Archive for 2014

Grow Old With 2014

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Where am I?

I am in the last stretch of 2014, and looking back it was a good year for trying new personal goals! I know I had missed to list my resolution in this year so I do not have any benchmark to marking my achievement in this year. I had my regret wasting my year for not have any goals in this year.

At first I did not put any expectation in this year. All I want in this years is over because I am waiting my 2015 year to come. By the next year I will officially free to apply new job and find some adventure. So I just waiting this year to be over. I fill my days in this years through taking an English course and opening a mini online book store in order to increase my entrepreneurship skill. I know in my age it seems to late to start a business moreover this kind of business will not stand in long time or have an expansion. But I am not give up! Through this mini book shop I learn more to formulate new business plan. I think know I had more confidence to start a serious business for next year.

What was the scariest part about making your next move?

To be honest, I am so thrilled to start write new resolution. Too much expectation, I feel like a put my bunch of dreams in one bucket and I don't whether the bucket will be accepted by God. I just can not accept the failure this time. I just feel like I had it more in this year and I do not want it happen in next year.

How can you build a platform this year for you to stand on next year?

This kinds of challenges get me thinking. How much AM I actually contributing to the world? How much am I really just taking? Everything around us everywhere, the buildings we work in, the cars we drive, the apps on our phones, the furniture around us, the food we eat, the movies we watch, the advertisements we see, the clothes we wear, all of these things are the products of people’s dreams. All of these things are something someone thought of and said, “You know what? I think I’m going to actually get up and MAKE that.” How often does that happen in our lives? What is our consumer vs creator ratio? And for those of us who think they aren’t “creative,” are you creating money, or are you spending it? Are you creating jobs, or are you just filling one? Are you creating value, or are you collecting a paycheck? Creation, the bringing forth of new things, is how the world moves forward. How can we position ourselves to create more in the new year?

To make it come true , I am going to have my head underwater. Maybe I just need to be drowned in the sea in order to understand how to swim :) Welcome to new adventures in 2015.

Art Crush : Anna Bond From Riffle Paper Co

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It takes only one second to not fall in love with her works. I love how she combined the traditional illustration and stationery and bring it the luxurious level. According to her interview in The Every Girl , I really inspired by the way she describe her life and her her work. She said she did go to school for design but she think that most of her knowledge came from experience and fellow designers.

That most of what she learned about running a business has been through trial and error, Google searches, and asking questions to other business owners. For every problem that arose, they worked until found an answer. Neither of them have a background in business, but they're hard workers, extremely resourceful, and stubborn about giving up.

Be fearless and flexible. There have been so many times where she had to adapt and change plans, whether it's good or bad. She always try to have an open mind about opportunities and the need to edit what she were doing for the best interest of the company. It's also so important to be fearless. Running a business can be scary, hard, and a lot of work, but unless you fully dive in, you'll never know if it will work out. You can't be afraid to fail or make mistakes sometimes.

Her works :

10 Coffe Shop List To Be Travelled

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You can imagine how envy I am when my best friends told me about their traveling list. They could mention ten beautiful beaches and mountains in a row then planning their escape plan in weekend. However, I am not interest in their favorite place. It is not about how I do not like sea , sun, and mountain but it is about I have different preferences and I know it might be a crazy list as I want to visit 10 beautiful coffee shop in the world.

Why coffee shop? I had my family and bestfriends moments in coffee shops. I spent my time did my thesis for hours in Papa Jack Kopi Tiam cofee shop with my family and I also spent my joy moments with my best friends in Common Grounds coffee shop. See how coffee shops are so related to my beautiful moments. So I decided to put coffee shop in my bucketlist.

In Jakarta, there are so many coffee shop that I would like to visit but I do not have so much time as working mother but in time my best friends has enough time to pick me from workplace, I might ended my night in somewhere coffee shop around Jakarta.

Taken from buzzfeed article, I really want to have a nice coffee in their. I wish I had a chance to visit the country and taking my family and best friends to there. A simple bucketlist from me:

Kaffeine in London
Blue Bottle Coffee in Oakland
Dreamy Camera Cafe in Yangpyeong, South Korea
Workshop Coffee in London
Coffee Collective in Copenhagen
Café Grumpy in New York City
Da Matteo in Gothenburg, Sweden
Kronotrop in Istanbul
Bonanza Coffee in Berlin
Small Batch Coffee in Brighton, U.K.

Wish me luck to get there with you my lovely people :)

#StripesForLove

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When a child is diagnosed with a serious illness or injury the world stops in an instant; nothing matters but healing that child. To get the best specialist medical care for their child, a family must often travel far from home and stay for weeks, months or even years. During this difficult time, families not only struggle to support their sick child; they have to care for their other children, keep their jobs, pay bills, and maintain some degree of normal family life.

And while we may not be able to make the medicine taste better or erase the pain of a much-needed treatment, still we can help lessen the burden for nearly nine million families each and every year. However,
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) believe when you change a child’s life, you change a family’s, which can change a community and, ultimately, the world.

As pioneers of providing family-centered care, RMHC strives to be part of the solution in improving the lives of children and their families, providing programs that strengthen families during difficult times.
Since 1974, their network of local Chapters have been making children happier and healthier by keeping families together – giving them a place to rest and refresh. A place that feels like home. These programs, tailored to meet the urgent needs of each community, can now be found in more than 62 countries and regions across the globe.

Now, RMHC is corporate with Rumah Sakit Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) in Salemba and RS Fatmawati to support the childern. They also have Ronald McDonald Care Mobile. You can also support this campaign #StripesForLove RMHC, simply by:

BuyingStripes for love T-shirt and Teddy bear that they will donate 100% for the children.
Giving encouragement di www.stripesforlove.com.

I've done my part in supporting this campaign and I believe that you'll join me to support this campaign too.

Fun Fish Trip on Taman Akuarium Air Tawar

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Sad news that Ancol effectively sealed Sea World off from public access. The problem is that Sea World’s contract at Ancol began in 1992 and was supposed to end in June 2014. But the marine recreation company kept operating beyond that.

However we still have alternative destination to enjoy the fishes. Yes the famous Taman Akuarium Air Tawar. The aquarium park is inaugurated on 20 April 1994. Featuring more than 6000 animals of 126 species, are of various kinds, both of the various waters of Indonesia and around the world, including aquatic plants, reptiles, crustaceans, and fish.

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This aquarium park has a museum, library, auditorium, aquarium archipelago, reptiles corner, hallway carp, and built quarantine room at the rear to accommodate the collection and breeding of the farmers who could be traded to the visitors, the general public, reservoir fish, and exporters.

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Some special collections that come from freshwater native Indonesia include Arowana / Siluk (Scleropages formosus), shark saws (pristis Microdon), Tapah (wallago leerii), chopsticks fish, puffer fish which can swell up like a balloon, and others. in addition, there is also a collection of fascinating species of fish living include Arapaima (Arapaima gigas), piranha (serrasaimus) of the Amazon river in amertika, blind fish, butterfly fish, chinese high fin fish (myxocyprinus asiaticus asiaticus) of the Yangtze River-china, as well as groups of small fish guppy, molly, and platy.

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The aquarium is home to the students and the general public to conduct the research and observations related to the development of science and business opportunities of ornamental fish.

The Aquarium is well maintained although it is not treated special anymore. You can see that it is well managed and the fishes are taken care. My favorite fish is electric eel. It is so big and It is capable of generating powerful electric shocks of up to 650 volts, which it uses for hunting, self-defense and communicating with fellow eels.

Go Visit Them:

Address:
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah in Ceger, Kelurahan Cipayung, East Jakarta

Price Range/Person:
From IDR 25.000

Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday:
09:00
Closed on: None

Massimo Bali : Gelato First!

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It was a hot holiday when I visited my homeland Bali on last week. Me and my husband decided to held our daughter's ceremony in Karangasem, Bali. The ceremony is named Otonan and it should be held every 6 month in order to grateful for God bless for her. This is our first time go home together and after the ceremony done we went to Sanur to try the best gelato in bali.

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We try gelato on Massimo Bali, the best Italian restaurant according to my sister in law. I think she is right! The gelato and food taste good and it is not so expensive. You can eat Gelato only for IDR20k. Promise me it won't happen in Jakarta.The selection of ice-cream and gelato out the front are amazing and will catch your eyes. Some flavours available too including cannoli, tiramisu, coconut and apricot, make sure you leave room to treat yourself to dessert as well. I promise it's hard to decide which flavor to pick on your cone. Finally I choose Pistachio to cheer up my holiday in Sanur.

The Restaurant has a lot of home-made pastas, pizza, fresh salads, antipasto, and quality ingredients including good bread, olive oil and real buffalo mozarella are the order of the day. They also has kiddies menu with kids meal options, colouring in menus and crayons passed over on arrival, ample space for larger groups, prams and multiple kidlets and highchairs for the littlest ones too.

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You can choose to sit out the front in the courtyard and watch the activity of the pizza oven and crepe station, or in the main open air restaurant, or the smaller enclosed air conditioned room at the back. We choose to sit out the front so we can play with little kitten in the yard. That's fantastic experience to have a family dinner in there.

Go Visit Them:

Address:
Jl. Danau Tamblingan 228, Sanur, Bali Indonesia.

Price Range/Person:
From IDR 20.000 - 250.000

Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday:
07:00
Closed on: None

For Reservations:
+62361 288 942
massimosaccobali@gmail.com

Glorious: The Singles 97-07 by Natalie Imbruglia

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Natalie Imbruglia had been my favorite singer since I was 10. I still remember her her full-length debut, the track "Torn" was issued in 1997, and no one could have predicted its wild success. The single spent a total of 14 weeks at number one, sold over a million copies, and broke the record for most airplay in U.K. history. Her debut album, Left of the Middle, was a major hit in Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. upon its release in early 1998. Follow-up singles "Wishing I was Here" and the album's title track did moderately well, but never achieved massive success like "Torn."

Born in Sydney, Australia, on February 4, 1975, Imbruglia was a teen actress and landing a spot on the Australian soap opera Neighbours, Imbruglia decided that she would rather be a singer, and moved to London in 1996 to try her luck. After whirlwind praise, Imbruglia disappeared for the rest of the '90s. She found herself battling writer's block while trying to compose material for a sophomore effort, but finally succeeded and, in 2001, released White Lilies Island in the U.K. The album's debut single, "That Day," was a favorite among radio play. However that song is not my favorite. I like " Wrong Impression" much better.

A nearly four-year wait preceded the release of Counting Down the Days. Alongside Coldplay's "Speed of Sound" and James Blunt's "You're Beautiful," Imbruglia's song "Shiver" was nominated for the Ivor Novello Award in the PRS most-performed work category in 2006.

Now her record company, BMG, released this greatest-hits compilation to sum up her career to date and also move into the future with a smattering of new tracks not previously on the three albums.

Book Crush : The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

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The story begin when Harold Fry leaves home one morning to post a letter, with his wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk from one end of the country to the other.He has no hiking boots or map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else’s life.

During his time on the road he reflects on his past relationships with his parents, his son and his wife. He remembers both the difficult and the positive aspects of these relationships. Walking also lets him think of new possibilities for a different future.

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry has become a best seller because readers identify with its protagonist. We all have times when we feel like we are ‘just putting one foot in front of the other.’ Harold helps us see that in carrying out that very act we have the power to change our lives, build rewarding relationships and look forward with hope.

Keep Calm Because I Am Blessed

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I am not strict when it comes to belief, faith or religion. I do not care what people believe in, faith or their religion, all I know everything is teaching you kindness, peace, and love. I respect people who doing a lot of kindness than their worship. I always think who am I judging people by how often they are doing their worship. But I'm judging them by their kindness cause that's the only thing that sometimes eyes can not see but heart will always feel.

Kindness is a simple things that makes people sometimes feel complicated. I'm not talking about that you have to make everybody happy or saying yes in every single way. I'm talking about how to be true with your self, be honest, be positive, and make it simple. That is the definition of kindness according me.

If you find someone with difficulties, I'm sure if you are honest you will help that people don't you? What about people who will not help. I'm not sure they are not willing to help. I believe that they have willingness but they are to lazy to do that.

I just hoping that people who feel lazy to help other people do not have a dream that someday they will get help by others. Yes if you want people to nice with you then you should be nice too. So if you want have a nice day then you should be kind to people. If you had a bad day even if you do kindness, is OK . God's never do a mistake just wait maybe there a bigger blessing in disguise. Never give up to be kind.

About blessing. I hope you to not for some of blessing in disguise like this:

You still wake up every morning
You are healthy so were your family
You always a day to live on
You are happy with your friends
You can see, feel, smell, and taste everything

See you still have a hapiness and bless that is why don't forget to do something kind.

Koko Restaurant: When East Meet West review

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I'm not kind a person who loves to try new restaurant. I'm kind a person who reviews the restaurant if I had a time. Sometimes I find that some restaurants are forget that they are live in hospital service. They often forget how to treat their guest. For example: I had a bad experience in Kopi Tiam at Pacific Place. The servant didn't treat us well and they forget to serve our food. They insist that they had made it when when we said we wan to cancel it because we had waiting for two hours. They also tell that there is no manager in duty that day. That is very bad restaurant ! But it's up to you to try that restaurant, if you had a bad experience then, I would not surprised.

Fortunately this restaurant gives me a very good service and warm greeting. The taste and the size of food that served is very good not like a Kopi Tiam in Pacific Place. You can say this genre of restaurant is different than a kopi tiam restaurant but I believe you can not close your heart for what you feel of expensive food, tiny size and bad service. Right?

Over all, if you want to try new burger in town, good place to nobar ( nonton bareng ) and a private mini bar garden. come and visit this place at Kelapa Gading.

Go Visit Them:

Address:
Jl. Kelapa Gading Boulevard Blok PD1 No. 11, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta 14240, Indonesia.

Price Range/Person:
From IDR 100.000 - 250.000

Opening Hours:
Monday - Sunday:
07:00
Closed on: None

For Reservations:
+6221 447 319 53

Book Crush : Paper Towns by John Green

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By far, Paper Towns are one of my favourite books of all time as I like books with a hint of mystery, romance and humour.

Paper Towns is told from the point of view of a teenage boy named Quentin 'Q' Jacobson. Quentin loves Margo Roth Spiegelman, though she has never been one to hang around with him.

The story began when Margo appears at Q's window, asking him to come along with her on a 'mission' around the neighborhood and he does. But after Margo doesn't show up at school for weeks after, Quentin begins to investigate, observing the clues that Margo has left behind for him.

Paper Towns was a book I could not put down from the moment I started it. John Green has done an amazing job with writing the book in Quentin's point of view. I also love the different relationships shown between the characters, many teenagers could probably relate to this.

I found the ending very fitting for the book. It was sad, but not expected. All of John Green's books have made me think more about even the simplest things - and this isn't an exception.

Me As A Book-preneur

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Imagine a life where you spend all of your time doing the things you love to do, a life with no stress which provides you with the freedom you desire. You’re running a successful micro business, spending your time meeting and talking to people you find the most interesting, people who share your passion or the ones who are facing the same challenges you once have.

I do imagine that and that is why I'm trying to create my own freedom through a micro business that allows me to work on what I enjoy most. I am simply want to escape for moment from the conventional work for example staying at a paycheck-to-paycheck boring job. I believe it will teach me the necessary skills to succeed and turn words like “business” and “entrepreneur” into something fun and very approachable.

I decided to open an online book shop as my part time job. It had been three month since I started . I really enjoy assist the book lovers to find their book.

Here is some of my testimonial as too many to be uploaded :

My Birthday Girl

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Now my daughter is one years old. Happy birthday my baby! Your first year is over and babyhood is behind you. Hold on for the toddler years... In the coming months, my little one will seek more independence, discover the world from an upright position, find her sense of humor, and best of all, learn to say that she loves me.

I used to have party for her tonight if only she do not have to do her medical rehabilitation. But don't worry I decided to postponed the party until next week. I was so exciting preparing her first birthday party although she may seems does not understand what party it is. I had spent my time picking up snack for her goodie bag and made a Masha and The Bear Theme Printables.

If you are planning the same theme for your party you can use my printable

It is time to match Mitha's development to some milestone in here :

Movement Milestones

Gets to sitting position without assistance
Crawls forward on belly by pulling with arms and pushing with legs
Assumes hands-and-knees position
Creeps on hands and knees supporting trunk on hands and knees
Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position
Pulls self up to stand
Walks holding on to furniture
Stands momentarily without support
May walk two or three steps without support

Milestones In Hand and Finger Skills

Uses pincer grasp
Bangs two cubes together
Puts objects into container
Takes objects out of container
Lets objects go voluntarily
Pokes with index finger
Tries to imitate scribbling

Language Milestones

Pays increasing attention to speech
Responds to simple verbal requests
Responds to “no”
Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for “no”
Babbles with inflection
Says “dada” and “mama”
Uses exclamations, such as “oh-oh!”
Tries to imitate words

Cognitive Milestones

Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping)
Finds hidden objects easily
Looks at correct picture when the image is named
Imitates gestures
Begins to use objects correctly (drinking from cup, brushing hair, dialing phone, listening to receiver)

Social and Emotional Milestones

Shy or anxious with strangers
Cries when mother or father leaves
Enjoys imitating people in play
Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys
Tests parental responses to his actions during feedings (What do you do when he refuses a food?)
Tests parental responses to his behavior (What do you do if he cries after you leave the room?)
May be fearful in some situations
Prefers mother and/or regular caregiver over all others
Repeats sounds or gestures for attention
Finger-feeds himself
Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed

Pentatonix : Do You Love Capella?

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I admitted that I am a big fans of A Capella song. I found it is amazing how ordinary song turns into extraordinary when it is sung in a capella. You are not only hear the melody also the cherish, coordination and teamwork spirit. One of my favorite a capella group is Pentatonix and I have three favorite songs of them which I will explain in following.

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Pentatonix is the group that won the third season of The Sing-Off on NBC in 2011. Furthermore, their debut EP, PTX Vol. 1 (2012), charted at #14 on the Billboard 200 and their second release, PTX Vol. 2 (2013). Pentatonix, is named after the pentatonic scale, a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave. The group believed that the scale's five notes matched their membership. They replaced the last letter with an x to make it more appealing.The quintet derives its influences from pop, dubstep, electro, reggae, and hip-hop.

There are three song that I really love to put on my iphone playlist. First, a mash up- cover song : Save The Night/ Don't Worry Child. They really good at this song. Everytime I hear this songs makes me want to sing along and dancing. I feel free spirit and teawork. I choose this song everytime I go to my English class after work. It gives me positive feeling and jazz up the rest of my day. Second, a cover version of Somebody That I Used To Know, I never get bored with this song. It brings me dramatic feeling at the best way. The last is We Are young. Who doesn't love this youthful anthem? They did bring the joy and cherish through this song.

Have you ever listen their song? I suggest you listen from my list, I guarantee you may fall in their works.

Drawing And My First Project

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I used to forget that I had talent in drawing. I had buried my dream as illustrator a long time ago. Simply because of my parents and my surrounding is not support me to develop my talent. While other parents took their child to have class in art and drawing , I just simply learn by autodidact. Whenever I found that some picture is interesting, I try to imitate by my very own way. My parents do not have enough money to facilitate my talent. In my school, I were not allow to attend school competition because I don't have informal education in drawing furthermore I do not have money to buy the form.

My first page of alphabet project

This talent are inherited from my grandfather. He is a talented painter. He had left us about 20 paintings as his works. Some of his paint were sold at high price and others are keep on my attics.

I believe talent has just need to be discovered. Fortunately it did not happen in my case. So I grew up with the talents of drawing left abandoned somewhere. Did I regret it? yes I do. I did not try harder to keep my dream and my talent and besides I can't go back and spend all my time to studying about my passion in drawing. All i can do is saving a little money to buy some books about drawing.

I found that the drawing talent that I had left them has just come back when I were pregnant of my daughter. I spend my time by drawing a cute picture of animal. Every animal is represent the first letter of their names.It's my project to list letter and introduce some animals to my daughter. I believe I could not beat up my destiny to develop my talents and passion in drawing. If it is too late to develop, still I could pass my knowledge in drawing to my daughter. I can teach her to draw and encourage he to chase her dream and develop her talents. I'm not going to force her to develep talent in drawing if she do not have interest in there.

I like when I post some picture of my project were liked by some strangers that had come and pass by to my instagram. They are encourage me draw more. I try to develop my talents everyday , this is just the way I grateful to Gods of His kindness.

Do you ever got a talent that you have not recognize it? Is it too late to develop it?

Book Crush : Summer Holiday Books

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Embrace yourself, summer is coming! Actually it never exist in Indonesia LOL cause it is a tropical country. We have summer all the time and also rain all the time. Fortunately this year summer is close to the holiday event of Ied Mubarak, one of the biggest holiday event and also the crowded one. I wonder some of you has were already packing some of the best holiday reads of the year as recommended by top authors to spedn you time in train or bus to your hometown? Or perhaps you're taking this as a chance to catch up on your piles of "to be read" books.

By the way let me share and I also love to hear from you some summer-books-must read during this summer. Perhaps you recommend me me!

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Here is my list :

Paper Town by John Green
A Long way Down by Nick Hornby
Beautiful Ruins By Jess Walter
Eleanor and Park By Rainbow Rowell
Garden of Delights by Erica James
The Food of Love Cookery School by Nicky Pellegrino
The Good Luck of Right Know by Matthew Quick
Where You'd Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop by Abby Clements,
The Love Detective by Alexander Potter

Sweet Corner In Home

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Housing seems to be a biggest problem for people in Indonesia at the age of 26 unless they are given by their parent. It's not easy to buy a house especially in the capital city like Jakarta, they often buy in satellite city like Bogor, Depok, Bekasi, and Karawang. It cost at least 1 billion Rupiah to own a dream house in Jakarta. Surely, it is not easy to save some money if you are work as an employee or a small entrepreneur moreover you are living independently . However, if you are lucky as a star of soap opera or singer, you can save a lot of money and own the dream house.

Astungkara, I have a little one but it is located far from Jakarta. Now it's time to search and inspiration for to decorate my small house:

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My little house is underconstruction and it will be done by this October.

Fault In Our Stars by John Green

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I love to visit goodreads and I'm so curious about the best book that recommend on the first page. Yup The Fault in Our Stars. At the first sigh, I always love the cover. I know the old proverb: Dont judge the book from its cover. But I can't resist to pick up the book and read it. Doest it really good as the reader say?

This novel tell us about a story of a sixteen-year-old cancer patient named Hazel, who falls in love with a seventeen-year-old in her support group name August Walters. Hazel’s character (her personality was wonderful) and Augustus Waters’s characterization as a whole (not only did he sound adorable, but he had such a kind, caring, wonderful personality). Beware, reading novel could make you heartbreaking.

The novel has been on the NYTimes bestseller list for a year and a half, so I might be the last person in the world to read it (have you?), I started flipping through and couldn't stop.

The whole story of this book is so light although the premise is weighty, the writing is funny and compelling, and the dialogue is pitch perfect. (So often, dialogue sounds fake or overwritten.) All day I look forward to reading it, and it's a real page turner—I'd highly recommend it for planes, beaches and general summer reading.

Song Crush : Easy Kind of Love by Michael Castro

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Let me tell you about one of my favorite love song. Yup here it is ..Easy Kind of Love by Michael Castro. I'm kind a indie lover, I just love pop and alternative genre maybe just like ordinary. It was changed when I read the article in here and spotted the top one.

This song has strong character in Beach, Bouncy, BPM: Medium, Easy Listening, Funky, Groove, Playful, Reggae which will swing you to the mood of Carefree, Chill, Happy, Love. If you are falling in love then you might put this song on your playlist. About this singer, he is the young brother of Jason Castro whom known as American Idol.

He is an indie artists who work especially hard to get his music out there. He doesn't make a lot money, but he had got a lot of heart, and if you'd like to see that heart on full display with more songs released from him in the future, you'd look into the kindness of your heart to support him instead of steal from him.

Listen to his song !

All The Time My Favorite Status On Facebook

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Throws back at the age of 19 when I started my facebook account. I 'm so tired watching a friendster and trying something new in social media wave. Many moments are captured in my facebook status. I put my feeling (before I found Twitter) , my question, the place that I've been (before I discovered Four Squared), and my quotes in a text box and popped out to my walls. At the moment, I’m not sure if my current thought is a Tweet or a Facebook update, is a dilemma many people go through in this current social world.

Now, I'm wandering back what I've been through in the year of 2009-2011. Take a look what I've found! Yap..my favorite status on facebook. Here is some of them :

2011

Sometimes someone has to hurt you deep enough to make you realize how better your life is without them in it
I know, crying wasn't help but the tears keep falling down
Never blame any day in your life. Good days give u happiness, Bad days give u experience. Worst days give u a lesson
A man's biggest mistake is giving another man the opportunity to make their woman smile
Never ignore a person who loves you and cares for you. One day you may realise you've lost the moon while counting the stars
Dear ex, If you say "That reminds me of a good memories about us" I automatically think "Its over you idiot."
The most common source of miscommunication in any relationship is a very simple one: people routinely fail to realize how little they are actually communicating
Sometimes its better not to say anything, than to say how you truly feel and make things worse
No one gets tired of loving.. But everyone gets tired of waiting, assuming, hearing promises, saying sorry, and all the h u r t i n g!

2010

Behind every successful Man there is a Woman" but the fact that is "Women choose only successful Men
Distance is just a test to see how far love can travel
I guess everyone has their own reasons for keeping people away - it’s an instinct to protect yourself from getting hurt
No matter how painful your decision is, as long as you still can sleep well at night it means that you have made the right choice
There is a 'LIE' in Believe. 'OVER' in Lover. 'END' in Friend. 'US' in Trust. And 'IF' in Life
Wave inspire me...not because they raise high but because they leap up again after falling
When you're up, your friends know who you are. When you're down, you know who your friends are
Don't ever think you're nothing because somewhere along the line, there's going to be someone who thinks you're everything
Being brokenhearted is like having broken ribs. On the outside it looks like nothing is wrong, but every breath hurts

2009

Dont say I have stolen ur heart . I'm not thief at all
But I think I'm falling..maybe I'm falling in love with someone..

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I feel like someday Facebook is not going to keep this junk forever. LOL. So I decided to keep this status on my personal blog. Hoping someday, this will gives you and inspiration.