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A Quick Getaway - part. 1

Hello!

Haaa, last time I told you that I will have my short trip to Singapore to see my favorite female indie singer; Ingrid Michaelson live in concert at Esplanade Concert Hall! So, I'm now back in Jakarta (facing a really dark reality, though) and ready to serve you a thorough report about my trip there.

DAY-1

So, on September 8th, 2012, I headed to Singapore and arrived in the evening. Actually, my friend; Riska (she's my junior during my senior high) told me to take the taxi to her place. But, well, since I was tight on budget and I have enough time to wander around I dared to take the MRT all the way to her place. Actually, I already prepared for this, so I check the route and took the MRT to Somerset St. Then, I asked some old ladies on how to get to my friend's place by walking. And they told me to take the taxi. I regret it so much since on the way there it's really near! (grr, damn old lady).

So, Riska's place is really nice, it's located near Orchard Rd. and Somerset Rd. After taking enough rest and  shower, she took me to dinner near her place. I forgot the name, but it's Indian cuisine (it's similar to warung pinggir jalan in Indonesia since the tables were placed on the pedestrian walk instead of inside the shop). I tried a drink called Teh Cino. And it is really recommended! It's addictive anyway!

After that, she took me to Clarke Quay to enjoy the night view there. Since it was Saturday night so the place was full of crowd. After that we headed home and took a full rest.

DAY-2

Today was my solo adventure. Well, Riska had something to do and my fellow couchsurfer was not available till evening. So, I just went around by myself. I just wandered around the Orchard-Somerset though. Surprisingly, it's Merlion's birthday this month and I took some pictures of the celebration of it in the Orchard.

an exhibit where people can put their wishes for Merlion

Day-1

It went smooth. I was having a lot of fun, though there was an awkward moment since I have to interact while still in quarreling mode. Ah, being mature is harder than I thought. So the rest of the day went on just as smooth as baby's butt. Spending all my day attending entrepreneurship workshop, my tummy's full, got so many freebies and yes, money. Though there were a few of annoying people who keep cutting the line when we're having coffee break or lunch, and people who walk as if they're the only one that matters (which wetting my attire because the cup of tea spilled off), and et ce te ra.

The night was also amusing. Thought it would be plain boring since it's a CPA event (I don't even interested in Finance, let alone Accounting). But fortunately enough, they cover the Ethics topic, which was my favorite subject during my (active) college life. And, there were a few eye candy, yes, the dandy and preppy guys, both expatriate or Indonesian. Well, who can resists those? Clean look, Neat attire, and clean-cut. Heaven!

Then I came home. Yes, I didn't even reached home, but on my way home, the emptiness filled in. Fuck.

Guess, I have to restock my sleeping pills.

Hanbok Experience

So I went to Korean Cultural Center last Friday. They have this regular event called "Hanbok Experience" where people can experience wearing Hanbok for around 15-20 minutes. I went with my friend; Vita and we had a blast there. This event will be held every Friday, only on the third week of every month (except there's further notice). 

Fortunately, there was also a photo and painting exhibition there, so we have a lot of pictures taken there!

Enjoy the flood of pictures!

I feel like a royal princess :3

There is a Light that Never Goes Out

I just found out that I love looking at and taking pictures of trees from below. I love the view of the branches along with the leaves and the beam of lights in the midst of branches.

And I have been so curious why I love that view so much that I realized that I have so many pictures of different trees, all taken from below.

I guess I just love how shady being under and still feel the warm from the ray of lights.

I also love to see the pattern. I love seeing the branches. Well, it's different for every tree, even the same species.

It's similar to human. We're all the same, yet so different. Each one was created unique. We may take different path of life. We may grow, while others wither... We may have so many leaves, while others fall.

And I think that it tries to tell us something.

That beneath the dark, you will still find a light.

My First Trip Abroad (and ALONE)

Hey, been so long since the last time I posted something here.

Hehe, if you want more updates well, I guess you can try visiting my fashion and beauty blog by clicking My Fashion Blog on the pages above.

So, I am going to Singapore for five days and four nights this September, from 8 to 12 of September. I am going to attend Ingrid Michaelson LIVE in Concert at Esplanade Concert Hall. Hehe, are you familiar with her, anyway? I bet that most of you never heard about her, but for those who reside in Indonesia, well, you must be familiar with  one of her song which featured as commercial jingle of Mizone; BE OK. 

For more information about Ingrid Michaelson, you can visit her official website here.

You can watch her latest video, which I love, of course!

Anyway, this will be my first time traveling abroad, and ALONE! Woohoo, I'm so excited. Hehe, I've been to Singapore once, but it was 6 years ago so there will be a huge change of course. I have friends there, but I decided to try on Couch Surfing. Well, if you don't know about it, I'll briefly explain it to you. Couch Surfing is a volunteer-based worldwide network connecting travelers with members of local communities, who offer free accommodation and/or advice. I accidentally stumbled on this amazing website on StumbleUpon (click here to add me on StumbleUpon).

So, after a few requests and a couple of rejection (most of the rejection are due to the host's disability to host because they are already hosting others during my arrival), I finally found a host! Yippie, being hosted means that I can save for the accommodation (which is expensive here). It's a boy anyway, we're keep contacting each other about the trip and so far the response is still positive. I hope that I can get free guide, too. :p

I'll keep you posted when I get there!

My All-Time-Favorite Songs

1. How Deep is Your Love - The Bird and The Bee
2. Mr. Brightside - The Killers
3. Not Over You - Gavin DeGraw
4. Lost in Space - Lighthouse Family
5. By Your Side - Sade
6. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain and Tennille
7. Parachute - Ingrid Michaelson
8. I Knew I Loved You - Savage Garden
9. Flowers in the Window - Travis
10. I Miss You (Warning Sign) - Coldplay

How about you? :)

Please do share.

And Then You

How my thoughts they spin me 'round
And how my thoughts they let me down
And how my thoughts they spin me 'round
And how my thoughts they let me down

And how my dreams they spin me 'round
And how my dreams they let me down
And how my thoughts they spin me 'round
And how my thoughts they let me down

Then there's you
Then there's you
Then there's you
Then there's you

And how my love it spins me 'round
And how my love it's let me down
And how my thoughts they spin me 'round
And how my thoughts they let me down

Then there's you
Then there's you
Then there's you
Then there's you

You know I know that you know
I've written it on myself if you can't tell
With a melody that climbs and then falls, then falls, then falls
Without you, without you

How my days they spin me 'round
And how today it sets me down
And how my days they spin me 'round
And how today it sets me down

Alongside you
Alongside you
Alongside you

I am in love with this song by Greg Laswell. So who is this guy, exactly? Well, for my friends in Indonesia, I bet that many of you have already know him. Greg Laswell is a musician, recording engineer, and producer from USA. If you're a fan of TV Series Grey's Anatomy, then you spent most of your TV time listening to his song. Many of his songs are featured in that famous TV Series. But to be honest, I am not a fan of Grey's Anatomy since I never watch it even once. So, where did I found out about him? I am a huge fan of Ingrid Michaelson, which is his wifey, then after learn about that I started to browse about him and listen to his pieces. The result? Magnificent! I love this man. He and Ingrid is match made in heaven. His music is beautiful and so is the lyric.

So, lately I've been playing this song of his all the time, literally. This song called "And Then You" is a terrific song. The lyrics are beautiful and I find it so soothing and deep in its meaning. Though I don't have my significant other yet, I still say that this song is a perfect song for those of you who is in love with somebody and feels like you can rely all of your world upon him/her.

So, have you try listening to Greg Laswell's songs?

Adele's Someone LIke You: Overrated

I repost this from my own tumblr post. Yeah, I'm too lazy to write anything new. You can also visit (or even follow) my tumblog here.

I guess this will be my first time for a long post in tumblr (especially it’s only an opinion, not a matter of my broken heart, hehe). Lately I’ve been talking to my friend; Riska, about overrated things. Yes, overrated.

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The Beginning of an End

Too soon to tell you about this.
But I guess the end is really coming.

Loner

There are sometimes when you want to withdraw yourself from anyone.

But in the end, you're get upset because no one shows up.
Sent from my AXIS Worry Free BlackBerry® smartphone

Jalan-Jalan: Ragusa

Di tengah-tengah kesibukan gue kerja, kuliah, skripsi, dan mengajar, syukurnya gue masih punya waktu buat bersenang-senang. Hihihi. Jadi, setelah merantau hampir empat tahun lamanya di Jakarta, didapatkanlah fakta bahwa gue belom pernah:

Story About: #2 The Kitten

Have you ever seen the cat and its kittens? I bet most of you have seen them almost everywhere. This time, I would like to tell you a story about the kitten from its point of view based on my assumption. This is fully inspired by the cat and its three kittens now living in my boarding house.

Mom left. Again.

Well, I guess I can't go out again. Mom will yell if I dare to go out and play. But wait... Where's my other siblings? Geez, being the youngest really sucks. They always leave me alone. I have to find them and join the play, but... Ah, I'm scared.

So she waited in the darkness under the logs and boxes. Waiting faithfully for her Mom to come. Then she thought,

Where is Mom? When will she come back? Will she come back? Is she alright?

Suddenly, she heard big steps coming.. Closer and closer.

"Graowl..!" She jumped and tried to claw that creature. It almost stepped on me.

It failed. Then she looked up.

Wow. it's gigantic. And she started to step back when the giant grab her body and put her up.

"What a cute kitten! Let's eat some food. I got fried fish from lunch, we can eat it together!"

That's the beginning of their friendship. She got new friend, whom she always wait, just like her Mom.

Yes, her Mom, who never come back again since the day she meet her new friend.

When you lose some, you will get some. Don't be afraid to lose, someday you'll understand why.

Halo!

Akhirnya tiba juga saatnya gue memasuki semester sekaligus tahun terakhir gue berkuliah demi gelar S1. Whoa, sejujurnya gue gak terlalu excited dengan hal ini. Yah, mungkin karena gue memang tipe orang procrastinator, jadinya malas untuk segera menyelesaikan kuliah ini. Sedikit curhat lah ya, kan gue jarang curhat blak-blakan di blog ini, paling sering juga curhat berkode dengan puisi-puisi, lirik, dan quote galau *sadar*.

Random: Sleep

I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
your sleep as its smooth dark wave
slides over my head

and walk with you through that lucent
wavering forest of bluegreen leaves
with its watery sun & three moons
towards the cave where you must descend,
towards your worst fear

I would like to give you the silver
branch, the small white flower, the one
word that will protect you
from the grief at the center
of your dream, from the grief
at the center. I would like to follow
you up the long stairway
again & become
the boat that would row you back
carefully, a flame
in two cupped hands
to where your body lies
beside me, and you enter
it as easily as breathing in

I would like to be the air
that inhabits you for a moment
only. I would like to be that unnoticed
& that necessary.

taken from Variation On the Word Sleep by Margaret Atwood

Story About: #1 The Story

So, I decide to create a new section to improve my writing skill, and also to keep this blog updated! The section will be named "Story About" and it will be different story in every post. Single post then DONE. For the start, I will tell you the story about the story.

I open it. Years ago. Yes, I do remember, I open it when I was a child. Why is it here? How?

So I approach it. Then I look at it. Finally I touch it. It looks old. The last time I saw it it was so new. So small and thin.

Yes, it looks different, but I don't know, it is the same thing as the one I saw years ago. Yes, I am certain.

Then I hold it, it is so heavy! And crumbly. I guess it's very old.

Then, I open it.

Dearly Beloved

Do you know that I'm speaking to you? No, I'm screaming. Yet you never realize it.
Do you know that I love you too much that it hurts me?

All my life, I can say, my biggest hope is you. And I'm your biggest disappointment.

I never hate you, at least my hatred will never be equal with my love for you. My love to you.

I don't know what I should do to make you love me the way I love you.
Oh no, I don't even know how to make you feel my love.

Janji yang Nyata

Bertahun aku menunggu.
Dan ternyata harapan itu nyata.
Janji itu ada.

Ini tahun ke 22.
Tahun dimana akhirnya aku memeluk dirimu.
Bukan, akhirnya kau yang memelukku.
Aku terkesiap, ingin rasanya meneteskan air mata.

Tapi kutahan itu,
Aku takut kau bertanya mengapa

Lalu kau menciumku
Pipiku disentuh bibirmu itu
Ya, bibir yang selama ini aku harap mau

Hanya melihat tawamu, tanpa sadar aku pun ikut tertawa.
Paling tidak kini cinta itu pun terbalas.

Bahagia

Apa sebenarnya bahagia itu?

Hingga sekarang aku rasa definisi bahagia itu masih terus kurang, masih harus terus diperbaharui, masih perlu amandemen di sana-sini.

Sekarang, definisi bahagiaku masih ini:

Hidup tenang

Ya, tenang. Berada di tengah orang-orang yang mencintaiku. Walau terkadang cara pengekspresian cinta mereka tidak aku mengerti. Aku lelah mengejar sesuatu yang semu. Sesuatu yang aku kira nyata. Semakin kukejar, semakin hilang. Pudar.

Kukira sudah saatnya memperbaharui definisi kebahagiaan itu menjadi:

Menemukan pasangan jiwa

Dan itu tak harus selalu berupa kekasih. Berupa pria. Berupa manusia.

Mari kita lihat saja nanti, toh aku masih mencari.

I Support Planned Parenthood, How About You?

ME

USELESS
WASTE
GARBAGE
FORGOTTEN
NOT EXIST
INVISIBLE

Dilupakan

Kau sudah berhasil... Kau melupakan aku... Tidak, aku tak membencimu... Sebab cita-citamu tercapai. Tapi dilupakan, sedih sekali...

-Hisako (Pengantin Demos 8)

I'm Bu-sy

Hello world,

Lately I'm drowning in the business. Yes, I am so busy that I rarely open and update my blog. My business are:

1. I'm still doing my internship as HSE Admin (I just happen to know that from one of the staff when there was an induction. I was being introduced as that). As usual, I'm doing the translation and reformatting job there. It's not boring anyway, and lately I'm getting used to the environment here. I'm starting to feel more comfortable with the coworkers and just today, I was having lunch together with other 5 female coworkers. :D
2. I'm also busy with the NACASA Project, FYI, I'm the creative director of a fashion brand name NACASA. You can visit it here. We're going to join the NEXT LEVEL by RESVOGUE on 27-29 January 2012 at Sampoerna Strategic. So, if you're free please come and join us there!
3. And I'm still STUCK on my past internship report. Grr. My guidance counselor sucks. No, I don't say that he's bad. He's good, he even suggest me many materials for the report, but... Err.. We're time-constrained, but he still insists to be soo picky. Please, Sir. :(
4. And in 2012, finally I'm starting to enjoy being by my own. Yes. No more sad, sorrow, or any gloomy things anymore. I'm finally free. And I'm happy to declare that I'm happy! :D And now I can enjoy myself and not depends on anyone just to be happy.
5. Later, I'll post my resolution, since on 2011 I didn't have any. Well, I was such a wreck in 2011. Let's start fresh for 2012! Woohoo!

Hugs and Kisses,

Happy 2012!

Finally, I feel nothing.
Fresh start for the new year. Happy New Year everyone!