Flibbertigibbet!

Oh my god. This is something that can decrease my mood. The only thing I really hate from Jakarta is the TRAFFIC JAM. 

OK, I'm going to tell you a story. So I finished doing my lesson at Wall Street and my mom told me to go home by bus (TransBintaro) because my father had some unfinished stuffs at the office. So I finished the manual book quickly and left Wall Street at 5.20 pm. My mom told me that TransBintaro would arrive at the shelter on 5.30 pm. I arrived right on time at the shelter, but there wasn't any sign of TransBintaro. I kept waiting and waiting and waiting. I saw TransBSD, TransBintaro's sister, passed the shelter few times. I kept 

waiting until 30 minutes later, but there wasn't any sign of TransBintaro. Luckily my father comforted me and offered me to go home by car. But I told my dad if TransBintaro arrived earlier than my dad, I would take TransBintaro. But TransBintaro hasn't passed the shelter yet. Then, I saw a sign of TransBintaro (I knew it was TransBintaro because I could read the banner on the top of the window). BUT THEY TOOK ANOTHER WAY! Yeaah, I admitted that the main street in Pondok Indah was very crowded. But why on earth were they doing that? There were lots of people waiting outside PIM just to catch TransBintaro, but they decided to take the U-Turn just because the traffic was so damn bad? Geez, even TransBSD stopped at the shelter to grab some passengers. 

Then, I realized that there were many Jakmanians (the fanatic supporter of Persija) on the street and they were very damn rude! They were making such a noise and throwing something that sounds like a bomb! Geez, get a life, man! Then I heard on the radio that there were a football match in Lebak Bulus (the main street in Pondok Indah were connected to Lebak Bulus' main street). And the reason of the traffic jam was the football match itself! Geeezzzz, because of them, I arrived home at 7.45, which was very late because I had to sleep earlier for tomorrow morning. Geeez, screw Jakarta and Persija! Well, especially PERSIJA. Congratulation, you have successfully made me so mad tonight. 

Another photo taken from the traffic jam: 

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Yaaay! I'm back after weeks of abstinence from my oh-so-beloved blog! Yihuuu after the whole deeds about Jakarta In Global and so on. OK, first I want to talk about Jakarta In Global! The whole deeds about Jakarta In Global are finally finisheeeed! Yaaaayyyy finally I can sleep at 9 pm and go home at 3 pm from school. Well, it isn't fully finished actually because the winners haven't received their prize money yet because the national gas company haven't transferred the money yet. And did I mention that Prof. Arif Rahman, (a famous Labschool and educational figure who served as the head of UNESCO in Indonesia) praised this year's Jakarta In Global because he really loved the theme 'Save Our Culture'. Thank God. Oh don't forget the certificate for the judge who did a very good job (for those who thought that we were cheating because the winners were mostly from Labsky, think twice! We had qualified judges from Wall Street and FIB UI!). And I have to make activity report too. But, those things are easy-peasy for me. The best thing is it was already over, just it. Huaaaa I'm free, at last! 

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 the way I'm looking forward to attending Saturday's JJF 2009 so I need to sell my Friday's daily pass so if 

you are interested, please contact me immediately! Oh and I really want to see Slumdog M

illionaire! The movie is definitely an 'it' movie at the beginning of 2009. They stole the attention by grabbing 8 trophies at this year's Oscar! Wow, I never thought that Anwar, the cocky Muslim kid from Skins (aka Dev Patel) could become so damn famous. Hahaha I really missed Skins. I already tried to find the DVDs but unfortunately it wasn't popular in here and in US either so the DVDs haven't released yet in Indonesia. But since Dev Patel was widely famous, maybe they will release the DVDs. But in fact Dev wasn't the main character. It was Nicholas Hoult from About a Boy who starred as Tony, the main character. Oh my god, Nick is very gorgeous. He is all grown up now and he looks very different from his appearance in About a Boy. Try to find him on the image below!

OK, let's talk about Skins. Basically Skins is 

all about the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, England. But don't expect for a squeaky clean teenagers. You'll find out as soon as you're watching Skins from the very beginning. Americans are well-known for their widely famous TV Shows with a squeaky clean teenager character. Or a bad teenager turning into a squeaky clean and innocent teenager. But if you're watching British TV Shows, you'll be surprised. And Skins is just the same. For example, there is Maxxie, who is a gay. And then you'll 

see Chris, who is a drug addict and heads over heels with his teacher. Then Anwar, a Muslim guy who is quite vague about his Muslim faith, then you'll have Cassie, who suffers from an eating disorder and Michelle, the sex-addict, but is also a vulnerable girl. Those things make me wonder, I'm 16, but I'm not having those problems and so is my friends. Wow. Britain is quite vulgar when it comes to teenagers' lives. But I still love Skins though, although it is quite vulgar for me. Hey, they have a nice selection of songs! My favorite is Wild World by the Cast of Skins. You can watch the video here.

So enough talking about Skins and so on. Right now I'm really craving for books. I haven't finished Shakespeare and Twilight, but I already bored with those books so I need to go back to my roots, a romantic comedy book! Sophie Kinsella's are always become my number one list! I'm looking forward to buy the Shopaholic series and Remember Me? I will buy it as soon as my father drives me to Pacific Place. I really love buying books at Aksara in Pacific Place. It is very cheap inside and they use recycled plastic bag! Woo-hoo, another example of an environmental-friendly store! Most of the books in Aksara worth less than Rp 100.000,- and they will reduce the price at the end of the year, so it will be a great shopping spree for me! Yay me! 9 months to go! 

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On Thursday, I attended TOEFL social club in Wall Street. It was such a good social club and I got bunch of informations about TOEFL test and how to make you practice the most important aspects in TOEFL. I won't spoil those tricks to you guys (hahahahaha call me smug, but I'm certainly not. I'm just making a strategy. You can't always share secrets to everybody right?)

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Take a glance on this website:
http://www.javajazzfestival.com/2009/quiz.php

Scroll to the bottom of the page until you've found:

Congratulations to :

CONGRATS, You won 1 daily ticket to JJF 2009. Please bring the correct identification card when you claim the ticket. You'll be notified thru email for details.
1. Denita Biyanda Utami (Friday Daily Pass)
2. Sovyana Putranti (Saturday Daily Pass)
3. Augustin Herlina (Sunday Daily Pass)

Okaaay, look at the number 1. THAT'S MY NAME! And I won the Friday Daily Pass. It's so pathetic since I already bought the Friday Daily Pass for 150 thousand rupiahs. Geezzz..But that's fine though. I won, I won, I won...

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Let's talk about yesterday first. Yesterday I played bowling with my friends at Superlane Bowling in Pasaraya. It was such a fun because I know I'm very crap on bowling, but I think yesterday was my lucky day. I had gutter for the first two rounds, but after that I had splits (or spares? I already forget about bowling vocabs, so basically I knocked off all the pins on the second roll). And finally I came up as the third winner. Hooraaay! Hahaha. Credit photo: Dreamstime. com

OK, so I went to Pondok Indah Mall to attend my auntie's birthday, actually it wasn't a birthday party, sort of some birthday treat. But, I wasn't be able to receive the treats because I already planned to attend the Social Club at Wall Street and then headed into the Complementary Class at 2 pm. So I had to pay my food's bill with my own pocket money. The social club itself was a lot of fun because it was basically about environmental vocabularies such as deserts, icebergs, and swamps (actually it was the title of the social club itself) and there were many new words came up into my brain. And then at the complementary class, we had an australian teacher, which is great, because I found Australian accent as one of the hardest English accents to understand. And we had a great fun there because I could learn more about grammar by doing fun activities. Hahahaha and guess what, Wall Street opened the chat corner about TOEFL and IELTS, just like my needs! Hahaha that was why I went directly to the SO to book for the activity, because I knew it would be full if I didn't book it first. The chat corner will be held on Thursday though. Hahaha I used the word 'though' a lot because yesterday I had social club with the same Australian teacher and she liked to use the word 'though'. And today she was the teacher for the complementary class. What an Aussie day!

Well as you remember, I've got a new munchie again. And it is the same product though. But different taste and different brand, for sure. I like this one better than J.Cool, but of course this one is a little bit more expensive than J.Cool and the size is rather small than J.Cool. But it's OK, because they have wide selection of toppings. And I like the place though, because it is filled with pink and strawberry background, so sweeeett! It is a Fro-Yo called Heavenly Blush. I tried it for the first time yesterday and today my auntie bought me another cup. Too bad it is located on PIM 2, so I have to walk a little further to take a sup. My favorite is Twist Fro-Yo (Pomegranate flavor and original flavor) with Strawberry/Peach/M&M toppings. Hmmm, delicious. Check them out on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heavenly-Blush-Energy-Yogurt-Bar/53535867805

Well right now I'm more into my MacBook because it is so damn faster than my computer. And the DVD player is better than my computer because it can read the damaged or scratched DVD. But unfortunately I can't find a way to resize a photo for blogger's blog post. And beside that I have been using my MacBook for less than 1 year, so I still have so much time to learn more about that. By the way, my paper work for Year 12 is about Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista. So I'd better learn about that quickly to make a good paper work. In my opinion, Mac OS X Leopard is better, faster, and stronger (for virus). Hahaha it's Daftpunk's song by the way. Harder, better, faster, stronger. But I can't find anything harder from Mac OS X Leopard compared to Windows Vista. Hihi

By the way I'm doing my Biology homework. And I think I'd better post that here too to warn you about the danger of smoking. Check these out:

Healthy lung (left) and unhealthy lung (right) because of smoking. That's terrible, isn't it?

This picture is taken from Oprah on Dr Oz's segment. I really like Dr Oz's segment. He taught us much about our body and health without making us feel dumb about our body or health. He also has a good communication skills, which is very essential for the doctor. He really make me want to be a doctor (a dentist, specifically). He also has published national bestseller book about health. For god's sake, Dr Oz's is very smart and a perfect role model for the doctor-wannabe! Here is the description about the pictures:

If you're trying to quit smoking, this could be the day you go cold turkey. The healthy lung (left) is generally pinkish and healthy, with a bit of damage from living in an urban area. The unhealthy lung (middle) comes from a smoker, and is riddled with dark tar from cigarettes. What's even more worrisome than tar, according to Dr. Oz, is cancer. A cancerous lung (right) will have nodules of cancer cells that grow and spread, invading into everything around them.(Oprah.com)

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Huaaawhhh I really envy my friend who won a ticket to meet her idol Valentino Rossi a.k.a The Doctor, the champion of MotoGP, on Monday. Huuuuuuuu I really want to meet my idol toooo. OK, so I've made up a bunch of names that I'd like to meet someday. Here we go:

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I have just finished my piano lesson today, and as usual, my teacher, I called him Kak Yudha asked me to discuss few topics out of the piano lesson. First he asked me about my school's events, Sky Battle and Sky Avenue (coming soon!). And then we discussed about the upcoming event called Java Jazz Festival 2009, which was going to be held on March 6,7,8. The point was, he was included on the show's lineup, with his band. But, if Indra Lesmana's band wasn't be able to play, then neither was his band. And I told my failure from getting Jason Mraz's ticket. I already got the daily pass ticket, as regards that I still could buy Jason Mraz's until Feburary 2009. So I still had time to collect my pocket money to buy Jason Mraz's. But....right after I bought the ticket, I found out that the tickets were already sold out. Few days later, I ascertained that Jason Mraz's show would be held TWO days, because of high demand and the Friday show tickets were sold out (Jason Mraz was scheduled to play on Friday). Duuuuuhh I already bought the Friday daily pass and if I bought the Saturday daily pass, it was already too late because the Student Price promo was already closed and my saving were not adequate either. So I had to splurge more than 500 thousand rupiahs to watch Jason Mraz, and my friend only splurged about 350 thousand rupiahs. Huuuuuuuu ;(. OK, I still could watch New York Voices, Afgan, Elfa's, David Garfield or Alex Ligertwood, Prasanna, and other jazz musicians indeed. 

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For CWTV's Gossip Girl fans, check out this site, and don't forget to spend a day off to do this if you're in New York. Maybe you can come face to face with the oh-so-gorgeous Nathaniel Archibald a.k.a everyone's favorite Nate Archibald played by Chace Crawford. Although the locations are purely fiction, but you can still catch them on the set around the famous landmarks of NYC, right? Here's the link http://gridskipper.com/64664/the-gossip-girl-guide-to-new-york#Map

For Lipstick Jungle lovers, don't forget to check out Nico Reilly's magazine, Bonfire, which is much mentioned on the series and the book. It is a virtual magazine, but if you read it pages to pages, you'll find interesting article about beauty, make up, and fashion (typical women's magazine). Here's the link http://www.bonfiremagazine.com/. I found an interesting website there, http://makeover.ivillage.com


For SATC a.k.a Sex and The City lovers, although the series have ended few years ago, you probably still remember Carrie's uber-fabulous outfits, Miranda's favorite cupcakes, Charlotte's art gallery, and the bar where they used to hang out together. If you're visiting NYC, mark a day off on your calendar. Because you can reminisce your SATC's moments through this tour: http://www.screentours.com/tour.php/satc/. You can purchase the tickets, and the price is not very expensive for the tour like this. Enjoy those exclusive benefits!

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1. I'm very busy with all the Jakarta In Global 2009's thingy. It is going to be held on February 20-22, 2009. The technical meeting is due next week, so we have to work utterly fast. Come on, I can work this out. Hahahaha wish me luck guys, finger crossed!
2. I'm very ambitious and passionate about my future. I want to be serious and 100% focus on my school subjects and English course. My grades are waaaaay too low last semester so I have to work really hard for the recurring semester. I also want to work out on my English, especially my vocabs and grammar. Those are very essentials yet crucial for the TOEFL test. That's why my schedule for the week is very full because I'm having school lesson course and English course. But it's for my future, so I'll take it. Remember London, remember Harvard! Aaaaargghhh :)
3. My appetite is turning very disorganized. I usually have dinner at 8/9. I know it is not healthy, but I'm too lazy to take my meals and sometimes I've got a lot of things to do. And sometimes I don't have lunch either.
4. My MacBook is turning into my personal dictionary. There is an application called Dictionary and all I have to do is type some difficult words and voila! the results appear on the screen as fast as a bolt. Woaahaaaa. It is faster than finding the words using the conventional way a.k.a using the big and dense Oxford dictionary. Duuuh!
5. I've just starting my own new blog. The old blogs are sort of crap and also embarrassing. So, this is my newest and active blog account. Enjoy! FYI, I named it tittle-tattle-chit-chat because I love to do the chit-chat and gossip! Tittle-tattle means gossip. And flibbertigibbet means a silly or talkative person. Yes, I am. And I'm proud of being a flibbertigibbet. Hohoho :)

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I've got a new munchie and right now I'm very craving for it. It's called J.Cool, a 100% fat free frozen yoghurt from J.Co. It's not that expensive, or cheap if you can say so. It only costs 15 thousand rupiahs, single size with one topping. And the taste is veryyyyy scrumptious! And it is very easy to get because I'm going to visit their outlet in PIM (Pondok Indah Mall) very often because I have my English course there. So it's very easy to get rather than Sour Sally. Sour Sally is a frozen yoghurt brand from US. Their nearest branch from my house is in Sency (Senayan City), but Sency is further than PIM, and beside that, Sour Sally is more expensive. But J.Cool hasn't widely available in J.Co branches all over the country. For example, when I went to Jogja, I went to a J.Co branch and when I asked about J.Cool, it hadn't available yet. Huuuuuu I wanted it so badly when I was in Jogja. Tomorrow I'm going to PIM and I'll buy it after my course. Huuuuhuuuuu :)

my new scrumptious munchie, don't forget to sup it when you have a chance. Satisfaction guaranteed. Hahaha :) By the way, do you realize that there is something wrong with the spelling above, can you guess what? Haha it's very obvious though

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I've just surfed through www.art.com, the most amazing website I've ever seen (not that much, actually). I always attracted by some kinds of artsy things, although I can't make something like that, but I always love to stare at it. Here are some pieces of art from www.art.com that I found very beautiful and interesting! Enjoy

PS: I wish I could afford something like those, there are not that expensive, but I won't be able to buy it in a short period.

Singing Butler by Jack Vettriano
Exit Eden by Jack Vettriano
Another masterpiece from Jack Vettriano, Waltzers

For further information, please check out http://www.jackvettriano.com, you can check out his upcoming painting exhibitions, posters, and catalogues.

I also found few interesting paintings by Jamie Edwards, I tried to scroll up his name on Google, but his name was very common, so I didn't find any official webstite from him, but you can still browse through http://www.art.com/gallery/id--a43715/jamie-edwards-posters.htm. Based on his paintings, I reckon he is a fan of cat or dog or both. Although I'm not a fan of cat or dog (or any animals, basically), I still find his paintings very interesting.

Corner Cafe by Jamie Edwards
Cats On Grandma's Chair by Jamie Edwards
Tux Cat Goes To The Vet by Jamie Edwards


Aaaarrrgggh I wish I could make or create or paint something like that. Huuuuuu I want to have my own art gallery like Rufus Humphrey in Gossip Girl. Maybe if I earn my own pocket money, I can save it to buy some paintings like those, then collect them and open a gallery. They only cost below $70, FYI. Duuuuhhh

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Hey y'all this is my first, newest, and fresh from the oven post, after trying to fetch some old blogs and realize that all of them were claptraps. Huuuu ;(. Hope I can put some new posts every week so my blog won't turn into some gibberish :D Cheers!

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