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Help Us!

2009-10-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last post...I haven't blogged for ages coz I was sooo damn busy with work, relocation, fam problem... but I guess I still want to keep this blog alive :)

So many natural disasters lately in Indonesia...not only natural disaster but also terrorism :(
Thank God, things seem to get better in our effort to catch all terrorists...but a few days ago, Indonesia was shocked again by a big earthquake in West Sumatra (Padang). So many victims, mostly killed by collapsing buildings and houses.. TV reported 1,100 victims killed thus far and I really hope it ends now...

My heart is in pain when I watch those programs that shows the condition up there...
The electricity was cut and we need more decent equipments to save those who are trapped in the ruin of buildings... Only a few could be saved... and may the rest is in peace right now...

I can't help much from here and I do worry myself, when will this kind of things end? Are we reaching the end of the world? I can only pray and I hope (and be certain) that our prayer would be heard :)

Hospital Angel Caught on CCTV

2008-12-29T04:28:00.000-08:00

This news was taken from Nine News.

Chelsea Banton, 14, was fighting for her life after a bout of pneumonia, a collapsed lung and subsequent infections saw her breathing with the aid of a ventilator at Charlotte Presbyterian Hospital.

As her family gathered to say their final goodbyes and mother Colleen faced the decision on removing her life support, hospital staff noticed a mysterious bright light outside her room.

"On the monitor, there was this bright light," the Daily Mail reported Mrs Banton as saying.

"And I looked at it and I said, 'Oh my goodness! It looks like an angel!''

When nurses then took off her oxygen mask, Chelsea's vitals returned to normal.

A fortnight later, she returned home in time for her 15th birthday.

"The nurse practitioner who saw the image in the monitor said, 'I've worked here 15 years, and I've never seen anything like it'," Mrs Banton said.

Chelsea's mother captured the baffling light on the CCTV monitor with a digital camera.

"If [people] doubt it, that's fine ... but I know what I saw, and the picture's untouched," Mrs Banton said.

"I didn't make it up.

'I look at things differently than I used to, because I know God is in control."

Amazingly, it wasn't the first time Chelsea had escaped a brush with death.

Doctors reportedly gave her 36 hours to live after she was born five weeks prematurely, but she recovered to lead a relatively normal childhood.

"I'm learning that every day she's alive is a miracle," Mrs Banton said.

Pay thousands and owe millions

2008-12-01T02:53:00.000-08:00

This is what I'm afraid of when buying shares these days...
You can't just believe in a corporate offer anymore... like managed fund, they always try to hide the fees eventho they'll charge you an arm and a leg >,<

Read this article

In that article, the investors can buy large slabs of the company for small amounts of change. The investors can only pay 0.1 cent (yes, it is not a typo!) for a share. Doesn't it sound too good to be true? Maybe... but it turned out to be this kind of agreement:

For every security purchased for 0.1 cent, security holders still have to fund the next two $1 instalments in the company

Apart from the appearance of two retail shareholders with a collective 20 per cent stake worth about $80,000 with a further $160 million of obligations, BrisConnections has found itself with several highly distressed security holders on its register.

Man... I'd feel the same if I were them... I think it's a lesson for me too... coz I don't normally read the whole document when I bought shares >,<... should I call my self a risk-lover? or just a stupid investor? -___-

Anyway, that's something important to share with all of you...

God will always be with us until the finish line

2008-11-27T02:40:00.000-08:00

This is a great article that was brought up during the last retreat...

- taken from http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/94 -

Unlike Carl Lewis and Daley Thompson, Derek Redmond is not a name that conjures up memories of Olympic gold medals. But it is Redmond who defines the essence of the human spirit.

Redmond arrived at the 1992 Olympic Summer Games in Barcelona determined to win a medal in the 400. The color of the medal was meaningless; he just wanted to win one. Just one.

He had been forced to withdraw from the 400 at the 1988 Games in Seoul, only 10 minutes before the race, because of an Achilles tendon injury. He then underwent five surgeries over the next year. This was the same runner who had shattered the British 400-meter record at age 19. So when the 1992 Games arrived, this was his time, his moment, his stage, to show the world how good he was and who he was.

Derek's father Jim had accompanied him to Barcelona, just as he did for all world competitions. They were as close as a father and son could be. Inseparable, really. The best of friends. When Derek ran, it was as if his father were running right next to him.

THE MOMENT
The day of the race arrives. Father and son reminisce about what it took for Derek to get to this point. They talk about ignoring past heartbreaks, past failures. They agree that if anything bad happens, no matter what it is, Derek has to finish the race, period.

The top four finishers in each of the two semifinal heats qualify for the Olympic final. As race time approaches for the semifinal 400 heat, Jim heads up to his seat at the top of Olympic Stadium, not far from where the Olympic torch was lit just a few days earlier. He is wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Have you hugged your foot today?"

The stadium is packed with 65,000 fans, bracing themselves for one of sport's greatest and most exciting spectacles. The race begins and Redmond breaks from the pack and quickly seizes the lead. "Keep it up, keep it up," Jim says to himself.

Down the backstretch, only 175 meters away from finishing, Redmond is a shoo-in to make the finals. Suddenly, he hears a pop. In his right hamstring. He pulls up lame, as if he had been shot.

"Oh, no," Jim says to himself. His face pales. His leg quivering, Redmond begins hopping on one leg, then slows down and falls to the track. As he lays on the track, clutching his right hamstring, a medical personnel unit runs toward him. At the same time, Jim Redmond, seeing his son in trouble, races down from the top row of the stands, sidestepping people, bumping into others. He has no credential to be on the track, but all he thinks about is getting to his son, to help him up. "I wasn't going to be stopped by anyone," he later tells the media.

On the track, Redmond realizes his dream of an Olympic medal is gone. Tears run down his face. "All I could think was, 'I'm out of the Olympics -- again,'" he would say.

As the medical crew arrives with a stretcher, Redmond tells them, "No, there's no way I'm getting on that stretcher. I'm going to finish my race."

Then, in a moment that will live forever in the minds of millions, Redmond lifts himself to his feet, ever so slowly, and starts hobbling down the track. The other runners have finished the race, with Steve Lewis of the U.S. winning the contest in 44.50. Suddenly, everyone realizes that Redmond isn't dropping out of the race by hobbling off to the side of the track. No, he is actually continuing on one leg. He's going to attempt to hobble his way to the finish line. All by himself. All in the name of pride and heart.

Slowly, the crowd, in total disbelief, rises and begins to roar. The roar gets louder and louder. Through the searing pain, Redmond hears the cheers, but "I wasn't doing it for the crowd," he would later say. "I was doing it for me. Whether people thought I was an idiot or a hero, I wanted to finish the race. I'm the one who has to live with it."

One painful step at a time, each one a little slower and more painful than the one before, his face twisted with pain and tears, Redmond limps onward, and the crowd, many in tears, cheer him on.

Suddenly, Jim Redmond finally gets to the bottom of the stands, leaps over the railing, avoids a security guard, and runs out to his son, with two security people chasing after him. "That's my son out there," he yells back to security, "and I'm going to help him."

Finally, with Derek refusing to surrender and painfully limping along the track, Jim reaches his son at the final curve, about 120 meters from the finish, and wraps his arm around his waist.

"I'm here, son," Jim says softly, hugging his boy. "We'll finish together." Derek puts his arms around his father's shoulders and sobs.

Together, arm in arm, father and son, with 65,000 people cheering, clapping and crying, finish the race, just as they vowed they would. A couple steps from the finish line, and with the crowd in an absolute frenzy, Jim releases the grip he has on his son, so Derek could cross the finish line by himself. Then he throws his arms around Derek again, both crying, along with everyone in the stands and on TV.

"I'm the proudest father alive," he tells the press afterwards, tears in his eyes. "I'm prouder of him than I would have been if he had won the gold medal. It took a lot of guts for him to do what he did."

Sugar Hit @ the Shangri-La's Lobby Lounge

2008-10-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

It's been a long day for me...but TGIF... :)

I went to have a drink after work with 12 other colleagues, went to Night Noodle Market @ Hyde Park and then ended by a nice desserts at the Shangri-La Hotel...
It was a good number ei hahaha I love it when a lot of people turned up to my event :P lol

There was a good food month deal where you can spend $20 to get 3 types of desserts and a glass of dessert wine/cognac..
I chose a dessert wine for sure.. it was soo good :) but it was too little to last :(

It was a happy ending but it really kills me... I wore high heels today and I walked soo far from Suncorp to Hyde Park and back to Shangri-La :( mannnnn
I organised this thing but I ended up being the last person to turn up :S sooo embarrassing hurhurhurhur... and if you look at my feet now, they look disgusting coz it's red everywhere :(

I hope everyone enjoyed it coz I did :)
Gnite peoples...

You will never walk alone

2008-10-22T04:20:00.000-07:00

Along life's road
There will be sunshine and rain
Roses and thorns, laughter and pain
And 'cross the miles
You will face mountains so steep
Deserts so long and valleys so deep
Sometimes the Journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But I want you to remember
I want you to know

(Chorus)
(Chorus)
You will never walk alone
As long as you have faith
Jesus will be right beside you all the way
And you may feel you're far from home
But home is where He is
And He'll be there down every road
You will never walk alone

never, no never

The path will wind
And you will find wonders and fears
Labors of love and a few falling tears
Across the years
There will be some twists and turns
Mistakes to make and lessons to learn
Sometimes the journey's gentle
Sometimes the cold winds blow
But I want you to remember wherever you may go

(Repeat Chorus)

Jesus knows your joy, Jesus knows your need
He will go the distance with you faithfully

(Repeat Chorus)

Passion Concert 21.10.08

2008-10-22T03:12:00.000-07:00

Hey all

I watched a great concert yesterday... it was by Chris Tomlin's Passion band whose aim is to make Jesus name famous in our generation...
and I really need to say this...he did his job really well :)

2 Corinthians 5:21
"God made Him (Jesus) who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God"

check this out...

I love this song: How Great is Our God...

To give you a little background, that was my first praise & worship concert I've ever attended...
I came from a Catholic family background and I was baptised since I was really young...
I normally go to church every Sunday and I've always had my faith in God...
I just wasn't someone who likes to listen to gospel music and I'd probably go to church for the sake of fulfilling my duty being a good Catholic...

My life was pretty decent...so it's not that I came from a broken family that would put me into a really bad life... but I wasn't that happy before... I always felt that I'm lacking in something... like I haven't achieved anything... I always wanted more and more and I barely can say to myself "You've done a great job Deb!"

Just last year I was always touched when I listened to the songs sung in my local church... it made me want to be involved more in their local community... but I was never able to attend to one of their bible study or I wasn't brave enough to commit...
Yes, I was still with my x bf at that time... I also studied part time at uni and did full time work... it might actually scare me a little bit.. so I ignored that feeling...

After coming back from my 3mths holiday, I came to Sydney and I thought well I have no bf anymore (since we broke up last year) and I only have work to focus on...
I started to think that I needed to contribute back to my society or at least share the talents that God has given me with the people around me...

Then I met my friend who just migrated to Sydney and he told me I would always be welcome if I want to join this church community...
And since then, I tried to give more of my time for God and try to know Him better...
I tried to change the way I used to be and try to be the person He would like me to be...

Sorry if my story is a little off topic here but I'd like to share a bit of my life story...
I'm not a good story teller but what I'm trying to say is that God has changed me little by little...
I could see the difference between my old and new life...
I've been happier and appreciate my life more than before... I believe that He would give what I asked at the right time...

I still don't know what I wanna be in my life... but I know that I want to be happy and by appreciating every little gift in your life and being thankful for that little thing that happened in our life, we would feel happier in our lives...

That was my little background why I started to be involved more in a church community... hehe

Anyway...
I honestly still think I'm too far from being a good person...
But when I think God has given A LOT to me, I think I should always try hard to be a better person every day and try to please Him :)

Thank you Lord :)

Sharing Time - WYD

2008-08-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

I got this message from one of my mailing lists...
I like it and that's why I want to share it with you guys...

So this sharing message came after WYD08 ended few weeks ago...
I'm sure we all can still feel the warmth and merriment of the event even until now :)

I don't want to copy and paste the whole message, I'll just copy some of his message that I like..
He said:
I enjoy and am proud to the fact that the Catholic faith embraces other faiths - as our leader shown in his attempt to unify religions and other Christian denominations. I can't quote him directly, but he said along the lines that "All religions have the power to be one. If they choose to do so."

Doesn't the world become a wonderful Utopia if all faiths are united in one? I experienced a very small part of Buddhism when I was in India, and also from my own family who some are still buddhist. I must say that the moral values taught and the dedication to their deity is very similar or fundamentally "equal" to our own Catholic faith. Obviously I only barely scratched the surface of an equally diverse and culturally rich religion (there are also many denominations in Buddhism) - and some Catholic and Buddhist theologians would probably have a contrasting opinion, but why are we always focusing on those differences between faiths instead of focusing on creating a society where there is mutual respect between faiths? From my somewhat limited experience of other religions, I always see a doctrine that perpetuates love, respect, kindness and abhors violence and evil acts. Why then, must we squabble over petty differences? As we move towards a society that respects different cultures, surely we can respect other faiths and their uniqueness?

I really agree with this person. From what I understand, many religions teach us the same or at least similar good deeds so yeah WHY do we have to focus on our differences? Why do we have to fight with each other? We're all human...why don't we respect each other? Just like a marriage...in order for a marriage to work (not that I've experienced this :p) a couple should strive to understand and respect each other... if two people need that respect and compromise to bring warmth into the family...a world of millions of people OBVIOUSLY need MORE respect and compromise to make this whole world a peaceful world for people to live right?

Another good message:

A God who severely punishes those who are born into a loving and devout family who believe in other non-Christian religions surely cannot be a loving and just God that we love so much?

Agree on this too. One of the seminar that I attended taught me that there are still salvations outside Catholic... so yeah I do believe that our God is a loving God that will always treasure good people :)

This post is not written to show how good my belief is... I just want to share my thoughts and feelings :)

Let's respect each other...I believe everyone in this world has good morale...let's treat each other with respect and caring so that we can walk hand in hand to make this world a better place :)

Why?

2008-07-30T05:10:00.000-07:00

I don't know this lady very well...
I know her name and I know what she looks like...she's pretty and elegant :) She's nice and simple...
Only one thing I know about her for sure, she's able to make someone happy...

She's gonna leave soon...not that she's going to migrate or leave the country but she's gonna leave him... she's gonna go away from him, from her true love...
Why she's doing that? I can't tell you why coz she didn't even tell him why...

I really want to tell her to stop, I really want the world to stop moving for a while... I want them to be together even for few minutes...few seconds...I want them to feel the true happiness even for a while...

Why two people who are in love with each other can't be together?

Are they not being together is partly my fault? Is there karma for doing things?

Only if I have the power to make him happy...

A very cold night needs to be spent with very warm music

2008-07-28T04:51:00.000-07:00

My neck really hurts today... hmmm I've applied some deep heat ointment but now my skin is just burnt, the pain is still there :(((

Anyway, I've been listening to some music in youtube so yeah just to share a bit of videos that I like to listen :)

This is one of my favorites... I find it peaceful everytime I listen to it :) nicee :)

This is nice as well... very calm :)

Lousy Friday

2008-07-24T23:12:00.000-07:00

Heya! I haven't blogged for more than a month now :( Sorry if I'm slack :|

I've been busy though... I am serious, I was sooo busy with work, with World Youth Day in Sydney, and busy going out with my friends who came from overseas... some of them came to Syd to attend WYD08 but some of them just came for a holiday...
Yes I need to rest as I almost got sick again... :(
Considering I've taken 4 sick leaves since the mid Feb this year, I don't think I should or can take another sick leave for the time being... so yeah TAKE A REST DEB! -__-

Back to what I was gonna say in this post... I was going to talk about my experience in WYD08 but am still waiting for the pictures that my friends took during the week hehehe... I brought my camera along actually but I think it's a bit broken... like the quality wasn't that good anymore... hmmm I've got it since late 2004, it has done its job nicely hehe... so yeah will wait until I get all the pics and will post some of them as well here :)

ANYWAY... while I'm blogging this right now, one of my colleague just approached me and told me about some random videos that show mobile popcorn... it shows you that popcorns can be made using 4 mobiles...
You just need to place the corn in the middle of 4 mobile phones and ring all 4 of them... when all of them ring, the corns will start popping and you can start eating them hehe...
I watched those videos and didn't realise that my manager was right behind me :( he asked me what I am watching and he didn't seem happy :( My team leader then told everyone that we should know when my manager is around, we should be more careful of what we're doing 0_0 coz he has concerns over internet security etc... :( i feel really bad now :((((

Oh well, I can't do anything for now but I should be more careful next time :) cheer up deb!!!
I'm gonna go now and have a nice dinner with my friend from Indo... will share my experience in WYD08 soon!!! See you!

An update from debii zama

2008-06-18T05:03:00.000-07:00

Been busy at work... been busy at home... been busy in the community....
NO, I don't make things up.... I am busy :P

Tomorrow is my friend's bday but I guess I can't give her a surprise party tonight @ 12 AM.... it'll be too late for me to go... I have a lot of work tomorrow so I don't think I can spare some time tonight :( I need to sleep :(
I do feel bad rejecting the idea though... man...

Anyway, I'm in the middle of preparing the upcoming SPJ birthday now... oh wells I don't think I've ever mentioned SPJ in my blog before...

SPJ stands for St. Peter Julian... it's a church's name in the city... and that's where I spend most of my time now...
When I first joined SPJ, people asked me if I just came from Indo or if I was active in other community and they were wondering why I joined them... hmm...unfortunately I had to say the truth... I've never joined such community before... I am a Catholic, I went to church most of the weekends but skipped some of them too...

I guess I am not a bad person or a person who had extreme experience in the past that really needs help from other people... so I won't see myself joining a church community to be something extraordinary...
I've been thinking of joining this kind of community for a while... I just couldn't allocate some time for this before...
I am still busy now, even if I weren't involved in this community... but I guess people can make some time once they've set their mind on it...
So yeah, I think the reason why I joined SPJ was because I wanted to return God's favour to me... He's been helping me since I was born til I am typing this blog now... so I think at least I should give something back to Him :) I guess meeting different types of people involved in that community also makes it more interesting... :)
That's the short story why I joined a church community now...

Anyway, I was just going to say that I am in the middle of the preparation and now am just in the middle of a discussion with my friend hehehe... I should've paid more attention on the discussion yet I'm blogging instead :P LOL...
Have a good night peoples!!!

Thank you :)

2008-05-30T22:40:00.000-07:00

Just listening to a Korean song at the moment... then suddenly I feel like blogging...

I guess it's been a while I haven't blogged so why not share a bit of my experience recently...

I joined Praise & Worship session in my church yesterday... and they mentioned about how we can lose some of our friends if we can't manage our time well, between church community and our day-to-day lives...
Seems like everyone experienced it before...of course that means I did too :)

Well I guess I haven't played tennis for a month now coz I always got something to do on Friday night....
I'm not saying it's always for church but of course I can't just ignore my work life...e.g. friday night drinks, dinners, etc...

OK, what I was trying to say is that I just talked to one of my friends who like playing tennis with me on Friday night...
He sounded a bit disappointed coz I won't be able to play regularly on that day... I suppose they need more people to play coz it isn't nice just to play with 2-3 people... BUT, I was so glad when I found that he's so understanding and he said he would think of changing our Friday's game time... woohoo!!! Looking forward to it :D

Having said that, I've been thinking of what should I do to them.. like they've been understanding to me but why I haven't really done anything for them :|
When my brother went home, I was really lonely... but they always asked me to do things with them...
Oh wells, if the person reads my blog and knew who I was talking about... hope you do know how thankful I am for you :) and yeah if you guys need something from me, just shoot! and I'll be glad to help :)

So to summarise what I had in mind, I don't think we will lose anyone when we're busy and simply don't have time to have fun together, unless you declared a war with them :P...
Having fun together is important, especially when they think it's more fun when you're there!... but the more important thing is that when they need you badly, then you should be there for them...
Let them know how thankful you are that you have them and let them know that you'll be there when they really need your hands :)

Have a great weekend peoples!!!

Tennis Game with My Colleagues

2008-05-10T06:35:00.000-07:00

It's been a fun weekend so far... keep it up! Only one day left :P

I spent my Saturday with a bunch of my work colleagues having BBQ and played tennis in my friend's apartment...
Nice if you stay in an apartment which does have tennis court...
The tennis court wasn't in a good condition but it's sufficient to make us having fun :)

I went there late coz I needed to go to my friend's place to get a parking pass... man, parking more than 2 hrs in the city is always giving you trouble... If you want to park in a security building then you have to spend at least $10 (weekend flat rate) but only for myself, I think $10 is a bit too much -____-!

So I went to Maroubra to borrow my friend's pass... lucky them who got a weekend car park in the city... it's just a pity that suncorp can't provide us with a free weekend parking :( but anyway... So yeah that made me late coming to my friend's place...
Once I reached their place, we went straight to the rooftop and had bbq... I felt bad to Nicole (my colleague's fiancee) who owns the apartment coz I didn't help her at all, yes I was really keen to play instead hehe...
We just played for fun.. I meant, some of them couldn't really play but as long as they can hit the ball back, who cares eh? the game continued until the ball flew over the roof :P hahaha... one of my friend hit the ball too high and it ended up falling down the street and he needed to go down and picked up the ball ahaha poor him :P

It WAS fun I would say... looking fwd to playing again with them soon...
Anyway, we finished at about 6 pm making my friends late attending their family's dinner hehe...
I went home straight after that and slept hehe too tired having fun :P

Have a good night everyone...

Oh yeah, another video that I like, you may not understand the lyrics but just listen to the melody... doesn't it sound nice?

Drama Queen

2008-05-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

I just got back from my holiday...
There was just a long weekend here in Australia... we had 1 extra holiday on Friday for ANZAC day...

Me and my other 2 friend went to Melbourne just for a short vacation but there were problems... A LOT of problems I would say when we were there...

OK here is the story...

- Day 1 -

I went to Melbourne on Friday morning... what I would normally do is to do online check-in on the previous day for both going and going back from the trip but there was problem with the booking (since Jetstar rescheduled the confirm flight) so I couldn't do the online check-in for the trip going from Melbourne to Sydney...
So since I could only print 1 boarding pass, I haven't checked-in for the trip going back to Sydney and planned to check in at Melbourne Avalon airport...

The problem began when we arrived at Melbourne... I was sick when I reached Melbourne. I think it was because I didn't sleep well on Thursday night...the weather was pretty bad too, it was showering all day and we didn't realise that most shops would be closed on ANZAC day, so we had to change our plan.
We went to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat straight away after finding out that most of the shops are closed. We have changed our plan already...
We could just spend 2 hrs at Sovereign Hills while we actually need more time to explore the whole Sovereign Hill. Well I know, it was really a problem but I found that it wasn't easy for us going there either coz we went to the wrong direction so we had to spend another hour just to go back and go to the right one...

Day one hasn't finished yet. Going back from the Sovereign Hill, we decided to go back to the hotel first and then have dinner...
We planned like going to jazz bar, cafes, etc but we couldn't really do all that :(
OK, it was quite difficult to find out "serviced apartment", and once we found it, apparently we got the wrong place, the lady in the reception desk told us that we booked a motel and not a serviced apartment...
When I knew it, I really set my expectation low and I was quite disappointed since I thought I really got a good price for a serviced apartment... maybe I should come to my senses more eh hehe...

We then went to this place that was recommended by my friend, Rococo... the place was cozy, the food was alright and it was OK...no problem :)

- Day 2 -

Day 2 was the best among the 3 days I've spent in Melbourne... We went to Lygon St and had a really nice gelato :D durian and roche... what a brilliant combination hehehe... it wasn't really a combination, both of them just taste NICE and 1 cup has 2 flavours, that's where the brilliant combination comes from :)

We also spent the day in Chapel St, accompanying my friends doing boots hunting and I just spent my day there looking at good stuff... It was just unfortunate that I am not a money machine sigh...I just could look at them... and prolly touch them hahahaha...

We went to my fave Korean place in Carnegie, Kimchi Grandma... We ordered a little too much but it was nice... the kimchi cigae was a bit too spicy though hehehe...

After that, we went to Nam Loong to buy some buns and went to Casino...
It was really hard to find parking at the Casino coz we tried to get free parking spot and there was almost to space for us, especially when we didn't really know the area well...
I just forgot most of the street's name there... well not to blame myself, it's been 3 yrs since I left Melbourne...

We spent like 1 hr just to find parking...what a fool.. :|
Then we went to casino, met my uni friend and went home...
There was no major problem on day 2...

- Day 3 -

-DOCKLAND-

-SouthGate-

Here comes day 3, the real problematic day :((((
The day started with Dockland... I wanted to see dockland so we went there and took some pictures, we planned to have breakfast there but no cafe has opened yet... :((( So I asked my friends to go to cafes around southgate....

So we went to Southgate... but then my friend asked us to have yum cha...she said she had a nice yum cha in this restaurant called "Red Emperor" in Southgate so we went there...
We spent a lot of time there, like 1 hr or so in yum cha... we talked a lot and ate a lot and we didn't realise the clock kept ticking... until we paid the bill and realised that it was 1 o'clock :| DA** ITTTTTT our flight is at 13.30 :|||||
So we ran back to the car and I drove to Avalon at a constant 110% speed limit :| It was really hectic and panicking time...

We reached the airport at 13.30 but we were late...the plan has gone :((( I felt like crying at that point coz I thought OMG...I would have to buy another plane ticket :(
We checked all airlines' websites through the internet cafe but most flights were fully booked.
The ones that were available cost like $340-$400 ish... I thought it was a rip off so I then suggested "Let's drive back to Sydney" ... I felt silly now coz it was quite a crazy idea... for someone like me who has never driven out of town before... but in my mind, I had only 1 thing, I NEED TO GO BACK TO SYDNEY, I'VE GOT WORKS TO DO... SO we then decided to drive back to Sydney, coz going back by bus would also cost $300 and you will reach Sydney at 12 noon while we could go back to Sydney at around 3 am if we drive... so we picked the cheapest option, drive back to Sydney :|

My friend tried to hire the car back through the phone but Hertz said someone else has queued for that car...we've got Toyota Prius btw...
Then they allocated us a Toyota Corolla instead, we agreed to it and went back to the Hertz desk @ the airport... We told the guy and the guy said we could just use our car and we don't have to pay anything since we've paid for 3 days renting anyway, what they'll do is to change the return place for that car...so we were lucky to get the prius back considering it consumes less fuel :) and it's the best car to use for long distance trip...

We agreed to take turns driving back to Sydney so I think that is fine :)
Well I'll take this as a lesson learnt or just take this as an experience for myself... when else I would drive from Melbourne to Canberra and Canberra to Sydney NON STOP :)

*Me so tired already*

Anyway, this is my favorite noodle soup when I was in Melbourne

Graduation

2008-04-17T04:13:00.000-07:00

Wow... haven't blogged for ages...
Been really busy these days...first I went to Tasmania for the Easter break, then a week after that I went to Brisbane for work and my parents just came for holiday and also to attend my graduation ceremony :-)

Been really happy with my parents companion here in Sydney..it was just a pity they couldn't stay longer than 10 days -___- well it's a lot better than they're not coming at all though :) yep, always need to see things from their brighter side :D

Some graduation pictures that we took...
I actually borrowed a tripod from my friend's friend but my dad didn't like it when I spent time to set it up...
It would still look better than when my dad took it hohoho :P
He tried to take a lot of them but some of them were badly taken -.- gomen... I just speak out the truth here hahahaha....
But my dad was so passionate taking a lot of pictures... so still like that idea :D

I miss them so much...
Will go back one day to Indo but don't know when yet... I want to find out what I really want to do there instead of going there and still confused what to do...
I guess while I'm thinking, it's good to earn some bucks here :-)

Today I was called by my friend...she said something about being envious to someone who got a better task than her and stuff...
Just thinking over our conversation...I think people would always envy others REGARDLESS how well they've been doing...
Then I suddenly remember my parents... I also realised that I always envy my friends, including the friend who called me earlier... but then when I think about my parents... I feel that I would never envy anyone in this world for having better parents than me...
They may be richer, younger, more generous to their kids but I don't think they would love me as much as my parents do :-)
Realising that actually did make me feel better hehe...
Anyway, I'll blog about my Tasmania trip next time...have a good night everyone :)

Ken Lee

2008-03-25T04:40:00.000-07:00

Nice one!

Tagged by Tabs

2008-03-24T04:21:00.000-07:00

Instructions:
Remove 1 question from below and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post.

1. What do you really really want right now?
I want to call my mom yet my calling card has run out of credit :(
My mom will call me back in about 30 mins tho... counting down...

2. If you can turn into anything, what do you wish you can turn into?
Since my friend who tagged me wanted to turn into a female, I think turning into a male would be good too! A male does not have to be pregnant to have a child, all he needs to do is sleep :P

3. How are you feeling now?
I feel I need more holidays >.<
Easter break has finished!!! I still want my holidayy :S

4. Where is the place that you want to go most?
Japan. I love the food, fashion, scenery, and its language... Nihon no ikimashoo!! (am i right?)

5. If you have one dream to come true, what would it be?
Firstly, I want to meet my ideal husband then I want to have my own house. I want to make it full of glasses. I want to build swimming pool and tennis court in it. Sounds good? Don't worry, I'll invite you to my housewarming party when it's all done!

6. Do you believe in seeing the rainbow after the rain?
Yeah, why not? I've seen it!
Ahh do you mean seeing the rainbow in your "life" after the rain? Hmmm... yeah, I'm quite optimistic person... we should believe one if we want one ;)

7. Do you think religion is redundant?
No.

8. What cheers you up for the rest of the day?
When I see my shares go up and I can trade them at the best prices.
That's one example. Basically any good news will cheer me up easily.

9. If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?
I tend to react when someone confess his love to me, but if I really love him and I can't bear seeing him with another girl, I might confess one day...
Dignity is something that can't make me confess easily :S

10. List out three good things of the person who tagged you.
a) He listens to your problems
b) He tries his best to help his friends
c) He would love you as much as you love him

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Love and faithfulness.
I'd also prefer my other half to be able to guide me to be a better person.

12. What type of person do you hate the most?
A person who always talks BIG but does little, manipulators and betrayers.

13. What would you do if you won a million dollars?
I'll buy 2 houses: one for my parents and one for myself. Then I'll invest the rest.

14. What is your ambition?
I want my own business one day and make it BIG with my own brain and sweats.

15. What would you wanna be after you're dead?
I want to go to Heaven and live with God and Jesus :)

16. If you have a chance, which part of your character would you like to change?
Perfectionist.

17. What would you most want to achieve right now?
I want my website to have steady income.

18. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
God, family and true friends. I treasure them in my life.
They are the ones who would never leave you in whatever condition you are.
I put "true friends" here coz "friends" have a broader definition and not all friends are true friends :)

19. If there's one thing in your life you want to do but yet unable to, what would it be?
To see my grandpas and feel their warm hugs :(

20. What do you see yourself as in the next 10 years?
I will have a husband and 2 children. Hahaha I will also live in my big house like the one I described in question 5.

I will choose these people:

Zenikko
Monica
DJ
Natalia

Weekend

2008-03-07T20:13:00.000-08:00

Today is a day off :)
Looking at the title itself, you'd probably know it's a day-off anyway hehe...

Today is kinda special nevertheless since this is my first weekend that I chose to stay at home since I got back from Indo...
Last week was a busy week for me so I feel that I need to rest a bit...
I don't know why but I feel that I got tired easier now hehe maybe I was influenced by other people that told me once you've reached 25 then you'd feel the difference :P

Anyway, it's not the point... I don't think I've aged a lot just by turning the age of 25... I honestly think that I've become much more positive now than a year ago...
I guess my best friends in Indo gave me so much motivation to be one :) Thanks girls!

I woke up a bit late this morning, watching 2 episodes of drama and now I'm trying to do some reading...
I hate reading so much back then but now I think it's not that bad afterall... but no, i'm not a bookworm yet :P and I still hate novels hehe so I think it's still a long way for me to be a bookworm :P

Today is a nice, sunny day. Actually I thought it'd be good if I just sit at the park beside a little lake and do a bit of reading... but I'm just too lazy to go now...
I am listening to some indo music now... let me share this with you...

Bunga Citra Lestari - Aku Tak Mau Sendiri

Bunga Citra Lestari - Sunny OST Cinta Pertama

Enjoy and have a great weekend!!!

Brisbane Trip

2008-02-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

I went to Brisbane for a day yesterday...
It was a tiring day despite the fact that it was quite fun too!

I woke up at 6.25 am sharp yesterday coz I need to leave home at 7. My taxi came and the driver almost left me as he couldnt park his car in front of my building (I forgot it's clearway time!) but luckily I was only 3 mins late so I still could catch him back :P

I checked my bag again while I was in the taxi and suddenly I realised that I forgot my damn ticket! Man... the taxi needed to go back again :-(
It's good that my building is probably only 15 mins away from the airport so I could still make it and in fact, I've got there so early :-) no baggage... so it's very fast to check in.

There is another girl from other division who went to Brisbane with me. She's nice... and it is good to have someone go there with you, so if you get lost, you do it together... :)

The session was alright, better than I expected...
They had this door prize idea where people were encouraged to ask many questions so he/she could get more chances to win...
I asked quite many questions and I got like 5-6 chances to win compared to 2-3 who didn't ask many. But I still didn't win it -____-
But everyone went home with no empty-handed. We've got Suncorp umbrella. Does this sound pathetic? Hahaha... yeah Sydney's always raining recently and we've got a big umbrella which can protect us from rain and strong wind...
I heard only employees who have been in Suncorp for 10 years would get it. Hehe I guess I speed-up my employment to 3 weeks to get that! Nice... :-)

On the way back to Sydney, we had another guy joined us coz we caught the same plane and all of us held an umbrella each.
Being proud to get the umbrella before we reach 10 years of employment, we really wanted to bring them to Sydney and prolly show it off to other mates haha :P
But the umbrella has a sharp tip and it's a NONO to be placed in the cabin.
UMBRELLA NEEDS TO BE CHECKED IN. Sound ridiculous to do that? NO! We love our umbrellas... One of the officer from Qantas said "Just throw it away! They're just give aways..."
We said "No, we came all the way to Brisbane just for these umbrellas!" hahaha... that's true though :0 I like it :P hahaha (Man, I sound so cheap >.< )

Then we checked them in and guess what? They're OVERSIZE BAGGAGE hahahaha

Well oh well, in the end if you like it, then you gotta go for it! Don't listen to what people said :P

I'm so tireddddd.... Looking forward to meet other guys and girls in the choir team coz I didn't go there last night becoz of this trip. :-)
Have a great weekend guys!

Church Choir

2008-02-23T19:04:00.000-08:00

It's been a while for me not to blog these days..
I'll blame my busy days lately... umm... busy at work? not really...busy having fun? maybe... busy solving unexpected problems? definitely... :|

Just got back from the church today and guess what? I think I'm gonna be part of the church choir... but not at the usual church I always go to... but the church in the city where they have Indonesian Catholic Community serves as the church choir every 1st, 3rd, and 5th week...

I know a guy who just joined and I thought...ummm it would be good if I can join too coz every now and then I always wanted to be part of the choir... but then I didn't know anyone and I think it would be very awkward if I just jumped to the group and asked "can I join?" :P
I'm pretty sure they'll be very welcome and grateful for me coz it is for a church :-) but yeah I think having a friend (and it'd be even better to know more than 1 friend) who like participating in the choir is even better... so that's the story why I decided to join this time...

My first choir practice was last Friday after work... I met my friend first and we went there together...
Then I met a bunch of new people whose name I hardly could remember :P but I'm getting there :D
I learn many new songs that I've never sung before but yeah I think it's pretty easy to follow :) *HAHA I'm boasting right now!* :P... my voice is not a golden voice but I think it's not bad... at least I know how to follow the tune :P

Apart from that I think I'm gonna go to the fund raising that would be held next week... I haven't really decided on that but it'd be good if I can participate in it... (NOT performing...but just to raise some funds for those needy people :-)

Hope this is not one-off thing... coz sometimes I like doing it if I feel no motivation for me to keep doing it :)
Wish me luck :-)

Happy Birthday Yosefien!

2008-02-23T05:32:00.000-08:00

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Wonderful Bday

2008-02-17T02:00:00.000-08:00

Yes it was my bday not long ago...
I had my bday exactly on the same day as my flight back to Sydney... isn't it wonderful? :-)
Well it is coz that means a lot of people attending my bday :-)

It was not that bad...in the morning I still got the chance to celebrate it with my parents and friends... we had lunch or to be more exact, it was a brunch coz I was afraid I wouldn't make it if it was for a lunch... so we had brunch at around 11am.
I got quite many presents and gifts...but more importantly I got the chance to celebrate it with my closest ones... and that's what made me happy :-)

I also had some important people sent me messages and emails congratulating me :-) I really appreciate that...
Even someone who is really important to me sent me a msg...hehe I thought that person would have forgotten it :P

Ummm the story doesn't end there... after the brunch.. it was the time for me to get my stuffs and went to the airport... I thought "ahh sunny day... having a trip back to syd on my bday would be blessed" and it was indeed... there were just few obstacles that I need to bore a little...
So my dad dropped me and my mom first just in front of the gate so that we could just check in while he parked the car.. I told my mom to wait for my dad and I put my luggages under the x-ray...
Guess what happened next? BLACK OUT!!!! and the sky totally changed. The sunny day had turned into a cloudy and stormy day... "Man...why it has to be now???", I thought...
When I checked in, I asked the officer if the plan would change and she said "the runway is just closed... I don't think any plan can land here...it's too dangerous!"

I was quite panic but I tried to remain positive... I told myself that I would be OK and would still fly on that day...
So I told the officer to put me into other flight which doesn't reschedule their plan. People think it was quite hopeless to try other flights coz in most cases all flights would be redirected to other airports...

Then I also met my friends who were going to go back to Jakarta...their flight is different from mine but their flight also got delayed coz of the weather...
Then after waiting for about 1/2 hrs.. the weather got better and the airport was opened again...
One plane landed and it was my friends'... so I quickly ran to the counter again and they also called my name at the same time, trying to inform me that they can put me into other flight... so you can say I was popular for 1 day coz my name was mentioned several times hahaha...

I could say I was lucky coz everyone was trying to buy tickets for that flight and it was soo full... it was the only flight which got delayed for around 1 hr... other flights could get delayed for 3 hrs or even more.. :| and IF I got delayed, my connecting flight to KL would be wasted coz I could hardly make it :-S

After I arrived at Jakarta, I still needed to change terminal and queued up to check in... you know what?? one of MH (Malaysia Airlines) flights got canceled and most passengers of that flight tried to squeeze in my flight... no wonder soo many ppl lined up in MH counters...
I got served very slowly :-| but I could make it in the end to KL...

Now, from KL to Sydney... it was a planned connecting flight so it shouldn't matter anymore...it was just too tight I could say...
Once I got off from the plane, one MH officer was waiting for me...and it was only me (?????)
She said "quick you gotta be at gate X quickly"
I walked fast there and they've boarded already... at least I wasn't the last passenger so the other passengers wouldn't hate me :P
And the story ends at Sydney where I got off safely :-)

Such a happy ending story isnt it? :P
Now I still got a little jet lag and hopefully I can adapt to Syd time again in no time...

Yosefien's Wedding

2008-02-13T01:54:00.000-08:00

Debie is back!!!
My gosh...it took a while for me to recharge my energy...

Anyway, just want to share some pics with you on my best friend's wedding in Semarang...
You know I woke up at 4 am coz I was a bridesmaid? hehe well if you want to get that position, you gotta sacrifice a bit rite? :P
Anyway, it's nice to share your bestfriend's important moment I guess... I feel important for her and him :P hhehehe... and not to forget, of course they are very important part of me as well :-)
So wake up at 4 am was nothing really... :-)

HOWEVER, after the wedding was NOT alright!!!
I was dead right after the wedding party... the day after the wedding supposed to be my bday and normally I would sleep at 12 am on the dot hehe so that I can pick up my friends' calls (hahaha yes I sometimes anticipate this) :P but this time, I went straight to bed coz I couldn't even open my eyes...they felt sooo heavy hahaha

nevertheless, it was soo fun though.... all the invited friends sat at the balcony and pretty much we could have our own time to celebrate our little reunion :P (it's OK we still checked the couple what they were up to) hahaha :P
Here are some pics that we took together...

- At the reception

- Taking picture at the end of the party

Ah yeah let me tell you about this pic...
After the wedding, a bunch of my friends asked me to have lunch with them.. STRAIGHT from the church... so just imagine, I was still wearing this white long dress, together with the gloves :P... Once I entered the restaurant, everyone's eyes just went straight into my dress 0___0 mannn!!!
But yeah it was so fun that it didn't make me uncomfie with such appearance :P

- At the church

- During lunch

[Music] Another creative song from Indonesia

2008-01-30T05:10:00.000-08:00

Another good finding...
Keroncong is one of Indonesian traditional music... It has its own unique type of rhythm...
Young Indo people like to think this kind of music is only for elders and it's not popular anymore... Like what you've probably guessed... rap, pop, rnb are more popular for kids these days... So in this video, Bondan Prakoso, who used to sing in his young age, tried to make a come back and collaborate rap and keroncong into this unique song...

This song is called "Kroncong Protol", which means incomplete keroncong :-) Enjoy!

The New Champion

2008-01-27T19:54:00.000-08:00

Novak Djokovic (22) is the first Serbian grand slam winner on earth... sounds cool eh?
What about this... he's also the youngest winner who won grand slam in Aussie?? Sounds cooler???
Eventho I was hoping Tsonga, the underdog, to win, I admit Djokovic was a great player tho... he was very determined... a great sportsman... BANZAI!!!

Tsonga won the first set and played really well... Maybe he was a little nervous but I could see Djokovic also did the same... Maybe it was their first final in Aussie :-|
Woah... the game made me want to practise my skill...I went with my usual friends to practise (regardless of what the dentist told me) but then I regret it now...it hurts when I run/jump :-(

Sydney friends... let's play tennis more often when I get back there!!! :-D

Happy Australia Day!

2008-01-26T02:46:00.000-08:00

43 things that show that you are a true Aussie?

1. You know the meaning of the word "girt".
2. You believe that stubbies can be either drunk or worn.
3. You think it's normal to have a leader called Kevin.
4. You waddle when you walk due to the 53 expired petrol discount vouchers stuffed in your wallet or purse.
5. You've made a bong out of your garden hose rather than use it for something illegal such as watering the garden.
6. You believe it is appropriate to put a rubber in your son's pencil case when he first attends school.
7. When you hear that an American "roots for his team" you wonder how often and with whom.
8. You understand that the phrase "a group of women wearing black thongs" refers to footwear and may be less alluring than it sounds.
9. You pronounce Melbourne as "Mel-bin".
10. You pronounce Penrith as "Pen-riff".
11. You believe the "l" in the word "Australia" is optional.
12. You can translate: "Dazza and Shazza played Acca Dacca on the way to Maccas."
13. You believe it makes perfect sense for a nation to decorate its highways with large fibreglass bananas, prawns and sheep.
14. You call your best friend "a total bastard" but someone you really, truly despise is just "a bit of a bastard".
15. You think "Woolloomooloo" is a perfectly reasonable name for a place.
16. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife.
17. You believe it makes sense for a country to have a $1 coin that's twice as big as its $2 coin.
18. You understand that "Wagga Wagga" can be abbreviated to "Wagga" but "Woy Woy" can't be called "Woy".
19. You believe that cooked-down axlegrease makes a good breakfast spread.
20. You believe all famous Kiwis are actually Australian, until they stuff up, at which point they again become Kiwis.
21. Hamburger. Beetroot. Of course.
22. You know that certain words must, by law, be shouted out during any rendition of the Angels' song Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again.
23. You believe, as an article of faith, that the confectionary known as the Wagon Wheel has become smaller with every passing year.
24. You still don't get why the "Labor" in "Australian Labor Party" is not spelt with a "u".
25. You wear ugh boots outside the house.
26. You believe, as an article of faith, that every important discovery in the world was made by an Australian but then sold off to the Yanks for a pittance.
27. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name the more you like them.
28. Whatever your linguistic skills, you find yourself able to order takeaway fluently in every Asian language.
29. You understand that "excuse me" can sound rude, while "scuse me" is always polite.
30. You know what it's like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose.
31. You understand that "you" has a plural and that it's "youse".
32. You know it's not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle.
33. Your biggest family argument over the summer concerned the rules for beach cricket.
34. You shake your head in horror when companies try to market what they call "Anzac cookies".
35. You still think of Kylie as "that girl off Neighbours".
36. When returning home from overseas, you expect to be brutally strip-searched by Customs - just in case you're trying to sneak in fruit.
37. You believe the phrase "smart casual" refers to a pair of black tracky-daks, suitably laundered.
38. You understand that all train timetables are works of fiction.
39. When working on a bar, you understand male customers will feel the need to offer an excuse whenever they order low-alcohol beer.
40. You get choked up with emotion by the first verse of the national anthem and then have trouble remembering the second.
41. You find yourself ignorant of nearly all the facts deemed essential in the government's new test for migrants.
42. You know, whatever the tourist books say, that no one says "cobber".
43. And you will immediately forward this list to other Australians, here and overseas, realising that only they will understand.

You think you're Australian now?

FEDERER should've done it BETTERER

2008-01-25T04:49:00.000-08:00

Federer lost 3 sets in a row :-(

Novak Djokovic	7	6	7
Roger Federer	5	3	6

I am disappointed! I think Roger didn't play well in this game and also Novak played really well..
This is my opinion only tho coz I saw Roger did soo many mistakes himself... We can only rely on his service I guess hehe...
But eventho Roger played well, Novak is certainly someone who isn't easy to beat tho :)
I actually really wanna see the match between Tsonga and Federer in final :-| My hope was turned down :-(
Well I guess this time the youngsters need to compete for the 1st place...

Tsonga [38][FRA] vs Djokovic [3][SER]

Who do you think will win???
Tsong played really well against Nadal and will he be able to do it again on final???
I think I'll support Tsonga this time considering him on the 38th place and if he can do it, that'd be a GREAT NEWS! hohohoho....

Hehe can't wait to see the match on Sunday :-)

[Lyric] Sebelum Cahaya

2008-01-23T23:28:00.000-08:00

I've been searching for this song's title and singer...and FINALLY, I found it!!! Enjoy!

Sebelum Cahaya
by Letto

ku teringat hati
yang bertabur mimpi
kemana kau pergi cinta
perjalanan sunyi
engkau tempuh sendiri
kuatkanlah hati cinta

ingatkan engkau kepada
embun pagi bersahaja
yang menemanimu sebelum cahaya
ingatkan engkau kepada
angin yang berhembus mesra
yang kan membelaimu cinta

kekuatan hati yang berpegang janji
genggamlah tanganku cinta
ku tak akan pergi meninggalkanmu sendiri
temani hatimu cinta

ingatkan engkau kepada
embun pagi bersahaja
yang menemanimu sebelum cahaya
ingatkan engkau kepada
angin yang berhembus mesra
yang kan membelaimu cinta

ku teringat hati
yang bertabur mimpi
kemana kau pergi cinta
perjalanan sunyi
engkau tempuh sendiri
kuatkanlah hati cinta

ingatkan engkau kepada
embun pagi bersahaja
yang menemanimu sebelum cahaya
ingatkan engkau kepada
angin yang berhembus mesra
yang kan membelaimu cinta

I miss my face

2008-01-21T21:17:00.000-08:00

Eventho I'm not as pretty as some stars (errr... did I just exaggerate it???) :-P, I do miss my old face...
My face is still swollen now... thanks to the surgery :-S

Yesterday I checked up again to my dentist...he said "it's good it's good!" -> where the hell is good??? :-S It's not good actually coz with this swollen face, that means No Food. No Sports. No Laughs. No Hangout. No Life basically...

So...I decided to borrow Korean drama series yesterday (hmmm...doesn't it sound like part of my life???) hehe... My Girl with 16 episodes in total... Ive watched 8 episodes in a row yesterday...
The drama was actually good, funny, different story, but what made me hate it is the funny part of it... remember that I can't laugh???
Sigh what made me hate it even more was when my mom laughed so loud and that would make me laugh with her...
I couldn't hold it once and I think I did laugh a little (damn...I forgot to see myself laughing in the mirror... when else I got the chance to see a monster laughing??) hahaha I think I should stop insulting myself for my own sake :P
Ah yeah when I tried to laugh, I could feel my stitched gum stretched a little...man it hurts :-(
So I tried to hold it so hard... :-S
So you people, when you got the chance to have fun and laugh, do it fully :-P Laugh a lot while you can, coz when you can't laugh...that'd be sadddd :-(

Hmmm I remember the real story about a kid who can't laugh... I think it was a muscle problem or something like that...
I just can't imagine it...maybe she can laugh but it just wasn't expressed in her face :-S
Well hope there will be a cure to such disease coz no laugh means no life for me :)

Swollen Face

2008-01-19T22:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday evening I went under 1 hr dental surgery...
My face is swollen now coz my gum was cut and I didn't know what happened after that :-|
I guess I was too afraid to see the process hehe... All I saw was the equipments with some blood on them :-S eeewwww...

I did receive anaesthesia around the front teeth but I could still feel the pain... I couldn't imagine how painful it would be without the anaesthesia :-S
I cannot talk now... I barely can move my upper lip hahaha you will laugh seeing my face now... even my brother cannot hold his laughter everytime he sees me...
Deb cannot talk for around 3 days? Yes that kills me slowly hehe... I guess that's why I blog instead hahaha :-P

You know? after all these pains, I don't even know why I need the surgery :-S I was too panic just thinking of the surgery and forgot to ask the details WHY I need it :-S Stooopidd mee...
Well the thing that I understand is that I did bump my front teeth with something hard about 10 years ago (possibly my friend's forehead or the floor) so that this accident killed my front teeth' roots...
As far as I know, this will make my front teeth' colour to get darker and darker as I age...and coz these are my front teeth, it would not be good for my appearance... that's all I know...

I guess I would continue eating porridge for 3 days since I cannot chew anything now :-(
What a weekend :-S !!!
A little message from me... If you want to look pretty, you have to suffer a little sometimes :-)

Bad Teeth...

2008-01-19T00:25:00.000-08:00

Few days ago I went for a dental check-up here in my usual dentist..
He found 1 cavity in my tooth and guess what??? He suddenly took picture of my front teeth, and when he saw the result, he was surprised? "Huh???" , he said.

I didn't feel good about it so I quickly looked at the picture and... UNSURPRISINGLY I just saw my teeth hahaha :P Nothing really in it, the thing that was outstanding is there was a darker circle in one of the root. He asked me who dealt with ur teeth there? I said "It's always you!"
Apparently he said my infection that was treated a year ago hasn't got well... He said "You NEED a LITTLE SURGERY"... and my reaction was "SIGH...!!!" (a big one)

I don't like going to dentist... I guess who would love it??? Unless the dentist is a hot young guy and you only go there just to see him :-)
Today I will go for that surgery... The dentist has given me some antibiotics beforehand and I need to take them before my surgery... I don't feel good now...
I feel reluctant going there just by imagining how long I would have to open my mouth, take those painful treatment... why oh why :-(

I suppose I can't go anywhere this weekend... oh dear...

Daughters-in-law (며느리 전성시대)

2008-01-14T22:50:00.000-08:00

Or can be read: The Golden Era of Daughters in Law.
Funny, refreshing drama to watch.

Main Cast:

Kim Ji-Hoon (김지훈) as Lee Boksu (이복수)

Lee Soo-Kyung (이수경) as Cho Mijin (조미진)

Lee Pil-Mo (이필모) as Cho Inwoo (조인우)

Suh Young-Hee (서영희) as Lee Boknam (이복남)

The relationships are kinda awkward:
Lee Boksu is Lee Boknam's older brother
Cho Inwoo is Cho Mijin's older brother
Lee Boksu married Cho Mijin -> Here Cho Inwoo is Lee Boksu's older brother-in-law
Then Cho Inwoo married Lee Boknam -> So now Lee Boksu is also Cho Inwoo's older brother-in-law (???)

Hahaha I like this drama. Funny I can say...
I just watched this drama for a while in KBSWorld but sadly they only play this drama 2 days a week (Sat and Sun).

In this drama, there are 2 main family scenes: the Lee Soogil and Lee Myunghee Families.
Lee Soogil is Boksu and Boknam's father. He has a sister which is Lee Myunghee.
In Lee Soogil's family scene, everything looks complicated but funny to see... On the other hand, Lee Myunghee is a very cold-hearted mother-in-law who is acting like a real bitch. She's very mean to her daughter-in-laws and very selfish. In the series, Lee Myunghee married to a rich family and that's why it made her feel like she owns the world hehehe...
Watch it and you'll like it :)

More info about the casts can be found here

[Lyric] Selamanya Cinta

2008-01-11T07:56:00.000-08:00

Looking for good Indonesian song? Check this out.

Sung by Yana Yulio first and then resung recently by D Cinnamons

Di kala hati resah
Seribu ragu datang … memaksaku
Rindu semakin meyerang
Kalau lah aku dapat membaca pikiranmu
Dengan sayap pengharapanku ingin terbang jauh

Biar awan pun gelisah,
Daun daun jatuh berguguran
Namun cintamu kasih terbit laksana bintang
Yang bersinar cerah menerangi jiwaku

Andaikan ku dapat mengungkapkan perasaanku
Hingga membuat kau percaya
Akan ku berikan seutuhnya rasa cintaku
Selamanya selamanya

Biar awan pun gelisah
Daun daun jatuh berguguran
Namun cintamu kasih terbit laksana bintang
Yang bersinar cerah menerangi jiwaku

Andaikan ku dapat mengungkapkan perasaanku hingga membuat kau percaya, akan ku berikan seutuhnya rasa cintaku,
Rasa cinta yang tulus, dari dasar lubuk hatiku.
Tuhan jalinkanlah cinta bersama, selamanya.

Andaikan ku dapat mengungkapkan perasaanku
Hingga membuat kau percaya
Akan ku berikan seutuhnya rasa cintaku
Selamanya … selamanya … selamanya … selamanya

Babi Guling Bu Oka

2008-01-11T01:06:00.000-08:00

Bali.... I haven't told you about the food I ate there...
To be honest, for me I love food in Java better than in Bali...maybe it's becoz I'm not used to Balinese style in term of taste...

I had this meal when I was in Ubud... the famous area in Bali for its arts and crafts...
My friend recommended this place since it was aired in the Discovery channel...

- The unique taste -

I dun think it's very unique... This maybe becoz I was born in Indo and I've had pork so many times hahaha
But of course if you normally just eat the pork meat with nothing else, you might want to try this.
It has some nice sauce and some unique vegetables that I've never had before..dun ask me the name of the vegie hehe... coz I'm not the expert in terms of vegetables

I suggest you to eat it with the green chili to make it taste nicer...but be careful! it's quite hot!

The Fact: I'm UNEMPLOYED now!!!

2008-01-11T01:02:00.001-08:00

Today I just feel like blogging....
My Internet connection here in Indonesia isn't that good eventho I've used the broadband so I blog mainly offline and upload them when I'm online...

Today I started to think again if I waste part of my life here now, doing nothing...
I promised myself to continue thinking seriously of what I really wanna do in the future, about business opportunities here in Indonesia, about how I can improve my dad's business etc...
But it seems all those promises meant nothing...I didn't do much...what I did was spending my dad's money and had a lot of fun...
Hehe it's not that I hate doing that but I also have some conscience that I have to watch my spending and think about more useful things that I should do during my holiday...

My shares aren't doing well, I have credit card bills to pay, I have rent fees and Internet that I need to manage there while I have no income whatsoever...
When I think over what other ppl said to me when I told them I would like to continue doing my master degree, I somehow agree a little bit with them... Of course I didnt regret what I've done so far tho coz I think I've learnt something new and that would benefit me in the future...
But what I agree with them was that I missed my experience that I could get if I didnt take my master degree in the first place...
Like now, I've been unemployed for almost 1 year...(I know at least I've been doing my study during this time so I can't say Ive wasted my 1 year fully hehe)

Did I do something good or something useless?

My bro said working in Indo would be different from working in Aussie. The people are different. The culture is different. The salary is indeed DIFFERENT. The environment would be a lot different. But should I get experience in Aussie despite the fact that I have to go back to Indo for good later on?

My tutor once said Indonesian students thinking of getting work experience in Aussie before going back to Indonesia is just an excuse of feeling reluctant to go back to Indo...
Well I still think it's a valid excuse. Moreover, I think having experience of difficulties in other country will mean a lot when we start working in Indo for real. It will develop our communication skills as well I believe...
PLUS we should learn how people from a more advanced country work so that we can start developing our own nation. Isn't that right?

Hehe I'm thinking too much hey? I know I can't turn back time to 1 year ago...I just need to think forward and there's nothing to regret :-)

Cheers Beer

2008-01-09T08:38:00.001-08:00

Found this old ad when browsing utube...

very very funny. watch it!

[Lyric] Butterfly

2008-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00

I haven't watched an Indonesian movie called 'Bukan Bintang Biasa' but I've fallen in love with its soundtrack...

Here is the lyric (by Melly Goeslaw and Andhika Pratama)...

Ketika waktu mendatangkan cinta
Aku putuskan memilih dirimu
Setitik rasa itu menetes
Dan semakin parah

Bisa ku rasa getar jantungmu
Mencintaiku apa lagi aku
Jadikanlah diriku
Pilihan terakhir hatimu

Chores:
Butterfly terbanglah tinggi
Setinggi anganku untuk meraihmu
Memeluk batinmu yang sempat kacau
Karna merindu

Butterfly fly away so high
As high as hopes I pray
To come and reach for you
Rescuing your soul
that previous messed up touching me and you

Jalan ini jauh
Namun kita tempuh
Bagai bumi ini
Hanya milik berdua

Biar ku berlebihan
Mendekatimu
Namun ku tunggu

Back to chores.

Enjoy!

KEKL01 Reunion

2008-01-07T20:07:00.001-08:00

For those of you who have never heard the word KEKL01, you may be confused hehe..
KEKL stands for Keluarga Eks Kolese Loyola... Yes it's my high school alumni...
We just had a reunion last December 2007 here in Semarang...to be more exact, we held it in my friend's restaurant called Gama :-)

We actually anticipated it to have around 50 people since a lot of our friends work in other cities or even countries... but there was 80 of us... THIRTY PEOPLE MORE than what we expected hehe... we, the organiser, were really satisfied with the outcome...

I was in charge of planning the event, e.g. introduction, sharing time, games, etc.. It wasn't only me who did all that...of coz I I had 4 other friends who organised all these...

The result was OK... it wass sooo difficult to get their attention... I could understand but indeed everyone talked to the people next to them and even I screamed using a microphone already, they wouldn't listen to me :-S...
But then thanks to my other funny friend called Lucy, she was soo smart making jokes out of me :- and THAT could get their attention eventho that means I got humiliated just to get my friends' attention... hahaha I don't care tho as long as they would listen to what I said and everything would go as we planned...

OK now let's talk about games..
I planned to have 2 games actually but time only allowed us to do the first one...

The first game was a game of 10 people in a team. The members need to line up and face the same direction. The person who stands in the last row will be given a question (i.e. 1-2 words) then he/she needs to use body language to explain the person in front of him/her about what the question was. This person will then need to do the same thing to the person standing in front of him. This procedure will go on until the last person in the team. The last person then needs to guess what the word was.

This game was not that easy hehe... ONLY 1 team out of 6 who could figure out the right answer.
We actually had 5 game at first but then everyone wanted us (the organisers) to play as well. They made the question for us hehe... it was a silly and difficult question given to us, I personally don't think other team could guess it right as well hahaha :P
Well though it was difficult, it was fun coz everyone moved in their own style and it wasnt easy to guess from it hehehe

Here are the pics during the game...

At the end of the reunion, we sang our school anthem and then followed by pictureee time hehehe...

Look at this picture, only these people could fit in the pic, some other friends didn't join us as they prefer to drink instead hahaha...

Ah yeah, we also asked everyone to give an update to us where they live, where they work, what's their current phone number, etc.
For those of you who read this post and couldn't go to the reunion, you can send me email or join KEKL01 mailinglist, we'll update the database for u :-)

More Bali Pics

2008-01-06T07:27:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!!

2008-01-03T21:22:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the late greeting :P but I was so busy having fun with some old friends so I haven't touched my computerfor so long :PWhat did you guys do on NYE? I tried to organise a little party for me and friends... well it was quite rushing coz I didn't really have the chance to contact all my friends :S but we managed to gather around 25 ppl in my friend's restaurant...

Althought it wasn't as many as our reunion, I think it was still fun...My friend hired a singer and the players and we could sing in a stage (basically like a karaoke but we just read the lyrics on a piece of paper instead of using a screen hehe...We sang many songs... but I think the singer also wanted to sing coz everytime we wanted to sing, he always kinda ignored us :P
Here are some pics again taken on the party!

- boys action

- the girls

- the boys

And during the count down moment...

Bali Trip 2007

2008-01-03T20:27:00.000-08:00

Just went back from my holiday in Bali...It was a great place to go... what a pity my mom couldn't go with us to Bali.... If she went with us, it would be almost a perfect trip...It wasnt really a perfect holiday coz the weather was terrible

- 23 Dec 07

I arrived at Bali on the 23rd... That day's weather was pretty good...well not to mention the long shower coz it wouldnt be that bad if we just had shower and not stormy day...The 23rd was OK but we had to wait a very long time just to check in...sigh a bit disappointing from a five-star hotel like Grand Hyatt :-(We just got free welcome drinks because of that... and it didnt taste that nice :-(

Grand Hyatt... a very nice hotel... but it was a bit too big... hehe... We stayed in Grand Hyatt for 3 nights and moved to novotel for another 3 nights...I prefer hyatt than novotel tho... the service in novotel wasn't that nice... hmmm maybe coz it's a serviced apartment so we cant expect the service like in a normal hotel...The breakfast was better in hyatt too... :-S of course the rate is higher in hyatt than novotel tho... but it wasnt a big difference so I vote for hyatt hehe yay!!

- 24 Dec 07

OK.. moving to the next day, we went for water rafting, 7 of us (3 girls and 4 guys)... what a pity not all of us could go, it was raining very hard too... but it was really fun still :-)Water rafting in Ayung river... it was about 10 km rowing... coz we were 7 people, so the team was divided into 2, a group of 3 plus an instructor and a group of 4 plus an instructor :)Unsuprisingly, I was with a team of 4 incl. the instructor... and unsurprisingly i won the race hahaha :P

- 25 Dec 07

Xmas day... it was raining very hard...We were gonna play in the sea but coz the rain was quite hard, we cancelled the plan and went to Ubud instead, looking at some paintings...It was quite hard to find some good and cheap paintings there... the cheap ones were the reproduced ones :-(Well we also didn't know much about the painting so it was quite hard to know the one with good value on it :-S
it's christmas day!!! so we still managed to go to the church in the evening ;-)
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

- 26 Dec 07

It was a rainy day...We went to the sea still for playing some water sports... we played "Flying Fish"... a kind of kite made of rubber which is pulled by a boat...Depending of the wind direction, we can fly :-) Nice... hehehelucky there was no thunder at all :-)
We also planned to dive...but coz the rain got harder then we were not brave enuf to do it :P so we went home and went to ubud again coz my friend wanted to buy some paintings...

- 27 Dec 07

It's time to go to the main event...well it's kinda our main purpose going to Bali...to attend my friend's wedding :-)SURPRISINGLY, those rainy days meant nothing for the couple... that day was a complete success... the outdoor parties went successfully with no problem at all...
Here are some pics again :-)

- 28 Dec 07

OK, this is it! Our last day in Bali coz we're going home on the next day :-S

LUCKILYYY we could go out under sunny sky... man... we miss it soo much :) So we rushed going out to Kuta Beach to play with the wave.. yes the best wave shouldbe in Kuta when you talk about BALI :-) well im not the expert but that's what people say and I believe it since the beaches in Nusa Dua don't have big waves like in Kuta but of course if you want to learn how to surf, learning in a calmer part of the sea is better coz u can learn how to stand in the long board... (yes we use longboard, not the surf board straight away). Long board is of coz longer than the surf board but that's what a beginner needs... heheI could see my bro's adrenalin boosted so fast when he saw SEA, BRIGHT SKY, and BIG WAVES :-D so many people tried to sell a service to teach you how to surf...The guys quickly took off their clothes and JUMPED while screaming "FINALLYY!!!" hahaha...I and some other girl friends went for a quick shopping time before we wet ourselves with the salty water :-)I just bought a pijama for my beloved mom who was in Holland, accompanying my grandma after her surgery...
We felt that the shops weren't that interesting anymore (maybe coz our mind was with the sea hee) so we went back and played with the waves... I didnt try to surf coz it seems very heavy and difficult :-S After we tanned ourselves, we went wash ourselves to go to other beach -> TANJUNG BENOA to do some water sports :-)We did our flying fish there and once we're there, we thought over some activities like banana boat, jetski, water ski, wake board, etc and we decided to dive which wascancelled before... so we DID it!!! WITHOUT LICENSEE!!! (y could we??) coz we went with some instructors who swam for us, so he would carry 2 people under the waterthen asked us to hold onto some rocks... THUS...NO SWIMMING!!!
Some rocks made my skin itchy... I tried to signal the instructor about it using my hand language hehe...but then my body started to float since I let my hands off the rocks...Instead of understanding my hand signal, my instructor pulled me down again and PUT ME ON THE SAME SPOT!!! What theeee... those rocks touched my skin again and it reallyirritated me :-S Other than that bitter side of the story, I saw so many beautiful and colorful fishes under the sea...wow... I never thought that I could see those beautiful scenejust 10 mins away from the shore :-) I think it was worth it... u know, good experience is expensive :P

The sky was getting darker, that time was like 5.30 pm-ish so it was time for us to go back to the hotel... I could see my dad was getting tired too..poor him, he was justtaking care of our bags when we dived hehe he is a good daddy :-DSo we went home quickly, took shower and went out again to do a little shopping nearby...
I didn't buy that many since I wasn't that interested buying surfing type of clothes hhehe so we went home after dinner :-)Once we're home, it started to rain again...it was quite hard that nite...

You see! Just for this day, I could write this much comparing with the other days -__- heheh We need our SUN!!!! As long as it shines brightly, it WILL make our day!!!

- 29 Dec 07

I don't like this day, we had to wake up at around 5.30 AM then fly back to Jogjakarta :-SOur holiday in Bali has finished -___-To make things worse, we needed to drive back from Jogjakarta to Semarang... another 4 hrs trip!!! OH NO -__-!Well even it was raining almost everyday during our stay in Bali, I think I still enjoy it a lot hehehe :-) And now my skin is darker too :)

Happy Mother's Day!

2007-12-21T08:00:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the mother's day in Indonesia...
Unfortunately my mom has gone to Holland this afternoon :-(
Well I guess we never really celebrated this kind of day before so it doesnt really matter :P

I just went home from a meeting for tomorrow's reunion...
I was in charge of being the MC for tomorrow... should be interesting since I never really been one before..hehehe... :-D

So tired today... I also still need to pack for my BALI HOLIDAY and get ready for D-DAY!
Will sleep soon...gnite..
I will post a lot of pics after my reunion and my holiday :-)

KEKL01 REUNION

2007-12-18T01:27:00.000-08:00

Heya!!!

Untuk yang satu ini blog dibuat pake bahasa indo supaya lebih gampang aja :-)
Toh temen2 SMA pada orang indo semua hoho

Akan diadakan reuni kekl01 (alias 2001) di Semarang...
Please dont ask me to organise it in other cities as it's beyond my ability to do so ;p
OK. here are the details...

Time: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 @ 6.30 pm
Place: Nasi uduk Gama bangkong - Jl. MT Haryono 868 SEMARANG

Tolong confirm terlebih dahulu sebelum datang supaya bisa diorganise makanannya...
(We've got more than 50 ppl confirmed!!! So plsss confirm ASAP!!!)

Contact people: Bellex/Myself/Yuyun/Monyong

See you soon!!!

Some good news

2007-12-13T22:57:00.000-08:00

Congratss for all of us (including me hohoho :P)

First of all, congrats for Matt & Sandy for their engagement :) Finally they get married :) well not yet married but already engaged.. that's still a big progress isnt it?? :)

Well Im just so happy when my friends have finally found their true love... (believe me, I'm alright :P)

Hold on...congrats for me too, now my status isn't a potential graduand but I've been AWARDED for my Master degree... wooohoo!!! Now I can write Debie Karjo Bsc. Mcomm in my wedding invitation...

Now, I just need to find the candidate for the groom :P wakakaka jk...

I seem to be very happy now hey but actually it's just OK... I've sort of expected to graduate :P
The ceremony will be held on the 10th April 2008... :-)

Jakarta Trip 2.12.07

2007-12-11T05:57:00.000-08:00

Just transferred my pics that I took in my friend's wedding...Congratulations for Anty & Freddy :-) Hope you'd have a wonderful honeymoon :-)

left-right: zita, christine, deb

left-right: eveline s, deb, peggy, audie, sherly, eveline m, yoanita

Potential Graduand

2007-12-06T01:08:00.000-08:00

Hohoho...Just got UNSW results today and I passed all subjects :D
So now my current status is a potential graduand :D

I think I can be happy now since I should be able to pass the academic check and be awarded as a real graduate :-)

For those who haven't checked, quick check your student email...

Sweet Talker

2007-12-06T00:47:00.000-08:00

For those of you who are good in sweet talking, you may have something better than these...
For those who can't sweet talk your (potential) girls... u may want to consider these:

Man: Are you an Interior Designer?
Woman: No. Why?
Man: When I saw you enter, the room became beautiful.

Man: Are you religious?
Woman: Yes, why you're asking??
Man: Good, because I'm the answer to your prayers.

Man: How is your fever?
Woman: What fever?
Man: Oh.. you just look so hot to me...

Man: Can I get a picture of you to prove to my friends that angels do really exist.

Man: Wow! How did you do that???!!!
Woman: Do what?
Man: Look so good...

Man: Does it hurt?
Woman: What?
Man: Falling from heaven..

Man: Aren't you tired?
Woman: Tired of what?
Man: Running around in my mind..

Internet Joke

2007-12-06T00:10:00.001-08:00

Have you read this before? A friend of mine sent this :-)

A man checked into a hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an e-mail to his wife. However, he accidentally typed a wrong e-mail address, and without realizing his error, sent the e-mail.

Meanwhile....Somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned from her husband's funeral. The widow decided to check her e-mail, expecting condolence messages from relatives and friends.

After reading the 1st message, she fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife
Subject: I've reached
Date: November 30, 2005

I know you're surprised to hear from me. They have computers here; we are allowed to send e-mails to loved ones. I've just reached and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing you TOMORROW!

Welcome to Indonesia

2007-12-05T00:04:00.000-08:00

Heya!!!
I’m in Indonesia now... hohoho...
Just reached my hometown 2 days ago and had spent few fun days in Jakarta.. attended a friend’s wedding, spent some money on clothes and food and more importantly could catch up with some old friends...
There was just few bad things happened on my first few days in Indonesia... Flood isn’t unusual these days (it’s rainy season here!)... blackout also happens quite often when it’s raining... some roads are dark since there was no lighting... sigh... I just hope this country’s mismanagement will be fixed quite soon... and one thing... fast Internet connection should be more affordable :P

I don’t think my plan to learn piano is achievable at this state. My mom needs to fly to Holland to accompany my grandma who is sick right now and will take surgery for her cancer. Hope you guys who read this blog would pray for her :)
I think I need to help my dad whilst my mom is away for few weeks... I’m also busy with other things like doing my website and learn more about marketing...

Btw, how’s Sydney/Melbourne btw? Hehe... Looks like it’s getting hotter and hotter there hehe...
Ah yeah, my beloved friend (Natalia) is positive pregnant for 3 months now... Congratulations!!!!
Am pretty sure, some of you guys haven’t heard about this news hahaha...
I’ve met her in Jakarta and she looked chubbier now hahaha so happy for her :-) (hmm or so happy for myself haha coz I didn’t look chubbier than her :P LOL)

Other than that, I’m waiting for my final results now... hope I could get a very good one this semester since I’ve given up my full time job just to get a better time management for my study...
Good luck for me and for my other uni friends!!!

Yakitate!!! Japan

2007-11-28T03:40:00.000-08:00

焼きたて!! ジャぱん

I created this blog to follow up my friend's celebration in getting accepted to the Culinary Institute of America :D

A friend of mine mentioned some jdoramas (japanese dramas) about cooking and baking and so I think I will tell this friend (DJ) about this funny and good anime that may entertain and teach you a little lessons about baking & pastry...
It's Yakitate Ja-pan!!! You know Japanese people don't normally eat bread coz their main food is rice so in this anime, there's this guy (main character) called Azuma Kazuma (yes it's like Yamato Yama/Nobita Nobi -> funny repetitive names :P), who possesses "Solar Hand", which apparently important when you're making a dough (so I assume your bread would taste better then you got fever hahaha :P jk), tries to promote bread in Japan and also to create a national bread for Japan. It also coincides that "pan" means bread in japanese, so Ja-pan might be interpreted as "Japanese Bread" :P

When I watched this anime, I craved bread which I don't normally crave :P.
My bro and other friends also did the same hahaha so u may need to expect that you may gain weight a little when u watch this.

At the end of the anime, they sometimes give a little tips about baking bread etc. Check it out yourself!!! It's worth watching :D

A Millionaire's First Love

2007-11-28T02:37:00.000-08:00

Just watched this drama today...
It was quite typical tearjerker Korean Drama, like the girl got sick and the guy can give up everything for this girl... There was also an orphanage in this movie too...
I know they're all predictable movies but I don't know why I love Korean dramas very much still :) like I always cry when I watch them... hmmm and I know I shouldnt've coz I knew it would be sad when I started to watch it... hahaha what an idiot hey :P
No no it's not called an idiot, it's called a sensitive girl :P

To see the complete synopsis

I love the song played in the movie, sung by Jaejoong (member of DBSK)

Ooh Yeah!

2007-11-26T17:21:00.000-08:00

Finally, the day I dreamt about recently... :P
No more exam babeehhh :P woooohoooooo!!!!
I also have known 2 of my final marks coz the lecturer kindly posted the final exam's results so we could work it out :D

Other than that, been looking fwd to my trip back to Indonesia this Thursday the 29th :D
Will stop by in Jakarta for 3 days then going straight to my hometown, Semarang, Central Java.

Hmmm have a lot of things to do in Indo...work work work!
Will also need to catch up with a lot of friends, relatives, and new friends :D
Maybe I need to long-list them. Otherwise might forget some of them...
Me also want to learn piano :D Will also go to Bali and maybe other cities in Java :) Woohoo will do a lot of stuff on my holiday :D:D

Sigh, I'm happy that I finished my uni but I am also sad since that means no more fun with uni friends :( hehe last nite I went to have coffee with some uni friends before I leave to Indo. Will post some pics if my friend has sent me the pics :P

Now another milestone has been passed. Next, I need to setup another short term goal to achieve next year.
Thinking about my job next year, I don't think it will be easy...but easy job is not challenging eh? :P haha whether it's easy or not, we just gotta do it and set our mind to tackle all problems 1 by 1
Aja Aja Fighting!!! :P

To make it more sentimental, here is a song for our graduation guys (eventho the final results haven't been released LOL) :P

Because It's You - KangTa

2007-11-24T04:50:00.000-08:00

How can a guy be this perfect?

Kang Ta is a well-rounded artist. He really loves music, he has the talent, a brilliant composer, he has the look, and he can act too :)

Check this out. He composed this song just for this one episode game show (xman 59).
Only for this game show episode!!! The song was really well composed too...
Man, I'll definitely marry him if he proposes me :P hahaha..

Update on WYDSYD08

2007-11-20T02:51:00.000-08:00

Just got the new code for WYDSYD08 registration if you want to join the Indonesian group...

Whole week - Sydney Indo I - group #817 (cost #335)
Weekend - Sydney Indo II - group #818 (cost $175)

Lee Soo Young!

2007-11-19T00:04:00.000-08:00

Third exam was today... The level of difficulty was expected but I've realised that I've made some mistakes :( arghhhh...I feel so tired and bored of study -_____-"
My last one will be next week though... still... I havent started reviewing/studying at all! -.- Let me forget about my exam for a while :P

Recently, I've been listening to Lee Soo Young's songs... She's a great Korean singer... her voice and songs just fit my taste :)
She's won some awards in Korea and everytime she won them, she cried out loud on the stage :'( so touched when she did...
Well she's won quite many (I suppose) of them, so she should expect to win next time haha... no need to cry again then :|

I started to search for her songs after I watched her participating in a Korean game show called xman... she was sooo funny when she participated in the segment "Dayunhaji" (meaning "Of course") :)
I didn't know that the girl in that show was actually Lee Soo Young, the singer of "I believe" that was debuted in 1999. I actually had listened to some of her songs before but since I didn't know the singer (err I think because I can't recognise the singer's face from their voices) so I didn't know that she sang one of my fave songs haha
Then after I found her accidentally from some random K-MVs, I started to search for more of her songs...

To share a bit.. this one is a nice one (at least for me ^.^v)...
I can't wait to get her whole album tonight :D

Lee Soo Young - Secret/Bi Mil

Happy Bday YuenChi!

2007-11-18T23:53:00.000-08:00

Happy bday yuenchi! Sorry for being late 1 day in my blog :P

Hope you'd have a promising year and get 1 step closer to your goal
Get a hot chic too!!! :)

Second Exam

2007-11-14T21:26:00.000-08:00

Yes, I had my second exam this morning. I feel like im getting old now... maybe coz I'll turn 25 next year so I've started to have this back problem LOL :P

The exam was crazily tiring haha, I needed to write 9 pages of answers for 2 questions and on page 6 onwards, my hand writting was like a real mess, my hand muscles couldn't support the pen anymore yet the clock kept ticking so yeah I need to ganbatehh there hehe lucky I haven't broken my wrist hahaha *exaggerrating* But I think I did alright overall...

Went straight home to enjoy the comfort of some old invention called bed, pillow, and of course my guling :P and even though I had a weird dream I couldn't manage to wake up that soon hehe maybe coz it wasn't a nightmare o___O

Ah yeah, also got an email from my future employer about a networking event that will be held in Brisbane. I thought since it is in Brisbane then I can't go. It will be held in the 28th btw. Then I emailed the HR and confirmed if it's in Brisbane coz obviously I won't be able to attend if it is. Then she replied that she could manage a flight for me :D I thought wow that'd be good!!!
I feel so happy coz I will start working in Feb but have been treated as if I've joined them some times ago :) nice...
The only problem is that it will be held on the 28th yet on the 29th evening I will fly back to Indonesia. I wonder if they would still fly me back on the 29th morning knowing this :( Well, can't do much about it since I gotta pay $150 just to change my ticket departure, let's just hope for the best :D

I also got this email from 1 institution offering some sort of program for students who are interested in getting a job in Sydney, particularly in the IT industry. They would charge AUD$3000 for those students but they would also guarantee that they'll get a job (eventually). But no guarantee that they'll get a job within certain period tho.
Not sure if it's getting popular to have institutions like that, but I know Monash University in Melbourne also has such program that asks students for about $1500ish so that they'll find them a job :|
I personally don't think it's worth the money, especially there are so many agents (job agencies) that will take care of you (potential employee) and it's free of charge. But of coz there's no obligation for them to find you a job. But for those unemployed students that can't find a job easily, isn't that amount of money significant?
Anyway, if you are interested you can contact me hahaa coz in the email they say they'll give me $200 if I recommend 1 student to join their program :P hahaha

First exam... Down!

2007-11-13T18:20:00.000-08:00

Just did my first exam... ehmm how was it? It was quite difficult. Even though the question itself is relatively OK but what made it difficult was the length of the question... Man, we were required to derive a function in 1 full page just for 4 marks out of 60 -___-"

Anyway, time to move onto the next one...

I just read a joke today, not sure if it was that funny but I laughed when I read it...

Child: "Mom, can I ask for few bucks coz I want to give it to the old lady that I just passed"
Mother: (thinking that she has a good child who thinks about the poor and the elders) "OK, here is 10 bucks for you. How old is she? Can't she still do a proper job?"
Child: "Sure, she's selling candies"
Mother: "errr -____-!!"

Is it funny? It's quite funny rite :P

Enthusiasm

2007-11-11T16:45:00.000-08:00

Recently I've lost my enthusiasm...
I didn't really study coz I simply didn't really feel like it... there are just too many things that can make me lose my enthusiasm in my life these days... no need to mention what they are but one thing that I realise, I don't know what I really want to do in life.

I've made so many tough decisions this year coz I thought I sort of had a glimpse of my future. About where I wanna be, what I wanna do, etc. But there are just too many uncertainties in this life that can't guarantee for our happiness hey?

I've read a blog of one of the priests that I know and he talked about enthusiasm that is one of the forms of love. Hmm.. strange... :|
He wrote, “When we love and believe in something from the bottom of our soul, we feel stronger than the world and we are imbued with a serenity that comes from the certainty that nothing can conquer our faith. This strange force makes us always make the right decisions at the right time, and we are surprised at our own capacity when we fulfill our objective.”

I don't want to emphasise what the relationship between love and enthusiasm is in this one coz I'm not too sure myself. But what stroke me was that simply I just realised that my faith isn't strong at all. I've made the decisions and always tend to go back to assess it. I don't think this is right. This way I will always fall in possible regret and won't be able to move on...
I think keeping enthusiasm alive in our heart is very important :)
Be sure that what you've done was really your decision and nothing is to regret really coz you'll get a better future when u've made up your mind that u will have it! :)

We just need to build up our faith that we will reach our goals in life and when we do this, the strange force will assure us to always make the right decisions at the right time.

"Enthusiasm is your greatest strength, intent on the final victory. You cannot let it slip through your fingers just because as time passes we have to face some small and necessary defeats."

WYDSYD2008

2007-11-10T01:41:00.000-08:00

Yep! It's World Youth Day 2008

15 - 20 July 2008

I just came back from church and just wanna share this with you...
I am not an active member of the church community to begin with so I don't really understand very detail about this event. You can check http://www.wyd2008.org for more information.

I'm thinking of joining the pilgrims for next year and perhaps if some of you are also interested but don't know how to register. Here are some of the steps you need to follow:

1. Log onto www.wyd2008.org
2. Click on the red box "REGISTER NOW"
3. Select "Pilgrim" and click on register now
4. Create a user name and password.
Fill out your details and follow the prompts
5. Select a GROUP that you want to join either on "GROUP SEARCH" or go to www.cyshouse.org.au for a list of all groups registered in the Archdiocese of Sydney.

For the group details, I was given these two codes:
If you are interested in joining the whole week - enter 2304.
If you are interested in joining only for the weekend - enter 3031. (I think this is only for Randwick community)

Hope this'd help! see you around then! :)

Hmm... where is this hey?

2007-11-09T04:02:00.000-08:00

HAHAHAHAHA..LMAO!!!

One funny ads

2007-11-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

I know I should study now so dun say "hey u said u're too busy this week but why u checked out some videos instead of studying?"
well, people need some rest after all :P

check this out...

Happy Birthday

2007-11-08T01:55:00.000-08:00

Happy Bday DJ!!!

Job Vacancy - Jakarta

2007-11-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

Job Description: Area Sales Executive

Interested? Drop me email/IM me so that I can give you the email to send the CV to.
File must be < 1Mb.
Salary above Rp. 2,000,000.

Stuvac

2007-11-05T03:54:00.000-08:00

Beginning of the exam period... gotta study all night long...
Just read and did past paper for my statistics subject... I think I underestimated this subject too..
I feel lost when I read the very brief notes called lecture notes ^^ hehe...
Well what can i do? read the textbook! -___-

Yesterday I also attended the supplementary lectures that my fav lecturer held in the stuvac week :S
He, as usual, explained very complicated material in an even more complicated way... we're totally lost >.< I could see the students went out the lect hall one by one hahahaha...

The most interesting part was that he asked us, "so what have you learnt so far from this subject?" and we're like thinking "we've learnt how to forgive, how to be patient, and how to pick a subject next time" LOL...
Normally the online evaluation for all subjects are still open during this time but my friend said this one is already closed... maybe it has reached the maximum number of feedbacks can be made :P
I was so tempted to ask him "Has the online evaluation survey for this subject been opened?" hahaha but I felt bad for him haha Yes I'm still a good student :D

OK, back to study...

DETERMINE YOUR IQ

2007-11-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

Just got this IQ test from a friend... why dont u try it too??
Think hard...dun give up... :P

Imagine you are in Hwange. You have been tied hanging on a tree with

a rope anchored on the ground, a candle is slowly burning the rope,
and the lion is waiting for you to drop and be his lunch.

Your survival hinges on the rope staying intact, there is no one
around to help you. The only possible way is to somehow convince the
lion to BLOW the candle out. How do you do that?

Check the answer in the comment...

Bavarian Bier Cafe...

2007-11-02T06:05:00.000-07:00

Just had dinner there to celebrate my friend's bday...
Had Linguine with King Prawn, tomato sauce, and parmesan and Mango bier.. (can't remember the exact name of the beer)... It was alright, but I like the lychee flavor more :)
The ambience was alright but somehow I like Belgium Beer Cafe better tho... this is my personal opinion tho....I would rate this place 6/10 considering the food, the drinks, and the ambience...
Well I was the one who suggested this place to the bday girl hehe coz I thought I would like to try this place since we always had dinner in the same place all the time, so why dont we try somewhere new :-)

It's a pity not many people could make it... There were like around 14 ppl but separated into 2 tables, so we couldnt really talk that much :(

I went to check out some sunnies too today so that I can claim it to my private health insurance... otherwise, it'd be a waste of premium :P
I also checked out some notebooks today... I like the HP Pavilion dv2500, the 14.1" one... the shape is nice, compact, and not that expensive....ummm or should I get macbook instead? It's AUD$100 more expensive but the processor is a bit more powerful...it's unix based and that means I should be able to run php better than in windows...
Sigh I couldn't check the vaio yet coz Myer city doesn't have sony... they only got toshiba, asus, mac, and hp...maybe i need to go tomorrow again.... -_____-

Last lecture

2007-11-01T02:59:00.000-07:00

Today is officially my last lecture day... even tho I will have another supplementary class next Monday coz the lecturer couldn't finish the last lecture...

I feel time really flies... I think this will be my last lecture in my whole life (unless I take another course... ummm which is a bit unlikely at this point). Having said that, I think i'd miss my school days though :( but I would never miss the exams period for sure hehe..

Took few pictures after the lecture with some friends who were taking the same class.. Would like to ask the lecturer to take pic with us but he was busy answering students' questions hehe... It was a bit dark as well so we couldn't get nice shots :( well some of them blamed me coz I didn't tell them if I'd bring a camera.. otherwise, they'd get ready for that -___- my gosh... I didn't even get ready myself :P It supposed to be CANDID my friends :P
I look really fat here eh :P well what can I do? :-( I was born with wide shoulders. It is an advantage for me tho coz I would be able to carry heavier bag longer than my friends with narrow shoulders wakaka LOL... :P

Well, will need to get more nice shots during the day... hehe maybe next week when we study together for the exams :P
Let's get more pics on Monday after the class -> don't blame me for not telling u, u should know now :P

unsatisfactory life?

2007-10-31T04:20:00.001-07:00

Hohoho I must boast about this...
I'm FINALLY able to refill my inkjet... save 60%, no more new cartridge just refill it!!! :D
But it was so difficult for sure to refill it, I almost sacrifice my finger just to open the stupid lid...
Stupid me to think that the cartridge itself would have a hole for me to inject it easily... i should've thought if it has that kind of thing, cartridge sales will drop hehehe...

Enuf about inkjet refill, just now I chatted with a friend of mine who is currently going on holiday...
She said she gets bored holidaying for too long so she just will spend the rest of the day going online and chatting...she also mentioned she's sick of shopping... and I went WHATTTT?!?@!?$@?@ 0___0
I said well lucky you... I'm even struggling to save few bucks here yet you said u're sick of shopping...SIGH !-____-
She said "yeah I have money to spend, but still I'm not happy"...
That was sad.. but that reminds me that human is never satisfied... well some ppl are satisfied with what they've got now but some are not...
Hehe maybe they simply haven't found what it is they're trying to achieve in life...
For me, I can't wait to earn some bucks again next year when I start working again...
For now, let's pray and see, who knows my portfolio value would get triple in value within the next month :-)

Working in Jakarta...

2007-10-30T07:34:00.001-07:00

I'm thinking of working in Jakarta...
Anyone knows how it looks like working there? Or does anyone know who I can contact regarding any possible vacancy there? e.g. job agent/job hunter?

Just IM me if you know ;-)
Thanks!

Hot day ! -___-

2007-10-29T07:51:00.000-07:00

Today was very hot day indeed... it really turned me off doing anything...
Today's lecture was as usual... I feel bad actually talking funny about this lecturer but even he tried to talk loud in front of the class, I who happened sat in the 4th row barely could hear him... or was it my eardrums only??? :| Ah yeah, and he likes to say "lalala" -> read: blah blah blah hehe

I didn't end up studying today, had to help my bro doing something...
I saw my friend who enthusiastically started to study since last weekend and it started to motivate me to study.... I was like saying Gambateh Gambateh! to myself (imagining the spirit of Japanese students who will take Todai's exam :p) but "ummm.. ehe ehe slowly opened crunchyroll, found a funny korean drama, and thought hehehe this is my last one before exam" MY WILL HAS GONE :P hahaha

Anyway, for my friends who have exams in the next 2 weeks, good luck! :-)
For those of you who don't have exams, please lead us not into temptation :-) Amen...

Happy Bday Monica!

2007-10-29T07:48:00.000-07:00

Today is Oct 30. So happy bday my dear friend... :)

Humility

2007-10-28T04:44:00.000-07:00

I went to church by myself today, the second time I went myself... It didn't feel weird as the first time I went alone...but I do feel I take things for granted all this time...All this time, I always have someone to go with me to church and suddenly no one... hehe I'll get used to it ;)

So yeah, humility...that was today's homily about...
During the homily the Father walked around and asked the people what humility is about...
Then one lady mentioned something that I really thought about when I came in, she said, "never take things for granted... people tend to ask more and more and never be thankful for what they've got in their lives... She said when you lose something then you will understand... but of course we don't want to lose something just to make us understand right?

Another thing being mentioned was about having faith to Jesus and always believe that everything is possible. I am not sure what it has something to do with humility at first, but i think, having faith in someone means we give our full trust in someone that he/she will do something that we can't (beyond our ability). And being able to do this is the same as being humble. Am I right? :S

Well regardless of the answer, I enjoyed my time when I was at the church.
Ah yeah I wanna join WYD08 but I heard that you have to follow it for 2 weeks... that means u have to take leave for about 2 weeks... 0___0 how can i get tat luxury?? Oh Man... !-___-

HAHA!

2007-10-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

A little old lady goes to the doctor and says, “Doctor I have this problem with gas, but it doesn’t bother me too much… my farts never smell, and they’re always quiet. But I’ve been doing it very often.”

The doctor asks her to explain more, and the old lady says, “In fact, I’ve farted at least 20 times since I’ve been here in your office. You probably didn’t know I was farting because they don’t smell and they’re silent.”

The doctor says, “I see, take these pills and come back to see me next week. “The next week the lady comes back.

“Doctor,” she says, “I don’t know what the heck you gave me, but now my farts…although still silent…stink terribly.”

The doctor says, “Good!!! Now that we’ve cleared up your sinuses, let’s work on your hearing.”

Quiet Saturday

2007-10-27T05:51:00.000-07:00

Unlike others who can't wait for Saturday to come... I am not very happy coz that means my assignment will due soon, putting pressure on me, and exams are coming soon -____-

Pardon me for complaining too much hehe... I've finally finished my assignment today. I will need to recheck it tomorrow though...
Today I woke up quite late so I missed the bbq >.< I guess staying back yesterday wasn't good at all. My body is so sore today, guess I haven't been exercising for so long :(
So I went swimming today with my friend and went to sauna afterwards... Feeling so tired right now but I guess I'm a bit refreshed now :)

So what's new? errr... nothing is... today is so quiet for me coz I've been doing my assignment for the whole day hehe..
Ah yeah, I think some car with front tow bar banged my car :( I was soo pissedd but then it happened when it was parked... can't do anything :(
Today I haf bad news too... my friend just canceled her trip to Jakarta due to some reason. Sigh I guess I need to travel myself then... Lucky I have some friends living there... hope they'd be free when I am around.... Indo! Wait for me!!!!

I miss the bbq.. >.<

2007-10-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

Arrrghhh i missed the bbq in coogee beach coz I couldn't wake up!!!

My lovely lecturer

2007-10-26T05:17:00.000-07:00

I started my day going to uni, meeting my lecturer that is sooo nyentric (i.e. weird).
I emailed my lecturer yesterday asking for another time arrangement coz he missed it.. so he apologized and arranged some time for me today.
I brought 4 other people with me today and he wasn't that happy hahaha...

This lecturer was kinda funny. I began asking him questions, he wasnt focused before so he asked me to repeat my question, he replied "Ah you are asking very good question, but why you asked a very complicated question? To answer that question, errr.... errr..." * he then started drawing nice pictures in his scrap paper and mumbling about something that none of us understood...
I then asked him again following what he has explained us and he said "err... you know the answer but you haven't thought about it!"

How can he know I know the answer and HAVEN'T REALLY THOUGHT about it? O__o
I think being in derivatives market too long can really teach you about psychology as well. Market <-> investors' behaviour -> psychology.

Then my friend asked me a very simple question:
My friend: What sort of information do you expect us to write in the report?
Lecturer: Errr... (started drawing and mumbling about how to do the previous question being asked)
My friend + the rest: ??????
My friend: OK, how deep should we explain the theory for question 6?
Lecturer: Errr... (started drawing and mumbling about the theory)
My friend + the rest: ??????
Wow, he's too clever so that we couldn't understand what he was trying to say. Yes, he was the one who quickly went out from the cafetaria, jumping around, and waving at A380 plane !-___-

Anyway, I am trying to work it out my own way now... I guess leaving assignment behind is a bad idea but it's also students' behavior which is difficult to fix.

Ah yeah, I have an elementary school friend (Fella) who just got married in Israel... Congrats for her and her husband... :-)

And the last update is about my expected parcel that I've picked up today...
My hope has gone in a sec. I didn't expect such thing to be sent using registered post.
I just got my e-toll tag :-( wakakakakakaa

Another same day

2007-10-25T04:39:00.000-07:00

Another same old day...

I went to the consultation time with some of my friends and guess what??? Unsurprisingly, the lecturer wasn't at his office... ehmm... disappointing! very disappointing!!!! and what didnt surprise me was tat 2 of my friends saw him sitting in a cafe having a cup of coffee with 2 girls (they know 1 girl is a PhD student)...

A380 superjumbo then flew above him and he quickly went out and waved at the plane :|
Man... I'm so embarrassed having a childish lecturer who chose 2 girls over his KAWAII students >.< *knocked out*

Ive sent him email and asked him to rearrange the appointment... hope we can do it tomorrow :S Monday is the due date and now we have no idea :| Sigh...

Today also got a parcel awaiting to be collected at the post office... I wonder who sent it... there's no occasion really to send me something... errr did I win lottery??? I wish -___- I never bought one tho hehe...
Maybe I've got some good news about winning some holiday to US or Europe??? Err...it shouldnt be a parcel then :|
Anyway, I'll find out tomorrow (hopefully I can make some time in the afternoon to collect it)!

Share market, oh well oh well not doing so good but not that bad either, some of my shares went up quite a bit but I still made loss :'(
It's time for me to pay my plane ticket and credit card bills too... I need money I need money... can you guys donate me some cash??
Just drop me email if you want to know which account you need to transfer.. doomo arigatoo gozaimasu!!!

Welcome Dinner

2007-10-24T06:36:00.000-07:00

Today was a tiring and long day...
I had fun but had to go through few troubles too...

I attended the welcome dinner that was organised partly for me by my future employer. I haven't joined them yet and will join on February.
OK, the dinner was at Cafe Sydney. The food was great and the view was fabulous :D wont mind going there again :P The people were great, I had a lot of fun, they were all friendly and they love playing cards during lunch break... Yay! look forward to working with them :-)

I had barramundi with a prawn and scallop filled zucchini flower, kipfler potatoes, baby beans, olive tapanade and sauce vierge. Yum!!!
I also had warm chocolate pudding with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. This was good too but a little too sweet :)
It's great to see and know my future team before you start working with them...
All of them were guys though... I guess when they know 1 girl will join, they would ask more girls hehe..

Well that was the fun bit, the trouble is another thing but I won't share with you.. sorry coz it's a private thing :P
Another thing to worry about, assignments and exams !-___-

I had 2 glasses of wine today so I'd better meet the pillow and the bed now :D nighto!

Kuitan - 喰いタン

2007-10-22T22:47:00.000-07:00

Just finished watching jdorama series called Kuishinboo Tantei... shortened... KUITAN! (1 and 2). Total episodes maybe around 19 episodes (9 for Kuitan and 10 for Kuitan II).

I thought Kamenashi Kazuya will join the second series... but my hope was turned down :(
But still it was funny...

Kuitan, also known as "gluttonous detective"... nice and funny story.

For those of you who likes My Boss My Hero, you may also like this one.. Maybe it's from the same production house :|

The ending was shibarashii... a bit touching tho -___- I hate farewell...
Gomen if I mentioned the ending here.. but I'm pretty sure you can guess when you watch it :P

What next eh? I think next is Portfolio Management Textbook or Derivatives Market?
I really have to study buy I guess the mood has changed :S

I would rate this drama ehmmm 7/10. It's worth watching though...
If you love food like me, you would enjoy it a lot... but if you are in a diet.. I don't suggest you watching it... it would discourage you hehe.. !

ASX gained a little following US market

2007-10-22T17:29:00.000-07:00

Summary of US market (22/10/2007):
DJSE - + 0.33%
Nasdaq - +1.06%
S&P500 - +0.38%

Following this positive movement, ASX has gained around 0.5% since the opening half an hour ago...
Hope this would lift investors' confidence.. Come on! prove it that we're doing a lot better than 20 yrs ago and things have changed...

Interesting Finding

2007-10-22T04:58:00.000-07:00

Sorry guys and girls, only Indonesian (or at least those of you who can speak Bahasa) can understand this post.

Golongan Darah: A, B, O, AB

Di Jepang, ramalan ttg seseorang lebih ditentukan oleh golongan darah daripada zodiak atau shio. Kenapa? Katanya, golongan darah itu ditentukan oleh protein-protein tertentu yang membangun semua sel di tubuh kita dan oleh karenanya juga menentukan psikologi kita. Benar apa tidak?

SIFAT SECARA UMUM

A	terorganisir, konsisten, jiwa kerja-sama tinggi, tapi selalu cemas (krn perfeksionis) yg kadang bikin org mudah sebel, kecenderungan politik: 'destra'
B	nyantai, easy going, bebas, dan paling menikmati hidup, kecenderungan politik: 'sinistra'
O	berjiwa besar, supel, gak mau ngalah, alergi pada yg detil, kecenderungan politik: 'centro'
AB	unik, nyleneh, banyak akal, berkepribadian ganda, kecenderungan politik

BERDASARKAN URUTAN

Yg paling gampang ngaret soal waktu 1 B (krn nyantai terus) 2 O (krn flamboyan) 3 AB (krn gampang ganti program) 4 A (krn gagal dalam disiplin)	Yg paling susah mentolerir kesalahan org : 1 A (krn perfeksionis dan narsismenya terlalu besar) 2 B (krn easy going tapi juga easy judging) 3 AB (krn asal beda) 4 O (easy judging tapi juga easy pardoning)
Yg paling bisa dipercaya : 1 A (krn konsisten dan taat hukum) 2 O (demi menjaga balance) 3 B (demi menjaga kenikmatan hidup) 4 AB (mudah ganti frame of reference)	Yg paling disukai utk jadi teman : 1 O (orangnya sportif) 2 A (selalu on time dan persis) 3 AB (kreatif) 4 B (tergantung mood)
Kebalikannya, teman yg paling disebelin/tidak disukai: 1 B (egois, easy come easy go, maunya sendiri) 2 AB (double standard) 3 A (terlalu taat dan scrupulous) 4 O (sulit mengalah)

MENYANGKUT OTAK DAN KEMAMPUAN

Yg paling mudah kesasar/tersesat 1 B 2 A 3 O 4 AB	Yg paling banyak meraih medali di olimpiade olah raga: 1 O (jago olah raga) 2 A (persis dan matematis) 3 B (tak terpengaruh pressure dari sekitar. Hampir seluruh atlet judo, renang dan gulat jepang bergoldar B) 4 AB (alergi pada setiap jenis olah raga)
Yg paling banyak jadi direktur dan pemimpin 1 O (krn berjiwa leadership dan problem-solver) 2 A (krn berpribadi 'minute' dan teliti) 3 B (krn sensitif dan mudah ambil keputusan) 4 AB (krn kreatif dan suka ambil resiko)		Yg jadi PM jepang rata2 bergolongan darah 1 O (berjiwa pemimpin) Mahasiswa Tokyo Univ pada umumnya bergol darah : B
Yg paling gampang nabung : 1 A (suka menghitung bunga bank) 2 O (suka melihat prospek) 3 AB (menabung krn punya proyek) 4 B (baru menabung kalau punya uang banyak)		Yg paling kuat ingatannya 1 O 2 AB 3 A 4 B
Yg paling cocok jadi MC : 1 A (kaya planner berjalan)

MENYANGKUT KESEHATAN

Yg paling panjang umur :
1 O (gak gampang stress, antibodynya paling joss!)
2 A (hidup teratur)
3 B (mudah cari kompensasi stress)
4 AB (amburadul)

Yg paling gampang gendut
1 O (nafsu makan besar, makannya cepet lagi)
2 B (makannya lama, nambah terus, dan lagi suka makanan enak)
3 A (hanya makan apa yg ada di piring, terpengaruh program diet)
4 AB (Makan tergantung mood, mudah kena anoressia)

Paling gampang digigit nyamuk :
O (darahnya manis)

Yg paling gampang flu/demam/batuk/ pilek
1 A (lemah terhadap virus dan pernyakit menular)
2 AB (lemah thd hygiene)
3 O (makan apa saja enak atau nggak enak)
4 B (makan, tidur nggak teratur)

Apa yg dibuat pada acara makan2 di sebuah pesta :
O (banyak ngambil protein hewani, pokoknya daging2an)
A (ngambil yg berimbang. 4 sehat 5 sempurna)
B (suka ambil makanan yg banyak kandungan airnya spt soup, soto, bakso dsb)
AB (hobby mencicipi semua masakan, 'aji mumpung')

Yg paling cepat botak :
1 O
2 B
3 A
4 AB

Yg tidurnya paling nyenyak dan susah dibangunin :
1 B (tetap mendengkur meski ada Tsunami)
2 AB (jika lagi mood, sleeping is everything)
3 A (tidur harus 8 jam sehari, sesuai hukum)
4 O (baru tidur kalau benar2 capek dan membutuhkan)

Yg paling cepet tertidur
1 B (paling mudah ngantuk, bahkan sambil berdiripun bisa tertidur)
2 O (Kalau lagi capek dan gak ada kerjaan mudah ken ngantuk)
3 AB (tergantung kehendak)
4 A (tergantung aturan dan orario)

Penyakit yg mudah menyerang :
A (stress, majenun/linglung)
B (lemah terhadap virus influenza, paru-paru)
O (gangguan pencernaan dan mudah kena sakit perut)
AB (kanker dan serangan jantung, mudah kaget)

Apa yg perlu dianjurkan agar tetap sehat :
A (Krn terlalu perfeksionis maka nyantailah sekali-kali, gak usah terlalu tegang dan serius)
B (Krn terlalu susah berkonsentrasi, sekali-kali perlu serius sedikit, meditasi, main catur)
O (Krn daya konsentrasi tinggi, maka perlu juga mengobrol santai, jalan-jalan)
AB (Krn gampang capek, maka perlu cari kegiatan yg menyenangkan dan bikin lega).

Yg paling sering kecelakaan lalu lintas (berdasarkan data kepolisian)
1 A
2 B
3 O
4 AB

My blood type is B:
nyantai, easy going, bebas, dan paling menikmati hidup, kecenderungan politik: 'sinistra'
I think this is quite true. And also I'm very easy to sleep and difficult to wake up. But I don't snore though...
What is sinistra btw?? Any idea??

Anyway, just now I updated this post coz I want to make it clear, I am B but I am not as bad as you think.
Don't be afraid of having a girlfriend who has B type :P hahahaha what am I talking about??????

Eva Cassidy

2007-10-22T03:31:00.000-07:00

Her songs were very nice...
My friend introduced her songs to me... thanks yuenqi!
Poor her, she died at young age... may she rest in peace...

-Autumn Leaves-

-Tennessee Waltz-

Anyway, just wanna share good songs with you guys :-)
Enjoy!

Prank calls

2007-10-22T01:43:00.000-07:00

Lately some irresponsible person always prank called my landline number...
I don't know who did this but it already happened maybe almost 10 calls in a week. Sigh....

Is it my secret admirer ?? :P haha. im kidding... Is it possible that he is looking for different number but why this asian girl always picked up my phone?? :| It might be the case tho... ehmm...
I talked to my friends about this and we were like analysing the situation and 2 of them suggested me to bring pepper spray just in case someone is really stalking my place... but the best solution is to practice my martial arts... chiatttt...(as if I have the skills)...

Anyway, I had lecture with my interesting lecturer today...
He taught a lot better today than before, maybe coz he's running out of time... I can't believe he wll extend the week to 15 weeks to cover week 14's material... man... I don't think he'll survive next year when the number of weeks is reduced to 12. :| good luck!

It's time to start opening my lecture notes, text books and use them to sleep hahaha..
Errr... why im so lazy... I wanna get CFA certification too but i heard it's damn hard :(
It's expensive too... anyone want to give men scholarship for that??? plz... -____-

Uni ball is coming.. want to go but no partner, no close friend will join either...
And since I'm not involved in the project either, I can't get the extra discount... it's so expensive...:(
Aww.... poor me eh?? hahaha...

Ok, time to eat... Im happy when I eat at least :D
Itadakimasu!!!

20th Anniversary of the Black Monday

2007-10-21T18:34:00.000-07:00

Yes, today is the day...

I was too afraid to login to my account and check so I took a peek at some of my share's prices...
Yep, as expected it went down quite sharp. Overall, since opening, Australian stock market has decreased about 2.2% today :( This is still waiting for the opening of US market later tonight...

I believe so many investors waiting for this day, waiting for stock market crash so that they can enter and buy cheap stocks... I'm not sure if this is what analysts are waiting too...
It seems that some analysts are trying to find some downsides of this market. Even some companies are doing well, e.g. 3M, Honeywell, McDonalds, it seems that analysts were trying to find some excuses (i.e. bad news) about them and scared out investors. Obviously, this would make the investors lose confidence and sell off their stocks, making the share price dropped.
We're waiting for BHP and (ANZ?) to bring us good news to give investors the confidence back.
Well in this kind of situation, people take advantage of each other. So, can't blame anyone for the bear market. Just pray (like me -____-) that your stock won't fall very badly.

Will we have the same 1987 Black Monday?

2007-10-20T22:19:00.000-07:00

I see now why people predict the stock market will drop again..

People are reminded of a very serious and dramatic event that happened on October 19, 1987. It was when Wall Street shares fell 23 per cent in a day and triggered a cascading global effect...

Many analysts tried to compare today's condition with the past' and tried to conclude that the condition is different so we shouldn't have the same impact as in the past. But I still think the market can't be easily predicted. People's fear and rationality drive the movement.
Just put on your seatbelt. We'll wait and see...

Stock market will crash again on Monday???

2007-10-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

One of my friend said the stock market will experience another sharp decrease this Monday. He didn't mention the reason why but he said a lot of media predicted it...
He said the impact would be felt the most in Asian market... Well if it's a serious problem then it might impact Australian market too with no doubt...

I still have stocks now but I didn't follow the news lately as I didn't want to feel depressed about it and wanted to focus on other things... but I normally check my portfolio on daily basis..
I remember one day almost all of stocks had green change (i.e. they all increase in value) as well as my mutual fund... but lately I also feel that all of them started to decrease again...
I didn't pay much attention until I chat with this friend who always monitors JSX (Jakarta Stock Exchange) movement..

Anyone knows about this? I don't think I would do anything about my stock as I believe the stock market will rise in long term... yes, i may lose some opportunity as I could have earned more money when I deposit them in the bank...but as long as I don't lose money (not considering the risk-free rate that I could've earned) :|
But I just want to know more without reading the news that I am behind :/

ASSignment...

2007-10-19T20:13:00.000-07:00

Oh man....
This lecturer of mine is very interesting...
No doubt in his knowledge but I have a lot of doubts he'll be OK next year when the semester period will be reduced from 14 weeks to 12 weeks...

He began this story by giving us 8 assignments to complete in 12 weeks.. So that means we almost need to submit something every week. To make it worse, he said he would choose the best 3 and the worst 2 and average them. This would count 50% of our total results...
But then the faculty didn't allow him (maybe so many students protested to the faculty). So he STILL gave 8 assignments but it's up to us to submit how many assgs to him and then he would choose the best 2... hmmm this sounds better :)

"HAHAHA, I won't give you an easy life by doing this" -> I guess this is what in his mind :P

Coz he's being TOO difficult to us... man... he asked 8 long questions and he asked us to write the report with max 2 pages... How can i write this??? SIGH... -_____-!
Should I write in 5pt font? But then he already wears thick glasses so I think it's not possible :P
Hmm.. I'll see if I can meet him for a consultation... My friend said he was being too difficult to answer our questions and he would always suggest reading the textbook. The fact is the textbook doesn't have some materials that he talked about... hmmm maybe he hasnt even read the textbook... poor us :|

Anyway, wish me luck -___-

Nice joke...

2007-10-19T05:03:00.000-07:00

Hahaha... I found this joke from my friend's blog...nice one :P

Why British think 80% of Malaysians coming to UK to study Law?

UK Immigration Officer: Purpose of visit?
Visitor: I'm here to study law,sir.
Officer: You know, you must have a lot of lawyers in Malaysia .
Visitor: Why do you say that?
Officer: Well, i've been here for a good twenty years, and I'd say 80% of Malaysians I see here say they're here to read law.
Visitor: Oh, really? That's really something i never knew. Hard to believe in fact.
Officer: Just you watch, then. You just stand here until the next Malaysian comes along, and I'll bet he's here to read law.
*Visitor waits for 5 mins, Ah Chong from Malaysia comes to immigration counter*
Officer: Mr. Ah Chong, purpose of visit?
Ah Chong: Study lorr...

Intermezzo...(?)

2007-10-18T18:19:00.001-07:00

Yep! That's me....
I forgot to upload this one on my last post...

I upload this now as this picture was accidentally taken when the camera fell down from the tripod hehe I was the only one captured here... the camera was smart, it knew who the prettiest among other was :P hehehe...

But it turned out to be just blue picture... err... I thought this was not that bad considering many artistic picture was kinda weird :P
Ah.. I need to go to my previous company...I'll have lunch with some ex-colleagues there and of course, meet my superiors too ;) CiAo!

Trip to Sydney

2007-10-17T22:50:00.000-07:00

Don't be mistaken...
It's not my trip to Sydney hehe it's my best friend and her fiance's trip to Sydney along with their 2 friends...

It was fun but quite tiring... considering I was always driven by someone and I never paid attention to the road, I think I did a good job driving them around...
we went to Woollomolloo's Harry's Cafe De Wheels... the famous hot dog, pies & peas in Sydney...

It was a very hot and sunny day... ehmmm this would be a very good day for many people but Indonesian :P We were like trying to block the sun, looking for places with air conditioning haha so I brought them to Bondi Junction Mall. It was a pity I couldn't find parking during the day in the city coz I wanted to show them the QVB Mall instead. I think Bondi Junction was nothing special to show them as Jakarta and Singapore's Malls were heaps bigger and nicer than that :-/

Ah yeah, they stayed in Capitol Square Hotel in the city and after we had lunch I pointed exactly the same hot dog just behind their hotel hehehe AKIRA SHOCKED 0____0

I then took them to Bondi beach coz we're gonna have Hurricane Ribs...ehmmm yummm! afterwatds....
We took a lot of pictures there... I think we took a lot of pictures everywhere ahhaha...

- us in bondi beach -

Err... the wind was so strong that day... haha we tried to come up with a theme when took these pic but 1 girl always tried her own way hahaha :P

This is another pic... I got plenty of pics haha but no we don't want to be called "narcist club" hehe...

From Hurricane, I drove 1 girl to the hotel and we went down to Sydney Opera House... It was nice but cold and windy -___-
Lucky enuf my friend brought his tripod along so we could get some good shots of Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House.

We even went in to the opera house and saw around... A pity there was an opera playing so we couldn't check out some places inside the opera...
Hmmm why do I sound so excited as if this was my first? hehe... I think coz I haven't met them for ages and now I met them in Sydney not in Indo!!!! woohoo!!!
Then in Opera House... OKOK the last pics heheh...

Love to laugh with them so much that would make me forget about my assignment! 0__o
Sigh... i needed to stay back til 3 to do my assignment.... this wasn't good :S

What I am doing now?

2007-10-15T07:17:00.000-07:00

"What are you doing now?
Hmmm isnt it something that twitter asks its users..

Right now, I am (of course) typing some texts to fill in my post :p hehe.. Nah... I actually spend my most of my time recently thinking, chatting, coding?... Hmm I don't know if that could be considered coding but yes, I am trying to improve my website with my brother. It started to become more difficult since he went back to my home country...considering Internet connection speed isn't that good... sigh -___-

I think about many things... about my problems, my family's, my friends'...
I don't know why problems can't stop flooding my life, even it is not mine, sometimes I feel that I need to help others'... I chat a lot too lately... it's not because I need to consult but becoz I have a lot of friends who cannot stop talking :P hahaha I can't wait to link this blog to those who can't stop blogging either :P

Ah yeah, I've shared some Japanese songs with my friend today and remembered there was a good Jap song that has a guy *the singer* walking with some instruments singing and playing harmonica... I remember the color of his clothes/cap is orange and a lot of ppl crowd him (including hi school students) I can't remember the title :(
I've been wondering what the title of this song is so if any of u who read this post and know what song it is, please let me know in the comment :-) SANKYUU...

Hmmm... 00.31 ka? I always sleep very late lately... I need to change this sleep pattern as I always fee tired the next day I woke up...

Anyway, tat's all for today...naito!

My first post

2007-10-15T06:26:00.001-07:00

Hi there...

Umm.. it's actually not my first post but then I tend to be overly busy to blog :-) and I think it's still valid to say that this is my first post in this blog.
Well I am creating this blog with the hope that I would continue updating daily considering Ive resigned my job and went back to do my full time master now :-)