why life can't be simple?
screaming, yelling and some stubborn headstrong individuals.
Maybe an ESCAPE to ride.
Exhausted.
and turn aside to binge.
Troy and Gabriella ain't helping.
This supposedly romantic tweeny tune has turn the mood down.
Hollow. Sorrow.
The never-ending.
Damn you T.G!
Damn troy and gabriella!
Dance Vs Sing
which do u think sexier... man with velvet voice sings to you or man who can move his body on the dance floor way hotter than the stove?
Singapore
Honestly.
I don't know why people would go back and forth to Singapore for holidays.
There are nothing to see! You go there once or twice, that's it. You're done.
The grass doesn't always greener on the other side of the fence, people!
Thanks boy. For the laughs!
On a Saturday arvo, his Facebook status says " ... is in bed in his undies.. oh yeah."
if any straight guys would ever publish that on their Facebook, raise your hand please.
Blackberry Curve
So.
Tell me this
If you already have a 3G mobile, why would on earth people switch that to a 2G just because it's labeled Blackberry?
If you wanna go Blackberry whilst mobile on hand has 3G, then switch that with Bold. I don't get people who downgrade technology just to after the 'it' label. I wouldn't.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Curve don't have 3G, do they?
So.
Getting into the 'it' circle is fine. Getting Blackberry to get into the 'it' circle, is by all means your own interest.
However!
Don't go Curve just because they're "affordable" Blackberry whilst you own a swanky 3G by other brands.
If you wanna go Blackberry, go Bold.
Want candy?
Just something random in mind.
If you think because there's not enough change to give since we only have even amount for Rupiahs available, think again.
What about countries using "cent". They round them up so they get to the nearest smallest currency available in their country. Why don't we round up every sum to the nearest smallest amount we have in Rupiah.
Although I do realized the logic behind it. Since sadly enough, Indonesia doesn't have singles in Rupiah. Hence for every tenths Rupiah, we get candies. The accumulated tenths shall be the 'tip' we voluntarily give to retailers.
I don't mind the extra tip for few tenths Rupiah.
But I do wonder though, Why Candy?
When did it start? Candy in replacement for small change.
Are there any other countries that giveaway candy for change like we do?
edit:
Supermarkets have round up the amount and don't give us candy in return.
but I yet to get the answer to why they did what they did.
Bergdorf Blondes
Sykes knows how to say it all... and very much spot on.
"There are other things in life apart from finding a man to think about," I said, exasperated. (Like most other girls in New York, I have to confess on the very, very q-t that is all we think about 95 percent of the time. We just don't admit it in public. It's way more acceptable to say you worry about your career all the time. Although I generally find the more career a girl has, the more man she thinks about.)"
Plum Sykes
(2004 pg. 264)
Jason Mraz and Java Jazz
My 2nd Java Jazz after Jamie Cullum's Java Jazz in 2007.
This time round, my target is Jason Mraz. Luckily I don't need to spend thousands of dollars to get to see him! Unlike the previous encounter with Jamie where I had to fly back home from Melbourne just to see him live, and boy that was worth every dime!
My first impression of Java Jazz back then does not change for this year as well.
Java JAZZ, the event should already speaks for itself. The biggest JAZZ event ever held in Indonesia! (can i say, entire asia?)
However, as time goes by, it becomes a mix of pop-ish tune mesh with contemporary jazz. This, to attract more and more crowd from the youngest to mature audience. What do we get?
The real Jazz aficionados are only glimpse to the eyes can see. Some of the chic and clueless figures are there to celebrate the biggest event, whom target the mid to higher society. This is the place to see and be seen! not necessarily for the Jazz itself.
This year's most awaited special show is Jason Mraz.
He took almost half the exhibition hall just to himself and his crowd (which were crazy massive!!!). Java Jazz 2009 was his first performance in Indonesia.
As I have observed from few concerts I went in Jakarta and Melbourne, the differences are too obvious. Firstly, here in Indonesia we tend to take our cameras out for the entire show and record every bit of the concert into our tiny cam for documentation instead of dance and enjoy the live music. Then, we tend to sing! ALL and LOUD.
Musicians would be so pleased if the crowd are too enthusiastic to their music and leave all the singing to the crowd. Well, they may be pleased, but I'm not!!!! I went to concerts to hear them sing live! not to hear all those high pitch crowd noises sing!
To that extent, you should've seen the cheeky smile of Mr. Mraz the entire night. He must've been too shocked to realize how big he is in Indonesia. When crowd started to sing the entire song, he just showed his cheeky smile. I wish I captured that moment on my small pocket cam. How unfortunate from where I stood I could only see him on stage with his head only as big as green peas!
Jason Mraz at Java Jazz is as spectacular as you can get for a music festival. The inconvenience was top-notch. He cured it a bit. Live high wasn't on the song list, but butterfly was saved for the last. The show took about 1.5 hours at most. Getting in the concert hall was a tremendous effort, getting out was more effort! the 
crowd, like I said, was beyond imaginable!
After Jason, we get to watch Joeniar Arief, a local RnB boy with the hit number "rapuh". Listening to slightly Pop-ish RnB made me uncomfortable. I felt like a hypocrite to Jazz. So next we went to Humania, slightly jazzy, but they were good for local. The crowd I can't cope. Too much in such small room. The finale for the night for me was Matt Bianco!! Awesome.
Again, too much crowd the inconvenience was overbearing. My foot couldn't take it no longer and only enjoyed a couple songs. Then on the out stage, a friend took the final glimpse of Vidi, an uprising young local RnB. He was good and I would listen to him intently if he wasnt in Java Jazz. Afterward, off we farewell Java Jazz.
Next year Java Musikindo should expand the location. JACC couldn't hold such massive crowd any longer.
It doesn't represent Jazz enthusiast entirely, since...
Java Jazz is the Party for All.
Javanese traditions
I have realized a few traditions from my ancestral root.
1. Javanese likes sweet culinary, that's common news. However, did you know... serving tea also has its customary. Tea with a lot of sugar is considered honoring the guest, without or less of it would means being disrespectful and sorry to say, gives 
indication of being less fortunate. Therefore, if you ever visit surrounding mid-java (jawa tengah) for a long period of time, you'd come back with massive sugar rush. *Lol
2. After yesterday's funeral, I came about a tradition of part mid-java that is too interesting to be missed.
Did you know... when men died, women can't attend the burial (not sure if family included in this customary or not). However, when women died, men are allowed to attend and assist the process. I can't understand the logic in this.
3. I had conversation with a colleague one time, she said from her tradition root, it's unordinary to have soon-to-be mother-in-law to shop everything for seserahan (groom giveaway items). Whilst, for javanese, the mother-in-law-to-be is in control of everything to be given to the bride (some may without any prior agreement with the bride or her wants). Mothers are selfish that way sometimes, when giving away their kids.
Update later after further observations.. :)
mourning month
Innalillahi Wa inna illahi Raji'un
Maybe it's God's will. It IS God's will.
Yet I kept thinking "Why?"
Seminggu ini orang-orang terdekat gue terima berita duka.
Seminggu lalu, hari minggu pagi, salah satu sahabat gue harus melepaskan ayahnya.
Eyang putri gue meninggalkan kita semua selama-lamanya, 2 hari kemudian.
Jumat lalu, Ayahnya seorang sahabat terdekat tante gue (yang udah seperti keluarga juga), juga menghebuskan nafasnya terakhir kali.
Semalam, Ayah kakak ipar gue meninggalkan kita selama-lamanya.
semua ini terjadi dalam seminggu.
Maybe God has a plan.
One thing I couldn't comprehend, the last time I met eyang putri was 4 days before her passing. We usually don't meet up aside from family gatherings, however, this time we met under unsual coincidence. On a sale day at Metro! how surprising that was. The last time I met her, we shared hugs and kisses. Unknowingly, that was for the last time. Maybe God has planned that randeszvous for us to be parted the last time.
Temen gue bilang, gak usah sugesti-sugestian. Can't help but wonder though... What is it with the month February and March 2009? Was there a meaning behind this mourning month?
Australia and Indonesia
One of those articles defining the relationship between Australia and Indonesia. A country which Aussie always claim to be a threat due to high level of terrorist attack.
The travel warning has been going on for years.
Surprisingly, I discovered from The Age which reported a new visa for Australians to have their "opportunity" to work and holidaying in Indonesia (Allard, 2009). The works will be pretty much the same as "Work USA" program, I suppose.
Oh, No no no. don't get too psyched about this new visa to be one of the supports for "visit Indonesia" program. Australian diplomats are still quite paranoid to "over-protect" their citizens, by keeping Indonesia as the runner-up in their Travel Warning list.
Given their new visa policy... this, I would say, a very oxymoronic political agenda.
The contradiction is perceived as "Australians walk and chew gum at the same time" said Senator Evans.
I don't know if I should be offended or diplomatic about it.
To my understanding, if I may do the math... it might goes into equations as follows:
New visa + travel warning = Walk + Chew Gum = Australia + Indonesia
on which variable does Indonesia should stand that wouldn't delineate us as inferior?
Aaron Hotchner
Something I learned from him..
"Narcissistic self-absorbed and pathological avoidance of paternal responsibilities"
too too many big words.
Barbie is 50 years old!
Don't we know her but at all? the perfect frame of a female figure and fashion icon created by Mattel for all girls in the world. Barbie is always flawless in her mini figure.
who would've thought.. she turns 50! and never looked better.
As one of the fashionable icon in the world, Barbie knows how to celebrate.
She teams up with designers Vera Wang, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein to name a few, she splurge the most extravagant night of any leggy blonde dolls could ever dream of. FASHION WEEK IN NEW YORK!
Being 50 only means in numbers. Like Coco Chanel said "“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."
And Barbie delivers as that. Her 50th is celebrated by none other than being classy and fabulous as she always been.
Like Disney, Barbie has survived the years to become the legend in her industry.
Barbie has become the endless legacy for all girls in the world.
Her years will never be long forgotten.
Happy 50th to all Barbie dolls!
I wonder how old is Ken?
Come to think of it, Barbie is so Demi Moore.
Having Ken as her Ashton. ;)
