July3
i watched mukhsin a few years ago.
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July1
making me happy lately 
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mango season |
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muffins |
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the new writing desk |
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caramel |
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sunshine cleaning |
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remember me? by sophie kinsella |
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batagor and siomay from bandung |
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windmill origami |
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my orange bag |
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this blog. after leaving a german speaking country million years ago, i thought i’ll lost in translation. but when i read the blog and still can understand, it really made my day. |
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a print media was interested in featuring my house. |
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my favorite on etsy |
June30
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i’ve been crazy making muffins lately. it’s fun, easy to make and delicious 
. i tried several recipes of muffin but the most helpful ones are the ones from vania’s blog.
and muffins look awesome in photos. i can play with the colorful papercups, the topping and the composition of them.
i will keep making more muffins.
June27
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nadine labaki, one of the girl in the movie, is the director of the movie |
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caramel is lebanese’s oscar submission in 2008 (indonesia submitted denias). |
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i didn’t know that lebanon was under french, so the use many french words in their arabic conversation |
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caramel is the ingredient used for waxing, but the waxing method here is a bit different than the one that i know, they don’t used any fabric to pull the caramel from the skin. |
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when i typed this post, i kept writing libya instead of lebanon  |
June24
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i used to put some photos with frames on the wall above my bedhead, but they kept falling. then the wall was empty and boring for a few months.
i was totally inspired from this site and i thought of doing something like that for my room. i remembered my japanese friend gave me some origami paper a long long time ago. but then again, i couldn’t find the paper!
after the new origami paper was bought, i started working on it. it took me a few hours only. and i’m kinda statisfied with the result 
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ps: no, i didn’t make 1000 paper birds as in burung-burung kertas.
June23
| i’m on another planting project. i’ve been in love with orange melon lately so i decided to take the seeds from the fruit and planted them on the back yard. |  |
a few days later, some tiny green things popped up from the ground!
i don’t know how long it will take to be a real plant, let alone to produce some fruits. but i will keep an eye on the growing.
June21
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watched in search of midnight kiss. a lovely indie movie you should watch. i didn’t realize it was black and white until i checked about the movie in imdb. |
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got the other hand by chris cleave at sukarno hatta airport and finished reading it. an interesting book to read, about something i’ve never known before: oil war in nigeria. |
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now reading: remember me? by sophie kinsella |
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i almost run out of books to read!  |
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going to add a new furniture in my room, but not a bookshelf. |
June18
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now i can’t decided which one is better, the nightmare before christmas or coraline? ok, the nighmare before christmas is still better, but coraline impressed me so much. when i saw the opening credit of the movie, i knew i was going to like it.
maybe because this is more update stop motion, so the pictures look much better. in fact, coraline is the longest stop motion to date.
June17
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i’m never tired reading peter moore’s books. vroom with a view is his fifth book i read so far. in this one, instead of jumping from one country to another, he spent the travel inside italy only.with sofia, his vespa from 1961, he traveled from milan in the north to rome in the south, passing the small cities and villages, through the unusual road that wasn’t popular with the tourists. |
next book: the other hand by chris cleave
June15
| after the success of paris, je t’aime, new york, i love you will be released (or already released?) this year.
one of the thing i love best about new york, everyone came from somewhere else. |
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there will be shanghai, i love you (not shanghai wo ai ni?) next year.
June14
a video by alison cox
me plus italy on 12seconds.tv
June11
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my wish to travel but not to singapore comes true, i was just back from lombok |
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it was only a 2 days trip, but it was great to visit the island again after almost 2 years |
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when it was cloudy and rainy in jakarta, the lombok’s sky above my head was definitely blue  . it cheered me up. |
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i didn’t visit any beach there. |
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on the way home, i specifically asked for the window seat on the left hand side, so i can take picture of mount agung when we passed bali *freak* |
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the book i read: vroom with a view by peter moore. |
June8
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the book was published after the autor’s death |
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this is the first book of a trilogy. the next sequel, the girl who played with fire, will be published this year. |
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the set of the story is in sweden, i checked the map of sweden to see the places, but apparently i need more detail map. |
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it’s about mistery, family saga and financial intrigue. |
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i blame the book for making me sleep less. |
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a movie from the book was made and released at the beginning of this year. check out the trailer here. |
June5
my feet in socks.
no, i didn’t wear socks that day. the socks were only for photographic purpose.
June4
| i don’t spend a lot of time in front of tv and only a few program can glue me to my sofa. last night, when flipping through the channels, i stopped at spain… on the road again in asian food channel. |  |
in the episode that i watched, gwyneth paltrow and 2 other people, exploring the andalusia region in the southern spain. they visited interesting places and of course they tasted the food.
i didn’t expect gwyneth paltrow to speak spanish. but she did. and it makes me adore her.
June2
flowery bags…
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blue floral hobo by 2modern |
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orange round hobo by debee bag |
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new messenger bag by seabreezestudio |
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granny bag by kalla |
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flowery ring beach bag by orla kiely |
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botanica bag by envirosax |
May28
not until a few days ago, i discovered the no. 1 ladies’ detective agency is turned into a serial made by bbc and hbo. i’m watching the pilot episode now and they really use botswana as filming location!
see the official site here.
