Hello March!

Can't believe March is here. By early February, I'd whipped out five entries, which is a breakneck speed by my blogging standard since moving to Blogger in June 2009. Now I seem to be lagging again.

Thesis madness has really come in full swing. I've just passed the proposal oral defense, and the crazy thing is that I've agreed to have my thesis defense in late April, as opposed to the normal late June or early July. Long story, just wish me the best of luck.

Off topic, I think YouTube sensation Sam Tsui and tiger cub Sophia Rubenfeld (daughter of "Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother" author Amy Chua) really should date! They have so much in common. Sam has just graduated from Yale, Sophia is currently attending Harvard. Sam is a talented singer and pianist (don't tell me you haven't checked out his videos!), Sophia is a talented pianist. Last but absolutely not least, they're half Asians. Together they'd create a whole new breed...

Lesson to learn and other things.

Looks like the production has been stopped...because people have stopped paying attention. That's the price you pay for being hostile to those who care. Suck on that, bitches.

On a totally unrelated note, I have to get a new layout since the tenth anniversary of my blogging world existence is so over. But I've been busy like you never know. Plus I have no Adobe Photoshop (do people still rely on this for designing? Update me people!) on my new laptop, which complicates things a little.

Also, starting February 15 I'll leave behind my teaching profession as I've accepted a new job as a translator at Berita Satu TV! Teaching has never really been my cup of tea, to be honest, and finally a job that is in line with my Media Studies background!

Boys and girls...

I forgot that about 18 years ago I couldn't get on a car without a cassette of NKOTB's "Face The Music" playing on the tape. "Face The Music", in case you're either too old or too young to remember early 1994, was a coming-of-age album of New Kids On The Block which has been so criminally underrated. What happened was back in the day grunge ruled the music scene, so it wasn't the guys' fault when the Kids wanted to try their hands on a new image that was kind of a far cry from their lovey dovey pop ballads. Plus they literally weren't "kids" anymore, as the maknae of the group, Joey McIntyre, was 21 at the time.

"Face The Music" was released and it was so good that people began to dance to it until, wrote a famous music reviewer whose name I can't remember, they discovered the voices behind the music. Thus "Face The Music" became the last album before NKOTB bowed out of the music industry - only to reunite in 2008.

Anyway.

Check out "Girls", taken off "Face The Music", below....



So there's the line, "Girls, can't live with them, can't live without them." Does that sound familiar? And check out "Boys" by Britney Spears, taken off her 2001 self-titled album.



Boys. Can't live with them, can't live without them.

Post exams musing...

Hi everyone!

Semester three is finally over. Last semester will be for focusing on the thesis. Not gonna tell you what it's about!

Ive been following The Kardashians lately, though not on their shows. I know, I know. This is so unusual of me, and it's not like I've had nothing to do these days. The past semester was so crazy, as were the last semesters of diploma and undergrad (ok technically the third one wasn't the last...but it was the last with classes!)

If you're a Kardashians fan, you know that Kourtney's eldest son is Mason, whom she has with boyfriend Scott Disick. The two-year-old's middle name is "Dash"....I wonder if "Dash" is actually short for "Kardashian"?

Not a celebrity entry....

DAA and IAA, the things between us - inspired by KN:
Blackberry
BPK
Lessons for Life
Nurul Fikri Boarding School
Padepokan Madani
E-KTP
Starbucks
Bakmi Gajah Mada
Solaria
Noodles
Plaza Senayan
Plaza Semanggi
Inul Vizta
Senayan City
Gatot Soebroto
Pondok Indah
Rawamangun
Gorontalo
Batam
Bandung
Lembang
Singapore
Perth
Auckland
Oakley Crosshair
Guns
Facebook
Michael Buble
Osh Kosh B'Gosh
X-Trans
The Body Shop
Batik
Scuba-diving
Universitas Indonesia
Universitas Mercu Buana
Curtin University
The University of Auckland