Rainy Day, Broken Heart, and Gardens by the Bay

Yea Man. How?

To Tokyo and Back

Selected pages from my Tokyo travelogue.

A so-called graphic designer's way to record a trip to such a playground,
packed in 12 chapters.

My Baby's Born!

#sneakpeak #satisfaction #praisetheLord

Paulo Chili

Indomie, Indonesia's legacy to the world.

Good Times

Meet Dave

"David Beckham will be in Singapore this weekend!" The news struck the island last Friday, he was reportedly scheduled to make an appearance at a closed-door event in Marina Bay Sands on Sunday 9am to 12pm, no further info for the thrilled civilians.

I'm never really a fan of Sir David Beckham, but if you ask me if I want to meet him YES, I'D LIKE TO MEET A FOOTBALL LIVING LEGEND. But it's Sunday morning and I'd to be in Church and none of us was actually sure where and how exactly to find that guy (well - some lucky people spotted him in Adidas store in MBS on Saturday), and I don't belong to the groupie age anymore. 

So, I decided not to go. "It's just David Beckham," I comforted myself, even though I couldn't stop tracking #MBS #beckham #singapore twitter updates. Some people even woke up early in the morning and headed to MBS, hoping to see him. And everyone seemed to give up after around 2 hours, there seemed to be no sign of Beckham. It seemed like I made a right decision. 

But - close to noon, some people started to tweet ecstatically. I panicked. There was this war in my mind, like if I decide to go, it might be too late. And MBS is huge. Then somebody tweeted that he was having lunch in Mozza! So I took a cab and along the journey I prayed that David Beckham would have to wait for his food.

And thank God :) You just turned a gloomy Sunday to a momentous one - and once again reminded me why I call myself the luckiest girl in the world. David Beckham and a bunch of bodyguards walked right in front of me. Although due to the hysterical crowd I didn't manage to take a clear picture of him, it's okay deep inside I know I've seen such, hotness.

The clearest pic I took. Hahah.

Okay gotta make a confession. I actually was, kind of a fan, back in 1998. He was a young, shy, raising star in MU who together with del Piero first made me realize that football isn't so boring. Hahas. Then he met Posh. Then he went bald. That's it. I was no longer a fan.

But when del Piero went bald he's still my uncle. So it's proven that I love my uncle through thick and thin. Beckham is retiring soon. My uncle is from the same era, he's only a year older. I NEED TO FLY TO SYDNEY A.S.A.P.

DON'T Leave Me Alone, I'm a 20 Something

Had some serious amount of fun illustrating one of my favorite Jamie Cullum's songs over the weekend. Well actually I started this few months ago, but I decided that whatever happens, it has to be done before this hectic and dramatic month of June ends. Thank God these 2 days weren't that crazy. Enjoy :)

Oh. Only after most of the pieces were uploaded for this post I realized that my blog background isn't white. That's a problem. I tried my best making them as presentable as possible but the whole thing still looks a bit weird I know. I really need to make time to design a proper platform for these stuff. So July, be nice.

But kids, I mean, fellow 20somethings, don't worry. Because:

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, 

“plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"

Jeremiah 29:11

Yea. But Why Not?

"The difference between travel writing and fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows. Fiction is pure joy - how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction."

~ Paul Theroux, The Great Railway Bazaar

Babes in Batik

16.06.13 | Indonesian Arts Fest | old friends, new ones, laughter, and all things Indonesian!

Where to Go This Weekend? Middle-earth :)

Bayangin nonton The Fellowship of the Ring lagi, tapi kali ini nontonnya di concert hall guede banget, terus musiknya live. Konsepnya gak luar biasa sih, tapi kemakan juga kita. Jiah.

Kemakan banget bahkan. Bukan cuma kita tapi ribuan orang lain dengan muka-muka semangat yang dateng malam itu (tiketnya dengan mengerikan udah hampir ludes dalam hitungan hari).

Entah karena kita emang bukan anaknya Erwin Gutawa atau gimana, pas filmnya mulai (apalagi pas ARAGORN SECARA HEROIK MENAMPAKKAN BREWOKNYA), lupa tuh ada orkestra dibawah situ. Yang bikin ngeh cuma pas Kaitlyn Lusk mulai nyanyi : WOW, lebih mistis daripada Enya!

Anyway, pengalaman kemaren tuh nostalgic banget, selain jadi inget masa-masa kepincut berat sama Aragorn (karena mirip Once Dewa), jadi inget juga masa-masa 'itu', those days when I wished I were older (whaaat). Ceritanya gw, kelas 1 SMP, harus menerima sebuah kenyataan pahit: sama nyokap GAK BOLEH nonton! Padahal gw udah pengen banget nonton film itu sejak beberapa bulan sebelomnya, soalnya di trailernya gw liat: Rivendell. Dan bagaimanapun caranya harus nonton (nah you can see I've had that nrimo issue since over a decade ago). Jadi gw kabur deh ke TA pulang sekolah bareng temen, nontonin Rivendell.

"Sampe sekarang imajinasi gw tentang keindahan tuh cuman mentok di Rivendell deh," I told the roommate yesterday. "Maksudnya gw gak bisa bayangin yang lebih indah dari itu,"

Terus dia mikir sejenak, browsing through the movie database in her mind. "Koq kayaknya gak ada yah,"

Rivendell makes me wonder how heaven actually looks like. It is beyond imagination I know. Jadi kalo   manusia bisa "nyiptain" tempat sebagus itu, gimana bagusnya Surga yah. Can't wait :)

Besoknya, lupa deh lagi ngapain, tiba-tiba the roommate (setengah) teriak. "Gw tau Dev!"

"Apa?"

"Yang lebih bagus dari Rivendell!"

*excited* "Apaaa?"

"HEART!"

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(Kalo loe belom pingsan, mungkin perlu diinformasikan bahwa "HEART" itu merujuk kepada setting filmnya Acha dan Irwansyah dulu itu lho.)