procrastinating

so im going home this summer!
oh yea excitements!!
it'll be great to have the two months break before starting honours..
i'll be back around mid january, trying to start my honours early for some troubleshooting
anyway i should be studying now
bit freaked out about the formats of the exams but i hope i'll do fine
tizka's freaked out about breaking up with her company
and vira's never freaked out i guess
ahhahahahaha
i wonder what andin's been up to?

oh yeah im gonna spend approximately a week in Hongkong
i think its gonna be fun
especially since my cousin will be there she should be able to show me around and bring me to the hip places
and im gonna be able to shop as well!! hopefully...

oh well.. people do tell whats going on in your lives...

use fashion wisely

Fashion is a delicious guilty pleasure of mine
Why? Because I quietly loath and mock those who simply 'tries' to hard to be fashionable, spending and wasting money more money trying their best to look like stars. Get real. You will never ever be able to look like Kate Moss, Cory Kennedy or today's most in-demand models (Gemma, Stam, Hilary, Agyness.... the list goes on).

One thing my Ibu always say is that you can always buy fashion but you can't always buy your body (Ha! This almost beat YSL's famous 'fashion fades, style eternal' quote). That's probably why Ibu always stresses to us (her distressed daughters) that taking care of our body is far more important. Exercise, eat and groom well! She would rather prefer spending extra money to buy better skincare than buying luxury handbags (still way more affordable than one of those icky LV monograms). This, according to her (to which I agree) is because someone who is healthy and has a good physique will look good in anything they wear. I really do agree with this.

I mean, who are they kidding? Wasting your money to be ridiculously fashionable will NOT get you to look the least like any of those models I mentioned. They looked good in what they are wearing because they probably look good naked! Hence, guaranteeing them to look good in anything the designer decides to throw at them! I really believe what my mom taught me. What's important is that you yourself (divorced of any attachment with what you are wearing) look good, clean and...hygienic. I notice this a lot especially when I see people walking down the street. If you compare a fit-looking girl with that healthy glow in her face wearing only a simple white tee and jeans with another girl in the trendiest high waisted jeans, vintage whatever attributes (and that god forsaken keffiyah I wish to burn) smoking a cig with dark circles under her eyes, which girl would you rather be? Forgive me for notoriously stereotyping people, but that is the current trend. That...'heroin' chic.

I must say that the image of the cool 'heroin' chic looks great...on picture, on fashion editorial photo shoot. I think the uprise of the cool 'heroin' chic girls gave a misleading representation that it would look good anywhere, but to me they just look.. unhygienic. Not sexy...trying-to hard to be fashionable? Yes... but not sexy. I mean, I don't think guys even care about how stylish a girl is (If he cares to much, MUST-DOUBLE-CHECK-SEXUALITY).

This is all the almighty power of the mediaaaa!!!! Especially at this time and age where almost all of us are celebrity obsessed. We want to know them and we want to be like them (hell the rise of shows that gave instant fame *coughs* reality tv *coughs is a major proof!) At the end of the day, not everyone can update their wardrobe to look like their desired idol because fashion comes and go. Very quickly too. So, to combine my mom's quote and Yves Saint Laurent's... the ultimate solution in looking good is to keep your style and take good care of your body. That way, you'll look good in anything you wear!

That being said, Fashion is still a guilty pleasure of mine! NO, I do not update my wardrobe every season or go to every freakin Jeans designer sale or wear sooo many clothing attributes that my clothes seem to be wearing me and not the other way around. I wear comfortable clothing that screams... ME!

Hahaha.... Still, it doesn't hurt to look at cool outfit from the Spring 2008 Runway. I mean, these clothing will soon be the trend setter and will influence the way those people on the streets update their glorious walk-in wardrobe! It could be the new 'it' colors, or the new shape or whatever. It's just amazing and hillarious to see the domino effect! It's like a few months after Gucci's Spring 2007 collection was shown, every boutiques and stores in Sydney practically has that black, purple, bright yellow and orange colours on their products. Even that swirly pattern! Anyway, here goes some of my favourites!

This is from Nina Ricci. I love the color and the willowy nature of the dress. Oh, and that brown gloves is just cool! I just realized that this was designed by Olivier Theyskens who did cute almost gothic dresses for Rochas a few seasons back!

















This one is from Proenza Schouler and I've always loved their ready to wear clothes. I told Tizka that if I somehow produce money like that guy Primus produce sweat, I would definitely buy her this entire outfit and make her the most fashionable junior accountant at her office.
















This last one is from L'Wren Scott! Love the coat, love the coat, love the coat.

















HOAHEM..... I'm ngantuk! So yeah: love fashion! Just don't be its slave and please stop wearing those keffiyah scarves. God If I can Katon Goukakyu no Jutsu them straightaway...which btw... leads me to think that one of those purple rope belt thingy that Sasuke and the rest of the Sound Ninja wore can actually look cool (albeit way smaller!) I'll post the picture of it some time. Good night sweeties!

MWAH MWAH
VIRA

sad news

Oh darling,

what a sad way to start the day!! *hugs*
oh man do pass my condolence to him and his family when you get in touch with him
i sure know how that feels
remember? my nanah passed away few months back
it sucks, especially because i was really close to her
anyway they've moved on into a better place
and the world's been too hectic and too tiring for their sakes
so we shall all pray...



and a more cheerful term..
im sure you'll make a good mom and also a spectacular grandma!!
we will all help each other when we're stressed because we don't know how to quiet our babies, how to explain to them that body piercings are not cool for a 15 years old, or how to tell them that they can't date the jerks they're dating
we will be fine i promise...

supa great grandma

hey..hasn't been a good day for me since the morning, his granddad just passed away, he's flying back now and i hope everyone is handling it well.. amien.

other than that, ive got lots of work on my 'to do' list for this week.. freakin superannuation will be due this thursday, cpa exam on the 29th (still on my way to completion) and i need to sort my shait out about you know quiting and all..
hhhh.. its only 12.30 now, half + more day to go..

aneways, i miss my family, i know its cheesy enough to admit it in an online blog, but oh well what can you do. this whole morning drama reminds me of how close i am actually with my grandparents (both passed away). hik hik :( and i still can remember how she thought me how to read whats makes it different between syllables and mm.. whats the other one? not syllables? i dont know.
and im sure you all miss them too. :(

so yeah, I wanna be a super great grandma!!!! (oh lets not go there tiz, hell lots of thinking..)

GOSH....are these hormones doing emotional jumps and downs to me?? something doesnt feel right..

vir nor, im still waiting for the picnic you offered last time.. i want one..

righty, see ya tonight maybe..

kiss, tiz

i am not 21

Labelling myself the queen of procrastination is a heavy understatement!!!
Dari jam 9, gw udah bilang ke nora gw mau tidur.
I repeat what I said at around 10.
Setengah jam kemudian I said the same thing.
Ha Ha Ha... Now here i am ngisi blog pdhal besok harus bangun buat rebutan power point di family law!

Anyway... it seems like the question of the day is: WHAT IS YOUR BLOODY PLAN NDIN? seriously... I'm going nuts tiap hari mikirin that simple question 1st graders answer absent-mindedly: 'kalo udah gede mau jadi apa?'

Newsflash... kita udah gede. I am faking 21... udah lewat masa masa famous (intinya udah ga bisa lagi tiba tiba breakthrough ke Hollywood unless akting gw super brilliant). Jadi gw stuck ama law and journalism. Both so so... okelah. Not terribly excited about it tapi not sad about it either. At least bisa jadi backup plans yang cukup respectable kalo Timbaland refuses to sign me. (bloody lame joke)

Jadi after uni ada bbrp options yang bisa gw jalanin....

1. Option 1: Ngambil a creative diploma (either culinary, fashion or dance)
2. Option 2: Sign up di law firm (kalo keterima)
3. Option 3: Kerja di some media outlet... majalah or koran
4. Option 4: Jadi part of a communication team di sebuah perusahaan (yuck)
5. Option 5: Balik ke Jakarta and do either Option 3 or 4
6. Option 6: kawin and have lots of babies.. enough to make my own von trapp family
7. Option 7: Join the Indonesian intelligence agency! haha
8. Option 8: Why can't I be a ninja?!?!

So there... in a few years I will open this blog and see which path I actually choose. Now ndin, its your turn to give a thorough discussion as to elo plannya gimana. Gw aja tiap hari fret over this and If I were you I would too!! I hope you are fretting and planning. OKE OKE OKE OKE?!?!?!?!
Laper nih and speaking of chocolate pudding... I want one. The food.. not the metaphor. Yumm.. pake fla and everything. oh.. oh.. oh..

MINAL AIDIN!

How was your lebaran? Mine was good. Despite it being the fifth consecutive lebaran I spent apart from my family (Sherina taun lalu doesn't count), it was by far paling kerasa Lebaran. The family feeling and the food. Hehe...

That, my friend.. is a SEA ANGEL. Isn't it pretty? It is smaller than a baby's pinky finger (I think... correct me If I'm wrong) but when you zoom and look at it closely, It looks like a tiny human being! The way they swim is like us doing perfect breast-strokes. Amazing little tiny minuscule creatures. Curang deh... they don't have to think about what they have to do when uni is over!!!!! Damn you sea angels.. haha

lovelove: VIRA

PS: Ndin, remember that book you read 'WICKED', they made a Broadway musical out of it right? And now.. they're coming to Australiaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! All the more reason why you should come back :)

mingle jingle gel gel

seeing nora's post made me realise how confusing it is to be a 20-21 year old. hopefully 22 would be easier..

anyways one single thing to look forward to this month, justin 30 oct!! right after my most expected cpa exam (thank god its after, not before). nora you shud've bought the ticket toooo so we can mingle around with a.s and k.l haha..
need to clarify just in case in few years we're reading this and wondering "justin? which.. justin who..?".. not justin pumpkinhead darlings.

i don't think there's nothing else exciting really. oh men what world am i living in?? arrrghhh....

andina my miss b... please make yourself comfortable... (ah iya, by the way, saw your milky choc pudding yesterday)

lov, tiz

Ny Batteri

Hey it's great to know that Ndon has joined us in posting crap in this digital version of Buku Ungu.
Anyway i should be reading more references in order to compose my 2000 words essay, but i decided to take another break (yes ive been taking breaks too much i realize that thank you) to write some stuffs.
I'd love to first share to you my essay topic: What is the mechanism of action of lidocaine (A sodium channel blocker) and P2X7 receptor antagonists and how effective they are in treating neuropathic pain?
Confused? You're not the only one.
I still don't know the exact answer to that question.

Anyway, moving on...
Ive been confused about my honours application.
Excited, of course.
The fact that im signing up to dedicate my life in neurogenetics research of MND does sound alluring dont you agree?
Haha.. actually its more to the fact that i will be a professional (a neurogeneticist!!) and i will be contributing to the society!! Through something that im kinda good at!!

Stuffs will be different next year.
A lot of us will be graduating (sorry, Vira); friends who get accepted in medicine might have to move out of Sydney; friends who are not staying will be going back to their countries; friends who are moving to Melbourne *coughs*; friends who are getting married or getting pregnant *gasps*
I think it's amazing.
It's gonna be quiet around here, but we'll survive for the better future ay?
Btw what's your plan Ndon?

I was once Temptation's girl, if you'd known Crazy.

well. hell-o.

you might probably wanna know how I'm doing. I'm doing fine, surprisingly. been sick. caught a lite sneeze (oh ha ha yes nora) and a fever, I think I have stomach flu too (no I'm not pregnant in case you're wondering. promise.) and now developing a cough, hyperventilating from time to time. went to the doctor. note this: not worth it. I'm really not comfortable with hospitals--the smell, the fact that there are sick and dying people in them which make me feel like I'm in some sort of crappy horror movie that still scares the shit outta me, and have I mentioned the smell? and they gave me crappy pills. I mean, four different pills, three times a day, I don't have a fever anymore but I can't feel my legs or ass, still can't sleep, and if I do, I have nightmares.

I kept thinking about that line from white oleander. "from demerol to percodan". maybe those are better. like that batch of underrated margarita. pije thought it wasn't funny cos it made her drunk.

hey guess what. I'm writing this and superman is on. the one where they have a scene in martin's place. superman. reminds me of super random things. or not-so-random things. like superhero jokes. or the time (it's 2:21 am). thought I'd made friends with time thought we'd be flying. making fists when flying. look at my left palm. shame, it writes. shooting up right through my hand.

sorry for singing all the time.


I hope you're reading.

Crisis

Assuming that we will live up to the age 60 or 70, we have lived a third of our lives. How scary does that sound? And what have we achieved so far? Well, nothing much if we keep comparing ourselves to Bill Gates or Steven Spielberg. But if we do a proper calculation, we've learned a lot. From learning how to stand up on our feet (literally), to make up sentences, to write, and all the stuffs that you just have to get through to get you to become you. So now that we have become ourselves, we are now only starting to live the real lives dont you agree? We are now starting to have all these responsibilities and our parents start letting us know about the stuffs that sometimes i think we would be better off not knowing. We now know that all the things that we have achieved up until this point is pretty much useless. They do not make you any better than anybody else. Being an underachiever my whole life, ive learned to accept the fact that i will never be the best one. Being the worst, however, is not the solution. So yeah i bet you're now thinking what has happened to me today that made me write these depressing points that you are reluctant to disagree with. Well, i'll tell you. Nothing happened. Seriously, nothing. Weirdly, i have been overly emotional lately. But everything is fine! I can hear myself saying. Some hormonal change? Nope I guess it's just my one-third life crisis. XO Nora

sunday dinner

first buka of ramadhan '07,
i made sayur asem, tizka made ayam panggang
and nora did the dishes :p
that day we discovered sambel xo yang enak banget!

MWAH
viraviraviraviraviravira

painfullll

Watching Australian free tv can be a very painful experience.
Like now, me and Vira are stucked in front of the tv after dinner, dreadfully waiting to know who will be voted out from Australian Idol.
I have nothing against Australians, but the entertainment industry is just pathetic sometimes.
Random information: im supporting Ben McKenzie this year.
He's just such a sweetheart with that shy smile and AMAZING voice.
(I can hear a small voice in my head saying: he's only a young innocent boy, nora...)
Anyway thats not the point.
The point is i feel sorry for people who think that just because they are already in the industry, they should branch out to almost all aspects of the entertainment industry.
Like someone who started out as a singer, then branch out to be a soap opera actor, a radio DJ, a VJ, and also a writer!!
Seriously, cant you just be good at one thing and focus on that?!
That takes me back to thinking about the dance teachers in Sydney Dance.
They are all very talented dancers, but they only get to dance in some crappy-RnB-or-crappy-pop-who-knows-the-difference singers' videos.
Some of the dance teachers might actually have better voices than the singers they work for, and they surely are better dancers!
Its just sad that most of the teachers are stucked doing crappy jobs for music videos in the really bad industry.
I mean i can totally see them doing works for Janet Jackson, Britney Spears (the old normal one), Rihanna, or whoever! They worth so much more!!
Anyway i dont really know why im complaining about this.
I just know that im dissapointed. Grrrrrrr....

xo
Nora

Our own imaginary world where others lease

Heyaa.. gosh do we really run out of pictures? i look like an ugly flamingo there :(
oh well oh well.. feel like posting something here abawt somestuff we've been talking about. (so whats the point of this blog again? we repeat what we've talked?).. yes.

anyway, our dream of having this strange-made world where professions are based on BMI. :D hahaha Vira and me thought that was a scary yet exciting idea, while Nora hated it like nothing worse. It simply puts a new requirement to any profession in this world (yes, you can add new jobs - just need to submit your idea to the 'Institution of New Profession'!!). HAHA
Say an accountant needs to have a bmi above 30 (obese). If they dont, you CAN'T be one, or if you reealllly wana be one, you can take some extra classes on 'how-to-get-that-bmi-lessons'. hahaha
(Nora might kill me soon if i keep talking about this, so lets go on to our other kind of fantasies)..

Our world where you can choose aaaannyy kind of jobs, with no limitation on money, talent, spaces or whatever limitation you could think about. What would you be? i chose to be a dancer, vira chose to be a hiphop singer+dancer (maruk), nora to be an owner of an authentic record store. Come think of it, i think we're still able to make it you know.. ah this is not crazy enough to be a fantasy.

What about the world without sit ups? hahahaha or the world where guys get how important what they think is not important but we think is? (like that 'soap episode' nora and me watched at passion flower)

hmmm.....

love, tiz



ps. i might fly to melb this weekend, taking a friday offf ;P

get it shawty!

Yesterday's street jazz class was awesome! It could have been better though. First, me and Tizka were 5 minutes close to being dehydrated (doing Kassy Lee's class while fasting is definitely a challenge). Nora wasn't in her best mood either, with her monthly guest and all. I personally love her classes, it was a good routine and a damn good workout. Her sit-ups were and have always been crazy...tapi rasanya puassss banget.

Went out for a quick dinner after dance class since Tizka had to 'study' for her upcoming CPA exam. Ha, that went well ya tiz yah? After discovering that a certain eye-candy had a gig on entourage. Nyahahahahaha.... rasanya puas and ga mau belajar lagi.

Oooh... finally I've uploaded photos from my last short Melbourne trip before the midterm break. The Phantom of the Opera was amazing and even though we didn't to see the Anthony Warlow as the Phantom, the understudy still performed really really well. I was trying so hard not to sing along to all the songs, especially 'The Music of the Night' which is absolutely one of my most favouriteeessstttt songs ever. The set was amazing, well it is as expected from a musical as well-known as this. But I have to give props to the actors, still. Their singing was sooo emotional that it had me and Tiz crying at the end of the show. I said to Tiz then, "We really need to watch a happy musical." The last musical we saw before Phantom was Miss Saigon and that was...tragic.



That being said, I really want to see the Phantom again if ever they come to Sydney. Oh it was damn hard to get this picture of me and Tiz in front of the theater. Someone was getting their wedding photos right in front of the theatre! They were taking it with their white car and their bridesmaids with them. I mean, why would you get your wedding photographs in front of a series of display windows? Lake I get, park I get, side of the pool I get but this I don't get...

Anyway, I had a great time in Melbourne and was happy to see my extended uncle!! Hahaha *piss yoww di*

Night-time sharpens,
heightens each sensation
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defences ...

(The Music of the Night)

LOVE,

VIRA

(I really really really hope that my mom will never discover this blog because she will definitely go crazy over that picture of me with that deliciously scrumptious iced chocolate at Melbourne's Koko Black. She will make me fast... and I mean faasstt... for the rest of my life)

im tired wanna eat and go home

a tisket a tasket says:
industry accounting, location afghanistan???????? HAHAHAHAH
vira says:
WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
vira says:
lah gw kira itu lo yang masukin
a tisket a tasket says:
lah????/
a tisket a tasket says:
bukann
a tisket a tasket says:
ahhahaahahahah

office thursday

Heyoo!!

Im super happy, just confirmed im flying back home 21st December!!
The guy from STA travel on the phone was lovely (and of course.. hardworking - the element of all).. so could be a very good candidate for Nora's prince!!

Anywaysss gotagobaktowork

See youss
kisskiss

tiz

the longest three hours in my life

Gila... I just experienced the longest three hours in my entire life of experiencing dreadful three hour lectures. So ceritanya gini, every Thursday from 10am till 1 pm, I have to endure Family Law (yang almost semuanya based on statutes...case law dikit banget!).

So basically everything is already there!! Tapi lecturer gw (mind you, she's old), decided to go through each and every point in the Fam Law Act! Bukan cuma the content, tapi including stuffs like when this section was introduced, when it was amended, why it was introduced, the political background etc etc etc. Oke mungkin bisa jadi interesting, but the way she present it tuh bikin jadi super duper scratch my eyes out boring. I really dont want to hate this subject because I think it's interesting! But what makes it interesting is when I read the textbook by myself. Gw ga perlu lecturer itu untuk bikin subject ini more interesting and engrossing. I mean, isn't that what university is for? Ngapain bayar tuition fee mahal2, if I can just go to Co-op buy the textbook and download the FL Act online? grrr

So here i am, spending every Thursday morning bored to deathhhh. But today was different, it was unusual. Why? Because it is UNBELIEVABLY BORING!! I thought Child Support was going to be just a tad more interesting. And the only other sound I heard besides my lecturer's shaky voice throughout the whole lecture was the sound of my stomach gurrgling!!! I was unbelievably bored and extremely hungry. Plus, it was cold! Or maybe it's just me cos Elisa wore a mini skirt and she was comfortable. Sementara gw udah pake cardigan (witchery yang bolong2) tapi tetep kedinginan. See nor? yang penting itu bukan hatinya! Tapi perutnya!!

Hence, i conclude that out of the previous 'longest three hours in my life', today's 'longest three hours' has won the trophy for officially being the 'longest three hours in my life'. It beats watching the movie King Kong where me and my sister agreed that we would rather go on the treadmill for 3 hours than watch the entire movie all over again (see me and my sister HATE exercising, but we LOVE food... yes we love food). So there, I would rather go on a treadmill for three hours while watching King Kong than go to today's Child Support lecture.

WOW... I feel so much better now that I have rant. Pasti ntar pas gw baca lagi gw bakal kesel ama diri gw sendiri... (get over it!!)
I just need some...refreshment.. hmmm
Nothing like a little encouragement from my favourite fictional eye-candy can't fix :p



xoxoxo

VIRA loves her copy-ninja!!
(Kakashi had to go through crazy physical and mental torture from Itachi's mangekyou sharingan for like what? 3 days where in real life only 3 seconds had passed. Point is: If he can do that, I can too endure the rest thursdays of my life for the next 2 months!)

Another place to drown

You know what the funny thing is?
I just realised how different this blog to my personal blog is.
Well, the layout is totally different. This blog looks so.. hmm.. CLEAN? and mine's with black background seems so dark and.. hmmm... nevermind, i dont know what im talking about.
Anyway yeah im glad we decided to waste more time of our lives writing this blog.
I hope its ok to promote my other blog too
www.myfavouriteplacetodrown.blogspot.com
All i have there are music reviews, so if you wanna get close and personal *geez nora, noone is even reading this blog* you have to come here instead.
So yeah i have to agree that yesterday has been one of the hottest days.
It was good though, i'd been longing for some sun. Even though it was too much.
It is now 2:25 AM and the weather has dropped from 31 degrees during the day to 18 degrees.
Not complaining. It feels like i have an aircon in my room, which is always good.
I dont actually have any point to make today, i just felt like deflowering this blog. HAHAHAHAHA.
Anyway i better stop before i start blabbering about stuffs i'll regret in the future.
Lotsa love

XO
Nora

earth princess

Let me begin the first post of this blog by saying: TAI PANAS BANGET HARI INI!!*
and that will be my cursing ratio throughout the entire post.

Then I remembered nora's favourite quote in that shrill voice of hers, "...yang penting hatinya nak...*".
Nor, it's not working... my body is not a freakin kulkas*, it can't keep my heart cold and fight off the goddamn heat seeping through every little pores on my skin (keratosis pilaris isn't helping either... yang ada pores tambah gede). So I closed shut all windows and doors to retain last night's cold air. Nice and cold!

Cooked for buka and watch the amazing Mononoke Hime!





It's absolutely breathtaking :) I just cant believe I didn't watch it sooner, seeing that I've seen Miyazaki's other works. I must say that Mononoke Hime is the best, with Spirited Away coming in close second. The forest spirit is amazing and when he transformed into the 'nightwalker', I wished there and then for me to stop being human but to be part of the painted magical forest, a part of Miyazaki's imagination. Crazy, eh? But hey it's me, I'd go to Konohagakure in a heartbeat if a secret passage to a twisted parallel universe is discovered.


*the nightwalker*



*kodamatachi!*

I don't know why but I'm very much drawn into these kinds of movies. Battle between human and earth, technology and nature. I think I love this themes because it reminds us to sometime stop being so human: selfish and egocentric. It gives me hope that there are also things in life other than work, money and grades that are just equally or more important!


"how high does a sycamore grow? if you cut it down...you will never know..."





*inuyasha forest*

Hmm... hints of environmental message in popular culture :P
I guess that means that I have to start following imo's very good habit of separating my sampah. At least I took my greenbags with me when I go to Coles and harrased sales people to not put items I just bought into a plastic bag. It's a good start. After that I'm ready for my MOKUTON JUTSU and at last I'll be a complete and official earth princess.

Love your Earth!
VIRA is your earth mama




music: Heroes come back -nobodyknows+ and the sound of nora laughing to the TV set.
mood: happy, magical, albeit a tad kepanasan.


Translation for non-Indonesian speakers
*TAI PANAS BANGET HARI INI: shit it's very hot today
*"...yang penting hatinya, nak": child, its your heart that matters
*kulkas: fridge