Hello Again

Posted in Friendcraft, Living My Life, Random Thoughts with tags , , on December 20, 2009 by oddamsel

Finally.

As a matter of fact, internetting with any wide-screen thingy is available here in Surabaya, using one kind of mobile broadband USB. Thanks to the developing technology. Anyway, last December 18, one of my uncles, the youngest one, picked my brother and me and brought us to the airport. On my way there, there’s one thing stuck in my mind: “Think positive. Don’t think possible.” Many people, including me, tend to think possible – think of any possibility that could happen. The truth is, not all things that are positive seems possible at first, and not all things that seems possible are positive. The positivity of something could not be measured based on the possibility of it. I truly need to remember that. Okay. We stepped out of the car soon after I got that thing in my mind – Terminal 3. Pretty impressive.

The next day, (yesterday, red.) I woke up late. No need explanation, eh? At noon, my brother and I both went to Tunjungan Plaza, meeting our dearest cousins Maria and Monica Tedjobiantoro. We hung out there, with some of Maria’s school friends, for hours. The four of us spent 8+ hours together – what a welcome. We didn’t have a movie. Had a thought of watching Avatar yet Monica disagreed. So here’s the list: Each a Cup, Baskin-Robbins, Starbucks, Red Mango, Pizza Hut, and Linkafe. (But I only spent my money in Baskin-Robbins, though I enjoyed all the deliciousness in those places.) One more place: our all-time photobooth Onix.

The conclusion is, it was a total blast. Love you, sweethearts. Ayt, enough updates. Gotta off somewhere with my family.

Smooch,

A. Desmonda

Farewell, Jakarta!

Posted in Behind the Scene, Friendcraft, Living My Life, Love, Movies, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2009 by oddamsel

Bidding Jakarta adieu.

Not to the city called Jakarta literally – the world in it. How different it has been living here compared to living in Surabaya. Been surrounded by different types of people, I congratulate myself for being able to overcome my ego of not letting go the past. Well, the reason is, the past was not that good that I want to  keep them. I did try to move on to find the better and better things, which would someday lead me to my best of life.

Yesterday some doods – Stella, Jessica, Randy, Adi, and also Randy’s little cousin – and I went hanging out at Plaza Indonesia – EX, watching The Twilight Saga: New Moon.  It was so fun. I love this hilarious conversation:

[Lagi di lobby Plaza Indonesia, nunggu supir jemput.]

Jessica: Duh, si Toni mana ya.

Adi: Supir loe namanya Toni?

Jessica: Iya. Supir loe?

Adi: Supir gue sich Rudi. Nama “Toni” bagus banget buat supir. Kalo supir loe namanya siapa, Stel?

Stella: Ujang.

Quoting Edward Cullen, let me scream to the empty side, if there’s any, of the world: “Every second that I’m with you is about restraint.” Been restraining myself for a year already. Good at it. And now I’m returning back to my old world – with a new me. Will everything be any similar? Or even the same? No way. New me always means new everything. The problem is, not all new things are better. Some are worse, in either quality or quantity or, the worst of all, both.

Anyway, need to stop internetting right now. One work to do – packing. Ah, I don’t think I would have the availability to go online with any huge screen once I’m arrived in Surabaya. Would be simply twittering and limited-edition of facebooking. Yea, in Surabaya, gonna indulge myself reading books, watching TV, hanging out with friends, and all those real-world stuff.

I don’t show what I’m feeling for you. I’d rather shut my mouth than to spell it out. There’s no doubt  when it’s written all over my face. There’s nothing wrong but communication. It’s just a problem of our own creation. Sometimes love gets lost in translation.

- Kris Allen’s Written All Over My Face

Goodbye,

A. Desmonda

Back from Dadap

Posted in Behind the Scene, Living My Life, Love, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , , on December 16, 2009 by oddamsel

Whatever you do, you need c o u r a g e.

Whatever course you decide upon,

There is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you

To believe your critics are right.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[I've just returned from Dadap, and the picture up there is one of the pictures that I took. Such an amateur photographer, yes, I am. Anyway, there I saw less fortunate people - such helpless-looking little children. Yet they have fun with life. Nothing to fear. Why should I, then? What a simple revelation. Love you, God.]

FEAR.

Posted in Behind the Scene, Friendcraft, Living My Life, Love, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , on December 16, 2009 by oddamsel

Still sick.

How am I right now? Yea, asking my own dear self. Feeling so scared right now. All the things that drove me crazy in the past is so haunting me. Been days I’m freaking out. What if that thing happens again? I’ve learned my lesson that hearts are breakable – and if they do break, it hurts so bad. The whole thing’s so traumatic. I’ve been praying to God for this whole thing to be gone away. Man, been never this scared before.

Yesterday the MSA Christmas Celebration 2009 was supposed to be blast. Yet because of this haunting fear, I could not 100% enjoy the whole celebration. I’m so sorry, God. I should have dedicate my 100% me yesterday. But, ah, I did perform my best yesterday. I did overcome my fear when I was on stage, but once I was off the stage, the fear stepped inside again.

I wish I could join these bunch of people by heart yesterday:

Eh, I’ve just remembered what my Humanities teacher said, “Fear is False Evidence Appears Real.” So it’s not fear, then. Something worse? Since this’s not false? Or something better? Since there’s no real evidence? Or something stupid? Since it doesn’t appear – simply felt. Gosh.

When we were children we’d say that we don’t know the meaning of fear.

- OneRepublic

I miss Surabaya,

A. Desmonda

Squeezing

Posted in Behind the Scene, Dreams, Friendcraft, Living My Life, Love, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 14, 2009 by oddamsel

Supposed-to-be-extremely happy holiday.

Been so tired right now. Flu. Sometimes, coughing a little bit. Tomorrow gonna be huge day. I ought to be arrived at school at 9 a.m. and the whole thing, my school’s Christmas celebration, would probably end at around 9 p.m. – so not having a holiday officially.

Anyway, I am sort of tumblring currently. Well, I don’t have any tumblr account yet often glimpse through some random tumblr pages. Gosh, lotsa what-the-heck quotations that I found. Usually I would post quotations that are inspiring, but, now, let me post some quotations that rather squeezes my heart in certain ways:

We were meant to lose people we love.

How else would we know how important they are?

— The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I would probably prefer to hate this quotation. NO, WE’RE NOT MEANT TO LOSE PEOPLE WE LOVE. It’s true that we would realize how important they are when we lose them. But, hey, most of the times, people whom we loose – in the end, we realize that we don’t love them anyhow. Towards certain people, yes, we lose them and realize how important they are – but so fortunately, usually people that I lose in my life, they’re meant to pass by. Getting to know them is simply a way for me to learn certain important life lessons in life. But until now, I’ve never lost anyone who I truly love with all my heart, my soul and my life. Thank God!

“To have feelings for a person is taking all your time thinking of things to say to that someone, staying up late into crackhead hours, then waking up to drink cups after cups of coffee, as you realize you’ve just smoked all your cigarettes, but still have nothing to say but ‘how are you?’”

— Nes Cruz

Well, worse than that. Worse than a “how are you,” even. Silence. A simple as that. See, what can be worse than silence? Lack of communication – lack of pouring out what’s inside? But I love the way I have feelings for a person. It’s always as smooth and as cold as an ice could be.

“Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody”

— Mark Twain

How true. I do have my dark side that I would never show to anybody – intentionally, though to those whom are trusted by the Sovereign, it’s openly shown. To them, it hurts. To me, it hurts even more. Yet, though everyone is a moon, both fortunately and unfortunately, it needs to be revealed to certain people who are responsible to our lives. Anyway, everyone does have weaknesses. We’re all human beings. We’re not human doings – that’s why we are not that good in doing things. (Yeah, right.)

“The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.”

— Ashleigh Brilliant

Recently I’ve been having dreams. Weird ones. Some random sweet people haunt my peaceful nights. No one to blame. If there’s any, it would be me. I deliberately choose whom I want to dream about. And the whole thing’s so illogical. How fun it is. In reality, to have reasons is such a necessary commodity. Not in dreams. In Dreamland, everything’s truly whatever that you want. But it would be my own fault if the way I see life slightly changes as it is affected by how I dream my dreams.

Okay. I’m so done analyzing slightly shallow quotations. I pray that tomorrow’s event – Morning Star Academy Christmas Celebration 2009 – would be a total blast for all.

Give and grow,

A. Desmonda

Please!

Posted in Behind the Scene, Living My Life, Random Thoughts with tags , on December 11, 2009 by oddamsel

am wondering.

have i been right these days?

sometimes, i’m just too smart.

hating this.

no more replays.

haven’t i past the test?

or is this another test – a harder one?

ah, p l e a s e.

you’ve been strong, girl.

and you’ll always be.

The Hidden and the Obvious

Posted in Friendcraft, Living My Life, Love, Movies, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , on December 9, 2009 by oddamsel

Greetings to all earth sweethearts.

This morning my mom, my brother, and I went out, going for a walk, around the nearby pond. Sunshine, oh, sunshine. Beautiful. We all woke up pretty early today, despite the fact that we slept kinda late, watching Penelope. I love it. James McAvoy, GOSH. Love him in this movie. How charming.

Penelope: The game will be over, your Queen’ll be dead.

Max: My King’s still pretty active, you know.

Penelope: Once the Queen is dead, the King is useless.

Max: What’s that about?

Penelope: I don’t know. Maybe he’s too depressed to fight. He really loved her, you know.

Anyway, the plot of the story is, though extremely predictable, very sweet. Another tale on true love. Lovely, lovely, lovely. I love everything about this movie. The setting, the main characters, and all the moral lessons. Cutely presented. One thing about true love – always sees beyond one’s physical appearance. Not a new revelation, yet people are forgetful. Though having a snout on her face, she did have a best friend and a charming prince who love her, the true one inside her. Real relationships are always the ones that are built upon a greater understanding of one another’s inside beauty, goodness, and truth. Despite the fact that we all have weaknesses, either the so-obvious ones or the extremely-hidden ones, we accept one another with humility and commitment to grow together in love.

Shine on,

A. Desmonda

An Interregnum

Posted in Facts with Tacts, Famous People, Living My Life, Music, Quotations, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 8, 2009 by oddamsel

Celebrate the afternoon, the civilized.

Tomorrow I’m supposed to have another exam day, yet due to the Anti-Corruption Day, another no-school day. My grammar and literature exams are postponed to this Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 13.00-17.00. Okay, so I do have so much time to study. Shall I give thanks? Oh, yes, I shall.

I wish great blessings to our President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and tremendous protection to this city of Jakarta. Ah, I also wish all the best for Sri Mulyani. Have you all read this in Wikipedia: “In August 2008, Mulyani was ranked by Forbes Magazine as the 23rd most powerful woman in the world and the most powerful in Indonesia.” She was great, indeed. I wish she is great, I mean, inside out. God bless Indonesia. You hold this nation in Your hands, God.

By the path, I’m currently hearting this song lyric:

Who I Was Born To Be

Susan Boyle
 
When I was a child
I could see the wind in the trees
And I heard a song in the breeze
It was there, singing out my name

But I am not a girl
I have known the taste of defeat
And I have finally grown to believe
It will all came around again

And though I may not
Know the answers
I can finally say I am free
And if the questions
Led me here, then
I am who I was born to be

And so here am I
Open arms and ready to stand
I’ve got the world in my hands
And it feels like my turn to fly

And though I may not
Know the answers
I can finally say I am free
And if the questions
Led me here, then
I am who I was born to be

When I was a child
There were flowers that bloomed in the night
Unafraid to take in the light
Unashamed to have braved the dark

And though I may not
Know the answers
I can finally say I am free
And if the questions
Led me here, then
I am who I was born to be
I am who I was born to be
I am who I was born to be

While taking a break from stuffing my mind with Gilgamesh thingy, I blogwalked for a while and found this well-known and pretty-well-agreed quotation:

Happiness

in intelligent people is the R A R E S T thing I know.

[Ernest Hemingway]

I’m either happy and not intelligent, intelligent and not happy – or simply rare. I wish I’m rare. Wait, I am. Many geniuses are so stressing out, inable to enjoy the sweetness of this life so brief. To those too happy people, thine happiness is too temporary – sooner or later, if ain’t working hard, a great fall, for sure. To those too intelligent people who don’t know how to be happy, cheer up. Enjoy your intelligence. Produce something to make yourself smile and feel satisfied. True productivity comes from the inside heart. Lastly, to those rare people, you people have been making this world such a better place to roll. Keep dancing in the rain.

Let love be the wave,

A. Desmonda

Ain’t Wishing. Simply Wanting.

Posted in Interesting Pictures, It's Breaktime!, Random Thoughts with tags on December 5, 2009 by oddamsel

RULE: Italicize out what you have. Bold what you want.

1. A cell phone.
2. A hair straightener.
3. Your own computer.
4. Your own car.
5. Chanel/Dior/Gucci sunglasses.
6. A designer purse.
7. A boyfriend.
8. A curling iron.
9. Every Fall Out Boy CD.
10. Something from American Eagle.
11. Something from Hot Topic.
12. Something from Hollister.
13. Something from Abercrombie.
14. A pet.
15. Some type of trophy/award.
16. Full/Queen-size bed.
17. King-size bed.
18. An iPod.
19. Something from a professional team.
20. Ever had more than $100 at a time.
21. Monster, Full Throttle, Amp, Red Bull, etc. in your fridge.
22. Something Green Day.
23. Xanga.
24. Myspace.
25. Makeup.
26. A desk in your room.
27. A hill in your backyard.
28. DDR.
29. A pair of skis.
30. An alarm clock.
31. A pair of ice skates.
32. Rollerskates.
33. A treadmill.
34. Your own phone line.
35. AIM.
36. Yahoo!
37. MSN.
38. ICQ.
39. AOL.
40. Perfume/cologne.
41. Bath lotion.
42. Necklaces and bracelets.
43. A journal/diary.
44. Yogurt and peaches in your fridge.
45. X’s in your screen name.
46. A birthday in September.
47. A famous relative.
48. A relative in a different state/province.
49. A disowned relative.
50. A relative that lives in Florida.
51. Your own bathroom.
52. Your own band.
53. Any rock band shirts.
54. A guitar.
55. A hammock.
56. A basketball hoop.
57. A soccer net.
58. A bike.
59. An electric scooter.
60. A minivan.
61. A V.C. Andrews book.
62. A friend that does drugs/alcohol/smokes.
63. A locker at school.
64. A baby.
65. Sparkly blue nail polish.
66. A “Vote for Pedro” shirt.
67. The movie “40 Year Old Virgin”.
68. A promise ring.
69. A pool table.
70. A swimming pool.
71. Trampoline.
72. LiveJournal.
73. Flip flops.
74. Steve Madden shoes.
75. The Sims 2.
76. A ping pong table.
77. An air hockey table.
78. A basement.
79. Converse.
80. Construction paper.
81. Markers, crayons, etc..
82. Coloring books.
83. A nice singing voice.
84. GameCube.
85. Xbox.
86. Playstation.
87. PS2.
88. PSP.
89. Some type of disease.
90. Rose Red movie.
91. VCR/DVD player.
92. A mom or dad.
93. An older brother.
94. An older sister.
95. A younger brother.
96. A younger sister.
97. A sled.
98. A lake/pond/river/ocean near your house.
99. Friends who like you.

The bolded ones, exactly, those are the things that I want. But, gee, an older brother? I do have some rockin’ doods that have been great blessings for me, serves as awesome older brothers. Thanks. And a boyfriend. Don’t ask: “Why not.” Let’s proceed. Okay. Next. Converse! The size of my feet – around 36 to 37. Any converse available? My point is, there are so many things that some parts of me want, but, hey, enjoy.

Like We’re Dying

Posted in Living My Life, Music, Random Thoughts with tags , , , , , on December 4, 2009 by oddamsel

 Tomorrow, gonna face Science test. Yay? Bleh. Anyway, while taking a break, been listening to Kris Allen’s latest album. Pretty awesome, world. Click HERE to download. And the one with the catchy lyric, with the cute style of beat, and all that, presented to thou today is the one entitled “Live Like We’re Dying.” How true – live like you’re dying. Say “I love you” to those who deserve (including those who seemingly don’t deserve it.) Feel it. Think it. Live it.

Live Like We’re Dying

Kris Allen

Sometimes we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s too late, it’s not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done

Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

Well, if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there’ll be no one on the line

Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying
Oh, like we’re dying
Like we’re dying
Oh, like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

You never know a good thing until it’s gone
you never see a crash until its head on
All these people right when we’re dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it’s gone

Yeah, gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’ it
Every second counts on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying

Like we’re dying
Oh, like we’re dying
Like we’re dying
Oh, like we’re dying

We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying