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 :>

What I need :

1. A visit to Dr. Lancer ( coming up on Jan 4th ). Can't stand this.. :)
2. a new wardrobe.. seriously!
3. More Me-time and Paris-time
4. A new bag

Okay I conclude that what I need and what I want mostly coincide... hahaha maybe I should start shopping

What I want :

1. Dermatologist visit to Dr Harold Lancer to zip out all these suddenly popping HUGE ACNES off my face
2. A chanel bag ( I owe it to myself as a reward )
3. Boom box or maybe ipod and the home-set
4. A $$$$ bracelet from www.uyenuyendesigns.com ( Natasha said I should get myself a xmas present )

Still in disbelief state

Good thing tomorrow morning ( at 3 am ) I'm going to mammoth for a snowboarding trip with a couple of friends..

I must say I'm not a big fan of snow activities, but wth I should go for vacation. Just good timing :)

Went to had dinner at BOA steak house.. Not so good steak, I like Morton's better..

But still very excited..... Keep on thinking that this may not be true.. Now I should think about my priorities in case I get into the other B schools.. columbia? haas? stern? ucla?

SIGH

Anyway.. I went home from the dinner and found that I had forgotten, and put my landlord's xmas present at my door handle.. Paris, then tore out the paper bag, ate my $2.5o a piece oh so good Teuscher chocolate.... all four of them with CHAMPAGNE inside of them..

Chocolate is toxic for dogs btw... Don't know about the champagne part.. Ahh.. well

Now.. That's the kind of brown my kitchen will have..

Apartment

Oh how I wish my apartment looks like this.. I do have the same wall colours sans all the fancy furniture and colors.
I have been enlightened! Sure I'm going to live a life of misery while waiting for B school results.. But at least I can now do what I have wanted to do while busy preparing my application :
1. Read novels and finance books
2. Paint my kitchen
3. Decorate my studio ( ie. paint a big painting, paint the door frame )
4. yoga -ing
5. play with paris more

Facial at Skin Haven

On Sunday, Natasha and I went to have a facial at SkinHaven.
It's a really pretty place.. and the facial is really relaxing.. Now I have problems of having lots of black heads n white heads and I'm not 100% satisfied with the facial.. but I'll give them A+++ for the relaxation.. Anyway they are a SPA place.. not a dermatologist

Beard Papa cream puff = 220 Calories?

NO WAY??? Look at the delicious, crispy puffs with the vanilla fillings.. And you tell me it's only 220 calories.. Hell! I can afford to eat two at once then...

Check this out and tell me I'm wrong : Serving size says 2 3/4 oz which I assume is ONE whole puff.

My first day as a free woman

No more essays bogging me down.. well there's that one recommendation not in but I can talk to my recommender about it. He's been very helpful to me and he himself is applying to B school this year.

Only half a day that I have started waiting on my results and already, I feel restless.

What if I don't get into Anderson... I think I won't get into Anderson... Why did I submit it so early ( R1, coz I'm impatient and I don't like to wait )

Maybe I should take a long vacation.. OH wait.. It's exactly one month from now.. I think I should take one month vacation or make it two months.. where I have no access to internet wat so ever... That'll be nice.

HELPPPPP

All done..

Finally I have submitted the last application for B School in 2006 to Columbia. Everything is done now but I don't feel like partying.. All the worries are dragging me down... I didn't know that UCLA's annoucement is for January 19.. I thought it was for January 29..

I don't think I can handle this.. I think I should go home Indonesia for vacation soon.. SIGH

Pencil Skirt

This is the first day after a longgggggggggggg time that I first wear a pencil skirt. The last time was probably 6 or 8 years ago.

Anyway I went to the billion dollar babes sample sale a few weeks ago and bought this super cute pencil skirt for a discounted price.. But anyway I put it on today and was walking Paris in the morning.. HA! I found it hard to walk in.. DOn't forget to climb up the stairs OHH....

and if you're just walking straight, you're compelled to walk like those fashion show models.. zig zag....

kikiki.. bet Natasha will laugh her head off if she reads this

Paris is alright

Talked to Natasha about Paris' condition and she said he's probably just feel tired from the lack of sleep and the upset stomach...

I'm like : yeahh I'm gonna bring him to vet tomorrow, was thinking of bringing him in but Emergency wait can lasts for hours..

Nat : That's hardly an emergency..
Iv : That's not?
Nat : NOOO.. that's just lack of sleep and food
Iv : oh okay..

Working at Home

Ahhh....
The beauty of Remote Desktop Connection.. Here I am 2.45pm still at my apartment. Staring at the lovely weather outside, ocassionaly taking a break by walking Paris, while walking to the fridge every hour or so...

I had a sore throat last night and decided that if today I don't feel better, I will work from home. Not because I am scared of infecting others if I go to work. More like : I don't want to get infected by others. I'd say 40% people in my company is down with flu/sore throat/ cold.. I don't plan to join them, so I'll stay at home.

A few months ago I had flu twice and each time it cost me 2 weeks.. So please understand my paranoia

And after all, Paris is sick with diarrhea. He's been sleeping the whole day since the morning tha t I have to go to him once a while and make sure that he's still alive ( another paranoia that I have ) and yes I had just walked to Paris again, checked that he's breathing, and return to writing.

Anyway, Paris has been having diarrhea for 2 days now. Yesterday it wasn't so bad so I didn't think much of it. It's coz I had changed his food ( to DUck and rice from Lamb and rice ) and I thought it was okay for me to completely change his food.. Turns out no..

But yeah last night, he slept at about midnight. 1.30am he woke me up with his whining, had to go to him, open his crate and let him poop.. Gross.. but then okay once more at early morning.. and he kept on whining non-stop..
The poor baby...

He hasn't drink anything today.. So im getting really worried... I even tried to spoon him some water but he refused to...

Worried.. worried worried...

Me, Myself and I

I think I am crazy. I've just been reading all the MBA blog out there about B school applicant this year. And there are people out there with 2.5 years working experience interviewed by top B school and was told : you're kinda lacking work experience..

And I think : I only have one year working experience.. 1 year 1 month a few weeks to be exact

Am I missing something here?

I'm probably just missing some screws up there but oh well I am a stubborn person.

When asked by my mom : what are u going to do if you get rejected again?
Answer : apply again next year
Mom : WHATT? When are you going to get married??

-> Typical Indonesian mother.. sigh.. she basically just want to marry me off and make sure I have kids before I'm 30

Ohh well..... I'm getting all nervous now

UCLA : checked , expecting answer Jan 29. Frigging nervous about this coz this is like my #1 choice and the only school I have a chance to go too.. other than USC but that's a diff story
USC: submitted
NYU Stern : V. V. doubtful I can get in , especially with the limited reapplication essay. But I've submitted this one too
Haas Berkeley : Just submitted this a few hours ago. Pretty much wasting my $175, remembering Jett had told me they don't really like to admit people with less than 3 years working experience

So I still have columbia, yale, wharton. I deserve a break .. just today.. I'll start writing again tomorrow... Remembering I'm going to mammoth in 2 weeks time and before I know it , it'll be new year and then another application deadline..

SIGHHH