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As promised to @vinasiahaya dan @iipewepe. This was the very first time I spent Christmas away from my family. The last 22 years, every Christmas eve would be spent in one of the relatives' or at our house. We would have dinner, service, then take a family picture. There would be a lot of hassle. Mom would yap about cleaning the house, my room, help my sister cook macaroni schotel, pick up food, etc etc. And then all the big family would gather and we would spent a warm cheerful Christmas evening together. On 24th December last week, it occurred to me that I would be alone at Christmas eve. Me and friends who were staying in Manchester had plans for Christmas day arranged already. But what about Christmas eve? Usually when I'm home, we would spent Christmas eve with family and on Christmas day we would be very busy with all papa's guest coming over. So instead of surrounded by people as usual, I would be alone. Got panic for a second. I was considering to invite some friend...

Realized that it has been a very long time since I last did a wardrobe post, now it's time. I haven't taken many decent wardrobe pictures these past months. Not that the wardrobe pics here are super awesome or anything. Due to the cold weather, naturally I wear hundreds of layers every time going out. I only have one winter, so gotta make it count. Recently purchased this elbow patched sweater. Finally yeaaaaay!

These two go to my keces @dhuii and @karinarenata the flamingo, the penguin, and the peacock

Memasuki Christmas break yang dimulai minggu depan, lemme hereby say.... IKE ESSAYKU SELESAI!! Hahahahaa sebel nggak? Baru slese kodong, lamanya baru slese... Sudah dikirim buat konsul, mdh2an layak disubmit. Huhuhu..... Anyway. In the spirit of Christmas, I would like to post more youtube links of some of my all time Xmas songs. Well forgive me for only posting links........... Oh well. Here goes. NERI PER CASO, of course. Neri Per Caso - God Rest You Mary, Gentlemen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5wRyEXjPSg Then, obviously, is Ms. Carey. Or Mrs. Cannon? Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXQViqx6GMY&ob=av3n Boyz II Men - Merry Christmas, Darling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7FGUBoyWc&feature=related Mariah Carey - Miss You Most (At Christmas Time) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU7hVAZkvXU Michale Buble - Santa Baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbbFpzly3eo Honestly, this is the most sensual version of the song. This one is fro...

Rambelita tralala. Wah sudah episode empat, cepat juga ya bok. Kalo sinetron ini bagaikan.... Well sebenarnya kalo dibanding sinetron episode empat masih perkenalan karakter kali ya. Hahahahahahaha. *petir* Kalo chapter empat di komik sudah satu buku mi. Yayaya. As always, stuck nulis essay. Masih essay yang sama dgn yg kemarin. Tapi bertambah mi gank 300 kata, skarang sdh 1700an. Lumayan.... Sedikit lagi sudah bisa dikirim ke mas Yan buat revisi. Kalo mas Yan baca blog ini, makasih loh mas atas bantuannya. Hehehehe. Moving on. Kemarin malam habis latian buat acara natal IF-Man, rame2 pergi makan dan had the most random conversation. Mule bahas Harmoko, Diana Pungki, sampe saingan hapalin UUD 45 (yg dengan ngotot dimenangkan Rivel tentunya hahahahaha). Terus, thanks to Bintang P. Melanes dan Albert Aaron sebagai narasumber, kita2 diedukasi tentang musik2 Indonesia yg terselubung dan kadang antahberantah... Tanpa basa-basi lagi!! Sambutlah Youtube links of the aforementioned!! 1! Saipul...

like usual, after writing essay and report i'm gonna ramble here. tonight i have several topics in mind, which are: danilela's tweet of the week, classic manga heroes, principle of purchasing paintings, and some cool phrases heard in classes! yessss very erudite rite.... 1) tweet of the week stumbled on a couple of witty tweets, both by @buyungbengnga "berbahagialah org yg fotonya dijadikan sebagai dp bbm pasangannya. it means they are proud to have you in their life." - @buyungbengnga the first tweet, i think, is true. you wouldn't put someone's picture as you display picture if you're ashamed of them, would you? well, i don't. that's why my current dp bbm is a picture of monkey painting. not that it resembles my boyfriend in anyway, please! it's a painting i fell in love with, told him about it, which he looked for, found, and bought for me! emmmah Pywedont :* "ribu2na ini mama2 penjaga pasien yang baru. sumpu'na desadesana. su...

One of my flatmate, Heather, celebrated thanksgiving a week (or two) ago. So she so made a thanksgiving dinner and invited us!! Yeay Heather!! I love to watch American TV series, so have always been wondering what American thanksgiving would taste like. I told Heather this and she said what we had that evening was pretty much what she usually had back home. One more time. Yeay Heather!! So with the help from some of the guys downstairs, we had turkey, stuffing, killer mashed sweetpotatoes w/ marshmallow, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy on everything, corn bread, cheese, apple pies, and wine. Maipo Shiraz. Deliciousness. my first turkey ~ horeeee syalala Lately my posts have been around food, have it not? Well, holiday is just around the corner even tough I have a 9am class tomorrow. And I have one more food-related post, our class just had winter dinner yesterday! I know, I already started dieting again. To prepare before the actual holiday come. Phew.

An old hobby that lately came again. Since these two were meant as doodles, I didn't exactly put much thought into it. Hence the hideous thin-strokes area.... Not that the doodles are pretty or anything. But still it's my own creation, proud of it :D My poor editing skill didn't help that much, but actually I prefer it like this better. Stronger colors and less ugly thin-strokes area....

As promised, a post on meals with several of my classmates. Ms. Eseosa, Ms. Chiamaka, Ms. Daniella Good cook, good cook, good dinner guest :P Nigerian Dinner: yams, two chicken dishes (sorry, don't remember the Nigerian name), white rice, fried plantain. Mashed potatoes stuffed in roasted paprika, pan fried pork steak, with mushroom and broccoli. Dinner at Missoula Taiwanese Hot-Pot at Kevin's This BBQ sauce is put into our bowls. To my surprise, the sauce (which has dried lizard fish in it) actually tasted good. So far I've noticed, Indonesian are the ones who like taking pictures SO MUCH. Which not necessarily a bad thing, right? Right?? Hahaha anyway. This is Dhruv, my Indian friend who taught me some bolly moves. Pakistani Dinner at Mahvish's. I really enjoy the food. Mahvish lives in the suburban area in Greater Manchester with her husband and two kids. She's the kind of perfect lady, you know, the kind who can cook, sew, paint, smart in class, pretty much good...

It's a miracle! I can post videos on youtube!! Hehe... Sang something, not out of this world good... Hoping it's not total crap either :P Originally by Ben Lee.

Mo se jadikan ritual saja, tiap kali stuck sama nulis essay saya akan menulis dsini instead. Skarang saya akan menceritkan tentang betapa bahagianya sekolah di Manchester yang banyak keluarga Indonesia dan mahasiswa PhD yang dtg skolah membawa keluarganya. Let me explain why. Di manchester raya ini ada namanya IF-Man atau Indonesian Fellowship Manchester. Ini persekutuan org2 Indonesia beragama Kristen disini. Kalo utk Muslim ada Pengajian. Nah. Tiap bulan, ada persekutuan doa, jadi keluarga2 yg dsini gantian jadi hostnya. Sekali sebulan, hari sabtu kita datang ibadah bersama. Terus, karena kita akan menyanyi di International Carol Service dan mo ngadain acara Natal bersama, sekarang tiap minggu kita latihan nyanyi. Nah. Apart of singing for Christmas yang mana sangat sekali ya pemirsa tetap bisa se lakukan walo bukan di makassar, hal indah yg bisa dipetik adalah: selalu disediakan konsumsi. And i mean always. Baik persekutuan maupun latian nyanyi. Sejauh ini sudah makan soto ayam, lon...

Yesterday my financial appraisal group had hot-pot lunch at Kevin's place. I'm not gonna write the hot-pot story in this post though, because if I do the title would not make sense. What I want to write now is India Dance!! Syalalalaaaa. *and bcos I'm writing IKE essay now and I'm stuck so in order to maintain the writing mood I decided to make a blog post* *uh-huh* There's this movie titled "KABHI KUSHI KABHI GHUM". Starring Sharukh Khan and Kajol, and other big names as well. But those two are the ones I love most in the movie. They played characters named Rahul and Anjeli (which are also their characters' names in Kuch Kuch Hota Hae. Don't ask me why, how would I know?) Anyway. Rahul set eyes on Anjeli for the first was in her neighborhood. She was dancing. In the middle of some other men dancing, they were celebrating something. She wore red sari, the men wore white clothes. And it was magical. The way she danced, her expression,...

(pun unintended) This has become somewhat a routine. Sleep at eleven-ish, wake up at 00:30, then would be able to back to sleep at two. Still got 23 minutes, so I'm gonna write something about my friends here. My dear dear friends, P.Cantik . For diplomatic reasons, not gonna write the full name here :p Just now realized that I haven't upload that many that many pictures with them on facebook. Well, I know there are many photos in my old laptop. But for some reason didn't upload them. May be because we met so regularly in class? I don't upload a lot of my family pictures as well. Neither photos with my cousins and I hang out with them all the time. Anyway. Right now I'm in the mood for reminiscing... P.Cantik normally consists of seven gals and a dude. Vina, Dhesa, Iphe, Needha, Mumu, Yuni, Oma, and myself. Well, we hang out with others all the time but these are the people that consistently did the "P" word. Moving on. One of the most memorable ...

My life, nowadays, mostly has been spent in this particular corner. I don't really like to study by myself in library. Have done group works in library of course, usually in John Rylands lib. Oh and the other day I found Coke official company report in Eddie Davies lib!! I'll make a post about the libraries here sometime. Anyway. I do most of my work in this corner. I need space, need music, moving around, while writing or reading. Particularly when feeling productive, I'd dance. True story. The downside of this method, of course, are the distractions. Facebook, streaming, mangareader.net, online shops... But so far I've always completed tasks, never missed deadlines, and I do my readings. But may be just for the sake of the experience, I should try sit down for hours in library... May be just to be around with people.... Now that's creepy, tone it down, no need to expose yourself furthermore particularly that side. Moving on. I'd like to share my precious preci...

"Diderot was given a new, red gown as a present. Because it made other items in his study look shabby, he progressively replaced his desk, curtains, and carpet so that they went with his new robe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diderot_effect ; G.McCracken. One new thing drive you to purchase a whole other things. Sounds vaguely familiar. Ehm. No actual self reflecting will be written furthermore. Still... I'll just cough. UHUK UHUK.

This is an article I wrote a couple of months ago. I don't know whether it was published or not, probably not, since I haven't heard back. Oh well, that's alright. I'd just like to post it here. :) WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DID SOMETHING FOR THE FIRST TIME Y ang saya maksud disini adalah mencoba suatu aktivitas yang benar-benar baru untuk pertama kalinya dalam hidup Anda. Bukan sekedar mencoba restoran baru atau baju baru. Sebenarnya mencoba restoran baru bisa masuk sih, kalau Anda seumur hidup hanya makan di lima restoran berbeda dan tidak pernah mencoba restoran yang baru di buka di mall, misalnya. Tapi kalau Anda mencoba every new hip restaurant opened in town, well itu tidak masuk kategori the very FIRST TIME experience yang saya maksud. Pacaran dengan orang baru juga tidak termasuk. Terutama kalau Anda ganti pacar tiap minggu. Yang saya tanyakan adalah suatu aktivitas yang benar-benar tidak pernah Anda lakukan sebelumnya. Menjalani hidup...

I have loved Utada Hikaru's First Love since forever. I remember listened to it from my sister's cassette player in elementary. And just recently I find out Boyz II Men cover her song!!! Well, the album was released in the beginning of this year, so no, this is not new. But still. I just find it out, so happy!

Terbangun subuh2 tidak bisa tidur lagi mari ramble ramble lagi. after i got here, some people have asked me questions about studying abroad (good marks during uni, do ur best in ielts, dan modal - yang mana bisa didapat dari mana saja). disini ketemu dengan banyak orang2 pintar, yg skolah ksini dengan atau tanpa beasiswa. kalo dengar ceritanya, ada banyak sekali kesempatan buat dapat beasiswa. ada temanku malah dapat beasiswa Chevening PLUS beasiswa dari uni. pastinya ieltsnya bagus, rajin cari peluang dan komunikasi (kalo kek temanku itu, berhubung beasiswa Cheveningnya katanya kurang secara tuition fee di jurusannya mmg lebih mahal, dia hubungi uni of manchester, jelaskan situasinya, terus akhirnya doski dapat deh beasiswa tambahan! hebat yaaaa). THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS. ada juga teman yang selalu bawa dalam doa biar dapat beasiswa, setelah 2 ato 3 tahun (sori nda yakin brp lama) menunggu doa dijawab sambil terus kerja akhirnya dia dapat jalan. dan dikasi beasiswa buat perusahaan. da...

It's 9.08pm. Done with my part for FA, or so i think, nanti kita liat apa komentar si gendut. kali ini malas menulis pake bahasa inggris. se suka deh menulis pake keyboard macbook ini, ringaaaaan skali. teruuuus apa diii.... ini baru tanggal 17 dan sudah miskin. hahahahaha ya gimana dong, sapa suru si kai ngajakin ke london. london itu besaaaaar rame.... se tidak terlalu suka. se suka kota kek manchester ini, mirip2 makassar dalam hal tidak terlalu rame tapi lengkap kok. wait, kalo mo dibandingkan manchester itu mungkin lebih mirip sama surabaya karna most things that available in jakarta also available in surabaya sama seperti most things that is available in london is also available in manchester. cerita lain adalah saya sukaaaaa skali kalo kuliah di gedung Mansfield Cooper, got 2 classes there. soalnya dekat dari rumah!! hihihi. tinggal 5 menit jalan kaki, jadi keluar flat 15menit sebelumnya lah. jalan2 super pelan dan santai menikmati pemandangan terus sampe dehhhh. apalagi apa...

www.musiktulus.com Tuan kesepian, tak punya teman Hatinya rapuh tapi belagak tangguh Nona tak berkawan tak pernah rasakan cinta Sungguh pandai berkhayal, mimpi itu alamnya Mereka berdua bertemu di suatu sudut taman kota Bertatap tapi tak bicara, masing2nya menganalisa Tuan apa yang salah padamu Mengapa wajahmu ada seribu Tuan apa yang salah padamu Seakan dunia hanya ada kamu, kamu, kamu, kamu Nona apa yang salah padamu Apa enaknya tenggelam dalam khayal Nona apa yang salah padamu Kau tau ku tak punya hati, kau masih saja menanti Mereka terlarut dalam ego Hati tertutup diam kataku Bergetar tapi tak berkaca suara hanya angin lalu Nona jatuh cinta pada tuan Tuan menunggu yang lain Nona tak peduli walau tuan tak pernah peduli sekitarnya Bumped into this song recently, found it lovely.

This is another evidence of the widely known fact: cook your own meal is far cheaper than eating out. The cheapest food I've found here is Panini in Precinct, £1.90 It's large, it's tasty, but the parlor doesn't open at night (doh). Compare the cost of eating out with buying groceries, it's pretty damn cheaper! Hehehe. I've also tried a whole week only eating homemade sandwich, it could cost slightly cheaper than cooking rice and simple dishes. But... For now, I need my Indonesian food :) Cheers!

It's been a month. A month and five days, to be exact. First week I lost it and tired of the cold weather, the rainy days, seeing bules everyday, seeing bules in miniskirts on cold weather. Now, I've gotten used to it. The people, the bloody cold weather, the classes, the food, the buses, and all the shops. Oh all the shops... I can cook now. Oh, yes I can ladies and gays. Yes, I can cook. I can make sushi that tasted like sushi, sup ayam, ayam kecap, sup kacang merah, sup babi kentang, sayur asam, dll. It's a miracle, I know! And not all of them needed the magic kaldu blok!!! Anyway, also have made friends with some really nice people here. From Indonesia and other nations as well. I enjoy my class because of the variety of backgrounds (nationalities and field of expertise) which enrich the class discussion. Also, I'm kinda learning Hindi now, from one of my classmates. Mera naam Ella he. HAHAHHAAHA sukaku! Other things I enjoy so far is: Milk (delicious, plain or choc...

Still related to previous post. Beside Firasat by Marcell, past experience enable me to access a painful memory and not just when singing this song. Even listening to it, my heart's pounding and there's a sinking feeling in my chest that burns a little. Well, past experience and Glenn's haunting vocals. I bet he access his pain a lot when singing this song. What's odd, I think, is the experience isn't even mine. Years ago, my brother and his girlfriend had some problem. One time, they broke up. My brother got home, I don't know what was going on inside his head, but then I heard a howl . Perhaps he was frustrated he needed to scream. But that let out of his aching heart, my God, I can tell he was in great pain. I still can remember the sound to this day. It was like he was dreadfully wounded. Months later, on his birthday, they met. The two talked privately, while a friend of theirs sang this song. After that beautiful moment, they reconciled. Now they...

Presentiment. There are moments in your life when you get a hunch of what is going to happened. Maybe it's confidence, may be it's a coincidence, or you're somewhat of a soothsayer. I love this song composed by Dewi Lestari, sang by Marcell, when the two still married. The lyrics are poetic, naturally, given it's Dee who wrote it. The notes are is my vocal range, so this is one of my must sing karoke songs. The song kinda brings back old memories, painful ones. Though it doesn't hurt anymore, it's there when I sing this song and it enables me to sing wholeheartedly. Like Rachel Berry said, to sing heartily you need to access you're pain.... Firasat kemarin kulihat awan membentuk wajahmu desau angin meniupkan namamu tubuhku terpaku semalam bulan sabit melengkungkan senyummu tabur bintang serupa kilau auramu aku pun sadari, ku segera berlari cepat pulang cepat kembali, jangan pergi lagi firasatku ingin kau tuk ce...

Eight years ago I love this song so much, though I didn't really understand what it's about. All I knew that it was catchy and the girls in the video clip looked craaaaazy! Now I watch the clip again and I gotta say it still is one of my all time favorite video clip. Why? Because the girls looked keraaaaaaayzeeeeee!! The song's also insanely fun and the lyrics are cool as well, I think. HEY YA! from Outkast vid from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLrxOFACYMc 1,2,3,4 go! My baby don't mess around Because she loves me so and this I know for show but does she really wanna but can't stand to see me walk out the door Don't try to fight the feelin' 'cause the thought alone is killin' me right now Thank god for mommy and daddy for stickin' two together 'cause we dont know how [Chorus] heeeeeeeeeeeey yaaaa heeey ya heeeeeeeeeeeey yaaaa heeey ya heeeeeeeeeeeey yaaaa heeey ya heeeeeeeeeeeey yaaaa heeey ya [...

Caution: This manga is SEMI-HENTAI, for 18 y.o + Onsen Paradise by Shota Kikuchi is one of my all time favorite manga. It's about a woman named Brown Kirino , aged unknown, who owns a hot spring - although throughout the four series it has rarely shown any paying guest stay there unlike in most onsen in another mangas I've read, except for Kirino's friends and visitors. She works as a writer and lives with Lolimomo, her housekeeper. The story revolve about Kirino's and her friends as well as the people in her town's life. Brown Kirino is drawn as a woman with severe sex appeal. She wears yukata or kimono most of the time, but sometimes she also wear western clothes. Despite her careless attitude, she has deep knowledge about Japanesse tradition as well as antique items. Not only she knows greatly about it, she lives the tradition as well. Never shown owning television, her favorite entertainment is drinking sake and eating sashimi on antique utens...

This is a list of manga series I'm currently reading. No cute comments, no reviews, just list. Red cell is the highly recommended one, yellows are the recommended ones, and whites are good but you won't die if you don't read it. No. Title Author 1 DUA AKOYA Suzue Miuchi 2 Bambino! Sekiya Tatsuji 3 Half An Apple Yukari Koyama 4 Hotaru's Light Satoru Hiura 5 Onsen Paradise Shota Kikuchi 6 Yotsuba! Kiyohiko Azuma 7 Daydreaming Yoshimura Akemi 8 Tomo'o Oda Tobira 9 Yokohama Chinatown Nishi Yuji, Hikino Shinji 10 Miiko Ono Eriko 11 CESARE Fuyumi Souryo 12 The Drops of God Tadashi Agi, Shu Akimoto 13 Bronze Angel Saito Chiho 14 Miso-Com Rika Yonezawa 15 Oh Butterfly Oh Flower Yoshihira Yuki 16 Historie Hitoshi Iwaaki 17 ...