life, lust and love

sweet surprise!

2009-02-09T15:11:00.002+07:00

i just hang up my phone a few minutes ago. got a surprise call from a dearest friend of mine. well ..ok, i admit that he was my partner in crime. almost every weekend when i went out for some nite life, i always gave his name to my mom :) ..and i'll be alright. we used to go out quite a lot back then ..but ever since he got married and has a baby boy ..we don't go out that much again.

the last time i heard ..he was working overseas ..here and there - too many to mention. i lost contact with him and his wife. actually, we're still in touch but in the kind of wishing happy b'day or lebaran's day or new year by sending smses ..you know little things like that. but we've hardly ever met or chit chat.

guess the last time i met him was when his wife delivered the baby ..which is around 5-6 years ago. he told me that we haven't meet for 10 years, which made me feel sooo old. damn you, Cyrus!! anyway, we're gonna meet up this Sunday before he leaves to Iran. got loads of gossips to tell him and loads of things to talk about with him. missing you Cyrus Poonawala ..and can't wait to meet you soon!

The Twilight Saga

2008-12-30T17:23:00.018+07:00

i, like most of the people in the world, was drowning in the world of the Twilight. this movie is such a huge box office. i've seen the book long time ago and just realized like two months ago that they have made the movie. i learned well from my previous experience ..never ever try to read any books which will turn into a movie. oh well, of course, how should i know this thing? anyway, it was pure luck that i was able to keep myself away from that book before it becomes a movie.

a couple of weeks ago, i was watching the movie with a friend of mine and i gotta tell you that i love this movie. seriously! it is kinda the "it" movie which you should watch. and with that ..i started to read the books "Twilight Saga". starting from the first book itself called Twilight. before i started ..i would like to tell you that i have the tendency to let my imagination running wild whenever i read a book ..any book. oh yeah ..you can call me a dreamer. it's very easy for me to create an imaginary plots, faces, places ..you name it.

anyway, back to our subject. i instantly in love with Twilight. i even dreamt of Edward and Jacob altogether :). and oh, Edward in my imagination is not the same as the Edward in the movie. the Edward in my imagination doesn't really have that muscular body. my Edward has this baby face look since he supposed to be the youngest looking in the family. he's body is slim and light tough he's very strong. it doesn't mean that Rob Pattinson is not good looking ..but he's just not the Edward in the book. kinda disappointed ..but hey, there's nothing i can do about it.

i finished Twilight in 2 days then i started to read the 2nd book: New Moon. it is in this book, i've fallen in love with Jacob. you must've think that i'm crazy ..i mean, i know that Jacob is not as perfect as Edward ..why would i like him anyway? why not Edward? b'coz to me Edward is just too good to be true. i have to tell you that i have this difficulty to accept how perfect Edward is. dunno why. while Jacob ..well, he's more like a guy next door. it would've been very easy for you to find someone like Jacob in your everyday's life. so to me, Jacob is more real than Edward. i really can feel his passion and heartache.

another 2 days were spent to read New Moon before i started with the 3rd book: Eclipse. for which in my personal opinion is the saddest of all. i mean, the way Meyer brought up this sad love triangle is flawless. i'm sure you all feel the same way as i was. the emotion Meyer brought to us was real. the pain, the denial, the love and the hate ..all those collide into this one big twister of emotion. how Edward accepts Jacob or when Jacob decided to leave. it's just too sad. i'd say it was perfectly written by Meyer.

BUT ..the more i read the books, the lesser i get to like Bella. there were times where i have to hold my grudges of her. i know that she's not smart (so to speak) and she thinks differently from what the normal people think. she's clumsy and a bit ignorant. but that's not why i don't like her. to me ..she's a bit full of herself. i mean, all she thinks about is her relationship with Edward despite the fact that she has hurted Jacob so badly. not to mention how she doesn't even want to try to decide between Edward and Jacob. and the lamest one is ..she's always worrying when she will become a vampire. and you know in what reason? just b'coz she doesn't wanna be older than Edward! oh pehleaseee!! c'mon admit it ..that's pretty shallow, isn't it? that is the most silliest reasons i have ever known. even in a fantasy book like this. i'd say that she's not only not smart ..but also doesn't have a brain at all. i'm terribly sorry for saying this but ..might as well she's having a blonde hair since she acts like one.

by the end of the 7th day ..i started to read the last and final book of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. i was soo anxious to read this book ..i can't wait for the ending. page after page ..i started to feel pretty monotone to read this book. i literally skipped a few paragraphs hoping that it will turn into something more exciting. but after a hundred pages or something ..i gave up hoping. i literally feel like reading a cheap novel, seriously. Meyer is a great writer ..you can see from the previous 3 books. but apparently, she failed to satisfy my thirst of a good happy ending. no ..i was wrong ..she failed to satisfy my thirst of a grand happy ending. i'm sooo disappointed. i thought that Meyer would make the world trembling under her arms, just as what Rowling did when she finished the last book of Harry Potter: The Deadly Hollows.

who would've imagined that Bella will turn into a vampire due to a dangerous child birth which sounds like the scene when Freddy Krueger tried to get out from Johnny Deep's stomach in Nightmare on Elm Street 1. that's pretty sickening, don't you think? can't Meyer made it a bit glorious for her? and the baby's name ..Renesmee. ooh, that was a total failure!! Meyer was able to create this whole new world of a good vampires with their own special powers but failed to create an original name for a baby, a very special baby according to her. but Meyer totally lost me when she made Jacob imprinted Renesmee. i soo sorry ..but, that was too cheezy. i'd say that she'd better let Jacob dies in a majestic duel with one of those vampires. i'll be very sad if Jacod died ..but he's better of dead than becoming a baby sitter, for crying out loud.

Meyer has to learn a lot from Rowling. at least Rowling knows exactly that she needs to stand on the ground no matter what. Rowling knows when to let her fantasy go wild but she also knows how to stop. she's not afraid to kill her characters (Sirius Black and Dumbledore) b'coz she has to, even if it's making her cry. and when she cried ..the readers are crying along with her. she's not afraid that her readers would be disappointed just because Harry didn't always get what he wants even almost losing the people he loves. why? because that's the reality. i know that Meyer's trying to make a perfect life for Bella. but that's not how it works.

Breaking Dawn might be a perfect ending for Meyer ..but definitely not for me. she made this book for herself and not for her reader, well at least to me. i might be too harsh on commenting her book and i know that i'm just a reader, but i think i also deserve to have that satisfaction feeling after reading a book. once again ..this is my personal opinion. what about you?

Juno

2008-12-02T11:26:00.010+07:00

i guess i have posted a song called Lucky. twas a song which is sang by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat. to those of you who knows about this song, should've known pretty well that it tells story about two best friend who fall in love with each other. a lovely song and they sang it beautifully.

and that reminds me of a movie, Juno - which is taken from a Korean movie: Jenny Juno. i honestly haven't seen the Korean movie as yet ..but i guess it's almost tell the same story ..love. well, at least that's my own personal opinion. i love this movie. i, particularly, in love with this Juno character and her family. why? cos instead of blaming Juno let alone made some unnecessary acusations to their daughter ..her parents are very supporting when they found out that Juno is pregnant. they are more afraid to know that Juno has been dropped out of school or even using drugs. and oh btw, Juno is only 16 years old.

anyway, like a normal teenage girl, she's a bit freak out at first when she found out that she's pregnant. later on she's willing to admit the mistake she made and accept it. she has planned to have an abortion but then she decided to keep it and try to find a foster parents for the baby. obviously, she's not capable enough to raise the baby on her own but by keeping the pregnancy, it shows that she is responsible enough for a 16 years old girl. which is to me ..amazing. not many people are brave enough to do such a thing.

days gone by as the baby is getting bigger by the day and since then, everyone seems to look at her belly and make faces whenever they see her. but Juno is Juno. instead of feeling intimidated, she's just doing all the things she wants to do and living a normal life. Juno is the kind of girl who doesn't really care on what other people think of her.

anyway, gotta tell you that the sex itself happened not because of love. i would say ..it's more about curiousity than passion. and what's more better than doing it with your own best friend? i can really hear you say, "euw, having sex with your own best friend? ain't it feels like you're incesting?". but i can say that i totally understand her. i mean, it's her first time to have sex and obviously, you have to feel comfortable with the person you're going to have sex with, right? it's natural.

so yeah, she had sex with her own best friend, Bleeker - they all have these weird names, so that you know. and later on as the pregnancy is getting bigger ..Juno started to realized that her feeling for Bleeker is getting stronger by the day. they might started it the for the wrong reason, but in the end ..it was love which get them together. i would really recommend you to watch this movie ..if you haven't already. i'd like to know what you think ..

oh ..here's one of the soundtrack in that movie ..

You're a part time lover and a full time friend
The monkey on your back is the latest trend
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

I'll kiss you on the brain in the shadow of the train
I'll kiss you all starry eyed my body swingin' from side to side
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

Here is the church and here is the steeple
We sure are cute for two ugly people
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

Pebbles forgive me, the trees forgive
So why can't you forgive me
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

I will find my niche in your car
With my MP3, DVD, rumble pack guitar
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

Up up down down left right left right B A start
Just because we use cheats doesn't mean we're not smart
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

You are always tryin' to keep it real
I'm in love with how you feel
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

We both have shiny happy fits of rage
You want more fans, I want more stage
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

Don Quixote was a steel driving man
My name is Adam I'm your biggest fan
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

Squinched up your face and did a dance
Shook a little turd out of the bottom of your pants
I don't see what anyone can see in anyone else...but you

But you ....

literature books

2008-11-28T09:37:00.006+07:00

my subject this time is a bit heavy, i must say. but i really got to get it out of my system since it has been in me for too long. before i begin, i'm not a literature expert or something which means i didn't do any research or anything ..this is purely my opinion. i just have the need to write this because i do care. and here we go ...

so i have this wishful thinking that one day ..one day ..i might find myself travelling around the world. and this thought came up from one of (i would say) the biggest adventure books written by Jules Verne. wouldn't it be fun to travel around the world to know that there are hundreds of interesting things you can learn about other's culture? it has been my dream and i trully hope that i will fulfil my dream. it is literally something that i will always longed for. isn't it amazing that a book will give you that kind of passion over something? even though you still don't know or not sure whether it will come true. but knowing it has already given me an excitement and pleasure and with this book, i will begin my thoughts.

firstly, i gotta admit to you all that i'm not familiar with this author. i only know a glimps of information about him. yes ..i know that he has written quite some amazing books ..mostly sci-fiction kinda book, which at that time where his imagination was running wild, some people think that he's crazy. he actually wrote about submarines and aircrafts - fyi, these two things have not been invented yet. and now he is referred as the "father of sci-fi". anyway, that's the only information i know about Jules Verne. nothing more than this, sorry to say.

but back to my subject ..i always love books. i do enjoy reading book in my leisure time but i gotta tell you that sometimes i feel so sorry that i didn't get the chance to read those literature when i was in school. i mean, back when i was in school, the only literature books we have to read is the Indonesian literature. while in my opinion, we should also be taught to read literatures from other countries as well. why? because it means that you have the chance to see or at least get a bit of imagination of what's happening outside our own coutry. as simple as that. doesn't mean that i consider Indonesian literatures are not interesting ..it's just that i personally think we should learn other's lit as well.

c'mon ..let's be honest here, we all know the name like William Shakespeare. we know that he's the author of Romeo and Juliet tragedies ..but tell me, who has really read this? not to mentioned the-so-called Hamlet, King Lear and Macbeth. oh yes, we all so familiar with those names right? but still not many of Indonesian students have the chance to read these. except that you went to school abroad. i actually feel sad to know this. these all are great literatures to read, i'd say. i , myself, haven't got the chance to read all these ..but it's already in my to-read-list.

- Romeo and Juliet -

ok, Jules Verne and William Shakespeare are just two examples of the classic literatures. let me give you other examples from the more-recent authors (who actually born in the 1930 something rather than 1800).

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende ..this is one of my favourite book. i LOVE this book to pieces. it actually took me years to get this book, believe it or not. why? dunno ..it's not the kind of book you could easily get here. i bought this book about 2 years ago in Kinokuniya. and you know ..that one was the last copy on the shelve! i have, of course, watched the mini series - ages ago. honestly speaking, it was the mini series which brought me to buy the novel. the imagination of a white luck dragon tickles me. the world beyond our world. i would say that childern around the world should've read this book. it's sooo good to develop their mind.

another book i want to discuss here is The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. this book has brought a big controversy in the US. the language which Salinger has used is not a common one. he used a lot of vulgar language. Holden Caulfield is the main character and the narattor in this book. Holden was (as some people called him) a trouble maker. he actually is not - well, at least to me. he's just being a normal 16 year old boy. he is a smart boy actually, but he sees the world differently. i just love his cynical and bitterness. ok, this might not be a good book to read for children but i would really recommend this book for adults. if you really wanna see what's inside of the 16 year-old teenager's brain ..you should read this. and oh, btw ..please be reminded that reading this is only for fun ..don't do anything more than that. cause some say that this book has lead a guy to commit suicide or turn into a serial killer due to depression (something like that). dunno whether it is true or not ..i'll let you be the judge.

- a different version of The Catcher in the Rye book cover -

and there is again ..another book which is in my list is this book called Lord of the Flies by William Golding. i just bought this book like two weeks ago and has been sitting in my to-read-book-pile. guess that i've got 5 or 6 books ready to read in my leisure time. oh ..that reminds me, i have taken a week off in the month of December just to chill and entertain myself by reading books and watching dvds. anyway, i have read a few pages of this book. looks fun to read this. i can imagine a bunch of school boy stuck in the deserted island and thinking that they will rule themselves. hmm, i can see clearly that a chaos will be on the way :). this should teaches us whether we have to live by the rule or following your own free-will. you know something like that.

with that, it has come to the end of my discussion. these are only a few of literature books that popped out my mind. i believe that there are hundreds of books lying out there for you to read. books that will teaches you a lot of things you might not get in the your "normal life". you know, these might not be a good literature books to be taught in schools. but i do hope you got my point. children nowadays should be taught something that will stimulates their imagination, just to trigger their creativities to become something useful in the future. once again, i have to tell you that i'm not very literature-y kinda person. i just wish that i have been given the opportunities to read those books when i was in school, that's all.

Tim Burton's - The Nightmare Before Christmas

2008-11-21T16:36:00.014+07:00

Boys and girls of every age

Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see

This, our town of Halloween

This is Halloween, this is Halloween

Pumpkins scream in the dead of night

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene

Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright

It's our town, everybody scream

In this town of Halloween

that was only a few parts of the lyric sang by a few of ghosts at the beginning of the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. one of Tim Burton's masterpiece - for me! i honestly can't remember when was the first time i watched this movie (ok, my fault) but since that, i've been deeply in love with Jack Skellington, the main character in the movie. he ..as you might already guess ..is a skelleton who lives in a town called Hallowen Town. and Jack ..he's the Pumpkin King (what else?). the villagers in that town adores Jack ..even the Mayor! the Mayor cannot even prepare the Hallowen without Jack ..so yeah, Jack is the town's favourite.

to me ..Jack is good looking. i know, i know!! you guys must've think that i'm crazy. i can hear y'all say "he's just a skeleton and cartoon character, you silly girl!!". but i really do think that he's good looking ..i mean, duh, for a skeleton. gotta say that he's got the charm. he actually has made me fall under his charm. oh yeah ..i'm that lame :). amazon at that time was not a very good friend of mine ..yet. so, i really don't know where to get the original DVD for this movie. trust me ..it's not easy to find things like that here.

a few years back ..i finally found the DVD, yay!! buuttt, gotta tell you that it's pirated. like i said ..it's not easy to find those things here in Jakarta. in early 2007, gotta chance to go to Disneyland in HK. oooh, to those of you who has been there knows very well that it is literally a HEAVEN in earth ..for Disney's merchandises. unfortunatelly, it was not a good time for me to go there ..why? because there's not much Nightmare merchandises. cannot even find a t-shirt :(. but yeah, i had fun there ..bought all the small merchandises for souveniers. anyway, i managed to buy a pair of Nightmare sandal at Sogo in Causewaybay. it has become my favourite sandal in the office.

but then last Oct, Jeanette went to Disney in HK and she bought me Jack t-shirt. and you know what's even better? it glows in the dark ..hahahaha! oooh, i love it. thanks, Net. and just recently, i bought a Nightmare monitor cleaner along with the keyboard cleaner and a beauty case (it's literally Jack's face!). the good news is ..the original DVD is in town!! woohoo!

so i bought it and played it like over 5 times. FYI - that was actually my niece (the youngest one) who wants to watch the movie over and over again. she was a bit scared at first ..but then she enjoyed the song ..she even dance along with it ..cute, eh? and today, i bought Nightmare HP strap and stickers. i actually thinking on buying the HP pouch which looks almost like this ..

but it has Sally's big face on it ..so i decided not to. i don't like Sally ..really! i just don't like her ..don't asked me why. oh ..i almost forgot to tell you this. there are two stores at the South Sky Walk in PIM 2 which sells cute merchandises. you name it ..from Hello Kitty, My Melody, all Disney's characters, etc etc. so i went to that store with Jeanette. she went crazy over My Melody, btw. she has literally spent quite amount of money for buying those My Melody merchandises. you know what i hate the most? man ..the price of those merchandises are not cheap at all. i saw Nightmare cigarette pack and it costs like 145, 000. but i don't remember asking for the price of that HP pouch i want. i lost my interest once i saw Sally on it ..so i didn't bother to ask.

anyway, i actually found quite a lot of Nightmare merchandises there. but like i said, the price if unbelievable. for instance, i fall in love in one of Nightmare wall clock ..it's soo cute and it glows in the dark as well. and do you know how much it cost? it's over 400,000 rups just for a wall clock! can you believe it? i'm sure that if i buy these at Disney HK, it'll cost me a lot cheaper than this. guarantee. oh well ..i'm planning to collect it one by one or else i would have to literally crawl to the office :). so wish me luck ...

my hair evolution

2008-11-19T11:58:00.024+07:00

last night i watched this drama on DVD and saw all these weird hair styles ..and i was literally thinking of how many times have i changed my hair style or color. hmmmm, this might be an interesting subject for me to write on my blog. i know ..it's not an interesting subject for you ..but i guess i'll have fun with this.

let's see ..i have to go way back in around 2001. well ok, not as far back as you imagine ..but i'm not sure i remember anything before that year :). and here we go ...

me and ella

this was taken in early 2002 by my ex-boss (the great RP Singh)

when we held an IMCA meeting at Gran Melia

this was taken in early 2003
when i was in India

Jul 03
this is the longest hair i've ever had in my entire life, LITERALLY!

and not long after that ..

Feb 2004
oh yeah, i cut my hair drastically - one thing that i
will always remember is the expression of this girl who sat
next to me at the salon :)

July 2004

not much difference afterwards, i guess ....

Sep 2004
yep, just a little trim from the last time

Nov 2004

grew a little bit

Feb 2005
tried to grow my hair a little bit ..or didn't have time to salon?
hmmmm .. my least fav hair style actually ..

(btw, that was my boss. tried to find other pics of me

alone with that hair style ..can't find any. sob!)

July 2005
phew, finally i cut my hair ...again :)

another drastic hair cut ..

Dec 2005

tried to keep it long enough ..by changing hair color

Feb 2006

Jun 06

and managed to have it that long but ...failed. and here's another drastic hair cut

Jul 06

grown a bit ..and changed the color ...

some time in the year of 2006

guess in 2007 until mid 2008, i had a pretty much decent hair cut or color ..as you can see below

early 2007

Jul 07

(pretty decent, huh?)

late 2007

early 2008

mid 2008

and the most recent ones are ....ta daaa

gotta admit these last ones are the pretty shocking to those who close with me. i, honestly speaking, wasn't expecting it to be like this ..but i like it. oh well ..i guess that's quite a long record for a simple thing called hair :) ..

FreeTEMPO

2008-11-12T15:23:00.006+07:00

so i was watching this very popular Korean TV drama, it's called Coffee Prince. think i watched this drama last year. i really recommend this drama to all of you who don't really like the usual Korean drama (you know, cos of the tears and everything). but this particular drama is very different from the others. yes, there are some sad scenes ..but you wouldn't have to dry your tears literally. and most of the time, they made me laugh out loud.

eniwei, this is not the reason why i write this blog. the reason is ..i love one of the OST in this drama and it's Immaterial White by FreeTEMPO. at first, i was thinking ..who the hell is this FreeTEMPO? is this a group or a band or what? i immediately goggled the internet (oh yeah, i was that curious) and this is what i found about FreeTEMPO as i quote from the wikipedia:

"FreeTEMPO (free tempo), the artists of DJ Takeshi半沢 by the solo unit. ボサノヴァ、 AOR 、ジャズ、ハウスなどの要素を持つクラブミュージックを展開する。 BOSANOVA, AOR, jazz, house, with elements of club music to expand. インディーズレーベルのforestnauts records（ユニバーサル・ミュージック）やイタリアのIRMA RECORDSなどから楽曲を発表している"

a few other FreeTEMPO songs that i know are: Imagery, Sky High and Harmony. all are good songs. and i've been trying to find the CD here in Jakarta ..and you know what? none of the music store knows about this guy, sob! oh well, just to make myself happy and to fulfil your curiousity ..below is the Immaterial White video which i found in youtube. enjoy ...

커피 한잔 어때?

2008-11-04T17:55:00.012+07:00

ok, before i started ..i guess i have to romanization and translate of the above title, before i lost you all in translation :). the romanization is Khopi Hanchan Otte? which means How about a Cup of Coffee? this actually a title of a song which is sang by Humming Urban Stereo - Feat. Yojo.

anyway, dunno whether i should call myself a coffee addict. i LOVE coffee, i can't stand a day without it. but, having an acute gastric problem ..i have to limit myself for only a cup a day - i used to drink coffee like 2 times a day ..early morning and in the afternoon. and that frustrate me sometimes, sigh! i remember, back then when i was in elementary school, every morning my mum used to make me a cup of hot milk with coffee for a better taste. so yeah, i guess i grew up with coffee.

speaking of coffee, it always connect me with coffee house. and speaking of coffee house, i always imagine myself in a different world when i'm in it. it's exactly the same feeling i have whenever i'm in a bookstore, library or music store. why? dunno. most probably because i have so much passion over those things ..i mean coffee and books as well as music and movie.

anyway, i don't mind spending hours of my time all by myself in the coffee house ..just to have a cup of my favourite coffee latte while reading a book or magazine, especially if it's a quiet coffee shop. why? cos i love that serenity atmostphere ..it relax me. somehow, i always envy their single sofa. how come it's sooo comforting just to seat and read on it? i literally thinking of getting, or buying, one of those sofas from the coffee house (can we?).

but then again, of course, for me the coziest place on earth is my bedroom ..but coffee houses, bookstores and music stores follows very tightly after :). i was really thinking of renovating my room to become something like one of those places. a place where i could find myself drowning in my own world surrounded by hundreds of books, CDs and DVDs while having my coffee. aaah, what a bliss. it'll be a little heaven i created in this busy and noisy world.

my friends and i usually went to coffee house after office hours or on weekends or on my holidays ..oh well, basically almost every time. there were times when we just finished having our seafood night at the Kelapa Gading area, we decided to go to Sheraton in bandara ..just to have a cup of coffee at their coffee shop. i know!! we were actually driving from one side of Jakarta to the other ..but like i said, the atmosphere in that coffee shop brought us there

just recently, we went to this small restaurant at Kemang area, it's called Praline. i have always adore the exterior of that restaurant cos it's soo European. there were only like less than 15 tables - yep, it's that small. it's an old building and has this vintage French interior inside with lots of old pictures (in French, of course). the price is affordable. i mean, for a cup of cappucino, it costs only IDR20,000.

anyway, we took some pictures while we were there, apparently, we didn't take pictures for the whole gang ...

here's some of the pictures taken at several coffee shops in several occasions ..

그럼, 커피 한잔 어때?

너 올 때까지 - Until You Return

2008-10-31T11:16:00.002+07:00

i'm totally in love with this song the minute i heard the vocalist sang the song. i got this song from Dini and i thanked her for this :) ..komawoyo Dini ssi. the band who sing this song - as i quote from the wikipedia - is F.T. Island (Korean : 에프티 아일랜드), Five Treasure Island, or FTI, is the name of a South Korean rock ballad band. they happen to be a new comer is Korean music industry since they first debut was in 2007. this song is the 1st song in their special album called The Refreshment which consist of 2 CDs.

the band members are:

- Lee Hong Gi (Korean : 이홍기) as a Lead vocal
- Lee Jae Jin ( Korean : 이재진) plays bass
- Oh Won Bin ( Korean : 오원빈) as Second vocal, rapping, also plays guitar, harmonica
- Choi Jong Hun ( Korean : 최종훈) as a Leader; also plays piano and guitar
- Choi Min Hwan (Korean : 최민환) in drums

and guess what ..all of the band members are still in High School!! they all are born in the 90's (sheesh!!) and Min-Hwan happens to be the youngest in that band. he's only 15 years old!!!! oh dear God, kids these days. anyway, no matter how young they are ..the most important thing is they are very talented.

oh almost forgot to tell you that one of the reasons why i love the song is ..Hong Gi's voice - the Lead vocal. dunno why ..but i always got the thing for that kind of voice. it has a special character ..rough voice that makes it more interesting to listen to. the lyric is deep but the music has the beat and some rap as well. btw, the MV is quite long .. 7 mins something. anyway, hope you enjoy the song as much as i do.

21 Jump Street - season 1

2008-10-30T10:09:00.003+07:00

last nite i had a hot date with Mr. Depp. how can it not? was spending almost 5 hours straight just to look at his gorgeous-adorable-cute-irrisistable-good looking face like that. i think God was definitely in a very good mood when He created him. okay, that's enough ..i'm not writting this to discuss about his flawless face. i'm gonna talk about my review on the 21 Jump Street season 1.

i must admit that this TV series has brought back some memories. all those weird clothes and hair style, the English slangs back in the 80's (when did the last time you heard someone said, "you dig?" - that was hillarious!!) and not to mention the "actions" (when you see it now, bet you're rolling your eyes and i can see that big smile on your face). gosh ..i literally laugh out loud when watching this, yet ..i love it at the same time. i guess, i was around 11 or 12ish years old when i first watch this. i remember how i was blown away when seeing the cute officer named Tommy Hanson. i have never failed to watch this series every week, just to see him.

i have seen his previous movies, such as Private Resort and Cry Baby. honestly, i gotta say that he was selling what was good on him at that time ..his cute baby face. hey ..hey, don't curse me now. Johnny Depp himself will kill me if he heard me saying this. anyway, i'll get to my point later on. but you should've seen him wearing that sexy red short running around the resort trying to seduce girls ..then you'll know what i mean. i'm not saying that his acting was bad ..(gosh, it's hard for me to say this) but it's not a very good movie, i tell ya.

not to mention that Cry Baby movie. maybe ..i'm the one who doesn't get that movie. but i really don't understand ..what the hell was on his mind to play on this movie? it's pointless ..there's no meaning at all. it was ..pretty sad to see him there. he's wasting his talent ..his awesome acting. you cannot see the Great Johnny Depp in these movies. i know that it's just a turning point for him to be recognize as the real actor. and when he first played in 21 Jump Street, he was choosen because ..what else? .. the good look, of course.

then again, let's not talk about that thing now. it's a very sensitive issues for Johnny. at least, he's now known as a talented actor. back again to the 21 Jump Street, there are times where i can see that he's not very convinient in playing the character. of all the episodes in the first season .. episode 4: Don't Pet Your Teacher is my favourite but i hate it at the same time. why? because Hanson fell in love with his English teacher, that's why! i know it sounds pathetic ..but i just hate it. anyway, despite that thing ..i really like this episode. especially when Jeffrey and Hanson are having this particular conversation after the English class ended, as quoted below:

Jeffrey: so, you've got a girlfriend?
Hanson: maybe ..
Jeffrey: i ..uh ..got this disc player, it's a great gift item
Hanson: my girlfriend thinks that i'm a great gift item

that was brilliant! i mean, it's soo natural when he said that and i DO feel the same way as the girlfriend. he is literally a great gift item, indeed.

anyway, i just wanna let you know that i was really enjoying watching this series. so i hope that you would feel the same ...

butterflies in my stomach

2008-10-29T13:57:00.003+07:00

I GOT MY 21 JUMP STREET SEASON 1 in my hand!!!!

hahahahahaahaha, seneng bgt! tadi tau2 pak pos dateng ke kantor and i was literally jumping in front of him *blush*. eniwei, gw cm dibilangin klo ada paket. honestly, i wasn't thinking about my 21 Jump Street. sumpah! soalnya Amazon bilang klo estimated arriving on 6 November. dan biasanya klo gw pesen film2 Johnny Depp ke Amazon, malah lbh sering dateng telat dibanding lbh cepet. but this is a sweet surprise!

asik2 ..nanti malem mau nonton aaaahh. was thinking to take a one day leave tomorrow, hehehe. gladly gw pesen wkt itu pas USD blm setinggi hari ini. and guess what? gw br aja td cek ke Amazon lagi, dan harga DVD yg gw beli (the same product!!) naik USD10. phew! gmn gw ngk tambah seneng lagi coba. whoa ..pas buka paketnya ..deg2an deh ..hehehe, gak penting ya gw :)? so mas Johnny ..nnt malem aku liat kamu yaaa ...

my (finally) futsal shoes

2008-10-28T16:26:00.004+07:00

hahaha ..basi banget yah judulnya? eniwei, remember about my wish list blog? just wanna tell you klo gw udh mulai dapetin barang2 itu satu per satu ..yay!!

have told you that i got the gladiator shoes, right? dan sekarang ..futsal shoes!!! setiap Kamis kan gw slalu futsal, kebetulan gara2 puasa kemarin, kita semua sempet break dulu lah. lagian kynya ngk mgkn banget klo kita mst lari2 stlh buka puasa begitu. sehat engga ..tp yg ada pingsan. sbnrnya sm minggu kemarin, udh 3 kali futsal. tapi gw smpt ngk ikut 2 kali. gara2nya yang pertama ..masih males banget bo. i was still in my holiday mood. jd pinginnya di rumah aja. trs yang mgg sblmnya ngk ikutan soalnya yang main cowo semua. oh no!! i was there before ..seminggu sebelum puasa kan kita sempet futsal dan gw satu2nya cewe ..yang ada badan remuk! gilaaa ..capeeeek bgt. udh gitu personil-nya ngk banyak pula ..totally exhausted. gak lagi2 deh ..ampun. i was literally crawling.

so, minggu kemarin akhirnya gw ikut lah futsal. dan seperti yang mgkn udh kalian duga ..dengan bodohnya gw ngk bawa peralatan perang sama sekali!!! i left it at home. krn ngk enak sm yang lain, jdnya abis makan siang ..gw rela2in deh beli sepatu futsal. emang bukan Nike spt yg gw mau ..tp yg penting judulnya sepatu futsal, hahahah!! trs peralatan perang lainnya, i.e. kaos dan celana olahraga termasuk kaos kaki ..belanja lah gw di IS shop :). dengan berbekal sepatu baru, celana elmo, kaos spongebob dan kaos kaki ..jadi deh gw main futsal.

ampuun, mgkn krn udah lama bgt ngk olahraga ..rasanya badan beneran patah2! belom lagi waktu gw ngk sengaja nendang kaki-nya teguh. believe it or not, yang sakit bukannya dia tapi gw, huaaaa! trs sempet kebanting waktu rebutan bola ..sama teguh juga. pulang2 sampe rumah, kaki kanan gw bruises di mana2. klo buat bruises-nya sih ngk terlalu sakit ..tp badan rasanya pegel banget. nyaris ngk bisa jalan tuh besoknya. sampe sekarang bruises-nya msh keliatan bgt. sumpah, gw jd berasa ky org abis di-abuse ..hahahaha!

anyway, will keep you updated on my other wish list :)

the long awaited holiday

2008-10-28T12:05:00.018+07:00

gotta tell you that i finally had my long awaited holiday - after arranging it for months ago (with tears and sweat ..well, ok ..almost). just because of the first nite race for the F1, it's soo difficult for us to get the hotel. we, literally, almost given up if the online tour did not recommend us to try the next door hotel. anyway, here's the recap for the holiday ..

25th September 2008

feby, vida and i were arriving the airport at 6.15 a.m. dan ternyata kita salah turun pula! dan akhirnya mengharuskan kita untuk jalan hampir sekitar 1 km. lumayan lah ..jalan pagi :(, walaupun agak gempor juga krn geret2 koper. untungnya msh agak kosong, hehehe. akhirnya kita check in deh. i thought that it will be another chaos considering my last holiday to Bali back in Dec 07 for the new year. the line was not that long and the officer was quite helpful, phew! we managed to take some pictures while waiting for the plane ..

- at one of the restaurant -

- just before boarding -

and here's our pictures inside the plane ..

- thelma and magi -

- me, feby and vida -

we arrived Batam airport slightly early than schedule. we went straight to Batam Center harbour to catch the earlier ferry. somehow, this trip seemed a lot easier than my last one when i went to Singapore through Batam. that was a NITEMARE, i tell you. anyway, this time ..it didn't happen. everything went smoothly ..well, except that it took us almost half a day to reach Singapore while if we're going straight from Jakarta ..it took us less than 2 hours flight. here's some of the pictures taken while we were in the ferry ..

finally ...we arrived in Singapore safe and sound :). we're sooo tired by the time we got in the hotel and yet ..nothing can stop us from wandering around. hey, we're in Singapore and we're officially on our HOLIDAY, yay!! and here's the pictures ..tada ..

- at the front of our hotel -

- at the Clark Quay for the River Festival -

- at the bridge -

- dinner time -

26th September 2008

our 2nd day in Singapore. we decided to walk around the neighbourhood - just to catch that familiar "Orchard feeling" we always have whenever we're here. apparently, Orchard was not as beautiful as always ..they're doing lots of renovation for some of the buildings. that includes Parangon, the Meridien ..and so on. the girls had decided that vida and me to become the tour guide for this trip. so, the night before ..vida and me had prepared for places to visit. well, things aren't always happen the way we want it to happen. it was raining ..very ..very hard. we almost didn't even make it to Takashimaya. once we got there ..we had our lunch at the food court downstair, hoping that the rain will stop when we finished our lunch. again ..the rain was getting harder by then ..so we decided to buy an umbrella for each of us. then we went to Suntec City for the (as vida said) "warm up race" ..

- Magi (expecting to show you how hard the rain was, sigh!) -

- feby and vida -

- me, thelma and magi -

- thelma and magi @Suntec -

- vida, me and feby @Suntec -

afterwards ..vida, magi and thelma went to see the "warm up race", leaving me and feby to wander around the mall. sumpah ya ..dari dulu sampe sekarang, gw rasanya nyasar mulu klo ke sini deh, hehehe. sebenernya sih klo diinget2, gw sm feby cm muter2 doang. tp ya itu ..scr i lack of navigational sense in my brain ..jadilah kita jalan2 ngk jelas sampe kaki pegel2. huaah, cuapeeekkk banget deh. tapi tetep doong, malemnya gw, vida and feby asik jalan2. biasalah ..sekitar Orchard ajah krn udh ngk sanggup jalan jauh lagi. magi and thelma stayed at the hotel ..they're just too tired to walk (cos they've been standing all day during the excercise) and didn't even bother for the sightseeing.

27th September 2008

vida, feby and me decided to go to IKEA. we used to go to the Alexandria but this time, we decided to go to Tampines. heard that this is even bigger than the old ones. none of us have been there before. it actually took us 27 minutes by MRT ..you can imagine how far was that. once we get there, we thought that it will be quite difficult for us to get there. but hey, you know what? they have shuttle bus to go around Giant, IKEA and Cold Stores since they are in the same complex ..sigh, see how easy these Singaporeans live?

when magi, thelma and vida went to see the qualification, feby and me went around the Orchard once again. well, actually ..we tried to go to Mustafa ..but we got lost and we had this "life threatening situation" (don't bother to ask!!) and so we decided just to walk around our hotel. never again in my life to step my foot there ..honestly.

28th September 2008

again ..this is a three people trip :). vida, feby and me went to Chinatown ..just to look around and bought some souveniers. almost went crazy ..soo many cute things to buy :). nice place ...

afterwards, vida had to left for the racing joining thelma and magi. feby and me?? we continued to stay at Chinatown just to look around and had our lunch there. after that we went back to the hotel, arranging our luggage. it was quite surprising to know that i didn't spend much for this trip ..luckily. secara ya ..ngk lagi sale dan kebetulan IDR lg turun against SDG, jdnya smua muahaaalll. males banget liat2nya ..paling beli cuma souvernir doang. malemnya gw sm feby ..again, jalan2 sekitar Orchard. tdnya kita mau muter2 ..tp krn ada racing, banyak jalan yang ditutup. ya udah, kita jalan sebentar trs balik lagi ke hotel. nonton F1 di TV ..hahaha!!

29th September 2008

kita decided to leave early. soalnya takut ngk dapet tempat di ferry, krn pesawat kita malah dimajuin jadi jam 4 sore yang tdnya jam 6. untungnya smua lancaaar banget ..again, gw ngk nyangka bisa selancar ini. well, despite rasa capek gara2 naik ferry. oh iya ..magi kali ini ngk ikut balik ke Jakarta, krn hrs ke Hong Kong for training. huaaah, ngebayang ngk sih btapa capeknya? eniwei, di ferry itu ..gw sm vida jatuh cinta sm anak laki2 yang duduk di depan kita ..huahahaha. bahasa gw yah :). abisnya anak itu lucu banget tampangnya. sumpah ..i actually have his picture with me ..but i won't share it with you ..hahahahaah! we arrived Jakatra around 6.15 p.m. it was a loooong journey. but then, we agreed to fly straight to Singapore next time ..no more ferries (which we thought more economical) ..trust me, it didn't!

that's the end of my holiday ..and i can't wait for the next one. will keep you posted :)

yay!

2008-08-27T10:44:00.003+07:00

finally, after searching for quite sometimes ..thanks to Yesi, i found the gladiator shoes i want. well, not exactly the steve madden ones ..tapi lumayan lah. phew, jadinya bisa berenti mimpi deh ..hahaha. dan yang lebih menyenangkan lagi, sepatu yang ini ngk semahal sepatu steve madden yang diimpi2kan itu. malah bisa dibilang jauuuuuhhhh ...lebih murah, huahahaha!! isn't that great?

yang seru, semalem pas ngasih tauin ke nyokap ttg sepatu ini, nyokap juga yang seneng2 gt. secara nyokap tau banget usaha gw nyariin sepatu itu. eniwei, yang penting udah dapet ..dan sekarang udh gw pake ke kantor ..hahaha.

my top five wish lists

2008-07-31T11:48:00.011+07:00

someone ever asked me, "what is your wish list". at that moment, i really can't find the answer since i've got, like a veryyyy long list of the things i want. but here's my top 5:

1. the steve madden gladiator shoes - oh, right now i'm just dying to get one!!

2. holiday - i'm in a deep need of holiday, wherever it is. but NY is my ultimate holiday wish. wanna have that white christmas at the rockefeller center ...drools!!

3. iPhone - anyone wanna buy me this beauty?

4. of course, in one of my lists, has to include this amazing guy called Johnny Depp. well, i gotta admit that i will have this series (all 5 seasons) soon. not that soon though ..soon soon, i mean.

5. futsal shoes. guess that this particular wish will be coming true very soon - say, next week. well, not actually this fancy-looking adidas futsal shoes ..but something like that ..almost ..y'know ..

i do have a very long term wish list, if you care. and that always include holidays. once i got that steve madden gladiator shoes, holiday will always stay as number 1 - promise!

deep in love with this song

2008-07-22T17:04:00.006+07:00

Lucky

by Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillat

Do you hear me, I’m talking to you
Across the water, across deep blue ocean
Under the open sky ..oh my baby, I’m trying

Boy, I hear you in my dreams
I feel you whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had a one more kiss
I’ll wait for you, I promise you, I will

Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

So I’m sailing through the sea
To an island where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music, feel the air
I’ll put a flower in your head

Though the breezes through the trees
Move so pretty, you’re all I see
As the world is spinning around
You hold me right here right now

Lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh

avatar - the last airbender

2008-07-14T16:22:00.009+07:00

so i was spending my weekend as a couch potato ..again! well, that's not a new story. anyway, i was watchin' this animated movie "Avatar - The Last Airbender" on dvds. i started watching it like months ago with my nieces (yes, they are 5 and 2 years old ..so what?). and i instantly fall in love with this movie. sadly, i always missed the series whenever it's on tv. and i never think about it again 'till last week. i found out that one of my friends has the complete collections (1-3 books). so i borrowed her dvds and spent hours in my room watchin' it.

here's the premise quotation from wikipedia about this movie: The Last Airbender fantasy world, home to humans, fantastic animals, and supernatural spirits. Human civilization is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation. Each nation has its own natural element, on which it bases its society. Within each nation exists an order called "Benders", who have the ability to manipulate the element of their nation. The show's creators assigned each Bending art its own style of martial arts; each Bending art inherited the advantages and weaknesses of the martial arts it was assigned. The Bending types are Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, and Airbending.

the four nations were living in harmony until the Fire Nation started a war to control all nations. each generation has one Avatar, which is the master of the four elements (water, earth, fire and air). when an Avatar died, they will reincarnated to the next cycle of the elements. the last Avatar was from the Fire Nation (Avatar Ruko) and when he died, the next Avatar will be from the Air Nomads. the Fire Nation began the war but the next Avatar (Aang) disappeared when the world needed him the most. the reason is ..he's only 12 years old and he was not ready to carry such burden to become the Avatar. usually, the Avatar was told that he/she is the Avatar when they reached the age of 16. but the monks in the Air Nomads decided to tell him earlier since the war has already started and they needed him to master the other elements as soon as possible ..so he ran away and frozen into a state of suspended animation for 100 years.

after being awoken by 2 kids from the Water Tribe, he found out that the world is in war, partly because of him. he then decided to travel around the world to master the four elements and to defeat the Fire Lord. and so the story began ...

- Aang and his pet Momo -

i've got 2 other favourite characters, beside Aang (of course). the first one is Prince Zuko. in the first book, Prince Zuko is obessed with capturing the Avatar to get his honor back. he was exile from the Fire Nation when he refused to fight with his father who happens to be the Fire Lord. the Fire Lord promised him to get his honor back if he is able to get and kill the Avatar. he literally travelled around the world to catch the Avatar. during those times, he found out that the war has brought terrible life to the other nations. after painful struggle with himself, Prince Zuko finally decided to help the Avatar in becoming the firebending teacher and defeat his father.

- Prince Zuko -

the other character is Sokka. he and his sister, Katara, were the kids from the Water Tribe who "found" the Avatar. he doesn't have the ability to bend the water like his sister. he doesn't even know how to fight ..at first, but he's very smart. he planned the whole thing ..from the little things such as how to spend the day until the plan for the invation to the Fire Nation. what i love about him is ..his sarcastic wittiness. he always complains just about everything and he never satisfy. but he's very down to earth ..in a strange way.

- Sokka "the thinker" -

anyway, i have finished the 3rd season (or book - that's what they call it) and it still continues.

.. say ..

2008-07-10T11:18:00.006+07:00

the above video is a single from one of my favourite musician, John Mayer. he has this unique character in his voice and easy to recognize ..well, at least to me. but we're not gonna talk about him now - we'll get to him one day in a separate article.

this song is a soundtrack from The Bucket List movie. starring in this movie is Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman and Sean Hayes. though i haven't seen the movie yet ..this has been in the top of my must-see-movie-list. it's a story of two strangers who happen to share the same room together in the hospital. they absolutely have nothing in common except of their terminal illness and finally found friendship and decided to plan their journey to do all the things they want to do before dying.

anyway, this song is a beautiful song with a true moral message. love the lyric and just like the title of the song, it's like giving you the courage to say what you want to say. don't hold grudge ..

Say - by John Mayer

take out all your wasted honor

every little past frustration

take out all your so called problems

better put them in quotations

say what you need to say (8x)

walkin' like a one man army

fightin' with the shadows in your head

livin' up the same old moment

knowin' you'd be better off instead

if you could only

say what you need to say (8x)

have no fear for givin' in

have no fear for givin' over

you better know that in the end

it's better to say too much

than to never to say what you need to say again

even if your hands are shakin'

and your faith is broken

even as the eyes are closin'

do it with a heart wide open

a wide heart

say what you need to say (20x)

b'day dinner

2008-07-03T11:26:00.012+07:00

last nite we (vida and i) had our little gathering to celebrate our b'days.

the arrangement for this dinner is a bit manic actually. previously, we decided to have dinner on saturday, 5 july 2008 at 7.30 p.m ..it's weekend, it's just perfect. we sent out our invitations a week before and hoping that everyone will be available.

here's the invitation we sent by emails (i know ..you can't even read the message)

i was having KR with my mummy last saturday and i checked with the waiter there. apparently, we won't be able to make any reservation for weekends :(. so then, we need to re-scheduled the dinner. emails sent to those who were invited. it's either wednesday or thursday this week. after long conversation and polling, we decided to have the dinner on thursday.

yesterday before lunch, tania and i stopped by at KR to make reservation (14 pax) for thursday, 3 july 2008 at 7.30 p.m. the waiter wrote down the information in their reservation book, then we left to lunch. 15 minutes after i made the reservation, someone from KR called up and told me that apparently KR will be closed for public since there will be a grand opening for the media. grr!!! why didn't tell us earlier?!! so we decided that we're gonna have the dinner tonite (wednesday).

during lunch, we were calling everyone and told them that the dinner has been changed ...again! luckily most of the people are able to join us in such a short notice, phew. apparently, jeanette and dina won't be joining us.

here's the pictures from last nite:

it's great to have good friends to share our special moments ..once again, thanks guys ..

me boitdei

2008-07-01T17:03:00.010+07:00

so today is the d-day. well, i was actually born after 6 ..but what the heck. honestly, it doesn't feel a lot different from any other day. but hey, i'm the center of attention for today ..hehehe.

anyway, it's always good to know that people still remember your birthday even when we hardly ever talk during the year. i still got some lovely (long lost) people wishing me a wonderful wishes. i was very surprised but it's a very warm feeling and i do appreciate a lot. we may not be able to communicate every time, but it's so nice to know that you meant something to someone.

later on the afternoon, i was dragged to the office piazza. it's our little tradition for celebrating birthdays. fyi - the present is never been a surprise since we always ask what is needed. well, our favourites is the voucher ..of course. either sogo, metro, kinokuniya or aquarius. it's simple and easy and we never have to worried that we bought the wrong present.

here's the recap of my little celebration:

- that's the card -

- then the hidden and private messages (thanks gals) -

- the vouchers (it's metro) -

- the gals minus thelma (and jeanette with the-new-lying-down-pose) -

- the gals minus mbak gita -

now, it's time for me to go home and get ready for the birthday dinner with the family. once again, thank you all for the wishes!!!

my sister's keeper

2008-06-26T09:28:00.011+07:00

"Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate - a life and a role she has never challenged ...until now."

that was the summary at the back of the book i'm reading now. this novel was written by jodi picoult. when i first read the summary, i just knew that this is one of the book worth to read and to be listed in my book collections. i heard that they are planning to put this book into a movie. anyway, i'm not gonna talk about the movie now.

so, anna is a thirteen years old girl who happens to have a very sick sister. at the very begining of the story, jodi made us see what anna actually thinks ..on how she was conceived and why. no, she's not talking about the sex and whatever, but she just want us to understand the reason behind it. because as you already know ..anna, after all, is a designed baby.

her parents went to these doctors to "design" her so that she will be the perfect donor for her sister, kate. and siblings are the closest and the perfect donor if you ever get sick. but during those years, she feels like she's - not forced - but she's never been asked ..as simple as that. what she really wants deep down inside, is to be acknowledged as a human being, as a teenager and as a daughter instead of "just" an organ donor to her sister. she, for once, just want to stand up on her own feet than letting someone (or rather, her parents) tell her what to do.

when she decided to file a complaint to the court against her parents, that's when the family started to fall apart. the conflicts (moral and emotion) between each individuals are perfectly written by jodi. she made me feel what they feel and think what they think. it feels so real to me and made me cried ..literally. but it's not always sad as you might think this book is. jodi is so smart NOT to make this book such a tearjerker. she sometimes put in some silly thoughts of the character which made them ..human-ish, if you know what i mean.

i must admit that i wasn't expecting to read this book not until i have finished my previous one. but somehow, i just couldn't take my eyes of the book and finally decided to read it right away. i like this book and if you like to read the emotional-kind-of book, this is a must read. however, i feel a bit dissapointed in the end. i actually thought that jodi could make a better ending than this one. it is soo sad and made me feel incomplete ..somehow, depressed me. a good book though ..something to remind us that communication and understanding are really needed in every relationships.

hope you find this review helpful ..

gloomy

2008-06-24T15:34:00.004+07:00

this gloomy feeling just came out a minute ago, sigh! dunno why ..

a little devil told me to crash my computer to relief my gloominess (what ever that is). oh well, guess that i'm in the middle of what they called mood swing ..hhhhhhhh

gloomy ..gloomy ..gloomy ...

not the first

2008-06-23T15:05:00.003+07:00

just to let you know that this is NOT my first blog. this, actually, is my 3rd ones. i did create my first blog in 2005 and haven't updated it since. and the reason why is ..i forgot my password, what else?!

anyway, i know that i'm not gonna be able to write this blog everyday. it could be once a week, or once a month, or maybe once a year ..who knows. but i gotta admit that i do like to write the little things in my own private way - which is my diary.

guess that's it for now. hope you enjoy reading my story(ies) ..