2011 in a glance

I'm writing this short note within two and half hours of countdown to the new year 2011.
The best phrase to describe this year for me is: " what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger"
Not that I'm saying that I had worse year than yours cause I believe that everyone had their own battle, it's just by far, the toughest year I had. On the other side, I learned a lot through the tough times this 2011.

I gained weight, lost weight *I just have to put this one first :p*

Taken six months long of continuous medicine and thank God I can recover from the things that made me taken all those pills.

I went through a very personal breakdown but thankfully I managed to recover slowly.

I had my longest hair since I was born and managed to cut it this tuesday.

I've taken the most airplane ride that I think I would have for the next following years of my life.

This year is also the last year that I become a bridal party member.

Through all of these (maybe some I forget to mention) made me realized that there's no way I can get through this crazy year without His strength's and guidance. The experiences this year also leads me to be more sure of what I want to achieve in 2012. There's no such things as coincidence, it's already written in His hands. So thank you Lord for 2011 and please bless us in everything that we plan for 2012.


- Abeth on BlogPress from her iPod

Location:Jalan Gading Kirana 2,,Indonesia

We’ve grown up

September 26th, 2011

Minggu lalu saya berbincang-bincang dengan seorang sahabat di kantor via messenger. Saya di kantor saya di Singapura dan sahabat saya tersebut berkantor di Busan, Korea Selatan. Mungkin bagi Anda yang membaca, kalian menilai kalau kami ialah dua teman yang punya karier luar biasa, tinggal dan bekerja overseas. Mungkin bagi yang lain berpikir, betapa meng-eneg-kan dan sok pamer sekali orang yang nulis postingan ini. – well, the most probable thing is: no one read this post. Ha!


OK, kembali ke perbincangan awal saya dengan sahabat saya tersebut. Seperti biasa di tengah jam kantor, kami suka berbincang hal yang tidak penting (but hey! Sapa juga yang ga suka chatting urusan pribadi di kantor?) tiba-tiba sahabat saya ini menemukan harta karun yang terkubur cukup lama. Not literally. Dia menemukan kembali blognya yang dibuat di masa labilnya. *evil laugh*.


Saya yang pada waktu itu agak sibuk, jadi tergelitik sejenak untuk melihat blog jaman SMA tersebut. (probably around 7 years ago).
Saya klik alamat yang diberikan oleh sahabat saya tersebut and I was stunned when I saw that blog after a long long time. Astajim. What could have we wrote when we were younger?


Why did I say ‘we’ ? I think most probably is because she is one of the person who influenced me to start writing on the internet. I saw the layout of feyusu.blogspot.com and I can still feel the craziness and silliness of her during her ‘unstable teenager’ year a.k.a. zaman abege labil.
Seeing her writings, I can feel her passion so much about K-POP (which is rare for six years ago) and how honest a teenager can be about her daily life. I mean, come on, not everyone is dedicated enough to spend more than half hour writing about their daily life.
Though today I think the blogging thing has moved to a different level (see those fashionista blog or whatever thingy they called it), it’s a consistency that I salute the most from my dear friend Feyusu.


So after seeing her blog, I was like being slapped again (this week I think I’m having some major wake up call about life, I’ll tell you one by one later). I remember I was once like her, I love to write. Always have and always will. I want to re-live that passion again. I think it doesn’t matter about whether someone’s reading your blog or not. It’s a matter of self satisfaction and believe me, when you read or own writings in a long-long time after.. you will see how much you have grown. It’s good to know that I have grown up with my writings and with my dear friend Feyusu *air hug* 

oh man. look how labil we were!

NOTE: I have NO idea why suddenly I changed my writing from bahasa to English. I just wrote things that came out on my mind.

blast from the past writing

On this one random day, my dearest friend gave me a link of our blog we used to write together to pour our thoughts and story. It was a private blog, only four of us can access it. Even i already forgot the ID and password hahaha. It was written on Dec 9th, 2009, almost two years ago. And I was the one who wrote the latest post. I didn't exactly remember how we stopped writing at that blog, but somehow reading those posts has made my day.

The title of my last post was: "Bukan gossip. Hanya fakta ditambah bumbu emosional sedikit."
WICKED! hahahaha.

I copy paste here for your entertainment - and yes, my writer's name is B.S.B Backstabbing Bitch :p
Enjoy!


Hai teman-teman. Yang akan saya tulis di bawah ini, bukanlah gossip yang patut dipergunjingkan dan HOT seperti post sebelumnya. Kali ini saya mau nulis catatan akhir tahun aja. Walaupun sekarang belum menjelang akhir desember, masih awal, tapi menurut saya tidak ada salahnya lah. Selama saya masih bisa punya kesempatan menulis hal ini. Betul? *betul*. Oh iya, sebagai warning, mungkin yang saya tulis ini akan membosankan. Ga dibaca ampe abis juga gapapa kok. Ga dikomenin juga gapapa. Saya tahu kok kalian baca juga. EHEHEHE *pede ala pejuang kemerdekaan*

Oh iya sebagai catatan, mungkin saya yang paling rajin ngepost di blog ini. Udah gitu panjang-panjang ga penting lagi. hahaha. saya sebenernya paling semangat kalo disuru nulis. Jujur saya akui saya lebih bisa berkomunikasi dengan non verbal dengan lebih baik dibanding dengan ngomong langsung. Kalo ngomong langsung rasanya banyak yang salah yang keluar dari mulut saya. The only verbal communication I’m good at is karaoke-ing. I won’t get speechless; I won’t hurt you with the words that came out from my mouth because obviously those lines were already written that way. So ya, thanks again to whoever started this whole blog idea. Ihiy.

Huff…. Saya bingung mau ngomong dari mana. Hmmm… ah…

Some graduate from universities, some still doing their best to finish the university

Some hearts were broken, some hearts are filled with new love, some hearts are still trying to hold on and some hearts still remain untouched

Some had their first job; some even already get their second job yet; some still adjusting with their job

Some choose to bond closer in this group while some just seems to walk in different directions.

Some made a giant leap decision with their lives while some are trying to get steady with what they already had

Some people miss the old days while some are excited about the future.

Some people choose to tell everything to their friends while some choose to keep some things for themselves.

Some is trying to write these stupid words to impress others while you are trying to figure out what the hell she wants to say. *kekeke*

Okay, enough of this cheesy crap hahaha. I’ll stop this melodramatic kind of poem. All I want to say is I LOVE YOU GUYS! Thanks for being such a good friends on my ups and downs, on my sugary flowery days and on my super emo dark days. For almost 365 days you guys filled my days. I always believe that are no such things as a coincidence, God has made a great plan to each and every one of us. So when we met and become friends, it’s our joy, it is also your derita lu pade punya temen aneh macem gw. bwakakaka.

All right then. I’ll stop this insanity. The truth is I’m waiting till 5p.m. so I can get home from my office. Hahaha. But then when I read my writing above, it wasn’t that bad (except for all the wrong grammars which will be corrected by bigheadedphilophobia).

Have a splendid new year everyone!

x.o.x.o.

BSB-backstabbingbitch

When Life Throws Dirt On You !!

Repost from someone whom i don't know. haha. but it's a good one. must read :)


One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hour as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.



Finally , he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then to everyone's amazement he quieted down.



A few shovel loads later , the farmer finally looked down the well , He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back the donkey was doing something amzaing. He would shake it off and take a step up.



As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal , he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off.



Life is going to shovel dirt on you, All kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells, just by not stopping, never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up.



Remember the five simple rules to be happy :



1. Liberate your heart from Hatred - Forgive

2. Liberate your mind from worries - Most never happen.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.

Lost in currency

Yesterday i decided to clean up my wallet because it was too heavy from coins :p
Then i found out that i have four different curencies on my wallet,

The biggest amount was from singapore dollar, also the heaviest cause i have their coins are heavy and i have plenty of them,

The second is indonesian rupiah. Yes, those goban-ceban-goceng thingy in colorful blue, purple, green. (yet i still wondering why our paper money get dirty easily compare with other currencies)

And do you see the 'kampoeng tempo dulu' money? The third currency is only last for two weeks during the Jakarta Fashion and Food Festival this year - what a waste of paper :p

And last and the most least. Malaysia Ringgit coins hahaha. You may not see them cleary on the picture, because i only have four coins which only worth one ringgit (less than three thousand rupiah). And that happens because i spent all the ringgit i have in Johor Bahru, earlier this month ( yes, it's cheapier to shop there, you're gonna spend your every penny)



- Abeth on BlogPress from her iPod

Look who's back!

O mai gawt. Hahahaha... Seems like I need to mimicking Chandler's ex-girlfriend, Janice, when she says : o my god - to describe how i feel.

My 6 years old laptop whom i had first when i decided to study at UPH is risen! Hahaha... Well, actually the laptop was never died or anything, it's just that i feel too snob to use the laptop for the past year :p
I feel that the laptop had too many problems with the sound, speed and battery etc etc. So i stoped using it for more than a year and leave it to my dad.

The funny thing is, this week i'm already so sure to buy a new laptop, but then just because i need tp check something on the world wide web, i had to use this 'senior citizen' laptop. Although at first the laptop didn't start up as the way i expected, it is actually still 'okay' if you want to use it to browse or type things (blogging etc).

So i guess it was never that easy to forget your first love huh... i mean, first laptop. Hope this reunion lasts for another six years. Kekeke


- Abeth on BlogPress from her iPod

Location:Jalan Gading Kirana 2,Jakarta Capital Region,Indonesia

2NE1 - LONELY [HD]

I'm not a k-pop fan. But somehow when I randomly watched this video on youtube, the word lyrics "lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely" keeps playing in my head.
Maybe it's just because I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely this past weeks :D

I put the english translation below. Cause if I put the korean lyrics, you guys wouldn't understand it too rite? haha



The words I'm saying right now, I don't know if they'll hurt you
They'll probably make you hate me forever
You, saying that I'm not the same as I used to be, is not completely untrue
This changed me is a stranger to myself as well
You are so kind but
That's the way you are but oh
I don't know I don't know
Why I am like this
We were so in love, and you're here now but oh
I don't know
I want to find myself now

Baby I'm sorry, even when I'm with you, I'm Lonely
I must be lacking when it comes to love, please forgive this person horrible person I am
I'm sorry, this is your and my story
I must not be worthy of this thing called love, even though I'm by your side
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely

You didn't do anything wrong, I'm the strange one
It seems I've already been prepared long ago, for our breakup
I really wanted to treat you well, out of all the times, why is it when I'm confronted by love
I am shrinking away & am lonely endlessly
You are so kind but
That's the way you are but oh
I don't know I don't know
Why I am like this
We were so in love, and you're here now but oh
I don't know
I want to find myself now

Baby I'm sorry, even when I'm with you, I'm Lonely
I must be lacking when it comes to love, please forgive this person horrible person I am
I'm sorry, this is your and my story
I must not be worthy of this thing called love, even though I'm by your side
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely

Cuz I'm just another girl
This night is lonely, I
Can't take any more, Good bye
Cuz I'm just another girl
I'm so lonely
Even though I'm by your side right now
Baby I'm so lonely
Lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely
Baby I'm so lonely lonely lonely

Turn Right

Ada satu hal yang sulit saya lakukan sampai sekarang. Hal tersebut menurut saya cukup penting dalam kehidupan sehari-hari: membedakan kanan dengan kiri. Hohoho.

Mungkin terkesan aneh bagaimana saya tidak bisa membedakan kanan dengan kiri secara refleks. Saya tidak tahu apakah hal tersebut ada hubungannya dengan IQ atau saraf-saraf di otak saya yang ga nyambung satu dengan lainnya. Bukan berarti saya tidak bisa membedakan kanan dengan kiri, tapi biasanya saya mengalami panik terlebih dahulu jika ditanya mengenai arah. Biasa butuh waktu lebih dari 5 detik bagi saya untuk membedakan arah kanan dan kiri hehe. Yang sering terjadi, saya terlebih dahulu asal menunjuk atau menuju suatu arah, tanpa peduli benar atau tidaknya.

Contoh yang beberapa minggu lalu terjadi ialah ketika saya keluar dari gate bandara. Saya sudah diberi tahu untuk keluar belok kiri, tapiii saya tidak bisa berpikir kiri ke arah mana sehingga dengan suksesnya saya keluar ke arah pintu kanan. Hahaha. Konyol dan kadang agak menyedihkan juga keadaan saya ini. Padahal kemarin teman-teman saya sudah menunggu dengan harap-harap cemas di sebelah kiri dengan membawa karton nama saya. Hehe...

Maafkan saya kawan-kawan. Sekarang kalian tahu kelemahan saya, tolong tuntun saya dalam masalah arah kanan dan kiri :p



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Water runs dry

Me and my friend were walking outside Promenade MRT station when we found this cool waterfall.
Unexpected site outside Parco.







- Abeth on BlogPress from her iPod

I love what I buy

I just bought an ipod.

Hahaha... Sombong sekali kalimat pembuka post kali ini. Bukannya bermaksud menyombongkan diri, tapi hanya sekedar berbagi pengalaman. Selama empat malam menggunakan dan bermain dengan ipod touch, saya merasa makin autis skaligus terhibur mengingat banyak hal yang bisa didapatkan dari ipod.

Sekilas kronologi bagaimana saya bisa memutuskan beli ipod touch:
1. Ketika liburan akhir tahun pulang ke Jakarta, udah kebelet mau ganti hape sony ericsson w960i yang makin dudul scrollnya

2. Berniat ganti hape android, walaupun kalau ditanya kenapa pilih android, jawabannya: "l
Keren aja", ya, saya emang tipikal orang latah dan sotoy.

3. Hape android yang diinginkan ga ada. Kata cici saya, saya seleranya antik dan banyak maunya -> partly true i guess. Sempat membulatkan niat beli iphone 4; yang ternyata sold out di outlet kelapa gading. Edan ya orang2.

4. Tergoda dengan BB, namun enggan menggunakan karena tidak tahu ada prepaid for BB in SG. Tapi thanks to google, bisa ketemu prepaid BB starhub SGD25 per 30 hari. Jadi saya memulai tahun 2011 dengan menjilat ludah sendiri. Dulu saya sempat 'bersumpah' tidak akan pakai
BB maupun iphone.

5. Tergoda beli galaxy tab dengan maksud hati sebagai sarana bermain dan supaya rajin ngeblog dengan akses yang lebih mudah. Ketika niat sudah bulat, dapat pencerahan dari irene mengenai ipod touch (fitur hampir sama dengan iphone minus telepon daaaaaaan harga cuma setengahnya)

6. Akhirnya pada tanggal 8 Januari 2011,sampailah ipod slim nan cantek ini ke gengaman saya. Ihiyy. Just info, harga ipod touch 32GB yang saya beli do SG berbeda hampir 700ribu rupiah dengan harg di Jakarta. You can save a lot leh.

So hopefully from now one i will rajin2 ngeblog dengan ipod ini, mengingat udah beli aplikasi blogpress seharga SGD6.98 (it's USD2.99 on the price list but they charged more on my card leh, maybe because of exchange rate or credit card fee or smtg).

Sebagai penutup, i attach a picture from instagram application on ipod. The two fat gagdets: my BB and the old and rusty W960i.


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Lunchie Jan 9th

Baked rice with pork for SGD6.90 at kopi tian tiong Bahru plaza.

it looks yummy, but it doesn't taste as good as it looks :(



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