Bonne Chance!

Friendship begins with a simple hello and it grows better over the time. But for every story has its ending, and so every meeting will somehow leads to a goodbye too. If we're lucky enough, we can endure the time long enough for a goodbye.

Today, one of my colleague is moving to another branch. It somehow makes me sad for losing a colleague like her. For me, she's someone who has been very helpful even without being asked to, someone who's easy to talk to and share stories with, and someone who's generous enough to share her snacks in the evening. Hihihi. Oh my...I'm gonna miss her for sure.

One thing I always believe that things always happen the way it should happen, however we wish it to happen reversely. Cos I believe everything happens for a reason and will eventually lead to a better future. So, I'm wishing her all the best for her next path.
Bonne Chance Ari! See you in the next event! :)

Xoxo,
Silvana

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Kdrama Fever

Really into Kdrama serials currently.

Just finished watching "Big Man" and "Emergency Love", now it'a time for "My Secret Hotel". Very stirring and inteiquing. I just can't stop watching the serials. It always happen this way when it comes to serials. I will stop watching serials after finishing this one, otherwise I will get lack of sleep every night. 

Alright then. Need to sleep now. Still got a lot of stuffs to do tomorrow, and tomorrow is batikk dayy, not forgetting that it is weekend. Love it love it love it! ^^

SP

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Cheers!

It's been a month since the birth of my best friend's daughter, Alessa. It's always been a touching moment to witnessing my best friend's big moments. Be it an engagement, a wedding, a maternity, etc,  because it always reminds me of how the friendship begins and grows.

I and Alessa's Mom, have been bestfriends since the elementary school, which means it's been 20 years around the sun of friendship and still counting. Can you imagine its two third of our age?! Such a long time, isn't it? 

Apparently we can be each other'a biography writers if one day we want to. Lol

Today is her big day and I just want to congratulate her for the full month celebration of her pretty baby Alessa

Looking forward to witnessing many other fabulous events to comee. Cheers to you. To me. To us. 

Love,

SP

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Click..Click!

Belakangan ini euphoria selfie melanda penduduk jaman sekarang tak peduli di benua manapun dan usia berapapun.

Didukung dengan kamera handphone yang semakin canggih, tool untuk selfie yang memadai dan berbagai social media yang semakin beragam, selfie semakin booming saja. Dan Indonesia menduduki juara pertama dalam kejuaraan selfie. Buktinya tongkat kecil untuk taking self pictures bernama #tongsis aka tongkat eksis cuma ada di Indonesia saja. Well...It's just my assumption actually, cuma pada saat traveling, para turis selalu pada bingung melihat keanehan benda satu ini, sambil menunjuk-nunjuk dan tertawa-tawa kearah tongsis. So I assume Indonesia as the trend setter country. Ciamik sekali ya Indonesia kita ini, teman! He...he...he.. Setiap lihat instagram, selalu saja ada foto dengan hashtag #selfie. Pertama kali melihat tidak ada keinginan untuk ber-selfie ria, tetapi lama-kelamaan, jadi ada keinginan untuk melakukan this narcistic thing called selfie. 

And soo here's a few of my selfie shots taken during my holiday. Me doing selfie..yay or nay? Lol

SP

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祝您生日快乐

She's my bestfriend, my enemy, my travel companion, my eating buddy, my shopping partner, my number one complainer, the one who likes to scold me for so many things, but always be the first one who got my back for everything. She's my Mom and she's simply my everything.

Happy birthday Mom. Words just can't desribe how grateful I am to have you in my life and I thank God everyday for this. Wishing you lots lots of happiness and may success always be with you!

With love,

Your Daughter

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Alloween

Hello under the Halloween tree! :)

Beberapa tahun belakangan ini selalu saja ada dekorasi unik Halloween di bulan Oktober.

Penasaran banget tentang sejarah Halloween, so I browsed a bit about halloween and this is what I found out.

Halloween berasal dari kata All Hallows adalah festival untuk memperingati orang-orang yang sudah meninggal di negara Barat, termasuk martir, santa, dan orang-orang suci lainnya. 

Ada beberapa tradisi yang dilakukan pada saat festival ini. Salah satunya adalah Trick and Treat yang dilakukan anak-anak kecil untuk meminta permen atau mereka akan mengeluarkan gerakan menakut-nakuti orang dewasa dengan kostum yang mereka kenakan. 

Kemudian ada juga lomba mengukir labu di jack-o-lanterns, pesta kostum, pesta kembang api, menonton film horor, bertukar cerita horor, apple bobbing, yaitu lomba makan apel dengan menggigigit apel itu di dalam baskom, dan masih banyak lainnya. 

Semuanya hanya kulihat melalui film atau dari membaca buku. Penasaran banget to witnessing the real Halloween   festival with my own eyes.

Kuberharap suatu saat nanti, akan datang kesempatan untuk mengunjungi negara barat pada saat Halloween, dan menyaksikan sendiri hiruk-pikuk festival Halloween yang melegenda ini. :)

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CHEF

I watched 'Chef' today and I was enjoying the movie from the beginning until the end. 

It's a story of a chef losing his resraurant job because of a famous food blogger critics. Firstly he was confused and have no idea of what to do, meanwhile he is lack of money too. Later on, he agreed on his ex wife suggestion of opening his own food trunk business, El Jefe.

Since he used to be a very well known chef, his food trunk business directly becoming a hit, with the help of his son to publish the business into the social media. 

The end of the story, the food critics who made him lose his job, offering a partnership. And finally El Jefe becoming bigger, and the chef managed to piecing back his estranged family. 

Such an inspiring story that teaching us to never lose hope when there seems to be no hope. :)

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Listen to What Professor Hiromi Said

I just finished reading "The Miracles of Enzyme" written by the Japanese professor living in New York, Hiromi Shinya. 

It is written that the most important part of our body is the enzymes that helps the body works properly, and thus a healthy lifestyle should be maintained to make the enzymes continuously produced within the body. When the body stops producing enzymes, that is also the time when one stops living.

I realized that I was not in my fittest condition, and therefore I was so much inspired to live a healthier lifestyle since reading this book. 

Here's the few important points from the book that I remember e.g: 

-Drink a lot of water, instead of coffee/tea/alchohol. It's a mininum of 8 glasses of water that should adequate our daily intakes, but also to avoid drinking water on midnight. 

-Take enough rest everyday. It's better to sleep 6-8 hours of night sleep for adults. And the best time to sleep is when we feel sleepy. Never push ourselves to sleep very late at night. Because it could influence the production quality of the enzymes.

-Eat healthy. Consume more fruits and vegggies, instead of meats. It's better to eat fruits 30 minutes before we eat, which triggers us to eat less. And the best proportion of meals is those contains 85% of vegetable and 15% of proteins. 

-Get 5 Minutes of power nap after taking lunch able to restore our energy.

-Take a regular exercise, but never do it too hard, because the more we do exercise, the more free radicals the body produces.

-Live happily. Sing, dance, laugh and do everything we love. 

As soon as I decide to live more healthy, yesterday I went to the gym inside the apartment in CW, as my friend got the access. It was a very nice and cozy place to do exercise and hangout. Turned out it was like a small reunion for the 3 of us. We are about to do it regularly on the saturday basis. 

What a happy and healthy saturday yesterday was! Let's start a healthy lifestyle, everyone:)

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Thank God for Another Friday

Life is like an ice cream. Enjoy it before it melts! Especially when it is a cone of Godiva ice cream. :)

Happy Friday everyone! My day seems brighter when it comes to friday, because tomorrow is saturday, a time to have some yumm and yayy. 

Today's been a hectic yet fun day. Lunching out with friends, trying new menu of sesame chicken at a cozy cafe. Had a meeting with my clients in the evening. We can just discuss about many things despite the fact that we just met for the first time. They gave me so many advices too. This is one of the reason why I love my job a lot. A job which enables me to struggle, to grow, to survive and to meet a lot of different characters of people. 

And by the way Michael Buble's concert is gonna be held in Jakarta this coming January. Am so excitedd...Hope to be able to make it to his concert. *crossing fingers*

Okie dokie it's time to sleep. Got a gym appointment at 7.30 am tomorrow. *Hoahmmm*

Good nightt and see you soon! :)

SP

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O.Y.O.N.G

Hello All! Meet my maneki neko aka beckoning cat, called Oyong. 

I name it under the name of the one who bought me this cat from Japan and I put it under my desktop as the decoration and of course for bringing me good luck into my workplace. I heard that maneki neko can bring good luck in our life. But the certain luck it brought depends on its color and which paw raised. 

Curious I was, so I gained some information about this lucky cat and here's the facts I got:

Luck brought depending on which paw is raised:

-Left paw raised: This is thought to bring luck in the form of beckoning people, such as guests or more customers for our business.

-Right paw raise: This is believed to beckon in good luck, particularly in money and wealth. For this reason, some maneki neko sculptures have been made into hollow statues with coin slots in them, serving as piggy banks.

Luck brought depending on maneki neko colors:

-White maneki neko often in calypco or tricolor spots or patches: This is considered to bring pure good luck because tricolor cats are not an everyday occurence, much like good luck.

-Black maneki neko: This is thought to ward off evil and disease.

-Gold maneki neko color: This is believed to invite money and wealth.

The are many stories about why maneki neko became so popular. Like maneki neko saved a Japanese nobleman's life and therefore a sculpture is built to honor the cat. 

Also another story of cat washing their faces means that it's going to rain soon. This evolved into a belief that when a cat raises its paw to wash its face it will "rain"people upon us like guests and customers. Customers bring wealth and are therefore good luck. So, the raised hand of the maneki neko may be a hand raised in face-wash action.

Oyong came in white calypco color with its right paw raised. I hope it brings me good luck and good wealth. 

So thankful for Oyong and thanking Oyong for buying me this! Loveee

SP

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Phra Phrom

A long time ago, the disciples of Brahmana had paid homage to Phra Phrom (Four Faces Buddha) as their highest esteemed God in the religion. The Brahmana religion was known to be one of the religions that has the longest history. This religion was symbolised by 3 major Gods i.e. God Brahma, God Vishnu, and God Siva, who form the main body of the religion. The origin of this trinity is that the Brahmana religion believed that these 3 Gods gathered their power to create things.

In the records of Buddhist literature, Phra Phrom belongs to the class of Devas and not Buddha. Therefore, it would be more appropriate to name it as the Great Brahma or the 4 faces God. 

There are significants in the religious items held by the hand and its postures. 

The significance of the items are interpreted as follows:

Book in hand: Represents Knowledge

Beads: Represents Reincarnation

Spear stick: Accomplishment

Flower stick: Blessing Water (wishes fulfilled)

Conch shell: Represents Prosperity

Mystic position of hand on the chest: Offering Compassion

Flying wheel: To avert and calamities, suppress evil and to release all gloominess and worries. Cakka.

Cinta Mani: The Almighty Power of Buddha

There are many Phra Phroms all over the world. The one that I've ever prayed to was the one in Bangkok. Located just beside the Erawan Mall, the high end mall in Bangkok.

It is believed that when people truthfully pray and make a wish to Phra Phrom, our wishes will be granted. 

This earlier year I went to Bangkok to pray at the Phra Phrom. I prayed for all the good things to come into my life, to be able to be the helping hands to others, pray for my heart to be dissociated from the hatred, evil, and greeds. And lastly pray that I will be drawn away from anything harmful.

I just simply believe that my prayer was heard and on the process of accomplishment. 

So looking forward to pray at Phra Phrom in Bangkok again in the near time. And whenever I mention Bangkok, the word 'shopping' will directly come accross my mind. Loving the cheap and cute stuffs. Lol!

Until I see you next 'I dont know when it is' time, Bangkok! :)

SP

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Para Bien

Got this from a friend on my birthday. I thought 'para bien' means 'happy birthday', but the actual meaning is 'for better or worse', a spanish word. Just got to know it now. That's it for tonight's intermezzo. It's been a tiring tuesday at work, still joined a hip-hop class in the evening. So, I gotta sleep earlier now. Good night and be happy always, para bien everyone! :)

SP

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Dormant Diet

G is tagging us about a diet plan somewhere in instagram on a wednesday morning. 

G     : Can we do this diet plan ?
A&S: Of course we can.
S     : Let's start by tomorrow!
A&G: Okay!

A thursday morning at the office:
(A is munching chocolate bread)

S: Hey, you just break the rule! No white breadd...
A: Oops. Sorry, I forgot hahhaha

A friday morning at the office
(A spotting S buying ote-ote upstair)

A: Heyy...you snaackingg
S: it doesn't break the rule. No ote-ote stated on the list.
A: You just made an excuse!
S: Hahahahaha

On saturday night
S: Hello...how's your diet?
A: It's failed. I just ate an ice cream.
G: Me too. I just ate cakes. How about you? Where do you hangout?
S: I nailed it. I hangout at a cakeshop but I didn't eat cakes, I ate tuna sandwich instead of cakes. Healthy, isn't it?
G: On a white bread?
S: Oyeah I forgot. Lol

Apparently we do not take the 21 days diet plan seriously. Too much excuse and tolerance.
Need to be more assertive in making the diet works. Let's start again tomorrow. Anyone joining us? :)

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Serendipity Cafe

One of the most favourite movies up until is The Serendipity, starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The story begins when they are trying to buy a black cashmere gloves at Bloomingdale's. They feel a mutual attraction, despite the fact that they already involved in another relationships. They end up eating ice cream at Serendipity 3 in NYC and exchange goodbyes. However, both of them realize that they have left something at the bar and return back to find each other. Thinking that it is a stroke of fate, they go out of town together and at the end of the day they exchange phone numbers at a $5 bill, and one at the book but didn't give it to each other. They think if they are meant to be together, they will find each other to find the bill and the book. But they never find the book and bill until seven years later. They eventually meet each other again back in NYC and introduce themselves formally for the first time. Such a sweet story it is. Finding something when they were not in a quest for it.

Since watching this movie, Serendipity Cafe has been one of my must to visit place. And I finally made it on my last holiday to the one in Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas. 

I tried their famous Smore's hot chocolate at almost midnight. Fatty but happy I was. So looking forward to visiting another one in NYC. :)

SP

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Monkey Bars Theory

Happyy Saturday guys? What have you guys been doing? I was running errands today. Doing a little meeting with customer, little shopping, big hotpot lunch, having a nice massage, and hanging out at a new cakeshop serving nice cakess! This is how I love my Saturday. Waktu untuk bermain dan bergembira bersama keluarga dan teman-teman. Semuanya happy kan hari ini? Atau ada yang lagi bersedih? Sedih karena bertengkar dengan doi atau sedih karena gagal untuk sesuatu atau sedih karena kehilangan sesuatu atau bahkan seseorang? Jangan bersedih guys!

Wiseman says, jangan pernah takut gagal. Kalau gagal coba lagi aja. Gitu aja kok susah. Kalo kata orang Jepang fall seven times, stand up eighth. Jadi harus pantang menyerah! Coba teruss..gagal lagi coba lagi starting from the zero point lagi. Sounds so easy, right? Belagu banget ya orang Jepang ini. Gampang banget ngomongnya padahal yang ngejalanin hidup ini kadang tidak segampang yang dikatakan orang-orang. What do you think of it, guys?

Kata orang tua saya, tidak ada orang yang bebas dari cobaan, cuma kadarnya yang berbeda-beda. Ada yang ringan dan ada yang berat. But overall, to live means to be imposed with troubles. As long as we live right, taking responsibles of all of our actions and sayings, then everything is gonna be alright. Toh hidup ini juga ngga mesti susah kan...There's always happiness in sadness and the other way around. Life is balanced that way. Jadi jangan dipikir terlalu rumit karena hidup ini sudah susah jangan dibuat tambah susah. Setuju?! Jadi...terus maju dan pantang menyerah dan always P.U.S.H (pray until something happen). Hakuna Matata...it's a worries free life. Have a happy sunday, everyone! :)

SP

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Happy Oktoberfest

Today's been a mundane day. Feeling sleepy all day long, no idea why. 

The good news is it's October and it's friday so I celebrate it with a glass of beer and a long chichat session with a dear friend.

My face gets red as soon as I drink a few sips and I just feel so sleepy right now. 

So glad that tomorrow is saturday. Time to eat and play and have some fun! Wishing you guys a great weekend! :)

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Even Miracles Take a Little Time

Someone asked me..."Have you ever fall head over heels into someone?"
And I asked her back...."What's the meaning of the term?" She said that it means that I am totally in love, would do whatever it takes just to be with the guy, and going extra miles to make things work.
Well...and so I answered her it's a Yes! It has always been a total when it comes to loving someone, but it goes the second place after loving myself first. However I love someone, I still make a rational thinking for all the decisions I am about to take.

By being asked this thing, I remember that someone ever said that he's head over heels to me before. And yes I can feel that he was totally in love with me, but after going on for some time, several conflicts started to happen, and instead of getting things fixed, he's blaming me for what happened. He definitely didn't put his shoes on mine. I guess nobody gets the red card for this. It is simply said that we are just not each other's cup of tea.

While miracles take a little time, getting to know somebody takes a whole lot more time. Hence, there's no such thing as head over heels for someone in just a short period. So a lesson for us, never  say we are head over heels into someone if we are not sure we would do whatever it takes to make things work.
Cos...even miracles take a little timee! 

Good night, everyone! *yawn*

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A Moment Just Before the "Blink"

Being a banker is not an easy job, especially when you work in the sales department.
Yet,all the sales activities and decisions are taken based on the market conditions.
And market condition itself is influenced by the global market in general, which tends to be very dynamical and rapidly change. One thing leads to another things, speaking of which can impact overall condition within a country.

2 important issues which has been the trending topics for this year are the "Jokowi Effect" and "Janet Yellen Effect".

When Jokowi was appointed to be the presidential candidate from PDI-P, JCI was bullished 152 bps, 3.2% to around 4,870, and IDR was streghten to IDR 11,400, which creating the market euphoria in the country. This is called "The Jokowi Effect". I personally also enjoying this effect, since I also invested my money in the equities.
But too bad the euphoria only lasted for 5 days, just before finally going down again, as Janet Yellen statement that Federal Reserve was about to continue the tapering off for USD 50 Billion on the third quarter this year and increasing the interest rate at the end of 2015. This statement has made USD seems to be more favorable than IDR. And this is called the "Janet Yellen Effect".
Up until today, this Janet Yellen Effect still make the investors worry, besides the legistlative issues.

Nobody can guarantee the future of our country, as things are getting more complicated than before. 

I, as a non-political person wishing things to be better so that eventually would be falling into the right places, so that my job as a banker will become much easier too. :)

That's it for today's sharing. I am now about to read a new book I just bought yesterday. It's "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell. Gonna read it until am blinking and yawning.
Good night, everyone! :)

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How I Love Monday!

Today's been a good day. Got another blessing on my job today, got a new red bracelet similar to Bottega Veneta's, and a dinner treat from the boss after office hour. Life is good.Buddha bless me! :)

And tonight there were actually a lot of thing that I wanted to do, but instead of having "me" time, I made an itinerary for my customer who's going to LA this coming December. 

He knows nothing about LA and has no friends in there, so he asks for a help for everything he should know beforehand; About the car rentals, International driving license, must visit places, and must eat foods in there, etc. 

Since I just been there few months ago, I still remember most of the details. An itinerary finally been made with the help of information from several friends. 

I am so glad that I can help. And by making the itinerary, it somehow reminds me with a glimpse of my last holiday in LA. 

It suddenly reminds me of one brand I love in US. It is Kate Spade. (So random lol). I remember I love entering Kate Spade store when I was in the outlets in LA. I love their quirky and one of a kind designs. Not forgeting that they have reasonable prices too.

So here's my cute findings over the web for Kate Spade, Anya Hindmarch, and Moschino!  So cutee. Aren't they? Loooff 

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Always Coca Cola!

Visited Coca Cola flagship store for the first time when I was in Las Vegas. The store is located at the Vegas Strip, beside The Hard Rock Cafe if I'm not mistaken. And I just got to know that Coke has so many different flavors throughout the world.

I always thought Coke only have 1 flavor, but the fact is, it has so many flavors and each of them is unique. I remember that I tasted awfully bitter flavor, but I just forget which one it was. 

There were 16 flavors, divided into 2 trays, 8 flavours for each tray, and each flavor goes in a very small plastic glass.

Afterall, it was a new experience and I'm  happy 

There's a quote saying "Go to a new place every year". Traveling gets more and more expensive expensive nowadays, how about starting to taste different coke flavor from different places first? Each sip represents the uniqueness of each place.

Sounds like a good idea, isn't it?:D

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Let's Detox & 'Detox'

Read an article about detoxifying our life today. Here's what I recall about the article so far:

Detox literally means releasing toxins from our body. While toxins in life can be in many forms such as old stuffs, old memories, receipts, pictures, notes, letters, and other unimportant knick knacks. 

We should always take a break time every once in a while. To think about What's important and what is not. 

What is to keep and what is to trash.

What's been our priority and what's been our flings. 

So we can move on with better perspective every once in a while.

Let's start detoxifying our life and be healthy! :) 

Btw how's your weekend? Mine was nice. Having korean meals for twice, and got to try a new dessert house in town. 

I also had my haircut today. It's only a 1-inch haircut to make it look more balance with the length of my bangs.

I wonder if having a haircut can also be treated as the detox process, then I just done the first step. Hoorayyy! :D

Alrite then. I gotta sleep now. Got a birthday party to attend tomorrow morning. Good night! :)

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Thank God It's Kdrama Friday

Just finished watching the final episode of this Kdrama "Cunning Single Lady". 

It's the story of a divorced couple finding their way back to finally falling in love and remarried again, for the second time. Basically it's a story of a second chance.

It's funny, romantic and touching at the same time. It's worth watching, especially the performance of the lovely actress, Li Min Jung! So pretty! <3

Alright then. I have a meeting to do tomorrow, so gotta sleep now. Cya later! :)

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Convos

2 remarkable conversations happened today:

A customer came to me this afternoon.

C: I want to convert all my money to USD and then I need to transfer them all to the Bank of America.

Me: Okay Mam. Do you live in USA?

C: Yes, I do.

Me: Where in America you live, Mam?

C: I live in Seattle.

Me: How long have you been living there?

C: Around 3 years now. All my 4 children living there. And all are married to the natives.

Me: Wow, that's so cool Mam.

C: Yes, but I prefer living here than in the US.

Me: Why is it?

C: US people tend to be very individualist. Raising children was very hard yet after the children are now being adults, they still bothering us with all the little things that we shouldn't be bothered with. 

Me: No worries Mam, things are gonna be fine. And you'll get used of it sooner or later. 

Somehow I wonder, if I happen to live in the States for real, what changes would be impacted in my personality. Will I be an individualist too? What kind of person will I become?

Well, it's just a what-if thoughts on a sleepy afternoon, and I decided to leave it unanswered since am not gonna be a US person.

Second conversation was between me and my bestfriend.

F    :I'm going to SF this December

Me : Waaa....I want toooo..So envy!

F    : Let's go together. My sister already     know you, one of my oldest friends. She said you can come together if you want to.

Me : Okay. Let's go! Hoorayyy

Hahhaa...The truth is I won't be visiting States again in the near time. Got no leave quota and got no money. Lol  

But if I get the chance to visit States again, my next destination would be the East Coast for sure. I would loveee to visiting New York on winter. 

Strolling down the Times Square in my winter costumes beaming by the night street lights, touching the snows with my bare hands and surrounded with the Christmas decorations and songs. Such a good image to me! I hope it would happen to me someday. 

Well...I'll sleep on it tonight and make it happen sooner in my dream. Good night fellas! :)

SP

D.I.S.N.E.Y.L.A.N.D

Jaman dahulu kala, saya senantiasa bermimpi bahwa suatu hari nanti saya akan mengunjungi Disneyland di seluruh dunia. Dan impian itu baru saja tercapai di tahun 2013, the first Disneyland that I've ever visited was in Paris! Truly like a dream came true karena Disneyland Hongkong pun saya belum pernah berkunjung, but I got the chance to visit Paris. And I thanked God for this! And...it was truly an amazing experience going to the Disneyland for the first time. Seeing all our childhood disney characters came into life, walking around the park in reality and waving to us. Disana pula kita bisa berfoto-foto ria dengan tokoh kesukaan kita. Mine is definitely the legendary Mickey Mouse, but too bad I got no chance to take picture with Mickey Mouse. 

This year last July, I got the second chance to visit another Disneyland in Anaheim California. Beside Disneyland, I also visited California Adventure Park for the second day. I got the chance to see the fireworks and the amazing Disney World of colors. What a great experience it had been. I would really really love to repeat all those fun again. Someday.

Both the Disneyland and California Adventure Park are AMAZING!! 

Disneyland is just the happiest place on earth! Tempat dimana kita bisa mengenang masa-masa muda, when life was way much easier then it is right now, tempat dimana kita bisa melupakan sejenak kesibukan dan kepenatan kita, dan juga tempat dimana kita sesekali serasa kembali ke jaman muda lagi, jaman dimana pada hari minggu pagi kita duduk manis di depan TV menunggu munculnya film Doraemon, Hercules, Xena the Warrior Princess, Ksatria Baja Hitam, dan kawan-kawannya. Kalau anda seangkatan dengan saya, pasti anda tau semua judul2 diatas hehehe....Kalau tidak it means I'm way older than you guys Lol! 

Benar sekali kadang saya merasa kehidupan ini berlalu cepat sekali. Pada saat saya ingin kehidupan berjalan cepat, it happened to be so slow. Seperti pada saat masa-masa kita menghadapi ujian sekolah, I wish schooling life to be over soon so that I can go to the college soon. Happened the same way when I was in college I wish that 4 year can pass very soon. 

Well...they were all gone now. Am I happy right now?

Well...It's a YES! I am happy to be where I am right now. But somehow I wish to experience all those sweet memories again. 

Pada saat inilah aku teringat kata Mama jaman dahulu kala "Nak, masa-masa sekolah ini masa paling indah lho. Nikmatilah. Cuma sekali aja ga ada dua kali." 

Tapi saya merasa bahwa kehidupan memiliki fasenya sendiri2. There's a time for everything, and there's a chance for everyone. I try to cherish everyday because I believe everyday is a new beginning. Apapun yang kita alami di hari sebelumnya, baik itu sedih atau bahagia, sial atau beruntung, putus cinta atau bahkan jatuh cinta, we can always start everything new for the next day. The decision is all on us.

Wiseman said "cherish all the small things in life cos one day you might turned back and saw all those things are the big things." 

So...I decided long time ago to always embrace life and love it for no matter what happened. Afterall, life is all about ups and downs, isn't it?

Keep moving on and remember that you can always visit the happiest place on earth to reminiscing our childhood life, Disneyland!:)

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No Worry Dolls, No Worries!

Is there somebody out there worry too much thus can't sleep tonight?

Maybe you should try to put some worry dolls under your pillow! 

I just got to know this legend of the worry dolls a moment ago when I got the chance to visited The Old Town in San Diego. There's a shop selling worry dolls. 

The legend came from the Mayan people of the Guatemala. 

They put worry dolls under their pillow whenever they feel worry and anxious about something, and the next day their problems will be taken away by the worry dolls. 

I would already have bought these worry dolls if it was not because of my Mom forbidding me into buying this. She dislikes me of buying little unimportant stuffs like thiss..hahahaha

So...maybe another time when I get the chance, I will definitely buying this.

I just think it worths a try! 

Alright then. I got to sleep right now. Don't need any worry dolls cos I am so tired right now so I think I can sleep in just no time. 

Good night buddies! :)

SP

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Rainbow Troops Lol

Loving this song to bits. Remind me to never stop dreaming and hoping until our dreams come true. Let's sing together! :)

Laskar Pelangi

Mimpi adalah kunci untuk kita menaklukkan dunia. Berlarilah tanpa lelah sampai engkau meraihnya. 

Laskar pelangi takkan terikat waktu. Bebaskan mimpimu di angkasa warnai bintang di jiwa.  

Menarilah dan terus tertawa, walau dunia tak seindah surga. Bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa. Cinta kita di dunia selamanya. 

Cinta kepada hidup memberikan senyuman abadi. Walau hidup kadang tak adil tapi cinta lengkapi kita.

Laskar pelangi takkan terikat waktu jangan berhenti mewarnai jutaan mimpi dibumi

Menarilah dan terus tertawa walau dunia tak seindah surga bersyukurlah pada yang kuasa cinta kita di dunia.

Selamanya

Selamanya

Laskar pelangi takkan terikat waktu.

Nidji-Laskar Pelangi with lyric: http://youtu.be/ANabZjMC3AA

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Bridezilla

It was my outfit from yesterday's wedding party.

Loving my statement necklace. It was a gift from a bestfriend. I have no idea when to wear it up until I was thinking to wear this dress to a wedding party and I thought they were gonna make a good pair. And Yes they made a good pair. A simple dress always goes well with a statemenet necklace. Now I think I can pair this necklace with a lot of outfits. 

Yesterday was so much feels like a small reunion. When I usually drive by my own, but yesterday my bestfriend fetched me up. It feels so good to not drive especially when you feel tired and unwell and it's on weekend. 

So much happiness and laughters at the party. I met a lot of old friends at the party. A lot of things have changed since the last time we met, which reminds me of how time has flown and how we have aged as well. I was so happy seeing the bride and the groom walking down the aisle. 

Have witnessing the bride's phases of life, I am so glad that she finally married her prince charming. I'm wishing them a great marriage life, which is full of love, trust, laughters, compassion and happiness. :)

#CONGRATULATIONS #SINGGIHRATNA

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Weekend!

It's weekend! And there are 3 things I am grateful for today.

Firstly, I got an unexpected deal on my job. :D

Secondly, Mom finally getting home, After been away to Singapore for 4 days. And she got me this Jo Malone parfume! Been wanting it since a while and now I got it. Yay!

Thirdly, I just got back from lunch at a new Japanese restaurant in town, Hisato. It's always been fun and entertaining to try on a new restaurant. And I love it even more when it comes to Japanese foods.

And...tomorrow I have a training to join the whole day, continued with a wedding to attend at night. I hope it's gonna be a rocking weekend after a hard week for me. So...Weekend, please be nice! ^_^

Clap along if you know what happiness is to you. Because I'm happy. Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do! :)

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La Dolce Vita

There's a quote "A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal". 

And I'm getting this kindest gesture from a bestfriend of mine. She gave me this T-shirt embroidered 'La Dolce Vita' to cheer me up as she knows that I really love this phrase. 

So glad that I have someone got my back during this time.

That's what a bestfriend is for afterall. Someone to hold and to behold onto.

La Dolce Vita...A sweet life to embrace...always! 

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Mane and Tail

Today I'm gonna make a product review of the shampoo I currently use. It's Mane and Tail shampoo, a US made shampoo which can be used for both human and animal.

For the first time hearing about this product, I was hesitate to buy it because I don't think it's safe for human, although it was crowdedly being talked about at the social media.

Later on, one of my working colleagues was selling this product, and my shampoo was finished to the last drop at the same time. So, I just bought it...still hesitatantly.

The next day, I tried it for the first time...and I loved it. My hair became easier to arrange and the scent is nice and light since I don't really like strong scent for any products. Not forgeting to mention that my hairfall becoming less also. The only drawback about this product is that it makes my hair more oily than before. However, since I use dry shampoo for the second day, so actually it doesnt matter much.

Overall, I think it's a recommended shampoo for you guys who want to try on a new product.
Try it and hopefully it works on you as it works on me! :)

SP

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