Posted by Amel on Jul 7, '09 2:54 AM for everyone










Last Sunday, my mom came over to my place and she brought something with her. "Look what I have here," she said, pulling a weird looking crumpled object.

I instantly knew what that ugly thing was.

It's an old baseball cap, with a roughly sewn yellow and blue felt patchwork fish in front of it. It used to be white but now it's a soiled off-white color, and it probably smells funny too. I'm pretty sure nobody would want to wear this silly hat.

My mom, "Did you remember, you made this when you were in 6th grade!"

My eyes instantly roll with disgust and embarrasment. I cringed.

I said, "Why did you bring this thing here? It's ugly!"
"It's beautiful. You made this yourself! I found it while cleaning up the closet."
"Yeah, of course I remember, but why would you bring this thing here?"
"I just feel like showing you. Look, you made this!"
"OK, I know, but it's ugly, I don't want to keep it." *almost dies from embarrassment*

And with that, she left the hat in the living room. I guess she kinda predicted that reaction coming off from me. Hours later, I sat down and stared at the ugly hat for a long time and thought about similar things that happened in the past. 

My mind wanders off to a few weeks ago when I received a text message...

A friend: OMG... I can't stand my mom. She asked permission to my friend to tag her name on my friend's FB photos, so that her friends can see that I'm learning capoeira now... and comment on pictures of me doing the capoeira!

(FYI, Thank God my mom doesn't have a facebook account yet. Knock on wood.)

Me: (Trying hard not to roll on the floor laughing) ...Dude. She's proud of you, that's why she wants to show you off to her facebook friends!
Friend: But like please? That's beyond embarrassing.
Me: Dude, I know it sucks, but moms get their high from showing off their children's accomplishments to their friends. We are their everything... and they want to feel successful by getting acknowledgements from their friends that they have raised us right.
Friend: I get it, but is there another (more discreet) way?

...My mind wanders again to a long time ago.

I was still in high school. I have this sketchbook full of my drawings. Comic characters, sketches, designs, teenage crush/love notes and whatnot. It's my treasured book and every day, coming back from school, I would draw on it, pour my imagination on it for hours on end. 

One day, I came back from school and the book was gone. I searched the whole house and it's nowhere to be found. I panicked. Evening came and my mom came back from work. 

Mom: Here you go, your sketchbook. I brought it to work today.
Me: You WHAT????
Mom: Your drawings are so good! I showed it to the inhouse art department...
Me: You DID WHAT???

Then I ran away in embarrassment and anger and locked myself in my room for the next 15 years.

Mom: (yelling so that I can hear her) ...AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY LOVED YOUR STUFF!

I was beyond upset. Did she even consider what I feel? Did it ever come across to her that this book is private? I won't just let anyone see it, let alone strangers, let alone my mom's colleagues.

Anyway, whatever, never mind. End of flashback.

Still staring at the ugly baseball cap, now I kinda understand why she brought my sketchbook to work ages ago. And also my stupid hat today. I can't help but to smile. And rest assured that no matter how screwed up my life gets, or how big of a failure I think I am, my parents would still be proud of me and always appreciate whatever I'm doing. Even if it's as superficial and absurd as this stupid fish hat.

PS: Sorry, I just HAVE to borrow your story, "capoeira" friend. It's gold!

Posted by Amel on May 24, '09 1:08 PM for everyone

So this afternoon I was in Dunkin Donuts and there's this teenybopper magazine lying around, and having no other choice for reading material, I picked up the magazine (God forbid) and came across this ridiculous article about this teenage boy and WHY he needs 4 mobile phones for his lifestyle and whatever.


I don't think he is a sinetron star or a pop star or anything, just your regular spoiled teenage kid. Judging from his expat-sounding name maybe he's an international school student... anyway, if he is a nobody, then why is he featured on a teenybopper tabloid? Maybe he is indeed a sinetron star, or sort of a teenage celebutante, but anyway I don't really care. 


Anyway, here you go, some hints. His first name is of a really smart Indonesian ex-vice president... minus the letter E at the end. His last name, he shares with an English folk hero who steals from the poor. Does that combination sound familiar to anyone?


Anywaaay again... here's the juicy (or unsavory?) part from that stupid article:


"I have 4 phones. 2 of them are GSM number. The first number I've had since forever. I've changed numbers but a lot of ppl still know me by my old number, so I kept this number... but I put the phone on silent mode all the time. (care to explain WHY??)

 

The other GSM number, is a private number. Only my closest friends and family knows this number.


Another one is a BlackBerry. I don't use this phone to make calls. I use it only for chatting and the internet. No one even knows my BlackBerry phone number. (WTF?) Oh and it's more FUN to play games on the phone compared to the PSP. (Yeah right you dimwit).


The last one is a CDMA. I use this to make a lot of calls because CDMA is, like, cheap!! (no comments)


Oh and I try to limit my pulsa budget. It's 450rb for the GSM, 180rb for the BB, and 100k for the CDMA per month (yeah right). But you know, I went overboard a lot of times, especially when I'm ABROAD..."


Jaw drops on the floor. Seriously I want to slap this teenybopper in the face. 


Although it's his right and personal choice to have 4 mobile phones, I don't think it's absolutely necessary, dude. I mean, I don't even know you until I read your article. You're not even a D-Grade celebrity. Get a grip! You'd be much happier without all your phones anyway. At least that's what I'm thinking. But probably he's thinking of getting a 5th number for all the REG LAWAS kirim ke 9877 as I'm writing this!


Written by a one-number person, who's had the same number since 2005, and not planning to get a BlackBerry or a CDMA anytime soon.


(cross posted on Facebook)





Posted by Amel on May 17, '09 11:30 AM for everyone

Well life's been pretty shit for awhile, I know shit is not a very descriptive word to explain my circumstances... but let's say lately things have been tough and as a result I've been feeling down and unmotivated. 


Despite all that, during the last few days life has also given me nice little surprises and coincidences to remind me that, hey, I can be lucky too, there's still something good out there!  It's pretty funny actually that life has its own ways to cheer me up... even for a little bit, it helps.


1.  Free camcorder!

During the last month I've been thinking to get a camcorder for my side projects (namely recording my music) but since camcorders start at 2.500.000 I'm not quite sure whether it's worth it to invest in one just yet for my stupid hobby. 


So then I asked  my Melbourne uncle and he apparently got an unused MiniDV camcorder that I can borrow indefinitely since he's got a newer one. Ironically this camcorder has been sitting unused, gathering dust for awhile at my cousin's place a few doors away! So I got the camcorder this morning and it's bloody perfect! It's a MiniDV model,which works well with FCP capture, it's got an external mic jack, and still image feature. Just the features I wanted. If only I didn't ask around and bought a new one, I would be kicking myself in the arse right now. Good things come to those who wait.


Oh and the camcorder came with 5 new DV tapes so expect lots of shooting!


2. Lucky parking spot

I went to Plaza Senayan on Saturday night expecting bloody traffic jam and indeed I got caught in the Saturday nite traffic jam. Making an u-turn from in front of Sency and getting into the parking lot took me nearly half an hour, and when I finally got to the parking lot gate, there's like hundreds of cars queueing for a spot, and I thought, yeah right. It's gonna be another half an hour before I find one... but just then before me, a car moved out and vacated a spot right in front of me, just right next to the entrance!! Total time spent queueing for parking spot: less than 3 minutes.


3. Lost and found

During the last 3 weeks I have lost my purse in a hospital, my car keys in the office, my phone in a hired car seat, and a parking ticket... and then, one way or the other, I have found them all back! What an amazing feat. Nevertheless I hope I won't lose any more stuff or I'll probably go crazy.


4. I went for a movie on Saturday and fell asleep but I still get the storyline, and I went again on a Sunday and fell asleep again but I still get the storyline too. If you think that falling asleep at the movies is a good thing :P


5. How often does this happen?  It's a Sunday afternoon, you're in the car on a traffic light and your friend calls you wanting you to buy a stem of red rose for his date... and being a non flowery person, you have no idea where to get the rose, and just as you're about to end the call, a traffic-light rose seller walks by offering red roses?


So... good things can still happen to me! Is this all a sign that no matter how shitty things are, eventually it's gonna be OK  and my luck's gonna turn? Sign or not, I'm crossing my fingers for better days ahead. 



Posted by Amel on Feb 15, '09 8:00 AM for everyone
Category:Movies
Genre: Other
Hellishly funny, full of bleeped profanities and insults, and the smarty ass bitchiness of nearly everyone in the show makes me laugh all the time.
Everyone in this show (especially Gordon) makes Simon Cowell's remarks and insults seem very gentle and symphatetic in comparison. And I thought Simon is hellishly mean. Well, he is at times. But that was before I saw Hell's Kitchen. Bloody Hell!

This is like, reality TV schadenfreude at its finest. I didn't even notice what they're cooking or trying too cook... it's the human drama that kept me tuning in. Insult after insult, incident after incident. Oh those poor souls. Am I glad I was not born a cook? So that I could not be lured into offerring myself as a slave to the Satan himself?

For those of you having no idea what I'm talking about, Hell's Kitchen is a reality show about chefs competing to be the best chef under the training of aforementioned celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, which is currently airing on FOX.

Downloaded 2 episodes of season 5, and a new obsession followed. During the next 2 days I downloaded the whole season 4 and now enjoying it at home. Sorry for having to acquire the series via semi-illegal means (hey, someone uploaded them so I'm just downloading!), as far as I know this show doesn't air in Indonesian cable TV networks. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Am in the process of ordering season 1-3 online very soon :)


Posted by Amel on Feb 15, '09 7:25 AM for everyone

So a couple years ago my dad has this Nokia phone. I forgot what's the type... all bloody Nokia phones look the same to me. 


It has a lcd dot matrix display over the familiar green background. This was before the age of color display phones.  


One day I checked the phone and the screen displayed the word "TAMARRISKA" as an ornamental thing. (You know, where you edit the phone line name to say something else instead of "Line 1")  



A rather whimsical conversation followed.  


Me: So what the heck is a Tamarriska?  

Dad: It's a tree mentioned in a bible. 

Me: *scratches head because I have never read the Bible proper* 

Dad: One day I'm gonna open a florist or a pet shop, and that's what I'm gonna name the shop. It's a plant name so it fits. 

Me: *speechless* Oh. 

Dad: *grabs Bible and shows the verses where the word originated*

Me: But it's spelled with one "R" ... as in Tamarisk! 

Dad: Yea. I put the other "K" because it looks better and more symmetrical on my phone screen. TamaRRiska. See? 10 letters. Better than 9. If I put 9 I got extra space. 

Me: Okaaay. *scratches head again*  


So it was then I kinda figured out where my weirdness and near-OCD obsession with symmetry came from. I don't like to misspell words though, even for the sake of symmetry. That's crossing the line for me. And yeah, we haven't had a chance to open a florist and/or a pet shop yet. I hope that dream comes true someday, and we'll see a florist named Tamarriska proudly misspelled with two Rs. Then you'll figure out that it's gotta be my store.  


Now that we live 8 hours apart, I kinda miss my dad's weirdness, and his little strange antics like this.

 

Tamarisk (or commonly called the Salt Cedar) on the Bible: http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T8596



Posted by Amel on Jan 7, '09 6:32 AM for everyone


(what's the difference from New Year resolutions anyway?)


1. Get up earlier everyday (and consequently go to bed earlier every night)

Because they said the older we get, the less sleep we will need. Anyways, they also said that it's healthy to get up early, and it doesn't hurt to have some extra time in the morning to do stuff.


2.  Have better and more fulfilling work

Friends and employees, this does not necessarily mean jumping ship. It's not that my recent one suck, last year was really slow and I just feel that I need more challenges and I need to be waaay more busy than I already am right now at work. Colleagues, can't you see I'm knitting to pass the time? I am a born workaholic and I intend to keep it that way! 


All that said, I hope this year will be a busy and prosperous and soul-fulfilling one.


3. Exercise more

You have to grow old healthy and gracefully. So, before my metabolism rate goes way slower with age, and I turn into an obese blob on a motorized scooter, right now I'm considering these 3 options. Friends, help me choose!


Fit By Beat - Close to work. Rather small. Crowded. Best on my budget. I've been a member here for 1 1/2 years in the past. There is a catch though. If I choose this it kinda permits me to say, hey, it's ok to stay in Matari for another 1/2 years. (Employees, see no. 2!)


Celebrity Fitness

Closer to home. Membership costs about twice as FBB. I've been a member here for a year in 2005 but didn't get to exercise that often. The question is do I wanna get up at 6 in the morning to exercise before driving to work? And/or go to PIM to exercise at 9PM when I come back from work, tired and unmotivated and battling the strong urge to watch TV series in bed with a packet of chips instead?   


Fitness First

Pros. Many locations, nice gym, not so crowded as those 2 above. (CMIIW) Cons, all the FF locations are neither near my house or my office. They're somewhat halfway between. That means commuting. Older people like me don't like to commute that much. Hmm. But I'd still put this option into consideration because their clubs are really nice. 


4. Smoke less

I don't wanna say I'm gonna quit just yet. I'm reducing my intake. I'm on my way there. 


5. Do acoustic cover songs on YouTube AKA running out of important resolutions.

OK, this one is totally irrelevant, but there is a part of me who wants to be famous anonymously on the internet and rise to Marie Digby level of popularity. What the heck.


Posted by Amel on Aug 12, '08 12:32 AM for everyone

Berawal dari postingan gue disebuah forum untuk mencari vokalis buat band gue... 

(belum ngeband, baru rencana)

Gue jadi sering di add sama abg2 nggak jelas

Ini salah satunya.... yang berani2 chat sama gue!!!

Heran yah ABG sekarang makannya apa, kok bodoh2 banget....


9:31:31 PM abg_tengik: halo

9:31:46 PM amel: hey

9:32:19 PM abg_tengik: ini amel ya

9:32:23 PM abg_tengik: gmana2???

9:32:52 PM amel: gimana apa? kabar gue? baik

9:33:01 PM amel: :)

9:33:05 PM abg_tengik: yaaaahhhhh,,,

9:33:14 PM abg_tengik: kok jadi kabarnya siiihh???

9:33:35 PM amel: lo kok mudah bgt kecewa ya

9:33:47 PM amel: :)

9:33:47 PM abg_tengik: hahahhahaha

9:33:57 PM amel: gimana? ya begitulah

9:34:03 PM amel: ky balesan email gue tadi

9:34:12 PM amel: baiknya ada 2 vokalis... 

9:34:30 PM abg_tengik: ohhh

9:34:39 PM abg_tengik: jadi lebih komersil gtu

9:34:44 PM amel: gak gak

9:34:48 PM amel: baca dulu email gue....

9:34:55 PM abg_tengik: iya

9:34:57 PM amel: 1. biar nyanyinya gantian

9:34:57 PM abg_tengik: iya

9:34:59 PM abg_tengik: ngerti gw

9:35:03 PM amel: 2. biar bisa lagu duet...

9:35:12 PM amel: iya ada faktor komersilnya jg laaah

9:35:13 PM amel: hehe

9:35:19 PM abg_tengik: ohhhhh

9:35:24 PM abg_tengik: umur lo brp sih

9:35:29 PM abg_tengik: klo boleh tau

9:35:33 PM abg_tengik: heheheh

9:36:00 PM amel: 29

9:36:26 PM abg_tengik: ohhh

9:36:29 PM abg_tengik: yaaahhh

9:36:36 PM abg_tengik: kyknya gw salah

9:36:37 PM amel: kecewa lagi kan hehehehe

9:36:47 PM amel: salah dimananya?

9:37:00 PM abg_tengik: ya nggak

9:38:14 PM abg_tengik: aduuhhh

9:38:17 PM abg_tengik: malu

9:38:20 PM amel: hehehe

9:38:26 PM abg_tengik: takut nya kecewa

9:39:09 PM amel: berapa.. 55? 60?

9:39:28 PM abg_tengik: gw masi kuliah

9:39:31 PM abg_tengik: hehehheh

9:39:37 PM amel: knp kecewa...

9:39:59 PM abg_tengik: btw

9:40:07 PM abg_tengik: lu main apa???drum??

9:40:10 PM amel: bass....


--- selang berapa saat kemudian ---


10:13:09 PM abg_tengik: btw

10:13:17 PM abg_tengik: lu kerja??kuliah??

10:13:28 PM amel: kerja lah.. kalo umur 29 masi kuliah

10:13:35 PM amel: malu sama bonyok gue hehe

10:13:39 PM abg_tengik: ohh

10:13:42 PM abg_tengik: dmana mba??

10:14:33 PM abg_tengik: aduuhh

10:14:45 PM abg_tengik: jadi agak2 canggung deh

10:15:08 PM amel: canggung lg ... knp... ntar juga lo lulus dan kerja 

10:15:18 PM amel: di kuningan

10:16:39 PM abg_tengik: emang bisa ya,,ngeluangin waktu kerja dan ngurus anak (udah punya anak kan),,dan ngeband???apa iya ntar salah satu pasti ada yg terbengkalai,,

10:18:14 PM amel: hah?? dari mana lo tau gue punya anak

10:18:19 PM amel: emang gue pernah nulis gt

10:18:28 PM amel: kalo lo becanda

10:18:29 PM amel: hahaha

10:18:31 PM amel: lucu 

10:18:36 PM amel: anak gue udah 4

10:18:51 PM amel: yg gede udah kuliah... puas?

10:19:00 PM abg_tengikt: kan

10:19:04 PM abg_tengik: trus gmana??

10:19:25 PM amel: yah bisa lah

10:19:29 PM amel: sabtu minggu ada waktu

10:19:35 PM amel: sehabis kerja ada waktu

10:19:46 PM abg_tengik: bentar2

10:19:56 PM amel: tapi gue harus nganterin anak gue tk, sd, sma , kuliah

10:20:23 PM abg_tengik: kuliah dmana???jangan2 sama lagi???

10:20:35 PM abg_tengik: aduuuhhhh

10:20:52 PM amel: universitas insya allah

10:20:59 PM amel: serius lo percaya gue udah punya anak?

10:21:14 PM abg_tengik: lah

10:21:19 PM abg_tengik: emang iya bukan???

10:21:33 PM amel: lah lo dapet informasi itu dr mana....

10:21:46 PM amel: gue kaget bener waktu lo bilang gue hrs membagi waktu antara kerja, anak, dan band

10:21:53 PM amel: fitnaaahh

10:21:54 PM amel: huahaha

10:22:07 PM abg_tengik: yaaaaaaaa,,,,,secara lu udah umur 29 gtu???

10:22:07 PM amel: kaya infotainment lo!

10:22:18 PM abg_tengik: tmen gw aja umur 20 udah beranak

10:22:21 PM amel: gila lo emang gue tinggal di cibinong atau cidodol

10:22:29 PM amel: gak semua orang 29 tahun punya anak kalee

10:22:36 PM amel: emang ada keharusan gitu

10:23:08 PM abg_tengik: lah

10:23:16 PM abg_tengik: kok aneh deh

10:23:55 PM amel: elo yg aneh bilang umur 29 harus punya anak

10:24:02 PM amel: sekarang jaman reformasi

10:24:12 PM amel: mau punya anak umur 14, 99, terserah orangnya

10:24:34 PM abg_tengik: lah mbak kan udah umur 29,,,

10:24:43 PM abg_tengik: emang blum nikah???

10:24:54 PM amel: emang umur 29 juga udah harus nikah?

10:25:09 PM amel: kalo boleh gue saranin

10:25:20 PM amel: sering2 betemen sama orang2 yg lebih tua dari lo

10:25:41 PM abg_tengik: iya bu,,,maaf

10:25:57 PM amel: please deh kalo gue besar di jember mungkin gue umur 15 juga udah brojol anak 4

10:26:08 PM abg_tengik: iya bu,,,maaf

10:26:23 PM amel: 1 lg pesen gue

10:26:27 PM amel: jgn cepet2 kawin...

10:26:28 PM amel: hahaha

10:26:46 PM amel: karena tangga lo udah kawin bukan berarti lo jg hrs kawin umur 20 kan

10:27:09 PM amel: gue galak ya. ky ibu guru. maaf

10:27:10 PM abg_tengik: heheheh,,,kuliah juga blom bner,,trus anak istri mau makan apa???

10:27:19 PM amel: tuh... bener tuh jalan pikirannya

10:27:29 PM amel: kawin mah sekali seumur idup 

10:27:32 PM amel: jd gue jg gak buru2

10:27:59 PM abg_tengik: tapi bukan nya klo cewe udah di kejar deadline buat nikah ya,,sm org tua nya???

10:28:36 PM amel: gak tuh

10:28:51 PM amel: temen gue kawin muda trus cerai. anak bininya skrg gak tau kemana. 

10:28:52 PM abg_tengik: salah lagi

10:28:55 PM abg_tengik: iya bu,,,maaf

10:28:56 PM abg_tengik: iya bu,,,maaf

10:28:57 PM amel: bonyok gue gak mau ky gt

10:28:59 PM amel: gak gak.

10:29:02 PM amel: cuma mau cerita aja

10:29:08 PM amel: gak semua orang pandangannya sama kan

10:29:30 PM amel: gak ada bener atau salah, semua tergantung persepsi lo kan

10:29:42 PM abg_tengik: maksud nya kan pasti bonyok mba udah pengen nimang cucu bukan???

10:29:45 PM abg_tengik: pasti dong

10:30:01 PM amel: mrk masi bisa nunggu kok

10:30:09 PM amel: daripada gue idup susah trus cerai

10:30:13 PM amel: atau punya anak tanpa suami....

10:30:18 PM amel: lagian biar aja adik gue kawin duluan

10:30:22 PM amel: gue ga peduli2 amat



Posted by Amel on Jul 7, '08 5:48 AM for everyone



Your result for The Best Thing About You Test by chriscoyne ...

Honesty

Honesty is your greatest virtue.

Honesty is the human quality of communicating and acting truthfully.  This includes listening, and any action in the human repertoire — as well as speaking.  And you? You cannot tell a lie. Both loved ones and strangers should trust you, because you won't (1) lie, (2) lie via omission, or (3) sit there and let lies be told.  (Can you even let a sleeping dog lie?)  All 7 virtues are a part of you, but your honesty runs deepest.

Your biggest risk is hurting the feelings of your most sensitive friends.  However, most appreciate you for your candor.

Honest famous person:  George Washington, if you believe the propaganda.

Your raw relative scores follow.  0% is low, and 100% is perfect, nearly impossible.  Note that I pitted the virtues against each other, so in some way these are relative scores. It's impossible to score high on all of them, and a low score on one is just relatively low compared to the other virtues.

        YOUR VIRTUES

        10% Compassion

        33% Intelligence

        25% Humility

        78% Honesty

        63% Discipline

        43% Courage

        50% Passion


Taken from: http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-best-thing-about-you-test




Posted by Amel on Jul 2, '08 8:42 PM for everyone

Everybody’s carrying two phones these days. I don’t even need one. No one ever return my calls. I was in a desperate time of needing someone just to talk to. Called you twice at six. Three times at seven. Later again at 9.40. Sent text messages. All of you. I hope that you at least have the decency to return my calls. Or am I bothering you and your life? Please do tell me as I prefer rejection upfront. Don’t avoid me and talk behind my back. 


Forgive my insecurity, but I want to feel loved for once. 


I am sick and tired of constantly somersaulting on the emotional rollercoaster, bright and shiny one day, pitch dark and suicidal the next, and talking to others is my way to remind me that I am still here and there’s still tomorrow to keep on living. Oh God this bitching never ends.


Posted by Amel on Jul 1, '08 1:11 PM for everyone

Preparation is key.
Set aside enough time and find a place with minimal distractions.
Pour your heart out. Put it all on paper (or word document, whatever fits better). Don’t worry about getting it too perfect. Let it flow.
When you’re done, save, let it sit overnight and go to sleep.
The morning after, read it out word-by-word… and if the content doesn’t make you feel dizzy, nauseous, or hyperactive from a sudden rush of sugar level in your blood, congratulate yourself and send the letter. Or email. Whatever.


Posted by Amel on Jun 27, '08 2:16 AM for everyone
Her pulse is racing time seems to stand still slowly she opened the bedroom door eyes scanning around the dimly lit hall knowing the creature lies in wait somewhere she ran away in fear only seconds from finding out she had just smashed the creature under the sole of her feet screams of terror echoed in space for she had just killed the stuff of her nightmares now its remains lie motionless in front of her door as she shut herself in trembling with fright and for many years ahead she is still terrified of that creature in the dark.

Following the challenge of writing 100 words essays... another silly pastime activity I'm doing.

Posted by Amel on Jun 18, '08 11:43 PM for everyone
It's me again and my inferiority complex.

And my stupid need of others' approval and acknowledgement just have a tangible proof that I'm actually good at what I'm doing.
 

Posted by Amel on Jun 18, '08 12:00 AM for everyone
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Where the hell was I a year ago?

Rules of Amel's 365
1. Take one photo per day to document the day's events
2. Only on special occasions, there will be more than one photo
3. Photos must be taken by Amel
4. If photos were taken by someone else, Amel must be there

Posted by Amel on Jun 17, '08 9:46 AM for everyone

Your results are in! amel, you are...

The Nymph

Deliberate Brutal Sex Dreamer (DBSD)

The Nymph

Sly. Sensual. Guarded. Different somehow. You are The Nymph.

It appears like you're looking for a fling or a casual sexual relationship, but it's not that simple. You're a hungry but also very careful person, and this generates a certain amount of sexual tension within you and in your relationships. In other aspects of life, you get what you want. In relationships, that's not always the case.

It's possible you intimidate potential lovers. Most likely, though, you're a little closed off--therefore mysterious--and, naturally, people find that difficult to get with. Maybe it's just part of your selection process, though. You've been in enough relationships to know to expose yourself slowly.

When you do feel comfortable with someone, though, your torrid sexual appetite will make him very happy. Your cautious nature is also a big asset in a long-term relationship. It might take longer for love to establish itself, but when it does, it's all the stronger.

Your exact female opposite:

The Peach

The Peach

Random Gentle Love Master

ALWAYS AVOID: The False Messiah (DBLM)

CONSIDER: The Playboy (RGSM)





Ayo2.... silahkan mencoba sendiri di http://www.okcupid.com/online.dating.persona.test



Posted by Amel on Jun 17, '08 8:52 AM for everyone

Karena disuruh oleh salah seorang teman kerja, pagi tadi (setelah bertahun-tahun) gue kembali membuka Deviantart. Seperti biasa gue jadi lumayan terheran-heran melihat kreativitas anak-anak sekarang dan semangat mereka untuk bikin karya. Mungkin nggak semuanya bisa dikategorikan bagus atau unik, tapi satu hal yang gue petik dari sekian banyak halaman yang gue browsing...


I used to be like them!


Dulu kala sebelum gue masuk dunia kerja, Setiap hari gue rajin gambar2, sketsa, komik, apalah, atau sekedar foto gak penting, untuk diposting ke deviantart gue. Kadang malah gue niat warnain berjam-jam di photoshop. Hasilnya, kalo dikumpulin bisa berpuluh2, bahkan beratus2 gambar yang udah gue bikin selama masa produktif gue berkarya (halah). Kebiasaan itulah juga yang membantu gue untuk biasa menggambar, bahkan sebelum gue tau masa depan gue bakal diperbudak menggambar storyboard iklan tanpa henti.


Tapi sejak gue masuk kerja, perlahan-lahan gue mulai meninggalkan hobi gue itu. Kesibukan kerja dan macetnya Jakarta (baca: Shithole) membuat gue jarang punya waktu untuk gambar2. Bahkan weekend gue pun sering habis untuk ngerjain kerjaan-kerjaan lain non-kantor... yang kadang2 juga menuntut gue untuk gambar2.


Saat gue harus rutin menggambar untuk duit, gue jadi jarang gambar2 untuk diri sendiri. Just for fun. Kegiatan gambar2 jadi nggak fun karena ada urusannya dengan duit, deadline, dan kompromisasi kreativitas.


Where has all the passion gone?


Can I still be like them? Can I still be like me, 6 years ago?


Posted by Amel on May 26, '08 12:39 AM for everyone
Di Indonesia: Kalau kita dikasih kado, tunggulah sampai yang ngasih kado sudah pulang, baru kita buka kadonya.

Selain di Indonesia: Kado dibuka tepat didepan yang ngasih.

Tanya kenapa? Gak penting sih.

Posted by Amel on Nov 29, '07 12:34 PM for everyone
8 Things About Me You'd Rather Not Know!
Tantangan ini dipersembahkan untuk rekan Aryan, dalam rangka menghibur diri sendiri yang sedang insomnia karena galau menjelang Natalan dan ulangtahun ke 29 yang semakin mendekat sementara  hampir semua teman dekat saya sudah atau akan segera menikah.

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In the 8 facts about me, you share 8 things that your readers don't know about you. Then at the end you tag other 8 bloggers to keep the fun going.
* Each blogger must post these rules first.
* Each blogger starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
* Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their eight things and post this rules.
* At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
* Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.
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1. Kopi instan bikin saya muntah!

Begitu minum sedikit, saya langsung merasakan mual yang gak tertahankan yang biasanya memaksa saya untuk pergi membereskan urusan ke kamar mandi. Sangat tidak menguntungkan karena salah satu client saya adalah produsen kopi instan yang cukup ternama.  Kembali ke espresso dan kopi tubruk...

2. Saya nggak punya barang Zara satu pun!
Saya sering ke Zara dan menemani teman-teman saya ke Zara tapi nggak tau kenapa ya,segaul-gaulnya Zara, saya gak pernah tertarik untuk membeli apapun yang dijual disana. Pernah sih mau beli kaos tapi ternyata ukurannya habis, ya udin, akhirnya Alia yang ngambil.

 3. Apapun makanannya, minumnya saos tomat
Sampai akibatnya sekarang perut saya sensitif sama yang asem asem dan terpaksa mengkonsumsi saos tomat dengan dosis yang lebih bertanggung jawab.

4. Saya bisa tidur sambil berdiri
Yang paling saya ingat waktu ditengah-tengah Pengakuan Iman Rasuli.

5. Saya punya tato rahasia
Yang saya bikin pake rotring jaman saya kuliah dan hanya saya yang tau gambarnya apa dan tempatnya dimana..

6. Saya suka mencari tempat sepi untuk teriak2
Teriak2 itu sehat! Dan nyari tempat yang sepi itu susah banget di Jakarta kecuali (a) lo pergi ke Ancol kepinggir pantai atau (b) lo naik ke lantai paling atas gedung kantor lo dan teriak2. Trust me, you'll feel better.

7. Sebelum kelas 3 SD, nama panggilan saya Lia and I hated it!
Dan kalo tante2 atau om2 atau saudara2 saya datang berkunjung ke rumah, kadang2 mereka kemudian menyapa saya tanpa rasa bersalah, "Halo Lia, gimana, kapan kawin?" ... Anyway, makasih untuk teman2 kelas 3 SD saya, orang2 pertama yang memanggil saya dengan nama panggilan yang baik dan benar: Amel

 8. Untuk istirahat yang total, saya harus tidur di ruangan yang sangat gelap, gak boleh ada suara, dengan kepala dibawah bantal
Saya gampang banget kebangun2 kalo ruangnya berisik atau nggak tenang. Semua kisi2 jendela di kamar saya, saya tutup pake karton hitam dan pinggir2nya saya lakban agar sinar matahari gak masuk. Segitu niatnya.
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Puas? Puas?? 8 people to be tagged nya menyusul ya...

Posted by Amel on Nov 12, '07 2:14 AM for everyone
mbok... mbok... mbok
mbok... mbok...mbok
mbok... mbok

bangun pagi
bangun pagi
ga ada roti
ga ada kopi
laper lagi
laper lagi
adanya nasi sama teri

okelah kalo begitu (4x)

lima hari enggak mandi
kulit udah banyak daki
perempuan pada lari
katanya ayam sori

okelah kalo begitu (4x)

mengapa... mengapa
mengapa begitu...

mogok lagi
mogok lagi
motor mati mesin berenti
aki busi belum ganti
aku jadi jalan kaki

okelah kalo begitu (5x)

tiba2 HP bunyi
HP bunyi keras sekali
gue jawab dia memaki
tukang kredit nagih janji

okelah gue bayarin
okelah gue lunasin
okelah gue bayarin
okelah gue lunasin

yaudahlah kalo begitu (4x)

okelah ka ka kalo beg beg
okelah kalo beg beg begitu
okelah kalo ka kalo lo
beg beg beg beg
beg beg begitu tu tu tu...

gak kerasa laper lagi
makan nasi karo jantung
mau bayar aku keki
dompetku dibawa lari

gimana kalo begitu (3x)
gimana sih kalo begitu

pak... tolong dong
tolong dong pak
pak... tolong dong
tolong dong pak
OKELAH KALAU BEGITU   

Posted by Amel on Nov 12, '07 1:04 AM for everyone
David jatuh dipanggung...



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Posted by Amel on Nov 11, '07 10:28 PM for everyone
Goyang Inul
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cieee ganti avatar neee......dughhh Mel pie tohk?
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Hai! cool site!!! I want to be your friend.....yet still many things I don't know about you, I hope to find out soon!!! lam knl :)
hellsfaveclown wrote on Nov 28, '07
AMEL KAMU KENA TAGGED!

sebelon itu kamu baca dulu punya aku! heuahahahaha


http://hellsfaveclown.multiply.com/journal/item/7/8_Habits_of_SINS_heuahahahahahaha
prettyvista wrote on Oct 25, '07
blog nya lucu ... salam kenal ...
giwangtopo wrote on Oct 22, '07
ilmu bercocok tanam di dunia visual, gitu..
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ilmu apa... pelet atau menghilang?
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haloow, bagi-bagi dong ilmunya?
amel01 wrote on Oct 2, '07
and God Bless U too.. makasih lagunya
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