summer to rainy season

Good evening, rainy season. It's been a while. So here I am sitting in my room by my window pane, decided to take a little rest from, emm, stuffs from college :/

The truth is, many things have passed since the last time I wrote here. Many things happened, and here goes some of the highlights.

First chapter, I've been away from my home on July to August, gone for a very wonderful journey to a place I had never been before. Doing my internship for two months there, I've got sooooo many things to be learned, understood, and remembered during summer. Those all beyond beautiful. I've met people, many people, that changed the way I see the world. The people I've met before, virtually, and the people who just bumped into me at occasions, and ended up being such descent friends. Like, truly descent friends :')

I can't stop wondering until today, how a perfect strangers like them would do such a very warm and generous things, when we don't even speak the same language. They're just good people, doing good things to other, and it cannot be any sweeter than that :)

Another thing, I've started my seventh semester by this September. It's been quite, err, tricky. I should have been very busy doing all the assignments-thingy this semester, but then I found myself getting busy doing other stuffs that turns out to be more interesting. Well, I do need to enjoy my last year in college, right? Hahaha, such an excuse, I know :D

Aaaaanyway, in another story, another thing happened too. Feeling grows (aha! :">), and problems occurred. Well, not quite a big issue, actually, but still.. :s In essence, it takes time for me to accept some circumstances that is new. Things that didn't suit me before, but on the other hand is the way other people live with. It might be different, but might not be wrong. So, from there, I've learned :)

And from a very close friend of mine (yea brimmy, that's you), I also learned the way to communicate, to share my feelings, more that just to keep it for myself, as I always be. Well, I'm still trying though, but at least I've got one work done. Yeah. \m/

End of the story, it's still raining outside the window and I can hear the raindrops popping (and suddenly I feel a little mellow). This should be the time to get back on my work. Another day, another story. See ya :D

my 'Ema' at Meiji Shrine :)

on july

here are some of the pictures that i took on my trip to Jogja with Lita, Tami, and Aya. 10-15 July 2010.


-gerobak es campur, Pasar Legi, Kotagede














-Lita dan Tami, naik becak

-Taman Sari Water Castle

-bersama Pak Sensus, tourguide yang baik hati dan tidak sombong

-Candi Prambanan, where we all got perfectly tanned. well, sun-burned, actually

-masih di kompleks Candi Prambanan, sama Fisa :)

-Pantai Sepanjang, a joyful dancing moment with Aya

-love this



thanks to Brenda-Joanna for the wonderful pictures of us.

new year's escape

i'm hooome :))
baru aja nyampe rumah sekitar beberapa jam yang lalu dan sekarang sedang bersantai di ex-kamar gue yang udah diinvasi sama mas nggi. oh, how i miss my home and my holiday.. libur tahun baru kemaren, gue dengan sukses menggalau dikosan sendirian dengan tugas-tugas gue yang menggunung. i tought i would spend my new year's eve alone at my dorm too, tapi ternyata enggak tuh. gue pulang, yap, gue pulang. it was an amazing new year's escape. gue nyampe rumah sekitar jam 11 malem tanggal 31 desember. itu pun rencana yang super dadakan. terus pagi tanggal 1 januarinya, jam 10an, gue udah balik ke bandung lagi. haha. cuma numpang taun baruan di rumah doang sih. but still, it was FUN FUN FUN.
keluarga besar gue waktu itu emang ada rencana arisan, dan akhirnya disatuin juga sama perayaan tahun baru. kita ngerayain new year's eve di Wulan Sari. everyone was there, mbah putri pun ada. selain kita juga ada perkumpulan dokter yang bikin event tahun baru. so it was some kind of huge. and oh! there were fireworks too! and guess what, karena fireworksnya dipasang sama kita sendiri, so it was right above our head. aaaawwww.. totally beautiful :)
well yea, habis itu gue memang kembali ke kehidupan nyata. portofolio, maket, uas, dan kawan-kawan mereka. gosh it was hard. ini pertama kalinya gue memporto, dan rasanya beraaaat banget. it was so tiring and depressing. gue banyak mengeluh, dan gagal total sama resolusi stress-management gue. ton of thanks to my beloved friends, abim dan lita. mereka selalu ada dan memberi gue semangat. dan pas semua itu selesai, for sure i was relieved. sebenernya masih harus nunggu nilainya keluar sih, tapi yaudah lah ya. i'm just too happy to care. ha! satu-satunya harapan gue adalah, semoga gue bisa meng-handle porto-porto gue selanjutnya dengan lebih baik. no stress involved. amin.
sekarang, ada waktu sekitar seminggu lebih buat rehat sejenak from all those college thingies. so yeah, let's boogie!! happy belated holiday, everyone!!! :D

santa claus is coming to town!

it's christmas day!!! yaaaaayyyy! :D i'm not celebrating christmas, actually. but just like everyone else, i looooove christmas thingies. the trees, ornaments, cookies and sweets, the movies, the songs, and of course, mr. santaaaa! :)) well, some tales can be such lovely sometimes. santa claus on his sleigh with rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, socks hanging near the fireplace, and presents in the morning. hmmm, lovely. oh, and look what i've got! some cute christmas texts for your beloved ones! check these out!

"Even Santa doesn’t make candy as sweet as you."

"Those aren't sugarplums dancing through my head, it's all you."

"Shouldn't you be sitting on top of the tree, Angel?"

awwwww, ubersweet! hahaha.. some people might think it's quite lame, but for me those are cute :)
by the way, i spend this christmas eve all alone in my dorm. you know, with the TV on, lights on, and stuff. kinda hard to sleep with that situation, but that's the best i can do. haha. and yeah, i passed the night. cheers.
okay, time to stop babbling now. merry christmas everyone! have a wonderful holiday! :D

about new year and resolutions

libur natal dan tahun baru biasanya selalu menyenangkan dan refreshing. yet, this holiday seems to be a little bit different. tugas kuliah gue, porto studio dan maket-maket (yap, maketnya nggak cuma satu. ada duaaaa! crap.) akan menemani gue sampai bulan januari. tepatnya, sampai deadline pengumpulan. which means, sampai hari keramat itu gue nggak bisa menjalani hidup gue dengan tenang, termasuk menikmati libur natal dan tahun baru. kemungkinan terbesar, gue akan tetap tinggal di bandung sampai semua urusan tugas dan pengumpulan itu selesai. sigh.

nah, untuk menghilangkan sedikit rasa frustasi, gue bermaksud menyambut tahun baru yang ceria dengan membuat "a list of my new year's resolutions". actually, this is my first time on making this stuff, but i can tell you that it's kind of exciting. so, here we go.

• be less moody. i once ask one of my friend of what she thinks about my personality. guess what, she confused. she told me that she can't understand my personality since it's always changing due to my mood swing. scary, isn't it? but that's true. mood gue sangat mempengaruhi gue dalam berbagai hal. cara bertindak dan memperlakukan orang lain, cara memandang sesuatu, cara berpikir, and else. jadi kaya punya kepribadian ganda gitu. ya nggak sampe seserem itu juga sih, but still, my mood swing is so irritating. nah, dengan efek ekstrim seperti itu, my mood swing is somehow coming often. makanya, tahun depan, i have to be less moody. for the sake of me and everyone else. hallelujah.

• reduce my stress. gue orangnya panikan. hal kecil sekalipun bisa bikin gue panik, dan abis itu stress. dikit-dikit stress. padahal ujung-ujungnya bikin gue susah sendiri. nah, maka dari itu, let's change that way. live a stress-less mind from now on! yeaaaah!

• save money. if there are vending machines out there, then i might be a spending machine. gue bisa menghabiskan uang saku gue in a blink of an eye. dan abis itu gue bakalan lupa uangnya kepake buat apa aja. great. mari mulai berhemat dan menabung, kawan-kawan.

• learn cooking. mari kita tambah daftarnya dari yang cuma omelette, instant noodle, instant spaghetti, dan yang instant-instant lainnya itu jadi lebih beragam. i already bought a recipe book, hope it will make my cooking skill get better.

• seize my dream. my wild dream and my trully passion is foreign languages. gue berharap suatu saat bisa menguasai 7 bahasa yang gue suka. tapi ya itu dia. my wild dream is yet so wild. tapi nggak ada salahnya buat mulai merealisasikannya sedikit demi sedikit kan? mulai mempelajari salah satu, self learning juga nggak apa-apa. dimulai dari momen tahun baru. semangaaat!!!

• more and more and more veggie. oh, and milk. beberapa orang teman sering nakut-nakutin gue soal my lack of vegetables and milk issue ini. they make a plan about the days on our old days when they get playing on the hill with their grandchildren, while me is waiting downhill due to my weak bones and body. well, that vision is kind of freaking me out honestly. so let's get healthier, baby. do it veggie way.

• be happier, closer to God, and spend more time with family and friends.

anyway, semoga semua resolusi itu bisa gue achieve. wish me luck ya! semoga tahun depan bisa jadi tahun yang menyenangkan buat semua orang. i wish i would be able to see fireworks this new year's eve. hehe :) about the resolution, make yours! and well, happy new year 2010! :D