Being Different

It's okay to be different, because it makes our world unique.

Being cool it's relative. Be your kind of cool.

Everyone deserves to be appreciated, loved and respected. It's the new world.

If you think torturing the weak is cool, you're sick.

Have you ever think if you're the weak?

No, because your heart is as cold as ice.

Ju and Ju and Shrink

I finally watched Julie and Julia! After NOT finishing the novel due to VERY complicated and high-level vocabulary used, I finally watched the real deal.

Do I like it? On a scale one to ten I give it a ... 7. I absolutely love Meryl Streep (who doesn't?) I don't know how the real Julia Child spoke but if Meryl put on a very convincing accent. So convincing, I sometimes can't even understand what she's talking about. But I like the story of Julia and how she changed the way American women cook. So, the story is about two women, Julia Child, an American living in France in the 50s. She wanted to do something other than being someone's wife. She went on to learn French cooking and wrote a 734-page cookbook. The other story is about Julie Powell, a cubicle worker around the time after 9/11 who made a blog about her year of cooking dangeriously. She cooked every recipe in Julia Child's cookbook in a year.

Julia had a mission to teach America cook French food. Julie finally finish something in her life.

With a drive to suceed and a little inspiration can get people anywhere.

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Shrink.
Starring Kevin Spacey and Keke Palmer, to name a few.

I only watch it because, of course, the main character is a psychiatrist and I love Kevin Spacey. At first, I felt a bit disturbed by the language used but if you really watch it, it's very good. It's about Dr. Henry Carter, a psychiatrist to the stars. His patients included a movie-star and her partner, an agent, an aging veteran actor and a strugling writer. Dr. Carter himself had a problem he couldn't cope very well. Turns out, his wife commited suicide. He started to consume drugs. One day, he was given a pro-bono case of Jemma. They had something very much in common, loss.

Kevin Spacey is one of the greatest actors ever. I love the scene where Jemma asked Henry to open a letter, supposedly from her mother, to tell her if the letter explain what happened. When they hug, it's just sad. And Keke Palmer, bright star!

*love it*
*That's my kind of storyline*

Feeling Sentimental

Sea is a body of water
with endless opportunities and wonder
human hands and greed sometimes took
the beauty of God's divine gift

We are here to maintain
We are here to care
for the nature and land
we can live to this day

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At school, I have an assignment to write a poem (Pantun dan Gurindam) so I've been practicing.

My previous post, FYI, is about how we have to preserve culture and our national language. I'm planning to write more of this.

Pop!

Selayang pandang segarkan raga
bangsa yang kaya harus dijaga

jalan hidup tak harus lurus
harta tak ternilai bagi penerus

air maha luas penuhi situ
budaya tak hilang ditelan waktu

emas indah dipandang mata
tak ada budaya seunik kita

persatuan darah persatuan rasa
identitas kita identitas bangsa

air mengalir deras keluar keran
bagai luapan ungkapan hati
kalau tak mau dicuri negri jiran
jaga harta sampai mati

Research?

PE class assignment: make an aerobic routine of minimum 12 minutes.

so I've been looking at videos at youtube, and doing some research. Of course, I can't copy them all. They.are.impossible.to.follow. it's hard, dude! After searching and several ideas later, I took a break and started looking for cheerleading videos. I love watching 'beautiful sports' like figure skating, cheerleading, swimming, tennis, all that jazz. Here's what I found.

I gasped through out the routine.

Dear John

At Paris Van Java, as I told you before, I bought two books: Princess Mia by Meg Cabot and Dear John by Nicholas Sparks. I just finished reading Dear John and I love it.

What I like about Mr. Sparks' books are the plots are fairly similar: two people with often lonely and different lives, met and found love. But Dear John has a twist I really love. It tells the story of John Tyree, a soldier for the US Army and how he met Savannah Lynn Curtis during his leave of duty. They formed a mutual attraction and they were inseparable. But like everyone said, long distance relationships don't USUALLY last. But for them, it brings an eye-opening experience.


I particularly love it because I think the character of John's Dad is very strong. And it arises a psychology-related issue of Autism and Asperger's, which I love. I strangely enjoy reading about one's detailed personality and how they live. I totally would recommend Dear John as a light reading over the weekend to remind us there are more than one meaning in love.

And the good and surprising news is the novel has been adapted onto the big screen. The movie Dear John will be released next year, starring Channing Tatum *Of Course* and my personal favorite, Amanda Seyfried, and directed by Lasse Halstrom. Woohoo. Believe me, I had no idea about the movie version before I bought the book.





*owwwwwwwww*

many loves,
Hana

Hot and Cold

It's going to be November already. I'm so close to graduating and moving on to Uni. I have to learn more, work more, stop messing around because it's huge deal. Getting into a good Uni, I mean. Like most high school students around the country, my destination is University of Indonesia. It's probably the best public university in Indonesia. My second choice would be UNIKA Atma Jaya, a private Uni, a favorite to my school's alumnus. Both Uni are very hard to get into. Especially to my choice of faculty, Psychology.

My other option is UI-International, a program offered by University of Indonesia, Faculty of Psychology. Two years in Indonesia, two more in Brisbane, Australia at University of Queensland. I'd love to study abroad, I'd love it very much. But my biggest concern is, of course, the fee. My dad is certain we can pay my way to it. Still, I'm anxious and worried.

Plus, I still want to pursue my dream of becoming a journalist. My dad thinks communication is an abstract study. Don't get me wrong, I love to know more about psychology. I find it very very fascinating.

Yes, I know I'll have more opportunities abroad. Both in the field of Psychology or Journalism. I know I can live on my own. My English is, thank God, well enough.

But still ...

written in confusion by Hana.

Pretty Runways.

Miu Miu Spring 2010 Collection

Hermes Spring 2010 Collection

personally I love these. Lanvin 2010 Spring Collection



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Nowhere Boy and More

I just love Ms. Scott Thomas.

Fall on Forever

Fall Collection on Forever 21.
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Smitten by Smitten

Since before the trip I've been dying to eat a good cup of frozen yogurt. I spotted Sour Sally on the ground floor but then I spotted a new stall. It's called Smitten and I think it isn't available in Jakarta. I ordered medium sized plain with strawberry topping. My review,


Sour-o-meter: fair. Less sour than SoSa.

Toppings: varieties of fruits and of course mochi.

Price: Rp 22.000 for medium size.

Plus Point: taro and green tea flavors!

Overall : Very nice. I might try it again.

Location: PVJ ground floor opposite Gramedia, few steps from Papaya and Sour Sally. You'll also find it at IP, Ciwalk Broadway and Karawaci. They also give stamp cards. Collect 10 stamps to get a small cup with a topping for free !


Do you see that pink t-shirt I was wearing? It is the official Baju Karwis. Some of the boys were not comfortable wearing it. Of course they were not, it's very pink!

love,
Hana.

Hana in Bandung part TWO.

The Second day was the toughest. We had so many to do and I was drained. We were all very tired. We went to Universitas Parahyangan and Institut Teknologi Bandung. At UNPAR, we listened to presentations on the faculty of economy at the campus. While at ITB I chose the Fakultas Seni Rupa dan Desain. The choices for SSC were SBM and FSRD. I had to chose the art school since I have zero talent in bussiness and management.

From there, we went to Museum Geologi. I'm always up for museum trips. I find them fascinating. My friend, Tannia, shared the passion of curiosity. She had me take pictures of all the exhibits, up until my battery went dead. I was very happy when I saw the huge T-Rex fossils. I have always dreamed about it moving like in the movie night at the museum.

Hana in Bandung

I'M BACK

finally I can sit on my chair, in front of my laptop, in my room, in my house, in my beloved city of JAKARTA. I'm in a mood of telling you my story, JOURNEY to Bandung, in my point of view.

I had flu a day before the trip and I was very miserable. God knows how many tissues I've thrown. Anyway, I had thought to bring a small, hand-held, Elle bag in color green but my belongings were just to many. The Social Science Major went to Bapepam-LK near Lapangan Banteng. I wish one day I'd work in an office like that, very modern, very sophistocated. Later that day, I spotted a car with RI 12 license plate parked outside the building (Menko Perekonomian, Hatta Rajasa) . I wondered if I spotted RI 1 on the street.


After the brief visit, we went straight to Bandung. The schedule was to dropped our bags at the hotel first before going to Jalan Riau, but because we were already late, we went straight to Jalan Riau, aka the Factory Outlet District. It was raining quite heavily when we arrived and I lost my mood to shop. I didn't buy anything. From there, we went to Saung Mang Udjo. I really wish I had more time to look at the mechandise on sale but I was too tired, sick and upset to enjoy the moment. We went to see a show, showing numerous traditional music and dances, including playing angklung. I haven't touch one of those since primary school. *FYI, I competed in an angklung competition once*



We stayed at Talagasari Hotel on Setiabudi atas, almost near Lembang. The complex was very large, I had a VERY hard time looking for my room. I stayed with Sherly, Vinca, and Chrisna. The room was okay but the bathroom was kind of scary. But it has aircon so I was safe.

That's day one !

Take Care,
Hana.

GF

Isabel Lucas is on the cover of Girlfriend Indonesia. Woohoo. I'd love to see more of Isabel. She rawks! Too bad I won't be able to bring it to Bandung. Mrs. X is going to rip it right off me. lol.

But I'm planning to buy from Frozen yogurt and hunt for books. I know Periplus has a shop in Istana Plaza and Setiabudhi. I'm staying at Setiabudhi BUT the street itself is very long. How am I going to find the shop? I just hope I'd stumble upon a nice bookshop...and distros...and FOs. I'll be continuing my hunt for frozen yogurt and good food later *excited*

see you in three days.

hana the eccentric.

One to Last

In a matter of hours, I'll be on my way to Bandung for SMAK 7's study tour. I can't hardly wait because, I get to be in Bandung, surrounded by good food and excellent choices of apparel shops *hallelujah* plus with friends I love. So, anyway, I won't be posting anything until Saturday. For now, I'm putting up this:

the super shiny black patent platform wedges

It's a gift from Dhea and friends, supposedly for my birthday*July 9th to Oct 24th, you do the math* But I was very excited when Dhea gave it to me. Thanks bestie!

Admiration

TOP and KaWanku together held this competition to make recycled accessories with empty TOP plastics. Well, as you can see, the FORTELATION team is excited and immediately got into action. Karina and I made a huge statement necklace. It's very boring and usual compared to the other entries. Yulin made a small purse, another team made a shoulder bag. But the winning item was Mita's frame. And, it was her birthday today. So, she got a trip to Bandung to TOP's factory *I think*. Anyway, I, surprisingly, got a goodie bag. I don't care if it's only out-of-date magazines but it feels really, really good. I mean, who doesn't love free stuff. The second prize goes to my bff, Loren. I was the one who told her to join, take as many TOPs as she want, make a design and submitted it. And I got my fair share :p.

But I didn't get to hear all the seminar because I have to stay ot my post, which is the SEKRETARIAT. I mean, I WANT TO WORK IN A MAGAZINE, so BAD! I love the creative thing going on. Beside psychology, it's my biggest passion. I've told people millions of times: I want to work for a psychology magazine or write a psychological articles for magazine. Whatever, I just want to work out my two biggest obsessions, beside of course movies and actors. I had the chance to meet VINA PUSPITA but I didn't. I saw her walk right in front of me, and I just stared. gyaaaaa. *FYI, Kak Vina is one of SMAK 7's finest alumnis. My teacher, whom I respect and admire so much, aka Mrs. X, is very very very very proud of her. If Mrs. X proud of me for just 5%, I'd be really happy. Somehow, her thoughts and opinions matter to every single decision making at the school. I find her quite fascinating to follow. I just wish I could be like her *tuing tuing*

anyway, I'm tired, smelly *yuck* and have lots to do *aka online*.

Viva La FORTELATION.
3 days TO GO.
7 days to KARWIS.

wwwwwwoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooo


hana the eccentric.

FPSIUI

I.went.to.Faculty of Psychology University of Indonesia.

*hallelujah hallelujah*

I was there to take a psycho test for faculty decision. I mean, I KNOW where I AM going. *duh*but it's still fun to do that kind of test. I love tests about your personalities. It's very interesting to know about you, you really don't even know about. Anyway, arrived at 7-ish and the place was packed with other BTA students. I was in building H, where the Alfamart is located *FYI, it's the only faculty which has a minimarket!* and I instantly love it. It gives me a huge positive encouragement to keep going and to work my ass off to get in. The environment is very natural and fresh. It's a breath of fresh air from my current school. It's awe-some! Dear God, I want I want I want I want I WANT it so BAD !

I wish I could see more facilities around the campus. I HOPE I'll get to chance to not only see them, but also learn in them.

AMEN.

*I have to work, very hard*

hanatheeccentric.

Fallen Food

In the middle of FORTELATION, I made a bold move to watch the movie *I hope Andrea doesn't see this post* and I love it. The idea to turn water into food is genius. I mean, if it is truly achievable, it's the end of world hunger! It's very funny and I, who has a very low sense of humor, actually laughed. It's so cute and hilarious. It's actually inspired by a book by the same name. Different plot but fairly same in concept: food rain. I would be very fat *I'm already plus size now, please, don't gain more* if food falls from the sky. It might be the end of time or something. You should watch it. I highly recommend it. It's funny and the animation is very clear and surreal. But if I were a kid, it's ve really scared. Huge meatballs free-falls on your house. It's scary. Generally, it's very entertaining.

I googled the pics.

hanatheeccentric.

Quickie Update

CANNOT WAIT FOR VOGUE NOVEMBER. I mean I can't NOT buy it. The Cover is the cast of Nine:

Kidman, Clotillard, Cruz, Hudson.


*scream of excitement*

Oh, it's T-1 day to FORTELATION. The anxiety sets in. Rock the event, fellow committee!


hana the eccentric.

Hit It !

Chanel Iman and Jourdan Dunn for TV.

I.Adore.The.Killer.Shoes.and.Their.figure.








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