"The most ordinary and boring thing can become a classic if you really put your heart into it"

Hehehe Trisna is happy that her dear friends are happy because she is coming to visit them :) !!

Love needs no because :)

Tambang batubara..

Did I tell you we went to a coal mine in Indo? It was Yaya and Reza's work actually..they were hired by the company to take photos of the mine..and I kinda just tagged along because I wanted to see the place where they held the National Games this year (a.k.a : where Kim and Chief went to compete and won the gold medal!! yay so proud. I couldnt go and watch because I was still in London that time).

Anyway so there we went to East Kalimantan (or Borneo, its the island where Brunei is). And somehow silly me thought that coal mine was underground which was absolutely wrong. Its just like a humongous open pit... and the first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the mine was "Is there any soil micororganisms or insects that can survive here?"

Oh well I guess even though I finished my BSc Biology, you can never really take the biologist out of the girl lol. One thing I enjoyed the most (beside playing with their camera lol..now I really want to learn proper photography, need to save money to buy camera first. Nikon 450D anyone?) was actually the ride in the 4-wheel drive car which was really off-road. Seriously, those kind of car (or semi-truck?) was damn convenient, you can just drive literally anywhere..even parts where there were no proper road. And i can just imagine if we drive that kind of car in Jakarta, all the annoying motorcyclist will be just run away from our path, ha! how good it will be.

Oh me and meiting went to London Fashion Week today! it was damn good bargain (ps : if your budget range are like..in 100-300quid ish) but they did really slash the price. Not bad at all.

Heartfelt

A girl I knew from sixth form, her boyfriend just passed away. I did not really kept in touch with her but I heard the news from another friend. She wrote notes about him and photos of them together in her facebook page... One thing that really strikes me a lot about it is that one message she wants to get across to all of us is that you never know when will your loved one will leave you, so do let all of your friends, family and beloved ones that you love them. Every moment and every chance you have :)

Since the future is never certain, the one thing that is real is the present.

Que sera sera

(decided to look up this song lyrics after seeing so many of my friends sometimes put Que Sera Sera as either their msn shout out, facebook etc).

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich
Here's what she said to me.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
Que Sera, SeraWhat will be, will be.

When I was young, I fell in love
I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead
Will we have rainbows, day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother, what will I be
Will I be handsome, will I be rich
I tell them tenderly.

Que Sera, Sera,
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see

Que Sera, Sera
Whatever will be, will be.

Life goes on and its only gonna make me strong
its a fact and i wouldn't want it otherwise :)

Sdikit update

Akhir2 ini saya super sgt anti sosial haha..uda balik dr jkt sih minggu lalu, skrg dah di london lagi. tapi tiap hari males keluar dari flat yg super pewe..padahal kuliah masi blom mulai ampe 2 minggu lagi. Sepertinya kemaren ini terlalu keenakan deh liburan di indo, tiap hari naik kuda trus siang2 pulang makan,, sisanya keluyuran ga jelas dgn ditemani lydia, yaya, ncim n juan ryan, serta masi byk lagi anak2 dan temen2 yg sering gw culik buat nemenin kliling2 jkt ga jelas haha. Hari trakhir di jkt diisi dgn trip ke kebun raya bogor bareng yaya nat n reza, yg super seru dan ternyata gw baru tau kalo kebun raya itu baguss dan rimbun ! scara slama ini kaga perna ksana hehe. oh well singkatnya liburan gw 2 bulan di jkt kemaren ini was super wonderful! trimakasi lowh kawan2...slama gw 5 taun di london, baru kmaren ini rasanya malesss deh utk balik sini lagi dan mulai kuliah. I had too much fun with you guys!!!

Theory

Yesterday I was on the phone with Thia and we started to think that we actually talk more compared to couples usually do on the phone. If one of us is a guy instead of a girl, i am sure we will make a perfect couple hahaha.. anyway I came up with a theory that if you want to get over someone (as it was the topic of the day that time), the best way is probably to try and meet that person as often as possible, at every possible moment. Sounds like the opposite thing people will do right? because I personally think that if you meet someone soooo very very often, you will eventually be able to get rid of whatever feeling or loose ends you might have left with that certain person. *I feel so smart*lol.

Pang came to Medan and Jakarta since last week, had a superb time :) !!
anyway, i wouldnt want to bore you guys with what we do..but i get one simple message accross from her that i wud like to share with you all.
Its quite simple, literally : be very thankful that we are alive :) :) and sometimes, just simply stop thinking.
Not thinking is actually great, believe me and do give it a try.

Si abu abu

Kenapa yah loose ends itu selalu masih ada ?

yang gw kira uda bisa terselesaikan taun lalu, ternyata masih belum juga sampe sekarang

dan kalo diliat2, sepertinya akan tetep seperti ini sampe..hmm spuluh taun ke depan juga kali ya. parah ga sih. Betul sih, jalan kita masih sangatt panjang. ya iyalah secara skarang juga gw baru umur 22, baru lulus S1..boro2 mau kawin, dapet kerja aja masi belom..masi mau ambil S2.. intinya masi banyak deh yang pengen gw kerjain di dalam hidup ini. pacar tetep masi blom punya, ada juga satu itu yang sepertinya kita berdua akan selalu ada di dalem area abu-abu. sangat sangat abu-abu. item ga..putih ga. Kaya stuck in time gitulah, sepertinya kita selalu seperti ini. anehnya, ga ada di antara kita yang nyoba untuk keluar dari area abu-abu ini. Okelah mungkin ini gw yang gr ato apa..tapi gw yakin, keadaan kaya gini pasti sering dihadepin orang2 yang sama bodohnya kaya kita berdua.

I just read Wiwid's blog in fs and there was one sentence i really liked there :
'God gives us what we NEED and not what we WANT"
very true.
yep, indeed there is always a time for everything.

Laskar Pelangi

I am currently reading a book called "Laskar Pelangi" (if translated, will means 'the Rainbow Squad' kind of) by this Indonesian author, Andrea Hirata. The story is simple, yet it is moving. He wrote about his childhood, spent in an old, dilapidated elementary school in the island of Belitong. Belitong is an island rich in timber (timah!..is timah called timber in english? not very sure), but yet the traditional Belitong people used to live in such poverty .. as the timber production was governed by certain group of people only. He wrote about what he and 10 other his childhood friends experienced during the time period of nine years spent in that old school. Completed the story was their faithful, wise and old headmaster and a teacher who dedicated their lives to educate the poor children in Belitong.

The story brings me back the magic of childhood memories :) and how simplicity can brings happiness.

Coincidentia

Okay i havent written anything here for ages. well, not really. but these days i've been lacking my usual motivated self to keep notes of whats happening. around me. or everywhere else.
Anyway, yeah here I am just arrived back home from a trip (another one yeah) to Bandung with parents and cousins and family.
Let me ask you something, what do you think of coincidences?
I am a big sucker who believes that there is actually no such thing as coincidences, and all teeny-weeny little unimportant things happens because there is a reason for it. Be it to be discovered later on or twenty years from now, it doesnt matter.
I love coincidences
I love when I followed my intuition and things turns out well
but one thing I lack of is patience. to wait and see.

Hehe i just kidnapped my cousin to accompany me to Senayan City becos im craving for JCo doughnuts lol. I realised that driving actually makes me relaxed (note : only when the traffic is ok) when i was speeding down the road towards home just now, blasting music, and cool air-conditioner inside my lovely Terrano :)

30

"In the midst of total uncertainity, we can love"
-Terrance Keenan-

I started to suffer from what i used to do when i have too much free time on my hands : thinking too much about every little thing.
Decided to have a nice, relaxing day today because last weekend was just so damn tiring. So went swimming in the morning with Angel, took a nice afternoon nap and rode Siegfried in the afternoon. All within 1km radius from my house thus saving me from the crazy traffic of Jakarta today.

I recalled what I was talking with Andra and Yaya the other day in CCF about well, whats going to happen when we turn 30, oh well say about 10 years or so from now. Me think that i'm not going to get married, probably i'm going to work like crazy, safe a lot a lot of money..then use all the money to either travel or spend it on horses. Thus at the end of our discussion we decided that most likely we all will end up living like hippies, work a lot..use the money to enjoy life...then work again. Hmms. Oh well, plans are plans..they can only be plans. maybe.

Jakarta .. ..

Today is one of the rare days where i got the chance to view Jakarta from a different point of view. to put it simply : from a lower class people point of view.

I went out with Yaya and Andra to Mangga Dua today..took busway and angkot from Kota, all the way to Mangdu plus walking to Glodok. Reason being was to keep Andra company as he was looking to buy a new video camera, canon XH-A1 ..very cool, very expensive lol.

As i was sitting in the crowded angkot and packed bus, i realised that it is possible to live in Jakarta perfectly fine without the need of having a car/drive your own car (like what i did). because here, due to the terrible traffic..you lost most of your time (at least a third or even half from 24hr) on the road.. stuck in traffic, driving from one place to another etc. However, today or days when i wanted to go to Mangdu, ya it is much more convenient to take the public transport as parking in that area was hell.

At night,on our way back.. we passed this very young boy, about 3-4 yrs old, opening and checking piles of leftover carton lunchboxes, stacked in a corner of a staircase beside a busy road. It was Sudirman road, which was like..um the Knightsbridge part of London.. He was checking if there were any foods left that can still be eaten in those boxes. The view like that was extremely common, but dont know why tonight it really struck me that how lucky we were. No matter how sweaty, dusty, sticky and hot we get during the day..at the end of the day we have a nice house to go back to. hot shower. hot meals. comfy bed. waiting for us. We are very LUCKY people indeed. Thanks to Andra and Yaya, i really had a good time today guys! and really should do this more often :) :)

Mind reader

I'm bored after a morning with no riding

it's Monday morning = the official holiday for all the horses (yeah, theirs are not sundays like us humans)

Yesterday I rode Alla's horse, Landetta. a big, young and green mare who is well honest, but can be hard as a brick on the left hand side :p

in the end i managed to get her going in a nice collected canter by using every single cell in my body to REALLY concentrate and focus on my riding

Haven't really done that in a while, because if riding my horses..especially Chief, I hardly had to do a thing as he almost can read my mind.

okay i caught the second cold/flu over the past 2 weeks (and these are the really BAD ones, like the one me and inka caught when we came back from Japan.. which kept me sneezing and awake most of the night. terrible.)

like..wtf??

ive never been sick at all for one whole year in london..

my immune system has dropped way wayy lowww in indonesia apparently :( sigh

Nika & Decky's

19 July was Nika's wedding in Hotel Borobudur. Me and Andra went to the morning ceremony at the church where we got the task to bring the gifts before the eucharist ceremony..with none of us actually attending the rehearsal!! :p oh well at least it went ok, its a small but nice ceremony in the catholic church near my house. I realised tht actually the church ceremony is more moving compared to the reception party at night. Later on we (thia, me, andra & yaya) went to Hotel Borobudur.. We all left from Yaya's becos my sense of direction in Jakarta is so bad if it concerns the jakarta kota part where the hotel is located, so yeah better leave it to Yaya & Thia who knows how to get there best. It was a slightly different wedding receptions. Where here people used to have grand weddings, where the groom and bride stood up in the platform in a big ballroom and endless guests come and go to congratulate them..Nika & Decky's wedding was indeed different. It was a small, yet intimate and cosy celebration. Involving only main families and close friends, in a much smaller place as well. I would say it was a bit like sweet 17-ish style of party mixed with a bit more wedding-ish atmosphere. The dj, band and all are all Nika's good friends. Plus scattered around the room were mementos, snapshots and small bits of thingies that were owned by Nika and Decky which they collected during their three-years relationship..like the 1st valentine present Decky gave to Nika, snapshots of their photos, small bits of written things from him to her or vice versa..There was also a 'wishing tree' where all the guests who came wrote their blessings to the couple on scraps of papers and tied it to the 'tree' branches for them to read later on.

After dinner, Nika, Decky and their parents also gave talks.. mainly expressing wht they feel and also Nika being Nika :p was able to make us laugh when it was her turn to confess what she felt.

So happy for you both guys :) :) :) !!