.

kangen malah.

udah lama ga dengerin.

ga kayak lagu lain yg paling 5 hari frenzying in my head

trus sampe aku eneg2.

oh well...

you know what,

i gotta go ngafalin tentang pencernaan dan enzim.

jangan bingung ya kalo my next post isinya tentang tripsin mengubah protein menjadi pepton. trus amilase mengubah amilum menjadi disakarida. belom lagi tentang otot rangka yg intinya banyak di pinggir. geesh. my head is full of it.

so,

i gotta go.

miss me, people! :D

belajar belajar belajar.

Status: nungguin les Fisika.

NowPlaying: Fireflies - Owl City

nine graders everywhere, how's your day? :)

belajar biologi.

urggh.

I don't know all the key to success, but one key to a guaranteed failure is trying to please everyone. - Rick Warren.

Mati Lampu.

Jadi inget waktu kecil kalo mati lampu suka mainin lilin.
Rambutlah di bakar ujungnya,
Tissuelah,
Makanan2 di meja makan jg jd korban.
Trs sering bikin small sticks dari residuenya lilin.
*sighs
Disini mellow bgt.
Bayangin di meja makan ada tiga lilin,
Trs di luar gelap. Ujan.
Tau kan suasana yg bikin pengen diem aja.
Pengen mikirin macem2.
Pengen liatin lilin.

Ujian Nasional-today!

when i stepped out of car today, i get the butterfly feeling in my stomache.
IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF UJIAN NASIONAL!
it's like...
this is the day!
the friggin big day we've been preparing for a whole year.
the day that everyone fuss about.
the day that i'm scared of a few months ago.
it's here!
i'm not THAT nervous.
i'm just nervous. more like scared. i mean, aku baru ngerjain 7 soal bahasa Indonesia kemaren. IYA, CUMA TUJUH.
dan nyebelinnya ternyata soal nomor 8-11 yang males aku kerjain karna artikelnya membingungkan KELUAR DI UN HARI INI. grrrrr
trus dari 4 soal yang sama itu, aku SALAH DUA.
gosh.
yasudahlah. it happened already :(
so what i gotta do right now is....
blajar buat UN selanjutnya...
inggris.
tp itu ntar aja dah.
biologi lebih penting.
happy studying, semua nine graders seluruh indonesia :)
<3

5300 hari.

my life.
has been cotton candy sweet these last weeks.
bukan karena what have happened.karena kayaknya gada yg happen.
it just felt sweet.
because i'm feeling sweet.

i know what you're thinking :)
no, i'm not in love.
at all.

or probably i am.
with God.
with the sunrise every morning.
with blogger. :)

tapi rasanya useless. i felt sweet. i felt great. then what?
what's all that for?
useless banget hidup aku.
aku udah hidup kurang lebih 5.300 hari.
14 tahun stengah.
5.300 hari. LOL that sounds so short.
5300 hari yang ngebentuk aku jadi kayak sekarang.
5300 hari yang terbentuk menjadi memories yang ada di otak aku saat ini.
untuk apa?
5300 hari.
kalo aku hidup 80 tahun...
aku punya 29.200 hari.
aku udah pake sekitar seperenamnya.

dan 5300 hari itu?
apa yang udah aku lakuin selama 5300 hari itu?
wasting time.
tidur.
daydreaming.
reading books.
ngobrol berjam-jam di telpon.
facebooking.
chatting.
omegleing.
sekolah.
les mandarin.
les keyboard.
makan.
ngetik.ngarang.nulis.
tapi dari sekian banyak aktivitas selama 5300 hari itu.. berapa banyak yang buat Tuhan?
berapa lama aku lupain Tuhan selama aku ngelakuin semua itu?
i've been doing useless things.
i've been spending useless days.
for nothing.
biarpun hidup aku se pink awan2 pagi,
semanis alpukat campur coklat,(yum)
senyaman curling in bed with the AC on,
dan kadang seindah sunset di Bali,
apa gunanya?
nanti kalo aku udah mati,
apa gunanya?
apa Tuhan bakal ngeliat bumi dan geleng2 kepala, trus bilang, poor earth, you've just lost a very important woman who managed to live a sugar sweet life?
seindah-indahnya hidup aku, apa bakal ada gunanya buat Tuhan? buat orang lain? buat temen-temen aku?
gunanya cuma buat aku. cuma aku yang nikmatin my sunshine life. trus waktu aku mati, ga bakal ada bedanya dunia ini sama sebelum aku lahir.

jadi aku mulai mikir,
diantara senyum-senyum aku waktu ngeliat sunset diantara pohon2 tinggi.
apa ini hidup yang Rick Warren udah blabber about di bukunya? hidup yang gada tujuan?
and yes.
it is.
it definitely is.

aku mungkin cewe ordinary yang giggle over cute guys and admire adam lambert's eyes (yes, it's a girl's thing)
aku mungkin rada out of the ordinary karna aku baca buku berat yang biasanya dibaca sama orang seumuran papa.
aku mungkin cewe biasa banget yang suka bengong ngeliat keluar jendela, suka tidur, suka bangun subuh-subuh, suka nangis karena alesan ga jelas, suka marah kalo lagi pms, suka makan tapi ga gemuk2, sering bosen, sering gatau standing sendiri, sering kesel sama diri sendiri,
tapi aku GA AKAN mau jadi kayak orang kebanyakan yang hidupnya gada tujuan.
yang ngejer keberhasilan sama kekayaan,
trus bingung mo diapain lagi hidupnya.
yang ngejer kasih dan penerimaan dari orang.
yang ngejer cinta di dunia, seakan that's all i need to live.
yang seneng2 tapi bangun suatu pagi dan ga punya semangat sama sekali.

aku mungkin ga beda sama 14 year old girl everywhere in Indonesia.
tapi aku ga mau nulis blog, ngereview buku, bertingkah sok ceria,
padahal semua itu ga ada tujuannya.
padahal kalo aku mati semuanya tinggal kenangan.

i need time to figure stuff. i haven't got the conclusion.

ok then,
bye.

This is what i write in school. It's freetime and i really feel like writing, but it's kinda impossible for me to update my blog at school. so i just write and thought i'm gonna post it at home.


I am reading Anne Frank.
Which is weird. books like Anne Frank are supposed to be books i've been reading since seventh grade. Well- nevermind.
The guys at my class are singing... i dont know... Bon Jovi songs?
Have I told you they are great singers? - well even though their first try at making a band kinda screwed... still, they're better than Bon Jovi himself :)
and i didnt say that karena peri-kekelasan atau demi solidaritas kelas loh.
they're just so good at making this really comfortable atmosphere in our class. kelas kita jadi somewhat solemn-emoish terus semuanya (well the girls) jadi langsung berkutat dengan buku masing-masing. such a good reading atmosphere. trus feel nya tuh semua langsung pengen mojok sendiri. terus diem. haha i'm weird. whatever.

I think this is what i'm gonna miss the most from ninth grade. I know that however few the new students are gonna be, and even though Adrian is still gonna stay,
SO MUCH IS GOING TO CHANGE ON SENIOR YEARS.
i hope it change for the better.
... i dont think so.
*sigh
pesimis duluan.

Terus beberapa menit kemudian aku tulis ini:
I'm sitting in a corner right now. corners are always amazingly comfy. I'm watching people in my class do things.
playing chess.
singing.
reading books.
playing some other unknown games.
this is the week, no more like, the four days before Ujian Nasional and teachers are extremely nice to us!
they give us free time.
and we watch slumdog millionaire sama freedom writer's diary on math class.
have physics quizzes waktu fisika.
library time at english.
hmm hmm
life is looking up to us :)

and the good gracious thing is...
I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE UJIAN NASIONAL IS FOUR MORE DAYS!
not that i'm pissed off.
i'm more like...
happy!
yay!
yay!
yay!

Jigsaw Jones

This is the Jigsaw Jones book i've been reading. the image is from betterworldbooks.com.

I haven't finish Hoot and I give it back to the library. and borrow this. i'll finish Hoot someday. i got real stuck and have no willpower to finish it.

Jigsaw Jones is a thirty minutes book.

But it's cute.

not funny, just cute. it's a superduper easy read. this is the book i'd read on third grade.

but well... as i said before my brain is fuming with all the heavy philosophy books i've been reading so this is quite fun.

So Jigsaw got valentine cards.

it ruined his valentine. well no wonder. he's on primary school.

so he and Mila consider it as a mystery, trying to find out who send it to him.

Hmm I'll make my little brother read this.

It suited him :)

Well that's all i could say about this book.

Good Evening everyone :)

Jigsaw Jones

I saw Jigsaw Jones on my school library. YES I SHOULD FINISH HOOT QUICKLY SO I CAN BORROW JIGSAW JONES.

and YES Jigsaw Jones is what i would read on primary school but i'm tired of the heavy books i've been reading these last weeks. which are:

-Purpose Driven Life.-Rick Warren (gonna read it again. yay!)

-A Man Called Norman.-Mike Adkins

-Cast of Characters.-Max Lucado (*sighs* I Love Max Lucado)

-My Sister's Keeper. -Jodi Picoult

-Life of Pi.-Yann Martel

and so on and so on

i WAS loving adult books last time.

but now all i want is abby hayes and madfinn and jigsaw jones.

or maybe it's because of UJIAN NASIONAL. exams exams exams.

my brain just needed some serious rest.

well not really.

I watch tv and read books and write blogs like there are no exam to mind.

which drive my mom crazy.

so, yes, i do have to study right now.

so

bye :)

Jurnal Jo

I got stuck on Carl Hiaasen's Hoot so I decided to give this book a try first.

And i finish it in a few hours.

Wew!

it's been a long time i didnt read book that fast.

even though this is not really thick.

I'm still happy with me :)

So, yes, you might think jumping from the bestselling, award winning Hoot to this quite plain Indonesian Teenlit book is not a good idea.

But, well, it's not bad. I must say Ken Terate is talented and serious in writing. not like most of the other teenlits which are seriously only writing and copying the same stories over and over again.

You know, boring-but-popular topics like there's a plain girl, who doesnt really care about stuff, who's not the mean girl type, who's... plain. and then there's this popular guy (note: he must join the basketball team. or at least make him the head of student council.) who somehow later can know this plain girl and really like the girl and fall in love with the girl and the mean girl would get jealous with this plain girl. stuff like that.

kind of the same like sinetrons too.

Thank goodness Ken Terate isn't like that. she's original. like she said in her blog, YES, she got influenced by some authors after reading a book.

you know that feeling, after you read a book, you just started to wanna write the way the author writes.

But still, her books have the same aura. LOL if there is any aura. it got the feel.

it's always slow paced.

and never breathtaking (read:cliffhangers,shockers)

and that's why i (kind of)like the way she writes.

it's like bringing out the subtle happiness in everything.

it's... quite good.

Yes. i said that after reading loads of newberry honor books.

So the story is...

well it reminds me a lot of being on seventh grade.

being on the early years of adolescence when new excitements just showed up and everything on primary school seems so lame and boring.

i believe she must reread her old diaries to find out how early teenagers really feel.

well there are stages of teenagers too you know.

i could feel the difference of me being on seventh grade

and the now me, being on ninth grade.

and not much teenlit authors remember there are stages. they just write about general teenagers.

Jurnal Jo is just so true.

it's exactly how i think every seventh grader

or people on early puberty age would feel.

so,

two thumbs up, Ken Terate!

You've done a good job on this :)

One thing i dont really like is the book cover.

NOO, i love the picture of the girl swinging but i dont like how the write the 'Jurnal Jo'.

The picture is kind of blury and have a feel of subtle happiness and joy.

The kind of feeling you get when you sit on your porch and feel the wind.

But the JURNAL JO writing ALSO have that feel. the gay-ish feel. (not gay as in gay, gay as in happy)

that's just wrong. you can't combine two subtle elements like that.

I'd like it better if they write the JURNAL JO on bold black. and not sideways like that. the picture is assymetrical enough. (is that how to spell assymetrical?) so the writing should be bold and strong looking.

well that's just an opinion :)

umm and just one more thing. this is what i'd say to Ken Terate:

you're great. you have a different way of writing teenlits. but really, nobody's gonna enjoy your book so much if there are no climax. it's too plain. i like your book but everyone else i know said it's boring. i like the way you write but probably you have to do something with the story. xP

okay then, that's all :)

bye

HOOT.

current book: HOOT.

by: Carl Hiaasen.

yay!

wait for the review!