Sentimental Day

At my French class, i learned a new word:

Coup de Foudre which means Love at First Sight.


When I went home, I continued reading twilight. I'm planning to finish the book before the movie is in theaters.
There's this part when Bella, the girl in the book, was going to sleep. Edward, her boyfriend, was also under the covers and his arms were wrapped around Bella and his lips were at Bella's ear.
The part that made me smile was when Edward did this to Bella:

He hummed a melody I didn't recognize; it sounded like a lullaby
He paused. "Should I sing you to sleep?"

Do I really have to have a vampire for a boyfriend? (FYI, Edward is a vampire).

Damn it, M.S. Where are you. Why do you have to be so far away for so long..
Ouwh.. what a sentimental day.

Maybe We Should Stop Expecting

I haven't met my sister for 8 months, and a couple of days ago she arrived at Jakarta. It's her first Lebaran here since the last 4 years.
When I found out she was coming home, I already thought about all the things I was going to ask her to buy for me. This is what I usually do everytime she comes home. I sometimes wonder whether I'm more excited to see my sister home or the things she bought for me.
This time, I planned to ask for a pair of ankle boots.

(Yeah.. yeah.. you can judge me all you want. I'm pretty much a fashion victim)








Eventually, I changed my mind and didn't ask for anything from her. I know how difficult it could be to look for random stuff.

I didn't pick her up at the airport, so by the time she landed she gave me a call. She said she bought me a pair of shoes. Since I wasn't expecting anything from her, I was pretty surprised.
When I arrived home, I was too excited to see my sister and completely forgot about the shoes. After all the euphoria, I went to my room and my sister showed me the shoes.



It was even better than I thought it would be. I've been looking for it obsessively on ebay a couple of months ago but I never found any. I never told my sister before, but somehow she bought it for me.





Maybe that's how it is with families and people who loves us unconditionally. Eventhough we don't expect much from them, the things they do for us are way beyond our expectations. I think that's proof of how big their love is towards us. We sometimes forget how lucky we are to be surrounded by people who love us. I sometimes forget.

Cheerio...

My holiday

I had almost three months of holiday but I don't update my blog very often. What a shame.

Thanks to Abang None, this year's holiday has been a bit different from my last holidays. Here's some of the stuff I did:
I went to Palembang last month with my Abang to do Abnon stuff.
I went to waterbom to use the voucher I got with my friends from Abnon Selatan.



I had plenty Abnon work to do and received money afterwards.
I had dinner at the governer's house with the other winners and their parents.



I celebrated the independence day for the first time after I graduated high school.



Last but not least, I started a wonderful relationship with one of the Abang's. His name is M.S.

Many people said that people who entered Abang None are likely to break up with their boy/girlfriend and end up having a relationship with one of the Abang's or None's. I tried to break this myth because I don't believe in 'cinlok'. I even assured my friends who warned me that 'cinlok' will never happen to me.
But I think I have to lick my own spit. (Is there a word in english for that? 'Menjilat ludah sendiri'?)
I broke up with M.R.P.P. Eventhough it wasn't because of Abnon, it happened on the first week of Abang None Selatan. And at Abang None D.K.I., I met M.S. and eventually went out with him. But i still don't believe in 'cinlok' though.

Moral of the story: be careful with what you say.
haha...

Cheers!

Amazing experience

Hi!

Abang None DKI is finally over. The finals was awesome. Alhamdulillah, I was chosen as None Favorit and None Harapan 1 DKI Jakarta.

(I still can't believe I was on this stage)

Thank you so much for all of my family and friends who have supported me from start to finish. I can't tell you guys how thankful I am. It means ssssooooooooo much to me. I heart you guys..

Here's the lessons I've learned after Abang None:
1. The meaning of hard work. I worked my ass off in this competition. I experienced firsthand what 'no pain, no gain' really means.
2. Be a risk taker. I have done my best in this competition, but one thing I regret the most is the Q and A session. I should've answered it in English, but I didn't because I was too afraid to do so. Damn damn damn.
3. Competition isn't always ugly. Seriously. I made really good friends even though we're aiming for the same thing.

This whole Abang None experience, starting from Jakarta Selatan until DKI Jakarta, is truly amazing. I was really sad everything has come to the end. I even cried when I had to say goodbye to all of my friends. If given the chance, I would be more than happy to repeat it all over again.

None Jakarta Selatan

Hi!!
My oh my. It's been a while since my last post. So here's the recap:

On 14th of June, the finals of Abang None Jakarta Selatan was held at Balai Kartini. Alhamdulillah, I won as None Jakarta Selatan. It really was beyond my expectations because the others were really good. Seriously. I'm not only sweet talking here.

So now I'm In quarantine at Grand Tropics Hotel with The other winners from other sections of Jakarta. There are 36 of of us and it's really fun. I thought the others would be very competitive and try to sabotage the others. But it didn't happen at all. We helped and supported each other.

the judging day was last Saturday and Sunday. It went well. I spoke French with one of the judges eventhough my French isn't that good. But she said I speak french really good. Hehe..

There will be a press conference today in the afternoon. In the evening, there will be makrab at score again.

Please come to the final's of Abang None DKI Jakarta 2008 on 4th of July at JCC starting from 19.00.
Or watch it live at global tv starting from 19.30.
don't forget to text:

abnon deasy
and send it to 9288.

thanks for your support!!
Wish me luck..

Super Busy Week

It's been almost a month since my last post. I've been very busy this past few weeks. So here's the recap:

A couple of weeks ago, I went to Kota with Adit and Titis to see the MDGs photo exhibition and take pictures around Kota. The exhibition was really interesting. We made a lot of really nice pictures and visited 3 museums.

The week after, I went to Sea World with my Environmental Psychology class. The day after I went to Ancol with my friends to take pictures. And the day after that, I went to Ancol again to watch Indo Dance Music Festival.
So I went to North Jakarta 4 times in 8 days.

Did you watch the national awakening celebration? Wow. It was really amazing. (Gue sampe merinding saking kerennya)->How do you say this in English? I'm too lazy right now to think.
After watching that show, I'm really proud of my country.

The big news is.... I am the finalist of Abang None Jakarta Selatan 2008. The practice is every single day and it lasts from 16.00 to around 00.00. This week I'm also having my final exams. Actually I'm kind of worried with my exams considering I'm too tired to study by the time I'm home.

I'm freakin' tired.

PS: Please come to Balai Kartini on 14th of June to watch the final of Abang None Jakarta Selatan 2008. Vote for me!
There is also the talent show and Makrab at Score Citos before the final show. I won't tell the date because I don't recommend you to come. I have stage fright. I'm terrified I'll mess up.

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Hellow!

Yesterday I watched Bill Gates' lecture at TVRI. There were so many people attending that lecture, including Pak SBY. It amuses me how the government succeeded to invite him (Bill Gates, not Pak SBY. hehe) to Indonesia. Bravo!

Anyway, there was a question from a UI student if I'm not mistaken. He asked Bill Gates' secret of becoming successful. He answered that graduating from school is very important. He doesn't recommend quitting school the way he did. The other thing he said that I remember the most is about the importance of reading. He's always curious about things so he read a lot. He also said he was lucky to have parents who supported his love of books and let him quit school to pursue his dreams.

Will Smith also said something like this in his speech when he won an award as the best celebrity role model or inspiration in Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in 2003. He said that we must not let people tell us what we can’t do and read at least 3 pages a day.

I am a true believer of this idea. I think people who are knowledgeable are more fun to talk to. Probably some of them aren’t very smart academically, but people like this are living proof that smart people isn’t always people who get straight A’s. Even my genius sister (who is taking her doctorate degree in the age of 23 with a scholarship) agrees that people who are school smart aren’t always smart.

So, why don’t you lift that lazy ass of yours off the couch and start reading instead of watching sinetron’s.

Here's the video of Bill Gates' speech