Powder Room Experience

Irma managed to get me having my nails done for the very first time EVER in my life today! well basically she managed to book a place for both of us in topshop powder room, in which we each had a two-hour slot and we can get our hair/nails/make up/skin done for FREE :) ! great isn't it?? they should do this more often man...

anyhow, yeaps there we went.. me feelin quite excited and curious at what people actually do in salons, and why they seem to love spending hours to get their nails done etc (i do like going to salons, but only for hair..never before ive been bothered to get anything else done). It was indeed a nice small secluded-ish place, tucked in the basement floor of topshop. we sat down, the receptionist took our coats, gave us firefly drinks in which i love. then off i got my skin done, eyes done (this lady from shu uemura give me tips in wht colors can suit me..yay..usually am quite lazy to experience wt eyeshadow, i love pink/gold-ish eyes and thats all the colors ive ever put on my eyes ever once in awhile). I got my hair styled in a flicked-up style as well which seems like the best option since my hair has not been touched by any hairdresser for about 3 months now sadly, the last time i got this nice bob,,but now the ends are long-ish and in need of a proper trim. Manicure too! it was surprisingly quite fast and got a clear pink shiny polish on the tips of my nails. So..after 2 hourse we then emerged looking quite refresehed, and I must say i quite enjoy it really. will ask irma to drag me along next time she do this again haha... ...

Oh term ends yesterday and we had one of the most enjoyable end of term ever :) Our applied ecology course convenor, Simon Leather, took us to the london zoo to have our last lectures.. and some behind-the-scene bugs research (we saw this cool hissing bugs!). And the most surprising part, he actually gave us presents and awards of all sorts ..so everyone got some kind of awards for partaking the course (i got best poster 3rd place, not bad eh..hehe...got chocolates). he gave books, waterstones vouchers, medals etc. Seriously, during my 3 yrs in imperial now..this is one hell of a great example of a course convenor who actually really cares for his students :) he's also very appoachable, made the course very interactive. and even though I admit this course was very very hard due to the amount of courseworks which was insane, with me sleeping for 3-4 hours or even no sleep at all in the past week to chase all the deadlines..plus the statistics which kind of overwhelm me since i never touch stat at all since 1st..one word : I learn a hell lot from this AE course. A LOT.

Then yesterday finished off with having dinner together at my flat ;) i somehow decided to invite a few ppl over for dinner, then panicking afterwards on what to cook. not that i didnt like cooking, but i only cook for myself so i dont really care if the food sometimes didnt taste too good as long as its edible..but seeing that i need to cook for my friends, so i decided to put an effort hehe.. it turns out well! and the salmon turns out fine too which was good (trims ti hehe..tipsmu bermanfaat! dahulu aku uda 3-4 kali bikin tp crumbs nya ga lengket gitu). the apple crumble can came out better, will try to experiment more hehe.. anyways, now the fridge is empty completely..except for milk. lol. glad tht ppl came and enjoy the food yesterday!! ninghn nina simon rea meli louisa ,,come again okkk haha

Libur natall ...

Akhirnya..gw bebass!!! selesaiii deh itu smua assignments gw slama sminggu trakhir ini. seumur2 ga pernah loh gw yg namanya bener2 begadang ga tidur smskali.. yang ada biasa kalo terpaksa begadang paling malem juga jam 3an.. kemarenan ini, yah sminggu trakhir ini lah. gw tidur jam 7 pagi saja loh, dan bangun jam 10 pagi... parah, gw k uni uda kaya zombie gitu. untung ada inka nemenin chatting hehe..trims ka! trus kalo uda pagi biasa ktmu yaya ama dian juga.. jadi bisa online ama anak2 di indo deh :) tapi bener, gila ni module trakhir gw applied ecology... ahhh...legaaa dan senanggg!! tadi presentation gw juga beres, trus lab report beres, poster beres, essay beres... yayyyyy

There's no use in trying when the pieces don't fit anymore
-James Morrison-

Christmas spirit

I love lazy Sundays :) after waking up early to do some work this morning, now am just lazying around in the living room with Irma. Watching old christmas songs on tv, whilst lazily blogging/chatting and talking on the phone with some people.. plus our living room is sparkling clean as we've just cleaned it. Ahhh what a nice life.. I can smell the rice being cooked too, contentment. simply, pure joy..can feel the christmas spirit slowly coming!!!

it truly feels like holiday already if i can just get through the next two days filled with presentation, making poster and writing journal..in which i will surely do! :)

Just finished updating my photo collections of Yoon Eun Hye hehe... she reminded me a lot a lot like Jeanne. Totally love her new photoshoot for the korean vogue (see above). The short hair suits her much better compared to the long one before. Anyway, ive been in full working mode since yesterday and guess what, i'm actually being pretty damn productive! truth to be told, i think i learn a hell lot from this applied ecology course. which was good. In fact, if you asked me, I can hardly recall what i've actually learnt these past 2 years in uni. I can recall perfectly well what I learnt in A levels, but nope not the ones in uni. I guess my brain ability just seem to decrease as i get older lol..but yah as I mentioned before, this course at least I can truly say I really 'absorbed' much of the taught modules and the other so-called transferable skills that SRL taught us. Not bad huh.

And Japan here I come in exactly ONE week...cant wait to go there and see Inka too!! wooohoooo.....................then followed by going back home and visiting mom in Spore :) !!

Friday night and here I am sitting in front of my laptop doing coursework.
.... .... ....
not much can be said
I am indeed a nerd
^__^ *~~

Random ajah

Hari ini gw ngrasa kaya ga ada energi buat ngapa2in sm skali deh.. tadi bangun kesiangan jadi miss lecture yang jam 9.30, trus dateng ke skolah ikut lecture jam 11 n ga guna juga krn gw ga konsen smskali (tp bukan gw aja sih, nina sama fran juga yg duduk sbelah2 gw sama2 ga konsennya kok,,jadi intinya salahkan lecturer yg amat sgt membosanka, pdhl topiknya menarik sih tentang river ecology gituh). Jam 12 lunchtime louisa sms ngajak lunch bareng, ya udah gw samperin di saf cafe as usual..duduk2 bentar ngobrol, trus uda makin ngantuk aja gw..akhirnya pulanglah saya dan dgn sukses nya skip lecture sore yang jam 2-4. Pulang..uda pulang juga masi aja ga mood mau ngapa2in, padahal ada 1 paper en 1 lab report yang mesti gw bikin (dan gw belom mulai sm skali..mati aja deh. pdhl due dlm sminggu). Akhirnya mutusin buat nelpon indo dan ngobrol2 ama orang2 yg gw kangenin.. nah membantu loh, finally setelah menghabiskan hampir 1/2 hari ini dgn do nothing yg berguna, akhirnya sore ini mood kerja gw dateng juga. syukurlah...

November Birthdays and a few more bits and pieces

Indosoc dinner (the 1st time I came during these 3yrs! lol..the laksa was nice tho)

Happy birthday darling :) ! thanks for the fab food hehehe...

Cooking time (um I dont actually help..more like I watch and eat)

Seymour House, Brunswick :) (ma, we really shd get 3-double-bedroom nice flat like this one next year hehe....)

Alex visited London! havent seen him in absolutely AGES!

Am so tired and cant feel my legs. Basketball is a REALLY good exercise. Somehow cant imagine how fit i must be back then in highschool when i played basketball 2-3 times a week and riding 4-5 times a week as well. but i must say i always enjoy that exhausted yet satisfied feeling after a good exercise. Anyway, I've decided am gonna be a really good girl and stay in for the rest of next week due to the fact that I went out almost every night last week..which was fun indeed but now i realise im still completely clueless on doing biodiversity indexes and there are a hell lot of carabid and spider data waiting to be analysed. My days are going to be filled with statistical treatments and tests next week as I foresee it. I've done my bits of reading today. I actually sped through six chapter of the philosophy of woodland, also the nice bits i like are the chapters from this conservation biology book by Primack. still..there are three to four more heaps of textbooks i must go through. Last week was fun. Meeting David at Carina's place was fun :) catching up with him and Manveer. Can't believe she's going to get married next June!! Too bad David cant come more often from St Andrew, otherwise we all can have get together more often..Then been seeing Simon, Louisa, Jo, Nina and Miri for meals.. Silvia's birthday dinner was yesterday as well. (lots lots of November birthdays! ninghan,silvia,k'bq,tasha,laras,ivan,novi,angel..happy bday to you all!) . Then we had Indosoc dinner also the previous night made me realise how I have no idea who my juniors are in imperial *sigh*. These days I dont even take notes of the dates anymore, days simply flew so fast. In less than a month i'll be on the flight back to Spore/Japan/Indo..wohoo.. cant wait!! Looking fwd to meet Inka .. looking fwd to meet you back home as well .. and of course my lovely horses :)

I guess i havent updated my blogs as often as I used to do. Not really due to lack of time, but merely due to lack of wanting to remember things (if you get what i mean). I'm the type of person who likes to keep bits and pieces from the past, jotted down good memories, took pictures, wrote a journal, keeping all the birthday cards/xmas cards and then keep all those precious memories tucked away inside a box neatly so I can go back in time whenever I feels like it. I like the past. Im more of a person who perceive the past as something that has made me the person I am today. I did not hate or love the past, more like I cherish it and learn to accept it day by day.

No more guppies

Puas!! ahahaha... akhirnya mini-project gw tentang guppies selesaiii :) :) yayy...ah nothing beats rasanya kalo baru nyelesaiin suatu big assignment dan u know dat u did well.

Legaa..

bisa tidur nyenyakk..

i need my beauty sleep heheh..

Td gw n ti br ktmuan ama alex pang, sayang cmn bentar cos he need to get back to Norwich. but as they all say, people change. they really do. It was fun tho, a quick trip down that concord-memory-lane once in a while was indeed refreshing. Spoken to Yan as well just now for a good long chat whilst I was curled up under the big duvet in the living room with a cup of teh tarik..relaxing. Then yesterday I chat wt yaya as well for sometime. Not bad..this weekend I've got a good dose from everyone that i've kinda missed :)

Daybreak

This morning I woke up groggily as usual around 5am..throw some proper clothes on and went down to catch the 5.30 am tube (one more plus point of my new flat : tube station is literally just downstairs! yay). I was actually thinking to catch the later tube because there is no sunlight until 7.05 but oh well i was thinking to just spend the time waiting with Loki inside his warm stable. Arrived at the stable, took Loki out and tied him up outside while I mucked out his stable. And here's the funny thing.. it was so windy and the sound of the wind blowing was quite scary. I could swear that Loki was looking at me with big-puppy-eyed stare which seemed to say "Can I go back into my warm nice and comfy stable pretty pleeassee..?". It strikes me as funny because usually he acts so high and mighty when he was tied up outside, but this morning he just looked at me pleadingly to be allowed back into his box. Of course I ignored his stares, but I kept talking to him whilst I was mucking out his stable..as he's always been a scaredy cow when it comes to windy moments. Anyway, all turns out well in the end and we had a good one-hour flatwork. After a good ride is one of the moments when I feel the greatest :)

happy.. what a nice Saturday :)

susah yah menghilangkan seseorang dari hati dan pikiran..
bener deh, apalagi dihari2 lagi ujan mulu.. rainy windy mau keluar rumah juga males. jadi mellow deh pikiran gw melanglang buana..
"The heart is the place where we live our passions. It is frail and easily broken, but wonderfully resilient. There is no point in trying to deceive the heart. It depends upon our honesty for its survival" -Leo Buscaglia-

oh wait actually there was one nice surprise today, whilst i was waiting for the-number88-bus-that-never-came-in-the-end in Picadilly..an old friend gave me a call :) It was Alex, he's coming down from Norwich this weekend. At least he kept me company whilst i was waiting for the bloody bus. That's the one and only thing that make me smile today i think. Blah today was the day in which i should have just stayed in bed. really.
Ok back to my long-overdue dinner now.

The rants of a commuter

I absolutely hate London transport today!!
it took me THREE hours to get back home from riding!!! whilst normally it took me 40 minutes door-to-door!!!!!
OMG
NEVER ever again

...totally ruins my mood for the rest of the night.....................................................

Bingung

Akhir2 ini banyak pikiran deh. Bingung saya..tadinya uda berniat yakin 100 % ni mau ngambil master langsung pas abis uda lulus taun depan. Uda research dgn lengkap pula, ampe uda bikin personal statement, urus transcript nilai & diskusi ama personal tutor gw.. ehh minggu lalu nelpon nyokap, malah disaranin kenapa ga langsung nyari kerja aja? nah gimana ga bingung dan sebal saya..

Tadinya mereka yang bilang ni, ya uda ambil master aja langsung ,toh cuman staun ini.. trus gw bole ambil subject mana aja. ya uda donk, gw pikir..okey gw ambil master di subject yg gw enjoy saja..ya ga? uda milih tuh gw, animal bio ato conservation sci. uni juga uda milih, tetep di Imperial ato pindah Royal Veterinary College...

Nahh trus kmarenan mereka nelpon bilang kalo gw ambil 2 subject diatas itu, prospek masa depannya kurang cerah di indo. Nah gw juga tau gitu, emang iya banget kalo kerja di conservation itu bener2 depends on funding, political condition etc etc.. tapi selama ini gw berprinsip, why noy do something yang gw bener2 suka gitu loh..kita hidup juga cuman sekali ini, ga bakal keulang lagi ya ga.Kalo gw mau egois sih, gw bisa aja bilang ama bonyok kalo gw cuman mau kerja di dunia berkuda aja.. tapi kan gw juga masi realistis donk, i mean i got a good degree from a good uni..kan sayang kalo di wasted. jadi yah niat awal mau kerja di conservation.. nah skarang?? bingung aja lagi..heran deh bonyok gw maunya apa siiyy kadang2 ..huhu

Stress response

Yesterday morning we had a lecturer from Hammersmith hospital, about stress response thingy in animals and how it affects their physiology.Interestingly, there are different types of stress in which am not gonna talk abt it in here since its long winded. One thing i remembered was that he said us, as final year students are more likely to be in this type of constant stress, but not over the threshold. Also that our body can cope with stress just fine as long as after each period of stress, it has to find a way to go back to the relaxed, happy state for a bit..before it can survive yet another period of stress.
Me : 'thank goodness for horses' (Loki in particular)
One of my classmate : 'oh no... how can i stop stressing, i am stressed all day.'
Me : *grinning*

anyway, point is...thank God i have horses :)
another note, I've finally decided I will do my masters. Yay. One decision made. Whereabouts are still not sure, but I'm going to apply to a few universities and probably go and visit the unis. Anyone for Potters Bar or Silwood park?

Roller-skaters :)

Roller-skating disco was FUN!!

Irma managed to convince me to dressed up in 80-90's legging/brightly coloured tops/leg-warmers (initally I was planning to throw on my usual outfit of jeans and tshirts, for the sake of convenience since I've never rollerskated before..so I was all prepared to take a lot of trip and falls). So here we go, 6 girls in a complete 80's outfit..off we walked to the roller-skate disco which situated nicely only 3 min walk from our apartment.

1st impression : so eighties!!

music : oldies pop (my absolute fav.. yep, me love old school type music)

sooo... after 10-15 min fumbling around wt the skates.. we all managed to skate more or less pretty ok. Sasha was there which was good since she used to be a pro ice-skater back in Malaysia (really cool).

but it was so so fun! i liked it!!! will def. drag more ppl to go there next time.. the addition thats its just across our place is even better :)

Toasties

Seharian drumah.. hmm produktif juga siy, tadi siang ngerjain essay lab reports gw..tdur siang, trus malemnya bangun dan research ttg buat apply masters courses. Dapet toastie lagi buat makan malem dari kote, hehe..lengkap d stay drumah gw sharian ini. Bingung oh bingung...
mau apply ke yang mana yah taun depan??
yang gw suka course nya..jauh banget kampusnya..
yang coursenya yaa okelah, baru deh kampusnya di deket2 sini..
abisnya..
ga mau ninggalin london tercinta ini hehe.. dan flatmates gw tersayang juga :) haha

Suka

Tadi temen gw ada yang nanya, cape ga sih suka ama seseorang yang ga bisa ngebales perasaan kita ? ..

gw jadi mikir, itu cerita gw banget..

dari dulu ampe skarang.. kadang gw mikir kok gw ga cape2 yah suka ama orang yang salah mulu, di timing yang paling salah pula

tapi.. gw mikir lagi, ga kok rasa suka ke seseorang itu, ga bikin cape. sucks memang apalagi kalo orang yg loe suka itu uda punya ce/co lain. tapi..menyukai seseorang itu ga bikin cape. not at all, aneh ya?

ahh mungkin gw memang terlalu suka ber-day dream

Self-esteem gw lagi bagus nih akhir2 ini. senang. Tadi gw baru abis baca2 blog entry gw dari taun lalu..beda yah, kynya yg skrg2 ini gw lebih sering nulis ttg apa yg gw rasain..compare dgn dulu dimana gw nulis apa yg gw lakuin sehari-hari. Merasa content deh saya akhir2 ini. which is bagus bgt :) jadi makin seneng deh gw dengan diri gw yang skarang ini. I like myself more now hehe.. sepertinya dalam setaun ini gw merasa banyak berubah. well, mentally of course. kalo di sum up ya gw uda ngrasain yang namanya bersenang-senang di awan (biarpun belum tinggi bgt di awannya..untungnya) trus langsung jatuh ke basement terbawah. yang ya iyalah sucks tingkat tinggi sekaliii tapi jadi bikin gw beda aja.. itu ngerubah diri gw in a way yang gw juga ga tau dan ga bisa describe seperti apa. tapi its towards the good ones. Nah itu kan baru satu..yang satu lagi, gw uda ngerasain juga gimana rasanya kalo, umm..rada susah memberi metafora utk yang satu ini. hm..kaya misalnya ada orang mau ngasi loe es krim cokelat, nah es krim itu ditaro di depan mata loe..tapi tiap mau loe ambil, eh makin jauh dan makin jauhh aja. Nah nyebelin juga kan tuh, tapi yang ini juga uda somehow ngerubah gw deh..dan untuk yang ini, gw bisa bilang kalo gw emang uda done dengan dia. Gw nyadar kemaren, pas dimana gw bisa dengan cueknya ngobrol ama dia..trus dengan ga tau dirinya minta pinjem jkt dia krn dingin anginnya(ini mengingat gw uda ga ngomong ama dia sejak uhmm.. 4-5 bulan kalo ga salah. tips : ga ketemu orang yang loe pengen hapusin dari pikiran loe, cara termanjur!)

ya gitu deh sekedar apa yg gw rasain skrg.. rada random memang, maap buat yang ga ngerti maksud dan tujuan dari post gw ini heheh

A place that I can always call home

Tadi gw baru baca blog temen berkuda gw, mia & nadia..dan dsitu mereka mention Fesol. Jadi keinget, masi ga percaya gw rasanya kl Fesol uda pergi duluan ninggalin kita semua. tp gw jg yakin kok sol, u'll still be watching us from above there rite :) Anyway, gw cuma mendadak jadi kangen aja ama temen2 berkuda di indo.. Its with you guys that i grew up. Banyak deh ga bisa gw sebutin satu2 loe smua, tapi dipikir2 bener juga.. bbrp waktu lalu gw lagi crita2 ama artati, n kita ngomongin tempat yg we can truly call home. Sampe skarang (ditambah dgn gw skolah di london skrg..) beneran loh jadi bingung sebenernya gw ngrasa kya punya 2 rumah di 2 dunia yg berbeda gitu, London & Jakarta. Jangankan 2 rumah, diri gw sendiri aja slightly beda kok disini dan di indo. Tapi ada satu tempat yg selalu bisa gw rasa kaya pulang kerumah sendiri, satu tempat di jakarta.. Trijaya :) biarpun hampir semua, malah uda semua kali yah..temen2 berkuda seangkatan gw termasuk pelatih, groom n kuda2 kita semua uda ga di trijaya lagi..but still thats the one place where i've been to for almost every day of the week for 6-7 years. Tiap balik indo pasti gw suka main kesana lagi, liat2 kuda2 skolah yg dulu suka gw naikin..Kencana (kuda pertama yg gw pake tanding, dulu aja dia uda 15-17 taun..he must be like 25-28 yrs old now). trus groom2 yg masi ada, dan yah bernostalgia aja gitu. dan diitung2, gw uda naik kuda skitar 13 taun skarang, uda lebih dari 1/2 hidup gw yah..hehe (kan gw skrg umur 21). Nostalgic banget kalo inget2 jaman dulu tiap hari minggu pagi jam 8, group lesson ama om james bareng tasha putri sammy alyssa.. ah those sweet old times :) kangen.