12.13.2010

Venite Adoremus Dominus...

Christmas Songs are also one of the best thing of the Season.
Songs that you barely can't even sing or you might feel funny to listen to it in other month.

Our Church Choir decided to do caroling in Parque del Retiro
Just like the other years, we started around 4 and we made 3 stops and singing 6-7 songs

My friend, Michael Brave made a record and put it on Youtube.

We're going to carol again next week.
So if you're in town and you'd like to feel the Christmas Spirit, please come..
We'll be there at 4 ( at the main Gate of Parque del Retiro -- Puerta del Alcala entrance. ) and gradually getting inside the Park.
You can also sing with us, we'll provide with the song book.

Happy 2nd Week of Advent




12.11.2010

She & Him in Conan O'Brien



I wonder if one day it will come to their mind to do the cover version of
"Bang Bang My Baby Shot Me Down"
from Nancy Sinatra

Zooey has a strong catch of breath
but M. Ward is unexplainably amazing

I am glad that I had a chance to see their concert this year in 2010.
Did I tell you that I have a serious crush on M.Ward?
I do!










12.10.2010

Life between Bob and Hob




picture from: facehunter.blogspot.com




as much as i am crazy about bob.
it doesn't stop me wanting hob!

one day, my hair..one day.






Kevin and Victor from Ghana







I have no idea why I post this picture.
This was taken from the last Easter, it happened to be my turn on teaching Sunday School and helping Paola Linares doing craft, (well my Spanish is never that good to have guts for Story Telling.)

How i love to see Kevin and Victor posing very sweeet here.

I feel gratitude for every Christmas and Easter.
Most of all for the Reason of all these 2 seasons.
Thank you Lord.



12.07.2010

I'm a Fantasy Parade




Daydream delusion, limousine eyelash / Oh baby with your pretty face / Drop a tear in my wineglass / Look at those big eyes / See what you mean to me / Sweet-cakes and milkshakes / I'm a delusion angel / I'm a fantasy parade / I want you to know what I think / Don't want you to guess anymore / You have no idea where I came from / We have no idea where we're going / Lodged in life / Like branches in a river/ Flowing downstream / Caught in the current / I carry you / You'll carry me / That's how it could be / Don't you know me? / Don't you know me by now?





Before Sunrise
is a 1995 romantic drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Linklater and Kim Krizan. The film follows Jesse (Ethan Hawke), a young American, and Céline (Julie Delpy), a young French woman, who meet on a train and disembark in Vienna, where they spend the night walking around the city and getting to know each other.
( Source:Wikipedia )



12.06.2010

advent in IKEA



Happy 1st day of Advent!!!
I spent such a nice time with these beautiful ladies this year.
We went to IKEA for lunch. As usual, Nicole and I were craving for codillos, our once a year routine thingy.
Hey, don't give me that look.. We could never finished them, seriously!

After lunch we're browsing inside.
Who's not loving to walk and see the exhibition part of Ikea?

It was really crowded, cause tomorrow is a public holiday.. no one can bear not to go to malls or somewhere inside buildings.
These are Me, Nicole, Kelsey, Rachel and Joanna spent our amazing time in IKEA.


it's too big, we can't stand walking no more..


our proper dinner



well mine is red and big.



a postcard from Nicole and I this year :D



carnaval Christmas



happy 1st day of Advent!!!!

12.05.2010

barajas



i mean like be real.

oh fonzy





don't punish me like this..
as much as i need ginger tea to fix my throat
i need to have a chat or two

as much as my throat sores me
it sores to see the time when you usually have fallen asleep
and i weren't there waiting for your reply






12.02.2010

hand to face.






now the scary part begins





Welcome back December :)


SEASON'S GREETINGS!!!!

It's official that the Christmas season has arrived.
I had told you how my day was, yet again I'm writing about the excitement of December.
Winter comes early, we had our first snow yesterday which is uncommon to have it in November.
I haven't got time to buy a Christmas tree... though I know, the thing that I need to prepared is supposed nothing bout myself.
(Yes, the big challenge comes in the 1st day of December.. haha)

This would be my 3rd year of Christmas in Europe.
But this year it would be special cause i'll have it with my baby brother Abe who's now studying in Enschede, Netherland. I'll be visiting him for 6 days and he'll come to visit me the next 6 days to Madrid.


And also today is Asih Astari's birthday!!
She's the loveliest Sagittarian I know..
I know that now she's having her birthday getaway
to Singapore for almost a week.
Oh I'm feeling you.... :)
Thinkin of her on her birthday


Once again, it's me that needs to be prepared for Christmas.
Not the ornaments and presents.

i am just fully blessed.

i am thankful for today is the payday.
i am thankful for this little job that i've been doing for 2 years.
i am thankful that today the weather is better than Monday.
i am thankful that i could still have a walk from Colon to Manuel Becerra.
i am thankful that i could browse some cute shops around Serrano, Goya.
i am thankful that i could hold myself to shop.
i am thankful for half Kebab i had for lunch.
i am thankful that i could still chat with my brother before the keypad of blackberry is not workin.
i am thankful for my warm house.
i am thankful that eventhough i am million miles from home i still have internet and twitter.
i am thankful for my laptop.
i am thankful for many people thoughts that make me smile and laugh all the day.
i am thankful for words of encouragement from a golden hearted young man out there.
i am thankful for several tips that i received according to my unworking keypad.
i am thankful for everyday chat with a very far friend that was gone for 13 years.
i am thankful for the pineapple juice that calmed me down after the crash.
i am thankful for my roomates.
i am thankful for spotify that never leave me out musicless
i am thankful for this grateful feeling when i actually could have other option to get angry more.
i am thankful for Lisa Ekdahl that i'm listening now.


12.01.2010

Kandura on Notcot !

Kandura and I were so happy to get this news...
We are on Notcot !!


It had pulled a very big smile in our face.
Congratulations Nuri Fatima as this Crownless Ring was her design..
I know she's that goood!

Hope it'll bring us more joy and err fortune?
haha...




11.29.2010

i was afraid i wouldn't find you





you and me then
the radio dept








Si o No ?

Enviado desde mi dispositivo BlackBerry® de Orange.

11.27.2010

there are so many things to say right now

the season will change in a blink
it would be better if you come soon

11.26.2010

Inke and I.



We were separated for 15 years or more. Was a good friend of mine, we shared foods, baby sitters, barbies, siblings, parents, and eye glasses too.
Life changed and unintentionally moved on from each other.
Surprisingly we went to same University but things were just different.
5 years after, received an email frm Facebook telling me that she'd go to Barcelona for an Erasmus scholarship program.

So we met again in May 2010 in Barcelona. I went there for Primavera Sound Music Festival.

It's like meeting a new friend that know you well.
There are many things in life that you can't explain why people go then come back to stay.
Abrazos fuertes, Inke!
Enviado desde mi dispositivo BlackBerry® de Orange.

Mother's Jiyuka

Mom made a come back in her passion for flowers.
Now she's exhibiting in Nikko Hotel from 26-28 of November 2010.
With Kandura's twin vase which was estethically designed for the needs of Ikebana Flower Arrangements.

I'm a proud daughter.
Congratulations, Mother!
There's nothing better than come back to a first love.

Enviado desde mi dispositivo BlackBerry® de Orange.

#neighborhood 3 (power out)


And the power's out in the heart of man,
take it from your heart put in your hand.

What's the plan?

Is it a dream? Is it a lie?
I think I'll let you decide.

Confucius day.



It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love.
This is how the whole scheme of things works.
All good things are difficult to achieve;
and bad things are very easy to get.


By three methods we may learn wisdom:
First, by reflection, which is noblest;
Second, by imitation, which is easiest;
and third by experience, which is the bitterest.





11.24.2010

She got me pranked

My friend Yu Jin found this photo in a hairdresser not so long ago in the centre, she directly said it to Dada and asked her to send me this in our blackberry group.
Sometimes I found it weird to see strangers with resemblance of faces even characteristic or habits.

Do you think she looks like me? Seriously?
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11.23.2010

I was there! I was there!!! I still can't believe that I was theree!!


In concerts it feels magical when you found yourself singing and later you notice people surround you also sing and use the same facial expression.

The Arcade Fire has become one of the best concert I have ever been.
I'm glad that I can finally see the emotion gesture on violins and drum brass.

It's worth to travel 16 hours back and fourth to share this memorable moment with Roger and Betina, beautiful people that I knew from Designboom Valencia Mart.

















11.22.2010

Headlights Look Like Diamonds


The red lights mean you're leaving /The white one's mean returning /Tell me how this story ends /And I'll keep them fires burning


The headlights look like diamonds /The taillights burn like coals /Tell me how this story ends /Before the fires go cold

The countryside's deserted /There's no one on the farms /The suburbs all are sleeping /The earthquakes set off car alarms

All after all now we aware /All after all the time we share /There's so much fears of world /
Hopes of world/ Tears of world

#theArcadeFire
#alliwantforChristmas is a huge pile of snow and exchanging mittens.

--
Sent from my mobile device

11.19.2010

Wait a Minute Mr. Postman


No, no te preocupes..
Te lo voy a preguntar directo cara a cara.
Hasta cuando tenemos que esperar?
Hay muchisimas cosas de contarte.
Pronto nos veremos.


11.11.2010

the beer fest, hotdogs, flea market and yellowish leaves of autumn.



















it gets colder and windy.
beer fest and hotdogs.
flea market and golden leaves.

11.09.2010

Alors je sens en moi. Mon cœur qui bat.



The Pomplamoose Music
Loving their gestures and chemistry they put into
this beautiful song.


Gatekeeper seasons wait for your nod.


.

11.03.2010


i'm actually in the middle of making other blog.
not a daily blog but more as portfolio.
here's the sneak preview.

yes, if you notice the lyrics from she and him -- Lingering Still..



10.31.2010

chocolate Zeta Jones :D


"the sweetest Christmas present ever."

January 2007.

10.29.2010

the love affair between Tangene and Mint tea, Morocco.


If you're a fan of Mint tea, Come to Morocco...

I don't know what they have done in their past life and invented such a DELICIOUS hot beverage as the mint tea.
With LOTS of mint in the metal tea cup, it won't ever fail to release the tense from you.




I went to Marrakech in the last 2 weeks. A friend from University came to Europe to make his Euro Trip for a month, knowing that Indonesian don't need visa to enter Morocco, so there we took a week of vacation.

I noticed that El Fnaa Jma is prolly the place where Sex and the City 2 taken ( the part where Carrie met Aidan ).


Wulan and I planned to go here again and buy stuffs, I didn't pay for luggage that made me didn't do shopping a lot.

The foods are amazing, the ambience, the colors, the language, and Youssef.
He works in our Ryad, the boutique hotel that we stay and I'm telling ya, you want one like him at home......... He knows and help everything.


As he says, " No Problem, pas de problem! "
And it soothed us.