Dengan alasan buat sidang, tapi memang beneran buat sidang ntar, hari ini saya sama isma keliling BTC buat nyari blazer+blus+celana item. Sebenernya sudah dari kemaren kami berdua hunting baju, tapi hasilnya nihil. Kemarin kami ke Kings, ITC, Pasar Baru. Muter-muter sampe kaki kami kapalan, ga ada yang jualan blazer di sana. Ada sih, di pasar baru, tapi modelnya terbatas dan terkesan terlalu tua. Jadilah, kami memutuskan untuk pergi lagi hari ini ke BTC. Tadaaa..... Ini dia hasil perburuan kami berdua. Ini blazer+celana hitam yang saya beli di BTC. Blusnya, udah ada di lemari saya dari tahun lalu, busana buat KP. Sepatunya baru. Belinya di Jogja deket Kings (kemaren saya cuma dapet sepatu ini aja). Dan saya suka banget sama sepatu item ini. 

 

Gifts from Korea!

Since when I want to drink banana uyu? Since i've watched jonghyun bribe yoogeun to let they cut yoogeun's hair with banana uyu in Hello Baby (yes, it's been a looooong time). I do't know, i just think i watch a lot in variety show or in drama that people in Korea are love banana uyu (toninght i watched, again, coffe prince, and i saw eun chan drinks 2 bottle of banan uyu). That make me curious how is the taste of banana uyu. 

Lately, me and my friends saw CF about product Korea (mostly food and beverage) are sold in some supermarkets in Indonesia. In CF, we saw banana uyu is part of those products. And we begin to search banana uyu in those supermaket. But, the result is zero. We give up. 

But, later, our friend told us that she will go to Korea. And we just said that please, please bring us banana uyu (actually, that's not the only one, we also ask her to looking for socks with DBSK/SHINee chibi picture on it ^o^). She said okay. 

And, here it is the banana uyu. She's coming back to Indonesian, and really brought us this (unfortunately, she can't find that kind of socks). Its taste so delicious. 

Banana Uyu

Counting The Day: Can We Do A Pra-Wedding Photo Session?

A few days ago, my mom called me and (suddenly) talked faster than usual and from her tones i guess she's little upset. She told me that my brother on the same day was in Bandung, but only for a half day. He's coming to Bandung just to talk with his girlfriend's family about their wedding plan (because of that, he's not told me, and i have no clue at all that he's in Bandung).  The point from that meeting was my brother had found a hotel in Jakarta as a place to hold the reception party. Beside that, he also told my mom that he and his girlfriend will do a pra-wedding photo session. When he told that to my mom, my mom said no word to him (she said that my brother was talking on the road, and she didn't want has an argument with him in that kind of situation. She'll wait until my brother reach his house).

And i got the result of that. My mom told everything that she has in her heart (that should be told to my brother) to me. The one that made her upset was my btother's plan to has a pra-wedding photo session. She said, in our religion (I'm a Moslem) there's no things such a pra-wedding photo (i'm not sure if it's prohibited or not, but my dad told something about 'fatwa MUI' and i'm not sure what it's said). My mom has an argument that they (my brother and his girlfriend) are not married yet, so why they want to take that kind of photo session?

Later, my brother ask me will i do a pra-wedding photo if i'm getting  married? I said i don't know...

Counting The Day: Found A Hotel!

Okay, i know it's still far, far away from the date. But just wanna share the process of my big brother's wedding (wish everything is okay). So, everything's gonna be started from 3rd September, which is the day when my brother will propose her girlfriend (formally, in front of our family, both from my family and his girlfriend's family).

Actually, i don't have any specific job to do. But, my mom told me to looking for a cheap and nice hotel near Kak Anggi's (my brother's girlfriend) house. And i'm not doing that until now (okay, i did some little researches in the internet, but that's not helping a lot). That's because i'm still on my minithesis, and the area of her house is far from my place. So, it needs more efforts to do that job. But, tonight my mom called me and told me that my brother found a hotel. So, my first job was over. :D

And my mom also told me about the date when will the reception will be held. They also found the hotel where the reception will be held. The marriage will be held in Bandung, but the reception will be held in Jakarta. That's all for now.

Actually, i'm still little confuse about this wedding. I mean, of course i'm happy for them, but there's a little space in my heart that say "My only one brother will get marry soon. Do i ready for that kind of condition" Maybe it's a syndrom that a sister will has when her brother gets marry. I don't know.

Undian Berhadiah

Beberapa hari yang lalu, saya ke Giant Pasteur. Sebenernya, awalnya saya hanya mau ke PPGL, tapi teman saya ngajak ke BTC. Dan karena penasaran sama si banana uyu, kamipun mencoba datang ke Giant setelah dari BTC, berharap ada si uyu. Sampai di Giant, kami beneran cuma keliling supermarketnya nyari banana uyu. Hasilnya nihil. Kecewa, kami pun beli roti pizza ala Giant dan saya beli mie goreng jumbo (beneranlah saya ini, mau di Borma, di Giant, belinya tetep aja mie goreng jumbo). Oke, kira2 sejaman muter-muterin Giant ga guna, kamipun berencana untuk pulang. Pas kami mau nyampe pintu keluar, tiba-tiba ada mbak-mbak yang nyamperin kami sambil ngomong "Mbak, mbak, bisa minta waktunya sebentar. Mbak pengunjng disini kan?" Saya bengong, si mbak lanjut lagi "Mbak, kalau bener pengunjung sini, mbak dapet undian berhadiah lho. Mau ga mbak?" Saya bengong, si mbak lanjut lagi. "Iya, jadi kupon berhadiah ini cuma buat 25 (saya lupa angka pastinya) pengunjung Giant Pasteur lho mba. Mba tinggal ngasi pendapat mba aja buat perusahaan kami. Bisa kan mba?" Saya bengong, si mbak lanjut lagi. "Kalo gitu, sini mba, mba ngasi pendapat aja, ntar mba dapet kupon berhadiah lho" Saya bengong, si mbak menggamit tangan saya, menuntun saya supaya duduk di stand perusahaannya. Perusahaan furniture rumah tangga.

ATM

Selasa, 12 Juli kemarin, sehabis pulang les TOEFL saya berniat ngambil duit di atm di kampus. Saat itu, atm lagi sepi (ya iyalah, saya pulang les jam setengah 8 malem), jadinya saya langsung masuk atm. Setelah mikir sebentar mau ngambil duit berapa banyak, saya pun memutuskan ngambil sejuta. Buat biaya SEM sama makan. Saya pun mulai bertransaksi di atm sesuai dengan prosedur pengambilan uang di atm. Muncullah di layar kata-kata "silakan menunggu..... pastikan uang dan atm anda sudah diambil sebelum meninggalkan atm". Saya pun menunggu. Semenit. Dua menit. Tiga menit. Uang belum keluar juga. Beberapa saat kemudian (prosesnya ini beneran lama, ga seperti biasa yang cepet, si mesin atm juga berisik bener, meraung-raung ga jelas), akhirnya di layar muncul tulisan: "Mohon maaf, transaksi untuk sementara ini sedang tidak dapat dilakukan." Oke. Pada saat itu, saya tenang-tenang saja. Kartu saya keluar, dan saya pun mencoba untuk mengecek saldo saya. Kali ini baru saya beneran shock. Saldo saya berkurang sejuta. Saya kaget, padahal saya sama sekali tidak memegang duit itu. Si mesin atm BENERAN gak mengeluarkan duit sepeserpun. Masih shock, saya keluar, dan duduk di bangku dekat atm. Saya langsung menelepon ibu saya, menanyakan nomor rekening saya (saya ga ingat nomor rekening saya) dan langsung menelepon bank. Entah kenapa saat itu saya berpikiran saya ga mau jauh-jauh dulu dari atm, siapatau uangnya nanti keluar sendiri tiba-tiba (yang setelah saya pikir-pikir, aneh juga pemikiran saya yang ini). Setelah dapat nomor rekening, saya langsung menelepon bank. Setelah menjelaskan perkaranya, si mas-mas bank bilang kalau keluhan saya harus dibuat laporannya dulu untuk nantinya dilakukan penyelidikan. Dan lamanya penyelidikan itu maksimal 14 hari kerja. Si mas-mas juga bilang kalau dia belum bisa memastikan apakah uang saya yang entah dimana itu akan kembali lagi atau tidak. Itu semua terkadung hasil penyelidikan. Saya beneran sedih malam itu. Uang saya sejuta entah berada di mana. Dan lebih sedihnya lagi, uang itu rencananya digunakan untuk tugas akhir saya.

Karena saya butuh kejelasan yang lebih jelas, makanya keesokan paginya, saya pergi ke bank. Customer service yang melayani saya jauh lebih menenangkan saya. Katanya, kejadian seperti ini memang sering terjadi dan jika memang uang yang menjadi perkara ini memang tidak saya ambil, maka pasti uang itu akan kembali ke rekening saya. Saat itu, saya langsung lega selega-leganya. Saya hanya harus menunggu sampai uang saya kembali lagi. Dan katanya kira-kira hanya perlu 1-2 hari dan memang kalau prosesnya rumit, maksimal mencapai 14 hari kerja.  Keluar bank, saya jauh lebih lega. What a problem!

SHINee & f(x): Hello

Love to see both groups in one stage. Actually, there's nothing special with this stage (for me), except SHINee and f(x) share the same stage and key, minho, taemin are back in Korea stage. But, they're cute. Although, at first, i really hoping they will sing Lollipop. I really want they sing this song in one stage. It must be cute and fun to watch. 

Kuliner: Eastern (All U Can Eat)

Sudah tradisi dimana-mana kalau ada yang ulangtahun berarti dia harus menraktir teman-temannya. Begitu pula saya dan teman-teman saya. Biasanya kalau ada yang ulangtahun, kami akan ditraktir karaoke. Tapi, kali ini, karena yang ulang tahun ada dua orang, saya dan teman saya, kami berdua memutuskan untuk menraktir makan. Dan diputuskan kami berdua menraktir di Eastern yang ada di IP Bandung, mengambil paket  All U Can Eat. 

Karena saya datang hari Sabtu, jadi saya mau berbagi ketentuan All U Can Eat untuk hari Sabtu saja. Saya kurang tahu ada perbedaan ketentuan atau tidak kalau bukan hari Sabtu. Harga paket All U Can Eat di Eastern Rp 75.000,00 per orang. Belum termasuk pajak 10% dan service charge 5%. Setelah dihitung-hitung, per orang harus bayar sekitar Rp 87.000,00. Tidak semua menu di Eastern yang termasuk paket All U Can Eat. Tapi paket ini sudah termasuk beberapa dim sum yang membuat saya ketagihan. Dim sum di sini enak. Gambar di bawah ini salah satu dim sumnya. Saya lupa nama dim sumnya apa saja, yang pasti jenis dim sum di bawah ini (yang mau diambil pakai sumpit) merupakan salah satu favorit saya. Bakso udang dan bakpao ayam juga favorit saya. Karena ini All U Can Eat, semua orang beneran jadi kalap. Saya juga. Jadi ga sempat foto makanan yang baru dihidangkan. Pas makanan sudah mau habis, baru saya ingat mau foto makanannya. 

X-Men: First Class

Akhirnya, saya nonton juga film ini. Walaupun nonton dengan (tetep) sedikit sebel karena harus nonton film ini di laptop dan bukannya di bioskop dengan layar besar, tapi saya bela-belain buat nonton walaupun tanpa pakai subtitle.

Mungkin karena memang saya bias, X-Men merupakan film superhero favorit saya, atau memang film ini oke jadi saya merasa film ini bagus. Tapi yang pasti saya lebih suka cerita yang ini dibandingkan film X-Men sebelumnya, X-Men Origin. Tapi tidak dibandingkan 3 film X-Men sebelumnya lagi. FYI, X-Men favorit saya adalah X-Men 2. Intinya, saya menikmati film ini.

Scene favorit saya adalah ketika Hank/Beast mencoba memberikan obat ke Raven/Mystique. Percakapan mereka berakhir ketika Hank mengatakan "You're beautiful, not in the blue color." Raven kemudian bertransformasi dari wujud aslinya ke wujud samarannya. And Hank said "You look more beautifull now." Entah kenapa saya suka scene ini. Menyentuh.

Cute Decorative Cookie

I found these cute decorative cookies in Flickr. So cute.


Beach Set, a photo by Polka-dot Zebra on Flickr.

Father's Day 2011, a photo by Polka-dot Zebra on Flickr.

K-Pop: Top 5 Fave Idol's Voice

I'm not listening all songs from all idols. this is only a list from some idols that i ever heard. mostly from SM, because all artists from sm are awesome (for me). :D

1. Kyuhyun (Super Junior)

Who doesn't like kyuhyun's voice? I'm in love with it. His voice is soft, smooth, and makes everyone who listening to it comfortable. And my fave song that kyuhyun sang is this. I think he covered this song, right? I mean, this is a song from another artist. I'm not pretty sure. This is a song for movie soundtrack, but i don't remember the movie title. The song's title is 7 Years of Love. Just listening, and you'll fall in love with kyuhyun's voice.

Opinion: Miss Ripley

Miss Ripley. Saya baru nonton sampai episode 4, dan saya pingin nge-share pendapat saya tentang drama ini.

Episode pertama menceritakan tentang latar belakang kenapa miss lee da hae bisa menjadi PSK, bisa tinggal di jepang dan mempunyai kepribadian yang misterius, unfriendly,  keras. She’s a hard woman. Really.  Lalu cerita berlanjut ke bagian bagaimana miss le da hae berusaha keras supaya dia bisa keluar dari dunia PSKnya.  Bagaimana dia matia-matian meninggalkan ‘kakaknya’ yang mempekerjakan dia sebagai PSK.  Bagaimana dia berjuang keras menggalkan Jepang menuju Seoul untuk mencari pekerjaan yang layak. Episode awal drama ini menceritakan keinginan kuat lee da hae untuk mengubah hidupnya. Ada satu scene yang menceritakan bagaimana dia melakukan interview pekerjaan. Tapi, karena dia tidak punya latar belakang pendidikan yang bagus, dan tidak ada pengalaman kerja maka dia pun dipandang sebelah mata. Bahkan di salah satu interview yang dilakukan, si bapak pewawancara  menggoda lee da hae, namun ditolak mati-matian sama lee da hae. Dari sini  terlihat karakter kuat lee da hae. Saya suka cerita yang diberikan drama ini. Saya suka karena dari mana asalnya karakter keras lee da hae diceritakan dengan baik di sini. 

New Camera

I've got a new camera last night. Yay! it's been a long, long, long time since i wanted a pocket camera. but, i never success to save my money for that. My brother read that, and bought me a Canon camera as my birthday present. When i opened my present, it's the first time that something make me can't say a word that can describe my feeling. I love it so much. Love, love. love, a lot of love. So, i just said thank you to my brother. Although, actually, i really want to say more. like, how precious it's mean to me. How happy i am. I really love you, bro. Something like that. But, i just say thank you.

The first thing that i shoot was my card present from my brother.

and it's said: "Cut, happy birthday! I just wish all the things you wish for. I will say ameen for you. Just wanna say, when you grow older that means,  your existance should become more important than before for people around you. I've got a present here. It's rarely your brother gives you a present, right? From your handome and cool brother (okay, this time i'm gonna say yes for that)." p.s: if i need it, i can borrow your camera, right?

And this is the front of the card. Cute. I really love this present, this card, so much. Thanks Mas Uqi. 

My Mom, Lorelai, and Beast

I have a weird dream last night (though, i never have a not weird dream). so, it started at india where me, my mom, my dad, and my brother have to get different kind of food for a party at my grandparents' house. apparently, we have to collected all kind of food around the world. and apparently, we have an 'apparate and disapparate' power to go to one place to another place. so, last place that we visited was india. after collected the food (i don't remember what kind of food that we get), we're just holding hand, and voila we're in my grandparents' house in Bali. i love this power, so much.

i don't know how, why, and when i start to fight with my mom. i don't remember what's the problem, we're just yelling each other. Being tired, we stopped yelling and talking to each other. a cold war. i realized that i hate a cold war. so i tried to get closer to my mom, and said "let's talk". and she just said "okay". and we sit in a couch and start our talking session. we share our thought and our opininion about the problem.

I think why suddenly i dream about this 'talking session' is because currently i'm watching Gilmore Girls. I really love the mother-daughter relationship that Rory and Lorelai have. Lorelai can be Rory's mom, best friend, daughter, dad, even her little sister, because sometimes Lorelai act like a 12 years old kid. i love how Rory can tell everything about her to Lorelai. About her study, friends, movies, food, music, love, boyfriends, she can tell them easily to Lorelai. I envy Rory for that (i envy her for 3 cute boys that always around him also). it doesn't mean that i never tell anything to my mom. But, sometimes it's a little awkward for me, if suddenly i said to my mom, "oh my god mom, i met him this morning and it made my heart fluttering." or something like this "oh mom, changmin is so gorgeous, can i keep him?" or "mom, have you heard Lenka's new album?". For me, there're still some things that i can't share with my mom.

Back to my dream, and it's the best part. Seems like it's passed forward, suddenly it's morning. Me and my family were standing in front of  our grandparents' house. Little busy there, because we wanted to go to camping. A family camping. Then, i realized, in front of me, 6 man were standing, and i know their face. Beast. Yeah, all members of Beast are my family. I remember Doojoon bring a badminton racket, Yoseob use a short pants and sling bag. Yoseob just like a little cousin to me. But i don't remember the rest (i'm not sure is gikwang bring a guitar or not). I just remember that i'm flirting to Dongwoon :D (why do i flirt to my own family). He looked absolutely handsome there :D. and then i wake up.

I wake up and just feeling weird. Why Beast suddenly? Doesn't mean that i don't like them. I like them, but not too into them. Just weird and random.