Life has its own little surprises.*

Those times

2011-08-31T23:07:00.003+01:00

Sometimes this world is full of "What if(s)". I seriously wonder from time to time.. there are many "what if's" i can go on and on about if I want to. But do I want to? Really? Sometimes yes.. but when those times come, I diligently remind myself that I am already so very blessed. In many aspects of life, I cannot ask for more really. Supportive parents, loving friends, horses and ponies.

Pilates

2010-08-25T21:29:00.002+01:00

Went for my first-ever PILATES class today with Lydia and Murphy ;)

It was good, but I wished it is more aerobic rather than just doing lots of stretches.
Will give it a few more tries I think :)
Murph and Lydia are great company to have as well..
I love the people in my lab and in our department - feel so blessed to have nice colleagues!!!!

..ok I reeeeaaalllly neeeeeddd to FINISH my poster for the conference!
my first-ever conference! and in Arnhem, Netherlands as well!!
yipppeee :)

3-7 September , so looking forward to it :)
and we are all going as a whole lab (minus our PI because he is away in China for another conference that time). So it equals three-day in Amsterdam with just the 6 of us (me, Jack, Lydia, Niels, Zheng, Zhiyou)..then 3 days of conference. Woop!

Procrastination

2010-08-24T22:06:00.004+01:00

My God..
I have been procrastinating. SO SO MUCH.
It's unbelieveable.
Damn!!!

Currently poster-making progress : 0.000001 %
Bench-work in lab progress : 1000000 %
I reaaaaally should work more from my desk! and stop doing bench-work ...

on another note, I am SO looking forward to the pilates class with Lydia and Murph tomorrow!!!!

Greetings from Cambridge

2010-08-22T00:26:00.003+01:00

Hello all !
Can't believe I have abandoned this blog since January ! Today is 22nd of August.. therefore it has been about 8 months of me not writing anything here. Okay updates :

January 2010 - moved out from our old flat in London February - April 2010 - back home in Indonesia (fantabulous time with the horses! had a 50-50 heart to go back to the UK because I do NOT want to leave Kim, Chief and Zinnie *sobs*) April - August 2010 (current) - started my PhD in Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge. So now I have moved officially to Cambridge :)

To sum up in a few words ..
Cambridge is a LOT different than London. It is so small - EVERYWHERE is near. Literally. Oh and I cycled to work here. well, to be precise, I cycled everywhere here. And you can be..wherever you want in about 15 mins max. The most important thing is that so far, the majority of people (and new friends) (and new housemates) (and new lab mates) that I have met are lovely :)
Having moved around for the past 7 years has taught me one thing well : it does not matter how crappy your room is, your house is, etc. as long as there are friends to share things with at the end of the day. Good friends are rare, and for the precious few that you have - you should hang on to them :) . Oh and do NOT ever take anything for granted. full stop.

Okay back to Cambridge...
well to be honest the first few weeks I was here, I missed London a LOT a LOT. I missed my old life. Damn how I missed my old uni, Imperial! and THE LIBRARY. My lovely library corner..
..but as weeks goes on, I started to get used to my new life here. Working 8-6pm in lab Mon-Fri, Sat-Sun usually either in London or in Cambridge :)
My house here is lovely :) . I am sharing a graduate student house, that belongs to my College (Newnham College) , with 7 other girls - so in total there are 8 of us girls in the house. One kitchen and dining room, two bathrooms (thank goodness lol), and the best thing : one laundry and drying room! with spacious area to hung our clothes out to dry :) I love doing laundry so that explains.

New housemates : Adele :) a British girl who ALSO RIDES HORSES - enough said. lol. She is great, a real easygoing person. Even though her and my sense of direction are both REALLY bad. We go to this stable, Hilltop Equestrian, once a week to have riding lessons. Guess what, we got terribly lost the first time we went there! and in addition, we also got lost on our way BACK to Cambridge ..lol. Managed to arrive in another completely different city (nearby though, phew).

Marina, a Masters student from Uzbekistan. She is nice too, sadly she has moved out now.. went back home to Tashkent. Then Crystal, a medics student from Singapore.

There are loooooaaaaaddsssss moreee that I want to write here..
but sadly..
I have to go back to my stats!!

oh on another note, earlier today - I went to a pool party + volleyball + bbq at Christ's College (thanks Ardi and Miranda for inviting!) , it was fun !!!! Never thought I can actually withstand swimming outside in this kind of weather lol. but its great :)
Okies good night people xxx

Start of the year hotpot

2010-01-30T10:51:00.003Z

Hotpot yesterday at Sherry's place :)
This is my last morning staying at Yaya and Astari's, flying back home tonight on the 10pm flight (London - Singapore - Jakarta as usual). Went to Borough Market yesterday for lunch with Astari, the chorizo burger is exquisitely delicious!! yum. Afterwards went grocery shopping for the hotpot with Sherry's mum, Louisa and Kim in China Town. We bought a LOT of stuff!!! Can't believe it has been ten days since I stayed over at Yaya's. Time seems to just flew past reeeealy quickly these days. I lost track of dates/days lately! Anyway, I'm going to take shower, then did a bit of grocery shopping...then off to meet Carina and Simon for lunch.

Discovering Barbican

2010-01-29T09:54:00.004Z

These days I have been wandering around London a LOT :)
I loved the random walks with no direction hehehe..the occasional stops for coffee when we get too cold to walk any further, then ending the day with a meal with friends.
This week we have walked a lot a lot. Me and Louisa walked from Trafalgar Square all the way to Fulham Broadway the other day - it took us a total of 2 hours. With two stops along the way (we warmed ourselves up in some shops, it was too cold!). And we decided to walk along the river (passed a total of five bridges), which was lovely in the scenes - but NO bus passing by. Was very satisfied when we finally reached Fulham! hohoho.

Last week I discovered as well that Millenium Bridge is also super nice,, the one heading to St Paul's from Tate Modern. Yaya and me walked around St.Paul Cathedral area yesterday. He was photo-hunting for his portfolio, then we walked randomly around the area. Had hot chocolate at Paul's in St Paul, then finally we ended up in Barbican Arts Centre. I absolutely LOVED that place :) !! The whole area is very peaceful, and they have this library in the middle that hosts a wide range of fiction books and manga. Definitely will come back there! Ends the day with dinner together with Manda, Artati and Irma. Kojo reunited for one last time :)

2 Cavendish Mansion

2010-01-23T10:39:00.002Z

Just woke up :) We've been sleeping extremely late these few days. Slept around 3-4am, woke up at 10-11am ish. I am still the one who woke up the earliest, no matter how late we slept! I wonder why am I so strange, even though I am still tired..but I will wake up no matter what around 10am the latest. I really should learn to sleep longer.. Anyways, yesterday was Mira's housewarming party :) 2 Cavendish Mansion is now officially christened lol. Fourteen of us managed to squeeze into Mira's living room. Played some drinking games, ate and have a chat. Met a few new people too. All in all , it was an enjoyable night out. Not too late, not too drunk. We went back home around 2ish, then slept at 4ish. Yaya and Astari are both still asleep at the moment. We are planning to cook for some friends later on tonight. The inital head count was for six people (Iko's coming down from Birmingham too, and Kemal, Endo and Yani are all in London for the weekend) - now it has blossomed to 15 people!

I have exactly one more week to go, before flying back home to Jakarta this coming Saturday :) !!!!

Byebye 222

2010-01-21T09:39:00.002Z

Officially homeless as in from today!
Good bye Drake House Flat 222 - we will miss you so much ;(
Yesterday me, Mira and Irma officially handed in the keys back to our landlord. And then we helped Mira moved in to her new flat in Chancery Lane. Our last night in the flat were celebrated by eating Yoshino's takeaway sushi, wine and a movie together. All that flat gives us were happy memories :)

Final packing day of 222 Drake House

2010-01-17T21:30:00.003Z

BIG thanks to everyone who helps us today to move out from our beloved 222 Drake House ;)
Astari, Anthony, Carina, Yaya, Alex, Kevin, Aga and Harun (especially Astari who has helped us since Day 1 on Thursday!!). Me, Irma, Mira and Astari have been packing non-stop since Thursday. So make it four full days of packing. As today (Sunday) we finally moved all the stuff out! Will miss our packing moments.. Irma and Mira's 'fighting', Astari's neatness in tidying up stuff, Irma and her vacuum packs. Irma and the one-handed glove & the Haloween black candy thingy. I'll miss all of it!!!!!!! Us tripping over bags and suitcases and luggages and boxes.. (No I am not exaggerating- it's true, it IS that full in our flat). The four days passed by in a blur, as packing/eating/sleeping/packing became our continuous habit. Me and Mira packed our own stuff, Astari helped Irma pack.. then me continued to pack kitchen, Mira general tidying up and bathroom. We slept at random hours, woke up, then continue packing again. Haven't really had a proper sleep in four days! but it was indeed memorable.

Today the van came at 12pm. We moved my stuff first into Astari & Yaya's place, then the second stop were to Harun's flat in Covent Garden. Afterwards then we had dimsum in China town..then ends the day with Bubble Tea in Candy Cafe with Dewi :)
Happy!

I was walking towards London Eye, Waterloo from China town earlier- just enjoying lovely London. The weather was especially nice today. It was still chilly, but it did not rain. Was crossing the Tower Bridge, warm and snug in my winter coat, and feeling happy from a smooth day (Thank God) of moving out...looking across the river at the brightly lit London Eye :) I'll miss London dearly, and I am glad I have had the chance to live here for about more than four years now. It will always be one of the place I will think of as home.

Packing frenzy in 222

2010-01-15T10:09:00.002Z

*YAWN* yesterday, oh no wait make it today.. Me and Mira slept at 5.30 am. We packed, packed, packed. *YAWN*. Irma's stuffs were unbelieveable! Yesterday we actually had so much fun trying on her clothes that she does not want anymore (Well done Astari for convincing her that she NEEDS to throw away more of her clothes!!!! lol I nearly died of laughter everytime Astari discovered more and more bags after bags of Irma's old clothings/shoes etc)...and she will made an exclamation 'oh my gosh how can you still keep THIS???', and Irma will be all like 'but..I might MIGHT still wear it one day' hehe.. . And those are the ones which were reeeeeaaaallyy ancient!! in terms of style I mean. Oh well now I'm in the middle of our living room - which looks like one hell of a mess. Luckily I am able to squeeeeze myself to this tiny spot with my laptop (and no I am not exaggerating, I really am not). Mira and Irma left this morning to sort out the new contract at Mira's new place in Chancery Lane. I love the place! She took the one we went out to view just yesterday morning. It gives a cosy feeling, that little one-bedroom flat :) I get so excited looking at new flats yesterday!!

Cardiac morphology unit

2010-01-14T00:02:00.003Z

Yesterday was my last day at work in the hospital ! :(
The photo above was Karen, me, Tony, Yen and Carina.. the Cardiac Morphology unit at Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Karen bought a cake for us to celebrate my last day.
Three and a half month passed by really fast! I have now officially able to recognise the structure of human heart, some of their abnormalities + the most interesting bit was when we found the fetus collections and animal hearts!! I will miss taking bus 360 to work every morning (the 9.00am bus), getting off at Sainsbury and walk along the quiet Sloane square area towards Royal Brompton Hospital. I will miss them :( :(

but time to move on! now we are busy packing, booking van, finding professional cleaners etc. Irma and Mira are both back in London. I am so happy that i'm no longer home alone ! I realised i cannot live alone for too long - it made me depressed! We will miss this flat a lot. Our lovely 222 Drake House. Lots of memories :)

Very COLD winter we have

2010-01-09T13:02:00.004Z

Apparently, this is how Great Britain currently looks like from above (a satellite photo taken and posted in the BBC website)

What is it with London and this freeeezing cold!!!!
brrrrr....
I am constantly wearing three layers of clothes in the house now. tank top - t shirt - and sweater + socks + fluffy slippers. And I woke up this morning with a slight sore throat and achy feeling all over my body, a sure sign that I might have catch a cold :(
Looking forward for Judith, Char, Miri and Katha to come and make pancakes at mine this afternoon !! Happy birthday to Judith :) :)

Next week looks like it will be one busy week. I am working in the hospital until tuesday - which will be my last day of working. And then Irma and Mira are coming back on Tuesday 12 Jan as well. From that day on, we have exactly ONE WEEK to sort out our stuff and the flat. As we have to move out by 20 Jan. I will then migrate to Yaya and Astari's flat..and fly back home to Jakarta on 30 Jan. I do not really know actually how things will turn out. I am in a rather uncertain state these days...very very much uncertain about a lot of things. Family, friends, future to name a few. I feel like I lost my footing..if you get what I mean. Thanks to my old dearest friends who are always there.

Today God wants you to know....

2010-01-03T12:47:00.002Z

"Instead of keep asking God about the future, enjoy the uncertainty. To be alive means to not know"

Drama

2010-01-02T12:29:00.002Z

So much drama yesterday lol..
Seriously, people should be honest and not tell lies. Otherwise, eventually the karma will get back at them. I feel like i am in the middle of some kind of Korean drama at the moment. Luckily I am just one of the viewers, instead of the one caught amidst all the drama scene ;)

The first day in 2010

2010-01-01T16:04:00.002Z

Just came back from the first jog along the river in 2010 :)

Happy new year everyone :) !

Yesterday we had a small gathering at mine. Just me, Dewi, Ardi, Carina and Louisa. Had korean food for dinner + Ardi's banoffee pie, with red and white wine. Perfect, cosy new year's eve.

Artati and Manda drop by as well for a bit just before the count down.
Everyone stayed over at my flat. Then we had a lazy morning/afternoon brunch with the previous night's leftover food..Ardi, Dewi and Louisa went back home. I went for a jog in the afternoon around 3pm when the sun is about to set. So pretty and peaceful out along the river :) Loved the feeling of the cold, crisp wind on my cheek...seeing the sun set over the river.

2009-12-31T13:01:00.002Z

Just came back from a jog along the Thames :) the last run in 2009 along the lovely river. A place where I've lived for the past 2.5 years.

2009-12-30T22:11:00.001Z

NOTHING beats a cup of Teapigs' rooibos creme caramel tea, with a touch of milk and sugar :) Pure heaven

Spring clean

2009-12-30T21:21:00.002Z

Spring-cleaning my flat today :) !!
Was chatting with Ardi on msn most of the time - as we were both equally stuck indoors today. Rainy day both London and Cambridge :(
And I miss East Didsbury already. Sometimes I think my introvert side is much greater than my extrovert side. I find myself to be my own best companion most of the times.

Christmas this year

2009-12-30T17:07:00.007Z

I am back in London now :) Feel refreshed after a one-week holiday in Manchester. Stayed with Thia's aunt and uncle in East Didsbury. Chichi and Atom (thia's younger cousins) were there as well. They are both still doing their A-levels in Concord, so we compared Concord stories. Our daily routines were so relaxing.. woke up daily around 9am, then went down for breakfast. Usually me and the uncle are the earliest one to wake up.. then followed by auntie and the rest. They have this spacious kitchen with a huge glass window overlooking the backyard. Loved to stand there in the morning, watching the snowflakes falling whilst waiting for the water in the kettle to boil. Breakfast will be in the dining table, usually a bowl of hot oatmeal porridge with a drip of honey + tea... whilst listening to the morning news on the radio. Then afterwards Thia, Chichi and Atom will all come down and join us.. (Marks & Spencer's Triple Chocolate Crunch cereal + milk = our newest favourite. Polished off 6pints of milk and two boxes of cereal in two days!). Daily activities revolved around either all of us going out on a trip somewhere ..or going to Costa in the village and I'll read books, whilst Thia is working on her Masters application :) I found this secret gem, which is a second-hand bookshop just off the road from Costa. Found Kazuo Ishiguro's 'When we were orphan' yay!

We also went to Cheshire Oaks on Boxing Day, then Manchester Trafford Centre - for more shopping. I had resigned to the coffee shop whilst waiting for Thia to still continue shopping lol. Evenings are the most pleasant - as we all will gather around the dining table. usually Uncle is the one who cooks, then we set up the table. When everyone is seated, then we will say a short prayer of thanks before we started eating :) Dinner will usually involves Thia teasing Atom mercilessly, Chichi sometimes piped in as well. Added with the usual wise messages from uncle regarding various things in general. One night we had a discussion over films. what constitutes a good movie and what is not. Uncle said 'when you go to the cinema to see a film, you are prepared to suspend your belief during that hours spent to watch the film'. Which I think is perfectly true :) Mira has taught me to appreciate good films these days, too bad she is now back in Jakarta. Otherwise we can have more movie nights on days we were both staying in :(

After dinner, the four of us will wash the dishes. Then usually uncle will have an early night, Atom will retreat to his room to play computer games..leaving us the girls (me, thia, chichi and auntie) below to watch something on the telly :) or just having a general chat. The nights when snow fell heavily outside were the best - as we were all warmly snug inside the house, with the heater cranked up..watching the snow falling outside :):). What a pleasant Christmas this year :) very thankful indeed.

ps : We also helped auntie painted the kitchen, and roasted a turkey (had people over for the whole day during Christmas day! = tons of food hehe)

Snowy Christmas Eve

2009-12-24T11:52:00.005Z

Another lazy morning today. It's the 24th of December = Christmas Eve!! I was on facebook with Juan earlier this morning - I suddenly miss horses back home SO much :(( !!! It's not the people that I miss the most, but Chief :((

I am still in Manchester at the moment, will be here until the 28-29th December. It's lovely here, I feel like I am in a warm family home :) And the white snow is preety. Me and Thia went to Costa in the village yesterday. I love the sound that our boots made when we walked through the snow layers.. its like this muffled crunching sound!

White Christmas in East Didsbury

2009-12-23T10:00:00.005Z

I'm in Manchester at the moment, in East Didsbury to be exact. Staying here for one-week plus with Thia, her aunt and uncle, and two cousins. It feels nice ! like I am having three siblings at the moment now hehe.. Thia's two younger cousins (Cici and Atom) are both currently studying in Concord too. Both in their first year there. We swapped stories - and apparently now Concord has internet in each of their own rooms! (when I was there 4.5 years ago, we had no internet in our rooms, but we survived though lol).

It was snowing a lot when I arrived here three days ago, luckily my train made it through from London! I kept checking the train schedule in the morning cos I was so worried they will suspend the train or something....since the Southern trains were all cancelled that day (thankfully I'm heading North West. Manchester is up North from London, about 2 hrs train ride). Thia and Aunt picked me up from the train station, then off we go to Tesco to buy food... oh we bought like a humongous turkey, and five duck breast slices. Those were all for xmas day, as we'll have an open house and people can just come and eat. Mostly will be students (Thia's uncle is a researcher in Manchester Uni).

We had a relaxing day just chilling at home that day..cooking and staying in in the house. Then yesterday we went to town, to do a bit of Christmas shopping and getting last minute stuff. Went back home with a bucket of KFC lol - which was our dinner yesterday. Oh and we made our first snowman this winter too!! dressed it up with Thia's red scarf... looks like we will finally have a white Christmas this year :):)!

The first Christmas dinner in 2009

2009-12-15T00:58:00.002Z

Just got back from Imperial riding club Christmas dinner :) at TGIF Fulham Broadway. same like last year. The ribs was fabulous!! realllly can't eat anymore though by the end of the night. I'm still awake now because I am too full to go to sleep! I think riding club has been a part of me for so long. For four years now, in Imperial, every Wednesday. I still feel a bit strange these days for not going riding on Wednesdays to Trent Park. It was a bit sad as Chloe is leaving London to move to Oxfordshire soon in January, so won't see her much anymore. Andre is still around, but Kathleen and Chloe are both not in the UK anymore as well. I think out of the four years I was in the first team in Imperial, I connected the most with my fellow team members was when I was in my first year (it was me, Kat, Jess Webster, and Lucy)..then again in my fourth year (me, Andre, Chloe, Kathleen and Charlotte). Back to riding-routine, when I was still doing my A-levels in Concord College, Shrewsbury.. it was also Wednesdays, at this little farm called Berriewood Stable. So for seven years now, my Wednesdays = riding. I still feel a bit strange with the non-routine activities I have these days. Because I am not really working, well I do work part-time at the hospital every Mon, Thurs and Fri. But it changes weekly too depends on what my plans are, and whether there is a course running at the hospital or not etc. I start to miss my life as a student already.

Tokyo Diner night

2009-12-13T09:41:00.002Z

Thanks for coming down all the way to London from Cambridge for dinner yesterday :) ! it was sweet of you. It really was randomly planned last minute, but then again it proves how coincidences can usually turned out to be a pleasant event. Yesterday we must have walked a LOT. Starting from Hyde Park Corner (the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland), then down Oxford street to meet Carina for tea at John Lewis (tea and scones!)..then all the way down Regent Street, ended up in China town for dinner at Tokyo Diner. It must've been looked a bit funny, as both me and Vandy ended up buying rice in China town.. so on our way home, I was lugging 5kg of rice and Vandy 10kg. I think people on the tube were thinking are we going to cook for the whole army or what :p. Anyway, yes happy for you to came yesterday :) !

Norwegian wood

2009-12-12T12:31:00.004Z

Sepertinya gw tipe orang yg terlalu cepat terbiasa dengan presence seseorang deh. Beberapa minggu ini, gw kangen dengan seseorang yg udah beberapa kali nginep di tempat gw kalau akhir minggu. Dan serius, kadang gw bingung sebenernya gw treat dia seperti temen atau lebih yah? aneh deh. Kalau dipikir2, seperti di buku Haruki Murakami, 'Norwegian Wood' - "We do not have much to talk to each other" ..tapi at the same time kita punya silence yang enak kalau lagi bareng2. Untungnya gw lagi sangat tidak ingin memulai apapun dengan siapapun sekarang2 ini..kenapa? karena gw sendiri pun lagi masi bingung gw akan kemana abis bulan January 2010. Sometime i do wish if only.

Gw tadi baru abis baca2 post gw di bulan Nov-Des dua taun lalu. Kenapa tiap akhir taun gw selalu merasa bittersweet yah?yg waktu itu lebih ekstrim sih,, karena kalau yg kali ini gw lebih bisa ngatur hati gw. Seperti yg Lydia bilang, keahlian gw buat ngatur si kata hati ini sebenernya sangat berguna loh kadang2 haha.

Warm porridge

2009-12-12T12:22:00.002Z

Warm porridge and a good book on bright and chilly Sunday afternoon :) with plans later on to meet dear friends. I have a very blessed life indeed :) :) Had a long jog this morning to Battersea park, saw so many people running with their dogs! i feel like keeping a dog again.. perhaps when i have settled down somewhere then i will have a dog. One way or another, I don't feel as lost as I was a few days ago. I feel much more contentment these days, just about life in general. Its hard to describe, but you know when you feel like what you have is just enough? that kind of feeling. Which is nice.

2009-12-08T21:17:00.003Z

All that matter is, chose the one option that you think will make you happy :). that's what he said. Thanks!

Smiles

2009-12-04T18:28:00.003Z

Oh dear, i have not done any maths for the past 4.5 years. Now at my first attempt to do an online numerical reasoning test.. I was falling asleep after the first 20mins!! and 15 questions.. *yawn* *yawn*. This weekend is a quiet weekend. I reserve this weekend for myself haha. Well going out tmr night to have lamb skewer in Liverpool Street with Greta, Louisa, Sherry and a few others of the old gang from Bio. I started my xmas card writing today - I got like 15 cards down, 8 more to go.

Oh and the excellent news, yesterday Vicki complimented me on my riding! Ok, I was riding Louis - and she was training one of her horses piaffe/passage using the lunge rein and long whip. We rode past them, and Louis decided to spook and took off with me. Luckily I managed to calm him down, it wasn't anything major. Chief has done much worse spooking/running away with me before...thus why I managed to stay calm when Louis decided to take off with me.
Then when I got off from Louis after the lesson, I overheard Vicki talking to Janice (Janice is my trainer) behind me. Vicki said to Janice 'She rode Louis nicely. especially when he spooked just now' - and me (grinning but ya tried to not hear it). Janice then said afterwards to me that Vicki does not give compliments easily, so i shd be happy hehee =D
and it is the Vicki Thompson! British dressage national winner for a few times, represented GB in the Olympics, European Championships etc.
=D =D

2009-11-27T11:13:00.002Z

Random list of things that never fails to put a smile on my face :

1. A cup of English Breakfast tea with milk
2. The smell of just-cooked rice
3. Chief of Staff
4. Soya milk
5. The crisp, cold morning air when the sun just rises
6. The smell of freshly laundried clothes
7. Paul's hot chocolate
8. Horses
9. Dalmatians
10. Shadow of the Wind - a book
11. Zinnie and Kimberly
12. My blue and extra large Imperial basketball sweater
13. Pulled a good, fast jump-off round
14. A long run along the river in the morning
15. My pink laptop
16. Teapigs' rooibos caramel tea
17. Egg tarts
18. Sour Sally green tea yogurt with oreo
19. Sweet dream wishes
20. Apple crumble with custard cream

2009-11-27T10:17:00.002Z

Days passed by so quickly !! i start to feel like i'm wasting my life awayyyy.. oh no :( because everyone else is already doing something. And i'm just here waiting..

2009-11-25T22:28:00.002Z

Watched then 2nd movie of Twilight - New Moon today. The cinema was packed with screaming teenage girls!! well the movie still did not do the book justice, but it was enjoyable =) Kirsten Stewart is definitely a good actress. She played Bella very well I think.

Tongue on fire

2009-11-21T19:38:00.003Z

Aaaahhh getting realllllyy bored! I don't know why but seeing all the Christmas-sy decorations, songs and music on tv made me feel super sentimental :*( .Had a longg sleep yesterday night, then jogged to Yaya and Astari's place in the morning. Stayed there until well past noon. Yaya cooked THE spiciest noodle I have ever eaten in my entire life. It is VERY VERY SPICY. Had tears in my eyes, runny nose and red face ..tasted super nice when you are eating it, but afterwards when you really had the time to savour the taste, it sets your mouth on fire. literally. Took a nice afternoon nap on their sofa. Then went back home..was thinking to walk along Thames, changed my mind cos it looks like it was going to rain so I took bus 77 instead. Reach home..then spent the rest of the afternoon on msn and skype. Miss Mira! I haven't seen her for about 2 days. Flat feels empty with no one. I think I really cannot live alone. Need someone to be with me, it doesn't have to be close friend/boyfriend or family. Just other people to be around. :(

Egg mayo

2009-11-20T07:13:00.003Z

I think my anger has subsidised :) that's cool. Yesterday I was pissed off (again) - i know emotional rollercoaster these few days, pretty bad eh. Because a friend and a friend's girlfriend were just so... unreasonable!! I started to think maybe there are very few normal people who still exists actually.
Went to vent out my emotion during capoeira class yesterday with Manda.. then went back to her place to say hi to her parents and had dinner. It reminds me back then in TarQ during high school, where we always went to her house for lunch before basketball practice after school. I miss those times. It was 9 years ago !!

Anyway on an unrelated note, I was just eating egg mayo for breakfast - it reminds me of the time when we had to pick up Simon and his parents from the airport super duper early in the morning. Good times though. We drove to Oxford afterwards not too long ago. Excellent scenery with the yellowing autumn leaves :)

Great expectations

2009-11-18T08:45:00.003Z

From now on, I will have high expectations of myself but no expectations from people around me. I hate to be dissapointed again. Cause I love you people too much! I admit I am too nice sometime, I can't help it..it's my nature. But I have learned, unpleasant as it was but now I know. So i'll put up my guard a little bit more from now on. And yesterday I was touched by you all who remembered that I had a phone interview, who called/text to wish me luck even though you are at work, in uni or was ill at home. Thank you :).

That is twice in a week

2009-11-16T20:00:00.003Z

Sometimes. People you thought you know well. Actually you don't. And the ones you thought know you less, actually knows you more. Confusing statements? My answer would only be 'been there, done that'. And not just once, twice !! twice in the span of three days. Thank goodness you came for a visit yesterday. Cheers me up and made me calmer :)

I am not in the brightest mood these days, and no don't worry i'm not depressed. I'm just being sentimental.. and missing home a lot too. Strange huh, the me I know for the past seven years hardly (if ever) misses home. Perhaps the fact that Irma is actually going back home for good does actually made me realize how long have I myself been away from home. Seven years hmm.. I wonder at times, that the ones who made your world are your friends. Many of my good friends are no longer here in London.. many have moved on, graduated, found a job, get married. Ok, more than half ARE still here though. I wonder where will I be on this day, a year on.

Rants

2009-11-15T08:26:00.002Z

I should have been preparing. but i don't feel like it. wonder why. A few days ago I had discovered something that still made me mad when I think about it now. Well, to be honest I did not have much expectations of him/her anyway, so I was not too surprised when I heard about what you said. But stil grrrr...(feel like throwing my flipflop to you). On a happier note, going for dimsum today yay :) i have not eaten dimsum for a while. Last time was before Meiting left for Singapore. And I had a really good quality time yesterday with Dewi. So all in all this weekend seems to be a good one, for the exception of me discovering what you said. Which still kind of made me mad.

2009-11-14T22:16:00.001Z

There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
-Will Shakespeare

Purple Rain

2009-11-11T16:50:00.002Z

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain

-a song by Prince (can't get this song out of my head at the moment.. )-

Gathering =)

2009-11-11T16:03:00.003Z

Simon's in London last weekend, thus we had a gathering at mine :)

2009-11-11T00:32:00.001Z

Friendship should be simple.

2009-11-07T08:41:00.001Z

Yesterday was Louisa's birthday :) happy birthday hun!
It's another chilly Sunday morning, Mira just woke up and I'm surfing the net in the living room as usual. I woke up quite early this morning, had a bite to eat then went back to bed. Friends are coming over for dinner later hehe.. Simon's coming from Oxford, so we all decided just to gather at my place for a meal. The flat's a bit empty now without Irma around..I miss her! I think i realise now that people do go their own way,,and there is nothing much you can do about it except wish them well in their new beginnings ~

Lake District ~

2009-11-03T00:24:00.005Z

Some of the photos from the much-belated trip last month to Lake District :) Really pretty. Wonderful scenery. Especially loves the lake when its near sunset, or when its foggy - they give you that kind of mysterious, eerie atmosphere.. Rented a car from London, took us about 5 hr drive in total. Four of us, for four days and three nights. Discovered this amazing little hostel called Conniston Coppermines. Located at the foot of Mount Coniston, it only has 3 bedrooms.. Soo quaint, clean and simple.

Hello winter

2009-11-03T00:09:00.003Z

Brr.. its SO COLD today - I went out wearing my winter coat this morning, but stupidly decided to wear pumps. Result = frozen feet, warm upper body. Seriously, it is like London weather has decided to go from summer --> winter all of a sudden. Typical British weather. Anyway, nothing much exciting at work today. I was feeling a bit out of sorts when I woke up thus decided to take it easy today. My immune system is way low these days.. I hardly got sick usually, not in winter especially. Went back home around 5ish, ate dinner then went out again at 9ish to meet Dewi in China town at our usual spot, the Candy Cafe :) Bubble tea and chicken wings as late-night snacks. I was bundled up wearing my fluffy boots, Imperial riding club jacket which IS the warmest clothing ever, plus woolen hat and woolen sweater. Had a good long chat with Dewi hehe.. I miss her, she just came back from Hongkong for holiday. Thus haven't had much chance to see each other lately. It's quite refreshing sometime to have a talk with someone outside your usual circle of friends.

Chocolate overdose

2009-11-01T19:23:00.002Z

I think I had a chocolate-overdose today :) not that i'm complaining of. Well the day start with me being lazy in my pyjamas, surfing the internet and talking on skype with Thia/gmail chat with Inka... Initial habit to go and jog was abandoned due to the downpour we had earlier today (yeap, typical London weather - dull and grey on a supposedly sunny Sunday). Went out after lunch to meet up with Yaya and Astari in Regent Street - initially thought there was a photo exhibition but then turned out it wasn't an exhibition, but just a gallery; where Yaya went and bought a few copies of photography-related textbooks. Iko joined us there, then off we go for tea at Paul's. Paul's hot chocolate is still the best I've tasted so far - so thick and just the right amount of bitterness :) I dislike too-sweet and too-milky hot chocolates.

Sat there for 2-3 hours, then a few other friends joined us there. They went off for dinner in Bayswater (duck rice!) but I had some leftover food I wanted to finish, thus I went back home. Had dinner just now whilst talking to Thia... such a peaceful feeling to end this weekend :) the smell of just-cooked rice, a steaming mug of chrysanthemum tea with a touch of honey and a friend to talk to.

2009-08-28T11:42:00.002+01:00

Ahhhhh
i wish i can turn back time, to two weeks ago when I was in Bali =(
Had a wonderful wonderful time in Bali though.
Inka and Erwe's wedding was beautiful. So happy for both of them =)
Photos are up in my facebook.. will upload here soon too.

..for the time being back to writing up my thesis. *yawn*

Pink Chiclets

2009-08-12T08:43:00.002+01:00

Happy (belated) birthday Manda dan Domba :D !!
went for Lebanese food at Comptoir in Bond St yesterday. Nice hoummus/catching up session.
Silvia was still back in Indo so it was only four of us.

Hampstead Heath

2009-08-09T23:02:00.003+01:00

Just came back from Hampstead Heath :)
After having had a hugeee lunch (dimsum!)..me carina simon louisa and eunic decided to go to Hampstead Heath.. this big big park out in Zone 3 in North London. I was a bit reluctant at first as it was so far away, but in the end it was so much fun :) It's slightly different than Richmond Park. Hampstead Heath is a bit smaller, but the best part is the hill which overlooks East London area. Plus the grass on that side of the hill is so thick and squishy = comfy to lie down. The sun was shining just nice as well, thus we did not feel too hot or too cold. Ended up in a pub near Great Portland Street..then went off to have dinner in GBK in Soho. Interesting discussions at the end of the night :)
Another wonderful Sunday ~ !

Deers and trees

2009-08-09T10:29:00.003+01:00

A bit belated photo upload from Richmond Park :)
It was a really enjoyable day out I must say..
We failed to convince Carina to climb into the empty tree-trunk above ..

It is indeed

2009-08-08T23:48:00.003+01:00

Do you remember this song? Was listening to Magic Fm, when this song came up. I remembered writing it for you, years ago. Looking back at the memories put a smile on my face =)

What a wonderful world
(by : Louis Armstrong)

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, dark sacred night
and I think to myself
What a wonderful world

2009-08-07T21:05:00.002+01:00

I guess I am bored
Yeah i'm really bored
Been sitting on my desk for almost a whole day now, ok well not a WHOLE day but say 8 hrs or so?

2009-08-07T14:09:00.001+01:00

Thank you for the chat ;)

Rain man

2009-08-06T23:01:00.002+01:00

London rains like it never rains before today.
Feel like i'm transported back to SE Asia..
Came back from watching 'Woman in Black' with Gayathri and Louisa, annddd looking forward to stay in tmr :)
Tomorrow's weather forecast : "Damp and dull start, brightening up later on" - what a perfect day to stay in my comfy comfy flat.

Greys. Ray of lights. Clouds.

2009-08-05T00:01:00.003+01:00

..and it's a beautiful day
sleeping to dream about you

(image : courtesy to Louisa's~)

Brighton*

2009-08-03T22:08:00.005+01:00

A day out in Brighton :)
Enjoying the remaining summer dayss.. not bad, managed to get some bright sunshine ('sunny spells' - as what the Met Office said). Took the morning train with Louisa, Simon and Carina. Sunbathe, fish and chips, lemon tea cake and summer breeze.
Lovely day.

Smile

2009-08-03T22:03:00.002+01:00

When I went back home to Jakarta recently, a friend of mine was reading this book by Richard Preston, called 'Hot Zone'. Interested, thus I decided to give it a try searching for that book here in London (it's a really old book..sth like in 1994-95). Been stopping in most second hand bookshop I passed here, no luck. Then today I told him I couldn't find that particular book here..and he offered to send his book (he got a copy) by post here :)
Thanks for the sweet offer :)

2009-07-30T08:08:00.001+01:00

I feel so much better since yesterday as I no longer concern myself over that matter =D
Went to hunt for Vietnamese restaurant in Old Street yesterday with Simon and Carina. Then today I am going to stay in to work,work,work.

Teman

2009-07-29T08:47:00.002+01:00

"Teman terbaik adalah teman dimana kau bisa duduk bersamanya tanpa mengucapkan sepatah kata pun, dan ketika kalian berpisah, kau merasa seperti sudah bercakap-cakap lama dengannya"

Nat tagged me in this post of hers in Facebook.
How very true.
Do you guys feel that it is harder to make friends as you grew older?
but the ones that you already have, makes you cherish them even more :)
Love you my friends.

Blessed

2009-07-28T11:47:00.001+01:00

Hahaha thanks Peh you made my day today. Love you and miss you!!!
Okay concentrating and working mode is on for today.
Going to meet up with Dewi later tonight as well :)

2009-07-27T19:51:00.001+01:00

When will I see you again.

2009-07-27T10:40:00.001+01:00

Stupid rainy weather (mood not picking up at ALL since yesterday night)
and i just found out that visa application is now much more complicated since they used the points-based system blah.
I miss you and you.

Summer .....ending...

2009-07-26T21:15:00.002+01:00

Me want the sun back :(
Was at Louisa's earlier with Carina and Simon for the whole afternoon ..lucky was with them, otherwise would be in a grumpy mood for the rest of the day.
stupid gloomy day made me feel down today.

Just another summer day

2009-07-26T00:49:00.004+01:00

Unplanned days can *and it usually always is..99.99999 % of the time* turns out to be one of the best days :)
Well, initially today my initial plan was only to help Carina by making her bedframe & made dumplings at her place with Simon. Initial plan to get to hers by 1-2pm, but had to make it earlier thus was there by 12pm. Had lunch. Made the bedframe (more like staring actually, Simon made the rest). Then as the weather was SO nice, thus we decided to go out :)
to..Richmond Park!!!
I've been to Richmond Park twice but never by public transport (1st time-cycled there with Ninghan, 2nd time-by car with Dr Lamb). It was SUCH a nice place to stroll around slowly on foot.. we took the footpaths off the main road :) Saw the red deers, and sat atop a hill overlooking West London. Neighbourhood and Richmond high street area were also really very pretty. Loves it a lot. Day ends by having dinner in Korean village (yes there is one! in Wimbledon area there.. well to be exact its called New Malden High St). Then the best part is as we were rushing to get on the District Line from Wimbledon station (with me already expecting at LEAST one hour journey to get back home as there is no Victoria line this weeken @_@..)...tadaaaa...I suddenly saw an overground train that says : "London Waterloo via Vauxhall" - i was like, wohoooo... hopped on the train, and in 15min I was already in Vauxhall (its 4 stops away from Wimbledon) hohoho.

Only child

2009-07-24T12:00:00.003+01:00

This is interesting :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7001561.stm

It was a BBC online news article about China's one child policy. It never occurs to me that beside aiming to reduce the country's population size, another effect it has is to produce generations of children who are ensured to be well-educated and grow up to be successful. Me as the only child myself, has always realised that it is true if you are the only child..then your parent only spend their money on you ..thus to some people it may appear that you are 'richer', which can apply to both materialistic side or just chances to do things that you enjoy. If you have many siblings, then of course your parents must have split their incomes to accomodate all of you..

However, yeah it never struck me that if a country limits its citizens to only having one child, or even two the max..it does make sense if it will improve the health and educational well-being of each child. As the parents' financial income will only be used to brought up 1-2 children and not more.
I love my parents.

Pancakes

2009-07-24T00:21:00.002+01:00

Just came back from Judith's :)
Had a nice evening with Jude and Miriam (with what else but yes our pancakes!)
It is a bit sad that no one is sure where everyone will be next year. In a way I feel relieved to know I am not the only 'floaters' around.. who is not sure what will happen next after finishing this MSc course. Judith's more or less in the same situation as me. Miriam is moving to Leamington Spa to do her MRes and move in with Shifa.. Nina, Sherry, Amira, Charlotte..more or less same as me and Jude.
Now we're trying to meet up often.. as who knows where and when we can see each other again :(

2009-07-23T14:07:00.001+01:00

We have too many overlapping paths.

It's kinda cool.

Not another flu

2009-07-21T09:08:00.002+01:00

Hmm good morning people.

I woke up not feeling very well, please don't tell me I had caught ANOTHER flu..

Had a bad flu last week when I just reached London,, recovered after hibernating for two full days in my flat. Not another one. Thus this morning I had downed as much Vitamin C related food and drinks I can..

We are going to watch Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince tonight, hopefully it is good. The truth is everytime I watch a new HP, I have already forgotten the previous one..but usually it came back pretty quickly once I started watching.

I miss Zinnie, start to get into a bit of horse-deprived mode at the moment but no time yet to go riding... Lots of data analysis to get through plus I need to see Jeremy (my supervisor) this morning and I have tons of raw data not ready yet ..uh oh.

2009-07-19T08:21:00.001+01:00

Loves the feeling I had when I woke up this morning :)

One by one

2009-07-19T01:01:00.002+01:00

Just came back from Simon's, had cooking-time with him, Louisa and Carina tonight.
feeling pleasantly sleepy from the wine :) I haven't drink at all for the past few months, thus I realised how quickly the wine goes to my head tonight. but its nice, fuzzy and warm.
I realised now one by one, people I know are leaving London.
..argh I hate farewells.
It's not goodbye, it never is :)

Friends

2009-07-18T11:15:00.002+01:00

Thanks guys for yesterday's lunch :)

Blah i was feeling crap in the morning, and was contemplating whether or not to go to library..decided to go in the end. But still cannot concentrate on my thesis, thus decided to seek for company for lunch. Simon's in uni as he was planting some seeds, met up with him for lunch and then Alex was free also (lol finally managed to get hold of him after..days? :p).

I guess I just need to be around people.

The initial 30min-lunch became something like a two-hour talk, which left me feeling much much happier for the rest of the day :)

Love you friends, don't know how I can survive without you all.

Post-summer in 2009

2009-07-15T01:14:00.002+01:00

Back in London after 6-weeks in Jakarta
Have my thesis to do.. sigh sigh. Hand-in date by 9th of September, I think I will be like a zombie by then? Hibernating most of the time now in my comfy flat :) love my flat and flatmates as always, you guys are the best!!
I wonder where will I be at this time, next year?
I wish I can still be here in the UK, I still want to though. Part of me wants to go back too, mostly because of my horses. Zinnie is growing up and I would like to compete her and be involved in her training, as she is only just turned 5 years old now. I also wants to be there with Chief and Kim as now they are both getting old..will retire them soon, but I still want to have a few more competition with them..just for fun. On the other hand, I still want to be in the UK.. I was toying with the idea of doing PhD too.. Really tempting. But don't feel nice asking my parents to fund me for another 3-4 years... I've been looking for possible scholarships too, but most of them I do not fit into the category :( Confused now to where and what should I do after I graduate? I hate uncertainties.

A night with the stats.

2009-03-11T23:11:00.001Z

Oh my..
10 HOURS in front of a laptop...analysing data..
i dont want to ever look at accuracy and precision again
AaAaaaaa.......................

Thanks to wonderful groupmates!! we shall survive this week ..amen.

A white brrrrday! (as Mira said)

2009-02-02T22:11:00.005Z

yep im officially 23..
and spends the day : playing with the snowWww... =D !!!

(unplanned event, was initally just going out to play with snow outside our flat..when Ijal called n said they're all out in Hyde Park.. so yep there we all went :D and rolled, rolled..rolled...a huge snowball...)
Frozen hands, frozen toes,very hungry stomach but satisfied smiles at the end of the day

Not an hour, a day goes by

2009-01-31T23:37:00.002Z

Loves the yellow and orange roses :) ! thankss Louisa hehe

Yay my spirit are back up again today!!
Was feeling kinda down yesterday which sucks cos i can't concentrate on doing any productive work :( the long morning jog today, as usual, never fails to put my thoughts back in order again.

Not to worry, 'cause everything will fall to where it belongs. Eventually, as I do believe so.

2009-01-16T23:43:00.001Z

You know how to make me smile :)

Chilling ,,

2009-01-16T23:31:00.003Z

Am watching Grey's Anatomy again :)
(after stopped watching it last year)
I was in library until 9-10ish tonight, then went home and ended up watching Grey's with Mira, i think we're on the 5th episodes in a row now,, feeling a bit sleepy,,. So good just lazing around on the couch, with a big mug of chai tea and chocolates...
Im in serious need of relaxation and chilling out I think..

Two big group projects in a row
I do find designing waste management strategy for Devon County Council interesting and very challenging (plus I am the most junior one in my group, we got an architect, a spatial planner, an oil-gas expert and a GIS professional/ex-Scotland Yard officer,,, plus the 5th team member : me, a fresh graduate biologist =p but we all get along well so am happy hehe)
Plus since we're doing anaerobic digester, I can contribute along with biology/bacteria knowledge :)

Four years down the road..

2009-01-16T01:16:00.003Z

So happy!!
Haven't had a complete gathering for all of us ex-concordians since Hazwan's farewell party last year!! Tonight everyone were there at Alex's 25th birthday :) Had steamboat, cheesecakes and tons of food and catching upp. Took our 'family' photo as well, in which I think the very last time we had this super-complete gathering was... ... 2 years ago??
Yay!

Ok back to working mode
Damn I NEED more sleep
In this total 3 days 2 nights, I've only slept for a total of like 7 hours.
and tomorrow I have to meet my tutor in the morning...ZzZzzzzzzzzz..............

2008-12-15T19:36:00.002Z

I've now realised that my productivity peaks are chaotic (in revision terms). Like yesterday I was super productive, and today my productivity drops down to below zero. Strange, usually I can 'sustain' my productivity for a long long period of time...maybe I really am getting older!

Ahh got sore throat & headache, yeah the worst timing ever to get sick I know.. 2 days before the exam! damn. I've drank like endless orange juices plus warm water with lemons today and now just feel to full to eat dinner..aii...

2008-11-28T23:33:00.002Z

Pub eventing was fun fun fun :)
and i can still catch the last tube home by myself feeling ok yay
Always make sure that you stop drinking when u've reached the right state of 'high-ness' then it feels good and sleepy hehe

I really need to come out of my so-called antisocial shell sometime !

Excuses excuses

2008-11-26T22:05:00.002Z

I can feel my anti-social mode creeping on..
bad!!!

but I have exams coming up in less than 3 weeks as an excuse.................
however simply 'lots of works to do' is not an excuse for an imperial student..i realise
anyway, you made my day today. thanks!

Friday. Friends.

2008-11-14T23:45:00.003Z

I just came home feeling very peaceful and happy :)

Went out for a meal with two old friends whom I haven't met for sometime, Pat and Alex. I met Pat 1-2months ago after having been out of touch with her for almost 2 yrs, Alex I met occasionally..usually in Easter or Xmas as he's my church-going friend ever since Concord lol. Anyway, had a nice dinner at Korean Kitchen in Soho..then wander around covent garden before we finally sat down for coffee whilst listening to a musical performer. It was a perfectly things to do in a Friday evening, but nothing beats the comfortable silence we shared whilst sipping hot cappucinno, listening to the music under the cool air of London night :) talking and catching up about what happens with our lives and our friends. It was an unsually warm night today as well. Old friends are really to be cherished, it is true though sometime time just flies and you got lost in your daily routine.

Kept thinking 'ah I will ring her/him tomorrow' and when you realise it a few weeks, months then years have gone by and you still have not ring that person up. So yup, actually just do, a simple phone call, even a meaningless one, just simply saying hello to someone you haven't spoken to in a long time :)

as friendship IS a two-way thing. it can't work one-sided.

2008-11-08T22:28:00.003Z

I came across this statement when I was reading my friend's notes about the death of her boyfriend :
"What is the meaning of life when death ultimately ends it?"
..is life only a journey?

I never think of this before.

Fallen autumn leaves

2008-11-07T21:21:00.003Z

I feel very peaceful today :)

It was another ordinary and uneventful Friday, but from the moment I woke up this morning somehow I was filled with that nice, rested and contented feeling (okay my english vocabulary sucks sorry haha). Cleaned up my flat, went for a jog then took the bus to uni. Had lunch in Kensington gardens and took some photos too.

The smell of the fallen autumn leaves. Warm sunshine. Hot cup of coffee in my hands. Warmly bundled up in my sweater and scarf. and being with people I love.

So thankful :)

I wish I can give out bits of happiness to everyone that I care about, especially to YOU. Please do not stress so much about your life, I cannot say I know how you are feeling right now..but even though it sucks, you have a lot of friends who really do care about you. So, YOU.be happy and think happy. if I can I really wish to sent happiness to be delivered to your doorstep this very second.

2008-11-06T01:33:00.002Z

I miss YOU much!!!!

..I can vaguely recall there IS a song with 'I miss you much' as part of the lyrics..

2008-11-05T22:21:00.003Z

I felt more alive today after spending time with the horses :)

Babs was wonderful!!! today was the first time I rode her, and I can claimed that she is the new love of my life after Ezra and Todd were both gone from Trent.

I seriously need to ride or go for morning runs more..to let my poor,overworked brain get a rest!!!

yeah these days without constant coffee, i will be dead in the lecture room..gosh. the course is so so intense, yet so little time!! anyway, I will manage. somehow I am sure :) ~

White Cinema

2008-11-02T11:48:00.003Z

Yesterday I had a dream, an ordinary but at the same time also slightly strange.
There were me, andra, yaya and vinia watching a movie in a white (??) cinema. There were also andra's parents. The weird thing is that his parents are not his usual parents (as in, different faces). The whole colour schemes is white. pure white.
Anyway, maybe its becos today is andra's bday so last nite i went to bed thinking that i will text him this morning to wish him happy bday...thus so the cause of the dream to emerge.

I am being currently pretty productive this morning :) and going off soon to play basketball in a match against Royal Holloway.

I miss you!! go onlinee....soon, pretty please??

2008-11-01T21:33:00.002Z

The one that falls on a Friday night

2008-11-01T17:01:00.003Z

I love my flatmates to bits :) !

Yesterday we had a Halloween get-together and I was not too keen about it at the beginning because I was quite stressed lately due to the endless amount of work that needs to be done, long lectures etc etc... but then I thought oh well it wont be too bad, and I need to socialise a bit (really, I am turning into such an anti-social nerd lately and I am not exaggerating).

It was actually good! I enjoyed myself last night. Frida made these absolutely amazing cocktails too :)

Irma made sure I went to bed, slept and was all right after I was quite high.. she also washed the dishes and tidied up the whole place after everyone already not conscious. We had 10 people spending the night becos they're too drunk to leave and well, its very late already, and in the morning we all cleaned up together too :)

I love my friends and dear flatmates!

(ok i admit, its damn easy to make me like you...or anyone. all you have to do is just be a very very clean and tidy person, and clean up after yourself. then i will love you unconditionally :p)

2008-10-31T20:13:00.002Z

Happy Halloween

Bohoo.. i feel down for no reason when i was on my way back home just now! :(
which is rare
usually I'm always more of a person with 'a good frame of mind' ..
I miss you!! and you, and you..
why no one of you is on msn at the moment :(

Got friends coming over for Halloween/House party tonight, but I don't really feel like partying.

Baskets

2008-10-26T21:54:00.003Z

Omg wanted to die
basketball practice was TIRING today
and our coach decided because we all not really concentrating so we had to do suicide runs everytime we missed the targeted baskets :(
plus my fitness level was wayy low because I haven't been running for a week as I slightly twisted my ankle and bruised my knee from last week's practice (yeah last week I fell over because I stepped on Vanessa's foot..and tripped, quite stupid..)

Anyway, I had a very enjoyable me-time this weekend :) hehe..
Spent most of the time yesterday and today just me, myself and I :) :)

On graduating

2008-10-24T23:42:00.004+01:00

I've officially GRADUATED :)

Okays i don't actually FEEL like a graduant. but anyways the graduation day was fun, indeed it was tiring though! didn't know that graduation can be so exhausting :P but I admit it was a happy occassion for me.

(but next time if i got graduation ceremony, i will wear shoes with THICK heels! ok i dont hate my shoes becos its nice and smart looking, but the longest im ever wear that shoes again will not exceeded 2 hours! or i will only wear it again if I know I am going to spend most of my time sitting down. seriously.)

I feel so loved on the day too!!

My parents are there..my dear bio course mates all there.. then my flatmates gave me a surprise cake and card...my cousin came from Brighton especially for the dinner... t.Ingrid & o.Indrawan gave me a keyring with my initials on it... then a few old friends congratulated me by texts/and various means.

Happy graduation friends!!!

Some of you I may will not meet again, and some of you will still be around

anyways, whenever and wherever if our paths ever cross again, I hope we can look back on the memories and smile :)

2008-10-20T00:48:00.002+01:00

I came across this verse a few days ago :

"Tetapi pengharapan yang dilihat, bukanlah lagi pengharapan. Sebab bagaimana orang bisa mengharapkan apa yang telah dilihatnya?"

amazing
keep hoping if you want to keep the hope-ish

Law

2008-10-18T00:53:00.002+01:00

So so so tireddd....
gosh masters course is sooooo packed
and everyone seems to be so motivated!!
I actually rather enjoyed the law class today, somehow the 'creative' thinking required when you have to argue to defend your case kind of suits my sometime twisted and unusual ideas! i liked the feeling when i got a point right and can 'attack' the other side..heheh

Okays, mom and dad are coming tmr, together with Inka's parents
yay will be eating lots of gd food, bring them around and shop lol

2008-10-16T21:57:00.002+01:00

Heheh..
I like it when a guy know how to be a gentleman and know when to give compliments! :)

ok. back to reading environmental law.
i feel important, reading law and economics..such a change.

Drip drip

2008-10-09T00:09:00.003+01:00

The ceiling next to the window in my room is LEAKING!!! :( :( !!!
ok not extremely bad leaks, but as I was doing some work on my desk tonight, I heard this 'drip-....-drip-.....-drip...' sound n thot its the rain OUTSIDE my window, but noo..its dripping on the inner side of the window, from the top floor!! oh nOOoO.. at least the water doesn reach the carpet! otherwise will be horrible to dry the carpet etc etc
I put a bucket underneath, called Rex (my agent) and he said they'll come tomorrow to fix it (yea cos when I found out it was already like, 11pm..)
:( !!!!!!
Don't like when maintenance guy coming into my room tmr!! i have to clean my room then afterwards..

2008-10-05T06:52:00.001+01:00

"Never Be Lonely"
(By The Feeling)

People in love get fast and foolish
People in love get everything wrong
People in love get scared and stupid
People in love get everything wrong

At least they're not lonely
At least they're not lonely
Never Be Lonely

People in love get special treatment
People in love get everything wrong
People in love their hearts get eaten
People in love get everything wrong

At least they're not lonely
At least they're not lonely
Never Be Lonely

Environmental-ly

2008-10-04T22:06:00.003+01:00

"You can't damage people by taking away something they do NOT value"

I like that sentence, taken from Introduction to Environmental Economics textbook that I am currently reading (yeah, sad fact.. i do start my reading before the term officially starts). Economics, it is a strange world. So different from the world of biology where it is full of facts. In fact, I found similarities between econs and ecology..they are both subjects with a lot of theories and assumptions and models, but frankly people can just do whatever they want without obeying the laid out rules and models. And it made me question myself, will I ever actually try to 'damage' a person by taking away something they value? tempting at times. Do I have the heart to? maybe not.

Anyway, i love being alone in my flat tonight :) Somehow everyone is out ever since I came back this evening (horrible journey home fyi. Bus 360 brokedown and we have to wait until the next bus came. No victoria line today. It was COLD outside).
Work shifts been unexpectedly enjoyable, made a few new friends and have good chats in between :) I met Heather and John today as well in South Ealing for a quick chat over coffee.. they are doing well and I do plan to visit them in Shrewsbury sometime soon before they are moving to Leipzig. Can't believe almost four years have passed since I left Concord though, and sometimes memories are too real for you to remember that the moments have passed. long ago.

2008-10-02T23:04:00.002+01:00

Sometimes the universe is trying to tell you something.. i guess. Would you please listen?

2008-09-29T23:26:00.002+01:00

"The most ordinary and boring thing can become a classic if you really put your heart into it"

2008-09-26T21:53:00.003+01:00

Hehehe Trisna is happy that her dear friends are happy because she is coming to visit them :) !!

2008-09-26T06:28:00.001+01:00

Love needs no because :)

Tambang batubara..

2008-09-25T22:24:00.006+01:00

Did I tell you we went to a coal mine in Indo? It was Yaya and Reza's work actually..they were hired by the company to take photos of the mine..and I kinda just tagged along because I wanted to see the place where they held the National Games this year (a.k.a : where Kim and Chief went to compete and won the gold medal!! yay so proud. I couldnt go and watch because I was still in London that time).

Anyway so there we went to East Kalimantan (or Borneo, its the island where Brunei is). And somehow silly me thought that coal mine was underground which was absolutely wrong. Its just like a humongous open pit... and the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the mine was "Is there any soil micororganisms or insects that can survive here?"

Oh well I guess even though I finished my BSc Biology, you can never really take the biologist out of the girl lol. One thing I enjoyed the most (beside playing with their camera lol..now I really want to learn proper photography, need to save money to buy camera first. Nikon 450D anyone?) was actually the ride in the 4-wheel drive car which was really off-road. Seriously, those kind of car (or semi-truck?) was damn convenient, you can just drive literally anywhere..even parts where there were no proper road. And i can just imagine if we drive that kind of car in Jakarta, all the annoying motorcyclist will be just run away from our path, ha! how good it will be.

Oh me and meiting went to London Fashion Week today! it was damn good bargain (ps : if your budget range are like..in 100-300quid ish) but they did really slash the price. Not bad at all.