puzzle of life

Democratization of Information

2012-02-01T20:17:00.000+09:00

Sounds so serious? Well perhaps yes because it was started from a serious moment when i was browsing around and reading about democratization of information. But actually am not meant to be serious on this post. I just want to share this slide i found on the net, because as Graham Walter said,

"People are certainly valuable resources,
and the information they hold is useful,

but far more so if shared with others."

The quote above is actually written in the slide. So here it is.

Democratization of Communication

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Btw, it reminds me to the SOPA/PIPA anti-piracy bills. Is it really only about efforts on stopping piracy? Or is it just because a party is afraid of loosing its 'power'?
Well, anyway like i said in the beginning, i don't want to talk serious stuff right now. hehe
Am gonna have my final of final exam tomorrow, so wish me a good luck, please? :)

Nice Pose!

2012-01-16T22:44:00.001+09:00

ボロ市

Since there wasn't any class to attend today so i went to the annual festival, alone. Sometimes going by myself feels more flexible, especially when i'm in need of a 'me time'. As usual it was so crowded and cold. And just like the last time i went there, my fingers were freezing. I brought my gloves but it's just less helpful when i needed to take coins from my purse, so i didn't wear them. Anyway this old man was fine enough to let me taking a pic of him :)

My Snowboard Trip 2012

2012-01-06T15:33:00.000+09:00

Hey people! I just got back from Nagano area last night. What did i do there btw? Well, let me tell you then. hehe. I was snowboarding there for one and a half days. At the first time i was not so excited to go, especially when i found out that the weather wasn't great either. It was snowing heavily, which i said it felt like a snow storm. So, i was not really enjoying for the first half of the first day there. I even intended to just stay in the room for the rest of the day. But suddenly the sky got clear and i could see the sun far far away. Then i decided to have more rounds before the day got darken.

Can you guess what? By the time i was ready to slide again, there the snow started to fall heavily again. But i thought 'ah, never mind. i've already at the starting line anyway.' So, yes i started to try enjoying the snowboard. Then, one of my senior came to me and Dhilla and asked us if we would like to learn the new technique. Since i just knew how to do the most basic technique and i started to get bored with that, so why not?!

We went to higher starting line, cuz my senior thought that there were fewer people there. So it might be better to practice there. But, it was sooooo foggy that i could barely see what's in front of me. Luckily we managed to practice safely. And of course this practice session was full with felling down, yelling in pain, etc. But i think i enjoyed it much more than before. I was so tempted to be able to master the skill/technique. And yes, after a hard work, me and Dhilla could finally do that! Sometimes we still fell down when we tried to do the technique though. hehe. At least we got better :p

From what i experienced there, i knew that in life we need to do or try something new sometimes instead of just keep on doing the routines. By doing something new, we could have more spirits, motivation, and we would enjoy our lives better.

Trying something new, or learning something new doesn't mean that you're changing into somebody else. But it means you yourself are getting more abilities, knowledges, etc. Aren't you all agree with me?

I didn't take many photos in Nagano, but as soon as Dhilla shares photos from her camera, maybe i'll share some here too. And we also recorded few videos :)

So, see you when i see you!

For The Umpteenth Times

2012-01-02T23:56:00.000+09:00

Happy New Year 2102!

I've never wanted to write my first post in year 2012 in a gloomy atmosphere till a while ago, a little thing happened and it just changed my happy mood to the reverse.

Sometimes do you ever think that yourself might be too rigid or inflexible? Well, i think sometimes i am. And i realize that it's quite annoying. But i personally think when this rigidness would not affect others, it won't be a big deal, right? Although it doesn't become a reason one shouldn't change.

I was a bit disappointed a while ago for discovering a rigid man in a small matter. Huh. That was the umpteenth reasons for me not to ***** you.

Anyway, wish you have a great year ahead of you people! Let's try to make critics, suggestions, etc into something that motivates you to be a better version of anyone can be. :)

Pictures

2011-12-25T12:32:00.000+09:00

Whenever I took a ride on the bus to my workplace and i saw the autumn leaves along the road, i could feel the temptation of taking pictures of those sceneries. I think this is the most beautiful time of the autumn view along that road. Too bad, when i think about the cool wind, i just shut my mind about taking pictures outside. I'm quite sure even before i could click the shutter button, my fingers will be freezing. NO WAY. I won't sacrifice my fingers for pictures. So, instead of capturing that outdoor view, i took these pictures today.

my new cup. snoopy, charlie brown and others are there!

the new year cards which i have to send by today! so lazy to go out though.

Thought of The Day

2011-12-20T22:58:00.002+09:00

Since high school i never really knew what did i really wanna learn about. I could not set a certain goal like most of my friends did on our senior year. My friends were so busy attending prep classes for universities' entrance examinations, while i was just amazed looking at how they were really passionate on trying to reach their dreams. At that time i chose to study computer science, but i never really sure what was the motive behind that. Well, what i know at least i thought it might be cool if could be an expert on that field. There i went to study computer science, but before i could dive to the field, God sent me to Japan where now i am studying international bio-business. Sometimes i try to think deeply what do i really learn here. I dont think i've become much smarter than when i was a high schooler. Well perhaps i'm not as smart as before since i've totally forgot most of physics formulas or cross reaction on chemistry. Yes i learned a bit of business management, marketing, management strategy, and also a (very) little of computer programming, database, etc. But at this point, on my third year in the university, i begin to ask myself again. Is this really what i want to learn?

So far i enjoy studying what i've been studying, but i just dont think this fits me the best. Yes, indeed i got to blame myself for always been less-inspired when it comes to find what i really want.

There are times when me and friends were going to eat then we discussed on what we're gonna eat. And my friends started to mention food names but i just responded by saying 'i dont want that, i dont what this, blablabla, but i dont know what i want to eat.' Yeah, its often happen to me. I know what i dont like but i have zero idea on what i like.

Maybe i just need to know myself better, i need to try bunch of new stuff. Who knows someday i will discover what passion really is. One thing i know about what i wish i could do later in the future, i want to contribute to society development. And the problem is, i still need to figure out the 5W+H. Yeah i know, i got a long road to go. I just need to keep on trying and stop procrastinating.

Anyway, 2011 will be over in less than two weeks. Have you done all your resolution for the year? I dont have any though. hehe. All that i know 2011 was a really unforgettable year. I wish i could be more grateful each time i look back to what have happened in the past three hundred something days.

Enjoy the rest of the year with happiness ya all :D

Dear No One

2011-11-30T13:27:00.001+09:00

Howdy y'll! I'm coming back with something that i think is a must thing to share cuz i believe there're many of you who could relate to it. Thanks to Tori Kelly for writing this song, called "Dear No One". Enjoy :)

Our Favorite Thing

2011-11-21T12:20:00.001+09:00

I recognize that this one thing is one of our favorite things to do. It is a photobooth thing which is called as Purikura in Japan.
The most interesting about purikura which makes it different with other photobooth we find in other countries is that it makes our eyes look bigger and much rounded. Just as cute as the characters in Japanese manga (well, only if you consider that as cute though haha)
So here is the latest purikura that me, Dhilla, and Kidu took together last weekend ;)

Pocky Date! And, Birthday!

2011-11-11T19:46:00.000+09:00

Hey all! It's pocky day hahaha! A day which i heard there are so many people are getting married today. Well, i got to be honest i also had a dream to get married on this day! Haha. But, it's just too early for me. So, NO. I should wait for the right moment. hehe

Anyway what so special about today for me is... It's my birthday today! Going further in my twenties. :) Oh, I feel old already. But anyway thanks to these girls Dhilla and Kidu who were trying to surprise me last night, and it was kind of failing a bit, but still, i didn't expect that you two would do so! So i appreciate your efforts, girls :D Thanks for making the start of this day sweet :) And also thanks for everyone for greeting me with birthday wishes through facebook, twitter, sms, and straight to me, etc :D Love you all!

My fave strawberry shortcake, Dhilla&Kidu, a sweet detail on the birthday gift :)

Daisuki na Dorama, Daisuki na Uta

2011-11-07T18:32:00.001+09:00

Hey everyone! It's been a while, isn't it? These couples of weeks have been crazy. Harvest Festival has passed. It was exhausting but fun at the same time. Followed with a week full of essays. Most of my energy probably used up and I finally caught cold. But I'm a lot better now, at least i don't feel pain on my throat anymore.

Btw, Eid Mubarak for all of you who celebrated it yesterday :D The funny thing about yesterday is that when RIP Shaun the Sheep became a trending topic on twitter. Wasn't that hilarious? It was probably because many non-moslems didn't get the joke created by some Indonesians. Haha.

So anyway, the next thing doesn't related to the stuff i talked above, but it does to the title. I'm gonna share to you one of my favorite songs, which is the theme song of my favorite Japanese drama. It's titled "Ohisama, taisetsuna anata e". Enjoy :D

2011-10-19T10:02:00.000+09:00

Wanna go to Disneyland during the Hallowen season :'(

Blackbird

2011-10-11T13:02:00.002+09:00

Quote of The Day

2011-10-10T23:23:00.001+09:00

"A work ethic. I Love it. That is why this country is still number one! But, behind Germany and France and Belgium and Japan and China, and thanks God for Bangladesh."

taken from Friends with Benefits.

Critics?

2011-09-23T10:30:00.003+09:00

It's been a long time, huh? I've gone back to Indonesia for the summer holiday and even got back again to Japan two days ago. The times when i was home which counted for about 40 days were priceless :D I had a great holiday. I even finally got myself flown to Tarakan Island, East Kalimantan and surprised my grandma as I suddenly visited her without prior notice. It was full of spontaneity. I just decided to buy the ticket 2 days before my departure.

Anyway, the holiday thing is not the main thing that i actually want to write about. Have you ever criticized people, saying they're wrong, they should've done this and that?? Well, am kinda sure you have. Hehe. Who have never done that? And mostly people who feel offended by the critics often say "See yourself first. Do you think you are good enough to say so?" etc. Indeed it's true that we get to see ourselves, do introspection, evaluate ourselves. Since I believe that nobody is perfect. I personally think me myself is not perfect at all. I did loads of mistakes, I disappointed others, I hurt others, etc. And I won't deny that I criticized people quite often. So is that making me wrong because I critic others? Maybe it could be relative depending on how we see it. But i think as long as the person realized that he/she is not good enough yet, as long as he/she doesn't think that he/she is the most perfect person in the world, it's so human. I think it's one of the human's social functions. Maybe rather that using the word 'critic', it would be less sharp if we replace the word with 'remind'. Yup, reminding each other isn't something bad, especially if we're reminding others for good. But, of course there should be an exchange, there should be feedback. We also need to listen to what other people say about us.

So, when there's somebody criticizing (or 'reminding') us, don't let yourself get offended quickly and throwing the sentence like these, "See yourself first. Do you think you are good enough to say so?" etc. Start to see things differently. Try to see from different perspective. Try to think that the critic might be actually important for us. We might really need to evaluate. Just say, "Thank you!"

Am telling you this, doesn't mean that I've always done these 'positive way' to face critics. But am trying to remind myself to do so. So, good luck friends :D Wish the world would be much more peaceful as people try to be positive!

Btw, saying sorry is never too late, right? Please forgive for all past mistakes :)

Parting Is Often A Hard Thing To Do

2011-08-07T12:57:00.000+09:00

Hi friends, how are you? Today is the 7th day of Ramadhan. And this year i have the chance to experience how it feels to spend few days of Ramadhan in Japan. Yep, just for the first week cuz i'll be going home to Indonesia tomorrow for my summer holiday. So, how does it feel so far? Well, actually it's doing okay. I can do the responsibility of fasting just like usual, the differences are that i have to prepare my sahur and ifthar by myself and also that most people around me are not doing fasting. So, besides the fact that i lost those the special Ramadhan atmosphere which i usually have in Indonesia, anything is just fine. Not eating and drinking for about 16 hours was thought to be a bit harder, but in fact, no it's not hard at all. But because the fajr time is so early (it's around 3:15 am) so far i always stay awake till fajr, and then after i sleep. So, lately i feel like i'm sleepless. Haha, not that bad actually. At least it doesn't make me walking like a zombie during the day :p

There's one resolution this summer that i think i won't make it. Visiting any sunflower garden in Japan. Sooo saad ;( I've always wanted to see something like this..

img source: Pixdaus

But it's okay, i hope i still have the coming years to be waited for and to go to those gardens full of sunflower.

So, tomorrow i'll be home again after almost a year. Happy, that's an absolute feeling, of course, who wouldn't be? But somehow there are these feeelings which make me uncomfortable. At one side, i think i'll be missing my room a lot in Tokyo, but at the other side, i miss home, family, and friends in Indonesia. I know later, at the time when i should go back again to Tokyo, i would feel hard to leave home (again). Sigh. Parting will never really be easy at all. That's it.

Harry Potter

2011-07-23T10:54:00.000+09:00

Hi all :) It's weekend already *wow time flies so fast*. Anyway have you watched the last Harry Potter movie which is Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2? I watched it last week and it was beyond amazing :D

Actually I'm not that freak about Harry Potter, i've never read any of the books. But i did watch all the movies from the first sequel till the last sequel which is split into two parts. Personally, i think that the sequels which are very much amazing are the first sequel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) and the 2nd part of the last sequel, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows.

Why the first sequel was great is that because it was the first! Hahaha, it's the whole brand new story, a new imagination, it's fresh. And why the last movie was also great is because it told us the untold stories behind each of the other sequels, it sums up the story in a quite perfect way. I personally love the scene when Neville Longbottom talked bravely in front of Voldemort and his followers. But i was a bit hoping for a more dramatic scene when Voldemort died. Anyway overall it was amazing! I didn't watch in 3D though, because i can't really deal with it, i often get dizzy when i watch 3D movies. hehe.

I'm a huge fan of Hermione Granger! She's smart and perfectly beautiful :) So, after i watched the movie, I bought Hermione's wand hehehehe :) Of course nothing would happen even if i mentioned some spells ;p

So, be sure to watch the last Harry Potter movie even if you're not a fan of it. It's one of the worth watching movies ever. I'm a bit sad though when i realize that it's the last ;'( Don't want it to end yet. Hiks. Anyway have a good day :D

Happy Birthday

2011-07-14T16:46:00.006+09:00

These days are so hectic that i hardly find a time to sit in front of my notebook. But with the helps of few iphone apps, i could make this when i was on the bus to work.

Why Does Color Matter?

2011-07-14T16:36:00.001+09:00

I suddenly wonder why does sometimes color matter? In this case, i'm talking about what color we wear. Today, i just took any clothes that i could easily find in my wardrobe. Turned out that they're dominantly black. Actually i wore a greyish pants and beige onepiece, but i added a black cardigan and a black scarf.
Then i went to the campus, met few friends before and during the class. Few of them were asking "Why do you wear black?" And i was like "Why? It's okay, right?"
I ended up thinking what's so weird about wearing black today? Maybe because it's summer? So we have to wear something brighter.
But, back in my home country which has only two seasons; dry and wet seasons, i guess it's normal to wear black even in a
bright sunny day. Well, although i had an experience when one of the lecturers said she was wondering why many of us liked to wear black.
Anyway, i don't really care whether it's summer or winter, i just like to wear anything that i feel like to wear. No matter what people think about it. How about you?

ケツメイシ「こだま」

2011-07-01T15:49:00.000+09:00

Pop Master by Nana Mizuki

2011-07-01T15:05:00.000+09:00

Hey all :) How was your week? It feels like time flies so fast till i realize it's Friday already. Time to relax for a while after we put so many efforts to do our responsibilities for the past few days. Let's say hello to the weekend :D

Btw i'd like to invite you to listen to a singing lesson on nhk world radio this weekend, fyi, i'm gonna be in that soon to be broadcast-ed program :)

You can listen to the program in English or in 16 other available languages like Indonesian, Thai, Urdu, etc. Just follow this LINK :D

Marumo Dance by Mana-chan, Suzuki-kun, and SMAP :D

2011-06-20T10:59:00.000+09:00

This is a clip which was aired on Fuji terebi channel in Bistro SMAP program. Not to mention, the kids are sooo cute. But the SMAP members are also cute :) *especially Kimura Takuya-the one who wears white and red clothes.

Things I'm Thankful For In The Last Few Days

2011-06-08T20:57:00.000+09:00

First, for the fact that i got a chance to be one of the honor students from my department again this year. I didn't think that i would make it again this year. Anyway, being an honor student is not suppose to be the goal of studying. I see it more as a bonus reward for the hard work we've done. Don't you think so folks?

Second, for the chance to learn how to sing a Japanese song with a talented singing couch. I love listening to the music, i love singing, but i never really able to sing well. And today i learned to sing a Japanese song entitled "Pop Master" by Mizuki Nana. Well, i didn't practice for the whole song though, but for the parts that i practiced today, i would say i got better :)

Third, for the unbelievably amazing team work i had with three other people in preparing a presentation for bio-business case study course. All of us didn't really know each other before, we are all different in interests, passions, etc. But we could manage to be ready by the time we need to present it. And as for me, it's a real challenge to deliver a presentation in Japanese language. Blah. The hardest part was when the audiences started to ask questions, it's like they didn't care whether me, a foreigner who has limited proficiency in Japanese, understand the question or not (-__-). And guess what, i didn't understand many of the questions so i had my team mates to explain the questions in more understandable phrases. LOL. Otsukaresan, minna :)

So, those were three things i'm thankful for in the last few days. Well, of course there are a bunch of other things which i should be thankful for that i don't think those should be listed here. hehe.

Anyway, enjoy the remaining of the week by being productive friends! Bye :D

A Little Bit Stronger - Leighton Meester

2011-06-01T21:06:00.000+09:00

Woke up late today

And I still felt the sting of the pain

But I brushed my teeth anyway

Got dressed through the mess

And put a smile on my face

I got a little bit stronger

Riding in the car to work

And I'm trying to ignore the hurt

So I turned on the radio

Stupid song made me think of you

I listened to it for a minute

But then I changed it

And I'm getting a little bit stronger

Just a little bit stronger

I'm done hoping that we can work it out

I'm done with how it feels

Spinning my wheels

And letting you drag my heart around

And I'm done thinking you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same

But I'm telling myself I'll be okay

Even on my weakest days

I get a little bit stronger

It doesn't happen overnight

Then you turn around and months gone by

And you realize you haven't cried

I'm not giving you an hour, or a second, or another minute longer

I'm busy getting stronger

I'm done hoping that we can work it out

I'm done with how it feels

Spinning my wheels

And letting you drag my heart around

And I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same

But I'm telling myself I'll be okay

Even on my weakest days

I get a little bit stronger

Just a little bit stronger

Getting along without you, baby

I'm better off without you, baby

How does it feel without me, baby?

I'm getting stronger without you, baby

I'm done hoping that we can work it out

I'm done with how it feels

Spinning my wheels

And letting you drag my heart around

And I'm done thinking that you could ever change

I know my heart will never be the same

But I'm telling myself I'll be okay

Even on my weakest days

I get a little bit stronger

Just a little bit stronger

I get a little bit stronger

Just a little bit stronger

A little bit, a little bit, a little bit stronger

A little bit stronger

Jumpin' In For A While

2011-05-06T18:34:00.000+09:00

photo credit goes to Reihan Akira

Hi people :) How're you doing? Here in Japan, we just had a few days of national holidays, which is known as Golden Week. Actually today is no longer a part of those national holidays, but since my english professor decided not to held the only class i supposed to have today, i could extend my golden week till sunday :) hihi.. Well, it's not the time when i could just lying lazily on my bed the whole days though. I'm not gonna tolerate any procrastination till this holiday ends. I hope i could finish all stuffs that need to be done. Amin.

Anyway, i've been thinking a lot these couples of weeks. I'm not just thinking about one thing, but many things so that i get myself confused. Guys, is this the sign that i'm really getting into the adult's world?

One thing that i finally learned, we can't have everything to be as perfect as we wished. We can't deny not every person could go along with us, we met, we argued, and we left. The point is that we have to be grateful for what we have, for those who chose to stay around us, for those who never leave us.

I'm happy being who i am, being with people i love and people who love me, too.

For this peaceful feelings and for things i learned lately, i can't thank You enough, ya Rabb :)

Welcome New Semester :)

2011-04-25T07:44:00.000+09:00

School has finally started since last week. Luckily i'm enjoying the most of it. Now i think we could really feel that life has actually been normal aftersince the disaster.
This semester i'll start to be a member of new lab *we don't do something like chemical experiment though*. I'm excited to know more Japanese friends here. But one thing that might be more important is that i have to start thinking of my graduation thesis from now on. I hope this tiny brain of mine could work well :)
Anyway i'm updating this post using my new gadget! Yes i finally got myself an iPhone :)

Pray For Japan "Tsuru"

2011-04-14T13:17:00.000+09:00

This is a video made by Indonesian Student Association in Japan together with Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo. Well, i'm actually a committee in the association, but i didn't contribute anything in the making of the video. So, i think that it's one way to contribute by helping to spread the video here :)

Please be kind to click the "like" button for this video on Youtube :)

Let's pray for Japan!

Some Snaps!

2011-04-14T12:19:00.000+09:00

I'm so bored today. Can't wait till around 4 pm so i could leave my room and do something. So, as i tried to chill out a bit, i decided to post some photos that i took last weekend when i went for hanami *enjoying cherry blossoms* with my friends. Just so you know, that day was a real great day! We were all happy :D

Still Need To Be Alert

2011-04-11T19:19:00.001+09:00

Today is exactly a month after the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake happened. Along with the cherry blossoms which now have already bloomed, people, which also including me are trying to welcome the beautiful season with new spirit, leaving the bitter past behind.

We're trying yet this earth we stand on is not finished with its business. It's still bringing us strong shakes even today. Another magnitude 7.1 earthquake happened with the center at Fukushima. Tsunami warnings and advisories were released for a while along the east coast line of Japan from Miyagi to Chiba following the earthquake. Fortunately now those warnings and advisories had been canceled. And so far, there are no irregular activities reported at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

No matter how many earthquake would still happen from now on, i just hope we all can stay stand strong above this earth we live in.

God, please keep us under Your guard :)

Me Likey Country S(tr)ong

2011-03-27T19:46:00.000+09:00

Unforgettable March

2011-03-23T18:05:00.000+09:00

March is another part of my long spring holiday. Thus, i've been making many plans to do on March. First, spending time together with my mom for a week since my mom had to go to a seminar in Niigata University. We planned to spend a whole day in Tokyo after the seminar. Second, me together with Dhilla and Fani were planning to go to Disney Resort (Disney Sea and Disney Land) for two days on 14th and 15th of March, we've also booked the hotel.

Everything seemed so fine. I spent 3 days in Niigata with mom starting from March 7th, then headed back to Tokyo on 10th. We walked around Shibuya for a while till then i had to go to work so my mom walked around other places by herself. After i finished my work, we went home together again.

The next day, which was March 11th, was a very sunny day. It was a perfect day to travel. So, me and mom decided to go to places that she had never been to. Odaiba and Yokohama were the options that we chose. We left home before 11am. We decided to go to Odaiba first because i thought of enjoying Minatomirai , Yokohama view at night.

So, there we were at Aquacity, Odaiba. After we had lunch, my mom prayed first. It was around 2pm and we were on the 6th floor. When my mom done, i got my turn to pray. When i was still praying, i started to feel the quake. At the first time i thought i was normal, since there are always a lot of quake in Japan. But, it was getting bigger. I started to loose focus while praying. And it was still shaking until i finished praying. The quake was REALLY STRONG. I've never experienced earthquake as strong as that one. I was confused, i didn't know what to do. I wanted to run but my mom said we should just wait there because the shake was too strong. Yeah, it was even really hard to move. We waited for quite long until the first quake stopped. All i could do were keep praying that the quake would stop soon and the building wouldn't collapse, and keep holding on my mom. There were high school students crying full of fears near us. When it stopped we hurried go down stairs and went out from the building. I saw some lights and decorations had fell down.

People were gathering outside the building. Some people seemed panic, some others didn't seem so panic. There was even a kid throwing up. But it didn't stop there. Another big quake happened then followed by dozens of quite strong aftershocks. There was also smoke which i thought it because there's a building on fire not so far from the place where i was standing.

Me, mom, and a lot of other people were just waited there for a while. When we felt that the situation has gotten calm, my mom asked me to take photo at the Tokyo Decks. So, yeah even after a scary earthquake, we could still able to enjoy taking photos.


mom, Liberty Statue Miniature and Rainbow Bridge as the background


people sat and waited at the Tokyo Decks

If you figured by the pictures, the weather that day changed drastically after the quake. the warm weather changed to be so cold. We tried to go to the train station but it was closed due to the quake. Then we heard an announcement that we were suggested to go to a higher place because there's a tsunami warning. Oh, alright. There i was, started to get panic. I couldn't imagine if the tsunami would really hit us. Bus and taxi were so crowded. There's no other choice, so me and mom decided to walk to get far from Odaiba which was on the sea shore area. It was around 4 pm. We walked for few hours until we finally crossed the bridge to Tokyo area. We tried to get on the bus, but the street was so crowded that the cars couldn't even move. So, we got off from the bus and continued walking until we found a police box in Ginza area. We already knew the worst scenario to go home was to walk. Yes, walk! So, we asked the police man the direction to go to Setagaya area. This police man was very nice, he told us that we had to go to Shinjuku first, at least we could check if the train has continued to operate again while walking. From Ginza to Shinjuku, we had to pass Hanzomon and some other areas. We walked for hours, mom's feet were getting hurt. But, we tried to keep walking and took a rest for 2 or 3 times until we arrived at Shinjuku. Along the way, we walked together with hundreds or even thousands? of people.

We found out that all trains were still suspended and the traffic around Shinjuku was really bad so cars couldn't barely move. We tried to ask police men there on how to walk to Setagaya area, but they didn't even have a map! They couldn't tell us the clear direction. So, the only way that i know was if i walked from Shibuya. So, we aksed the direction to go to Shibuya. It was already 9:53 pm. It means that we've walked for about 6 hours!

From Shinjuku, we needed to follow the Yamanote Line track to go to Shibuya-- Shinjuku-Yoyogi-Harajuku-Shibuya. Between Yoyogi and Harajuku, we found a police office then we took a rest for a while there. I was glad because the police officers there were so nice. I even told one of them that we've walked from Odaiba, then he told us to rest first. Along the way, i watched the news about the tsunami that hit northeastern part of Japan. But, in that police office, they didn't show the news. They just showed another video. I thought maybe they didn't want to make us "the walkers" panic.

So, after sitting for a while, we walked again and arrived at Shibuya at around 12 am. We first checked the bus that goes to Setagaya area. But the man there said it would take about 5 or 6 hours (normally it only takes 40-60 mins). Fortunately, the man told us that Den en Toshi Line had started to operate. Ya, it was the first and only line that's moving since the quake. Luckily it passed the station near to our place. So we decided to take the train, buuuttt, the queue line was very long. It took about 1 hour until me and mom could finally get on the train! And the train was very crowded even worse compared to hectic hours when people go home after work.

But, thanks God we could arrived at home safely. Aftershocks were still happening almost every couple of minutes. We couldn't just sleep right away. We still needed to check the flight for my mom but there was no information about the flight schedule. Then we decided to sleep and wake up early to check the flight status again in the morning. The flight for my mom that day was cancelled. We tried to find flight ticket for the next day but we only got the flight ticket for Monday, March 14th.

I felt happy because i could spend more time with mom but in other side, i also felt worry. I wanted her to go back to Indonesia as soon as possible to be safe. Anyway, on the day after the quake, March 12th, i just stayed at home (*guest house actually) with mom for the whole day. Both of us were exhausted after walking for about 8 hours.

Sunday, March 13th, mom was bored and trying to convince me to go outside. But i didn't want to go because i thought that it wasn't safe enough, since there are still some aftershocks. Mom still tried to convince me to go somewhere. So i decided to take her to a department store near our place. Going to a far place was way of too risky because the train could stop anytime. We could also have dinner together with my Indonesian friends in Nodai at a restaurant near our place. Before we went to sleep, we checked the access to Narita airport first because most of the transportations to the airport were suspended after the earthquake. But, there wasn't any infomation so we just made sure that my mom's things were packed neatly and slept.

Early in the morning around 4:30 am, after we prayed, we turned on the tv and there it was the infomation about the access to the aiport. Apparently there were only 2 units of skyliner that're going to the airport for that day. So, we hurried go to the Ueno station. Luckily we still could get the ticket for the last skyliner. So, there i said goodbye to my mom. A bit sad because i couldn't go with her to the airport. If i went to the airport, i wouldn't be able to go back to my dorm since there's no access.

Days after the great earthquake and tsunami

Now it's been almost two weeks since the earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern part of Japan. The disaster weren't only quake and tsunami, but they are followed by the cooling system failure of nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture. People were panic, even there are some embassies of some countries that suggested their people to leave Japan. How about me? I've been trying to keep calm. I'm still in Tokyo now. I don't plan to go to Indonesia unless the condition gets too serious and dangerous. Air and water in Tokyo has been contaminated by the nuclear radiation in low level. But government said that it's still on the level where it won't cause health problems. Anyway they suggested to the infants not to drink from the tap water directly.

Graduation ceremony at my campus was cancelled, the welcome ceremony for the new students has also been cancelled. The shedules of the guidance for new students and classes are postponed for about a week. So, i got my holiday period extended. But i'm not so happy about this. I'm bored already.

Tokyo Isn't a Ghost City

It's so funny that some media in countries outside Japan published these kind of articles which say that Tokyo is a ghost city. We're living normal lives here. It doesn't seem as normal as it should be because of the lack of electricity and fuel supply. Egg and toilet paper are quite hard to find, but we could still buy them in some stores even with higher prices than usual.

Anyway, thats all that i want to share for now. Actually there's still a bunch of things i would love to share but i'm tired of typing everything. hehehehe. So, see you again everyone and stay safe! Adios!

Current Wishlist ;)

2011-03-01T20:46:00.000+09:00

Fielding Field Mouse Family from The Sylvanian Families
Couldn't find the family-set in the Sylvanian Families Japanese Shop yet, so i'm still considering to buy per unit or buy other available family-sets. Oh, but i fell in love with them already ;')

*It's actually because i adore Dhilla's rabbits from the Sylvanian Families, so that i wish i could have mine too. hehehe

To The Best Mom Ever

2011-02-27T23:16:00.000+09:00

お母さん、
お誕生日おめでとう！
いつも元気で生きていくように　

Hey, friends! I remember when i first uploaded a photo of my mini danbo and big danbo together in facebook, and i told my mother that it's not only me who also had danbo, but my friends, too. Then she asked me to take a photo of a big danbo together with 3 mini danbo. The reason why my mom wanted 3 mini danbo was because the big danbo would represent herself while the other 3 mini danbo would represent her children; me, my sister, and my brother. But, i hadn't had the change to do what she wanted, so i decided to do that for her birthday. I borrowed the other 2 mini danbo from Dhilla and Akira, and Akira also lent me his 35mm lens for a bonus ;) hehehe.

I've been downloading digi scrapbook freebies a lot but rarely got a change to make any digital scrapbook. Here are some of great resources for digi scrapbook stuff: shabbyprincess, freedigitalscrapbooking, digiscrapdepot, etc *you can easily find those kind of sites by just googling ;p

I finished making this happy birthday card 3 days ago, and i really wanted to uploaded as soon as possible. But since it supposed to be uploaded on the exact day of my mom's birthday, so i needed to hold up a little. Uh, that was a kind of hard though. hehehe.

Well, i'm not good at finding words, but happy birthday mom! I love you :D

Wouldn't Change A Thing

2011-02-26T17:28:00.002+09:00

So, this song is originally sang by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas in Camp Rock 2 *honestly haven't watched this one*. But the one that i post here is a cover version by Jenny Suk and TJ Brown, and i personally think that they sing this song better than the real singers. hehehe. So, enjoy :D

It's like he doesn't hear a word I say,
His mind is somewhere far away,
And I don't know how to get there,
It's like,
(She's way too serious)
All he wants is to chill out,
(She's always in a rush)
He makes me wanna pull all my hair out,
(And interrupting)
Like he doesn't even care,
(Like she doesn't even care)

You,
me
We're face to face
But we don't see eye to eye

Like fire and rain

(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing

She's always trying to save the day
Just wanna let my music play
She's all or nothing
But my feelings never change
(Why, do you try to read my mind?)
I try to read her mind
(It's not good to psychoanalyze)
She tries to pick a fight
To get attention
That's what all of my friends say
(That's what all of my friends say)

You,
Me
We're face to face
But we don't see eye to eye
Like fire and rain
(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing

When I'm yes, she's no
When I hold on, he just lets go

We're perfectly imperfect
But I wouldn't change a thing, no
We're like fire and rain
(Like fire and rain)
You can drive me insane
(You can drive me insane)
But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a thing

But I can't stay mad at you for anything
We're Venus and Mars
(We're Venus and Mars)
We're like different stars
(Like different stars)
But you're the harmony to every song I sing
And I wouldn't change a
Wouldn't change a thing

Field Work Experience

2011-02-23T17:41:00.000+09:00

Hi friends! So finally i'm writing this post which has been postponed for way too long. It's about my trip to Niigata perfecture which was started on Feb 3rd until Feb 13th. This trip wasn't for holiday but actually it's for field work practice as one of the required course for the sophomore students in my department at college.

I chose to go to Joetsu Tokyo Nodai, during winter *not summer which is actually the most common time to go for agriculture practice* for some reasons. Anyway, there i was with 4 other friends spending 10 days together and doing some agricultural practices. Since it was still winter, there weren't so many things to do. All what we did were doing dried pumpkin packaging, harvesting autumn poem, and the best i've ever experienced there--harvesting radish.

I'd tell you why i think that harvesting radish is my best experience that i had there. So, long time before i went there, i've asked my professor what would we do there since it was winter. And he answered, "We would harvest the radish." Then, after i spent more than a week there, we still didn't do that. So, i was a kind of waiting for the moment while my friends wished that we would never do that. hehe. Finally, after waiting for quite long, we were asked to harvest the radish in the last day of our field work period. To be honest, it wasn't an easy job. We needed to dig the snow for about 1 meter deep. I was like wondering how i could i do that since i had never done that before. But, with full of spirit, i managed to dig the hole by myself and could harvest 5 radishes. The most wonderful part of that work was, when i could finally pull the radish out from the ground (it's hard, trust me!), i raised the radish up high and screamed happily. I felt like i was a champion of something. hehe.

So, here i put few photos that were taken by cellphone's camera. The quality isn't so good, sorry for that, but i hope it still proper enough to share my experiences there :)

I Was Trying To Be...

2011-02-19T19:57:00.000+09:00

Hello friends! It's been so long since the last time i wrote here. I was far away from Tokyo for about 10 days but have been back for almost a week though. Actually there are a lot of experiences that i had during those 10 days that i'd love to share here. But maybe i'll hold it up a bit more because apparently i have another thing that i want to write right now.

So, lets the story begin...

For those people around me, i'm sure most of them are already aware that cooking isn't something that i could really enjoy. Yeah, it's true. Unlike most girls, i don't like being in the kitchen, preparing and cooking food. When it's still possible to have meal outside, cheap and healthy enough, i won't bother myself to think what should i cook for today. I don't like the feeling of putting too many efforts and times to prepare food. Furthermore, often when i try to cook, then i finish it, i'm not hungry anymore, i loose my appetite (not because it's not delicious). See? I don't really see a significant reason for making me want to cook everyday.

But, since now i'm 21 already, recently i started to think about the future. What if i become someone's wife and i can't cook? So, for the future's sake, i've promised to myself to try to cook as often as possible.

I started from very simple kinds of cooking. At least it has the nutrients that would be important. Although i don't really like vegetables, but i understand that later, in the future, i should prepare food with vegetables also for the family.

So, yesterday i made meat and vegetables saute. That was the first time i cooked something like that. Really. I know it might be too easy for most of you guys, but as for me, i was confused for a few times regarding what seasonings should i put into, how the order is, what should be done first, etc. Anyway, i could finally made it and it was tasty enough for me.

Then i showed a photo of the food to him. Well, i didn't hope that he will praise or what, because i knew it wasn't so great to made such food. Then he commented. Actually his comment wasn't insulting nor bad, but somehow made me quite disappointed and lost my spirit to cook again. Huh, a very sensitive me.

So, that's it. Maybe it will take weeks till i finally go to the kitchen again. Bye cooking spirit ;'(

Bye Exams! Hellooo FUN DAYS :D

2011-02-02T01:32:00.001+09:00

Yo, guys! It's me AJ! *uuups no noooo..not AJ but it's me edhika :D

I've been having this AJ Rafael fever ever since dhilla shared a youtube video link of him. He's so cool and talented and a really great figure of best friend for the people around him i guess :)

From almost all of the videos that he uploaded to his channel, my very favorite one is his duet with Jenny Suk singing a cover of 1234 (plain white t's) and best i ever had (drake). You can access that video here.

And here, i want to share you another video from, which i also like, for sure. This is an original song by AJ himself. Enjoy :)

Btw, starting from today i'm free from final exams. Yeay for being free :D A long holiday is really close now. But, i need to go for agricultural practice first, to Niigata, starting from Feb 4th for ten days long. As for you know, Niigata is one of some prefectures in Japan which is experiencing the heaviest snow for this winter. So, i guess i should be prepared for the killin' snow (because it's too cold, and i don't really like that T_T). I'm quite prepared actually, i've bought a pair of snow boots which was on sale for 50%. And do you what was the reason that boots were on sale? Because they're shocking pink! But, who cares anyway :D

Speaking of being free from exam, (since it's now already Feb 2nd, so it's yesterday, yes sooo yesterday) yesterday after i finished the last exam, i re-checked an email which was sent by my mom, telling me to see a tamiya store. She gave me the link, so there i tried to find the address and the instruction how to get to the store. Then, i went out from the dorm, started my another adventure to a new place. LOL. I really love it when i have to go to a new place, getting all the transportation info from the internet, sometimes i check on google map first then either i print it out or send the map to my phone (since i'm not using a smart phone, so i can't always rely on it to see gps or such a thing). Getting on the train, transfer from one line to another line, i've gotten used to it. I don't have that panic syndrome anymore like i used to have when I travelled alone. But here it is, one thing that still becomes a challenge for me, finding an address. Especially when the address is quite far from the station, and requires me to go through several blocks, furthermore, the station itself has so many gates. It makes me lost my cardinal directions! Well, but as long as the time is not so tight or in other words there's no need to worry about being late, i'll be enjoying so much the adventure of finding the address. I don't care if i got lost for a while. ahahaha. I believe that i can always find a way back home :)

So, that was what happened to me. I was lost! It was started with the map that i checked before i went to the tamiya store. The store is right next to mizuho bank. So, when i arrived in the right station, all i knew was that i should find that bank. After walking for a few minutes, i found the building of mizuho bank, but there was no tamiya store next to it. I decided to call the store and made sure that the store is still located in that area. They said they're still there. But i said i was right in front of the bank (i called using a public phone, and that was my first time here in Japan.LOL). And they said that i might be in front of another mizuho bank, not the one that should be next to the tamiya store. Well, okay then. I walked again, tried to find the store. It took me for more than 30 minutes and made me asked 4 people along the way until i finally found the store. Yeay for finally stepping my feet there :D And thanks God 3 from 4 people that i asked for directions could be really helpful (the other one didn't have any idea about the location of that another mizuho bank). Got no problems at all on the way back home.

So, i guess that's all for now, it's 1.31 am already here. Need to get a good sleep a.s.a.p. Good night everyone :D

Random #Prince Charming

2011-01-27T23:42:00.000+09:00

Many ladies wait till their prince charmings come by riding their white horses. Well, that happens a lot, in fairy tales though. As for me, well, i'm not actually waiting for my prince charming, but i've been daydreaming of getting a visit by someone, singing while playing his guitar. Any song will do, as long as it calms me down.

Chicha, Decha, and The Missing iPod

2011-01-23T19:47:00.000+09:00

Hi friends :)

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. I went to a talkshow yesterday where there were 3 japanese and 1 french who decided to be Moslems and shared their stories. And today was a cleaning day up to the afternoon, then i just browsed around the net and listened to some good musics.

Anyway, i finally decided a name for each danbo of mine. I named the mini danbo Chicha, and for the big danbo, i named it Decha :)

What do you think? Cute, right? :D

Well, actually i should've started preparing for my final exam, but.. yeah ok, i will, right after i've done posting this.

Some Clips From Nagano :)

2011-01-17T10:02:00.000+09:00

So, i finally did combine some clips taken by Mas Asad (Abu) during the trip to Mandarao, Nagano when we went snowboarding. This video isn't to show you how great we were, but just to share how much fun we had there. And you could also see some silly scenes when some of us fell down. And for us, it just makes us laughing each time we see it and makes us wanna go again so soon (but i guess not until next year :p).

So, enjoy..

The Trees and The Moon

2011-01-14T17:49:00.000+09:00

It's winter already but the snow hasn't fell yet here in Tokyo. Can't lie that i'm quite excited for the snow to fall, but in the other hand, i don't really like how it bites every little inch of my skin.

There was no class today. I think that's because tomorrow there will be a college entry exam held in all over Japan (well, i don't know if it's right or not actually. hehe), and my campus will be one of the places to hold the exam. A bit thankful for not having any classes today cuz i haven't finished my reports, but also feel so bored. Then i took a ride around the area with my bicycle, dropped by at some stores to buy food and some other stuff, enjoyed the bright sunny day, alone, just by myself. Being alone sometimes is just exactly what i need.

Anyway, they just cut the trees in the dorm. Kinda sad because only few branches left, but also happy at the same time because now i have broader view from my room. That's the moon, the remaining branches, and the building no. 18 of my campus. Feels like it's gonna be a calm night :)

One Plus Four

2011-01-10T23:39:00.002+09:00

A photo that i took quite long time ago, oh well maybe a month ago, when i and some of my friends were waiting to see the lunar eclipse from the rooftops of our dorms (boy's dorm and girl's dorm). Too bad we couldn't see the eclipse because it was cloudy ;(

Next, some photos of my danbo family that i took during my trip to Nagano last week. I went to Nagano for snowboarding with some friends. It was so much fun even though i got a really bad neck and back pain as the trade off. But i wish i could go back there and do snowboard again anytime soon (haven't make a plan yet, but still hoping that it will be true). Btw, i did stupidity when i wanted to take these photos below. FYI, the temperature was below 0 at that time (of course!) and i went out from the hotel wearing a pair of sandals and borrowed a friend's jacket. I didn't wear any gloves at that time. I tried to make a snowman as the photo property. But once i touched the snow, my hands were freezing and really hard to move. I couldn't even hold the camera properly. So it took quite some times till my hands could move again and could click the shutter button properly. hehehe..and my feet were also freezing because i just put on sandals (-__-").

Anyway it was so cold today. I think it's now still extremely cold in all over Japan. My friend told me that it will be around -1 degree celcius tomorrow morning at 7 am (but we won't have snow yet. grrr..). And that's the time for me to go to the morning baito. Oh, it's gonna be sooooo not okay. I hate cold weather ;( Well, the thing is that i must not forget to bring my gloves so that my hands won't be freezing like what happened today when i ride back my bicycle from the station to the dorm. My hands were painfully red.

Mellow Mode: ON

2011-01-08T22:28:00.002+09:00

"We're Trashing The Planet" - the story of cosmetics

2011-01-03T01:14:00.001+09:00

Hey all, how are you?
Today when i signed to my facebook account, i saw on my news feed that one of my friend shared a video from storyofstuff.org and i think that video was very interesting and quite informative if you haven't known the fact about some stuff that was produced but is actually creating trashes to our planet, and even much worse than that that stuff is actually poisoning us with lots of toxic.

So, here i also want to share one of the video, hope you'll enjoy it :)

トイレの神様

2011-01-01T13:38:00.001+09:00

I watched and listened to this song in NHK channel last night around the changing of year time. Listening to the lyric brought teardrops from my eyes..really touching :')

Something I Learn In Life

2010-12-29T12:54:00.005+09:00

It has been about 21 years that i spent to live my life. Of course there are so many things happened, and maybe i can say it must be uncountable. But, the point in living a life is not only letting those things which have happened to be just gone that way. We need to learn something. Yeah, there must be so many things that we could learn from what have happened in the past.

When we did right, we learn it, then we should try to keep doing right in the future. When we did wrong, we learn it, then we should try not to repeat the same mistake.

We can learn something not only from our own lives, but also from others'. Yes, we can also learn from others' lives.

Today, i would write one thing that i have learned so far.

We don't need to brag about ourselves too much to other people, in order to make them know who we are. Especially, when we achieve something that we are so much proud of. From my experience, even though i don't talk about what i've achieved to many people, apparently there are people who know it as the time keeps going on. Even from people that i thought would never be care that much about myself.

I'm grateful for not bragging too much about myself (well, at least i think so about myself, since i've seen so many people who bragged about themselves a lot even in social networking sites) so that i could learn about this thing.

There's no need to brag too much in order to be recognized.

Well, it's only 3 days left before we go on to the next new year. Wow, it's almost 2011 already! Time really flies so fast. A lot of things are waiting ahead of us. Let's give our best to make a better future :)

So, did you get yourself a new year resolution, folks? Me? As usual i never make one. hehehe.

Anyway, i miss my family a lot >,< especially my little brother. huhuhu.

I'm Sad, Dear Muslims..

2010-12-26T14:42:00.001+09:00

Yeah it's true that i am sad to see the situations of muslims especially in Indonesia in my country. Not that i'm sad because people treat them bad. Not at all, because nobody have done so (at least in the major area).

Why am i sad?

There are so many reasons, but maybe i will not talk about them all here. I realize that i haven't been so much religious too. I know sometimes i do wrongs, i know there're still lots of things that i should learn in my own religion, Islam. And the most important thing is that i still have to be able to make myself live my life in a way that my God loves.

The first thing is about wearing Hijab. As we know, wearing Hijab is a MUST for every lady who thinks that herself is a muslim. The commands that coming from our God are written clearly inside the Qur'an.


O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful. (Q.S Al-Ahzab; 59)

And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed. (Q.S An-Nur; 31)

See, i think it's clear enough how important it is for the ladies to wear hijab. I know, me myself, began to wear ones since my 2nd year in high school. I know it wasn't so early as i was already 16 yo at that time. But i guess, it's better than never have the will at all.

So, what makes me sad is not that there're still so many ladies who haven't worn hijab. No, not for that reason. But, it's because nowadays, many of those ladies (in my country) who haven't worn ones start to have a kind of thought about wearing hijab. Ok, starts from a brief condition around ladies and hijab in my country first.

Yes, it's true that recently there are many ladies who have worn hijab but still doing bad things like making out with their boyfriends (we know it's not OK), or any other things which we may judge as bad.

Then, from that fact, ladies who haven't worn hijab have this kind of thought which says "It's better to improve their behaviors first then wearing hijab, rather than wearing hijab first but still acting with bad behaviors."

I, personally don't agree with that kind of thought which i think seems to be like a comparison between two kinds of ladies. Why did i say i don't agree? You don't have too see how others are doing before you decide to wear hijab. Because the basic point is, this is between you and your God. You wear hijab not for everyone around you, but for yourself and also to accomplish what God has asked.

And the one who have right to judge which one is better, is not us. It's not our rights. It's only God who could judge. And what we have to do is try as best as we can to accomplish what God has asked. PERIOD.

I'm not saying this to force anybody to wear hijab. Nooo. I just want it, in some ways, changes the way most ladies thinks about wearing hijab. :)
And i just feel so grateful for having my dad, who kept reminding me on how important it is to wear hijab, and also for having my mom, who gave me a real strong support when i decided to wear hijab. Thanks so much dad and mom. I love you both so much ;)

Well, actually there are still some other reasons that make me sad. But, maybe it's better not to write about those all now. hehehe.

Why? Actually i just wanted to make my blog as a fun one to read. So, writing too much things around ethnicity, religion, and race may bring different atmosphere to this blog. Don't you think so?

My Favorite Japanese Actor :D

2010-12-25T21:25:00.000+09:00

Hellooo people :D

Today i want to tell you my favorite Japanese Actors. Hehehe. I really love Japanese drama. I think most of them have really great stories. But there are several dramas which became my favorites, they are the dramas which are played by my favorite actors..hihi..

And who are they??

So, the first actor that always ties my eyes to keep watching him is Kimura Takuya :D

He is not young anymore though..hihi. But he always gives his best when he acts in dramas. Some dramas that i love from him are Engine, Hero, Lucky, and Tsuki no Koibito. Yeay yeay i like him soooo much..

The second one is Naohito Fujiki.. :D

Actually i've only seen 3 dramas of him. Hotaru no Hikari (1) and (2), and also Proposal Daisakusen. I like him the best in Hotaru no Hikari when he acted as Buchou!! "Buchou! Buchou!" hihihi..

Well, anyway..sorry i just don't know what to write and i'm just soooo in love with KimuTaku and Buchou these days..hehe

note: image src from google and www.fbi-web.jp

Hemp Lip Protector From The Body Shop :)

2010-12-19T00:07:00.000+09:00

Hellooo..Did you have a great friday night or sat night?? I hope you guys did :D

I spent my friday night together with partners from Indonesian Agricultural Sciences Association (IASA) holding a year end seminar. The keynote speech was delivered by a professor from The University of Tokyo who could speak in Indonesian language pretty well. Besides, there was also a discussion panel with 3 Indonesian students as the speakers. Overall it was success. Many guests came even without registering first. We even ran out of chairs, but we could maintain to get more chairs for the guests. I think, besides those very competent speakers, the free consumption (bakso: Indonesian food) was one thing that attracted people too. But, since there were some enregistered guests, so not everybody got a bowl of bakso (neither did i. hiks)

Then, today i spent the day with Dhilla walking around Shibuya. We went to love first to look for good agendas for next year :) yeah i need to buy it as soon as possible cuz there are lots of plans, appointment, tec which need to be written down there. So, i bought it :D and also some stickers which are sooo cute..hehe..

Owyaa, right after me and Dhilla arrived at Shibuya, we went to The Body Shop store. Dhilla wanted to buy a limited edition body lotion and i was just looking around. But then i found this "Hemp Lip Protector" which was described as intense moisturisation for dry and cracked lips. And i need that soo bad because i've always problems with my very dry lips. Even my friends were also being sooo much talkative when it came to my lips. So, the normal lip balm is not enough for me. hehe..

Well, it costs me more than the usual lip balm, but it's worth it. And it's also perfect for this cool season and of course for the soon coming winter season :)

New Family Member :D

2010-12-14T12:12:00.000+09:00

Wow, there's a new box from amazon! What is inside the box??

Ok, i won't wait for Edhika to open it. I'll cut the box and open it by myself!

Yosh, almost finish..but not discovered yet..

hmm, another box with ... wait, it looks like me!

Ooooohh, it's big sista! Welcome home :D

Hehehe..so what's happening recently? Yeah i got my mini danbo a big sister :D I'm really happy and loving them sooo much. At first mbak Rani was asking like 'what is that for??' when i told her that i just bought a new one. But, we all have to admit that these danbo are very very cute!!

Danbo Quartet Shared Love :D

2010-12-12T21:44:00.000+09:00

Hi people :D

How was your weekend? I hope you had a great one, cuz i also had a great one which i spent together with friends and our danbo(s)..

Who doesn't like ice cream? Well, i guess maybe there're some of you who don't really like ice cream the way i do. I do really love ice cream!! a looott :D One of my favorite is Cookie Minster from Coldstone..hehehe

So, yesterday me, Dhilla, and Mbak Rani went to enjoy ice cream at Royal Host. I think the ice cream name was Chocola&Berry Parfaet.. It's limited for winter edition. And it's sooo yummy. It becomes one of my favorite ice cream at Royal Host after the Hot Chocolate Fudge Sundae.

Then, i went to Shinjuku with Dhilla, Akira, and Rama to see a popular landmark in Shinjuku and also winter illumination (this is one reason why i love winter, esp. December. Because there are lots of illuminations). Too bad i didn't checked my camera's battery before i went there. So i could only take few photos there until finally my camera was out of battery.

Anyway, good that i was able to take these photos. Enjoy :D

*ps: when we were sooo serious taking photos of our danbo, there was a foreigner (eerrr...well we were aslo foreigner since we're in Japan..hehe) who asked if we might know about devian art. Then she said she saw photos of danbo a lot there. And before she left, she took a photo of us and danbo :D

Indonesian Ambassador for Japan, Letter of Credentials, and Horse-Drawn Carriage ;)

2010-12-05T09:42:00.005+09:00

So, today when i checked my facebook (on the newsfeed) i found my friend was sharing a video that was quite interesting. Then i watched the video and started wondering.

Here, first i'll share the video to you..

Then i knew that it had something to do with Letter of Credentials which was going to be delivered to the Japanese Emperor, Emperor Akihito. But i wonder why Mr. Lutfi (Indonesian Ambassador) had to dress like that, moreover riding the horse-drawn carriage to the Imperial Palace? I really want to know the meaning behind them. hehehe.

So, if you're interested to know more about this, you may check Indonesian embassy's site at this link CLICK ME
Anyway, i'm gonna take JLPT today, wish me luck :D

2010-12-04T17:09:00.002+09:00

you just don't care too much, and now that you're not the first to know, i won't feel sorry.

Itsumo Kokoro Ni, Aosora Wo.

2010-11-30T16:20:00.002+09:00

Hi folks :)

How have you been doing? I wish everything's great. It's been so long since i wrote the last story from my daily life. Was i disappear? Of course not. hahaha. I was just too busy with school activities, project activities, and also leasure activities (LOL).

During the timebeing i went to Tokyo Joypolis--a kind of amusement park in Odaiba and got extremely dizzy after riding Power Sled (i was rolling for 720degree about 5 times!), then i had a chance to watch Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 which was a really great movie, then , i also had a chance to go hiking to Mt. Takao last Saturday. Well, those were the leasure activities! and i won't tell you the other activities. ahahaha.

Anyway, what is that picture about? So, today i had a class. In that class, after the professor explain some materials of the class, he always shows us some videos each week. The video are mostly from NHK program called プロフェッショナル. The video that i watched today was about a Japanese woman who works as UNICEF Representative in Tajikistan. The content of the video was very touching and i was almost crying in the classroom (hiks..T_T). And i love one quote that the Japanese woman said..「いつも心に、青空を。」 which 'maybe' means always feel the blue sky in our heart.

Well, okay i think that's all that i want to talk about.

And if you are interested to watch the video, you can access the video here ( it's in Japanese and i guess you need to pay around 315 yen to watch though, sorry).
So, have a good day all :D

Danbo And Autumn Leaves

2010-11-29T18:45:00.000+09:00

A Lovely Couple I ♥

2010-11-21T10:27:00.000+09:00

one of my favorite scenes, so touching, they're the best couple in Gossip Girl ♥

Ied Mubarak (Ied Adha 1431H)

2010-11-17T19:56:00.000+09:00

Hello everybody!! It's getting so cold day by day. And the weather today was one of the coldest days so far and believe me it's killing me so bad! I couldn't even differ is it autumn or winter already? hehehe. Then I finally caught a flu after a very very long time being a healthy teenage (i hope a-21-years-old-girl is still counted as a teenage ;p). Wish me get better so soon ;)

Well, anyway today i went to Indonesian School at Meguro, Tokyo to pray Idul Adha. Luckily i didn't have a class at all so i could celebrate the day with joy unlike last year :D

I went there together with almost all Indonesian students in my campus then we met other Indonesians there.

FYI, the pray was also attended by Indonesian Vice President Mr. Boediono and wife, and also some ministries of the country. One of them is Mr. Hatta Rajasa, the Ministry of Economic Affair, who also gave a khutbah after the pray. Somehow i felt thankful for ever seeing them directly here in Tokyo *not only in TV ;p* (i also attended a meeting with the Vice President, Ministries, and also Indonesian Ambassador for Japan two days before). Because maybe i would never have that opportunity if i stayed in my own country. hehe.

Then after the celebration at Indonesian School over, me, Dhilla, Mbak Rani, Mas Asad, Rama, and Akira (too bad Ayu and Mamet who went together with us had to gome home earlier) went to Shibuya to eat Lamb curry :D Why Lamb curry?? I don't know for sure but celebrating Idul Adha doesn't feel complete without eating lamb!! hehehe..and i ♥ lamb curry!! ;9

We also tooks some purikura photos!! Yeayy \(^o^)/

So, again, Ied Mubarak friends!

Happy 4th Anniversary :D

2010-11-11T23:21:00.000+09:00

and also..

Happy Birthday to ME!! hehehe..

wish me all the best folks :D

Few More Days To Go!

2010-11-07T14:57:00.000+09:00

Yeayy yeayy.. just a few more days to a special day! What is the special day anyway? It's the 4th anniversary of me and boyfriend!! Feeling so excited! I know we won't be able to celebrate it together since we're miles apart, but i don't care. I'm happy that we're going to make it that far. Just can't wait ;) Love you, A...

The 119th Nodai Harvest Festival

2010-11-01T22:28:00.000+09:00

Hellooo people! I'm back after those tiring days starting from the preparation till the 2 and a half days of selling indonesian mie goreng at The 119th Nodai Harvest Festival. So, this is my second time joining the harvest festival, but what happened during this year's festival was soooo much different with the last year's. Lots of unpredictable situations happened. And the most unexpected thing was the number 14 typhoon, which then known as Chaba Typhoon, hit most of Japan's eastern area, including Kanto area. So, the second day of the festival was really hard. It was raining heavily, then the wind was also getting stronger since the typhoon was getting closer. Since i was in the promotion section, so i wore a raincoat (thanks to Dhilla for lending me the raincoat ^^) and tried to promote mie goreng together with my promotion partner, Rama. Cold, wet, frustated (haha), a lil bit down, maybe that's how i felt on the second day. Moreover, on that day, we could only open the store until 12 pm, because of the typhoon. sigh. Then to attrack customer, we lowered the price from 300yen to 200yen. Even it's quite effective to attract customer, but we couldn't get so much profit because of it.
Anyway, overall, harvest festival this year, is all about training my muscles. hehehehehe. just kidding (but also true actually ;p).
*sorry i don't have any photos to post*

Danbo Duets

2010-10-22T01:06:00.000+09:00

Mine, was playing with Dhilla's ;)

Slim Danbo

2010-10-20T10:26:00.000+09:00

The danbo looks slim ;D

Anyway, again, i just try to post something because today is a good date ;)

20102010

♥

2010-10-17T10:28:00.000+09:00

Yeay, I finally bought some heart-shaped balloons yesterday :D Am gonna make a lovey-dovey project with those balloons. ahahahaha!

Wish i could finish that project idea around a month from now *a bit worried since my mood will be the main factor for it*

♥♥♥♥♥

Good To Share :D

2010-10-13T10:45:00.006+09:00

Hey people, so i found this video on facebook when my friend, Dhilla shared it to everyone. Then i watched it and i thought that it would be nice if i also share this video here.

Be prepared, guys..Because you might be surprised with the facts of this developed country.

Some facts about Japan, like the huge number of food that ended as garbage and the high number of suicide, are so ironic. But, for me who's now living in Tokyo, i feel so thankful to God because here i just feel like i'm home. Compared to my hometown, Bogor - Indonesia, i should admit that living in Tokyo is much more comfortable. I always feel safe, i don't care if i should go alone by train, i don't feel scare even if i have to go to new places by myself. That's soooo much different when i'm in Bogor. Honestly, during last summer holiday, which i spent in Bogor, i refused to use public transportation and prefer to drive a car by myself when i should travel alone after an incident on a public transportation called Angkot. Pickpockets are everywhere! I met them once in the beginning of my holiday in Bogor, luckily i could save my own self, eventhough i got scary stares from the pickpockets right after.
Yeah, anyway you may say a country is strange in one perspective. But, no matter how strange Japan is, i still love it :)

*additional picture for you who don't have any idea how an Angkot looks like..

got the image from here

My Momma Said

2010-10-10T22:43:00.000+09:00

Hi all ;) Since today has a unique date which may only happen once a lifetime *because i don't assume that i will still be alive 100 years later ;p*, so i decided that i have to post anything here on my blog. hehehe. Luckily, i got this motivation words from my mom this morning, so i have something to post. yeay :D Actually this sentence was a comment from my mom on my fb's status. hehe.

So, it began with my mom's trip to US *which i think she's up there now on the plane flying to Singapore first*. She will be staying in US for about 3 months till the end of december. What is she doing there? Well, she got a kind of scholarship for 3 months course at Cornell University. I was hoping that i could go there, too on my winter vacation so i could spend a week-mom-and-daughter-time. haha. But with lots of considering, i just think maybe not now. I don't have the money to buy ticket yet though ;p

Then my mom said those motivational words to me. Yes, mom. I wish i'll find my own way to go around the world, just like you :D

Love you mom ♥

It's Too Random ;p

2010-10-09T15:52:00.001+09:00

Hi all ;) How's your day so far? Actually i'm having a long weekend till monday, but too lazy to go out somewhere because the weather isn't so great. I thought i could still enjoy the day in some other ways, but unfortunately there were some circumtances which blew up my temper a bit. huh. Yes, this is one of my bad point, quite temperamental.

Anyway, in order to be happy again, i visited a blog which tells about a girl's daily life. She's a 4 years old girl, Indonesian nationality, but was born and has been spending most of her lifetime here in Tokyo. There are some videos of her recorded by her mom. I find it's kinda odd, but seeing a little kid could always be one effective way to gain positive energy. hehehe.

Then somehow, i promise myself that someday when i have my own child, i will try to record lots of videos of her/his as many as possible :D *well, it's still long way to go anyway since i don't know when and with whom i'll be getting married in the future*

できるとは、

2010-10-06T19:27:00.002+09:00

Danbo Attack ;p

2010-10-05T17:17:00.000+09:00

my Danbo were playing together with Dhilla's and Akira's :D

An Inspirational Youth

2010-10-03T23:38:00.004+09:00

Here i'll share to you a video by Shopia Baker-French, a Canadian who participated as one of the presenters in the 10th International Student Summit at Tokyo University of Agriculture last thursday and friday. This video was shown by her during her presentation session. She was so inspiring, a youth who has found her vision in her life through a voluntary activity at Agora cafe and the farm. I really like her way of thinking and also the way she expressed her opinion, etc. She's just the way too smart. Am wondering if i could be as smart as her.

Jari Lentik :D

2010-10-02T23:00:00.000+09:00

I had a really busy week, compared to many other weeks that already passed. It's kinda rare because i don't actually like being too busy for a whole week. But it's not just about being busy, but i can't sleep as much as i usually do. Some people say i'm more like a baby cuz i sleep a lot. hehehe.

So this week was started by having full row of classes on monday, then dance practicing every night which really made me feel tired everyday, replacing my friend for doing a part time job at the computer center, guiding a guest from my home country, attending international student summit for two days, taking the same guest i mentioned before to the airport limousine bus which was heading to narita airport, then finally today performing the dance which i had been practicing for about two weeks during my vacation in indonesia and for the last few days. The performance was great i could say. We're satisfied because in only 4 days, we should re-arrange the dance's choreography and it was quite hard, but we could make it. yeay ;) Btw, the dance that we performed called as Belibis Dance from bali..

We were performing as volunteers in an event held by some volunteers under HandsOn Tokyo group. We perfomed at a kind of nursing home, where most of the residants were sooooo old. I felt so happy when i saw those happy faces of the residants when they enjoyed our dance performance.

Well, btw, i performed together with dhilla and mbak rani (whom has invited me and dhilla to join her dancing team). I'm so happy eventhough i'm also tired to the max.

Anyway, here is a photo of us which we took at a photobooth after the event finished. Unfortunately i can't share any photos when we were dancing because there're some privacy regulations in the event.

When Everybody Should Stop

2010-09-28T23:25:00.000+09:00

Harajuku

2010.09.26

Look at the traffic lights. They were all red at the same time.

Of course, it wasn't because there was en error. Nope. Hey, it's Japan! ;p

There were actually festival parades crossing the road there :D

My Dear Little Danbo :D

2010-09-25T18:17:00.000+09:00


after a long sleep

try to lift up my head

uhm? where am i?

well, let's just take a walk ;)

So, it is my mini-danbo which i ordered about a month ago. But since it was out of stock at that time, so i just got it delivered yesterday. I'm so happy!! I can't wait to play with my dear little danbo. And i wish i could have another one, which has bigger size than the one that i just got. Anyone would want to be kind enough to buy me one? hehehehe..

2010-09-22T22:59:00.002+09:00

Night View From The Top

2010-09-22T10:04:00.000+09:00

Few More Days

2010-09-15T01:54:00.000+09:00

I only have few more days that i could enjoy in Indonesia. Few more days to spend the days with the people i really love. Family, friends, and him.

This time, i feel afraid of leaving. Well, to be exact, i'm afraid to leave him. No, i'm afraid to be away from him. I need a longer time to be with him. I need to strengthen my faith that it's really him whom deserves to be struggled for. I love him, but a heart can't lie. It knows really well that distance really kills like hell!

I'm preparing myself to go and to be back again, maybe a year later. I just can wish that whatever happens in the future, will lead us to the best thing in our life.

Love you dear ♥

Doeeenng ?!?

2010-09-11T09:14:00.000+09:00

I just logged in to my blogger account, then i was curious to check the stats feature on blogger.com. And i was a bit surprised/shock *oh well i can't decide which word could describe my feeling/thought better* when i saw the traffic sources section. Why? Because on the "search keywords" section, there's HER name there. How come?
Well, not a big deal though.
So, how was your Idul Fitri guys? Wish you had a great one!

Happy Ied All ;)

2010-09-09T15:32:00.000+09:00

Sorry for all of the mistakes i've done ;)

dududududuuu.. ;(

2010-09-07T14:18:00.000+09:00

Even coming home can not be the way to solve the problems...
Currently stressful ;'(

Pancasila

2010-08-30T02:49:00.000+09:00

Two days ago, my brother read Pancasila in front of me. Then it made me remember a day few weeks ago, when i was having dinner together with dhilla, rama, and akira. On that day, just like usual, we talked about lots of things, we laughed at everything that we thought was funny. I forget why we started to talk about Pancasila, what i remember is that we tried to mention all the points of Pancasila but none of us could tell perfectly. What is Pancasila actually? Some of you might be wondering if you're not Indonesian. Pancasila is the official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state (based on wikipedia's explanation ;p). When we were still in elementary school until high school, we regularly heard Pancasila being read every week during flag ceremony at our schools. But since we hadn't had flag ceremony for years, we rarely heard someone read Pancasila. Thus, we couldn't recall it easily ;p

So, here i post the points of Pancasila with the hope that i won't forget them ;)

I Still Can Drive!

2010-08-20T11:39:00.000+09:00

Yess, since i arrived at home a week ago, i haven't tried to drive even once. I was afraid because i haven't been driving for a year. But today i finally forced myself to drive again because i should take my mom to some places.

Yeayy happy happy that i still remember how to drive a car :)

Anyway how's your fasting, friends? I hope you're all doing fine. I gotta go! Bye ;)

I Belong To The Air

2010-08-18T01:27:00.000+09:00

-- Mr. President from the movie of Independence Day

Things Can Be So Surprising

2010-08-18T00:25:00.000+09:00

Yeah it is definitely true that things can be very surprising. Sometimes we never know that something could happen in a way that we have never imagined before. Things has been surprising for me these days. And i'm happy ;)

*sorry that for posting such a random post like this ;p*

My Little Brother ;)

2010-08-14T01:35:00.000+09:00

My little brother did something funny so that it made me laugh. Of course you know cooling pad for notebook, don't you? As we know there's a built in fan in the cooling pad. And what was so funny about my brother is, instead of using the cooling pad to cool down the notebook, he used the cooling pad as an electric fan for himself. hehehe. What a smart act done by an 8 years old boy ;p

Home Sweet Home

2010-08-12T14:28:00.002+09:00

Hi all ;) Finally i have time to post something here. I just arrived at my home in Indonesia on August 10th, 2010 after having total 13 hours trip from Tokyo, Narita - Kuala Lumpur - Jakarta. Yeah i should stay at Kuala Lumpur for 5 hours to wait for the connecting flight to Jakarta. Over all it was a nice trip. On time flight, quite good weather, good food, and also great trip partner, Dila ;) FYI, i went home by Malaysian Airlines *great impression for the first ride with this airlines*

Otsukare Dilaaaa :) Let's have a great time during holiday at home! hehehe.

What was the first impression when i arrived at Jakarta? It was my brother who i met for the very first time after i've taken all my baggages. He was different! I didn't even noticed at the first time that he was my brother. LOL. Yeah now he's taller and his skin has gotten darker. Pretty much different from the last time i saw him.

Anyway happy holiday :D
やっぱり家が一番良い！

Danbo And The Cheerful Sunflower :D

2010-08-09T09:35:00.000+09:00

Finally i could finish making this danbo *eventhough now it's already broken, because i put it in my bag. huh*. And finally i could take some photos of sunflower! Yeahh, i really like sunflower. For me, this sunflower brings a cheerful feeling. Maybe because of its bright color.

Anyway i will be going back to Indonesia for summer holiday...tomorrow! Yes tomorrow! I'm so excited yet a bit lazy to pack my luggage. hehehehe. I just can't wait to see my family, my bf, and my friends too :D

Dream Bear

2010-08-07T00:46:00.002+09:00

This is the teddy bear that i talked about in one of my posts *click* before when i reviewed about my weekend. Wish someone would buy me one someday ;)

Weird Feeling ;p

2010-08-03T01:02:00.000+09:00

Yes, i'm having a weird feeling now. You might be wondering what the weird feeling is. Hehe. Ok, i'll tell you. Don't worry ;p

As you might have noticed from few posts before that i'm currently having my final exams week. Actually i was studying until few minutes before, then i felt this weird feeling. I don't know if i ever felt this way before or not. hahaha. Somehow studying makes me happy! It's weird, isn't it? Or is it only me who think that it's weird. Well, anyway maybe the next time i feel sad or upset, i should try to find something to study about ;p

Bla Bla Bla

2010-08-02T00:33:00.001+09:00

So, you do hate me, you hate what i posted here. If that's the case, just don't even bother to come and read. Go away!

Wish You a Great Wedding ;)

2010-07-31T09:24:00.001+09:00

That picture above is the wedding invitation of my bf's sister who is getting married today. I really wish i could go and congratulate them directly. And i also want to be there because my bf said that all the decoration and stuff would be colored purple and pink, which i love a lot. But it's just the way too far from here. Well, at least my mom just called and told me that she would go to the wedding party with my dad and my brother-sister. I was kinda surprised at the first time when i heard that my dad would go along because these recent years my dad rarely went to such wedding parties.

Anyway, wish you a great wedding teh sarah and could live happily ever after with your husband ;)

Random Thought

2010-07-30T09:05:00.000+09:00

Hello, people! I'll have japanese exam in an hour but i can't resist from writing what i thought just now.

So, i don't know why but suddenly i started to think about relationship between two people (yes a boy and a girl). I wonder what makes a couple could stay together for a very very long time. They don't even married yet. But why? I know it's such a stupid question, but just wondering. Okay, lets say, me and my bf have been together for almost 4 years. What makes us stick to each other that long? Is it pure because of what-they-call-LOVE? Yeah, no doubt that i love my bf. That's something that doesn't need to be questioned. But is it possible that a couple stay together, not because they love each other but more because they need each other? What i mean by 'need' here is, for example, because you've been together quite long, you've been through a lot of things together, you've done many things together, then those what have happened make you have this 'what will my life be without him/her?' thought/feeling.

And if that's really happening, is it right to keep a relationship like that? Well, for this question, i have a weird feeling actually. Somehow i wanna know the answer, but i feel like i don't wanna know too.

Hmm..this thing called love and things related to it sometimes are sooo confusing.

Anyway, wish me luck for the exam ;)

Chaos Theory

2010-07-29T21:47:00.000+09:00

from the movie The Butterfly Effect

Lights

2010-07-28T20:25:00.000+09:00

a picture taken at Disney Sea Japan, July 19th 2010

Papa Is The Best ♥

2010-07-26T09:29:00.001+09:00

No matter how many fights we had, no matter how many times i grumbled each time you didn't give me what i wanted, no matter how many times you scolded me when i did wrongs, you're still the best, papa ;) you made me what i am today. thank you ♥

Melody by Kate Earl

2010-07-25T08:16:00.003+09:00

No matter what has ever come to me

I got my own brand of company

I got da da da inside my head

And I play songs back to back until I got to bed

Wake up by myself inside an empty room

Theres no body next to mine to oooh

But my skin is warm and my heart is full

Its the do do do do do do

Walking waking on a crowded street

With my headphones loud

So my hips can swing, so my head can nod

To the rock and roll to the boom boom beat

and I find that I’m never alone

and I find that my heart is my home

and the music within makes me whole

A world that I built on my own

and I know that I’m never alone

and I know that my heart is my home

Every missing piece of me

I can find in a melody

No matter what has ever come to me

I got my own kind of company

I got ba ba ba inside my head

And I sing songs back to back until I go to bed

Theres a river in my mind thats never still

Swirling , soothing all the time gives me a thrill

Swimming in the notes that go

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Wandering, waking in an empty wood

It is quiet here, I am powerful

I look down below serenade the world

From inside my soul

and I find that I’m never alone

and I find that my heart is my home

and the music within makes me whole

A world that I built on my own

and I know that I’m never alone

and I know that my heart is my home

Every missing piece of me

I can find in a melody

When the walls begin to creep in

And the sky is falling down

When I’m swallowed up in feelings

I get lost inside the sound…

*I've been listening to this song again and again since yesterday. Soooo in love with melody ;)

I wanna Go Home

2010-07-22T14:29:00.000+09:00

Actually i will go home soon. Yeah very soon after the final tests over. I really wanna go home not because i don't like being here in tokyo, but simply because i miss my home, my family, my friends, and of course my dearest boyfriend.

But, i'm not ready for the tests yet which will be held starting from next wednesday *actually i just had one today*. It's really hard to find a will to prepare (study) for the tests. I'll have 3 japanese tests, bio-business network test, bio-bussiness accounting test, and also toeic prep class test. Yeah, those all make me stress. Especially japanese and accounting *why did i register for this class??*.

By the way, i will be going to some festivals for the next two weeks; Kyodo Matsuri, Fireworks Display, and Setagaya Matsuri. Actually i'm hoping i could arrange my schedule so i can visit my host family before going to indonesia, but seems like it's sooo impossible ;(

So, everybody! Wish me luck ;)

Joyful Weekend ;)

2010-07-20T18:23:00.000+09:00

How was your weekend people? Mine was great ;) Spending three days of holiday, started on saturday and ended yesterday (yeah yesterday was monday!!) with fun stuffs.

On saturday, me together with dhilla had a shopping day. We went to some stores in Roppongi hills and Shibuya to feel the euphoria of summer SALE ;p if only we had unlimited budget, i couldn't imagine how much money we could spend that day. hehehehe. Yeah, but since we're good girls, we could keep everything safe ;p

On sunday, i went to a festival where we could see fireflies and some traditional japanese cultural perfomances. And the best part was...the FIREFLIES! That was the first time i saw fireflies. And it was totally beautiful ;)

sorry for not being able to share the beauty of the fireflies. i finally could take this picture of those fireflies when i was almost giving up, it seems like a group of dots though ;p

On monday, me and the other 5 people (dhilla, rama, aki-chan, mba rany, and mas asad) went to Disney Sea. It's located exactly next to Tokyo Disney Land. I was soooo happy and excited there eventhough it was very hot. We rode some attractions (i don't know if this word is right or not, but according to the guide booklet, they called it attraction) like StormRider, RagingSpirits rollercoaster, IndianaJones Adventure, TowerofTerror, etc. The Bon Fire Dance performance was really great, i loved the coreography so much. They made me wanna dance, too ;p And the best part of this special summer entertainment was the water program Chip 'n Dale's Cool Service "Deluxe" -- "SPLASH!". We were splashed by the cool water. Eventhough we got really wet, but since it was very hot, we enjoyed the water splash so much :D

So, what do you think? Great isn't it? But one think that was making me soo disappointed, i really wanted to buy a teddy bear doll but it was too expensive *１万円だよ！マジで？！* T_T noo way. I won't waste that much for a doll ;(

A Little Secret

2010-07-18T11:01:00.002+09:00

hehehe. It's embarrasing but really true ;p I remember when i used to live at the dormitory of Bogor Agricultural University, each time i had some apples, mangoes, etc, i would bring the fruit to my dorm then called some of my friends and told them i would share some fruits. But then i told them to peel some for me first ;p It happened a lot and still happens sometimes here in Japan. But the situation would be different. Because i know i can't peel the fruit, so i rarely buy one. But several times, my senior (mbak Rani) offered me some fruits and she always said, "don't worry i would peel it for you..". Soooo glad to have such a nice senior like her ;)

Anyway, last week i attended French Food and Culture Exchange at my campus. And we were about to cook some french cuisines together. So the menus were Potato Gratin, Tatin Pie (like an apple pie), and Mustard Sauce Chicken. Apparently i got the task to make the Tatin Pie. And guess what was supposed to be done first? Peeling some apples! And yeah it was frustrating like hell >.< And i even had someone taught me how to peel an apple, but still, it was hard for me. Luckily, with my best effort, i could peel about 4 apples eventhough the shape of the apples were weird afterthat. But, in the end the apple would be sliced into smaller slices, so there's no problem :)

And from those three menus, the taste of Mustard Sauce Chicken was the best for me. *hey don't you dare to think that the tatin pie didn't go well, the rest of the members in my group said it was the best for them* hehehehe..

Random Post

2010-07-16T16:35:00.000+09:00

It's sooooooooooo hot today. And i spent few hours outside so i think i got sunburned, but i don't really care about that though. Worse than that, the high temperature and the sun caused me having headache. And this headache hasn't gone until now. Eeerrgh.

Anyway actually i really wanna talk about some facts that i found after living for about a year in Japan. Yeah, some other facts about Japanese people. But since i think it's not a good time (again because the headache. sorry *_* ) maybe i'll just talk next time.

So, it's friday anyway, have a good weekend! ;)

Quote of The Day

2010-07-15T16:07:00.000+09:00

photo by Agyl Fajar Rizky

Quote of The Day

2010-07-14T22:42:00.002+09:00

quoted from daretodreamlove.tumblr.com
*dedicated specially to dilaa ;)

Ambiguous

2010-07-14T21:39:00.001+09:00