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This is what I had for dinner on Sunday. It’s called “Bakmi Pelangi” literally means “rainbow noodle”. It’s made of carrots, veggies, and red beets. The taste was just okay, not really special, but they claimed their noodle as the healthiest noodle in town.

Maybe so.

I went to Hard Rock Cafe Friday night with Danny to meet out friends there: Vivi, Jeanne and Lily. Lily was Vivi and my classmate in the Uni. There’s also Henny and her kids (Nolan and Nadine) and also Atilla (Vivi’s kid). They all had dinner there, but me, Vivi, and Atilla.

There were many people at E-X (where Hard Rock Cafe Jakarta is located) last night as the President of Indonesia watched “Ayat-Ayat Cinta” at the theater with his family. Indonesia has been crazy for that Islamic drama movie, but not me and (most of) my friends. I think it’s way overrated…

We left Hard Rock at 23:00-ish and Danny dropped me somewhere in Jalan Panjang. I got my head hit by the cab’s door when I entered the cab, and when I got home, my head got bumped again when I wanted to lay down. Yeah, I was drunk :\

Saturday went slow and boring today. I had diarrhea again. I noticed that every time I drank beer, the next morning my tummy went bad.

Hope your weekend was good, bloggers.

Appetizer
What does the color dark green make you think of?

You Are Apple Green

You are almost super-humanly upbeat. You have a very positive energy that surrounds you, and while you are happy go lucky, you’re also charmingly assertive. You get what you want, even if you have to persuade those against you to see things your way. Reflective and thoughtful, you know yourself well - and you know that you want out of life.

Soup
How many cousins do you have?
27 = 15 from Dad + 12 from Mom.

Salad
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how honest are you?

You Are Somewhat Honest

You do tend to tell the truth a lot but you also stretch the truth on occasion. You figure a little lie isn’t a big deal as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone too much!

How Honest Are You?

Main Course
Name something that is truly free.
Death.

Dessert
Using the letters in the word SPRING, write a sentence.
My friend Shirly phoned and ringed me in the morning, not good.

Dad doesn’t have much hair anymore, and those that’s still left is thin. It doesn’t take much time and cream to dye it. He didn’t even realized that it’s done when I stopped “playing” on his hair with the comb and brush.

For an almost 83 year-old man, he’s handsome to me, even though he’s not as good looking as (late) Mom. I look more like him than Mom. I wish I inherit more of Mom’s beauty…

Since I was a child, I often told that it’s strange that I don’t look as beautiful as Mom. It makes me sad, even though I’m proud that I am a daughter of one of the most beautiful women in the world. Well, she’s the most beautiful among her sisters, at least.

Never mind. I should be grateful as I got Dad’s beautiful mind and heart, as I was told by Mom. And I have Mom’s voice, too

It’s been a quite sunny day here in Jakarta. I’ve no plan for the day, but tomorrow I’m going to hang out with my friends at Hard Rock. I’m so excited! It’s been a couple of weeks, I think, since the last time I spent time with them. Ella and Siti won’t join us as they’re having vacation in Lombok now and won’t be back here until Saturday. I’m joyful that Danny and Lily have confirmed that they will be there, too. And Vivi? Of course she will be there! She’s my partner in crime, in happiness, in sadness, in drunkenness. She gotta be where ever I am drink!

You don’t work well with people who are competitive or adversarial. You prefer to work toward a common goal… not toward conflicting goals.

The dogs were visited by their groomer this morning to get their nails trimmed. I wash them regularly by myself, and I can do it very well. But trimming their nails is a different thing. They really hate that, and they scratch and bite you when you just start to touch their paws. Chantique peeing when her turn came. She and C’est Moi, they got one of their paws bled because they struggle when the clipper trim their nails.

Dad also got trimmed today. Not his nails, but his hair. I didn’t go with him, but Miskiyah did. He looks more handsome than he was this morning, and I’ll take his picture tomorrow after I dye his hair. Yeah, he still cares for his appearance, even though he doesn’t date anyone now, and was upset with me when I teased him if he’d like me to get him a girlfriend. Hehe. Forgive me, Mom. It’s just a joke, OK?

Be peaceful up there. We will always think of you every single day of our life, and you will always be Dad’s one and only woman. I can guarantee you that.

I don’t have flowers in my garden, but some of my neighbors do. I walked around and took these pictures. My neighbor’s flowers.

I am going to read my new “Chic” magazine now. Just delivered by the newspaper boy this morning.

Happy Hump Day!

But she’s forgetful. She forgets that people betray her and lie to her, too. I am not the only person she knows that has a tendency to trust, to get lied, to get cheated, and to betrayed. Because the closest person to her has been lied, cheated and betrayed much more worse than me.

And the person is her.

I really have no idea how to shut her mouth up when she breaks my spirit and hopes into pieces again since she means well. I wish I could say, “Fuck off!” to her, or mildly, “Mind your own business.” But I can’t.

Some people were born to be the sunshine, some others were born to tear the sky down, and to rob the stars away.

And I was born to be the second category’s friend.

I was with Vivi, Ella, and some other friends in theporch of my (imaginary, possibly future) of my house. The weather was fine and it was Sunday afternoon. There were trees and flowers surrounding us, and strangely it’s close to St. Carolus hospital (which is actually surrounded by buildings in Salemba).

Ella and Vivi planned to go to Plaza Senayan. They didn’t tell me, but I knew it somehow.

Suddenly, I was at the entrance of the hospital and it’s dark outside. I wanted to go in since there was a short-cut from there to some place I wanted to go, but I can’t recall where’s the place. The securities stopped me. But then I saw Doctor Parlin which was the doctor of my (late) mother which she visited since the first years of her sickness. He forgot that Mom had died and asked me how she was. I told him that Mom was no longer with us, and asked his help if he could let me in. Then he let me in.

Once I was there, I saw a dark and big cemetery in front of the hospital. I got lost there, like many other visitors. None of them looked sad, but we all looked for the way to get to the place we wanted to go.

We didn’t find it.

I was sweating when I woke up. It was hot. I looked for the remote controller, and found it. It’s actually just on my pillow…

clipped from dreammoods.com

HospitalTo see a hospital in your dream, symbolizes your need to heal or improve your physical or mental heath. You need to get back to the flow of everyday life.

clipped from dreammoods.com

CemeteryTo dream that you are in a cemetery, indicates an end to a habit or behavior. You are experiencing a rebirth. More directly, the dream may symbolize sadness, unresolved grief or your fears about death.

Well, it’s just a dream anyway, right?

The cat has nine lives: three for playing, three for straying, three for staying.

There’s almost no stray dogs in my neighborhood, but we have lotsa homeless cats around which my dogs LOVE to bark at, especially Chantique, the female Chi. Fortunately, there’s no cat-dog fight so far since the cats are afraid to get close to my house and I keep my dogs in the house.

And this cat is one of them. Feel free to see the original picture before I manipulated it here.

I took her picture (I believe it’s female) in front of my neighbor’s before the rain fell few hours ago. She has a kitten, which didn’t let me take its picture of. The kitty mother loved to pose for me, though

I wonder how it feels being stray and homeless? I wonder if my dogs would be happier if they live freely outside, assuming that no one would abuse and kill them?

Ah. Maybe I shouldn’t think of that since they are my (furry) kids and I can’t live without them. Especially C’est Moi.

Pets are God’s blessing for human beings, I believe. So, thank You for creating them, God.

I took pictures of this white stray cat in front of my neighbor’s. She has a kitten, but it didn’t let me take its picture

Ten on Tuesday: 10 Things to Do Before You Get Married

1. Watch yourself eating in front of a mirror. If you’re put off, that’s the view your future partner will have.
2. Live on your own. It’s important that you find out what a hopeless slob you are before your beloved tells you. And then leaves you.
3. Go out with your friends for a “quick drink” and stagger home three days later.
4. Have a holiday romance with someone who doesn’t speak a word of English. Who needs conversation?
5. Women: Take the soft toys off your bed. Nothing turns a man off more than performing in front of an audience of beady-eyed teddies.

   Men: Get rid of those “How to Get Girls Even Though You’re Poor and Ugly” books. They never work anyway.

6. Gobble the last slice of pizza without having to go through the “No you have it, no really. Are you sure you don’t mind?”
7. Walk about the house naked, without having to hold any bits in…
8. Have friends of the opposite sex. After marriage, it’s too much effort to keep saying: “No, I really don’t fancy them.”
9. Men: Enjoy that wardrobe space while you can! You will not believe the vast number of shoes that one woman needs…

   Women: Fill in silly magazine quizzes with titles like “Are You Seductive”, without having to listen to loud laughter from your partner (who then runs off with the magazine).

10. Relish clipping your toenails straight onto the carpet.

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Few years ago, a tarot reader advised me to put a Mandarin Duck in my bedroom if I wanted to have a good love life. I forgot about his advice until I went to Bali in September last year. I didn’t really look for it. The plane from Denpasar to Jakarta was delayed for hours and it was already very late at night. I was so bored, and I looked around the shops in the waiting room. There’s where I found this wooden Mandarin Duck. Only left one, so the shop guy gave me a special price as usually people don’t buy just one, but a couple of the ducks. So I thought this duck must be made for me somehow…

I guess my love life has improved a lot more since it became the resident of my room. I met more people, had relationships with them. Even though none of them worked out, but still it’s better than having no relationship at all for years. It was before I got the duck. But still I’m hoping that I finally will be happily in love someday. I’m tired of having meaningless relationships.

So how’s C’est Moi related to the duck?

I once read on-line that having a Chihuahua will improve one’s love life quality, too. “Chi” literally means “love”. But that’s not the reason why I have 2 Chihuahuas at home. I love their size and their personality. It’s not because I am a Paris-Hilton-wannabe. She’s one of the celebrities I dislike the most. But I admire her taste in dogs, though.

So in conclusion, I have two love charms in my life. Or, maybe three. The Mandarin Duck, C’est Moi, and Chantique. I have friends that love me, friends that anyone would die for to have, and I have strong faith that soon, my unhappiness will get ended…

Have a great week, everyone!