burned

after the deleting my comment on your wall. the constant insult at the kitchen on how bad a cook i was. when it was i who seasoned the soup and made it bearable for everyone to taste. i cook when i feel like it. or if i had to. when i don't it was because people like you. i'm glad we will never share a kitchen together. i regret having the thought that we would.

vox angelica

true. i hate to see people with hairstyle like rian d'masiv. or giring nidji.  and the skinny pants too. or the hair of viera. maybe until the end of time. but i enjoy their songs. because the street artists (as how i like to call the buskers of metromini and kopaja) helped me to digest their music. so, i'll share you some of my favourites.

 

as for st12, i love them with all my heart. and the looking like abang-abang penjual dvd bajakans charly st12 with his overacting it a lot singing live on stage. but the way he did isabella, even with my continuous verbal-vomit, i still think st12 rules!

 

-      mau dibawa ke mana – armada band

        first heard it on metromini 610 sang by the duo buskers with punk style. the one singing is rather cute, and i just couldn't help not to sing along as he take the song to the next level with his cengkok melayu. he sounded better than the original version.

-          rindu setengah mati – d'masiv (feat. kevin aprilio of vierra)

        almost all buskers (and me) know this one (or every d'masiv new released). but i grew to like this one after a ride of metromini 72. two buskers, a teenage boy (i guess he was about 17 or 18 rather cute) with a deep voice and a kid, probably 9 or 12 with an even immature voice. the kid played the guitar, quite impressive, better than most adult buskers, i must say. i liked the way they sing the song. and they are quite polite and dressed nicely. with shoes even! still, i wait for that d'masiv expert in pondok labu who always sings d'masiv songs better than the original performer. if only he would perform earlier, since now i almost never go to work around 6:30.

-          buka hatimu – armada band

        i knew this song quite a while. i guess it was one of the sinetrons soundtrack. but starting to like it when in one of my 610 ride, hopped a girl collaborated with a busker to sing the song in metrominis and kopajas. her story was she sings to collect money to pay for his father's debt who left her and her mother to live with his new wife. she had to pay for the debts because she was the eldest and her mum was sick. she studied in bsi mampang, so she said. she always mentioned her name at the end of her 'show', which i keep forgetting every time. and i don't really care with the story even when it sounded so everybody's excuse, i don't even give her anything most times. but i sort of like the way she interacted with the passengers, she even remembered some of the regulars (like myself). and most of all i think they successfully nailed the last 'betapa sakitnya betapa perihnya..' part.

-          rasa ini – vierra

        i have to heard this song quite often before i could really enjoy it. i thought because i like viera's perih, then i could try to enjoy this one. and i did.

-      aw aw aw – the potters

        the duo buskers with simple drums and guitar who look and sounded like kangen band (the potters is kangen band's apprentice, so both bands do sound like each other; hence the cover version should somewhat alike) in metromini 72 from lebak bulus performed it better than the potters. it's true. i downloaded the the potters' version and was disappointed that the song did not sound the same (so i deleted from my computer). i even think that the buskers rearranged the melody.

-      di bawah langitmu – opick

        this is ramadhan song. but in metrominis opick specialist performer are easily found. my favourite was the d'masiv expert in pondok labu. i guess i like his type of voice. and this song is not as overrated as maha melihat who is sang by literally most opick specialists.

-      telepon aku – shandy canester

        when i heard and saw the video clip, i wasn't too fond of it. i thought he sounded like ello and john mayer. i hate ello's songs and I thought 'your body is a wonderland' is rather overrated. but, when i heard it in either kopaja 63 or metromini 640, his song became more acceptable to my hearing senses.

 

* i like alexa too, but couldn't find the title of the song i like. i like that one particular song because the intro reminded me of the smashing pumpkins.

in indonesia: scrapbook for sören's farewell

i took the left picture sometime last year during one of the rare business/pleasure trip, then give it a whiz to create the vintage look. turn out ok.

the picture on the right was taken in a photo studio. he loves bali. maybe even a bit too much.

i used to think that scrapbooking is cheesy (i resent emotions. true fact). as i am not the kind of person who keeps things because they are memorable. though i cherished experience a lot. i keep things in mind, not in closets.

but as i got older, i realized that my mind would someday be too full of memories. as one of my late lecturer once said, human mind is like a cupboard with so many drawers. and at times we choose to keep what we want to keep, so one day we could go back and look at them again. that's why human needs to be organized in keeping their memories. so, they'd know where to look. and having solid stuff could be a way to pinpoint a certain memory.

and as it is okay to show emotions. there's no harm in bookmarking your memories. and those bookmarks can be just about anything. from movie tickets. dried flowers. dead bugs. and photos help. more than a lot. and scrapbooking just makes them more interesting.

so, i present to you my very first scrapbook. i made this for my colleague at work, sören. he finishes his mission in indonesia this week. he's swedes, and likes the color blue. hence, the dominant blue. i will miss brainstorming about work (and other stuff) with him every morning. it's his first mission abroad with the office. i hope he never forget us

berkah

tuhan, meskipun seringkali berpikir sebaliknya, terima kasih karena tidak menjadikanku sebagai anak tunggal.

it's always good to know that sibling is the one whose blood thicker to us than parents. where i always believe that we only got half blood from each side. while sharing the exact same amount of them with our siblings.

 

sugeng tanggap warsa, jeh!

note to self (8)

it's time to realize one's obsession of food, for craig david's walking away, does not sound like 'girl i thought you'd realize i'm not like them other guys, cause i saw them with mayonnaise..'

note to self (7)

just because he walk passed your booth every second or two,

and gave you his 'my bed is empty for another month if you're up for it' smile,

doesn't necessarily mean he is up for grab.

-that is unless you happened to speak french and arabic.

cheeseled bread

Description:
the quickest breakfast ever. teach you never to throw food. and that almost expired bread is sometimes can be as good as a fresh bread. just make sure the fungi hasn't built a colony, yet.

Ingredients:
some almost (or couple of days already) expired bread
quickmelt cheese of the cheapest brand
office microwave oven
african hippo serves as garnish


Directions:
1. check for any fungi, should there be any, rip it off of the bread. if not, then you're in luck. if there were too many, don't be such a cheap ass, throw it!
2. lay out 3 slices of almost expired bread (or as much as you want, also depend on how close the expiry dates are) on a plate.
3. grate or thin-slice the quickmelt cheese on top of each bread (the more the merrier. i myself prefer to put the cheese almost covering all the bread's surface).
4. put the plate inside the microwave then close the microwave's door (not sure what will happen if it stays open, but i'm pretty sure it's not pretty).
5. set the microwave on the 'heat the frozen stuff' mode (varied symbol on each type of microwave, but it usually has the 'snowflake' symbol).
6. set the timer for 3 minutes. then hit the 'on' button.
7. as what barney stinson said in how i met your mother, 'wait for it...'
8. then after it dings! your breakfast is ready!
9. take it to your booth (so your colleagues won't bobbing for them), garnish it with anything (in my case, the african hippo), take a picture, post it on facebook or any of your blog, then have a bite! enjoy!

tips:
best bread to use would be the ones like batard (or any of the salty kind) but the locally customized ones. in some store, e.g. the foodmart, they have the puravita kind, it's good because it stays soft even after a week (unlike batard). fungi may occur on some spots, but they're easily removed and the bread would stay soft yet crisp when heated.

doppelgänger

the sight of you

would be the death of me

Sting - Mad About You.flv

it would make a prison of my life
if you became another's wife

- a gift for your wedding today

pretty please

please don't leave me

just to be with her

ryan and sharpay.flv

are the reason i watched hsm. i LOVE their version. and absolutely HATE the one of troy and gabriella.

sorry, but

i'm not one out of many

who cited the sun, or raindrops,

or anything sugary

as their favourite.

the only time i ever like the sun

is when i need my laundry to dry.

i used to like the smell of rain,

until the sight of it

give me nightmares of hours wasted

jammed, out on the street, helpless.

as for anything sweet,

i consciously loathe them

for no good reason.

 

and yes, i hold grudge,

for indefinite time.