Appreciation Day

I woke up earlier this morning, haha usually woke up late when it comes to "no class @ campus" day. Honestly it's difficult to open your eyes, leaving your (maybe) sweet dream and see your real life was.... nah, I just have short sleep time every single night.

Today I fulfilled my wish, go to rumah buku, Yooyy! as I told in my previous post (which is published already now!) I'm not going there for over a month. So today I spent quite long time in there (confused to decide what to borrow), and after that, went to Setiabudhi supermarket for little grocery jogging. Then got home with tons of "misting", hahahaha....

Things I borrowed from Rumah Buku:
1. Screaming Masterpiece


2. Run Lola Run


3. Funeral Parade of Roses


Stuffs I bought from Setiabudhi supermarket:
1. 1 pack of Taco's seasoning mix
2. minced beef
3. Prego cheese sauce
4. Haan pancake mix
5. Ultra Milk
6. Cheddar Cheese popcorn

I was going to make Taco for dinner, but then I realized I still have ifumie from lunch. well, let's just keep it for tomorrow

Accompanied with good food, my appreciation day is start from now

Jelegur!

(ngasih judul gambar gmana yak? heuheu)

Modem saya meledak! Bapuk pisaaann... Terpaksa posting dari hape (Thank God it's sony ericsson!) walau pendek tak apalah, yang penting ada update, hoho... Ngomong - ngomong itu yang di atas ada foto (stok foto di memori hp), iseng sama saya ditambahin macem2, jadilah seperti yang terlihat, ga jelas, haha. Euh kan isinya mulai ngelantur. Ah, that's it for now. I have a date with kanji for tomorrow's class.

Mudah - mudahan sama mangmangnya cepet dibenerin.


My soundtrack for today : Mew - Beach

Day With Books & Movies

I'm lack of appreciation!! I'ts been a long time I don't do things to enlighted my mind. Need to stimulate my mind into good memory because i'm an absent minded people. If i'm working on one thing, when suddenly other thing appear, I could easily forget my first work, and remember it minutes later. that's suck. So I arrange my schedule tomorrow or the day after for books & movies day. Destination? of course places that provide good books or movies. It would be nice if I could visit all of them. I'm gonna write it down here. If you have a time, go visit those place.

1. Rumah Buku (Kineruku)
Get bored with so called popular reads (teenlit, metropop, you name it)? Get your ass here immediately! located in Hegarmanah (near Setiabudi) here you can read they have unusual type of any kind b-sides (sidestream) books, movies, and music, movie room for movie screening. With 2 kind of membership (pick membership B for more books & movies) feel free to borrow everything lay in there. With cozy & peaceful environment you can read or watch while order some food or beverages from their kitchen.

2. Chelsea DVD (and so Kota Kembang, Pagarsih, and other mini DVD kiosk)
Well Piracy is a bad thing. but without piracy I would never know Lux Lisbon, Alex DeLarge, Vincent Vega, Clementine, or even Von Trapp family. There's no such thing like subtitles DVD @ Dharmawangsa square in Bandung, so it's quite difficult to find an unusual genre of movies here. If you're lucky, You can get rare director's cut cult movie which sometimes hardly find, or full complete season of The Simpsons. Ah I just love Bandung.

3. Gramedia Merdeka
this is my destination when i'm in the heart of the city but don't wanna go home yet. Gramedia is the biggest franchise bookstore in indonesia. they have complete collection of books, magazines, stationery & co. Personally I like being here, stuck at Imported book section or fictions in mezzanine floor. They have a good layout provided with stool if you're tired stand up for read unwrapped books. well if you're interested with something, you can get it with normal price of course, as long you hold the cash, but relax, there's book bazaar if you're on budget finance. Even If you're not buy anything, you can still get tahu brintikk + Tong Tji milk tea, it only cost Rp 10.000,-. A fun way to fill your mind plus stomach. teehee.

4. Periplus Bookstore
in my vision, this is the place for foreigner who wants to know everything about Indonesia. They sell imported books, and things related to Indonesia, like map, travel book, and Indonesian craft. They throw further reduction sale up to 80% regularly. I always get best deal here, fictions for only Rp5.000 - Rp40.000, who can't resist?!

5. Reading Lights
This place is secondhand bookstore. Fictions, art & design books, with half normal price, lovely. Too bad they're not selling magazines anymore. There's cafe too, and free wifi for visitor.

6. Tobucil
Tobucil sell books from not quite well known publisher. That's why you can have book that only sold in Tobucil. Even copy of book copied with xerox.

7. Zoe Comic Zone
Place for comic addict. Comic collection here are uber-complete!

All I can say is happy exploring guys!

Gramophone : July Issue

Before I'm off to my cubicle, I'll give you lullaby from these:

The Jesus & Mary Chain - Sometimes Always EP

Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife

Mew - No More Stories EP

Bjork - Selmasongs

I'm From Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini?

Goodnight & Oyasumi!

Sometimes Life Isn't Easy

Lama sekali saya tidak mampir mampir kesini. SP + koneksi ngehe yang ternyata disebabkan oleh kucing lah alasan bang toyib ga pulang - pulang. Mulai geje. Hahaha how have you been? Entah kenapa perasaan saya lagi kayak sambel, pedesnya bikin kesel, meronta - ronta minta minum, tapi nagih, campur aduk. Plus these things I got all this day until now are succesfully ruined my mood. Shame on you silly people!

ngomong - ngomong bisik kuda, saya mau ngucapin selamat buat teman saya yang besok (lumayan banyak) diwisuda. Hoho terbawa euforia calon wisudawan, penasaran juga abis wisuda katanya bakal ada arak-arakan ke fakultas, trus diceburin apa gimana gitu, lupa. Ahh, what a life. Rasanya baru hari - hari kemaren masih jalan - jalan bareng, nangkring di bar, merayakan ulang tahun, and tomorrow's gonna be different. Saya masih tetep jadi mahasiswa, berkutat dengan SP, mengejar dosen minta bimbingan, lalu yang abis wisuda udah pada naik kelas, naik kelas hidup. They made it through a next phase of their life. Iya sih nanti juga saya lulus diwisuda. Tapi jadi kepikiran, after I made it just like them, what would I do next? Jujur saya masih bingung. Beberapa waktu lalu saya masih banyak ngehayal, abis lulus terus diwisuda, trus bekerja dengan berbagai benefit yang didapat. Cuman wew, we're entering real world. Am I capable enough? saya mungkin berpikir seperti ini karena ada beberapa gol yang belum dicapai. Judulnya mah belom siap lah. Tapi harusnya waktu bukan penghalang. Kapanpun kalau mau gol - gol itu pasti bisa tercapai. Semangat!!! Nampaknya bucket list saya bakal bertambah nanti, hehehehe.

Do you have your own bucket list?

Photos by Damien Rudd

ngomong - ngomong Indonesia menang loh lawan MU

Menang WO. Huahahahaha

Sayonara Umi Chan

Ah saya mau lokal hari ini, hahahaha. Setelah post - post sebelumnya berhasil saya tulis dengan (sok tapi jadinya lousy) english (maafkan!), saya mau kembali ke bahasa ibu dulu, yaitu bahasa sunda.
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ribet ah, bahasa Indonesia aja deh, huahahaha labil.



2 hari ini saya sukses tidur kayak mayat, tapi bukan ngemayat kayak kata Tio. Huahaha ga ngerti juga kenapa, malah kemaren rekor pecah dengan tidur 12 jam. Apakah ini akumulasi tidur cuma 3 jam sehari 2 minggu sebelumnya? (heuheu ada sih ceritanya, cuman masih draft) entahlah, hanya kasur yang tau.

Well, 2 malam yang lalu I had a fun night! Teman saya dari Jepang Umi chan akan pulang ke kampung halaman sabtu ini. Jadi kemarin lusa kita mengadakan farewell party bersama "geng" BLCI. Tadinya rencananya sebelum bertemu saya niatnya cari kado dulu. Berhubung yang lain pada ga bisa soalnya ada ujian, akhirnya cari sendiri. Dengan pedenya ke PVJ soalnya yakin di Sogo ada counter Warwick Purser (nama bule tapi jual kerajinan Indonesia, aneh), waktu itu juga pernah ngasih bule oleh - oleh dari sini, dianya girang bukan kepalang. Yah pajangan - pajangan khas lokal bisa jadi buah tangan yang bermakna buat si penerima. Dengan derap langkah pasti masuklah saya ke Sogo, melewati counter Giordano, belok kiri ke tempat gelas - gelas kaca, Warwick Purser berada, tapi kok gelasnya jadi kasur? tanya - tanya ke si mbak Sogo bilangnya udah ga ada. Mulai bingung. Yasudah keliling PVJ dulu aja siapa tau ada counter gerobak2 mini di jalan yang jual yang aneh - aneh. Baru jalan sampe Nike ga ada counter gerobak hiji hiji acan. Jalannya lagi dibenerin! Liat yang di bawah ada yang jual souvenir luar negeri, ga mungkin, pasti dia udah punya (pede amat). Apa beli ke Daiso? Ngasih ke orang Jepang oleh - oleh Jepang, garing pisann. Akhirnya saya memutuskan untuk pindah ke toko Setiabudhi, berhubung disana supermarket impor, pasti dia jual barang - barang khas lokal, soalnya banyak bule yang dateng kesitu. Terus rada inget di bawah ada toko ethnic craft. Dasar kepedean, udah sampe sana toko yang dimaksud sudah berganti tempat fitnes. Oh Holy Cow, nyari kemana lagii??!? Baru inget, di atas kan ada periplus, toko buku impor, dan dengan pedenya lagi berpikir, disitu pasti ada barang - barang khas lokal juga. Yossh! saya pun ke lantai atas, lewat supermarket, di counter jepang terkecoh sesaat sama diskon sushi 50%, liat dulu sebentar. Baru juga mau keluar lewat kasir,,

"Taffy, Taffy?"

Saya pun reflek menengok dan........... iya, itu Umi. Gagal maning lah saya cari kado buat dia. Akhirnya saya sama dia ke BLCI bareng - bareng, nungguin yang lagi pada ujian, baru sekitar jam 7an berangkat ke Ciwalk, ke Gokana makan ramen "food court" kalau kata Umi.

Kampai dengan botol sambel

WingWing + Marmo dengan menunya

Jadinya ngasih kalung handmade, hahahaha

Mingtse suka ga jelas

Tadinya mau lanjut makan yoghurt J.Co, tapi semua sudah kenyang sama ramen, jadinya ga jadi, and that's a wrap. Farewell party yang akrab dan hangat. We're gonna miss you!

Between Waking & Sleeping

I'd really like to say something now. Anything about what happened today or yesterday. But I'm too sleepy plus too lazy to write it down here, haha forgive my lazyness, should get rid of it immediately. Yeah later.

Hmm maybe I just share my On-The-Go most played playlist today, hoho. So here it goes :
1. Liebestraum (Frans Liszt) - Fantastic Plastic Machine Feat. Yashuaki Shimizu
2. Happy Where You Are - Orwell
3. Light & Day - The Polyphonic Spree
4. Well-Known Blueberry - Tutu Helvetica
5. Sad Song - Au Revoir Simone
6. Broke - Captain
7. You Get What You Give - New Radicals
8. Mamayukero+Bakumbakero - Warkop DKI

I'm looking for streaming to all tracks above (especially the last one), but I haven't found it. Maybe you could ask Mr.Google for listening room, heeeee... lazyness strikes back^^




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I Scream for Ice Cube!

After Shida posted something related with Baskin Robbins, I dream of ice cream every single time, even in my last night sleep(and I still can't believe Starbucks have its own line of Ice cream). Suddenly remembered there is a restaurant In New York City, Serendipity that serve world's most expensive ice cream called "The Grand Opulence Sundae".

Made with 5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf, the sundae is drizzled with the world's most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela's coast. The masterpiece is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, gold dragets, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, an exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color. It's sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold spoon to partake in the indulgenceserved with a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by Ron Ben-Israel.

Allright, I'm gonna sell my DSLR camera for a scoop. zzzzzzz

$1000 for messy ice cream
(Nenek lo nyimeng, mending gw beli Macbook!!)

Anyway, my high school friend Rizqi Pratama tagged me in his notes. He said that his work called Lovely Basin are included in 20 finalist of Djarum Black Innovation Award, and you should VOTE for him because 10 lucky winner are willing to get Ipod nano-chromatic. Isn't that tempting? So hurry check this out!

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

William Miller : "I have to go home!"
Penny Lane : "You are home."