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Ahh.. I'm in China... Yet I learn more about my country more than ever... (or at least after finishing high school back in Indo. Lol.)

Do you know that Indo has 4 national flowers? Melati, Rafflesia Arnoldi, Anggrek Bulan, and I forgot what's the last one. Lol.

Do you know that Indo's economy's the biggest in Southeast Asia Region?

Do you know that we ranked 18 in the top 32 economies as measured in GDP at nomial prices?

Do you know that we didn't really take the toll during economic crisis coz our country can supply for all the things that we need so that we don't need to rely on imports from other country to survive?

Do you know that we actually have more than 300 ethnic groups in our small, lots of islands, country?

Do you know that we actually got everything, from the sea to the mountains, from the really polluted, civilized area to the really clean, amazingly beautiful, uncivilized area? And amazing weather... No sand storms, no snow, no huge scary windy day....

Ahhh...

Here I am in China...

Yet, the focus is back to Indo...

The grass is indeed always greener on the other side.

It's really been awhile since I go online and do whatever stuffs.
Well, usually I do go online, but it's just to check the mails...

Wow, looking back, i've really missed a lot of stuffs hey?
It's like I've been living in a whole different world, secluded, locked.
Great to finally be able to see some updates today.

So, what' been happening lately?

Hum...

From celebrating moon cake festivals, halloween festivals (all festivals for the first time... and upcoming ones too. woohoo!), learning kenpo, studying calligraphy, outings with friends, new friends, old friends, loosing my wallet, going to the police station, buying polaroid camera's, joining competitions...

Let's just say not everything's good and beautiful and fun. But everything's interesting. And if we keep on looking from the 'right' point of view, all of them are precious moments and experiences that I will never get if things weren't to happen that way.

(Talking bout point of view, let me share one of China's greatest poet's: 横看成岭侧成峰，远近高低各不同。不识庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中。Basically it's saying that you when you look on a mountain from far away, it will look different than when you look from the top of the mountain or the side of the mountain or even below it. Depending on where you are, the mountain will look different, cause it all depends on your own perspective, your point of view. So you don't actually know for sure what's the real shape of the mountain. But aren't we glad that no matter how big the mountain is, we always have Him who will help us and guide us thru. Woohoo! =) I like this poem the most - we studied 3 poems at the first chapter - coz I think it's really true . Hehe.)

So, life is still good to me... God's still as good as ever, no change in that. Never was, and never will. (Thank You!)

And the next? Well, I guess, next steps comes job and where I'm supposed to be.

Ah, and I thank God for my dad. Good to hear his voice ever so often now that he's back to 'normal'.Lol.

Well, so far all the good things outweighs all the bad things. I'm still so blessed. And I really can't thank Him enough for everything He's done for me.

Well, it's way past midnight. Cinderella has disappeared an hour ago. So should I. Lol. Ciao!

Oh no!!! Time flew soooo fasssttt...Suddenly I got another wedding invitations from a friend long long time ago yg duluuu sempet ngejer temen bae gw. (Sempet deketin gw biar deket sama tmn gw, sempet dpt image buruk di kepala gw tho at the end biasa aja and sempet ilang kontak dll). It feels like it's so weird. It's like kayanya baru kemaren dia ngebet ngejerin tmn gw. Then I just realized, that happend like 4 and a half years ago? Lol. Sooooo faaassssstttttt.. ^^"

Ah well...

Somehow this song has been rewinding and replaying itself on my mind... It's been a while...


Hidupmu berharga bagi Allah
Tiada yang tak berkenan di hadapanNya
Dia ciptakan kau s'turut gambarNya
Sungguh terlalu indah kau bagi Dia

Dia berikan kasihNya bagi kita
Dia t'lah relakan segala-galanya
Dia disalib 'tuk tebus dosa kita
Kar'na hidupmu sangatlah berharga

Buluh yang terkulai
Tak kan dipatahkanNya
Ia kan jadikan indah
Sungguh lebih berharga
Sumbu yang t'lah pudar
Tak kan dipadamkanNya
Dia 'kan jadikan terang
Untuk kemuliaanNya

Beautiful girls [handsome guys? lol], all over the worldd
I could be chasing but my time would be wastedd... [not that I want to chase anyone]
They got nothing on youuu babyyy.
Nothing on youuuuu babbbyyyyy...

They might say "hi", and I might say "hey"
But you shouldn't worry about what they say
Coz they got nothing on you baby (Not not not nothing on you baby, not nothing on you)
Nothing on youuu baby.... (Not not not nothing on you baby, not nothing on you)


Lalalala....

Bounce to you, Bounce to you nae gaseumeun neol
hyanghae jabhil sudo eobseul mankeum dwigeo ittneungeol.
Break it Down to you, Down to you nae gaseumi neo,
neol gatji mothandamyeon meomchul georanda (nal bara bwara)

Dang...

Found the song by chance...

Din't like it through the first minute of the song.

But somehow lovin it when it nears the ending.

And now it just "bouncing" in my mind...

Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!!

Too catchy!

On the side note, I kinda like No Other better... ^^"

Aaaarrrggghhhhh!!!

How could I fall through this road againnn... Boooooo.....

Whilst browsing through Mini sites and comparing models at http://www.mini.com/com/en/model_comparison/index.jsp
I had a very good laugh... How you asked? Well, you can try it yourself...

Go to the site, compare all the models but don't forget to see the last model which they call "Spike". It's a very interesting one. Lol.

They sure got humor, those Mini peeps. Lol.

Waaahhhh!!!!

I'm looking at the videos my friend took for us at the singing competition two months ago.
I wasss.... Dreaded by it..
Now, after a couple of months and I look back.
I feel like it was all like a dreaammm..
And I don't feel the dread anymore. Hahahaha.
I guess it's true, I have my classmate to thank for the wonderful memories.
Stuffs that I won't participate in if not for her.

So I guess, we should just take the chances for things that we can do.
Don't refuse but just do it.
And later on, we can look back and smile (laugh in my case, and a bit of screaming because of embarassment. Lol.)

And apparently after looking back at the video, it really wasn't that bad after all.
Not as bad as what I thought/imagined it'd be.
So yea, our mind/imagination sometimes can go waaayyyy overboard. Hahahaha.

Woohooooo.....

Looking forward to next sem, last fun moments before jumping to the reaaaalll world =D

I've learnt that asking the simple question "Why?" can sound like we're judging or blaming someone...

But sometimes... I just can't help it.

I simply had to ask, "Why?"

I'm just wondering lately...

Whether there's anyone who'd say directly: "Oh, I'm not good."

I think I'd love to converse with that person.

It'd be interesting...

Has been both eventful and un/noneventful...

I finally have to let go another one of my beloved family member =(

It's been sad. But he lived a long life already. And at least I got to see him for the last time too just the night before.
So, it's... Alright I guess... He's now in a better place... Hopefully...

Aside from that, I still got to go to a salon, had quite a nice Korean BBQ dinner, and then go back to the funeral home.

It was... Boring...

And this will continue till Wednesday...

I wonder what will happen in the next few days?

I hope the whole family can really be united.

Well, let's see...

I've been seeing weird places, meeting cool people, weird people, eating weird food...

Anything I haven't told you yet? Nope. Basically that's it. Lol.

Well, for what I can tell you of what my opinion bout China.... I love the details of their artworks - wether it's in their painting, their ceilings, their architectures, their songs, or even each weird letters/characters that create meaning. I'm fond of their martial arts. I'm still amazed by the Great Wall, I wonder at their long dynasty histories (not only the '3 kingdoms' mind you... The kecoak prince... Lol.)
But... I still don't really like the habits of the people - some anyways. It's so funny how when you study the culture and history, you can find them so... Revined and cultured, well-mannered... Yet one step to the "outside world" you see or rather you feel none of it. Maybe it's because what they put in writings is always more beautiful than the fact itself (or more like my imagination is way off reality? lol.)

And sometimes, I wonder.... "What about us?" We... Have well over 300 tribes with amazing nature as well. What about our culture? What made us, "us"? Besides the unknown language to the outside world... Besides the delicious food... Besides the geographical locations... I guess that would be the people... And i sincerely wish, that there won't be a day where some foreigners will think the same way as I did, that the "history" is more "beautiful" than the reality.... I wish that our people will forever be known as polite and kind. Haha...

Yuuhuuuuu!!! I'm back to the blogging world! Lol.

I guess I've been missing for "quite" a while. Lol. Last entry was packing? lol. So funny...

Soooo... My life here... First month: hellish. Second month: adapting. Third month: enjoying! Wohooo!!
I guess all of that doesn't really go too far from who you are with.
I'm really blessed and I'm happy because I can found friends that I know I can trust and depend on.
Tho sometimes it's still a bit lonely... After all, we can't stick with people all the time.
And anyway, they come to your life, and before you know it, they're gone.

I can't believe it's almost time to go back home to Indo (at least for a bit. Lol.)
I can see that I don't really change much here. Tho sometimes I think maybe I changed too much.
Lol. I dunno. It's all confusing. Sometimes I wonder, why did I come here again?
And then I found that I still haven't really find the answer to that yet. (At least one that is satisfying enough for me.)
But yeah, I learned quite a few things over here, besides the language of course.

1. You can see why people act a certain way from the environment they live in. Like basically you can understand more why they're like that, why they have certain 'cultural behavior'.
2. Chances come and go. It's either you grab it when you see it. Or you just simply lose it at all.
3. Something that you thought rude might not be the case for other people. And something that you thought it's ok might be considered rude...
4.With careful planning, you might have all you want. But sometimes, you simply just can't. And simply has to give up some.
5.Thinking is good. Thinking too much without action is no good. So start acting to achieve what you think. Sometimes you just don't have to think so much. And you'll be surprised at what you can find. (actually thinking too much might be the cause of why you can't grab your chances... Sometimes you just have to 'jump' at it.... Sigh...)

So... Latest update: I'm still enjoying my wushu practice, my calligraphy totally sucks, I'm joining the singing competition - somewhat involuntarily, and my singing sucks!, and I'm planning to tour all over China...

Ah, iI'm still wondering, should I move to another uni or just stay in this uni... All in all, now I believe more that I can enjoy my life in here. Lol. I survived so far! Yay! =P

Where do you guys think I'll head to next? :P

Whoa, I've never felt sooo tired of packing... (Pdhl baru 30 min? Lol.)

Hum... Even the first time I packed to Oz wasn't as tiring... I guess... (That time I packed all those weird stuffs... Let's see.. Rice cooker, speaker, setrikaan... Lolzz...) Now, I'm busy packing winter clothes... (Seriously.. For 2 months of winter or so, less maybe? Why should I bring all my winter clothes over? Too muchhh!!!)

Will I be okay? - the questions that have been hanging around my mind even if it's like a submarine that keep on diving and re-surfacing and diving again... And today mom (well, actually since before she already) started to ask all these sort of questions... Oh, how touching! Lol. Was she like this that time too? Probably... But this time feels like she's more concerned... Hum... Well.. China... Dangerous... I get it... Don't worry, I can take care of myself... Ahh... Too touching... Something that she doesn't normally do... I wonder, will it be harder? I bet. Will I survive? I... will! Because I'm not alone =D

What else do I need? (Lol. I only packed my jeans and jackets and stuffs so far. Lol. Haven't even bring shirts and toiletries lalala.) Anything I might have forgotten? I don't know... What did I forget? What do I usually forget? Hum... (Well, I know i could always buy stuffs over there... Should refrain myself from buying winter clothes tho. Lol.) Ahhh.... Why do we have to pack again? =P

Oh yeah, this might be the first time I packed from a week before. Lol. Even when I was going back for good, I packed the night before! Lolz. Was it the night before? And we managed to go out first too right? lol. Crazy...

Why can't she live forever?
Why can't he live forever?
Why can't it be forever theirs?
Why should there be any successors?
Why should there be any changes?
Why?

Change....

Something that's dreaded...
Something that's embraced...
Something that's anticipated...
Something that's totally avoided...

Change....

It's forever there...

And forever, I'm gonna have a mixed feelings bout changes....

Choayooo, saranghae, saranghaeyo..

Ahhhh!!! So cheeesssyyyy!!!!!! Grrr...

Listening too much of these words... Too cheeesyy!! Don't want! Don't like! Booo!!!

(Ironic... I dislike the word on a Valentine's day... But then again maybe coz I've been listening to them non-stop lately... Ahhh... No moreeeeee.... Not even in another language... No morreeeee!!!)

Whoaaaahhhhhh.... Thank God there are soooo manyy good people out there who are willing to share infos... Wooohoooo... Go, go net!!!! Lolll...

I was dreading the day I had to re-type every single contact entry to iPhone manually... Then I found a forum that actually discuss it and apparently, it's only a matter of downloading, connecting, syncing, syncing, and we're done! Woohoooo...

So, just for the record (and those out there who found this entry by chance while looking for ways to do so)... You only need to download iSync for your Nokia phone (http://www.nokia-asia.com/support/download-software/isync) and then install, connect to your phone, follow the given procedure, sync your Nokia with Mac, and then sync your iPhone via iTunes... It beautifully syncs your contacts and calendars... (Though only works for Nokia with Mac. lol.)
(Info thanks to: http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-39184.html - they posted all possible ways to transfer phone books to iPhone's)

Wahahahahahahahahahha... So happpyyy... =D

Now I don't have to guess who the sms-es are from anymore (even if my guess are usually correct. Lol.) Yeah...
(Doing lil dances across the room)

From K-Pop, C-Pop, whatever Asian Pop that has been ruling my iTunes lately...

2 days and 1 night... It's been fun watching it. Last episode, the athlete guy (can't seem to remember their names for long) asked everyone to jump into the ravine at -8 degree Celsius (the water was frozen and the ice was like around 10cm think probably?). At first they promised him they would go in together so that he would stay in the show with them but the next morning everyone regretted their promises. Lol...Two guys (Jiwon? and Mong) were particularly against it, complaining non-stop till the end. But at the end, they were the first guys who went into the ravine. Lol. So admirable... I can imagine the K-athlete's proud feelings and happiness and sense of joy and fulfillment. Lol. Even just watching them from a tv, i clapped my hands for them. At the end I guess they all felt really good (even if they were frozen a lil bit)... Lol. Was really fun watching them....

You're Beautiful. Jang Gae Suk? surely took me by surprise. Didn't recognize him there. Well, the last time I was watching him as EunHo in Hwang Jini.. Totally different (he looked really young over there). Prolly just coz of the make up. HongKi? looked like a fool. Lol. And the other guy's just... charming I guess? In his own way (he's that C.N.Blue member no?) Ahhh... Feels like I'm too old for this kind of movie... Damn... I would have never imagined, the day that I finally say "I'm too old for this" come so sooonnnn..... Sigh... (Nooo.. I'm still younggg.... Lol.)

Ah well...

Being a lil child is good no? You can totally believe in something without even a lil doubt. You can confidently say the things in your mind out loud. I just realized, as you get older (and supposedly wiser), you get more careful of a lots of things and you started to doubt a lot of stuffs that you can't even confidently say that you truly believe something. Because your mind will always be there to contradicts it (or maybe not your mind... Just your surroundings. Lol.) I think being like a kid is good... It's a privilege... Something that we loose lil by lil as we grow older... The privileges that we lost became something that we had to work hard for...

Yahh.. Today's topic is random... So I just went on and on and on bout whatever that came across my mind... I guess something like this is good to once in a while? Hahaha.. Ah well...

Damn... What's with the sudden interest in flip phoness??? -_-

What's with the all saddd love sonnggg?????

Is good and lovely.... Don't you think?

Sooo.. Lately (well, last year and this year I guess) there has been lotttsss of weddinggsssss... (Well, not really...) But anyway... It's of those who are close to me and not just some random people from mom and dad's circle of friends... (You know, how you always stand around do nothing, knows no one, only has your eyes on food instead of standing with people around chatting? Lol.)

Anyway, suddenly I have a baddddd mooooddddd..... A friend from childhood is gonna be having her 3rd? wedding celebration in Yogya (seriously, niat bener... lol.) which caused me to be out of town till 9th Jan. But, but, but, i forgot that I'm gonna have another friend from school celebrate her wedding at 8th of Jan... Boooohooooooooo... How stupid of meeee!!!! And they bought the ticket already. Huhuhuhu.... I really wanna go to both parties but, given that i've been to my childhood's friend wedding once, I prolly prefer going to the other one (even if she's not that close to me or anything.) Ahhh.. What should I dooo??? Mom suggested to ask bro going instead of me... That might work.. Buttt.. that's beside the point! I really wanted to see her wedding and her husband...

I guess it can't be helped? Sigh...