Food for my soul

I have been reading the Bible everyday (well... Almost every day) for the past month. It all started because i was under a lot of stress and pressure from work. I was anxious, restless, complete  emotional trainwreck and had no idea how to channel all my frustrations. My parents is my boss, so i cannot really whine to them about work, what i went through is nothing compared what they've been through. My friends are super busy as well and I know they've got enough problems on their plate and I dont want to cloud their minds even more. So that left me with my boyfriend, Adam, poor guy had to listen to my constant whining every day, thank God he's a sweetheart, but I felt a negative aura was surrounding me and I dont like the way I was behaving.

Suddenly, one morning after I took a shower, I felt the urge to look for Bible apps on my phone. I downloaded two apps, one in English and one in Indonesian. Believe it or not, right after I read some verses I can feel I was at ease. So I read the Bible again the next day and the day after and it's in my morning ritual now. Though I still need to go to church regularly on Sunday. I have decided to convert to Catholic and usually their service is quite early in the morning and we have successfully failed to go (need to work on this). Reading the bible everyday is no replacement to going to church on Sunday.

I once read that if you do that one thing for 21 consecutive days, it will become a habit. Here's hoping  I could keep reading the Bible regularly and start going to the church!

Hey there 2013

2013 is a very important year becauseeeee it's the year I'm turning 30!!! It's going to be an amazing year... I can feel it hahaha... I have decided to not stress about it, I'm going to embrace it instead. I've always been a negative person, so one of my new year's resolutions is trying to be more positive, it's no easy task especially if you've been sort of negative for 29 years of your life but if you never try you will never know. Just like that song "fix you" by Coldplay, one of my favorite song ever!!!

My other resolution is GET MOVING, GET GOING. My blood test result is Awesome (say it with a high pitched voice), all that achieved with no exercise and no vitamins hehee... but I get tired so easily. Eventhough I don't really enjoy swimming, I need to do it. No more excuses :P

Which brings me to my ultimate new year's resolution. JUST DO IT. No, it's not stocking up on Nike's  products although it would be nice hoho... I need to stop making excuses, need to stop talking and start doing. Gotta stop the "What If".

Hopefully a year from now, I can be a better person by improving on these resolutions. So bring it on world... I'm ready for you :)

Sleepless in Seattle

It's my second time watching Sleepless in Seattle on cable this Christmas month. I love that movie! Who doesnt hehe... Why I love it :
1. Always nice to see glimpse of Seattle landmarks which makes me miss Seattle even more. Gasworks Park, Alki beach, Space Needle, Pike Place Market, the 9 months of rain hehe
2. Set location was also in NYC and Chicago, my other favorite cities in the States.
3. It introduced me to An Affair To Remember, another classics. Rented it on Netflix, fell in love with the movie then I bought the DVD. Forced Adam to watch it back then in 06, he fell asleep watching it..
4. "It was like Magic..." What happens in the movie may seems unrealistic but I can totally relate to this movie. When Annie was listening to Sam talking on the radio and they both say the same thing at the same time, it happens a lot to me and Adam. Annie and Sam had a connection even before they met in person, happened to me and Adam. How we met, how we reconnect, it was like magic too hehehe... Art imitates life and life imitates art :)

Passion

For the past few years, I have been regularly visiting many sites of fashion bloggers, locally and internationally. Although lately, I just check their instagram pictures. It's amazing that they can turn it into a successful business. Many of them are famous now, even collaborating with fashion designers or create a fashion line themselves. It goes to show that if you have passion in what you do, the money will follow.

As for me, I have always thought that manufacturing is my passion. Ever since I was a little kid, I've always wanted to work in the family business and expand it. But lately, with all the demonstrations going on and the pressure from customers for cost downs and quality up, I feel overwhelmed. It's been a week since I turned 29 and boy I kinda feel depressed after my birthday. All the stress from work, is it really worth it? I know I sound like a whiner and I know there's no easy job and I should be thankful that I have a family business that I can run, but I'm just beginning to question myself, should I keep doing this or perhaps try other venture?

I'm still finding out what my passion truly is... Let's hope I can figure it out soon before I regret it all.

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

Living in Seattle for 6 years have definitely made me greener. Seattle is one of the greenest cities in the states and I went to UW, which is one of the greenest universities in the states. I feel lucky to have been able to experience all that, including living in an apartment where the manager is kind of a recycling freak. I thought that every single university in the states have a recycling bin located in their buildings, I was surprised to know that there is no recycling bin in their dorm when I visited Indiana University in Bloomington back in 08.

Implementing this so called green life in Jakarta is extremely hard. Luckily my mom has my back, so it's easier for me to start doing it from home. We recycled bottles, newspapers, papers, etc. And now, I want to start this program in my office, ahhaha, it's gonna be super hardddd. But, learning from MJ aka Michael Jackson, if we want to change the world, you gotta start with the man in the mirror. Eventhough the people in my office will probably see me as a freak or a hoarder, I have to do this, and hopefully others will follow. I've told my staff many times before, if we implement this 3R system, it will benefit not only our company but also their household as well. They can teach their own children to live a greener and better lifestyle. Because I believe that children are our future, ehhh jadi lagunya Whitney Houston hahaha...! Anywayyyy, always remember to reduce-reuse-recycle peeps. We gotta save our world.

New Chapter

I was laughing when I read my previous post which dated back in May 2011. Here I am, writing a new post 10 months after I said I need to keep a journal of my life. I have a million reasons of why I haven't been doing that, but I'm not gonna go into that, it will need another post by itself. Anyway, I feel that I have not challenged myself enough. So many plans and ideas but none of them is realized. But hey, you gotta start by dreaming right? hehehe... (another excuse). I'm close to 30 but I haven't even come close to be the person I wanna be, I thought I would have gotten married at 24, have 2 kids by now and be a successful entrepreneur. But I didn't regret about the marriage part, I'm thankful I have waited. I want to experience everything and live a life without regrets. I wanna be able to look back and say, you did good Vero and give myself a pat in the back.

I have a problem with finishing things, so with this new chapter I want to try to change that. I am gonna challenge myself more, probably by start writing more in this blog. Writing is a very difficult thing for me. It's very hard to put into words what I'm actually thinking. Let's hope I can do this.

Hello there

I now realize how important it is to write a blog or a diary of your life. There's so many things going on in our life, how can we possibly remember all of them. Reading my old entries in this blog, brings back so many good memories, of course the memories of life in Seattle. The things that I don't even remember happened... Little things.. but it is the little things that matter. And it's pretty entertaining to read what my younger self write and think about life.

Then I click on my photography blog, read the comments ... Erwin said that I should be his second shooter, don't know if he was just being nice or he was being real!! but I miss photography for sure now. Great, all I need is to buy a new DSLR hauhaua...

Sayonara 2009

A few days left in 2009. Need to start reflecting on what happened this year. A lot of interesting events and quite memorable also. It's been a good year and I hope 2010 will be kind to me :) my birthday will be 30-10-2010 huhuhu nice...

I've been procrastinating on doing my new years resolutions hehehe

The Sweetest Thing

Wow, it's been ages since I updated my blog. I'm watching The Sweetest Thing on trans tv, indonesian tv channel. Then there's this scene that I dont remember watching at all. I watched this movie in the cinema and on tbs multiple times. Well it turns out, they cut this scene on the theatres. It's pretty funny....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFc9AumJXrQ

I cant believe that they show this scene on indonesian tv channel but cut it out on us cinemas and tv. Wow...

Found it!

Remember my post about the necklace that Hendy gave me, turns out it is still in the pouch. Doh! I didnt even remember that I have 2 boxes, so I was looking only in 1 box and thought that the necklace was supposed to be in there. I went ballistic when I didnt find it. Found it now :)

Nole

I've been watching a lot of us open games, since I have nothing else better to do. Besides, tennis players are hot!!! Marat Safin, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Roddick, Roger Federer, anddddd Novak 'Nole' Djokovic. I just saw a match between Novak and Radek Stepanek, it was a great game. Longest game in the history of us open since 1979, it lasted for 4 hours and 44 minutes, 5 sets 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (2). Just by looking at the scores, you can tell they played hard. They were entertaining also... so funny! Nole is a funny guy, I went to youtube and typed in his name. He does impressions of other tennis players such as roddick, nadal, and even sharapova, it's hillarious. There are locker rooms videos also which shows that he jokes around all the time. He's not that good looking but his personality makes him so adorable. Sigh...

Ink me

I'm a fan of Miami Ink on TLC and now there's a new series, LA Ink. She used to be in Miami Ink, moved back to LA and opened her own tattoo shop. I shouldnt be watching these shows, they make me want to get a tattoo real bad. You know what, I might get one before leaving Seattle, as a constant reminder of my lovely home here in the rainy city. Might be a cross with angel wings or scorpion, or something that reminds me of seattle (space needle hauuhha maybe not, coffee? rain? ferry boats?) Any suggestions? I think I'm going to get one for real. You guys know how bad I want it. Should I wait till I get married? hauhuahua

How to ...

I don't really like school but I enjoy learning new things. When I first started learning accounting, I was super excited and felt that I could do accounting foreverrrr but after a few months.... I'm sick of it. I get bored easily. I've been watching top chef and yes, I really want to go to culinary school. Got really interested in cooking because of Adam, and got into photography because of him too. Thought of going to culinary school instead of getting my acocunting certificate last year huehe... There are so much stuff that I want to learn!!! Photography, Cooking, Baking, Chinese, Korean, and Investing. This summer, I'm only taking 1 class so I will have time to do some cooking and baking hehe... Jin patisserie in LA is sooooo good and I want to bake cookies and cakes like that (yeah, in my dreams haha).

I have my one last accounting finals tomorrow at 2pm. Havent been studying at all today. I should have studied today and work tomorrow but I'm too lazy to study. I guess I'll just study tomorrow and not work at all. There goes my $32 boo hoo

Hungary

I love to eat
I live to eat
I'm starving
How long can I endure this pain
So hungry

Creative Japanese

Japanese people are smart and they are really creative too. I've always enjoyed their reality TV show, you know takeshi castle, tv champion, and the eating contest. The first clip that I'm gonna show you is a japanese toilet prank. It's pretty funny, you should watch it till the end because they do different stuff with the toilet, similar but different...



The second video is super duper funny, I laughed until I cried. The students can not laugh while watching the video of a japanese guy speaking english or else they will get spanked!!! This guy Kenzo, got spanked at least 5 times



*updated: I just found a link to the one with a subtitle :
with subtitle

So meannnn but hillariousssss

Ok, I just found more videos while posting this blog. It's the students again.

Spotlights

Seattlelites/Washingtonians have been on the reality TV spotlights lately. Bevin, one of the top 2 girls on The Bachelor is from washington state (seattle maybe?). Apolo Anton Ohno, who is also from Seattle, just won Dancing with the stars!!! I am sooooooo excited for Apolo. Then, Blake Lewis who is from Bothell is the finalist on American Idol. Both finalists, Blake and Jordin auditioned in Seattle. There is always a finale theme song every season and this season, the producer asked the viewers to write that song. And yeap, the songwriter winner is from Seattle. Niceeee....

Blame it on PMS

I have an exam tomorrow and I have not been studying when I'm supposed to. Well, I guess I dont have to study hauhauha... who cares about the grades right? I do actually .... :( I started reading the textbook right after I got back from school but I could hardly stay awake. So I turned on the TV, drank a cup of coffee, and after that, I got a headache!!! I can not concentrate at all now... I just wanna cry huaaaaaa, it's been a while since the last time I cried. And I blame it all on PMS, of course.... I know what I need now, I need to listen to some music and start singing so I can feel better. I wanna go dancing ... and this time I do not want to get wasted again.

Side job: Travel planner

How I hate planning for vacation, especially since I'm going to 3 different islands in hawaii. Which takes me back to 2005 when I planned a vacation trip to chicago, boston, san francisco and las vegas. It's so tiring to find the cheapest hotel with a good location, comparing which site should i buy it from. I know there's kayak.com but still, not all of the hotels are listed there. I still need to schedule the places that we need to visit, rent a car, reserve a trip since some of them are so popular that you need to book them at least a month before. It's easy to book them, the problem is to find the one that provides good economical value hahaha...

Spamalot

Monthy Python's Spamalot is coming to Seattle!!!! I am super excited but the problem is, it starts on October 10. I don't know if I will still be in Seattle at that time. Well, I guess I have to now hahaha... I've been wanting to see this show since it first came out, just like Wicked. Finally I saw Wicked last october and hopefully I will be able to see Spamalot this October hehe... By the way, there's a lot of artists performing this May, joss stone, john legend, my chemical romance, rent, etc...

Today is Thursday and usually it's my beer day hahahahahah.... but I had a slush ice on Ambrosia today. Man, I'm addicted to that, it's so goooodddd... Super fatty though :( Haiyaaa... jessbong introduced me to that slush ice and I'm hooked!!! So beer or no beer today?

Caffeinated

I am not sleepy at all.... I drank tea after dinner. Must not do that again!!! It's past midnight and i want to sleep but my eyes are wideeee open. I had cookies with my tea. It's almond thin and it's so good. I ate 10 of them and just blew up my diet. Im hungry again now hahaa... So bad.

I talked to my mom earlier today. She told me that one of my cousins is pregnant. It's a great news but not really because she has lupus. She had miscarriage a couple of years ago. It's very dangerous for her to be pregnant, it can be deadly. I told my mom that I couldnt believe that they tried that hard to have a baby, knowing that it can be deadly for her and the baby. I mean, she can lose her life. My mom said that her husband really wants to have a baby. Then somehow we went on talking about me and my kidney problem. She told me that it's better for me not to have kids. I told her that I really really want to have kids someday. I know that all of the doctors have told me that it's pretty risky for me to get pregnant but by the time I'm ready, you know, technology will be much advanced. I couldnt understand why my cousin is risking her life to have a baby and there I was, trying to convince my mom that it will be fine for me to have kids. I guess I can somehow understand my cousin's feelings now. I know that you can adopt but it's different. It's still a long way to go for me and I shouldn't be worrying about this but maybe I can do something now that will affect how it is will be in the future, such as living a healthier lifestyle. Urrghhh it's hard, especially the alcohol.... haha... Yes girls, I'm sure you all know, how much I adore those beers and shots hahahaha.... Wow, I didnt plan to blabber all this depressing stuff, must be the caffeine.