Youthspeak!

| at 19:53

Hello pals I want to be very quick on this one so I don't mean to brag or be smug but I just wanna say that you can see the online version of Youthspeak, a supplement from The Jakarta Post where I usually write my article(s).


Here is the link: http://www.thejakartapost.com/youthspeak/

If you want to go straight to my articles, here are some:
Trick or Treat article (October 09)
Literature and silver screen article (October 09)

I think they haven't uploaded the latest edition, where I wrote an article about the vampire trend throughout the media. Don't forget to mention New Moon. OH-M-G

And actually I did attend the Youthspeak meeting at Sate House Senayan with the entire crew, it was great! I had a chance to know the people who work behind Youthspeak and I got the Jakarta Post readers card with lots of privileges and discount (talking about freebies, I got some!) I canceled my encounter for this, but it was worth attending to expand my networking.

Don't forget to attend Youthspeak Fun Day on November 22 at ISCI Ciputat! Meet lots of foreigners (including JIS students, I know you guys fancy them) and also RAN will be performing there! Be there! for more info, click here.


Keep reading!

TTYL, got chemistry exam later on!

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Poetry task

| at 18:54


This is a poem that I wrote for English assignment, I should tell you I really can't write a poem, even in Indonesian. Metaphor, personification, or whatsoever, I just can't seem to understand. Guess I'm not likely to major in literature, simply because I can't write a poem and I always have a hard time to understand one.

It all starts with rhyming words

Which buzzing around in my mind like a group of bees

And as the clock ticks so swift

I crumble my 20th paper and feel like a total spendthrift


Then I grab my 21st paper of the day

And start to scribble down my dismay

But it didn’t turn out into a poetic writing

Instead it was just an illegible writing


Suddenly one hour just passed by

And I guess I should say bye-bye

Because I can’t write a poetry

Since I’m no Shakespeare, even if I try


Denita Biyanda XII IPA 1

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Vampire's teeth got stuck in my mind

| at 13:18

Frankly, I don't like Twilight just because I don't enjoy the first movie. For me it is just a piece of average movie which will be certainly better if I just watch on DVD, counterfeit DVD for sure. And I don't like the book as well, it's like too descriptive and less imaginative and yet so cheesy, you fall in love with a vampire, and you have to risk your life for it. And I don't like Robert Pattinson in the movie, he's completely vain, acting like he's the sexiest guy on earth (well maybe according to some polls, yes you are, b
ut not for me, d'oooh). Oh yeah with the rumors surrounding him about his relationship with Kristen Stewart (I don't like her as well, she's like trying to be 'this' edgy but for me you're not 'that' edgy) and even dubbed as Robsten, another portmanteau and his million dollar kiss-on-the-cheek, and his crazy fans, etc. I like him better as Cedric Diggory, as I'm a keen fan of Harry Potter. But when he played as Cedric, he was so fresh and so young, and also less-known. OK, enough about RPattz.


Two weeks ago I saw on Twitter, people who live in the US were tweeting about the vampire diaries. And they all said the pilot episode was wonderful. So I searched on wikipedia directly with my blackberry and then I found out that it was a new TV series on the CW, just premiered yesterday. So as soon as I arrived at home, I opened youtube and typed the vampire diaries on the query box. And then I watched it. And I was stunned by it. The plot is slightly similar with Twilight, but with exciting new cast and two vampire brothers. And the set is very medieval and gothic, not a modern day vampire with fast cars and minimalist house on top of the hill. And Ian Somerhalder is so gorgeous! Haha remember his early days on Young American alongside Kate Bosworth?



Since then I'm addicted to anything related to vampire, to be honest I just saw few trailers of New Moon, and I reckon it will be much better than Twilight, of course with more appearances from Taylor Lautner haha and the Volturi clan, which will definitely add more vampirish ambience. Then last week I went to Periplus to check out some new books and I really want to buy 'Blue Blood' by Melissa de la Cruz, but I'll buy it later because I saw a great offer by Kinokuniya (two editions of Grey's Anatomy official magazine, half price). It's like Gossip Girl with vampire bits. Oh and I'm really craving for Interview with the Vampire, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. I guess the movie will be totally worth watching, since there are an abundance of A-list stars.

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Life is a bit (or very) unfair

| at 20:48

Yesterday I was so excited for manchester united vs arsenal game so I asked my friends to wake me up as soon as the match kicked off. I was so grateful because I had indovision which now is the official broadcaster for bpl. I woke up before midnight and turned on the TV,and apparently the match had begun and I missed the first 30 minutes of the match. So I watched while chatting with my friends on msn and voila, russian starlet arshavin scored the 1st goal for arsenal and it was such a beautiful goal.
Then I watched the match in excitement, waiting for more goals from arsenal. Maybe the karma theory was right. Arsenal, which previously won 3-1 against celtic on champions league knock out round, had been criticizing because of the diving, performed by eduardo on the celtic match and news said that uefa will work on this case and eduardo will be fined if he was proven guilty. Wayne Rooney certainly performed diving last night and manuel almunia didn't do anything wrong or even a foul. Wayne Rooney manipulated the referee, Mike Riley,surely not a stranger to arsenal fans, regarding his unfair attitude during man utd vs. Arsenal match. Manutd got a penalty and unfortunately almunia wasn't able to block the shot, he was so young and had lack of experience when it comes to penalty, unlike the former keeper jens lehmann. 1-1
Then time passed by, and diaby made a tragic and fatal mistake. He made an own goal, which gave an advantage of manutd, gave them another point, 2-1.
Only 1 minute to go when arsenal striker and captain van persie scored a goal, but again, the ref said it was offside, no additional point for arsenal. And then it came, the final whistle, 2-1 for manutd.
Offside is always being an argument because it's very uncertain whether it is offside or not, well at some point it can be very clear, but last night, it was unclear whether it was an offside or not. The crowd went crazy as soon as the line referee raised the flag. And arsene wenger was so mad, he climbed and stood up in the midst of MU supporters, everyone knows how much he hates manutd
Manchester united got their victory by bestowal, while arsenal players were sweating on the pitch and doing their best. First it was a penalty, then an own goal, and an offside goal for arsenal.
Sometimes you can't always play safe and clean, you need to be a little bit harsh and play dirty to achieve your victory. And sometimes it will be very unfair, but you can't resist or return a gift, right? There are many rich people who claim their wealth using dirty approaches while middle class workers try so hard to strive to the top because they play nice and clean.
Sometimes life can be a bit (or very) unfair

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Testing 1,2,3

| at 20:35

Hellooo I just wanna test whether I am able to post an entry in blogger using my blackberry okayyy? I'll have a mock exam tomorrow so I have to study kihihihi

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McSteamy, MerDer, and AlexIzzie

| at 19:48

After finished watching the fourth season of Grey's Anatomy (yep, I'm obviously besotted with Grey's Anatomy nowadays) and then I just realized that McSteamy is sooooo hootttt and even hotter than McDreamy (well I never consider him as the hot one, but not a prob) and Alex Karev because he was such a bastard on the 4th season so I just hate him because he hooked up with Ava (I don't like her since her first presence as the ferry boat victim) so I'm infatuated with McSteamy simply because he didn't hook up with anyone on the 4th season (except callie, but turned out that callie was a lesbian so that one didn't count) hooaaaaa I looove McSteamy and after he 'turned into a new leaf' but like he said 'once a man whore, always a man whore' actually it was so sad when the nurses went on a strike because they didn't want to work with McSteamy anymore because he was a man whore and then all of McSteamy's surgery got cancelled but luckily the mighty miranda bailey saved him. I'm yearning for the 5th season and fyi, later he is going to hook up with lexie grey (meredith's lil half sister) and from what I've read in wikipedia.com (Mcsteamy's page), he turns into a faithful guy unlike his past when he was seeing addison and slept with tons of women (including derek's sister aka McHottie) and then when I watched Alex and Izzie's wedding there were two of them (lexie and mark) after the priest legalized their wedding Mark glanced to Lexie and then Lexie smiled and then leaned on mark's shoulder oooooooo love it. Ooooh and another reason why I'm so longing for the fifth season is just because of derek's proposal! I also watched it on youtube and the proposal was incredible. Derek proposed him inside the lift (the lift...hmm certainly an unforgettable place for both of them) and filled with CT scans from their patients when they worked together and the best part was when derek said this: 


You say you’re dark and twisty. It’s not a flaw. It’s a strength. It makes you who you are. I’m not going to get down on one knee. I’m not going to ask a question. I love you Meredith Grey. And I want to spend the rest of my life with you.


Woooo that was amazing. that is one of the best wedding proposals I've ever heard! They are really destined to be together, even when they tried to avoid seeing each other and hooked up with different person but still, they are destined to be together. 


And Alex's wedding vow is very romantic.....I like Alex only if he hooks up with Izzie because I don't like Ava or Rebecca Hope or whatsoever I hate her with all her fake attitude (fake face -- McSteamy made it, and fake pregnancy. Damn everything about her is fake!). My favorite part is: 


Today’s the day my life begins. All my life I’ve been just me. Just a smart mouth kid. Today I become a man. Today I become a husband. Today I become accountable to someone other than myself. Today I become accountable to you. To our future. To all the possibilities that a marriage has to offer. Together, no matter what happens, I’ll be ready. For anything. For everything. To take on life, to take on love. To take on possibility and responsibility. Today Izzie Stevens, our life together begins. And I for one can’t wait


Oooooo. Firstly, I just can't believe a frat boy and evil spawn and stubborn guy like Alex Michael Karev say these words. Secondly, this is one of the best wedding vows I've heard, similar with MerDer I really like this couple and frankly I like Alex-Izzie better than Mer-Der but both of them are such a great couple! And they really meant for each other ♥♥♥



L: Izzie and Alex's wedding. Izzie looks stunning in that dress! And Alex is soooo fine! 
R: Derek proposed Meredith on the 'Elevator Love Letter' hahaha elevator, what a historical place for both of them

 


L top: McSteamy with his leather jacket, he looks wayyyy hotter with that jacket on
R: Bromance: McSteamy and McDreamy (which one is hotter? hahaha) they used to have a feud but then there was no 'ex-best friend' in Derek's list. He forgave him. 
L below: McSteamy in his scrub. Huaaaaa if my surgeon was the real McSteamy, I would cut my every part of my body off everyday so he could fix it. Totally kidding! LOL :)))

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Current addictions

| at 12:38

During holiday season I've got heaps of addiction which I couldn't enjoy on schooldays here they are: 



1. Gossip magazine

Yeah this is my genuine indulgence! I mean I don't give a damn when it comes to indonesian gossip magz because most of them are very trashy and I mean hellooooo who the hell are you, you just someone who appears to be on tv and receive wide publication meanwhile on US Weekly, Life and Style Weekly and People magazine they got A-list hollywood stars inside and even I bought Barack Obama's special edition hahaha and I enjoy doing the crosswords hahaha this one is not an intellectual crossword as in Kompas or Jakarta Post but this one is hollywood crossword with queries about movies and names of the celebrity haha it's kinda difficult actually. My favorite sections are the 'Fashion Police' page, Celebrity Sightings, and 'Who Wore It Best' page. Only US and Life&Style Weekly which have all of the sections so my favorite one will be Celebrity Sightings because apparently all gossip magazines must have at least one page of it. Oh and the best part of Hollywood gossip magazines are they also contain some sort of knowledges that you'll need to know rather than just posting those trashy news (e.g National Enquirer or some trashy British magazines) for example there are an article about endometriosis (In the article, Julianne Hough from DWTS was having a surgery to cure it) which I really love to talk about and then there is also an article about leprosy which is a skin disease so I'll need to learn more about it and there is an advertisement about hair created by a leading dermatologist (celeb's favorite) and you know that I really wanna be a dermo. So...I can enjoy those gossips while learning at the same time. Perfect! Oh and I also have Teen People's special edition about the secret of Hollywood's beauty which contains all the information that you'll need to get the 'it' look. To be frank, it's very useful indeed. P.S: I have all those magz in the pictures haha :)



2. Grey's Anatomy DVDs

I've told you on the previous posts about my fondness of Grey's anatomy and once I insert the CD, I will finish the whole CD even I have to sleep late for it hahaha I'm just very curious about the next episode and how are the things going on the next episode I'm looking forward to buying the 4th season and then 5th season (the latest one). The sixth season will be premiered on September 24, 3 months to go. But this time, without Izzie and George. Huuuuu I really want to see Alex and Izzie's wedding on the 5th season and Derek's house of candles I guess it was when he proposed to Meredith, oh so sweeet! I mean they broke up and broke up and broke up but in the end they ended up with each other oh so sweeeet and same with Izzie and Alex, they fought over and over again but then they ended up with each other. 



3. Books

There are 3 books that I'm currently in progress. The first one is 'Shopaholic Ties The Knot' by Sophie Kinsella, the third installment of the Shopaholic series and then there is 'Prom Nights From Hell' by a group of famous and best-selling authors e.g. Stephenie Meyer (Twilight), Meg Cabot (Princess Diaries series) and there are 3 more but I forget their names haha. And the last one is 'Nicola and the Viscount' by Meg Cabot. I bought the book about 4 years ago but I haven't finished reading it. The book was lost few years ago and turned out that my mom kept it in the drawers upstairs on my old bedroom and due to my tight schedule, final examination and everything, I haven't finished reading it and then here comes the new book so literally I'm reading 3 books now and I don't have any idea which one I should read first hahaha I mean all of them are very interesting to read but I guess I should finish the Shopaholic first because it's very funny and I'm longing to see Becky on her next escapade haha and then I'll finish Prom Nights because it consists of 6 stories each from different authors so I just finish one story and then I'm off to Shopaholic. Well maybe I'll read Nicola and the Viscount after I finish the first 2 books and actually I also have a Shakespeare book, which comprises Shakespeare's famous plays, which are shortened and put together into one book and surprisingly it's very cheap for imported books, only $3 (Rp 30.000) but apparently they didn't change the vocabularies from the original manuscript so I was having a hard time to understand it, I have to prepare an oxford thesaurus/dictionary while reading it. 

4. Macbook

I'm so attached to this equipment! I can do almost anything in this tiny laptop. I can watch my Grey's Anatomy Dvds and I can write my blog and then download new tracks or even chatting on AIM with iChat (im me: denitabiyanda@aol.com I love this e-mail address, very uncommon and unusual. People in Indonesia usually use hotmail or yahoo or gmail as their e-mail client. Frankly I have all of them hahaha) or with MSN Messenger (I've updated this one so I could post my display picture) and then write articles to Jakarta Post using NeoOffice and if I have difficulties in understanding some new english words that I've heard or read, all I have to do is just launch Dictionary and voila they got the results (they even have Wikipedia) oh and they also have a twitter widget called Twitteriffic so I will be able to post my tweet in a sec without opening safari (the internet browser) and I can download a video straight from youtube using real player without waiting for a long time and then I can watch it directly with real player! And there are many activities to do with this laptop, and the best one is, they have great endurance when it comes to virus. They can't process the .exe files because they belong to Windows. I love my macbook soooo bad! Btw, I'm trying to get a new e-mail using .mac because once again, it seems unique and uncommon but still my primary email client is gmail because I already attached it to my Mail application on my macbook (another macbook's strength) but it will be really cool if I'm able to possess an account with .mac haha



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