Photo Mess

I said 'this has been a huge post' on a few of older posts on this blog. But honestly, I don't think I ever put together this much photos in a post, except maybe the one about Flona...? I'm not sure. So this one's huge (50 photos!). Haha. I have some photos here and there in separate folders on my laptop and I thought I'll just share it, some are probably from mid '13, not late '13.

 

Around the house - Black seeds (biji pohon jarak--nggak tau bahasa Inggris-nya.... hihi). Some days when we have fruits around, I made myself a breakfast including those fruits. The pancakes was a fun experiment. I saw these cute pumpkin patch pancakes that Vail made and always want to try it. One day I wake up and feel like making it right away, without preparing the ingredients whatsoever, but found most of them in the kitchen. My Mom only have red food coloring which I use a little so it turns out pink, decided that it will be the outline of whatever shapes I can think of. 

 

A birthday card for a friend plus my infamous sign. I also really like that simple gift wrap that I have to keep some for myself. The birthday cake was for my Mom (in January). The plan didn't go as planned, but she was still surprised so it's all good. The cake was no more in three days. I would love it even more if they cut off the crust on one side of the cake. Next year I need to work on the plan and use magic candles. It will be hysterical. 

 

Yearbook - A few shots from the yearbook, taken at different place and different time, hoping that more friends will come. We haven't really start working on it and I myself curious as what to it will look like. I badly wished it will be printed but it's decided that it will just be distributed in digital form. Well, saving the trees and the budget, I guess. The second shoot took place at a restaurant (which apparently owned by an Indonesian celebrity) nearby our campus. We occupied their open space at the back. The last photo was taken by Lily. Someone pressed the shutter too soon and captured our feet instead of our face...

 

Some phone camera photos - Some dinning out with Mom. I rarely take photos of my food when I'm eating out because I  feel like people will be watching and rolling their eyes. But I may going to do it more now...? Haha. And one thing I can tell you something about myself: I sometimes take photos with my phone while getting groceries. But especially at the fruits section. Nature colors are the best, don't you think? Like these apples! Apples... I love apples. Groceries store is such a fun and colorful place. And my friend wrote a note for my birthday. It was really touching reading these words, knowing that they hope I can be a professional photographer someday.

 

Family time - Pretty sure kiddo put the telescope lens backward. We gathered at my aunt's place before she and uncle left for umroh. I get to see my nieces and nephews. My niece whose face is hidden doesn't really like it when I took her picture. And even if she stops saying no and let me take a picture of her, together with her smiling big sister, she would still frown at me. The black and white photo was taken by my nephew (the one with the telescope) when we picked their grandparent after they got back from umroh. Baby A (I like to call him 'bakpao cheeks') had not started walking on his own by then, someone would still have to hold him. He was so interested in a lamp at a little garden behind us and wanted to get back to it, that's why his smile was forced in this photo. Haha. Right now, I think he's already running around. :) It must be quite a body work handling kid this age. My arms were so stiff after just one afternoon holding him.

 

Best friends - Supporting Radhith and Ika at their thesis exam. The last picture is my favorite. My friend Tiwi always have the best smile in photos, but this one is my favorite. Good timing. I was lucky. I love it.

  

These last ones are from a hangout with some other besties. The others couldn't make it so it was only three of us. Had ramen for dinner that's so spicy my mouth burned, and settled for some cold drinks. I'm looking forward for more hangout with them to catch up on each other's life. We could spend hours talking and laughing when we do hang out and catch up. One of my bestie is currently sick and I'm praying that she'll be better soon. It sucks that there's not much I can do about it.

On a lighter note, I'm happy to inform that I had finished my undergraduate thesis, did the exam for it last Thursday, and came out of the room with a smile on my face. I will tell more about it on the next post, in Bahasa. All those restless nights that resulted in various nightmares have finally paid off..... :)

See you soon, friends.

It took time to realiiiiiize

I miss blogging but I can't spend more time on blog because that feels like cheating from my thesis. It's so demanding and possessive. So while I'm procrastinating taking a little break right now, I want to share HAIM's latest video for the song If I Could Change Your Mind. I'm really obsessed with them right now, but especially Danielle. This song is one of my favorites from their album. I've determined to grow my hair that long since I saw their video for Falling. And now I have another goal which is to master the choreography in this video. It's surely harder than I thought. Soon, after all of this thesis business is done, I think I can spend my time watching the video over and over again while exercising my move.

Last December's Trip

Need to take a little break from my undergraduate thesis. I've had these photos up on my Flickr for about a week so why not posting them here. These are from a little trip on December 2013. I couldn't post them before because back then I was basically disconnected from the internet. It was the longest road trip I've taken and the first time I ever spent a night on a bus. It was a cold morning even though we already kept the air condition level at minimum. We drove through the rest of the morning and finally get to the hotel around 8. Everyone sighed in relief because we can finally rest properly and freshen ourselves with a much needed (cold) bath. Sitting with only a few limited positions in a bus for more than twelve hours is not comfortable, that's for sure.
    

The destinations were not that special but I'm still really happy because I get to bring my camera. Sadly, I don't take any photos of myself with my own camera, except for the selfie above which is obviously not focused on me. Haha. Anyway, while we were there we eat mainly at this restaurant which apparently have a lot of branches. I thought it was just me and the ladies who felt that the meals were flat, but apparently the whole group agreed. We like things to be more spicy. And on the last day, we had lunch at a different restaurant and they served us chickens with really spicy sambal (sauce). We were like, "Finally!" It was so good.
We went on the trip with my mom's friends. I got a lot of pictures of them that I don't post here, of course. So going back to school, my mom had all these photos to show to her friends and I'm happy to say that they like the photos. :) Stuck at home, starring at computer screen, I found myself daydreaming about being outside, going to places with beautiful scenery. This last batch below are some of my favorites from the trip. I used Lightroom for the first time to edit these photos and I still don't know how to reduce the grains.
 

PS: Who else is excited that Lorde won two Grammys??!

Slow Days + 2013 Video

It's funny how by the end of the year time seems to fly by, but after the year has changed it's like everything slows down. Back to school. Back to work. Back to reality. My mom especially hated the fact that her two weeks off went by in just one blink of an eye. She and I were born on January, our birthday is only ten days apart. Nothing special on those days. But I did make her a card and buy her a cake. This January I am back on the blogosphere without having to deal with slow internet anymore. Incredibly happy and grateful about that, so it's a good start. And since everything back on, I will share photos from Central Java trip (that I previously posted in one big photo grid blah) on the next post. In other news, it's been raining almost non-stop here. But some days it will rain and fifteen minutes later the sunshine is back.


I managed to put my footage into a video. In the process, I accidentally deleted all the footage permanently, cried in desperation, found a software to recover them, only to realize that I actually still have them in different disc drive on my laptop... You know, I could be really forgetful and dumb sometimes. Anyway, here's the video. Just watch it, please. :)