Greetings from East Java

Hi guys!

It's me writing here from a dormitory room in Malang, East Java.

What am I doing here? I am here for a field work in a research project from my campus.

How long would I be in here? For around 1 month.

It's my first time to work outside Jakarta/Depok and it feels like... riding a roller coaster *deep sigh*.

I don't know, but I don't feel so comfy here. I miss my room, enjoying my washroom time, my personal space and stuffs, cooking my own food, and most of all I miss my mom and my hometown as well, hiks... :''(

In the name of the heavy load of my working responsibility, wish me for a safe and smooth work here. Thanks!

Will You Marry Me?

Someone popped me that question yesterday. On the phone.

And I replied...

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Ok. Yes, I will.

OMG!!!!

Just did some browsing on google picture and look who I found.....................

My sweetheart in Melayu outfit!!!!!

Dunno if it is real or photoshopped but still my sweetheart looks soo charismatic!

2015

Just get some time to blogging and I hope it's not too late to say Happy New Year 2015! May everything get better in this year and hopefully we can always be healthy and happy uhyeah!!!

Nothing much to write I guess...

I was actually planning for a beauty kind of post but I haven't taken any pict yet so I guess I will post later lah.

Life is running fine, Alhamdulillah, just getting some up and down in heart.

Well, you know, I think it's kind a time to start writing about... my love life? Really.. Err... Ok, ok..

So, I don't know where to start, but... I just met someone who has been in contact with me from the past 5 good month. Well, OMG... why I am so shy writing about it...

OK.

So, in the last Idul Fitri, my uncle introduced me to his 26 y.o brother-in-law, with the intention of YOU-KNOW-WHAT-I-MEAN.

So, we got handshake continued with a kind of super-shy meeting..

My uncle, the mastermind of this YOU-KNOW-WHAT-I-MEAN, arranged a scenario in which his brother-in-law got to have a bath in my house in kampung so that we could meet (such a weird scenario, but if you live in my kampung you will know how it is uneasy to get water to bath in some particular time).

And we did. Just a plain meet. He came to my house with an intention to have a bath without any idea that he had fallen into the scene. I knew it. I then sat in the living room, waiting. He finally came out freshly bathed and sat in the good angle where I could see him properly but I was too shy even just to see him.

It was actually not only me there, my parents and my aunty were there as well offering some sweet. The conversation was dominated by my hilarious aunty teasing him while my parents, especially my dad-just as his nature, didn't talk much. And me: mute mode on. Words exchange: no. Eye contact: sadly no!

Long story short, after that pathetic meeting he went back to his place to work and I went back home. Before I went back home, my mastermind uncle asked my mobile number and gave it to him and surprisingly, I still remember the date: 5 August 2014, he texted me a SMS and yeah...  we officially got in touch since that time. Starting by his SMS, moving on to Blackberry Messenger and then... continued by long hour of phone call haha!

There's obviously up and down during that + 4 month of communication, I once wrote here. That was quite long communication hiatus since that event, the longest period of no SMS, BBM, phone call, whatsoever. I felt so bad that time. I really wanted to call, asking how's life and hearing his voice, but again I think I was too imperious just to make a call.

Approaching the new year, he got leave from his work and he came to visit his brother in Jakarta. I knew he will visit me as well, bcoz he already told about that before that long hiatus. And yeah, he did. He managed to be soo brave to visit me at my aunty house last Saturday. That was the second time I see him in real and my first time to see him closely and intensely (well, not that close and that intense lah!). Aand.. He looks nice, well behaved somemore. I have to admit. And I feel happy to get to know that someone came to see me.

So, yeah.. That's pretty much I can write for now. I hope it (YOU-KNOW-WHAT-I-MEAN) goes toward the right path. Ameen.

Still it takes time to get to know about someone's character, right?  Hopefully it wouldn't take too long lah!

Run Run Run

Just reading an inspirational story of the world oldest marathon runner, Mr Fauja Singh.

He has been quoted as saying, "I am very careful about different foods. My diet is simple phulka, dal, green vegetables, yogurt and milk. I do not touch parathas, pakoras, rice or any other fried food. I take lots of water and tea with ginger. ... I go to bed early taking the name of my Rabba (God) as I don’t want all those negative thoughts crossing my mind."

Speaking about the marathon, he said: "The first 20 miles are not difficult. As for last six miles, I run while talking to God."

I don't know but he inspires me to keep myself healthy, always be busy with positive thoughts and keep running, moving on in life instead of being drowned in sorrow.

Have a long live baba ji!

The Lunch Box

I just bought a small lunch box last week...

The reason why I decided to buy: it comes with spoon, fork, and chopsticks, it's made of good plastic, and... it was on SALE, obviously...

But guys.. what I actually want is a lunch box exactly like this...

The reason why: becoz the inside material is made of steel so it can keep your meals warm, and... I love the color!

Yellow yellow, dirty fellow... I love YELLOW!

Just let me informed guys if you know where to get that kind of lunch box.
Thanks :)

How To: Make Your Own Eye Make Up Remover

Hi guys!

Kali ini aku mau share cara membuat sendiri make up remover yang cocok buat membersihkan make up di wajah khususnya di daerah mata. Tau kan kalo make up di bagian mata itu biasanya paling ribet dan susah buat dihapus karena areanya kecil, sensitif tapi penuh dengan aneka rupa eye shadow dan eye liner.

Menghapus make up dengan make up remover yang sudah tersedia memang lebih praktis, tapi berhubung aku jarang banget pake make up berat jadi berasa sayang aja kalo beli. Ditambah lagi make up remover suka berbau menyengat dan bikin kulit jadi kering so... why not making it myself? And here is my version of DIY Eye Make Up Remover...

Prinspnya, bahan yang diperlukan adalah kombinasi antara cairan dan minyak. Cairan di sini fungsinya adalah untuk menyegarkan kulit sementara minyak bertugas untuk melarutkan make up di wajah.

Untuk cairan aku pake toner yang ringan dan segar (jangan pake toner yang strong, karena bisa bikin perih dan iritasi) dan  untuk minyak bisa didapat dari petroleum jelly atau baby oil (bisa juga pake extra virgin olive oil atau minyak zaitun murni).

contoh hasilnya: menghapus waterproof eyeliner

Begini cara pakainya...

• Aplikasikan toner secukupnya pada kapas 
• Kemudian tambahkan satu tetes baby oil (satu tetes baby oil cukup untuk membersihkan satu bagian mata)
• Tutup matamu (ini penting nih, matanya jangan sampe melek), taruh kapas tersebut pada mata, diamkan selama 3-5 detik
• Sapukan kapas ke arah luar mata dan bersihkan sisa make up dengan usapan ringan
• Setelah make up terangkat, basuh wajah dengan face wash, bilas dengan bersih, keringkan, dan aplikasikan toner kembali jika diperlukan

Notes:

• Karena formulanya yang ringan dan alami, sisa-sisa make up yang masih nempel di wajah harus dibersihkan lagi dengan face wash dan aplikasikan toner kembali jika dirasa perlu 

Selamat mencoba and good luck!

Kyun Ki Tum Hi Ho

Cannot find words for this spectacular duet...

Kicking Out Disappointment

Let's finish all disappointment from yesterday. 

Start the new day with new idea, new plan, and new positive blog post. 

Why oh Why

Why are we so easy to judge people with zero level of knowing about each other?

People say, don't judge a book by its cover. It is true, but I know it is also not easy to stop our mind from labeling someone that passes our eyes.

For example, you were roaming in the market when you saw a very fat lady walked by. Your mind unconsciously said, what a gigantic aunty! look at her boobs. how did she find bra in that size, how will her husband.... etc, etc, etc. 

Isn't that kind of thing happen often? When we see something and our mind instantly starts thinking: this is good, this is bad, that looks so ugly, OMG she's so stupid, that's so cheap, mines better, yours worse, etc, etc.

He uses iPhone; he must be a rich-urban man. 

An aunty walks holding hands with a younger-looking man; she must be a slutty lady and he must be using her for her money.

That polkadot blouse with that ugly skirt and that dull scarf; she must be coming from a poor family with a horrible taste of fashion without any mirror in her room.

Now...

What if the fact is: he got the iPhone from stealing?

What if the fact is: they are just married, no matter that the woman is 15 years older, they find a truly comfort in each other and both are already settled down 

What if the fact is: she is a medical doctor who needs to go to the hospital immediately to save the patient so that she picks randomly what she can reach in her closet

See?

Don't easily fall in to conclusion about something that you don't have knowledge about. It is better to remain in neutral even positive vibe. Train to keep your mind away from thinking bad and most important of all, always be kind to people no matter how bad their cover look. 

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Ok my friend. I am feeling so sad now. And down as well.

I just came home from a scholarship interview and it didn't go very well if I may score myself. I was opt to continue my graduate study in UI so that the reviewers constantly ask, why UI? Why don't you take abroad university? Have you done any browsing for the overseas university? You don't challenge yourself? Your TOEFL score is not good enough to get to university abroad. Bla, bla, bla. What the heck is wrong with taking local university? I don't know if it's me that's never been good in pointing an argument but I don't think I delivered reasons that pleased them. Just let see how's the result in the next 2 weeks. Still I have a slight hope for the best result and definitely expect get myself ready for the worst: get rejected.

In other case, I am also sad that someone whom I've never talked in real before judged me RUDE just based on a text-chat.

He was the first that disappointed me on a phone call; I was busy talking and he surprisingly gone sleep on the other side of the phone. I instantly got upset lah! Why? Becoz already told him in advance; if you want to sleep you can go sleep and take some rest but he replied; no, no, I will sleep later.

I then continued talking and rambling before I realized that he didn't give any reply. I kept hello-ing; hello, hello, you there, you there, reply me please, you there, you sleep, where are you going, hello, hello, hello...

I then closed the phone and texted him, go to hell; 3 words that I already regret typing it right second after I pressed enter. But what can I do, the text's already sent and I couldn't delete it. 

So I guess he read it in the next morning and we didn't have any contact for the next 5 days. I keep thinking if it hurts him over and over before I decided to apologize for saying that words. He accepted my apology and asked back for apology for making me upset by leaving me on the phone like that. But then he said, are you always like that when you're upset, being rude?

What? Rude? Oh come on!

You also wrote that go to hell in your status. Now I am saying that words right in front of you thus you call me RUDE? How can you say that I am rude? Based on what? In what capacity have you been in touch with me? Have you known me very well so that you can say that I am a rude girl? Have you talked to me face to face? Have you been in difficult situation with me that wakes the evil up inside me? The answer is all NO!

I don't mean to say that I am the sweet girl that saying all sweet and wise words. No. Not at all.

When I am upset I do curse. When something went wrong I say bad words as well. But that doesn't mean that I keep saying that on the daily basis to every people. No. 

Just ask my close friends or my family (unless mom and my sister of course, hahah), none of them will ever say that I am a rude person.

It feels sad, you know. It feels sad when someone who barely knows you put a bad label on you just like that.

:'( :'(

Product Review: Himalayan Herbals

Hi guys!

Kali ini aku menyaru menjadi beauty blogger karena aku akan mereview produk kecantikan dari Himalayan Herbals.

Jadi sekitar sebulan yang lalu, aku jalan ke Margo City dan ternyata Watson lagi ada sale gede-gedean, mulai dari produk kecantikan hingga kesehatan semuanya lagi diskon. Singkat cerita, aku yang suka liat-liat beauty product ini akhirnya nyangkut di booth Himalayan Herbals.

Brand ini jelas-jelas asing sekali buatku karena belum pernah dengar sebelumnya dan pertama kali melihatnya ya pas di situ itu. Setelah dijelaskan panjang lebar oleh mbak-mbaknya dan baca sendiri kandungan produknya di balik setiap kemasan... ehh.... ternyata... made in Bangalore, India.

The Body Experiment

I have an interesting idea to make you know your body better. Starts from getting familiar with your natural smell, a.k.a body odor. Here is the way:

Just in one fine normal day, try going out and do your activity without applying deodorant, deo powder, perfume, or whatsoever on your body. Let your armpit be as natural as possible without putting anything on it. Do your activity as you use to be in the daily basis. As the day passes, go back home and smell your cloth on the armpit part. That's your natural body odor!

I know it sounds ewww... kind a rather disgusting to going out without putting deodorant but guys, who else would know your body better than you? It is you! Not the doctor, nor your mom.

Sometimes the body odor problem can be cured by changing your life style such as modifying your food intake or bathing more cleanly, not by putting more deo. Give your armpit the time to release the sweat naturally bcoz sweating is one of natural forms of detoxification. 

If you don't feel confident to go out in a day without deo, it is very fine. We all use deo to not ruin people's nose especially in public transportation. I use deo too. But at the end of the day, do make it a habit to sleep with deo-free armpit to give it a time to breath. 

Gud luck!

Need To Talk

Hi guys.

I just woke up from a 2 hours nap and I don't feel good now. Lately, I have been feeling that I need someone to talk, about everything, at anytime, by anyways. But sadly I just don't have that someone to talk :'(

Turning 23

I am turning 23 today!

Nothing much special today coz I am so busy and tired in finishing my field work. I actually had planned some kind of birthday post, writing about things that I am grateful for and things that I want to achieve in my 23 buuuut... I am not in a good mood to write about all those. Maybe later I will do Ok!

For now, I just wanna express my gratitude to Allah SWT for all the unstoppable blessing and love He showers me, despite the up and down of my imaan. Oh Allah, please always guide me and show me the way to live a better quality of living, for myself and people I love and people who love me.

I hope in my 23rd age I can improve my daily ibadat and be more sincere in heart; no more wrong deed and negative feeling inside my heart so that I can always think positive and do kindness to people and my surroundings.

May in my 23rd age I can always perform healthy lifestyle and influence people around me to do so, be healthy inside and outside. May I can always be consistent in doing what I am doing, be a better person with integrity, patience, and honesty. To be a professional in one particular field so that I can earn good with my profession and help my family and people around me that are in need.

And last but not least... I hope I can continue living my life with someone I love and loves me back, just in the right time so that I have someone to share about everything in life coz lately I have been realizing that living alone feels suck.

Semoga Allah SWT mengabulkan harapan-harapan sunyi di hati yang sedang berultah ini. Amien.

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So...... The picture of the birthday girlll
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Date taken: 7-Oct-2014
Camera: Sony DSC W270
Story behind the photo: I was so ready to go to work... but first let me take a selfie ;)

Stay young, positive, and healthy guys!

xoxo

Muara Hati

Currently in love with this song. Dato' Siti Nurhaliza is absolutely a great singer. I get goosebumps everytime she sings with her powerful voice.

Assorted Soaps

Hi guys...

So yesterday I went to department store just to buy............. soaps!

Initially I only wanted to buy one, but as I smelled each variant of soaps I couldn't stop myself not to get one of every variant!

You know guys, I just woke up in the middle of the night bcoz I am sweating and it is so hot here. So I decided to continue some works and do blogging.

You know guys, I just realized how stupid and careless I am since I just opened the admission web for a postgrad study in UI and guess what.... the major that I would like to take IS NOT OPEN for the next coming semester, which means, it will only be opened on the semester after the next semester, August 2015! Oh gosshh... How can I not know... Well, Okay.. Someone from one department has already told me abot that but I was just too busy lazy to log on and check the registration page to make it sure.. but wait... I remembered a lady from another department once told me that it will be opened, which made me confident that it surely will! #ahsudahlah #mungkindialelah #atau #mungkinsayayanglelah

Sooo what I am gonna do now...? Should I still apply for LPDP for this November's batch? What I am gonna do if I didn't pass? What I am gonna do after this semester ends? Will I be able to assist the class on the next semester? What I am gonna do during the time before that awaiting semester come? Working? Or.... getting married maybe?

Birthing Over Wedding

Hello guys.. how's life? Hope you all doing well. It's October already and guess what... I am turning 23 in very soon hehehehh...

So guys in the past few days I have been watching some wedding and birthing videos on youtube and facebook. The wedding videos are soo beautiful, one of my favorite is this. 

But guys... but... as I watched a birthing video shared by my friend on facebook yesterday... I think that... I am trapped in a deeper state of emotion compared to the emotion I feel when watching the wedding video. Both are incredibly beautiful but... I dunno guys... The birthing video just gave me more goosebumps... But yaa I know, in order to give birth as sweet as that way, you gotta get married first :'))

20 Facts About Me

I know no one tagged me for this #20factsaboutme post, so why not I tag my ownself hahahhh... Okay let's get started...

1. I am a morning-breakfast person. I always wake up early in morning and I can never skip breakfast
2. I love music and lots of song, but I cannot sing nor play any musical instrument
3. I was born and raised in Padang until I graduated high school. I then moved to Depok to continue study in Universitas Indonesia
4. I do not drink coffee and I hate cigarette as well as the asshole smoker
5. I love jogging and playing badminton with my brother
6. I really enjoy my childhood time. If I could, I would love to turn back time and live my childhood time foreveeerrrr
7. I am pretty indecisive, there is always something in between Yes and No in my life #iamnotagooddecisionmaker
8. I am a punctual person. I always do my best to arrive earlier and anytime I got late I sweat a lot and my heart beats very fast
9. I can only sleep with lights off
10. I do not consume much of dairy products
11. I am family girl. I love my family so much and I would do everything for them
12. I don't really like eating out in the restaurant
13. I love cooking and experimenting new recipes
14. I love Japanese and Indian food, even sometimes I crave for Japanese curry and Indian roti
15. Eventhough I am from Padang, I actually don't really like Rendang #sorrymom
16. I don't like walking with eyes on the mobile phone
17. I love watching make up tutorial  and cooking video on youtube 
18. I have been thinking to be a vlogger (video blogger) from the past few month. I guess one day I will make it true :))
19. I never really hate people coz I belive that everyone has its own positive quality
20. My favorite colors are pink, yellow, and white

Reuniting Brotherhood

Last weekend I went to Bandung to visit my 3 siblings and it felt soooo nice and peaceful to be completely-brotherly reuniting when you are far away from home ;)

Having Ramen as dinner (taking pix while waiting for the ramen to come)

Morning walk to campus... Ohh.. I always love the fresh ambiance in morning Bandung

Talking About Price...

I am actually not a really accessories-girl but once a while when I have a short visit to accessories shop, of course lah hasrat tuk membeli barang-barang cute itu tak dapat terbendung juga, hehehe...

From my little experiences purchasing accessories, I personally think price doesn't always matter. I mean, cutie stuffs often come with more affordable price. Even the quality is not as good as the pricey ones, at least, you still can go menggaya with it lah, hahaha...

Here are some examples of my recent broke down in accessories stores:

See? Even my cheap ring looks more fancy than the pricey one!

Okay.. I think that's more than enough for me. It's time to earn and save more money now... in order to.... get married maybe... hehehehe...!!! Amieen...:)