Another Victoria's Secrets

It was a fine Sunday when we all gathered at office at 8 a.m. Me, Cia, Dani, Alban, Aurel, Zee and Olivier went together in Alban's car to Sanur and arrived there around 9.15 a.m., met Dewi Cristina there and set on board by a speedboat to Nusa Lembongan, a beautiful island 30 minutes away from Sanur beach.





We arrived at the island at around 10 a.m., rent bikes and drove to Nusa Ceningan, a smaller island next to Lembongan, connected with a yellow bridge with metal construction and wood base. We arrived at the Jumping Cliff, next to the blue lagoon somewhere at the southern side of the island.


The guys tried the 13 meters high jump from the cliff while the girls were having pancakes. We met this cute American couple with three kids; two toddler boys and one baby girl, and we held the boys while their parents did the jumping. That was such an adrenaline ride for the parents, but I'd say it was much much more for the boys.



We left the cliff and rode back to the Lembongan, rode for about 20 minutes to the western shore to find food but there were only tuna served, while they said the tuna weren't fresh. People got sick or infected by eating them, so we avoided it. So another 20 minutes driving to Dream Beach then, like the safest place for us there.







I had grilled fish for lunch, then after we were all stuffed, we went down to the beach for sunbathing. This is the part I loved the most, but stupidly I didn't bring the sarong with me, so my body was covered with sand all over. But we did have fun anyway.


We went back to the Mushroom Bay at 4.30 and went back to Bali by the same speedboat, only the bumps were much worse at afternoon. I'd prefer to stay overnight and take the trip earlier of the day next time. We all were tanned and tired, and the most important thing is, we really had fun!

Pride of Africa, a train with long rail owned by a family of Rohan Vos since 1989. Check out on this super fine journey through these pictures below.

Ana, Rivan and I spent our whole Sunday to paint the room. So our rent room was very dirty on the wall (and also on the floor when I first moved in but took care about it the day I entered the room). And after almost a month pending the job, we finally painted it today. Took almost 6 hours to cover the 3 meters high, 3 x 4.2 sqm room, and we covered the yellowish wall with brand new white paint.


The color really brightened up the room, way too bright actually, for we also have white ceramics for the floor and white bedsheets, too. We really want to put beige for the wall, but let's see if we still want to do another painting job next time. It really was exhausting, but we love what we have in the end. It's such a nice feeling to have the room clean and white :)

I really think those ancient Greek and Chinese people are truly geniuses. Last Saturday, Kak Nissa (Ana's cousin) and her friend Yunita visited us and we ended up watching the after sunset at Petitenget Beach, then had dinner at Warung Bunana, the small depot of the best roti canai and teh tarik in Bali.

Along the time, we discussed about the zodiac and the general characters of Geminis and Virgos, for Nita is a Gemini and Ana has always known Geminis, and also because almost all of Ana's family are Virgos. My dad was a Gemini and Mom is a Virgo. I had never known about my parents' characters until that night we discussed about it--I just have to agree with the girls because they're rather true.

So that was why my dad was a silent person. Geminis don't like to participate on things they don't like; they choose to walk away, especially from the discussions they know they won't get anything from it. They also always do things if there's benefit for them. If not, they'll just leave it. And they don't like surprises or anything that disturb their plans. They don't change their plans for you.

More about Virgos, since I'm now surrounded with so many Virgos more than ever (my boyfriend, my boss, my mom, Mom's friends, ... ) I listen to Ana's stories more carefully. So Virgos are all over the 'panic' and explanations. They like to analyze and to have everything perfectly. So I see now why my boss can sometime very much troubling and why I always have long discussions with boyfriend at night. They are wise, but not for themselves.

As for Pisces, the new fact I just know from Ana, that we never seem to have any serious problem or to be stressed. Even when we are depressed, we don't seem like we are. I think it's because that we Pisces have another world inside of our heads that we don't like to go down to earth for the world is cruel to us. We would prefer the fantasy world and the fun. So yeah, people would see us as dreamy people.

But I don't think I'm so much a Pisces anymore. I still have my fantasy world inside of my head where I still go sometimes, but I live more in reality now. I am not quite sure about my star sign anymore, tho after the ecliptic signs (the 13th sign of Ophiucus), I'm still under Pisces. I think people's characters had affected so much on me lately that I'm now more a realist and practical--and I think it's doing me good. :)

So apparently terrorism also happens to us in daily "human" life. The first case I found lately was for myself. Someone sent me text, threatened me if she ever sees me again talking to her "boyfriend", a boy I know from the church. I received three other texts from the same number, the last one mentioned this boy to be her "husband" while in fact he said he doesn't have any girlfriend, let alone a wife.

I never replied to the messages, knowing that she is just someone who doesn't like me or just jealous, some secret admirer of the boy but doesn't get his attention. This simply pushed me away from the Church's youth organization (the OMK), tho I didn't give a damn about the messages.

So, the other terror case I heard lately is the one directed to my sister. It is this crazy woman thinking that my sister is having an affair with her husband just because they work together and he gave my sister a ride home at night when they are working late. Not that I am defending my sister with no reason (which of course I would definitely do), but I know my sister and her type of a guy and there is so no way that this is happening between my sister and this woman's husband.

Now, the woman messaged my mom about the imaginary affair and asked to be my friend in facebook. To me, she said it nicely at first that she wants to add a new friend and said "Dear" to call me. I told her to stay away and said that I would go to the police for libelous. She asked me to accept her to be my friend but as I didn't accept, she was freaking out and swearing . It is kinda freak to me, given that she had already threatened my sister at facebook and also in real life.

I really hope that this woman will stop terrorizing my sister and family, and I really wish the best for her and the husband to get along again. And I just can hope that people will stop being a psycho to their lover and stop scaring other people just because they can't trust their partner. This is just too much a drama to me. I really don't have time for something like this!

So I spent my Saturday last weekend with the girls. It was so fun! Jana and I agreed to meet at Double Six beach at 4 p.m. and just before I go, Ana came home and she wanted to come. So we met Jana at the beach and sunbathed till it was sunset.

We managed to meet Keaton at the beach and when Jana decided to go home, the rest of us had dinner at Warung Bunana, Kerobokan, and had some chit-chat till 8 p.m. Then we prepared to go for the night's fun time.


Ana and I met Jana at Mantra, the new cafe's re-opening party in Petitenget. Jana introduced us to her friends Katryn and Lisa, both are Germans too. And after that we moved to Tulip because my boss just called me to come over. At midnight the German girls went home, but Ana and I stayed to accompany my boss and his friends.

Another two girls came, this time Indonesian: Santi and Putri. They are both from Yogyakarta, and friends with Dani at first. At around 2 a.m. we moved again to Mint, some club around the area with so many people crowded in it--and danced till it was 4 a.m.

Finally! After weeks of waiting, we did watch The Avengers at the theater. I think this is my first movie on 2012. I don't really remember when was my last time watching movie in a theater, but I guess it was with Alvin on November 2011 in Bandung. And indeed, this is my first time watching movie in theater in Bali, since we only got one theater on the whole island... so it was quite a queue.


I really can't decide which one I love more: The Transformers or The Avengers. They kinda use the same technology but this one is more a superhero than robotic. Only the Chitauri legion and the war scene in New York reminded me a lot of The Transformers. Well about the movie, I love it. Just like any other superhero and fantasy movies, I love it!


These are the scenes I loved about The Avengers from the most hilarious one:

1. The moment when Hulk slammed Loki. I just burst out into laughter since it was so hilarious. And the "Puny God"  line.
2. The moment when Loki said "If it's all the same to you, I think I'll have that drink" after waking up surrounded by the Avengers.
3. "...he's my brother," said Thor to the Avengers about Loki. "He killed 80 people in 2 days," says Natasha, then Thor added: "He's adopted."
4. Pilot: "Target acquired -- Target engaged -- TARGET ANGRY!"
5. The moment Banner turned into Hulk just at the right time to punch the Chitauri's monster. "That's is my secret, Captain. I'm always angry." This one's not hilarious, it's just cool.

Here are some cartoon I found in internet about them. They are so funny and creative. Yeah I know, I'm just getting too avenge-y now.