Meditation: Mediation to SELF

Sickness means physical or mental imbalance.

The road to health is through moderation, harmony, and a "sound mind in a sound body".

-Sophie's world

source: Self Healing - Reza Gunawan

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ARMFUL OF BRACELETS

COAT

JACKET

RINGS

BUSTIER

BRACELET & BAG

TOP

SHORTS & SHOES

COOLNESS!!!

Source: Bare Style & Stockholm streetstyle

All that Jazz

Instead of my -on the go- which i posted on my previous post, i'm much on listening to this playlist nowadays.. Jazzyjazz playlist on my ipod. I do really need this kind of music. To be honest, this week's been really hard with so many thoughts buzzing around in my head. I need calming tunes balancing my sanity.

1. In my life - Spyro Gyra (Jazz up the Beatles)

2. Fallen - Fonta

3. Michelle - Will Downing & Gerald Albright (Jazz up the Beatles)

4. Let it be - Nelson Rangell (Jazz up the Beatles)

5. Together again - Dave Koz

6. It might be you - Dave Koz feat India Arie

7. A whole new world - Dave Koz feat Donna Summer

8. Here, there, and anywhere - Sissel (Jazz up the Beatles)

9. L.O.V.E - Nathalie Cole

10. Nothing gonna change my love for you - Poppy Kamandaru

11. Take a chance in love - Rene Olstead

This album is genius. enuf said.

Let it be.. Let it be..

Let it be. Nelson Rangell. Jazz up the Beatles.

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,

speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me,

speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree,

there will be an answer, let it be.

For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see,

there will be an answer. let it be.

Let it be, let it be, .....

And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me,

shine until tomorrow, let it be.

I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me,

speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, .....

Ngejar deadline playlist

On the go this month:

1. Escape me - DJ Tiesto ft Cc Sheffield

2. Firework - Katy Perry

3. Love the way you lie - Rihanna ft Eminem

4. Airplanes - B.O.B ft Hayley William Paramore

5. Hold my hand - Akon ft Michael Jackson

6. Not giving up on love - Armin Van Buuren ft Sophie Ellis Bextor

7. Quequ'un M'a Dit - Carla Bruni

8. Grenade - Bruno Mars

9. Secret - One Republic

10. Meet me half way - Black eyed peas

11. Every breath - Boys Avenue

12. Naive - Lily Allen

13. So simple - Stacie Orico

14. Such great heights - Postal Service

15. Canon Guitar Rock - Funtwo

16. Can't touch it - Ricki Lee

17. Snow on the Sahara - Anggun

18. Tonight is forever - Acid House Kings

My make up pouch

The magic begin here. My YSL make up pouch. I bring it everywhere i go. To be honest, i would never leave home without applying my make up, just basic and simple one. The must have items are loose powder, lipbalm, and eyeliner. I'm pathologically attach to them.

1. Revlon Touch & Glow Cream Beige Face Powder

2. PAC Summer Glow eyeshadows ☛ perfect pallete for me. I love all the colors

3. MAC White Frost eyeshadow ☛ great for higlight, especially on the nose, not to intense, it's just perfect

4. Etude house eyeshadow

5. Revlon Color Stay Black eyeliner ☛ long-lasting,smudge proof eyeliner, i find it difficult applying liquid eyeliner.

6. Viva Black eyebrow pencil ☛ the best! enuf said

7. Eyelash curler

8. Maybelline volume booster mascara ☛ plan on upgrading it to Maybelline magnum

9. Eyebrow knife

10. Lipice Apple lipbalm

11. Nivea Fruity Shine Strawberry lipbalm ☛ leaving a touch of pinkish color, love it!

12. Inez Sandy Coral 05 lipstick ☛ i love the color but too bad it makes my lips dry

13. Shu Uemura pocket mirror

14. Mini pretty eau de parfum

15. Acnes Oil Control Film

16. Allergan Refresh Contact Eye dropper

17. Bangs roller

18. Makarizo hair recovery ☛ great product!

Makan-makan minggu ini

Dua minggu ini saya pergi-pergi terus deh. *yaiyalah menurut lo?!!* Maksudnya, porsi praktek dan ngerjain laporan dengan main, banyakan mainnya. Bener-bener banyakan main dan nonton. Yaudahlah ga papa kali ya, toh dalam rangka emotion-focused coping juga. Problem copingnya nanti aja kalo psikologisnya udah sejahtera. Hahahahaha ☚ rasionalisasi seorang prokras sejati

Sekarang saya mau buat review makanan aja deh, biar acara main bisa jadi berguna, siapa tau bermanfaat buat orang lain.

1. Sushi Tei

Letak : dimana-mana, yang paling enak yang di Senayan City dan Plaza Indonesia. ☛ Ooo trust me, mereka beda dalam porsi dan rasa. Mereka lebih royal. hihihihi

Menu favorit : Sashimi salad. ☛ Enak! Sushi tei dressingnya merupakan salah satu dari sekian banyak keajaiban dunia, versi saya. Saya bisa menghabiskan seporsi sendirian yang berujung pada kekenyangan dan kelelahan fisik. Porsi gede gilaaaaak, rasa mantap, one word to describe: PUAS!

Harga : 45 ribuan

Sashimi salad

2. Jajanan Mie Aceh

Letak : Tanah kusir. Jl. Veteran Samping pom bensin. Jakarta selatan

Menu favorit :

- Mie aceh biasa (ga pake udang) pake telor dadar, dimakan pake cabe rawit. ☛ Sinting ini rasanya enak banget! Kuahnya kental, rasa gurih, manisnya pas, ada aroma Acehnya (???!!!) *maksudnya cengkeh kali te?!*

- Roti cane keju susu

- Teh tarik anget

Harga : Mie aceh sekitar 18 ribu, roti cane sekitar 12 ribu, teh tarik 7 ribu

3. Yoshinoya

Letak : Grand Indonesia

Menu favorit : Beef yakiniku combo dengan egg roll, tempura, fried meat ball. ☛ rasa beef yakinikunya manis gimana gitu, legit, daging juicy ada rasa lemaknya (ada gajihnya sih emang, tapi ga banyak), ada aroma bawang bombaynya. Beda deh dari kebanyakan yakiniku yang pernah saya coba. I proud to announce that dia punya egg roll terenak yang pernah saya makan sepanjang hidup saya! *lebay* beneran deh tapi. The egg roll is just perfect! Gurih-manis-kenyal. Misonya punya rasa gurih dan aroma yang sangat enak

Harga : combonya termasuk minuman large size 40 ribu! HAPPY!

I agree on their tagline "Japan's No.1 Beef Bowl"

Emang enak gilak!

4. Bread life

Letak : Lippo Supermal Karawaci

Menu favorit : Beef burger ☛ unexpected deh. Perpaduan rasa mayonaisenya yang unik dan melting cheese dengan beef enak banget!

Harga : 15 ribu saja

5. Ya kun kaya toast

Letak : PIM, Lippo Supermal Karawaci

Menu favorit : Yuanyang hot ☛ duet teh kopi ini rasanya lucu-lucu enak gimana gitu. Coba deh!

Harga : 13 ribu kalo ga salah

Laporan, emotion-focused coping, dan atribut.

Ceritanya hari ini saya dan teman kampus, si Putauw, berencana mengerjakan laporan bersama. Atas nama deadline dan dalam rangka emotion-focused coping, kami teguhkan niat untuk bisa menyelesaikan setidaknya satu laporan dan revisi agar bisa dibawa bimbingan ke kampus. Nah, mulailah kami mengkonkretkan rencana dengan janjian bertemu di Gandaria City.

Saya sampai duluan, si Putauw kemudian menyusul. Kami kebingungan menentukan tempat, yang makanannya enak dan yang terpenting ada COLOKAN buat laptop. Hmmm... karena kami lagi sangat ingin makan sushi, maka kami memutuskan untuk mencoba ke Sushi Tei, bertanya apakah ada colokan dan melihat kemungkinan kami untuk bekerja di sana. Ternyata ada dan bisa! Yeay banget! Kami dapat tempat di pojokan yang ada colokannya. Sebelumnya, saya dan Putauw belum pernah pergi makan berdua begini. Ternyata, kebiasaan makan di Sushi Tei kami berbeda. Saya terbiasa memesan semangkok besar Sashimi Salad, yang bisa saya habiskan sendiri, dan si Putauw biasanya memesan berbagai variasi makanan yang dimakan ramai-ramai. Akhirnya, saya tetap memesan Sashimi Salad dan Putauw memesan paket sushi warna-warni dalam satu sajian. Hehehehehehe. Si Mackie, laptop saya yang dari rumah baterenya sudah ngekngok, saya charge dulu. Maksudnya.. sambil nunggu ngecharge, kami mengobrol seputaran dunia laporan dan prokrastinasi. Pembicaraan mengenai gangguan prokrastinasi akut yang kami berdua alami memang tidak ada habisnya *iyes salah satunya ya yang sedang terjadi ini. Niatan mengerjakan laporan tapi malah memilih tempat makan enak dan ngobrol*. Beranjak dari pembicaraan mengenai laporan dan prokrastinasi, topik mulai merembet kemana-mana. Akhirnya, sampailah mengenai "Intimate relationship". Si Putauw gadis cerdas ini, melontarkan sebuah pertanyaan yang menohok, menikam tajam, dan menampar yang kemudian proses pencarian jawabannya membuka hati saya. *Laporan dilupain, lebih enak diskusi, dasar you prokras girls!

Putauw : Coba deh lo bayangin, kalo Nanda tidak dengan segala atribut yang menempel pada dirinya seperti sekarang ini, apa lo masih mau sama dia? I mean.. lo cuma ngeliat personality-nya. Lepas dari penampilan fisik, gaya berpakaian, mobil yang dia pake, orangtua, dll.

Me : Hmm.. *mikir.mikir.mikir* Mau. Gue cukup tau kualitas pribadinya. Gue yakin tau karena gue ngeliat dia mulai dari nol untuk bisa sampe sekarang. Kami pacaran 2 tahun, dulu waktu masih sama-sama kuliah. Pas jaman kuliah, gue tau lowest point dia, proses dia mulai naik, sampe akhirnya lulus. Pas udah lulus, gue tau tu hiruk pikuk dia nyari kerja, ke sana kemari kirim lamaran, beberapa dipanggil seleksi, ga ada yang cocok sampe akhirnya dapet kerja. Dia kerja di sebuah perusahaan yang bikin dia ga happy karena beban kerja dan penghargaannya ga sebanding. Trus.. nyari kerja lagi, seleksi sana sini, sampe dia dapet kerjaan ini yang kalo menurut gue oke banget dan dia bisa berprestasi di sini.

Putauw : *nodding*

Me : Gue tau kenapa dia bisa begitu. Semua karena hasil kerja kerasnya sendiri. Di situ ada ambisi, usaha, pengaturan diri, perencanaan, daya tahan terhadap stress, dan resiliensi. Gue bahkan tau tema hidup dia apa *bener-bener baru ngeh pas diskusi ini* KOMITMEN. Nanda itu orang paling commited yang gue kenal. Yang paling gampang ya contohnya.. kalo dia punya ambisi, dia kejar itu apa yang dia pengen sampe dapet, dia set goals dan timeline dengan jelas. Dia dapet, dia happy. Begitu tercapai, bikin goals lagi. Dia ga akan berhenti sampe dia dapet dan begitu terus sejauh yang gue kenal. Walaupun begitu, dia ga keliatan ngoyo. Dia tetep bisa santai dan menikmati hidup. Ini terjadi dalam setiap aspek kehidupannya ya kerjaan ya relationship.

Putauw : oo i see..

Semangkok Sashimi Salad, sepiring sushi warna warni, dan bergelas-gelas ocha habis, kami beranjak dari Sushi Tei menuju J.Co. Kali ini niat yang lebih besar untuk mengerjakan laporan dibawa ke J.Co. Sambil jalan kami mampir ke beberapa toko *see.. penyakit banget khan* Kami jalan-jalan sekitar setengah jam sampai akhirnya nangkring di J.Co dengan selamat. Saya langsung pesan large size hot cappuccino, dengan niatan biar bisa melek dan konsen sama laporan. Yess! Di J.Co kami berdua berhasil terdiam terpaku menghadap laptop masing-masing dan mengetik. Fokus sekali bagus banget deh sampai akhirnya si Putauw menyampaikan niatnya untuk ke Lotte Mart, membeli beberapa keperluan masak. Iyess, ini anak lagi keranjingan masak gara-gara nonton Top Chef Masters. Kami mengobrol sedikit sampai akhirnya Nanda datang. Yeay! Si ganteng baik hati botak seksi ini memang udah janji mau ngejemput! Hehehehehehe.

Sejam berlalu, kami memutuskan untuk pulang. Sebelum pulang kami mampir ke Lotte Mart dan Ace Hardware. Berkeliling Ace Hardware selalu membuat saya happy. Sampai akhirnya kami mendarat di bagian wallpapers. Hadeuuh racun banget! Ada sticker gambar chandelier gitu lucu banget, special prize pulak! Pengeeeeen! trus si Putauw juga liat yang gambar kursi antik lucu banget. Kami liat-liatan sambil mupeng gitu mukanya. Trus saya ngelirik ke Nanda yang udah pasang tampang “udah ambil aja, aku tau kamu pengen khan sayang” HAHAHAHA! LANGSUNG ANGKUT CHOONG! Si Putauw juga ga pake bakbikbuk langsung angkut itu stiker kursi antik yang rencananya mau ditempel di ruangan kerjanya. hihihihihi. HAPPY!

Kami pun masing-masing pulang. Karena ini perut sudah tidak bisa kompromi, mampirlah saya dan Nanda ke Mie Aceh Tanah Kusir yang enaknya gila-gilaan itu. Kami pesan mie aceh biasa pakai telor dadar dan roti cane keju susu. Semua dimakan sepiring berdua. Hehehehe! Heran banget ini bumbunya apa bisa enak banget begini deh! Puas makan.. kami melanjutkan perjalanan pulang. Di dalam mobil, saya bertanya hal yang sama Putauw tanya ke saya tadi siang..

Me : Yaang.. kalo misalnya Uti ga pake semua atribut ini, apa kamu masih mau sama Uti?

Nanda : *mikir.mikir.mikir* mau

Me : Kenapa?

Nanda : Selama ini aku ngeliat kamu tidak dengan atribut apapun. I love you just the way you are with all the uniqueness. Kamu yang fighting spiritnya gede that inspires me and how you represent yourself apa adanya ga dibuat-buat.

Me : JAWABAN DITERIMA! *pelukpeluk*

The Tourist. This isn't a movie review post.

Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp raise the bar for total fantasy lifestyle porn in this positively regal dollop of absolute nothingness. Elise Ward (Jolie) is the beyond beautiful former paramour to one Alexander Pearce, a man who has been on the run—and reportedly undergone a multimillion dollar plastic surgery overhaul—from Scotland Yard and the British treasury, and from wealthy and well-dressed thug Reginald Shaw (Steven Berkoff, who played a similarly sophisticated baddie in Beverly Hills Cop), from whom Pearce stole a huge chunk of change. The Yard’s Inspector John Acheson (Paul Bettany) is foaming at the mouth to capture Pearce after chasing him for years and sinking many man hours and money into it. Shaw has a squad of suit-wearing hired Russian goons who hope Elise will lead them to Pearce, from whom they want to extract information about the whereabouts of Shaw’s money and then introduce him to a slow, torturous demise. Pearce knows two years is an eternity for somebody like Elise—she of the perfect hair and upper-crust British accent, at ease in white gloves and heels at a Parisian cafe—to wait for him. So he surreptitiously messages her to throw everybody off her trail by making surveillance teams think somebody else is him. All she has to do is board a train heading from Paris to Venice, pick somebody roughly his size and build, and sell the misdirection.

She chooses a vacationing American, Frank Tupelo (Johnny Depp), a math teacher from Madison, Wisc. Frank isn’t merely not in Elise’s league, he’s practically the male version of a spinster librarian. He’s verbally clumsy, socially awkward, and more than a little intimidated by Elise—especially once they arrive in Venice and both law enforcement and Russian muscle assume he’s the man they’re after.(source: Citypaper)

I love Angelina Jolie. She's been a Hollywood top actress for so long and never falls from it. Jolie basically poses her way through the film, relying on her luscious lips, icy seductress stare, elegant yet chic -way beyond classy in anything she wears.

all images source: Angelina Jolie The Tourist google

"I liked that she was a real lady, a real European lady, and I've never played that before.

I thought it was a challenge for me to be a girl, a real girly girl," she said. (source: MTV)

Not forget to mention great chemistry between her and Johnny Depp.

I love this movie! Every part of it: the plot, scenes, actors.

NYE2011

There are many different ways to celebrate New Year's Eve, i had great parties with friends back then, this year i chose to spend it with my family and Nanda altogether. It was fabulous! We had a road trip and celebrated NYE in Bandung.

Last day of 2010

Mom went to Bandung by travel agent in the morning. She went straight to Lembang, there's a church there. She planned on having a whole day praying there. Me, Dad, and monyet went to car service station first, checked some stuff. Then we picked Nanda in his office, Wisma BCA. Nanda had his half day off. Yeay! Lumayan lumayan lumayan :D Then we headed to Bandung. We stayed over night in bude's house. By the time we got there, Mom, mbak Louis, mas Indra, and baby Aya have already there. Happiness! We leha-leha sebentar then got ready to Sierra, a resto located in Dago Atas.

Gilaaaak! Sierra penuh banget, tons of people gathered around there. Mom put her name on the list and we got 27th on the waiting list! Fortunatelly, it wasn't like what we've been afraid of.. years of waiting in hunger. :D We soon got our table and ordered. We had a great time there: delicious food and great ambience. Enakenakenak! Puas di sana we got back to bude's house. Me and Nanda went to Dago street, then i may say that this street is the most famous yet busiest in Bandung: People hang out, music, café, mobile radio station, and flower seller spill all over the sidewalk and made traffic jam during the night. Me and Nanda took a walk along the street, looking around the festive celebration of welcoming the new year. We had a great time!

Sassy maam and witty yet heroic sister

Our 3rd NYE together sayang!

Entrecote

Beef Shashlik

1st day of 2011

I had a sleeping beauty kinda sleep, endless.. kecapean main! Till the alarm rang "AYA BANGUN PAGI! AYA BANGUN PAGI!" (means: baby Aya finally wake up, she yelled all around the house cheerfully, uber cute!) Yess, it woke me up, instantly! I thankfull i've been surrounded with all the love of my life. Yess, i'm the lucky girl! We got ready for "today's plan". We headed to Lembang. Oh macetnya bikin frustasi. We dropped by in a Sundanesse reastaurant. The food taste like hell, bikin trauma. I will never ever go there again, ga enak! Sesampainya di Lembang church, we prayed: thanked for all the bless in 2010 and prayed for the blessfull health, wealth and joy in 2011. Then we headed back to Bandung city, went to Ciwalk, ngadem walked around the mall, had dinner in Gokana Teppan, and back to Jakarta.

A new year prayer

Holy Father,

God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.

We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.

Thank You for the year behind us and for the year ahead.

Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more.

To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them.

To teach others to love by loving them.

So that Love could be with us, and we could know You.

That we could share Love with others.

Help us, Father, to hear Your love song in every sunrise,

in the chriping of sparrows in our backyards,

in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children.

Help us to stop and listen to Your love songs,

so that we may know You better and better.

We rejoice in the world You loved into being.

Thank You for another new year and for new chances every day.

We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might spread them to others.

Forgive us for falling short this past year.

We leave the irreparable past in your hands, and step out into the unknown new year knowing You will go with us.

We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what's ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You want..

I say it again, we rejoice!

In God name,

Amen.