He could be that boy, But I'm not that girl.

in mere two hours, i hav to go for a sunday drive.
will meet my sis down the boulevard at three-ish. tapi oh tapii.. saya malas mandiii! *grin*
oh dont mind the title (i know someone who'd fuss about it.. *wink*)

you know what,
last night, out of the ordinary, I went crazy for the new mp3 search on mp! LOL started to download heaps of old indo tunes. Heck, i even downloaded nike ardilla! turns out, her tune wasnt the light of my day. Instead, feeling nostalgic with Andre hehanusa's tunes. Aaah! I remember the good 'ol days listening to his songs. Kuta Bali, KKEB were the most memorable. I miss my married-cousin! LOL being married, she don't live with us no more and live way far from my hometown. Well, I too don't live in my childhood house anymore, so, we're much farther apart. Huhu.. I miss you heaps!! I've once found Arkarna's song on Imeem, and started to thought of her too. She loved that song, the only Arkarna's song she loved.

Malang terasa jauh sekali ya..
padahal kalau udah di jakarta, naik pesawat juga gak ada sejam, naik kereta juga gak ada shari, naik mobil.. yah shari lah (but the road trip that counts! if driving.)

Maybe I long for someone like her, older and (sometimes) wiser. At least, someone who wudn't left me wonder with my thoughts and actually gives a damn.

Oh well, where were we?
old tunes ryte. haha. been talking gibberish.

I couldnt really remember much of Indo old tunes. you know, the 90s. Thank goodness for supernova, I remember Rida Sita Dewi! then asked a friend on YM, she told me lots of the good ones. Katon, Kla project, Iwa K, HUMANIA tentunya!! God, i remember Jamie Aditya's on one of humania's klip, with his braided long hair. My Gawd! he was so young. We were so young! =P

Krakatau juga tiba2 muncul di antara2 hasil pencarian itu.. wah mantab!
tapi somehow, I still couldn't find lagu lain yg menohok hati seperti Andre's. Any suggestions?

oh if anyone curious of the title (r u dir? :p) its a wicked song, I'm not that girl.

" Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat
Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl."

i'm preparing myself for next year's wicked. in between, indulge my ears with the good sounds of cirque du soleil's varekai. The latter, i'd feel like im in a forest! adem!!

Ah sudahlah, im past gibberish talk.
time to get my ass up the bean bag, dan mandiii kamuuuh!!!!!!!

ini itu dan lain lain, versi desember

Duh mati gaya.

2007 hampir selesaiii !! hanya menghitung hari.. 3 hari lagi, TIGA teman teman!
baca sini situ, sana kemari... ah, smua isinya resolusi, resolusi, dan lagi-lagi resolusi. belum lagi rekap kehidupan 2007.

So, Selamat tinggal 2007. Apa kabar kamu, 2008?

Semua orang sibuk ngerekap dan mendaur ulang keinginan dan harapan2 mereka untuk dijalanin lagi taun depan. Yah, namanya resolusi. I dont do resolutions just because I never do 'em right.

Tema gak jauh2 beda, paling nyerempet2 sedikit. Penghujung taun selalu diributkan dengan goals untuk taun kedepan. Ditulis dengan huge bold font (biar stuck in mind!), R e s o l u s i: DIET! Cari partner hidup!

Halah. Basi, jendral! Basi.

Gak usah deh taun depan.
NYE, zilch plans.
Those midnight fireworks are so last year. (basi maksudnya!)
apalagi setelah ngecek weather forecast NYE will be a freakishly steaming 41 degrees bokkk!! i'll melt instantly inside those crowds and in that weather!!

tapi, to stay at home on NYE, sounds very sad, isn't it?
New Years Eve gitu loh!

Aaah! I'm outta plans.
at a time like this, i prefer staying home in Indo and tease my lil niece.

whatever deh.
eh btw, apa hanya karena hari itu udah di declare jadi hari pesta sedunia, apa iya jadi orang rumahan pada hari itu jadi terlihat nista??
bingung ya? nevermind...


on entirely different note,
do you know?

The Queen made her way to the YouTube clan!
quite shocking for a royal monarch to enter a unrestricted media exposure as such.
If you're that curious, check the Queen's channel www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel.
There's also a glimpse of HRH. prince william and henry there, if you're interested, that is.

Queen's made her 7 minutes greetings about Christmas, family, and of course a teensy bit of politics and whatnot. The other clips pretty much like a guide tour inside the royal household. Dengerin aja suara naratornya, sperti suara yang di audio device in every museums! tacky.

oh well. sebatas ini aja clotehan hari ini.

selamat bersenang senang di penghujung 2007, NYE, dan taun 2008!

Happy New Year!

its coming its coming its coming!!

WICKED is coming to town!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mark your calendar, people! JULY 2008!! Regent theatre.
Be there.

"Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the land of Oz. One, born with emerald green skin, is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. Wicked tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch."

www.wickedthemusical.com

BYO Dream

BYO. Bring Your Own.

BYO Dream.
Entah kenapa dari awal ngeliat kata2 itu dipajang gede di depan Melbourne University, I fell in love instantly.

Simple. Two words. but very bold meaning.

The picture here is taken off a free postcard I took from Jam Factory cinema. I think it's awesome they sell adverts on postcards too.

I'll stick it on the wall just above my PC............

ugh!

i feel sick in my gut when i woke up today.

it wasnt of something i ate, or PMS.
i feel like puking.

in 2 weeks

shit! its the end of 2007!!

imma year older and not getting wiser.
nice.

Death at a funeral

Since its first premiere, all I've heard about Death at a funeral is how ridiculously funny the movie is. Of course, seeing the trailer and all British casts I wouldn't expect the ordinary Hollywood comedy. And true that I was. The movie is very British, both acts and comedies.

The funeral.
An occasion where people mourn, the vibe is very dark, gloomy and depressed.
All's a given at a funeral.

However, not for the recently deceased Daniel's Dad's funeral.
A proper and respectful send-off has been prepared days earlier, but only led to chaos during the Wake. Starting of with the mistaken "delivery" from the mortuary, then welcoming Daniel's very dysfunctional family including the uncle and his children, and a potential blackmail from a very peculiar little man that ends disastrous.

Daniel, who has been the "good son", is confronted with all these hard tasks.

As said earlier, funeral is a day to mourn. It's gloomy, dark, and depressed. Thats what the black colors at a funeral represent, isn't it? Unfortunately, the only character stays to fit the situation is the Mother, who always in-tune as the mourning widow throughout the movie.

Acid also made few appearances in Death at a Funeral, although always mistaken for Valiums. There, you see where some of the chaos began.

There are funny bits that are too horrific too imagined, let alone, to see it visually on the big screen! Horror banget! It's the toilet mishap, see it, and you'll know what I mean.

Applause to the writer and director for making a funny movie situated on a funeral service, of course, without being disrespectful to what funeral is supposed to mean.

and definitely, I don't mean it to be a crack-show...

"You're the boss, applesauce! "

Factory Girl the movie is about Edie Sedgwick.

Many have criticized this movie about the misguided relationship between Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan and Edie. The two big-names, Warhol and Dylan, have become the world's legends. However, they don't necessarily always be the center of everything, including this movie. The belle of the ball is Edie Sedgwick.

When watching this movie, see yourself in Edie's shoes.
Factory Girl is, after all, a story about the life of New Yorker's high socialite in the 60s --Edie Sedgwick.

My first impression of it was good story line. At least, I get to know the life of manhattaners long before the Devil Wears Prada and Shopaholics rule the city in this 21st era. Honestly, I've never heard of Edie Sedgwick before the movie. I've heard of Andy Warhol, but only limited to his works.

One character is missing his personality. His story isn't explained in detail (prolly due to lawsuits and all).

It is the Musician. (supposedly to portray Bob Dylan)
He, the musician, act a saint, speaks in very peculiar dialogs and is no material for an eccentric manhattaners.

Perhaps, Hayden as the musician wasn't the perfect casting. or maybe, the musician himself was a flawed character.

Factory Girl, tells a life of a poor disrupted rich girl named Edie Sedgwick. She took off from art school cambridge to live in NY. Enter, Scott Wein. He took Edie under his wing and introduce her into the Manhattan's social crowd. There she met Andy Warhol.

The story developed into the life in the Factory - a studio of Andy Warhol - and the making of a Superstar - Edie Sedgwick. The confused relationship between Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick. The drug addiction life of Edie. The smitten Edie to a famous folk singer --the Musician. And The dysfunctional aristocrat family of the Sedgwicks.

Although the Factory Girl clearly giving a unpleasant reputation for Bob Dylan and especially, Andy Warhol. However, if that's what really happened or partially happened in the past or in the life of Edie Sedgwick, why criticized and refuse to believe?

Is it the bigger their names, the more pretentious the life they're living in?
Edie Sedgwick's laugh says it all.
"fluttery debutante laugh, that mixture of Warholian cool and little-girl terror," Cinematical

introducing: nu housemate

It came uninvited. It dont pay rent. It snook-in every morning just to koo-koos!
Oh, Did I also tell? It peeps into my bedroom everyday.
You perv-lil-birdie, you!

It made its own bed, which sits nicely on top of the gas box.
Lets just hope im not being sued for animal abuse or anything.

t(w)eens & opportunities

Selama target marketnya Teens/Tweens (2T) any business you do will sell out, won't it? Temen gue pernah cerita tentang rencana dia bikin business sama her Hubby2B (call him: H2B) di Jakarta. Mereka udah mengkategorikan 3 hal yang people wouldn't care much on spending money.
1. Birth
2. Marriage
3. Death

I'm quite disagree, somehow. But couldn't find the right explanation. Except for death. Maybe yes, the family in grief wouldn't want any hassle to send-off their loved ones, but does it means cash-out everything you have?

Then, I look up his page. Let's call him TpG. Bisnis dia menggebrak dunia persilatan di jkt. Tapiii.. memang targetnya mostly untuk 2T. Makanya, as i said earlier, mungkin kalo targetnya 2T, they would cash-out loads for their interest, wouldn't they? Tapi iya, price and cost might be tricky. Not all in this market could spend excessively given the pocket money from parents are very differ. Parents income plays a role? TpG bisa aja menargetkan ke market yang berbeda given his broader knowledge. But he didn't. Mungkin dia melihat target yang sekarang cukup memuaskan bisnisnya?

Try this situation.
Given the baby booming in Jakarta now. I call it baby boom since the population's still growing and many young families with 1-2 children. Take aside the 2T market. Aren't these young families could become the new market? I was thinking of that. But apparently, the products wouldn't as likeable as the common/everyday goods (ie. clothing & accessories, entertainment, gadgets). For now, it's the outside appearance that matters. The inside? meh, if the shell's this beautiful, who would care bout the inside? (take general public's view, not the minority intellectuals).

Such common goods are vary in price. You get the cheap knock-offs everywhere. Hence with whatever income you're earning, you get to spend for these common goods. Theyre like.... necessities?

How about education?
The idea of birth, marriage, and death as business prospects is because people wouldn't think much about cashing-out on these 3 occasions.

When thinking education... we think, re-think, and re-rethink (hehe maksa) on many possibilities, contingencies, and abilities. They say, the very first lesson we received is from family. Then why not start there. Mixing family and education.

Thing is, stuck on the question - does parents' income play a role?

It seems very much so.
Hence how you target? to much higher society?

Only to struggle, will they buy or just passing by? Given the possibility that higher society doesn't necessarily become a part of that minority intellectuals, do they?

Then back to the conclusion on whether
2Ts are really better for business prospects?

heyho.. this chica's back!

after a long month away... i'm back! internet is up and running.
i've been with my family for a month. it's very refreshing. I got to spend lots time with my baby niece. She talks alot. You know, word by word not in sentences since she's still learning to talk. Most memorable moment with her was when I asked her to kiss me and she did, but afterwards she holds her nose and said "bau.. bau!". LOL and yeah of course I hadn't take a bath at the time. Nevertheless, I scored big time since she don't really give kisses to anyone. Thats how snotty she is. HAHA

Biar gitu, tetep aja ngangenin!

Now I'm back to routines and pursue whats been planned years ago.
Feelings are different here.

Jakarta's on full alert for "musim kawin" ergo "get married!" the movie is perfect for its premier few months back! Getting surrounded with such situation kinda set your mind into it too. Although it's never been what you're after for now, but quite ticks your curiousity. If shakespeare ever gotten into this situation, he wouldve asked, Do I or Don't I?

Jakarta is also full of glamour glitz. There's no balance for a laidback simplicity. It's a very pretentious urban living. TV is our master and infotainments are the dark lords. Everyday, civillians are served with various of beautiful lies. I dunno, maybe its a virtually picture perfect escape from reality. (make sense?) As much as I criticize the city, the country, I'd always come back and call it home. I'm stuck with it. nyeh, what can u do?

Back to the root is also a quick reminder of the motivation thats been lost in transit. Those judging eyes burn my temporarily amputated spirit inside. Yearn for success, for acceptance, and vengence? Does anger yield motivation? Or is it dissapointment?
The desire to break free and earn freedom.
... is the final destination.

Wha...
Hm, the word whatever needs to cross-off the vocabulary, now.

Anyway.. as said earlier, back to routines and responsibilities.
I have to give quite an earful to 2 real estate agents this monday morning. fix all the apparently unsolved matters from a month ago. Only thinking abt it makes me jitters.. and tired.

FYI,
I'm still not used to sleeping in my new room. Somehow, I still missed my Apartment 708. I've made rushed decision to shift apartment. It's all been done. Ya sudahlah.

Hmff.. the year's almost end. I've wasted a year.
Resolution for next year is already made.

cross-out the word "M A L A S" from my vocabulary.
not a word of it.

The word's been planted in my mind for ages and seems like i'm stuck to it.

I know it's silly.
but worth to try.
you know, not putting a mindset of the word malas, hence, being malas.

'tis my biggest kryptonite, i tell ya.
pray for me will you?

Quote

"Satisfaction is the death of Desire".


Fall Out Boy's personnel

baby's got style!

Introducing: my baby niece. look at 'er! her mischievous eyes and snotty 'lil mouth of hers. I miss her.