On work

Hey guys!

Finally got rid of that title box for my fanlisting section. I was just experimenting and voila, it's gone!

For those who are wondering about my employment status, well, I still teach...Adults (ranging from university students to senators) and teenagers now - not kids anymore thank God - somewhere in Thamrin, next to Hotel Nikko and the famous Wisma Nusantara. And while this gig might be the second best gig I've had so far after Student Aide at The University of Auckland, I'm still itching to leave. My students are cool, some of them actually dote on me (buying me lunch and stuff...), and the money is better, but I long for something more exciting.

I'm so jealous of those who don't have to go through a process of finding an employment that they can truly be content with. My best friend, for example, just had to sit there and a number of jobs (all of which are ones the avarage Janes and Joes would kill to get their hands on) are offered to her on a sterling silver tray.

First entry in months...And it's bitchy.

Sippin hot ocha at sushi tei senci after I bought a pair of ultimate skinny jeans and a nice white top at topshop♥independent woman mode: on

LOL. Yes the old bitch is back. That's taken from someone's Twitter. Someone I know, a rich spoiled brat who's just started university. Independent woman? Gimme a break. That's your olds' money you spent on Sushi Tei, the jeans and the top from Topshop. Feel entitled to independence if it's your hard-earned money that you spend on stuff. If you think I'm jealous, please remember that I lived the rich spoiled brat life before I fully entered the work force after I came back from New Zealand. I just never felt independent for spending my olds' dosh on fancy restaurants pre-New Zealand and three Starbucks a day in New Zealand.

Ah well. I'm PMS-ing (yes that's an excuse that will never wear out for women, just like bad traffic jams are a time-tested excuse for Jakartans.)

Blogger doesn't allow their HTML boxes to go untitled now, which sucks. I can't put all my fanlistings together because if I put them under "Stuff" that wouldn't be pretty. So I decided to categorize the fanlistings (like the one for movies that you can see already on the right hand bar), but there's the annoying line that separates each HTML box (one HTML box for each fanlisting category - can't go any other way.) I tried to remove it on the HTML spread sheet, but still can't figure out how.

That's what happens when your webdesign skills never develop...

The unconventional bride...

Out of all the looks I've created on Looklet, this one is my favourite, although no one has listed it as a fave. As already described, this look was inspired by a Cosmopolitan Indonesia bonus on budget weddings that was out sometime in early 2004. One of their tips on throwing an affordable yet memorable wedding was for the bride to source dresses and hair pieces from non bridal labels that still could pass for bridal outfits. They had amazing shots of models dressed as brides in dresses and hair pieces which obviously weren't released by bridal labels. If only I still had that magazine.

Now my own budget bride, as you can see, follows the rules of "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe." The "something old" is the dress although, being released by Vintage (yes that's a brand), it's actually new. The "something new" is the white wedges. Very modern looking huh. I hope there's a silver sixpence in one of them wedges. "Something blue" is the blue cupcake necklace from Aloha Mi Lajki, which symbolizes the sweet married life newlyweds always hope for. The head band is supposedly borrowed...

Well the idea of being a budget bride is new, especially in Indonesia. Imagine what those ladies would say when they see the bride walk down the altar in something that's not a proper wedding dress! But as long as the dress looks classy, why not? And believe me, I've seen worse budget brides in New Zealand. My friend got married in a simple dress that seemed to belong to her grandma, the white color had yellowed a little and the only hair piece she wore was a bead band that looked like something from Supre or Glassons. The only jewellery she wore was her wedding ring. Another friend said "I do" in a Bo Peep-inspired dress and the first wedding I attended in Auckland, the bride wore a shapeless bustier...

Da new shiznitz...

Hey gang! Check out my new toys!

My Twitter and my Looklet!

I've been on Twitter since July. I thought I had to keep my Tweets secret (but no purpose of bitching I swear! I know my long time readers are lurking out there...), but now I want more followers! Wouldn't help if I keep it in the dark so it's finally out in the open! Follow me! Or else!

Looklet is sooo damn addictive I can whip out up to three looks per day! You know your inner celebrity stylist is dying to burst out and grab all those designer stuff (albeit just in the virtual world), so do her a favor and sign up on Looklet. Don't forget to follow me when you're done!

Clooney movie's got the kooks...

I just saw Up in the Air on Sunday, and if I were to rate on a scale from 1 to 10 I'd go for 8. Really. Those below the age of, say, 20 might not appreciate the unique storyline and satirizations.

Anyway, one thing kind of bugs me in a way. You know Ryan Bingham, George Clooney's character, has to bring a cardboard cut picture of his baby sister Julie (NZ actress Melanie Lynskey) and her hubby-to-be Jim Miller on his company downsizing trips. Their older sister Cara asks him to help Julie by taking photos of the cardboard picture with tourism spots of the places he visits in the background, giving the impression that the couple are really there.

There's a scene in which Anna Kendrick's character, ambitious new recruit Natalie Keener, takes a picture of the cardboard couple held by Ryan and asks, "Why does your sister want fake photos?" to which Ryan replies, "You know she's kinda kooky." To me, the kookyness comes in the form of the cardboard cut picture. I mean, whatever happens to the wonders of Photoshop?