Welcoming First of May

Relieved for I have finally passed April well, while I thought this month is kind of a little hufhh.. exhausting. heee. Then the end of this was nicely closed with a little eat-out with some colleagues from the office at blok S, kebayoran baru. Woo guys, you owe me my concentration to my 2009 RESOLUTION! hahaha, but I actually think it won't be worse by just forgeting it for a while, hehe.
Well well well, tomorrow's my blog's 1st anniversary after one complete year of blogging since May 1st 2008. Let's see what's will be going on tomorrow, oh beside the judging of Indonesian architects' designs and the monthly research meeting at Nikko hotel. Daa!

Before the Work Starts

Have overheard a Storybook Children's played in the bus' tape, it's funny and I love it so. :p Then has recently see a picture in the newspaper's headline today.. I just think it's funny (see it in the way it is as a whole image composition, though)

But nothing to comment to what is it about ;p, politics is not a thing I'm actually into. I feel like so eager to make it one, any of you guys wanna join me and have your heads cropped like there? hihihi

Done. I will start working by now, dadaaaaa :D

Maybe

"Maybe happiness didn't have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything together a bunch of small pleasures. Wearing slippers and watching the Miss Universe contest. Eating a brownie with vanilla ice cream. Getting to level seven in Dragon Master and knowing there were twenty levels to go.

Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks -- the traffic signal that said "Walk" the second you got there -- and downticks -- the itchy tag at the back of your collar -- that happened to every person in the course of a day. Maybe everybody had the same alloted measure of happiness within each day.

Maybe it didn't matter if you were a world-famous heartrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn't matter if your friend was possibly dying.
Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for."

-Tibby Rollins

Fyuh

Another busy week happens again..
and here, a quick posting :
1. I got trapped again on the way back home for (amazingly) FOUR hours, *cihhhhh* it was even worse than this.
2. In the bus, I suddenly felt way too much miss my bestiest. Weird isn't it? We just had our time together, umm not more than 2x24 hours ago?
3. I'm nervous about this month's last week. Well, speaking about so many things.
4. So I hope I can pass these days well until next weekend comes.
5. Oh all I could tell for final is... I really love weekend! oohh...

Congratulation, darling!

(you must be grinning now for I ever call you like this, bro!)
hhehee W e a r e s o p r o u d o f y o u !

even Mother screamed it out load (eugh so hyperbolic) when I show her this picture: "okh! anak gue! itu anak gue!!" ahahahaha. Well, Teruskan nak! We'll pray always.
I admit that now I can't put myself as rival against you, no matter how hard I try ;p because now you're now hanging so high in that banner hahaha (yes even though you won't be able to defeat my with-cumlaude-appreciation-GPA score, will you? heehehe --> me behaving so childish, ya?:D)

Oh, I do really ENVY you for having our old man's name as your last name legally! L.E.G.A.L.L.Y!huh

S for Selebs-ration

What a very exhausting but SUPERRRRR-FUN day!! Attending A Tribute to Ibu Siti Utamini at Engineering Center (leaving the fam again, he) and hanging out with BFFs at Pizza Hut first before comfortably (please bold this! I really wanna have one of its couch! oh please!) watching movie at XXI EX until midnight. hehehhee

Ibu Dotti & Dayle's gang, :p

Trio Alienating says: Happy Birthday Ibu Dotti :>
(please introduce the member--> billy, richie and me hihi)

The professor with teaching assistants (me as an ex plus Tata) :D

cutey coraline (ups!hahaha) and sleepy dayle (you're doing so greatt with the event daiyyy!congratts!!)

Ps: Two thumbs up (intermezzo: did I sound like Roeper&Ebert? :P) for The International since it has some of my favorite architecture shown up, mentioning Guggenheim Museum (New York).

The Updates

Just filling the space to write down the list of what I'm listening to right now, oh does it look like that lately it becomes so important for me to keep updating and telling you all the songs in the play list, doesn't it? eehehe :P, whatever. After the top five, here they are the following (10) :

#06 The Saturdays - Issues
#07 Tato - Satu Senyum Saja
#08 Atiek CB - Maafkan (hahahaha!)
#09 Emilia - Big Big World
#10 Efek Rumah Kaca - Belanja Terus Sampai Mati
#11 Sheila Madjid - Cinta Jangan Kau Pergi
#12 Ebet Kadarusman - Rindu Lukisan
#13 Kris Biantoro - Jangan Ditanya Kemana Aku Pergi
#14 Daniel Sahuleka - If I Didn't
#15 Tantowi Yahya - Aryati (cover version)

You're probably wondering "OH what is this?" Eehehhe, well, my taste of music is somehow significantly influenced most by my late daddy's old collections which for me means my early song hearing and first lyric understanding.

I am so happy that some of those songs now are available on mp3 and can be downloaded easily so I am able to listen to those as easy as pushing play button :D. But bad, I still can't find my other favorite one, yet still just feel fortunate that youtube has it! (I do really) enjoy!! :p

yippee!! Yuni Shara :)

the Tye Dye is coming to town

"Dear Mba Son,
I gracefully thank you for the present. I at first didn't take the plan so seriously, but it seems that you know very well about me loving surprises (and colors!). Hehe. I never think of having it one before though, so.. really love you for this kindliness. Muahh >o<"

Preventing Skin Cancer

I think that this blog is becoming more and more personal in content, and I just felt like a bit nervous knowing that some colleagues now sometime drop by here reading my corny postings, and even the manager does, (hi hello bos!:p). So for not making this thing even sillier and sillier, I would like now to share an article I just read recently. So here it is:

10 Ways to Prevent Skin Cancer
(by: Jessie Sholl)
With a few simple changes to your regular routine, you can help decrease your odds of ever developing skin cancer. Try the following practical, prevention-focused tips:

1. Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen
Never forget the daily use of a sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of at least 15 and always be sure to reapply every two hours when you're out.
2. Avoid peak hours
The harmful UV rays of the sun are strongest when it's directly overhead (between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.), so do your best to avoid sun exposure during those times.
3. Wear a hat
Hats are an easy way to protect yourself from the sun, aren't they?:)
4. Skip the tanning bed
For we Indonesian girl, tanning bed doesn't sound so cool, right?;p
5. Wear protective clothing
Wow, I just know that not all clothing provides the same benefits for our skin! for example: A white T-shirt only provides the equivalent protection of a sunscreen with an SPF of 4.
6. Shield your eyes
Skin cancer can affect the eyes as well, creating a condition known as ocular skin cancer, so better protect yourself, choose wraparound-style sunglass frames that cover the delicate skin around the eyes,
7. Protect your lips
Oh really, we are recommended to use balms and lipsticks with an SPF of 30?! and for sure, don't forget to reapply every few hours and especially after eating!
8. Check for moles often
Look for a change in moles, particularly a new black mole or a change in outline, shape, size, color, or feel. It's a good idea to take pictures or notes. If you notice any changes, see your doctor right away.
9. Be careful of reflected sunlight, too
Direct sunlight isn't the only culprit. Ultraviolet (UV) rays that reflect off of water, sand, concrete, and bright-white painted areas can also damage your skin — and cause skin cancer
10. Avoid getting sunburned
The damage a UV burn does to your skin can rear its head years or decades later in the form of skin cancer. Wew!

--So guys, better preventing than curing, yes?
source: www.everydayhealth.com

Mom's Mobster

The celebration dinner at Sundanese restaurant was very stunning, indeed. Did think that it's such a rare moment, didn't you mobs?

Happy birthday (again) Mother!!, we really thank you for being a Dazzling Dad and a Modest Mom all at once for these times.

Hahaha

Featured in ngupingjakarta. check this.
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EHEHEHEHHEHEHEHEHEHHE

well honestly, the girl was me and the boy was my best friend when the four of us at that time were hanging out together and had the dinner at Plaza Semanggi. :P

How Much Carbon They Release Today?

Isn't it scary? I suddenly remembered a very boring and uninteresting movie titled "Happening" I have watched some time ago. Because I thought the article was somehow scientifically telling the same urgency with the movie did.

ps: I also felt this is a bit similar to my other posting about carbon release.

Rock&Roll's Bloody Darn Cooooool!!!! Nothing more I can say..

Party of Six

Somebody from this program sent me an email. Hoihoo! I won the weekly prize! :) I regardly thank you Ky for the information! hihi and absolutely Thanks God for the luck :>

click for larger image, click!:P

Happy Mother!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOTHER!
we are definitely waiting for the celebration soon after you come back home from out town work trip :)
and we always pray for the best in you and us and LOVE you!(",)

The Sisterhood and Glam Girls Series

I've been planning to have this several months ago, and I am so much in gratitude for now they all have already been shipped here.

And they are not only that, here comes my pick from kutukutubuku, The glam girls series.

see them here.

Really can't hardly wait to read them all, even I'm not done yet with The Unbearable Lightness of Being and To Kill A Mockingbird. =p .Well anyway, I will be swimming in the stacks of it all for a while... so take your time. =)

Yellow Bus

Yesterday, I have visited my lovely campus (oh still?;p) to take my academic transcript together with two of my best friends, billy and coraline (read: partners-in-crime). I was a little bit surprised to find that the campus bus which is used to be called Bis Kuning, now is really really different: very comfortable seats, clean interior, air-conditioned, and the most important is: no more students hanging and crumpling at the door, because it's now using hydraulic system door.

It was like this (when I was still a student):

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and now it is like this (after I'm not a student anymore!!) :

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But it has already been painted good in yellow with the words, use public transportation to reduce air pollution. and I just feel that it's so me. a public transportation-er! hehehhe

Alone Again (Naturally)

So in every time the thinking's coming when all of the people I meet in each day are talking about the preparation to 'upgrading your status' and 'completing your life' and those with-breath-holding-theme things, I keep reading my old posting which seems relevant to be my defensive answer to all. Hehehe... Insya Allah yaa :p

update: I have deleted Gilbert O' Sullivan from the list!!!! Whaat a bad ambience it is! Haha

It Won't be Over

The long holiday is about to come to the end and tomorrow will be struggling again with the projects at the office and some other side-work-related agenda. I am not sad about that yet still have the curiosity about it all. Just think that is this only me who feels that the time has flew away so fast? Or it really is? Well, forget it. I think I'm just a little scared to the fact that faster the time the more I will be older. Huhh. Huhh. Still have so many things to be done but has not been yet. Huhhh.
Anyway, this is the current songs in my list that comforted me this long holiday :)
#01 Sia Furler - Sunday
#02 Aerosmith - Hole in My Soul
#03 Kris Biantoro - Juwita Malam
#04 Gilbert O' Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
#05 Andien - Gemintang

I'm saying YESSSS to SIA! Sunday is truly aWesome :p
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Yeah, it will be ok
Do nothing today
Give yourself a break
Let your imagination runaway

More Chartered Lingkaran Setans :P

We (as we who sillily rolled up in a group that unofficially named Lingkaran Setan hahahah, see us in this and this and this) finally had our plan into a real realization one to go out and play around Bogor as happy pedestrians and loyal angkot renters (yes, angkots in Bogor are all customer-friendly!soo affordable! :>)
Well, the whole story will be written later ya I'm still waiting for another pictures!:P
ps: I am contentedly saying CHEERFULLY HI to you my new friends! hehehhehe. Welcome to the Lingkaran Setan Club :P

The Adracks Revival

Today I spent the first half-day to neaten the whole part of the house, especially the messiest one, which is mine!hahaha, my mother might think that there were no significant changes (read: the orderly neat one :p) but I must say that this is much better than the former one :P do you agree? :) I have all the photos and pictures and cards on the wall bundled and moved into a photo album and some magazines and books I'm currently reading are racked on a specific area on the desk. The point here is: my Old and Neglected Adrack Collections are really helping in making new mood of the room :)

looove her post which I think related to this one, please kindly check it.
ps: Somehow I miss us all blogging there. :(

Write Write

Planning to do another writings in this is not supposed to be an action of following the trend that seemed to be affected by my lil bro. I just feel like somehow I need to write the words that my mother taught me, just so I still know how to do that, as always. Well, it's an effort, however. :)

The Jamming

I got trapped in the traffic FOR TWO HOURS, people! TWO HOURSSSSSSS!!! Starting from Gatot Subroto ~ Senayan ~ Semanggi ~ Patra ~ Kuningan ~ Pancoran MT Haryono ~ ended at Cawang Railway Station.

Was that normal? Oh I mean, so today it took for almost 3 hours just to go back home from work... :'''''(
Anybody knows what was going on? Oh was it the rain?

Was it because of the heavy rain and flood? Ohh I hatee it, then!!!

the third party

Following some previous meetings (here and here), we gathered again finally at rian's house, this was the third but new members were still coming in. :)

the lassies

the lads
the (un)success(ful) team says Thank Youuuu alllll :>

Which Beatles Album Are You?

This is a quiz I took on Facebook. Indeed, I really love all the songs in this album:

source

My Result: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Like this album, you are theatrical and love to tell a good story. You may be very poetic, but people can relate to you, because you tell it like it is, with high energy and a talent for bravado. You truly belong in the spotlight.

Look, all songs here are really COOL!!

Side one
1. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 2:02
2. "With a Little Help from My Friends" – 2:44
3. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 3:28
4. "Getting Better" – 2:47
5. "Fixing a Hole" – 2:36
6. "She's Leaving Home" – 3:35
7. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" – 2:37

Side two
1. "Within You Without You" (George Harrison) – 5:05
2. "When I'm Sixty-Four" – 2:37
3. "Lovely Rita" – 2:42
4. "Good Morning Good Morning" – 2:41
5. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 1:18
6. "A Day in the Life" – 5:3

Finding Hope Blog

I was browsing at the office to drive out boredom and then found this blog is so inspiring. Truly, it's a space to include inspiring stories of personal experiences with breast cancer.

Please do check it out.