alone doesn't mean lonely

i just realize something where i can called it as a STYLE #swag :P  

alone doesnt mean lonely. it is telling that when that person who sits with nobody is there not because of being emo. is just a state of mind where that person want to be in public but being invisible. get it? :D

as my observation so far, is not a trend here in Jakarta to sit alone and do our work. people will start judging you that you are lonely or single or emo-ing (the eyes telling me that they are judging) (and well it is not safe being alone although u r in cafe). is true because it is very rare to find a person sit on a cafe or coffee shop alone. normally, is because that person is waiting for someone or trying to get free wi-fi :D 

and i dont care with the fact that im sitting with nobody. 

the way people here think are not the same like people in KL. where it is very normal to see a person sitting with nobody and enjoying with the stuff that person do. #cultureshock

cinnamon roll and frappucino are the best couple <3

this is what i love to do and it has become my style. is part of me. i like to sit hours and hours in the coffee house (please dont kick the loyal customer out k? ;)). named it: STARBUCKS. 

and my friends will start to pop-up and comments: "oh is really an expensive coffee", "the price not equal with the taste", "wow you are rich kid", etc etc. what can i do? the taste suits my taste buds, the service make me convenience, and idk why that only starbucks coffee (after i try lot type of coffee) who can only makes me awake till late night and support me with my study. all the reasons above are worth for me. and i tend to skip a meal coz coffee and pastry gives me feeling of full. i dont feel like taking any meal. so, for my case, it is worthed right? :)

lappie, drinkie, mousie, and kitty :D

i find this place suits me most. this starbucks has 2 floor. im exactly on the 2nd floor and im basically sit on a long chair at the end of the room. where i can overlook the whole room, where plug is available, where light is bright enough and where it gives me cozy feeling with the soft padded seat and a wooden backrest upright that suits my back. i like this most (now people will start saying that i am too perfectionist in picking the best seat hahaha). i dont sit on normal chair coz i realize im not sitting there for 1 hour and i dont sit in sofa coz i scare i feel sleepy.

look, when the room is empty, it even gives me best privacy ever. feels like home. you'll be asking me then, why im not doing at own home? 

there are two reasons. firstly is bed. for me home is equal to bed. i always look for my bed and i do everything on my bed. reading, watching, online, playing and etc. so i will loose my focus. important :P secondly is habit. since i enter my college in Malaysia, i have this habit of studying outside in coffee shop. because i need wifi, good environment, and food for my tummy. so im used to consume a cup of coffee for each day during my exams week. so for me, when there is a book, there must be coffee goes along with it. 

^_^

last but not least... tadaa ! my own face haha :) i looked pale :P well people said i've changed (i hope is a good one) and yea is true. i'd changed my hairstyle, to be exact, my bangs. is getting longer and i dont plan to cut it. also here, i put a slight make up bcoz i just came back from a wedding party (definitely not mine haha) and i suddenly inspired to do my work. so i stop by to starbucks without removing my make. honestly, i never walk into shopping mall with full make up like this >__< i feel embarrassed. 

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voila ! c'est tout. 

i love to share my point of view to people.

i hope you get inspired from this and you'll find your own style for study and even when you doing ur work. effectively. 

thank you for reading :)

new year resolution

what i do normally at the very first month of the year is to make a list of what i want to achieve at the end of the year. in this year, im going to hit 21 (yes i am getting old) and i want to have a better me. to be useful to be meaningful. that is the main objective.

~ 2014 resolution ~

God

as last year He has given me so much strength to face every single things happen in the life and i started to follow Him, in this year i want to practice myself to make this as a daily Relationship not a Religion.

sharing is caring

i am consider as the lucky one. eat 3 times a day, sleep in a comfy bed, and study in a good university. lot people can have the life im having now. im starting to have this habit of randomly share of what i got to random people on the street.

just on one random day, i saw this 2 teenager standing under the hot sun helping the bad traffic in Jakarta. i know they expecting something for what they do. so i just gave a little bit more than usual and ask them to share. they spontaneously smile and thank me so sincerely. they even wish me a good day. i know it doesn't come just for the sake of the amount i gave. from that moment, it really leave me a remarkable message.

a smartphone

i know i need it as the function will help my work. the challenging part is that i will not get a help from my own family. this gonna be the first time i use a brand new phone from my own pocket. this will practice few things which are: savings, responsibilty and caring of belongings.

top student

during my diploma, i given chance to be valedictorian (wikipedia: is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony) in my university but i missed it. this year, i will be graduating from my degree and i want to have that chance back to me.

better health

no human is perfect especially about health. is tough as i am a dancer. it really does. i will do what doctor says that i believe will help me to be healed.

speak in chinese and korean

nowadays people realize that language is a really really important thing. people just can easily cross the border by count of hours and diversity is there. communication is essential and i want to diligently learning this both languages *challenge accepted*

travel to bangkok

if you are my friend, you know i love this. i went to Korea and Malaysia peninsular such as perhentian island, malacca, penang, ipoh and langkawi in 2013. and now is time for me to upgrade it.

travel to korea or australia

i have a secret reason why. only certain people know why. haha. sorry i dont want to tell it here. let it be a surprise.

healthy diet

my believe is that, by consuming healthy food i will have a healthy life. preventing disease to enter my body and having a better life :)

some of you may say that i'm expecting too high for myself. but nothing is impossible right? i will try my best to achieve those things above. at least i am trying and i have done it. no one is success without trying :D you never know if you don't try. 

i do this so i can remind myself and to poke you. do you have any? share it and i will love to read yours :) have a good day

langkawi

Langkawi, the jewel of kedah, that is what they called. i really had no idea about this place previously and all i heard is about the super cheap alcohol (this is really the first thing i heard from everyone about this place), good taste of seafood and beautiful views.

DAY ONE

we reached on 30th night at Langkawi International Aiport. we took flight from kl to langkawi coz it was cheap. about 100rm for two-ways with no luggage of course :) after touch down, i start realizing that there is more foreigner than local. i feel like im out of the country :D i stayed at Adina Drive In Motel that located just in front pantai cenang. Pantai Cenang is one of the famous beach where there are lot of shops, foods and bars. really a good location to stay especially i suddenly feel hungry in the mid of night :)

after check-in, ricky brought us to a famous seafood nearby. Orkid Ria Seafood Restaurant. he is our planner our gps our tour agency :D he basically did every single research and plan for us including what time we should wake up in the morning. let's forget about diet. because the food taste is really good. afterwards, we went rent bicycle ! only rm 20 per day. let's called this as burning fat and recalled childhood moments. is good to rent bike for a day coz you can travel around nearby your place while enjoying the air :) then we went to nearest market to check the beverage prices and it shocked me. a can of calsberg just cost you rm 2.80 /(>.<)\ we started to buy different drinks and try each of it. good chance haha xD

DAY TWO

remember, when you are having holiday, every second is count and you dont even want to skip one meal. that morning  was a hardcore one. coz i had 3 meals within 3 hours. first, i started my day with having breakfast at Red Tomato Restaurant & Lounge. its just nearby so we go by bicycle  ^_^ nice environment, good food and good service as well. i ordered something that i never try and thankfully it taste good. then we went to La Chocolatine Patisserie Salon de The Bistro to try their cakes. right after that, we had our lunch. we stop at Rafii's which located at exactly on pantai cenang. foursquare really help us to see what food is recommended by people :) [diet, byebye ㅠ.ㅠ] 

is nice that ricky arranged the tour for us in Langkawi. he arranged for island hoping and mangrove tour. on thes second day we went to island hopping at Kuala Kedah Jetty which cost rm50. there is a transport who came and pick us from the hotel. then, by jetty, they dropped us to an island to play water, then do eagle feeding and last but not least visit the. it takes about 3hours to for the whole trip. it was so tiring and we felt so hungry. right after, we went to eat pizza at Artisan Pizza which also has good rating online and its true. it fresh from the oven. thankfully is nearby. after, our rental car arrived and we went to Kuah area to eat seafood. we rent a car so it will be easier to travel around :) we travelled 30mins from pantai cenang just to eat that famous seafood named Wonderland Food Store (Chinese Muslim Restaurant). among all the seafood restaurants i tried, this is the most tasty and cheapest. we ate like monster but we pay unexpectedly cheap! none of us guessing the price right. i will come again if i have the chance. 

we went back to our motel to park our car then walked to pantai cenang beach for the year end time ! we bought beers and sit by the beach. i found lot of awesome things happen here. one, i watched people light up their lantern and makes the sky is full with lanterns. Is so beautiful. the next awesome thing is the free buffet on beach side for everyone who realize that its free. free satay, free fried rice, free kwetiau and free carlsberg. awesome right !! when the clock show 00:00, firework started ahoot up to the sky which just few meter in front of me is. after that fireworks, we went inside a bar to enjoy the nights and dance floor is also available there. cool nights! 

DAY THREE

this time, we went for Tg Rhu Mangrove Tour. it cost rm 130 including the transport from hotel, jetty, lunch, and tour guide. we need to go by 9am although the night before is quite tiring. it took 6 hours to finish this trip. the mangrove tour was really cool! first, they brought us for fish feeding near the reef, and then showed us various types of marine fish and feed them, went to see the mangrove tree, went to see monkey swimming in the sea, feed the eagle, went to the bat cave, and finally we had lunch at a floating restaurant in the middle of the sea. all these trips are located in nature Kilim Geoforest Park. so much activities done within that 6 hours. this is an experience that should never be forgotten. for people who like to see the beauty of nature, this is the right place! after resting, we are going to Kuah area again for seafood (again). this time we ate at Teo Seafood Restaurant. Kuah area is quite small, so the places to get food is close to each other.

DAY FOUR

come to the last day in Langkawi. we woke up quite early (again) and went to Breakfast bar. we tried the american breakfast there. the service pretty quick and the environment will enhance ur food. with our rented car, we continued our day to Langkawi Oriental Village. at that place, you can find small lake, souvenir shops, restaurant, hotel and most importantly the Langkawi Cable Car :) this is the most famous things to do in langkawi. this is the highest cable car that i ever experience. is quite scary but it really has a good view coz the cable car brings us to 700m above sea level. i suggest you to go there on weekdays because it is really crowded. took at least an hour to get in the cable car. when we reached on top, i really can see the beautiful landscape of both combination between mountain and sea. the wind is really strong and anything can fly off easily :P

well, we drove to Kuah area again at the time we felt super hungry. fyi, lot restaurants in langkawi close after 2pm and they will only operate again at 6pm. so it was 3pm and lot restaurants were close. we need to stop our car and start browsing to look for good food. four of us are really in emotional state coz of the hungry feeling. thank to Langkawi Hainanese Cafe coz they closed at 4pm :D

Eagle Square is our last destination. people say, if you haven't come here, your langkawi trip is not complete. so we sacrificed our skin by walking under the hot hot sun just to take pict with the eagle statue. virginia din want to go out from car coz she can't bare with the sun. she was happy to wait us in the car haha. and so that was the end of our langkawi trip ! drove to airport, return the car, went inside the plane and flew back to KL. 

Langkawi is really worth place to spend my money bcoz of the good scenery, good food, good beach and good alcohol :D thanks for the weather cause there is no rain for the four days we were there.


here is some useful tips:
1 do research of good places and food through trip advisor and foursquare :) is a must

2 when you reach the destination, check in to foursquare and check the tips by peopl
3 just bring hand carry luggage coz you dont want waste your time waiting and carrying ur luggages
4 it is very hot. im telling u, it is very HOT. use sunblock all the time. SPF 80 above is recommended :)

time to face my dissertation now :(:(

lesson to learn from 2013

Life is like a rotating wheel

hidup itu selalu naik turun dan tidak pernah terduga. suatu hari, aku pernah merasa begitu bahagia dan merasa aman. aku tertawa dan tersenyum lebar. tetapi pada hari esoknya, aku terjatuh dan bahkan terinjak karena sakit yang terlalu perih. yang ku bisa hanya apa? menangis dan tidak tahu harus kemana. tapi selalu ada penolong yang datang setelah itu. kita ga akan selalu ada di bawah :)

You are not alone

ini suatu pemberian hebat dari Tuhan yang aku rasakan. God has set this to me that i will never be alone no matter what the situation is. i tested God and people around me with this. entah dari mana aku dapat kemampuan ini, tapi aku selalu bisa melihat dari sisi bagaimana Tuhan sudah menyiapkan dan menyediakan orang-orang disekitar ku untuk membantu ku :')

Maintaining is more difficult than starting it
like a friendship, kalo mau kenal, tinggal say hi juga udah kenal. tapi kalo sudah menjadi teman dekat dan ingin mempertahankannya seperti ini, itu yang sulit. i struggle at this point. bener-bener mempertahankan itu susah karena aku sadar, ini ga bisa dilakukan sama aku sendiri. semuanya harus mau bangun bersama dan berlari ke titik tersebut

Trust
belajar untuk percaya. tahun ini aku banyak memberi kepercayaan ke orang dan sebenarnya sih ngetest juga seberapa mereka bisa di percaya. alhasil, aku bisa lihat tuh siapa yang bener-bener bisa memegang trust yang uda aku kasih :) aku percaya bahwa memberi kepercayaan dan tidak mencurigai itu juga nilai plus di mata Tuhan.

Appreciating
hidup cuma sekali. kesempatan datang sekali. mencoba cuma bisa sekali. bisa menghargai hal sekecil apapun yang datang ke hidup akan memberikan kebahagiaan tersendiri dan menyadari bahwa banyak hal begitu indah terjadi di hidup ini

Never expect too much

aku adalah orang yang selalu suka mengingat janji-janji orang dan memegangnya. tapi tahun ini, aku mengerti bahwa semua orang tidak sama seperti aku. bahwa tidak semua orang bisa berjuang dengan maksimal untuk apa yang dijanjikan. terlebih lagi apabila janji itu adalah janji manis. ini sama saja dengan seseorang yang memberikan saya sayap agar saya dapat terbang. semakin besar janji itu, semakin besar sayap yang ku punya dan semakin tinggi ku dapat terbang. dan ketika saya pada ketinggian tertinggi, sayap itu hilang begitu saja dan yang kutahu hanya jatuh dari ketinggian itu

Forgiveness brings joy to myself

aku berpikir ketika saya memutuskan untuk memafkan orang, keuntungan ini hanya akan dirasakan oleh orang tersebut. tetapi ternyata dugaan itu salah. ketika aku memaafkan, aku berarti mengerti situasi tersebut, menerima dengan lapang dada dan merasa lega. memang susah untuk memaafkan apalagi jika hal itu tidak pernah terjadi di hidup mu sebelumnya. memaafkan bukan berarti harus kembali seperti dulu kan? memaafkan bagiku adalah untuk menghapus coretan-coretan yang ada :)

There is no mistake, just a life lesson

kita di beri kehidupan tidak untuk menyesal atas kesalahannya, karena manusia tidak akan pernah lari dari kesalahan kecil maupun besar. tapi aku belajar, dimana aku bisa menyadari kesalahan itu, mengambil khimat nya dan belajar dari situ. sudah pastinya kita harus menyatakan maaf atas kesalahan tersebut dan yang penting adalah berjanji untuk tidak mengulangnya. karna kalo kesalahan diulangi lebih dari dua kali, itu namanya sengaja

External pain can't reduce the internal pain

tahun ini, tahun yang berat. because i am really out and really stress, i did hurt myself physically and i think like those people. berpikir bahwa menyakiti seperti begitu akan mengurangi sakit di dalam diri. ternyata itu memang membantu tapi hanya untuk sementara karna kita jadi fokus ke sakit itu. tapi ternyata, tidak juga :P setelah itu, sakit di dalam malah 

Plan B

kalo plan pertama ga bekerja, aku selalu punya pegangan. terkadang, banyak hal yang datang mendadak dan membuat saya panik karna begitu unexpected. saya belajar tuk berpikir jauh ke depan dan mengkira-kira apa yang akan terjadi

God with us

tahun ini adalah tahun Tuhan. i know God more and even deeper than ever in my life. ini yang memberikan aku pencerahan dan penguatan terhadap hal apa pun yang terjadi. Tuhan datang dalam banyak wujud menurutku. keluarga, teman-teman, dan guruku, semuanya telah diatur oleh Dia untuk memberkati ku dan menuntunku.