somewhere in between

Hey blogworld, haven't been writing here for ages huh! :D

Lotsa happenings that I haven't written here yet...some are too good to be missed, so here I am, in front of my laptop when I'm supposed to be doing something else! *sigh*

First, as uni is officially over, I am officially on my own! That means I'll have to support myself...find a full time job...like asap. Money is running low!

Second, being in a LDR relationship SUCKS. It's boring like nothing else! The story was; bf had to go back to his kampung as his dad won't let him stay here in the kangaroo-land. So, fingers crossed, we look forward for his coming back to Melbie when money piles up high enough to climb up and slide down on.

Third, is global warming real? *being smacked on the face by treehuggers* It was raining ICE CUBES in Melbourne last weekend! It was a crazy hailstorm, and the city was flooding! Gosh! Who knew that Melbourne was worse than Jakarta? Haha the rain was only 2 hours and the flood was knee-high! Geez.

Fourth, I'm cooking more these weeks. Saving money and being healthier. I just hate how long it takes to prepare food :( *sob* O well, burn the calories before it even goes in! Ha - I wish.

Next *lost count*, my sista is coming here with her fam! Oh wow, this gonna be the first time any family member come n visit me! And this is like, what, my fourth year in Australia =.= Oh and I'm going to Gold Coast next week! Sad tho, I won't have a chance to visit wet n wild xD it's my fav park there!

So that's what you should know! Oh and on a random note, when you come down to Chinatown, watch out for hairs. Not that I found any on my food yet, but last time I ate in my fave restaurant, I saw the longest armpit hair. Ever. Hands down. It looks like it can strangle a cat or suffocate you to death. Thank God I'm not having nightmares, lol. Resto-name not mentioned since I love this restaurant. Good food, friendly waiters, reasonably priced. Unlike that bastardos in Pacific BBQ. I hate that restaurant with all my heart.

out of my amazement

First of all, dreadful internet connection!!

Argh I should've bought the unlimited one if that's really faster. I'm using IM2 now and there's been lotsa down time! Not fun.

Anyway, remember I mentioned about renewing my IDs? Well apparently the extra Rp 10K my Dad gave didn't pay off, I haven't received my new national id yet. Oh well, there's always Monday for these kinda things.

But! It still amazes me how easy it was to renew everything here. Or even MAKE anything here. I remember the time when I came to the police station for the first time to get a driving license. I was told that all I needed to to was to come and take photo, so imagine me freaking out when one of the police asked me to come in a room with a overhead projector and some guys and maybe few girls sitting around holding pens. OMG I have to take a test? I tot that time. To my relief, the police handed me a test paper that had already filled in with correct answers. Well maybe someone crossed one or two wrong ones, but still. Don't you just love how corrupt our country is? Sarcasm alert. Next, photo, finger print, and I got my brand new-shiny driving license. Tah Daah!!

Renewing was almost the same, except that I didn't have to sit and 'take the test'. I came, a guy told me to wait in a room, someone called my name to take a pic. Inside, a tense looking police asked me my name. All I cared about was how thick his eyebrows were.

Bapak beralis tebel (BBT): "Jalan Sunan Kudus 46/60 itu yang mana?"

Well, I didn't know why my Dad started to write our address this way. Number 46 is actually his shop, on the other block of the street. Number 60, is my house. I mean, how far is it from 46 to 60! People must've wondered.

Me: "Oh, ehh...Yang di pojok jalan...sunan kudus sama emm apa ya? Yang di pojok itu lho pak.." omg udah lupa nama jalan di kudus!

BBT: "..."

Uh-oh, not convincing enough.

Me: "Emm, yang ada Suzuki Motor?" dagdigdug

BBT: "Ooh..." *sotoy*

Ah biar deh, me not gonna see you again, bapak...Take care and live your life to the fullest! It doesn't matter where Jl Sunan Kudus 46/60 is!

Anyway. I got my new driving license and took off immediately! Outside, my Dad gave some amount of money to the guy who helped me. Bukan sogokan, cuma uang makan kok. Bukan uang rokok, ntar dituduh bunuh anak orang.

Till later, people!

holy city.

Hello fellas, it's been a while since I came home that I lost track of time. It's very very boring here, all I do is watching dvds (got a stack from Jakarta - phew).

I guess I've learned this so far: Kudus is a small, smaaall town. Having yummy opor ayam, soto ayam, nasi pindang, n lentog is not enough to make up what it's lacking of. Geez.

Last week, out of boredom, I searched through the cabinets in my dining room- guess what I found! A measuring scale, few spatulas, cake knife, and a mixer. A stand mixer! However I found out quickly too, that the metal whisks are missing. So I gave up the thought of baking anything :p The next day, out of boredom again, I searched the drawers that I haven't checked and I found the whisks! Should I bake - was the question. As the oven is not working and I was not sure whether or not I could use the microwave oven, I asked my sist. As disappointing as it was, the microwave oven uses lotsa energy that my house's electricity went down after my sist warmed water in it. Oh wow. I miss my apartment in Melbourne.

My IDs - national and driving license will be expired on this August so I went around these days to renew everything. I went to renew my driving license the other day, my driver took care of everything so all I had to do there was to come and take photo. Same happened today with my national id. Hey I hate the new driving license, it's ugleh. I hope the national id will look better. My dad gave that old guy extra Rp 10K and asked him to finish it by today. But I haven't received it yet, hmm. Scary huh, everything can be done here in Indo with money.

What else, hmm. Ah yea when I was not around, my dad called the vet to groom Eagle! He told me that someone will come and pick Eagle up and bring him home later. Cool. All for Rp 35K. So yesterday I arranged Eagle to be groomed again. Someone picked him up early (when I went out at around 9 the cage was already empty :/), but hasn't returned him until around 4.30 so I asked. A while later Eagle got home, and running around wildly. Hmm I guess he misses home too. He's so cute when he's all groomed :3

icky and sweaty, but I'm home!

Why am I all sticky even tho I stayed inside aircon-ed room all day long???

And I am not exactly home. Yet. Still stuck in Jakarta, the city where Dewa Macet lurks...Well I arrived last wed and going back this wed, going back to my lovely holy city. Gosh I miss lentog tanjung!! Raawr~

Anyway anyhooo! The boy left today for Macau! Grr so jealous :p Awas kalo ga bawa oleh-oleh yah! Hehe. I'm kinda bored here already. Kerjaannya cuma makan n nonton dvd doang. Paling ke mall bentar. Which I don't really look forward to do... meh.

What should I do to kill time this hoool??? It could be my last one before I'm starting work oh noo D:

Today is the day!

Hi fellas,

Been a while since I last posted something here, but hey! Today is supposedly my big day, the day when childhood ends and real world strike you on your face real bad! :) Or so I am exaggerating...lol. Anyway, yeah I'm graduating today. Excited, you ask? Errm well...Maybe. I should be right? Since this is gonna be my first time wearing the black graduation gown (oh boy it's heavy) and mortar board, while Melbourne is burning (39C today!!) like there is no tomorrow.

Graduation ceremony will be at 7.30 pm, but I'll have to be there by 6 pm to register and stuff, and take photos for sure :) Oh and have I mentioned that RMIT's graduation is in Etihad Statium? Yeah, that stadium used to be called Telstra Dome (frankly speaking I like the old name better), and it is massive! I wonder how are we gonna be seated later...heh.

This week is actually a 'graduating week', or so I like to call it. Yesterday was Anthony and Hilda's. And Ko Robert too, which I didn't attend...Today's mine and Tina's. Tomorrow: Herman, Tiff, and Byron! How exciting! :D We're all officially off uni! Hoohoo!

On the other side tho, it's a bit sad to see people leaving Melbourne. Sad to say gbye after all this time we spent, sad to face the fact that they won't be here next year. But my best wishes be with them, sure we will meet again :3

On a random note, I've been studying for...approx 17 years!? Gosh how did time flies xD

It's awesome how we grow in the past years. I feel that this city brings so much changes in my life. I believe I'm a bigger girl now *mentally speakin' awwite*. I believe every challenges worth facing. I know I'm not alone!

If any of you reads this, I just wanna thank all my friends here in Melbourne for your love and support, you're like a family to me, a second home in my heart! :) Thank God for placing me here, thank God for letting me meet you all. One day, one day I know we'll have to say goodbye. But we know too, it will be just for a while...For the time being, let's have more fun, peeps! :D

Tubby-brownie

Hey ho!

If any of you wonder what I've been doing lately, I have to say it's still a mystery.
Honestly, I can't really remember what I've been doing :p
Things go like they always do: uni, work, oikos, and church.
Small things in between includes dinner out, lunch out, or baking.

I baked what's supposed to be strawberry turnover, but it ended up soggy since I could't seal the edges perfectly. Should give it a try again next time, but now I had enough soggy pastry lol.
O well, if you haven't failed you haven't tried eh? Speaking of baking, however, I baked a brownie tart last weel, which turned out awesomely. Not perfect, but I love the texture. Yum. Somehow it tastes a bit salty tho. I'm really sure I used unsalted butter and correct amount of salt…Humm maybe I should just reduce the salt next time!


a snapshot of the brownie, decorated for picture purpose only :p

Geez my blog's been boring for the past I-don't-know-how-long :( And I don't feel like writing anything interesting…Hahaha...
I just don't have anything to write about. Life's been good…I'm waiting for my holiday to come, so sick of coming to classes and doing my assignments. Just gimme a break already.

Oh one random thing! I've realised it for quite a while now, but then I never write it anywhere to remember it. Not that important, but interesting for me:
I learn and do bits of everything. By that I mean: photography; design; singing; basketball; baking; video editing; nail care *if that counts*; japanese; felt doll-making… and some more random stuff that I might missed. Well it's good in a way, but at the same time a bit ironical..hhahahhaah… I like stuff too easily. I see it, I want to do it, then I do it, then I stop most things and continue few things :p Hehe. I hope I keep learning how to bake tho, since I've already invested on some tools..gee.

Anyway, now I remember 2 interesting sightings that I wanna share!
1. When I was walking home, I saw an orange girl.
And that's so funnily lame. I mean, come on! She's orange! ORAAANGE!!! You know fake tan is just too much, but this…is just overwhelming. Reminds me of Bride Wars, yay.

2. I saw teletubbies today.
Errr, there were 2 Asians handing pamphlets in front of Melbourne Central, wearing what I see as cheap-made tubbies costume. I saw the purple one first *tinky winky?*. The head mask didn't cover his face, so I can clearly see his grumpy face. Dude, can't you at least smile? Who would take the pamphlets from a frowning fat purple alien? I hate teletubbies, let alone the pissed of ones. Walking down Swanston, I saw the second tubby, this time the red one or Po if I remember correctly…Inside it was a girl, thank God she at least smiled. She didn't put on the head mask tho. I can see no point she's wearing that oversized alien costume. Hmm. Marketing just got worse..haha…

And that's all I can remember for now! :)
Stay tuned

males bikin tugas

hyoohooh!!!!

hello weekenders, happy sunny and nice saturday here in melbourne...
But I'm doing nothing in my room *supposedly doing my assignment*.

Hmm I really hav to do my asg, but you kno how it works, the 'mepet-er' the better...nah, don't try at home ok fellas!

So, what have i been doin all day long? Urmmm...brunch; my leftover 'farmers-pie', checkin my emails...One top that I ordered from ebay is discontinued!!! Grrh. Oh but I found a look-a-like, yay! Contd to check some more stuff in ebay...Geez japan really invented the cutest stuff eva! Haha so tempted to get some cute but useless stuff but they're like ozemly xpensive so let's just forget bout it T_T boo!

Interesting thing, I re-discovered my old blog, from my friendster acc *berdebu*
It's funny to read what I wrote years ago...lol
If you need a time-killer, go n check it out.

Speaking of friendster, is anyone still on it? Hahah it used to be the big thing back then. Hmm interestin huh, maybe the same will happen to fb one day?

*fast forward to waktu nysia udah jadi emak2*
nysia mak2: "iya cu, dulu mak suka maen fesbuk...itu lho, social networking di internet...seru deh, bisa gossipin siapa jadian sama siapa...bisa dapet berita gempa cuepet banget...bisa maen pet society...

cucu: "hm..." *ekspresinya kayak kita denger emak2 cerita tentang hebatnya yang nemu bajaj*

It's awesome how things change, aye? xD

neway, nothing worth-mentioning anymore...didn't do much this week. It was my sem break but ev1 was like busy, so I stayed @ home most of the time ;_; oh dear me!

Back to uni on Monday!!!
Raagh!