Another Victoria's Secrets

Saw this animated short video on internet that made us rethink about employment. This video had won 102 international awards, made by an Argentina director Santiago 'Bou' Grasso from opusBOU. Check this out:

There is a person behind everything that is made and from the beginnings of trade people have not been looked at as people but just as a means to a tangible good or looked at as only the service they provide. The entire world has been transformed into nothing other than a global community of workers and soldiers valued only for what they can do to contribute to the wealth of individuals who hide behind laws of corporations created by individuals in political appointments who seek out their own agendas.

When we were kids, Mom subscribed a local magazine named Majalah Bobo for me and brother to read. They have continuous comic bonus in every edition and one of my favorite was "Pak Janggut". Only today I found a link to download its e-book and I was thrown back to my elementary years drowning in the old man's journey.

It is a story of a fat and short old man with white beard who travels through villages at the mid-centuries somewhere in Europe. He was dressed in green ragged clothes and carried everywhere a magic brown bundle tied on a stick. The magic bundle was given from his wizard grandfather and would give him anything he needs in any situation. This was such a bedtime story for me.

When I downloaded and read some of the series, I became curious who made the story because of the thick medieval setting and characters--it certainly not an Indonesian story. Then I found the name of Piet Wijn as the illustrator and Thom Roep as script writer. The illustration then continued by Dick Matena when Piet Wijn grew older and retired drawing.

In English the comic is known as The Journey of Danny Doodle while the original Dutch was De Avonturen van Douwe Dabbert. It had been published continuously in a Donald Duck Weekblad weekly magazine since 1975-2001 in 23 series. I found 15 of the series downloadable here.
Let's enjoy the medieval adventure!

I tried making a painting few weeks ago, my first attempt for watercolor on canvas. Turned out to be a pretty cute painting and I put it on my working wall in my rented room. Who knew I could paint all along?

I didn't plan to attend any party this year actually, but on Oct 31st morning my friends asked me to join them so I rent a cowboy hat at a costume shop near my kost and dressed as a cowgirl. I went to Tequila Bar, Istana Rama Hotel, Kuta at 9 p.m. and found my friends already there: Mas Ado and his wife Mba Djodja with their friend Mba Yanti. Yep, they're all much older than me.



Mas Ado dressed as Hare Krishna while Mba Djodja was a gypsy. Mba Yanti became a lady from The Great Gatsby and I was Daisy Duke of the Dukes of Hazzard. What do you think?
We didn't stay long at the party but talked about stuff till midnight at the hotel lobby. It was the shortest party for Halloween I guess, but I felt so happy about it. Perhaps to have spent it with good friends is what matters most. Happy Halloween, folks!

I really spoiled myself last Sunday. I started the day checking a new kost nearby but I didn't take it because the room size is about half my current kost. But I super like the neighborhood. Too bad it's not mine. I then went to Denpasar for facial treatment and had it finished at about 4 p.m.


I went to a shop I checked earlier by internet to buy a Wacom Intuos Pen & Touch. I need it for my new drawing interest. I really am bad at drawing + coloring so I hope this gadget will help me on completing my current project.


I also went to some phone shops and finally bought the iPhone 5 I had already wanted for the past few weeks now. I had to let go of my old Samsung Galaxy S Advance that had been accompanying me for 16 months now for it is being too old and slow for today's technology.


I really am excited and happy for my new iPhone and Wacom--it's a prove that God is always equipping me with the stuff I need in the right time. Thank God!

My friend Adhe came to Bali last Thursday with his colleagues and asked me to meet. He works in MRA, one of the largest media company in Indonesia, in the MarComm division, and it happened that I know many people who work with him. Risty, my kost neighbor and is Ana's cousin, was one of them. She quit MRA last April and moved to Bali ever since. Besides Risty, I have list of names I can say that I know from MRA.

I joined the group on Friday afternoon. They were chillin' at Kitchenette Beachwalk, and from all I knew only Adhe and Gian--the colleague I met on their last visit to Bali last year, and introduced to Kurnia, Fitria, Piepit (Gian's girlfriend) and Fina. Three of them bought some of Pélopé bracelets collection I brought. I was so happy instantly.


We then moved to Double Six beach for sunset and chilled there till around 7 p.m. The sun was perfectly set to the horizon and the ambient was cool with '90s pop-rock acoustic live music playing in the background. The thing I love about live music (and radio's playlists) in Bali is that they play '90s songs much more than anywhere in Java.



After that we had dinner at Mbok Limbok Chicken at Jl. Patih Jelantik which had always been my favorite. The pènyét (cooked with basil leaves and chili) and krèmès (fried with extra crispy flour) are equally good. Plus the sambal (chili paste), fried cabbage or eggplant pènyét. It's really that good. We separated there that night.


The next morning they picked Risty and I up at 12 p.m. There were 8 of us already, plus Imelda who just arrived from Surabaya that morning. We headed to airport to pick up another, Mas Henry--their manager. At 1 p.m. we were all set and headed to Jl. Nyuh Kuning in Ubud. There was a Balinese restaurant called Laka-Léké which located behind the Monkey Forest, so it's kind of hidden.


We had their famous crispy half duck, which seemed so big for me to finish alone. But apparently I managed to finished it all, because the meat in duck was not as many as it could be found in a chicken. After this late lunch we went all across the island to Echo Beach on the west coast. It was their first time to come here.


We chilled on the sand till the sun was set. We had dinner at Warung Italia BBQ at Banjar Sémér. We had great pasta and pizza with surprisingly affordable price there. After that they dropped us home. It was such a tiring trip in the car whole day, but I really had great fun with these people. Thank God for this weekend holiday and new friends I had!

It had been 1.5 years now since I bought this classy Yamaha Fino and I'm still loving it so much. Here are whys.

1. First of all, because of its function. It can deliver me here and there, near and far, all over Bali (the farthest I tried was Munggu-west, Benoa-southeast and Ubud-northeast, tho).
2. It's not too big so I can control every part of it and its bumpy back gives more balance for me to ride it. It doesn't easily fall despite its light-weight.
3. The model. It's not as common as the retro Honda (old) Scoopy and looks more vintage. I love the speed-o-meter and the sticker lines. And the rear lights. It's so classy!
4. The seat. It's so unbelievably comfy, and all of my passengers said so. It didn't give me any bum-sore even after an hour driving to Ubud. It really fits the bum!
5. It made me look good on it. Can't deny this, it adds some style on me, plus my brown vintage helmets, I look as classy as a Vespa rider, only much more comfortable on a Fino.

Dare to compete me? Seriously, buy a Fino--it's never a regret.

I turned on my iTunes this morning and it shuffled to this song, that really hit me for the first time. I ended up playing it over and over again, thinking of my best friends Rachelle and Cheryl and our friendship and how we are so much far apart but still close at heart, although we don't keep in intense touch. This song is about friendship, love, support and courage. The song that really touches hearts. Cheers, Kenny Loggins!

Few days ago I went out with my college friend, Fer, who was staying at Ana's room for a couple of weeks already. When I reached Bali she had only two days left, but we could manage having lunch and dessert together on Friday that ended up with club hopping from Eikon at Legian, Kaizan at Kayu Aya till Mantra at Petitenget.

Based on my short reunion with Fer, she commented few things about my habitat here that quite taken me aback. First, she likes my room decoration with the white rustic feel and that I am such an organized person. My room was terribly messy by then but she said I was pretty much organized with things, so I guess she must have had a point there.



Yesterday I was having a spare time and went to Ace Hardware to check its new store at Central Parking. I ended up spent almost 4 hours there and went home with some stuff. Most of it are for my kitchen, but I also bought a rust detach liquid named Rust Combat. Let's find out if it really can clear all the rust on my bike's chrome rear-view mirror. I'll give the review later.


Oh, I also get this cute white Umbra butterfly jewelry hanger. And also a vintage-look leather helmet I posted the pic above to match my old one and to my classic vintage scooter Fino. Fer said I am very concerned with the details here, that everything must match with the surrounding. Well, maybe she's right after all.. :)

Last Thursday I met my longest best friend, Alex Samosir. He had time for me between his busy job so I drove to Town Square to meet him there at around 5 p.m. We met at Starbucks where he introduced me to a business acquaintance but it kinda surprised me as he mentioned me as "this girl is more than anything else". I told her he was exaggerating. He said he wasn't.

We then had dinner at Malay Village after she left. We talked about a lot of things and he, again, said that I am one of a few people that had helped him on becoming who he is now. I told him I did nothing. He said I didn't have to. The important thing is that I still wants to be his friend since 1994. It was 19 years ago. I can say he's my longest best friend and vice versa.

He said the way I shared stories with him had formed a certain way of thinking, which he said to be cool enough. He said he cherishes the friendship and companionship along the way till now we are standing on our own paths, although our hands no longer holding each other but still have a glance to each other. I think, this is how best friends do in life. We walk our own ways but still be in touch.

I had never thought that what I did had so much impact on people's life. I just do what my heart tells me to. I befriends with whoever needing it. I share anything with anyone who wants to listen. And see now, an Indonesian director for one of a multinational vehicle company just told me he wouldn't be there now without me. What an appreciation that I had just received!

Sometimes we are below, sometimes we are above. Who knew a skinny boy who lived in a quite slum area almost 20 years ago could climb his way up and become a director of a big company today? We would never know that. What we have to bear in mind is to do good to everybody, no matter how small they are. You would never know what they would turn to in the future!

Let's talk about man's territory. I told my boyfriend about a female friend who is forbidden to befriend with her best friend. So, this girl had this best friend who appeared to be a male. She treated and felt him just as a friend, but apparently the guy felt and wanted more of her. When she got married to a man she loves, her husband forbid her to keep in touch with him.

I told this story and I felt pity on her because she isn't allowed to keep her male friend. I myself have some male friends I keep close around me, although somehow my girl's radar caught signals of that 'wanting more' from them. The thing is, they really are great friends to me who I've known for a very long time. I had always thought that friends are meant to be forever.

Alas, my boyfriend thought differently. He back up my friend's husband's rule about keeping other male outside his wife's circle. "It's about man's territory," he told me. He was saying what's in the head of all men, the thing I could never understand. What is wrong about keeping friends? What is wrong about having male friends? I really can't understand this.

But I think I am no longer in my young adult years. As my discussion with Pompink years ago, people now befriends for either because of the long friendship they have since the '90s or because there is something favorable. I must be very naïve to think that these guys wanna be friends with me without wanting more. But it's their problem, isn't it?

I've always thought that to like or to love someone is everyone's right. It's up to us how to behave or deal with that. Like Robin and Ted in How I Met Your Mother, they can remain friends for years after the romance, although Ted loves Robin very much deep inside until (maybe) today. They can do it pretty well, don't they?

I know you'll tell me it's just in a movie, but I think the case is real and the solution can be applied to anyone of us, if one party behaves neutrally and draws an obvious line of the 'friend zone'. Maybe for some people just friends aren't enough, that's why they leave. But in true friends, one-sided love won't be a problem. Now, am I right?

Look at the trees and choose the one that is immediately most appealing to you.
Don’t think about it too long, just choose, see what hits you first, and find out what your choice says about your personality, have FUN and share your choice in the comments. (I'm a 1 btw..)


The results:

1.  You are a generous and moral (not to confuse with moralizing) person. You always work on self-improvement. You are very ambitious and have very high standards. People might think that communicating with you is difficult, but for you, it isn't easy to be who you are. You work very hard but you are not in the least selfish. You work because you want to improve the world. You have a great capacity to love people until they hurt you. But even after they do. . . you keep loving. Very few people can appreciate everything you do as well as you deserve.  
2.  You are a fun, honest person. You are very responsible and like taking care of others. You believe in putting in an honest day's work and accept many work-related responsibilities. You have a very good personality and people come to trust you easily. You are bright, witty and fast-thinking. You always have an interesting story to tell.  
3.  You are a smart and thoughtful person. You are a great thinker. Your thoughts and ideas are the most important. You like to think about your theories and views alone. You are an introvert. You get along with those who likes to think and learn. You spend a lot of time, thinking about morality. You are trying to do what is right, even if the majority of society does not agree with you.  
4.  You are perceptive and philosophical person. You are a unique, one soul of your kind. Next to you there's no one even slightly similar to you. You are intuitive and a bit quirky. You are often misunderstood, and it hurts you. You need personal space. Your creativity needs to be developed, it requires respect of others. You are a person who clearly sees the light and dark sides of life. You are very emotional.  
5.  You are self-assured and in charge. You are very independent. Your guiding principle in life is 'I'll do it my way.'. You are very self-reliant and know how to stay strong for yourself and the people you Love. You know exactly what you want and are not afraid of pursuing your dreams. The only thing you demand from people is honesty. You are strong enough to accept the truth.
6.  You are kind and sensitive. People relate to you very well. You have many friends and you love helping them. You have this warm and bright aura that makes people feel good when they are around you. Every day, you think about what you can do to improve yourself. You want to be interesting, insightful and unique. More than anybody else in the world, you need to love. You are even ready to love those who don't love you back.  
7.  You are happy and unflappable. You are a very sensitive and understanding person. You are a great listener who know how to be non-judgmental. You believe that everybody has their own journey in life. You are open to new people and events. You are highly resistant to stress and rarely worry. Normally, you are very relaxed. You always manage to have a good time and never lose your way.  
8.  You are charming and energetic. You are a fun person who knows how to make people laugh. You live in a state of harmony with the universe. You are spontaneous and enthusiastic. You never say no to an adventure. Often, you end up surprising and even shocking people. But that's just how you are. . . You always remain true to yourself. You have many interests and if something proves of interest to you, you will not rest until you acquire a profound knowledge of this area.  
9.  You are optimistic and lucky. You believe that life is a gift and you try to achieve as much as possible and put this gift to the best use possible. You are very proud of your achievements. You are ready to stick by the people you care about through thick and thin. You have a very healthy approach to life. The glass is (at least) half full for you. You use any opportunity to forgive, learn, and grow because you believe that life is too short to do otherwise. 

Via: @[182395281832998:274:•Inspire Yourself•]

I had never realized that I am an over-possessive person until a new friend, Adit, said it to my face two months ago. Since my first relationship with boys 13 years ago, I had read so many relationship tips articles in Mom's women magazines and I knew that guys don't like over-possessive girls. That's why I tried my best not to become one. Apparently, I was wrong.

Apparently, I still have that sense of too-much on owning something mostly over the people I care about--not only my boyfriend, but also my best friends. I just realized now that I had been pretty much a little too possessive. Actually sometimes it's good, but sometimes it's not really that good. Especially when I try to control their lives.

I think it's because I care too much. Although sometimes I seem to not caring at all. But I do. And sometimes, it's over the limit. Now I learn to accept things the way they are and to give more space to them to expand and thrive in their own lives, with their own way. Because we all are unique and we have different ways of our own. I still need to learn more in life..

Found these cool vintage-looking synthetic leather pair of boots yesterday at Forever 21, PIM. Loved it from the first sight and I didn't need second thought to buy them. Only a bit confusion when I saw the black ones and had to choose just a pair because the black were gorgeous also. But I've already known my heart wanted the brown one from the beginning. So, voilà, the boots are mine now!

I've been in Jakarta a month full now, enjoying meeting up with best friends Rachelle, Cheryl, Alexandre, Alex Samosir and few others. I went to Solo and Purwokerto for few days also, but I didn't touch Bandung. It might sound weird for you, knowing that I've been living in that city for about 20 years and it's only 2 hours away from where I'm staying now.

Maybe I've had enough with the city. I had to wait for 20 years to get completely out of there and now that Mom had moved to Tangerang, I'm not going back. I am still in touch with my friends there, but only by messages. I know I have to visit them for their second child's birth, for keeping up with recent stories, for whatever it needed between friends. But I don't.

And there are old friends who are in Jakarta, too, but I don't keep up with. They already have husbands and babies, and I don't think spending time with them would give me any benefit at all. I don't like babies and I much prefer talks about art, ideas and big discussions than family problems--which my old friends never interested about.

I know I sound a little too cold about this, but I also have projects and meetings to be done here and I don't like going to Bandung on weekends due to traffic jams. Maybe these are just my alibis, but I really don't feel like going 'back' there. Even that I had sweet memories, too, things had changed. The people I knew would change, too, and sometimes things are best kept just as memories. I'm not reliving it.

I hope you forgive me.

I just watched Java Heat, the first Indonesian action movie that have two Hollywood stars playing: Kellan Lutz and Mickey Rourke. The Indonesian young stars include Ario Bayu, Atiqah Hasiholan and Rio Dewanto, who are all the good new rising stars. I think Lutz played really well here, much better than in drama with Mandy Moore in Love Wedding Marriage. Too bad, Bayu who plays as the main role from Indonesian part is still far to be compared to Lutz's.

I also think the story is not strong enough. Maybe it's interesting enough to use Yogyakartan Keraton (kingdom) as the main background of the story and Borobudur as the final setting, but it's just not strong enough. Perhaps because of the players. Watching Lutz's natural act beside Bayu's stiff act was pretty much annoying. I don't think it's a natural Indonesian cops' character the way he is being very hard on Lutz. I just say he's still too stiff and awkward here.


Also Rourke is a little slow here than in his many other movies. Perhaps the director couldn't direct him better that made every scene is not connected to the other. But actually it's interesting to know, for this another Indonesian action movie after The Raid: Redemption. For The Raid, I think it's pretty good for the acts, quite natural although it's not really a common Indonesian habit to use weapons and that much. Joe Taslim fought pretty good there, although still need improvement when he speaks. No wonder he was recruited by the Fast and Furious.

I have only a few lists of good Indonesian movie so far, including Catatan Harian Si Boy (also starred Ario Bayu, which performed much better in this than in Java Heat) from action genre, AADC from drama and 30 Hari Mencari Cinta from the comedy. The others are okay, but not really that good enough. I hope the next Indonesian movies will get better after this. Let's cross our fingers!

Related to my recent post about Marriage and Divorcement, I found this article on internet about Ayu Utami's opinion on Faith and Sin. Recently I've been learning a lot about love, life, nature and God, and I will say I agree with her.

I remember I've post a blog about her, few years before she got married. I just found out today that I was surfing the internet that she was finally married her lover Erik Prasetya. I was very amazed by her opinion of love, marriage and sex even I haven't read any of her books. I am amazed because she vocalized the principle I was trying to make people around me to accept as one of the options.

What made it different about now and then is that now I agree with her view on Catholic, also. It has and always been our base, no matter what we believe in now. She really has a free mind and she is not afraid of voicing it. I wish I could be that vocal, but I am not her--we have different approaches and ways on delivering a message. I am just agree for what she said mostly, but about God, I have a slightly different opinion.

Anyway, I learned something new today. It's about being right or wrong. I think it's very close with sin. My lover taught me a lot of things about love and life, and the one I want to share here is that 'being right or wrong is human. For God, it's about choices with different consequences'. Therefore we should never judge anything in this world, for it is God's part.

By the way I really am happy with Ayu's marriage. It really brings a different perspective about her, in a refreshing way. At least her journey 'ends' up happily. Like her, I'm not anti marriage. I'm just being very careful of committing myself to it. I know I will be happy like she is, because I am following my heart, too. God bless!

Here are videos no. 52-55..

Let's talk about marriage. Again. I've posted some of my thoughts about this topic for the past few years (click here) and I wanna update my recent thoughts about it.

As I wrote before, I am a big believer of love, but carry a big question mark about marriage. Not that I don't want a marriage. Every girl dreams about her big day, including me. I had some vision about the party, but never been vivid about the spouse I'm gonna marry. I am still open for that.

But as life happens around me and having most of my family failed their marriage in the past two years, I decided to take a closer look about it before I dig myself into it. Nobody wants to be divorced, but as sad as it is, divorcement is something so common to happen these days, not to mention those from Catholic, the religion that strongly opposed divorcement.

I happen to meet some people that brought enlightenment in me, thank God, that explained to me how the nature/world/life/God works. People are made to love and be loved. Marriage foundation is provided to strengthen it. As world is evolving, religions became the base of this marriage thing; that a spouse should be married under the 'confirmation' of a religion they choose.

But before and above the religion, there is God who created us all and made us meet our so called 'soul mate'. We don't meet just randomly with each person throughout our lives. We have tasks and purposes to be done, and with each encounter we enrich the other person and be enriched in return.

A marriage should be a relationship between two loving people. If a marriage is no longer filled with love, what is the purpose of keeping it just to be seen by people or as a proof that actually nobody really care about? In life I've seen so many cases of marriages and I saw there is no such a perfect marriage. Behind the perfect smiling couples there are dirty little secrets they hold.

I had always seen divorcement as such a distant case I could ever imagine to happen in my life. Nobody in my family was divorced.. until the death of my father. Then one by one of my aunts got to experience it. And my perspective of this whole marriage, divorcement and life completely changed. People say, human cannot tolerate things until they experience it themselves. I think it's true.

Now that this case is being a part of my family's problems, I don't see divorcement as something so awful anymore. Let's talk about this one by one.

1. Kids
Children is the main reason of a marriage to be kept. People say children is the one who suffer in divorcement. Well, I don't wholly agree on this but also don't oppose this. As I see the case of one of my cousins, she thinks and lives a much better life after their parents got divorced. She is only 16.5 years old when it happened but she admits that she prefers to have their parents being just friends like they are now than as a spouse. She knows that their happiness is more important than the 'wholeness' of a family. As long as she has good relationships with both of their parents, she is going to be just fine. More than that, she is learning about life sooner and going to live hers better. Every kids have their own life path, so don't worry about them. For me it's such a bullshit to make the kids as a shield.

2. Status
Okay. This may be important for some people, but-hello-are you a president or something? Most people don't care about status anymore nowadays. Look at Prince Charles who fought for his love and gave up his throne. People understand and respect his choice. It doesn't matter what people will say actually, because this is your life and your heart and your future we're talking about. So it's really up to you, not to the public's statement.

3. Responsibility
You voiced your vow before the witnesses and God, therefore you have responsibility to keep it. I think this is a very logical and a right thing to do. Take example of my own mom. She vowed to remain loyal to the family but she sacrifices her own feeling for it and be miserable at heart, up until today. Such a noble thing to do, especially for the sake of the children's hearts.
   But how about love? How about feeling? How about filling the empty gap inside your heart that needs to be caressed? I don't wanna be like her. I want happiness in my life, no matter how I have to fight against any rules in this world.
   Based on my own experience--when I was at the side who got betrayed and abandoned, I found myself prefer to have someone who truly loves me than to have one who is just keeping his promise and responsibility upon me. With my ex letting me go, although it was so hard for me to accept the fact at first, somehow he freed me to find someone who can love me better and someone I truly deserve.
   I truly understand that promises are made based on emotions, but as the law of nature says: nothing lasts forever in this world. Promises expired the day the love is gone. I can see that vow and promises means nothing but to keep a commitment. Well for me, commitment is bullshit. Love is all that matters. I see how easier and happier a relationship can be done without such commitment as a burden, because when a heart truly loves, a heart commits itself to the one it loves willingly. Confirmation is needed only for the ones who are uncertain and hesitating to keep them in the same relationship.
   Then again, isn't it make you such a hypocrite person to pretend to have a perfect marriage while you are having affair(s) out there? I despise this kind of people and I pray not to become one.

4. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
This is the verse I quote from Bible, Matt 19:6. Apparently I cannot fight this verse, because it is written obviously the restriction of divorcement. But then again, this is a life manual (for some religions) while we have the freewill to make some improvement in certain cases. In this modern life, we need some renewals in every aspect to keep up with the world, as also I see in Catholic by the new Pope Francis. 
   I am not going to discuss religion thingy here, but what I'm saying is, life/nature/God has a unique way to teach us things in our lives, that most of the time surprising for us because it's usually far from the life we'd imagined or planned before. I have a simple clue for you: Marriage should be a gift, not a curse. Love should be liberating, not burdening. You would know if your spouse is the one from God or not by this hint.



Stupidly, people got married based on the dream of a happily-ever-after image or because of the age limit or because of other obligation reason. I strongly say it's a stupid thing to do. Why do people need to be married anyway? Parents (especially the woman side) told their kids to quickly get married before 25, before 30, before their age expired. If I had kids, I would tell them NOT to get married too soon, UNLESS they find someone who completes them, who compliments them, who loves them unconditionally.

I don't say it's going to be easy. But look at our neighbors in USA or Europe. They are the liberated people who fight for their love, not for the sake of a status. As John Lennon said in his song: all you need is love. And love is God. All you need is to follow your heart because it's how God leads you to live this life. I think Lennon was right after all.

I am not a hater or an apathetic person. I hope I will never be. I can say this all because I've been there. I had been in a very unhappy relationship because my boyfriend stopped loving me but we remained a couple for the next 8 months. Those were the most unhappy months I've endured, although I loved him so much. He simply didn't love me anymore and his heart was somewhere else. This was truly a torture for both of us and I knew it was much better for us to go our separate ways. It was the best decision I've ever made.

I really am not advising anyone to be divorced. But if there is no love in the marriage and there ain't no other way to fix it (I assume you've tried every possible way), why torture yourself in such a relationship? I hope I make a point here and I wish you all to have the greatest love in your life and not letting it slip away. May God bless us all!

No matter what religion or belief you hang on to, this guidance is a simple one to follow when we pray. Easy to remember for the kids and a great reminder for us adults!

I think this is a great illustration of John Lennon's song Imagine, and I completely understand about the message now. It's now about erasing heaven and hell and about being atheist, but I think there's a message from our ancestors, too, here. It's about seeing the world and life from another perspective. Fact is, religions had brought so many wars to the world, so why not erasing it to have the peace on earth?

For the past week I've been working on this new community meant to be in Indonesia (Jakarta area for the beginning) and trying to get the first attention via social media. 'Tukar guling' means exchanging, swaps, a barter; a transaction of trading both items instead of money. The idea came from Kyle's experience that made me and my friend think of creating the community in Indonesia for this kind of swapping. Anything exclude the money. I hope this will grow and help lots of people on 'recycling' their unused stuff at home.


The reason we believe in this community so much is to enhance the sense of (especially) individualistic and over-consumptive urban people. With bartering, we appreciate value over price, which is no longer cared among people these days. Also, we meet the real people who will be the new owner of our stuff or the old owner of our new stuff. We meet real people and value real things here!

It had been a week since my last post which means a week that I've been very busy. I had Pélopé bracelets to make, some meetings about the movie project and book project that I'm in, some translation to make, some website design to make and a super fast short story to send for a book competition.

I'm still in Serpong now, staying at Mom's house for three weeks now. I still don't have the urge to go back to Bali yet. I'm enjoying the environment here and the fact that I have things to keep me going. I'm fully contented to know that the things I'm working on are slowly progressing. Lots of new things I get, though I meet only with few old friends. That's enough for now, I'm still gonna thrive!