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Friday Dinner Date: Hot Tomato

2011-12-05T22:08:00.000+08:00

Once per week, we try to have a dinner date, with official reason is to keep the love flame on *blush*. Actually, the real reasons are 1) to feed my hunger for good food and 2) I'm too lazy to cook that day.
On our last dinner date, we went to Hot Tomato at Nex Serangoon. We've been there a couple of times and that place kind of become where we go to when we want something nice and fast and not so expensive.

As usual, I ordered Salmon Mango Salsa (S$13.90, if I remember correctly) for "little boss" inside my tummy. Honestly, this is not my favorite dish but I ordered it nonetheless. Don't get me wrong, it was a yummy dish, but personally I prefer steak :P

The only complaint for the dish is the inconsistency of the aglio olio pasta. During the last visit, it was too garlicky and this time the lemon sauce was poured on top of it, I can't barely taste the garlic. And oh, the pasta was too soft not al dente anymore.

Garlic Seafood Linguine was the choice of my husband. When the dish came, I was shocked with its generous portion. I mean look at that...isn't generous for S$ 9.90?
My hubby didn't complaint much, except for the prawn which he felt not so fresh.

And since I managed to persuade my husband to get the set meal (add S$ 3.50 for soup of the day and drink), I can order the cake of the day for only S$ 2.50. I have to tell you, I love their chocolate cake of the day. In fact, I ate it with such gusto and most probably embarrassing my husband, that prompted the couple sitting next to us ordered the same thing (Hot Tomato should give me discount for helping them selling the cake :P)

The cake consists of 2 layers. The first one is melting-in-your-mouth-chocolatey and the second layer is a mix between crackers and chocolate I guess. The taste is heavenly! I wish I could eat the whole cake not only a slice.

In conclusion, we recommend Hot Tomato for casual dinning. The food quality is nice and the price is right. And do try the chocolate cake of the day!

Shiseido Warehouse Sale

2011-12-02T16:22:00.000+08:00

Last month, I went to the Shiseido Warehouse sale. The sale was only for 2 days.
I went on the second day as I was unable to go on the first day due to attending the webinar.
Even though, I prepared the list of things I needed to buy so I wouldn't go astray, the outcome was as expected, I couldn't stick to my list :P

The event took place on Shiseido Head Office (I guess) at Orchard Building 12th Floor.
I arrived around 11am and even though it's not so crazily crowded, it's hard for me to go near to the desk where the products were displayed.
Because I'm heavily pregnant, I opted to wait patiently until one of the girl satisfied and leave the table and then I swooped in and took her place. But I was the only few people to do that.
When I was looking at the eyeshadow, suddenly there was an arm reaching out from behind me to get the product and trying to force its owner's way in to the table. I turned around and lo and behold, the owner was another pregnant lady with belly bigger than me. *** bow to her high spirit ***

The sale was good, most of the product's price was slashed into a third of the usual price.
Btw, my hubby told me that my makeup budget is already maxed out for the next 5 years **hiks so cruel**
Here's what I've got:

Soft make up bag S$3, White Lucent Skin Care, 3 ZA Lipsticks (3 for S$12)(L-R: 002, OR1, 009), 3 Ettusais Blushes, 3 Maquillage Eyeshadow, 1 Maquillage Cream Eyeshadow.

Ettusais blushes S$10.
L-R: OR1 (matte), PK3 (shimmery), RD1 (shimmery)

Maquillage Eyeshadows S$8 and Duo Cream Eyeshadows S$15 (GR273)

White Lucent Skin Care S$15

I also got the hard-case makeup bag for S$3 which was a very good deal, but is not photographed yet. I have to nag my husband again to do it.
I wanted to get the Shiseido sunblock, but apparently it's already sold out. In fact the SA told me that most of the items are sold out during the first day ***sob sob sob***
Lesson to be learned, come on the first day during the warehouse sale!

Online Shopping: Tara Shop

2011-12-02T15:12:00.000+08:00

Can be said that I am a newbie in online shopping.
I know I know, I'm so old fashioned. But I don't know, I guess I enjoy going to the pretty store and do the shopping the old way. Feel the 'rush' after deciding to buy something and pay that in the cashier hehehe..

Anyway, since there are things that I want for quite some time and sadly, those items are not available on where I live, I have to retort to the online shopping. Well, I have to admit, online shopping has different kind of rush. The rush for me is when I open a mailbox and there it is. The package has arrived. Yay! It's like present from Santa Claus, except I'm paying for this present :P

The first online shopper I tried was Tara Shop (http://www.tara-shop.com). I read good reviews about them in the CozyCot forum, so I decided to give it a try.
Since this was only a try out, and also since I splurged so much during Shiseido warehouse sale, I only ordered 1 item which was the ELF blending brush.

Upon order confirmation, I received email notification and inside there was a link for me to do the payment. I received another notification, updating me that the items had been processed and the last notification came informed me that the had been shipped. What amazed me was that all these emails came in 1 day. Yes, 1 day.
The next day, I received the package. I am super impressed with the speed and I'm not even using registered mail option. I chose the normal postage which is free.

The brush was wrapped in bubble wrap and brown envelope. All in great condition.
I'm definitely, going back to Tara Shop to shop some more **I think I can hear my hubby screaming from a far "oh nooo"***

Swatches: L’Oreal La Couleur Infallible Eyeshadows

2011-11-27T15:00:00.010+08:00

It's been a while since I go to Watson or Guardian. When I went there yesterday, I was pleasantly surprise to find new single eyeshadows from L'oreal. I think it is called L’Oreal La Couleur Infallible Eyeshadows and they are released alongside a limited edition Colour Riche Gold collection (the one with Fan Bing Bing in the ads)

The texture of these eyeshadows are very velvety and smooth. I think they are more like a in loose eyeshadow/pigment blend together with cream eyeshadows (if I'm making any sense here :p)
All of them are incredibly pigmented.
Below is the swatches all 5 of them:

I think my faves are the Sahara Treasure and Black Onyx

I would like to bring those babies home, but since my last unexpected splurge during Shiseido warehouse sale, I feel too guilty to buy anymore makeup.

They are priced at S$14.90 / 3.5gr

Friday Dinner Date: Suki Sushi

2011-11-21T18:12:00.002+08:00

For our last Friday Dinner Date, we went to Suki Sushi at Singapore Post building. It's been a while since this pregnant lady aka moi dares to go to Japanese Restaurant that has the sushi bar. The reason is simple, I love sushi, especially salmon sashimi and being pregnant means I have to avoid those raw foods that I absolutely love and you know I have very little self control **blush blush**

Anyway, below is what we ordered
Appetizer: Bacon Roll Enoki (S$4.90)

We likey... the bacon was not too salty and we can smell the smoke since this is like a kebab.

Main Course: Hamburg Omelet Rice (S$ 7.90)

This was only okay-ish. The sauce was a bit to sweet for me, and while the omelet was very nice and fluffy, there was nothing but rice wrapped under that omelet. I was hoping this to be kind of omurice with tomato sauce and mushroom or something like that, so I was a bit disappointed.

Sushi: Dragon Roll (S$8.90)
Finally, I can eat sushi again for the second time after 8 months. Oh the thirst and hunger!! and this baby is not a disappointment. The prawn was crunchy but soft and sweet. The sushi rice was not too sour, and with avocado and Japanese Mayo on top the result is Perfecto!

Verdict: Not bad! Except the omelet rice, we're both quite satisfied with the food.
Recommended to other: Yes
Will we be back: Yes, ordering more sushi I guess.

Product Reviews: The Body Shop Facial Buffer

2011-10-17T15:16:00.002+08:00

TBS offers 2 types of facial buffer (sorry couldn't find the picture), and the one below (that I bought) is the softer one. I bought this product impulsively (like most of the things I bought **chuckle**)

They claim:
A gentle exfoliating sponge to polish your skin, whilst cleansing, leaving it feeling refreshed and looking radiant. Use daily for a gentle skin boost. Particularly good for use on dry skin that needs to be exfoliated regularly, it leaves the skin feeling soft and smooth.

How to use:
Use daily in circular motion with your favourite The Body Shop facial wash or soap to cleanse and gently exfoliate. Dampen before use.

Price: SGD 4.90

My impression:
- It's a bit too rough on my skin, especially the sensitive area like under the nose, under the eye etc. I felt like being scratch even when I used it on my forehead twice on the same spot.
- Definitely I will not use it on daily basis. (FYI: my skin is oily combination). Probably every 3-4 weeks when I need a deep cleanse.
- The product does it job, I can feel my skin is smoother and clean after use. I like that my white heads/black heads/comedoes (you named it) on my nose are mostly gone. Normally, when I use a facial scrub I still need to use a tool to force them to come out.
- I prefer this instead of facial brush since the brush hair sometime poke my nose (gross I know) and it hurts

Recommended to others: Yes, if you don't have sensitive skin and need a good exfoliator.

Repurchase: Probably since the price is not so bad.

L'oreal Promotion

2011-10-15T16:17:00.002+08:00

I've been meaning to buy new mascara to replace my old mascara which had been neglected since I can't remember when thanks to the nasty styes (yes plural) I got.

When one of my best friend came over last week, she recomended me this L'oreal Double Extension Beauty Tubes. She raved that this product is very easy to use and easy to remove.

It's must be my lucky day since Watson is having promotion "buy second product at $2"
Immedieately, I grab one of this and guess what I got for $2? It is the Renewal Lash Serum worth around $28 something.
I've been wanting this Lash Serum for a while but since it is quite expensive it's been in my wish list forever.

They also have another promotion which is magique base for $2 if you buy one of L'oreal foundation. I want the promotion item but not in need for any foundation right now (I must congratulate my self, great self control) so reluctantly I pass...

I think there are also promotion for L'oreal Men's product which I can't remember (I couldn't care less)

Go grab this promotion while it's still on!

I will update the result of the serum in another post

Empal Suwir Cabai

2011-06-30T20:51:00.003+08:00

Empal Suwir Cabai

Ingredients:
2 slices Empal (made by my mommy, don't ask me the recipe. I only know how to fry and eat it)
3 shallots (sliced)
1 tomato (chopped)
4 red chilies (chopped)
2 chilli padi (chopped)
Salt, pepper and sugar to taste
Juice from 1 lime
Cooking oil

Instructions:
1. Fry empal and set it aside to cool.
2. Blend chopped tomato, red chilies and chilli padi with food processor and then set it aside.
3. Reheat the pan, using the left over oil from frying empal, saute shallot until fragrant.
4. Add tomato and chili mixture and cook until the water evaporated. Add more cooking oil if needed.
5. Season it with salt, pepper and sugar and continue cooking until it's done. You can tell by the smell :).
6. In the meantime, when the meat (empal) is cooled down, shred it with your hand or fork, whatever works for you.
7. Toss the shredded meat. Mix well and continue cooking around 2 mins.
8. Pour in the lime juice, cook for another 1 minute.
9. In the end, the food should taste spicy, salty, a bit sour from the lime juce and a bit sweet from the sugar. Slurppppss!

I serve this with rice mixed with komatsuna (Japanese spinach mustard).
Komatsuna can be replaced with chye sim.

Recipe: Salt Pepper Chicken (Updated)

2011-06-28T13:54:00.001+08:00

FYI, I have no work today hence the blog spamming :P

Salt Pepper Chicken (Ayam Lada Garam)

Ingredients:

Coating Mixture:
3 tsp Kobe starch
1 tsp flour
1.5 tsp tapioca starch
0.25 tsp knorr chicken
white pepper to taste
salt (very very little)

2 strips of chicken fillet (cut into dice approx. 2cm)
2 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 chillipadi (diced)
1 red chilli (diced)
1 green chilli (diced) (why green chilli? to make it colorful, my hubby tastes food with his eyes first)
1 tablespoon margarine
salt and pepper (black and white) to taste
cooking oil.

Instructions:
1. Mix the coating mixture evenly and put into a medium plastic bag. Put the diced chicken and shake the bag to evenly coat the chicken.
2. Deep fry the chicken until golden brown. Remove from heat and put it aside. on top of the sauteed garlic and cayenne pepper. Mix it well.
3. Heat the pan, melt the butter, saute the garlic and all the chillies until fragrant and soften abit. Put a bit of salt and white pepper. Continue stirring.
3. Toss the chicken, mix it well. Add more salt and black pepper to taste. Personally I choose black pepper cause I like it hot
4. Remove from heat. Put in a plate.
5. Ready to serve.
For 2 people.

Note: chicken can be substituted with tofu, pork, cuttlefish, squid or shrimp.

Normally I would serve this with shredded cabbage, mix with Japanese mayo and a bit of honey mustard.
My hubby loves it!

Bagaimana Memandang Diri Sendiri

2011-06-13T12:52:00.000+08:00

Seorang pemuda bertanya kepada biksu, "Guru, ada orang yang memuji saya berbakat, nanti pasti akan menjadi orang yang sukses; ada juga orang yang mengatakan saya ini bodoh, seumur hidup pasti tidak akan bisa melakukan hal besar. Kalau menurut Anda bagaimana?

"Bagaimana kamu memandang diri kamu sendiri?" biksu balik bertanya.

Pemuda menggeleng-gelengkan kepalan, tidak tahu harus menjawab apa.

"Sebagai contoh sekilo beras, kalau orang yang melihat berbeda, nilai beras itu kemugnkinan akan berbeda pula. Bagi seorang ibu rumah tangga, sekilo beras bisa menjadi delapan piring nasi; bagi seorang petani, sekilo beras hanya bernilai Rp. 2000 (masak sih, jaman kapan?); dimata orang pembuat bakcang, jika beras dibuat mejadi bakcang, bisa dijual Rp. 3000 per buah (pasti yg ga ada telor dan jamur hioko nya hehe); dimata pembuat bumbu masakan, diolah menjadi bumbu masak, bisa bernilai Rp. 10.000 per bungkus; dipandang dari sudut pembuat arak, beras dapat diragi menjadi arak, nilainya bisa menjadi Rp. 40.000 per guci"

Setelah berhenti sejenak, sang biksu melanjutkan, "Ada orang yang akan mengangkat dan memuji kamu, ada juga yang menilai kamu rendah. Sebenarnya, kamu adalah kamu. Kamu punya kemampuan apa dan siapakah dirimu, hanya kamu seorang yang tahu dan dapat menilai diri kamu sendiri"

Mendengar petuah dari biksu, pikiran sang pemuda pun terbuka.

Quoted from "Collection of The Most Wonderful Wisdom Chinese Stories"

Note:
But if a lot of people call you evil, while you think you're a floating angel, probably you want to check your head whether there are small horns on top of there instead of wondering why the wings on your back haven't grown yet ;)

My New Love

2010-07-16T16:52:00.000+08:00

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Info: What to do if you have different names?

2010-07-13T16:07:00.001+08:00

I hope this information is useful.

Recently I found out that my mother's name stated in my birth certificate was different with the one stated in my mother's passport. How the hell did it happen? Please don't ask me, I was just a cute baby when my birth certificate was made hehehe. And don't get me started on the family card. It's a mess.

To be honest, I never have any problem with this, I didn't even realize that the names were different. Nobody does. However this became a problem when I wanted to apply for 90 days extension for my mom. The immigration officer said that since the names were different it could be two totally different person! Then I was suggested to go the embassy and make an official latter stating that these two names were actually belong to the same person.

So, this morning I finally went to the embassy. I went to the second floor and went inside the 'KEKONSULERAN' (if I'm not wrong) room. I explained my problem to the girls there and she asked me to fill out 2 forms:

the first form was for the data/information I wish to state/change
the second form was for my personal information and explaining my request.

I filled out those forms, submitted it back and I waited outside the room.
Oh I also was asked to buy the stamp (2 SGD) and I also submitted 3 documents as supporting evidence: my birth certificate, my mother's passport and her SBKRI.

Not for long, my name was called and I was asked to submit my mother's birth certificate. I suddenly think "Oh no!!! another problem again!!! my mother doesn't have birth certificate". Since I was really desperate, I just admitted it honestly that my mother doesn't and never have birth certificate. She was born in 1950 in a small/remote village only 5 years after Indonesia's independence for God's sake.

Finally they accept my explanation and told me to come back the day after tomorrow to collect the document around 14:30 -17:00. I was so happy! The service was good and fast. I love it. Salute for KBRI Singapore.

Important points:

Go to second floor. The first floor is mainly for immigration services.
You have to submit 3 supporting documents for your claim. Passport is a must! Since you have to submit your ID in the front entrance please make sure you bring another ID (KTP or SIM) to submit instead of your passport.
The fee is 32 SGD + 2 SGD for stamp. I believe they only accept CASH, no NETS or CC.
I don't think the website is having the latest update, but starting from 1 January 2010 the submission hour is: 09:30 - 12:30 (not 13:00 as stated in the website) and collection hour: 14:30-17:00
No flip-flop, tank top, and bermuda please. It was stated in the front entrance door. I don't know whether they really strict with this rule but no harm in wearing a semi-formal clothes rite?

I hate it when people.....

2010-07-13T15:21:00.000+08:00

I consider my self as a normal MRT commuter. I try to always offer my seat to the one who needs it, I don't stand in front of the door, I never eat inside the MRT and I don't bring durian (no matter how you wrap it, it still smell!)

I also consider my self as a 'ching-cai' commuter. I only slightly irritated when people 'blissfully' blocking the door when thousand of people pushing their way through the door. But I really HATE, I repeat HATE, capital H capital A, capital T and capital E when someone does something like this:

I boarded the MRT, moved to the center and stand there peacefully. Usually the center of the train can accommodate 3 rows of people standing. I stand on row 1.
Someguy wearing a loose t-shirt with folded sleeves boarded the MRT a couple stations later, sweep in stand in front of me (which is row 0, nobody with normal mind would like to stand in row 0 unless the train is fully packed and you have no choice but to accept the fate and be a 'mackerel in a tin' for a while, and at that time the train was not fully packed) face to face and suddenly he opened this arm to hold on the the hand holder behind my head! Once again he wore a loose t-shirt with folded sleeves which means he openly exposing his armpit and his armpit hair directly in front of my face!!!

Please! who do you think you are mister???!!
Firstly, there is no need for you to fold your sleeves since no matter how you fold it, the sleeves are still way too big for your tiny arms, and secondly no need to flash your armpit since your are not FERNANDO TORRES wearing a body paint & shooting for PEPSI commercial!!

Product Review: Pencil Eyeliner: NYX , Maybelline, TBS and TBS Lip and Cheek Stain

2010-05-03T21:56:00.002+08:00

1. NYX EYE/EYEBROW PENCIL (color black)
Pros:

Creamy, blend easily
Can glide over the lash line quite easily
Can be used as a base so the eyeshadows stick better
Cheap (around IDR 45K - 50K)
Pigmented enough if not used on waterline

Cons:

Even though it can be used on the waterline but doesn't give enough color.

Repurchase? Yes

2. TBS EYE PENCIL (SHADE: ROCKY BLUE)
Pros:

Creamy enough (after 1 time sharpened) still can be blended but does not glide over the eyelid.
Can be used as a base so the eyeshadows stick better
Cheap (got it on sale SGD 5.00 )

Cons:

Not pigmented enough (probably because the color I choose though)

Repurchase? Probably if on sale but will buy different shade

3. Maybelline 2-IN-1 Impact shadow liner by EYESTUDIO (color purple)
Pros:

Super creamy, glides on the eyelid and blend easily
Very pigmented and super pretty purple(I totally love this color)
Not that expensive (got it on promo SGD 9.90 UP: 11.90 )
Great staying power
Can be used as an eyeshadow

Cons:

Can not be used on the waterline (just wont stick!) PS: I have a very watery waterline btw.
Smells funny

Repurchased: Yes yes yes yes (assuming the price stays)

4. TBS Lip and Cheek Stain (http://www.thebodyshop.com.sg/en/ProductDetail.aspx?ProdID=459&SubCateId=160&CateId=2)

They claimed:
"For a natural looking and lasting "just blushed" glow to the cheeks or "just bitten in to a strawberry lips", this double-duty product is a must have for the make-up bag. The more you apply it on, the deeper it gets."

Size: 8 ml

Price: S$21.90

Pro:

Pigmented and just stain your lips perfectly.
double duty as lip and cheek stainer.

Cons:

Pricey.

Repurchase? Only if I have the product rebate or when I'm very upset and need to have shopping therapy session :p

Crazy Girl at The Body Shop Warehouse Sale (read: ME)

2010-03-10T21:47:00.011+08:00

I took a day off today, with two official reasons which are first to come to our beloved embassy and change my passport address so I don’t have to always queue in front of “Layanan Bebas Pajak” everytime I go back to my country, and second is to register my marriage since it’s been almost a year (duile…masih mo status single aja). While actually the true reason is to go to The Body Shop warehouse sale at Suntec Convention Centre.

I got the information about it via sms a couple days ago and I thought okay, lets check it out. Honestly, I had one thing in mind at that time which is the “New! Limited Edition Shimmer Cubes”. I thought the colors are gorgeous.

When I was there around 2 pm, the place is totally packed. There were probably 3 rows behind every table, with me being petite and small, it was almost impossible for me to take a peek at the displayed products yet buying anything. But you know nothing is as strong as a shopaholic at a warehouse sale.

Ta-daaahhh….

Okay, my wallet is completely unhappy today.
In my defense, a third of them belong to my friends and in-laws. 90% of the rest are gifts or shared with my hubby and mommy. Some are even belong to my mommy and hubby. Which left me with only little 4 products: the skin boost, eyeliner brush, eyeliner kohl and toe separator. I’m so proud of my controlled-self.

I always face with 4 conditions every shopping:

Not so ideal, is when I buy something for someone with my money. I obviously love that someone, eghh but still…what’s the harm with wishing it the other way around?
Guilty please, no strike that, it’s supposed to be called Stress Therapy, is when I buy something for moi with my own money
My dream Job: Personal Shopper, is when my friends ask me to buy something for them with their money (nitiph)
Every day gold-digger prayer, is when I buy something for me with other’s people money (legally of course). Yes, I do believe there is a gold digger persona in every person even though it's not dominant. I mean, come on, who can deny the pleasure you get when something you window shopping for so long, something you dreamed every night is suddenly handed to you in silver platter. Duh!

PS: Photo is courtesy of my dear hubby.

Rotten Tomatoes, Walking With Series & Dirty Jobs

2010-01-25T17:18:00.005+08:00

Sigh...
It's been too long since I've updated this blog. Kecian bener nih blog.
The reason is simple. I don't know what to write...
No "blog worthy" events happened lately, but today I'm trying to write something that hopefully worthy enough for you.

1. rotten tomatoes.
Has anybody ever heard about this website? Well, I knew this website for quite sometime but rarely visit it. Within this site you can find movie critics and review and the good news is (for me at least) that "ehm...ehm.. kyknya selera kita sama bokkk!" Based on the statistic 64.5% of my fave movies are Certified Fresh, 12.9% are Fresh and only 22.6% are Rotten (only??? hahaha)

Duh biasanya dulu di kost pasti d selera film gue paling beda sendirian. I've always been "the geek". So, I'm very very excited ternyata gue tidak sendirian hohoho!

2. Walking with Series
Nyambung soal ke-geek-an soal selera film, belum lama ini secara tidak sengaja turn-on the national geographic channel and ntn "Walking with Monster" yang ternyata merupakan bagian dari "Walking with..." series and I've been obsessed with it after since!

Walaupun my hubby ngorok dengan damainya pas ntn film ini, tapi buat gue ini film TOP BGT untuk memuaskan ke-geek-an gue. Jadi selesai ntn sibuklah cari2 di internet buat filmnya dan ternyata ada di youtube (dooh I'm so happy)

The complete list of Walking with... series are (based on movie chronology):
1. Walking with Monsters
2. Walking with Dinosaurs
3. Walking with Beasts
4. Walking with Cavemen

and I watched all of them. Even though the special effect is not extra-ordinary, but I don't care. I love the knowledge I gained after watching it and knowing how stupid I was before.

3. I love Peter Schmeichel and I'm so excited to see his series called "Dirty Jobs". In this series he's doing all of the dirty job including peeling off cow's head skin, cleaning up the pig's "house" etc, etc. I know it's gross but believe me after watching it, you'll appreciate your job better (temporarily perhaps but still you will, trust moi)

oh before I forget, 24 just kicked of a new season (season 8). Can't wait to see Mr. Bauer in action ;)

Potato Salad Ala Me

2009-08-30T13:04:00.000+08:00

Potato Salad

Ingridients:

3 Mini potatoes

2 eggs

Corn (optional)

Cheddar cheese (optional)

Thousand islands

Coleslaw

Tar-tar sauce

Mayonnaise (optional)

Instructions:

1. Peel potatoes (duh, isn't obvious?) chop into cubes neatly (you want all the cubes within the same or at least similar size)

2. Boil potatoes until soft enough (remember not to soft or your salad will become muddy and yucky).

3. Drain potatoes; put in the refrigerator at least an hour.

4. Hard boil eggs, peel, chopped, put in the refrigerator at least an hour

5. Mix together potatoes and eggs with the dressing, taste, grater the cheese, mix it together.

6. Ready to server

For 2 persons

Notes:

1. I'm using Kraft’s coleslaw and thousands islands dressing, both of them are quite sour so I put a bit only.

2. Tar-tar sauce can be substituted with mayonnaise but you won't get tar-tar unique taste.

Recipe: Tahu Daging Cincang Pedas

2009-07-14T10:42:00.002+08:00

Ingredients:

2 tea spoons minced garlic
100 gr minced meat
1 egg tofu, cut and fried (big fire) until golden then put aside
10 cherry tomatoes, washed and cut
1 table spoon chili paste
oil
salt and sugar to taste
Spring onion, fine cut for decoration

Instructions:

1. Heat oil and fry garlic until fragrant
2. Add minced meat, fry until half cooked
3. Add tomatoes, keep frying until it becomes soft like paste
3. Add chili paste
4. Add salt, sugar then taste
5. Toss fried egg tofu and stir well.
6. Sprinkle some spring onion, ready to serve

Enak loh...mengagumi hasil kreasi sendiri hohohohoho

Review TBS: Vit C Time Capsule, MMU Foundation and 3 in 1 Corn Blue Mask

2009-07-06T11:40:00.003+08:00

What a long title :P

Okay girls, here we go:

1. Vitamin C Plus Time Release Capsules
Even though I already reviewed this product before, but it was a very brief review since it's only based on 1 sample *duuh*. So after stupid incident (read: swimming at 4 PM) that caused my skin to look duller and flakier than ever, combine with the perfect timing of TBS promotion, I finally bought my first jar. Hurray! And last nite was my 3rd day I've been using this capsule and I love every single day of it.

The serum-like potion (correct me if I'm wrong) literally glides on my skin when I applied it, and it is non sticky nor greasy. It's absorbed quickly as it touches my skin and that left my face with clean-light-yet-smooth-silky feeling.

The smell is also acceptable, it smells like an essence of mandarin orange. Well not as good as that but it's close enough. I honestly can not think the perfect example to describe the smell. And the bonus point is my skin feels (significantly) less oily in the morning. Woohooo!!! Even though the sales girl said that she affraid that the vit c might be too rich for my oily skin since that happens with my Vit C moisturiser, it proved otherwise for this product.

And after 3 days my skin feels silkier, smoother and moist. The flaky skin on my cheek is almost gone (Yiippiee...)

Highly recommend this product. Luv it.

2. Blue Corn 3-in-1 Deep Cleansing Scrub Mask
Last weekend as one of my 'kalap' attempt to restore my skin condition I tried this 3 in 1 mask. First I washed my face with Seaweed facial wash, dried it with small towel and then I started applying and scrubing it with circle motion all over my face and leave it for a while.

After around 15 mins, the mask started to harden, so I prepared my wash cloth and soaked it on warm water before using it to remove the mask.

I dont know whether my skin is very healthy or too much oily, however after the mask was removed even though I felt my face clean, I still saw a glimpse of shine on my forehead. And oh the good thing is after I removed the mask, I felt there was additional candle-ly layer protecting my skin. So I guess the mask does moisture my skin.

The only downside is the smell. Jeezz..... for me it's kind of a mixture of sandal wood and other Mustika-Ratu or Sari Ayu mask. But I bear with it.

3. Nature’s Minerals™ Foundation SPF25
Okay, this is tricky.
It could be because I am a newbie so I don't understand how to apply it properly, or because my skin is too oily or because I apply too little amount of the foundation. However after I applied it on top of my moizturizer, I can not see the different at all :D **hmm perhaps my moizturizer is too oily or I dont leave it enough time to be absorbed because I already late as usual**. So I apply another coat of loose powder on top of it and then I can see the wonder.

The foundation helps my loose powder blends or stays better with my skin and give way better coverage (tampak rata tapi ga medok) and yet feels very light like I dont wear any foundation at all. And until now (almost 6 hours after I applied it) my face is not as oily as it used to be. I'm not sure whether this is the result of the MMU foundation or the time capsule Vit C or the 3 in 1 mask. As I told you before 'kalap nih kalaappp'

Overall I'm quite satisfied with the product but since my face need additional coat of loose powder duuuhh bengkak dong budget gue ...sigh...

TBS Promotion on July

2009-07-01T13:36:00.004+08:00

Nitip anyone?

PS: Me and my friend Mrs. Nyinya Bunny are planning to buy 2 Vitamin C serums, if anybody wants to join us so we can get 30% disc, just message me :)

All images are courtesy of TBS Singapore http://www.thebodyshop.com.sg

TBS Skin Care and Make Up Haul

2009-07-01T10:33:00.005+08:00

Since my two 20% off discount coupons (one for the make up product and one for skin care product) expired yesterday so I decided to give my self a tour on TBS, see whether I can make a good use for these coupons.

It turned out TBS is holding a promotion for the Vitamin C Skin Care range.
Vitamin C Plus Time Release Capsules is on special price for 29.90 (UP:42.90). While buy any 2 products of Vitamin C you'll get 25% off and buy any 3 you'll get 30% off.

So forgive me God for I have sinned....

1. Vitamin C Plus Time Release Capsules
An innovative time release system that provides the skin with pure vitamin C. Helps to even out skin tone, brighten a dull complexion and protect from environmental damage, leaving the skin radiant-looking over time. Suitable for daily use.

2.Tea Tree Oil Facial Wash
Cleansing gel that lathers to gently cleanse, lift impurities and make-up while helping to control shine and blemishes, leaving the skin feeling clean and fresh. Deep cleanses to remove dirt and makeup while allantoin soothes skin.

3. Nature’s Minerals™ Foundation SPF25
Long-lasting powder foundation made from the purest minerals. The powders act like a protective veil to naturally defend the skin against sun damage with SPF 25. Applies evenly and blends easily for a radiant, natural-looking complexion. Non pore-clogging. Colour builds easily to provide an adjustable light to medium coverage. Effectively reduces the appearance of redness, imperfections, blemishes and visible pores. Preservative-free, fragrance-free. Dermatologically tested, non-comedogenic.

Pssstt.. the sales girl told me it doesn't clog the pore.
I tried this product this morning and except for thinking the lid is way too small for my kabuki brush, I still don't have anything to report.

3. Blue Corn 3-in-1 Deep Cleansing Scrub Mask
A 3-in-1 mask that deeply cleanses, exfoliates and moisturizes the skin in one easy step. It leaves the skin feeling clean, smooth and balanced.

Once upon a time there was a stupid girl who couldn't control herself not to splash into the pool on a very sunny day. As a result her face skin is flaking on some spots. Sigh.
The sales girl told me that before applying mask, it is better to have your skin exfoliated first. That way the mask will penetrate your skin better.

Since I don't have an exfoliate scrub, she suggested me to buy this mask so I can use it as an exfoliate scrub and after leave it for a while, and voila... it will turn into a mask

Image and some of the descriptions are quoted from http://www.thebodyshop.com.sg

H1N1 at Singapore

2009-06-26T11:25:00.002+08:00

Quoted from Straits Times
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_395639.html

H1N1 cases hit 315

Experts warn that outbreak is only at an early stage

A SCIENTIFIC committee tasked with examining data on H1N1 flu patients here is agreed on one thing: Things are going to get much worse.

And going by the latest numbers released last night, Singapore's H1N1 curve is heading up rapidly, with 95 new patients, the highest number so far. This brings the total to 315.

Nightspot Butter Factory had 10 more staff and patrons down with the flu, making it the biggest cluster of infections, with 21 cases so far. The Health Ministry said last night it had yet to complete investigating how 48 of the 95 new cases caught the bug.

The sharp increase appears to confirm the conclusions of the team headed by the Health Ministry's director of medical services K. Satku that Singapore is 'past the tipping point'.

Signs are that the flu season, which should have been tapering off around this time of year, will return with a vengeance. And over recent days, more flu cases have been of the H1N1 variety.

This happened in the United States too. Its flu season should have ended, except for H1N1 fuelling a drastic spike in the number of flu patients, now in the thousands, with deaths occurring regularly.

Doctors on the panel yesterday made it clear that Singapore was not over-reacting in its response to the pandemic, even though H1N1 has proven mild so far.

The big question now is, what happens when the numbers surge? Said Dr Lim Poh Lian, a senior consultant at the Communicable Disease Centre (CDC): 'When the numbers go into the thousands, we will see people coming down sick, who might need ventilator support and who might die.'

A reason for caution: Doctors and scientists have had only two months to examine the nature of H1N1, and while the Genome Institute of Singapore found that it has mutated only slightly, there is no telling how much it will change. Said Dr Lyn James, the ministry's director of communicable diseases: 'It is wiser not to underestimate the virus, because we are still in the early stages of the outbreak.'

Doctors have so far only examined about 200 patients, mainly young and healthy travellers. Once H1N1 circulates freely, it will also infect the elderly, pregnant women and others with various health problems. Said Prof Satku: 'We must remember that we have vulnerable individuals who have a higher risk of flu complications.

'Let's look after them too, by ensuring that we do not inadvertently expose them to infection.'

CDC head Dr Leo Yee Sin said she is worried because the population mix is different from the H1N1 patients seen so far.

'I worry about how it will affect this group of older folks and immuno-compromised patients,' she said.

Wedding Announcement

2009-05-11T23:37:00.005+08:00

Hi there!

Hengky and Ariyani are pleased to announce we will be married during a private ceremony on Saturday, 16th May 2009 at Peony Jade Restaurant, Clarke Quay, Singapore.

We will sincerely miss everyone too far away to attend.
Your good wishes will be in our hearts on this joyous day.

SSoTD: Swine flu could be man-made

2009-05-04T14:07:00.005+08:00

Quoting from Strait Times

JAKARTA - INDONESIAN Heath Minister Siti Fadilah Supari said on Tuesday the deadly swine flu virus could have been man-made, as she urged calm over its spread around the world.

The controversial minister did not elaborate but in the past she has said Western governments could be making and spreading viruses in the developing world to boost pharmaceutical companies' profits.

'I'm not sure whether the virus was genetically engineered but it's a possibility,' she told reporters at a press conference called to reassure the public over the government's response to the swine flu threat.

No cases of the disease have been reported in Indonesia, the country worst hit by the bird flu virus which has killed about 250 people worldwide since 2003.

Indonesian authorities have increased body temperature scanners at airports and banned imports of live pigs and pork products, amid World Health Organisation (WHO) warnings of a pandemic.

Ms Supari, a cardiologist, also claimed that the H1N1 strain of swine flu, which is believed to have killed more than 150 people in Mexico, could not survive in tropical countries like Indonesia.

'We have to be alert at all times although swine flu in Indonesia is not a cause for panic,' she said. 'H1N1 survives in countries with four seasons. The type A H1N1 virus hopefully won't be able to sustain itself once it enters the tropical climate of Indonesia.'

The virus has been found in 11 countries including Mexico, the United States and Spain, while several other countries from Colombia to New Zealand are investigating suspected cases.

Ms Supari said the health ministry had prepared 100 hospitals to handle swine flu cases should the disease enter Indonesia.

The minister has refused since 2006 to share all but a handful of Indonesia's bird flu virus samples with WHO researchers, saying the system is being abused by rich countries to develop profitable vaccines which poor countries must buy. -- AFP

Why is it classified as SSoTD:

1. She probably watch 24 season 7 a bit too much or she might be the writer and H1N1 is indeed the bio-weapon tested in Sanggala by Colonel Ike Dubaku. Dear minister, please I'm begging you, who made this virus is not important anymore, the question is what are your actions to stop it from spreading and how to cure the one infected.

2. The type A H1N1 virus hopefully won't be able to sustain itself once it enters the tropical climate of Indonesia.' --> Is she expecting that once the viruses are on Indonesia Territorial, they all just die because of the antiviral so called 'tropical climate' floating all over it?

Rescuing My Self

2009-04-21T17:43:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, I made a very smart decision by moving into another room. Reason was very simple.
I couldn't breath there. OMG.... baunya itu loh can not tahan laaahh....
Ga tau apa yang dia makan, atau dia mandi pake sabun apa atau dia abis kecemplung dimana, pokonya tiap kali orang itu bergerak sedikitttttttttttt aja langsung baunya menguar kemana-mana.
Sapa lagi victim zeronya kalo gue yang malang....

Trus enggak tau dia itu merasa titisan supermodel atau gimana, yang jelas dia hobby banget taruh kedua tangannya bertopang diatas kepala!
Tambah kelenger lah gue...

Akhirnya setelah curhat, disaranin buat pindah.
Huah... sekarang pasokan oksigen gue kembali normal.

Recipe: Kimchi Fried Rice

2009-04-17T11:53:00.003+08:00

Ingredients:

1.5 tablespoons chopped garlic
4 tablespoons kimchi
4 (or to taste) spoons light soy sauce
200 gr sliced port, marinate with 2 spoons of light soy sauce for about 15 minutes
6 pcs meat ball, sliced.
2 plates of cooked rice
2 eggs
red pepper and white pepper to taste
cooking oil

Instructions
1. heat the cooking oil, make sunny egg and put it aside
2. heat the cooking oil, saute garlic until fragrant, toss the pork meat and keep sauteing until the half cooked and toss the meat ball. Cook until the meat well done.
3. toss the rice and kimchi. Mixed well
4. Add red pepper and white pepper. Mixed well. Ready to be served.

For 2 persons

Hari Menggenaskan

2009-04-15T13:29:00.004+08:00

Today I go to my office after spending 2 days lying on my precious bed from fever+cold+cough.
And apparently my sufferings are not enough, because today, I was forced to eat new food I never hear let alone eat before and oh God do I have a hard time finding words to describe it.

the first one is a bit hard, a bit salty and very very very very spicy food. pertama kali langsung kepikiran "what the hell is this?"
**mo muntah ga enak didepan yang ngasih ntar tersinggung gw repot**

and the last one is a bit sweet and very minty...and then after i told the owner of the food about the minty flavor, he said 'yeah yeah it is from camphor leaf, I think it's the same family with mint leaf'
okay i don't know whether CAMPHOR is the right word but I swear to you he sounded like 'KAMPER'. You know 'kamper' right? kabur barus gichu?
Apparently kamper is made from somekind of tree and he reassured me that it is not the same with Naphthalene aka KAPUR BARUS bulet2 itu after I told him in Indonesia we use KAMPER to be hanged inside the cupboard to prevent undesireable odor and insects.

Okay sir, how am I suppose to know all of the tree family? who do you think I am? dandelion?
and OMG I just ate 'kamper' oh la laaa.... NOOOOO........ so I use my sore throat as an excuse when he offering some more and he said 'You know what, actualy KAMPER is very good for sore throat"

Mati gue... diem seribu bahasa... memelas, merapal segala doa, berharap dikasihani dan dilepaskan dari tragedi ini....

Tiger Airways: Always 45 minutes late.

2009-04-07T17:55:00.010+08:00

In this post I'm gonna write a review about the new airlines TIGER AIRWAYS.
This review is based on my personal experience with TIGER AIRWAYS on 4 & 6 April 2009.

Instead of writing a long narrated review, I'm gonna write the review in pro-cons format:

Pro:
1. Very-very affordable.
2. New airplanes and clean. Bright.
3. Got ferrero rocher (my choco fave) on my trip back to Indonesia.
4. The stewardess are helpful.
5. Very energetic and cheerfull pilot.

Cons:
1. Got delayed twice (from sin - jkt, and jkt - sin). The delay was around 45 mins, which I find it very inconsistent with one of their tips to the passengers. One of their tip is requesting the passenger to be on time so their can be on time. See image below:

2. Just landed airplane was used right away for the next flight. The passengers were literally waiting the plane to land, see the people coming out with their own eyes before boarding into the same plane.
3. Fill in the aftur (bensinnya pesawat bener ga sih nulisnya?) while some of the passengers are already inside the airplane.
4. Got unpleasant sound which I dont know how to describe it but I'm gonna try it anyway. The sound was like 'rrrrrrr rrrrrrrr rrrrr rrrngnngnrr' every time when the engine turn on and off. And yes the sound was loud and took quite some times before it was gone.
5. Located at Budget Terminal (Still in Changi but OMG so different with the other terminal see my other post about it)

Will I fly with Tiger again?

The answer might be yes and might be no. Depend on the budget.
But overall the airlines is quite okay for me. No scary and traumatic experience. I will recomend this airlines for those with limited budget and able to make some compromises. But I will definetely warn them about the unusual sound.

Singapore Budget Terminal: I DO NOT enjoy the difference

2009-04-07T17:53:00.006+08:00

Budget Terminal **sigh**

Based on the name we (and by we I mean me, my mom and my fiance) already expected to make some compromises, but since the cheap ticket is very alluring plus the assumption that it is still a Singapore Airport how 'budgeted' the terminal could be??

1. The environment and atmosphere is so (and by so I mean HUGE) different with other terminal. No fancy lighting, no fancy store just a plain terminal.
2. Saw several flies at restaurant area (ihiks)
3. No enough chairs (only 5-10 chairs, I mean come on, mana muat massss?? emangnya pesawatnya pesawat pertama Wright bersodara??) in the boarding room.
4. No trunks (siapkan betis anda memanjat tangga ke pesawat)
5. Short distance to imigration and baggage claim. In the positive side: fast imigration process, while the downside is the imigration process is too fast so we have to wait for our baggages.

Well in their defense, they are still renovating. They put a lot of posters about changing from caterpilar into butterfly, which I don't and will never understand what is the beauty of it (read: butterfly, a should have been extinct animal)
Hopefully, once the renovation and development are finished, the terminal can live up to their motto "ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE" cause now, I DON'T ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE

Note: I flew with Tiger Airways. My review about it can be read here

PS: When I depart to Jakarta the imigration officer is very dedicated. He 'scanned' my face (with his eyes of course) and match it with the passport photo. And by scan, I mean he held my passport book with his left hand, put his right hand on top my of photo, covering my face start from my nose under and make sure I have the same eyes, then move his hand a bit lower, make sure whether I have the same nose, and so on and so on. He even make his finger moves likes 'drawing' my face on top of my passport photo. No wonder the queue behind me was as long as 'ULAR NAGA' hihihi :D

Prewedding Book

2009-04-07T12:02:00.009+08:00

Finally, I got my pre-wed book. (walau sempet ddg keambil ga ya aduh takut ditinggal pesawat)
Hehehe...
In my opinion, the color is nice, eventhough a bit different with what displayed on my laptop screen.

PS: I designed some of the pages.. hehehe.

Read between the line: You can order your wedding book design from me with fantastic price aka terima pesanan design wedding book. Ayo ayo order ke gue! hahaha

Setiap hentakan langkah kecilku....

2009-04-01T11:29:00.004+08:00

Once upon a time
I turned the TV on and switch the channel to KBS
The show was already starting halfway
It's about creative ways people found to save energy

The main focus was Japan
The land of creative peoples
One used black bottles as a solar panel to turn on the radio and water heater
The others used an electric mini car that only need to be charged and then you set to go
They even have a famous bridge cause it produces electricity
But what amazed me more
is when they reported that our steps can be converted into electric energy because the vibration sensor they put under

And now..
it seems I can't stop wondering
in an island where my shoes suffer the most (jalan trus...)
how many kwh can I produce
from every little step i take

American Idol 8: Top 10 Result

2009-03-27T10:21:00.002+08:00

Top 10
Bottom 3:
My picks: Megan, Michael, Scott
Official Picks: Matt, Michael and Scott

Accuracy: 90%

Voted off:
My picks: Megan
Official Picks: Michael

Accuracy: 25%

Wow I'm suck at this! but i'm very happy with the result. bye michael. Gonna miss you not

Top 11:
Bottom 3:
My picks: Michael, Allison, Alexis
Official Picks: Michael, Allison, Alexis

Accuracy: 100%

Voted off:
My picks: Michael
Official Picks: Alexis

Accuracy: 33%

Top 13:
Bottom 4:
My picks: Megan, Jorge, Anoop, Jasmine
Official picks: Megan, Jorge, Anoop, Jasmine

Accuracy: 100%

Voted off:
My picks: Megan, Jorge
Official Picks: Jorge,Jasmine

Accuracy: 50%

American Idol 8: Fave performances

2009-03-26T23:42:00.000+08:00

Each week, most of the time I have my favorite performance. These favorite performances might be not the may be not the greatest vocal but somehow the performance leave a mark in me. For example, I still can not forget Michael John's performance on Hollywood week when he sang bohemian rhapsody. Usually I'm gonna download these performances and save it in my precious fufu so I can play it over and over again hehehe...

Here they are:

1. Adam Lambert - Satisfaction (Group 1)
2. Adam Lambert - Black or White (Top 13, Michael Jackson's Night)
3. Anoop Desai - Always on My Mind (Top 11, Country Night)
4. Adam Lambert - Tracks of My Tears (Top 10, Motown Night)

American Idol 8: Top 10

2009-03-26T20:57:00.004+08:00

Okay Motown Night!
Bring it on.....

Name : Matt Giraud
Song : “Let’s Get it On”
My thought: Good performance. I love the end part. Not to crazy about the song.
Score: 7/10

Name : Kris Allen
Song : “How Sweet it Is”
My thought: Another surprising performance from Kris the man! yeah! Good not great.
Score: 7/10

Name : Scott MacIntyre
Song : ”You Can’t Hurray Love”
My thought: I love the beginning. Maybe the first 2 lines and hate the rest. I thought it was karaoke and has pitchy problem. For the vocal, Scott was way better last week.
Score: 5/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Song : “For Once in My Life”
My thought: A 110 percent agree with the judges. It was pitchy, some of the notes are too low while others too high. But the good news is she is very pretty except for the tattoo. Haiyoo laser it off girl!. and dont get me started with the dance moves. I thought it was horrible than the usual.
Score: 4/10

Name : Anoop Desai
Song : “Ohh Baby Baby”
My thought: great vocal but boring.
Score: 7/10

Name : Michael Sarver
Song : “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
My thought: Smokey said this song is about a guy begging his girl not to leave. but the way he sang it, it's like he's celebrating his girl leaving! what a weird interpretation. absolutely hate it. yes i do hold personal grudge, because i prefer ricky brady over him! poor ricky!!!!!
Score: 5.5/10

Name : Lil Rounds
Song : “Heatwave”
My thought: the dress compliments her while the hair is not :D. Good okay performance not great. I still dont understand about 'THE best singer ever found' I think there are a lot of other previous contestants who has similar type with lil such as Melinda do Little, Lakisha, Paris, Jennifer Hudson.
Score: 7/10

Name : Adam Lambert
Song : “Tracks of my Tears”
My thought: It was a stop eating hot! fantastic performance. I fell in love with the song instantly. Completely in different league. One of my favorite performance in this season.
Btw, I hate the hair comb!!!
Score: 9/10

Name : Danny Gokey
Song : “Get Ready”
My thought: I'm still drooling over adam's performance so for me danny's performance was just okay. not surprising, not bad just okay
Score: 7/10

Name : Allison Iraheta
Song : “Papa was a Rolling Stone”
My thought: the girl can sing! i think i enjoy her performance more with my eyes closed. She's just looks like 30/40 years old.
Score: 8/10

Top 3: Adam, Adam, Adam... kidding Adam, Allison and I can not decide the 3rd person.
Bottom 3: Megan, Michael, Scott
Pick to go home: Michael but probably Megan.

American Idol 8: Top 11 Result

2009-03-26T20:53:00.003+08:00

Official Bottom 3: Michael, Allison, Alexis
Official Going Home: Alexis
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttt!!!!!!!!!! Nooooooooo!!
Should be Michael!!!
arrrrrrghhhhh I'm so upset

American Idol 8: Top 11

2009-03-26T20:16:00.006+08:00

Telat banget...
I know...

Udah garing
I know...

Anyway here it is:

Name : Michael Sarver
Song : Ain’t Goin’ Down Till the Sun Comes Up
My Thought: Hate the performance. I think he was grumbling instead of singing. I hope he goes home.
Score: 5/10

Name : Allison Iraheta
Song : Blame It on Your Heart
My thought: Okay she can sing. I think it was good not great. Not wow me away.
Score: 6/10

Name : Kris Allen
Song : To Make You Feel My Love
My thought: I'm sorry Kris for making a prediction you will be voted off soon back then. Now I don't think it's going to happen. It was good. He is growing.
Score: 7/10

Name : Lil Rounds
Song : Independence Day
My thought: I like it. Not jumping off my seat but I appreciate that she 'the R&B' girl sing country.
Score: 7/10

Name : Adam Lambert
Song : Ring Of Fire
My thought: I dont like the moves. I think the moves should be done by a girl not a guy. Anyway, not bad. Actually I was hoping I will be able to see Adam singing country. So I was a bit disappointed. The aaaaaaahhhhhhh ahahaaaa aaaaaaaahhhhh ahahaaaaa in the end was really cool. What I like about him is he always on pitch!
Score: 7/10

Name : Scott MacIntyre
Song : Wild Angels
My thought: The vocal was great. But to be honest I'm starting to get bored with his choice of song. It's so typical.
Score: 7/10

Name : Alexis Grace
Song : Jolene
My thought: Hate it. Very bad choice of song. I can only hear Jolene Jolene Jolene Jolene...... Not space for improvisation. Pitchy
Score: 6/10

Name : Danny Gokey
Song : Jesus Take The Wheel
My thought: Nggg... I thought nobody can sing it like carrie's. I dont like it. A bit pitchy in some notes. But his fans will save him.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Anoop Desai
Song : You Were Always On My Mind
My thought: I absolutely love it. I love the song I always do. I love his intepretation, his tone. Everything is perfect. Love it. Great job Anoop!
Score: 8/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Song : I Go Walking After Midnight
My thought: Megan? with flu? I thought it would be horrible, but I was pleasantly surprised. It was nice. Maybe because she's not feeling that well, she didn't do what my fiance called a back singer dancing :D
Score: 7/10

Name : Matt Giraud
Song : So Small
My thought: I think it was good and I agree with Simon. Matt outsang Danny tonight.
Score: 7.5/10

Bottom 3:
Michael Sarver, Allison and Alexis
Pick to go home: Michael !!!! go home Michael .

Akhir-akhir ini........

2009-03-17T10:26:00.003+08:00

Akhir-akhir ini.....
I've been dragging my ass off keliling-keliling Tanjong Pagar and enter every possible bridal boutique trus duduk dengan manis mendengarkan celotehan manis para sales soal wedding package yang mereka sediain sambil terkadang tertawa tercekikik karena ada beberapa sales yang lucu banget jadi karena sibuk ketawa ga perhatiin gaun yang seharusnya merupakan focus utama. *duuh*

Akhir-akhir ini...
My appetite menggila... jadi kalo biasanya dah makan kyk babi kelaparan sekarang kyk babi gila kelaparan... laper mulu... mungkin karena capek keliling-keliling sampe malem. kayaknya bentar lagi Vincci nya minta pensiun.

Akhir-akhir ini...
Merasa kyk maen film 27 dresses karena sibuk nyobain baju mulai dari yang super ringan kyk peri sampe yang berat kyk baby killer whale. Yang model mermaid sampai jalannya harus kyk Ariel si putri duyung sampe yang model balon dimana hengky bisa ngumpet dibaliknya dengan leluasa.
*Bakalan berlangsung lama nih karena sampe sekarang belum nemu-nemu 'the dress' *

Akhir-akhir ini...
Mendapatkan byk kosakata baru. Organsa, garter *bener ga ya nulisnya* dan byk kosakata lain lagi yang terlupakan karena kita belum minum gibolan dan ginko biloba

Akhir-akhir ini...
I've been busy mempertimbangkan dengan penuh perasaan mo foto pre-wed lagi ga ya... disatu sisi pelit, disisi lain susah banget menekan gejolak banci foto yang terpendam.....

Akhir-akhir ini...
Surfing the internet endlessly looking for a cheap, cozy venue with fantastic food for ROM. Sadly belum ketemu sampe sekarang. ihikksss...any idea anybody?

Akhir-akhir ini...
Suka bengong di MRT karena sibuk mencari ide for my wedding invitation...
*kok akhir akhir ini jarang nemu contekan ya*

Akhir-akhir ini...
Gak sempet nulis blog for all above reasons
*excuses...excuses..*

American Idol 8: Top 13 Result

2009-03-17T10:23:00.002+08:00

Yaelah....
I haven't post the off result?? OMG.....*basi kali*

Official Result:
Bottom 4: Anoop, Megan, Jorge and Jasmine
Voted off: Jorge and Jasmine

I wish it was Megan instead of Jorge
Hiks... bye Jorge

American Idol 8: Top 13

2009-03-11T21:36:00.003+08:00

Name : Lil Rounds
Song : The Way You Make Me Feel
My Thought: She's definitely a good singer, don't know why but I've not been feeling it. Good singer, great pitch but why can't I feel the 'it' factor. Maybe it’s because of the song. Btw, absolutely agree with Mr. Cowell. Hate the outfit. I think she's safe.
Score: 7/10

Name : Scott MacIntyre
Number : 1-866-idols-02
Song : Keep The Faith
My Thought: I don't like the song. The vocal was way better than the hollywood. I think he's safe.
Score: 7/10

Name : Danny Gokey
Number : 1-866-idols-03
Song : Pretty Young Thing
My Thought: I thought since it was started a bit slow, it's going to be boring, but mr. dewey look alike nailed it. I love everything, including the hideous dancing, for me the dancing was spontaneous and according with the song. Well done!. He's definitely safe.
Score: 8/10

Name : Michael Sarver
Number :1-966-idols-04
Song : You Are Not Alone
My Thought: I don’t like this dude. The way he sings irritates me, I don’t know why. Anyway, the performance was way better than I thought it would be. I’m not sure whether he’ll be safe or not.
Score: 6/10

Name : Jasmine Murray
Number : 1-866-idols-05
Song : I’ll Be There
My thought: it was started really well, but as the song was progressing there was no element of surprise. Feeling a bit of karaoke.
Score: 6/10

Name : Kris Allen
Number : 1-866-idols-06
Song : Remember the Time
My thought: I was a bit surprise. I originally thought he’s going to be the first one to be voted off. I don’t think that will be the case though. The girls are crazy for him. For me the performance was okay. He showed a very different side with his guitar on. He could be safe.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Allison Iraheta
Number : 1-866-idols-07
Song : Give In To Me
My Thought: how old is the girl? 16? Really? She looks like she’s 30 plus :P Okay I get the “I-know-what-kind-of-artist-i-wanna-be” but I’m a bit bored. She sings the same song with the same style. It feels like she can’t do any kind of song. Sorry Alison fans.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Anoop Desai
Number : 1-866-idols-08
Song : Beat It
My thought: it was not as bad as the judges thought. But it was not good either. I’m worried about him.
Score: 6/10

Name : Jorge Nuñez
Number : 1-866-idols-09
Song : Never Can Say Goodbye
My thought: poor Jorge, this could be his last performance. The song doesn’t suit him at all. The performance was pitchy and disconnected. See ya Jorge.
Score: 5.5/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Number 1-866-idols-10
Song : Rockin Robin
My thought: As my prediction last week, megan repeat her moves :P I felt like I was watching the show from 60’s. Btw, Mr. Cowell got bored faster than my prediction :P. she’s never will be a great singer, unique yes, great no. Bye Megan. Oh, I forget to mention that I love her dress, and I really think she is really pretty. Not amused with the tattoo though.
Score: 5.5/10

Name : Adam Lambert
Number : 1-866-idols-11
Song : Black or White
My thought: Fantastic! Perfect song choice. Since I notice the make up artists toned down the make up, I found him a bit chubby. I love his voice. He reminds me of Stephen Tyler.
Score: 8/10

Name : Matt Giraud
Number : 1-866-idols-12
Song : Human Nature
My Though: Poor Matt. He got to perform after Adam which the judges are still drooling over. He’s good though, too much falsetto for me.
Score: 7.5/10

Name : Alexis Grace
Number : 1-866-idols-36
Song : Dirty Diana
My thought: She’s pretty and I like her attitude. The vocal not so great though, a bit shouty on the high notes.
Score: 7/10

Please be advised that I pick based on the feeling I get after I saw performance not only singing ability.
My top two: Adam Lambert, Danny Gokey
My bottom three: Jorge, Megan, Jasmine

I wish to be voted off are: megan and Michael
My predition: Jorge and Megan

American Idol 8: Official Top 13

2009-03-06T23:50:00.003+08:00

Top 13 contestants are:
1. Alexis Grace
2. Michael Sarver
3. Danny Gokey
4. Allison Iraheta
5. Kris Allen
6. Adam Lambert
7. Lil' Rounds
8. Scott MacIntyre
9. Jorge Nunez
10. Jasmine Murray
11. Megan Corkrey
12. Matt Giraud
13. Anoop Desai

Now that we have our top 13 contestants let's do some predictions based on previous seasons:

Season One: Female (Kelly Clarkson) vs Male (Justin G)
I didn't watch the show, but from what I heard it was a total victory for miss clarkson.

Season Two: Male (Our honey bear Ruben) vs Male(Clay Aiken)
I watch the show since top 4 and I think they got the best top 3 ever. I think clay is deserve to win but I'm still happy that Ruben won.

Season Three: Female (Fantasia) vs Female (Diana D).
I didn't watch the show fully only several episodes, but for me somehow I feel that this is the worst season ever. I hated most of the contestants except fantasia and jasmine trias.

Season Four: Female (Carrie) vs Male (Bo Bice)
I watched the whole show, it was predictable that carrie would win this. She is pretty, good singer, girl next door and she sings country. Perfect combination. I hate constantine btw.

Season Five: Male (Taylor H) and Female (Katherine McPhee)
I watched the whole show, Elliot Yamin is one of my favorite contestant ever. Believe it of not I always have difficulty remembering who is the winner of season five. It's not usual for me, a big fans of American Idol. Somehow I managed to block that old silver fox in my head. I hate that guy! I think he really is hideous. I love Chris Daughtry. I'm happy he does well in the music industry. He is the most successfull 3rd runner up I guess.

Season Six: Female (Jordin S) and Male (Blake)
I watched the whole show, I believe this season has the most not so talented contestants ever except for Melinda, Lakisha and Jordin. I also believe that this season has the worst second runner up ever.

Season Seven: Male (David) vs Male (David)
I watched the whole show except the final episode (where was I?) The 2 final contestants are predictable. The hottest constestant ever is in this show. Michael John. I can not forget the bohemian rhapsody he sang.

How about season 8?
I'm guessing Kris Alen will be the first one eliminated while Jasmine will be the second.
Michael will be the third. I still dont get it how he won over Anoop?
Scott, Lil, Adam and Danny could be the top 4. Who's cruel enough to eliminate a blind person? :P
Anoop, Matt and Jorge could be in the top 6. Even though I really like Anoop.
Allison, Megan and Alexis could be in the top 9

I'm guessing if Adam keeps performing like this, he could be the next David C. While Lil is the next Melinda D. I don't know whether after his gay pictures are in the internet her female fans could be decreased drastically.

I guess Danny and Scott will compete to win the female's fan sympathy. Both of them have huge sympathy magnet. One is blind the other one is a loyal widow.

I also guess one contestant from the top 2 will be male maybe Adam. Not going to happen female vs female.

Well that's my prediction. Let's see.. How's yours?

American Idol 8: Wildcard Show

2009-03-06T22:37:00.004+08:00

Name : Jesse Langseth
Song : Tell Me Something Good
My thought: First spot, not a good sign. Definitely better than the last performance, but I don't think it is enough.
Score: 7/10

Name : Matt Giraud
Song : Who’s Loving You
My Thought: I think he sounded great, but I'm not jumping on my chair. Not my cup of tea. The judges are of course loving him. The blues boy is back.
Score: 8/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Song : Black Horse and A Cherry Tree
My Thought: I absolutely hate the performance. I think even she is a unique contestant, she is monotonous. I'm guessing she will be doing the same goofy dance moves next week and pretty soon Simon is going to be bored with her. Btw I think the song suit her personality and predictable.
Sorry folks, I just don't get all the buzz! I think she's pretty save since Simon really like her.
Score: 5/10

Name : Von Smith
Song : Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
My Thought: He keeps growing in me. The beginning was terrific for me and the rest was not that bad but I don't think it was enough. Especially when the judges don't seem to impress with him. See ya Von.
Score: 7/10

Name : Jasmine Murray
Song : Reflection
My thought: I was surprised, I thought she's going to sing Rihanna's song. A bit flat in the high tone but Simon seemed very impressed with her. Jasmine is one of my favorite contestant since the audition. She made me fall in love with Fergie's song. Fergie owed her a new fan.
Score: 7/10

Name : Ricky Braddy
Song : Superstitious
My Thought: I wish I could keep him in top 14. Damn, I think someone in the show hates him. He never featured, and the male judges are unfair. I feel like the judges are already knew who's going to be picked. Poor Ricky. I think he sounded very good. Very good singer, a bit clumpsy moves I have to agree with Simon though.
Score: 8/10

Name : Tatiana Del Torro
Song : Saving All My Love For You
My though: O MI GOD!!! the same song? are you kidding me miss? are you aware that you have to impress the judge instead of america? no no let me say this correctly, are you aware that you have to impress SIMON? That man won't be pleased to hear the same song again. You just blew your chance miss and the performance was not as good as the first one.
Score: 6/10 (yes i do think she is more interesting than megan, at least she's got multiple personalities :P)

Name : Anoop Desai
Song : My Prerogative
My thought: Finally I can hear Anoop sings this song. Not as good as I thought it would be but the crowd really love him and he showed a tremendous personality. I think he will be pick since he got the hot spot.
Score: 7.5/10

My choice: Anoop, Ricky, Matt
My guessing: Matt, Megan, Anoop

Official result: Jasmine (huh?), Megan (i knew it, sob sob), Matt (just okay), Anoop (woo hoo!!!)

American Idol 8: Group 3 Result

2009-03-05T11:38:00.000+08:00

Official Result:

Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre and Jorge Nuñez

Yey...

Group 3 is so much better than the other 2 groups. I feel bad for other contestants in this group.

American Idol 8: Wild Card Choice

2009-03-05T10:39:00.002+08:00

Official Wild Card Picks
Von Smith (Randy Picks)
Jasmine Murray (Kara Picks)
Ricky Braddy (Paula Picks)
Megan Corkrey (Simon Picks)
Tatiana Del Torro (Randy Picks)
Matt Giraud (Kara Picks)
Jessica Langseth (Paula Picks)
Anoop Desai (Simon Picks)

Absolutely agree: Anoop, Ricky
Predictable: Megan, Matt, Jasmine
Surprising Choice: Von Smith, Jessica (errr not so much since paula likes her)
Not crazy about it: Tatiana Del Torro (whaattttt?????)

My Wild card Picks:

Anoop Desai
Ricky Brady
Jasmine Murray
Ju'Not Joyner
Matt Giraud
Kristen McNamara
Kendall Beard
Mishavonna Henson
Megan Corkrey

Opps did I pick more than the judge hehehe...

American Idol 8: Group 3

2009-03-04T21:59:00.005+08:00

Name : Von Smith
Song : You’re All I Need To Get By
My thought: I was really surprised. The shouty boy actually can sing and I believe that this is the best first performance compare to group 2 or even group 1. I don’t like the song btw.

Score: 7/10

Name : Taylor Vaifanua
Song : If I Ain’t Got You

My thought: This spot is not for you dear. You just booked your plane ticket home.

Score: 6/10

Name : Alex Wagner-Trugman
Song : I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

My thought: To be honest, I really like the performance. I think the vocal was nice and I like the awkward geeky movement. I wish I could keep him in top 12.

Score: 7/10

Name : Arianna Afsar
Song : The Winner Takes It All

My Thought: This must be the pitchiest performance ever ever ever. Meryl Streep sang it better. I’m very disappointed.

Score: 3/10

Name : Ju’Not Joyner
Song : Hey There Delilah

My Thought: I love the song. I really do. I think since I heard Jamar sang it I fell in love with the song instantly and no I really like Ju’Not rendition over the song. There are some pitchy notes but the tone was definitely my cup of tea.

Score: 7.5/10

Name : Kristen McNamara
Song : Give Me One Reason

My Thought: I like this girl, I always do. I think she got a nice big voice and I really like the smoky tone. Not crazy about her song choice though. I do hope America will vote for her. Too bad she didn’t show the personality. But she can sing.

Score: 7.5/10

Name : Nathaniel Marshall
Song : I Would Do Anything For Love

My thought: I hate the rendition. Never like the original song, hate it now. But he seems a nice guy. I wish I could see Simon wear that head band.

Score: 6/10

Name : Felicia Barton
Song : No One

My Thought: The girl is good. I’m glad she replaces the girl who forgets the lyric. Pitchy in some notes but still good.

Score: 7.5/10

Name : Scott MacIntyre
Song : Mandolin Rain

My Thought: I love Scott from the first time I heard him sing. Too bad there are some pitchy notes. I can feel his emotion pouring all over.

Score: 7.5/10

Name : Kendall Beard
Song : This One’s For The Girls

My Thought: She’s not bad. Pretty dress, cheerful and show some personality. I wish I can see her more but the chances are pretty slim I guess.

Score: 7/10

Name : Jorge Nuñez
Song : Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me

My Thought: Wow, this man is really good. He’s funny also. "When I get emotional everything is in Spanish" LoL. Hope he sails through

Score: 8/10

Name : Lil Rounds
Song : Be Without You

My thought: When I heard Mary J Blige performed this song in Oprah, I just fell in love with her and the song. I don’t know why I can’t like this girl. I mean she’s a great singer, her voice is very mature but somehow I feel the performance was shouty, and I didn’t get the feeling like when I heard Mary J Blige sang it. Of course the judges gave her praises from heaven.

Score: 8/10

Prediction:

Top Male or Second highest vote: Scott or Jorge

Top Female: Lil

Recipe: Spaghetti Aglio Olio

2009-03-02T16:07:00.005+08:00

My mum hates pasta, but she managed to eat the pasta if I cooked it ala Aglio Olio

Ingredients:

150 gr pasta (I prefer spaghetti/angel hair)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
2 cayenne pepper (cut)
3 smoked ham (potong memanjang)
Cooking oil
salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan cheese.
Water

Directions:
1. Boil water, put salt and taste. Put 1 tablespoon cooking oil and boil your pasta until al dente or as instructed then drain.
2. Heat the pan and cooking oil, saute garlic and cayenne pepper until fragrant and change color. Add the smoked ham. Saute until it change color.
3. Toss the pasta, saute a bit. Add the salt and pepper, mix well.
4. Ready to serve.

For 2 people.

Gara-gara

2009-03-02T15:50:00.003+08:00

Haiiyo...
gara gara temen kantor minjemin camera canon 40D jadinya ketagihan deh.....
huakkkkkkkkksssssss belliin doooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnggggg........ somebody please please pretty please with sugar on coat???
huhuhuhuk

photographer wannabe,
E

Recipe: Mommy's Shrimp

2009-03-02T10:38:00.008+08:00

Okay.. I finally decided to name my new recipe like that since this is my first recipe that got approved by my mother. For your information, my mother is very picky on food. So this is quite accomplishment for me hehehe

Mommy's Shrimp

Ingredients:

100 gr/10 medium shrimp
1.5 tablespoons butter
1-1.5 tablespoons sweet soy sauce (bango)
1 tablespoons light soy sauce (lee kum kee)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
0.5 onion (cut)
2 slice of ginger (cut into thin stick)
2 cayenne peppers (cabe rawit, gw juga baru tau) (optional)
1.5 limes
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Peel the shrimps and deveined then marinate with 1 lime. Wait for 5 minutes. Wash before cooking.
2. Heat the pan and cooking oil, saute the ginger until it turn white and toss the garlic and cayenne peppers. Keep sauteing until the garlic starts to change color then toss the onion. Cook until the onion a bit soft.
3. Toss the shrimp and cook until the shrimp turn pink.
4. Put the sweet soy sauce, light soy sauce, stir and simmer a while with medium heat.
5. Put the salt and pepper. Stir. Taste. Turn off the heat. Ready to serve. You can add the 0.5 lemon if you like.

For 2 people

Note:
1. Lee kum kee light soy sauce is not only salty but also sweet. Put extra sweet soy sauce if your light soy sauce is salty only.
2. I post the pictures latter when I cook this recipe again. Yesterday we were so hungry, did'nt have the time to take the picture.

American Idol 8: Group 12 Result

2009-03-02T10:26:00.002+08:00

I know i know... very very late...
Very busy people...

Official Result:
1. Allison I
2. Kris Allen
3. Adam Lambert

I quite agree with the result, even though a bit disappointed when Mischa didn't make it. But I can live with that...

American Idol 8: Group 2

2009-02-28T00:04:00.005+08:00

Name : Jasmine Murray
Song : Love Song
Judges Thoughts :
R: pitchy all over through out. I though you will sing Rihanna's
K: you're young and commercial. was'nt your performance
P: I want to disagree but I have to agree. Your interpretation cost you off pitch. Confidence was great.
S: Disappointed. Couple years too early. Not ready for the competition.

My Thought: One word eh 2 words, pitchy and disappointed. She is one of my favorite, I thought she's gonna sail easily to top 12. With this kind of performance, that's never gonna happen. Hhuhuuhu
Score: 5.5/10

Name : Matt Giraud
Song : Viva La Vida
Judges Thoughts :
K: You blew me away in hollywood week and tonight i'm just not blown away.
P: Risky song to pick. Your performance's a lot
S: Verging on the horrible perfomance. Put me off you. Sowie.
R: I have to agree with Simon. Simple song stay away from.

My Thought: Love the song, but breathy and doesn't suit him. I can't find the english word, but for me some of the note 'ngegeleong' cause out of breath. Pack your bag mister.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Jeanine Vailes
Song : This Love
Judges Thoughts :
P: Well Jeanine, great legs... it's season 8... Simon?
S: I thought it was terible. Sorry. You're all chossing the wrong song. But you do have a very good legs.
R: I have to agree with Simon. The legs were definitely hot. Completely the wrong song.
K: Nice lips. So overdone. Very overdone.

My Thought: Okay the first confirmed ticket home dear. Why why did she chose that song? The song is so not suit her. Heeeeehhhhh exhale
Score: 5/10

Name : Nick Mitchell
Song : And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going
Judges Thoughts :
S: I hope I speak on behalf of American that I pray you won't through to the next round. Why your mom and dad are looking at me like that? I'm doing you a favour. It was the most atrocious performance ever. Horrific comedy
R: The most entertaining performance ever. The vocal not happy. O o o o O aw... I was laughing
K: At least we remember you. You wear the same shirt like Simon every week. You are not a terrible singer
P: This is america, singer come in different sizes, shapes etc etc. I like Normand Gentle. I don't know whether this is the stage for you.

My Thought: When will this guy be gone? I never enjoy slapstick comedy, or performance. I even hate that grey silver fox guy, you know who. Huh! Mr. Cowell, let's pray together. If he sail trough (God forbid), I'm gonna stop seeing this show.
Btw I really hate the kicking thingy. Grrrrrr.....Wrong attitude Mr or should I call you Ms. Haiyah...
Score: -10/10

Name : Allison Iraheta
Song : Alone
Judges Thoughts :
R: Yo. This is a funny show. Yoo you just blew me out of the box. No matter what age. Might be the best one tonight.
K: This girl is serious. You don't even know how great you are. You are great.
P: I think you can sing the telephone book. By far the best we've heard tonight. You did a beautiful job.
S: I disagree with Randy when he said you might be the best tonight. You're the best tonight by clear mile. Competition just started right now. Boring with Ryan, started singing and turn into different person. One to watch. Very impressed with you.
My Thought: Who is this girl? Whoa... first I have to comment, 'BOROS' banget mukanya. Way look older. But her tone is great. I love it. Hmm.... why I never see this girl before?
Score: 8/10

Name : Kris Allen
Song : Man in the Mirror
Judges Thoughts :

K: The back half was way better then the front for me the front a bit rough but it still doesn’t come close to Hollywood week. This was the wrong song. Completely wrong.
P: I'm gonna disagree completely. I think that you show your personality and you nailed it. I thought you were charming when your confidence it really shows
S: I'm gonna to agree with Paula. Not the best singer in the competition. But you did what we asked. Show confidence and personality. Very easy to forget someone like you. But I think you made and effort, you look good I think the chicks are gonna love you.
R: Simon partly right. I'm proud of you. You did without the guitar. Nice job.

My Thought: For me is just so so. No ide what to comment. Not bad but not memorable. I felt the confidence and personality.
Score: 7/10

Name : Megan Corkrey
Song : Put Your Records On
Judges Thoughts :
R: Very interesting. I love the one of your voice. Nice nice job
K: One package artist. Very pretty. With the right song you could be the hit artist.
P: From the first time you've won us over. Picked the right song. You hip you cool. You did everything right.
S: You're fun little thing aren't you? You look gorgeus. I think it started really well then you got exited and over sang. I hope actually american vote for you. You're rellevant and current.

My Thought: Can't not understant what the fuss is about. I thought she's a gorgeus weird girl. Like Phoebe Buffay.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Matt Breitzke
Song : If You Could Only See
Judges Thoughts :
S: I absolutely hated the song. Very very frustated. Very boring. Not doing yourself any favour. I'm frustated because I hated the song
R: Great song but the performance was a bit boring. very very cool guy. good luck
K: We all like you. It didn't show us any side of you. It felt really flat. You really can sing. Really about the poor song choice
P: Every tone was in key, it just not celebrate who we are fell in love with.

My Thought: I dont like the talk back. Simon is paid to say something cruel. Let it go. Never talk back to the judge especially Simon. Btw, I thought it is a very boring song. The pitch was great though. Better than when he sang the battle song with Michael.
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Jesse Langseth
Song : Bette Davis Eyes
Judges Thoughts :
R: Okay perfomance. Everyone should blew us out of the box. Not just okay. I want to see you strech yourself.
K: The best look. Slinky and sexy. There are some moments that I like.
P: I found you captivating. Read headed girl with bright smile. Your phrasing is very unique. You're cool.
S: This is where I disagree with Paula. I dont mean this rudely but I think you're forgetable. Actually you got a nice voice. Too cool for school.

My Thought: The singing was okay, but I don't like the song. It's just no. Not going to remember. Sorry.
Score: 6/10

Name : Kai Kalama
Song : What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted
Judges Thoughts :
K: I just like you. You're really good guy. You have some pitch issue but you give you all. The song is old fashion.
P: You're quite a performance.
S: Very old fashioned. Corny. Nothing distinct. Nothing original. Good as backup singer.
R: So save. It has to be hot.

My Thought: I hate his move.Kok kyk bences. Am I cruel?
Score: 6/10

Name : Mishavonna Henson
Song : Drops of Jupiter
Judges Thoughts :
P: You're definetly can sing. Drops of Jupiter wouldn't be my choice for you, although you sang it well it just doesn't excited me.
S: It sort of sum of you, you very serious. Technically you're very good singer. You seem acted like 50 years old.
R: You feel so much older.
K: I want you to loose it up a little bit. Just shake it off.

My Thought: I like the performance. Don't know why the jugde gave her a hard time. I think she's good. If I were given the authority to decide, she will be one of my pick.
Score: 7.5/10

Name : Adam Lambert
Song : Satisfaction
Judges Thoughts :
P: Here's the thing. I'm watching Adam Lambert's concert. You're leaving some of the rear mirror.
S: Parts are excurating bad, parts are brilliant. The ending was brilliant. Gonna be love or hate it performance.
R: I loved it. Most current artist. Combination of steven tyler blablblabla. A bit manic. But Mick Jagger supposed to be manic. You
K: You're vocal techique is outrageous. Who has a range like that?

My Thought: Smart choice of song. Great performance. Chicks are gonna love him. Honestly I think this is the best performance so far. I really love it. He knows what kind of performer he is, and I love the 'Steven Tyler' thingy in his voice. Hihihihi...
Welcome to top 12 and welcome to my list...For the record, at first I didn't think he is handsome at all. Well I found him attractive now. But, for me the HOTTEST constestant so far is still Michael John. Kyaaa Michael...apa sih ga jelas...
Score: 8.5/10

Top guy: Adam Lambert
Top girl: Allison Iraheta
Next highest vote: Mishavonna Henson (hoping) Megan Corkrey (predicting)

Botanical Garden

2009-02-23T22:30:00.003+08:00

I went to botanical garden almost 3 weeks ago, but I've been very busy never have the chance to upload the pictures. Usually I upload my photos on my flicker, but the I feel that my blog lately become too wordy, plain and no pictures :P

Attractions:

- You should visit bensten around sunset, so can see the golden ray of light as the background of the lovely gazebo. Fantastic.

- Rain forest jungle. I dare not to go inside the jungle. First because it was already late and dark. Second because it was stated the jungle is natural, which automatically translated into my brain as full of insects and snakes. So bye bye jungle.

- National Orchid garden. You have to pay $5 for entrance fee which I find very worth it. The orchids are fantastic, gorgeous and fabulous. I swear to you I'm not lying.

- Ginger Garden, quite okay. Nothing special except the fake waterfall perhaps.

I didn't visit every attractions because of 2 main reasons. First our visit was last minute decision so we went there around 4 PM and second is because my poor feet were 'screaming' asking to be relieved from duty :D

PS: I highly recommend this place among 'Must See Places' in Singapore. Well maybe my suggestion is a bit subjective since I luuuuuuv flower so much.

Star Hub Inet conn is so damn slow

2009-02-19T23:20:00.002+08:00

Turn out this is my second post of the day after I neglect this blog awhile due to my hectic job *sob sob sob*

My question is what the hell is wrong with Star Hub connection??
Is significantly slower than usual for the last 5 days. I have to load my gmail using the static HTML mode. *menggenaskan*

*grumble grumble grumble*

American Idol 8: Group 1 Result

2009-02-19T22:17:00.004+08:00

Okay folks.
Just a short entry today because I am deeply-deeply disappointed!

Top 3:
My Prediction: Danny, Anoop, Alexis (what I wish is Ricky, Anoop and Danny)
Official Result: Danny, Alexis and Michael (whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttt??????? Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!! - Monica Geller's scream)

See now you now why I am not in the mood to write.
Anoop Desai for Wildcard!!!
Ricky Brady for Wildcard!!!

damn why the rule must include gender discrimination?

disappointed fans,
E.

American Idol 8: Group 1

2009-02-18T22:12:00.007+08:00

Name : Jackie Tohn
Song : Little Less Conversation
Judges Thoughts:
R: not sure about the vocal but great entertainer.
K: agree with randy, you can work the stage
P: you got me dancing
S: you blow your chance and hate the trouser btw.
My thought: Better than I expected. Hate the dancing
Score: 6.5/10

Name : Ricky Braddy
Song : Song For You
Judges Thoughts:
R: that's what i'm taking about!. nice tone.
K: I hope you feel good, cause you kill that song.
P: you deserve in the competition. I'm glad America can see how talented you are
S: very good but not jumping on my seat. but no star quality. Nice shy guy with really good vocal
My thought: Love this guy! great singer. not so sure about the song choice. hope he can make it. but the crowd didn't seem too excited.
Score: 8.5/10

Name : Alexis Grace
Song : Never Loved A Man
Judges Thoughts:
R: You've found the dirty. You worked it out. I'm loving you right now
K: The genie isI love the new girl
P: It's strange how petite you are but with large talent. I'm just continuing to irritate Simon.
S: You could be the dark horse in the competition. Kelly Clarkson 8 years ago. You have self belief.
My thought: Hate the song! the vocal was good but me no likey blues. sowiieh.. I don't understand why the judges gave very positive comment. For me i'm more jumping on my seat when Ricky Brady performs
Score: 7/10

Name : Brent Keith Smith
Song : Hicktown
Judges Thoughts:
R: I like what you did. Blablala didn't remember, I was busy typing my own thought.
K: You're a little save. The song doesn't range enough for you.
P: Definitely a save song, but I can see you as
S: You've got one shot, not original, forgetable, you may just blow your massive opportunity.
My thought: Hate it. The song, the moves, the talk back and the sullen look.
Score: 4.5/10

Name : Stevie Wright
Song : You Belong With Me
Judges Thoughts:
R: Not hot for me. Talked being save that was really save.
K: You have identity crisis. Uggh..
P: Agree with these two.
S: It was terrible. The song was okay, you out of tune, you look very nerves. Zero chance going through the next round. America listen to me.
My thought: Very disappointed. I mean what???? the low notes are too low. Agree with Mr. Cowell here. Start packing girl.
Score: 4/10

Name : Anoop Desai
Song : Angel Of Mine
Judges Thoughts:
R: Interesting song of choice, the song a little bit sharp.
K: Hard to sing the song. Not sure whether you have the capability to nail that sont like it supposed to be, but you have lot of tallents. I believe in you.
P: America has connected with you. This is a difference side of you. You have Brian McKnight in your voice. Anoop is going to be here for a while. Hopefully.
S: You must've been 2 when you heard the song. A little bit too grown up, a bit serious. You got massive likability.
My thought: Not what I expected. But I love his tone.
Score: 7.5/10

Name : Casey Carlson
Song : Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Judges Thoughts:
R: Everything was wrong....(singing)
K: Nobody goes near that song. I want to see you sing girly anthem. I have high hope on you. You are a package. Awhh..
P: Police, Sting are iconic.
S: You look good, the singing was atrocius. You shouldn't allow to sing that song to be honest.
My thought: OMG, just when I thought there could be no worse performance than Stevie's. Whaaaat??? The winks, the slutty move. Hate it. Too bad!!!!. I loved her vannessa carlson audition. She is one of my fave and now I have to cross her name for the list I suppose.
Score: 3/10

Name : Michael Sarver
Song : I Don’t Want To Be
Judges Thoughts:
R: The good part is you can definitely sing, start a little pitchy. I like you better on the soul thing.
K: I dont think that was your best performace. I've seen you do better.
P: I think you've done a good job. You change mic. Distracting.
S: We like you, honest good guy who need a break. I hope America does picked up the phone give you another shot.
My thought: Didn't like it when Bo Bice sang the song, don't like it now. Not even Elliot Yamin can make me love the song (I just hate it less when sung by Elliot). Too bad. I like this huge guy. The song definitely not for him.
Score: 6/10

Name : Ann Marie Boskovitch
Song : Natural Women
Judges Thoughts:
R: Here's the deal. Big huge vocal song. I didn't understand who you are as an artist.
K: That song is so big, you have to kill it if you want to do it. A bit old fashioned.
P: Compare to what we heard in the hollywood week and audition, you did better.
S: Your voice is not good enough for that song. It just destroy you. You may have ruined your one shot I'm affraid. Sowieh.
My thought: for me it was okay. maybe because I recognise the song. Not so crazy about the vocal. Very disappointed. I had high hope for her since I saw her audition. Too bad. What's wrong with tonight?
Score: 6/10

Name : Stephen Fowler
Song : Rock With You
Judges Thoughts:
R: I never thought you would chose that song. Such a different song for me. Not in the right place. Pitchy and undernote.
K: I got more of you when you forget the lyric. That song doesn't give you chance to intepret.
P: Would have served you better if you come out here and sang that david cook song. Singing that song for you is like the kiss of death. Only belong to one artist, Michael Jackson
S: Terrible arrangement. You look this back you'll realized you're making a huge mistake. Corny.
My thought: Pack your back mister.
Score: 5/10

Name : Tatiana Del Torro
Song : Saving All My Love
Judges Thoughts:
R: When I heard you're singing the song I was "oh no" but you know what that girl can sing. There're moments
K: It's like a rollercaster with you. Tonight is a very reserved tatiana. Who are you?
P: Most talked about constestant. Beautiful moments and pitchy moment.
S: You're a complete ultimate drama queen. Despreate to be famous. Actually, suprisingly wasn't bad at all. It was better than I've expected. Your demure thing makes me nervous. Go laugh that weird laugh thing.
My thought: It was waaay better than I would expected. She finally behave people!. I think she did work hard. Smart choice of song. Not going to be a greeeeeat singer but not that bad.
Score:6.5/10

Name : Danny Gokey
Song : Hero
Judges Thoughts:
R: The redeem of the night. That was blazing hot
K: Danny you're a hero, You give us hope.
P: You're stellar. Sold out arenas
S: Back to real world. That was good but not fantastic. Very-very good singer. I like you, just not understand the hype just now.
My thought: Very very smart choice of song hey you Mr. Dowey Jr look alike! Good vocal. Definitely sail through
Score: 8/10

My top guy: Ricky Brady.
My predicition top guy: Danny Gokey

My top girl: Do I have to choose?
My predicition top girl: Alexis Grace

Next most vote: Anoop.

Wildcard: Ricky Brady (I hope) but I think it's gonna be Michael.

If I can choose my top three are: Ricky, Danny and Anoop.
Dump all the girls.

American Idol 8: Hollywood week Day 4

2009-02-11T22:52:00.003+08:00

I know I know...
Very very late review :P
But here it is..

1. Adam Lambert sang Believe by Cher. Personally I hate the song, but Adam twisted the tone into some kind of stage performance and because I like him since the group week, so I choose him. Btw, Simon gave him a thumb up.

2. Matt Giraud the dueling piano player who reminds Simon of Elliot (I dont know why, I prefer Elliot more) is also impressive with his piano. Don't know why but I dont like it too much. Not my fave contestant. Kara loved it very much, she gave him standing ovation along with Randy and Paula. Simon smiled. Not bad.

3. Jamar Rogers. Ngg.. it's okay for me. I thought his voice is very unique and memorable. I grow to like him more and more to be honest. Paula said very nice, kara nodded and mr. cowell smiled.

4. Danny Gokey the Robert Dewey Jr. I like him from his first audition, but the feeling is going down don't know why. Maybe it is moved to Jamar. Wait I think I know why, maybe because I feel he's a bit typical (serak2 dan terengah2 itu loh) and ngg... i kinda feel he only really match with very specific songs like kiss of a rose to be example. Paula did the lasso throwing thingy (3 times, OMG) and grinning excitedly. Simon smiled.

5. Anoop Desai sang My Prerogative. I just love this dude!! Randy nodded, Kara smiled.

6. Jorge Nunez the Mark Anthony wannabe. It's okay for me. Not a fave. Paula danced.

7. Scoot Macintyre sang Home by Chris. Okay, this is another dude that I really love. Especially since I think his voice is the best in this season but hearing he sang the song to be honest I was a bit disappointed. I just dont think his voice is 'cucok' for this song and he is a bit outshined by chris. For me, chris left a very memorable performance on this song. Kara smiled, Randy nodded, Paula gave standing ovation.

8.Kendall Beard sang Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats. She is a bit shaky. Not a fave.

9. Stevie Wright gave just okay performance. Too bad I like her audition, so now I'm confused.

10. Lil Rounds If I ain't got you by Alicia Keys, okay with her audition, hate the first day of hollywood, and like the final performance. Another confusing choice.

11. Kristin Mcnamara sand Because of You by Kelly Clarkson. Didn't know her voice until the group peformance and wowed by her last performance. I love her sexy but strong voice. Love her! One of my fave from now on. Randy looked approved and Paula nodded along.

12. Mishavonna Henson, I honestly dont know what to say. She is not sort of my type, but Randy bite his thumb.

13. Tatiana Del Toro, I am annoyed with this girl. Especially her laugh. She sounds like Janice from Friends. But her voice is okay though, I think maybe if she choose the right song, she can be really good. Paula smiled, Randy's jaw dropped, Simon smiled in a weird way.

14. Alexis Grace sang Before he cheats, I think just well ordinary. Nothing special but she is better than Kendall Beard for me.

15. Kenny Hoffpauer. Who is he?? I didn't event know he exist in this competition until the last performance. He is just okay. Not a fan.

16. Jasmine Murray. I love this girl. She made me fall in love with Fergie's song. Passed

17. Nathaniel Marshall looks more macho when holding and playing a guitar. His voice is also better. He passed.

18. Joanna Pacitti, that poor girl forgot the lyric. Her performance was a disaster. No need further comment. Passed.

19. Casey Carlson, I like this girl. I think she is just likeable, and I love her voice color. Too bad she forgot the lyric. Cross the finger folks! Passed. Woo hoo.

20. Stephen Fowler. I love his hollywood day 1 and day 2, but this man forgot the lyric after so very much convinced he is not going to and after he asked to restart all over again he forgot, again and slamed the piano. The judges looked annoyed (yes, even paula) Passed.

21. Nick Mitchell or Norman Gentle. Simon hated him for the first and me also. Randly laugh, Paula clapped. Passed.

22. Anne Marie Boskovich, I love her voice, country type. Passed.

23. Ju'not Joner. OMG, I love his voice. A bit smokey but I like his better than Danny Gokey. Passed.

24. Kaylan Loyd sang If I ain't got you. Ordinary, not memorable. Sorry. Next...(Simon stopped that poor girl performance)

25. Leneshe Young, personally I love this girl and her performance is also okay, but she didn't make the cut. Eventhough Randy and Simon looked enjoy her perfomance

26. Kai Kalama, something wrong with the dude's voice. Poor guy. He passed though.

27. Michael Sarver. Wow. Very powerfull voice. Kara sang a long, Mr. Cowell smiled. He passed.

28. India Morrison. Her group performance was way better than solo perfomance. It was a disaster.

Okay, I think all I mentioned above with exceptional of Leneshe and India, all made it through. Btw Michael Castro didn't make it.

Latters........

Food Reviews: Kenny Rogers @ Johor Baru

2009-02-09T10:12:00.013+08:00

Demi memperpanjang svp, akhirnya kemaren kita bertiga (mommy, me and my fiance) berbondong2 ke Johor Baru and ate Kenny Rogers since from the last visit, I already craved for it.
Berhubung di Indo itu porsinya guede buanget, akhirnya kita sepakat cuma pesan 1/2 meal package (includes: 1/2 chicken, 3 side side dish: aromatic rice, fruit salad, potato salad and 1 muffin) and 1 side dish (mashed potato) ala carte.

Gak lama kemudian muffin kita dateng, pertama2 kirain complimentary while waiting for the main course dan bukan muffin dari paket karena biasanya muffinnya montok kok yang ini kuyus ya... Ternyata itu muffin paket tapi untungnya rasanya lumayan enak kok.
And eng ing eng... ga lama kemudian pesanan kita datang... cihuy... slurpps and kita cuma bisa melongo :o
Ayamnya lebih imut (ga sejumbo di Jkt yang bagaikan burung unta) tapi yang paling bikin our jaws drop ya porsi 3 side dishnya waduh mak seiprit :P
beda banget dah ama yang di jkt yang semua serba jumbo dumbo.

But the good news is the chicken taste the same (what i luv about the chicken from Kenny Rogers is its skin! tipis, tasty and crunchy) and to be honest I think the aromatic rice is better, lebih wangi ga cuma berasa butter doang, mirip kyk nasi uduk.
Trus mashed potatonya lebih halus, tapi gravy nya kurang asin. Kalau di Jkt, mashed potatonya ga sehalus ini (masih berasa bongkah2an kentang) tapi gravynya lebih asin and tasty.
Potato saladnya juga enak loh, kurang lebih sama kyk yang di Jkt.

To sum it up:
Tastylicious (I completely made this word up):
- roasted chicken (ennoe's food choice award!)

- potato salad
menurut gw potato saladnya itu enak banget, paling enak diantara side yang kita pesan

- aromatic rice

Grade B menu:
- mashed potato
aslinya tidak sebanyak ini dan halus bgt kyk makanan bayi

- muffin
Yang kemarin makan kok muffinnya kurus ya tenggelam didalam cetakan kertasnya :(
Btw, this is so out of topic but I love this photo so much! The color, the lightning, the composition so cool!

Save menu to order:
- fruit salad

PS: personally I choose black pepper sauce than the original one.

Pics are courtesy of http://www.krr.com.my

Got Reserved!

2009-01-30T14:22:00.003+08:00

I got this space reserved specially for me...

http://ariyani.hengkyilawan.com/

I'm planning to fill it up with my portfolio. Hmm.......
Wait and see y'all..

Me, Gifted (2.3% of test takers) ..shy shy shy..

2009-01-29T17:45:00.004+08:00

My fiance was asked to take an IQ test at http://www.iqtest.com by one of his interviewer, so I took it also, just for fun since I have nothing to do until 5th feb. Ihiks...

Here is the result that sent to my email:

Dear Ariyani Rahayu,

Thank you for your interest in the test at IQTest.com.

Your general IQ score is: 132

Regards,
The Team at IQTest.com

This is the chart:

Intelligence Interval	Cognitive Designation
40 - 54	Severely challenged (Less than 1% of test takers)
55 - 69	Challenged (2.3% of test takers)
70 - 84	Below average
85 - 114	Average (68% of test takers)
115 - 129	Above average
130 - 144	Gifted (2.3% of test takers)
145 - 159	Genius (Less than 1% of test takers)
160 - 175	Extraordinary genius

Okay, so if any of you want to take the test for fun, you can click here and let me know the result. If yours is above 160, than you must be Sharon Stone! Rumor has it that she got 160 IQ, well in case you didn't know.

American Idol 8: SFA Audition

2009-01-22T12:37:00.003+08:00

What can I say.... nothing much I guess.
After waiting a whole week to watch another episode of Amidol... I just felt disappointed.
All I can remember is the guy who sang smoke gets in your eyes and bohemian rhapsody. Both of them are pretty good, but I like the smoke guy more.
Guess the smoke guy gonna last long, since their already filming ehm i mean exploiting his family especially his sick mommy.

There were suppose to be another 3 contestants who got the golden ticket, but I can remember their name. Their audition clip were way too short...

Oh btw, I remember another contestant, the girl with scary laugh from Puerto Rico. Not liking her either... sorry...

Mensa Quiz

2009-01-21T14:36:00.002+08:00

I got this email from a friend quite sometimes ago and yet I never open it until now.
This is the mensa quiz and you know me always interested in this kind of quiz, so I take it.
Well the result is somewhat intelligent since i only able to answer 9.

Here is the quiz and the complete answer. Try to answer by yourself and see the correct answer by highlighting it

Note: the red cryptics are the one I can answer correctly without cheating

No.	Cryptic	Answer
0	24 H in a D	24 hours in a day
1	26 L of the A	26 letters of the alphabet
2	7 D of the W	7 days of the week
3	7 W of the W	7 wonders of the world
4	12 S of the Z	12 signs of the zodiac
5	66 B of the B	66 books of the bible
6	52 C in a P (WJs)	52 cards in a pack (without jokers)
7	13 S in the USF	13 stripes in the united states flag
8	18 H on a G C	18 holes on a golf course
9	39 B of the O T	39 books of the old testament
10	5 T on a F	5 toes on a foot
11	90 D in a R A	90 degrees in a right angle
12	3 B M (S H T R)	3 blind mice (see how they run)
13	32 is the T in D F at which W F	32 is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit at which water freezes
14	15 P in a R T	15 players in a rugby team
15	3 W on a T	3 wheels on a tricycle
16	100 C in a R	100 cents in a rand
17	11 P in a F (S) T	11 players in a football (soccer) team
18	12 M in a Y	12 months in a year
19	13=UFS	13 is unlucky for some
20	8 T on a O	8 tentacles on a octopus
21	29 D in F in a L Y	29 days in february in a leap year
22	27 B in the N T	27 books in the new testament
23	365 D in a Y	365 days in a year
24	13 L in a B D	13 loaves in a bakers dozen
25	52 W in a Y	52 weeks in a year
26	9 L of a C	9 lives of a cat
27	60 M in a H	60 minutes in a hour
28	23 P of C in the H B	23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body
29	64 S on a C B	64 squares on a chess board
30	9 P in S A	9 provinces in south africa
31	6 B to an O in C	6 balls to an over in cricket
32	1000 Y in a M	1000 years in a millenium
33	15 M on a D M C	15 men on a dead mans chest

Science and Religion

2009-01-19T14:44:00.005+08:00

Got this from Joke of The Day. The colored sentences are the reason why I upload this into my blog.

The red one is because I hear this sentence all the time from so many people until I feel I can't stand it anymore. The green one is because I wonder what they're gonna react when I give this as an answer ahaha. The blue one is because this is what all of us people should be. Smart and exploring science, accepting and not ignoring the fact, yet never lost a grip on faith. Then maybe world will become a better place for us.

Science and Religion...

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it? If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being...

THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A"

My fufu is crashed! Attention to all AVG user!

2009-01-19T11:22:00.005+08:00

Well, Thanks to AVG my laptop is now crashing...
This is the sad story....

PS: I named my laptop fufu short from fujitsu

Saturday night, 2 days ago, I watched episode 11 of The Desperate Housewives. Yes I know, I'm 2 episodes left behind, that's why I was very excited to watch it. FYI, I don't like to be interrupted while I am watching movies. I usually ignore the interruption or snap at it.

There were two interruptions that night. One is my mother's questions (Dont ask me, forget the questions already), and the second one is from AVG. My anti virus kept popping the error message saying that my laptop got infected by some kind of virus. Since I can not and dare not to ignore or snap at the first interruption, I pay less attention to the second one. First I set the AVG to heal the infected object, but then it showed me another message saying the object can not be healed. Then I set the AVG to move the object to the vault, but then another message displayed.
Irritated, I ticked the option to remove the object using power user. That's my friend, my biggest mistake!! Because, after my laptop was restarted, I couldnot login into it. The laptop kept logging me off automatically.
Never ever ticked to remove the object using power user. Apparently, AVG made a mistake by recognising some windows file as viruses.
Read the news here:
http://tekno.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/13/09260929/antivirus.avg.bikin.crash.

The vendor even apoligize (http://tekno.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/11/17/10182272/Vendor.Sekuriti.AVG.Minta.Maaf.)

Until now I haven't solved this problem, but I already begged my sweet dearest fiance to come and fix it tonight. Well, cross my finger and hoping for the best.
I'll update with the solution later.

Manga Reviews: Kocchimuite Miiko! aka Hi Miiko!

2009-01-16T17:46:00.001+08:00

Fiuuuuuuuh......
Finally.. after more than a month I am able to read Kocchimuite Miiko! 19
Before my departure, I begged my dear friend Susan to buy this manga for me. Thanks Susan!

Reviews:
This manga is one of my favourite manga ever. I was introduced to this manga by friend only about 2 years ago. I'm immedialy falling in love with this series and started to collect them. I am a very picky manga collector. I never collect manga that I don't really like. Every now and then I used to read the books over and over again (Yes you are correct, I brought these babies to Singapore!)

The reason why I like it so much is mainly because of the story. The ideas of the story are very simple, honest and yet touching. They're based on daily live experiences, which most of us experienced during our childhood time. Trust me, when you read this, you’ll often giggle and realize “oh, I’ve been there before”. It teaches and reminds us the pureness of children we once before.

Mrs. Ono Eriko, if you are reading this, I really like your book. I think you've done a fantastic job! Thank you for 'giving birth' to Miiko.

Score: A, Very highly recommended.

Mangaka: Ono Eriko

Plot
This is the sequel for series Miiko Desu! aka Namaku Miiko (Book 1 - 4). Both series tell about the daily live of 5th grade student named Miiko, including her friends, family and of course her love live!

Got his description from Anime News Network
I think this is a short but very accurate description for this manga.

This is a cute simple story about one cute little girl named miiko. The story was tell about her dad, her mom, her perfect and mature little brother named mamoru, her love hate relationship with a cute boy named tappei, her cat (this cat also belong to tappei, they found and decided to adopted together, so it was their cat actually) named miiko--yeah, same name with miiko the lead character, this name given by tappei mom's, indeed sweet.--her selfish but everlasting friend named mari-chan, her motherly friend named yuuko, her rival for competing tappei named miiho, her secret (now not secret anymore) admirer named yoshida, her classmates, her school day, her holiday, her cheer day, her gloomy day, her happiness, her sadness, her love, her pure and innocent life

Characters

Yamada Family

Yamada Miiko
She is the main character. She is the first child of the family. An honest, kind and cheerful little girl. She lets her feeling shows up in the open. Even though she is not top ranked at class or talented in anything peculiar, she is very loyal and care to her friend. She is a bit lazy especially when compared to her brother Mamoru. Almost forget, she eats a lot despite her small figure.
Miiko has 2 guys competing to win her heart. The first one is Eguchi Tapei and second one is Yoshida. Deep in her bottom heart, she likes Tapei, despite they are fighting most of the time.

Yamada Mamoru
Miiko's younger brother. He is one year younger than his sister. He has a very cute and popular girlfriend named Yukaa Chan. He is smart, diligent, sensible and responsible. Everything that Miiko is not. He also bullied by Miiko when relating to food. His love competitor is Shinji.

Yamada Momochan
Miiko's baby sister. Just born in book 19.

Miiko's Parent.
Both of Miiko's parents are working in journalism or something related to that. Her father is working for a sport tabloid (i think) and her mother is a manga editor (how cool is that?). Miiko's mother is pictured to be less patient than her husband.

School Friends

Shimura Mari
One of Miiko's best friend. She likes to draw manga and dreaming to become famous manga author, but up until now, she still facing a lot of criticism for her work.

Ogawa Yuuko (Yuko)
One of Miiko's best friend. She is smart, top ranked girl in class, pretty, calm and responsible. She take cares her 4 siblings when their parents are at work. She has a boyfriend Satou Kenta.

Eguchi Tapei
He is the type of boy who cannot express his feeling. He likes Miiko since the beginning of the book, but finds it hard to express his feeling to her. Instead, he likes to tease her and makes her angry. He gets irritated and jealous every time Miiko is with Yoshida.
Apparently, he's quite popular in school especially among the girls, since his locker is usually full with chocolate given by anonymous girl fans every Valentine day. His biggest admirer is Miho Tanimura.
His parent open a little shop called Lazy Moon. At the beginning, his parents are splitting up, but eventually reunited thanks to Miiko and Tapei.
His best friend is Satou Kenta and he has a cute cat named Miiko.
Tapei is my favorite character.

Satou Kenta
His parents own a bakery name Satou Bakery. He’s often seen in the store helping his parent sell the bread especially at Christmas or another holiday. He is Yuko boyfriend and Tapei best friend. He knows that Tapei likes Miiko but cannot express his feeling, therefore he try to be their match maker. Until now, his efforts bear no fruit.

Yoshida
Yoshida is a mature, smart, top ranked boy at class. He likes Miiko because she is cheerful. Opposite to Tapei, Yoshida doesn’t have a problem expressing his feeling to Miiko. He even asked her on a date before. But unfortunately, Miiko is too ‘polos’ to realize his feeling.

Yoshiki
Yoshiki is the geek at class. He is very talented in art. He makes acrylic dinosaur dolls, setting up a diorama and then shoots them using his handy cam. He likes Miho, he even has her picture inside his wallet. But since he knows that Miho likes Tapei, he lets her go and help her pursue Tapei. He got really annoyed and angry when Tapei rejected Miho valentine’s chocolate.

Tanimura Miho
Miho is the pretty girl at school. She loves Tapei deeply, but unfortunately her feeling is not returned. She always considers Miiko as her love enemy. Although, she usually harsh to Yoshiki (her number one fans) sometimes she can be really kind to him.

Yuuka Chan
She is Mamoru girlfriend. She is kind, smart, pretty, and popular girl. She is very loyal to Mamoru. She makes him homemade chocolate pastries every valentine.
There are also lots of other minor characters that I can not mention one by one. Maybe some other time or you can ask me directly.

American Idol 8: Kansas Audition

2009-01-16T11:05:00.003+08:00

Kansas... the home of last season winner David Cook!
Could be there is another winner here?

Here is the recap (incomplete as usual as based on my memory only)

Very straight-hair girl.. you know the one who sand leona lewis song co-wrote by mr. cowell himself.
Why: her voice is really, really, really good.

Angelina jolie lips look alike aka the one who sand a thousand miles by Vanessa C
Why: i think she has the complete package. She is beautiful, likeable and she has very good
control of her voice. Sounded like a pro.

The guy with the white hat
Why: the white hat. I not really amused with his voice though.

Michael Castro
Why: is hard not to remember him. He as a pink hair, he is the younger brother of Jason Castro last season contestant. I think he’s just okay. Jason is way better

India Morrison
Why: because of her sister. A sister who’s Simon Cowell never has. Haha. I think she has a nice voice, very typical Afro-American. Boy, do Afro-Americans born with gift of sound or what. Beyonce, Whitney, love their voice!

Crying Dude
Why: because he looks and moves like Elliot Yamin. Elliot is one of my fave contestant ever.

Crying Dude’s Friend
Why: Because I remember his friend the crying dude. His voice is just okay. Doubt him will survive in the Hollywood week. Sorry.

Anoop Dog aka The guy who studied BBQ
Why: never thought that kind of voice will be able to come from him. Waaaaaay better than Sanjaya.

Marching Band Guy
Why: obvious reason. See the nick name I gave him. Not really into his voice. I think he’s just okay.

Bar singer
Why: he’s bald and big. I picture him with a big Harley Davidson. Who knew his has good voice. Not great though.

Mom of 3.
Why: her controlled voice. She reminds me of Melinda D.

Summary:
I think Kansas is great, better than Phoenix on average. There are lots of great contestant with great voice and personality. To be honest it was hard for me to pick one to be my fave contestant for this audition. So I’ll choose 5: Straight hair girl, Angelina Jolie lips looks alike, Crying Dude, Indian Guy and Mom of 3.

My Top 3 contestant so far
1. Scott
2. Angelina jolie lips looks alike
3. Straight hair girl

The rest are just too hard for me to order them :P

American Idol 8: Phoenix Audition

2009-01-16T10:52:00.006+08:00

I promised my self that I will write a blog about American Idol every time I see the show. But promise is just a promise until now.

Okay, this is the incomplete recap based on Phoenix Audition
Contestants that I remember because of their distinctive audition are:

'The Andrea Bocelli' guy aka Scott Mc something...
why: his voice! his tone is my favorite until now.

Baracuda girl
why: tatoos and high range vocal. somehow she reminded me of callie.. last season contestant, the irish girl, remember?.

A girl wearing something like a cow skin pattern shirt. I think her name is Stevie
why: her voice. nice and controlled

Giant guy
why: I was surprised... his voice and his body doesn't really match.

Bikini girl
why: isn't it obvious? the bikini part. I think she's smart for wearing the bikini. Simon' eyes almost popped out :P and she doesn't sound as bad as anyone would think, but her attitude is

Okay my fave contestant from this audition is Scott!
I will be heart broken if I don't see him in final 12.

Additional:
I read Rickey.org and just realize there are several great contestants that I forget. Duh my memory sucks.

Tiffany Amber looks alike
why: her voice and personality. she seems very nice.

Orphan contestant.. you know the one who went to audition alone without her family.
why: her voice

Bathroom singing dude
why: a bit geeky, went through even though Simon said no. I'm afraid I have to agree with Mr. Cowell this time

So, additional fave contestant for this episode is: Stevie, Tiffany Amber look alike, and Orphan contestant.

Body Shop Vitamin C Daily Moisturiser SPF 15

2009-01-15T16:35:00.005+08:00

I've been using this product for almost 2 months now (before: Amway Moisturizer). The brand claims that this product can help you to revitalise the skin, leaving skin soft, smooth and radiant.

Well this is my review.
Positive:
- my skin get fairer
- not allergic to my skin
- unclog pores. My black pores are reduced significantly.

Negative:
- makes my skin very very oily :(

Size: 50.00ml; Price: S$32.90

Btw, before I bought the moisturizer, I got 2 free samples of this. I tried only one capsule, since I have no time recently, and I really love it.
It was not oily (not like the moisturizer) and penetrated my face skin very well. I could swear that right after I applied this serum, for few seconds I saw my face was brighter.
Definitely going to buy this baby.
I need to count my money before though.

28 Capsules; Price: S$42.90

Pics from The Body Shop

The luxury of my life

2009-01-15T16:16:00.003+08:00

Okay, I admit, I steal that phrase from my friends' wedding website (http://www.mywedding.com/ayunkyayastory/index.html).
Yup, two of my friends are getting married.
I've known then since college, and they've been dating not so long after.
I'm really happy for both of them, as the groom, any fool can see how he loves her so much. this must be like a dream come true for him and as for the bride it must be fantastic to be loved that way.
So Yachu and Ayung,
here is a toast for you..
Wishing you a happily ever after.

cheers...

Why CR7 why??

2009-01-13T13:36:00.007+08:00

Duuuuuuuhhhhhh mak... apa si yang dipikiran pemilihnya? kok bisa bisanya nih orang-tengil-yang-sibuk-ngerawat-alis-dan-tukang-ngadu menang jadi pemain terbaik tahun 2008?

why why why????

Here is the complete list from to 1991 to 2008
1991—Lothar Matthaeus, Jerman
1992—Marco Van Basten, Belanda
1993—Roberto Baggio, Italia
1994—Romario, Brasil
1995—George Weah, Liberia
1996—Ronaldo, Brasil
1997—Ronaldo, Brasil
1998—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
1999—Rivaldo, Brasil
2000—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis
2001—Luis Figo, Portugal
2002—Ronaldo, Brasil
2003—Zinedine Zidane, Perancis 2004—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2005—Ronaldinho, Brasil
2006—Fabio Cannavaro, Italia
2007—Kaka, Brasil.
2008—Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal --> why why why????

Wall-E wins

2009-01-13T13:01:00.004+08:00

Aha!

According to golden globe website, WALL-E hand in hand with Eve kicks Po and Boltz' ass in golden globe award 2009.
I knew this!
Huh... take that people-who-didn't-listen-to-me-to-watch-WALL-E-because-I-said-WALL-E-is-so-much-different-with-(read:-so-much-better-than)-Kungfu-Panda!

Waaaallllll....eeee
Eee...vah?

Invitation to all the girls

2009-01-13T10:15:00.006+08:00

Paling sering denger komentar "loh kok pake kaos sih, emangnya sekarang hari Jumat?" atau "loh rapi banget loe, mo kondangan yah?"
I hate, I repeat, hate those comments.

First, it's not always a shirt sometimes it's a knitwear or a blouse. It's different people!
Second, well, these are the asumptions
- I buy the clothes because I think the clothes look cute
- It is very hard to find a cute basic t-shirt. It's a t-shirt what d yaa expect? Yes, I admit, there tons of cute fashionable shirt, but the cost is a fortune. Since I'm not a director, the dress will waaay overdress for me.
- I spend most of my time in the office. I go there 5 days in a week.

So, when am I supposed to wear all of my clothes? On the weekend? Oh please, give me a break! Weekend has only 2 days and life's too short to have to wear something you don't really like just because you have to.

Women are the numero uno target for the fashion industry. If women only wear t-shirt to the office which is more than 70% of our time, the fashion industry will collaps within seconds and that would be the ultimate armageddon.

No, no, I'm not gonna stop here.
For guys who get jealous because women have the luxury to have wider choice of clothes, I suggest you to let it go!
Tanpa mengurangi rasa hormat dan tidak bermaksud untuk diskriminasi, but Double standard is still common here, so, unless you guys can pull David Beckham, please stick to your t-shirt :P.

The most important thing is what I wear doesn't affect my jobs in a negative way. In fact, they give me positive boost. I'm happy when I wear something I like and when I'm happy I tend to be more productive.
So, unless the girl wears 'kaos oblong bali' or 'kaos encek2 yang lagi cah/goreng kwetiaw' I don't really see a problem here.

Let's campaign for Office Fashion Freedom!

Bake Inc. Mushroom Cheese

2009-01-09T12:26:00.003+08:00

Downstairs where I live in there is a bakery called Bake Inc.
Almost everyday I buy their bread for breakfast. And this morning I made a very wise choice when choosing Mushroom cheese bread.
It's DELICIOUS!! The best of mushroom cheese bread I ever have.
I looooveeeeee the juicy, not too salty and a bit sweet mozzarella cheese. It's make the perfect combination with sauteed champignon/button mushroom.

Slurppss glegghh...aaaaaam aaaaaaaaammmm....

Btw, the Bake Inc located just outside the Buangkok MRT.

Delicious Tom Yam @ Smith Street

2009-01-09T12:06:00.004+08:00

Yesterday was the last day for me in Singapore before going on a short trip back to Jakarta.
I decided to go to chinatown to look for something (read: pashmina) and ate at smith street.
We ordered a S$ 6 Tom Yam Soup and S$ 8 Pineapple fried rice from one of Thai stall.

Apparently, you can order and seat anywhere you like there. Since we didn't know this, we sat near the stall in front of british (i think) couple who ordered the dried chilly chicken hotplate. Wuaah the smell of the chicken was very tempting and mouth watering.

Not so long after, our ordered came and it's not bad. Not bad at all.
The soup was clear (I don't like tom yam with coconut milk), salty, fragrant, sour, a bit sweet and very very HOT. Slurpsss...Yummy!
While the pineapple fried rice was only okay for me. Since it's not hot so it felt like they cooked it before so they can save sometime and served it right away when any order is placed.

Definitely going back for more, since the smell of the kungpao chicken haunted me 'til today :P

Joey's Bag all over Singapore

2009-01-07T16:55:00.005+08:00

It could be a trend, but lately I encounter a lot of Joey's bag in the MRT and yes it was carried by MAN. It's so ironic, considering Joey was mocked by all of his friend especially Chandler and Ross. He also lost a part in a play because of the bag, and now several years later the bag has become a trend. The PIC who came up with this idea is must be a witch cause he/she can predict the future!

Wondering when will my fiance get one, I love to dump all my heavy things into his Joey's Bag.

Poor Dogs...

2009-01-05T15:59:00.003+08:00

Well, since I (still) have nothing to do here, I live my day with browsing.
Just found this article at Kompas.com about wild dogs in Bandung and Bali being hunted and injected to die. The reason is because wild dogs can transmit rabies easily since the cops have found several dogs infected with rabies.
Uninfected dogs will also be killed. Duuuuuuuuhhhhh......

I am not a fan of dogs in general, but this is just sadness not to mention cruel.

Read the full article here http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2009/01/05/1430117/Dibius.Lalu.Disuntik.Mati

The most delicious food I ate since....

2009-01-02T13:44:00.004+08:00

...well, you know since I moved here.

Today, I was treated lunch by my colleague. We ate Thai Food at Lerk Thai Restaurant downstairs.
We ordered Tom Yam clear soup, Red Curry Beef, Pandan Chicken and Pineapple Fried Rice.
To be honest, I was a bit pessimistic about the tom yam soup. I just had terrible experience 2 days ago eating a tom yum fish soup. It's taste like crap! I think they put milk into the Tom Yam Soup, so you can imagine the taste by yourself. Milk + Tom Yam not equal to good combination people.

Back to Lerk Thai..
To my delight the soup was clear (woo hooo!) and when I tasted it hmmmmm............ heavenly!
It's a perfect combination of spicy, salty, sour and a bit of sweet. Definitely the most delicious thing I've ever eaten over here!

The pineapple rice was also a surprise for me. It's taste quite different with the one I used to eat back in Indonesia but it was also nice. They put raisin in the rice but very little pineapple hehehe...The rice also topped with a light sweet of (I'm not sure) chicken floss?

The pandan chicken was okay. But not as good as Thai & I's at Plaza Semanggi.

The red curry beef is a bit of disappointment. I'm not sure whether because I was too full but it's just not my taste.

I'm planning to go there again sometimes to order the dessert (singkong manis). I'll write again later.

Food and Me

2009-01-02T11:55:00.006+08:00

I'm never consider my self as a food picky person, but I do have some of Blacklisted Foods, such as:
- Food with dominant scent: cilantro, fried onion, taugeh (bean sprout), celery, spring onion, bell pepper. Ughh...
- Smelly foods: goat, intenstines (except chicken and paru goreng oke la) and durian.
- Gross thingy: insects, reptiles (i dont eat snake), codot, bat. Yuuuckkss....
- Cute animals: rabbit, birds (exc chicken)
- Not supposed to be eaten animals: cat, horse, dog, deer, turtle, tiger

And yes, I do have somekind of 'rules' of my own about food. First one is I consider a food is different if and only if has different smell, material, cooking method and taste.
So, if you cook vegie cah with garlic, no matter even though you change the vegie (from kailan to caisim to broccoli) for me it's the same food. and the same food bikin gw BOSEN!

Second one is I really hate I repeat HATE it when people add food with dominant scent into my food, because it will make my food smell like the added food and lost its original smell.
Okay for example is if you fried noodle/kwetiaw/bee hoon/vermicelli/mee shua with bean sprout, for me the food doesn't smell like fried noodle anymore. But it smells like TAUGEH GORENG!!!! Yucks! That's why taugeh is one of my blacklisted food.

Not to mention what if all the strong scent food is the main dish, e.g: spring onion or celery cah.. alamaaaaakkkkkkkkkk......... pengsan dah gw....

Ehm... quite a long list eh? but in my defense I eat mostly anything else outside the black list. I eat chicken, seafood, beef, pork, unagi, most of the vegie, I even eat snails once!
I don't have to eat rice, I can live from bread, noodle and it friends
I eat many cuisines from Peranakan, Java, Chinese, Sunda, Betawi, Italian, Japanese, Western, Padang, Menado, Junk Food, and Thai. I eat all of them. I just need them to be rotated. Please? Pretty please with sugar on coat....???

Theory of Taste Evolution

2009-01-02T10:38:00.008+08:00

A month in here, and I'm busy bitching about the food to my fiance almost everyday (If he's lucky, some of my best friends go online, and I can do this never-ending babbling to them instead of him).
I think, I've reached his limit cause he's starting to babbling back to me hahaha...
He said that I am 'susah makannya' because I bored easily. He also said that he can eat the food that we are eating over over and over again.
Since I don't like to loss an argument over him and I have nothing to do now, so I think I'm gonna make my day as productive as anyone else's by creating this theory.

This theory uses me as a main and only sample. Narcissism, but so what. Old news. I'm gonna do a little survey latter though .

My profile (related with food)
- born in central java by Peranakan Mother and Chinese Father. That's mean Java, Peranakan, Chinese Food.
- went to high school in Bogor and spend more than 10 years in Jakarta. . That's mean Sunda Food, Japanese Food, Italian Food, Padang Food, Junk Food, Betawi Food, Western Food and Thai Food.

Okay, you never truly appreciate what you have until it's gone.
When I lived at bogor, for the first time I developed craving for Peranakan, Java and Chinese Food and when I got back I missed the Sunda, Italian, Japanese Food. Same thing happened after I moved to Jakarta.

See, my taste of food evolves without me realizing it! and now after 13 years it's like a swiss biological clock. I need and must to rotate the food!

So, the First theorem of my theory is
"A person (in this case is someone who enjoy food not just eat-to-live person like you know who) whose surrounded by more than one type of cuisine, tends to rotate the food/eat different type of food (tanpa sadar udah kebiasaan gituuuuuuuh!) alias BOSENAN".

Gimana ...gimanah anak kost lainnya... tul ga? tul ga??...hohohoho

Therefore dear fiance, yes maybe I blacklisted some foods (explain later in the next article) but the main reason why I'm being crankier and grumpier here it's because my body needs time to adjust to eat one type of cuisine everyday! (and sometimes even the same dish for almost two weeks in a row :(( ).
But I don't think I want to adjust my body. Since it's gonna be so sad living only eating one type of cuisine every single day...

Wedding Book Cover

2009-01-01T20:08:00.002+08:00

Inspired by vintage photo, I design this for my wedding book cover since I have nothing to do today.
Hoping this design can be printed in our wedding book.
Cross my finger...

My life is meaningless

2008-12-30T10:15:00.008+08:00

It's been almost a week and I have nothing to do in the office except for chatting, and chatting, and chatting and oh yeah chatting again. Most of the clients are on leave, most of my friends are going home for Christmas and New Year and My fiancee is busy applying (spamming to be exact) jobs. No new movie series.
No new chapter of Naruto. I think Kakashi is confirmed dead btw. Very sad.

No friends online means no new gossip. What's life without gossip? So empty and meaningless. No aim and purposes....

Hu..hu...hu....

Another Wedding Book Design

2008-12-26T14:37:00.003+08:00

This design (our own design) will be printed on our wedding book. Yay!
Can't wait to see the result.

Going to Johor Bahru as first timer

2008-12-26T12:01:00.004+08:00

Yesterday, marley and me.. no no my fiance and me went to Johor Bahru to renew his SVP. Thanks God (yes folks, I give thank now and then) that everything went smoothly.
The trip was also okay, not like what I imagined with all the horrible news about the new check point. No traffic jam at all and the bus queue was not long.

To sum it up:
1. Alight at kranji MRT station and go to the bus station OPPOSITE the mrt station.
2. Wait for bus no 170 or 160.
3. Alight at Woodland Checkpoint
4. Queue (short)
5. Go to the bus station inside the check point and wait for bus no 170 or 160 again
6. Alight at CIQ
7. Another queue. This one was very long aarrghh...Oops almost forget, grab the white paper and fill in the form. I will suggest to the traveler to bring your own pen, so you can fill in the form while queuing. Use another person back as 'alas nulis' if he/she doesn't mind. Just joking
8. Voila, arrive already. There is a mall, call City Square that's linked with the checkpoint building. Just follow the information, you'll get there. PS: the map directory for that mall is confusing.
9. Eat Portuguese Chicken and Egg Tart, Trying to find a cute, cheap, short heel sandal at Padini (not successful although they're having end year clearance I think, Ladies or shoe lovers you should go), Watch Australia (boring...but Mr. Jackman handsome as always), buy cigarettes, bath soap (arrghh so cheap) and Shi Lin (taiwan snack)
10. Back to CIQ and queue again (short one)
11. Took bus 170
12. Alight at Woodland check point and another queue (short one also)
13. Took SMRT bus 950
14. Alight at kranji station and headed home.

Free Fiskal for NPWP Holder

2008-12-23T11:25:00.005+08:00

Finally! There is an advantage to be a NPWP holder.

Ngecess.........

2008-12-23T11:14:00.003+08:00

Sekarang lagi ngeces ama:

- Indomie Goreng trus diatasnya ditaburin keju parut... wuaaaaaah slurrrrrrrrpsss glegggghh...
- Nasi padang: Ayam goreng + Nasi + daun ganja upss i mean singkong + kuah kari + suambel merah dan tomat .... tes tes tes air liur diatas meja....
- Bawal Salero: Bawal digoreng trus dibakar + nasi + cabe rawit dipotong2 dikasih air jeruk ditambahin bawang hmppppppph huah huah pedessssssssssssssss tapi zeledapsssss...

Huhuhuhu
Kapan ya bisa makan gitu lagi.....

Aku menangis meraung-raung........

Gossip Girl

2008-12-19T10:51:00.003+08:00

FYI: Nope, I am not I repeat am not talking about me! Me != gossip girl okay.

I love watching movie, especially sitcom or television series. No I am not talking about sinetron or telenovela or soap opera. I'm talking about friends, desperate housewives, grey's anatomy, ally mcbeal, supernatural, smallville, heroes and of course 24!

Currently I'm only following 1 local series 'The Little Nyonya' aired from Mon -Fri at 9 PM on channel 8 and Gossip Girl. I know it's kinda late to follow a gossip girl just now, but since all the production are stopped during chrismast holiday, there is no movie I can watch :(
What will I do without my movies........huhuhuhu...

My fiance keeps asking the same question "Apa sih bagusnya?" "Yaela gossip girl lagi" hahaha
The answer is simple I have no other movie I can watch and Chace Crawford is hot.

The reason why I watch The Little Nyonya even though there is no hot guy in there, it's because of the peranakan story. You know peranakan = delicious food = 'masak-masakan' movie and I love anything related masak-masakan. So 'klop' deh

Well, for you all television series lovers, the television series I mentioned above will be back on January 2009 and Mr. Bauer will start kicking ass on January also.

See you soon Jack!

Korean Food in Singapore is delicious!

2008-12-17T15:04:00.004+08:00

One of my friend told me once, that Korean food in Singapore is delicious...
She used to have it and she missed it when she back in Malaysia (yup, you know who she is now :P)
Encouraged with her advice and since she and I share similar taste in food (I guess Kwetiaw Pontianak is an exception) plus the picture looks so yummy, I bought Korean Ramen at Hougang Mall as my dinner last week

When the ramen came, I was a bit curious. Ngg... It didn't looks like the usual ramen I used to eat at Ajisen or Kinotaki.. but well both are Japanese, so, me, a Korean Food newbie didn't think it much.

After I got back to our table, I told my boyfriend about my curiosity. He looked at it at glance, took a sip from a hot-boiling-ramen soup and confirming me, "Yep, it is an instant korean noodle"

Glegar..... it's a 4 SGD food and I got an instant noodle? Geh!
Anyway, since I missed the Indonesian food soooo much and the noodle tasted like Indomie, so I ate it happily.

So, yeah.. in short, the 'Korean Food' in Singapore is delicious.
Still trying to eat the real one though....

Things that I never thought I would miss

2008-12-12T20:08:00.003+08:00

Yes, I know it has been forever since I create a new post here.
Well, in my defense, my life has been very hectic in the last few days.
I jump from one client to another every two days, trying not to get lost. My boyfriend said i can not read map. I have to 'get in' the map like Joey in order to read the map correctly. And at night I still busy looking for cheap-nice-new-fully furnished-near mrt and food hall HDB to rent.
Until now, still haven't found it. So, if any of you got one, please please please pretty-please-with-sugar-on-coat let me know.

It's only been two weeks now, so I'm still at adjusting phase. Especially for the food. I knew that I would miss Indonesian food, but to be honest I never thought I would miss the rice too. OMG. I thought okay, singapore is an advanced country, the food material will be great. I dont know how they did it, but I ate a lot of I repeat a lot of weird smell rice. :( I love rice. For me, even an ordinary side dish will taste great if accompanied with a bowl of warm nice rice.

Number two is MILO.
MILO is my favourite milk brand. In here, the milo is tasteless.

Number three is skinless bread

And to complete the list, I miss all of my 'sarapan food'
- bubur lemot
- ropang boplo
- indomie abang cekatan
- mie yono
- mie ayam boplo

huhuhu......

that's me, the girl who now eats plain porridge and preserved lettuce as breakfast on daily basis, crying.....

My Precious

2008-11-26T10:27:00.004+08:00

Duuuuuuh.....
After a long and seems never ending packing, last night me and my fiance 'gotongan' my as-heavy-as-killer-whale-baby boxes.
What the h*ll did I put in that boxes?
O oh....... I remember!
My preciousssssssss.................ssss....sssss...

Harry Potter Book set
Namaku Miiko Book set
Tepi Air Book Set
Mallory Towers Book set
Time Limit Book set

xixixixi....

Sorry dear... good exercise for you and your tummy though kekekek...
I bet you slept like a baby last night...
I did!

Gehh..............

2008-11-25T12:47:00.006+08:00

Just read an article at detik.com soal peraturan baru disebuah negara. Peraturan yang menyatakan bahwa yoga itu terlarang untuk dilakukan oleh penganut agama tertentu, dengan alasan bahwa dalam yoga itu terkait praktik-praktik agama tertentu yang bisa merusak iman penganut agama lain.

Sebagai pecinta yoga (yang walaupun bodoh tidak bisa-bisa melakukan gerakan dengan sempurna sampai membuat instruktur frustasi), saya tidak habis pikir kenapa ada orang yang bisa terpikirkan membuat peraturan semacam ini. Selama beryoga, tidak pernah terpikirkan sedikitpun bahwa gerakan-gerakan yang dilakukan itu merupakan ajaran dari agama tertentu. Yang dipikirkan cuma "Oh God, buset pegel banget. How long do I have to stay in this position? Ketarik nih arrrrgggh. Help!"

Yoga yang selama ini saya ketahui dan praktekan (once again ini pendapat amatiran) cuma gerakan olahraga biasa plus pernafasan. Tidak ada tuh meditasi yang mendalam dll dll. Cuma ada cooling down after, yang harusnya biasa dong, aerobik aja melakukan hal itu. Huaaaah.... exhale.

Padahal belum lama saya juga membaca bahwa negara ini melarang anak perempuan berperilaku tomboy. Alasannya simpel karena takut itu akan mengarah ke arah mencintai sesama jenis. Gubrak...
Give me a break... walaupun 1 jenis khan tetep aja ada yang perannya lebih feminim dan yang lebih tomboy. Jgn men-samarata-kan gitu dong. For example, Portia de Rossi khan cantik, feminim, hot blonde girl. Tapi toh tetep dia marry Ellen, not a guy. Kalau memang sudah panggilan hati mau gimana lagi?

Beberapa bulan sebelumnya juga dikeluarkan larangan agar perempuan tidak mengenakan lipstik merah menyala. I mean, what????! Apa salahnya pake lipstick merah kalau memang bagus dan cocok? Kayaknya tidak ada cewe sebagai pemakai yang berniat menggunakan lipstick yang membuat dia tampak lebih jelek or looks like a whore/slut/tramp/hooker. Namanya juga make up! Suppose to make us girls prettier. Up people up! Not make down.

Kenapa dijaman yang pendidikan dan teknologinya sudah semaju saat ini, masih saja terdapat orang-orang yang memilih untuk menggunakan peraturan yang ketat untuk mengontrol masyarakatnya. Bukankah seperti seorang anak kecil yang ingin mengambil pasir sebanyak mungkin untuk membangun kastil impiannya dipantai, yang belajar bahwa semakin kencang dia menggenggam, semakin banyak pasir yang berjatuhan disela-sela jari mungilnya? yang belajar bahwa dengan mengendurkan cengkraman justru dapat menampung pasir lebih banyak.

New habit

2008-11-22T11:41:00.000+08:00

I love reading. I really do. My parents told me once that I started to open a magazine (even though it was upside down) when I was 2 years old only.
I read what ever, but as I grow older I tend to focus my reading in stories like novel, history, fiction, mythology etc etc. Hehehe...

But lately, thanks to the global crisis, I have to set my sauron-eyes to read daily currency rate at detik.com. So, in short, from couple days ago I was officially a detik.com and kompas.com reader on daily basis.

I don't know if this just a random coincidence, but there are so many interesting stories happen. Usually they just posted 'traffic jam news, flood news, and other not-eye-catching news.
But now... hmmm.....interesting
Well..well well....
Gonna post what I thought as interesting news later folks.

Backbreaker....

2008-11-19T14:56:00.004+08:00

These last few days were very backbreaking for me..
Simultaneous meeting combined with packing all my sentimental-useless-crap of stuff really wore me out.
Huah....
Looking forward for the days where all I need to do are daily chores and watching movies...

Very Bad Service at Samara Sunda

2008-11-18T16:25:00.003+08:00

Today I had lunch at Samara Sunda located in WTC Basement. It's drizzled all day, so all of the restaurants are fully booked, except for Samara Sunda. Yes, it was crowded but four of us were able to secure comfortable seat.

After taking forever to have our order taken, we finally ordered 2 rice (1 without 'bawang goreng'), 1 avocado juice, 1 ayam madu (paha) and ayam bakar bumbu rujak (dada)
Tunggu punya tunggu.....
10 minutes later

waiter-boy 1: "Mbak, avocado juicenya abis, mo diganti apa?"

Since I had my mineral water I said no to the waiter

next 25 minutes

waiter-boy 1:"Pak, ayam madunya abis yang paha, adanya dada gimana?

mico:"Oke deh gpp"

7 minutes later

waiter-boy 1 while bringing my rice with 'bawang goreng' :"Pak, ternyata ayam madunya abis, adanya ayam bumbu rujak, mau diganti tidak?"

mico: "ga ah ganti nasi bakar ajah"

me: "pak khan saya pesennya ga pake bawang goreng"

waiter-boy 1: "oh gak pake ya bu, sebentar yah"

3 minutes later the nasi bakar was arrived

another 5 minutes my rice(now without bawang goreng) plus ayam bumbu rujak (paha) were arrived

me: "loh mas khan saya pesannya dada"

waiter-boy 1:"oh pesennya dada ya bu. sebentar ya bu"

2 minutes later

waiter-boy 2:"bu, ayam bumbu rujaknya yang dada abis. adanya tinggal paha"

me: "loh gimana sih mas. saya barusan liat mas masih bawa-bawa ayam bumbu rujak yang dada pas anterin nasi, kok sekarang abis?!!"

waiter-boy 2:"baru dikasih tau bu abis, adanya tinggal ini".

me: "yang lain ada yang dada ga?"

waiter-boy 2:"yang ada ayam bakar madu dada"

me: "loh gimana sih katanya tadi ayam bakar madunya abis sekarang bilangnya ada"

waiter-boy 2:"oh gitu ya bu, jadi gimana bu?"

me, irritated and hungry: "ya udah deh gimana lagi"

we ate peacefully and then the bill came.... and the avocado juice was included in the bill!!. so I called the waiter boy 2 and said: "mas kok masih ditagih avocadonya?"

waiter-boy 2:"loh ga jadi pesan ya bu?"

upset me with high-pitch voice: "loh yang bilang avocadonya abis khan kalian gimana sih?!!!!!!"

waiter-boy 2:"oh sebentar ya bu"

gggggggggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

very very upseting service. what made me upset the most was there was no one word apology came from their mouths. they just say it casually like "okay this is the only food left, you wanna take it or not". huh!
it's too bad i could find the contact number to complaint. ggggrrrrrr.....

this is the logo of the restaurant

My Wedding Book Design, page 3

2008-11-13T18:24:00.003+08:00

Somehow he's able to...

2008-11-13T17:41:00.003+08:00

Duuuuuh maaaak....
Within the short distance between my office and IDX building, the taxi driver somehow was able to make me dizzy.
Huekkkkssss....
Feel nauseous...

Miss You....Miss You Not...

2008-11-12T16:23:00.004+08:00

Miss you:
- all my friends, especially kost friends, highschool friends, joki friends, nyarap friends, dept friends, and gajel (gak jelas) friends
- food: indomie goreng keju, cireng, mi ayam kampong, donat kampong, es krim kampong, bawal bakar, kampus food: aliong, petojo, padang . slurrrpsss... glegh...
- pirated dvd movie
- blue bird
- kerokan/lalaoke (karaoke)
- my small room

Miss you not:
- traffic jam
- debu
- bumpy road without sidewalk
- goverment and their-not-important-policy like ruu pornography...geh!
- angkot2, bus2 and motor2 terkutuk yang ga bisa tertib itu
- preman2 pemalas tukang nagih parkir
- blackouts

Is Kakashi dead?

2008-11-11T13:32:00.002+08:00

Attention: Naruto's heavy spoiler.
If you haven't read til the at least chapter 423, you better not reading through this post.

Can anyone tells me Naruto's spoiler?
I just read the last episode (chapter 424) that Hayate Kakashi is taking his last breath.
Huhuhu......
He is my favorite :(
Please please let him live......

Feed your wedding photographer!

2008-11-10T13:37:00.005+08:00

Wedding Photographer: "Okay, now open the veil."
The groom opened the veil as instructed
Wedding Photographer: "Okay good.. and then kiss the bride"
The groom kissed the bride on the forehead as instructed
Wedding Photographer: "Okay... now is the bride's turn. Put the croissant on the right side of the groom suit"
Bridesmaid: "Croissant??? Corsage!!!"

Overheard by the bridesmaid, Novotel Hotel, Bogor.

Dedicated for Anthony and Karlina. Congratulations you guys!

Making a Leap

2008-11-04T17:37:00.004+08:00

Last Friday, I submitted my resignation letter, and after being postponed by my manager (collaborated with my division manager), my manager finally has given up and wished me for the best.
I haven't met my division manager yet, the truth is I'm avoiding her.. ppsstttt...
Worrying that I'll change my mind because of her persuasion (with deadly force of course kekekek).
I even haven't told my successor to be about it. I'm afraid that she would tell her boss (definitely) and then her boss would tell Ibu and mbak Tini. *bakal mati kutu*

Now I feel a bit relieve but not fully, thanks to my manager who assured me that my exit interview will be done by Babeh SEF. Duhh I'll be dead for sure.
Cross my finger and pray so he will be very-very super duper busy after he gets back from Amrik.

The truth is, it was filled with mixed emotion and a lot of consideration before I took a step to my manager desk and informed him that I want to resign from this company. But I thought that this is it. This is the time to make a leap. Now that everything is falling into its place, my outstanding projects are closing down, my projects are never been this few, and also my marriage preparation is almost finish. The only bad timing is the damn crisis.

Soon, I'll be very busy with packing (lousy at it) and another typical moving stuff. My poor fiance will have a bad time (I guarantee it) in helping me packing my what-he-called-useless-garbage stuff. I love that stuff. Let it go :D

So if you want to donate boxes or give me tips on how to move to another country effectively, just shoot. I'll hear ya...

Hamilton snatches glory

2008-11-03T18:25:00.003+08:00

I just knew this afternoon, after my boyfriend, the 'crazy-f1-biggest-fans' told me that Hamilton won the world champion after a tense-dramatic-last lap, when he finally overtook Glock and crossed the line at fifth. And that making him the youngest world champion in history. My friend even said that Massa was crying.
Hamilton, still behind Glock when Massa finished his lap, but Glock didn't change his tyres even though the rain was falling, and that help open Hamilton's chance to win the title.

Sorry guys, can not understand this euphoria.
For me, it's just a wasting fuel, money, and dangerous non-sport.

Got Irritated

2008-11-03T18:15:00.003+08:00

I got irritated this morning. It's been quite a long time since I got irritated this easily. The reason is very simple, because the client, the sales director, was asking questions repeatedly and yet he didn't give us enough chances to answer those.
I hate that kind of people!!
I mean, what the point of asking, if you don't want to listen the answer???
Before asking, I think the questioner should be prepare that he/she must spend enough time to hear the answer or else just hold the question for yourself
Huh!
Bawel, brisik, nanya mulu, bolot, ngeyel....

Prewedding Book Design After First Revision

2008-10-31T11:41:00.004+08:00

After sending the designer a 9 pages document describing the revision, 2 days ago I received email attached with the revision. The design is better, even though there are several pages that we found it (still) well... dunno what to say... just not us.

below are the design that we luv...

Nikko Kas Manajemen - Pasar Uang

2008-10-30T15:30:00.003+08:00

Yesterday I just signed an agreement to move my Nikko Kas Manajemen Pasar Uang into Nikko Dana Terproteksi. They (the bank and Nikko) said that Nikko Dana Terproteksi is safer and a better choice if I don't intend to use my money in a short term.

Basically, the biggest advantage by moving into Nikko Dana Terproteksi is that Nikko won't invest our money into new obligation. So, all we need to do is just wait until any obligation is due and then Nikko will redeem our investment proportionally and automattically. The biggest downside is we can not redeem our money anytime we want. So, if you need your money now, don't choose this option.

They also offered you to stay in your current investment. This means that they (Nikko) will buy new obligation with your money and God knows when the obligation will go up again. But in the bright side, you can redeem your investment at anytime you want as long as total today's redeemption is lower than 20% of Nikko's Asset. Just make sure if you want to redeem, do it first thing in the morning okay folks.