...

I’m holding on your rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
And I’m hearing what you say
But I just can’t make you sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down
But wait...
You tell me that you’re sorry
Didn’t think I’d turn around and say..

That it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late 

hey yall

haven't posted for a while.. let's see if i have updates.. life has been hectic + crazy.. lots of school works, activities, recruiting events .. all happening at the same time.. found myself stuck at school for 8- 12 hours a day.. school mates are great..
on another side, found myself breaking my mid year resolution.. getting ready to sunk right now.. wish me luck..

Something's Missing

Spent the day with tons of people.. Danced the night away at the loudest hottest scene in LA - but still don't take away the hole in the soul. Laughed the whole night through but the heart don't feel the smile. I wonder if I do have a problem - of having facade all my life while the inside don't agree. Can't even point out what's missing. As reen said it best : something's missing- but I don't know what. Maybe compassion.

Summer 2007

Summer 2007 is going to end soon.. This summer has been a different one since a while.. For a start, here's to a summer where I'm single once more after 5 years.. (damn that's long!).. A summer where I am once again free to spend time with my bestfriends ( who just so happen to all be singles..), flirt, learn to forget, be egoistic of my own happiness. A summer of whirlwind fun and outings.. A summer of learning about friendship, relationship, being a family once more.

A summer of travelling to places (bali, HK, palembang), a summer of learning bout my future, reaffirming my decisions.. A summer of unfinished business, waiting to be resolved in 2 years.. A summer where I learnt not everything I want I can get, not everything I planned will work out the way I want, not everything have to happen right now..

On another note, I suddenly remembered a dinner I had this weekend where I had said that I don't want to meet my Mr. Right right now.. I had said why would I wanna meet The One right now if I can just enjoy my time by myself and having fun with my friends.. To which my friend replied: because it felt so damn good... (to love)
To say that I'm shocked is an understatement.. haha it's like things that you would see in movie or read in novels.. maybe he's a romantic and I'm in a limbo right now :)

Just came back from funeral tonight.. My uncle's father in law... I hateeee funeralll.. no offense to the person who passed away.. I just hate looking at how sad the family members were.. I hate to see the anguish in the family's faces when they say goodbye or when they recall the person who had left them .. I'm a sentimentil person.. I'll just cry when I see this scene.. even when I don't know the person who passed away.. see this is why I hate funeral.. I think it all started back in my high school year.. my best friend's mother had passed away and she had only told me and no one else in school.. It broke my heart to see her despair but there's nothing I could really do to help ease her pain. On the other hand, I was not trained to deal with grief (of hers and of mine at seeing another person mourning). Worse still since I couldn't share with anyone else.. Til this day, I never talked about that period to my friends.. It was a short but hard period. But as always, I boxed my feelings and store it in the blackhole. If I don't talk to anyone, the problem does not exist, thus I do not need to deal with it.. so I told myself.. here's why I think I need to see a shrink.. I'm jovial in the outside but the blackholes are all scattered within me

Anyway enough of the nonsense.. here's to going back to LA in 2 weeks time!! Cheers...

congrats

wow can't believe my 'cousin' is getting married.. Not real cousin, just a family's friend whom I've been close to since Singapore (9 years ago).. OMG.. haha congrats to him... WOW.. how time flies.. before we were just doing O level and A level.. and now he's 'engaged'

congrats brother...

The things about Love

Have you ever stopped and wondered how funny love (infatuation) is??
Sometimes you meet a guy and you just don't have any sparks..
Other times, you meet a guy and you instantly feel your heart is beating as though you're doing a bungee jumping from the 40th floor..
Yet another time, you meet someone for the first time.. nothing.. second, third, fourth .. nothing.. and then one day you just suddenly feel different..
Don't you guys agree that love is funny?

What really happens when you feel that "chemistry"?? why does it work for some guys but not others... and if u happen to have that "love at first sight" feeling.. is it better than the feeling that you acquire over time? or is it worse?

Dolphins

Feeling nostalgic.. just remembered how I really like dolphins ever since I was younger. Looking around my bedroom, I saw dolphins all around. There's the dolphin keychain from Joan, my roommie in Singapore, the shark (yes shark!) from Danar from his vacation to Indonesia once while Lipola and I were still in Singapore.. we asked him to buy us soft toys since we weren't going home.. Lipola wanted whales.. I wanted dolphin.. but somehow I got a shark.. :P There's the dolphin necklace my mom bought me.. she always bought me dolphin necklaces since she knew how much I like them.. there's the dolphin figurine/statue from Kevin haha.. supposedly my bdae present if I'm not mistaken but the Indon postal service sent it three weeks late or something.. there's another small dolphin soft toy I believe from Joan again and a dolphin playing with a ball figurine from someone I couldn't remember rite now...

:) brings back fond memories of my youth.. and especially of my time in Singapore.. :) then also remembered surfing in Venice beach with lotsss of dolphins swimming around me within 5 metres away.. wow.. just an amazing creature! i think i need to add more to my dolphins' collection

lalala

lagi keinget lagu lama.. lagu dari film chinese tentang going out to the world dan meninggalkan whatever you have di sini.. satu sentence yang will lead my life for 2 taun ke depan will me 'kalau aku tetep di sini, aku ga akan bisa melihat my present state'

lagi berasa ga tenang.. to forget prasaan ga nyaman, i try to menyibukkan diri.. try to concentrate more on my work, chat less pas kerja, pengen ikut lomba nulis dari BI tentang UMKM di Indo.. haha am actually reading peraturan pemerintah tentang UMKM di Indo now.. 60 sum pages...

August is Here

Can't believe I only have 5 weeks left in Indo.. my days are numbered.. so many unfinished business.. wish I can turn back time.. I'll wonder how the future will turn out :) like the movie sliding door..

went to HK last weekend it was fun! haha thanks shier.. we went to eat eat eat eat.. but the view in HK is breath-taking.. it's mostly the city views.. but still wow.. it's like you live with all these amazing city views surrounding you. the good thing is that I also calm my mind in HK.. I'm just happy to be where I am right now. Before HK, I hated the present.. not knowing what's gonna happen in the future. but things have folded out and I'm seeing bright futures once more.. may not be the way I wanted it to be.. but it's still better

maybe it's the month of August! new month.. new story.. :)

I really really really miss Paris badly.. it was his birthday a few days ago.. had always spent his birthdays with him.. same town at least. here's to the one love I will always have forever.. though no matter how naughty he is.. Nat told me that he's been busy chewing things and peeing on every corner of her apartment ( sorry nat.. 5 more weeks and I'll take that lil devil back ).. Paris does that sometime.. just peeing everywhere.. terrible tsk tsk tsk... hoho we ( nat n I ) make ourselves feel better by saying that we are training to be patient when we are parents in the future.. hah others would say we're being tricked when we get this lil devil :P

hahaha i still love him none the less though.. the thing about family.. no matter what he does, u still love him anyway

...

I cannot understand my own feeling..

stuck in a size 0

I've been hearing a lot that I'm too skinny and that I need to eat more and that I'm in a verge of being anorexic..

but you see.. I still eat.. sometimes a lot.. I eat fried food as well.. I eat nasi goreng lumpia risoles (all fried indonesian food). but people don't stop saying how I'm getting skinnier everytime they see me or how I'm possibly anorexic

OK so I'm totally not anorexic.. I dont think I'm fat .. I just think I look normal. I look normal size when I see myself in the mirror. But I can't help wondering if I'm normal, why do I keep on having to try a small or Extra Small size for my clothes? Surely I can't be an XS for my 5'4 height (165cm).

I'm currently trying to evaluate if I'm having psychological eating disorder. The fact that I'm doing this analysis tells that I'm sane enough to be able to think.. and to think that I'm indeed not anorexic.. I can't help noticing though how I do limit my food intake if I eat at home.. my rice portion is a ball size with 7cm diameters.. I don't starve myself... consciously.. I wonder if subconsciously I do

My trainer told me to gain 2 more kg of muscle weight. Told me to eat more protein (read:meat). Now while I'm thinking of cutting down my intake on meat ( i pity the animals) and not quite liking the textures of meat.. OK so I still eat meat no worry...

I compared pictures of myself one year ago and now and I'm losing weight.. could have been the 4 hrs a week gymn that I've been doing..

nah.. wat do I know.. I think I'm fine

Sooo...

I talked bout my internship experience in my MBA experience blog so it was good and interesting.. but for today I don't have much to do and decide to update my blog..

I just realized I never make a new year resolution this year.. so I will start with a mid-year resolution :
1. be more hardworking ( in terms of school works). I remembered last time in my undergard I never buy textbooks unless the teachers strictly require it and while others are busy gulping the chapters, I was busy trying to find copies of the lecture notes
2. go to France or New York or Hawaii.. darnn I should really really go to France this year.. been in my to-do-list for yearss
3. Spoil Paris more .. and train him even more to be a good doggie ( teach him more tricks)
4. Learn Chinese language.. should watch more chinese soap operas
5. Learn to improve people's skills - be more humble, listen to people more, try to talk to strangers more
6. Exercise and gain some muscles - yoga/ pilates
7. Cook more - shouldn't go out n spend $$$ on food too often
8. Get to know more Indon friends or friends in general in LA
9. Be cleaner at home ( most prob end up hiring a maid more often)
10. Decide my spirituality ( pick one for god's sake.. )
11. Practice guitar more often
12. To free myself from infatuation/heart break/whatever romantic
13. To care about personal appearances more ( thank god I have Nut my personal shopper/upcoming fashion designer bestfriend)

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
(1 Corinthians 13)

haha i found this entertaining

Pria & Wanita

1. Ada 2 saat dimana seorang pria
tidak memahami seorang wanita, yaitu
sebelum dan sesudah menikah.

2. Pria ingin menikah karena merasa
letih, sedangkan wanita ingin menikah
karena ingin tahu, dan keduanya akan
kecewa.

3. Wanita pada usia 40 tahun berpikir
tentang masa depan anak-anak. Pria
pada usia 40 tahun berpikir tentang
mengencani anak-anak.

4. Pria menikah hidup lebih lama dari
pada pria bujangan. Namun pria menikah
lebih banyak keinginan untuk mati.

5. Untuk memperoleh kebahagiaan dari
seorang pria, anda harus lebih banyak
memahaminya dan tidak perlu terlalu
mencintainya. Sedangkan untuk
memperoleh kebahagiaan dari seorang
wanita, anda harus banyak mencintainya
dan tidak perlu memahaminya sama
sekali.

6. Wanita selalu mengenang pria yang
ingin menikahinya. Sedangkan pria akan
selalu mengenang wanita yang tidak
ingin dinikahinya.

7. Buku paling tipis di dunia adalah
tentang apa yang diketahui pria
mengenai wanita dan biografi wanita
yang bahagia.

8. Pria adalah orang yang akan
membayar 20 ribu rupiah untuk barang
seharga 10 ribu rupiah dan
membutuhkannya. Sedangkan wanita akan
membayar 10 ribu rupiah untuk barang
seharga 20 ribu rupiah dan tidak
membutuhkannya.

9. Seorang wanita memiliki kata akhir
dalam setiap pertengkaran. Apapun yang
dikatakan pria setelah pertengkaran
adalah awal dari pertengkaran baru.

10. Wanita yang menikahi seorang pria
berharap pria itu berubah, tetapi
ternyata tidak berubah. Sedangkan pria
yang menikahi seorang wanita berharap
wanita itu tidak berubah namun
ternyata berubah.

11. Pria sukses adalah pria yang mampu
menghasilkan uang lebih banyak dari
pada yang dapat dihabiskan seorang
wanita. Sedangkan wanita sukses adalah
wanita yang dapat menemukan pria
seperti itu.

12. Seorang wanita cemas akan masa
depannya sampai ia menikahi seorang
pria. Sedangkan seorang pria tidak
pernah cemas tentang masa depannya
sampai ketika ia menikahi seorang
wanita.

13. Di mana pun seorang wanita
menemukan pria yang menurutnya pantas
menjadi suami yang baik, ia akan
selalu kecewa karena biasanya pria itu
telah beristri.

070707

Longg longgg time agoo.. maybe in the year 2000.. I used to joke with my friends and said that I'd get married on 070707.. July 7th 2007 because I like the number 7 and I've checked that it's a Saturday..

I can't believe that it's already coming.. 070707.. wow..... it feels like a million years away since the first time I said that about 7 years ago.. N boy am I wrong.. I'm so far away from getting married..

just thought that it's funny..

Way Back Into Love

I've been living with a shadow overhead
I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
I've been lonely for so long
Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

I've been hiding all my hopes and dreams away
Just in case I ever need them again someday
I've been setting aside time
To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
Oh oh oh

I've been watching but the stars refuse to shine
I've been searching but I just don't see the signs
I know that it's out there
There's gotta be something for my soul somewhere

I've been looking for someone to shed some light
Not somebody just to get me through the night
I could use some direction
And I'm open to your suggestions

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart again
I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

There are moments when I don't know if it's real
Or if anybody feels the way I feel
I need inspiration
Not just another negotiation

All I wanna do is find a way back into love
I can't make it through without a way back into love
And if I open my heart to you
I'm hoping you'll show me what to do
And if you help me to start again
You know that I'll be there for you in the end

'Tis

Here it is 2.47am in the morning. Here I am, eating a fried mochi with sesame filling. Crying myself to sleep for dunno-how-many-days in a row.

If there's only a medicine for the pain, I would gladly take one right now. Had I been back in LA, I'd be gulping down another bottle of sweet wine then spilling some on my laptop and 'd be buying my third laptop. Puking by the front door of my bathroom, dizzy dragging myself by the sink and 3 minutes it's gone before I start scrambling for napkins to wash off the puke and the wine off my laptop.

Maybe I'll be smarter this time, choosing the eed over the ine. Always a first for something they say.

So foolish of me to try to drown one sorrow with another. A lesson not thoroughly learnt by time.

Just perused a third of 'Tis and that's probably where the satire and irony from.

what is love?

i used to scorn at people who give up their dreams for their partners..

I'd say "Why.. but that is aburd!! What if you guys don't work out in the future? what if you give up something so big for something that doesn't work out?"

And that's just so me.. to not want to take risk for something uncertain. To always put my future above my partner's in life.

The funny thing is I think now I'm changing. Maybe it's the age, maybe it's the internal clock ticking. But now I understand that love needs sacrifice.. if you think a success is not worth pursuing without your loved one by your side, you should def sacrifice the one that matters less..

hahaha okay so I say I'm starting to understand.. doesn't mean that I myself will do so

miss LA

i miss
1. being able to drive around by myself
2. getting dessert everyday ( il cielo, beard papa, cupcake)
3. PARIS.. PARIS.. PARIS
4. Nut Nut Nut and Pirate
5. being able to walk in the greeneries and smell the fresh air
6. doing yoga
7. shopping
8. healthy, home-cooked meals

ASEAN Scholarships for Indonesia

Click HERE for more info

The ASEAN Scholarships for Indonesia is tenable for 4 years leading to the
award of the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education 'Advanced'
(GCE 'A') Level (or equivalent) certificate.

The Scholarship is for studies in selected Singapore schools from Secondary
Three to Pre-University Two and is renewed annually, subject to the satisfactory
performance of the scholar.

Students from Indonesia are welcome to apply for the ASEAN Scholarships for
Indonesia to enter Singapore schools at the Secondary Three level. Candidates
who are not short-listed for the scholarships will be considered for the Merit Awards.




Students who meet the following criteria are invited to apply for the scholarship.
1 Nationals of Indonesia
2 Between 14+ to 16+ years old
3 Sat for SMP 3 National Final Evaluation Examination (EBTANAS/UAN) and
have done consistently well in school





Any dates given below are tentative and are subject to changes.
1 Application period - 2 June to 20 July
2 Selection test dates - mid August
3 Selection interview dates - late September
Candidates short-listed for the selection test/interview will be notified a week
before the selection test/interview dates
4 Award of scholarship - early to mid October
5 Arrival of scholar in Singapore - late October





1 Singapore Consulate in Pekanbaru
2 Singapore Embassy in Jakarta
(Address: Embassy of the Republic of Singapore
Gedung Graha Surya Internusa
19th Flr
Jln HR Rasuna Said Kav X-0
Jakarta 12950 Indonesia)
3 Singapore Ministry of Education

Please click here to download the application form





The selection tests and interviews will be conducted in the following cities:
1 Medan
2 Jakarta
3 Surabaya (if there are sufficient candidates)



1 Allowance of S$2,200 (Secondary) / S$2,400 (Pre-University) per annum
with hostel accommodation
2 S$400 settling-in allowance (once only)
3 Economy class air passage to Singapore and back to home country upon
completion of course
4 Waiver of school fees and donation to the Education Fund
5 Waiver of GCE 'O' and 'A' Level examination fees (once only, if applicable)
6 Subsidised medical benefits and accident insurance cover
7 Bridging courses (if applicable, in Singapore before start of course)
8 THERE IS NO BOND ATTACHED TO THE SCHOLARSHIP

Summer is Here!

Yaiii I'm in indo and summer is here................. but on the other hand, I'm having a pretty bad sore throat which usually gets worse if I get out of my house.. ( read : the weather in Jakarta is sooo bad. it's like rainy season n summer season are mixed up) bouhou

Paris update : he's with Natasha now and Natasha has just reported that Paris is sleeping next to her on her bed now. Usually he sleeps in his crate when he's with me. Nat has also reported that she had just bought a vest and a t-shirt for Paris.

I have an OMINOUS feeling that Paris won't want to return to my place after I head back to LA.

Now let's analyze if I like jakarta. I am here for three months to analyze the prospect of me returning to Indonesia for good after my MBA:
The weather is bad.. hot humid polluted
The people are fine.. you have your 'personal helpers', drivers, bla bla bla. Friends are here. Family is here.
The house is good. U don't need to pay rent... but then again I doubt I can live with my parents after my MBA. I don't know if I can stay in a house where the rules are not updated since I left the house at 16. But living in an apartment by myself is not an option in Indonesia either. SSheeesshh

we'll ssee.. maybe i should go to singapore instead or hongkong..

Tact

I'm a really tactless person. The worse okay not the worse.. but pretty bad..
I'll be even more tactless to guys because I know guys usually care less about critiques/the truth than girls.. Hurt a girl's feeling and you'll be on their bad list like forever...

Lately though I'm TRYING to change.. ever since I am reading the book "How to win friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie and since I noticed that some guys have been offended by my tactless comments..

It's really hard to try to be tactful.. It expects one to be very polite and selfless and diplomatic.. Why.. once I told a guy friend that his face has really cleared up ( in front of a few of our friends while we were eating at a restaurant. I KNOW.. I should have waited til I was alone with him before saying that.. but I was scared I would forget so I said it in front of others )

Why.. I meant well ( Thank god that guy friend was nice and didn't take it as a criticism).. I was just saying his face which used to have pimples now have none..
A girl friend who heard that laughed at me afterwards and told me how could I did that..
I was like... what did I do??? I was complimenting him.....

Okay so not to mention this Indonesian/Asian thing of being polite and tactful.. U even need to say sorry for something that is hardly ur fault but u gotta say it anyway to be polite..

okay but i guess tactful is important to guard others' feelings. I take criticism pretty well ( criticism I said ! not put-downs) but I must remember that not everyone take criticism well.. thus the art of being tactful is introduced to my life..
Check out the Dale Carnegie book.. it helps!

House warming party

Had a housewarming party at my tiny apartment yesterday.
10 people in total.
Quite amazed that 10 people could actually sit in my apartment, I guess my apartment is not as small as I thought it was.

update on my face

So after 7 days, the huge acnes stop popping out and the ones that were already there stop growing and start disappearing..

after 12 days, my face is getting better, the scars are turning red ( previously brown ) and the scars are getting smaller..

after about 18 days now.. the scars are much smaller and other areas of the face are smooth.. see some small pimples coming out but it maybe because of my period

overally result : i'm very satisfied with Dr Lancer's products.. He wants me to return for more peeling session and microdermabrasion.. but i think this is enough for me.. I'm practically broke.. Good type of broke.. I mean a ticket back to Indonesia is $1100...

nothing

No interview invite from NYU .. :(
SIGH.. Okay.. live goes on..

Marshall USC had told me that they would get back to me next Friday on the decision.. That's about 2 weeks faster than the afore mentioned deadline. We'll see.. I kinda screwed up the interview since I didn't research much about SC's program...

In 3 weeks time I'm going back to Indonesia.. YAIIIIIIIIIIII.............. I haven't gone home in like 2 years plus.. My friends and family are missing me.. I'm actually going home for Chinese new year on February 18th.. So a day after I reach Jakarta, I'm flying out to Semarang, my grandparents' home town. Chinese always celebrate events by having a dinner with the whole family.. This will be exciting..

I'm also going to hold my late house(apartment) warming party at my tiny studio apartment here in LA this weekend.. I actually had moved in last year October but was so busy with the B-School application - giddy from the UCLA result, that I only have time to throw a party now..
When I was working on the guest lists.. I ended up with 20+ people.. And that is not going to fit my tiny apartment.. SO I had to cut down my list to less than 10 ppl.. HAH!

I'm going to have Indonesian food for the party.. ( Ordering in, I don't cook, and My friends don't trust me in cooking )... This will be fun.. Paris will be excited to see many people at my apartment.

As a result of my upcoming party, I have been checking out www.apartmenttherapy.com to seek inspirations to design/re-design my apartment.. My close friend is tired of my talks about changing the position of the furnitures/ hanging more stuff on the wall/ painting the kitchen brown...

Okay I think I've been talking all over the place tonight :)

Second Visit to Dr Lancer

So today I went in to Dr Lancer's office to have 'peeling'... ( $250 + tips )

So what they did was.. they put acid on my face so that in the next 14 days my face hopefully will peel ( on some rare cases, some ppl's skin won't peel ).. and by peeling some of the acnes will be brought up to the surface and even washed away by the peeling...

Cheers to 14 days of flaky skin, no-sun exposure and no-cardiovascular training...

RPK, my facialist, insisted on the importance of diet to prevent acne from coming out in the future Meaning :
NO :

• chocolate
• acidic fruits ( grape, oranges, grapefruit, tomato)
• chocolate
• alcohol
• dairy ( milk, ice cream )
• sushi and shell fish

More of the :

• leafy vegetables
• water
• chicken and fish

Anyway in one week, I have to return to see RPK to have facial.. In two weeks time, I need to have microdermabrasion ( No idea what it is.. but will let u know )

I'm back from My trip to dermatologist Dr Harold Lancer

And I spent $1000... Wiii..Shierley had gone there and got charged the same.. But she did say she saw another gal who was only paying $300.. so you never know.. But anyway.. $150 for seeing dr Lancer, $125 for my facial .. $315 for products, another $500 or so for pills and a cream

Well I'm up for a new beginning.. a brighter, clogged-free, pimple-free face.. I'll let you guys know how it goes..

Went there, had the derm checked my face.. he ordered me to have facial right on the spot to treat the big HUGE acnes on my forehead and the black heads on some other parts...
The facialist used something that looked like a needle to take out the black head and squeeze the acne out.. HURTS SO BAD.. but yup that's the way to do it..

Dr Lancer deemed that I need to return on Saturday for a facial. and in two weeks time I had to return for peeling...

I brought home 11 products ( 2 of them are 2 types of pills ) worth $700.. Okay I just want to share this because some other gals may want to try to go to Dr Lancer but is not sure how much it'll really cost.. so for those people :) hear me say... expensiveeeeeee.........

but i'll let you know in a month if it works or not

6/24

Hey that's not bad... I had failed miserably for 6 out of 24 new year's resolution..

See that's why you should always aim high, so you can fail just a little less high..

Lumba2: 2006 New Year's Resolution

Lumba2: 2006 New Year's Resolution

Omigod.. Has it really been a year???

Let's recap my 2006 New Year's resolution :

2006 New Year's Resolution

New Year Resolutions ( TO BE BROKEN SOON ENOUGH):
1. go to gymn every two days [Did it from January to June]
2. Eat healthy food (more veggie and fruit, drink milk, eat calcium) [YES YES YES]
3. Go surfing again this summer [NOPE]
4. Take paris for a walk ( must buy his shoes again) [Totally Did it.. I actually walked Paris twice a day now ]
5. Learn new skills (French/art/sport) [Checked, took French 1 with UCLA Extension ]
6. Go to Paris, France this year!! [NOPE]
7. Meet up with more people [You can say so ]
8. Go to Church... (failed to do that yesterday) [ Not regularly, less than 20 times in a year]
9. Write/text my friends overseas more often ( tat means Mareen Sasa Gigi Shierley NPS kacang tine lipola chang yien etc etc etc etc ) [ Did that, Texting, Emailing, Sending Cards ]
10. Be proficient in my job ( read more books, newspaper, Economist, Forbes) [ Failed Miserably ]
11. Read more books.. (novel, Da vinci code, harry potter) [ The Joys of Much Too Much, The lovely bone, currently reading Automatic Millionaire ]
12. Travel more in USA [ Mammoth for Snowboarding? East coasts with family in June ]
13. ROAD TRIP... ANYONE??? [ 5 hours road trip to mammoth ? ]
14. Save up more money [ Eat out much less, shop for clothes MUCH MORE ]
15. Less shopping (I am only allowed to shop once a month) although at the moment I feel like I have no clothes to wear) [Kinda... HAHAHA except for the year end sale ]
16. Go back Indonesia to see family n friends this year [ February 2007 ]
17. Paint more often [ FAILED MISERABLY ]
18. Take good care of my skin ( especially my face since I am getting old.. SHRIEKKKKKKKKKKK) [OMIGOD I was having a breakout.. SO scary .. it lasted for 3 weeks.. Going to dermatologist soon]
19. Go out at night more often (HAHAHAHAHA Erly's influence) [ HERM.. only after my gruesome b-u period]
20. Go to Yosemite this year, either hike or camp or go fishing [NOPE]
21. Go New York this year [YES YES YES]
22. Improve my memory! ( I am not sure how to do this: my boyfriend tells me to take up chess, my mom told me to eat more bananas, I should probably do Sudoku like Shierley) [KINDA...]
23. Come to work on time ( OHHH SO HARD... 8 am???) [ FAILEDDDDDDDD]
24. Be cleaner and more organized... [YES totally ]

Okayy at the end of the year.. let's see how many of these are accomplished :>