Copying from Rima.. I am totally bored and have nothing to freaking do. Just to check out how many exciting things I've done all my life..

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink.
02. Swam with wild dolphins.
03. Climbed a mountain.
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive.
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid.
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone.
08. Said “I love you” and meant it.
09. Hugged a tree (while climbing it).
10. Bungee jumped.
11. Visited Paris.
12. Watched a lightning storm.
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise.
14. Seen the Northern Lights.
15. Gone to a huge sports game.
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa.
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables.
18. Touched an iceberg.
19. Slept under the stars.
20. Changed a baby’s diaper.
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon.
22. Watched a meteor shower.
23. Gotten drunk on champagne.
24. Given more than you can afford to charity.
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope.
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment.
27. Had a food fight.
28. Bet on a winning horse.
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight.
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can.
32. Held a lamb.
33. Seen a total eclipse.
34. Ridden a roller coaster.
35. Hit a home run.
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking.
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day.
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment.
39. Had two hard drives for your computer.
40. Visited all 50 states.
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk.
42. Had amazing friends.
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
44. Watched whales.
45. Stolen a sign.
46. Backpacked in Europe.
47. Taken a road-trip.
48. Gone rock climbing.
49. Midnight walk on the beach.
50. Gone sky diving.
51. Visited Ireland.
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love.
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them.
54. Visited Japan.
55. Milked a cow.
56. Alphabetized your CDs.
57. Pretended to be a superhero.
58. Sung karaoke.
59. Lounged around in bed all day.
60. Played touch football.
61. Gone scuba diving.
62. Kissed in the rain.
63. Played in the mud.
64. Played in the rain.
65. Gone to a drive-in theater.
66. Visited the Great Wall of China.
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken.
69. Toured ancient sites.
70. Taken a martial arts class.
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight.
72. Gotten married (twice).
73. Been in a movie.
74. Crashed a party.
75. Gotten divorced (once).
76. Gone without food for 5 days.
77. Made cookies from scratch.
78. Won first prize in a costume contest.
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice.
80. Gotten a tattoo.
81. Rafted the Snake River.
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert.”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason.
84. Performed on stage.
85. Been to Las Vegas.
86. Recorded music.
87. Eaten shark.
88. Kissed on the first date.
89. Gone to Thailand.
90. Bought a house.
91. Been in a combat zone.
92. Buried one/both of your parents.
93. Been on a cruise ship.
94. Spoken more than one language fluently.
95. Performed in Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour.
98. Passed out cold.
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country.
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over.
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge.
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking.
103. Had plastic surgery.
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived.
105. Wrote articles for a large publication.
106. Lost over 100 pounds.
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback.
108. Piloted an airplane.
109. Touched a stingray.
110. Broken someone’s heart.
111. Helped an animal give birth.
112. Won money on a T.V. game show.
113. Broken a bone.
114. Gone on an African photo safari.
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears.
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol.
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild.
118. Ridden a horse.
119. Had major surgery.
120. Had a snake as a pet.
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours.
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states.
124. Visited all 7 continents.
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days.
126. Eaten kangaroo meat.
127. Eaten sushi.
128. Had your picture in the newspaper.
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about.
130. Gone back to school.
131. Parasailed.
132. Touched a cockroach.
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes.
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey.
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
137. Skipped all your school reunions.
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office.
140. Written your own computer language.
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream.
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care.
143. Built your own PC from parts.
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you.
145. Had a booth at a street fair.
146. Dyed your hair.
147. Been a DJ.
148. Shaved your head.
149. Caused a car accident.
150. Saved someone’s life.

One evening back when I was still in Utrecht, me and my DH were on a bus, going home. We were speaking English (of course) and there was this girl walking towards us and sat in front of us..

My DH suddenly looked at me and asked, "Did you hear what she said?"

I was like, "No. What, what did she say?"

"She said we shouldn't speak English. We should speak Dutch instead"

Then I realized the whole passengers was looking at her and me instead, wondering what the f was going on. I had no clue myself.

"Oh wow, very funny. I don't speak the language", I added.

And the girl was glaring at me like I was some kind of disease or something. Glarrring!! What a b*tch!! But just by looking at her, I knew that she CAN'T speak English. So I was still whispering (out loud) behind her back.

Her stop came, and she stood up, still glaring at me once in awhile. And then there was this guy looking at her with a "what the hell is your problem" kind of look. He turned at me and smile, shook his head and laughed.

She got off, and I could see her evil eyes looking at me from the window outside. I should've stuck my middle finger out back then.. she wouldn't understand, would she?

I could understand how that girl was so embarassed.. Of course. Having the whole bus looked at her like that.. and she's not even anyone famous.. What a drama queen!!

Finally.. something in Edmonton.

My DH & I LOVE amusement park.  And there's not much of it here in the city where I live. There is actually NONE. So when CapitalEX is opening this year, we're a bit excited. Although you can't compare it to an amusement park, 'cause it's simply the largest fair  (or exhibitions as they claim it) in Canada.

Sunday July 20th, Edmonton was frreaking HOT!! I wasn't sure about the temperature, but I was baking outside (hey, I got my tan back, lol). And to make matters worse, I didn't remember anything about wearing sunscreen.. stupid me.

Anywhoo, we walked around the fair, and found no rides worth trying. You had to pay extra (on every ride) on top of the entrance fee (which was very much worth it, 10 bucks). There was an all day pass but we missed the dateline. Oh well..

I wanted to go on a bungee jumping ball. I suppose it would be a fun, stress-releasing (as my friend Diana claims) ride. But when I looked at the fee, 40 bucks per person. Ah nee, let me worked my ass off first to make the payment very well worth it.

So we decided to just go see shows instead. From US break dancing, our little brother is fond of dancing although he doesn't dance himself, but I notice that most of the time he spends his time watching "America's Next Best Dance Group" - to the FMX show, all the motorbikes action that made me grin - to seeing butterfly house, where there's an isolated place full of butterflies plus the birthing center - to a talent show, circus and a hypnotize show.

The last two shows were very entertaining. I've never been a fan of circus. My DH talked me through to go see cirque du soleil a couple times. I said yes, but I was just thinking that circus was all about people in boring tight gym tracksuits and weird animals, showing moves on a slow classic songs. And God knows why, we just never went to any of it. And when the show started yesterday, I realize I was totally erred. Those circus men were like modern and colorful version of men in Mary Poppins. Very cute indeed. The music was upbeat and fun, and the actors were funny. I left the hall with a big smile, and would say a big YESSS the next time my DH asks me.

The hypnotize show was hosted by an English man, Terrance B. At first we had no clue what this show was all about. Then I realized, it was something I've seen before. 15 people in audience got hypnotized, went onto the stage and were hypnotized further. They were dancing crazily - a girl was about to show one of her boobs before a staff took her behind the stage to fix her bra and top, they acted like dancers, shaggy, elvis and monkeys. To us, it was hilarious!!

Close to 11 pm we went up to directors' suit of a horse track (pretty cool, isn't it? but it was open, so everyone was allowed to go there) to enjoy the fireworks. It was the best ones I've seen so far..

Yayyy!! Well, not exactly here, but we looked into FedEx's website,
checked the status of our tracking number,
and the post man should ring Monday before 5pm.

Finally.. I just can't wait to work again, back behind the desk..
like I used to..
and I can save up for a lot of things.. especially holidays..
oh how I miss those moments..
Well, of course I have to take my time until that happens.
'Cause I might need to translate the criminal record.

I am just, simply, happy..
I thought it was going to be wayyy longer than this..
I guess the Dutch drink a lot of sissi
and they can take it easy
at least that's what my brother says..

This is an FOTD to support Edmonton Eskimos on their game vs Toronto Argonauts last week Thursday

EOTD
- Bare Study as a base
- Kelly Green pigment on lid
- Gulf Stream & Teal pigment on crease
- Clarity on outer v
- Spring Up on inner corner and middle lid
- Fascinating Pencil liner on bottom line
- Cover Girl Lash Blast Mascara

COTD
- Bourjois Blush #16

LOTD
- Sock Hop l/g (udah ilang)

I am watching this Miss Universe pageant, hosted in Vietnam.

When they announced the top 15, I was talking to my DH, "Please, don't let USA be in it!" and.. Mel B & Jerry Springer called Miss USA as the top 15 winner, within seconds.. Ohhh..

Just few moments ago, the evening gowns show of the top 10. USA was, of course, in it. And just few hours ago I recalled Rachel Smith fell during the pageant's evening gown show, I went on youtube to search for the videos.

This year, the bad luck is back. And.. maybe God heard my shout, during US swimsuit show, I was just wishing out loud "fall, fall, fall, trip, trip, trip!!" eeek, nothing happened. But just in time for the evening gowns show, the entrance of Miss USA, again I was like "fall, fall, fall, trip, trip, trip!!" And YESSSS, she fell on her butt, just like last year's Miss USA..

Setelah beberapa lama (kelamaan kayaknya) absen baca Kompas, hari ini gue buka lagi, pengen tau apa yang terjadi di negaraku tercinta.

Satu headline menarik perhatian gue. Foto close-up seorang pemuda terbalut baju pramuka. Seragam cokelat, yang semua kegiatannya mengundang rasa ingin tau gue, seragam cokelat yang bertahun-tahun gue pake jaman masih sekolah. Seragam favorit gue di hari favorit.

Anyways, nama pemuda itu Pungkas Tri Baruno. Pemuda tersebut, saat ini sudah Almarhum, dikabarkan sedang dalam perjalanan pulang ke tanah air dari Amerika Utara. Gue telusuri berita-berita sebelumnya, apa yang Alm. lakukan di Amerika Utara, kenapa bisa sampai begini?

Dan pertanyaan gue terjawab: Pungkas mendaki gunung McKinley di Alaska dalam peringatan 100 tahun Pramuka. Dan.. this is the best part.. Pungkas Berhasil Tancapkan Merah Putih di Mount McKinley. Ini merupakan pertama kalinya bendera merah putih kita berkibar di gunung tertinggi di Amerika Utara tersebut.

Sangat disayangkan, Pungkas gugur dalam perjalanan pulang. Kekuatan fisik diperkirakan menjadi salah satu penyebabnya, didukung oleh buruknya cuaca di Alaska. Jenazah diperkirakan sampai di Jakarta minggu depan.

Gue angkat topi, salut untuk Pungkas dan kedua orang tuanya, yang berhasil membesarkan seorang pejuang dan anak bangsa. Siapa sangka, dalam usia 20 tahun berhasil menancapkan bendera bangsa di dinginnya kutub yang menusuk.

Untuk keluarga dan kerabat yang ditinggalkan, saya turut berduka cita yang sedalam-dalamnya. Semoga arwah Almarhum diterima di sisi Nya. Selamat jalan Pungkas..

Yesterday, I "jemur baju", today I "jemur paint pots"
Yeah.. some of my lovely paint pots were drying out and it made me sad..
I looked up on the internet many many times, and all I got was
"mix dry paint pot with mixing medium,
which is 1 part water and 3 parts glycerin"
I did it, worked a bit but not so smoothly..

Then friend of mine told me she mixed hers with glysolid.
I tried it on.. It worked, but it took some time..
Another friend of mine told me,
she microwaved her paint pots and fluidlines and it worked.
Pretty reasonable, but something I cannot do,
'cause I simply don't have a microwave, lol
I looked online again, found an idea from specktra,
a girl melted her paint pots with hair dryer.

From there, I got an idea..
"hey, why not lay my paint pots and fluidlines out in the sun".
So I did.. I put out like 3 or 4 dry paint pots, and a dry HiP cream liner..
It was a success with the paint pots, it melted and glided smoothly on my lids.

However, my cream liner's still intact. Yesterday I did my cream liner again, but I forgot to take it in until the sun was gone.. hehe so stupid of me..
Anyways, this is one cheap and easy way to heal your paint pots.
Good luck to you if you decide to try it out

My Hubby doesn't like me wearing make up too much, so I put as little eye make up as possible, with lots of 'adonan' to make it pop. Stupidly enough, I forgot my mascara. Instead, I put on my glysolid cream and I was surprised to see my lashes curled perfectly.

.. or should I say.. mean wife? 

So my DH reads my blog once in awhile.. and yesterday morning, he bugged me with a question..

: what's DH?
:
(it was early in the morning, I was asleep, my DH didn't understand any words coming out of my mouth.. I didn't even remember any conscious moments then)

he asked me again that afternoon
: what's DH? I know H is Husband.. but what's D??
: DUMB..

Yeah, right.. lol I do not really believe in that but I do want to pick a name for our car and my other babies - camera, guitar, laptop, etc. I think it's pretty cool to call these babies by names. Besides all the 'fun', these names make me think of 'life' that leads to me taking great care of them.. It's just, people are gonna think I'm crazy if I start to talk to them.

But I figured it's very hard to pick names. I can't even imagine finding a name for my child later on - I don't know how mommies did it. I get bored of names sometimes and with kids there is no way you could change their names. I couldn't even pick names for my turtles back home. Well, I guess, because I have several and they all look the same..

So, how did you name your babies (whatever form they are)? And when you did, ever thought that you might get bored with the names?

Caller: Hi, can I speak to ----
Me: Yes, this is she
Caller: Hi, I am Jim ---- from ----- How are you?
Me: Oh hi, great. How are you?
Caller: I am good. I am calling regarding your application, do you have a minute to talk about it?
Me: Sure..



Caller: So, Vicki the ---- manager is going to contact you
Me: Oh okay, great.
Caller: Then I will talk to you later.
Me: Alright, thanks James.
Caller: Yeah, no problem. Bye!
Click!

Then I realized..
Where the hell did I get the name James?
Oh, just because his name is Jim, doesn't mean it's the short for James!!
I hope it didn't jeopardize anything.. 

- MAC Paint Flammable
- MAC e/s Jewel Blue
- MAC Pigment Blue Brown for the crease
- MAC frozen white as highlighter
- MAC Pencil fascinating for lower line
- CoverGirl Lash Blast

Summer had officially begun, June 20th 2008. Well, great.. 'cause I can go out and jog and keep myself tanned hehe. Little brother said it WILL go up to 30. That's fine, feels like home.. And he said it COULD go up to 40. Okay, I don't like the sound of that.. but I've been there done that, so I'll survive..Although, there's one part I dislike the most.

My husband is never fond of warm weather. He can't eat or sleep when it's warm and all of a sudden he becomes 'jutek'. And he says over and over again:
Yeah yeah.. guess what.. you've been whining for 3 summers.. somewhat like as long as I know you, lol.. I still love you though hehe..

I know, I know.. ever since I moved back to Jakarta and hung out with the bancies, I got more and more interested in make up.

I have always loved colors since I was a kid.. and although a bit late, I knew a bit about make up back in college. I didn't wear much, as I was lazy, and the Dutch weather always ruined my fashion from head-to-toe, so I couldn't be bothered.

When I went to Paris in 2000 to visit some friends, we went to Sephora to shop around - what I was buying were headbands and hairpins. But my friends had another idea, they had me made over!! And so I bought a couple of make up items, and the only thing I can remember is MUFE compact powder.

Long gone, but I never really wore any make up, so those items were a waste.. But back in 2005, I had to go for a traineeship in Kuala Lumpur. I stayed at my aunt's place and a family friend's place. My aunt kept saying "You've got to be pretty.. wear lipstick.." oooh okay okay.. luckily, I had a few lip items back then. Not remember which, but I wore them once in awhile. The color won't really last, but I didn't really care..

Somewhere in 2006 I realized I was going to go for another traineeship and I should at least look better than when I was in Kuala Lumpur - people care about people who care about themselves. So I started collecting make up items.

As far as I can remember, they were:
- white e/s from H&M,
- 2 items of duo e/s from H&M (all green from light to forest),
- H&M tinted lipglass,
- brown & black pencil eyeliner from Zara (yes, the clothing store),
- an eyelash curler and a travel brush set brand Miss Helen I bought from HEMA (silly, I know)..
I did not know how to apply make up, so I figured, buying the cheaps for basics won't hurt. And I didn't give any allergic reaction to my skin, so it was good.

Long gone, I suddenly had to leave the Netherlands. First stop was Jakarta. I lived there longer than I had expected. So I started to meet up with some new friends..

It wasn't my fault that my friends were so into make up and I got caught in it. Some people were very surprised and my parents were actually happy, that I've finally showing the woman in me. I was lonely.. distance away from my dear husband, so I figured I had to do something - and that's when make up comes to the rescue..

And now, I'm back living with my husband, and have not yet given up on make up. I actually won't. It's a new hobby for me, something that I think will be very useful to combine with my other hobby - photography.